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

The article was promoted by Laser brain via FACBot (talk) 12 April 2019 [1].


Nominator(s): NoahTalk 03:15, 8 March 2019 (UTC), Oof-off (talk) 02:25, 10 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

This article is about Tropical Depression Nineteen-E, a tropical cyclone that caused significant flooding and several deaths throughout northwestern Mexico and several states in the Southern United States. I believe this article should be featured as it has complete coverage of the subject and is of a high enough quality. NoahTalk 03:15, 8 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Image review

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Ping me when the above is addressed thanks. Kees08 (Talk) 08:01, 8 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Alright... I will address these on Saturday. NoahTalk 11:55, 8 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@Kees08: All images should be correct. NoahTalk 01:50, 12 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Suppose this is for my own edification, but which satellites does the data come from, and are they all PD? My assumption is that it is PD. Kees08 (Talk) 03:12, 12 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@Kees08: The satellite for each image is shown on the base layer on the sidebar. Terra, Aqua, and Suomi NPP. The highest base layer active is the satellite data visible for said image. Also, the satellites are owned by NASA, so their data is PD. NoahTalk 03:27, 12 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Sounds good, should be all good to go on this then. Kees08 (Talk) 01:24, 17 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Review by Hurricanehink

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Support - great work on the article! ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 22:17, 11 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

  • In the US section, it seems like you're trying to pad the prose a bit. It's just a bit on the superfluous side.
  • Tropical Depression Nineteen-E's remnant moisture also caused flooding in the U.S. states of Arizona, Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas after picking up moisture from the Gulf of Mexico. - don't say "moisture" twice. People don't like that word.
    changed the second mention to something else. NoahTalk 02:34, 10 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Where's New Mexico impact? If it affected Arizona and Texas, surely it also affected NM.
  • "To the north" - is this north of Thatcher, or of Arizona?
  • "A person who was walking near the Pantano Wash had to be rescued after being overcome by rising waters." - this could be tighter
  • "Near Silverbell, it was reported that 3 feet (0.91 m) of water was running over the intersection of two roads." - why do you have to mention that it was reported? Why not just say that two roads were flooded?
  • "Approximately 2 to 3 in (50.8 to 76.2 mm) of rain fell along Sahuarita Road" - this appears to be the highest rainfall in Arizona that you mentioned, so this should probably be mentioned sooner. Could you give a location other than some random road?
  • "It was also reported that 1.56 in (39.6 mm) of rain fell in Tucson." - how come you mention this specific rainfall total?
  • "saw rainfall totals of up to 18 in (457 mm)." - the "up to" is what I'm not a fan of. You mention in the infobox the specific highest rainfall total in Oklahoma, which is more useful to the reader than "up to 18 in", which is a fuzzy number that isn't real.
    Fixed most of the mistakes you pointed out, the New Mexico impact I will try to work on ASAP. Oof-off (talk) 03:25, 10 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    were just under 16 in (406 mm). - I'm still not a fan of this. Could you just state what the highest rainfall total in Oklahoma was? Then I'll be glad to support. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 21:50, 11 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    @Hurricanehink: Fixed. NoahTalk 22:07, 11 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I'm glad to see the article at FAC, and I think it could pass without too much effort. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 15:19, 8 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Sources review

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  • Ref 10: should give language (Spanish)
  • Ref 11: the title is given in English translation rather than the Spanish original. Any reason?
  • Ref 26: should give language (Spanish)
  • Ref 45: returns "site not available" message
  • Ref 47: ditto
  • Ref 48: returns "access denied" message

Otherwise, sources appear to be of the appropriate quality and reliability and are uniformly presented. Brianboulton (talk) 15:49, 8 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Refs 45, 47, and 48 work fine for me. Kees08 (Talk) 00:22, 9 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
It looks like my lack of access was a local problem. Brianboulton (talk) 09:17, 17 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@Brianboulton: All of these refs should be correct now.NoahTalk 23:08, 11 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Sources look fine now. Brianboulton (talk) 09:17, 17 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by Yellow Evan

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Support now.

  • "Tropical Depression Nineteen-E was a weak tropical cyclone that caused flooding throughout Northwestern Mexico and several U.S. states, and is the first known tropical cyclone to have formed over the Gulf of California." pick one or the other to use as an opener. Also why is US not spelled out? seems kinda strange? YE Pacific Hurricane 00:37, 20 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    Removed the part about it being the first TC over the Gulf of California since the impact is more important. United States is spelled out as well. NoahTalk 15:24, 20 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • "Tropical Depression Nineteen-E formed as the result of an area of low pressure interacting with a tropical wave. Its origins can be traced back to a tropical wave that departed from the west coast of Africa in between August 29 and 30." in what chronological relevance does the first sentence have with the second? YE Pacific Hurricane 00:37, 20 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    I just axed that first bit. NoahTalk 03:50, 24 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • "Torrential rainfall affected the Baja California peninsula for a few days before genesis occurred on September 19 through the system's dissipation.[11] The National Meteorological Service of Mexico reported that Baja California Sur received heavy rainfall. The southern portion of the state received approximately 2.56 to 3.94 in (70 to 100 mm) of rain, with an isolated value of up to 4.88 in (124 mm) being reported.[9]" you can probably combine the first two sentences with the third or form its own sentence. YE Pacific Hurricane 00:37, 20 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    Combined the second two sentences. NoahTalk 04:05, 24 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

All in all, great job. Just a few minor mistakes here and there. YE Pacific Hurricane 00:37, 20 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

All of the above issues should now be resolved. NoahTalk 15:27, 24 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by Cyclonebiskit

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Further comments
  • Use {{|}} for rainfall totals and make sure to use proper sig figs using |sigfig=. i.e. If a value is reported as 300 mm, only have 1 sigfig for the inches conversion. Same goes for in to mm conversions. Add parameter |abbr=on for abbreviating and (in this case) use |disp=flip if the original measurement is in mm so that inches is shown first.
    • I've made these adjustments to the rainfall table, please follow suit with these changes for the prose in the remainder of the article.
      • At least one of the values didn't match the source so I've corrected it. Please double check the values to ensure they're accurate.
    • When using a range, the template can be adjusted to handle that: {{convert|50|–|100|mm|in|abbr=on|disp=flip}} for example.
    • For winds, WPTC doesn't use the convert template with values reported by RSMC's due to the original values being in knots and us showing that in mph and km/h. However, convert templates should be used for measured winds.
Corrected the only measured value. NoahTalk 10:39, 2 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • I've gone ahead and reorganized and fixed up the rainfall table. When you add class=unsortable to the top column, it makes that entire column unsortable which defeats the purpose of making the table sortable. Having them organized by region is preferable over amount to reduce coding redundancy and the sortable takes care of having it highest to lowest.
    • When using numbers in a table, be sure to use {{|}} for standalone values and add |sortable=on to the convert template.

~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 18:18, 1 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Cyclonebiskit: Should be all fixed. NoahTalk 02:08, 5 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@Cyclonebiskit: How are you feeling about the state of the article now? Any additional comments/concerns? --Laser brain (talk) 19:50, 11 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@Laser brain: all my concerns are addressed, happy to support and open the gates to promotion. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 04:21, 12 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by Dank

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  • "Damages" means money awarded in some lawsuits. "Damage" is the word you're looking for. - Dank (push to talk) 01:24, 6 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    In this case, damages is correct (lead and US opener). As there were multiple floods, it would be damages instead of damage in order to have quanity agreement. There were a couple instances in the Sinaloa section and one in the US section that were incorrect and have been corrected.
    Look it up in any dictionary, or look at other articles WPTC has written. This is bad enough to warrant an oppose until it's fixed. - Dank (push to talk) 03:52, 6 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    Is the rewording for those two usages better? NoahTalk 04:03, 6 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    I don't follow; it still says "minor damages". Do you say "precipitations"? "inflations"? "Two damages were done"? "Damage" isn't a count noun (in this context), and doesn't have a plural form. "damages" is a common word with a completely different meaning. - Dank (push to talk) 04:10, 6 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    I guess I missed that one. I had changed multiple earlier, but must have overlooked it. Happens after being awake for 20 hours. NoahTalk 04:13, 6 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    No longer opposing, but please search for "damages" throughout and replace them. - Dank (push to talk) 04:20, 6 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I ran a search on the article (someone showed me a feature for running an automated search). Should be completely eliminated. NoahTalk 04:26, 6 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I hope what I said was helpful ... if not, don't worry about it, it's not that important. - Dank (push to talk) 12:44, 6 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
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