Talk:List of Category 4 Atlantic hurricanes

message: All this needs is a name change, nothing else. Maybe "List of Atlantic Hurricanes that peaked at Category 4"? Then all will be well, at least in my opinion. 
May I also suggest adding some pictures of Cat 4 hurricanes?
"Nova Scotia's biggest train person" (talk) 20:09, 16 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Tips

message: Come on, only start class? Juliancolton 13:28, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes. The text in the sections only state how many Category 4 storms formed in each time period, nothing else. The list lacks substance. Also, the lede is vague - it says all storms that reached Category 4 intensity. This inherently includes all Category 5 storms, which already have a list of their own - this should be changed to show that this is a list of storms that reached Category 4 at peak intensity. Much work needs to be done; the list needs to say more than "this is what they are, here they all are". It needs much work to reach B-class. --Coredesat 23:19, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Assessment

message: I added some more info about the most damaging and deadly storms by time period. Still start class? Juliancolton (talk) 17:49, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: IMO it is worse than when it was copyedited when it was first published. There are many grammatical and spelling errors, the damage info is not really needed (the article is a list of storms of a certain strength, thus meteorological details are more important than the effects), and in general quite a few problems. Unisys shouldn't be sourced (since it just uses the official data from Hurdat), the rounding of numbers is wrong, and the linking to storm articles is wrong (and for earlier articles just bad in general). I, for one, don't see the need for such an article (seeing that the category handles it and that Category 4 status isn't terribly notable; plus, this could lead to the creation of other lists made from existing categories, which is a bit pointless, IMO), but if others believe it should be kept, then it is need of some serious copyediting. The article should be formatted more like the List of Category 5 Atlantic hurricanes. --Hurricanehink (talk) 18:12, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

text: First, IMO means In my opinion. I'd like to see some of the tables from the Cat. 5 article, but there are 96 of them, meaning that'd be a lot of space. Maybe combine the information into one sortable table. Also, I think landfalls (as used in the Cat. 5 article) should be added, though for obvious reasons the Category 5 section should not be included. Hurricanehink (talk) 01:45, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

text: Yea, just have everything in the one table (except for the landfalls). --Hurricanehink (talk) 22:39, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

text: Yea. The tables would be the same length, just a few columns wider (which wouldn't be too much of a problem, since the tables aren't that wide to begin with). --Hurricanehink (talk) 23:37, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Cool, I will get right on that. Juliancolton (talk) 23:39, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

text: Fix Wikilinks (Hurricane#3 is a completely useless link; for newer storms, they should either be linked to the season article or the storm article, not the dabs, as you did with Hurricane Karl). Add knots to the table. To get the hours for how long a storm was at Cat. 4 status, you'll have to do some research through Hurdat. The landfall table should still be added. --Hurricanehink (talk) 18:41, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Ok, I will get right on that. Juliancolton (talk) 19:24, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Better?

message: I did some more work on it. It's got to be close. Juliancolton 21:31, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: B-class yet?

message: Assuming this article does not get deleted (which I'm rather unsure of, seeing no reason for its existence myself), there's a number of things that need fixing.
* First of all, and this is really not a matter of opinion, it has to include category 5 storms in the list.  To not include cat5 systems is like making a List of people who have run a 4 minute mile but excluding someone because they ran a 3 minute mile...or a List of 15-win NFL football teams but excluding the patriots because they won 16 games.  It also skews the statistics you give (listed by month and climatology sections).  And statements like "In the years between 1976 and 2000, 23 Category 4 hurricanes formed in the basin" are flat-out incorrect and must be fixed.
* Secondly, hink is right that you need some tables that summarize statistics on these storms.  Listing them by damage, intensity, and deaths is a good start.  As these tables would be rather long however it  might be better to make a single table with all statistics that is sortable.
* The existing tables need to be improved.  You use inconsistent naming for the unnamed hurricanes, and the name includes the year even though the year is given in the next column.  Look at other articles for examples on how to keep naming consistent, and don't bother with the year.  You also don't (IMO) need to say "Hurricane" in every name - as it's a category 4, the fact that it's a hurricane is implied.  Also for storms whose wind speed or pressure is incomplete you should use ≤ or ≥ to show that.  Again, see the Category 5 article.
* Lots more copyediting.  There's a lot of places that need improvement.  One specific point is your capitalization of "Category" in "Category 4" which is inconsistent; wikiproject standards say that this should be capitalized.
* "Category 4 storms are considered extreme hurricane" - what's an extreme hurricane?  This sentence is meaningless as is.
* You repeatedly use the term "this analysis".  This is wrong as it implies original research which shouldn't be taking place.
— jdorje (talk) 19:48, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Those are good ideas, and I will get on those after I get done with my current project. Juliancolton (talk) 21:06, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Todo 

message: A Southern Region NWS hurricane webpage calls major hurricanes "rather rare."  If I find any other NWS/NHC references that state this, I'll post it on the talk page.  Thegreatdr (talk) 23:09, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: That's great, thanks. Juliancolton (talk) 01:06, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Notability

message: I can imagine a page about category 4 or higher.  But for the life of me, I have great difficulty guessing what a user might be doing that would make him want to look up category 4 specifically.
I came to this page as a step toward manually constructing my own list of category 4+5.  I'd be delighted to hear the scenario where a user would want this page but not the category 5 page.  (Silly scavenger hunts don't count.)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 183.89.123.1 (talk) 18:41, 17 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why does this page exist? 

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Reference named "HURDAT":
From 2009 Atlantic hurricane season: 
From 1910 Atlantic hurricane season: 
From 1950 Atlantic hurricane season: 
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thread_title:  Orphaned references in [[:List of Category 4 Atlantic hurricanes]] 

message: The hurricanes are split up by date range:  1850-1900, 1901-1950, and so on.  HOWEVER, hurricanes from 1920's are included in the 1850-1900 list.
Those hurricanes are correctly(??) omitted from the 1851-1900 subtotal, but incorrectly(?!!) omitted from the 1901-1950 subtotals.  Hence the subtotals don't balance.
Solution?  SIMPLY provide one single list.  Do NOT break it up into date ranges.  The Wikipedia fetish for splitting up lists like this is only that -- a stupid counterproductive fetish.
Thanks for your attention.  Hope this helps. Jamesdowallen (talk) 15:34, 16 October 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: The idea is to bring it into one single list similar to List of Category 5 South Pacific severe tropical cyclones as and when time allows.Jason Rees (talk) 16:29, 16 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Chronological lists wrong