Talk:Typhoon Mike

Todo
Better intro, more impact, better-sized pic in infobox. Jdorje 19:39, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I agree, thats about the suckiest pic we could ever have. I'll gladly change it. Cyclone1 19:37, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
 * MUCH better! you can see the typhoon now!


 * From this [[Image:Typhoon Mike.JPG|thumb|left|150px]]
 * To this—[[Image:Typhoon Mike near landfall.JPG|thumb|left|150px]]Cyclone1 19:58, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

Todo (2017)
Yea, this is gonna take a while... YE Pacific Hurricane  08:40, 13 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Go through LN (63 articles).
 * RW stuff
 * Google Scholar

Orphaned references in Typhoon Mike
I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Typhoon Mike's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "UPI2": From Typhoon Ike:  From Typhoon Nina (1987):  From Typhoon Ruby (1988):  From Typhoon Bess (1982):  From Typhoon Irma (1981):  From Typhoon Betty (1987):  From Typhoon June (1984): </li> </ul>

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT ⚡ 23:17, 13 June 2017 (UTC)

A-class review
You did a good job on this article YE. It shouldn't take much to make it A-class. ♫ Hurricanehink ( talk ) 16:17, 28 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Mention which storm in 1981 in the first sentence
 * Sure. YE Pacific Hurricane 20:36, 4 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Oh, funny seeing this sentence after Typhoon Ike. You kinda did it wrong here. Irma redirects to 1966 PTS. Also, there's no mention of 1990 now. Is there any better way of wording that?? ♫ Hurricanehink ( talk ) 02:58, 28 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Honestly I re-added the year, and just left it as is.
 * "Forming from an area of persistent convection over the Caroline Islands, Mike was first designated on November 7, 1990 and moved generally westward' - infobox says 11/5. The MH says the 6th. Please fix (go with JMA formation date)
 * Fixed. YE Pacific Hurricane 20:36, 4 March 2019 (UTC)
 * "Late on November 10, the typhoon reached its maximum intensity" - which was?
 * I have a longtime policy of avoiding the double agency thing so I'm gonna sit on this. YE Pacific Hurricane 20:36, 4 March 2019 (UTC)
 * OK, well I have a longtime policy of including the maximum sustained winds, especially the JMA's (since they are the RSMC, after all). So... ♫ Hurricanehink ( talk ) 02:58, 28 May 2019 (UTC)
 * JMA wasn't even an RMSC then though. Out of NPOV, I've always written "X was upgraded to Y by Z" regardless if Z was the JTWC or JMA. Still, I sneaked in the JMA's peak intensity in there. YE Pacific Hurricane 15:51, 28 May 2019 (UTC)
 * To be fair, JMA became an RSMC in 1988 - - thanks for adding though. ♫ Hurricanehink ( talk )  15:56, 28 May 2019 (UTC)
 * "Typhoon Mike turned west-northwest, avoiding land interaction with Vietnam." - the track looks like it went northwest.
 * It went from WNW to NNW so clearing that up. YE Pacific Hurricane 20:36, 4 March 2019 (UTC)
 * "After striking the Philippines, the typhoon brought widespread damage and was considered the worst typhoon to hit the country since Typhoon Ike in 1984." - technically, wouldn't the typhoon cause damage "while" striking the Philippines, and not "after"?
 * Yes. YE Pacific Hurricane 20:36, 4 March 2019 (UTC)
 * " resulting in 1,110,020 people homeless" - poor grammar
 * Better? YE Pacific Hurricane 20:36, 4 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Fix the infobox death toll
 * Oh, good call. YE Pacific Hurricane 20:36, 4 March 2019 (UTC)
 * "At the time, Mike was the costliest tropical cyclone listed in the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council's database, and as of 2014, is the seventh costliest typhoon to strike the country since independence in 1947." - Why as of 2014? What about as of now?
 * At the time of me GANing this, that was the newest source available. I'll look into this later. YE Pacific Hurricane 20:36, 4 March 2019 (UTC)
 * It's the newest I can find, although it doesn't match up with Template:Costliest Philippine typhoons very well. I'll leave this as is and eventually get around to fixing the template. YE Pacific Hurricane 18:05, 25 May 2019 (UTC)
 * " At 15:03 UTC on November 6" - really at that exact time? Normally they're on the hour.
 * Apparently so and honestly given that there was radar coverage in the area, it is not that much of a shock. 18:05, 25 May 2019 (UTC)
 * You're right, nothing to get into a hissy fit about. ♫ Hurricanehink ( talk ) 02:58, 28 May 2019 (UTC)
 * You mention the landfall for Cebu, but not Leyte or anywhere else
 * Probably because the ATCR never mentioned any other landfall. YE Pacific Hurricane 18:05, 25 May 2019 (UTC)
 * And no other source did either? ♫ Hurricanehink ( talk ) 02:58, 28 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Not that I can find. YE Pacific Hurricane 15:51, 28 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Check ref 16
 * Better? YE Pacific Hurricane 18:05, 25 May 2019 (UTC)
 * "Rainfall peaked at 276.1 mm (10.87 in) at the port of Cebu City; this was the fourth highest total ever observed by a tropical cyclone in Cebu City while a storm surge of 3 to 4 m (9.8 to 13.1 ft) was reported." - split off the surge bit into its own sentence
 * Sure. YE Pacific Hurricane 18:05, 25 May 2019 (UTC)
 * "including six due to drownings, in the Leyte province" - rm comma
 * Ended up re-doing that sentence anyways. YE Pacific Hurricane 18:05, 25 May 2019 (UTC)
 * " including three that drowned in 1.6 m (5.2 ft) waters." - floodwaters? Surf? Surge flooding?
 * The first. YE Pacific Hurricane 18:05, 25 May 2019 (UTC)
 * "However, the typhoon's inner core spared Manila's metropolitan area." - I don't get the "however"
 * Removed. YE Pacific Hurricane 18:05, 25 May 2019 (UTC)
 * "A total of 630,885 homes were damaged and 222,026 houses were destroyed,[40] including 160 from a tornado" - for the tornado bit, was this the same tornado as mentioned in the previous paragraph? If so, move that bit up there.
 * Done. YE Pacific Hurricane 18:05, 25 May 2019 (UTC)
 * "the storm was responsible for the lives of 68 individuals in the Central Vietnamese province of Nghệ Tĩnh. Many fishing boats also sunk" - did they die from the shipwrecks? If so, don't put that in as an afterthought.
 * No. YE Pacific Hurricane 18:05, 25 May 2019 (UTC)
 * "On November 28, the Republic of Palau was declared a disaster area." - anything else with that? Any rebuilding?
 * Not finding anything else with regards to this. Most Google Scholar results only passively mention the storm, and direct google search isn't any more helpful really. YE Pacific Hurricane 18:05, 25 May 2019 (UTC)
 * "Former Philippine First Lady Imelda Marcos offered $3.6 million for victims of the typhoon.[54] However, she only ended up writing a check of $125,000 and even that check bounced." - I'm not sure that's necessary. It's odd, it's interesting, but ultimately, is it worth including just to shame her for check bouncing?
 * Considering that that she ended up contributing $0 instead of $3.6 million, I'd say yes. YE Pacific Hurricane 18:05, 25 May 2019 (UTC)
 * True, it's one of those odd bits of history, good call keeping it. ♫ Hurricanehink ( talk )  02:58, 28 May 2019 (UTC)
 * "The defense secretary ordered 150 tents to be lifted to five affected cities." - "lifted"?
 * Airlifted. YE Pacific Hurricane 18:05, 25 May 2019 (UTC)
 * "France loaned the country $36 million that was expected to be paid back within three decades." - odd question, but since we're only one year away from 3 decades passing, was there any update?
 * Can't find anything. YE Pacific Hurricane 18:05, 25 May 2019 (UTC)
 * The relief paragraph lists a lot of numbers. Is there any way to make the prose stronger there?
 * Outside of removing some of the numbers, not sure. I did some light copyediting though. YE Pacific Hurricane 18:06, 25 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Alright, I at least replied to everything. YE Pacific Hurricane 18:05, 25 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Much better! Great work what you've done already. I just have three other items that I think should be addressed, let me know if they're too arduous/burdensome. ♫ Hurricanehink ( talk ) 02:58, 28 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the review. YE Pacific Hurricane 15:51, 28 May 2019 (UTC)