Category talk:Weather events in the United States

Mass deletions
Suddenly, with no discussion that I can find, User:HMAINS seems to have undertaken massive deletions from the historic weather events category. It looks as though he is planning to delete the category. I'm reverting, until such time as there is some valid discussion that agrees on this major change. Pollinator 07:24, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

Should this be included?
Salt_Lake_City_Tornado

I think it should. 71.213.46.53 04:29, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

double level categories
I noticed that hurricanes and tornadoes in the Historic weather events were both in the category 'historic weather' and in the two subcategories of 'hurricanes' or 'tornadoes' within the 'historic weather events' category. I thought it was a 'rule' that double level of categories is not desirable and should be avoided/removed.

I try to make things good, not bad; it not my intent to hurt anything, just to help things. Sorry about the confusion.


 * Are 'historic hurricanes' anything less than all the hurricanes in the two hurricane subcategories?


 * Are 'historic tornadoes' anything less than all the tornadoes in the 'Tornado' category?

Is there goodness in this double level categorization that now exists for the subset of hurricanes and tornadoes that are directly listed in the 'historic weather' category?

Thanks Hmains 05:37, 14 March 2006 (UTC)


 * I think historic weather events is a valuable category, due to the tendency of people to refer to major weather events as turning points in their personal histories. Having a category "Hurricanes" seems like a no-brainer to me, not really of much value, so if it can only go in one cat, I'd keep it with historical events. What say others? Pollinator 17:30, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

new subcategories

 * For this category, I propose to create the following new subcategory: 'Historic hurricanes in the United States'. It would include all hurricanes that have impacted the US, listed alphabetically.  As articles are placed in this subcategory, they would be removed from direct inclusion in this category.  Also, the 'atlantic hurricane' category would be removed from this category.

Why this idea? Easier to find related US hurricane articles. Will this satisfy interested parties? Thanks Hmains 20:09, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

in the United States'. It would include all tornadoes that have impacted the US, listed alphabetically. As articles are placed in this subcategory, they would be removed from direct inclusion in this category. Also, the 'tornadoes' subcategory would be removed from this category.
 * For this category, I propose to create the following new subcatgory: 'Historic tornadoes

Why this idea? Easier to find related US tornado articles. Will this satisfy interested parties? Thanks Hmains 20:09, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

Having heard no objection, I will proceed to implement this category refinement. Thanks Hmains 20:02, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

another sub cat
I also propose to create 'Historic blizzards in the United States'. It will contain all the blizzards currently in the 'Historic weather events in the United States' category and will be a subcategory of 'Historic weather events in the United States' category. As blizzards are added to the 'historic blizzards...' category, they will be simultaneously removed from the 'historic weather events...' category. Why: a more specific category allows for easier finding of related articles. Comments? Thanks Hmains 18:39, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Hearing no comment, I will proceed to implement this new subcategory. Thanks Hmains 18:34, 22 April 2006 (UTC)