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Hurricane Emily (2005)

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Hurricane Emily (2005) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

As of 28 January 2025, 15:38 (UTC), this page is active and open for discussion. An FAC coordinator will be responsible for closing the nomination.
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Nominator(s): ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 19:07, 11 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This article is about the first Category 5 hurricane of the hyperactive 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. Hurricane Katrina is a household name, but that was the second Category 5 of the season, and that was in late August. The season was already destructive and deadly by mid-July, which was unusual at the time. Now we take for granted that record-breaking hurricanes and freak natural disasters happen all the time. 2005 was a different time. For starters, it came on the heels of a bad hurricane season, when the likes of Hurricane Ivan devastated the Caribbean and the United States. I bring up Ivan because that storm hit Grenada, and then ten months later, so did Hurricane Emily. Ivan was a Category 5 in the Caribbean, so was Emily. And then Emily hit Mexico, twice. The hurricane was strong, and it had a lot of effects, setting up for a long, ruinous season.

As for this storm and why I think it should be a featured article - I'm trying to get the season to a featured topic (featured tropic, anyone?) by its 20 year anniversary. I have worked on the article for a while, adding onto the efforts of literally hundreds of editors who have worked on the article since the storm was active. Don't believe me? Check out what the article looked like when the storm was active. It was a different time, and there's been a lot of research since then, discussing the storm and its effects. I believe the article is well-researched enough to put it up for FAC. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 19:07, 11 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Image review

  • Suggest adding alt text
I swapped that image with another one that has a better source and is a better image in my opinion. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 05:48, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Vacant0

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Will review this on Wednesday. Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 08:10, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • I had a look at the article and did some copyediting as well as grammar fixing. Revert them if you think that they're not constructive.
  • Lede: Might be good to mention on what date it dissipated.
  • Meteorological history: I'd propose splitting the paragraphs as they're quite large. Other than that, I did not find any major issues within this section.

I'll leave comments for other sections later this week. Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 11:42, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks @Vacant0: for the copyedits, they looked good! I added the dissipation date in the lead, as well as splitting up the met history to four paragraphs. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 18:58, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Continuing the review.

  • Eastern Caribbean and South America:
    • The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) described residents to be in "panic" → Residents were described as anxious by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC).
    • The nation's government enacted an overnight curfew during the storm's passage → During the storm's passage, the country's government implemented a nighttime curfew.
    • The St. Lucia Red Cross placed ten response teams on standby. The Antigua and Barbuda Red Cross placed 100 personnel on standby. → The St. Lucia Red Cross placed ten response on standby, while the Antigua and Barbuda Red Cross placed 100 personnel on standby.
  • No issues were found in the Elsewhere section.
  • Grenada:
    • Gross Domestic Product (GDP) – Make it lowercase.
    • Across the country, Emily also damaged 21 schools, including 5 that were destroyed, as well as several health facilities. → Emily also wrecked health facilities and damaged 21 schools nationwide, including five that were completely demolished.
  • No issues were found in the United States section.
  • Regarding references:
    • Ref 45: HHuricanes... – Remove the extra H.
    • Article titles should consistently be in title case.
    • Titles for non-English citations need a translation. Use the |trans-title parameter for this.
    • Correct the |last parameters in citations. E.g. change |last=Arlene Laing to |last=Laing |first=Arlene.
Alright, apologies for taking so long, but I believe I got all of these! Rewriting all of the titles into title case took the longest, but it definitely looks a lot cleaner. Thanks for the review Vacant0 (talk · contribs). ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 04:41, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The article looks better now to me and I feel it meets the criteria. Support from me! Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 14:11, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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