Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Christmas 1994 nor'easter
- 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 22:58, 6 December 2008 [1].
Christmas 1994 nor'easter[edit]
- Nominator(s): –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone
Well, according to WT:FAC, some people have gotten bored with the usual nomination statements, so I'll try something new. Did you know ... that that nor'easter may have been a tropical cyclone? Considering that most reviewers won't even know the difference, let alone find it interesting, I guess I'll continue on as usual...
Since its last FAC, the article has been copyedited by a couple editors, has received helpful comments on the talk page by User:Brianboulton, and got an equally helpful check for MOS and ACCESS issues by User:SandyGeorgia. –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 19:28, 17 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Could you make the Infobox damage total a little neater? Right now, it says "Damages: Several million 1994 USD", which is a tad weird. Why not just put the total you know (based on what you have already), and put the > sign ? ♬♩ Hurricanehink (talk) 19:35, 17 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Done. –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 19:51, 17 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- All references are good. I'm just a bit confused with the two sentences between the section Effects and the sub-section Southeast United States. Are they there as general effects or because there is nowhere else to put them? Cyclonebiskit (talk) 21:40, 17 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Basically, yeah. –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 21:46, 17 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- All references are good. I'm just a bit confused with the two sentences between the section Effects and the sub-section Southeast United States. Are they there as general effects or because there is nowhere else to put them? Cyclonebiskit (talk) 21:40, 17 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Done. –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 19:51, 17 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comments - sources look okay, links checked out with the link checker tool. Ealdgyth - Talk 12:54, 18 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Image review
Image:19941224surfacemap.gif - Is there a way to link to the website and the downloadable file? Awadewit (talk) 01:39, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Isn't that what this is? –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 14:44, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- That is the downloadable file. I was wondering if there was a way to link to the website and the file. (Apparently I would have to install a program to read this file.) Awadewit (talk) 20:03, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Ah, ok. Done. –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 20:08, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comments: I copyedited this article before FAC, and am leaning towards supporting , but I'd like a couple of issues settled first.
- The two stray sentences after the Effects heading: I'm not convinced that they are doing anything where they are. In the main text the causes of flooding appear to be rainfall rather than snow melts, and there are no other references to ice jams, so the first sentence looks redundant. The second sentence makes a general point about above-average temperatures, but this could be made in the lead. I'd consider ditching the first and transferring the second.
- Good point, fixed. –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 14:54, 20 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- In the lead you say that damage amounted to "several million dollars". According the main text, the damage in New England alone amounted to about $18 million - that's hardly "several". And what about the damage in the other areas - why is quantification given only for New England? I would guess that total damage was probably more like $50 million, which is seriously contrary to the lead statement. Could we have a clearer summary statement estimating the total cost of the damage? Brianboulton (talk) 11:56, 20 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- I clarified the damage total in the lead. As for the damages in other areas, information for specific totals is only available for New England, where the storm was the worst. Thank you for your copyedits and helpful comments, –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 14:54, 20 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support: Those were my only concerns. Brianboulton (talk) 18:45, 20 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Meets all criteria, since it was copy edited. Leave Message ,Yellow Evan home , User:Yellow Evan/Sandbox 18:02, 20 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Dabs, check the toolbox, pls. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 01:15, 25 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Got it, thanks. –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 01:51, 25 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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