Talk:Four-State Tornado Swarm/GA1

GA Review

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Hello, I'll be reviewing this article for possible GA status. Cheers, Nikkimaria (talk) 01:26, 11 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm placing the article on hold to allow contributors time to address my concerns. Cheers, Nikkimaria (talk) 02:09, 11 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No progress has been made on the article in the past week; therefore, I'm going to decline to list it at this time. Please feel free to renominate the article once the below concerns have been addressed. Cheers, Nikkimaria (talk) 20:25, 19 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Writing and formatting

Consider adding at least one more paragraph to the lead
Is there a better section title than "Synopsis"?
"a strong northwest wind an hail stones" - grammar
Given that some tornadoes affected more than one state, might you title the table "Tornadoes by state of origin" or something similar?
Quotes that are not complete sentences should have ending quotation mark before punctuation
"but only slightly injured" -> "but was only slightly injured"

Accuracy and verifiability

Make sure that all quotations have citations
Citations needed for:

"leveled with the ground"
"feared mortally wounded."
A house's roof was destroyed, with pieces scattered 0.75 miles (1.2 km) away
Pieces of the house were found 3 miles (4.8 km) distant. A barn was "taken and entirely carried off" by the tornado, and was not found.
hail stones weighing more than 1 ounce (28 g) damaged crops and broke windows.

One author's name is spelled both "Ludlum" and "Ludlam" in the references. Which is correct?

Broad

Rather short for a good article, but covers the topic well

Neutrality

Take a look at WP:WTA - certain words introduce an editorial bias and should be avoided

Stable

No issues noted

Images

The image is tagged to be recreated using vector graphics
Not required, but I personally would appreciate a similar map showing the approximate paths of the tornadoes