Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates/2018 Pacific hurricane season/archive1

2018 Pacific hurricane season

The 2018 Pacific hurricane season was one of the most active Pacific hurricane seasons on record, producing the highest accumulated cyclone energy value on record in the basin. The season had the fourth-highest number of named storms – 23. The season also featured eight landfalls, six of which occurred in Mexico. Hurricane Lane strengthened into a Category 5 hurricane and caused torrential rainfall in Hawaii during late August, becoming that state's wettest tropical cyclone on record and the second wettest tropical cyclone in United States history, only behind Hurricane Harvey of the previous year. In mid-September, Hurricane Olivia became the first tropical cyclone to make landfall on the islands of Maui and Lanai in recorded history. Shortly after, Tropical Depression Nineteen-E became the first tropical cyclone to form in the Gulf of California before it brought severe flooding to Sinaloa, Mexico, causing significant damage. Meanwhile, Hurricane Walaka attained Category 5 intensity before causing disruptions in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. In late October, Hurricane Willa became the record-tying third Category 5 hurricane of the season before striking Sinaloa as a major hurricane, causing severe destruction. Damage across the basin reached $1.46 billion (2018 USD), while 56 people were killed by the various storms.

Contributor(s): Hurricane Noah, Hurricanehink (Willa), Cyclonebiskit (Lane & Timeline), KN2731 (Willa)

Since the timeline has officially been promoted to featured list now, I would like to kick off this self-nomination. This has been quite an undertaking for me and I have learned a lot about article writing while improving this topic. I would like to thank everyone who helped along the way with writing, research, reviews, and encouragement. I couldn't have done it without you. Noah^Talk 02:50, 21 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Support ~~Comment~~ nice read of these detailed articles for this interesting topic, but I take issue with refs being in the lead of some of the Hurricane articles, especially when the content is not written out in the body thus not following the rule for lead info. Hurricane Bud (2018) is an example due to the lead sentence backed up by [1] only being present there when it should be written out and sourced in the body; however, these articles are thorough and very well-researched! --K. Peake 08:36, 21 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Kyle Peake: This issue has been brought up in many of the FACs, but the reference was allowed for these articles as it was for a piece of introductory material relating the storm to the season. Leads usually don't have references in them, but that is neither prohibited or required. As for information in the lead, it almost always will be in the body but that isn't a strict rule, rather more of a suggestive guideline where we are allowed to make exceptions. Noah^Talk 10:09, 21 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Changed to support now, as this is a reasonable exception to the rule, especially since the info wouldn't really fit in any sections. --K. Peake 18:34, 21 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Enthusiastic support! I've been waiting for this nom for a few years now. I'm so proud of the work that Noah did on this series of articles, particularly with all of the Spanish sources, and just the level of detail and writing, it's some of the best that Wikipedia has to offer. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 13:17, 21 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support: Clear scope, all the notable storms at quality, all linked by a navbox and category. Looks great! Well done! -Bryan Rutherford (talk) 13:18, 21 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support per precedent of similar topics earning promotion, although I echo Hink's praise about the longtime and legendary effort put into this topic. Y E ^Pacific ^Hurricane 19:21, 21 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Strongly Support – All of the listed articles are up to standard, and we have a solid candidate for a Featured Topic here. Also, the quality of the articles in this FLC is rather impressive. I agree with the others who believe that this FLC is ready. LightandDark2000 🌀 (talk) 02:36, 22 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support – No brainer! Noah's diligence with this topic is, well, amazing. I'm glad to see this topic nomination after all the hard work he has put into it. codingcyclone ^advisories/_damages 05:14, 22 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support, holy cow! Good Job! --Panini!^🥪 11:58, 26 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: Hurricane Olivia (2018) has been promoted to FA today, so the status here has been updated. Noah^Talk 15:03, 26 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support Amazing effort. Mario Jump 83! 08:13, 29 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Closed with a consensus to promote to Featured Topic - Aza24 (talk) 09:37, 10 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]