Talk:Typhoon Lee (1981)

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Review: May 11, 2014. (Reviewed version).

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Did you know... that Typhoon Lee was the second storm to strike the Philippines in December 1981?

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GA Review[edit]

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Reviewer: Secret (talk · contribs) 18:40, 3 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewing in a bit. Secret ^account 18:40, 3 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

"Philippines during December 1981" - shouldn't it be "in" December 1981?
- I don't think it matters much. Y E ^Pacific ^Hurricane 16:09, 11 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
"Following an increased in organized," - incomplete, and really with the grammar?
- Fixed. Y E ^Pacific ^Hurricane 16:09, 11 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
"the storm moved onshore the central Philippines" - grammar
- Fine, fixed. Y E ^Pacific ^Hurricane 16:09, 11 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
"However, the remnants of the cyclone were last noted" - tense, should be was
- Dixed. Y E ^Pacific ^Hurricane 16:09, 11 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
"Across the Philippines, Typhoon Lee killed 188 persons" should be "people"
- Fixed. Y E ^Pacific ^Hurricane 16:09, 11 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
"Moreover, 56 people were injured" can be combined with "There, 82 fatalities were reported."
- Done. Y E ^Pacific ^Hurricane 16:09, 11 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
"in the coastal town of Calapan, 5,600 dwellings received damaged" - grammar
- Fixed. Y E ^Pacific ^Hurricane 16:09, 11 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
"On December 21, 1981, an area of convection" can convection be wikilinked?
- Done. Y E ^Pacific ^Hurricane 16:09, 11 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
"the JMA estimated peak intensity 145 km/h (90 mph)" - missing word
- Inserted.
"That afternoon, the typhoon made landfalls along the central portion of the Philippines." should be "made landfall"
- Done. Y E ^Pacific ^Hurricane 16:09, 11 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
"However, by December 27, Lee began to feel the effects of an extratropical cyclone located to the north of Tropical Storm Lee" repetitive, fix
- Done. Y E ^Pacific ^Hurricane 16:09, 11 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
"Later that day, a Hurricane Hunter" - caps, not a person or organization
- It's capatalized in its wikipedia article. Y E ^Pacific ^Hurricane 16:09, 11 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
"the strongest storm to affected the island since 1970." grammar
- Fixed. Y E ^Pacific ^Hurricane 16:09, 11 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
"In the coastal region of Legaspi, home to a large volcano," - did the volcano played a factor in the storm, if not, cut the second part of the sentence as irrelevant.
- Yes. Y E ^Pacific ^Hurricane 16:09, 11 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
"in the fishing village of San Fernando on Masbate Island, 50 thatched huts were flattened.[18]" - Really?
- Fixed. Y E ^Pacific ^Hurricane 16:09, 11 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
"82 people were also killed on the island of Samar." - "also" is redundant, remove
- Done. Y E ^Pacific ^Hurricane 16:09, 11 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
No close paraphrasing concerns, all sources are reliable, images are rightly in public domain. Needs a copyedit.

Ok passing Secret ^account 16:12, 11 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]