Talk:1938 Atlantic hurricane season/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: The Rambling Man (talk · contribs) 13:19, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

Comments

• "The 1938 Atlantic hurricane season featured the "Great New England Hurricane", regarded ..." seems like an odd way to start talking about the whole season, maybe say how many hurricanes there were, "including the "Great..."?
  • Done. TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk · contributions) 18:48, 11 April 2020 (UTC)
• "The season officially began on June 16 and ended on November 15 in the Atlantic Ocean" makes it sound like it only ends in the Atlantic Ocean! Why not "The season, in the Atlantic Ocean, officially began..." or similar?
  • Reworded. TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk · contributions) 18:48, 11 April 2020 (UTC)
• Why the three refs in the lead? Presumably, per all good articles, nothing is in the lead that isn't mentioned and referenced in the main article?
  • I removed one, since I later added a section about the tropical depressions. Two remain, neither of which have any need to be repeated later in the article. TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk · contributions) 18:48, 11 April 2020 (UTC)
• "$245,550" inflate.
  • Inflation with regard to hurricanes can get hairy, so as a general practice we stopped using inflation. TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk · contributions) 18:48, 11 April 2020 (UTC)
• "$620 million" in 1938??
  • Yes. The hurricane was infamous. TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk · contributions) 18:48, 11 April 2020 (UTC)
• "turned south and west" south then west? Or just southwest?
  • South then west. TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk · contributions) 18:48, 11 April 2020 (UTC)
• New England overlinked in the lead.
  • Fixed. TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk · contributions) 18:48, 11 April 2020 (UTC)
• "alongside Hurricane Alex (2016)" surely "alongside Hurricane Alex in 2016"?
  • Yes. TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk · contributions) 18:48, 11 April 2020 (UTC)
• "Several cities set 24-hour" well the cities didn't set them, they saw them.
  • Changed. TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk · contributions) 18:48, 11 April 2020 (UTC)
• Link Cozumel.
  • Linked. TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk · contributions) 18:48, 11 April 2020 (UTC)
• "Farther inland" Further or Farther?
  • Further. TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk · contributions) 18:48, 11 April 2020 (UTC)
• "Tropical Storm Five" section, "tropical wave" is overlinked.
  • Fixed. TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk · contributions) 18:48, 11 April 2020 (UTC)
• "point is analyzed a few " instead of "is" maybe "has been"?
  • Agreed. TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk · contributions) 18:48, 11 April 2020 (UTC)
• "which was whose strength" probably remove "which was"
  • Fixed. TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk · contributions) 18:48, 11 April 2020 (UTC)
• " and in fact," colloquial commentary. This is an encyclopedia so one would hope everything stated was "in fact".
  • You're, in fact, right. TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk · contributions) 18:48, 11 April 2020 (UTC)
• "cold front" is overlinked.
  • Fixed. TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk · contributions) 18:48, 11 April 2020 (UTC)
• "breakwater" is a dab.
  • Looks like somebody else took care of this. TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk · contributions) 18:48, 11 April 2020 (UTC)
• " $5,000–$7,000" vs "$75,000–100,000" $ symbol placement, be consistent.
  • Changed. TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk · contributions) 18:48, 11 April 2020 (UTC)
• "August 10, however. On August 18," grammar fail.
  • I think this was fine originally, but I changed it. TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk · contributions) 18:48, 11 April 2020 (UTC)
• " in Veracruz, Veracruz," try Veracruz city.
  • Changed. TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk · contributions) 18:48, 11 April 2020 (UTC)
• Season effects:
  • "This is a table of ..." nope, we don't introduce articles with "This is an article" nor lists with "This is a list" so don't introduce tables with "This is a table"
    • Ok. TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk · contributions) 18:48, 11 April 2020 (UTC)
  • Dates e.g. "3 – 6" should be unspaced.
    • Unspaced. TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk · contributions) 18:48, 11 April 2020 (UTC)
  • "the Bahamas" starts the note so "The Bahamas" is fine.
    • Ok. TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk · contributions) 18:48, 11 April 2020 (UTC)
  • Not strictly GA criteria but do the grim templates used in these tables comply with MOS:ACCESS for row and col scopes?
    • I'm not quite sure what you're referring to. TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk · contributions) 18:48, 11 April 2020 (UTC)
  • You have a fully blank Refs column. Is this intentional? Remove the column if you're not intending to use it.
    • I added the refs. TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk · contributions) 18:48, 11 April 2020 (UTC)
• Some spaced hyphens in the refs, should be en-dashes.
  • Fixed. TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk · contributions) 18:48, 11 April 2020 (UTC)

That's all I have for a quick pass. On hold. Cheers. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 20:35, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

TropicalAnalystwx13 are you going to address these comments? Cheers. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 13:05, 11 April 2020 (UTC)

Everything should be taken care of, The Rambling Man. Thank you for the review! TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk · contributions) 18:48, 11 April 2020 (UTC)

Cheers, will probably be tomorrow when I get back to this. All the best. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 18:52, 11 April 2020 (UTC)

Good updates. One thing, there are three entries in that table now without any references which seems very strange. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 08:43, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

TropicalAnalystwx13 not sure if you saw this? The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 07:33, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

The Rambling Man Yes I did, I just forgot to ping you! Sorry! TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk · contributions) 16:39, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

Okeydokes, I'm happy now. I made the templates used on the summary table on this page MOS:ACCESS compliant which means they'll be accessible to screen readers. Everything else seems in order so I'm promoting. Cheers, good work. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 16:49, 14 April 2020 (UTC)