Talk:Hurricane Rick (1985)/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: HurricaneSpin (talk · contribs) 21:24, 24 June 2013 (UTC)

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)

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Since I said I will be reviewing one of your GANs, so here it is.

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):

   I will specify the issues in the sections below.

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars, etc.:

6. It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.

   a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

Lede

• "Hurricane Rick threatened Hawaii during September 1985." - It could use a better thesis. Try to include other factors of its notability, such as intensity or its unusual track.
  • Better? YE ^{Pacific Hurricane} 21:30, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
• "A tropical wave that moved slowly westward over the warm waters south of Salina Cruz." - The "that" in the does not refer to anything, thus this is a fragment sentence. This also could use better wording, such as "The origins of Rick can be traced back to ..."
  • Did something like that. YE ^{Pacific Hurricane} 21:30, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
• The lede does not flow very fluidly, try adding some transition words.
  • Copyedited. YE ^{Pacific Hurricane} 21:30, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
• "A weakening trend commenced on September 10; Hurricane Rick began to rapidly deteriorate while turning northwest." - From what I could tell from the track, Rick was already traveling northwest while it intensified. Try reword this and attribute the "turning northwest" segment to the intensification sentences.
  • Meant north-northwest :F YE ^{Pacific Hurricane} 21:30, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
• "By September 11, Tropical Storm Rick was no more." - Use the word dissipated. WP:WTW#Euphemisms
  • Done. YE ^{Pacific Hurricane} 21:30, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
• "Even though Hurricane Rick turned north sooner than Pauline, the surf did rise somewhat." - What is somewhat? Be more concise with the wording. Also, try adding more about Pauline to the lede or remove it completely. As a reader I can not know what Pauline is if it randomly appears in the lede without explanation. For example, change a previous sentence to "...more of a threat to the Hawaii Islands than Pauline ever was, which was another hurricane expected to impact Hawaii."
  • I cut Pauline out of the lead, but took care of the rest. YE ^{Pacific Hurricane} 21:30, 24 June 2013 (UTC)

I will get to the other sections later. Focus on making the lede better for now.

Meteorological History

• The Meteorological History is generally pretty good. But since the dropsonde measured the pressure while it was a category 3 hurricane, the infobox should use <951 mbar of pressure.
  • Eh, that's kinda OR, since Rick was becoming ET. YE ^{Pacific Hurricane} 22:18, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
• "further intensification was initially slow to occur since Rick was 800 mi (1,300 km) west of Hurricane Pauline." It got the facts wrong. I read the MWR and it said Pauline was west of Rick, not the other way round.
  • Directional fail. YE ^{Pacific Hurricane} 22:18, 24 June 2013 (UTC)

Final Remarks

I think this article is now good to go. I am passing it for GA. Congratulations YE, well done, - HurricaneSpin (Talk) 22:22, 24 June 2013 (UTC)