Talk:Effects of Hurricane Dennis in Mississippi

Effects of Hurricane Dennis in Mississippi was one of the Natural sciences good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

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Date	Process	Result
April 21, 2008	Good article nominee	Listed
September 23, 2008	Good topic candidate	Not promoted
August 9, 2024	Good article reassessment	Delisted
A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on April 15, 2008. The text of the entry was: Did you know ...that although the damages* by Hurricane Dennis in Mississippi in 2002 were mostly minor, 41 counties in the state were declared federal disaster areas?*
Current status: Delisted good article

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Effects of Hurricane Dennis in Mississippi is part of the Hurricane Dennis in the United States series, a former good topic candidate. Please view its sub-page to see why the nomination failed. Once the objections have been addressed you may resubmit the topic for good topic status.

Todo

1.Fix up the wording a bit. Examples of problems below:

"In all, Hurricane Dennis caused $2.4 million (2005 USD) in damage."

Add "in Mississippi".

"Over 40 structures were flooded, 200 people to leave their homes."

Add "forcing".

"In preparations for Hurricane Dennis, 190,000 people were given evacuation orders, though many opted not to."

Change "In preparations" "in preparation" or "in advance of".

"In preparations for Hurricane Dennis, 190,000 people were given evacuation orders, though many opted not to.[2] Residents of Jackson County were issued a mandatory evacuation, while Hancock County issued a voluntary evacuation. Governor Haley Barbour issued a state of emergency..."

"Issued" is used 3 times in 2 sentences. Try a different word.

"Additionally, a horse park in Starkville was caring for over 50 horses belonging to residents who were forced to evacuate"

Something just sounds odd about that. A reader's response to that sentence might be "and?".

2. Can't really think of anything else. Maybe add a bit more meteorological statistics in the "Impact" section, but other than that just a copy-edit and tweaking of wording is needed. Not much to cover for this storm in Mississippi. TheNobleSith (talk) 02:12, 8 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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A Yes, I always like to receive feedback on my writing of articles.

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A I don't do a large amount of writing outside of Wikipedia, and if I do, it's mostly school-related.

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A My writing style has changed greatly since I joined the Tropical Cyclone WikiProject. As I continue to read the many FAs within the project and write my own articles, I feel that my writing style is progressively improving. Juliancolton ^Tropical ^Cyclone 16:49, 9 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

Passes on all counts. I don't think this can make it to FA, though, as there's simply not enough information to cover. TheNobleSith (talk) 18:24, 21 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. :) I wasn't planning on FA; GA's fine for this one. :) Juliancolton ^Tropical ^Cyclone 19:54, 21 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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