Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/1998 North Indian Ocean cyclone season/archive1


 * The following is an archived discussion of a featured article nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The article was not promoted by SandyGeorgia 21:42, 6 March 2009.

1998 North Indian Ocean cyclone season

 * Nominator(s): Cyclonebiskit

I am nominating this for featured article because I feel that it meets FA criteria. I've done several days of searching and have found no further information. All thoughts and comments are welcome :) Cyclonebiskit 14:02, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Comments -
 * What makes http://www.munichre.com/en/press/press_releases/1998/1998_12_29_press_release.aspx a reliable source?
 * It's from a reliable insurance company that has been around since 1880 (Munich Re). Cyclonebiskit 15:08, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Otherwise, sources look okay, links checked out with the link checker tool. Ealdgyth - Talk 14:43, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the source check Ealdgyth Cyclonebiskit 15:22, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Hurricane editors should know by now that date ranges are not separated by WP:EMDASHes, rather by WP:ENDASHes. The syntax at is too complicated for me to fix; please address. Sandy Georgia (Talk) 20:04, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Likewise, there is a faulty hyphen in that should be an WP:ENDASH; pls get hyphens and dashes sorted in all of the hurricane templates. Sandy Georgia (Talk) 20:06, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Is that the one you were thinking of? Potapych (talk) 20:27, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Likewise, there are hyphens that should be WP:ENDASHes in the "Season summary" chart. Please understand the difference between a WP:HYPHEN, WP:ENDASH and WP:EMDASH; date and number ranges are separated by endashes. Sandy Georgia (Talk) 20:10, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Furthermore, this article has an open peer review; peer reviews are supposed to be closed before nominating at FAC. Perhaps the Hurricane and Cyclone Projects should have an in-house peer review process to make sure nominations are prepared before coming to FAC? There are also faulty hyphens throughout the See also section; it is surprising that the Hurricane and Cyclone Projects, having so many FACs, have not prepared this article better for FAC. Sandy Georgia (Talk) 20:13, 6 March 2009 (UTC)


 * We do its called FAC :P - Nah all joking aside we do have an A Class Review but it doesnt work as no one really reviews their these days Jason Rees (talk) 20:17, 6 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Well, there are a number of templates that need to be cleaned up by the Projects, as well as issues within this particular article; I suggest a better process for preparing for FAC, as there is such a backlog. Articles should not be at PR and FAC at the same time; pls withdraw this nom until it is prepared.  Sandy Georgia  (Talk) 20:21, 6 March 2009 (UTC)


 * They seem to be mostly fixed now, but with all the FAs and FACs that Hurricanes and Cyclones have, it is surprising to see all of those templates get so out of whack. Since FAC is so backlogged, please strive to have articles prepared before coming to FAC. Sandy Georgia  (Talk) 20:45, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Actually, the chart in "Season summary" is still wrong. Sandy Georgia  (Talk) 20:46, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Withdrawing per suggestion by Sandy. Cyclonebiskit 21:34, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Please feel free to reinstate as soon as basics are in place. Sandy Georgia (Talk) 21:43, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
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