Talk:Hurricane Eta

Semi-protected edit request on 12 June 2021

Please change |DUP-work=c |work=Despacho de comunicasiones y estrategua presidencal to |work=Despacho de comunicasiones y estrategua presidencal which was mangled by User:Drdpw. thank you. 98.230.196.188 (talk) 20:19, 12 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for pointing this out; I will fix it. Drdpw (talk) 20:22, 12 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Image

I saw that the image was changed. I believe that the previous image shows the hurricane much better. The current image seems to definitely be a lower intensity than the latter. If someone could explain why it was replaced, let me know. Meteorologist200 (talk) 12:21, 16 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Conflicting death data

In the impacts section, the deaths go to over 200 while in the infobox (with no citations) says there were only 170. Is there a reason for this? ✶Mitch199811✶ 18:55, 31 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Are there any updates on the 120 missing

I'm trying to make the article as accurate as possible. NesserWiki (talk) 01:53, 14 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There's too many links in the see also section. I've tried to trim it but @Drdpw and @Quxyz insist on keeping them. I didn't want to revert further so I'm asking this on the talk page. Why should there be 10+ links in the see also section? The list would just keep expanding and deciding which storms should be included would be bureaucratic. None of that is needed. It would be way simpler to just remove them. Any storm would be covered by a hurricane list, simple as. Columbia719 (talk) 23:12, 10 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'm trying to cut some of the storms that are more of a stretch as I do agree with the inflation, but I don't think every single storm should just be deleted as some useful comparisons can be made. So far, I have removed Ian, Wilma, and Mitch as I find Typhoon Co-may a more useful analogue due to the similarly erratic track. ✶Quxyz✶ (talk) 23:15, 10 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I would also remove Edith, but I will wait a bit to see if Drdpw says something. ✶Quxyz✶ (talk) 23:17, 10 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
It's edits like these (Special:Diff/1316179293 and Special:Diff/1316180214) that are one of the reasons why I remove all the storms. These articles don't need low maintenance edits that don't add anything useful. There are some people in the future that would go to sections like the one Eta has and change a couple links. There's no need to! For example, why should Typhoon Co-may be kept just because they both have erratic tracks? That reason can be used to justify a lot of storms as neither are the only cyclones to have erratic tracks. I don't know whether it's because of the standard practice back in the days but this is a problem that needs addressing. Columbia719 (talk) 23:22, 10 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I'm fine with "low maintenance edits". Simply removing all listed cyclones is not helpful in my opinion and a significant stretch of MOS:SEEALSO. ✶Quxyz✶ (talk) 00:10, 11 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
You don't have to oppose low maintenance edits to recognize the problem. There will still be editors who just add random links, there will be other editors who'll revert them, and there will be more arguments about what makes a storm "related". These edit are purely trivial and don't help the article the slightest, yet people insist on keeping them for what, aesthetics? What does the article benefit from this? Even if, a list of hurricanes affecting specific regions would be way better than listing individual storms. Related storms are still included while it takes less space and less links would need to be changed. Can you also explain how removing listed cyclone articles is not helpful? Columbia719 (talk) 00:32, 11 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
In my mind, it serves the same purpose as other navigational templates. I think that at the very least, close mimics should be included. The systems that have landfell in Florida are not similar besides that one fact. Hurricane Helene, Hurricane Milton, and Hurricane Andrew all had different effects and tracks despite all landfalling in Florida.
Ultimately, it seems like it will be a larger scale issue that should be taken with Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Layout or the Wikiproject. ✶Quxyz✶ (talk) 00:48, 11 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I'll take it to the WikiProject. This is an issue that needs to be addressed and it is not going to get much attention here. Columbia719 (talk) 00:52, 11 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]