Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Hurricane John (2006)

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The article was promoted 00:58, 26 February 2008.

[edit] Hurricane John (2006)

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Having written this article about a year ago, I believe it holds up to the FA criteria. I'll be happy to address any objections. ♬♩ Hurricanehink (talk) 17:40, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

• comment These three sentences, Hurricane John was the eleventh named storm, seventh hurricane, and fifth major hurricane of the 2006 Pacific hurricane season. The hurricane threatened large portions of the western coastline of Mexico, resulting in the evacuation of tens of thousands of people. Hurricane John developed on August 28 from a tropical wave to the south of Mexico... goes from meteorological aspects, then to preparations, and back to meteorological aspects. In other words, it bounces around between ideas. I will go through the rest of the article later, but that is what popped at out me at first glance. Juliancolton (Talk) 17:47, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Alright, I moved that sentence to the beginning of the second paragraph. ♬♩ Hurricanehink (talk) 21:37, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Support. Much better. After having read the rest of the article, I Support. Juliancolton (Talk) 21:38, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

• Support, rassegnato, solo ora capisco fin quanto si può scrivere su un uragano :-) (if you wanna the translation call me XD) - compliments!!! --jskellj - the nice devil 12:40, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
  • Ringraziarla per il suo sostegno. ♬♩ Hurricanehink (talk) 16:32, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
• Support. Meets all of the FA Criteria in my opinion. Another great WP:WPTC article. Good job to everyone who helped with this article. ---CWY2190^TC 00:32, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

• Support --Laser brain (talk) 17:20, 25 February 2008 (UTC) Comments - another great Hurricane article. The prose is smooth and interesting. I just have some small issues that I think need to be fixed:
  • You link twice to Baja California which is the Mexican state consisting of the northern half of the Baja California peninsula. I'm sure you meant to link to the latter since you are referring to the land mass, not the state.
  • "Favorable conditions allowed the storm to quickly intensify..." Fix split infinitive.
  • "It entered the eastern Pacific Ocean on August 24, and quickly showed signs of organization." Jargon alert. Casual readers will not know what "organization" is for a tropical wave. The tropical wave article is no help.
  • "Due to land interaction and its eyewall replacement cycle of its interaction with land..." Does this state what was intended? It's not clear.
  • "Officials in Acapulco advised low-lying residents to be on alert, and also urged boats to return to harbor." Suggest rewrite. The residents themselves are not low-lying, unless they are on the floor. They didn't urge the boats, they urged the skippers/captains/etc. --Laser brain (talk) 15:13, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
  • Thanks a lot - I got them. ♬♩ Hurricanehink (talk) 15:42, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

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