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Hello,, and welcome to Wikipedia! We look forward to your contributions. I hope you enjoy Wikipedia as much as I do and decide to stay awhile. Here are some pages that I think you might find helpful: Perhaps You will soon consider yourself a Wikipedian! Also please note sign your name on talk pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Questions. You are more than welcome to ask me on my talk page, and I will help as much as I am able, or at least point you in the right direction! You can also ask your question and then place  after the question on your talk page. Again, welcome! Mystar 07:09, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
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For more on the issue, please see Edit summary legend. Hope this helps PeaceNT 16:18, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
 * rm: remove
 * rv: revert

The Wikipedia glossary is also helpful. Veinor (talk to me) 16:20, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Reply
Editors rename a page by moving it to another page with the desired name. Please see How to rename (move) a page and Help: Moving pages. Best, PeaceNT 16:48, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Oh, I've just noticed. You don't have the authority to move a page now because a 4-day-old account is required, and yours is newly registered. In this case, you should come to Requested moves. Hope this helps. PeaceNT 16:51, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Normand Roger
If the page, Normand Roger, is copied word for word, there may be a problem of copyright infringement. This is not allowed on Wikipedia (see Copyright FAQ) as the purpose of Wikipedia is to provide free content. It is therefore imperative that the information is reworded in you own style, possibly elaborating on the article from other sources as well. Good luck! Chesdovi 18:12, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Adoption
I got here because your page is currently on my watchlist :). I see you have expressed your interest in having an adopter. Well, I suppose I could consider myself as an experienced editor and I would like to help out if you need my assistance in anything. Speaking of that, would you accept to be my adoptee? PeaceNT 13:45, 2 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Okay then, feel free to ask me on my talk page should you have any questions about Wikipedia. Regards, PeaceNT 13:53, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Re:Userpage
Thank you, if you take a look around, you may see a lot of adorable user pages of other editors, mine is quite a simple one, with little context. Though I'm not particularly knowledgeable about formatting, I would love to assist you with making your page more beautiful. But you should start first by adding something to your page (there's practically nothing there now), WikiProject User Page Help and User Page Design Center are two useful pages to begin with. Cheers! PeaceNT 14:01, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Welcome to WP:BDC

 * Sorry, I don't get involved in many commitees, so I only know WP:BDC and WP:WC. PeaceNT 18:10, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Userpage
Hi! Right now I'm pretty busy doing some article work, but I'll start a sandbox and work on making your userpage whenever I get the chance. Do you think that you could tell me a little about yourself? It's just that your user page doesn't tell much about your personal interests and stuff. See ya later! Cremepuff222 (talk, sign book ) 22:33, 5 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Is this okay? Cremepuff222  (talk, sign book ) 23:18, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Ok
Yeah I'm new, and I would like too become friends with you. ^_^ Shindo9 Hikaru  02:47, 6 March 2007 (UTC)Shindo9Hikaru

Re:Barnstar
You're so kind to me. Thanks. PeaceNT 11:07, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Welcome!
Welcome to the Tropical cyclone Wikiproject! I'm glad you decided to join, as we can always use more members - whether you fix small mistakes, copyedit, or write featured articles, any help is great. As a member, you will receive information from the project on various aspects. First, here is a template form letter describing the ideal format for a tropical cyclone article.

Dear Tropical cyclone editor,

As a member of the Tropical Cyclone Wikiproject, you are receiving this message to describe how you can better tropical cyclone articles. There are hundreds of tropical cyclone articles, though many of them are poorly organized and lacking in information. Using the existing featured articles as a guide line, here is the basic format for the ideal tropical cyclone article. Good luck with future writing, and if you have a question about the above, don't hesitate to ask.
 * 1) Infobox- Whenever possible, the infobox should have a picture for the tropical cyclone. The picture can be any uploaded picture about the storm, though ideally it should be a satellite shot of the system. If that is not available, damage pictures, either during the storm or after the storm, are suitable. In the area that says Formed, indicate the date on which the storm first developed into a tropical depression. In the area that says Dissipated, indicate the date on which the storm lost its tropical characteristics. This includes when the storm became extratropical, or if it dissipated. If the storm dissipated and reformed, include the original start date and the final end date. Highest winds should be the local unit of measurement for speed (mph in non-metric countries, km/h in metric countries), with the other unit in parenthesis. The lowest pressure should be in mbars. Damages should, when available, be in the year of impact, then the present year. The unit of currency can be at your discretion, though typically it should be in USD. Fatalities indicate direct deaths first, then indirect deaths. Areas affected should only be major areas of impact. Specific islands or cities should only be mentioned if majority of the cyclone's effects occurred there.
 * 2) Intro- The intro for every article should be, at a minimum, 2 paragraphs. For more impacting hurricanes, it should be 3. The first should describe the storm in general, including a link to the seasonal article, its number in the season, and other statistics. The second should include a brief storm history, while the third should be impact.
 * 3) Storm history- The storm history should be a decent length, relatively proportional to the longevity of the storm. Generally speaking, the first paragraph should be the origins of the storm, leading to the system reaching tropical storm status. The second should be the storm reaching its peak. The third should be post-peak until landfall and dissipation. This section is very flexable, depending on meteorological conditions, but it should generally be around 3. Storm histories can be longer than three paragraphs, though they should be less than five. Anything more becomes excessive. Remember, all storm impacts, preparations, and records can go elsewhere. Additional pictures are useful here. If the picture in the infobox is of the storm at its peak, use a landfall picture in the storm history. If the picture in the infobox is of the storm at its landfall, use the peak. If the landfall is its peak, use a secondary peak, or even a random point in the storm's history.
 * 4) Preparations- The preparations section can be any length, depending on the amount of preparations taken by people for the storm. Hurricane watches and warnings need to be mentioned here, as well as the number of people evacuated from the coast. Include numbers of shelters, and other info you can find on how people prepared for the storm.
 * 5) Impact- For landfalling storms, the impact section should be the majority of the article. First, if the storm caused deaths in multiple areas, a death table would work well in the top level impact section. A paragraph of the general effects of the storm is also needed. After the intro paragraph, impact should be broken up by each major area. It depends on the information, but sections should be at least one paragraph, if not more. In the major impact areas, the first paragraph should be devoted to meteorological statistics, including rainfall totals, peak wind gusts on land, storm surge, wave heights, beach erosion, and tornadoes. The second should be actual damage. Possible additional paragraphs could be detailed information on crop damage or specifics. Death and damage tolls should be at the end. Pictures are needed, as well. Ideally, there would be at least one picture for each sub-section in the impact, though this sometimes can't happen. For storms that impact the United States or United States territories, this site can be used for rainfall data, including an image of rainfall totals.
 * 6) Aftermath- The aftermath section should describe foreign aid, national aid, reconstruction, short-term and long-term environmental effects, and disease. Also, the storm's retirement information, whether it happened or not, should be mentioned here.
 * 7) Records- This is optional, but can't hurt to be included.
 * 8) Other- The ideal article should have inline sourcing, with the  formatting being preferable. Always double check your writing and make sure it makes sense.

Next is the latest edition of our monthly newsletter.

Number 10, March 4, 2007 The Hurricane Herald This is the monthly newsletter of WikiProject Tropical Cyclones. The Hurricane Herald aims to give a summary, both of the activities of the WikiProject and global tropical cyclone activity. If you wish to change how you receive this newsletter, or no longer wish to receive it, please add your username to the appropriate section on the mailing list.

Storm of the month Cyclone Favio developed well to the east of northern Madagascar on February 12 and moved to the southwest as it developed. The storm did not significantly intensify until February 19 when it was just off the soutern coast of Madagascar, but rapidly intenstified soon after to its peak with 185 km/h (115 mph) winds. Favio turned to the northwest and hit Mozambique worsening the floods already occuring in the country. Favio claimed at least 4 lives and destroyed thousands of homes.

Other tropical cyclone activity There were a total of 6 tropical cyclones in the southern hemisphere during February. Five of these, including Favio, were in the South West Indian Ocean.
 * The only other storm in the Australian region was Cyclone Nelson which formed at the end of January in the Gulf of Carpentaria before it hit Queensland.
 * Cyclone Dora was active in January and reached its peak as an annular cyclone on February 3 with 185 km/h (115 mph) winds.
 * Cyclone Gamede was an unusally large storm that prompted the highest level of cyclone warning on Réunion and brought strong winds to the island on February 27, causing a bridge to collapse.
 * Neither Enok towards the start of the month or Humba near its end, had any impact on land.

Member of the month The February member of the month is Miss Madeline. Miss Madeline is responsible for many of the projects featured lists such as List of Category 5 Pacific hurricanes and List of California hurricanes. She has also put serious work into many of our Pacific hurricane articles since she joined the project as one of its founding members. Recently she has worked on 1996 Pacific hurricane season, bringing it from a stub-class article to a Good article candidate.

New and improved articles
 * New featured content: Hurricane Erika (1997), Effects of Hurricane Isabel in Maryland and Washington, D.C., Meteorological history of Hurricane Wilma, 2000 Sri Lanka Cyclone, Hurricane Isabel and List of Florida hurricanes (pre-1900).
 * New Good articles include Hurricane Pauline, Hurricane Isis (1998), 1939 Pacific typhoon season, Typhoon Tip and 1983 Atlantic hurricane season.
 * New articles include Hurricane Isis (1998), Hurricane Debby (1982), Hurricane Adolph (2001), Hurricane Alberto (1982) and Tropical Depression One (1992).

Main Page content
 * Entries from 6 articles: Hurricane Flossy (1956), Hurricane Able (1951), Meteorological history of Hurricane Wilma, Effects of Hurricane Wilma in the Bahamas, Tropical Depression One (1992) and Tropical cyclone basins appeared on the Main Page in the Did you know column during February.

New articles and improvements wanted
 * Articles are wanted on Pacific typhoon, North Indian cyclone, diffluence, Outflow (meteorology) and Central dense overcast.
 * Improvements are wanted to Subtropical cyclone, Japan Meteorological Agency, Intertropical Convergence Zone, 1919 Florida Keys Hurricane Hurricane Ivan and Hurricane Andrew.

Storm article statistics

Comments wanted on project talk Many discussions that potentially have far reaching impact for the whole project are carried out on the project's talk page. However, only a fraction of our active contributors actually engage in those discussions. If you add the project page to your Watchlist and keep an eye on discussions there to monitor upcoming changes, even if you don't participate in those discussions it would help both yourself and the project as a whole. For instance, at the moment the primary infobox templates such as Infobox hurricane are in the process of being deprecated and replaced by new versions which do the role more effectively.

Don't worry if the above seems daunting. You don't have to be an expert. All you need is some skills in researching and writing. The Tropical cyclone Wikiproject is quickly becoming one of the leading sources of centralized information on tropical cyclones; we have dozens of featured articles and almost 100 good articles. As such, we ask that any information you add be sourced. If you don't mind me asking, what area do you plan on working on? There are ongoing projects in each basin and time period around the world, just so you know. If you have any questions, feel free to give me a post. Additionally, the Wikiproject has its own channel on IRC. Just click the link to the left, enter your name, type irc.freenode.net as the server, and type #wiki-hurricanes as the channel. Good luck, have fun, and I look forward to seeing you around. Hurricanehink ( talk ) 17:32, 7 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Heh, sorry if that got you confused :) I should've probably given some of that in segments, but oh well. Yea, I know how you feel. When I first came on here, it took me a long time to get in the mind set to actually start contributing. Take your time in getting accostumed. The project isn't terribly active in the off-season, though once June comes it is going to get pretty busy with the start of the Atlantic and Pacific hurricane season. I got to go, but I'll keep in touch if you need more info. Hurricanehink ( talk ) 16:38, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

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Thank you for the nice message! --Merovingian ※ Talk 16:41, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Did you blank your page?
When I tried to go to your userpage I was redirected to this page. So...did you? Shindo9 Hikaru  01:26, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Please reply if you re online at the moment 125.235.0.220 16:06, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Hi, reply on my talk. Do you watch it? 125.235.0.220 16:20, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

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