Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Hurricane Gonzalo/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 promoted by Ian Rose via FACBot (talk) 14:52, 16 July 2015.

Hurricane Gonzalo

 * Nominator(s): –  Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 01:37, 23 May 2015 (UTC)

I've been working on this article on-and-off since the storm's formation last October, and after a recent final push to tie up loose ends and flesh out my research, I think it's among the finest tropical cyclone articles on the site. I hope you'll agree. –  Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 01:37, 23 May 2015 (UTC)


 * Support as the GA reviewer. I was very impressed with the prose while I was reviewing it, and it looks even better now with JC's finishing touches. ♫ Hurricanehink ( talk ) 18:53, 2 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Support: Very impressive, I only suggest at infobox, "Up to $400 million", remove "Up to".--Jarodalien (talk) 01:04, 3 June 2015 (UTC)

Comments - Evad37 &#91;talk] 12:30, 16 June 2015 (UTC)
 * two official hurricane landfalls – is "official" needed? Are there sucha thing as an unofficial hurricane landfall?
 * Gonzalo tracked northwestward as it intensified into a Category 4 major hurricane, the first in the Atlantic since Ophelia in 2011, by October 15. – having "by October 15" (referring to 2014) following "2011" is a bit jarring. It might be better in the middle of the sentence after "hurricane", but is it even needed at all? The timeframe is already set by "formed from a tropical wave on October 12" and "on October 16, Gonzalo peaked".
 * "Barely a road" – quotations in the lead should have inline citations per MOS:LEADCITE (or rephrase into your own words)
 * Guadeloupe – the first mention (in Preparations) should be linked rather than the second mention (in Impact and aftermath)
 * The hurricane generated hurricane-force winds – repetition of "hurricane" should be avoided
 * Naturally, elevated weather stations observed the highest winds – is "Naturally" needed here, does it add anything?
 * but the strong winds likely compromised the accuracy of the rain gauge – should probably be more explicit that the measurement is likely an underestimate, rather than just inaccurate
 * Currencies should be used consistently – some figures are marked as US$, others just use $ without specifying which dollar
 * Specifically, the article uses US$ when referring to the Caribbean, but when referring to Bermuda does not specify
 * 0.25 mi (0.40 km) – 0.25 mi probably reads better as a quarter of a mile, and metres is a better unit to convert into for amounts under one kilometre
 * ' 'Lowest pressure 940 mbar (hPa); 27.76 inHg'' – appears in the infobox, but is not in the article (and therefore unreferenced)
 * Should all be taken care of I think. Thanks for the review. –  Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 17:07, 20 June 2015 (UTC)
 * I've struck the resolved issues, just a couple left now - Evad37 &#91;talk] 00:39, 21 June 2015 (UTC)
 * I believe I've addressed the remaining issues here. Cyclonebiskit (talk) 06:18, 22 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Support on prose now - Evad37 &#91;talk] 06:29, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

Support – Solid work all around JC. I've made some copyedits here and there so please double check to make sure everything is still in line. I also removed some redundant referencing that was covered by the TCR. Cyclonebiskit (talk) 06:18, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

Note -- image and source reviews? Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 10:09, 30 June 2015 (UTC)


 * Images review - All images used are well captioned and relevant to the topic. They are on Commons, and appropriately licensed. — Maile (talk) 20:19, 11 July 2015 (UTC)


 * Sources - Sources used are mostly government institutions or mainstream media. A spot check with Duplication Detector does not show any close paraphrasing, copyvio or areas of concerns. AGF on non-English sources. — Maile  (talk) 20:30, 11 July 2015 (UTC)


 * Support as well-written, well-illustrated article. — Maile (talk) 20:30, 11 July 2015 (UTC)

Ian Rose (talk) 14:52, 16 July 2015 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive. Please do not modify it. No further edits should be made to this page.