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The list was promoted by The Rambling Man via FACBot (talk) 23:31, 22 February 2017 (UTC) [1].[reply]

Timeline of the 2001 Atlantic hurricane season

Nominator(s): TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk) 05:27, 6 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The 2001 Atlantic hurricane season will forever be overshadowed by the years that would soon follow it, but the season produced some notable tropical cyclones such as Tropical Storm Allison, Hurricane Michelle, and Hurricane Iris. After unknowingly leaving this article half-complete shortly after joining Wikipedia, six years later I have decided to improve it to what I believe matches FL standards. TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk) 05:27, 6 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Comments - I stumbled across this while tending to my own nomination and figured I'd leave some suggestions for improvement.

The second sentence of the intro is pretty convoluted - I'd try to split it up if possible.
- Done. TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk) 23:07, 6 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
of which fifteen into tropical storms - missing word.
- Added the escapee. TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk) 23:07, 6 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Allison was the only tropical storm in recorded history... - this might be confusing for folks who aren't intimately familiar with the distinction between a tropical storm and a hurricane.
- Both terms are linked at the start of the paragraph though. TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk) 23:07, 6 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  - Still think this could be clearer for general readers, but I'll defer to other reviewers. – Juliancolton | ^Talk 18:26, 9 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I'd switch around the two sentences in the last lede paragraph. I'd also avoid starting both with "This timeline" and using "operationally" (already a pretty ambiguous word) twice in the same line.
- Switched and tweaked. TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk) 23:07, 6 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
"Chris Landsea" in one citation and "Christopher W. Landsea" in another. Same with "Jack Beven" and "Jack L. Beven II".
- Filled in for consistency. TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk) 23:07, 6 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

That's it for now. – Juliancolton | ^Talk 19:13, 6 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Support now. Nice work. – Juliancolton | ^Talk 18:26, 9 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support, good work.--Jarodalien (talk) 11:04, 28 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by Dudley

"extratropical transitions". After reading the link I am still not clear what this means. It sounds like a transition to a non-tropical area, but the linked article does not clearly say so.
- A tropical cyclone has a core that is warmer than the surrounding environment, and it's a system not attached to any cold fronts. Extratropical transition means it loses that warm core and becomes attached to a front. As someone studying meteorology, the article conveys that fine to me, but it may be a bit advanced for those who don't study meteorology. I'll bring it up with other members of the project or might just edit it myself to make it easier to understand. Nonetheless, that is probably an issue irrelevant to this FLC specifically. TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk · contributions) 03:12, 21 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
"not released in situ" This means means not in the original place, whereas I take it you mean only released at a later time.
- I changed it to "It includes information that was not released throughout the season..." Better? TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk · contributions) 03:12, 21 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Looks fine. Just a couple of minor queries. Dudley Miles (talk) 15:28, 17 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
- Thanks for stopping by. :) TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk · contributions) 03:12, 21 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Support. Dudley Miles (talk) 11:32, 21 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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