Talk:2021 Tennessee floods/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Steelkamp (talk · contribs) 06:29, 6 March 2022 (UTC)

Hi. I will be reviewing this article. Review should be complete in the next few hours. Steelkamp (talk) 06:29, 6 March 2022 (UTC)

Good article criteria

Criteria 1

Well written

• CDT should be linked to Central Daylight Time. Steelkamp (talk) 08:27, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
  •  Done United States Man (talk) 12:10, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
• In a catastrophic situation – This doesn't seem to be encyclopedic. It is also redundant, considering the previous sentence mentions "very heavy rainfall" and "flash flooding". Steelkamp (talk) 08:27, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
  •  Done United States Man (talk) 12:10, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
• How about including the number of homes destroyed in the lead. Steelkamp (talk) 08:27, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
  •  Done United States Man (talk) 19:50, 29 March 2022 (UTC)
• What is the "five-county area"? Steelkamp (talk) 08:27, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
  • Defined in the next section. United States Man (talk) 12:10, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
• During the early morning – I think it would be better to write During the early hours, as for some people, the morning starts at sunrise rather than at midnight. It would be less ambiguous this way. Steelkamp (talk) 08:27, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
  • It was early morning where it happened. United States Man (talk) 12:10, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
    • Early morning is ambiguous. Write a range of hours. Steelkamp (talk) 14:14, 31 March 2022 (UTC)
      •  Done United States Man (talk) 16:36, 31 March 2022 (UTC)
• Numerous people became trapped, leading to widespread water rescues and several deaths. – This is too vague. The lead needs to have specific numbers of injuries and deaths. Steelkamp (talk) 08:27, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
  •  Done Specific injury counts are unavailable. United States Man (talk) 12:10, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
• area streams and creeks – What does this mean? It doesn't seem grammatically correct to me. Steelkamp (talk) 08:27, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
  • Literally means creeks and streams in the area. It is grammatically correct. United States Man (talk) 12:10, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
• a ranch foreman was swept away and found a short time later. – It should be explicitly stated that he died. Steelkamp (talk) 09:10, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
  •  Done United States Man (talk) 12:10, 6 March 2022 (UTC)

Criteria 2

Verifiable with no original research

• A level three state of emergency was declared by the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA) for Dickson, Hickman, Houston, and Humphreys counties in response to the flooding event. – The source just says state of emergency. Does not say it was level three, and does not specify which counties. Steelkamp (talk) 08:27, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
  •  Done United States Man (talk) 02:00, 8 March 2022 (UTC)
• Roads into Waverly became impassable, with crews trying to perform rescue operations unable to reach some areas. Cell phone service in the area was disrupted as well, complicating initial response and recovery efforts. – The reference after this sentence doesn't seem to apply to the preceding paragraph. Steelkamp (talk) 09:10, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
  •  Done United States Man (talk) 19:50, 29 March 2022 (UTC)
• Some sources say that there were 21 or 22 deaths. Steelkamp (talk) 09:10, 6 March 2022 (UTC) Nevermind, I read that part of the article. Steelkamp (talk) 09:30, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
• East of the ranch, after flooding from Hurricane Creek and Tumbling Creek, Tennessee State Route 230 remained closed for several days as officials cleared debris and assessed damage to the roadway. – Source makes no mention of State Route 230. Steelkamp (talk) 09:10, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
  •  Done United States Man (talk) 02:00, 8 March 2022 (UTC)

Criteria 3

Broad in its coverage

• Do any sources link the floods with climate change? Steelkamp (talk) 08:27, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
  • Opinion pieces and such. Don't see the relevance. United States Man (talk) 19:50, 29 March 2022 (UTC)
• Do any sources say whether the floods are one in 100 years, one in 500 years, etc? Steelkamp (talk) 08:27, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
  • Haven't seen anything. United States Man (talk) 19:50, 29 March 2022 (UTC)
• NOAA report calls the floods "one of the worst natural disasters in the history of the state". This could be added to the lead and body, Steelkamp (talk) 08:27, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
  •  Done United States Man (talk) 19:50, 29 March 2022 (UTC)
• How about you include the property damage in the body of the article as well. Steelkamp (talk) 08:27, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
  •  Done United States Man (talk) 12:43, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
• and use of Nissan Stadium to the Waverly football team for homes games during the season. – Did this offer eventuate? Steelkamp (talk) 09:30, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
  • Yes? United States Man (talk) 12:43, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
• There is no mention of Kentucky other than in the lead and infobox. Steelkamp (talk) 14:14, 31 March 2022 (UTC)
  •  Done United States Man (talk) 19:14, 4 April 2022 (UTC)

Criteria 4

Neutral

Criteria 5

Stable

• No edit wars or content disputes. Criteria 5 is passed. Steelkamp (talk) 08:27, 6 March 2022 (UTC)

Criteria 6

Illustrated, if possible

• Images are all good on copyright, caption and relevancy. Steelkamp (talk) 08:27, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
• A search on Google and Wikimedia Commons reveals no more creative commons images of the floods. Steelkamp (talk) 08:27, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
• Criteria 6 is passed. Steelkamp (talk) 08:27, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
• This is not on the GA criteria, but ideally, the images would have alt text. Steelkamp (talk) 08:27, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
  •  Done United States Man (talk) 12:37, 6 March 2022 (UTC)

General comments

@United States Man: When are you going to address the remaining points? Steelkamp (talk) 05:28, 24 March 2022 (UTC)

• Right, that's good enough to pass now. Steelkamp (talk) 03:51, 5 April 2022 (UTC)