Talk:Typhoon Gordon

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Typhoon Gordon (1989)/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Yellow Evan (talk · contribs) 15:09, 4 April 2012 (UTC) Hi, CB. I will be reviewing this article. YE ^{Pacific Hurricane} 15:09, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

• "This article is about the Typhoon of 1989; for other storms of the same name, see Tropical Storm Gordon."Remove the dab from the top, and put a link to the dab in the see also section to be consistent with most WPTC articles. YE ^{Pacific Hurricane} 15:09, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
  • Done Cyclonebiskit (talk) 15:53, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
• "Typhoon Gordon (known as Typhoon Goring in the Philippines)" wikilink Philippines. YE ^{Pacific Hurricane} 15:09, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
  • Done Cyclonebiskit (talk)
• "was a powerful tropical cyclone that caused widespread damage and loss of life in the Philippines and southern China. " two things, assuming you do the above, delink Philippines per WP:OVERLINKING. Also switch the China wikilink to Southern China, because per MOS, you want to get the best wikilink possible. YE ^{Pacific Hurricane} 15:09, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
  • Done Cyclonebiskit (talk) 15:53, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
• "After striking the northern Philippines" WP:OVERLINKING already linked earlier in the lead. YE ^{Pacific Hurricane} 15:09, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
  • Done Cyclonebiskit (talk) 15:53, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
• "1.2 billion yuan ($319 million USD)" What year? 1989? 2012? YE ^{Pacific Hurricane} 15:09, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
  • Added note regarding all monetary values Cyclonebiskit (talk) 15:53, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
• "In early July, widespread showers and thunderstorms developed across the Western Pacific underneath a tropical upper tropospheric trough (TUTT)"see next comment
• "By July 11, the system featured a small central dense overcast and soon became sufficiently organized for the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) to declare it as Tropical Depression 11W.[nb 1]" consistency, either the abbreviation should be included in the wikilink or it should not be included. YE ^{Pacific Hurricane} 15:09, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
  • Changed TUTT Cyclonebiskit (talk) 15:53, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
• "cyclone's proximity to the Philippines, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration also monitored the storm and assigned it with the local name Goring.[3]" I'd put the abbreviated form (PASGA) in parentheses. YE ^{Pacific Hurricane} 15:09, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
  • No need since the abbreviation isn't used in the article. Cyclonebiskit (talk) 15:53, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
• "Around the same time, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) assessed the storm to have attained 10-minute sustained winds of 185 km/h (115 mph) along with a minimum pressure of 915 mbar (hPa; 27.02 inHg).[4][nb 2]" see above. YE ^{Pacific Hurricane} 15:09, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
• "Slight weakening took place hours before Gordon made landfall as a strong tropical storm near Zhanjiang in southern China on July 18." southern China to South China. YE ^{Pacific Hurricane} 15:09, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
  • Done Cyclonebiskit (talk) 15:53, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
• If the first paragraph is preps, re-title to section to preparation and impact plz. YE ^{Pacific Hurricane}
  • Done Cyclonebiskit (talk) 15:53, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
• "Residents along the coast were urged to take "extreme precaution."" why is "extreme precaution" in quotes? YE ^{Pacific Hurricane} 15:09, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
  • It's not a style of wording I use and it's taken directly from the source, therefore it requires quotes. Cyclonebiskit (talk) 15:53, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
• Any number of the people homeless in Hong Kong? YE ^{Pacific Hurricane} 15:09, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
  • Not that I found. Cyclonebiskit (talk) 15:53, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
• Any Twain impact? YE ^{Pacific Hurricane} 15:09, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
  • Couldn't find any Cyclonebiskit (talk) 15:53, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
• "Throughout southern China, at least 200 people were killed by the typhoon and damage amounted to 1.2 billion yuan ($319 million USD).[27]" Any exact number? YE ^{Pacific Hurricane} 15:09, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
  • No exact fatality count was given. Cyclonebiskit (talk) 15:53, 5 April 2012 (UTC)

Otherwise, it is good. YE ^{Pacific Hurricane} 15:09, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

• I believe I got to everything. Thanks for the review YE! Cyclonebiskit (talk) 15:53, 5 April 2012 (UTC)

External links modified

Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified one external link on Typhoon Gordon (1989). Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:

• Corrected formatting/usage for https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/menu/JTWC_mission.html

When you have finished reviewing my changes, please set the checked parameter below to true or failed to let others know (documentation at {{Sourcecheck}}).

This message was posted before February 2018. After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{source check}} (last update: 18 January 2022).

• If you have discovered URLs which were erroneously considered dead by the bot, you can report them with this tool.
• If you found an error with any archives or the URLs themselves, you can fix them with this tool.

Cheers.—^{cyberbot II}_{Talk to my owner:Online} 07:04, 3 April 2016 (UTC)