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The following is an archived discussion of a featured article nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The article was promoted by Ian Rose via FACBot (talk) 14:52, 16 July 2015 [1].

Hurricane Gonzalo

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Nominator(s): – Juliancolton | Talk 01:37, 23 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I've been working on this article on-and-off since the storm's formation last October, and after a recent final push to tie up loose ends and flesh out my research, I think it's among the finest tropical cyclone articles on the site. I hope you'll agree. – Juliancolton | Talk 01:37, 23 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

  • two official hurricane landfalls – is "official" needed? Are there sucha thing as an unofficial hurricane landfall?
  • Gonzalo tracked northwestward as it intensified into a Category 4 major hurricane, the first in the Atlantic since Ophelia in 2011, by October 15. – having "by October 15" (referring to 2014) following "2011" is a bit jarring. It might be better in the middle of the sentence after "hurricane", but is it even needed at all? The timeframe is already set by "formed from a tropical wave on October 12" and "on October 16, Gonzalo peaked".
  • "Barely a road" – quotations in the lead should have inline citations per MOS:LEADCITE (or rephrase into your own words)
  • Guadeloupe – the first mention (in Preparations) should be linked rather than the second mention (in Impact and aftermath)
  • The hurricane generated hurricane-force winds – repetition of "hurricane" should be avoided
  • Naturally, elevated weather stations observed the highest winds – is "Naturally" needed here, does it add anything?
  • but the strong winds likely compromised the accuracy of the rain gauge – should probably be more explicit that the measurement is likely an underestimate, rather than just inaccurate
  • Currencies should be used consistently – some figures are marked as US$, others just use $ without specifying which dollar
    • Specifically, the article uses US$ when referring to the Caribbean, but when referring to Bermuda does not specify
  • 0.25 mi (0.40 km) – 0.25 mi probably reads better as a quarter of a mile, and metres is a better unit to convert into for amounts under one kilometre
  • ''Lowest pressure 940 mbar (hPa); 27.76 inHg – appears in the infobox, but is not in the article (and therefore unreferenced)

- Evad37 [talk] 12:30, 16 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Support – Solid work all around JC. I've made some copyedits here and there so please double check to make sure everything is still in line. I also removed some redundant referencing that was covered by the TCR. Cyclonebiskit (talk) 06:18, 22 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note -- image and source reviews? Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 10:09, 30 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

  • Sources - Sources used are mostly government institutions or mainstream media. A spot check with Duplication Detector does not show any close paraphrasing, copyvio or areas of concerns. AGF on non-English sources. — Maile (talk) 20:30, 11 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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