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Timeline of the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season

Featured list candidates/Timeline of the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season/archive1

Nominator(s): TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk · contributions) 04:47, 6 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Like 2016 and 2017 before it, the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season was yet another damaging year for tropical cyclones. The two names that will forever be associated with 2018 are Florence and Michael. Florence caused catastrophic flooding across North Carolina and South Carolina in mid-September. Michael, meanwhile, was the first Category 5 hurricane to strike the United States since Andrew in 1992. Together, these storms killed over 120 people and cost nearly $50 billion in damage. This timeline represents the season as it unfolded. TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk · contributions) 04:47, 6 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support from Hurricane Noah

Only issues I have are with the lead. Noah^Talk 23:10, 9 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Is the year really necessary after June 1 since you already had "timeline of the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season" before it? Noah^Talk 23:10, 9 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
- Nope! ☁❄ϟ TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk · contributions) 22:55, 11 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Likewise later on in the lead. Noah^Talk 23:10, 9 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
- It's outta here. ☁❄ϟ TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk · contributions) 22:55, 11 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Link the mention of United States. Noah^Talk 23:10, 9 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
- WP:MOS says we should avoid linking to major geographic features that most people know. USA certainly falls under that. ☁❄ϟ TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk · contributions) 22:55, 11 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Most articles have links to United States. The US isnt a geographic feature. Geographic features are things like North America, the Pacific Ocean, the Himilayan Mountains, the Saharan Desert, etc.. Noah^Talk 19:45, 12 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Average readers won't understand what "third deepest" means. Noah^Talk 23:10, 9 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
- Hopefully that's better. ☁❄ϟ TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk · contributions) 22:55, 11 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I would simply say third strongest by atmospheric pressure and fourth strongest by winds (you do need to clarify for that one as well). Noah^Talk 19:48, 12 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@TropicalAnalystwx13: All my concerns have been addressed, so I support. Noah^Talk 19:58, 16 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved comments from The Rambling Man (talk) 19:58, 12 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comment

Opens like a tabloid, "third in a series of three destructive and deadly years". Seriously, stick to encyclopedic writing.
- Changed. ☁❄ϟ TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk · contributions) 22:55, 11 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Definitely not keen on that bold link in the opening sentence either, but hey, it's less of a crime than the tabloidism!
- Changed this too. I'm not a criminal! ☁❄ϟ TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk · contributions) 22:55, 11 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
"It is these two major hurricanes that " -> "These two major hurricanes..." tighten it up, make it less of a commentary, and more an encyclopedic article.
- Roger. ☁❄ϟ TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk · contributions) 22:55, 11 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Why Cabo Verde when 99% of our English language readers will expect Cape Verde?
- In 2013, the island country decided that the Portuguese designation "Cabo Verde" was their official nomenclature. The National Hurricane Center began referencing "Cabo Verde" instead of "Cape Verde" back in 2016. ☁❄ϟ TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk · contributions) 22:55, 11 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
"landfalls" is piped to a redirect. "Landfall" is also, later, piped to a redirect back to itself...
- Not anymore. ☁❄ϟ TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk · contributions) 22:55, 11 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
" Praia, Cabo Verde" is ironically piped to a redirect too, Praia, Cape Verde, which then just links to Praia...
- Yikes. Fixed. ☁❄ϟ TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk · contributions) 22:55, 11 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The Rambling Man (talk) 19:55, 11 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support good work, my concerns addressed. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:58, 12 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Support - I couldn't find anything to pick you up on. Nice to see they named a hurricane after me, BTW ;-) -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 07:23, 24 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comment – Just one nit-pick from me: the first see also link isn't needed, since we link to that article in the opening sentence and in templates at the bottom of the page. Giants2008 (Talk) 21:31, 30 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Source review passed; promoting. --Pres N 20:40, 13 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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