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Timeline of the 2015 North Indian Ocean cyclone season[edit]

Timeline of the 2015 North Indian Ocean cyclone season (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

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Nominator(s): — Iunetalk 21:34, 18 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The 2015 North Indian Ocean cyclone season was a rather curious season. Despite the season being below-average in terms of cyclone activity, the Arabian Sea saw above-average cyclone formation with the bulk of cyclone formation occurring within the body of water (usually, the bulk of the activity occurs in the Bay of Bengal). Probably the most memorable aspects of the season were cyclones Chapala and Megh, which the Washington Post deemed as "twin freak cyclones" after them impacted Yemen and northern Somalia within days of each other. Chapala was the first storm to bring hurricane-force winds to Yemen in recorded history, and Megh was the worst storm ever to strike the Yemeni island of Socotra. Many of the other tropical cyclones in the season did not intensify much, though they brought historic flooding to Oman and the UAE (ARB 02), Gujarat (ARB 03), northeastern India, Myanmar and Bangladesh (Komen) and southern India (BOB 03) resulting in hundreds of fatalities in the region.

This article is the first that I've written in seven years, and as such I've based its structure and format off of some of the more recent WP:WPTC featured timelines, especially the Timeline of the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season. In addition to this, I've added the coordinates, which have been featured in some of the most recently created timelines for the project, such as the Timeline of the 2016 Atlantic hurricane season.

As a result, I believe that this timeline is ready to be reviewed here at WP:FLC to see if it meets the FLC criteria. — Iunetalk 21:34, 18 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]


Resolved comments from The Rambling Man (talk) 19:53, 4 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Comments
  • "Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale." article on this doesn't appear to capitalise "Hurricane Scale".
Corrected. — Iunetalk 21:46, 27 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • " below-average tropical cyclone season which featured the highest number of deaths" this is an odd juxtaposition, and I guess it assumes the reader knows that by "below-average" it means there were fewer cyclones? I would clarify that.
Added a footnote in the lead with a reference from the India Meteorological Department clarifying what an average tropical cyclone season is in the North Indian Ocean. — Iunetalk 21:56, 27 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • "12 depressions were recorded, of which 9" I would say "twelve" and "nine" and then use words for the subsequent sentences per MOSNUM.
Replaced the numbers with words when referencing the cyclone counts in the lead. — Iunetalk 21:46, 27 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • "₹" needs linking.
Linked ₹ to Indian Rupee
  • "Timeline of Events" Timeline of events" per WP:HEAD.
Corrected. — Iunetalk 21:46, 27 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • One of the items in the key has "=" while all the others don't.
Corrected. — Iunetalk 21:46, 27 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • "Muscat, Oman" oddly, this is a dab page, because you've piped it to just Muscat...
Corrected. I had linked it to just Muscat as I'd assumed the Omani capital would be at that page. — Iunetalk 21:46, 27 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Similar problem with Diu. And Aurangabad.
Corrected. — Iunetalk 21:46, 27 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • No need to pipe Puri to Puri, Odisha.
For some reason, I had assumed that Puri had instead linked to Puri (food) instead of the city so I had piped it. It's corrected now. — Iunetalk 21:46, 27 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Split refs using "

Comments Support

  • Any reason why you link tropical cyclone scales so many times? YE Pacific Hurricane 23:01, 23 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
    • I ended up linking them each time a different IMD category was mentioned in the lead. Should I just link it for the first mentioned category (depression) and leave the rest unlinked? — Iunetalk 00:14, 25 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
      • That's what I do in other basins, yes. YE Pacific Hurricane 01:11, 25 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
        • Removed extra links to tropical cyclone scales, as per your suggestion. — Iunetalk 02:12, 25 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Why isn't tropical cyclones linked? YE Pacific Hurricane 23:01, 23 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
    • Linked in the lead. — Iunetalk 00:14, 25 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Did the El Nino have any affect on the season? YE Pacific Hurricane 23:06, 23 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
    • The IMD stated that the El Niño had depressed activity in the Bay of Bengal, so I added that to the lead paragraph. — Iunetalk 00:23, 25 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Worth noting that IMD gives winds in 3 mins and JTWC gives them in 1 wind in the lead? YE Pacific Hurricane 23:01, 23 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
    • I mention the 3-minute vs. 1-minute wind measurements in the second to last paragraph of the lead. — Iunetalk 00:14, 25 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Otherwise, it's good. YE Pacific Hurricane 23:01, 23 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by Dudley

  • "A total of twelve depressions were recorded, of which nine further intensified into deep depressions." I would delete the word "further".
    • Removed "further" from the sentence". — Iunetalk 00:56, 26 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • "Activity began in June with Cyclonic Storm Ashobaa" This repeats what is said above. I would delete "Activity began in June with"
    • Reworded sentence to "In early June, Cyclonic Storm Ashobaa produced..." — Iunetalk 00:56, 26 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • "estimated ₹16.5 billion". Few people outside India will understand the symbol. Perhaps replace with "16.5 billion Indian rupees"
    • I had originally linked the currency symbol to the appropriate article, though I see your point. I replaced it with your suggestion as it might be easier for non-Indian readers to immediately understand the currency being referred to. — Iunetalk 00:56, 26 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • "became the first recorded tropical cyclone to produce hurricane-force winds as it made landfall in Yemen." This is ambiguous. You say the first to produce hurricane-force winds, but I assume you mean the first in Yemen, not generally.
    • Reworded to "became the first recorded tropical cyclone to produce hurricane-force winds in Yemen" — Iunetalk 00:56, 26 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • "measured sustained wind speeds over three minutes". It took me a while to understand this. Maybe "measured wind speeds which were sustained for more than three minutes"
    • Actually, the winds reported by the warning centers were the average wind speeds recorded over a three/one minute period. I've reworded the sentence to make this clear for readers unfamiliar with meteorological measurements as "...and measured average sustained wind speeds taken over a three minute period, while the JTWC measured average sustained wind speeds taken over a one minute period..."; does this make it easier to understand for you? — Iunetalk 00:56, 26 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • This article looks good. My queries are minor. Dudley Miles (talk) 09:51, 25 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. Dudley Miles (talk) 09:09, 26 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Resolved comments from Giants2008 (Talk) 22:26, 1 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Comments –
  • I doubt that you need two Cyclone Megh links in the lead.
    • Removed second link to Cyclone Megh. — Iunetalk 03:03, 28 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • It looks like there's some excess italics in ref 5; the date and access date shouldn't be italicized.
    • It seems the publisher italics weren't closed, I fixed this. — Iunetalk 03:03, 28 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • The publisher of ref 7 (The Indian Express), on the other hand, should be italicized.
    • Italicized The Indian Express. — Iunetalk 03:03, 28 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Same goes for the publisher of ref 10 (Hindustan Times).
    • Italicized Hindustan Times. — Iunetalk 03:03, 28 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Ref 8 needs a publisher in the cite.
    • It appears I accidentally duplicated the reference in the article. I removed the duplicate reference; the one that remains in the article already had the publisher (Weather Underground). — Iunetalk 03:03, 28 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • The refs have a mixture of author styles; some have last name first and some have first name at the start of the cite. Pick one style and stick with it throughout. Giants2008 (Talk) 22:30, 27 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
    • I unified the references so they all have first name followed by last name. — Iunetalk 03:10, 28 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
@Giants2008: I believe I have addressed your comments, could you take a look when you get the chance? — Iunetalk 03:10, 28 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
@Giants2008: Sorry to bother you again, but could you take a look to see if I have resolved your comments? — Iunetalk 01:54, 1 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – All of my concerns have been addressed and I'm confident that the list meets FL standards. Giants2008 (Talk) 22:26, 1 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Source Review passed, promoting. --PresN 17:21, 9 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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