Talk:1915 Galveston hurricane

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Topics from 2006

Created

The article "1915 Galveston Hurricane" was created in April 2006 by long-term, periodic user Storm05, as a full-length draft (with infobox), but with many spelling/grammar or accuracy issues and unclosed ref-tag footnote issues. Those issues persisted for over 2 years. -Wikid77 (talk) 09:02, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Todo

If you're going to make an article in the future, make something useful, like an article on Hurricane Craze's LNSB list ;) Just kidding, but good start on the storm. Yes, you got a B class storm on the first try. The content is there, but some general todo is fixing some grammatical and spelling errors. Wording isn't the best in places, but overall, good job. I just can't believe the storm didn't have an article already. There's still plenty of room for an improvement. Hurricanehink 19:26, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

Topics from 2008

Second in the early 20th century? No.

According to 20th century, the century began on Jan 1, 1901. Thus, the 1900 hurricane was in the last year of the *19th* century. 86.136.250.154 (talk) 00:12, 15 September 2008 (UTC)

Retrofit topic year headers

21-Sep-2008: I have added subheaders above as "Topics from 2006" (etc.) to emphasize the dates of topics in the talk-page. Older topics might still apply, but using the year headers helps to focus on more current issues as well. Also, I put a topic for "Created" at the top to explain the article background. -Wikid77 (talk) 09:02, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Quality cleanup from April 2006

21-Sep-2008: This week, I have completed most copy-edit updates to handle spelling/grammar, accuracy, run-on sentences, and unclosed ref-tag issues originating in the April-2006 draft revision. There had been over 50 quality problems, and some of them had persisted for over 2 years. See details at "/Comments". -Wikid77 (talk) 09:02, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

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• http://www.srh.noaa.gov/hgx/hurricanes/1910s.htm
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This is the quality-comments page for article: 1915 Galveston Hurricane. Cleanup from April 2006 21-Sep-2008: This week, I have completed most copy-edit updates to handle spelling/grammar, accuracy, and unclosed ref-tag issues originating in the April-2006 draft. There had been over 50 problems, and some of them had persisted for over 2 years: the beach erosion was noted as "300 inch" but actually "300 ft"; spellings for "still" were "sill" (and "fatalities" were "fatalites") etc.; several run-on sentences were split with semicolons or commas; unclosed ref-tag footnotes hid unseen sections of text, with bogus tags (such as "</ef>"); and the ref-tag named "mwr" had 2 conflicting definitions/URLs. When first written, the article had been noted as a draft version, but was never fully checked for accuracy, spelling/grammar, and ref-tag structures. However, the problems were massive: perhaps over 50 misspelled words, verb problems, and run-on sentences, plus errors in unclosed ref-tag pairing. I think the draft preceded the quality/level check-list seen in recent talk-pages, so I think the check-list has been a great improvement to Wikipedia practices, but only if articles are not passed too quickly. -Wikid77 (talk) 09:06, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Last edited at 22:09, 15 July 2011 (UTC). Substituted at 05:47, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:1915 Galveston hurricane/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Hurricane Noah (talk · contribs) 02:18, 8 October 2019 (UTC)

Review

• The 1915 Galveston hurricane was tropical cyclone that caused extensive damage in the Galveston area in August 1915. Should be "a tropical cyclone". Noah^Talk 02:18, 8 October 2019 (UTC)
  • Done. ミラP 23:22, 8 October 2019 (UTC)
• Reanalyses of the Atlantic hurricane database concluded the hurricane formed near Cabo Verde on August 5, gradually strengthening into a hurricane as it tracked westward. I would replace the first usage of hurricane with something else. Noah^Talk 02:18, 8 October 2019 (UTC)
• The hurricane weakened as it tracked farther, Add inland. Noah^Talk 02:18, 8 October 2019 (UTC)
  • Done. ミラP 23:22, 8 October 2019 (UTC)
• the disturbance gradually strengthened Contradicts the previous statement that it was a TD. Noah^Talk 02:18, 8 October 2019 (UTC)
• "there was nothing to indicate that conditions were favorable for the formation of a tropical storm, nor [...] was there anything pronounced to indicate its direction of progression ..." Are the dots part of the quote? If not, they also need the brackets. I cant load the source right now for some reason (likely too large for me) Noah^Talk 02:18, 8 October 2019 (UTC)
• Link CST Noah^Talk 02:18, 8 October 2019 (UTC)
  • All six of them, right? ミラP 23:22, 8 October 2019 (UTC)
    • @Miraclepine: Just the first one... I'm just curious as to why you are fixing someone else's nomination when they are actively editing. Noah^Talk 23:59, 8 October 2019 (UTC)
      • @Hurricane Noah: In the "Preparation" section, got it. I thought I was doing something great for them. ミラP 00:02, 9 October 2019 (UTC)
• You probably should add a note stating that all monetary values are in 1915 USD unless otherwise noted. Noah^Talk 14:04, 8 October 2019 (UTC)
• 0.5 mi (0.80 km) Why is this 0.5 mi and 0.80 km instead of .50 and .80 or .5 and .8?
• Early reports from The Daily Gleaner indicated 3–4 people in Annotto Bay were missing Did anyone say whether or not the people were eventually found? Noah^Talk
• I notice that some of the short sentences cause issues with the flow. Noah^Talk 14:04, 8 October 2019 (UTC)
• prevented a disaster on a similar scale Should be "of". Noah^Talk 15:08, 8 October 2019 (UTC)
  • Done. ミラP 23:22, 8 October 2019 (UTC)
• A 20-block length of Seawall Boulevard was destroyed by the hurricane by this erosion and persistent spray from waves crashing against the seawall Could this be reworded a bit? Noah^Talk 15:08, 8 October 2019 (UTC)
• estimated at between $35,000–$100,000 Change to "as". Noah^Talk 15:08, 8 October 2019 (UTC)
  • Done. ミラP 23:22, 8 October 2019 (UTC)
• 15,000 acres (6,100 hectares) Abbreviate hectares. Noah^Talk 15:08, 8 October 2019 (UTC)
• Houston mayor Benjamin Campbell Capitalize mayor. Noah^Talk 15:08, 8 October 2019 (UTC)
  • Done. ミラP 23:22, 8 October 2019 (UTC)
• dispatched at the Campbell's behest remove "the". Noah^Talk 15:08, 8 October 2019 (UTC)
  • Done. ミラP 23:22, 8 October 2019 (UTC)
• and similar fund was organized by Waco residents Add "a". Noah^Talk 15:08, 8 October 2019 (UTC)
  • Done. ミラP 23:22, 8 October 2019 (UTC)

Should be it. Great article. Noah^Talk 15:08, 8 October 2019 (UTC)