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Section sizes Section size for 2020 Nashville tornado outbreak (13 sections) Section name Byte count Section total (Top) 3,045 3,045 Meteorological synopsis 4,193 10,302 Tennessee supercell 6,109 6,109 Confirmed tornadoes 15,327 34,390 Nashville–Mount Juliet–Lebanon–Gordonsville, Tennessee 12,940 12,940 Putnam County–Cookeville, Tennessee 6,123 6,123 Non-tornadic impacts 4,066 4,066 Aftermath 6,443 8,246 Super Tuesday 1,803 1,803 See also 730 730 Notes 35 35 References 28 28 External links 988 988 Total 61,830 61,830

Comment/Opinion - I would say there should be an article over Nashville and the outbreak. The deaths are in Nashville, however, the storm produces numbers of tornadoes around the area. The articles should be closely related, but still different. The outbreak article should have a section with the Nashville tornado, but a link to the main article over Nashville.

• Merge unless the Nashville tornadoes (no capitalization of tornadoes), can be expanded. --CoryGlee (talk) 14:27, 3 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• This is an obvious merge since both articles were only a single sentence each, so I have done so. If the article gets big enough to warrant a split, then that can be discussed at that time. -- Tavix ^(talk) 15:10, 3 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep Tornado outbreak articles frequently start out as stubs. Information right now is very preliminary as surveys are still underway. This article will be expanded once NWS offices release more detailed storm survey results. TornadoLGS (talk) 02:16, 4 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Is someone able to make something like that for this article? I don’t know how. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rslashthinkong (talk • contribs) 18:36, 3 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

This page should not be speedily deleted because... (vandalism) --96.44.211.21 (talk) 07:06, 4 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

We know that reports yesterday said 25 people died in the tornadoes on March 2&3 but it now seems that the death toll is only 24. I had changed all of the death tolls from 25 to 24 and people keep changing them back. Unless I'm missing something, the actual death toll is 24 with the other death probably being unrelated to the tornadoes. Can someone help me with this? Kade Ydstie45 (talk) 14:54, 4 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, that is correct. Putnam County confirmed 18 deaths with another not directly caused by the tornado. United States Man (talk) 16:12, 4 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Idk about most of you guys but I havent seen even seen a preliminary tornado rating for the tornado that struck cookeville TN, and yet people keep listing it as a preliminary EF3. I've been watching the nws in nashville all afternoon and there's nothing new since 13 hours ago. Stop changing the rating, there's no rating yet! Kade Ydstie45 (talk) 23:19, 4 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

My guess is that people changing it aren't doing it for vandalism. Common in natural disaster events, there's confusing and conflicting stories such as this: [1]. I haven't seen anything official, even an official tweet, from NWS on a prelim rating. --Bhockey10 (talk) 23:36, 4 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

All news agencies in Nashville have reported the tornado being rated "at least EF3." Those are trustworthy organizations. United States Man (talk) 23:43, 4 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah well we all know what it was rather now. But it's weird that I never saw a preliminary rating actually come out from the nws on any social media platform. Kade Ydstie45 (talk) 13:56, 5 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I saw from the weather channel that there were 3 people still missing so you cannot say that that is incorrect. They were talking about it all morning on the weather channel that they were still looking for 3 people. Kade Ydstie45 (talk) 16:35, 5 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Putnam County EMA has confirmed and relayed to Nashville news that the missing person count is ZERO. So, yes, that is incorrect. United States Man (talk) 16:41, 5 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Listen here bud, I updated it this morning when I heard on the weather channel they were still looking for 3 people. Dont think u can come in here and just own the place because you've been around for a while. I edited it by the info I had earlier on in the day, so yes it probably went down to 0 after looking for those THREE people that were still missing. Kade Ydstie45 (talk) 21:39, 5 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I don't own the place. But neither do you. The weather channel is not an official government source. Putnam County EMA was reporting the list was at zero before you added the part about 3 missing. Don't get mad at me for ensuring accurate information. I think you had better check your sources and pay better attention. That is my last comment on the matter. Thank you. United States Man (talk) 22:15, 5 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I saw from several source last night saying 3 missing and when I woke up again this morning it was still 3 missing and that they were going to do more searching through noon today. So I thought I'd add the info that 3 were still missing. This is such a dumb thing to argue about. All i was doing was adding what I saw, there's no need to be a jerk about it. Sorry for being rude but was just throwing back what I was getting. You should apologize too, it's what good people do. Kade Ydstie45 (talk) 23:18, 5 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Again, I am sorry, even if you dont reply, I know you'll see this. I think u should say it too. We can reset and put it behind us. Can we as Wiki editors? Kade Ydstie45 (talk) 01:14, 6 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

This looks like it might end up being something big if anything comes out of it. It's currently being investigated. https://twitter.com/WinnieWrightTV/status/1235348100258172928?s=09 — Preceding unsigned comment added by AVeryWiseWolfy (talk • contribs) 01:11, 5 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe so. That doesn't seem like it was due to the tornado. United States Man (talk) 01:23, 5 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The death doesn't appear to be related to the tornado, but finding the body and opening the investigation might be worth mentioning alongside the casualties. TornadoLGS (talk) 02:49, 5 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Which policy says that the title shouldn't indicate where in the world it happened & to include the unnecessary word outbreak, which makes it sound like an infectious disease rather than a natural disaster? Jim Michael (talk) 06:31, 6 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Please see all other tornado outbreak pages. They are named the same way... United States Man (talk) 07:20, 6 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Some are, some aren't. The fact that some of them don't include the country/state in their titles doesn't mean it's our policy, guideline or usual practice to do so. Jim Michael (talk) 07:34, 6 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It actually is our usual practice, but please continue... United States Man (talk) 15:30, 6 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"Tornado outbreak" is pretty standard terminology. Including the name of the country, in this case, is unnecessary since the vast majority of tornado outbreak articles are about U.S. outbreaks. It was decided a few years ago that this would be the standard naming protocol for tornado outbreak articles. TornadoLGS (talk) 19:17, 6 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Where was it decided that it would be standard to not include the location in the title? Jim Michael (talk) 20:45, 6 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The current title format for tornado outbreak articles was decided upon at Talk:Tornado outbreak of April 6–8, 2006#Requested move 19 February 2017, but the decision to go with a date-only format was decided at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Severe weather/Archive 3#Naming conventions. TornadoLGS (talk) 21:17, 6 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Is there some reason to go against MOS in this section? Thank you, --Malerooster (talk) 11:55, 9 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Malerooster Can you specify why linking to the 2008 Super Tuesday outbreak goes against MOS? TornadoLGS (talk) 21:27, 9 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

TornadoLGS, its only a general rule, per WP:SEEALSO, but links in the article should not be repeated in this section. They should be worked into the article if possible. --Malerooster (talk) 02:56, 10 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It currently is not linked in the text. It was earlier, but I removed the sentence because of its awkwardness. TornadoLGS (talk) 03:18, 10 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Ideally, if it can be added to the body of the article and removed from the see also section that is preferred but not a big deal. --Malerooster (talk) 16:03, 10 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It looks fine to me. United States Man (talk) 18:29, 10 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

This review is transcluded from Talk:Tornado outbreak of March 2–3, 2020/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Hurricane Noah (talk · contribs) 19:19, 2 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Will do. Noah^Talk 19:19, 2 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• including a high-end EF3 tornado that hit Nashville and Mount Juliet Link EF scale. Noah^Talk 01:42, 3 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Done United States Man (talk)
• The threat for severe weather across Middle Tennessee and surrounding areas add "the" before surrounding. Noah^Talk 01:42, 3 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Not done I fail to see how this makes the sentence better, as there is no grammatical error the way it is. United States Man (talk)
• Link coordinated universal time on UTC. Noah^Talk 01:42, 3 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Done United States Man (talk)
• Link to the central time zone on CST. Noah^Talk 01:42, 3 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Done United States Man (talk)
• longer-tracked EF2 tornado which tracked across much of Carroll County I would avoid using tracked twice in the sentence. Noah^Talk 01:42, 3 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Done United States Man (talk)
• seven miles (11 km) --> 7 miles (11 km). Noah^Talk 01:42, 3 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Done United States Man (talk)

will check over the tornado sections and the rest tomorrow. Hopefully the storm events database is back up by then. Noah^Talk 01:42, 3 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Storm events finally came back online yesterday for me so I was checking things out there. Noah^Talk 12:59, 6 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Kroger, Panera Bread, Petco --> Kroger, Panera Bread, and Petco stores. Noah^Talk 12:59, 6 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Done United States Man (talk) 13:11, 6 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• The tornado caused five fatalities and 220 injuries Would recommend changing five to 5. Noah^Talk 12:59, 6 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Done United States Man (talk) 13:11, 6 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Recommend adding alt text for the other images. Noah^Talk 12:59, 6 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Done United States Man (talk) 13:11, 6 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

That should be it. Noah^Talk 12:59, 6 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I propose that the section about the 2020 Nashville tornado be split into a separate page called 2020 Nashville tornado (see Draft:2020 Nashville tornado). Per WP:UNDUE, the section desperately needs to be split. The article is 61,000 bytes in total, and the tornado's section alone is 12,600 bytes. That is equal to over 20% of the entire article. For the split, I proposed the trimmed section at User:WeatherWriter/2020 Nashville section, which is 7,700 bytes, while the full tornado summary is moved to 2020 Nashville tornado (draft state at Draft:2020 Nashville tornado), which is currently over 13,000 bytes and can easily be improved. The only other tornado with a summary is the Cookeville tornado, which has a section size of 5,800 bytes. The split will bring the section size down and appease WP:UNDUE, while the Nashville tornado would receive a full article. Split proposal is being conducted, rather than a WP:BOLD split, due to the article currently being GA status from a review in January 2022. The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 02:10, 23 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Oppose - Readable prose size is only 26 kB, so a split is not justified per WP:SIZERULE. And given how the Nashville tornado was the 6th costliest tornado in American history, it is reasonable that it takes up so much information.108.58.51.130 (talk) 17:33, 24 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]