Talk:1979 Imperial Valley earthquake/GA1

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Reviewer: Secret (talk · contribs) 01:29, 30 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Will be reviewing this article tomorrow. Secret ^account 01:29, 30 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, thanks for stepping up. Dawnseeker2000 02:13, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Secret,

Following the review, some time may be needed depending on the level of changes that may need to take place. I have time on weekday evenings (I live on the US west coast) but not really enough to really dive into the work, and so weekends are where major changes would need to happen, if required. Looking forward to the review, Dawnseeker2000 14:41, 6 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for the delay, RL interfering, I should be able to review this tomorrow. Thanks Secret ^account 06:10, 14 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

No worries, thanks for checking in. Dawnseeker2000 22:41, 14 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I don't mean to subtract from the review, but since Secret is busy I figured I'd provide some of my own comments.

$30 million USD, I would presume. Should mention that. Done
Inconsistencies in spelling of numbers over 10. Usually anything over 10 is not spelled out. Fixed this somewhere but probably missed a few. Done
Inconsistencies in usage of convert. There should be a convert for the US gallons; I didn't insert it because I'm not totally familiar with the abbreviated usage of {{convert}}. Done
What is slumping? I've never heard that used; it's utter jargon.

Tom Heaton & T. Leslie Youd's jargon. I've removed one instance and replaced another with settling, but maybe there's another word that can be substituted there because it's used twice now in close proximity. I haven't re-read the source yet and may get some ideas when I do. Dawnseeker2000 02:39, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Why on earth would the geology section be directed to the article "1892 Laguna Salada earthquake"?

That earthquake is mentioned in the text and the article had been linked there initially just as the text "1892" because a series of earthquakes are listed chronologically, and I thought it might be better to make it more prominent, because that article's Tectonic Setting section is detailed, and the reader would gain a broader perspective of the plate boundary and fault layout in that region by following the link. I've moved the link back to the inline style.

British spellings are sometimes used, but it's an American article. Done
Right_lateral should have an endash between it, as should any similar constructions. Done
The earthquake caused damage to the Californian towns of El Centro, Brawley, Calexico and to Mexicali, just across the border in Mexico. - This sentence is awfully confusing. It makes it sound like Mexicali is in CA, and then adds a bit of nonsense at the end that doesn't make any sense.

I've fixed that up. Dawnseeker2000 02:39, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You should be using nbsps (ie. California Highway Patrol, which goes onto the next line). Done
What's with all the see alsos at the tops of each section?

I use those along with the normal "See also" section at the bottom of articles and sometimes in place of it altogether. It's nice to have the items in the sections that they correspond to. Dawnseeker2000 02:39, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Seems like it needs a lot of work on the details, but it's in pretty good shape. Nice job. ceranthor 22:50, 27 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Update

I've made some changes based on Ceranthor's input, but can the original reviewer have a say on this article's status please. Dawnseeker2000 01:49, 7 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]