Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Connecticut tornadoes


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The list was promoted by User:Matthewedwards 15:56, 25 October 2008.

List of Connecticut tornadoes
previous FLC (23:06, 26 May 2008)

Believe all the old concerns have been addressed. - Running On  Brains  03:56, 12 October 2008 (UTC)

Comments
 * What makes the following reliable sources?
 * http://www.disastercenter.com/index.html
 * http://www.tornadoproject.com/index.html
 * Current ref 3 is lacking a publisher
 * Per the MOS, we don't put link titles in all capitals even when they are in all capitals in the original. (Link titles in the refs)
 * A number of your links in the refs are lacking last access dates.
 * Otherwise sources look okay, links checked out with the link checker tool. Ealdgyth - Talk 13:37, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
 * ✅ I think, except for one. The disaster center website just uses the Storm Prediction Center archives and puts them in table form. I could cite a different website, but this is the only one that actually does the math so I think it's better to have a straightforward source. Regardless, I'll see if I can find a better one. Tornadoproject.com is the website for The Tornado Project, started by Dr. Thomas P. Grazulis (also the author of one of the book refs), pretty much the authority on historical tornadoes, so I believe it would be considered reliable.- Running  On  Brains  00:44, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment: The National Weather Service cites Grazulis regularly, so I would consider his website reliable. Here is one such case, others are easily found if you need them . WxGopher (talk) 03:33, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

Support, all issues resolved. Dabomb87 (talk) 00:12, 23 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Support No concerns. Well done. –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone  15:25, 21 October 2008 (UTC)

October 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment - Every time I have looked at this article in order to review it, I got stuck on the paradoxical statement "They occur most commonly in Hartford County, although since 1950 Litchfield County has recorded the most tornadoes." I have not found a source for the statement that they occur most commonly in Hartford County, so I infer that this statement is simply a description of the data in the table. In that case, I believe that it would be more accurate (and less paradoxical) to say "More tornadoes have been reported in Hartford County than in any other county in the state, but since 1950 Litchfield County has recorded the most tornadoes." This would reflect what I believe is the reality: we don't actually have enough data to say where in the state tornadoes occur "most commonly" (and one might quibble with the word "commonly" there, since they are uncommon), but we do know where they have been reported. --Orlady (talk) 04:58, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
 * ✅ I agree it was poor wording. - Running On  Brains  16:10, 25
 * Thanks for fixing that. --Orlady (talk) 18:17, 25 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Support - Nice list, well-presented and thoroughly sourced. I have just one more comment, though. The storm of August 7, 1839 is described as passing through "an uninhabited area of present-day Wallingford." I don't think the boundaries of Wallingford have changed since 1839, so I believe that should simply refer to "an uninhabited area of Wallingford." --Orlady (talk) 18:17, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
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