Talk:Hurricane Rick (1997)

Todo?
So what should the article need for the next grade? I'm itching to give the article what it needs for GA or A (let's just save FA for later, since I doubt this article can reach it). Jake52 My island 23:45, 29 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Clearer images
 * Clearer first sentence; given that Rick was one of seven November hurricanes on record, there was only one December hurricane on record, none of the hurricanes struck Mexico, and I just went through the Atlantic database and no November hurricane struck Mexico, so the first sentence could be Hurricane Rick was the latest hurricane on record to strike Mexico, which would have to cite both the Pacific and Atlantic best tracks in the records section
 * Sources in the lede should generally be avoided, since the lede is supposed to be a summary. Is the ref at the end of the 2nd paragraph needed there?
 * Category 2 hurricane - should have Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale mentioned
 * Dates in the lede would be good
 * The tropical wave that formed into Rick - tropical wave should be linked, and that formed should be changed, since tropical waves do not form into tropical cyclones; disturbances develop on the waves, which themselves develop into TC's
 * the main way it was tracked - this is awkward; the main way can be removed
 * started gaining cloudiness - again, tropical waves spawn tropical disturbances
 * Add some more wikilinks to any of the technical terms
 * 19-E - Write out numbers for depressions. Also, where did it develop?
 * around noon on August 8 - Rick invent a time machine? ;)
 * the depression was upgraded to Tropical Storm Rick - where was it upgraded?
 * central dense overcast is a redirect; please fix the link
 * Eventually, an eye was visible - when did an eye become visible, or did it gradually appear?
 * 100 mph and 973 mbar - Add non-breaking spaces and metric units (100 mph, not 100 mph)
 * although some sources say that Rick was a Category 3 major hurricane at its peak - ReliefWeb isn't really a reliable source for that, so I don't think it's needed
 * The first paragraph of preps should be shortened
 * The HPC rainfall map should be added to the article
 * Metric units are needed throughout the impact section

That should be good for now for some things to do. --♬♩ Hurricanehink ( talk ) 02:01, 30 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Actually, I knew beyond a shadow of a doubt Rick was the latest hurricane to strike Mexico, but I had no idea how to source it without making it sound like OR. Thanks for the list! Jake52 My island 09:17, 30 December 2007 (UTC)


 * I belive that I have resolved the above concerns, so I am GANing this. Miss Madeline | Talk to Madeline 00:46, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

Page Swipe
Although the page histories have been merged, the merge caused the article to revert to the non-sourced form in my sandbox. Should I notify someone or should I replace the whole page with a revert while fixing the error DarkLilac pointed out? Jake52 My island 11:27, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes, you should tell an admin. It would be a shame if that was lost! --♬♩ Hurricanehink ( talk ) 15:45, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Guess what?
If we get Rick to GA status, every article in the 1997 Pacific hurricane season will be FA (Nora and Paka) or GA (everything else). We's have a featured topic on our hands! Miss Madeline | Talk to Madeline 17:20, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
 * I separated the tropical depressions into their own sections, so those will need to be expanded, or at least referenced.Potapych (talk) 00:40, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Since I'm a very wordy season article editor, I just uploaded pictures and sourced the text with TCRs. Shall I expand those sections? Or should I nominate the article for an FA again? Hurricane Angel Saki (talk) 04:47, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
 * The season article needs a bit of work (filling out the references, expansion, copyediting), so it might be best to leave that at GA for the time being. –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone  13:19, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
 * If we wish to add another FA to this topic, Pauline and Linda will probably take the least amount of effort to get to FA status. Miss Madeline | Talk to Madeline 00:12, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Actually, I think Linda probably needs a significant expansion of the storm history. –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone  01:32, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, it's a GA. Go ahead and FT nom... –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone  13:43, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
 * On second thought, there's no articles on Andres or Olaf and someone might object on that basis. Cases for articles could be made; Andres' path was called "unprecedented"] and as for Olaf, look at its storm path. (The only other storms that could be considered to need articles because they impacted land are Oliwa and Blanca.) If we add more articles, the two FA's give us enough to add three additional articles without falling below the 20% FA cutoff. Hence, I am now hesitant to nominate. If people think that the topic has enough articles without needing additional articles I'll nominate it anyway. Miss Madeline | Talk to Madeline 17:51, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

Assessment comment
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