Talk:Hazardous Materials Transportation Act

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Peer Review[edit]

I noticed on your article you cite the same website multiple times. You can give a reference a name by adding <ref name="Reference 1"> before the first citation. Later in your article if you want to cite the same source you can just put <ref name= "Reference 1"/>

This way the citation is giving a single reference number and your References at the end of your article will be more condensed.

Cheers, TotranM

Also, I don't know if it's possible but consider removing the acronym from the title. I looked at some other environmental statutes and they don't have the acronym as part of the article page name. It might be harder to link from other pages. Totranm (talk) 18:00, 24 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I think that the enforcement section of the article can be reorganized. You have three sections that cover similar topics but fall under different tertiarty and secondary headings. This are "enforcement, Roles of Federal Government and States and Enforcement Agencies." Maybe they should go under one larger category, or put them under the orginal enforcement category. I was also confused by the wording "The HMTA must be followed by..." Does this imply that the agencies listed must follow the HMTA, or that they are the ones who enforce it? Travismn (talk) 15:49, 25 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Travismn. Those three sections you named are actually three sections Lawlovesscalia and I are still working on, particularly with regard to the "Enforcement Agencies" section, which is going to be re-written. Thank you for your input and edits!

Jpparrish (talk) 17:16, 25 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I replaced your double hyphens to an em dash. Totranm (talk) 15:21, 6 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi guys, you've created a great and informative article. I've added a photo to your wikipage and have also been trying to fix your Legislative History table. Not exactly sure why the major amendment information isn't showing though. Totranm (talk) 21:33, 7 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedian review[edit]

Hey, this is User:Sadads, and I will be adding a few comments over the next couple days below, Sadads (talk) 18:44, 29 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

General Comments

Generally the article relies very heavily on primary sources. Though these sources are great for verifying factual information, Wikipedia articles generally should be focused on aggregating the discussion made by reliable secondary sources that place the original document within the larger social context. Currently, this article could use more of those discussions. I would suggest bringing law reviews, academic sources and/or newspaper articles focused on the implications of these regulations on the market. Also, thinking of the public audience of Wikipedia, their concerns are on how well these organizations enforce the regulations and social implications of those laws, not just the nitty gritty dictated by the law.
- I did a quick Google scholar search and found that their is plenty of discussion of the act within more secondary analysis. Here is the link for the search http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22Hazardous+Materials+Transportation+Act%22&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5
The introductory section to an article, often called the Lead, should summarize the content of all of the sections within the article. I would strongly suggest expanding it per WP:Lead

Specific Comments

Why use eHow? User generated sites like eHow never qualify as academic sources and shouldn't be used in your regular classwork. Furthermore, on Wikipedia we have a guideline for how to choose reliable sources, which specifically suggests that user generated and self published sources should not be used.
The History section does not contain very sources to support the Verifiability of the information that are being presented here.
Applications section. Where is that information coming from? How do you know?

Re: A favor -Environmental law articles ready for preliminary review per request from User:Aarf613 [edit]

I agree with User:Sadads that the article could benefit from adding some reliable secondary sources. I have listed the link to Wikipedia's policy on sources Primary, secondary and tertiary sources WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. Otherwise the article seems like it is off to a very good start.TucsonDavidU.S.A. 19:33, 29 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Please see general comments by User:Stuartyeates on articles generated by this class at Education Program talk:University of San Francisco/Environmental Law (Spring 2013)#Feedback_on_the_articles. Please respond there if you have any questions or comments. Dcoetzee 01:41, 2 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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