Talk:Tropical Storm Arlene (1981)

Former good articleTropical Storm Arlene (1981) was one of the Natural sciences good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.
Article milestones
DateProcessResult
January 25, 2010Good article nomineeListed
April 5, 2011Good topic candidatePromoted
February 27, 2024Good article reassessmentDelisted
Current status: Delisted good article

GA Review

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This review is transcluded from Talk:Tropical Storm Arlene (1981)/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Here are the hindrances to this article being a GA, by TC project standards.

  • Information within the lead (unusual formation of Arlene, evolution into a non-tropical cyclone) is either not described within the article below, or in such a different way that non-meteorologists would be confused. This needs to be sorted.
  • Numerous wikilinks (For example: Caribbean sea, wind, rain for starters) are just plain missing within this article and need to be added, though only for their first occurrence.
    • re: above
  • Watch/warning information for Cuba missing and should be placed within the preparation section...they had to be issued.
    • nothing from the NHC... which i though was weird. should i mention there were no warnings?
  • The date format throughout the article is inconsistent. If you say May 8th in one place, it should be that way throughout the article.
  • The lead mentions how Arlene's formation was unusual, but there appear to be no references regarding why its formation was unusual, which would violate wikipedia's referencing and original research rules.
  • It should be mentioned towards the end of the article that the name Arlene was not retired, and when future occurrences of the name were used within the Atlantic basin, with the appropriate reference after those lines.
  • Convert templates from mph to kph and mb to inches of mercury are needed.
    • could someone help with this??
      •  Done "Edit" the page so you can see the format of the convert templates. For future reference, TC articles use convert templates for exact wind speeds that occurred within tropical cyclones, though not for maximum sustained winds since NHC rounds to the nearest 5 knots/5 mph. Thegreatdr (talk) 17:46, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • While publishing year information is generally included (good, although it is still needed for reference 10), publisher information is generally missing, and in one case is just incorrect. NOAA is the publisher for the HRD. Publisher information needs to be added for all references, per the Manual of Style.

I'm going to check over the article further to see if any additional work will be needed to bring this to GA standards, but this is a start. I will strike out issues which have been resolved, when the appropriate edits are made. You have one week to make the appropriate changes, as always.

        • k thx, got em.

Reviewer: Thegreatdr (talk) 14:41, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

For what it's worth, here are sources that might be of use. I'll look through them this afternoon to see if any additional information can be harvested. –Juliancolton | Talk 15:02, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
There are some bits and pieces of info that might be worth adding, but nothing substantial. Personally, since the article covers most major aspects of the storm, I'd be comfortable passing it as a GA. –Juliancolton | Talk 20:08, 21 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
wow that was alot! got most of it --Viennaiswaiting (talk) 23:15, 22 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Check out what is left above. You have one week from today to make the appropriate changes. Thegreatdr (talk) 17:52, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
done i think --Viennaiswaiting (talk) 02:50, 25 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
 Done Congratulations! Thegreatdr (talk) 17:40, 25 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
tanks a lot! :) --Viennaiswaiting (talk) 01:03, 26 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]