Talk:Shipping Forecast
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This article is a good article. This means the community feels it is written well. |
GA requirements[change source]
| Criteria | Status |
|---|---|
| Article is within project scope | Yes |
| Article is comprehensive | Yes |
| Several revisions | No - mostly by MC8 |
| Has category | Yes |
| Has interwiki link | Yes |
| The last few revisions should be minor changes (like spell-checking or link-fixing). | N / A |
| Important links are actually linked | Yes |
| Few redlinks | No |
| Illustrations are applicable | Yes |
| Illustrations are properly captioned | Yes |
| No cleanup templates | Yes |
| References | Yes |
| Other problems: | |
| Orphaned | 4 links |
| — μ 18:34, Friday January 8 2010 (UTC) | |
Possible sources:
- "BBC News - Close-Up: The Shipping Forecast". Retrieved 14 January 2010.
Hidden comments[change source]
If possible, please avoid using hidden comments in the actual article, instead put them here. Even if in scratch pad format. Sometimes I section edit and I won't see other hidden comments so I won't fix the issues. Thank you for your consideration. :D Very best, NonvocalScream (talk) 19:23, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
Disambiguation[change source]
I have delinked the word limit, as it links to a disambiguation page -- and clicking on Boundary takes one to another disambiguation page. —MC8 (b · t) 11:57, Sunday December 13 2009 (UTC)
Links requiring action[change source]
The following links do not give any value in being there, as the article they lead to gives little information. I'll try and fix this when I have the time. — μ 22:50, Tuesday January 5 2010 (UTC)
| Link | Status |
|---|---|
| weather forecast | one liner |
| sea | one liner + list |
| Met Office | red link |
| Meteorology | one liner |
| Coastguard | Stub |
| Forecasting | Stub; similar to Meteorology |
| North east | one liner |
| North west | one liner |
| Portland Bill | one liner |
| Plymouth | one liner |
| Drizzle | dicdef |
| Radio | cleanup |
| Transmitter | stub |
| Information | complex |
| International waters | one liner |
Review[change source]
Looks decent overall; some comments.
- There is a strict set of rules (a protocol) on how the forecast is written, and it has a limit of 370 words. - Is the whole program 370 words long, or each individual location?
- Sailing By was written by Ronald Binge,[12] in 1962[14] a light music composer. - This sentence makes no sense.
- I'd like to see some more general info, like the chronology of the forecast and the areas it includes.
–Juliancolton | Talk 16:23, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
- I will fix the order of the second point, and will adjust the wording of the first. The third point is something I thought about doing, but I decided against it as the list of the areas it includes would be longer than the rest of the article (which makes it look like the article is tiny). It is my opinion that it is something that could be ommitted (as it is in most of the sources, and the picture to the right), but it's up to you. — μ 18:14, Friday January 8 2010 (UTC)
- Well, I think it would be a useful and informative addition. Also, forgot to mention this earlier, but there are a few barelinked references that need formatting properly. –Juliancolton | Talk 21:40, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
- I will fix the order of the second point, and will adjust the wording of the first. The third point is something I thought about doing, but I decided against it as the list of the areas it includes would be longer than the rest of the article (which makes it look like the article is tiny). It is my opinion that it is something that could be ommitted (as it is in most of the sources, and the picture to the right), but it's up to you. — μ 18:14, Friday January 8 2010 (UTC)
- FWIW I'd still like that list. –Juliancolton | Talk 04:25, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
There is a small inconsistency regarding the frequency of broadcast on Radio 4: in the introductory section it is given as four times a day and in Methods as three times a day. In fact the schedules of Radio 4FM and LW differ as do weekday and weekend schedules. IanS1967 (talk) 11:49, 21 April 2014 (UTC)
Some thoughts[change source]
Nice article, enjoyed reading it. Couple of thoughts:
- Drop all refs to popular music &c right down to end of page. It jars in the intro.
- You've avoided comment on how the program is produced, where the info comes from, and how the content is massaged into the protocol. Does the BBC script it, for example, or simply broadcast it from a source? As a first-time reader, those questions popped into my mind. If there is a simple way to address such issues, please do it. But it's worth GA anyway, I think. Macdonald-ross (talk) 17:47, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
- I have struggled to find any sources that would back up anything on the production side of things. It is my understanding that it is emailed verbatim from the Met Office to the studio, and is read out as the Met Office typed it. — μ 18:19, Friday January 8 2010 (UTC)