User talk:AstroHurricane001/Archive 24

=September 2008=

Motto of the day
Hello, I notice you're using one of the motd templates, run by Motto of the day. You may have noticed that some of the mottos recently have been followed by a date from 2006, or on occasion simply "Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia". The reason for this is that Motto of the day is in some very serious need of help. Participation in the project, which has never been especially high, has dropped considerably over this past summer, to the point we have had several days where no motto was scheduled to appear at all. Over the past several weeks, I've been the only editor scheduling mottos at all, but there aren't enough comments on some of these mottos to justify their use. If we do not get some help - and soon - your daily mottos will stop. In order for us to continue updating these templates for you, we need your help.

When you get a chance between your normal editing, could you stop by our nominations page and leave a few comments on some of the mottos there, especially those that do not have any comments yet? This works very simply; you read a motto, decide whether or not you like it, and post your opinion just below the motto. That's it - no experience required, just an idea of what you personally like and what you feel reflects Wikipedia and its community. If you do have past experience with the project, then please close some of the older nominations once they've got a decent consensus going. There are directions on the nominations page on how to do this.

If you have any questions, please let me know, or post on the project's talk page. I'm looking forward to reading your comments on the suggested mottos, and any additional suggestions you'd like to make. Until then, happy editing! Hers fold  (t/a/c) 01:50, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #20
♬♩ Hurricanehink ( talk ) 05:16, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

Panzhihua and Wenchuan earthquakes
AH: I did some experiment in the summary of 2008 Panzhihua earthquake, in hope it can eventually help clean up contents in 2008 Sichuan earthquake. Please see if it improves readability.

Additionally, I added more tectonics citations to 2008 Sichuan earthquake. But the overlay of information doesn't make the section more readable because I am not technical enough to change the existing flow. Can you rearrange the flow of content? Sillyvalley (talk) 01:45, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

Ike deaths
If caused by the winds themselves (as they usually are), fallen trees and limbs are direct deaths. If they were blown down by other means (i.e. an accident while cutting them), they would be indirect. All the inland deaths so far have been direct deaths. CrazyC83 (talk) 23:45, 14 September 2008 (UTC)