Talk:1884 Atlantic hurricane season/GA1

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

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]