Talk:Climate of the Tampa Bay area/GA1

GA Review
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--  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 19:32, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Think we've resolved your concerns. Thegreatdr (talk) 18:33, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Not quite. --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 18:59, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
 * How about now? Thegreatdr (talk) 21:22, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
 * See above. --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 21:38, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
 * See above. It should be fixed.  Thegreatdr (talk) 22:09, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Well, after reading the article, I have gone off and passed the article. Congratulations. If you feel that this review is in error, feel free to take it to a GA review. Thank you to all who worked hard to bring it to this status, and congratulations. --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 21:40, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Secondary GA review
There are instances of non-encyclopedaic wording in the Spring and 2004 Hurricane Season sections which need to be reworded. There are several instances where imperial units have not been converted over to metric. Since this is a climate article, I was expecting to see a section or paragraph on Tampa's wind climatology, but I did not see it. Reference 7 is a blog, which is not usable as a source per wikipedia standards. The web page listed as reference 12 has no information to support the line mentioned previously...where within that website is the page that substantiates that line? As an act of good will, I've significantly helped you with issue 2 listed above. These issues need to be addressed as well for GA passage. Thegreatdr (talk) 21:43, 17 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the suggestions and assistance. I have a couple of questions, though. One, I don't see any "non-encyclopedic wording" in the sections you indicated. Could you point it out (or fix it)?


 * And what do you mean by Tampa's "wind climatology"? Looking through a bunch of articles in the "Climate by city" category, I couldn't find any examples to help. In fact, I discovered that there's more info about local wind patterns here than in any of those entries. There also isn't a wikipedia article with that title. Perhaps a mention of prevailing winds is what you mean?...


 * Thanks again. It's nice to have an expert looking this over. Zeng8r (talk) 22:17, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
 * There should be wind information specifically for Tampa Bay through the Southern Region Climate Center website. There should be links to it in the Climate of Florida wikipedia article (you edited that one too, right?)  If you can't find it by this time tomorrow, I'll search for the website myself and give you the html address.  Non-encyclopedaic wording would be words such as "violent", "batter the area", and "slamming"; in other words, words and phrases you'd never find in an encyclopedia.  Charley's devastation is worthy, so I don't think using that term is going too far there, but I'd check with the primary reviewer, especially if this is a new topic to them.  Sometimes when you're too familiar to a topic, it can be a problem seeing issues that non-experts might notice.  Squall lines are violent by definition anyhow.  =)  Thegreatdr (talk) 22:39, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

Gotcha. I didn't look at the Florida climate article too closely (only edited it superficially), but I see what you mean now, and there is indeed a useful link in the references. Thanks again for the tips; I'll run down the issues you and Thinkblue pointed out as time allows over the next few days, and hopefully other editors join in. Zeng8r (talk) 22:52, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

extension?
Can we get an extension on the GA nomination hold? My 2 y/o has pnuemonia (just came back from the after-hours clinic, actually) so my wikitime has been limited to a few minutes here and there lately. Thanks... Zeng8r (talk) 02:38, 22 February 2009 (UTC)


 * My kid's ok and I'm back online and it seems that the issues here have been pretty much solved. Good work - what's left to do? Zeng8r (talk) 15:01, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
 * If you're back to editing, add the wind information from those SRCC links I pointed you towards. As far as I can tell, I've solved the other issues.  But interpretation hasn't been easy.  Thegreatdr (talk) 15:54, 28 February 2009 (UTC)