User talk:Ks0stm/Archive 1

Re: Severe weather
I agree wholeheartedly that cleaning up the article to at least B class should be our highest priority. I was thinking of just eliminating everything that's there right now and starting from scratch. I've found some links that should be useful for at least getting a start-class article up there, I will post on the project talk page to see if I can get more people to help work on it.-RunningOnBrains 20:09, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I've actually started working on the article already...I moved the page to List of severe weather phenomena and then started the page from scratch...come on by and help out. -RunningOnBrains 03:08, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I've looked over the paper...right now it just looks like a study, nothing authoritative (yet). A more important paper might be the DPI paper that is referenced in that report, as that seems to be an authoritative measure of tornado outbreak severity. -RunningOn<b style="color:green">Brains</b> 19:32, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

RFD
The thermodynamic characteristics of the RFD seem to be very important as to whether it will enable tornadogenesis. Warmer (and more moist; higher theta-e) RFDs are much more likely to result in a tornado, as the air is more buoyant and is better lifted and the flow of air is better stretched and tightened by the meso. Eventually the RFD which produced the tornado also kills it, as it occludes all the way around it and cuts off the inflow, the meso, wall cloud, and tornado withers, although the process may repeat again with a new meso/wall cloud to the southeast or east (assuming the storm is moving northeast or east). So the RFD is responsible for both tornadogenesis and tornadolysis, but the details of this aren't well understood.

During the tornado life cycle, downbursts and microbursts (there are many in a storm, the simple RFD/FFD classification is very rudimentary) may weaken, strengthen, or destroy a tornado, as well as change direction (and speed) of movement. Tornadoes often jut to the north at the end of the life cycle as they constrict and become more tilted as the downdraft blasts the bottom of the vortex and pushes it away from the top, occasionally resulting in some interesting shapes and contortions, as well as the "Wizard of Oz" orientation. Evolauxia 22:24, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Citing sources
I don't know for sure, but I doubt that emails are permissible sources due to Verifiability issues which require published sources; peruse Citing sources. In general, for in-line sourcing using the Footnotes method, templates are given here: Citation templates. In your case, you may be able to use the information until someone complains (which may never happen). A good citation for an email is (use the forecaster name but not the email address):


 * Schaefer, Joseph. "SPC sample of an email citation", email, 24 April 2007.

My suggestion is to use the email and then I can verify with published sources, they're not going to reveal anything that isn't available somewhere. Evolauxia 14:02, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

School logo
You asked about uploading a school logo. Yes, in general it is okay to use logos of organizations in articles about those organizations. So you could clearly use it for identifying the school in an article about the school or the major section of an article, where the school is discussed.

It still has to fit other Wikipedia policies. You need a copyright tag when you upload. Best to choose the one from the drop down list saying it's a logo. In the description field you should say exactly what it is, who owns it (the school), and where you got it form (the website). You should take care to use a picture that only has the logo, not some unrelated graphic stuff. Also, you need to put it in at least one article or it will be deleted. Add a "fair use rationale" to the image page justifying why it's okay to use in that specific article. There is a page WP:LOGO that describes this, and as a model you can also look around for other school logos to find a good rationale that makes sense to you.

...and that's what it takes to upload a logo. Wikidemo 15:15, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

Stuck out comment
Thanks for uploading or contributing to Image:SHSClogo.gif. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in Wikipedia articles constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use. Suggestions on how to do so can be found here.

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Orphaned non-free image (Image:SHSClogo.gif)
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WikiProject Winter storms
There is a discussion started by User:Juliancolton at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Meteorology about a proposed/possible new WikiProject called WikiProject Winter storms. Feel free to voice your opinion on the proposal.-- JForget 01:31, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

House WikiProject
Cheers. -- Music 26/  11  19:58, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

Comments needed
You are receiving this message because you are listed as an active participant in WikiProject Meteorology, WikiProject Severe weather, and/or WikiProject Non-tropical storms. I have made a proposal to start an official assessment page for these three projects, under the WP:METEO banner. Since this would need significant participation to work properly, I'd like input from as many interested parties as possible (even those who may not watch the project pages), so please visit the discussion here and leave your thoughts/opinions. Thanks! -<b style="color:black">Running</b><b style="color:blue">On</b><b style="color:green">Brains</b> 02:32, 23 February 2009 (UTC)