Talk:Four-State Tornado Swarm/GA1

GA Review
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Hello, I'll be reviewing this article for possible GA status. Cheers, Nikkimaria (talk) 01:26, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm placing the article on hold to allow contributors time to address my concerns. Cheers, Nikkimaria (talk) 02:09, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
 * No progress has been made on the article in the past week; therefore, I'm going to decline to list it at this time. Please feel free to renominate the article once the below concerns have been addressed. Cheers, Nikkimaria (talk) 20:25, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

Writing and formatting

 * Consider adding at least one more paragraph to the lead
 * Is there a better section title than "Synopsis"?
 * "a strong northwest wind an hail stones" - grammar
 * Given that some tornadoes affected more than one state, might you title the table "Tornadoes by state of origin" or something similar?
 * Quotes that are not complete sentences should have ending quotation mark before punctuation
 * "but only slightly injured" -> "but was only slightly injured"

Accuracy and verifiability

 * Make sure that all quotations have citations
 * Citations needed for:
 * "leveled with the ground"
 * "feared mortally wounded."
 * A house's roof was destroyed, with pieces scattered 0.75 miles (1.2 km) away
 * Pieces of the house were found 3 miles (4.8 km) distant. A barn was "taken and entirely carried off" by the tornado, and was not found.
 * hail stones weighing more than 1 ounce (28 g) damaged crops and broke windows.


 * One author's name is spelled both "Ludlum" and "Ludlam" in the references. Which is correct?

Broad

 * Rather short for a good article, but covers the topic well

Neutrality

 * Take a look at WP:WTA - certain words introduce an editorial bias and should be avoided

Stable
No issues noted

Images

 * The image is tagged to be recreated using vector graphics
 * Not required, but I personally would appreciate a similar map showing the approximate paths of the tornadoes