Talk:October 2008 Central America floods/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: 12george1 (talk · contribs) 05:43, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

Hello Hurricanehink, I will be reviewing and assessing this article against the Good Article criteria. There are only a few issues, so overall, you did a great job!

• "Floods in Costa Rica damaged 32 ridges and roads in 174 locations" – Ridges?
  • Oops :/ --♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 05:48, 12 December 2013 (UTC)
• For the damage tolls, are the conversions to USD mentioned? If not, leave a note about where conversions can be made.
  • Actually, the USD are in the sources listed! --♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 05:48, 12 December 2013 (UTC)
• "The rains followed Tropical Storm Arthur striking the country in May, and a bridge rebuilt after Arthur was again flooded." - Kinda of oddly worded. The first part seems to suggest that Tropical Storm Arthur was related to the flooding. The second part needs to be reworded somehow.
  • Clarified. --♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 05:48, 12 December 2013 (UTC)
• "Around the time when the NHC began issuing advisories, officials issued" - Wait, what is NHC? Also, state when the advisories began.
  • It's in the MH section. --♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 05:48, 12 December 2013 (UTC)
• "When the NHC began issuing advisories on the depression, the agency anticipated the depression would intensify into a strong tropical storm" - This seems a little redundant because, (1. You already stated something else when the NHC began advisories; and (2. Wouldn't that be why tropical storm warnings were issued for northern Honduras and Belize?
  • Just further explanation about how they thought the system would be set up. --♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 05:48, 12 December 2013 (UTC)
• "visited several towns,[62] provdiing help to 3,000 people" - Typo
  • Ack. Spellcheck failed me. --♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 05:48, 12 December 2013 (UTC)
• "of assistance, including to provide shelter in Honduras and rebuilding schools." - "including to provide" ---> "including providing"
  • Sure! --♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 05:48, 12 December 2013 (UTC)
• "In November, weeks after the tropical depression struck Honduras, Tropical Storm Paloma formed in the western Caribbean and caused additional rainfall in the region.[66]" - Is this supposed to be in the Aftermath?
  • It is. It indicates another meteorological event that I thought was worth mentioning in prose. It's like mentioning the nor'easter that affected New Jersey just weeks after Sandy. --♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 05:48, 12 December 2013 (UTC)