Wikipedia:WikiProject Tropical cyclones/Project audit

The project has many FA's, so we tend to forget about some of the older ones. Hence, we need a project audit for these featured articles. Some are in better shape than others, but some might be on the verge of removal. Here is a list of the ones promoted before 2009, separated by year.

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Featured Articles promoted in 2006

1928 Okeechobee hurricane

One of the project's oldest FA's. ♬♩ Hurricanehink (talk) 19:32, 12 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I made a couple of changes to make sure the Hurdat reference and inflation templates automatically update when the template is updated.Jason Rees (talk) 00:14, 13 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Theres 3 Dead links which i couldn't repair.Jason Rees (talk) 00:00, 14 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

ive cleaned the article up a bit introducing proper referencing for Books and Journals.Jason Rees (talk) 22:40, 29 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hurricane Claudette (2003)

9 dead linksJason Rees (talk) 00:10, 14 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed them all but the WMO link, since WMO's archives have been sketchy since they moved their website. Hurricanehink (talk) 15:50, 30 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hurricane Edith (1971)

Not much to do. Leave Message, Yellow Evan home

Authors and Inflation templates need adding.Jason Rees (talk) 17:52, 2 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Oh and the NDCC problem affects this article.Jason Rees (talk) 17:55, 2 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hurricane Esther (1961)

Needs about 15 more sources. Leave Message, Yellow Evan home

I do agree that some more sources are needed outside of the NHC, but I don't think we need a hard limit. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 23:20, 2 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hurricane Fabian

Y It was on TFA back in January, which counts as an audit. ♬♩ Hurricanehink (talk) 14:30, 13 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Still needs a complete ref check.Jason Rees (talk) 16:45, 13 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Bad news — mid way through my ref check i found several deadlinks to the Royal Archive and the WMO.Jason Rees (talk) 19:03, 13 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  - I converted The Royal Gazette deadlinks to cite news and removed the URLs. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 23:27, 13 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hurricane Gloria

A few more sources please. Leave Message, Yellow Evan home

Hurricane Gustav (2002)

A couple more source would be nice. Leave Message, Yellow Evan home

Haven't really looked into this much, but I'd be careful asking for more sources on storms like this. Though John may have been meteorologically significant, a low-impact Pacific storm over 15 years ago isn't likely to have a lot of outside media coverage. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 23:22, 2 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There is no discussions in the article. For a storm that long there should be about 5. Leave Message, Yellow Evan home

Hurricane Juan

Refs 12-15 are dead. Leave Message, Yellow Evan home

Hurricane Mitch

More preps. Leave Message, Yellow Evan home

Hurricane Nora (1997)

Needs a few more sources. Leave Message, Yellow Evan home

Tropical Storm Allison

MH is WAY too long. Recerate the MH sub article . Leave Message, Yellow Evan home

I don't think that's really necessary to be honest. I could probably condense it a bit, but the storm's long and complex history justifies such a lengthy section. One major issue, though, is the dozens of out-of-date NCDC references. If nobody else wants to sort them out I can do it this week sometime. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 23:17, 2 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Tropical Storm Bill (2003)

Links 42-45 are dead. Leave Message, Yellow Evan home

Tropical Storm Bonnie (2004)

Expand the MH somewhat. Leave Message, Yellow Evan home

Tropical Storm Edouard (2002)

Ref 20 is dead. Leave Message, Yellow Evan home

Tropical Storm Henri (2003)

Some consistency issues at first glance, but nothing major (maybe some deadlinks? I didn't check.) –Juliancolton | ^Talk 23:19, 2 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

1933 Atlantic hurricane season

More sub-articles. Possibly redo the article in the new-style season format. ♬♩ Hurricanehink (talk) 19:32, 12 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ive started to add inflation templates if i can be asked later ill finish it off. Other than that i think the article could do with a bit more info if available and is up to scratch.Jason Rees (talk) 16:05, 13 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

1995 Pacific hurricane season

It's up for featured topic right now, so it's been tidied up over the past week. ♬♩ Hurricanehink (talk) 19:32, 12 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The addition of a Seasonal effects chart would be good.Jason Rees (talk) 00:21, 13 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The section for Flossie is way to long. Leave Message, Yellow Evan home

Now it's the same length as the other storms. ♬♩ Hurricanehink (talk) 02:57, 13 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

2003 Pacific hurricane season

Needs a season impact table. Leave Message, Yellow Evan home

2005 Atlantic hurricane season

Paragraphs on each storm needs to be expanded. Leave Message, Yellow Evan home

dead links fixedJason Rees (talk) 02:08, 14 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Meteorological history of Hurricane Katrina

Featured Articles promoted in 2007

Eye (cyclone)

2000 Sri Lanka cyclone

All links work fine — the only thing i may do is link to the IMD Excel BT file just to prove that it is BOB XX.Jason Rees (talk) 19:19, 13 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Remember that IMD BOB numbers go numerically with out changing for ARB or BOB. --Dil Hoom Hoom Kare 22:21, 13 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  - Thanks for the reminder though comparing the Excel file and the WMO Report of all basins from that year it doesn't really matter for 2000 as there were no depressions over the Arabian sea.Jason Rees (talk) 23:08, 13 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hurricane Danny (1997)

Needs quite a bit of referencing work done to it, the common problem with the NCDC references affects this article and theres needs to be no abbreviations in references.Jason Rees (talk) 00:41, 13 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- I love your bloody brilliant idea you said on IRC. Once Webcite is back up, we'll archive the NCDC links for all FA's. That way, there'll be a permanent link to the data. ♬♩ Hurricanehink (talk) 04:22, 13 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  - If I may add, webcite is back up again. --Dil Hoom Hoom Kare 21:35, 14 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hurricane Dog (1950)

Hurricane Erika (1997)

Quite a bit of it is sourced to a blog. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 19:48, 12 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I found alternative sources for two of the facts sourced to that blog so I changed them. As for the rest, I couldn't verify them elsewhere so the net result is addition by subtraction, to use a tired cliche. Miss Madeline | Talk to Madeline 03:49, 14 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Nice, thanks! Looks much better. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 11:40, 14 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hurricane Erika (2003)

Hurricane Ioke

Not much. Leave Message, Yellow Evan home

Hurricane Isabel

Hurricane Ismael

Cleaned references up and the common problem with the NCDC references affects this article.Jason Rees (talk) 23:33, 12 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hurricane Kenna

More sources. Leave Message, Yellow Evan home

Typhoon Pongsona

1998 Pacific hurricane season

Trimm Javier's section, and a season impact table. Leave Message, Yellow Evan home

Meteorological history of Hurricane Ivan

Meteorological history of Hurricane Wilma

Went through and replaced one dead link and spelt out who the authors and what the dates of the advisories were. Everything else looks ok so i would suggest archiving this one Jason Rees (talk) 01:14, 30 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Effects of Hurricane Isabel in Delaware

Effects of Hurricane Isabel in Maryland and Washington, D.C.

Effects of Hurricane Isabel in North Carolina

Featured Articles promoted in 2008

Tropical cyclone

Great article. Leave Message, Yellow Evan home

Cyclone Elita

Replaced 1 dead link from the WMO.Jason Rees (talk) 00:51, 14 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hurricane Dean

Hurricane Irene (2005)

Hurricane Isis (1998)

Hurricane John (2006)

Ref 29 is dead. Leave Message, Yellow Evan home

Fixed. Miss Madeline | Talk to Madeline 02:03, 4 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The NCDC links in this article have slipped to an event in October 2006 i tried looking for them but couldnt find them. - If you do find them please webcite them to avoid the links slipping again.Jason Rees (talk) 02:17, 4 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hurricane Kyle (2002)

Hurricane Lane (2006)

Hurricane Vince (2005)

Ref 10 is dead. Leave Message, Yellow Evan home

Tropical Depression Ten (2007)

Tropical Storm Alberto (2006)

Tropical Storm Barry (2001)

Tropical Storm Chantal (2001)

Tropical Storm Erick (2007)

Nothing here (unless if you really badly want to merge it). Leave Message, Yellow Evan home

Ugh, this article again. :-) To be perfectly honest – I wouldn't fight tooth and nail to keep this article around anymore, and I should acknowledge that I may have overreacted a couple years ago when it was the subject of substantial controversy. I still like the fact that it sets a precedent for articles, and indeed featured articles, on lesser-known subjects where there isn't a lot to say. And it's still a pretty good article. However, I have come to think that if folks want to condense it and merge it, it might not be a terrible idea. On the other hand, it's a good example of some of the most polished and tweaked text on Wikipedia. Perhaps we as a project need to calmly revisit this? –Juliancolton | ^Talk 23:32, 2 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Im not commenting either way yet on whether to merge it but the NWS Honolulu August 2007 Precipitation Summary link is dead.Jason Rees (talk) 23:40, 2 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Done. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 13:12, 16 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Meteorological history of Hurricane Dean

Ive been through all of the links and cant see anything blatantly wrong with it.Jason Rees (talk) 02:58, 30 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- I copyedited it, and I'm sure it would still pass the FA criteria if it was nominated today. It's a really well-written met. history. Hurricanehink (talk) 03:02, 30 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]