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Unblock request on hold
There's an unblock request at User talk:Stt13, relating to a block you placed 8 months ago. I am inclined to give the editor another chance, and see whether he or she will fulfil his/her promise not to be so silly again. Do you have any opinion? The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 16:10, 1 May 2016 (UTC)
 * I have no strong feelings either way, but (almost) everyone deserves a second chance. Having them come back and ask to be unblocked, while accepting their actions were wrong, after a talk page block for 6 months is a good sign, at least. If you think it's worth giving them this chance, go ahead and unblock them. Just keep a close eye on their actions for a little while, particularly talkspace edits. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 18:18, 1 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I agree with your comments, including the need to keep a watch on edits for a while. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 17:29, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

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Cyclone at PR
You may be interested that 1970 Bhola cyclone is at PR. Dudley Miles (talk) 20:11, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

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 * if they're willing to handle things with a level head and refrain from personal attacks/harassment, I don't see the harm in giving them a second chance with condition that if they do so again the ban will be permanent. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 02:23, 17 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Thank you, I appreciate it. Related, but new topic, how do you like these admin notifications?--v/r - TP 02:24, 17 May 2016 (UTC)
 * I've never used it before but seems interesting. Guess it's a more formal way to handle certain requests rather than an off-the-cuff message on a talk page. I'd have to sit down and look at it a bit closer to give a more useful answer, however. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 02:26, 17 May 2016 (UTC)

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Consensus on Season forecasts table format
Hi! Would you like to join in the poll/consensus/contribution of the Season forecasts table in the Wikiproject talk page? I would appreciate it. Typhoon2013 (talk) 01:36, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

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Patricia/Linda comparison picture
In this picture, the frame selected for Patricia was 0415z. The TCR caption said this was at the time of its 185-knot peak intensity, but 0415z is almost 8 hours before the analyzed peak intensity. I'm just wondering what's up with this discrepancy.--Jasper Deng (talk) 04:27, 14 June 2016 (UTC)

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Today's featured article/July 11, 2016
Don't worry about getting a perfect so-called blurb at TFAR; that's just to give people something to vote on. I've applied a few TFA rules to tighten in up, and now it's down to 947 characters, so it could use between 125 and 225 more ... anything you want to add? - Dank (push to talk) 15:38, 26 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks for cleaning it up . First thing that comes to mind that should likely be included is the financial downturn after the success of the Wii (evens out the positivity and yields a more neutral blurb), but I'll need to skim through the article another time just to be sure of what the most important pieces are. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 20:27, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Great idea. That gets it up to 1150, so I'm not sure if we have room for anything else, unless you want to trim something. - Dank (push to talk) 21:47, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
 * I think it's perfect now! Anything else that could be added is probably not major enough anyways. Thanks again for this. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 22:25, 27 June 2016 (UTC)

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FYI Satoru Iwata Interview
Shmuplations just translated another excellent Iwata interview here that could really flesh out some of the early sections of the article. Indrian (talk) 18:17, 7 July 2016 (UTC)
 * What perfect timing! Have a few days before the article appears on the main page. I'll definitely give it a read soon and add whatever information I can. I'm a bit busy keeping up with Typhoon Nepartak (2016) at the moment, but I should be able to make time for this. Thanks for bringing this to my attention. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 18:23, 7 July 2016 (UTC)

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Trackmap generator thing
Hi. I am planning to help in making storm tracks for the project. Ok, so far I have 1) Created a GitHub account, 2) went to [git clone git://github.com/titoxd/wptc-track.git this] and 3) Clicked 'Clone or Download'... Am I doing it right so far? If so, since I've already downloaded it, I have 3 files (data, png and tracks). Where do I go and what do I do now? Typhoon2013  (talk) 10:36, 11 July 2016 (UTC)

ERRORS
Hi, some people have some suggestions for us in the first section at WP:ERRORS. I'd appreciate it if you'd read over it and let us know there if you want to make any changes. - Dank (push to talk) 14:39, 11 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Nevermind, that thread has been deleted. - Dank (push to talk) 17:08, 11 July 2016 (UTC)
 * sorry for the delayed response, been busy most of the day and haven't had time to check wiki. Read through the thread and it seems like more of personal style than an actual issue so it didn't seem worth changing imo. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 19:37, 11 July 2016 (UTC)

Season Timeline
Why add a break after Pali? You do have a point about "because of no systems within February-May, but I'm sure we did go over something like this with others a long time ago. There are many timelines similar to this now like the 2013 PTS, possibly the 2015 PHS and the current 2016 AHS.  Typhoon2013  (talk) 21:40, 15 July 2016 (UTC)
 * It's mainly for aesthetics and to avoid unnecessary space wasting. The rows are there mainly so that text doesn't overlap, and with such a huge gap between Pali and One-E there's no reason to have to start from row 3. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 21:42, 15 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Either we break after Pali or not, there will still be 'space wasting'. And yes the rows are there for to avoid overlapping of text. I clearly remember someone doing the same for the 2013 PTS article, and someone said no need to break after the storm. I have made a lot of these timelines and everywhere else, the timelines are/should be the same by breaking in even columns. Typhoon2013  (talk) 22:00, 15 July 2016 (UTC)
 * They don't need to be, should just be a case-by-case basis. I've been here for nine years, remember Having things be overly rigid is off-putting and makes things a bit boring. Having some differences gives a subtle addition to any page. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 22:06, 15 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Yeah. Let's try and see what happens with this timeline. Ok I agree with this now, but are you still fine with the timeline breaking in evenly amount of columns (about 6-8 storms per column)?? Like most seasons? Typhoon2013  (talk) 22:15, 15 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Oh yeah, I have no issues at all with that. My only change was regarding periods of little activity when the storms are spaced out far enough that they can be brought to the first line. Having regular, even spacing during the active periods is definitely preferable. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 22:17, 15 July 2016 (UTC)
 * How about the 2016 AHS timeline? Alex was the only storm forming well outside the hurricane season, which Bonnie formed 5 months later. Do we still do the same? Typhoon2013  (talk) 22:22, 15 July 2016 (UTC)

HURDAT track errors
Over a year ago I got in contact with Dr. Landsea about position errors within some of the tracks published in the 1951-55 HURDAT update. He responded saying those tracks did contained topographic errors and it would be fixed in the next release of the dataset. Well those errors are still there with the 1956-1960 update. Maybe you could give him a reminder to fix the following tracks whenever you get the next chance. Thanks in advance Supportstorm (talk) 17:43, 16 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Hurricane 13 1954
 * Hurricane Diane 1955
 * Tropical Storm Carla 1956
 * I'll write a note to remind him when I get into the office on Monday, but we likely won't add them until the next HURDAT update since we'll need to check over the data again and make sure the corrected positions align with the data. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 06:05, 17 July 2016 (UTC)

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Edit conflict
Hey, on Pokémon Go I may have messed with your most recent edits, could you double check to see if I didn't break anything you did? Cheers,  Anarchyte  ( work  &#124;  talk )   13:57, 17 July 2016 (UTC)
 * I don't see any accidental changes, looks fine to me! ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 14:14, 17 July 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Pokémon Go
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Celia track
Can you please create the track for Celia? Celia dissipated 2 days ago and still doesn't have a track. Thanks! Ok it's been nearly 2 day since Celia dissipated. Can someone please publish the track for Celia?? Typhoon2013 (talk) 05:22, 18 July 2016 (UTC)
 * It's up now. I've been a bit distracted by Pokémon Go lately and haven't been paying as much attention to TC articles :P ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 13:15, 18 July 2016 (UTC)
 * All goods, just reminding you. Same with me lol, I've been playing Pokemon Go lately and I'm addicted to it. Unrelated, what team are you in? I'm Valor. Typhoon2013  (talk) 13:18, 18 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Same here! ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 13:19, 18 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Yay, hehe! :P Typhoon2013  (talk) 13:24, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

Juliette and Lorena TCR Update
Please could you upgrade tracks from Juliette and Lorena in the 2013 Pacific hurricane season still they do not have the trajectory according to the TCR. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Miguel1779 (talk • contribs) 21:56, 18 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks for letting me know! I've gone ahead and updated both of the tracks. If you run across any others that need to be updated, just let me know. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 17:46, 19 July 2016 (UTC)

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DYK for Typhoon Nepartak (2016)
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CPAC Rebest
Hi Cyclonebiskit, did you have any words from NHC about that discussion that we had some months ago? ABC paulista (talk) 15:37, 30 July 2016 (UTC)
 * ah yes, I forgot to message back. This is something we likely won't look at until we gear up until next year's HURDAT update. The primary focus at the moment is active storms and TCR writeups. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 17:00, 31 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Ok then, thanks for the attention. ABC paulista (talk) 18:50, 31 July 2016 (UTC)

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Hurricane Andrew damage
You called the $34 billion damage estimate questionable. Why is that? Angela Maureen (talk) 03:38, 10 August 2016 (UTC)
 * The $33 billion claim for Florida is not backed up by a linked report in the provided source and all major sources that I'm aware of indicate damage in the state to be $25 billion. It's basically an outlier total that needs additional support to be worth mentioning. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 12:15, 10 August 2016 (UTC)

1952 Groundhog storm re-classification
Abdullah Almarri - A.W.S.T. (talk) 15:04, 12 August 2016 (UTC)It seems that the Groundhog storm of 1952 is been re-classified to a Subtropical Storm, right? Abdullah Almarri - A.W.S.T. (talk) 15:07, 12 August 2016 (UTC)
 * It has not be reclassified. There was not enough evidence to support reclassification and it was left as tropical in HURDAT2 ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 15:08, 12 August 2016 (UTC)

Abdullah Almarri - A.W.S.T. (talk) 15:14, 12 August 2016 (UTC)OK, I agree with you, but I can still say that it's subtropical. This isn't my first time editing, but I edited the 2008, 2009 and 2012 Pacific typhoon season articles to include replaced names. Abdullah Almarri - A.W.S.T. (talk) 15:14, 12 August 2016 (UTC)also, I edited the "List of Atlantic-Pacific crossovers" to include Earl and Javier, but Hank Dolce removed my edit, however, "CycloneYoris" restored my edit but in an other way.
 * Claiming it's subtropical would constitute Original Research. We can't make claims based on our own assessments, we have to follow official sources. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 15:18, 12 August 2016 (UTC)

Abdullah Almarri - A.W.S.T. (talk) 15:22, 12 August 2016 (UTC)OK! Abdullah Almarri - A.W.S.T. (talk) 15:22, 12 August 2016 (UTC)Anyway, I decided to give you this link: http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/weather/fl-2015-hurricane-history-revised-20150612-story.html

Ernesto 2012 Track Map Mistake
Hey, I saw that the track map for 2012's Hurricane Ernesto has a mistake, it says that it's a Category 2 hurricane, but in the Track map, I never saw the Yellow C2 Circles. Can you fix it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abdullah Almarri - A.W.S.T. (talk • contribs) 13:34, 13 August 2016 (UTC)
 * The track maps only use 6-hourly positions and Ernesto reached Category 2 between synoptic times. Because of this, the map won't show a Category 2 point. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 14:48, 13 August 2016 (UTC)

2004 Pacific hurricane season summary map
Please add new summary map with PNG-format. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Francjñg (talk • contribs) 21:55, 13 August 2016 (UTC)

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2016 Atlantic hurricane map
The image needs to be updated to include Fiona and Gaston, would appreciate it if this is done soon. --MarioProtIV (talk/contribs) 00:06, 24 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Can you update the map again to include more of Gaston's path and newly formed TD 8? --MarioProtIV (talk/contribs) 15:46, 28 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Requesting that you update it again to include the rest of Gaston and Hermine's path. --MarioProtIV (talk/contribs) 23:20, 3 September 2016 (UTC)

Request for Julia to be a hurricane — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:547:1102:EFAF:802E:46B7:E50B:96F3 (talk) 23:18, 16 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Julia was a minimum tropical storm, not a hurricane. No reason to add that. --MarioProtIV (talk/contribs) 02:53, 22 September 2016 (UTC)

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NOAA track data - source and headers?
Hello,

I am working in the field of hurricanes and more generally tropical cyclones, and for tracks of very recent cyclones, I am often relying on what is posted in Wikipedia. In the regard, I would be very interested to know more about the source of the tracking data, and to get full description of the headers. For example, for Hurricane Hermine (2016), this shows the hurricane track. It mentions that the tracking data is derived from NOAA, but no description of the fields is provided. Would it be possible to have more information on the following: -link to NOAA tracking data page -description of the data fields (headers)

Thanks a lot for your help and your work! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:AA16:3301:2C00:DAA2:5EFF:FE8B:75C7 (talk) 18:08, 15 September 2016 (UTC)

Vandalism in 2008 Atlantic Hurricane season
Abdullah Almarri - A.W.S.T. (talk) 09:18, 23 September 2016 (UTC)Hello, we meet again, someone had vandalized the 2008 Atlantic Hurricane season page by changing the year to 2099, so the summary can't be shown, however, I undid his edit, you should thank me, because I saved the page from Vandalism.

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Using high-res base maps
I'm new to the tracks tool, and every track map I generate yields a file about 3/5 the size of the one you use. Is there a command-line option that I'm missing, or should I just manually download a high-res background map and use the --bg option?--Jasper Deng (talk) 03:58, 2 October 2016 (UTC)
 * you just have to download a high resolution version of the blue marble base map. I'm using the 21,600 x 10,800 version. You can simply replace the "bg8192.png" file in the data folder with the higher res one so you don't have to use the --bg command every time, though. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 04:01, 2 October 2016 (UTC)

2016 Atlantic hurricane basemap (2)
Can you add the rest of Matthew's track and also remove long-asf precursor plots (e.g Hermine, Julia, Earl, Matthew) it makes it look really cluttered and non-fitting compared to to there other season maps. --MarioProtIV (talk/contribs) 17:24, 2 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Mind adding more of Matthews track and Nicole's? --MarioProtIV (talk/contribs) 19:33, 5 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Requesting the rest of Matthew and Nicole's tracks be added. --MarioProtIV (talk/contribs) 03:44, 11 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Would like more of Nicole's track to be added to both season and individual maps. --MarioProtIV (talk/contribs) 11:16, 13 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Same process again ^^ --MarioProtIV (talk/contribs) 00:38, 16 October 2016 (UTC)

Matthew track
Do you mind plotting the point for when Matthew was a category 4 during RI on the 30th? The map shows it going from 3 to 5, which isn't standard of the 6-hour plot intervals. It would go right in between the last cat3 point and first cat5 point. --MarioProtIV (talk/contribs) 01:32, 4 October 2016 (UTC)
 * per the ATCF, Matthew intensified from 110 kt (C3) to 140 kt (C5) during a 6 hour period. The Cat 4 point is intermediate and not plotted. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 02:10, 4 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Bringing this up again as I checked this file of Matthew's track, and to clarify is the ATCF or the one I just linked used? Because IMO I think the "NRLMRY/NAVY" (as I'm calling it) is more accurate as it goes by 6-hour points and only has one C5 point, whereas the current track has 2, which is incorrect since Matthew was only a C5 from 11pm EDT to 5am EDT,  not for 12 hours. --MarioProtIV (talk/contribs) 17:59, 18 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Take a look at who is behind the ATCF source - It is for that reason and a few others that it is used here primarily until the TCR is released.Jason Rees (talk) 18:46, 18 December 2016 (UTC)

Re:
While I agree with your edit summary, there are literally no other images of destruction and/or flooding on Commons or in the article. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 20:54, 10 October 2016 (UTC)

Barnstar
While I'm here, I might as well suggest 2011 Joplin tornado as your next tornado GA, if you'd be interested. Ks0stm (T•C•G•E) 17:10, 11 October 2016 (UTC)

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Vandalism in Typhoon Yagi
Abdullah Almarri - A.W.S.T. (talk) 10:00, 9 November 2016 (UTC)Well, I just fixed your Typhoon Yagi article because someone did vandalize it, and I hope that guy learned a lesson that he'll never forget, maybe I can remove anything wrong in your articles someday...

Matthew meteorlogical history
I've noticed you've been busy making the article for the history of Matthew. Very good so far! I am thinking that do you mind if I can move this into mainspace so more can help (as well as me, as I can do the "Dissipation" section pretty easily)? If you'd rather do the rest before moving I am perfectly fine with that, I just wanted to see if you are okay with publishing it soon. --MarioProtIV (talk/contribs) 23:40, 10 November 2016 (UTC)
 * I would much rather wait until I've finished it to have it published. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 00:53, 11 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Ok. Let me know if I can help in any way if needed. --MarioProtIV (talk/contribs) 01:01, 11 November 2016 (UTC)

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Otto track
Mind making Otto's track up till now as well as adding it to the seasonal summary map? --MarioProtIV (talk/contribs) 04:19, 23 November 2016 (UTC)

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Ian TCR track
Can you update Ian's track (and the season map) to include the subtropical portions as stated in its TCR? --MarioProtIV (talk/contribs) 21:53, 3 January 2017 (UTC)

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January 2017 European cold wave
I strongly disapprove your decision to close my AFD discussion without consensus. I provided strong evidence why the article may not be notable enough for Wikipedia, arguing with well established notability guidelines. I did not want to "illustrate a point". In fact, I think actual extreme weather events such as the Early 2012 European cold wave which are well reviewed by the World Meteorological Organization and others should have a place in Wikipedia. But for this 2017 alleged "cold wave" all we have is that it's a bit colder in some places. No scientific reviews. No in-depth reviews by media.

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 * My apologies if I misinterpreted your wording, but the event holds enough notability to warrant inclusion on Wikipedia. It has been widely covered in international media and caused extensive disruption to livelihoods, even if only for a week or two. As for in-depth review, there hasn't been enough time since the event for it to be studied. The loss of 61 lives in a short period of time by weather is generally considered notable, but I do understand where you're coming from with the severity of the overall event. If the event were not as widespread (temperature anomaly map covering part of the event) or deadly, I would be more inclined to agree with deletion for what it's worth. However, if you feel that my assessment is incorrect, you are welcome to ask input from another administrator. If you feel strongly enough that community discussion is warranted, you can also bring the discussion for review at Deletion review. Best regards, ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 19:48, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

Deletion review for January 2017 European cold wave
An editor has asked for a deletion review of January 2017 European cold wave. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. TheRandomIP (talk) 14:36, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

Crossover storms BT?
Hi, Cyclonebiskit. I just wanted to ask if the JTWC issues a BT for crossover storms from the EPac/CPac to WPac? I am calculating the ACE Index from JTWC in the WPac and I cannot find a BT for Genevieve within the WPac. Typhoon2013 (talk) 22:00, 23 January 2017 (UTC)
 * They're supposed to as far as I'm aware, not how Genevieve fell through though. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 22:04, 23 January 2017 (UTC)

2009 PTS track map
Hi again. I was just going through old PTS articles and just found out that you haven't finished updating the 2009 PTS map. They are not in its BT and Nida's track isn't completed. Also to cut Hawaii out as it is in a different basin. Thanks so much! Typhoon2013 (talk) 01:11, 28 January 2017 (UTC)

Matthew meteorological history
Do you mind if I help on expanding the met. history of Matthew draft you made? It hasn't had any info on the storm after it's Haiti landfall and the proposed southwards turn it was expected to do, and I'd love to help expand those. Also, maybe you could move it into draftspace so more people could help? --MarioProtIV (talk/contribs) 23:27, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
 * I'm just waiting on the TCR to be released before going back to it. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 23:32, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
 * IMO Matthew's TCR may not be out until March, because of it being such a destructive and powerful hurricane (look at Joaquin and Patricia's, although theirs came out in February, but you get the point). I can still help expand it using the advisories like the rest has been so far. Once the TCR is out we can just edit parts of the meteorological history to adjust with that info. --MarioProtIV (talk/contribs) 02:05, 29 January 2017 (UTC)

Hermine New Track
What's up with the 2 day extension of Hermine's Dissipation day? The track looks different too. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Deghop (talk • contribs) 01:29, 31 January 2017 (UTC)
 * The NHC released their Tropical Cyclone Report for Hermine today so the track has been updated to reflect their best track. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 01:40, 31 January 2017 (UTC)

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DYK for 2016 Manzanita tornado
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2013 El Reno tornado
Just an FYI since you've done most of the work on it; I've nominated this article at GAN. If it passes I'm happy to let you have the credit. Ks0stm (T•C•G•E) 03:42, 21 February 2017 (UTC)

Fletcher
Where is the best track? I can't find. Could you help? --219.79.181.16 (talk) 01:04, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

JTWC
How to find the best track from JTWC? --219.79.181.16 (talk) 04:28, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

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Your GA nomination of 2016 Manzanita tornado
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March 2017 WikiCup newsletter
And so ends the first round of the competition, with 4 points required to qualify for round 2. It would have been 5 points, but when a late entrant was permitted to join the contest in February, a promise was made that his inclusion would not result in the exclusion of any other competitor. To achieve this, the six entrants that had the lowest positive score of 4 points have been added to the 64 people who otherwise would have qualified. As a result, some of the groups have nine contestants rather than eight. Our top four scorers in round 1 were:


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Cas Liber, last year's winner, led the field with two featured articles on birds and a total score of 674.
 * 🇪🇺 Iry-Hor, a WikiCup newcomer, came next with a featured article, a good article and a tally of 282 bonus points for a score of 517. All these points came from the article Nyuserre Ini, an Ancient Egyptian pharaoh,
 * 🇯🇵 1989, another WikiCup newcomer, was in joint third place at 240. 1989 has claimed points for two featured lists and one good article relating to anime and comedy series, all of which were awarded bonus points.
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The largest number of DYKs have been submitted by Vivvt and The C of E, who each claimed for seven, and MBlaze Lightning achieved eight articles at ITN. Carbrera and Peacemaker67 each claimed for five GAs and Krishna Chaitanya Velaga was well out in front for GARs, having reviewed 32. No featured pictures, featured topics or good topics yet, but we have achieved three featured articles and a splendid total of fifty good articles.

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4th GA Cup - The Final
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Some help
Can you offer to be one of the editors to help expand March 2017 nor'easter? It's shaping up to be a big one for the Northeast, and although for some reason preparations by many officials haven't been announced yet or the WPC issuing storm summaries hasn't started, by tomorrow morning/afternoon that should start to take off, as will the article for the storm hopefully. --MarioProtIV (talk/contribs) 03:33, 13 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Also I noticed you did a lot of work on the storm from 2016 so that kind of editing spree might be needed for this storm. WPC has also initiated storm summaries for the storm so yeah. --MarioProtIV (talk/contribs) 16:31, 13 March 2017 (UTC)

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I finished the Matthew meteorological history for you
Pretty much what the title says. I finished the rest of the northward turn to Haiti and landfall, Cuba landfall, the track through the Bahamas and paralleling the SE US and eventually its dissipation. I think at this point it can be moved to mainspace, what do you think? --MarioProtIV (talk/contribs) 22:17, 25 March 2017 (UTC)
 * The TCR isn't even out, so moving it is sort of a waste of time at this point IMO. YE <sup style="color:#666660;">Pacific <sup style="color:#666660;">Hurricane  01:17, 26 March 2017 (UTC)
 * IIRC, Sandy's met. history page was made during the storm and shortly after it dissipated. And Matthew's TCR has been taking an unusually long time to come out and sort of abandoned it in mid-November. Given that it's still not out and I finished the rest, I don't see how moving it is a waste, only a few things would be changed. --MarioProtIV (talk/contribs) 02:08, 26 March 2017 (UTC)

4/2/17 tornado outbreak
Can you help with expanding Tornado outbreak of April 2, 2017? It's expected to be a significant outbreak and from what I've heard Alexandria, LA is on "boiling water" if you know what I mean by that. --MarioProtIV (talk/contribs) 19:20, 2 April 2017 (UTC)

Cyclone Ernie
Can you help style the draft I'm making for Cyclone Ernie into the MH-type article that we have Epsilon and Nadine as? Its the first C5 on the AUS scale since Marcia in 2015 and could be the first C5 on the SSHWS in the Australian region since Ita in 2014. --MarioProtIV (talk/contribs) 20:15, 7 April 2017 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Tropical Storm Erika
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Storm track for Bay of Biscay Cyclone
Hi, there. Can you please generate a track map for the September 2016 Bay of Biscay cyclone? It's something that I and a couple of other users would like to have added to the article. I know that you've been generating storm tracks for years now. I'm sure that the meteorological data for that storm exists somewhere. Thanks. LightandDark2000 (talk) 09:05, 16 April 2017 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Tropical Storm Erika
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May 2017 WikiCup newsletter
The second round of the competition has now closed, with just under 100 points being required to qualify for round 3. YellowEvan just scraped into the next round with 98 points but we have to say goodbye to the thirty or so competitors who didn't achieve this threshold; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia. Our top scorers in round 2 were:


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Cas Liber, led the field with five featured articles, four on birds and one on astronomy, and a total score of 2049, half of which came from bonus points.
 * 🇯🇵 1989 was in second place with 826 points, 466 of which were bonus points. 1989 has claimed points mostly relating to anime and Japanese-related articles.
 * Peacemaker67 took third place with two FAs, one GA and seven GARs, mostly on naval vessels or military personnel, scoring 543 points.
 * Other contestants who scored over 400 points were Freikorp, Carbrera, and Czar. Of course all these points are now wiped out and the 32 remaining contestants start again from zero in round 3.

Vivvt submitted the largest number of DYKs (30), and MBlaze Lightning achieved 13 articles at ITN. Carbrera claimed for 11 GAs and Argento Surfer performed the most GARs, having reviewed 11. So far we have achieved 38 featured articles and a splendid 132 good articles. Commendably, 279 GARs have been achieved so far, more than double the number of GAs.

So, on to the third round. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed in round 3. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points equally.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth 13:16, 1 May 2017 (UTC)

DYK for 2013 El Reno tornado
Mifter (talk) 03:24, 16 May 2017 (UTC)

Merge
Haishen (2008), Karina (2008), Meranti (2004), Karen (2007), do you think they can be merge? --219.79.180.165 (talk) 05:27, 18 May 2017 (UTC)

Deleted Images
Those were screen captures I took myself from MY GRAnalyst program on MY laptop. Please restore them as I used them for a subject of discussion on the Tornadoes of 2017 talk page. And I don't know what you mean by privately owned. Radar scans are available, for free download, on the NWS website. If I must I will reupload them myself, but those were MY images, not something I found off the internet. FFS. --AVeryWiseWolfy (talk) 02:32, 19 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Having access to GRAnalyst does not make any screenshots you take with it yours. They're inherently property of Gibson Ridge Software (the company that created the program) as proprietary software is used to render the imagery. Screenshots taken directly from NOAA websites are perfectly acceptable to use, however. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 19:47, 19 May 2017 (UTC)
 * All radar scans on GRanalyst come from NWS radar stations, thus all radar scans are from NWS, and not property of GR. The program is property of GR, but the scans are not. --AVeryWiseWolfy (talk) 01:29, 20 May 2017 (UTC)
 * NWS data are in the public domain, but graphics derived from those data can be copyrighted. In this case, the GR Analyst graphics have not been released under a free license, so are ineligible for uploading to Wikimedia sites (unless you intend to claim fair use in accordance with our non-free content criteria, but as there are free use alternatives – radar imagery directly from the NWS – this is unlikely to stand). Also, for what it's worth, you don't have to ping someone on their own talk page, as they'll receive a notification regardless. –  Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 03:18, 20 May 2017 (UTC)

Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon
Hi it is a new Game. We should create a new article. --Panam2014 (talk) 18:03, 6 June 2017 (UTC)
 * almost nothing is known about the games at the moment other than that they exist. Once more information is available they can be split off into a proper article. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 19:07, 6 June 2017 (UTC)