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The following is an archived discussion of a featured list nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured list candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The list was promoted by The Rambling Man via FACBot (talk) 00:32, 11 April 2017 (UTC) [1].[reply]

List of Arabian Peninsula tropical cyclones[edit]

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Nominator(s): ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 17:14, 7 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I am nominating this for featured list because it is the most thorough compilation of storms affecting the Arabian Peninsula. The region has been affected more and more in the past decade, with the three strongest storms on record in the adjacent Arabian Sea (Gonu, Phet, and Chapala) causing significant effects to the region. Add in a Yemeni civil war, the massive amounts of oil in the region, and a typically desert region getting lots of rainfall from storms, and you get some interesting effects. I believe the article is now ready for the rigors of the FLC process. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 17:14, 7 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved comments from TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk · contributions) 19:58, 20 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Just a few comments:
  • A cyclone developed over the Arabian Sea near the Gulf of Oman on December 27. Moving westward, the storm lashed Bahrain with winds of 110 mph (180 km/h). - Swap mph and km/h for consistency.
  • "Offshore, strong waves destroyed several boats, including one dhow that had 141 people aboard." - Do we know what happened to them?
  • "Slightly higher rainfall – 482.3 mm (18.99 in) – was reported at a station 40 kilometres (25 mi) northeast of Salalah." - Since the rest of the units are abbreviated, do the same for kilometers.
  • "A storm moved ashore near Masirah with a widespread area of gale force winds southeast of the center." - Wikilink gale.
  • "The storm caused $25 million in damage and nine fatalities" - USD or what? (fix later instances of this as well)
  • "The effects of the flooding disrupted the livelihoods of about 700,000 resident" - Resident → residents.
  • Images need alt text.
  • Reference 20 redirects to the website's home page.
  • Reference 91 gives me an error after a few minutes.

This is a well-sourced and comprehensive list that I'll be glad to support once the minor comments above are addressed! TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk · contributions) 07:30, 8 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you @TropicalAnalystwx13: I believe I addressed all of the issues, except for the last two. For ref 20, I converted it to regular cite news without the web address. I can't find a working URL, but I will attempt to find one. Ref #91 (now 92) works fine for me, I'm not sure what is up with that. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 17:16, 12 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Nice, but now reference 11 needs replacing as it expired yesterday. Good timing, huh? :) TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk · contributions) 21:51, 12 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Fixed @TropicalAnalystwx13:. Sorry for taking so long for one little ref :P ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 19:43, 20 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Support - Nice work! TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk · contributions) 19:58, 20 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Support with the disclaimer that I've done some minor copyediting. I believe the article is a great resource that easily meets the FL criteria. My only suggestion would be to include a time period for the following: In 2014, an archaeology team discovered evidence that a major flood affected Ras Al Hadd in eastern Oman, possibly the result of a tsunami or a severe storm. – Juliancolton | Talk 22:07, 12 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

  • Oppose until maps are provided. You guys have tons of maps showing paths, and I am sure you can create one for this list too. Nergaal (talk) 15:17, 13 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • OK. I contacted @Cyclonebiskit: about it. He said he would be able to, but it just might be a few days. 03:55, 19 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Sorry, keeps slipping my mind. Just need to compile a few more tracks then I'll be able to produce the map. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 21:03, 1 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • @The Rambling Man: just waiting on a few more track files to be converted into a format I can use with the map generator. Thought it would be a simple copy/paste job but turns out all of the pre-2007 systems needed to be re-transcribed. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 22:51, 15 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Any timescale? I know there's no deadline but this has been ongoing for a month now. The Rambling Man (talk) 22:54, 15 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • @The Rambling Man: The program is having a lot of issues with these tracks for some reason. I'm getting busier and busier and not sure I'll have the time to sit down and redo all the tracks again within a reasonable amount of time. Any way this can be overlooked with the agreement that it will be eventually added into the article? ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 15:18, 4 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Since the original opposer has apparently "retired", I guess that's ok. I'll take a last look shortly. The Rambling Man (talk) 18:40, 4 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • I hadn't realised that DarthBotto had supported contingent on the tracks being included as well. It looks like we're stuck here, although three supporters haven't mentioned the need for tracks, one opposes based on their absence, and one support is contingent on it. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:39, 4 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
←@The Rambling Man: For whatever it's worth, I'm happy to reaffirm my support despite the requested map having not been added. In my experience working with regional tropical cyclone lists, the cumulative track maps are mostly for aesthetics with limited illustrative value. They can show you the prevailing storm track, but that's easy enough to explain via text. In most cases the map will be missing the storms that occurred prior to the start of the official tracking period, and for this region in particular, even the storms with documented tracks don't always have available intensity data, so many of the tracks will simply be gray instead of color-coded for strength. Add to this the fact that there's no way to identify individual storms in the mass of dots and lines, and then the map really doesn't have a lot to tell you. It's a nice thing to have to make the article look nice and professional, but I've never considered it strictly necessary, and I know it's not a universal feature of similar lists. Just my thoughts... – Juliancolton | Talk 22:14, 4 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I've decided to bump my support vote from contingent to good faith, with the assurance that the storm track will be included at the earliest convenience. The Rambling Man, you can count this as a support vote. DARTHBOTTO talk•cont 22:43, 4 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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