Talk:1884 Atlantic hurricane season/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Juliancolton (talk · contribs) 17:01, 16 July 2014 (UTC)

I'm partial to old Atlantic hurricane history, so I'll review this article. Looks decent at first glance. Comments as I go along...

• The first system, Hurricane One, was initially observed over the northwestern Atlantic Ocean on September 1. The final storm, Hurricane Four, was last observed on October 17. - since "one" is strictly a number and not a name (same with "four"), it seems a bit redundant to say that Hurricane One was the first system. I would suggest something "The first system was initially [...]. The fourth and final hurricane was[...]", but it's your call.

• Hurricanehink always lectures me about this one, but I still forget :P--12george1 (talk) 19:36, 16 July 2014 (UTC)

• Overall, the first paragraph of the lead is rather choppy. We jump from hurricane 1, to 4, to 2 and 3, back to 1, and then back to 2. It tries to be both a summary and a chronology, which is understandable, but doesn't quite work.

• Better?--12george1 (talk) 19:36, 16 July 2014 (UTC)

• I think the ACE description in the lead might go into too much detail. The last sentence doesn't really apply to this season, for instance.

• Why wouldn't that apply? Storms such as the third hurricane had a TD stage.--12george1 (talk) 19:36, 16 July 2014 (UTC)

• It's worthwhile IMO to include a bit of info on how information for these storms has been reconstructed. 1860_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Methodology is how I went about that, and while I don't expect a whole section in this particular page, perhaps briefly explain who did most of the reanalysis, and how it became official. The meta-data HRD page usually has good info along those lines.

• If you read throughout the page, you will notice that ships were a major role in the reconstruction. As for the people who did the reconstructive work, they were mostly Partagas/Diaz and Neumann et al.--12george1 (talk) 01:50, 17 July 2014 (UTC)

• I think the first storm was newly identified by Partagas, so that might be worth mentioning.

• Fixed--12george1 (talk) 19:36, 16 July 2014 (UTC)

• You mention in the lead that waves from hurricane 3 did damage in GA, but I don't see much of that in the article body.

• It was apparently only like North Florida--12george1 (talk) 19:36, 16 July 2014 (UTC)

• The final known tropical cyclone of the season developed in the Caribbean Sea at 00:00 UTC on October 7 - this is a bit iffy, as reconstructed storm tracks usually begin well after the storm actually developed.

• Fixed--12george1 (talk) 19:36, 16 July 2014 (UTC)

• which was carrying 12,000 bushels of salt - ohhh, so that's why the oceans are so salty! :D

• What am I supposed to do here?--12george1 (talk) 19:36, 16 July 2014 (UTC)

I dig the storm descriptions—they're no-nonsense. That said, I think they might be a bit too specific in places (located about 575 mi, At 00:00 UTC on September 20, etc.), implying a degree of precision that I'm not sure exists with seasons this long ago. However, seeing as this is GAN and not FAC, I think it's generally "good enough". Look forward to passing the article once the above points have been addressed. Nice work! – Juliancolton | ^Talk 17:01, 16 July 2014 (UTC)