Talk:Weather buoy

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Date	Process	Result
January 31, 2011	Good article nominee	Listed

A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on February 7, 2011.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that automated weather buoys (example pictured) have been deployed to record weather information from the Earth's oceans since 1951?

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Tsunami buoy?

We also need material on tsunami buoys; would it make sense to include it here rather than as a separate article? Vicki Rosenzweig 04:56, 2 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

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

Reviewer: Arsenikk ^(talk) 22:31, 31 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

Avoid linking boldface, preferably link 'bouy' later in the article [not a GA criteria, fixed]
Avoid apostrophes in decades (1980s, not 1980's) [not a GA criteria, fixed]
State the full name before the acronym.
- The only acronym I see used repeatedly within the text is NOMAD, which is defined within the history section. Did I miss defining another acronym? Thegreatdr (talk) 22:43, 31 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  - Sorry, I fixed that in my edit and forgot to comment here. Arsenikk ^(talk) 22:53, 31 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
In general, avoid abbreviating measurements in prose without good reason (or for very long words, such as km/h). It tends to break up the prose and the text flows not as well. If you are worried about grammar and want a singular word, instead use adj=on. [perhaps not a GA criteria, fixed]
- In the cases where I used abbreviations, I did so because the convert template pluralized meters, when I just wanted to use it as an adjective in those cases (i.e, 3-meter buoy). Should I just shed the convert templates in those cases? Thegreatdr (talk) 22:41, 31 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  - No, use the adj=on parameter in {{convert}}. This will for instance change "metres" to "metre". I tried to change those I found, but I may have missed one. Arsenikk ^(talk) 22:53, 31 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
In the lead there is mention of legal processes; this is not described further in the article and is rather cryptic.
- It wasn't described in the body of the text because I couldn't find any more information. Normally, weather observations are used in trials to determine fault. If there was a nearby shipwreck, the buoy data would likely be used. Because I couldn't find any refs stating this, I didn't add this info into the article itself. Thegreatdr (talk) 22:41, 31 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  - Okay, fine. Arsenikk ^(talk) 22:53, 31 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
"Legal proceeding" is a disambiguation link
- Fixed. Changed to trial. Thegreatdr (talk) 22:41, 31 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I am a bit concerned with the number of external links. They should only be included for sites which are directly related to the topic, and which contain information beyond what the article is capable of. At least the Canadian site (weather forecast), sailwx (weather forecast), Mariners Weather Log (should be incorporated as a ref or left out), Bouyweather (weather forecast). I am uncertain about Marine Data Services, but I am slightly reluctant as it is a supplier; perhaps an WP article is better, if the company is notable? The last two are fine.
- Took out the commercial links. Good catch. Thegreatdr (talk) 22:36, 31 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  - Sorry, I formulated myself a bit clumsy there, but what I was concerned with was also that as far as I could see, three of the sites only provided weather forecasts, which I would say was outside the scope of external links for this article. Arsenikk ^(talk) 22:53, 31 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    - I removed the remaining forecast link. Thegreatdr (talk) 23:08, 31 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Images and refs check out good.

Placing on hold. There are a few concerns, but the article reads well and I am more than happy to pass the article after the last few pieces are in place. Arsenikk ^(talk) 22:31, 31 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting article, and I'm glad I chose to review it. Congratulations with another good article :) Arsenikk ^(talk) 23:09, 31 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

There is a Coast Guard buoy tender (USCGC Hickory (WLB-212)) ported in our harbor, and I believe they deploy these as well as navigational buoys. They store spares right by the side of the road at the docks, I could probably get a picture of one that shows the parts that are usually submerged if that would be helpful. Beeblebrox (talk) 01:39, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Map

This article could use a map showing weather buoy locations, such as the one here: http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/ --151.203.225.121 (talk) 02:06, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

We could for the fixed buoys. It wouldn't work very well for the drifting buoys, however. Thegreatdr (talk) 09:41, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]