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1955 Atlantic hurricane season

 * Contributor(s): 12george1, Hurricanehink, Thegreatdr, and TheAustinMan

This was once one of the worst Atlantic hurricane seasons in the project (in terms of quality). After hard work at in for only about a month and a half, we are now presenting it for Good Topic Candidacy. As all but Ione passed within that time period, these articles are clearly up to date with Good Article standards.--12george1 (talk) 19:11, 1 March 2013 (UTC) --12george1 (talk) 19:11, 1 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Co-nom activated! --♫ Hurricanehink ( talk ) 01:14, 2 March 2013 (UTC)
 * I almost forgot to mention, this is a WikiCup nomination--12george1 (talk) 15:15, 20 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Why is Hurricane 2 got a parenthetical 2 after it's name?--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 19:32, 3 March 2013 (UTC)
 * There is a 2 in parenthesis after Hurricane Alice because it formed in 1954, but it wasn't named in real time until 1955.--12george1 (talk) 03:17, 7 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Support--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 06:28, 12 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Did you guys decide on which seasons should have a separate timeline article? Nergaal (talk) 06:24, 14 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Not exactly, we haven't reached consensus, but a general agreement and practice is that only the busiest seasons should have a timeline. ♫ Hurricanehink ( talk ) 15:05, 14 March 2013 (UTC)
 * It's more of an optional thing, IMO should not be a requirement for GT. YE  Pacific   Hurricane  16:17, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

Comments The Rambling Man (talk) 22:16, 15 March 2013 (UTC) Despite the fact that the aforementioned issues are mostly minor, I went ahead and fixed most of them since they all, well, minor, and it prevents them from being a qualm in future situations. The issues I did not go through yet are linking of common terms, but this is not a factor in the overall GTC, and can be easily fixed using AWB, which I plan to do sometime soon.  TheAustinMan (Talk·Works) 02:31, 16 March 2013 (UTC)
 * 1955 Atlantic hurricane season
 * " was at the time the costliest" could use some commas after was and time.
 * What is an "average" season? More recent articles explain this.
 * "in the capital city" stupid Easter egg, why not just "in Mexico City"?
 * " 7 fatalities" -> MOSNUM (i.e. seven).
 * The "SS hurricane scale" doesn't need a capital H or last capital S.
 * Don't link common terms like "yacht"!
 * Don't use grey italics to distinguish one storm from another per ACCESS.
 * Please use en-dashes in the references per WP:DASH.
 * Nasty mix of date formats in the refs.
 * Naughty template with lovely colours which fails ACCESS.
 * Hurricane Alice (December 1954)
 * "Saint-Barthélemy " has no hyphen.
 * Don't link common terms like satellite.
 * Hurricane Connie
 * En-dash for the SSHS.
 * Avoid overlinking (e.g. Huron).
 * Refs for multiple pages should use pp. (e.g. ref 18).
 * Nasty mix of date formats in the refs.
 * Hurricane Diane
 * Infobox says more than or equals to 184 killed, lead says 184.
 * Apply above comments like en-dashes and dates, and page ranges etc to this.
 * Mid-Atlantic section has a whopping " in Big Meadows.Cite error: A set of ; see the help page." across it....
 * Don't overlink e.g. Poconos linked first and third time....
 * Hurricane Hilda (1955)
 * Bad mix of date formats in the refs but otherwise not too shabby.
 * Hurricane Ione
 * Should link what a "category 3" storm means in the lead.
 * Bad mix of date formats in the refs.
 * Hurricane Janet
 * Source (in the table) should be Source(s).
 * Don't link common terms like liquor.
 * Don't repeat links in the See also section (like Dean) which have already been linked to.
 * A few of these your mentioned are quite concerning and while I am not a delegate, these issues IMO are fairly small (in a few cases, not even part of the GA criteria) and IMO should not hold this topic back from promotion. YE  Pacific   Hurricane  00:07, 16 March 2013 (UTC)

To whom it may interest, please note I did not oppose the topic, I simply made an effort to actually look at the constituent parts rather than simply blindly supporting it. I appreciate that some editors aren't interested in maintaining the quality of the articles, but I also appreciate the work done by TheAustinMan in addressing the issues, even if everyone considered them to be "well, minor". The Rambling Man (talk) 10:31, 16 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Delegate Comment - This topic has been stalled since March 20th. It would be helpful if we get more responses before a consensus is reached. GamerPro64  05:20, 5 April 2013 (UTC)
 * support no reason to oppose here. YE  Pacific   Hurricane  16:53, 8 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Support per comment above.  Et 3  rnal  16:03, 19 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Support The only problem I had with this was working out what the colours and numbers in the navbox meant, but that's because I live in the damp but hurricane-less UK, I imagine it's obvious on your side of the pond  Jimfbleak -  talk to me?  10:59, 20 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Support - nothing to see here. TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk) 19:17, 21 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Closed with a consensus to promote to Good Topic. - GamerPro64  19:29, 21 April 2013 (UTC)