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Sam [Spade] 00:44, 14 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Salt Lake City
Hello, I know you've been around for a little while, but both me and User:JonMoore appreciate your contributions. Thanks for the TRAX article in particular; it was overdue. So...keep up the good work! Cool Hand Luke  23:23, 25 Oct 2004 (UTC)


 * Hi Bob!


 * Just thought I'd say "hi"! I see CHL has gotten to you first ;-) Glad to see all of your contributions to Salt Lake City's wiki world! Hope to see more articles from you in the future! Keep up the impressive work! [[user:JonMoore| J ON, Conqueror of Men - (Talk to Me, Baby!)]] 06:44, 5 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Opal
Hurricane Opal was the 5th most expensive Atlantic hurricane of the 20th century...using numbers that aren't adjusted for inflation. -- Cyrius|&#9998; 03:55, 11 Dec 2004 (UTC)


 * NOAA has a list at the NHC site . The number for Georges seems to be off, though. -- Cyrius|&#9998; 05:15, 11 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Hurricane articles
Yo! Mr. Helpful. A little help with the articles would be nice. You said that was one of your projects. I've done the 1947, 1946, 1945, 1944, and the 1943 seasons already by myself and I've still managed to help Cyrius out with one of his rather involved projects. Let's get crackin'. (By the way, I'm not mad. It probably sounds that way but I'm not.)

-E. Brown, Hurricane enthusiast

Oh, I took a few weeks off. I thought you were going to think I abandoned the site or something, but yes, nearly a fourth of the articles are mine. I have no complaints, you are welcome to help though.

-E. Brown, Hurricane enthusiast

New WikiProject
Thought you might be interested in joining in. Also, what do you think about any (or all) of the templates on Talk:Salt Lake City, Utah? Cheers --[jon ]   [talk ]   21:26, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)


 * Hey, thanks for joining. Sorry I beat you to it! ;) [jon ]    [talk ]   12:39, 9 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Hmm, another possible Star Wars contributor?
You are of interest to me my young apprentice. I find your interest in Star Wars most fascinating. Maybe you could help out on some articles I've been working on. Check out my user page for more details. -- Riffsyphon1024 06:00, 11 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Do not to the Dark side be drawn, my child. --[jon ]   [talk ]   22:16, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Just a note on the Anoat System. I have created a link for it on Systems of Star Wars. -- Riffsyphon1024 21:34, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)

RedvsBlue

 * I reinserted some of the text you took out, about Andy. It may have looked like vandalism, but it wasn't, it was a significant segment of Episode 54. Of course, I guess you couldn't have known that, as there isn't a summary yet for 54. -LtNOWIS 03:54, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)


 * In answer to your question on what was wrong with the RvB page character bios. Very simply: too much information.  A lot of it is minutiae that shows up in one or two episodes and never again: Lopez's time & temperature function, the Grif/Simmons organ transplants, the microphone in Tex's robot body.  We don't need that much detail.  Not to mention that the existing articles aren't very well written anyway.
 * oops, hi, it's Marblespire 10:04, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)

StarCraft articles
"Cutting down on the article just a little bit wouldn't make them "half-assed." You're overexaggerating. There's just some things here and there that you insert that are in the game that aren't really relevant to the overall storyline, that's all I'm saying."

You never said "what wasn't relevant". Instead, it sounded like you were going to cut the articles down by a significant amount for no good reason.

Fairpark in Template:Salt Lake City
Why do you keep removing Fairpark from the template?? Both User:Cool Hand Luke and I agree it is a valid neighborhood. What did it ever do to you? ;-) Actually, I'm starting to think there are more neighborhoods than we originally thought.

Ah well. Are you an admin here yet? You should be.

--[[User:JonMoore|&mdash;Jo nMo ore  20:24, 29 May 2006 (UTC)]] 18:18, 26 May 2005 (UTC)


 * Well, it seems there are a lot of smaller neighborhoods in SLC. Mostly, we figured that it either has to have a sign (like the street signs with neighborhoods on them) or a community council. Maybe we need to create a Neighborhoods of Salt Lake City article to give small blurbs about neighborhoods which do not warrant a full article. I recall User:Cool Hand Luke and I discussing (we know each other in person) that one of us should sometime nominate you for admin, since you seem to do a good job on Wikipedia. We also were talking about getting together sometime and just revamping the whole Salt Lake City, Utah article to our liking, preferably late at night, when no one is looking. Anyway, talk to you later. --[[User:JonMoore|&mdash;Jo nMo ore  20:24, 29 May 2006 (UTC)]] 17:47, 27 May 2005 (UTC)

Star Wars Wiki aka Wookieepedia

 * I see that you continue to regularly contribute to Star Wars related articles. Maybe you would like to help contribute to our wiki, Wookieepedia. Hope to see you there. -- Riffsyphon1024 23:35, Jun 20, 2005 (UTC)

SLC PR submission
Please note Peer review/Salt Lake City, Utah/archive5. I really want to fix this article to get it to FA status. User:Cool Hand Luke has apparently left Wikipedia :( --[[User:JonMoore|&mdash;Jo nMo ore  20:24, 29 May 2006 (UTC)]] 23:14, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

Seasons
In the 2000 Pacific hurricane season, you say "The season lasted from May 22 to May 8." May 8? Also, can you please say "The first storm formed on X, and the last storm died out/dissipated/whatever on X" instead of giving two definitions for the season in one article? --Golbez 15:30, July 14, 2005 (UTC)

Estimates
No rough estimates! Rough estimates are bad, avoid them at all costs. The wind speeds in the hurricane articles: we are not trying to give readers only a rough idea of what the wind speed is. This is not the Weather Channel. Rounding 149.8 to 150 is okay, adjusting 143.7 to 145 is not. I know I sound bent out of shape; I'm not, but it is annoying to have to go back through the articles and change them. I'm okay with rounding 139 up to 140 and 141 down to 140, but I don't like it when people just search for the nearest multiple of five and stick that in.

E. Brown, Hurricane enthusiast - Squawk Box 21:57, 17 August 2005 (UTC)

How is giving exact (therefore more accurate) numbers misleading? That seems to be the exact opposite of misleading to me. Just because NHC rounds to the nearest five doesn't mean it's accurate. The NHC explicitly says that they are giving estimates. I got my numbers by using the standard knot-MPH conversion: knots times 1.15=mph. I don't see how that is misleading.

E. Brown, Hurricane enthusiast - Squawk Box 21:45, 18 August 2005 (UTC)

Navy Page
Hey, to get a link to an individual image, you have to right click on the image and select "properties"... from there, the URL of the image itself will appear, which you can copy and paste. For example, this: IMAGE LINK. That Navy site uses some weird coding that I'm not familiar with, and basically, each page load you do seems to be customized - and any links will be reverted back to the main page. Direct linking the images seems to be the only way. The Great Zo 17:59, 21 August 2005 (UTC)

Pictures?
Please see my reply on Talk:Hurricane_Katrina. Thanks --Gmaxwell 06:01, 6 September 2005 (UTC)

User categorization
Greetings! Your user page hasn't been vandalized :-) --it was updated to use the new User Categorization scheme. I have categorized your User Page as a Wikipedian in Utah (Category:Wikipedians in Utah) since your name was listed on the Wikipedia:Wikipedians/Utah page.  The Wikipedia:Wikipedians/Utah page is scheduled for deletion.  Thanks!   Roby Wayne  Talk &bull;  Hist 00:43, 8 September 2005 (UTC)

Admin support
I hope you enjoy my glowing support! Hopefully you will get the nomination. BTW, I see you noticed the Utah WikiPortal I created, and was wondering if you would consider helping me maintain it? The main complaint against you is that you "don't participate in the comunity" (hogwash), so maybe that would please the nay-sayers. &mdash; [[User:JonMoore|&mdash;Jo nMo ore  20:24, 29 May 2006 (UTC)]] 21:49, 21 September 2005 (UTC)


 * Thanks! It would help having someone keep an eye on the portal! Good luck with the VFA, I'll be watching it. &mdash; [[User:JonMoore|&mdash;Jo nMo ore  20:24, 29 May 2006 (UTC)]] 23:48, 21 September 2005 (UTC)


 * At this point, with 11 votes in opposition, and 7 votes in support, you may want to withdraw your RFA and re-apply in a month. Usually users who are rejected the first time, who have not had problematic edits, get adminship on the 2nd try. freestylefrappe 21:22, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

Hurricane informal bet on strongest name
It's official...Rita has passed Katrina (175 mph/897 mb vs 175 mph/902 mb as it is winds first, pressure as tiebreak). I wonder if Rita had consulted your prediction first, since it was right on the nose...it will be nearly impossible to beat that now (and no one stands below you)! CrazyC83 02:40, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

RFA
I'm sorry to let you know that your RFA has been rejected my the community. You may ofcourse try again later. =Nichalp «Talk»=  05:52, 27 September 2005 (UTC)

Trax
Just out of curiosity, could you explain this comment?

You see, I was under the impression that TRAX was a commuter rail system, but your comment has thoroughly confused me.

Thanks, Moogle

Thanks, I knew you could explain it. Moogle

Utah
Sorry about the Admin, but if you come up again, I will vote for you. Just don't forget edit summaries! LOL!

On another not, I would like your help in choosing Featured articles for the Utah Portal, and to keep the news update, if you want. &mdash; [[User:JonMoore|&mdash;Jo nMo ore  20:24, 29 May 2006 (UTC)]] 22:01, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

Nothing!
I am asking for is the NHC to be more funded and more personal so the NHC will not be burden. Well ofcourse the NHC has nothing to do with Katrina damage maybe if you get out of high school you will learn that but now I am saying because of the NHC thye saved lives but if we can someone make them a stronger and better organization maybe we can save more lives and learn how to build to with stand Mother Nature's furry. So young man I ask you to get your facts and read peoples edit more carefully next time.User:tdwuhs

Wikibirthday
You gave me a wikibirthday thingy for User:Plbosman. Was this on purpose? bob rulz 01:53, 18 October 2005 (UTC)
 * No, that was a mistake..I'm sorry, I was a little tired when I was congralutating a lot of people with their wikibirthday yesterday. I have corrected it now. Apoligies for the trouble. -- SoothingR 09:09, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

KTVX
You have received this message because you have edited a Salt Lake City media article in the past. We have recently had an edit war regarding the wording and inclusion of a paragraph on the KTVX article. In hopes of resolving this I have put together an informal survey. If you are interested, please stop by Talk:KTVX and add a vote. Thanks, A 09:49, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

When you have been in a war and seen your friends die, come talk to me.
You know nothing of how the world works. You need to serve your country in it's time of need, rather than participate in unpatriotic behavior "and if you put this back I will delete it again, and take it up on the talk page; do not bring your personal biases onto Wikipedia" it is not a bias it is the TRUTH  Your lack of intelligence is shocking, maybe you should get some before you delete others post with you "holier than thou" attitude

Listen Little Boy: you do not know what you are talking about. Do not threaten me. I will take this up with the admin and am forwarding your hate mail to them Good Luck Explaining this to them.

Salt Lake County
Read my comments. My reason for the change was because those places are listed under a column labeled "City", when they are not cities. I never wrote anything about having to change every place name, adding "city", "town" or "CDP" to each one - that would be idiotic. Denvoran 08:45, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

Battlefield 2
thanks for helping clean up the bugs section in the BF2 article. the huge popularity of the game means its a never ending struggle to keep the page from erupting with irrelevant and non-notable fluff. Remy B 07:46, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

Hall of Fame Candidates
Hey Bob! Haven't heard from you in a while, where have you been? You doin' all right? Anyway, it's time for me to select the 2006 inductees into my Hurricane Hall of Fame, I was wondering if you could give your two cents. Here are the candidates:

Damage
 * Indianola, 1875 - Killed 176 people, heavy damage to central Texas. Bleeding Land
 * Florida Keys, 1906 - 174+ killed, heavy damage to Nicaragua, Cuba and south Florida. Angry Sky
 * Galveston, 1915 - Killed about 400 people, only hurricane to breach the Galveston Seawall. Battered Isle
 * New Orleans, 1915 - Killed 279 people, heavy damage to Louisiana. Demolished
 * Gulf of Mexico, 1919 - Killed 600-900 people, heavy damage to south Texas. Drowning Islands
 * Hurricane Charlie, 1951 - Killed 259 people, heavy damage in Mexico. Guillotine
 * Hurricane Diane, 1955 - Killed 184 people, caused $7 billion in damage in 2005 dollars. Bird of Prey
 * Hurricane Hattie, 1961 - Killed 275 people, catastrophic damage in Belize. Nightmare
 * Tropical Storm Amelia, 1978 - 33 dead, epic flooding in Texas. Tears
 * Hurricane Juan, 1985 - For besting Gloria and Elena's bills and having nothing to show for it. 12 dead. The Torturer

Weirdness
 * Tropical Depression Kendra, 1966 - The Atlantic Basin's only named tropical depression in 55 years of naming. Overrated
 * Hurricane Ellen, 1973 - Strengthened into a major hurricane farther north than any other tropical cyclone on record, anywhere! Icebreaker
 * Subtropical Storm One, 1978 - Only Atlantic tropical or subtropical cyclone to form in January. Winter Wonder
 * Tropical Storm Ana, 2003 - Only Atlantic tropical cyclone to form in April. Early Bird
 * Tropical Storm Zeta, 2005 - Tied Alice's record, lasted longer into January than it's predecessor. It and Alice are the only Atlantic storms to form after Christmas. Final Bow

I usually select three or four for damages and one or two for weirdness. Who are your top picks? -- §  Hurricane ERIC§ archive -- my dropsonde 21:20, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

Image
Image problems on Salt Lake City taken care of see peer review for details. 71.213.19.160 05:22, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

2006 Inductees to the HHF
I am proud to announce the 2006 inductees into the Hurricane Hall of Fame. I have one more than I normally induct due to the removal of an impulse addition during the 2005 season (I will not name the storm to avoid discontent). The extra inductee is marked "honorary" as it probably should already have been in there. In chronological order, they are:


 * The Florida Keys Hurricane of 1906 - This hurricane killed untold hundreds of people across the western Caribbean. The 174 figure is for Florida alone. The number from Cuba is estimated to be higher and the toll in Nicaragua is estimated to be just as high as Florida if not higher. We will probably never know the full extent of the devestation. This storm's economic impact was also incredible. Over 50% of Cuba's crops were ruined. Countless businesses were shut down for good. Nicaragua's economic infrastructure was severely crippled. The Overseas Railroad project in the Keys was set back several years. All the affected areas lost significant tourism revenue.


 * The Galveston Island Hurricane of 1915 - This storm is the only one in recorded history to completely breach the Galveston Seawall since it's completion just before the 1909 hurricane. Over 400 people died in what remains Texas' worst hurricane since the 1900 storm (out of roughly nine direct hits since 1900). Damage in the city, which had just been rebuilt from the 1900 storm, was catastrophic. Galveston's "Big Three" of those first 15 years of the century (1900, 1909 and 1915) would leave a massive scar not seen again until Florida's "Big Three" of the late 1920's and early 1930's (1926, 1928, and 1935).


 * The Gulf of Mexico Hurricane of 1919 - One of the deadliest Atlantic hurricanes in recorded history; no less than 600 died at sea and along the Texas coast. The toll may be as high as 900. Dealt the shipping industry a huge blow. Key West was nearly leveled (strangely, a few random blocks suffered relatively minor damage).


 * Hurricane Diane of 1955 (honorary) - Flooding on a Biblical scale unmatched until perhaps Hurricane Agnes in 1972, already a Hall-of-Famer. 184 die in these floods. Diane's flood crest records still stand in many areas. Caused nearly $1 billion in damage.


 * Hurricane Hattie of 1961 - Nearly 300 people die and the destruction is widespread and catastrophic. It ranks as one of the worst disasters ever to strike Central America in recent memory. The destruction rivaled that of Hurricane Janet just six years previously. The damage Hattie caused would not be rivaled in Central America until Hurricane Mitch. Mitch brought hundreds of references to Hattie (usually in the context of "this is much worse than Hattie" but then again, this is Mitch we're talking about here).


 * Tropical Storm Zeta of 2005 - This year's weirdo; Zeta is one of only two Atlantic storms to span two calendar years (the other of which is fellow Hall-of-Famer, Hurricane Alice). It also lasted longer in January than any other tropical or subtropical cyclone in the Atlantic.

-- §  Hurricane  ERIC  § archive 02:35, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

Special Induction
You know, I don't normally induct storms prior to 1851, but there is one storm that cannot go unrecognized. Therefore, I announce a special, honorary mention of:

The Great Hurricane of 1780 - Currently the deadliest Atlantic tropical cyclone that we know about. Mitch currently holds the position of deadliest Atlantic hurricane on official records.

-- §  Hurricane  ERIC  § archive 02:35, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

June snow


Note June has had a trace of snowfall. 144.35.254.12 20:01, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

JUNE Normal Monthly Total: T

Jordan Landing
I made some modifications to Jordan Landing.

FAC
We should try to get Salt Lake FAC status and on the main page before the end of the 2006 Olympics. 71.213.75.226 15:59, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

Thank you drop-in
Just dropping in to say thanks for your extensive work on the Brigham City article GrapeSteinbeck 02:44, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

Re: Barnstar
No problem! It looks like you're well overdue for one... -- gtdp (T)/(C) 16:18, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

RE: Salt Lake City
This is regarding the template on the main page of Salt Lake City. This template places a small Good Article symbol in the top right corner of an article to indicate that it is a good article on Wikipedia. I appologize for not telling you this when I re-inserted the template back on to the page. &mdash;RJN 08:50, 25 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Template:Good article has been listed for deletion. Please vote to keep this template at Templates_for_deletion/Log/2006_March_25. &mdash;RJN 10:07, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

Green River Annexation
Do your edits at Green River, Utah account for this?

The former 134.250.72.176 03:44, 13 April 2006 (UTC)


 * It really is logical. You see, the annexation (as indicated in the above link) did not take place until 2003, therefore the 2000 Census was accurate at the time.   00:10, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

WT:UTSH - comments requested
Hey, I made a comment there, with a link to my user space for a new route list style. Comments requested. Thanks &mdash; A dmrb♉ltz (t • c • [ b] • [ p] • [ d] • [ m]) 18:57, 19 April 2006 (UTC)