Talk:1859 Atlantic hurricane season

GA Review

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Reviewer: Yellow Dingo (talk · contribs) 11:39, 5 September 2016 (UTC)

I'll take this. I should be done reviewing within a day or two. - Yellow Dingo (talk) 11:39, 5 September 2016 (UTC)

Review

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)
It is reasonably well written. a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists): It is factually accurate and verifiable. a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism): It is broad in its coverage. a (major aspects): b (focused): It follows the neutral point of view policy. Fair representation without bias: It is stable. No edit wars, etc.: It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate. a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall: Pass/Fail:
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1a

Lead

• Veracruz → Veracruz, Mexico

• Done--12george1 (talk) 21:17, 7 September 2016 (UTC)

• "with at least 25 boats sinking, with several people drowning after" → it reads weird repeating "with" maybe split into two sentences: "In early October, the sixth cyclone brought damage to Inagua in the Bahamas. At least 25 boats sunk, with several people drowning after one vessel capsized.

• Done--12george1 (talk) 21:17, 7 September 2016 (UTC)

Hurricane 1

• (165 km/h) – equivalent → (165 km/h) which is equivalent

• Done--12george1 (talk) 21:17, 7 September 2016 (UTC)

Hurricane 2

• "Existed in the northwestern Atlantic in the middle of August, the only evidence of the storm was reports from two vessels in the vicinity of bad weather." → "It existed in the northwestern Atlantic in the middle of August with the only evidence of the storm being reports from two vessels in the vicinity of bad weather."

• Done--12george1 (talk) 21:17, 7 September 2016 (UTC)

Hurricane 3

• "winds were estimated" → "winds are estimated"

• Done--12george1 (talk) 21:17, 7 September 2016 (UTC)

Hurricane 4

• Partagás - in the lead you don't have the accent on the "a"; keep it consistent

• Done--12george1 (talk) 21:17, 7 September 2016 (UTC)

• "As with the previous hurricane, no track existed for this storm until the 2000 HURDAT," - you say in H3 that the track was developed in 1995

• I think 1995 is correct. There's nothing to indicate in the sources that the track was created in 2000.--12george1 (talk) 21:17, 7 September 2016 (UTC)

Hurricane 5

• "September 18, newspaper accounts" → "September 18, using newspaper accounts"

• Done--12george1 (talk) 21:17, 7 September 2016 (UTC)

• "reemerged" → "re-emerged"

• Done--12george1 (talk) 21:17, 7 September 2016 (UTC)

• "into the" → "in the"

• I think that should stay as it is. It would be like saying "I walked into the forest"--12george1 (talk) 21:17, 7 September 2016 (UTC)

• "continued toward the" → "continued towards the"

• Done--12george1 (talk) 21:17, 7 September 2016 (UTC)

• "prior passing" → "prior to passing"

• Done--12george1 (talk) 21:17, 7 September 2016 (UTC)

• Unlink "Mobile" in the second paragraph as you linked it the first

• Done--12george1 (talk) 21:17, 7 September 2016 (UTC)

• "After a wharf was flooded, causing authorities to warn residents to seek higher ground." → "After a wharf was flooded, authorities warned residents to seek higher ground."

• Done--12george1 (talk) 21:17, 7 September 2016 (UTC)

• "The trains were" → "The train system was"

• Done--12george1 (talk) 21:17, 7 September 2016 (UTC)

• "at least $10,000" → "at least US$10,000"

• Done--12george1 (talk) 21:17, 7 September 2016 (UTC)

• "With over" → "With the storm causing over"

• Done--12george1 (talk) 21:17, 7 September 2016 (UTC)

Hurricane 6

• "signalling an intense" → "signalling it was an intense"

• Done--12george1 (talk) 21:17, 7 September 2016 (UTC)

Tropical Storm 7

• "suffered similar a fate" → "suffered a similar fate"

• Done--12george1 (talk) 21:17, 7 September 2016 (UTC)

Hurricane 8

• "reported to near Bermuda" → "reported near Bermuda"

• Done--12george1 (talk) 21:17, 7 September 2016 (UTC)

• "peak with winds" → "peak at winds"

• Done--12george1 (talk) 21:17, 7 September 2016 (UTC)

• "into extratropical cyclone" → "into an extratropical cyclone"

• Done--12george1 (talk) 21:17, 7 September 2016 (UTC)

General

• In quite a few of the paragraphs you refer to "Category 1" or "Category 2" storms. Normally we spell out numbers 0-9 per MOS:SPELL09. Is there a special reason why you haven't? If not then they should be spelled out. - Yellow Dingo (talk) 07:56, 7 September 2016 (UTC)

• It should stay as "Category 1" or "Category 2". It's similar to things like Magnitude 5 earthquake or F4 tornado.--12george1 (talk) 21:17, 7 September 2016 (UTC)

Final

Nice work so far. Putting this on hold. - Yellow Dingo (talk) 07:56, 7 September 2016 (UTC)

@Yellow Dingo: I've fixed or responded to all of the points you raised. Thanks for the review --12george1 (talk) 01:16, 8 September 2016 (UTC)

Ok nice work; passing. - Yellow Dingo (talk) 05:39, 8 September 2016 (UTC)