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Archives The beginning - 1 June 2006 July 2006 - 31st August October 2006 - 31st December 2006 THIS IS AN ARCHIVE OF EREBUS555'S MESSAGES ON WIKIPEDIA, CLICK HERE FOR THE CURRENT DISCUSSIONS. Wikipedia Editing The Author's Barnstar I herby award you this barnstar for article creation and expansion. Its people like you that give articles real content. Thanks! Voice-of-AllTalk 21:23, 31 May 2006 (UTC) Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #1 Number 1, June 4, 2006 The Hurricane Herald This is the monthly newsletter of WikiProject Tropical Cyclones. The Hurricane Herald aims to give a summary of the activities of the WikiProject over the past month and upcoming events over the next month. In addition monthly tropical cyclone activity will be summarized. You have received this as you are a member of the WikiProject, please add your username in the appropriate section on the mailing list. If you do not add your name to that list, the WikiProject will assume you do not wish to receive future versions of The Hurricane Herald. Sorry if the newsletter breaks your talk page formatting. Storm of the month Typhoon Chanchu near its peak intensity Typhoon Chanchu was the first typhoon and first super typhoon of the 2006 Pacific typhoon season. Forming on May 9 over the open western Pacific Ocean, Chanchu moved over the Philippines on the 11th. There, it dropped heavy rainfall, causing mudslides, crop damage, and 41 deaths. It moved into the South China Sea, where it rapidly strengthened to a super typhoon on May 14, one of only two super typhoons recorded in the sea. It turned to the north, weakened, and struck the Fujian province of China as a minimal typhoon on the 17th. The typhoon flooded 192 houses, while heavy rainfall caused deadly mudslides. In China, Chanchu caused at least 25 deaths and $480 million in damage (2006 USD). Elsewhere on its path, strong waves from the typhoon sank eleven Vietnamese ships, killing at least 44 people. In Taiwan, heavy rainfall killed two people, while in Japan, severe waves killed one person and injured another. Other tropical cyclone activity Tropical Storm Aletta existed in the eastern Pacific Ocean from May 25 to May 29, peaking as a 45 mph tropical storm. New and improved articles New storm articles include: Typhoon Joan (1970), Hurricane Bonnie (1986), Tropical Storm Matthew (2004), Storm of October 1804, Typhoon Chanchu (2006) and Cyclone Olaf. New non-storm articles include: Tropical cyclone rainfall climatology, Dvorak technique and List of Bangladesh tropical cyclones. New Featured articles: 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, Hurricane Mitch, Hurricane Irene (2005) and Hurricane Claudette (2003) Articles which became A/GA class: Hurricane Katrina (A), Effect of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans (A), Hurricane Felix (1995) (GA), Cyclone Percy (A), Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 (A), List of New Jersey hurricanes (A), Hurricane John (1994) (A), Tropical Storm Isabel (1985) (GA), Tropical Storm Odette (2003) (GA) New articles and improvements wanted An article is requested on subtropical ridge The current collaboration of the fortnight is Hurricane Gilbert, please help improve this article. Improvements are requested to Indianola Hurricane of 1886, Hurricane Camille and Hurricane Andrew. The WikiProject is likely to submit Hurricane John (1994) and Hurricane Katrina to Featured Article Candidates in the near future, so please help improve them to featured standard. Member of the month This isn't the generic barnstar, we just don't have a WPTC star yet… The May member of the month is TitoXD. The WikiProject awards this to him for his brilliant work in improving articles. TitoXD joined the WikiProject in October just after it had been founded. Since then he has contributed substantially to many articles, for example Hurricane Nora (1997), which is currently a Featured Article Candidate. He is also actively involved in the assessment of articles and so helps to improve many more articles. Explanation of content If you have a topic which is not directly related to any specific article but is relevant to the WikiProject bring it up on the Newsletters talk page, and it will probably be included in a future edition of The Hurricane Herald. These two sections are decided by the community on the newsletter's talk page: Storm of the month: This is determined by a straw poll on the page. While all storms will be mentioned on the newsletter, the selected storm will be described in more detail. Member of the month: Nominations are made on the talk page, voting is by secret ballot; read the talk page for details. The winner receives the WikiProject's barnstar (when we make it). Main Page content 2005 Atlantic hurricane season appeared on the Main Page as Today's Featured Article on June 1. Hurricane Floyd will appear on the Main Page as Today's Featured Article on June 17. Entries from Dvorak technique, Typhoon Joan (1970), Typhoon Chanchu (2006), and Storm of October 1804 appeared on the Main Page in the Did you know column during May. Entries from 5 other articles relating to tropical cyclones had appeared in the Did you know column earlier in 2006. Storm article statistics Grade April May June FA 7 7 10 A 4 5 7 GA 0 3 5 B 62 66 82 Start 154 177 168 Stub 13 12 10 Total 240 263 282 percentage ≥Less than B 69.6 71.6 63.1 The assessment scale The cyclone assessment scale is one of the bases of the new assessment scale for Version 1.0 of Wikipedia. It splits articles into several categories by quality, to identify which articles are "finished" and which ones still need to be improved. The assessment scale by itself counts of several grades: FA: reserved for articles that have been identified as featured content only. A: this grade is given to articles that are considered ready for Wikipedia:peer review. The way to get this grade assigned to an article is by asking other cyclone editors at the WikiProject's assessment page. GA: reserved for articles that have passed a good article nomination. B: these articles are "halfway there", and have most of the details of a complete article, yet it still has significant gaps in its coverage. Start: articles that fall in this category have a decent amount of content, yet it is weak in many areas. Be bold and feel free to improve them! Stub: these articles are mostly placeholders, and may in some cases be useless for the reader. It needs a lot of work to be brought to A-Class level. The way to use these assessments is by adding a parameter to the WikiProject template on the articles talk page ({{hurricane|class=B}} as an example). This feeds the article into a category which is read and parsed to create an assessment table, summary and log. Thanks Hey. Thanks for this. Always feels nice to know that there are people looking out for such stuff. Thanks. TC. - Aksi_great (talk) 17:57, 8 June 2006 (UTC) Thanks again for all those spelling checks. Here's a barnstar :) The Minor Barnstar I Aksi_great present Erebus555 with this minor barnstar for his great work on correcting spelling mistakes and typos. Keep up the great work. Aksi_great (talk) 19:16, 8 June 2006 (UTC) No problem. Feel free to go through my contribution list to check for typos. It would be a great help. Keep in touch. - Aksi_great (talk) 19:20, 8 June 2006 (UTC) Rwandan Genocide Your most recent edit to Rwandan Genocide got hit with a MediaWiki bug where a large portion of the page is deleted when you click submit. I have reverted this edit, and you are welcome to go make the changes again.--digital_me(t/c) 17:13, 9 June 2006 (UTC) Spelling corrections on United Church of Christ Thanks for your spelling corrections on United Church of Christ. However, in the context used, "churchwide" is properly one word; as another example, see that the biennial national meeting of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is the "Churchwide Assembly". Also, at least in the United States, "megachurch" refers to a specific type of congregation and is properly one word.Emerymat 18:20, 9 June 2006 (UTC) SWC You don't like Supreme with Cheese, then, Mr I'm Innocent. Carfile Page Edit Thanks for correcting my horrible spelling, much appreciated! Estople - Soon to be a Wikipedia member Architecture Wikiproject Hi, many thanks for all your architecture and design edits. I was wondering if you might be interested in joining Wikipedia:WikiProject Architecture. Also we've been revamping the Architecture Portal and nominations to Portal:Architecture/Selected picture candidates and Portal:Architecture/Selected article candidates will always be welcome.--Mcginnly 09:05, 16 June 2006 (UTC) Thank you Thank you for spell checking the Passenger vehicles in the United States article and dozens more! Signaturebrendel has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Smile to others by adding {{subst:smile}}, {{subst:smile2}} or {{subst:smile3}} to their talk page with a friendly message. Happy editing! , Signaturebrendel 19:07, 22 June 2006 (UTC) Clean up, done? You listed List of apologetic works as needing clean up back in December. Another user removed the tag today (though clean up wasn't quite done). I cleaned up some more, but wanted to run it by you since you did the initial tagging.--Andrew c 02:10, 30 June 2006 (UTC) Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #2 The July issue of the WikiProject Tropical cyclones newsletter is now available. If you wish to receive the full newsletter or no longer be informed of the release of future editions, please add your username to the appropriate section on the mailing list.--Nilfanion (talk) 00:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC) Vandalism reverts Your help reverting vandalism on Wikipedia is greatly appreciated, but please remember to warn the vandal with the appropriate warning template (usually {{subst:test1}}, though to {{subst:test4}}). This ensures the vandal knows he/she is being watched and administratos rarely block repeat vandals who have not been warned. Just a heads up. Thanks! -- Steel 18:55, 2 July 2006 (UTC) Thanks for the Værnes spellcheck I got a fair bit of them, but it would appear I've been awake for too long. Thanks for catching the ones I missed! --CyberK 19:49, 3 July 2006 (UTC) Your edit to FDA (disambiguation) Your recent edit to FDA (disambiguation) (diff) was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to recognize and repair vandalism to Wikipedia articles. If the bot reverted a legitimate edit, please accept my humble creator's apologies – if you bring it to the attention of the bot's owner, we may be able to improve its behavior. Click here for frequently asked questions about the bot and this warning. // AntiVandalBot 14:10, 9 July 2006 (UTC) Good Faith Please assume good faith when reverting non-trivial cases: [1]--Konstable 14:20, 9 July 2006 (UTC) RfC on Lazar Kaganovich You edited the Lazar Kaganovich article. Would you consider participation in the RfC Lazar_Kaganovich abakharev 01:16, 13 July 2006 (UTC) 2006 Long Island Sound Plane Crash Help!, other useres are trying to delete my article but I objected saying that the plane crash is notable. Please vote keep on the vote page in order to save this article.Storm05 13:54, 13 July 2006 (UTC) Thanks! Thank you for editing the spelling on my page -- The computer I've been forced to use recently isn't spectacular, so, I've been making many mistakes like that. Thanks again, Mike. Critical Reading Hi, Although I am sure you meant no harm, there was an edit you made that concerned me. The whole paragraph appears to be strong defamation. Just a heads up to read articles critically and to take a look at Wikipedia:Libel. Thanks, GChriss 23:38, 16 July 2006 (UTC) Areas of Athens Hi, you made Category:Areas of Athens last May. I just made categories for the prefectures of Athens, Piraeus, East Attica and West Attica, see Category:Attica. I plan to move municipalities around Athens to those categories, I guess that helps relieving Category:Athens as well. Markussep 17:27, 20 July 2006 (UTC) Edmund Street Thanks for your picture of Edmund Street. Have you any information on the building - number/name, date, architect, or its occupancy? This would add to its usefulness I'm sure. I noticed that it's summary is in all capitals. This is not as easy to read as lower case and is generally not considered a good thing. All the best. Oosoom Talk to me 17:38, 21 July 2006 (UTC) Wikiproject:Architecure Peer Review proposal I'm trying to build a consensus for a Wikiproject Peer review process. I've opened a discussion page here. Would you like to comment? Would you be prepared to take part in the peer review process? Many thanks. --Mcginnly | Chinwag 12:27, 22 July 2006 (UTC) IG Farben Building FAC Also, I posted the IG Farben Building on the FAC on the 17th July. It currently has a support consensus, but only from 4 people. I'd be more comfortable with a stronger consensus and was wondering if you might be prepared to comment on the article? Many thanks. --Mcginnly | Chinwag 12:27, 22 July 2006 (UTC) thanks for spell checking my page i was dumbfounded at the number of errors. i just got a ie spell checker, and i should use it every day. thanx,for your help joe 03:39, 23 July 2006 (UTC) Asturian Please don't "fix" spellings if they are already correct. Or at least look them up first? Hevia is Asturian, and certainly not an Austrian) player of the bagpipes -- though he may have visited Austria once or twice during his lifetime. Badagnani 17:11, 23 July 2006 (UTC) Just thanks... Neantbriceen 12:50, 25 July 2006 (UTC) I guess i'm like the other guys: thanks for correcting my french way to write english... Keep up helping us to help!! Thanks Thanks for fixing that Grant Fox article Outside Center 14:10, 25 July 2006 (UTC) Curzon Street / RCO I was excited to see the RCO had revived plans to convert the building... until I read the press release and saw it was dated 2005. From what I've read previously, I think there's little chance of it happening now, I'm afraid. I reverted your last two edits about the plans. JRawle (Talk) 17:19, 27 July 2006 (UTC) Now I know where I've seen you before (SkyscraperCity Forums). I didn't actually spot the username, but I recognised the quote about fishing that's on your user page! JRawle (Talk) 11:09, 28 July 2006 (UTC) I'll leave you to guess my username. JRawle (Talk) 12:39, 28 July 2006 (UTC) I have the same username "jrawle" on there. It looks different without the caps (Wikipedia doesn't let you begin it with a lower case letter). I post a few things in the Bham threads such as the ones on New Street and the Rotunda – I posted the image of Forward that you replied to. JRawle (Talk) 16:07, 28 July 2006 (UTC) Boy, am i a bad speller thanx for the assist.joe 02:16, 29 July 2006 (UTC) Sorry??? I'm sorry, but I fail to see how my edit to the Birmingham article was vandalism. Everything I added was factually correct. I actually said "One of" the most famous sporting organisations in the world. No problem. Birmingham edits Just wanted to give a thumbs up to your fact-finding mission re Birmingham, and other related work done too. Matthew 16:08, 3 August 2006 (UTC) Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #3 Number 3, August 6, 2006 The Hurricane Herald This is the monthly newsletter of WikiProject Tropical Cyclones. The Hurricane Herald aims to give a summary, both of the activities of the WikiProject and global tropical cyclone activity. If you wish to change how you receive this newsletter, or no longer wish to receive it, please add your username to the appropriate section on the mailing list. "Tropical Storm Lee was probably national news at the time, depending on where it went and what it did. Millions of people knew about it." Storm of the month Severe Tropical Storm Bilis approaching Taiwan Severe Tropical Storm Bilis approaching Taiwan Severe Tropical Storm Bilis was a damaging tropical storm that caused significant damage to areas of southeastern China, the Philippines and Taiwan. The fourth named storm of the 2006 Pacific typhoon season formed to the east of the Philippines on July 8 and moved towards Taiwan, strengthening as it did so. It reached its peak strength of 110 km/h (70 mph) on July 13, shortly before it made its first landfall on northern Taiwan. Bilis then made a second landfall in Fujian, China on July 14 after officials evaucated over 1 million residents from the areas in the storm's path. The remnant lasted for several days after landfall and brought heavy rain to inland China. The most significant damage occurred in Hunan, where heavy flooding and mudslides destroyed over 31,000 homes and killed 345. Despite never reaching typhoon strength, the storm was responsible for $2.5 billion in damage and at least 625 fatalities in total. Other tropical cyclone activity There were 10 other tropical cyclones worldwide in July, with activity in all 4 northern hemisphere basins. In the Atlantic, Tropical Storm Beryl made landfall on Nantucket on July 21 before bringing rain to Atlantic Canada. In the East Pacific, Hurricane Bud was a Category 3 hurricane that formed on July 10 and dissipated on July 15. Hurricane Carlotta twice became a minimal hurricane before degenerating into a remnant low on July 16. Hurricane Daniel reached Category 4 strength and was predicted to make landfall in Hawaii before it dissipated on July 26. Tropical Storm Emilia brought tropical storm-force winds to southern Baja California on July 26 and was forecast to become a hurricane but this did not occur. Tropical Storm Fabio formed late on July 31 but did not last long in the face of strong shear. In the West Pacific,Typhoon Ewiniar (Ester) formed on June 29 to the east of the Philippines, it reached Category 4 strength before making landfall in South Korea on July 10 as a tropical storm. It killed at least 36 people. Typhoon Kaemi (Glenda) formed on July 2 and passed over Taiwan before dissipating over mainland China on July 26. It brought heavy rain to Taiwan and the Philippines and killed at least 32 people in China. Typhoon Prapiroon (Henry) formed on July 28 but did not reach tropical storm strength until August. In the North Indian Ocean, Tropical Storm 03B formed on June 30 near the east Indian coast before making landfall on the Orissa coast on July 2. Main Page content Entries from 3 articles: Tropical Storm Bilis (2006), National Weather Service bulletin for New Orleans region and List of South America tropical cyclones appeared on the Main Page in the Did you know column during July. New articles and improvements wanted New articles are wanted for Fiji Meteorological Service and Papua New Guinea National Weather Service. While the individual storm articles are generally quite good, the project's core articles are quite poor. Please help improve tropical cyclone and its subpages. Cyclone Tracy has recently had featured status removed, please help improve this article back up to FA standards again. Member of the month Cyclone barnstar The July member of the month is Hurricanehink. The WikiProject awards this to him for the superb quality of his work on articles. Hurricanehink joined the project in November and has significantly contributed to many of the project's Featured Articles including Tropical Storm Allison and Hurricane Mitch. In addition to his contributions Hurricanehink also works on the assessment and improvement of most articles within the project. New and improved articles New storm articles include: Typhoon Aere (2004), Cyclone Vance, Hurricane Karl (2004) and 1916 Texas Hurricane. New non-storm articles include: List of Canadian hurricanes and National Weather Service bulletin for New Orleans region. New Featured articles: Tropical Storm Allison, Hurricane Esther (1961), Hurricane Irene (1999). Also, List of South America tropical cyclones became a Featured list. Articles which became A/GA class include: Tropical Storm Henri (2003) (A), Typhoon Vamei (GA), Cyclone Rosita (GA), Tropical Storm Harvey (2005) (GA) and Storm of October 1804 (GA). Storm article statistics Grade May June July August FA 7 10 13 16 A 5 7 6 6 GA 3 5 18 24 B 66 82 79 77 Start 177 168 180 191 Stub 12 10 8 8 Total 263 282 303 322 percentage ≥Less than B 71.6 63.1 62.0 61.8 Useful sources of tropical cyclone information The following organizations provide helpful information for writing about tropical cyclones, both past and present. National Hurricane Center - Official forecasts for the Atlantic and East Pacific and a massive archive starting in 1958. Central Pacific Hurricane Center - Official forecasts for the Central Pacific and summaries of past storms. Joint Typhoon Warning Center - Unoffical forecasts for storms in the West Pacific and other regions. Has an archive of storm reports back to 1959. Japan Meteorological Agency - Official forecasts for the West Pacific. Naval Research Laboratory - A great source for satellite imagery of tropical cyclones. Hydrometeorological Prediction Center - Forecasts of weakening tropical cyclones in the United States and information and maps of rainfall in the US. National Climatic Data Center - Lots of information is available here, including satellite imagery. The Storm events archive is very useful for information on storms in the US and its territories. In his April Tropical Cyclone Summary, Gary Padgett stated that he will extensively reference Wikipedia in his future summaries. I have communicated with him and he has stated that he is "very much interested in cooperating" with us. He has also provided me with a copy of Jack Beven's weekly summaries (covering 1991-1996). If you want a copy of them, email me.--Nilfanion (talk) Birmingham climate Yeah I like the way the table has come out. Thanks.Kenaldinho10 21:48, 11 August 2006 (UTC) Thanks for spotting my typo! ➨ ЯEDVERS awards this Minor Barnstar to Erebus555 for making little edits that make Wikipedia bigger.