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I am not sure if creating separate sections containing one line each is the best way to structure this article. Nor do I think that every creek that rises needs its own section. Some rationalisation may be required IMO. -- Mattinbgn ( talk) 22:53, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
It is not necessary to have the article title in the lead sentence, especially when the topic does not have an official name. "2011 Victorian floods" is not an official name, it is a name of convenience only. Putting the title in the lead sentence gives undue weight to the name and gives readers the impression that this is an official term rather than just a description. See Wikipedia:Stop bolding everything for further explanation. -- Mattinbgn ( talk) 23:26, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
The word inundated means flooded. To say that the flood inundated a place is really just stating the obvious. I know it's a popular word with the media, but this is an encyclopaedia. We should write good English, not tabloid English.
And we have a minor confusion over the amount that was inundated. The lead tells me that "The floods completely inundated...Rochester". The section on Rochester tells me "Rochester on the Campaspe River suffered the worst floods in its history with around 200 houses, representing 80% of the community, inundated." Completely and 80% are not the same thing. Which was it? HiLo48 ( talk) 04:01, 17 January 2011 (UTC)
This is OR but it just makes me shake my head at the misinformation in the background section, the only sources I can find at this stage is Record January rainfall causes flooding in the southeast, Western NSW should prepare for more heavy rain and Wind, rain and storms batter southeast Australia.
The weather system which caused the heavy rainfall was a different system. The SE QLD system which affected Toowoomba, Lockyer Valley as as Brisbane was an slow moving upper level low (low pressure system located in the upper levels of the troposphere) and a high pressure system in the Tasman helped to driving in the moisture into the system however the system that affected SA E, NSW, VIC and TAS was a low pressure trough (with a low pressure system in-bedded) which extended up to the NT which helped to drag down moisture ahead of it. The trough then formed multi cell storms which then turned into broad rain areas with some heavy falls. Bidgee ( talk) 11:02, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
There's been a little edit skirmishing going on with the Duration filed in the Infobox, with people changing it to a date near today's. This all seems very silly. Is there a defined duration of this flood? Does it come anywhere near today? Would this field be better omitted? HiLo48 ( talk) 03:27, 21 April 2011 (UTC)
User:Bidgee has just, quite understandably, reverted addition of "November 2011" to the Duration field in the Infobox, with an Edit summary telling us that it was a "Different weather event". That's obviously true, but a flood now is still in 2011. And the Infobox still includes "August 2011; October 2011", when the bulk of the article is about events in January.
What to do? HiLo48 ( talk) 02:30, 27 November 2011 (UTC)
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