Talk:Multiple-vortex tornado

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Formation and structure

It seems very counter-intuitive that these should exist at all. Some explanation of formation and why they are stable would be helpful. -- Beland (talk) 00:30, 7 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Dead man walking

All of the tornadoes described as "dead man walking" are multiple-vortex tornadoes, so they are certainly a relevant subtopic. It makes more sense, I think, to have the list here, as article material, than at the disambiguation page. —ShelfSkewed Talk 20:36, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@ShelfSkewed: I oppose this, as "Dead Man Walking" is the WP:COMMONAME of the phenomenon. E_F⁵ 22:17, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I don't understand how that guideline is relevant. "Dead man walking" is a type of multiple-vortex tornado, and subtypes of many things are dealt with in sections of more general articles. —ShelfSkewed Talk 22:25, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The general reader is more likely to look up "Dead Man Walking" when looking for that then "Multiple-Vortex tornado". Several sources just refer to the phenomena as a "Dead Man Walking", without the tornado at the end. E_F⁵ 22:40, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, but disambiguation pages are meant to be navigation pages, pointing to the relevant article for the topic. They are not supposed to be destination pages for article content. The relevant article for the topic "dead man walking tornado" is here. If this topic were to have its own article, it would be at Dead man walking (tornado), which I have just created as a redirect to Multiple-vortex tornado#Notable tornadoes. I think the list should be restored here as relevant article content. —ShelfSkewed Talk 23:15, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Multiple-vortex tornado → Multi-vortex tornado – fix grammar Beluga732 (talk) 14:14, 31 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Oppose — It is correct grammar as is. This webpage by the National Weather Service states it is a “Multiple Vortex Tornado”. This paper published by the American Meteorological Society confirms that with the title: The Role of Multiple-Vortex Tornado Structure in Causing Storm Researcher Fatalities. “Multi-vortex tornado” is the internet/social media shortened name. The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 14:47, 31 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Oppose per WeatherWriter. Departure– (talk) 14:50, 31 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Weak oppose - "Multi-vortex" is indeed commonly used, but per WeatherWriter it isn't the scientifically-given name. — ^EF⁵ 15:30, 31 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]