Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Hurricane Kyle (2002)

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 User:SandyGeorgia 20:31, 31 August 2008 [1].

Hurricane Kyle (2002)

Nominator(s): ♬♩ Hurricanehink (talk)

I'm nominating this article for featured article, because after working on it for a few weeks I believe it is up to scraps. I hope there is not animosity toward hurricane articles at the time, and I would like to nominate this at the current time for two reasons. First, I am going off to college soon, and I won't have as much time as I do now, and secondly it is hurricane season, so I'd imagine there might be slightly more interest. The article passed a GA nomination, and a fellow project member suggested I try getting this featured, so here I am.

The storm is fairly notable, being the longest-lived tropical cyclone in the Atlantic Ocean in 31 years. Hence, the storm history section is much longer than usual. I'll be happy to address any comments anyone might bring up. ♬♩ Hurricanehink (talk) 01:21, 16 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comments —This is part of a comment by Juliancolton (of 01:42, 16 August 2008 (UTC)), which was interrupted by the following: [reply]
~~What makes http://www.australiasevereweather.com/cyclones/2003/summ0209.htm a reliable source?~~
Current ref # 30 needs publisher info.
Done. Titoxd^{(?!? - cool stuff)} 00:46, 17 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
You did ref #31, not 30. :P 31 doesn't need one. –Juliancolton ^Tropical ^Cyclone 12:42, 17 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Actually, both need them... Titoxd^{(?!? - cool stuff)} 20:10, 17 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I wasn't too concerned about ref #31, as the author is the publisher, in a way. –Juliancolton ^Tropical ^Cyclone 20:41, 17 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Otherwise sources look good, links check out with the link checker. –Juliancolton ^Tropical ^Cyclone 01:42, 16 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The australiasevereweather link is a public mirror of Gary Padgett's monthly tropical cyclone summaries. Padgett is a notable authority in the tropical meteorology field, and was one of the co-authors of the AOML FAQ, which is one of our most frequently-referred sources. Titoxd^{(?!? - cool stuff)} 00:42, 17 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
See Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Cyclone Gamede/archive1 for a small discussion of the site. I've been satisfied that it's reliable for the information presented. Ealdgyth - Talk 12:33, 17 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Alright, looks good enough then. –Juliancolton ^Tropical ^Cyclone 12:42, 17 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

~~Comments on images~~

~~Image:Kyle 2002 track.png - This image is missing an author.~~
~~Image:TRMM Kyle 2002.jpg - This image is missing a description, a source, and I believe an author.~~
~~Image:TS Kyle 02 landfall.jpg - This image is missing the source and I believe an author.~~
~~Image:Kyle 02 rainfall.gif - This image is missing the source and I believe an author.~~

The bot that moves images over to Commons removes essential information from the image description for some unknown reason. Sadly, we have to fix these images after they've been moved. Awadewit (talk) 15:26, 17 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

- I fixed the last three. The first one, however, is made by a fellow Wikipedian, and I don't believe needs an author (since the author released it into the public domain). ♬♩ Hurricanehink (talk) 18:17, 17 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- That first one is complicated. All images in Category:Tropical cyclone tracks were created using WPTC's track map generator and were published into the public domain. It was created first by Jdorje and then modified by Nilfanion with the same software. Titoxd^{(?!? - cool stuff)} 20:09, 17 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  - It's not that complicated because the uploader is the author. The images don't say that because the template is protected and can't be modified.Potapych (talk) 22:00, 17 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    - It's not pretty, but I added the author to the track map. ♬♩ Hurricanehink (talk) 01:07, 18 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
      - We need to list the specific author on the image description page so that no confusion arises in the future. Why is this page protected anyway? (Just curious.) Awadewit (talk) 04:15, 18 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
        It is a potentially high risk template, since it is used on thousands of images, but the author problem has been resolved. ♬♩ Hurricanehink (talk) 04:27, 18 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support ~~Comments~~
Subtropical Storm Kyle initially tracked north-northeastward, gradually executing a clockwise loop.[1] Initially, the circulation center remained partly exposed to the south and west of the deep convection. Using "initially" twice in two consecutive sentences grows boring.
The storm history seems to drag on and on. What about splitting it into Meteorological history of Hurricane Kyle?
The tropical storm spawned an F2 tornado in Georgetown that remained on the ground for about 1.25 miles (2 km). Link tornado.
The last paragraph of Impact could use a copyedit.
Good work overall, as always. –Juliancolton ^Tropical ^Cyclone 15:36, 21 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- I created the sub-article, as, you're right, the SH is rather long. I also got the rest of the comments, I believe. ♬♩ Hurricanehink (talk) 05:14, 22 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  - Looks good. –Juliancolton ^Tropical ^Cyclone 20:59, 22 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support Nicely written, well sourced. Only quibble is I might move one of the last three images to the left to stagger things. Ealdgyth - Talk 16:23, 24 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support. Prose flows very well. Good job. Karanacs (talk) 16:32, 29 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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