User talk:Earthquake Maestro

New sections on the talk page for each new message
There should be an "Edit" button next to the "New section" button you are clicking. That should allow you to edit anywhere on the page. But depending on your browser (and I guess OS; I normally edit using Safari on an iPad) that wouldn't be feasible (my iPad only allows me to scroll down in the edit box a few screens at a time and I haven't found a way to zoom straight to the bottom like on a PC); there should also be an "[Edit]" button visible immediately to the right of each section title on a talk page.

I should also probably tell you that it's not normally considered good practice (although there's no hard "rule" against it per se) to carry on extended conversations with individual users on other users' talk pages. That's why I'm posting this here, and if you want to reply to me you can either do it here or on my talk page.

Hijiri 88 ( 聖やや ) 05:40, 6 December 2017 (UTC)


 * Hey I'm building my first article using the wizard and it says the article title has conflict of interest  when in fact it doesn'tI don't know what to do. . You can find the notification on my user page under contributions. Thanks Weebeecool (talk) 03:54, 9 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Never mind I figured it out. But I don't know why you're so strict with that. Lol I'm always forgetting my signature. Weebeecool (talk) 03:54, 9 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Well, on your own talk page is one thing, but in most discussions it would otherwise be impossible to figure out who wrote your comments without trawling through the page history. Plus, if you don't sign your comments, other editors won't receive a notification when you address them. Hijiri 88 ( 聖やや ) 11:59, 11 December 2017 (UTC)

Winter 2017 Articles
As winter is approaching and the weather gets colder, I will be posting articles on certain winter storms that affect certain areas around the United States. I will not cover all the events, but most of them and definitely the major ones, will be posted. These storms I will be covering possibly well into spring, and I may not finish until March or April, which by that time until July will be tornado season for most of North America. I will also be active during tornado season.Weebeecool (talk) 20:39, 6 December 2017 (UTC)

New Management
Well it seems this page has been dormant for a few years, so I will be starting it up and revamping many aspects of my page.Webecoolalasdair (talk) 15:50, 2 April 2020 (UTC)

2017 Earthquake project

 * Try looking at an existing earthquake page; open it to edit, and control-c the code for the template they used for their infobox. Then control-v that into your sandbox at the top of the article, then edit the individual fields to fit your article.
 * Search Wikimedia Commons for images pertinent to your article. If/when you find, then go find an article with an image, and copy its coding for the image.... drop that to your draft, and edit in the name of the file you found in your search.  If Wikimedia Commons has nothing, find something somewhere else and upload it... you have to have ownership of the file to do that, though.

Sorry if you already know this stuff... I don't mean to be a bore. Cellodont (talk) 19:49, 2 April 2020 (UTC)
 * PS... your article looks good so far!  Cellodont (talk) 19:51, 2 April 2020 (UTC)

Is that really how to get the best of articles? Thank you, I didn't know there was templates for that. The project in question I have looked for elsewhere on Wikipedia and it seems as of yet nobody has written of it, so I should be good to go. I want to know how to put in a stats box on the side, and an epicenter map, if you look on other earthquake pages you will find such things. Maybe somebody else can do them, or help me out with doing them myself. I would much like to learn myself as it would be useful. Other than that I just need references. Webecoolalasdair (talk) 02:22, 3 April 2020 (UTC)

Earthquake notability
Hello. Although this is just an essay rather than a formal policy or guideline, I suggest that you read Notability (earthquakes) to get an idea of how editors working on earthquake articles assess notability. Cullen328  Let's discuss it  16:27, 3 April 2020 (UTC)

Thank you. I read it, and I believe that the project I am working on currently meets many of the standards for "notability". However I would like to mention that even small earthquakes seem to be relatively notable, especially here in the East where I am from. For example, in 1998, there was a small earthquake, about 4.5 in western Pennsylvania. It caused little damage per se, but was widely felt, and has long lived in memory in western Pennsylvania. Technically it meets none of the standards in the essay, except that it garnered national attention and recognition by the scientific community. There is an article on this earthquake. In addition, there are other articles on small earthquakes that meet few if any criteria, although they did gain national attention and still have recognition in the scientific community as well as a fond memory in the local/regional population. Webecoolalasdair (talk) 17:37, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
 * I would like to read that article about the Pennsylvania earthquake. Can you please provide a link? As for your attempt to notify me, you need two curly brackets before and after, not one. That is true for any template used on Wikipedia, and there are a staggering number of them. See WP:TEMPLATE for details. WP:CHEATSHEET is a handy reference to basic wikicode. Cullen328  Let's discuss it  17:52, 3 April 2020 (UTC)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_Pymatuning_earthquake the magnitude has since been downgraded to 4.5. This is an article I would like to expand upon as it does need to be updated. Webecoolalasdair (talk) 18:10, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
 * A couple of tips for you. I see that you used the single curly brackets again, and then came back and added the double curly brackets. That does not generate the ping. It has to be done right the first time. If you make a mistake, just add another brief comment with the ping template properly formatted.


 * As for linking to another article, that is done with double square brackets around the precise article title.

1998 Pymatuning earthquake

results in 1998 Pymatuning earthquake. Hope that helps. Cullen328  Let's discuss it  18:20, 3 April 2020 (UTC)

Thank you. You asked to see the article. I want to know what you think.Webecoolalasdair (talk) 19:21, 5 April 2020 (UTC)
 * In all honesty, I do not believe that the article in its current state makes a convincing case for notability. It looks like a minor, run-of-the-mill earthquake to me. Cullen328  Let's discuss it  22:40, 5 April 2020 (UTC)

Response to your Help Desk query
Hi, I figured you might want some more info to help prevent possible future confusion, and since you might not see it on the help desk I'd just post here. Moving a user page, like you did, doesn't do anything to the associated account. Your old account still exists:. You indicated that you might like your contributions "moved" from that account, but I'm afraid that can't really be done anymore. You could have just renamed that account if you were able to log in to it; you didn't need to create a new account. But that old account doesn't have that many contributions anyway. If you choose you could put a note on this page and/or your user page that you used to use that account. If you want to learn more about changing username see Changing username. If you want to change your username again in the future use the rename feature as that's the simple and easy thing to do. If you have any other questions you might want to start at Help:Contents, and feel free to ask at the help desk or here or my talk page. Happy editing! --47.146.63.87 (talk) 06:31, 5 April 2020 (UTC)

2020 Alaska Peninsula earthquake
Because of your interest in the article and your input claiming it's notable, I'm considering reopening "2020 Alaska Peninsula earthquake" and removing its redirect. I will be awaiting your response and if you agree on reopening, I hope that we can both aid in the redevelopment of the article. Thank you for your consideration, GyozaDumpling (talk) 14:18, 11 August 2020 (UTC)

Nomination of 2020 Sparta earthquake for deletion
Thank you for expressing your concerns on my article's plausible deletion. This is my first earthquake article I've created. I'm also shocked that no one beat me to it. It's nice to see other geology students out in the realm of Wikipedia. I read your about page and I too am an active member of my college's geology club. I go to school on the east coast, but I'm from the west coast. Your comments make total sense to me (and as it seems most of the community). It seems like it will stay put, for now, but it'll be interesting to see it play out. It's awesome that we both enjoy learning about earthquakes. I'm actually doing a current thesis project on the 2019 Ridgecrest earthquake sequence. Earthquakes are not fun to be in, but fascinating to study. Again, thanks so much for you detailed explanation on the discussion page! Bluesnote (talk) 07:16, 13 August 2020 (UTC)

How to create a "sandbox"
"sandbox" is a function, not a particular name. You create a sandbox as a subpage of your user page. For example, a sandbox for a new article about "foo" could have the name User:Earthquake Maestro/Foo. I list my sandboxes on my user page. To create a new one, I add its name as a link on my user page, thus creating a redlink. I then click on my new redlink to actually start adding content to the new sandbox. -Arch dude (talk) 03:49, 14 August 2020 (UTC)

Collaboration
Hi Alasdair, I have received your message about us collaborating in the future. Simply ping me here or the relavent talk pages to notify me about your plans. Thanks! CactusTaron (Nopen't) 11:20, 12 July 2021 (UTC)