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This is my first-ever Good Topic nomination and it deals with an article that I've been to work on for a long time. I've worked on both the article about the album and on each of the main singles that were released for the album. Erick (talk) 13:42, 24 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]


Marvel vs. Capcom

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For consideration for Good Topic status. These articles are concerned with the Marvel vs. Capcom series of crossover fighting video games. All articles have been promoted to Good Article status, and the currently unreleased title, Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite, has been peer reviewed. Thank you to all the editors who have contributed to the articles, took the time to peer review them, and review their GA nominations. Wani (talk) 19:16, 26 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Contributor(s): Ritchie333, Dr. Blofeld, Anarchyte, OcarinaOfTime

In summer 2015, Dr. Blofeld asked me if I fancied working on Piccadilly, which ended up with us getting it to good article status. We then had a go at Park Lane, at which point I thought, "wouldn't it be a good idea to get all the places on the Monopoly board up to GA?" We had a few initial problems; Vine Street had narrowly survived AfD, Pentonville Road hadn't even been written, and I wasn't sure if I'd have enough source material for tackling the better-known landmarks such as King's Cross station and Trafalgar Square. Still, several people chipped in to help and 21 months later it's all done, so here is a good topic for you, hopefully in name and in spirit. Enjoy! (Homage must be paid to Tim Moore for the basic concept, whose book "Do Not Pass Go" was mined extensively for all articles here. --Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 19:22, 12 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

One may, and my response is none of those are actually locations in London per se (and indeed Community Chest has never been a London "thing" full stop). The original draft of the project did have things like Metropolitan Police Service, London Electricity Board, Metropolitan Water Board (London) (and M25 Motorway for "free parking"), and I mulled over whether to do the utilities in particular, but ultimately concluded they were a bit too arbitrary a choice for what is a list of visitable streets and properties. The main list article does specifically make a point of not including these terms. Horses for courses, anyway. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 16:35, 26 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I figured you might say the topic is London locations, not squares on the London Monopoly board. I suppose it becomes a question of defining the topic appropriately. As you say, horses for courses. In any event, a significant achievement, so well done.

@GamerPro64: I think this is pretty much a slam dunk. Kees08 (Talk) 14:54, 15 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The Arabian Peninsula has been affected by at least 57 tropical cyclones, several of which have been damaging or deadly.

Contributor(s): Hurricanehink

After a lot of work, I managed to get every single storm that affected the Arabian Peninsula listed in a single article. Every storm that has an article is a good article, except for Cyclone Gonu which is featured. I'll happily address any concerns you might have about this series of articles. --♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 02:45, 11 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Supplementary nominations

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  1. Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates/Arabian Peninsula tropical cyclones/addition1


1896 Atlantic hurricane season

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For consideration to become a good topic: a high-quality, complete, and relatively straightforward set of articles concerning the Atlantic hurricane season of 1896. The two well-documented storms of the season have standalone articles, while the rest are discussed within the season article. Note that although Tropical Storm Seven – which doesn't have its own article – was highly destructive, it struck an impoverished and remote island, and information about it is consequently scarce. Thanks, – Juliancolton | Talk 00:07, 11 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Support as one of the GA reviewers. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 03:36, 14 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support Enough detailed articles for the season.—CycloneIsaac (Talk) 04:22, 18 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Nergaal: All of the notable info available for Hurricane Two is in the season article. Whilst I would love to have written standalone articles for each and every storm in the season, the sparse meteorological records of the 19th century don't allow us that luxury. I think you'll agree that splitting two paragraphs off into its own page would be pointless, especially since the season article is acceptably short as it is. It would be nice to do a little research or consult involved editors before opposing. – Juliancolton | Talk 14:11, 18 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • I just told you that information doesn't exist. In the US, Hurricane Two had a much lighter impact in a much smaller area than Five, and only a few precious nuggets of info are available from Puerto Rico. I consulted my fairly comprehensive library of weather books, along with three newspaper archives and all the other sources I've compiled from 10 years of writing tropical cyclone articles, and could not find anywhere near enough on the storm to support its own page. It would be a permanent stub. I think you'll find that you're objecting to the balance of historical records and not to Wikipedia's coverage of this topic. – Juliancolton | Talk 15:12, 20 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Hi Nergaal, do you have any outstanding concerns? – Juliancolton | Talk 23:50, 31 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Contributor(s): Cartoon network freak

All article were promoted to GA status, so I think this should be promoted... ;) --Cartoon network freak (talk) 06:47, 28 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]