Talk:Tropical Storm Cristobal (2008)/GA1

GA Review

Hi! I will be reviewing this article for GA, and should have the full review up within a few hours. Dana boomer (talk) 12:18, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

GA review (see here for criteria)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose): b (MoS):

   • In the "Storm history" section, you say "Cristobal remained a fairly weak tropical storm as it tracked adjacent to the Carolina coast, although Cristobal never made landfall. ". Please reword this to avoid using "Cristobal" twice in the same sentence.
   • In the "Impact" section, you say "224 mm (8.8 in) of rain was reported at Baccaro Point". Starting sentences with numerals is discouraged.

   • Both of them done. –Juliancolton ^{Tropical Cyclone} 12:55, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):

   • In references where you have both the first and last name of the author, the last name should come first.

   • Unless I'm missing something, there's nothing that requires that. If you know of a guideline, could you point me to it? –Juliancolton ^{Tropical Cyclone} 12:55, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

   • I guess I never realized that a guideline was needed for this. Last name, first name is how authors are always cited in academic papers from all disciplines, books, and in all citation styling. If you look at WP:REF you will see that every time they give a reference example, the format is last name, first name. Dana boomer (talk) 13:52, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

   • I understand, but I still fail to see last name, first name a requirement. –Juliancolton ^{Tropical Cyclone} 16:18, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

   • When in doubt, use |last= and |first= instead of |author=, and have the people who write the citation templates deal with the issue. I fixed the references. Titoxd^{(?!? - cool stuff)} 18:39, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

   • There is no naming section. This is because it's a 2008 storm and they haven't released the naming reports yet, true?

   • Exactly right. –Juliancolton ^{Tropical Cyclone} 12:55, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars etc.:

6. It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.

   a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

Overall, a well-written article. I am putting the article on hold to allow time to deal with the few minor issues I have mentioned above. If you have questions, you can ask here on the review page or on my talk page. Dana boomer (talk) 12:29, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the review. Replies are above. –Juliancolton ^{Tropical Cyclone} 12:55, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

Everything looks good, so I'm passing the article. Thanks to both of you for your hard work! Dana boomer (talk) 13:09, 24 August 2008 (UTC)