User talk:Hurricanehink/Archive 36

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MoTM of issue XLIV

I have a proposal that there is should be two MoTMs instead of one of this edition. However, because of Destroyera's sockpuppetry, I'm going to abandon that proposal in favor of making Robloxsupersuperhappyface MoTM of the edition. I have insisting for some weeks now that Super should be MoTM, because his contributions for this project is nothing more than amazing. SMB99thx my edits! 23:02, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

@SMB99thx: we should still have a 2nd MoTM. Either you or Chicdat. HurricaneTracker495 (talk) 00:03, 30 November 2020 (UTC)

Not me, but definitely Chicdat. SMB99thx my edits! 00:07, 30 November 2020 (UTC)

By the way, I'm also requesting opinion about you regarding sockpuppetry within this WikiProject, as we have some editors who contributed to this project was exposed as sockpuppeteers. Destroyeraa (dumb sockpuppetry, I acknowledge), Cristianpogi678 (to avoid block), Wyatt2049 (LTA) and IPhonehurricane95 (LTA) comes to mind. SMB99thx my edits! 03:55, 30 November 2020 (UTC)

I agree we should make Super the MotM. It should really be MOTE (member of the edition), since we only award one each newsletter. That's because there aren't a ton of users, and the newsletter is just a fun thing to do. I'm surprised it's caught on so much this year! And if anyone would like to work on it monthly, then by all means go ahead :) I'm thankful that there is a lot of new interest in the project, and I don't want to lose editors just because the active hurricane season is over. SMB99thx, keep up what you're doing, your enthusiasm is fantastic, and I noticed you saying no to new projects. Feel free to write up the MoTM blurb, and if you'd even want to send it out, I'd really appreciate it! ^_^ I've just been the one doing it because I wanted to make sure it got done, but I'm rather busy IRL (I got a leak in my apartment). ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 01:36, 1 December 2020 (UTC)

I'm going to write that MoTM blurb as well as sending it out to new members, CyclonicallyDeranged, and all others. Also, I believe that this newsletter shouldn't be a monthly newsletter. I think it should be bi-monthly as usual, or even tri-monthly newsletter, though I say that it should be bi-monthly until issue 50, then issues afterwards will be made in three months. SMB99thx my edits! 02:44, 1 December 2020 (UTC)

Next Steps...

Update 2018 Pacific hurricane season with Bud's impact - November 30/December 1

Hurricane Leslie (2018) - December

Timeline of the 2018 Pacific hurricane season - December

Rewrite/improve Hurricane Olivia (2018) - December

Hurricane Bud (2018) - December/January

Tropical Storm Gordon (2018) - December/January

2018 Pacific hurricane season - January/February

2018 Pacific hurricane season

14 articles

Hurricane Bud

Tropical Storm Ileana

Tropical Depression Nineteen-E

Hurricane Walaka

Timeline of the 2018 Pacific hurricane season

Tropical Storm Carlotta

Hurricane Lane

Hurricane Rosa

Tropical Storm Vicente

Hurricane Hector

Hurricane Olivia

Hurricane Sergio

Hurricane Willa

What do you think about that plan? Noah^Talk 13:58, 30 November 2020 (UTC)

For an Atlantic FT, we would need more than my planned articles at FA in order to complete it. Michael's Met, Leslie, Gordon, Michael in FL, and Michael would be 5. The latter two won't be easy to get there for sure. The completed timeline would put us at 6. We would need a 7th (although preferably we would have more than the minimal requirement for safety) for a majority featured. Noah^Talk 21:41, 30 November 2020 (UTC)

I personally think you should go for FTC sooner than later for 2018. Olivia isn't really needed as an FA, as impressive as it would be to have an all featured FT. As for the Atlantic, Michael's Met and FL sub-article wouldn't count toward the whole topic (since they both aren't linked from the button bar), so we'd only need the five. Destroyeraa is interested in getting Beryl and Chris to FA. We have Gordon, Michael, the timeline, Leslie, and ideally Florence. Getting Florence and Michael to GA wouldn't be much different than FA, considering how notable the storms are. Add in Alberto/Beryl/Chris and we're good. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 21:47, 30 November 2020 (UTC)

Uh... January/February (which I have listed above for that FTC icon) is the earliest because the timeline isn't done. Nova, KN, and I will finish it this upcoming month and nom it. I just have to get Olivia fixed up because it has some met issues and may have more details out there for impact. I have gotten a lot better at finding impact since December 2018 :P EDIT: Actually, the button bar lists the met histories below their respective storm! Noah^Talk 21:52, 30 November 2020 (UTC)

That works. Yea for sure you've gotten better! Especialmente en español. I'm glad Olivia will get more love then before the FT. As for the button bars, yea, they mention the history, but not Michael's FL impacts, which would be too much for the bar. Something to keep in mind for the inevitable FT. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 23:47, 30 November 2020 (UTC)

sorry

I logged out and forgot I logged out so sorry. Can you block my IP(with anon only mode on of course)for a little while to prevent accidental logged out editing? --HurricaneTracker495 (talk) 01:16, 1 December 2020 (UTC)

44th edition of The Hurricane Herald!

Wikipedia:WikiProject Tropical cyclones/Newsletter/Archive 44

Posting link, didn't know this :) SMB99thx my edits! 05:43, 1 December 2020 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
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TFA

Thank you today for Cyclone Chapala, "which struck one of the poorest parts of the world in the midst of a civil war. To make matters worse, another cyclone hit the same area a few days later"! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:12, 8 December 2020 (UTC)

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Michael's Met

I know you did the GAN, but would you be able to provide any more feedback at FAC? I don't want it to fail simply because nobody is reviewing articles. I am trying to clear backlogs and do some reviews myself. Noah^Talk 22:57, 8 December 2020 (UTC)

I say we merge this and don't split Florida because that would be like splitting off the Galveston impact for an article mainly about that. Besides the fact that the section is currently bloated per JR. Noah^Talk 14:11, 13 December 2020 (UTC)

Trouted

Whack! You've been whacked with a wet trout. Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.

For using cuss words on someone's talk page. ~ Destroyer🌀🌀 01:54, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

Ah damn Destroyeraa, sorry about my shitty language. :P ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 15:24, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

XD Cyclone Toby 18:34, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

LOL! ~ Destroyer🌀🌀 15:33, 10 December 2020 (UTC)

Cyclone Owen

Please start the GA review for Cyclone Owen again. Chicdat said that some of these issues are fixed. SMB99thx my edits! 05:19, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

Hurricane Noah just has. 🐔 Chicdat  ^{Bawk to me!} 13:05, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

Great! SMB99thx my edits! 13:11, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

Additional help may be needed with Owen. I have the effects left to review, but there are tons of issues again, including no mention of the JTWC winds/status at all. Noah^Talk 15:12, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

Idk about you, but I still think the impact needs expansion from where it is at. Noah^Talk 16:00, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

I agree, it seems on the short side for a tropical cyclone affecting an English-speaking country. I'd expect more flood damage. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 16:03, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

Leslie

Uh... Leslie may take a decent amount of time to write and will probably be huge word-wise once done. This will probably be above 100 sources once complete. It did ≥500M and killed ≥17. Noah^Talk 23:05, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

The way things are going on my end rn... Im now expecting 100-150 impact sources on top of the 25-40 met sources. Noah^Talk 23:58, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

Okay... will definitely be >150 for total sources... I ended the research with 149 potential sources between preps, impact, and aftermath. The storm was far worse than I thought impact-wise just by how I skimmed through the impact. Noah^Talk 02:32, 10 December 2020 (UTC)

I had a feeling Hurricane Noah (talk · contribs) that Leslie would be a biggish storm! It had all of the impacts of a tropical cyclone and a European windstorm, kinda Hurricane Nadine (2012) meets Hurricane Charley (1986). ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 15:54, 10 December 2020 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

		The Barnstar of Diligence
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Hello!

Hello @Hurricanehink:! It's been sometime since you helped me but you were very friendly and helpful so thank you but could you possibly do me a favor? Would you please sign my contact book? Yours DishitaBhowmik talk 10:50, 14 December 2020 (UTC)

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Cyclone Ava

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It's done. SMB99thx my edits! 13:20, 16 December 2020 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Barnstar of Diligence

For your nearly 16 years of contributions to Wikipedia, especially in the area of tropical cyclones. And also your efforts in mentoring or coaching numerous new editors at WPTC. I know that there were times when things went south, and even experiences that left you wanting to quit, but you're still here and you're still helping train the newest crop of WPTC editors. And thank you once again for welcoming me and the other newer users, and for being so kind to us, even for those of us who started out disruptive (albeit unintentionally) or rough around the edges. You've helped raise and retain many more editors than you realize. I can't think you enough for all you've done. You deserve this barnstar. LightandDark2000 🌀 (talk) 09:22, 18 December 2020 (UTC)

2018 EPAC

Im going to hammer out an Olivia rewrite to fix issues that arose after JTWC and CPHC BT came out. I also found some more impact to add to the article using the storm events database. Noah^Talk 03:34, 20 December 2020 (UTC)

Would you be able to help with finding impact? The storm did 25M, but I am not finding very many sources reporting damage. I will be adding in some storm events database reports as a crutch, but it seems rather sparse. I am working in a sandbox right now. Really needs more detail for the impact. KN did find one source that details an area with complete destruction. Noah^Talk 02:45, 22 December 2020 (UTC)

Jebi needs to be reviewed urgently if you have the time. I'm afraid it will fail if people don't review it soon. Noah^Talk 19:52, 23 December 2020 (UTC)

Cyclone Ava GAN

I have done everything you have suggested. SMB99thx my edits! 11:38, 20 December 2020 (UTC)

A cupcake for you!

Hi! Thanks for all the help and advice you have given me! To show my appreciation, I am giving you this cupcake. Enjoy! 🌀☾⊙☈⊙♫ꍏ🌀 14:44, 22 December 2020 (UTC)

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Hello Hurricanehink: Enjoy the holiday season, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, ~ Destroyer🌀🌀 01:55, 23 December 2020 (UTC)

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Happy Holidays!

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Happy holidays!

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Thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia, and a Happy New Year to you and yours! ~ Destroyer🌀🌀 21:38, 31 December 2020 (UTC)

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Happy New Year!

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Happy New Year!

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Thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia, and a Happy New Year to you and yours! SovietCyclone (talk) 02:50, 1 January 2021 (UTC)

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Happy New Year!

Hurricanehink,
Thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia, and a Happy New Year to you and yours! 🐔 Chicdat  ^{Bawk to me!} 13:22, 1 January 2021 (UTC)

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Thank you for being a member of WPTC for – wait for it – fifteen and a half years, and bringing numerous articles to FA/GA in the process. 🐔 Chicdat  ^{Bawk to me!} 13:22, 1 January 2021 (UTC)

Happy New Year!

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Thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia, and a Happy New Year to you and yours! -Shift674-🌀 ^contribs 14:18, 1 January 2021 (UTC)

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Hurricane Andres

Long ago I worked on an old draft of mine. If you wish, would you like to assist me in finishing it? CapeVerdeWave (talk) 16:46, 4 January 2021 (UTC)

@Hurricanehink: No problem. I started the draft several years ago and recently noted that it had lying undisturbed for so long. Given that Andres does not stand out except for its early-season intensity, I will go ahead and remove the draft. CapeVerdeWave (talk) 15:20, 5 January 2021 (UTC)

@Hurricanehink: I did. I didn't find anything notable to add. CapeVerdeWave (talk) 11:09, 6 January 2021 (UTC)

Closure of RfC

Hi, Andrew. This is in regard to this RfC: [1]. It may be best for an uninvolved editor to close it. If you believe consensus has been reached (nine "Yes" votes, three "No" votes" + all arguments and sources provided by both sides), you may opt to informally close it. (That may be better than requesting a formal close.) Hurricanehink Thx! Israell (talk) 01:36, 8 January 2021 (UTC)

Thank you for closure of RfC and the explanations provided. Israell (talk) 02:44, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

Proposal

Hi Hurricanehink, I hope you are healthy and safe. I am proposing an experimental game for WPTC similar to the Wikicup. User:Destroyeraa/Cyclone Cup. Any thoughts? ~ Destroyeraa🌀🇺🇸 16:18, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

Hiya Destroyeraa (talk · contribs), I'm doing really well! I got a job and I've been focusing on my music this year, which is why I haven't been editing lately (need to get into the new swing of things). If you think there's enough interest outside of the regular cup, I'd say go for it. However, I notice a few users have taken Wikibreaks recently. Maybe because the US has gotten so insane over the last week, or maybe just RL kicking in, taking away from Wiki time. This could be a good idea starting with the next hurricane season, as an incentive for new users, getting them editing more than just the main season article. Just a thought. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 17:06, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

Great! I hope you are doing well in your music. I've been thinking that since we as a project just got a bunch of new(ish) users, including some who are interested in promoting articles, I though that the downtime/off-season would be a nice time to rack up some GAs/FAs. The TCRs are gradually rolling in, and there is a good number of articles of the 2020 atl season that need promotion. We have a great team of users, and I believe that this will encourage more users to get into the promotion process. ~ Destroyeraa🌀🇺🇸 19:07, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

Thanks so much! And yea, if people get onboard with it, then that's great, more GA's and FA's. If it doesn't take off, no worries, maybe try again in a few months. Hopefully the new users take to it :) ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 20:58, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

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Owen Again

Hi Hurricanehink, would you please help me with Owen? I already asked MarioJump83, and he said he was too busy working on getting autopatrolled. (He did.) Give me some things to do, so I don't get distracted with other stuff. 🐔 Chicdat  ^{Bawk to me!} 12:25, 4 February 2021 (UTC)

Oh, now I see how busy you are with Iniki. Time to check in for a night or two at the Last Resort. 🐔 Chicdat  ^{Bawk to me!} 11:32, 7 February 2021 (UTC)

@Chicdat: - have you done everything from previous GAN's? I spent a lot of time reviewing the article, and you didn't do half of the suggestions I did. The biggest problem was that it wasn't sufficiently comprehensive. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 21:37, 7 February 2021 (UTC)

There are three things from the second GAN that I never did; I'll try to do them as part of the new peer review that you may want to participate in. 🐔 Chicdat  ^{Bawk to me!} 11:56, 8 February 2021 (UTC)

FAR tropical cyclone

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We are awarding you the Golden Cyclonic Barnstar!

		The Golden Cyclonic Barnstar
		After at least more than a year of discussion, we, the WikiProject Tropical Cyclones, are awarding you this lifetime achievement award! Thank you for all your contributions since 2004! Without you, we aren't what we are now. MarioJump83! 02:18, 9 February 2021 (UTC)

Tips and thoughts ?

Hi, Hink! It's been a while. With the lack of TCs lately I got bored and began doing some edits in the 2001 PTS article. I find it a bit weird how the 2002 and 2003 PTS articles are FA and GA while the seasons around it are just.. mostly blank. So perhaps maybe my other goal for the year is to get them (2000, 2001, 2004-07) up to standard? Any tips on what I could do with the edits I have done in the 2001 article? Happy Chinese New Year as well, though. Typhoon2013 (talk) 06:59, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

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Typhoon Maemi

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adopt this guy

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FAC mentor

I saw you are a mentor when it comes to music articles for FA. I was wondering if you could please help me with prose issues for Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon? I really want the article to be FA. The Ultimate Boss (talk) 08:14, 28 February 2021 (UTC)

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46th issue of Hurricane Herald newsletter

Wikipedia:WikiProject Tropical cyclones/Newsletter/Archive 46

WikiCup 2021 March newsletter

Round 1 of the competition has finished; it was a high-scoring round with 21 contestants scoring more than 100 points. Everyone with a positive score moves on to Round 2, with 55 contestants qualifying. You will need to finish among the top thirty-two contestants in Round 2 if you are to qualify for Round 3. Our top scorers in Round 1 were:

• Epicgenius led the field with a featured article, nine good articles and an assortment of other submissions, specialising on buildings and locations in New York, for a total of 945 points.
• Bloom6132 was close behind with 896 points, largely gained from 71 "In the news" items, mostly recent deaths.
• ImaginesTigers, who has been editing Wikipedia for less than a year, was in third place with 711 points, much helped by bringing League of Legends to featured article status, exemplifying how bonus points can boost a contestant's score.
• Amakuru came next with 708 points, Kigali being another featured article that scored maximum bonus points.
• Ktin, new to the WikiCup, was in fifth place with 523 points, garnered from 15 DYKs and 34 "In the news" items.
• The Rambling Man scored 511 points, many from featured article candidate reviews and from football related DYKs.
• Gog the Mild, last year's runner-up, came next with 498 points, from a featured article and numerous featured article candidate reviews.
• Hog Farm, at 452, scored for a featured article, four good articles and a number of reviews.
• Le Panini, another newcomer to the WikiCup, scored 438 for a featured article and three good articles.
• Lee Vilenski, last year's champion, scored 332 points, from a featured article and various other sport-related topics.

These contestants, like all the others, now have to start again from scratch. In Round 1, contestants achieved eight featured articles, three featured lists and one featured picture, as well as around two hundred DYKs and twenty-seven ITNs. They completed 97 good article reviews, nearly double the 52 good articles they claimed. Contestants also claimed for 135 featured article and featured list candidate reviews. There is no longer a requirement to mention your WikiCup participation when undertaking these reviews.

Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is a good article candidate, a featured process, or something else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews.

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Iniki

Hey Hink, I've noticed how busy you are on the Hurricane Iniki article. Is there anything I could do to help? ~ 🌀 SCS CORONA 🌀 13:05, 8 March 2021 (UTC)

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New Articles....

While I await the return of my co-writer for a couple of 2018 articles, I decided to take a look at the 2019 Pacific hurricane season. To be honest, I really enjoy the EPAC storms more than other areas. I looked at a couple of systems for now to see what there was. Ironically, Ivo caught my eye when I searched for PTC 17-E as a lot of impact showed up for it even though it wasn't that close to land. On the flip side, Priscilla doesn't have diddly squat even though it struck the coast... Noah^Talk 12:58, 18 March 2021 (UTC)

Ugh I was hoping I'd have more time for some editing. I'm so busy these days working a job I hate, I've been sick off and on, and I'm working on some personal projects. I'm glad you're keeping up the new articles. I should have some more time/desire for editing - I was in a bad place with a job I was doing, but I'm switching things up. Hopefully that means more editing, but if not, just know that I'm really proud of the work you've done on here. You're certainly helping inspire the next generation of writers! ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 02:40, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

New Articles that will be coming...

• Potential Tropical Cyclone Seventeen-E - Hoping to finish it tomorrow. SMN/Conagua shows 17.5 in of rain in Oaxaca and NHC + sources blame it for deaths in El Salvador (Some sources are dated a day before 17-E was declared). I also found some info for Guatemala. Noah^Talk 12:58, 18 March 2021 (UTC)

• Great work on this one! I'm glad we now have two PTC's as articles. Most deadly flood events should eventually get articles, every one helps. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 02:40, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

• Tropical Storm Ivo - Next week or so? Noah^Talk 12:58, 18 March 2021 (UTC)

• Uh... I'm beginning to think I uncovered a really bad storm that everyone ignored. I am finding similar aftermath to that of Willa and 19-E! However, there are no damage estimates from AON and the NHC said no impact occurred. Noah^Talk 14:49, 20 March 2021 (UTC)

• I will see if any additional storms need articles sometime after all existing storm articles and Ivo are done. Noah^Talk 00:40, 23 March 2021 (UTC)

Fixer-Uppers

• Tropical Storm Narda (2019) - I will do this after Ivo (likely sometime in April)... AON has damage at 100M. Noah^Talk 00:40, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
• Hurricane Lorena (2019) - I will do this after Narda (May)... AON has damage at 50M. Noah^Talk 00:40, 23 March 2021 (UTC)

10,000

This very edit I'm making is my ten thousandth edit. And in this ten thousandth edit, I'm thanking you for guiding me through my first 2,000 or so. And I'm sorry for abusing the page mover right you gave me. Thank you again, 🐔 Chicdat  ^{Bawk to me!} 11:43, 28 March 2021 (UTC)

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RfC on Michael Jackson Talk

Hello, Hurricanehink! Just a question... Regarding the RfC on the Michael Jackson talk page, when should it be closed? Could you please close it in due time? It started twenty days ago, and there is a majority of "Yes and yes" votes and arguments. Israell (talk) 12:44, 29 March 2021 (UTC)

WP Weather

If you have any time tonight, could you please create a proto-project page for WP weather? At least something temporary for now? I am starting with climate articles since the project is defunct and has 0 members. I made a project talkpage banner and am creating some quality categories right now. Noah^Talk 00:35, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

@Hurricane Noah:, thanks for taking some of the initiative. I wrote my thoughts down here. I focused on what the goals are. I think that'll help focus what the point of all of this is. Combining templates and pages is a lot of work, but if there's purpose behind it, then it's worth it. I believe (and pushed as such) that there should be lists on every weather type around the world, and for every year. So a hurricane hitting Florida would be listed in the hurricane season, and in List of Florida hurricanes, and if it was bad enough, Weather of 2021. A deadly flood in Indonesia (such as what's going on now) would be listed in Floods in 2021 (to be created), List of Indonesia floods, and because the floods were related to a tropical cyclone, Cyclone Seroja would be listed in the Australian season, List of Indonesia tropical cyclones, and, if it was record-breaking or significant enough, the main Weather of 2021 article. Does that make sense? Does that seem like a plan? What are we missing? ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 03:00, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

Yeah, that seems to be good. Hopefully, Template:WikiProject Weather is good. I set up the class mask for it with all the cats and associated talkpage (not for task forces). I went ahead and folded the climate project since it had zero members and zero articles underneath it. I keep telling some of the newer members that this won't be done fast by any means and will be a multi-month process to complete. That being said, I will begin to transfer the climate articles from WP Met to the new project relatively soon. Noah^Talk 03:05, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

Hey, I had LightandDark move the weather page over the redirect since people started to notice the internal structure. I'm going to start moving over Climate articles by adding the WP weather box and removing the WP met one. We should be able to FINALLY get a detailed list of exactly how many climate articles we have! Noah^Talk 22:27, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

Just wondering what you think about the changes I have implemented since we began working on the merger. I blue-linked most of the major internal structure, but more needs to be done with it. I will now continue my work of merging in Climate articles and then the rest of WP Met. Noah^Talk 02:34, 13 April 2021 (UTC)

A hurricane in a teacup for you!

A hurricane in a teacup

I'm sorry to hear about your unsavory job conditions and your recent health issues. None of that sounds like fun. And WPTC has also been going through quite a bit of turmoil recently, to complicate things further. Here's a hurricane in a teacup for you. Hopefully it'll help cheer you up. With any luck, maybe things will start turning around in the near future. Stay safe and healthy, LightandDark2000 🌀 (talk) 23:09, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

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Tropical cyclone

What do you think about the recent additions I made to TC? How does the point on OHC look (the first factor I discussed)? My plan is to list out all the factors and how they influence intensity. I then want to have a subsection about formation underneath the factors, then the general intensification/RI subsection comes next, and lastly the section on dissipation. I plan to have dissipation be condensed since factors will discuss some of that content. Then the methods subsection which I added will be under all of the previous ones I mentioned. The last subsection I think we should have under intensity is scales. Scales are an intensity classification. Full plan is here. Noah^Talk 19:18, 27 April 2021 (UTC)

WikiCup 2021 May newsletter

The second round of the 2021 WikiCup has now finished; it was a high-scoring round and contestants needed 61 points to advance to Round 3. There were some impressive efforts in the round, with the top eight contestants all scoring more than 400 points. A large number of the points came from the 12 featured articles and the 110 good articles achieved in total by contestants, as well as the 216 good article reviews they performed; the GAN backlog drive and the stay-at-home imperative during the COVID-19 pandemic may have been partially responsible for these impressive figures.

Our top scorers in Round 2 were:

• The Rambling Man, with 2963 points from three featured articles, 20 featured article reviews, 37 good articles, 73 good article reviews, as well as 22 DYKs.
• Epicgenius, with 1718 points from one featured article, 29 good articles, 16 DYKs and plenty of bonus points.
• Bloom6132, with 990 points from 13 DYKs and 64 "In the news" items, mostly recent deaths.
• Hog Farm, with 834 points from two featured articles, five good articles, 14 featured article reviews and 15 good article reviews.
• Gog the Mild, with 524 points from two featured articles and four featured article reviews.
• Lee Vilenski, with 501 points from one featured article, three good articles, six featured article reviews and 25 good article reviews.
• Sammi Brie, with 485 points from four good articles, eight good article reviews and 27 DYKs, on US radio and television stations.
• Ktin, with 436 points from four good articles, seven DYKs and 11 "In the news" items.

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47th issue of Hurricane Herald newsletter

Wikipedia:WikiProject Tropical cyclones/Newsletter/Archive 47

Concern regarding Draft:Typhoons in China (2000–present)

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Leslie

I still have several dozen more impact sources to go before User:Hurricane Noah/Hurricane Leslie (2018) is complete. Should become a sizable article. Noah^Talk 18:51, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

I merged everything over into the article and it's already above 70k bytes (about 3000 words). I'm guessing the article will be a similar size or larger than Willa. The met has 6 paragraphs, but that isn't surprising considering the first forecasts were on September 19 and it lasted until October 16 + all the twists and turns it took. I still have 78 more impact links to check for material. Appears Portugal got hit pretty badly. Jo-Jo Eumerus pointed out some good scholarly articles too. Noah^Talk 16:07, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

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"Pre-1980 Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone seasons" listed at Redirects for discussion

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Cyclone Inigo Good Article Reassessment

Cyclone Inigo, an article that you or your project may be interested in, has been nominated for an individual good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. --Whiteguru (talk) 11:25, 22 May 2021 (UTC)

Concern regarding Draft:Tropical cyclones in 1987

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Precious anniversary

Precious

Nine years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:17, 25 May 2021 (UTC)

Thank you today for Hurricane Emily (1993), introduced: "Although this hurricane remained mostly offshore, it prompted widespread evacuations with its uncertain track and caused historic flooding in Cape Hatteras on its closest point of approach. I started working on the storm's meteorological history and mostly finished, until User:Hurricanehink took over and conjured an impeccable amount of info on its preparations and impact."! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:13, 22 July 2021 (UTC)

Tropical Storm Hernan

Hey Hink, I know you've had a lot of experience in making featured articles on Wikipedia. I am currently working on making the article Tropical Storm Hernan (2020) A-class prose in preparation for an FA review. When you have time, could you take a look at the article to see what I could do to make it feature-worthy? Thanks! JayTee🐦 20:52, 3 June 2021 (UTC)

@JayTee32: - I left my review on the talk page. The main difference between GA and FA is the level of detail. The prose needs to be on point. There can't be anything that's up in the air, and the prose all needs to be streamlined and make sense. I hope my review helps - please reach out if you have any questions! ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 15:04, 4 June 2021 (UTC)

Thanks a lot! I'll revise the page to make it more to the FAC standard, and see if I can find any more sources to add to the impact. I'll contact again when these are done and I feel it is A-worthy. JayTee🐦 15:24, 4 June 2021 (UTC)

Hey Hink, I just added an A-class review to the talk-page banner for Hernan; what do I do from here? This is my first A-nomination, so I want to complete it correctly. Thank you! JayTee🕊️🇺🇸 07:49, 11 June 2021 (UTC)

Technically, you should add it to the ACR process, but there aren't many users. I suggest reaching out to more active users if you want to get the article to A-class. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 15:40, 27 July 2021 (UTC)

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Hurricane Emily (1993) scheduled for TFA

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WikiCup 2021 July newsletter

The third round of the 2021 WikiCup has now come to an end. Each of the sixteen contestants who made it into the fourth round had at least 294 points, and our top six scorers all had over 600 points. They were:

• The Rambling Man, with 1825 points from 3 featured articles, 44 featured article reviews, 14 good articles, 30 good article reviews and 10 DYKs. In addition, he completed a 34-article good topic on the EFL Championship play-offs.
• Epicgenius, a New York specialist, with 1083 points from 2 featured article reviews, 18 good articles, 30 DYKs and plenty of bonus points.
• Bloom6132, with 869 points from 11 DYKs, all with bonus points, and 54 "In the news" items, mostly covering people who had recently died.
• Gog the Mild, with 817 points from 3 featured articles on historic battles in Europe, 5 featured article reviews and 3 good articles.
• Hog Farm, with 659 points from 2 featured articles and 2 good articles on American Civil War battles, 18 featured article reviews, 2 good articles, 6 good article reviews and 4 DYKs.
• BennyOnTheLoose, a snooker specialist and new to the Cup, with 647 points from a featured article, 2 featured article reviews, 6 good articles, 6 good article reviews and 3 DYKs.

In round three, contestants achieved 19 featured articles, 7 featured lists, 106 featured article reviews, 72 good articles, 1 good topic, 62 good article reviews, 165 DYKs and 96 ITN items. We enter the fourth round with scores reset to zero; any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them (one contestant in round 3 lost out because of this). When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met.

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Your draft article, Draft:Typhoons in Ryukyu Islands

Hello, Hurricanehink. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Typhoons in Ryukyu Islands".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. If you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 21:20, 7 July 2021 (UTC)

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My plans

1. Finish Fakir w/ KN by this weekend and get it to GA
2. Finish TS Gordon July/August and get it to GA before college starts up AGAIN (already?)
3. Finish my draft for TS Ivo by/in December
4. Tackle Cyclone Idai in 2022

1. Likely at least 3 subarticles will be required as there are thousands of non-English sources out there. We have two years of recovery efforts.

• Hope everything is going okay for you! Noah^Talk 19:29, 20 July 2021 (UTC)

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Happy First Edit Day!

Thanks! Man that was 16 years ago. Next year, I'll officially have been editing this crazy website for half my life! ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 14:42, 11 August 2021 (UTC)

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SPI Investigation

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Ivo

I think I found everything I could on Tropical Storm Ivo (2019)... Class starts again in just two days. How this year has flown by! Noah^Talk 18:12, 22 August 2021 (UTC)

Great work Hurricane Noah! Someone must be going for another FA :P ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 20:56, 22 August 2021 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/I Knew You Were Trouble/archive1

Hello, Hurricanehink. Just wanna let you know that I have responded to your comments at the FAC. Thank you very much for your comments. Hope you have a great day :) Ippantekina (talk) 02:59, 31 August 2021 (UTC)

WikiCup 2021 September newsletter

The fourth round of the competition has finished with over 500 points being required to qualify for the final round. It was a hotly competitive round with two contestants, The Rambling Man and Epicgenius, each scoring over 3000 points, and six contestants scoring over 1000. All but one of the finalists achieved one or more FAs during the round, the exception being Bloom6132 who demonstrated that 61 "in the news" items produces an impressive number of points. Other contestants who made it to the final are Gog the Mild, Lee Vilenski, BennyOnTheLoose, Amakuru and Hog Farm. However, all their points are now swept away and everyone starts afresh in the final round.

Round 4 saw the achievement of 18 featured articles and 157 good articles. Bilorv scored for a 25-article good topic on Black Mirror but narrowly missed out on qualifying for the final round. There was enthusiasm for FARs, with 89 being performed, and there were 63 GARs and around 100 DYKs during the round. As we start round 5, we say goodbye to the eight competitors who didn't quite make it to the final round; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia, and we hope you will join us again next year. For other contestants, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them.

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48th issue of Hurricane Herald newsletter

Wikipedia:WikiProject Tropical cyclones/Newsletter/Archive 48 LightandDark2000 🌀 (talk) 19:50, 6 September 2021 (UTC)

Interactive maps

I thought we could have interactive maps with track points and surface wind/pressure observations. What do you think about this?: Noah^Talk 22:22, 9 September 2021 (UTC)

Draft for Effects of Hurricane Floyd in Virginia

I tried to mention you in the creation desc., but I do not think it works.

Here is the page Kellis7 Twenty years; Never forget 19:23, 11 September 2021 (UTC)

404 error message at EJSSM

I am currently attempting to access this source for use in an article, yet I continue to receive a 404 error message that states, "Sorry, this page doesn't exist. Please check the URL or go back a page." I am merely attempting to verify whether other users are experiencing the same problem. Most respectfully, CapeVerdeWave (talk) 10:14, 19 September 2021 (UTC)

@Halls4521:, @TornadoLGS:, @United States Man:, may you please be of assistance as well? Also, I am currently creating a chart for this article, but need some help in this regard as well. Thank you. CapeVerdeWave (talk) 09:24, 28 September 2021 (UTC)

@CapeVerdeWave: Yes, I'm getting the same error, though I've never used that site before. TornadoLGS (talk) 19:01, 28 September 2021 (UTC)

@CapeVerdeWave:: Sorry, I'm afraid I got the same error message too. You could probably get some of the info from the NOAA site. What's the name of source/site/article? Maybe there's another way to find it (or see if its on the "Wayback Machine" site).--Halls4521 (talk) 21:30, 28 September 2021 (UTC)

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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:2004 Atlantic hurricane season images

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WikiCup 2021 November newsletter

The WikiCup is over for another year and the finalists can relax! Our Champion this year is The Rambling Man (submissions), who amassed over 5000 points in the final round, achieving 8 featured articles and almost 500 reviews. It was a very competitive round; seven of the finalists achieved over 1000 points in the round (enough to win the 2019 contest), and three scored over 3000 (enough to win the 2020 event). Our 2021 finalists and their scores were:

1. The Rambling Man (submissions) with 5072 points
2. Lee Vilenski (submissions) with 3276 points
3. Amakuru (submissions) with 3197 points
4. Epicgenius (submissions) with 1611 points
5. Gog the Mild (submissions) with 1571 points
6. BennyOnTheLoose (submissions) with 1420 points
7. Hog Farm (submissions) with 1043 points
8. Bloom6132 (submissions) with 528 points

All those who reached the final round will win awards. The following special awards will be made based on high performance in particular areas of content creation and review. Awards will be handed out in the next few days.

• The Rambling Man (submissions) wins the featured article prize, for 8 FAs in round 5.
• Lee Vilenski (submissions) wins the featured list prize, for 3 FLs in round 5.
• Gog the Mild (submissions) wins the featured topic prize, for 13 articles in a featured topic in round 5.
• Epicgenius (submissions) wins the good article prize, for 63 GAs in round 4.
• The Rambling Man (submissions) wins the good topic prize, for 86 articles in good topics in round 5.
• The Rambling Man (submissions) wins the reviewer prize, for 68 FAC reviews and 213 GAN reviews, both in round 5.
• Epicgenius (submissions) wins the DYK prize, for 30 did you know articles in round 3 and 105 overall.
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Needing help with Weather of 2019

Hey Hurricanehink. I saw you did the top sections of the Weather of 2021 article and wondered if you could help with the top sections of the Weather of 2019 article. Elijahandskip (talk) 18:47, 3 December 2021 (UTC)

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Wishing you a Merry Christmas! A new gift for WP:WX and WP:SVR... Portal:Tornadoes is almost complete! Noah^Talk 19:09, 25 December 2021 (UTC)

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Page deletions

Would you be able to delete Template:WikiProject Meteorology since all articles are now underneath WP Weather? Wikipedia:WikiProject Weather/TEST should also be deleted as cleanup from the page moves. Noah^Talk 21:28, 1 January 2022 (UTC)

@Hurricane Noah: - Alright, I did it, but only on the condition that you'll run for adminship. I'll be your first support if you run. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 21:46, 2 January 2022 (UTC)

(and yes, that's a formal suggestion for a RFA. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 21:48, 2 January 2022 (UTC)

I really do appreciate your recommendation and I have thought about running before as well. Several people stated last year I would fail due to lack of diversification across WP. I worry that I simply don't fit in with the current expectation that an admin must be able to do everything. I honestly blame these increasing expectations for the lack of RfAs and the loss of admins in recent years. The mop wasnt intended to be a big deal but it certainly is being treated like one now. I also think I could use more experience in policy as I realize I lack experience in some policy areas. Noah^Talk 23:54, 2 January 2022 (UTC)

Are you aware that the current admin crowd is 10% smaller than it was a year ago? The fact is, I think you can be trusted with the tools, based on your diverse and impressive work of articles written, and how much you've engaged across Wikipedia, showing a good temper, ambitious goals, and a general belief in this crazy project of Wikipedia. We all could use more experience, sure, but your experience shows a lot of traits in a good administrator (and feel free to quote this in your upcoming RFA). You have 14 featured articles/lists. You're a prolific editor, with over 20,000 edits to your name - have you been reverted that often? You've never been blocked. Have you ever been in any edit wars or had spats with other users? If not, then you're a really good model of editor, the type who can handle the tools. Some people leery might be because you don't use an edit summary enough (or you're a bit vague, just "r" or "d"), so that's something you could work on. It's ultimately up to you. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 00:17, 3 January 2022 (UTC)

I came to check up about these weather template deletions and just wanted to chime in here, Hurricane Noah. Yes, some editors voting at an RfA want to see content creation, others want to see participation at AfDs, others want experience in admin-related areas and noticeboards, I'm 100% certain that there is no perfect candidate and you can't be all things to all prospective voters. I think, generally, most editors coming to an RfA want to see well-rounded editing experience, a feeling that you make good decisions and can be trusted (kind of intangible stuff) and to see that you can handle conflicts in a calm and decisive manner. I think the most underrated question is the one that asks if you have had disputes with other editors. Some candidates seem to think the correct answer is "No, never!" but what voters actually want to know is that when there is conflict (and there is when you are an admin), that you handle it fairly. So, it's important to have examples where you have successfully resolved a dispute either between yourself and another editor or between other editors. I think you probably had your fair share of that on any WikiProject work you did.

My only last advice is when you do run (and I hope it's "when" and not "if"), it can be a long 7 days. Do not schedule an RfA at a time when you have anything stressful going on in your life. It can be humbling to be scrutinized like you are in an RfA (it was for me) and so it's important to be at full strength. Also, respected nominators never hurt! I know I have supported candidates I didn't know well because I trusted the word of those nominators who spoke on their behalf. Good luck! Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 02:14, 3 January 2022 (UTC)

If you do run, you'll be Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Ergo Sum. 🐔dat (talk) 11:33, 4 January 2022 (UTC)

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Welcome to the 2022 WikiCup!

Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2022 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor you should be able to advance to at least the second round, improving your editing skills as you go. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page. Any questions on the rules or on anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email). Good luck! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:36, 5 January 2022 (UTC)

Welcome to the 2022 WikiCup!

Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2022 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor you should be able to advance to at least the second round, improving your editing skills as you go. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page. Any questions on the rules or on anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email). Good luck! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:02, 5 January 2022 (UTC)

Project Borealis

Just wanted to give you a heads up that I created a special project titled Project Borealis that had been an informal off-wiki effort that I am trying to bring on wiki now. I plan to start it up in March after I finish updating my articles. Noah^Talk 23:13, 19 January 2022 (UTC)

2018 NIO

2018 North Indian Ocean cyclone season

7 articles

Cyclone Sagar

Cyclone Titli

Timeline of the 2018 North Indian Ocean cyclone season

Cyclone Mekunu

Cyclone Gaja

Cyclone Luban

Cyclone Phethai

I saw you had been working on Titli a bit here recently. The timeline is in decent shape for NIO. I am currently working to fix up my own FAs and am not creating new content for now. It seems like efforts to improve articles (either maintaining or improving to GA/FA) are kinda stalling again. Even now, there is so much work that I have planned to do, but not enough time to do it all. Noah^Talk 14:47, 26 January 2022 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Rater says Titli's B or higher 88.4%. 🐔dat (talk) 11:32, 27 January 2022 (UTC)

A belated New Year's gift

@Hurricanehink, Jason Rees, CrazyC83, Cyclonebiskit, TheAustinMan, Halls4521, TornadoLGS, United States Man, and TornadoInformation12: I have just noticed that you, I, and other longtime, dedicated contributors now have access to the Wikipedia Library. This allows Wikipedia users with a certain number of edits to apply for full access to resources such as JSTOR, ProQuest, Newspaper Archive, Newspapers.com, et al. via a digital "library card." Researching tropical cyclones—along with other meteorological events—should become much easier from now on, given access to a variety of periodical and academic resources. CapeVerdeWave (talk) 15:21, 30 January 2022 (UTC)

Agreed CapeVerdeWave (talk · contribs), that's a great gift for article writers! ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 00:22, 1 February 2022 (UTC)

@CapeVerdeWave:: That's great to hear! Thanks.--Halls4521 (talk) 22:31, 1 February 2022 (UTC)

@Hurricanehink and Halls4521: Wikimedia Library indicates that my application to NewspaperARCHIVE.com has been approved, but I cannot log in via my Wikimedia username/password. Does anyone know how? CapeVerdeWave (talk) 13:11, 3 February 2022 (UTC)

@CapeVerdeWave:: The only way I can see logging in is clicking the button saying Log In thus Wikipedia.--Halls4521 (talk) 16:39, 6 February 2022 (UTC)

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August 2020 Midwest derecho

Hi, is it possible to nominate this article, August 2020 Midwest derecho, for a potential GA? Severestorm28 21:44, 8 February 2022 (UTC)

Wikimedia NYC: Strategic Planning Survey for our community

Wikimedia NYC: Strategic Planning Survey for our community

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Attribution when merging

Hi there, Hurricanehink! Just a friendly reminder that pages need to be properly attributed when merging. Be sure to leave a link to the original content, along with a link to it's page history (usually provided by the Special:PageHistory redirect special page). This ensures that the authors of the source article are still attributed (at least as far as the CC BY-SA 3.0 license is concerned). A {{copied}} or {{merged-from}} template should also be placed on the talk page post-merge, as this tells other users and administrators where the authors of the previous page are. Thanks! Chlod (say hi!) 04:52, 15 February 2022 (UTC)

Thanks Chlod. I forgot to do that. Incidentally, I was the author for the effects article. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 05:01, 15 February 2022 (UTC)

We require attribution if there are any other editors who have contributed to the article, and I do see a few edits by other users which were merged into the Typhoon Durian article. Attribution would not be required if you had merged using an earlier version of the article without any contributions from other editors (or if all editors of the page agreed to stop requiring attribution for their edits to the article, which is usually unlikely). Chlod (say hi!) 05:11, 15 February 2022 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2022 March newsletter

And so ends the first round of the WikiCup. Last year anyone who scored more than zero points moved on to Round 2, but this was not the case this year, and a score of 13 or more was required to proceed. The top scorers in Round 1 were:

• Epicgenius, a finalist last year, who led the field with 1906 points, gained from 32 GAs and 19 DYKs, all on the topic of New York buildings.
• AryKun, new to the contest, was second with 1588 points, having achieved 2 FAs, 11 GAs and various other submissions, mostly on the subject of birds.
• Bloom6132, a WikiCup veteran, was in third place with 682 points, garnered from 51 In the news items and several DYKs.
• GhostRiver was close behind with 679 points, gained from achieving 12 GAs, mostly on ice hockey players, and 35 GARs.
• Kavyansh.Singh was in fifth place with 551 points, with an FA, a FL, and many reviews.
• SounderBruce was next with 454 points, gained from an FA and various other submissions, mostly on United States highways.
• Ktin, another WikiCup veteran, was in seventh place with 412 points, mostly gained from In the news items.

These contestants, like all the others who qualified for Round 2, now have to start scoring points again from scratch. Between them, contestants completed reviews of a large number of good articles as the contest ran concurrently with a GAN backlog drive. Well done all! To qualify for Round 3, contestants will need to finish Round 2 among the top thirty-two participants.

Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Anything that should have been claimed for in Round 1 is no longer eligible for points. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed.

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WikiCup 2022 March newsletter

And so ends the first round of the WikiCup. Last year anyone who scored more than zero points moved on to Round 2, but this was not the case this year, and a score of 13 or more was required to proceed. The top scorers in Round 1 were:

• Epicgenius, a finalist last year, who led the field with 1906 points, gained from 32 GAs and 19 DYKs, all on the topic of New York buildings.
• AryKun, new to the contest, was second with 1588 points, having achieved 2 FAs, 11 GAs and various other submissions, mostly on the subject of birds.
• Bloom6132, a WikiCup veteran, was in third place with 682 points, garnered from 51 In the news items and several DYKs.
• GhostRiver was close behind with 679 points, gained from achieving 12 GAs, mostly on ice hockey players, and 35 GARs.
• Kavyansh.Singh was in fifth place with 551 points, with an FA, a FL, and many reviews.
• SounderBruce was next with 454 points, gained from an FA and various other submissions, mostly on United States highways.
• Ktin, another WikiCup veteran, was in seventh place with 412 points, mostly gained from In the news items.

These contestants, like all the others who qualified for Round 2, now have to start scoring points again from scratch. Between them, contestants completed reviews of a large number of good articles as the contest ran concurrently with a GAN backlog drive. Well done all! To qualify for Round 3, contestants will need to finish Round 2 among the top thirty-two participants.

Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Anything that should have been claimed for in Round 1 is no longer eligible for points. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed.

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2017–18 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season

Hey, would you have any interest in finishing the rest of the 2017–18 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season article? It's mostly mets that need to be written up. The impact is mostly there (I need to update Dumazile's at some point). This article is the only one holding back a topic of some sort for the season. Noah^Talk 17:27, 14 March 2022 (UTC)

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Request for FA Review

You are listed as an FA mentor. Would you be so kind as to assist in reviewing the article Texas A&M University? Buffs (talk) 23:01, 29 March 2022 (UTC)

Thank you so much for your support and kind words. Buffs (talk) 02:54, 5 May 2022 (UTC)

Earth Day 2022 Edit-a-thon - April 22nd - 2PM EST

You're invited! NYC Earth Day 2022 Edit-a-thon! April 22nd!

Sure We Can and the Environment of New York City Task Force invite you to join us for: 2022 Earth Day Edit-a-thon 2pm - 4pm EST (April 22nd) online via Zoom and in person This Edit-a-Thon is part of a larger Earth Day celebration, hosted by Brooklyn based recycling and community center Sure We Can, that runs from 1PM-7PM and is open to the public! See this flyer for more information: https://www.instagram.com/p/CcGr4FyuqEa/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

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Revert

The total column in Weather by year for X year is based on the sum of the other columns for X year. Sums and other basic math are allowed per WP:CALC. 🐔dat (talk) 10:14, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

Apr 24: Wiki-Picnic and WikiSeder in Brooklyn

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WikiCup 2022 May newsletter

The second round of the 2022 WikiCup has now finished. It was a high-scoring round and contestants needed 115 points to advance to round 3. There were some very impressive efforts in round 2, with the top seven contestants all scoring more than 500 points. A large number of the points came from the 11 featured articles and the 79 good articles achieved in total by contestants.

Our top scorers in round 2 were:

1. Epicgenius, with 1264 points from 2 featured article, 4 good articles and 18 DYKs. Epicgenius was a finalist last year but has now withdrawn from the contest as he pursues a new career path.
2. AryKun, with 1172 points from two featured articles, one good article and a substantial number of featured article and good article reviews.
3. Bloom6132, with 605 points from 44 in the news items and 4 DYKs.
4. Sammi Brie, with 573 points from 8 GAs and 21 DYKs.
5. Ealdgyth, with 567 points from 11 GAs and 34 good and featured article reviews.
6. Panini!, with 549 points from 1 FA, 4 GAs and several other sources.
7. Lee Vilenski, with 545 points from 1 FA, 4 GAs and a number of reviews.

The rules for featured and good article reviews require the review to be of sufficient length; brief quick fails and very short reviews will generally not be awarded points. Remember also that DYKs cannot be claimed until they have appeared on the main page. As we enter the third round, any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed now, and anything you forgot to claim in round 2 cannot! Remember too, that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:39, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

Please add this source for the death(Cyclone Asani)

https://www.deccanchronicle.com/amp/nation/current-affairs/110522/asanis-remnant-crosses-ap-72-flights-suspended-one-death.html Extremely sorry, but I don't know how to add a source. Cyclocane (talk) 12:58, 12 May 2022 (UTC)

May 22: Wiki-Picnic and Hackathon in Brooklyn

May 22, 12-5pm: Wiki-Picnic and Hackathon in Brooklyn

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May 25: ONLINE WikiWednesday Salon NYC

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Always precious

Ten years ago, you were found precious. That's what you are, always. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:21, 25 May 2022 (UTC)

Tropical cyclone

I think we need to have more text focusing on the structure of a tropical cyclone and its evolution, but I'm not sure what to do there. Noah^Talk 13:24, 26 May 2022 (UTC)

If you would be able to work on structure, I think I may be able to get most of the other stuff done. Noah^Talk 21:36, 31 May 2022 (UTC)

June 2022 Good Article Nominations backlog drive

Good article nominations | June 2022 Backlog Drive

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You're receiving this message because you have conducted 5+ good article reviews or participated in previous backlog drives. Click here to opt out of any future messages. (t · c) buidhe 04:26, 28 May 2022 (UTC)

Re:Consistency re: wind speeds

I don't see why it couldn't be a standard to present windspeeds in knots and then let Wikipedia convert template, convert them in the fashion I showed on Chicdats talkpage regardless of any rounding issues. This way TC articles would not become inaccurate if an editor was to come along and apply the convert template, without adding any parameters such as the round=5 and would save a lot of drama. The same could be done with Nautical Miles with the parameters becoming nmi km and mi instead of kn, km/h & mph.Jason Rees (talk) 21:55, 28 May 2022 (UTC)

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• Opinion: The Wikimedia Endowment – a lack of transparency

• In the media: Putin, Jimbo, Musk and more

• Special report: Three stories of Ukrainian Wikimedians during the war

• In focus: Measuring gender diversity in Wikipedia articles

• Discussion report: Portals, April Fools, admin activity requirements and more

• WikiProject report: WikiProject COVID-19 revisited

• Technology report: A new video player for Wikimedia wikis

• Featured content: Featured content of April

• Interview: Wikipedia's pride

• Serendipity: Those thieving image farms

• Recent research: 35 million Twitter links analysed

• Tips and tricks: The reference desks of Wikipedia

• Traffic report: Strange highs and strange lows

• News from Diff: Winners of the Human rights and Environment special nomination by Wiki Loves Earth announced

• News from the WMF: The EU Digital Services Act: What’s the Deal with the Deal?

• Video: How the entire country of Qatar was blocked from editing

• Gallery: Diving under the sea for World Oceans Day

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• Essay: How not to write a Wikipedia article

• Humour: A new crossword

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June 8: NYBG Environment of The Bronx - Editing Wikipedia for Beginners

Wednesday June 8, 11am-5pm: New York Botanical Garden - Environment of the Bronx - Editing Wikipedia for Beginners

The LuEsther T. Mertz Library of the New York Botanical Garden and the Environment of New York City Task Force invite the general public of all experience levels to come to the Mertz Library in person and learn how to use Wikipedia! All skill levels welcome at the event! Experienced Wikipedia editors from the Wikimedia New York City chapter will be in attendance and available to help. A one hour training session will be offered at the start of this event covering introductory topics. Attendees familiar with editing Wikipedia can edit off of a worklist focused on the environment of New York City; as well as, a sub-list focused on the environment of the Bronx. The Mertz Library will pull topical media from their collection to assist the editing. --Wikimedia New York City Team via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:06, 1 June 2022 (UTC) (You can subscribe/unsubscribe from future notifications for NYC-area events by adding or removing your name from this list.)

NYC Wiknic, June 26

Hold the date. Meetup/NYC Wiknic in Crotona Park, Sunday June 26.

Watch Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Wiknic June 2022 for further details as they become available.

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:29, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

etymology/history section

Would you be able to write the general history/etymology section for TC? I'm going to spend June working on structure since we haven't ironed out the details that need to be mentioned in preps yet. Noah^Talk 21:57, 10 June 2022 (UTC)

Anything more on the mentorship?

There's been no progress for a week. 🇺🇦 Chicdat  ^{Bawk to me!} 11:11, 11 June 2022 (UTC)

Reminding you again. 🇺🇦 Chicdat  ^{Bawk to me!} 11:12, 23 June 2022 (UTC)

GA emblem

I sometimes see user pages with GA emblems and I tried to do it too, which obviously failed. Do you how other users are able to do? ChessEric (talk · contribs) 02:12, 14 June 2022 (UTC)

Heatwaves

We need a heatwaves article for 2022... I have been producing maps of watches, warnings, and advisories for the past two days. Noah^Talk 21:32, 15 June 2022 (UTC)

June 22: ONLINE WikiWednesday Salon NYC

June 22, 7pm: ONLINE WikiWednesday Salon NYC

Welcome to Wikimedia New York City! You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon (7-8pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop. To join the meeting from your computer or smartphone, just visit the Zoom link on the meetup page. We look forward to seeing local Wikimedians, but would also like to invite folks from the greater New York metropolitan area (and beyond!) who might not typically be able to join us in person! If there's a project you'd like to share or a question you'd like answered, just let us know by adding it to the agenda or the talk page. Wednesday June 22 WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC (optional RSVP on-wiki). 7:00pm - 8:00 pm online via Zoom (optional breakout rooms from 8:00-8:30)

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Sun June 26: Bronx Wiki-Picnic

June 26, 3-6pm: Bronx Wiki-Picnic

Charlotte Street BBQ area, Crotona Park. You are invited to join us for a planned outdoor gathering with the local Wikimedia NYC community at the Charlotte Street barbecue area of the Bronx's Crotona Park. All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct. In addition, to participate in person you should be vaccinated and also be sure to respect others' personal space, and we may limit overall attendance size if appropriate. Sunday June 26 Bronx Wiki-Picnic (RSVP on-wiki). 3:00 - 6:00 pm (Crotona Park, The Bronx)

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The Signpost: 26 June 2022

• News and notes: WMF inks new rules on government-ordered takedowns, blasts Russian feds' censor demands, spends big bucks

• In the media: Editor given three-year sentence, big RfA makes news, Guy Standing takes it sitting down

• Special report: "Wikipedia's independence" or "Wikimedia's pile of dosh"?

• Discussion report: MoS rules on CCP name mulled, XRV axe plea nulled, BLPPROD drafting bid pulled

• Opinion: Picture of the Day – how Adam plans to ru(i)n it

• Featured content: Articles on Scots' clash, Yank's tux, Austrian's action flick deemed brilliant prose

• Essay: RfA trend line haruspicy: fact or fancy?

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• Serendipity: Was she really a Swiss lesbian automobile racer?

• News from the WMF: Wikimedia Enterprise signs first deals

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FAR for Hurricane Irene

I have nominated Hurricane Irene (1999) for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Hog Farm _Talk 02:18, 28 June 2022 (UTC)

WikiCup 2022 July newsletter

The third round of the 2022 WikiCup has now come to an end. Each of the sixteen contestants who made it into the fourth round had at least 180 points, which is a lower figure than last year when 294 points were needed to progress to round 4. Our top scorers in round 3 were:

• BennyOnTheLoose, with 746 points, a tally built both on snooker and other sports topics, and on more general subjects.
• Bloom6132, with 683 points, garnered mostly from "In the news" items and related DYKs.
• Sammi Brie, with 527, from a variety of submissions related to radio and television stations.

Between them contestants achieved 5 featured articles, 4 featured lists, 51 good articles, 149 DYK entries, 68 ITN entries, and 109 good article reviews. As we enter the fourth round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met. Please also remember that all submissions must meet core Wikipedia policies, regardless of the review process.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is a good article nomination, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. WikiCup judges: Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:51, 3 July 2022 (UTC)

Thu July 14: Astoria Beer Garden Wiki-Picnic

Thu July 14, 7-9pm: Astoria Beer Garden Wiki-Picnic

Beer garden at Bohemian Citizens' Benevolent Society. You are invited to join us for a planned outdoor gathering with the local Wikimedia NYC community at the beer garden of Queens's Bohemian Citizens' Benevolent Society, better known as "Bohemian Hall". All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct. In addition, to participate in person you should be vaccinated and also be sure to respect others' personal space, and we may limit overall attendance size if appropriate. Thursday July 14 Astoria Beer Garden Wiki-Picnic (RSVP on-wiki). 7:00 - 9:00 pm (Bohemian Citizens' Benevolent Society / "Bohemian Hall", Astoria, Queens)

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July 27: WikiWednesday Salon NYC (+Aug in-person for Wikimania)

July 27, 7pm: ONLINE WikiWednesday Salon NYC

Welcome to Wikimedia New York City! You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon (7-8pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop. To join the meeting from your computer or smartphone, just visit the Zoom link on the meetup page. We look forward to seeing local Wikimedians, but would also like to invite folks from the greater New York metropolitan area (and beyond!) who might not typically be able to join us in person! If there's a project you'd like to share or a question you'd like answered, just let us know by adding it to the agenda or the talk page. Wednesday July 27 WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC (optional RSVP on-wiki). 7:00pm - 8:00 pm online via Zoom (optional breakout rooms from 8:00-8:30) P.S. next in-person August 12-14 Wiki World's Fair for Wikimania

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The Signpost: 1 August 2022

• From the editors: Rise of the machines, or something

• News and notes: Information considered harmful

• In the media: Censorship, medieval hoaxes, "pathetic supervillains", FB-WMF AI TL bid, dirty duchess deeds done dirt cheap

• Op-Ed: The "recession" affair

• Eyewitness Wikimedian, Vinnytsia, Ukraine: War diary (part 3)

• Election guide: The chosen six: 2022 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees elections

• Community view: Youth culture and notability

• Opinion: Criminals among us

• Arbitration report: Winds of change blow for cyclone editors, deletion dustup draws toward denouement

• Deletion report: This is Gonzo Country

• Discussion report: Notability for train stations, notices for mobile editors, noticeboards for the rest of us

• Traffic report: US TV, JP ex-PM, outer space, and politics of IN, US, UK top charts for July

• Featured content: A little list with surprisingly few lists

• Tips and tricks: Cleaning up awful citations with Citation bot

• In focus: Wikidata insights from a handy little tool

• On the bright side: Ukrainian Wikimedians during the war — three (more) stories

• Essay: How to research an image

• Recent research: A century of rulemaking on Wikipedia analyzed

• Serendipity: Don't cite Wikipedia

• Gallery: A backstage pass

• From the archives: 2012 Russian Wikipedia shutdown as it happened

• Humour: Why did the chicken cross the road?

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Fri/Sat/Sun Aug 12-14 with Saturday flagship Wiki World's Fair at Queens Museum

Aug 12-14: Wiki World's Fair for Wikimania in NYC

Queens Museum, venue of our Saturday flagship event, with the Unisphere just outside. You are invited to join the local Wikimedia NYC community for its flagship event to be held all-day on Saturday August 13, 2022 at the Queens Museum, in the context of the 1939/1964 fairgrounds at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park. There will also be smaller sessions for much of August 12-14 (Friday, Saturday, Sunday) as hybrid local gatherings for the global online conference Wikimania 2022. You are also encouraged to sign up for a lightning talk! All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct. In addition, to participate in person you should be vaccinated and also be sure to respect others' personal space, and we may limit overall attendance size if appropriate. Flagship event: Saturday August 13 Wiki World's Fair (RSVP on-wiki). 10:00 am - 5:00 pm + evening (Queens Museum and Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, in the evening Queens Night Market) Other sessions (subject to change, see full Agenda): Friday August 12 Evening welcome reception in Queens 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm Sunday August 14 Morning global breakfast banquet + Afternoon closing ceremony in Brooklyn 10:00 am - 3:00 pm

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Happy Seventeenth First Edit Day!

Hey, Hurricanehink. I'd like to wish you a wonderful First Edit Day on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day! Chris Troutman (talk) 20:42, 11 August 2022 (UTC)

Thanks! Wow, I've officially been editing half my life. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 00:16, 12 August 2022 (UTC)

Narda...

I decided to do a small project during the next week or so before college restarts since Im kinda burned out on writing Tropical cyclone (SOOO MUCH WORK THERE OML). I want to work on fixing up my articles that need it once the semester starts and then work on other articles next year. First, this small project I mentioned involves Talk:Tropical Storm Narda (2019)... A storm that has been neglected for the past THREE YEARS! This would be the third article I have done for that season. Would you have time to take a look at Cyclone Fakir? I want to make sure it is okay before I try to run it through the process. Noah^Talk 17:10, 12 August 2022 (UTC)

Need your thoughts on the organization of Talk:Hurricane Willa/Aftermath rewrite. There is quite a bit more material to be added for an update so I broke it up into subsections. Noah^Talk 12:46, 19 August 2022 (UTC)

TAMU back up for FAC

You asked to be informed when Texas A&M was placed up for FAC. Here is your notification Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Texas A&M University/archive3. I'm open to any constructive criticism. Buffs (talk) 19:50, 15 August 2022 (UTC)

Hurricane Esther Featured article review

I have nominated Hurricane Esther for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 17:57, 20 August 2022 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Pacific typhoon set index articles

A tag has been placed on Category:Pacific typhoon set index articles indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 01:12, 23 August 2022 (UTC)

Aug 24: WikiWednesday Salon NYC (+Sep annual meeting)

August 24, 7pm: ONLINE WikiWednesday Salon NYC

Welcome to Wikimedia New York City! You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon (7-8pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop. To join the meeting from your computer or smartphone, just visit the Zoom link on the meetup page. We look forward to seeing local Wikimedians, but would also like to invite folks from the greater New York metropolitan area (and beyond!) who might not typically be able to join us in person! If there's a project you'd like to share or a question you'd like answered, just let us know by adding it to the agenda or the talk page. Wednesday August 24 WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC (optional RSVP on-wiki). 7:00pm - 8:00 pm online via Zoom (optional breakout rooms from 8:00-8:30) P.S. September 28 will be our chapter's online Annual Election/Members Meeting

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The Signpost: 31 August 2022

• News and notes: Admins wanted on English Wikipedia, IP editors not wanted on Farsi Wiki, donations wanted everywhere

• Special report: Wikimania 2022: no show, no show up?

• In the media: Truth or consequences? A tough month for truth

• Discussion report: Boarding the Trustees

• News from Wiki Education: 18 years a Wikipedian: what it means to me

• In focus: Thinking inside the box

• Tips and tricks: The unexpected rabbit hole of typo fixing in citations...

• Technology report: Vector (2022) deployment discussions happening now

• Serendipity: Two photos of every library on earth

• Featured content: Our man drills are safe for work, but our Labia is Fausta.

• Recent research: The dollar value of "official" external links

• Traffic report: What dreams (and heavily trafficked articles) may come

• Essay: Delete the junk!

• Gallery: A Fringe Affair (but not the show by Edward W. Feery that was on this year)

• Humour: CommonsComix No. 1

• From the archives: 5, 10, and 15 years ago

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WikiCup 2022 September newsletter

The fourth round of the WikiCup has now finished. 383 points were required to reach the final, and the new round has got off to a flying start with all finalists already scoring. In round 4, Bloom6132 with 939 points was the highest points-scorer, with a combination of DYKs and In the news items, followed by BennyOnTheLoose, Sammi Brie and Lee Vilenski. The points of all contestants are swept away as we start afresh for the final round.

At this stage, we say goodbye to the eight competitors who didn't quite make it; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia, and we hope you will join us again next year. For the remaining competitors, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them, and importantly, before the deadline on October 31st!

If you are concerned that your nomination, whether it be for a good article, a featured process, or anything else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. The judges are Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:44, 3 September 2022 (UTC)

Sep 28: Wikimedia NYC Annual Election/Members Meeting (+October 2 picnic)

September 28, 7pm: ONLINE Wikimedia NYC Annual Election/Members Meeting

Welcome to Wikimedia New York City! You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our Annual Election/Members Meeting. To join the meeting from your computer or smartphone, just visit the Zoom link on the meetup page. Important election info: register your chapter membership at wmnyc:Membership read the Election FAQ review and possibly add yourself to the board Nominations voting will be online, via emailed ballots, and the poll will be open for the 24-hour period of September 28 Wednesday September 28 ONLINE Wikimedia NYC Annual Election/Members Meeting (optional RSVP on-wiki). 7:00pm - 8:00 pm online via Zoom (optional breakout rooms from 8:00-8:30) P.S. Sunday October 2 will be post-election picnic gathering at the Grecian Shelter in Prospect Park, Brooklyn.

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Sun Oct 2: WikiNYC Post-Election Wiki-Picnic

Sun Oct 2, 2-5pm: WikiNYC Post-Election Wiki-Picnic

Grecian Shelter at Prospect Park, Brooklyn. You are invited to join us for a planned outdoor gathering with the local Wikimedia NYC community at the Grecian Shelter of Brooklyn's Prospect Park. We will celebrate after Wednesday's Chapter Election, share some food, and informally discuss wiki-plans for the coming year. All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct. In addition, to participate in person you should be vaccinated and also be sure to respect others' personal space, and we may limit overall attendance size if appropriate. Sunday October 2 WikiNYC Post-Election Wiki-Picnic (RSVP on-wiki). 2:00 - 5:00 pm (Grecian Shelter, Prospect Park, Brooklyn)

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The Signpost: 30 September 2022

• News and notes: Board vote results, bot's big GET, crat chat gives new mop, WMF seeks "sound logo" and "organizer lab"

• In focus: NPP: Still heaven or hell for new users – and for the reviewers

• In the media: A few complaints and mild disagreements

• Special report: Decentralized Fundraising, Centralized Distribution

• Discussion report: Much ado about Fox News

• Interview: ScottishFinnishRadish's Request for Adminship

• Opinion: Are we ever going to reach consensus?

• Serendipity: Removing watermarks, copyright signs and cigarettes from photos

• Recent research: How readers assess Wikipedia's trustworthiness, and how they could in the future

• Traffic report: Kings and queens and VIPs

• Featured content: Farm-fresh content

• Gallery: A Festival Descends on the City: The Edinburgh Fringe, Pt. 2

• CommonsComix: CommonsComix 2: Paulus Moreelse

• From the archives: 5, 10, and 15 Years ago: September 2022

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Hurricane Juan Featured article review

I have nominated Hurricane Juan for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" in regards to the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 02:09, 3 October 2022 (UTC)

Sat Oct 29: Wikidata Day in NYC

Sat Oct 29: Wikidata Day in NYC

Brooklyn Public Library at Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn. Wikidata 10th Birthday You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for Wikidata Day in NYC, an event marking the Wikidata 10th Birthday with a celebration and mini-conference. The all-day event will feature beginner workshops, keynote presentations, breakout group discussions, lightning talks and yes, CAKE. It is inspired by such past events as the Wikipedia Day tradition in New York City. All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct. In addition, to participate in person you should be vaccinated and also be sure to respect others' personal space, and we may limit overall attendance size if appropriate. Brooklyn Public Library encourages the wearing of masks when indoors, and especially be mindful of those in your proximity. Saturday October 29 Wikidata Day in NYC (RSVP on-wiki). 9:30 am - 5:30 pm (Brooklyn Public Library, Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn) P.S. Three days before, October 26 will be October Online WikiWednesday

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The Signpost: 31 October 2022

• From the team: A new goose on the roost

• News and notes: Wikipedians question Wikimedia fundraising ethics after "somewhat-viral" tweet

• News from the WMF: Governance updates from, and for, the Wikimedia Endowment

• In the media: Scribing, searching, soliciting, spying, and systemic bias

• Disinformation report: From Russia with WikiLove

• Recent research: Disinformatsiya: Much research, but what will actually help Wikipedia editors?

• Interview: Isabelle Belato on their Request for Adminship

• Featured content: Topics, lists, submarines and Gurl.com

• Serendipity: We all make mistakes – don’t we?

• Traffic report: Mama, they're in love with a criminal

• From the archives: Paid advocacy, a lawsuit over spelling mistakes, deleting Jimbo's article, and the death of Toolserver

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Sat Nov 12: WikiConference North America in NYC

Sat Nov 12: WikiConference North America in NYC

Like Wikidata Day last month, this event will be at Brooklyn Public Library by Grand Army Plaza. WikiConference North America 2022. You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for WikiConference North America in NYC, as a local satellite event and celebration of the primarily online WikiConference 2022 (Nov 11-13). The Saturday in-person event will feature beginner workshops, keynote presentations, breakout group discussions, and lightning talks. It is inspired by such past events as the Wikipedia Day tradition in New York City. In keeping with the online conference's partnership this year with Mapping USA and theme of "open knowledge allies", we are highlighting OpenStreetMap NYC efforts and other local organizing around various communities of practice. All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct. In addition, to participate in person you should be vaccinated and also be sure to respect others' personal space, and we may limit overall attendance size if appropriate. Brooklyn Public Library encourages the wearing of masks when indoors, and especially be mindful of those in your proximity. Saturday November 12 WikiConference North America in NYC (RSVP on-wiki). 9:30 am - 5:30 pm (Brooklyn Public Library, Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn)

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WikiCup 2022 November newsletter

The 2022 WikiCup has drawn to a close with the final round going down to the wire. The 2022 champion is

• Lee Vilenski (1752 points), who won in 2020 and was runner up in both 2019 and last year. In the final round he achieved 3 FAs and 15 GAs, mostly on cue sports. He was closely followed by
• Bloom6132 (1732), who specialised in "In the news" items and DYKs, and who has reached the final round of the Cup for the past three years. Next was
• BennyOnTheLoose (1238), another cue sports enthusiast, also interested in songs, followed by
• Muboshgu (1082), an "In the news" contributor, a seasoned contestant who first took part in the Cup ten years ago. Other finalists were
• Sammi Brie (930), who scored with a featured article, good articles and DYKs on TV and radio stations,
• Kavyansh.Singh (370), who created various articles on famous Americans, including an FA on Louis H. Bean, famed for his prediction of election outcomes. Next was
• PCN02WPS (292), who scored with good articles and DYKs on sporting and other topics and
• Z1720 (25) who had DYKs on various topics including historic Canadians.

During the WikiCup, contestants achieved 37 featured articles, 349 good articles, 360 featured article reviews, 683 good article reviews and 480 In the news items, so Wikipedia has benefited greatly from the activities of WikiCup competitors. Well done everyone! All those who reached the final round will receive awards and the following special awards will be made, based on high performance in particular areas of content creation and review. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, these prizes are awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round, or the overall leader in this field.

• Lee Vilenski wins the featured article prize, for a total of 6 FAs during the course of the competition and 3 in the final round.
• Kavyansh.Singh wins the featured list prize, for 3 FLs in round 2.
• Adam Cuerden wins the featured picture prize, for 39 FPs during the competition.
• Z1720 wins the featured article reviewer prize, for 35 FARs in round 4.
• Epicgenius wins the good article prize, for 32 GAs in round 1.
• SounderBruce wins the featured topic prize, for 4 FT articles in round 1.
• Lee Vilenski wins the good topic prize, for 34 GT articles in round 5.
• Sammi Brie wins the good article reviewer prize, for 71 GARs overall.
• Sammi Brie wins the Did you know prize, for 30 DYKs in round 3 and 106 overall.
• Bloom6132 wins the In the news prize, for 106 ITNs in round 5 and 289 overall.

Next year's competition will begin on 1 January and possible changes to the rules and scoring are being discussed on the discussion page. You are invited to sign up to take part in the contest; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors, and we hope to have a good turnout for the 2023 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners and finalists, and thank all participants for their involvement! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:28, 6 November 2022 (UTC)

WikiProject Weather: Map Dot & Template/Infobox Colors

Dear project member, This message is being sent out to encourage new ideas and feedback on those proposed in regard to the colors debate for WikiProject Weather. For those who are unaware of what's been happening over the last year, I will give a brief summary. We have been discussing proposed changes to the colors of the dots on tropical cyclone maps and templates and infoboxes across the entire weather project in order to solve issues related to the limited contrast between colors for both normal vision as well as the various types of color blindness (MOS:ACCESS). We had partially implemented a proposal earlier this year, however, it was objected to by a number of people and additional issues were presented that made it evident this wasn't the optimal solution. We tried to come up with other solutions to address the issues related to color contrast, however, none of them gained traction and no consensus was generated.

We need your help and I encourage you to propose your own scale and give feedback on those already listed. Keep in mind that we are NOT making a decision on any individual proposal at this time. We are simply allowing people to make proposals and cultivate them given feedback from other project members. Please visit our project page for additional details. The proposal phase will close no later than December 31st at 23:59 UTC. Noah^Talk 03:11, 21 November 2022 (UTC)

Nov 30: WikiWednesday Salon in Brooklyn + online

Nov 30: WikiWednesday @ BPL + on Zoom

WikiWednesday is back in-person, pizza included! You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our WikiWednesday Salon, with in-person at Brooklyn Public Library by Grand Army Plaza, in the Central Library's Info Commons Lab, as well as an online-based participation option. No experience of anything at all is required. All are welcome! We are proud to announce that monthly PIZZA has returned! All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct. In addition, to participate in person you should be vaccinated and also be sure to respect others' personal space, and we may limit overall attendance size if appropriate. Brooklyn Public Library encourages the wearing of masks when indoors, and especially be mindful of those in your proximity. Wednesday November 30 WikiWednesday @ BPL (RSVP on-wiki). 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm (note modified time) (Brooklyn Public Library, Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn) Also online via Zoom

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The Signpost: 28 November 2022

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Featured article review for Hurricane Nora (1997)

I have nominated Hurricane Nora (1997) for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" in regards to the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 21:59, 2 December 2022 (UTC)

Dec 28: WikiWed Salon (+ Wikipedia Day on Jan 15)

Dec 28: WikiWednesday @ BPL + on Zoom

WikiWednesday is back in-person, pizza included! You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our WikiWednesday Salon, with in-person at Brooklyn Public Library by Grand Army Plaza, in the Central Library's Info Commons Lab, as well as an online-based participation option. No experience of anything at all is required. All are welcome! We are proud to announce that monthly PIZZA has returned! All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct. In addition, to participate in person you should be vaccinated and also be sure to respect others' personal space, and we may limit overall attendance size if appropriate. Brooklyn Public Library encourages the wearing of masks when indoors, and especially be mindful of those in your proximity. Wednesday December 28 WikiWednesday @ BPL (RSVP on-wiki). 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm (Brooklyn Public Library, Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn) Also online via Zoom P.S. Next big event January 15 will be Wikipedia Day NYC 2023, and you can sign up now for your lightning talk!

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Happy holidays!

Hello Hurricanehink: Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice if it's occurring in your area of the world, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, Sarrail (talk) 18:11, 25 December 2022 (UTC)

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