Talk:Gulf Stream/GA1

GA Reassessment[edit]

This article has been reviewed as part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Project quality task force in an effort to ensure all listed Good articles continue to meet the Good article criteria. In reviewing the article, I have found there are some issues that may need to be addressed, listed below. I will check back in seven days. If these issues are addressed, the article will remain listed as a Good article. Otherwise, it may be delisted (such a decision may be challenged through WP:GAR). If improved after it has been delisted, it may be nominated at WP:GAN. Feel free to drop a message on my talk page if you have any questions, and many thanks for all the hard work that has gone into this article thus far.

I think this article was improperly listed as a GA following its initial review. None of the issues raised by the reviewer were dealt with, yet the article was listed because it was "well-written".

There are four outstanding requests for citation, some of them dating back to February 2007.

The entire Localized effects section is uncited.

I think the article needs to deal with the effects of global warming on the potential shutdown of the Gulf Stream, and what the effects of a shutdown might be.

The phrase "Gulf Stream proper" is used a few times. Is there another (improper) Gulf Stream that it's being contrasted with?

"The Gulf Stream oftentimes increases hurricanes or tropical cyclones by their winds and overall strength." Don't understand that at all. Does it increase the strength of hurricanes, or the frequency of hurricanes? How does it do that?

--Malleus Fatuorum (talk) 19:47, 11 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've removed the remaining two fact tags by using a source which mentions the winds in the Florida peninsula are easterly throughout the year, implying the warm gulf stream just offshore keeps temperatures moderate across the state. I complied with MOS regarding the section titles, which meant losing the Gulf Stream wording. Convert templates have been added. Sections on the effect of the Gulf Stream on cyclones and possible power generation from the Gulf Stream have been added. Images of the original map of the Gulf Stream, drawn by Franklin, and a hurricane which formed and moved along the Gulf Stream are now included. Are there any other issues in your mind that need to be fixed? Several were fixed (or no longer relevent) when I got around to editing the article. Thegreatdr (talk) 13:28, 21 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

- Thanks to everyone for the work that's been done on this article. I'm closing this review now as keep. --Malleus Fatuorum (talk) 14:16, 21 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]