Talk:Typhoon Gerald

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Review: June 25, 2017. (Reviewed version).

A fact from Typhoon Gerald appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 30 May 2017 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Typhoon Gerald was the one of three typhoons spawned by the monsoon trough in early September 1987?

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Category:Typhoons

Why is this in the top-level category of Typhoons when it is also in child categories of Typhoons in Taiwan and Typhoons in China? That makes no sense and is counter to how to accurately categorise such articles. The Rambling Man (talk) 06:50, 25 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Because Category:Western Pacific tropical storms also belong in Category:Typhoons in China. But I see how this is faulty, so something needs to be ironed out project-wide which requires a broader discussion. Y E ^Pacific ^Hurricane 07:18, 25 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

It is a category that has two purposes and i see no major reason to change that bar introducing an overall category for the intensity classifications which i thought we already had.Jason Rees (talk) 07:29, 25 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Typhoon Gerald/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: 12george1 (talk · contribs) 21:24, 25 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hello YE. I will be reviewing this article this afternoon. It's a fairly decent article, but I see some things that need work before I can pass this article and list it as a GA.--12george1 (talk) 21:24, 25 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I think you could go for a more interesting opening sentence. Why not just say it caused severe flooding in Taiwan and south-central China in September 1987? Also, you misspelled Neneng
- Re-wrote and fixed. Y E ^Pacific ^Hurricane 21:48, 25 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
"and within 24 hours, intensified into a tropical storm." - Add the storm/cyclone/system/it before "intensified"
- The "tropical depression" is the subject of the sentence though. Y E ^Pacific ^Hurricane 21:48, 25 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
"the storm caused $4.48 million in damage but no deaths" - Mention USD here rather than two sentences later, unless this actually isn't USD
- Moved. Y E ^Pacific ^Hurricane 21:48, 25 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
"In the neighboring Zhejiang Province, 28 were killed and 71 sustained injuries" - 28 pink unicorns? :P
- Cleared up, I just don't want the lead to get repetitive. Y E ^Pacific ^Hurricane 21:48, 25 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
"from an area of low pressure that develop to the east" ---> "from an area of low pressure that developed to the east"
- Done. Y E ^Pacific ^Hurricane 21:48, 25 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
"after Typhoon Dinah transitioned into the extratropical cyclones over the South China Sea." - I'm trying to figure out how this was relevant to Gerald. It doesn't seem like there's a connection. Unless I'm missing something, I think you should remove this
- Meh, removed, it gave the sentence some flow but I also feel it's more worthy mentioning in a season article. Y E ^Pacific ^Hurricane 21:48, 25 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
"Gerald made landfall less than 100 km (62 mi) away from Amoy." - I think you should specify which direction. North or south?
- NE. Y E ^Pacific ^Hurricane 21:48, 25 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
"as it was no longer indefinable by surface observations" - This sounds like a double negative or contradiction. I'm guessing you meant to say "identifiable" instead of "indefinable"?
- Fixed. Y E ^Pacific ^Hurricane 21:48, 25 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
"During its formative stages, the typhoon 177 people or 32 families were either homeless or evacuated to shelter in the Philippines" - There's several things wrong with this sentence. I think you should say "During its formative stages of the typhoon, 177 people – or 32 families – were either homeless or evacuated to shelters in the Philippines"
- Done. Y E ^Pacific ^Hurricane 21:48, 25 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
"heavy rains and strong winds to the island nation." - I don't think Taiwan is a country. Just remove the word "nation"
- Done. Y E ^Pacific ^Hurricane 21:48, 25 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
"During the height of the storm, 5,000 households lost power due to the typhoon." - No need for "due to the typhoon"
- Removed. Y E ^Pacific ^Hurricane 21:48, 25 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
"Typhoon Gerald brought extensive damage and up to 510 mm (20 in) of rain to the Fujian Province, particularly to cities of Ningde, Fuzhou, Putian, Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou" - Did Gerald drop 20 inches of rain in those cities or did it cause extensive damage in those places, or both?
- Revised, though not sure I liked it. Y E ^Pacific ^Hurricane 21:48, 25 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
"67 people were killed, 31 other people were hurt," ---> "67 people were killed and 31 other people were hurt,"
- It's a series though if items so there's only a need for an ",and" before the last item. Y E ^Pacific ^Hurricane 21:48, 25 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
"were demolished,[16] 102 people were hurt,[17] and 122 fatalities occurred." ---> "were demolished,[16] 102 people were injured,[17] and 122 fatalities occurred."
- Done, just changed the "were" to "sustained". Y E ^Pacific ^Hurricane 21:48, 25 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
"while Cheung Chau received 16.5 mm (0.65 in) in a five-day time span." - 0.65 inches of cocaine dust? :P
- Cells :P Y E ^Pacific ^Hurricane 21:48, 25 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

That should be it.--12george1 (talk) 21:24, 25 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the review as always. Y E ^Pacific ^Hurricane 21:48, 25 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Nice work on fixing these. I will now pass this article.--12george1 (talk) 22:03, 25 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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