User talk:ChessEric/Archives/2024/July

WikiProject Weather/Sources
Hey ChessEric! I got to thinking some after a handful of GANs and a recent (still ongoing) FAC that we as a WikiProject should probably have a source list. We both know meteorology is, in general, a close-knit community. Honestly, we have several things that are reliable sources, which to an outside (non-weather editor) person, would not presume are reliable (like Tweets/Facebook posts from NWS, Mets, or organizations). We also have various things like IEM posting preliminary damage surveys from the NWS, but only NCDC/NCEI post the finalized info and such.

I went ahead and started WP:WXRS. I’ve started just going through various weather event articles (mostly tornado so far), just looking for any of the oddity sources to get them list/shell of sources made. I don’t really want to go through the talk pages to hunt for discussions yet (probably a solid 24-hours of work for that…R.I.P. me).

Anyway, all I wanted to say was if you wanted to help out by listing sources and whatnot, feel free to! Later in life, I will (or someone will) go through talk pages to look for the discussions to see the reliability of the sources from past discussions and then we will probably have some WikiProject Weather discussions regarding several sources. But, it will indeed make Wikipedia a better place in the end, once the centralized list is made. The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 04:44, 1 July 2024 (UTC)


 * Later in life? LOL! Anyway, I'll see if I want to add to the conversation. I kind of busy right now, but I appreciate that you let me know about this. Chess  Eric  05:24, 1 July 2024 (UTC)