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The list was promoted by User:Matthewedwards 19:07, 14 October 2008 [1].

Timeline of the 2006 Pacific hurricane season[edit]

Here's another one. Thanks, –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 20:50, 29 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comments from Gary King (talk · contribs)

Gary King (talk) 00:49, 30 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support from Dabomb87 (talk · contribs)

  • "2006 Pacific hurricane season" should not be bolded in the lead because that's not the subject. The subject is: "Timeline of the 2006 Pacific hurricane season".
  • "After no storms formed in June, the season became active in July when five named storms developed, including Hurricane Daniel which was the second strongest storm of the season." Not sure, but it sounds like there should be a comma after "Daniel".
  • "Three storms developed in October and two formed in November; this marked the first time on record when more than one tropical storm developed in the basin during the month of November." Source?
  • July 13 bullet seems to have rogue formatting.
  • July 15 – "Hurricane Carlotta is weakens into a tropical storm again." Dabomb87 (talk) 02:02, 30 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

  • (Whaps Julian) Spell out NOAA in those two first appearances?
Otherwise sources look good, links checked out with the link checker tool. Ealdgyth - Talk 13:09, 30 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Whoops, I must have missed those two; fixed. Thanks for the comments. –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 13:20, 30 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support, though I disagree with Dabomb; the hurricane season is the subject, so it should be bolded IMO. --Golbez (talk) 20:35, 11 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
SatyrTN comments
  • I agree with Golbez that "2006 Pacific hurricane season" should be bolded.
  • There are several overlinks - Acapulco is linked four times, Zihuatanejo twice, Cabo San Lucas three times, Manzanillo five times, Baja California twice, Baja California Peninsula twice, Central Pacific Hurricane Center twice.
  • I don't know for sure, but if the list is in the Category:Meteorology timelines, it doesn't need to be in the Category:Timelines, does it?

-- SatyrTN (talk / contribs) 05:10, 12 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

  • Done with the last two. I'm not sure what to do about the bolding, though. ~`~~

Reply to Golbez and SatyrTN: MOS states that: "As a general rule, the first (and only the first) appearance of the page title should be as early as possible in the first sentence and should be in boldface". "2006 Pacific hurricane season" is not the page title, in fact, that is the title of another article. Dabomb87 (talk) 14:03, 12 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

  • The opening sentence is very clunky with the three "seasons". Why is there no link to 2006 Pacific hurricane season? What about "The 2006 Pacific hurricane season was the most active since the 2000 season," or something? Pacific hurricane is linked to from both those articles so it's not really necessary here
  • Contradicting facts with "The season officially began on May 15, 2006," and "The season began on May 27"
  • What does "These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year" mean?
  • "the season became active in July" add an "again" maybe?
  • "During August, Hurricanes Ioke and John formed, as well as four other storms." --> "Six storms formed during August, including Hurricanes Ioke and John."
  • "September was a relatively quiet month", hmmm, not a fan of this
  • Time for May 26 seems wonky. Surely 11am should be before 11pm?
  • Wikipedia:MOS_(time)#Times says colons should separate hours and minutes for the 24-hour clock, and colons and minutes should also be there for the 12-hour clock.
  • Provide links to specialist terms such as "Remnant low", "tropical depression", etc, on first usage

Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 03:13, 13 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Done with most everything, though I'm a tad confused by one of your points. Thank for the comments, –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 15:11, 13 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Replies

  • I'm pretty sure the minutes need adding even when it's on-the-hour. "11 p.m." read like something I would say in general conversation, but "11:00 p.m." reads like an encyclopedic entry. Colons still need adding for the 24 hour clock times, btw.
  • I still don't understand "These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year". It's the "conventionally delimit" bit that confuses me.

Other stuff

Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 08:44, 14 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Replies are above. Cheers, –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 15:57, 14 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

  • Why link PDT and UTC second time?
  • You say the official season began but then in the list subdivide it into Eastern and Central official seasons... this is a touch confusing.
  • 1295 needs a comma.
  • "140°W boundary " unclear to a non-expert that you're referring to a line of longitude.
  • 1575 needs a comma.
  • And 1250. Loads more of these.
  • " into a low." low what?

The Rambling Man (talk) 19:29, 13 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I think I got everything. Thanks for the review, –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 19:39, 13 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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