Talk:Hurricane Adolph (2001)
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Longer intro and any more possible impact. Start-Low.Mitchazenia 13:13, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
- Touched the article up where specified. Also added sourcing for the intro (and mentioned that this was on record when recording began) and added more info to the article and finally did a spell checking. Jake52 My talk 21:30, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
Cite web formatting would be a great improvement for the article. Try going through the NHC discussions for more info. Also, give it another read-through. There are a lot of phrases that aren't well-written - "pulled itself together", "Dvorak numbers suggested that", "started life", "While turning northward and starting slow movement towards Mexico on May 27, a rugged banding eye feature became apparent on satellite imagery and convection around this eye feature began to deepen and the decision was made that Adolph had reached hurricane strength on the same day, but after coming within roughly 165 miles of the Mexican coastline the next day-the closest approach to land that the hurricane would make-Adolph began a left turn, influenced by a mid-tropospheric ridge" (quite a runon), "part of its life", "after all was said and done", "After the bout", and "Adolph's bad luck". Perhaps consider combining the preparations and impact section with the records section to form "Impact, records, and naming". Use more active and direct voice in verbs by avoiding phrases like had become or was predicted. Another image couldn't hurt. Finally, I'm not sure it should be said that the hurricane was retired. The name was removed, not retired. Retirement is generally reserved for storms due to damage. Hurricanehink (talk) 23:30, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
- (Concerning the picture)What would be a decent addition? Right now, the available pictures are mostly satellite images of the storm. Aside from those, the only other image Google brings up is a rainfall distribution 3D image like the current one, but with only half the storm's rainfall showing. As far as the tone and the cite-web go, I've got those covered. Jake52 My talk 00:01, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
- Another MODIS satellite pic would be good. Hurricanehink (talk) 01:06, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
- That one's cut off, but there are a couple of them at commons already. Good kitty 02:17, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
- Another MODIS satellite pic would be good. Hurricanehink (talk) 01:06, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
I gave the article a few goes-around and fixed the tone in the places indicated as well as fixed sourcing and info. I also corrected some spelling mistakes in the article. What else is needed for B-Class? Jake52 My talk 22:00, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
- I did a copyedit, and some things could use more explaining. What conditions were favorable for development? Why did it turn to the north? Why did it intensify so rapidly? More lede would be good, as well. Try adding more from NHC discussions. All in all, pretty close to B class. Hurricanehink (talk) 22:48, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
- All those questions answered on the next edition of Hurricane Adolph (2001)! Jake52 My talk 03:56, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
- How much more info does this article need before it reaches B-Class? I think I'm milked nearly all available information relevant from the discussions. Jake52 My talk 07:09, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
- Looks good enough for B. The best thing to add now would be Spanish sources containing actual impact. Hurricanehink (talk) 14:49, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
- That may be the hardest part. Nearly all stories pertaining to Adolph (CNN, Yahoo, etc.) were purged with age. The only Spanish article I found on Adolph is the one being sourced. I'm not sure if this article is even close to meeting the GA Criteria, but I'll try to dig up something (anything) on impact. Jake52 My talk 10:01, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
- Have you tried newspaper sources, such as the hurricane archive? Hurricanehink (talk) 14:59, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
- That may be the hardest part. Nearly all stories pertaining to Adolph (CNN, Yahoo, etc.) were purged with age. The only Spanish article I found on Adolph is the one being sourced. I'm not sure if this article is even close to meeting the GA Criteria, but I'll try to dig up something (anything) on impact. Jake52 My talk 10:01, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
- Looks good enough for B. The best thing to add now would be Spanish sources containing actual impact. Hurricanehink (talk) 14:49, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
