Talk:2003 Pacific typhoon season/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: 12george1 (talk · contribs) 20:45, 6 July 2014 (UTC)

Hello User:TheAustinMan! I am going to review this Good article nomination of yours. My issues are listed below.--12george1 (talk) 20:45, 6 July 2014 (UTC)

• "Though the season ran year-round, the first storm to develop was Yanyan west of the Marshall Islands on January 15." - I'm not sure I like the wording of this sentence. Was the first storm named "Yanyan west of the Marshall Islands on January 15."? Also, what's with the "Though" at the beginning? Basically the first part is proved by the second part. My suggestion: "The season ran year-round, with the first storm, Yanyan, developing west of the Marshall Islands on January 15."
  •  Done - Reworded to the suggested wording. TheAustinMan^{(Talk·Works)} 21:19, 6 July 2014 (UTC)
• "Maemi was also the most intense tropical cyclone of the season with a minimum barometric pressure of 910 mbar (hPa; 26.87 inHg)." - Mbar, hPa, inHg. What's all of that? :P
  •  Done - Linked the meteorological abbreviated jargon. TheAustinMan^{(Talk·Works)} 21:19, 6 July 2014 (UTC)
• "Pacific basin are assigned a name by the Tokyo Typhoon Center." - Correct me if I am wrong, but isn't it the Joint Typhoon Warning Center that assigns names? If you do replace the Tokyo Typhoon Center with the Joint Typhoon Warning Center, remember to wikilink it and include the abbreviation (JTWC), since it goes unexplained later in the article.
  • ✗ Not done - I'm pretty sure the JMA does. TheAustinMan^{(Talk·Works)} 21:19, 6 July 2014 (UTC)
    • Ok. Since you are not going to wikilink Joint Typhoon Warning Center, then put it here instead, "The JTWC also issued warnings on storms within the basin,".--12george1 (talk) 21:24, 6 July 2014 (UTC)
• The number of typhoons and intense TCs in the TSR forecasts table do not match the infobox.
  • ✗ Not done - The TSR based their verification on what the JTWC tracked, so I added a note. TheAustinMan^{(Talk·Works)} 21:19, 6 July 2014 (UTC)
• "In 2003, the JMA monitored 21 tropical cyclones of at least tropical storm intensity; of those, 14 reached typhoon intensity. [...] (PAGASA) monitored three additional cyclones of at least tropical storm intensity that were not monitored by the JMA.[1][14][15]" - I'm confused here despite the fact that I am a WPTC member. :P I counted 22 TCs that reached tropical storm intensity. Since there were 24 named system overall (21 official, 3 unofficial), wouldn't that leave only two additional cyclones at tropical storm intensity that weren't monitored by JMA?
  •  Done - The timeline is based off of the JMA, which did not consider Batibot, Lakay, or Zigzag as tropical storms. Lakay was incorrectly labeled as a TS on the timeline, so I fixed that. TheAustinMan^{(Talk·Works)} 21:19, 6 July 2014 (UTC)
• "Typhoon Etau earlier in the month made landfall in Japan, resulting in 17 deaths.[15][21]" - Wikilink landfall
  •  Done - Linked. TheAustinMan^{(Talk·Works)} 21:19, 6 July 2014 (UTC)
• "January 18 with 1-minute sustained winds of 60 mph (97 km/h)" - Switch the order of the units.
  •  Done - Switched. TheAustinMan^{(Talk·Works)} 21:19, 6 July 2014 (UTC)
• "depression on April 9 well removed form any landmasses." - Typo
  •  Done - Nah, it formed several landmasses. Fixed TheAustinMan^{(Talk·Works)} 21:19, 6 July 2014 (UTC)
• "several hours until less conducive atmospheric conditions slightly" - Ditto
  • ✗ Not done - Not sure where the typo is here. TheAustinMan^{(Talk·Works)} 21:19, 6 July 2014 (UTC)
    • Shouldn't "conducive" be "conductive"?--12george1 (talk) 21:24, 6 July 2014 (UTC)
• "A tropical depression developed on August 2, and gradually intensified while moving to the northwest, becoming a tropical storm on August 3 and a typhoon a day later." - No location mentioned. Did this TD happen to form near Antarctica?!? :P
  •  Done - Southeast of Guam. TheAustinMan^{(Talk·Works)} 21:19, 6 July 2014 (UTC)
• Similar issue in Krovanh's section. No location is mentioned until the fifth sentence.
  •  Done - East of Chuuk state. TheAustinMan^{(Talk·Works)} 21:19, 6 July 2014 (UTC)
• "The passage of the typhoon caused surface chlorophyll-a concentration in the ocean to increase 30-fold." - I think you should wikilink Chlorophyll a
  •  Done - Linked. TheAustinMan^{(Talk·Works)} 21:19, 6 July 2014 (UTC)
• "On September 5, former Hurricane Jimena crossed the international date line into the basin." ---> "On September 5, former Hurricane Jimena crossed the International Date Line into the basin. "
  •  Done - Fixed. TheAustinMan^{(Talk·Works)} 21:19, 6 July 2014 (UTC)
• Alright, that should be it. I look forward to passing this article. :) --12george1 (talk) 20:45, 6 July 2014 (UTC)
• Well, great job TheAustinMan. :) I am now going to pass this article and list it as a Good Article. Congratulations,--12george1 (talk) 02:31, 7 July 2014 (UTC)