Talk:Effects of Hurricane Charley in South Carolina

Effects of Hurricane Charley in South Carolina was one of the Natural sciences good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
August 3, 2008	Good article nominee	Listed
September 21, 2024	Good article reassessment	Delisted

A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on June 21, 2008.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that Hurricane Charley was the first storm that made landfall in South Carolina at hurricane intensity since Hurricane Hugo in 1989?

Current status: Delisted good article

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Solid B-class, and close to GA. I'd like a few more examples of specific damage. Right now, it is a good overview of the damage in the state, but it'd give it that extra push if you could find some more specific examples. For example, any monuments or important places damaged?

I'm a little confused with the preps, in regards to TC watches/warnings. In fact, it doesn't mention any TS/H warnings. Could you rewrite the paragraph for better flow, with more emphasis on the (presumptive) warnings?
When peak winds are mentioned, be sure to specify whether it is gusts or sustained winds.
A total of 2,231 houses were damaged, with 2317 severely damaged and 40 destroyed. - this needs clarification. The conjunctive term "with" is unclear, as that could imply 2317 severely damaged was in the total of 2,231 houses damaged. Also, the next sentence has a MOS violation, as sentences are not supposed to start with a number in 123 form. That needs to be re-written.
Several businesses suffered broken windows, while about six hotels sustained roof and outer wall damage. - so does that mean six hotels in all of South Carolina had roof damage, or just in one particular area?
As dry air from northern sections of the state wrapped into the circulation of the storm, a band of convection developed along a frontal boundary stretching from Newberry northward. - this sentence is rather complex. I'm not sure if it has anything to do with the sentence following it, and there's no mention in the article of any front.
This led to $30 million (2004 USD) in hotel profit losses in Myrtle Beach, primarily along U.S. Route 17. - could this be clarified better? What does losses mean?
2008 USD is needed for damage totals.

All in all, good work. ♬♩ Hurricanehink (talk) 17:54, 16 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

Is it reasonably well written?
A. Prose quality:
Looks good.

B. MoS compliance:
Nothing that caught my eye. Good job on converting all measurements.
Is it factually accurate and verifiable?
A. References to sources:
Generally good, but refs 4 and 11 are missing copyright dates, and reference 19's publisher is not correct.

B. Citation of reliable sources where necessary:
"The storm made landfall in southwestern Florida at maximum strength, thus making it the strongest hurricane to hit the United States since Hurricane Andrew struck Florida twelve years before, in 1992." Needs a reference, as well as "No fatalities occurred."

C. No original research:
Is it broad in its coverage?
A. Major aspects:

B. Focused:
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Fair representation without bias:
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No edit wars, etc:
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B. Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions:
Overall:
Pass or Fail:
On hold for now, just improve references and such and I'll pass. Malinaccier (talk) 22:18, 1 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Done Thanks for the review! Juliancolton ^Tropical ^Cyclone 12:52, 2 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Passing now. Congrats! Malinaccier (talk) 15:14, 3 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Merge?

There is no consensus for a merge at this time. - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 00:44, 21 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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<sigh> It is news that I find another article to be merged. $20 million is not that much, thankfully no one died, it is only 14kB and there isn't an effects article for Florida. @Destroyeraa, I like hurricanes, Weatherman27, Jasper Deng, LightandDark2000, and Hurricanehink: thoughts? --HurricaneTracker495 (talk) 21:32, 17 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Weakish support why are there so many articles for this storm in largely unaffected areas.. I like hurricanes 21:33, 17 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
~~Weak support~~ Personally, we should have a Carolinas article, but worry about that sometime else. ~ Destroyeraa🌀 21:34, 17 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Slight Lean towards oppose After looking at the article more, it is quite substantial as Jasper Deng said below, though his page could probably use some work. 🌀Weatherman27🏈 (chat with me!). 21:36, 17 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Oppose. I will support, but only if both SC and NC are merged into one article (or see Talk:Effects of Hurricane Charley in North Carolina#Merge time!). SMB9 9thx my edits 01:08, 18 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose This is still a substantial article and this "merge merge merge" spree is getting somewhat disruptive.--Jasper Deng (talk) 06:38, 18 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Comment See WT:WPTC#Merge discussions getting out of hand: moratorium proposal. I think we should step away from merges for 3-5 months, and focus on creating. 🐔 Chicdat ^{Bawk to me!} 12:52, 18 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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