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Trajectory maps
¿Cómo puedo crear un mapa de trayectoria como este? how can i create a trajectory map like this?:

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Dorian outbreak
Do you think it would be worth making a separate article for Dorian's outbreak? I heard reports of 24+ tornadoes. Noah Talk 22:40, 8 September 2019 (UTC)
 * as of right now there's no need. The tornado information can be sufficiently contained in the monthly tornado list: List of United States tornadoes in September 2019. Just needs a "see also" link to the page in the impact section. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 22:41, 8 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Alright, thanks. I do think we will need one for Canada's impact though. Noah Talk 22:54, 8 September 2019 (UTC)

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Thank you for the article, saying "Hurricane Patricia of October 2015 was one of the most intense hurricanes we've ever seen. On October 23, Hurricane Hunters observed record-shattering winds and one of the lowest sea-level pressures in the world. The storm packed maximum sustained winds of 215 mph (345 km/h), a value equivalent to an EF5 tornado. Thankfully, Patricia weakened as dramatically as it intensified as it made landfall in a sparsely populated area of Western Mexico, preventing a worst-case scenario catastrophe. Meteorologically speaking, Patricia was an incredible storm that will be the subject of journal articles for years to come." --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:36, 20 October 2019 (UTC)

File:2019 Atlantic hurricane season summary map.png
Hello Cyclonebiskit, I would like to inform that Tropical Storm Gabrielle and Tropical Depression Nine aren't shown completely or shown on this track map. If you could update it that would be appreciated! From, Purplemountainman (talk) 01:45, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
 * map is updated now~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 02:04, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Could you update Humberto and possibly Ten and Ingrid? Purplemountainman (talk) 22:27, 17 September 2019 (UTC)


 * Could you update Tropical Storm Karen and Hurricane Lorenzo on this file? Thank you. Purplemountainman (talk) 23:53, 3 October 2019 (UTC)


 * Can you please update this file with Sebastien? Thanks. -- Purplemountainman talk contribs 16:19, 23 November 2019 (UTC)
 * ✅ ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 20:27, 25 November 2019 (UTC)

Dorian
As far as I am aware, Dorian's official track will end on September 10 because the original circulation died and transferred to another center (At least the OPC suggests this). I haven't seen anything to suggest the storm is still active (officially). There is this, but it is not official in the least. Should the dissipation date be kept as September 10? Noah Talk 03:31, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Yes, Dorian dissipated on September 10. A new low formed to the northeast and became the dominant system. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 04:14, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
 * In that case, could you please revert LightAndDark’s changes on the main article? Noah Talk 04:19, 14 September 2019 (UTC)

Cyclonebiskit
I get that when i edit things, that i dont add sources( mainly because i don't know how to on this cite), but that doesn't give you the right to just delete the edits. I edit wiki pages because i want them to be updated not to give wrong information. Instead of deleting edits, add sources for the edits for people like me that don't know how to add sources. Kade Ydstie45 (talk) 18:45, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
 * I hope I didn't come off as rude with that revert as that wasn't my intention. Part of writing on Wikipedia is including verification for your edits. The burden is on the editor to include the appropriate sources. It's alright if you don't know how to put together a full citation. You can simply place  before the url and   after the url to create a basic citation like this:  . This will allow other editors to verify the information you've included and someone else can fill out the citation for you. Hope this helps! ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 02:08, 15 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the information about how to add citations to my edits. Its going to help me in the future and i hope to see you around in the previously edited page!

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Michael Track
Hey CB, I need your input about how to handle Michael. I'm sticking to the rule about leaving out non-synoptic points to make the tracks consistent. The event that a storm hits peak intensity in between the 6 hours is unfortunate but is not really an excuse to be inconsistent in representing the data. In the case of Andrew you opted to follow that rule, but not Michael. I've hit my third revert and got no response on the project talk page so I would like if I could get your thoughts. Supportstorm (talk) 23:53, 26 September 2019 (UTC)
 * In the case of Michael, I included the asynoptic point as it's only 30 minutes off from the synoptic one and is of major importance. A note is included in Michael's article to address this difference. It's a unique case among the tracks given the brevity of its Cat 5 tenure and how close the peak is to a synoptic point while not being at that point. In Andrew's case, the asynoptic point is square between 06 and 12z (09:05z) and would be a jarring replacement point. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 00:13, 27 September 2019 (UTC)
 * I get that being close to a synoptic point would make it tempting to just accept it as one. And that it depicts a category 5 intensity. However this makes the track inconsistent from the others and would need a note in the map description stating what is changed similar to the article. This annoys me, admittedly, but the community seems to want it. Thanks for your feedback. Supportstorm (talk) 02:23, 27 September 2019 (UTC)
 * after all the nonsense with Lorenzo's track, I've changed my mind about this. Having this kind of an outlier, as tempting as it is, only opens up pandora's box. Notes can be used to mention the peak was asynoptic and not shown while keeping the tracks standardized. I've gone ahead and changed all of Michael's tracks (individual, season, Cat 5, and retired) to reflect HURDAT. Hopefully this will quell things in the future. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 03:00, 13 October 2019 (UTC)
 * also, when you have time can you update the WPac track documentation? I haven't kept up this year and all of my files are woefully outdated. Thanks in advance! ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 18:24, 13 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Notes are going to be useful if you want to go that route. I imagine that there will be a few users that are upset about the change. When I uploaded the corrected Lorenzo track I got pinged in the project IRC and was hated on a fair amount. And the revert war that followed was annoying. As for track data in the WPac, I've been slacking, I only have data until the start of September. Been busy with college things, but I try to get that data up for ya sometime soon. Supportstorm (talk) 21:11, 13 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Just an update, after placing a lock on the Lorenzo track file for a month, it continues to have disruptive reverts over the classification. I have a small inclination that it's all from sock accounts. But at this point I can't keep reverting and I don't have enough evidence to prove of sock abuse. Any suggestions? Maybe another lock on the file? Supportstorm (talk) 01:12, 13 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Another lock has been placed on the file for 3 months. If there isn't enough evidence for socking, then locking is all we can do until the TCR comes out to give us the final track. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 03:02, 13 November 2019 (UTC)

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Do you happen to know what road this is in this picture?: File:April 14, 2012 Marquette, Kansas EF4 tornado.JPG Thanks 420Traveler (talk) 13:26, 2 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Hi, just happened across this and figured I'd help out. That photo appears to show K-4 looking west. –  Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 20:49, 2 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Thank you so much for that, I was wondering so I can add it to a Kansas highway article if it was a picture of one. I will add it to the K-4 article. Thanks 420Traveler (talk) 21:14, 2 October 2019 (UTC)

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Multiple things
I have been quite busy with my workload over the last couple of months. I will be able to work on Willa tomorrow and Friday for sure. Willa should get a 20-40k update or so soon. I will have HH handle the implementation and merging of the history when he puts his content in. Also, seems like Imelda might be ripe for retirement since AON listed it as ≥2 billion. I do note that a ≥7 billion typhoon won't be retired since it hit Japan. Noah Talk 01:12, 10 October 2019 (UTC)
 * sorry for the late reply. No worries on being busy, real life always comes first . Hard to say if Imelda will actually get retired, the damage is rather localized (NCEI, which the NHC will go off of, places it at ≥$1 billion) and there were only 5 deaths. Typhoons that only hit Japan never get retired since Japan doesn't use the international names, they just use the numbers. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 17:18, 13 October 2019 (UTC)

Season's infobox image
Hello Cyclonebiskit, I wonder why the image arrangement of Infobox hurricane small had changed? It look odd now. --219.79.97.58 (talk) 03:55, 26 October 2019 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure honestly. Looks fine on my end, but I've been hearing some users have been having issues. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 05:54, 26 October 2019 (UTC)

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Track questions
Hello Cyclonebiskit. I am currently trying to use the Tropical Cyclones Track program, and I have 2 questions here:

1.) Why is the category 5 track becomes black? How do I sort this? This is Typhoon Nuri's best track data from JTWC.

2.) I have compiled three tracks from: Agaton from 2006 (which is very hassle since I looked up to Steve Young's summaries and Typhoon2000), Ompong from the same year, and Domeng from 2010 (the disturbance stage was not in the summaries, and in Typhoon2000's summary the system doesn't have any wind nor pressure, so I just leaved it blank) and saved it on the .dat file. Then I tried it on the terminal (using Ubuntu 16.04 LTS by the way), and it returns with an error. Before that, I tried to create the terminal Supportstorm used on this track: File:Queenie 1945 track.png

./track --id 10 --name DOMENG --year 2010 --format hurdat2 --input ~/Downloads/domeng.dat

and returns with this: ./track: No storms found.

Hope you receive this message and quickly help me on this. Best regards, 👦 09:08, 19 November 2019 (UTC)

(P.S. I asked Supportstorm, FleurDeOdile and Titoxd and they are not responding as of this message.)
 * If you want to know about the data that I compiled, please see the track as I just recreated them. Best regards, 👦 09:17, 20 November 2019 (UTC)

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Record number cyclonic storm named
In which year are the cyclonic storm most named ? 116.105.225.59 (talk) 07:18, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
 * The record is 10 set in 1893, 1926, 1930, and 1976 ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 07:21, 5 December 2019 (UTC)

Willa
Could you please implement the edits made at Talk:Hurricane Willa/GAN Prep? I am burned out at this point and the article really needs to be complete ASAP (which I know you want to do). Also, there are some additional sources on the sources page I made. Noah Talk 20:47, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

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Lane
Due to all the recent discussions related to the Cat 5 FT, I have put Lane up for GAN in order to try to save the topic. I must commend the job you did on expanding and improving the article because it looks great. I fixed some reference issues I saw and changed something minor in the Met. KN is planning to work on implementing my work into Willa and continue the research portion/writing so we can get a GAN for it relatively soon. Unfortunately, I got burned out on Willa and don't currently have the time to do hours upon hours of research. Please feel free to participate as a second nominator in this GAN if you wish. Noah Talk 03:32, 15 February 2020 (UTC)

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SWSH models
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Lane
I was able to nominate Lane this morning after getting permission from Ian Rose. I'm letting you know since I'm sure you would like to join in on this nomination. <span style="white-space:nowrap;text-shadow:#009200 0.3em 0.4em 1.0em,#009200 -0.2em -0.2em 1.0em;color:#009200">Noah Talk 13:11, 24 March 2020 (UTC)
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166.254.89.42 and Hurricane Irma
Hi!

I see you blocked that IP after they vandalized again. Do you think I was too severe by using a 4im vandal warning and multiple-IP warning? I have been accused of being too severe at vandals before, but I used it in this case since it was an obvious sockpuppet. Just looking for your input there to see if my warnings were appropriate. Thanks! Win98fan (talk) 02:10, 14 April 2020 (UTC)
 * In this case yes, the high level warnings were appropriate as it was an obvious block evasion. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 02:12, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

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33 tornadic deaths with the Easter Outbreak
PLEASE do me a favor and count through the deaths in the tornado table. It adds up to 33. It's easy, and takes seconds to do. This is starting to irritate me. TornadoInformation12 (talk) 23:19, 18 April 2020 (UTC)TornadoInformation12
 * I've gone over the deaths multiple times, it's 32 tornadic and 6 non-tornadic. I have no idea where you're getting this extra death from. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 23:20, 18 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Actually you are no totally right. I'm dumb, nevermind. I have idea how I got 33.

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A kitten for you!
Your severe weather articles are really great! As an editor, I look up to you.

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 * I appreciate the kind words. If you ever have any questions, feel free to ask me. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 01:13, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

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Lane
Could you take a look at the AP attributions? I removed a bunch of them a while back, but I must have missed some. The other two issues should be fixed. I have to work the next two days with just enough time to sleep before I have to go back to work. <span style="white-space:nowrap;text-shadow:#009200 0.3em 0.4em 1.0em,#009200 -0.2em -0.2em 1.0em;color:#009200">Noah Talk 16:41, 30 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Thank you for handling those comments. I have been exhausted between work and cutting down/hauling off truck loads of trees for the past few days. <span style="white-space:nowrap;text-shadow:#009200 0.3em 0.4em 1.0em,#009200 -0.2em -0.2em 1.0em;color:#009200">Noah Talk 02:12, 5 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Please be aware that I likely will not be able to respond to SN's future comments tomorrow or Saturday due to my work schedule on those days. <span style="white-space:nowrap;text-shadow:#009200 0.3em 0.4em 1.0em,#009200 -0.2em -0.2em 1.0em;color:#009200">Noah Talk 21:18, 7 May 2020 (UTC)
 * no worries. I'm still furloughed so I have plenty of time. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 21:21, 7 May 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Effects of Hurricane Dorian in the Caribbean
The article Effects of Hurricane Dorian in the Caribbean you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Effects of Hurricane Dorian in the Caribbean for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Hurricane Noah -- Hurricane Noah (talk) 16:41, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

WikiCup 2020 May newsletter
The second round of the 2020 WikiCup has now finished. It was a high-scoring round and contestants needed 75 points to advance to round 3. There were some very impressive efforts in round 2, with the top ten contestants all scoring more than 500 points. A large number of the points came from the 12 featured articles and the 186 good articles achieved in total by contestants, and the 355 good article reviews they performed; the GAN backlog drive and the stay-at-home imperative during the COVID-19 pandemic may have been partially responsible for these impressive figures.

Our top scorers in round 2 were:


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Cyclone Amphan
Hey there, I appreciate your editing in cyclone Amphan's article,but the current model of ECMWF or European Centre for Middium range Weather Forcast showing that the current pressure of the storm is 913 hpa or milibar and IMD also published their bulletin that the strom has a wind speed of 250 Km/h with gusting to 275 Km/h. Please follow the IMD and other weather model's before editing this page, thank you, have a nice day. Tanmoyee Ghosh (talk) 02:04, 19 May 2020 (UTC)

Please reply
Why did you remove the short stature from the 2019 season? Vala kals (talk) 20:34, 26 May 2020 (UTC)
 * we shouldn't be using small fonts in the infobox per MOS:SMALLFONT ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 20:41, 26 May 2020 (UTC)

Please reply
It used the Small font in the 2007 Northern Indian Ocean cyclone season. Vala kals (talk) 20:46, 26 May 2020 (UTC)

In the news question
Hi there! I saw you posted the Death of George Floyd to In The News. Thank you for your moderation work! You said, "As always, continued civil discussion on the topic is welcome." Should I post my discussion in a bullet point below your "posted" notice (chronologically) or before it, to keep your posting notice as the last thing in the conversation? —Shrinkydinks (talk) 05:40, 28 May 2020 (UTC)
 * you can post it below that notice. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 05:41, 28 May 2020 (UTC)
 * I see now! By writing "post-posting support". Will do. Thank you! —Shrinkydinks (talk) 05:42, 28 May 2020 (UTC)

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Florence
Im sad to see that you withdrew your FAC, but I understand. <span style="white-space:nowrap;text-shadow:#009200 0.3em 0.4em 1.0em,#009200 -0.2em -0.2em 1.0em;color:#009200">Noah Talk 21:30, 3 June 2020 (UTC)

Precious anniversary
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Splitting dates between tornadoes
I am currently engaged in a bit of a dispute with a new member on the subject of splitting dates between tornadoes. The person in question prefers to split dates based solely on UTC standard time without accounting for local DST. As far as I know, dates are split based on the local time, even though the tables list UTC. Maybe you could help clarify the dispute between us to prevent possible edit wars. CapeVerdeWave (talk) 10:22, 9 June 2020 (UTC)
 * WP:Severe uses Central Time as the primary time zone when splitting days for the sake of simplicity. This is the main region tornadoes occur in. CDT/CST is used for the dates to minimize the disparity in dates; the maximum offset from the actual day is 2 hours (Pacific time) rather than the 7 hours that would be seen if we used UTC dates. UTC time is used to have consistent times so we're not jumping back and forth with multiple tornadoes or even crossing time zones. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 17:51, 9 June 2020 (UTC)


 * I want to personally apoligize for my role in this dispute. My issue with time wasn't so much with the difference between the UTC and DST, which is a point I totally agreed with. However, I go with only the officially published data and right now, I'm using that data to expand or create multiple pages (see here). So if I see something that conficts with the main articles, I'm going to try and line that up with the main article so as to not confuse readers. For example, the 1965 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak is going to need a MAJOR overhaul as all the tornadoes need ratings and the death toll listed is wrong. I plan to help improving it.

In addition, CapeVerde has been an absolute lifesaver when it comes to my new articles. The damage reports he has put in has saved me the hassle of making assumptions and inferences regarding the tornadoes in them. While I don't agree with everything he does, I'm grateful for the help he has provided me and hope this dispute doesn't drive a wedge between us. ChessEric (talk) 18:47, 9 June 2020 (UTC)
 * CVW is one of the best so you'll definitely learn some great things from him . ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 18:53, 9 June 2020 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2020 July newsletter
The third round of the 2020 WikiCup has now come to an end. The 16 users who made it into the fourth round each had at least 353 points (compared to 68 in 2019). It was a highly competitive round, and a number of contestants were eliminated who would have moved on in earlier years. Our top scorers in round 3 were:


 * Epicgenius, with one featured article, 28 good articles and 17 DYKs, amassing 1836 points
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Between them, contestants managed 14 featured articles, 9 featured lists, 3 featured pictures, 152 good articles, 136 DYK entries, 55 ITN entries, 65 featured article candidate reviews and 221 good article reviews. Additionally, 🇩🇰 MPJ-DK added 3 items to featured topics and 44 to good topics. Over the course of the competition, contestants have completed 710 good article reviews, in comparison to 387 good articles submitted for review and promoted. These large numbers are probably linked to a GAN backlog drive in April and May, and the changed patterns of editing during the COVID-19 pandemic. As we enter the fourth round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met. Please also remember that all submissions must meet core Wikipedia policies, regardless of the review process.

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Tornado emergencies page
Someone has stated the sorting does not work on the List of United States tornado emergencies. Can you help me figure out what is wrong...actually I just realized its because I took all the sorts out. Can you help me put them back one?ChessEric (talk) 02:34, 13 July 2020 (UTC)

Date in citation
I have noticed that NCEI's Storm Events Database updates monthly, so the date must reflect the latest change(s). Therefore, I am looking at one of the templates for the current date, preferably displaying only the month and year (in the following format: the name of the month + YYYY, e.g., July 2020). I would then like to insert the appropriate template, including appropriate substitution, in the "date" section of the following link:

CapeVerdeWave (talk) 15:08, 21 July 2020 (UTC)

Progress and issues
Hey everyone!

Before I get into anything, I just want to thank everyone here, especially those who have helped shape my editing style in the 4 months I've been here. It seems like forever ago since I joined to help with organizing the 2020 Easter tornado outbreak. Since then, I've made several new articles, fixed or revamped hundreds of others, and made thousands of edits. Sometimes, it even feels like I'm doing any edits, but in reality I'm just editing a lot every day. The improvements that we have made as a result are fantastic. I couldn't have done this without all of your help and sacrifice and while I may have pissed some of you guys off, I can say with confidence that I have become a part of this awesome family we have here.

That being said there is still so much to be done. As part of the expansion, reorganization, and overhaul of the older main tornado pages back to 1950, I've planned, started, and completed several new outbreak articles along with User:CapeVerdeWave and User:Halls4521. Some of these articles have been started in my user page, but most are still waiting to be created and are currently only displayed in the List of North American tornadoes and tornado outbreaks. I need a lot more help with this as my plate is very full with me already working on fixing the main tornado pages during 1961-1965.

Speaking of the tornado outbreak page, someone recently expressed there concern about the list. While each section on the list is to have an article, I did agree with them about one thing: the list is incredibly long and I think it is time to split it up. I had originally thought about doing it by centuries, but in writing this, I think it would better fit under Pre-1900, 1900-1949, 1950-1999, and 2000-present. Thoughts on this would be appreciated.

One last thing. I didn't know how the sort command worked when I first got here and messed up some of the tables because of it. Can someone help me fix them.

Anyway, thanks for reading this everyone and I hope you have a good night.ChessEric (talk) 05:38, 24 July 2020 (UTC)

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Enhanced risk for Isaias
The enhanced risk issued for Tropical Storm Isaias was rare since tropical cyclones don't trigger them all that often, so I was wondering if there was anyway we could incorporate that into the article.ChessEric (talk) 03:43, 7 August 2020 (UTC)
 * without a source specifically stating that, we can't include it. Enhanced risk has only been around for a few years anyway so I don't think we can really say how common or uncommon it is with a landfalling TC. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 04:27, 7 August 2020 (UTC)

2018 Pacific hurricane season
Hey, just wanted to let you know that we are getting close to having to a featured topic! Cooper is working on the timeline currently and I am rewriting four articles for A-class as well. <span style="white-space:nowrap;text-shadow:#009200 0.3em 0.4em 1.0em,#009200 -0.2em -0.2em 1.0em;color:#009200">Noah Talk 22:48, 8 August 2020 (UTC)

Happy Adminship Anniversary!
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Michael...
I have created Meteorological history of Hurricane Michael as the first of two sub-articles for Michael. <span style="white-space:nowrap;text-shadow:#009200 0.3em 0.4em 1.0em,#009200 -0.2em -0.2em 1.0em;color:#009200">Noah Talk 23:55, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

Small font size in infoboxes?
Well, since you undo-ed my edit, I have a question to ask you: Can a small font size be included in infoboxes, which I just added that code there in Hurricane Wilma for that record to slightly reduce the infobox height by reducing that font size (and unwrap into one line text)? -- Allen (talk / ctrb) 08:56, 21 August 2020 (UTC)

Congrats!
I didn't even know that you became an admin! Congratulations and thanks for helping get off on the right foot on Wikipedia! I've received to barnstars in two days!ChessEric (talk) 02:12, 27 August 2020 (UTC)
 * I've been one for just over 5 years now lol but I appreciate the sentiment. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 02:47, 27 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Oh...LOL! Also, sorry about the clumsy looking radar loop in the Hurricane Laura article. I didn't realize that the radar had gone down and fell asleep while waiting for radar to update. I really like to add radar loop landfall, but is it just too bad to put anywhere?ChessEric (talk) 18:28, 27 August 2020 (UTC)
 * the radar loop was fine, a little longer before the data drop would be good tho. I was just cutting down on the clutter, that table is annoyingly large. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 18:30, 27 August 2020 (UTC)
 * O ok. Gotcha.ChessEric (talk) 20:18, 27 August 2020 (UTC)

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Hurricane Laura
Why is the wind speed from a hurricane from 1856 allowed on Hurricane Laura but not one from 1961 allowed on hurricane Patricia?--Fruitloop11 (talk) 22:28, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
 * The Atlantic hurricane database has been subject to reanalysis and quality checks, so records as far back as 1851--especially for landfalling hurricanes--are considered reliable. The Western Pacific, however, has seen no such quality checking and is riddled with errors especially during the early years of reconnaissance from the 1940s to 1960s. The issue is elaborated on at Meteorological history of Hurricane Patricia while the main article specifies that it has the highest reliably measured sustained winds. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 22:49, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Ok I understand, but Nancy should at least be mentioned in the article even if its just in see also. There is always a chance the wind speed reading could have been correct. The article completely ignores its existence--Fruitloop11 (talk) 23:02, 31 August 2020 (UTC)

WikiCup 2020 September newsletter
The fourth round of the competition has finished, with 865 points being required to qualify for the final round, nearly twice as many points as last year. It was a hotly competitive round with two contestants with 598 and 605 points being eliminated, and all but two of the contestants who reached the final round having achieved an FA during the round. The highest scorers were


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In regards to subtropical or tropical classification of the 1952 Groundhog Day storm.
I was reading through the edit history of the article when I noticed that you said the system was classified as a TS in HURDAT and would be regarded as such. However, HURDAT does not include subtropical cyclones prior to the 1970s. I thought this is something you should consider when saying HURDAT's classification is final.

Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by 8medalkid (talk • contribs) 04:07, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

Walaka
I am almost done rewriting Walaka (largely met and watches/warnings) to fix numerous issues that existed and to expand it. The GAN was passed prematurely when I was a new user so lots of problems are present in the live version. Once I publish the reboot and get it checked over, would you be willing to co-nominate it? I know you have worked tirelessly on many of the Category 5 storms and added the impact for this one. This is the last of the 2018 EPAC Category 5s. <span style="white-space:nowrap;text-shadow:#009200 0.3em 0.4em 1.0em,#009200 -0.2em -0.2em 1.0em;color:#009200">Noah Talk 01:48, 9 September 2020 (UTC)
 * If there are any changes you would like to make, please feel free to do so. <span style="white-space:nowrap;text-shadow:#009200 0.3em 0.4em 1.0em,#009200 -0.2em -0.2em 1.0em;color:#009200">Noah Talk 13:52, 9 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I hope you are okay with the article having more met history given the minimal impact. It was barely over 1000 words before I added more to it. The non-traditional format was just something I had discussed with Hink and was simply an experiment for storms with minimal impacts. There really aren't too many storms to use it on anyways as most have enough impact. <span style="white-space:nowrap;text-shadow:#009200 0.3em 0.4em 1.0em,#009200 -0.2em -0.2em 1.0em;color:#009200">Noah Talk 01:56, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

Bertha damage
Continued from IosifDzhugashvilli's talk page...

I wouldn't mind doing it your way, the problem is as I said before Aon has been the standard source not just this season but in most previous seasons. If we change the standard for one storm then we need to do it with all storms, otherwise the numbers become meaningless. The standard needs to remain consistent for the numbers to have any meaning, especially for comparison purposes. From what I researched, wikipedia doesn't mention any specifics when it comes to damage reporting and since we've been using Aon for all other storms so far this season why not keep the consistency for Bertha as well? Hurricane21 (talk) 04:44, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Ideally yes, there should be uniformity. For billion-dollar storms in the US, we default to NOAA's list. Isaac and Laura should be added to that within a few months. Globally, there's no real centralized database that makes this easy so total economic losses are defaulted to. I proposed adding a modifier that specifies total economic losses to templates years ago but nothing came of it. It's a bit chaotic trying to clearly convey damage values when things that aren't damage are being conveyed as such. It's a pervasive issue for typhoons in China as the government generally reports total economic losses but they're always added here as damage. I'm not as active as I used to be (13+ years here will drain you), and my views on how to convey information have changed, so I'm not as on top of it these days. I really do appreciate your thoroughness with sourcing though. It's much needed with how much information floods WP:WPTC. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 04:54, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
 * So then we're agreed to go with Aon for now? Also we can update all the sources again later this season after NHC releases all their storm reports for the season.  That way we'll use a more official source and keep the values consistent.Hurricane21 (talk) 05:01, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
 * for the US, use AON until NOAA sources are available (NCEI reports usually come 3-4 months after the fact). If possible, find sources that give damage values from other countries (like what we have for Nana). Otherwise yeah, we have to default to AON to give something. But it needs to be stated as total economic losses, not damage. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 05:05, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Roger that, I'll update everything again at the end of the season when NHC NOAA release their reports. Thanks for the info, I'm pretty new to all this, literally my first month of editing wikipedia so I'm still learning the ropes. Hurricane21 (talk) 05:13, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Cyclonebiskit, what was the source about Bertha's damage of $133,000 from? ~ Destroyeraa 🌀 15:37, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
 * AON usually overdoes the damage for storms. For example, AON estimated Dorian's damage as $8.4 billion, whereas only around $5 billion damage occurred per NHC. ~ Destroyeraa 🌀 15:39, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Bertha's damage was from NCEI. Regarding Dorian, the damage totals we have are from the Bahamian government ($3.4b) and NOAA ($1.6b). ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 16:11, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Since NCEI is a a government organization, I;ll trust the NCEI. Reverting. ~ Destroyeraa 🌀 16:13, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I went back and compared Aon numbers to NHC numbers for a bunch of different past storms and for the majority of cases they were similar. In a few cases like Dorian Aon overestimated the costs but there was at least 1 instance where Aon underestimated compared to NHC.  In either case the over/underestimation was not huge.  That NCEI source doesn't seem reliable at all.  For example if you do a search for Hurricane Michael damages in Florida you get around $6 billion in damages while NHC reported over $18 billion for the same state.  If you do a search for Hurricane Florence damages in North Carolina you get around $2 billion in damages while NHC reported over $22 billion for the same state.  NCEI either doesn't consider all types of damages or is incomplete.  Aon is much more reliable and closer to the NHC numbers.  Besides I was planning to update everything once the NHC reports come out at the end of the season but I wanted to keep everything consistent until then.  Why constantly go back and forth over this small issue?  Just use the same source until NHC reports come out. Hurricane21 (talk) 16:42, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
 * A few more examples, NCEI damage report for Hurricane Irma in Florida was $4 billion while NHC was at least $40 billion (lowest estimate). NCEI damage report for Hurricane Harvey in Texas was $50 billion while NHC's was over $100 billion.  NCEI's damage report for Tropical Storm Emily in Florida was $1.5 million while NHC's was $10 million.  As you can see, NCEI always significantly underestimates the actual cost usually by a factor of 10.  You don't see this much difference in Aon numbers compared to NHC numbers.  Hopefully I made my case why we should stick with Aon.  Are we agreed on this now?  Hurricane21 (talk) 17:15, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

I would usually stick to government websites for now. However, Bertha likely didn't cause much damage; it was only a tornado and some rain. IMO, $200 million is too much damage for a weak and small storm. For storms like Fay, Isaias, Laura (AON's estimate is probably pretty close), and Marco, those estimates are at least reasonable. Bertha caused as much damage as Arthur (which NCEI estimates $112,000). We can keep the AON estimates for the rest of the storms, it's just that I have a problem with the estimate with Bertha.~ Destroyeraa 🌀 17:30, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Ok then we'll do it your way until NHC reports come out later. I agree with you that $200 million did seem a bit much but $133,000 is also significantly underestimating it in my opinion.  By the way if we go with the $133,000 number wouldn't it be better to just write "Minimal" like with the rest of the low cost storms?  Anyways if you want to go with the $133,000 number for now then please update the total cost for the season and other Bertha cost references in the article.  Thanks. Hurricane21 (talk) 17:37, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

Hurricane Michael
Hello Cyclonebiskit, could you help dealing with Kerusso00, who keeps on changing C2 to C3 without listening to us. --219.78.191.14 (talk) 06:51, 17 September 2020 (UTC)

Hurricane Teddy
Yesterday, I asked for a speedy deletion of Hurricane Teddy so that the draft could be moved to mainstream. However, this hasn't happened and its a day later. Please help!ChessEric (talk) 15:20, 19 September 2020 (UTC)
 * looks like it was taken care of already? ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 00:50, 20 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Yeah. Must've have happened after I messaged you. LOL!ChessEric (talk) 02:09, 20 September 2020 (UTC)

Usman
Hey, would you be willing to help out with fixing up Usman? I don't know what happened to Typhoon, but I don't want to see such an important storm go down in flames. I think I pretty well reviewed the met for its issues, but a lot of the impact needs fixed along the lines you mentioned. <span style="white-space:nowrap;text-shadow:#009200 0.3em 0.4em 1.0em,#009200 -0.2em -0.2em 1.0em;color:#009200">Noah Talk 01:13, 22 September 2020 (UTC)
 * It needs a lot of work and research still, the impact and aftermath sections need significant expansion. I don't often have the energy for that kind of work these days, my job is physically draining. At this point with the author MIA the article should be failed, can't keep the nomination open indefinitely if there's no response. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 03:17, 22 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Okay... I failed it (sadly). I opened a peer review for 2018 PHS to try and gather opinions from at least a few editors on the article so it can be better prepared for FAC. I don't know if the editors I originally pinged are able to respond. It is a behemoth article so that's why I want to make sure it is fully prepared. Would you possibly have time to look over it (gradually) during the next couple of months? <span style="white-space:nowrap;text-shadow:#009200 0.3em 0.4em 1.0em,#009200 -0.2em -0.2em 1.0em;color:#009200">Noah Talk 20:05, 22 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Also, was I right in opening Featured_topic_candidates/Off-season_Atlantic_hurricanes/addition5 after delisting the article? I know additions need noms... not sure on removals. <span style="white-space:nowrap;text-shadow:#009200 0.3em 0.4em 1.0em,#009200 -0.2em -0.2em 1.0em;color:#009200">Noah Talk 20:57, 22 September 2020 (UTC)

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My edit
I was simply going by the article on Cyclone Numa which stated that it originated from Rina's remnants.

"On 11 November, the remnants of Tropical Storm Rina spawned another extratropical low west of the British Isles, which absorbed Rina's remnant on 12 November." GhostOfDanGurney (talk) 20:20, 28 September 2020 (UTC)


 * The official report on Rina states that it dissipated over the North Atlantic. It seems like information in the article on Numa violates WP:Original research as it goes off surface analyses which have to be interpreted by the viewer. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 20:25, 28 September 2020 (UTC)

Typhoon Ma-on (2004)
Hi! Can i copy the contents of your Sandbox into the article? Thanks! I will request some copyediting of that, though.  SMB9 9thx   my edits  13:26, 4 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Okay then. I'll copy it myself.  SMB9 9thx   my edits  04:12, 7 October 2020 (UTC)
 * completely forgot to reply, sorry. The bullet pointed summaries just need to be reworked into the prose and it should be good to go. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 04:16, 7 October 2020 (UTC)

Edit warring
I'll try to stop, but is continuing it on the season article. Plus, an edit summary of "flawed logic" doesn't work out. The user does not seem inclined to discuss on the talk page, evident on the season and Delta's article. In addition, the user seems to be following around reverting my edits. Again, I won't revert on the season article, and I hope this gets sorted out (we did have a discussion after all but it got stale, so the image returns to the one before the edit warring). ~ Destroyeraa 🌀 22:41, 19 October 2020 (UTC)

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Typhoon Gay (1989) scheduled for TFA
This is to let you know that Typhoon Gay (1989) has been scheduled as WP:TFA for 1 November 2020. Please check that the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Today's featured article/November 1, 2020. Thanks! Ealdgyth (talk) 18:42, 23 October 2020 (UTC)

Thank you today for the article, about "one of the worst tropical cyclones to strike Thailand on record. Its unusual origin an unprecedented intensification within the Gulf of Thailand caught hundreds of vessels off-guard, leading to tragic loss of life. Its unprecedented intensity in the region led to immense damage onshore as well, with tens of thousands of buildings damaged or destroyed and nearly 600 lives lost. The storm's trail of damage continued into India where a further 69 people were killed. All told, the typhoon was responsible for nearly 1,000 fatalities and ranks as one of the worst natural disasters in Thailand's history."! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:45, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

Hurricane Alex (2016) scheduled for TFA
This is to let you know that Hurricane Alex (2016) has been scheduled as WP:TFA for 28 November 2020. Please check that the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Today's featured article/November 28, 2020. Thanks! Ealdgyth (talk) 15:29, 24 October 2020 (UTC)
 * any chance we can move it to January 14 for the 5th anniversary of it reaching hurricane intensity? ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 01:54, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
 * I've changed it out for Hurricane Lane (2018), but I suggest putting any anniversary articles you want to have a chance at reserving up on Today's featured article/requests/pending. Never hurts to put them on Featured articles that haven't been on the Main Page/Date connection either. --Ealdgyth (talk) 14:58, 25 October 2020 (UTC)

Saudel
I am in your side for retaining Saudel's peak strength as a cat1 (80kts). However as per the user who 'claimed' that Saudel was a cat2 stating that JTWC stated it had winds of 85kts, I have found out that this showed Saudel at 85kts as a cat2. It may be confusing when the warnings and track files may or may not be in synced. Post-analysis would most likely to be shown as a cat2 anyway. Typhoon2013 (talk) 07:52, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
 * The operational peak was 85 kt but it looks like they quickly rescinded that. It's easier to deal with conflicts like this in the WPac since the JTWC openly publishes their operational best track in advisories via JMV 3.0 (whereas the NHC has it "hidden" away in an ftp page). ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 07:55, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2020 November newsletter
The 2020 WikiCup has come to an end, with the final round going down to the wire. Our new Champion is, the runner-up last year, who was closely followed by. In the final round, Lee achieved 4 FAs and 30 GAs, mostly on cue sport topics, while Gog achieved 3 FAs and 15 GAs, mostly on important battles and wars, which earned him a high number of bonus points. was in third place with 4 FAs and 8 GAs on football topics, with close behind with 19 GAs and 16 DYK's, his interest being the buildings of New York.

The other finalists were, , and. The final round was very productive, and besides 15 FAs, contestants achieved 75 FAC reviews, 88 GAs and 108 GAN reviews. Altogether, Wikipedia has benefited greatly from the activities of WikiCup competitors all through the contest. Well done everyone!

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 * wins the featured article prize, for a total of 14 FAs during the course of the competition.
 * win the featured list prize, for 5 FLs in round 4.
 * wins the featured picture prize, for 3 FPs in round 3 and 5 overall.
 * wins the featured article reviewer prize, for 23 FAC reviews in round 5.
 * wins the good article prize, for 45 GAs in round 2 and 113 overall.
 * wins the topic prize, for 33 articles in good topics in round 2.
 * wins the good article reviewer prize, for 100 good article reviews in round 2.
 * wins the DYK prize, for 22 Did you know articles in round 4 and 94 overall.
 * wins the ITN prize, for 63 In the news articles in round 4 and 136 overall.

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Eta and invest numbers
Just a quick question since I will NOT start an edit war over this. LOL! Anyway, past tropical cyclone pages have some times included invest numbers and I was following that trend. I thought it was important to mention, but what you said make sense. However, what does that mean for the older articles?ChessEric (talk · contribs) 21:46, 3 November 2020 (UTC)
 * They should be removed from other articles as well, there's no value in having them. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 21:48, 3 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Okay. Gotcha.ChessEric (talk · contribs) 21:52, 3 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Can it stay in this article? Sorry if it seems like a stupid question, but I think it would make sense here since its part of the meteorological history of the Laura.ChessEric (talk · contribs) 22:05, 3 November 2020 (UTC)
 * No, it shouldn't stay. Invest numbers are repeated every 10 invests and they serve no purpose to the average reader. The NHC makes no public mention of them either. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 22:13, 3 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Alright. I understand.ChessEric (talk · contribs) 22:38, 3 November 2020 (UTC)

IP block request
Block this IP for vandalism 2601:644:8202:7E9D:1F5:8775:1AA0:B123 Janm 7 (talk) 19:03, 5 November 2020 (UTC)
 * please take vandalism reports to WP:AIV if you believe a block is warranted. I'm only available a few hours a day most days so I can't respond to questions/comments promptly. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 03:57, 6 November 2020 (UTC)

Your sandboxes
While you're away, I'm sending this message so letting you know.

Just recently, I decided to publish a sandbox of yours, User:Cyclonebiskit/sandbox1 into Tropical Storm Nakri (2014). I believe Nakri is worth an article, and in preparation to publish that article, I copied the MH from the season article into that article then published it. Now, I'm considering to publish User:Cyclonebiskit/Sandbox and User:Cyclonebiskit/sandbox. But I want to ask, can you let me move them into articles 1938 Mexico hurricane and Cyclone Aivu? I'll work to convert the links in these articles into a cited proses soon before or after publishing.  SMB9 9thx   my edits  06:27, 11 November 2020 (UTC)
 * I decided to publish Cyclone Aivu anyway because I know that it is pretty ready, though not perfect. Not sure for 1938 Mexico hurricane. Again, I will work to convert these links into proses when I have time.  SMB9 9thx   my edits!  08:05, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
 * I'd rather you not go through my sandboxes and publish them. I've kept them unpublished for a reason. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 19:05, 1 December 2020 (UTC)

umm
why did you completely remove the article i made? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nioni1234 (talk • contribs) 12:09, 20 November 2020 (UTC)

2018 articles
Hey, I was just wondering, would you be able to take the Meteorological history of Hurricane Florence to FAC? I think it is a pretty good article. Hink and I will definitely have a lot of work ahead of us in 2021 for the 2018 FT. I plan to do smaller articles between now and the end of the spring semester. I will tackle Michael during the summer. <span style="white-space:nowrap;text-shadow:#009200 0.3em 0.4em 1.0em,#009200 -0.2em -0.2em 1.0em;color:#009200">Noah Talk 14:13, 20 November 2020 (UTC)
 * I've been drained from work lately, holiday rush in full swing, and don't have the energy to commit to a long-term assessment. Maybe at a later point. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 20:36, 23 November 2020 (UTC)
 * That's understandable... I finished my rewrite of Hurricane Bud (2018). I honestly found a lot more than I ever expected to. <span style="white-space:nowrap;text-shadow:#009200 0.3em 0.4em 1.0em,#009200 -0.2em -0.2em 1.0em;color:#009200">Noah Talk 03:32, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

2020 Season Tracks Image
Hey, just wanted to mention that you had missed the part of ET portion of Theta's track in the image with all of the 2020 storm tracks in it. No rush to fix it, just thought I'd mention it. DarkSide830 (talk) 15:57, 22 November 2020 (UTC)
 * updated the map, thanks for letting me know. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 20:35, 23 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Hey, thanks to you for making the map. You do a good job on it. DarkSide830 (talk) 01:05, 25 November 2020 (UTC)

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DYK for Cyclone Gati
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I hope you don't mind
I moved the effects of hurricane eta in honduras article to my userspace, I hope you don't mind. I did this because, in case the page gets a significant expansion, it's a lot easier for us to just move from my userspace to mainspace rather then have to remake the entire article. --Hurricane Tracker 495 17:42, 25 December 2020 (UTC)

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2018 PHS Timeline
I really appreciate the work you are doing for the 2018 PHS timeline. I reworked Bud massively (since it was definitely needed) and now am trying to do Olivia since it has problems with its met and really wasn't expanded to its full potential. There may be enough for a decently long article. After it is done, I will need to update the season article again. I found some damage/aftermath that will have to be added into Lane too. <span style="white-space:nowrap;text-shadow:#009200 0.3em 0.4em 1.0em,#009200 -0.2em -0.2em 1.0em;color:#009200">Noah Talk 22:26, 28 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Doing what I can here and there, honestly forgot how time consuming putting together these timelines can be. I'm surprised there's more for Lane, bit disappointed I didn't get everything. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 20:35, 1 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Oh... The initial damage was discussed a while ago, but the repair news came out on May 11 or 12 I believe. It is something in relation to both Lane and Olivia. I feel like Olivia will end up with a decent sized article though. It was more severe than I expected. <span style="white-space:nowrap;text-shadow:#009200 0.3em 0.4em 1.0em,#009200 -0.2em -0.2em 1.0em;color:#009200">Noah Talk 21:22, 1 January 2021 (UTC)

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Weather channel names for winter storms
Can you provide some feedback about this topic please? I don't want to alienate myself with misconstrued thinking.ChessEric (talk · contribs) 20:02, 12 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Convention is for TWC to be briefly mentioned for the sake of coverage but not used as an actual name for the system or article. We follow NWS conventions which stand against TWC names. Refer to January 2016 United States blizzard for how to handle alternate names for winter storms. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 03:38, 13 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Okay. Thank you.ChessEric (talk · contribs) 03:44, 13 February 2021 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2021 March newsletter
Round 1 of the competition has finished; it was a high-scoring round with 21 contestants scoring more than 100 points. Everyone with a positive score moves on to Round 2, with 55 contestants qualifying. You will need to finish among the top thirty-two contestants in Round 2 if you are to qualify for Round 3. Our top scorers in Round 1 were:


 * Epicgenius led the field with a featured article, nine good articles and an assortment of other submissions, specialising on buildings and locations in New York, for a total of 945 points.
 * Bloom6132 was close behind with 896 points, largely gained from 71 "In the news" items, mostly recent deaths.
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ImaginesTigers, who has been editing Wikipedia for less than a year, was in third place with 711 points, much helped by bringing League of Legends to featured article status, exemplifying how bonus points can boost a contestant's score.
 * 🇷🇼 Amakuru came next with 708 points, Kigali being another featured article that scored maximum bonus points.
 * Flag of the United Nations.svg Ktin, new to the WikiCup, was in fifth place with 523 points, garnered from 15 DYKs and 34 "In the news" items.
 * 🇧🇼 The Rambling Man scored 511 points, many from featured article candidate reviews and from football related DYKs.
 * Standard of Oliver Cromwell (1653–1659).svg Gog the Mild, last year's runner-up, came next with 498 points, from a featured article and numerous featured article candidate reviews.
 * Bennington Flag.svg Hog Farm, at 452, scored for a featured article, four good articles and a number of reviews.
 * 🇺🇸 Le Panini, another newcomer to the WikiCup, scored 438 for a featured article and three good articles.
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lee Vilenski, last year's champion, scored 332 points, from a featured article and various other sport-related topics.

These contestants, like all the others, now have to start again from scratch. In Round 1, contestants achieved eight featured articles, three featured lists and one featured picture, as well as around two hundred DYKs and twenty-seven ITNs. They completed 97 good article reviews, nearly double the 52 good articles they claimed. Contestants also claimed for 135 featured article and featured list candidate reviews. There is no longer a requirement to mention your WikiCup participation when undertaking these reviews.

Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. 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. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is a good article candidate, a featured process, or something else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews.

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Query for you on WT:VG
Since you might not be checking your pings too often right now, you might want to take a look at WT:VG. --Izno (talk) 20:31, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

Problems are really piling up. Since you are familiar with the sources, you might help us with those verification problems. Milky · Defer  >Please ping me while replying to me... 18:29, 17 March 2021 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2021 May newsletter
The second round of the 2021 WikiCup has now finished; it was a high-scoring round and contestants needed 61 points to advance to Round 3. There were some impressive efforts in the round, with the top eight contestants all scoring more than 400 points. A large number of the points came from the 12 featured articles and the 110 good articles achieved in total by contestants, as well as the 216 good article reviews they performed; the GAN backlog drive and the stay-at-home imperative during the COVID-19 pandemic may have been partially responsible for these impressive figures.

Our top scorers in Round 2 were:


 * 🇧🇼 The Rambling Man, with 2963 points from three featured articles, 20 featured article reviews, 37 good articles, 73 good article reviews, as well as 22 DYKs.
 * Epicgenius, with 1718 points from one featured article, 29 good articles, 16 DYKs and plenty of bonus points.
 * Bloom6132, with 990 points from 13 DYKs and 64 "In the news" items, mostly recent deaths.
 * Bennington Flag.svg Hog Farm, with 834 points from two featured articles, five good articles, 14 featured article reviews and 15 good article reviews.
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 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lee Vilenski, with 501 points from one featured article, three good articles, six featured article reviews and 25 good article reviews.
 * Transgender Pride flag.svg Sammi Brie, with 485 points from four good articles, eight good article reviews and 27 DYKs, on US radio and television stations.
 * Flag of the United Nations.svg Ktin, with 436 points from four good articles, seven DYKs and 11 "In the news" items.

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Cyclone Inigo Good Article Reassessment
Cyclone Inigo, an article that you or your project may be interested in, has been nominated for an individual good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. --Whiteguru (talk) 11:30, 22 May 2021 (UTC)

Precious anniversary
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Nomination of Xerneas and Yveltal for deletion
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 * I took care of it, thanks for the reminder (even if it's automated :P) ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 00:26, 30 June 2021 (UTC)

WikiCup 2021 July newsletter
The third round of the 2021 WikiCup has now come to an end. Each of the sixteen contestants who made it into the fourth round had at least 294 points, and our top six scorers all had over 600 points. They were:


 * 🇧🇼 The Rambling Man, with 1825 points from 3 featured articles, 44 featured article reviews, 14 good articles, 30 good article reviews and 10 DYKs. In addition, he completed a 34-article good topic on the EFL Championship play-offs.
 * Epicgenius, a New York specialist, with 1083 points from 2 featured article reviews, 18 good articles, 30 DYKs and plenty of bonus points.
 * Bloom6132, with 869 points from 11 DYKs, all with bonus points, and 54 "In the news" items, mostly covering people who had recently died.
 * Standard of Oliver Cromwell (1653–1659).svg Gog the Mild, with 817 points from 3 featured articles on historic battles in Europe, 5 featured article reviews and 3 good articles.
 * Bennington Flag.svg Hog Farm, with 659 points from 2 featured articles and 2 good articles on American Civil War battles, 18 featured article reviews, 2 good articles, 6 good article reviews and 4 DYKs.
 * ICS Zulu.svg BennyOnTheLoose, a snooker specialist and new to the Cup, with 647 points from a featured article, 2 featured article reviews, 6 good articles, 6 good article reviews and 3 DYKs.

In round three, contestants achieved 19 featured articles, 7 featured lists, 106 featured article reviews, 72 good articles, 1 good topic, 62 good article reviews, 165 DYKs and 96 ITN items. We enter the fourth round with scores reset to zero; any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them (one contestant in round 3 lost out because of this). When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Judges: Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:29, 2 July 2021 (UTC)

1959 Pacific hurricane season
Hi Cyclonebiskit. I noticed that in the track you created for the 1959 Pacific hurricane season, the track for Hurricane Fifteen (the mexico hurricane) is incorrect. The season track shows the hurricane becoming a c5 before rapidly weakening over land. I just checked the article and where the category 5 dots and that tropical storm dot are, it is supposed to be a category 1 dot, a tropical storm dot, and then a depression. I think there is also an error with Patsy's track. 🌀 AwesomeHurricaneBoss 🌀 10:31, 4 July 2021 (UTC)
 * The season map hasn't been updated since the reanalysis was published. I'll get on that. Thanks for the heads up. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 18:42, 4 July 2021 (UTC)
 * K, thanks! 🌀 AwesomeHurricaneBoss 🌀 22:36, 5 July 2021 (UTC)

Cyclone Gita
Thank you for the work you have done for Gita. I look forward to seeing the finished article! <span style="white-space:nowrap;text-shadow:#009200 0.3em 0.4em 1.0em,#009200 -0.2em -0.2em 1.0em;color:#009200">Noah Talk 19:11, 7 July 2021 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Meteorological history of Hurricane Iota
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Meteorological history of Hurricane Iota you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Some Dude From North Carolina -- Some Dude From North Carolina (talk) 20:41, 19 July 2021 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Meteorological history of Hurricane Iota
The article Meteorological history of Hurricane Iota you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold. The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Meteorological history of Hurricane Iota for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Some Dude From North Carolina -- Some Dude From North Carolina (talk) 03:41, 21 July 2021 (UTC)

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Your GA nomination of Meteorological history of Hurricane Iota
The article Meteorological history of Hurricane Iota you nominated as a good article has failed ; see Talk:Meteorological history of Hurricane Iota for reasons why the nomination failed. If or when these points have been taken care of, you may apply for a new nomination of the article. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Some Dude From North Carolina -- Some Dude From North Carolina (talk) 01:21, 4 August 2021 (UTC)

Happy Adminship Anniversary!
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WikiCup 2021 September newsletter
The fourth round of the competition has finished with over 500 points being required to qualify for the final round. It was a hotly competitive round with two contestants, 🇧🇼 The Rambling Man and Epicgenius, each scoring over 3000 points, and six contestants scoring over 1000. All but one of the finalists achieved one or more FAs during the round, the exception being Bloom6132 who demonstrated that 61 "in the news" items produces an impressive number of points. Other contestants who made it to the final are Gog the Mild, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lee Vilenski,  BennyOnTheLoose, 🇷🇼 Amakuru and  Hog Farm. However, all their points are now swept away and everyone starts afresh in the final round.

Round 4 saw the achievement of 18 featured articles and 157 good articles. Bilorv scored for a 25-article good topic on Black Mirror but narrowly missed out on qualifying for the final round. There was enthusiasm for FARs, with 89 being performed, and there were 63 GARs and around 100 DYKs during the round. As we start round 5, we say goodbye to the eight competitors who didn't quite make it to the final round; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia, and we hope you will join us again next year. For other contestants, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them.

If you are concerned that your nomination, whether it be for a good article, a featured process, or anything else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). 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. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:01, 2 September 2021 (UTC)

Requesting some article expansion help
Greetings,

Previously you seem to have worked on the article 2015–16 New Year's Eve sexual assaults in Germany, an article draft on similar incidence in Pakistan needs edit help.

Requesting your visit to article Draft:2021 Minar-e-Pakistan mass sexual assault and help in expanding and improving the article with copy edits.

Thanks and warm regards

&#32;Bookku, &#39;Encyclopedias &#61; expanding information &#38; knowledge&#39; (talk) 12:13, 20 September 2021 (UTC)

Ida
The 31 billion estimate you cited for Ida appears to be just insured losses per WSJ which means the actual total is likely much higher when accounting for uninsured losses. <span style="white-space:nowrap;text-shadow:#009200 0.3em 0.4em 1.0em,#009200 -0.2em -0.2em 1.0em;color:#009200">Noah Talk 10:02, 23 September 2021 (UTC)

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