Talk:Tornado outbreak of February 12, 1945/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: Ganesha811 (talk · contribs) 19:07, 11 August 2023 (UTC)

Hi! I'll be reviewing this article, using the template below. If you have any questions, feel free to ask them here. —Ganesha811 (talk) 19:07, 11 August 2023 (UTC)


 * This article now meets the GA standard. Congrats to and anyone else who may have worked on it. —Ganesha811 (talk) 18:23, 16 August 2023 (UTC)

GA Review Answers

 * Answers for question in 2b: (Tornado Talk and Tornado Project) — So the Tornado Project should be reliable for information, since the National Weather Service has linked to it as an “Informative Website” for “More Tornado Information” on this page. A quick scroll of the page shows it as one of two non-government sources linked to, with the other being the University of Oklahoma, which is known for meteorology. Tornado expert Thomas P. Grazulis is also the director of the project. Now Tornado Talk is an odd one. As far as I’m aware, there hasn’t been any discussion to assess whether it is a reliable source or not. It appears to be a news outlet-style history group for tornadoes. While typing this up, I clicked one of their most recent publications and it seems to be a fairly detailed assessment of a tornado outbreak. I’m not sure how to categorize it since it isn’t a true media outlet or a published research article and there hasn’t been a discussion on WP:RSN about it, but I lean more on the side of it being a reliable source, given their most recent publications (2 more after the one linked above) seem to be fairly well detailed. The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 22:46, 13 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Ok, the Tornado Project seems fine with that backing and expertise. For Tornado Talk, since it's only used once and is only one of several citations for the information given, the simplest solution is just to remove it entirely. Thanks for checking them out. —Ganesha811 (talk) 00:49, 14 August 2023 (UTC)
 * It has been removed. I’ll keep an eye out for any additional questions you have and feel free to ping me anytime. Cheers! The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 00:52, 14 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Answer for question #2 in 2b: (official rating question) — Took a while, since I didn't want to link another NWS office ( they all speak for NWS in general ), but I got lucky and found a news outlet in Virginia directly stating the phrase. It is now cited in the article, with an archived link as requested. That should cover it, but I can find more sources if needed. The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 05:52, 14 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Looks good, I'm going to remove the now-unneeded Oklahoma cite. —Ganesha811 (talk) 13:20, 14 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Answer for question #3 in 2b: (WaPo article) — So, that is actually a scanned snippet of a physical newspaper article/section, put out by WaPo on February 13, 1945. The snippet, hosted by ProQuest, doesn't include an author and just says it is by WaPo. Not sure what to do in this case. The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 06:01, 14 August 2023 (UTC)
 * If it's not available, nothing we can do! I don't have access to the WaPo archives to see if there's anything there, but both WaPo and Proquest are highly reliable, so it's not a dealbreaker. —Ganesha811 (talk) 13:20, 14 August 2023 (UTC)