Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Hurricane Mitch

Hurricane Mitch

Big time self-nom. I rewrote this article from scratch, and, on behalf of the Tropical Cyclone WikiProject, I feel this article exemplifies the featured article criteria. The article is stable, as I have been the main person working on it lately. It's comprehensive, with plenty of detailed information on the actual storm, preparations for it, impact for each area affected, and aftermath of the hurricane. It is completely cited with under cite web formatting. It's long, but not too long. In my biased opinion, I feel this article is ready to become the next Featured Article from the Tropical Cyclone WikiProject. Support. Hurricanehink 01:18, 4 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

"Other Central America" looks awkward. I preferred it when it was broken down by country. —Cuivi é nen, Thursday, 4 May 2006 @ 01:21 UTC
- Good point. Tito just changed it to Rest of Central America. Would country by country be acceptable here? Mexico, for example, only has 2 lines. Would that be fine, having a sub-section of just two sentences? Hurricanehink 01:26, 4 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  - For the record, Mexico isn't generally considered part of Central America, though finding a more precise/accurate section name might be tough. I don't think splitting it up further (i.e. by country) is a good idea; keep the subsections substantial. --Spangineer^[es] (háblame) 14:21, 4 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    - What about Latin America? Mexico is included in that. Hurricanehink 16:22, 4 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
      - Belize is not normally considered part of Latin America. Tuf-Kat 22:26, 4 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
        Really? Then what should the title of that section be? Hurricanehink 22:34, 4 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
        How about separating Mexico, Belize, Guatemala and El Salvador (north of the destruction) from Costa Rica and Panama (south of the destruction)? (Belize is English-speaking, and thus not part of Latin America.) —Cuivi é nen, Thursday, 4 May 2006 @ 22:58 UTC
        Hmm, OK about Belize. That could work Cuivienen, though it's not perfect. The destruction occurred throughout Central America. The damage just peaked in Honduras and Nicaragua. Hurricanehink 23:09, 4 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
        "Rest of Latin and Central America" would work, as Belize is in Central America. Tito xd^{(?!? - help us)} 02:42, 5 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
        That works. Aside from the title of that one section, what more needs to be done? Hurricanehink 11:35, 5 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I've just gone through the article with a fine comb, checked that there weren't any glaring errors (yes, Mitch affecting a river near Arizona is not an error), copyedited it, etc., so I believe it passes the criteria now. If possible, rain gauge measurements from Costa Rica would be nice, but I'm pretty sure those are not available. Either way, support. Titoxd^{(?!? - help us)} 21:25, 5 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Cool! Unfortunately, I couldn't find rainfall totals in C.R. Hurricanehink 23:56, 5 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, support now. You did a really great job with this one, Hink. —Cuivi é nen, Saturday, 6 May 2006 @ 01:24 UTC
Support. It's amazing what mostly one person can do in so little time. Nice job Hink! Isn't the sattelite picture of the runoff awesome? Icelandic Hurricane #12 01:37, 6 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Thanks Cuivienen and Icelandic Hurricane! Yea, I love those types of picures. Hurricanehink 01:46, 6 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Lincher 15:32, 6 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: Could there be book references as it would be interesting for somebody who wants to go deeper in the subject. Lincher 15:32, 6 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- There appears to be quite a few on Amazon.com. I don't have any of the books, so I can't reference them. How do you decide which one is suitable for further reading? Hurricanehink 18:29, 6 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  I normally go by the depth of information available in the book. If it gives more information on some subject mentioned in the book, you can add it. I do Google Books search too in order to find book references. Lincher 21:11, 6 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  Well, I don't have any of those books, and am too young to buy them via online (only 17). Book references can't really be added unless you've actual read them. Hurricanehink 02:38, 7 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Support. A very nicely written and informative article. Beno1000 18:43, 6 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Very good effort. —Eternal Equinox | talk 15:49, 7 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Support because it is an article that fulfills the criteria for featured articles. Miss Madeline | Talk to Madeline 21:05, 7 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Support, this baby looks ready for primetime. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 22:45, 8 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Support article looks great Anonymous _anonymous_Have a Nice Day 18:31, 9 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]