Talk:Transit Driver Appreciation Day

Transit Driver Appreciation Day was nominated as a Engineering and technology good article, but it did not meet the good article criteria at the time (March 5, 2025, reviewed version). There are suggestions on the review page for improving the article. If you can improve it, please do; it may then be renominated.

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It's fair that this has been flagged for close connection, as I'm the one who initiated the holiday. But I am not affiliated with the "official" web site, and a quick web search (or social media scan of #tdad in March) will turn up countless references around the world, so I hope a most-disinterested party will see fit to edit as appropriate. Gerwitz (talk) 15:34, 2 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

GA review

Unsuccessful. Sounder Bruce 17:37, 5 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

This review is transcluded from Talk:Transit Driver Appreciation Day/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: BethNASEM (talk · contribs) 15:10, 5 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: SounderBruce (talk · contribs) 17:37, 5 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Failed "good article" nomination

This article has failed its Good article nomination. This is how the article, as of March 5, 2025, compares against the six good article criteria:

1. Well written?: Most of the prose concerns the history of a single website rather than the event itself.

2. Verifiable?: Most sources are primary and a few are from fan blogs that would need to be replaced with better secondary sources.

3. Broad in coverage?: The article is far too short to be comprehensive, but is at risk of becoming an "example farm". There's plenty more to be written, however, beyond just examples of host agencies.

4. Neutral point of view?:

Pass

5. Stable?: There are several tags that have not been resolved since being placed in 2018.

6. Images?: There could at least be some kind of illustration added.

It's far, far too soon for this article to be nominated. Please consider looking at other commemorative day GAs for an idea of how to structure and expand the article before nominating again.

When these issues are addressed, the article can be renominated. If you feel that this review is in error, feel free to have it reassessed. Thank you for your work so far.— Sounder Bruce 17:37, 5 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Resources

American Public Transportation Association: Also acknowledges the day as "Transit Employee Appreciation Day" https://www.apta.com/national-transit-employee-appreciation-day/ BethNASEM (talk) 14:23, 5 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
2023 celebration of Transit Worker Appreciation Day by Sound Transit in Seattle https://www.soundtransit.org/blog/platform/celebrating-transit-worker-appreciation-day BethNASEM (talk) 14:40, 5 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
2024 article in Spectrum News (NYC): https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2024/03/18/transit-worker-appreciation-day-subway-safety BethNASEM (talk) 14:41, 5 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
2024 ABC7 news coverage (NYC): https://abc7ny.com/transit-worker-appreciation-day-mta-subway-nyc/14539315/ BethNASEM (talk) 14:42, 5 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
2023 Maryland governor honors the week, inspired by the day: https://governor.maryland.gov/news/press/pages/governor-moore-honors-maryland-transit-administration-workers-in-celebration-of-transit-worker-appreciation-week.aspx BethNASEM (talk) 08:29, 7 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Canadian Urban Transit Association officially recognized the day in 2021 https://aptapassengertransport.com/march-18-is-national-transit-employee-appreciation-day/ BethNASEM (talk) 13:21, 7 March 2025 (UTC)
2023 Maryland governor honors the week, inspired by the day: https://governor.maryland.gov/news/press/pages/governor-moore-honors-maryland-transit-administration-workers-in-celebration-of-transit-worker-appreciation-week.aspx BethNASEM (talk) 13:30, 7 March 2025 (UTC)
Honoring operators during COVID: https://princewilliamliving.com/celebrating-transit-driver-appreciation-day-with-omniride/ BethNASEM (talk) 13:34, 7 March 2025 (UTC)