Talk:Typhoon Gay (1992)

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December 5, 2011	Good article nominee	Listed
January 6, 2012	Featured article candidate	Promoted

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GA Review

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Reviewer: Hurricanefan25 (talk · contribs) 16:51, 5 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'll take this one too. The review should be up by Wednesday evening. HurricaneFan 25 16:51, 5 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- You don't have to get every single one, you know ;) Thanks though. --♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 17:05, 5 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  - Well, I wantz to get ahead in this ;) HurricaneFan 25 17:32, 5 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

Is it reasonably well written?
A. Prose quality:
After passing through the country, it intensified its peak intensity over open waters Its peak intensity intensified? :P
Aww shucks. --♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 17:48, 5 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

No Marshall Islands citizens were killed → No citizens of Marshall Islands were killed
Tweaked. --♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 17:48, 5 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

JTWC upgraded Gay to a super typhoon, which is a Tighten by removing "which is"
Disagreed, I feel that the current wording is ideal. --♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 17:48, 5 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Link Typhoon Omar?
It's already linked twice in the article. --♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 17:48, 5 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

On Saipan to the north → To the north at Saipan
Righty-o! --♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 17:48, 5 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

That's it! :)

B. MoS compliance for lead, layout, words to watch, fiction, and lists:
Is it factually accurate and verifiable?
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B. Citation of reliable sources where necessary:

C. No original research:
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Pass or Fail:

Is this vandalism?

This discussion has been closed by Mz7. Please do not modify it.

The following discussion has been closed by Mz7. Please do not modify it.

I'm thinking about changing "the strongest and longest-lasting storm" to "the strongest and longest-lasting and gayest storm" ...but would that be considered vandalism?

Doubledragons (talk) 04:17, 13 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 04:18, 13 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Article Name change request

Instead of naming it Typhoon Gay, how about Typhoon Seniang? Or just like that. Because, some people kept vandalizing this just because of the name. --Iol_Iiz zy 19:11, 18 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Weird name

Can someone please tell me why this is called typhoon gay? 118.101.171.83 (talk) 06:19, 26 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Because that is what it was named by the JTWC.Jason Rees (talk) 14:30, 26 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]