User talk:LightandDark2000/Archive 4

This is my fourth talk page archive. The discussions in this archive span from April 2019 to May 2021.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 21:51, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

Kenneth
I hope the article is fine. I plan to add much more to the MH over the next few or several days (depending on how the track goes). I added a bunch of wikiprojects to the talk page. Please add any I may have missed. Thanks. Noah Talk 22:53, 24 April 2019 (UTC)
 * That article is probably going to blow up over the next week or so (unless the storm ends up becoming a dud - which it probably won't). I wouldn't worry too much about the pace of expansion, though I would focus primarily on prose and links at the moment, mainly to improve accessibility to the article. This should improve reader experience until more information starts pouring in on the storm's impacts, which won't be long from now.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 22:57, 24 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Yeah... it likely will. I linked everything that should have been linked imo. I mainly discussed intensification since the storm has a relatively short history altogether as it just formed about 2 days ago and exploded upward. Overall, there really wasn't that much discussion about the structure of the storm from both JTWC and MFR due to how quickly it shot up. I have heard of two possibilities regarding its future.... either a stall over Mozambique and dissipation slightly north or a recurve to the south and east with the storm striking Madagascar. The latter calls for restrengthening after leaving the island as it turns southward. Noah Talk 23:04, 24 April 2019 (UTC)
 * EDIT: Are you sure that Seychelles was impacted that badly? It was a decent distance from the track. Noah Talk 23:12, 24 April 2019 (UTC)
 * It looks like the Seychelles did receive some impacts (probably from the outer rainbands) while the storm was still a tropical depression. Nonetheless, any impacts in the Seychelles is going to be minimal compared to what the Comoro Islands and Mozambique are getting.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 23:14, 24 April 2019 (UTC)
 * I'm just saying... Someone died from Idai on Madagascar and we considered it low importance. I would leave it as low unless the impacts actually warrant raising it. I left the others blank for now since they are likely going to be direct, severe impacts. Noah Talk 23:17, 24 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Looks like Kenneth is pulling a Michael. From MFR: "GIVEN THE RECENT TREND, WITHOUT ANY DETERIORATION OF ITS ENVIRONMENT, KENNETH IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY UP TO THE LANDFALL. IT IS EXPECTED TO BE CLOSE TO THE VERY INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE STAGE AND MAY BECOME ONE." They predict 115 knots! Noah Talk 01:35, 25 April 2019 (UTC)
 * I don't think that Kenneth is going to reach Category 5 intensity, especially now that it's making landfall. It does look more like Hurricane Harvey, though. I'm not all that surprised; the water temperatures in the path of the storm are pretty warm, and wind shear is absent. Kenneth is going to be another freaking disaster if it stalls.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 18:13, 25 April 2019 (UTC)

Hey... Kenneth is an overland depression. That is how the MFR categorized it, so TS does not apply. The MFR actually said it was an overland depression "Depression sur terre" when it was 85 knots. Take note this is NOT the same as tropical depression. The MFR will make any storm at any intensity an overland depression once it's inland. Also, please don't put official statuses in quotation marks. Noah Talk 10:20, 26 April 2019 (UTC)
 * I understand that Kenneth is officially classified by the MRF as an overland depression. However, it is necessary to mention the equivalent intensities before the system actually weakens to tropical depression strength, so that our readers don't get confused. Nonetheless, I don't see any issues with the present revision (as of this time).  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 22:42, 26 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Yes, that was why I had wind speeds listed in the actual prose (which someone tried to remove as "unnessecary" earlier). Also... did you see the unfortunate addition I had to make to Idai? Noah Talk 00:44, 27 April 2019 (UTC)

Back to the drawing board
Implementation of the new portal design has been culled back almost completely, and the cull is still ongoing. The cull has also affected portals that existed before the development of the automated design.

Some of the reasons for the purge are:
 * Portals receive insufficient traffic, making it a waste of editor resources to maintain them, especially for narrow-scope or "micro" portals
 * The default bpsp portals are redundant with the corresponding articles, being based primarily on the corresponding navigation footer displayed on each of those articles, and therefore not worth separate pages to do so
 * They were mass created

Most of the deletions have been made without prejudice to recreation of curated portals, so that approval does not need to be sought at Deletion Review in those cases.

In addition to new portals being deleted, most of the portals that were converted to an automated design have been reverted.

Which puts us back to portals with manually selected content, that need to be maintained by hand, for the most part, for the time being, and back facing some of the same problems we had when we were at this crossroads before:
 * Manually maintained portals are not scalable (they are labor intensive, and there aren't very many editors available to maintain them)
 * The builders/maintainers tend to eventually abandon them
 * Untended handcrafted portals go stale and fall into disrepair over time

These and other concepts require further discussion. See you at WT:POG.

However, after the purge/reversion is completed, some of the single-page portals might be left, due to having acceptable characteristics (their design varied some). If so, then those could possibly be used as a model to convert and/or build more, after the discussions on portal creation and design guidelines have reached a community consensus on what is and is not acceptable for a portal.

See you at WT:POG.

Curation
A major theme in the deletion discussions was the need for portals to be curated, that is, each one having a dedicated maintainer.

There are currently around 100 curated portals. Based on the predominant reasoning at MfD, it seems likely that all the other portals may be subject to deletion.

See you at WT:POG.

Traffic
An observation and argument that arose again and again during the WP:ENDPORTALS RfC and the ongoing deletion drive of bpsp default portals, was that portals simply do not get much traffic. Typically, they get a tiny fraction of what the corresponding like-titled articles get.

And while this isn't generally considered a good rationale for creation or deletion of articles, portals are not articles, and portal critics insist that traffic is a key factor in the utility of portals.

The implication is that portals won't be seen much, so wouldn't it be better to develop pages that are?

And since such development isn't limited to editing, almost anything is possible. If we can't bring readers to portals, we could bring portal features, or even better features, to the readers (i.e., to articles)...

Quantum portals?
An approach that has received some brainstorming is "quantum portals", meaning portals generated on-the-fly and presented directly on the view screen without any saved portal pages. This could be done by script or as a MediaWiki program feature, but would initially be done by script. The main benefits of this is that it would be opt-in (only those who wanted it would install it), and the resultant generated pages wouldn't be saved, so that there wouldn't be anything to maintain except the script itself.

Non-portal integrated components
Another approach would be to focus on implementing specific features independently, and provide them somewhere highly visible in a non-portal presentation context (that is, on a page that wasn't a portal that has lots of traffic, i.e., articles). Such as inserted directly into an article's HTML, as a pop-up there, or as a temporary page. There are scripts that use these approaches (providing unrelated features), and so these approaches have been proven to be feasible.

What kind of features could this be done with?

The various components of the automated portal design are transcluded excerpts, news, did you know, image slideshows, excerpt slideshows, and so on.

Some of the features, such as navigation footers and links to sister projects are already included on article pages. And some already have interface counterparts (such as image slideshows). Some of the rest may be able to be integrated directly via script, but may need further development before they are perfected. Fortunately, scripts are used on an opt-in basis, and therefore wouldn't affect readers-in-general and editors-at-large during the development process (except for those who wanted to be beta testers and installed the scripts).

The development of such scripts falls under the scope of the Javascript-WikiProject/Userscript-department, and will likely be listed on User scripts/List when completed enough for beta-testing. Be sure to watchlist that page.

Where would that leave curated portals?
Being curated. At least for the time being.

New encyclopedia program features will likely eventually render most portals obsolete. For example, the pop-up feature of MediaWiki provides much the same functionality as excerpts in portals already, and there is also a slideshow feature to view all the images on the current page (just click on any image, and that activates the slideshow). Future features could also overlap portal features, until there is nothing that portals provide that isn't provided elsewhere or as part of Wikipedia's interface.

But, that may be a ways off. Perhaps months or years. It depends on how rapidly programmers develop them.

Keep on keepin' on
The features of Wikipedia and its articles will continue to evolve, even if Portals go by the wayside. Most, if not all of portals' functionality, or functions very similar, will likely be made available in some form or other.

And who knows what else?

No worries.

Until next issue... &mdash; The Transhumanist  01:21, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

A class review
Hey, would you be willing to review any of the articles here for A class? I hate to have to ask people, but they have been sitting there for 1-2 months. I don't know about HH, but I was planning to take some of mine to FAC eventually. Noah Talk 02:44, 9 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Class Review at the Class A and higher levels are quite difficult. The standards are set very high for those articles in general. I personally haven't come across any articles that are Class A before, as far as I remember. I'm not sure if I need to start a formal review for Class A status; if so, I'm not used to performing formal class evaluations, so I may not be the best person for the job if this is the case. I can do a quick, informal review of some of those articles later this week, but I hope that I won't get reverted if I decide to upgrade their rank after performing my analysis.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 18:27, 9 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Basically, this is the same as a GA review, except the article is being held to the same standards as a FA. Tropical Depression Nineteen-E (2018) has an A class review on its talk page if you would like to see what an A class review might entail. Noah Talk 20:21, 9 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Personally, I believe that FA status is another step higher than Class A status, despite the similarity. But thanks for the clarification.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 20:23, 9 May 2019 (UTC)
 * For most articles, people do intend to take them to FAC after getting a review done. The big thing is ironing out issues in the article that may have been missed in the GA review. We do have 141 A Class articles right now as a project. Noah Talk 20:34, 9 May 2019 (UTC)

Archived links for Ann
I added two archived links for the sources on Ann's section in the 2018–19 Australian region cyclone season article regarding the system's dissipation on 18 May like you wanted. ChocolateTrain (talk) 07:24, 19 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Wonderful! Thanks. Remember to sign your own posts new time, though.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 08:37, 19 May 2019 (UTC)

Thanks
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trifecta_Morning_Mountain_Moonset_01-31-2018.jpg We have something in common: "we are always looking up" All the best, Jessie Eastland (talk) 16:33, 20 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the kind thank you in storm for the Massive Towering Vertical shot. Since you are an astronomer, I thought you may like this shot as well:
 * Nice picture! It looks like the Eclipse is beginning in the picture. It's a great shot.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 01:05, 21 May 2019 (UTC)


 * Yes, strange. At the very end of it when the moon had finally gone through the entire evening phase, as it set in the morning it looked like a colorful crescent moon, or as you said the beginning and not the end. Actually, however, as you know, when it first rose it was full, and then at almost 90 degrees, it started to shrink as the eclipse began. The colors through the entire process, which I stayed up for until it set in the morning, were incredible. Every moon I have shot setting in the morning light has faded to almost oblivion as it set. This one maintained at least 1/2 of it's mass as extremely visible as it set. Cheers Jessie Eastland (talk) 03:36, 21 May 2019 (UTC)

Re: Rolf
Before I publish it, I have issue with Rolf's MH relying so much on maps, especially saying things like "strengthening" based on an image. Can you get any better sources? Otherwise, it borders on WP:OR. The article looks decent though. I'm sure there's more impacts out there too to help flesh out the impact, but that's not required before publishing. ♫ Hurricanehink ( talk ) 21:33, 20 May 2019 (UTC)
 * There are the advisories from the NOAA, and the English-language version of the storm report from the FUB (both included in the draft). Though to be honest, when I began the draft, I leaned more on the surface analysis maps, and I didn't discover the FUB's report for another few years. I think I will also try to incorporate more data from the journal articles for the chunks that delve into more details on Rolf's tropical transition and strengthening trends. Perhaps I should double-cite from one of those reports for the areas currently citing only a map when the information in the said chunk may not be immediately obvious from the map. Hopefully, citing more from the advisories + storm reports should resolve the OR problems. Concerning the impacts, I'm plenty sure that there is more information out there, particularly in Italian and French. The problem is, I have a difficult time reading those sources (on the it.wiki and de.wiki), and as we know, Google Translate doesn't always work properly when translating foreign languages.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 01:03, 21 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Yea, if you incorporate more of the journal articles, I'm sure the article will stand up more on its own. As for Google Translate, yea it's not always the most accurate, but if you do go that route, make sure you focus on the headlines and the first paragraph. That's where most news stories have the important information. Don't worry as much about the impact, since you have a good source for the damage total, which is enough for any meteorological event to get an article. Lemme know when you add the FUB report and journal articles. That'll make the article much stronger. ♫ Hurricanehink ( talk ) 13:42, 21 May 2019 (UTC)
 * What do you think now? I've incorporate two more journal articles plus the FUB's report, and none of the sentences are cited solely by surface maps at this point (I kept the surface maps around for visual reference, but they are backed by other sources as well). The impacts probably need more work, but most of the information there is probably going to come from foreign language sources, which I will try to dig up at the it.wiki and de.wiki articles of Rolf. I will make a few more adjustments later to prepare for a page move. If there are no serious issues at this point, I think that I will move the draft to mainspace within a day and make some final adjustments there.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 09:45, 25 May 2019 (UTC)
 * My, that was fast.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 23:41, 25 May 2019 (UTC)

As long as articles for the Medicanes have more info than the section in the main article, and there are a variety of independent sources establishing notability and verification, then I'm ok with the two articles you mentioned, so long as you trim down the section in the main article. Since Mediterranean tropical-like cyclone is over 100 kb, I think it would be good to be a bit shorter. As for Zorbas, you should do a broader search, not just for "Zorbas", but also "storm Greece [date]" in your searches. Keep up the good work though. I'll make sure Rolf gets a mention in the monthly newsletter. ♫ Hurricanehink ( talk ) 01:15, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for the invitation!
Hey thanks for the invitation to the tropical cyclone wiki project, I appreciate it. =D -User:SaiTheCyclone (talk) 16:29, 22 May 2019 (UTC)
 * You're welcome. :D  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 16:29, 22 May 2019 (UTC)

Question
I see you make nice userboxes, have you ever thought about making userboxes for other users on Wikipedia.Catfurball (talk) 16:31, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Anyone can use my userboxes, as long as they accurately describe them. The reason why they are currently named under my userspace is because they are personalized to fit my own preferences (though I realize that they could describe other people as well). I haven't thought about creating more general userboxes, as it isn't something that I do very often, but I may create some in the future.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 20:19, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

The only thing you have to do is add your name to Userboxes. I've got many ideas.Catfurball (talk) 20:31, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

June 2019 WPTC Newsletter
Noah Talk 22:20, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Oh, nice! Thanks. It's actually hard work, grueling at times, but I prefer defending this site over letting vandals run rampant.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 04:44, 6 June 2019 (UTC)
 * I agree, keeping Wikipedia clean is hard work. It's important work though, and is greatly appreciated by the community. Oh, and I hope you won't mind if I steal some userboxes, lol. andritolion (talk) 04:48, 6 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Definitely not. Just so long as they can be accurate descriptions for you. Some of them are customizable (such as the vandal-count userbox).  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 04:49, 6 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Alrightie. I've already stolen the Windows userboxes and the smoking ones. I'll tack on the Edge ones soon! (I'm on Edge Canary right now, used to use Edge Stable as my daily driver. I also am a Windows Insider and am very against the smoking among teens in the US... I mean, so many people I know do it, and they'll likely develop an addiction to that stuff! It's dangerous stuff.) andritolion (talk) 04:52, 6 June 2019 (UTC)

A kitten for you!
Thank you for helping keeping Wikipedia clean!

HeartGlow30797 (talk) 05:32, 6 June 2019 (UTC) 


 * Thanks!  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 05:36, 6 June 2019 (UTC)

Question
Would this be eligible for GA even though webcite is down? Noah Talk 05:47, 8 June 2019 (UTC)
 * It looks good. If there are no serious citation issues right now, then I think that the article is good for a GA run. However, if WebCite is needed for referencing any key information, I would wait until WebCite resolves their issues.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 05:48, 8 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Well... all the WPAC MH sources are dead due to webcite being down. Noah Talk 05:59, 8 June 2019 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * LOL. I saw this right after I gave you a barnstar. By the way, that LTA has been doing this kind of stuff on multiple articles for months now.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 06:03, 10 June 2019 (UTC)

A Barnstar for you!

 * You're welcome. Glad to help.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 06:52, 15 June 2019 (UTC)

Question regarding the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season
Hi, a new user, User:xubinzeng, edited the article which included the University of Arizona (UA). Do you think this is reliable and can be kept in the article? BlackDragon222 (talk) 23:29, 16 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Uh... You might want to check with some other senior editors. For me personally, yes, I believe that it can be used in the article. However, some of the other WPTC editors may disagree.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 00:08, 17 June 2019 (UTC)

Can you please move "E7 Series Shinkansen" to "E7/W7 Series Shinkansen"?
I have successfully merged it, the same way as the Japanese article. 2406:3003:2004:6A0:386F:F8D8:5043:F4B1 (talk) 11:19, 26 June 2019 (UTC)
 * I think that the articles on the English Wikipedia are formatted a bit differently. All of the other similar articles are titled the same way (such as E6 Series Shinkansen). Other editors may not agree if I just move it like that. If you really want these changes to be made, you should open up a discussion on the talk page of that article for more input, as this naming scheme affects an entire group of articles, not just one.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 11:22, 26 June 2019 (UTC)
 * You have a point, but a move might be necessary, 2406:3003:2004:6A0:386F:F8D8:5043:F4B1 (talk) 11:37, 26 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Well, as I said earlier, you should start a new discussion at Talk:E7 Series Shinkansen. This is not something that I can dictate on my own, especially since multiple articles are involved.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 11:39, 26 June 2019 (UTC)

Notice of edit warring noticeboard discussion
Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion involving you at Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring regarding a possible violation of Wikipedia's policy on edit warring. Thank you.  Orville talk 23:10, 30 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: I was not trying to edit war, nor was I trying to push a particular revision of the page. I was merely trying to stop what I saw as obvious BLP vandalism (see the linked discussion for more details). If I breached any policies in the process, I apologize in advance.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 23:52, 30 June 2019 (UTC)

BLP discretionary sanctions alert
NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 23:16, 30 June 2019 (UTC)
 * To be honest, I really don't have an interest in articles specifically in this category. My recent spate of activity at such articles was only to revert vandalism (I normally avoid such articles otherwise).  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 23:17, 30 June 2019 (UTC)

Saad bin Laden
Hi LightandDark2000! Thanks for reverting the disruption to Saad bin Laden. I noticed that the IP user who made the edit didn't receive any kind of note or warning after you reverted the disruption. Did you mean to leave the user a note, or did you not do so for a reason? I went ahead and left a note for you, but just wanted to message you about it in case you had a reason for not leaving one. I don't want to step on your toes or mess anything up. ;-) Let me know (ping me in your response so that I'm notified); just trying to keep an eye out for things and make sure that nothing is missed is all. :-) Cheers -  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   03:06, 1 July 2019 (UTC)

Rosa
I just wanted to ask you if you think the current version of Hurricane Rosa (2018) is significantly better than this version. I am just curious as I am planning to renominate at FAC sometime in the future. Noah Talk 01:46, 2 July 2019 (UTC)
 *  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 01:48, 2 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Seems good to me. I made a few changes. I think that the article is good for a run at FA nomination, though some more (updated) information on the impacts, if available, would be quite helpful.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 02:05, 2 July 2019 (UTC)
 * The issue I had is the Nora thing is unsourced and I can't seem to find anything about it being the first since then. Also, I checked for available sources when I tried the first time. News coverage simply doesn't occur for storms like this after they occur. I had to heavily rely on NOAA's database for impact info in the US. Noah Talk 02:10, 2 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks for those sources. Just wanted to let you know I started the nomination in case you wanted to leave any comments. <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 02:54, 2 July 2019 (UTC)

Thank you for thanking my edit!
I'm new here and I've been recently patrolling the recent changes, looking for bad edits. Thanks again! :) Here's the one you thanked me on. TomSmithNP (talk) 10:59, 2 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Great job! I hope you enjoy editing here.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 11:00, 2 July 2019 (UTC)

Wikipedia:CIVILWAR listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect CIVILWAR. Since you had some involvement with the Wikipedia:CIVILWAR redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 15:39, 9 July 2019 (UTC)

Research Interview Request
Greetings LightandDark2000

I am part of a research project at the University of Westminster, London, that looks at contentious Wikipedia articles and would like to interview you about your work and the issues and intricacies within collaboration practices in article development.

We have observed that you are an active editor in the Wikipedia community and that you have contributed in an article of our interest for several years (War in Donbass 2015-2018 period). This experience is of great interest to us. If you would be interested in participating in this research or would like more information, please do not hesitate to contact me through the Wikipedia mailbox or my personal talkpage. It would be a great help.

Best regards, Etchubykalo doctoral researcher at the communication and media research institute (CAMRI), University of Westminster, London.Etchubykalo (talk) 09:44, 3 July 2019 (UTC) Etchubykalo (talk) 10:05, 3 July 2019 (UTC)

Category:Politics user templates has been nominated for discussion
Category:Politics user templates, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. —⁠andrybak (talk) 12:27, 14 July 2019 (UTC)

Former Hurricane Barry
Hello LightandDark2000, I do not know what happens in the future, but was the whole system of cyclone Barry really weak after the landfall yesterday? Barry lost her hurricane status, ok, making landfall with the northern parts of the system and that part may disappear slowly to the North, but in the whole area including the rainband in the Gulf of Mexico (marine warning there) Barry continued to be a severe storm, that I tried to express with my edit. It is difficult for me to write all the facts, but it seemed important for me to notice in the article that the threads and the power of the storm had not disappeared: The whirlpool area with 3 or 4 "hot spots" near the Galvestone Bay in the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico] (circulating supercells?) that feeds the cyclone in the North is not described in the article (heavy rainfall in the East of the center). And yesterday it was not clear to me, whether the cyclone turns around to the West and in the direction of Houston and the warm water of the Gulf, so I tried to tell this our readers. If you look here, Barry turns around today. Are the thunderstormlike red hot spots near Galvestone (and the blue edge moves around ...) still part of a huge circling Barry, or is this a "new" cyclone developing there in the Gulf of Mexico, driven by the former hurricane Barry? Is it allowed to use the NOAA-animations or a satellite photo of the rainband in the article? You are able to describe that images and the context in the article, I am not good enough to to that. Thanks, --LudwigSebastianMicheler (talk) 19:13, 14 July 2019 (UTC)
 * I have responded on your talk page.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 00:10, 15 July 2019 (UTC)

AIV report
This report didn't make a lot of sense to me, but I blocked the user anyway. Drmies (talk) 01:06, 15 July 2019 (UTC)
 * From what I could tell, they were making an indirect request for someone to contact them for legal reasons (likely pertaining to a potential lawsuit), so I assumed that it was some form of legal threat. In any case, they definitely weren't here to contribute.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 01:08, 15 July 2019 (UTC)

Infobox television season and Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters
Regarding the use of Infobox television season on non-season articles. If you look at your recent edits at List of Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters episodes (season 1) there are some issues. First, the page is incorrectly named per WP:NCTV and the first sentence of the lead. So per the naming convention guideline, the name would be Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (season 1). Second issue is the infobox title you used. You are abusing the parameter, which is part of the reason why I removed it in the first place. From the little I can gather from the article (as those names aren't explained anywhere), I understand that those names are the titles of the 3 story-arcs of the season. Those do not belong in the infobox at all. See Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (season 4) which has 3 story arcs for that season: "Ghost Rider", "LMD" and "Agents of Hydra". Also, lists should never use the br tag as that doesn't follow WP:ACCESSABILITY. If all of those issues would be fixed, the infobox would not have needed to use the custom parameter. --Gonnym (talk) 16:26, 15 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Those articles are all meant to be season articles (though I suspect that some of them have redirect links blocking a page move). By the way, since those seasons were officially named by the media company responsible for their distribution, they should be included. It would be another form of WP:COMMONNAME.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 16:27, 15 July 2019 (UTC)
 * How does 1 season have 3 English official names? --Gonnym (talk) 16:33, 15 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Actually, it only has one official name, but it includes 2 or 3 smaller story arcs near the end that have different names. I know for certain, though, that Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters Seasons 3 and 5 have two and three official names, respectively.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 16:34, 15 July 2019 (UTC)
 * So again, story arcs do not belong in the infobox at all. Looking at the official site it just calls it "season 1" and even looking at a fan wiki they say they are story arcs. So for the first season, those names are incorrectly used and misleading. Even the names for season 3 are story arcs per the fan site. That the problem with not using references. You can verify claims (in this case, names of seasons used in the infobox, which in this case, turned out to be wrong). The infobox only uses official names, however if for some reason a season is known by more than 1 official name, then maybe also_known_as can be added to display that. But again, those names need to be official and not fan made, which these seem to be. --Gonnym (talk) 16:41, 15 July 2019 (UTC)
 * The names for Season 3, etc. (minus the last two for Season 1) are all official. They were all printed in the opening credits on DVD releases and/or live broadcasts. I've removed the non-official arc titles. BTW, I need someone to take over and rename the season articles for the other anime series, because renaming them all is much too time-consuming for me to undertake.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 16:46, 15 July 2019 (UTC)

As I had suspected, at least a handful of those articles already have blocking redirects at the proper title, so I can't carry out the page-moves for some of those articles. This means that those articles will have to go through an official RfC for mass-renaming and/or have an admin carry out the moves, because they are currently beyond my technical abilities.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 16:50, 15 July 2019 (UTC)

Quick question
Hey! May I ask why you requested a range block for  when all edits came from the same IP (‎2401:4900:2306:ca6c:9c2a:4446:320f:94e2)? --MrClog (talk) 09:01, 20 July 2019 (UTC)
 * For IPv6 ranges, unless the network is shared, /64 ranges are usually allocated to just a single individual (similar to a single IPv4 IP). Since that person was likely engaging in block evasion, and since I didn't see any issues on the larger range (at the /48 level), I decided to report the /64, just in case they decide to evade their block.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 09:03, 20 July 2019 (UTC)

Thank you!
Hello and thank you for helping me getting started in the WikiProject Tropical Cyclones. I earned a lot of infos from your message to me. Also thanks for sending the message “Getting Started”. I actually don’t need that message because I was editing as an anonymous user since 2012 so I alrendy know a lot about Wikipedia. Anyways thanks!

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Thanks
Hi LightandDark2000, Many thanks for getting the IP blocked (and thanks for doing the honours), I had been keeping an eye on their (prev) IP address but ofcourse they're not as stupid as they look! , Anyway thanks both for your help :). – Davey 2010 Talk 17:12, 12 August 2019 (UTC)
 * No problem! :D I was just doing my part to keep this site clean.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 18:18, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

Backlog Banzai
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MH article
Hey, just wanted to see what you think about Draft:Meteorological history of Hurricane Dorian thus far. KN and I plan to publish it once the storm dissipates. <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 03:40, 5 September 2019 (UTC)
 * It could probably use some improvements (though since the article is new, I don't think that this would present any significant barriers). I would just suggest that before you publish it, the article should contain substantially more information than the MH section in the main article. It's pretty good overall.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 03:42, 5 September 2019 (UTC)
 * I don't know for sure, but I think KN may have a hard time with the stalling section since not much happened meteorologically. I wonder if anyone recorded open water wave heights. <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 11:46, 5 September 2019 (UTC)
 * I don't have anything on water wave heights. I would refer you to the NHC's logs, or maybe search through the sites of some reliable bloggers, if you can't find the info in any web articles. As for the stalling portion, I just plunked in a good chunk on that part of the storm's history in Dorian's article, so maybe I could copy that over later.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 11:48, 5 September 2019 (UTC)

An award for you!

 * Nice! Thanks. You're doing a great job as well!  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 10:42, 5 September 2019 (UTC)

Because you thanked me
11:37, 5 September 2019 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Well, what can I say? I'm just expressing my gratitude for good work.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 12:25, 8 September 2019 (UTC)

AIV - no need for pings
Note there is no need to ping specific admins for AIV reports. They may not be online at the time. Any Admin on patrol will make a determination. As the AIV helper bot removes blocked users from the list, when the pinged admins get the message the report may be long gone from the list, forcing them to browse through history to figure out what it was about. Just make the report normally and it will be handled. Thanks. -- Alexf(talk) 12:38, 10 September 2019 (UTC)
 * I was just trying to get the reports resolved faster, since AVI has recently been experiencing large backlog periods. I otherwise file the reports normally.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 12:40, 10 September 2019 (UTC)

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Dorian dissipation
Dorian is dissipated because the OPC said it is. Unless you have info from Met UK, I would suggest you revert the changes since Germany doesn’t have jurisdiction for that area. The issue here is the original circulation died a while ago. <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 19:12, 12 September 2019 (UTC)
 * I never really saw the original source from the OPC. Someone needs to go to their site and retrieve the actual advisory, because it's much harder to locate archived advisories on their website than on the NHC's site.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 04:54, 14 September 2019 (UTC)

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Because you thanked me
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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Disasters in Comoros


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Maps Assistance
Hi there! I noticed you did some work with the ISIS Syria detailed map. I’m looking for someone to help with two or three potential maps, and could compensate for the effort. If interested email me Twillisjr (talk) 23:08, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

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Placeholder for Infobox Hurricane
Is it necessary to fill out always the parameter basin? Infobox hurricane explicitly says "leave blank only if rare storm outside of main basins". Besides "atl" gives out mph instead of km/h, which is absurd for the Mediterranean.--Carnby (talk) 11:27, 24 November 2019 (UTC)
 * It should be filled out, as the default non-basin color is merely grey, which is visually misleading. The problem is that the template syntax doesn't have a better default view. Of course, we could add a separate classification for the Mediterranean region, but it would probably be based on the NHC's system (though the default units in this case would likely be metric).  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 06:04, 25 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Could I ask directly who maintains the template?--Carnby (talk) 10:44, 25 November 2019 (UTC)
 * I don't think that there is a single maintainer for the template. Nor is it updated frequently. The default settings definitely need to be reworked, though.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 19:22, 27 November 2019 (UTC)

March Madness 2020
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Dragon Ball Z Kai episodes
As you've reverted my "Saga" split based on the Japanese DVD releases, could you please add a citation for the American season divisions and names used? The ones in that list aren't the ones used on the American DVDs. LostTL (talk) 15:19, 6 May 2020 (UTC)

Additional vandalism on List of Cyberchase episodes and my efforts to resolve it.
Hello. You and I have previously interacted on Talk:List of Cyberchase episodes regarding the arbitrary and unsourced changes made to the air dates of those episodes by anonymous editors on a repeated basis. As a result of the latest slew of those types of edits, I put in a request for page protection, and also requested further administrative action be taken on the matter here. But it appears as though the admins in relation to this matter only took a cursory look at the page history and the issue in question, and do not seem to realize how wide-spread and lengthy this issue has been to deal with. THey also seem to be under the impression that the problem would easily be resolved if I'd take the initiative to contact all the offending anonymous editors myself, which doesn't seem practical to me. I thought about posting an additional comment on the matter to put the issue into greater context, but worry that the admins feel I may be wasting their time by asking them to intervene. Would you be able to add corroboration and context on this issue to this subject? Perhaps having a second witness to the problems and the length of time in which they have been repeatedly recurring (particuarly directly after page protection has expired every time) may do more than any additional comment I could make personally. Thanks for taking time to address this problem. --Jgstokes (talk) 00:22, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Sorry for the delay. I was on an extended WikiBreak. Let me just say this first of all; you're better off taking this to either WP:PP or an admin who has some experience dealing with the issues on that page. ANI is much too slow and way too bureaucratic at times; you're better off avoiding the pain that will inevitably come from there altogether whenever possible. The responses there will be varied, depending on the admin reading through the topics at the time, and unless you get an admin who is familiar with this kind of disruption, you could very well get declined altogether if the disruption isn't blatant or obvious. If this nonsense is still continuing right now, I'll leave a request on the talk page of an admin I trust who can handle the issue.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 23:24, 11 July 2020 (UTC)
 * I have been on a brief wikibreak myself until today, so I just now saw both of your replies on this matter. I believe I recall you mentioning in the past that using ANI for that type of thing was counterproductive and involved massive bureaucratic red tape that had to be worked through, but I hadn't recalled that at the time I left the OG message in this topic. Because I've taken a bit of time away from Wikipedia to handle other priorities, I haven't checked in on the page in question for about a week or so, so I'm unsure of its' current status. If the vandalism is still a problem, it does appear that my efforts on ANI have hit a standstill. So if it's still a problem, I'd be more than relieved to have you reach out to your admin contact and have that individual handle this issue on more of a long-term permanent basis. Thanks. --Jgstokes (talk) 03:13, 12 July 2020 (UTC)

I just looked into the page history, and it looks as though the pattern is that a number of anonymous editors will wait for page protection to be lifted and work in concert to sabotage the page. Page projection is requested and granted, and the page remains intact. But the minute the paage protection is lifted, a new army of anonymous editors come into the fray to sabotage the page and the contents thereof. So it's still very much going on. I think we need stronger resolution efforts, which, as you rightly pointed out, wouldn't be accomplished by an appeal to ANI. Go ahead and contact your admin buddy. If you need me to corroborate any part of these details, just have that individual reach out to me via my talk page or something. Thanks. --Jgstokes (talk) 03:37, 12 July 2020 (UTC)
 * And ✅. It's been Semi-Protected for the next 2 months.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 21:43, 13 July 2020 (UTC)

A cookie for you!

 * No problem! :D  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 06:08, 14 July 2020 (UTC)

Adding storms before the 1st advisory
Okay. All I need is some clarification. Even if the NHC says they are initiating advisories on a system, shouldn't we WAIT for the 1st advisory BEFORE adding it to the page? That was the impression I got when I first got here, but no one seems to follow, which is making me angry right now.ChessEric (talk) 20:46, 31 July 2020 (UTC)
 * I don't think it really matters, as long as the NHC makes it clear that the storm has formed (which they have). As long as editors refrain from adding unofficial/fake data, it should be fine.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 20:48, 31 July 2020 (UTC)

Okay. Thank you.ChessEric (talk) 20:59, 31 July 2020 (UTC)

Userpage styling change
Hey there LightandDark2000, and thanks for your edits to Hurricane Isaias and 2020 Atlantic hurricane season! Your knowledge of storm dissipation dates from the WPC is valuable. I noticed that you changed your userpage styling to make it more like mine and User:Cyclonebiskit's. Cool! I changed my userpage styling by kinda copying the wikicode on Cyclonebiskit's page and putting it on mine, while changing the color and photo. It was just something cool and interesting I noticed. ~ Destroyeraa (talk|Contribs) 01:15, 11 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I've wanted to stylize my userpage a bit more ever since I first created it. But I didn't have the coding skills back then to carry out many of my designs. After studying some more userpages and gaining some more experience with the code on Wikimedia pages, I finally gained the ability to upgrade various designs on my pages. It's a learning curve. And it's cool how you liked that type design as well. :)  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 02:16, 11 August 2020 (UTC)

Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nominations open
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Some assistance please
Hey, do you think this is a good picture to use for my page August 2020 California lightning wildfires?: https://scitechdaily.com/nasas-terra-satellite-captures-smoky-pall-over-california-after-unprecedented-lightning-strikes-ignite-more-than-650-wildfires/. I'm not too sure. EagerBeaverPJ (talk) 23:20, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I think that it is a good pick. However, it would be even better if you could find an even higher resolution version, especially one from the source site of the satellite images. I can upload the image to Wikimedia Commons later on, if you'd like.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 00:39, 2 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I also found this image, but I'll probably use it later in the page. https://scitechdaily.com/1200-mile-trail-of-smoke-stretches-across-california-in-these-nasa-terra-images-of-the-wildfires/. Thanks, though; I think I'll be able to upload that first image then into Wikimedia Commons. EagerBeaverPJ (talk) 01:39, 3 September 2020 (UTC)
 * But maybe you could help with the categories, metadata, and others on that page. Not really sure what to do for those. The file is: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NASA-Terra-Smoke-Covered-California-777x808.jpg. EagerBeaverPJ (talk) 20:35, 3 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Okay. I'll do that with my Commons account.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 20:36, 3 September 2020 (UTC)
 * 👍. Contact me if you have any questions or concerns, and we can discuss it out. EagerBeaverPJ (talk) 20:45, 3 September 2020 (UTC)


 * Ok, so you have suggested on the image file to rename it, and I agree with your suggestion. But am I supposed to do anything for that or wait for someone else to deal with it? Because apparently it says this request can be dealt with by an administrator or a filemover, but it also gives me this "Change" option. Though the "Change" option seems to just be a repeat of what you did. EagerBeaverPJ (talk) 23:20, 3 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Unless you are an admin or have filemover rights, you can't rename any images on your own at Commons. I know because I've tried it before. This is probably to help curb image-move vandalism. In any event, it appears that someone has taken care of it now.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 18:51, 4 September 2020 (UTC)

2018 Pacific hurricane season
Hey, what do you think about the 2018 Pacific hurricane season? The topic has been steadily progressing over the past several 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 23:07, 4 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I think it's pretty well-developed at this point. I'm actually rather impressed. Though a handful of articles still have more room for improvement (particularly the timeline article).  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 01:18, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Cooper is doing the timeline. I rewrote Hector from scratch due to numerous issues with it (also allowed for expansion). I am working on Walaka on and off with a rewrite for now. Did you see the topic box? Technically speaking, no more FAs are "required", but I still want to get more of the articles I have written to that status. <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 01:24, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I saw it. More FAs would be nice, even though it isn't really a "requirement". But the topic as a whole already boasts a collection of high-quality articles. I'd probably be doing more of the quality improvements if I wasn't busy with school.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 01:39, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Plan is to get Hector and Walaka to FA by Christmas (along with the current FAC, Vicente). That would leave Bud, Olivia, and the season article for me to get there in 2021. I can only do one at a time (rules) and they often take a month and a half each. The current wikiwork is 1.29 (A-class) for this topic. An interesting thing is that I have initiated every single nomination for the articles in the topic. <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 01:46, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Yeah, you seem to be spearheading the GA/FA campaign in that topic, and probably others as well. It's quite an ambitious drive, and it's nice to see that we have people who are still fleshing out those articles even now, when contributions from the senior members of WPTC is fluctuating.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 01:49, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
 * This would be the first featured topic in over 5 years once it gets there. It has taken me (also CB for Lane and Hink + KN for Willa) years to get the current 7 FAs... I have been through 5 back to back FACs since I did Ileana's. I don't plan to take a break this time... I suffered from burnout after the first four FAs I did (19-E, Carlotta, Rosa, and Sergio). <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 01:54, 5 September 2020 (UTC)

Would you possibly be willing to review Hurricane Hector against the FA criteria? <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, 14 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Sorry, but I'm busy with schoolwork at the moment. I might be able to give it a look around the weekend, but no guarantees. You might want to find another experienced editor if you want a review to happen sooner.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 22:50, 14 September 2020 (UTC)
 * FACs take multiple reviewers and last over a month generally. <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 22:57, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

August 2020 California lightning wildfires
TYSM for helping to make edits to the August 2020 California wildfires page, I greatly appreciate it!! I was initially trying add info to the page for several days, but I was not able to do much because I'm currently facing a huge burden of work in my real life. And additionally no one else ever came to edit till now which made it harder for me. So if you could come and continue to make significant edits to it every day, that would really help! I see you're a really experienced user with over 55,000+ edits. Preferably we should try to make it as good or better than the other major California wildfire event pages (like October 2007, December 2017), for example. I may still try to continue making minor revisions to the page (with regards to more citations and some additional info), and I do have many different articles about the fires from when I was reading about them, so we can discuss about the page if necessary. We can share info and discuss any concerns there might be. But anyways, thanks again! EagerBeaverPJ (talk) 20:47, 8 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I can't really edit as much now, due to my workload in College. But I'll drop in when I find the time, especially for major developments. I agree that it's much harder without other people chipping in and helping maintain the articles, particularly if most of the active editors are newbies. Until we get a new "team" or experienced editors consistently working on those articles, I'll help maintain the quality of those articles in my spare time.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 21:17, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced
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Ianos
Unfortunately, WP:COMMONNAME trumps our naming convention on storms. Medicane Ianos is the most commonly searched version of the storm. <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 18:00, 24 September 2020 (UTC)
 * It was kind of hard to me to tell, based on a cursory look. I'll let the discussion pan out (though to be honest, I could use another trick to move it back to the previous title, but I would rather not make any more unilateral moves at this point.) But our titles need to be balanced between representing the most accurate depiction and the common name.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 18:30, 24 September 2020 (UTC)

TheTimesAreAChanging
LOL the above title user is so narccistic, He just unilatreally changes stuff and so stub-born to change stuff, He only wants his version, I agree with you in spanish flu death toll, Litreally nowhere there is 17 million deaths, Its always 50M+ and i also saw your recent swine flu pandemic change i agree there too, Hope we can change the spanish flu and not include 17-100, but only 50-100 and break the monopoly of thetimesarechanging user, I LIKE YOU SO MUCH :), Your the idol editor for me and my inspirstion thanks for fighting in the spanish flu talk page section!LOVE YOU Swtadi143 (talk) 09:35, 3 October 2020 (UTC)
 * I'm not so sure about the narcissistic part, but it is rather unproductive for anyone to try to enforce their preferred version of a page, especially if other editors take issue with it.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 19:02, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

Delta vandal nonsense
Were you trying to put your recent edit for Hurricane Delta in for the past 20 minutes? ChessEric (talk · contribs) 20:10, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
 * I was composing it for maybe 30 minutes, and then I ran into that crap when I tried to submit my changes for maybe the last 10 minutes. I eventually decided to wait it out. :P  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 20:11, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
 * I went away for two hours, and this BS happens, and when I return I have 8 notifications of users and IPs asking for help. ~ Destroyeraa 🌀 21:34, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
 * I went away in 2014 (actually, moved into Middle Eastern conflict topics), and these serial vandals came back and made a real mess out of the tropical cyclone articles while I was gone. I still feel guilt-ridden over that. I've dealt with plenty of crap during my tenure here. Don't worry, we've seen plenty. You'll get used to it.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 21:40, 9 October 2020 (UTC)

Goni
Umm, we have been doing this for a while but Goni is a cat4 per the JTWC BT. Typhoon2013 (talk) 20:44, 29 October 2020 (UTC)
 * You can't say that it is a mistake from JTWC BT as your edit summaries as it has been a cat4 since 18Z. So whatever the BT says, then go with it. Typhoon2013  (talk) 20:55, 29 October 2020 (UTC)
 * To be honest, I didn't see that in the latest JTWC advisories.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 21:11, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

FYI
I have resigned as an admin and am no longer active on the project. Email notifications are turned off so I only just got your pings when I logged in for some housekeeping. Pings are unlikely to be received in any kind of timely manner if at all. I apologize for any inconvenience. -Ad Orientem (talk) 05:40, 30 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Darn. I'm sad to see you go. Take care.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 06:12, 30 October 2020 (UTC)
 * For what it's worth, I completely agree with what you've said concerning Wikipedia taking sides in the cultural war. It's sad, and actually, it's a complete disgrace. I haven't experienced any of this crap yet because I've largely kept out of those topics. If this keeps up, I'm going to find some way to take it before the WMF, Jimbo, and maybe more media outlets. If those active editors want their biases to rule this site, then the whole world may as well know that Wikipedia's reputation as a reliable, neutral source has gone right out the window.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 06:35, 30 October 2020 (UTC)
 * I agree. Sadly isn't in control anymore of the WMF, and there is a new administration. Wikipedia is currently just following mainstream media, because most of the sources are from CNN, ABC, WaPo, NYT, etc. ~  Destroyer 🌀🌀 20:13, 11 December 2020 (UTC)

Notice of noticeboard discussion
There is currently a discussion at Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is 90.255.128.0/17. Thank you. --HurricaneTracker495 (talk) 18:36, 21 November 2020 (UTC)

That idiot
I blocked the range for a month, but I doubt that it's that Wyatt person, given the geolocation of that IP on the SPI and this one--these last few ranges were all based in the UK. There isn't much more we can do; one can only hope that one day their father finds out what they're doing on his computer and lays down the law. Or the dude gets a romantic partner. Drmies (talk) 21:00, 21 November 2020 (UTC)


 * there may be collateral for a month long block maybe 2 weeks? HurricaneTracker495 (talk) 00:19, 22 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Collateral is unavoidable whenever we're dealing with blocks that span networks. It's something that we'll have to deal with. There was an IPv6 range with similar activity, but at least one of the IPs on that range claimed to be Wyatt2049, which is how I made the connection (not sure how accurate it is, but I'm certain that those IPv6 IPs are his). It's possible that we could have some copycat vandalism here, or that if it is Wyatt2049, that's he's managed to figure out how to use Proxy or VPN networks.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 02:02, 22 November 2020 (UTC)
 * That's possible, but for the more fancy footwork you'll have to get a fancier admin. Drmies (talk) 22:36, 22 November 2020 (UTC)
 * From what I've seen, it's also possible that My Royal Young is involved here (or that MRY is behind the UK IP vandalism and sock accounts, at the very least). Unfortunately, if this is true, this means that this involves an case of Proxy/VPN usage, not to mention that this would take the abuse to a completely different level. Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 17:14, 23 November 2020 (UTC)
 * I'm afraid I'd need some more specific information to be able to comment, since idiots and IPv6 are unfortunately all too common. However, we do know that MRY is not in the UK, and is unlikely to use certain types of UK IP address with any regularity, so that should be possible to rule out. -- zzuuzz (talk) 18:59, 23 November 2020 (UTC)
 * So I managed to find a bit more information about what you're talking about. Information: The UK IPs and impersonations, at least the relevant ones that I've seen, are unlikely to be either Wyatt2049 or (almost certainly not) MRY. Some blocks are already in place, but if pressed, and if it continues, we can probably wield a slightly larger banhammer. . -- zzuuzz (talk) 20:14, 23 November 2020 (UTC)
 * The impersonator, if it is MRY, is impersonating me. Luckily, most established users could tell the difference. Hmmm...I don’t know if the LTA created an account before. Could be an IP LTA.~ Destroyeraa 🌀 23:52, 23 November 2020 (UTC)
 * could also be, a user known for making impersonating socks such as , and ,  and , although this one does not tag  accounts as socks of random users(like  declaring an account as a sock of ). HurricaneTracker495 (talk) 00:24, 24 November 2020 (UTC)
 * No, declared them Unrelated because there on the wrong continent. --HurricaneTracker495 (talk) 01:23, 24 November 2020 (UTC)
 * I didn't check, and I only use the templated responses when I check. I did look at the log, and saw that they were not on the same continent as Kingshowman. Like I said at the SPI, I tend to take the view that figuring out exactly who this is doesn't matter that much. They're blocked, and other CUs have looked at other ways to prevent abuse. Giving them a name doesn't really add much of value at this point, in my opinion. TonyBallioni (talk) 01:28, 24 November 2020 (UTC)
 * , I've turned off pings due to abuse from vandals. Well, it is a relief to hear that it is not MRY who is after me (I've had four impersonation accounts blocked in the last few days, though at least two of them were confirmed to MRY based on lwcu results.)  Java Hurricane  09:55, 24 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Based on a few "Born Again" socks that I've looked at (both of which reference Jesus and exhibit a similar pattern of vandalism on other pages), I believe that this LTA could be Evlekis. Though Wikinger is another possibility if we are dealing with a lot of impersonation or mimicry (though MRY also fits the bill in this scenario). BTW, the rangeblocks on the UK IPs (particularly the /18 range, which is nearing expiration) will almost certainly need to be extended, and talk page access should probably be revoked on all of the ranges at this point. Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 21:15, 27 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Yes, you probably saw Evlekis. I do want to stress that a number of LTAs, along their respective mimics, operate around here and often do similar stuff, so it's not really worth going into much detail. On the other topic, I'm sure any IP blocks will be appropriately reviewed at the time. Let's not forget that LTAs are a pest, but blocks preventing new editors from editing or signing up to edit are possibly a larger pest. -- zzuuzz (talk) 21:51, 27 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Just to be clear, are you referring to just the "Born Again" socks or both the sock accounts and the UK IPs as a whole? Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 21:53, 27 November 2020 (UTC)
 * You probably know I'm going to be guarded in what I say when it comes to some topics, especially IPs. Born Again, for example here and here and here, is Evlekis. And if I see you requesting a glock or range block of 3-6 months relating to these accounts, I'll be very disappointed. -- zzuuzz (talk) 22:12, 27 November 2020 (UTC)
 * I've requested Global Locks on the accounts, given the fact that a number of them have gone cross-wiki (without even taking into account the impersonation and harassment). As for the IP ranges, I haven't requested a Global Block for any of them yet. I'm not going to do that unless I see evidence of cross-wiki vandalism from those ranges (or likely widespread sock creation from a given range, which would be a sharp contrast to what I've been seeing so far). I'm convinced that the one IPv6 range in the U.S. is Wyatt2049, but with the information that I've gathered, I'm starting to think that we may be dealing with 2 separate LTAs and perhaps some copy-catting here. At this point, I still don't know if Wyatt2049 or the UK LTA is the one responsible for the original "God said to me"/"This is God" vandalism on select tropical cyclone articles. Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 22:15, 27 November 2020 (UTC)
 * As I mentioned before, and I'm sure you know, there are multiple LTAs around, pretty much all the time often doing fairly similar stuff. I will leave you to draw your own inferences about accounts saying "Jesus" a lot, and for example this IP. You know I've dealt with a lot of this nonsense, and I will say that I've still not come across the Wyatt2049 person. I'm sure they're probably not innocent of everything, but the accounts doesn't appear to be them -- zzuuzz (talk) 22:39, 27 November 2020 (UTC)

Happy Thanksgiving!

 * Thanks! :D Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 21:16, 27 November 2020 (UTC)
 * No problem, hope Thanksgiving went great! 🌀Weatherman27🏈 (Chat|Edits|sandbox)  22:45, 27 November 2020 (UTC)
 * It was a little depressing and largely uneventful (on a personal level), but otherwise, it was fine. :) Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 22:46, 27 November 2020 (UTC)
 * i am sorry to hear that, but at least it wasn't bad :) 🌀Weatherman27🏈 (Chat|Edits|sandbox)  22:54, 27 November 2020 (UTC)

Report moved to ANI
Hi LightandDark2000, I have moved the report to WP:ANI. Best regards, ~ ToBeFree (talk) 21:12, 27 November 2020 (UTC)

Barnstar

 * Thanks! Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 03:36, 30 November 2020 (UTC)

User sig
I noticed that some past sigs of yours were unbalanced and broke syntax highlighting on the rest of the page where it appeared. This was an old sig, and looks like you've since fixed it, so all is well. That said, you can simplify your current sig code by distributing the bold-italic out: Hope this helps, Mathglot (talk) 09:45, 1 December 2020 (UTC)
 * generates:
 * FUBAR  Light and Dark2000  🌀.
 * This was my previous user sig code; however, I was told by a couple of users on Meta that the bold and italic elements "don't like being carried across nested elements", whatever that means. I was also informed of the code causing some kind of syntax issues (maybe in processing or sorting signatures) in the signature window in the user Preferences tab, so I made the suggested changes. My user signature is longer now, but my hope is that this version will avoid the prior issues. Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 18:17, 1 December 2020 (UTC)
 * I know what it means, but I'm dubious. Whoever told you that on Meta must have been talking about a different version that had a problem because this version is fine. Or else, what they told you is b.s. by someone who has no idea what they are talking about. Here is the generated HTML code from Mediawikia's rendering engine straight out of the bullet on this page just above:
 * which has balanced tags and is completely valid HTML. You can put that through the official HTML 4.1 syntax checker and see for yourself. You need to add some required top-of-page stuff and some end-of-page stuff which are required on all web pages (top line and bottom line in the box below), which gets you this:
 * which has balanced tags and is completely valid HTML. You can put that through the official HTML 4.1 syntax checker and see for yourself. You need to add some required top-of-page stuff and some end-of-page stuff which are required on all web pages (top line and bottom line in the box below), which gets you this:


 * then go to the official W3C Markup Validation Service, click the tab 'Validate by direct input', copy-paste the code in the gray box into the input field, and click the "Check" button. It comes back completely clean: valid HTML.
 * You should feel completely free to use the shorter version of the wikicode, which Mediawiki's rendering engine converts into 100% valid HTML; this is the same validator that Mediawiki uses to place their "valid HTML" badges on their pages on Meta. So if anybody on Meta claims there's a problem with your shorter version, just point them to this discussion. HTH, Mathglot (talk) 19:54, 1 December 2020 (UTC)
 * This was the main discussion in question. BTW, did you mean that I could use either version of the shortened signature, or should I use the one with the  in my user preferences?  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 19:58, 1 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Your current sig is fine, so you don't really have to do anything. But, if you want to go with the shorter one, just use the version in the first bullet above, i.e. this:
 * Of course, you still want to add back in the timestamp part of it after the swirl, i.e., WP:5TILDES. HTH, Mathglot (talk) 20:14, 1 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Actually, your suggested changes are slightly different from the version that I had originally used. Thanks. I think I'll implement the changes. :) Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 20:21, 1 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Actually, your suggested changes are slightly different from the version that I had originally used. Thanks. I think I'll implement the changes. :) Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 20:21, 1 December 2020 (UTC)

Misnested tags
By the way: I had just found that Meta discussion while you were typing the link to it above, and yes, *that* version of yours did indeed have misnested tags, just like the version of your sig that got me here in the first place. I was going to point out the same error that xaosflux pointed out to you in 2018, but you'd fixed it by then, using the same fix xaosflux suggested back then.

It's ironic, because just now in your 19:58 response, you made another mis-nested tag error, which screwed up the page again (diff) because you coded this: when you should have coded this: Do you see the difference? That is a mis-nested tag error: the last tag added has to be the first one closed. (I fixed it for you, in this edit.)
 * &lt;/nowiki>

There's a good explanation of mis-nested tags somewhere on the site, if you're interested in how to avoid that, should you wish to tweak your sig from time to time going forward, but it's basically LIFO (last-in, first-out) like a stack of trays in a cafeteria, so whatever the last tag was, is the first one that has to come off. Think about how you use (parenthetic comments that contain [bracketed comments], the end bracket-comes first, and then the end-paren), right? Same thing with tag nesting. Make sense? HTH, Mathglot (talk) 20:34, 1 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I forget that every now and then. But my user sig involved a slightly different issue (or at least, a different variation of it)  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 20:35, 1 December 2020 (UTC)

Category:Wikipedia sockpuppets of BlyatPutin has been nominated for merging
Category:Wikipedia sockpuppets of BlyatPutin has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. 4thfile4thrank (talk) 19:08, 3 December 2020 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Aw...Thanks! I'm deeply touched. 3 barnstars. Wow! I don't think I've ever received this many at once. Thanks again!  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 06:01, 19 December 2020 (UTC)

Nominations for the 2020 Military history WikiProject Newcomer and Historian of the Year awards now open
G'day all, the nominations for the 2020 Military history WikiProject newcomer and Historian of the Year are open, all editors are encouraged to nominate candidates for the awards before until 23:59 (GMT) on 15 December 2020, after which voting will occur for 14 days. There is not much time left to nominate worthy recipients, so get to it! Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 06:45, 10 December 2020 (UTC)

Userbox code
Hi! Just wondering, what is the code for the userbox that says you've visited 2 countries? And, how do you create these edit-notices? 🌀 ☾⊙ ☈⊙ ♫ꍏ  🌀 18:38, 14 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Hello! Well, to answer your question, the countries visited userbox is this one: . Just add the userbox to your page and adjust the number inside. To create an editnotice, go the the target page, and enter in "/editnotice". Then, enter in the text that you want. For example, you can check out the editnotice for my talk page. (I also have a separate one for my userpage). Once you finish setting it up, it'll display at the top of the page every time someone opens the editing window. Hope this helps!  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 19:10, 14 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Hi again! For the editnotice thing, it all appears as text on my userpage. So can you help me around that? 🌀 ☾⊙ ☈⊙ ♫ꍏ  🌀 19:28, 14 December 2020 (UTC)
 * For an editnotice on your talk page, you need to create this page: User talk:Cyclone Corona/editnotice. If it's on your userpage, the editnotice target would instead be for your user page. And then add your coding to that page.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 19:58, 14 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Got it, thanks! 🌀 ☾⊙ ☈⊙ ♫ꍏ  🌀  — Preceding undated comment added 20:01, 14 December 2020 (UTC)
 * No problem!  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 20:05, 14 December 2020 (UTC)
 * PS, I forgot to tell you, but the "Editnotice" must be capitalized in order for the editnotice to proply work. Sorry if this caused you any trouble.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 07:09, 16 December 2020 (UTC)

Season’s Greetings! - Salutations de saison!
Hey mate, I know you haven't been doing too great all your years (neither have I), and would like to send you my best wishes for the holiday season. Thanks for all you do, from the bottom of my (albeit otherwise empty) heart.

Best wishes,

~ AC5230  talk  21:32, 17 December 2020 (UTC)

Re: barnstar
Thanks so much for the barnstar! Editor retention has been one of my biggest goals over the past few years - maybe even more than writing articles! I'll never forget how welcoming the community was when I first joined. I think that is what has made the WPTC so successful all these years, that community of editors. Keep up your editing, and stay safe/sane these next few months. ♫ Hurricanehink ( talk ) 16:16, 18 December 2020 (UTC)
 * I agree that editor retention is absolutely crucial. After all, without your editors, the articles will soon go stagnant, and newer content will slow to a trickle. I recall that most of the users I interacted with were very Bitey with me when I started. During my first 2 years, you were one of the 3 editors who actually went out of their way to welcome me and even encourage me to register an account (heh, you even invited me to join WPTC). It was your encouragement, and the support of those editors (along with a determination to finally get an account), that led me to register an account after 3 years. I know that some of our other newer editors have experienced a rough start as well. But we're still around. LOL. Fortunately, we don't cave in easily. I do believe that it's paramount to be welcoming and supportive of all new editors who are here in good faith, even if they screw things up a little or have trouble comprehending our practices at first. Anyway, thanks again. I can see that you're still mentoring new users. I think you're doing great!  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 23:00, 18 December 2020 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * No problem! I'm glad to help out. Thank you for the barnstar! :)  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 11:01, 19 December 2020 (UTC)

An Allison for you!

 * Aww, Thanks!  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 00:00, 20 December 2020 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Many thanks for the barnstar! I really appreciate it!  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 19:05, 20 December 2020 (UTC)

Medicane
Hi LightandDark! I found this, which is the "official website" of the Mediterranean Cyclone Center. It looks like TheAustinMan's avatar on Discord! Thus, the source is unreliable, and a reliable source copying a name from an unreliable source is unreliable. ~ Destroyer 🌀🌀 01:11, 22 December 2020 (UTC)
 * That wasn't the source I was using. The website I was using was The Watchers, which I think is completely unrelated. They've been around for much longer than the MCC, and I do feel that they are a reliable source. BTW, I do prefer a direct source from the NOAA database, but I ragequitted after wasting an hour parsing through their database from Hell. And I didn't know that the MCC was actually TheAustinMan. That's actually kind of funny, LOL. Anyhow, I'm not going to revert you over this.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 01:18, 22 December 2020 (UTC)
 * I self-reverted myself on the medicine page to your revision, and added a tag. Yeah, exams take a toll on you. However, WP has actually helped me control my stress by taking my mind off of exams and onto hurricanes. You might be wondering why I stopped chatting on Discord. I found out that Discord will let me get carried away chatting :P, and is a distraction when studying for exams. I have an important midterm tomorrow, and I need to get an A on it to bring up my grade. Also, the Great Conjunction wasn’t visible in NJ, we got rain/snow showers :(. Stay safe, and I hope you did well on your exams. ~  Destroyer 🌀🌀 02:14, 22 December 2020 (UTC)
 * LOL. I figured. Why do you think I dialed back my activity on WP?? Though I probably should have taken more time off Discord. :P Anyway, my grades are mostly finalized now. One of them is still pending, but it's currently at the borderline level. But thanks. I'll tell you more about that off-wiki. Good luck to you as well. :)  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 02:50, 22 December 2020 (UTC)

Happy Holidays!
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24.182.9.202
- This guy is making too many unconstructive edits. I'm on my phone so I cannot use Twinkle. Please help me. Thanks. ~ Destroyer 🌀🌀 23:47, 23 December 2020 (UTC)
 * LOL. :P Well, I think you should be able to use Twinkle if you switch to the Desktop view. But everything takes longer on a phone. Even Rollback. :( I'm already working on it, much to my displeasure. Really? After two months of almost nothing but hard work and trouble, I get this guy two days before Christmas? You must be kidding me. If this continues, I'm not even going to drop another warning. I'm just going to go straight to AVI.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 00:01, 24 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Gave 'em a uw-disruptive3, let's hope they understand. --Hurricane Tracker 495 00:48, 24 December 2020 (UTC)

Happy Holidays!
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Yo Ho Ho
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Yo Ho Ho
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M.Bitton (talk) is wishing a foaming mug of Seasons Greetings! Whether you celebrate your hemisphere's Solstice or Christmas, Diwali, Hogmanay, Hanukkah, Lenaia, Festivus or even the Saturnalia, this is a special time of year for almost everyone!

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A barnstar for you!

 * Thanks! You did a great job yourself as well!  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 03:16, 27 December 2020 (UTC)
 * I know Florence will take you and a decent bit of time to get done. I will try to get Leslie done by the end of the first full week in January and then I can focus on Gordon thereafter. <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 03:27, 27 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Yeah. I think that's our plan. Hopefully we'll be able to have all that done by the summer, time permitting.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 20:48, 27 December 2020 (UTC)

, LightandDark2000: It really was bittersweet seeing Michael Met go. It was a good article that Noah and others put a good amount of time and effort in. ~ Destroyer 🌀🌀 21:53, 27 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Yeah. But it's probably for the best.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 21:57, 27 December 2020 (UTC)

Website parameter
Re: this edit, I'm not sure you needed to add the |website= parameter for all of the nhc.noaa.gov references. We already list the publisher as the National Hurricane Center. Per Template:Cite_web, the "website" parameter is supposed to list the title of the website, which is the same as the publisher, and not just the url of the homepage. ♫ Hurricanehink ( talk ) 15:35, 28 December 2020 (UTC)
 * I like being thorough, though. Especially when the website of the source isn't straightforward (not easy to find for newcomers).  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 19:56, 28 December 2020 (UTC)

Voting for "Military Historian of the Year" and "Military history newcomer of the year" closing
G'day all, voting for the WikiProject Military history "Military Historian of the Year" and "Military history newcomer of the year" is about to close, so if you haven't already, click on the links and have your say before 23:59 (GMT) on 30 December! Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 23:35, 28 December 2020 (UTC) for the coord team

Happy New Year!
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 LightandDark2000 , Thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia, and a Happy New Year to you and yours! ~ Destroyer 🌀🌀 21:37, 31 December 2020 (UTC)


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 LightandDark2000 , Thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia, and a Happy New Year to you and yours! Skarmory   (talk •   contribs)  23:01, 31 December 2020 (UTC)


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Here
Since you are involved with writing the WPTC newsletter, you may want to check out this. ~ Destroyer 🌀🌀 00:43, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
 * I noticed that. BTW, the discussion should probably be on the WPTC talk page. I'll be copying the discussion over and add my own response as soon as I'm done with Jebi's FAC review.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 00:47, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks! I'll gladly wait for your comments on how awarding MoTM should work. I'm quite new in selecting someone for MoTM. And I'm sorry for reverting your reply for vandalism, it was an accidental mistake.  Mario Jump  83!  00:58, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
 * It's okay. I suspected as much. Just be more careful in the future. :) BTW, I have copied over the discussion to the WPTC talk page.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 01:13, 2 January 2021 (UTC)

Thanks. Also, Karen 13 is now up to 18K USD in damage. NCDC really helps, though this is still considered minimal damage. ~ Destroyer 🌀🌀 01:25, 2 January 2021 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!
Aw...Thanks! That really means a lot to me.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 18:46, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
 * :-) No problem, you deserve it! 🌀Weatherman27🏈 (Chat|Edits|sandbox)  18:51, 4 January 2021 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Hey, thanks! I'm just doing my part to take out the trash on this site. Someone needs to put up with it. BTW, I saw what you did here. ^_^  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 23:09, 4 January 2021 (UTC)

Happy New Year!
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 LightandDark2000 , Thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia, and a Happy New Year to you and yours! EkoGraf (talk) 04:53, 5 January 2021 (UTC)


 * – Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year}} to user talk pages.

Its never too late! :) Thank you for a very nice New Year's card and to you too, have a Happy happy New Year!!! :D

You’ve been trouted!
You have been trouted for: Not keeping your cool when reverting an edit by an IP user. It happens sometimes! -Shift674-🌀contribs 12:04, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Hmm...Well, I actually wasn't losing it yet. Though I did let out a little more than usual on that one (cue Drmies XD).  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 12:05, 5 January 2021 (UTC)

Rights requests
Hey there! How do you request page mover rights? ~ 🌀 ☾⊙ ☈⊙ ♫ꍏ  🌀 15:25, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Well, go to WP:RFR and file a new request under the appropriate section. However, the Page-Mover and Rollbacker rights do come with more power and responsibility than most of the other rights listed on that page, so I would strongly suggest that you wait another 1 or 2 months before filing a request. You'll have to be able to demonstrate to the reviewing administrators that you have a full understanding of Page Mover rights and the responsibility to handle it. This right is used mainly for moving articles in a manner that would normally not be possible for non-admins and non-page movers (e.g. moving from one name to another without leaving behind a redirect, or moving a redirect and leaving the name blank to allow a page move to that target), and also to revert page-move vandalism.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 20:30, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Ok thanks! 🌀 ☾⊙ ☈⊙ ♫ꍏ  🌀 20:48, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Also, how do you track vandalism? 🦠🌀 𝕾𝖚𝖕𝖊𝖗 𝕮𝖞𝖈𝖑𝖔𝖓𝖎𝖈 𝕾𝖙𝖔𝖗𝖒 𝕮𝖔𝖗𝖔𝖓𝖆 🌀🦠 19:57, 21 January 2021 (UTC)
 * There are lots of ways to track vandalism. You could go through pages that you know are likely vandal targets, or track pages that log potential vandalism. I assume that you're asking me about tracking live vandalism. Well in that case, you would want to patrol special pages made just for that. Such as Help:Recent changes. I would suggest that you stay out of that one until you're comfortable with finding and reverting vandalism, though. And it's much easier to deal with vandalism using WP:RC if you have Rollbacker rights, though Rollbacker isn't required for anti-vandalism work.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 21:09, 21 January 2021 (UTC)


 * Ok, thank you! I hope you get better soon. 🦠🌀 𝕾𝖚𝖕𝖊𝖗 𝕮𝖞𝖈𝖑𝖔𝖓𝖎𝖈 𝕾𝖙𝖔𝖗𝖒 𝕮𝖔𝖗𝖔𝖓𝖆 🌀🦠 21:30, 21 January 2021 (UTC)

Hurricane Herald Issue 45 sections
When you will write the sections for December 2020 SOTM, SOTY and your OP? (I doubt that the Hurricanehink interview will be ever be written given when Destroyer moved the year report up)  Mario Jump  83!  01:48, 11 January 2021 (UTC)
 * I'm planning to start writing those tonight. I should be done by tomorrow. I'm really going to try to get them all finished before tomorrow night.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 03:17, 11 January 2021 (UTC)

Well then, here's our work that just got into fruition!  Mario Jump  83!  00:09, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thanks! I am very grateful.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 03:17, 11 January 2021 (UTC)

A kitten for you!
I wish you a speedy recovery. May God watch over you.

~ Destroyeraa 🌀🇺🇸 00:19, 12 January 2021 (UTC) <br style="clear: both;"/>
 * Thank you so much.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 00:22, 12 January 2021 (UTC)

How are you feeling? ~ Destroyeraa 🌀🇺🇸 14:23, 13 January 2021 (UTC)
 * You want the truth? Miserable. Even though the pain isn't as bad as it was yesterday. There's nothing like a good shot of pain to remind you of how much your life sucks (if you happen to feel that way, like me).
 * Keep thinking optimistic. ~ Destroyeraa 🌀🇺🇸 15:07, 13 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Ugh. I was never an optimist to begin with, though. Especially not after everything I've been through in life. You should know me better than that by now. I'm more of a realist, or a hopeful realist. Yeah, I'll probably get through this (hopefully the issues I've noticed are only temporary), but as for my life in general, the outlook isn't all that great.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 15:10, 13 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Well, you are a hopeful realist. Now that you're operation is finished, I'll get to you off-wiki sometime today. I have a radical but fun idea for WPTC (something similar to the Wikicup). Stay safe. ~ Destroyeraa 🌀🇺🇸 15:15, 13 January 2021 (UTC)
 * ....😭  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 04:18, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

Here: User:Destroyeraa/Cyclone Cup. ~ Destroyeraa 🌀🇺🇸 16:20, 13 January 2021 (UTC)
 * It's a pretty cool idea. I think that we should have those every year! It looks like a version of the WikiCup made just for WPTC. I think that it could be synchronized with Hurricane Noah's new reward system as well.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 17:41, 13 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Hehe, I got the idea from Noah's award system. ~ Destroyeraa 🌀🇺🇸 18:55, 13 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Heh, I bet you're full of creative ideas.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 19:01, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

A Dog for you!
Thank you! This means so much to me! It's not as bad as I thought it would be right now (mostly because of my pain meds). As long as I properly manage my pain medication and do everything else right, I may be fine. The first 3 days are usually the worst. We'll see how this goes.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 23:07, 12 January 2021 (UTC)

A cup of tea for you!

 * It wasn't necessarily me being ill, but the extraction isn't something casual (the doctor said he considered it to be a "serious surgery"). But thanks! Obviously I can't resume full editing activity right now, but maybe in a few days. In the meantime, I'm keeping my phone close by in case anyone wants to contact me off-wiki.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 23:17, 12 January 2021 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thank you. I really appreciate your gesture of kindness.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 14:55, 13 January 2021 (UTC)
 * :-) 🌀CycloneFootball71🏈 |sandbox 18:11, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

A kitten for you!
Some days before August 17, 2019 my ankle sprained (non-sports injury - I don't participate in athletic activity) when I'm walking alongside stairs in my school. It was painful and I wasn't able to walk for several days. Fortunately, I was able to recover without any surgery - though I fear that ankle might get injured again. To see you getting a surgery in wisdom teeth removal is probably might be more painful than that - I feel pain and I probably wouldn't be able to handle it! I have wisdom teeth tbh and I don't plan to get it removed someday. This is why I gave you a bicolor kitten. Bicolor cats are my favorite.

 Mario Jump  83!  10:26, 14 January 2021 (UTC) <br style="clear: both;"/>
 * Ah, thank you so much. But that's not the #1 issue that's bothering me. You see, 2 of my friends on WPTC now appear to be depressed or have come down with an illness. And with all of that coming together right now, it's just too much for me.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 19:14, 14 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Oh man. What a friggin' noodles. This is now Wikipedia's 20th anniversary, and for some reason we all need to get through all of this hell with something happened Destroyer and CF71, including myself for my father's stroke last month. Let's hope that we can all make this through without any of my friends, including you fall.  Mario Jump  83!  23:54, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

A kitten for you!
I am sorry to hear that you aren't feeling great. I hope things get better for you.

🌀CycloneFootball71🏈 |sandbox 04:57, 15 January 2021 (UTC) <br style="clear: both;"/>

Thanks. Though I still am experiencing physical pain/discomfort (not quite as bad now, thankfully), this one is largely emotional. And unfortunately, this kind of pain is much more difficult to deal with.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 05:00, 15 January 2021 (UTC)
 * I am glad that your physical pain has decreased. Especially now, I now how that other kind of pain feels, all too well. Anyhow, I hope you feel better and things trend up for you soon. Cheers, 🌀CycloneFootball71🏈 |sandbox 05:04, 15 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks! BTW, I also noticed what happened in mid-December 2020. I'm very sorry. I was very preoccupied with my finals and the associated stress back then, so I didn't even notice at the time. I hope that you'll re-emerge from your dark times as well. I wish you the best.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 05:01, 16 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Oh, yeah very unfortunate timing with that, which is one of the reasons why I kind of retired. Thanks though I hope I can emerge from this stressful period as well. Thanks you, 🌀CycloneFootball71🏈 |sandbox 20:33, 21 January 2021 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thanks! I'm still feeling down (though not quite as much as I was only a day ago), but this definitley helped cheer me up a little. :)  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 05:01, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

A kitten for you!
Thanks for your contributions. Always be happy.

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 * Thank you!  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 19:40, 22 January 2021 (UTC)

Rogue editor
I note that you have commented on the edits made by a user with the ID 82.1.133.50 on the Balfron article.‎ He is at it again, and again. Are you able to prevent him from further vandalism? Shipsview (talk) 22:31, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
 * I reported the vandal to WP:AIV. Unfortunately, I cannot actually block them myself, because I'm not an administrator. We'll have to wait until an admin gives my report a look. I can also try contacting some admins on Discord if it gets really bad.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 22:55, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you Shipsview (talk) 14:02, 19 January 2021 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!
Thanks! I'm just doing my part to defend Wikipedia and the other editors here (when it becomes necessary). :)  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 19:40, 22 January 2021 (UTC)

A barnstar for you! - Un EtoileDeGrange pour vous!

 * Thank you very much! Yes, I am feeling much better now. Even though I'm still recovering. I hope that life is treating you better as well. ^_^  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 19:40, 22 January 2021 (UTC)

A pineapple cake for you!

 * Aww...Thank you so much! I love those!! Yum! Now I really want to have another pineapple cake in real life. LOL! XD  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 01:20, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

"Devastator (Ratchet and Clank)" listed at Redirects for discussion
A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Devastator (Ratchet and Clank). The discussion will occur at Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 January 23 until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. Regards, SONIC 678 03:16, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

A cookie for you!

 * Aww...Thanks! I am feeling much better now. Full recovery will probably take 5 months, but things should mostly be back to normal for me within a week. I do appreciate the gesture of kindness. And I hope that you're feeling well yourself.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 02:42, 24 January 2021 (UTC)

Vandalism Help
I saw that you have reverted edits on the John Giuca page made by 2 editors.‎ There is now a third editor on the page that has (it looks like) made 500 edits in the past 24 hours...It looks IMO like a sockpuppet account due to his editing ability and since the IP/editor is so new. He is positioning the page as an article about the CASE vs. about Giuca himself. He has also removed information sourced from the NYTimes about a prior shooting arrest. In all, after spending much time on this page and reviewing the talk page and edit history I believe these editors are closely connected with the defendant's family. Are you able to help prevent 2603:7000:2143:8500:31b5:246a:5626:edca from further vandalism? Please let me know if you have any ideas on next steps. Looking for help/answers. Thank you! Drsammyjohnson (talk) 01:23, 27 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Well, you could open an SPI case page on the person, under the name of the original account, SMALLS88, assuming that they are socking (which is a real possibility). If you do, be sure to provide evidence relating to how the accounts and IPs are related behaviorally. In the meantime, however, you can report the latest IPs. to WP:AIV to stop any ongoing disruption. I'm not sure if the person behind the newer IPs is the same individual, but the activity does look suspicious. Hope this helps.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 01:52, 27 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the help. Links to relevant pages are so useful - sometimes I find myself getting lost in Wikipedia "how to" pages. I too find the editing suspicious. I will dig in further. Much appreciated. Drsammyjohnson (talk) 03:23, 27 January 2021 (UTC)DrSammyJohnson
 * Light - please take a careful look at the reverted edits. There is zero suspicious about them. And they are not in the least what Sammy imagines them to be. As was explained to Sammy - he is imagining things, wildly. See discussion here. BTW, I am not as new as Sammy imagines - the computer link just changes on its own on a regular basis to a new IP address, without my direction. This is not uncommon with IP addresses. As far as opening an SPI - sure, go ahead. I'm not a sockpuppet. Nor of course are my edits in the least in line with the edits of the editors that Sammy is upset at. Truly a weird accusation. Totally baseless. And I cannot imagine why, after I explained this all to him, he continues to state flatly incorrectly that "He has also removed information sourced from the NYTimes about a prior shooting arrest." Just the opposite. Bizarre. You will see this if you look at the reverted edits. In short, there is no disruption caused by my edits. There is major disruption caused by Sammy. In his deletion of text, all to RSs such as the NYT, all in an objective tone, without any leaning towareds (or away from) any party to the event. Unhinged accusations, and disruptive editing. 2603:7000:2143:8500:2106:A7BD:74CF:9D46 (talk) 19:11, 27 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Light - since you've given an opinion - I assume, correct me if I am wrong - without looking at the actual edits to see if they match the accusation and are therefore as charged "suspicious" or are just the opposite (they are) - might you perhaps if you can find a moment take a look at the edits to correct your assertions if you believe that would be appropriate? This editor has completely misstated to you the content of those revisions. 2603:7000:2143:8500:69BB:9C10:91C2:DFF0 (talk) 07:11, 30 January 2021 (UTC)
 * I was mostly thinking of another slew of vandal accounts/IPs from before that were almost certainly the same person. Not necessarily you or all of your edits (though I will admit that some of your earlier edits did look a little suspicious in terms of the timing). Anyhow, this is starting to look more like a content dispute between the two of you. I strongly urge the two of you to discuss the issue and come to an agreement, instead of engaging in an edit war on the article itself.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 07:19, 30 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I imagine it is possible that at first he was thinking of other IPs as well. I stand behind all my edits, he has wildly and incorrectly mischaracterized them,, and I did engage him in talk page discussion starting four days ago to try to understand his complaints, which I responded to at length - only to discover there is nothing to them. See here. I have no idea what you are referring to as far as "suspicious timing" - the content of my edits, though, bears close inspection. This editor for example oddly accused me of deleting NYT references - I doubt that ever happened at all, and he failed to point to any, and I in fact added many NYT references. Just an absolutely baseless and disruptive revert, that goes far beyond normal editing disputes. 2603:7000:2143:8500:1D36:6FB6:FDDA:9EB2 (talk) 06:18, 1 February 2021 (UTC)


 * This editor is completely irrationally disruptive. I posted responses to all of his fictitious complaints. I waited days. His responses ended. I restored his disruptive no-rational-basis deletions. Now this. How can I proceed? I have tried - at length, and spending time that was not appropriate given the simplicity of the non-issues - and we are back where we started. He is irrational. I need a third party. If need be, he could be blocked, but I wish him no harm - he is just not rational (then again, if he does this to other articles, it is a drag on wp resources). How would you suggest I proceed? 2603:7000:2143:8500:A1A3:633:94F3:E5BF (talk) 09:56, 6 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Hi. I would suggest opening up a new discussion on the article's talk page. Start a discussion on the disupted content at hand. Also try to bring in other editors who have been active on that page or who have an interest in that topic, to try to get consensus on the changes. Bringing in more editors should help with getting additional opinions and coming to a resolution. A last resort would be WP:ANI if all else fails, but I don't want to see anyone getting dragged before ANI for a content dispute issue.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 20:07, 6 February 2021 (UTC)

Super Cyclonic Storm Corona has eaten your pie!
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Super Cyclonic Storm Corona has eaten your pie! The pie made them happy and they'd like to give you a great big hug for donating it. Spread the WikiLove by giving out more pies, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Thanks again!  🌀 𝕾𝖚𝖕𝖊𝖗 𝕮𝖞𝖈𝖑𝖔𝖓𝖎𝖈 𝕾𝖙𝖔𝖗𝖒 𝕮𝖔𝖗𝖔𝖓𝖆 🌀 19:04, 28 January 2021 (UTC)


 * Aw! You're welcome! I'm glad I made you happier.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 19:36, 28 January 2021 (UTC)

Woah man, calm down. You don't have to say mean words like that.  🌀 𝕾𝖚𝖕𝖊𝖗 𝕮𝖞𝖈𝖑𝖔𝖓𝖎𝖈 𝕾𝖙𝖔𝖗𝖒 𝕮𝖔𝖗𝖔𝖓𝖆 🌀 17:33, 3 February 2021 (UTC)

A brownie for you!

 * Aw...Thank you so much for your kind words, and the treat! Many thanks!! :)  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 21:35, 5 February 2021 (UTC)

2006 Central Pacific cyclone
Alongside working to get successful Cyclone Owen PR I am considering GAN of 2006 Central Pacific cyclone despite being small in size I acknowledge. From what I learned from Hurricane Kristy (2006) merger, Hurricane Sergio (2006) is probably going to not hold out any longer so I see 2006 Central Pacific cyclone as a replacement.  Mario Jump  83!  05:11, 9 February 2021 (UTC)
 * The article isn't quite ready yet. The impacts section definitely needs more expansion, and I'd like to see some more information in the Met History section as well, if possible. I'll be more than happy to take a look when the article is finally reworked for a GAN, but I won't really have the time to pull that off until the summer. We have a number of rather small GAs, so size shouldn't be too much of an issue.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 06:51, 9 February 2021 (UTC)

A pie for you!
To tell about my user rights I'm on, I'm now Destroyeraa but with temporary page mover instead of permanent one. LOL!  Mario Jump  83!  05:57, 9 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Also... I'm Destroyeraa with a little bit terrible grammar and sometimes emotional!  Mario  Jump  83!  06:10, 9 February 2021 (UTC)
 * LOL! So you have more user rights to enjoy now, I see. :P Anyhow, thanks for your support and the pie. Yum!  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 06:51, 9 February 2021 (UTC)

A kitten for you!
<div style="border-style:solid; border-color:blue; background-color:AliceBlue; border-width:1px; text-align:left; padding:9px;" class="plainlinks"> Skarmory has given you a kitten! Kittens promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Your kitten must be fed three times a day and will be your faithful companion forever! Spread the WikiLove by giving someone else a kitten, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Spread the goodness of kittens by adding {{subst:Kitten}} to someone's talk page with a friendly message, or kittynap their kitten with {{subst:Kittynap}}


 * Thanks!  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 04:22, 15 February 2021 (UTC)

Happy Valentine's Day/Singles' Awareness Day!
I do hope you're doing well. Coding Cyclone  citation needed 20:49, 14 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Aw, thank you so much! I hope you're also doing well yourself. And Happy Valentine's Day!  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 04:22, 15 February 2021 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thanks! I'm glad you appreciated my work.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 22:51, 25 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Why were they merged? ~ 🌀    SCS CORONA     🌀 13:41, 26 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Because they were always the same storm to begin with. And in the case of Amanda–Cristobal, the remnant low survived and regenerated into Cristobal. The only reason why they were given two names is because of a stupid NHC policy that if a storm doesn't make it into a different basin as a tropical cyclone (at least as a tropical depression), then it must be given a new name. Even if it's the same storm. On WP, we give the storm one article if the low-pressure area (LPA) or the low-level circulation center (LLCC) survives the trip overland, I think. Even if the NHC gives them two separate names. Which is why we had the discussion to merge the two articles. And yesterday, I did just that.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 16:43, 26 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Ah, ok. I understand. ~ 🌀    SCS CORONA     🌀 16:46, 26 February 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for the thank

 * Nope, I'll take it! ^_^ Thanks!!  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 16:43, 26 February 2021 (UTC)
 * The user is blocked, BTW. ~ 🌀    SCS CORONA     🌀 18:29, 1 March 2021 (UTC) A sockpuppet of, says the blocking admin.

46th issue of Hurricane Herald newsletter
Congrats! Why you don't subscribe to this newsletter?  Mario Jump  83!  06:24, 1 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Well, I didn't feel the need to. But, I would definitely like a copy of every issue that I help author, or where my activities are brought up.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 16:55, 2 March 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for making them
~ 🌀    SCS CORONA     🌀 16:52, 2 March 2021 (UTC)
 * You're welcome! ^_^  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 16:52, 2 March 2021 (UTC)

Regarding Random Forests page
Dear LightandDark2000, Thank you for actively watching for vandalism in Wikipedia pages. I have recently reverted a change made to the Random Forest page, as it was a visible action taken by an author to promote three of his research articles in sections/topics that were not directly related to his work. Indeed, Random Forest is a very broad topic in the machine learning domain, and the citations that this user inserted (including the text of his recent Ph.D. thesis, defended in 2019) are related to extremely specific domains and applications (mainly published in "Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part B: Pavements" and "Journal of Infrastructure Systems"). Therefore, these works cannot be seen as authoritative in the machine learning domain (they also were never cited in the academic domain). I noticed the same pattern of this user on different pages. For this reason, I reverted the edit (i.e. removed the three citations) and reported it as cite spam for further analysis (edit that you have reverted). I am rather new here, so I'm still not used to the right processes/etiquette in this kind of situation, could give us assistance in this case? Thanks a lot 83.137.1.221 (talk) 18:14, 2 March 2021 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry, but this isn't my area of expertise. Maybe someone at the WP:Help desk might be able to help out.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 18:18, 2 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the quick answer. In any case these citations will eventually be removed, I was just surprised by the fact that my cleaning was interpreted as vandalism. I will then simply report this issue on the talk page related to the topic.93.13.173.200 (talk) 18:44, 2 March 2021 (UTC)

TY for the TYs and more!

 * No problem! It's always good to let others know that you appreciate their work! ^_^  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 07:55, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

Here is a nice cookie

 * Thanks!!  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 02:20, 5 March 2021 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * No problem!  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 08:32, 9 March 2021 (UTC)

Sources needed
Hey Light! I need a few more sources for my sandbox - User:Super Cyclonic Storm Corona/March 2021 Hawaii Floods - that don't repeat the information I already have. I already looked through all news articles. Do you know where to get more sources? ~ 🌀    SCS CORONA     🌀 15:32, 11 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Gee, I don't know. You could try using different search phrases on Google. However, it might be best if you wait for Aon Benfield and the NOAA to publish their reports on the natural disasters in the US. Those typically have some more information on the biggest disasters, and they often provide damage estimates as well. The Aon report for this month will come out sometime next month. If you can't find anything else in the meantime, you just might have to sit tight until further reports on the event are released.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 21:35, 11 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Ok, thanks! Meanwhile I'll be working on Winter Storm Xylia. ~ 🌀    SCS CORONA     🌀 13:06, 12 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Okay. BTW, HurricaneCovid has a draft for Xylia, since Xylia is expected to become a major winter storm for the Rockies, but his draft barely has anything in it, last I checked.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 17:59, 12 March 2021 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * I also want to say that your talk page is full of awards, cookies (which is food WikiLove) and barnstars. You may want to archive it in a separate archive designed for it.  Mario Jump  83!  01:34, 13 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks! I know that I can sound a little harsh at times, but that kind of stuff has to be dealt with. I just don't want to see things get out of our control, or more of our fellow editors getting in trouble. Thanks for the barnstars, though. I think you'll learn from experience. You can take break from recruiting if you want, but you can return whenever you feel that you're ready. BTW, I will archive my talk page soon. I was going to do it in back January, but I decided to leave it open for a much longer period of time after I saw all the support that was pouring in from you guys, during my operation and the stuff that followed. I decided that I might as well leave it open until things calm down a little on my talk page.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 02:16, 13 March 2021 (UTC)

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Because you thanked me
05:04, 14 March 2021 (UTC) JennilyW (talk) 05:04, 14 March 2021 (UTC)
 * No problem!  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 05:05, 14 March 2021 (UTC)

A pi for you!

 * That looks fun. LOL! XD  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 04:09, 15 March 2021 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thanks! You're doing a great job yourself.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 04:09, 15 March 2021 (UTC)

Welcome!
I saw you joined the Current Events WikiProject, so welcome! ~ 🌀    SCS CORONA     🌀 17:26, 15 March 2021 (UTC)

Some Masala Dosa For you!

 * Ooohh!! That looks good! (I've never had one before, though.) And you're welcome! ^_^  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 17:42, 16 March 2021 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Aw...You're welcome! And I didn't know that Black Forest was your favorite, but I'm happy to see that you enjoy it! (And I got it spot-on, too.) :)  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 18:04, 19 March 2021 (UTC)

The Military Barnstar
I really don't know what to say, thanks a lot for the kind words mate, I have tried my best always and although I have partially stepped away/retired from Wikipedia I hope I will be able to help in the future as well. Thanks once again! :) EkoGraf (talk) 15:54, 21 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Aw, no problem! You've done a great job here. I just wanted to thank you for everything.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 13:27, 22 March 2021 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thank you so much! This really means a lot to me.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 19:52, 22 March 2021 (UTC)
 * No problem! Glad you like it! :-) 🌀CycloneFootball71🏈 |sandbox 20:12, 22 March 2021 (UTC)

A cupcake for you!

 * I second this cupcake. 🌀 Hurricane Covid 🌀 (contribs) 16:41, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
 * +1 I third? This cupcake. I have this happen to me too many times to count, so I know your pain. Luckily it will eventually heal. Stay strong. 🌀CycloneFootball71🏈 |sandbox  17:07, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you all for your support. I am really touched. Hopefully, I'll make a quick recovery. This really sucks.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 21:43, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Hoping for a quick recovery for you too. I know your pain, but it will get better. Stay safe... - 🌀CycloneFootball71🏈 |sandbox 17:56, 25 March 2021 (UTC)

Userboxes
Hello L&D2000, I was wondering if you could help me with something regarding a userbox I recently created. Now, I ask you as I have seen you make user-boxes before, and so I though you could help me out. I want to add it to the Wikipedia talk:Userboxes/New Userboxes page, but I am not sure how to do the formatting seen on the page, like this: { { User:Tcr25/Userbox/User Hates DST } } so I was wondering if you could help me figure out how to make the link like that? Or am I just dumb and it is simply { { User:CycloneFootball71/UBX } } (without the spaces of course) Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you so much Sorry if that is confusing. -🌀CycloneFootball71🏈 |sandbox 23:04, 23 March 2021 (UTC) My UBX:


 * Hi! I think the issue here is that you're missing the following snippet of code below your userbox:

Try adding this below the rest of the code for your userbox. Let me know if that works. BTW, I would strongly recommend renaming your userbox to something more specific (specifically, adding a / dash after "UBX" and adding a more specific title), because it's pretty general right now, especially if you plan on making more userboxes.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 23:12, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the help. I added on the code like you said, but I am having a bit of confusion on where to place everything. I know it says where to add categories, but I am not very good at reading code or doing things like that. Really sorry for taking up you time, I am trying to learn all of the hidden aspects of Wikipedia still.

🌀CycloneFootball71🏈 |sandbox 23:40, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Well, I think you're supposed to find the appropriate user categories and add them within the "noinclude" tags. You can see this userbox I made as an example. Hope this helps. :)  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 23:49, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
 * ohhh that makes sense, and it makes a lot more sense on what I was doing wrong, as my userbox code isn't formatted the same way. That definitely helps a lot, thank you! 🌀CycloneFootball71🏈 |sandbox 00:14, 24 March 2021 (UTC)
 * No problem! :)  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 00:16, 24 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Really sorry, but I have one last question. I was able to get categories and fix the userbox, so how do I get the userbox on my page and have the category show up? 🌀CycloneFootball71🏈 |sandbox 00:38, 24 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Assuming the categories were inserted correctly, they should show up on your userpage if you add the userbox to your page. If it's still not showing up, there's probably an issue with how you're incorporating the categories.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 00:46, 24 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Oh okay, thank you. I think I figured it out. Thank you so much for your advice with this, it means a lot! 🌀CycloneFootball71🏈 |sandbox 00:57, 24 March 2021 (UTC)

A Barnstar for you!

 * Thank you so much! I really appreciate this!  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 07:52, 24 March 2021 (UTC)

A cup of tea for you!

 * Thank you so much! I really appreciate your support. I have an injured ankle to deal with in addition to a persistent stomach pain (started yesterday), so I'm feeling like crap.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 17:53, 25 March 2021 (UTC)

Whoa.
Hey, IDK if you know this or not, but you are the 1433th most active editor of all time on the wiki. ~~ 🌀𝚂𝙲𝚂 𝙲𝙾𝚁𝙾𝙽𝙰🌀 18:12, 25 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Well, I knew that I was somewhere up around the 1,400s zone. I suppose that's what I get for my years of activity. BTW, if you want to know how active I really am, you need to tack on another 3 years and 6,500+ more edits, from back when I used to be an IP editor. ^_^  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 21:16, 25 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Wow. Y'know, you're pretty close to Hurricanehink and Cyclonebiskit. ~~ 🌀𝚂𝙲𝚂 𝙲𝙾𝚁𝙾𝙽𝙰🌀 11:55, 26 March 2021 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thanks!  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 18:29, 26 March 2021 (UTC)

no pings, please
I don't know why you pinged me to close an RFC, but please don't do that again. I'm mostly inactive due to my parents' health issues and hospice care, but even if I weren't, I'm well aware of where to find the overdue RFCs if I wish to start closing some. Thanks. Katietalk 15:14, 26 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Oh sorry. I was completely unaware of those issues. I hope they get well soon. I pinged you because I saw you as a trusted admin, for the record.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 18:28, 26 March 2021 (UTC)
 * You seem to have a habit of doing this. I noticed that you received a similar complaint on SRG shortly after receiving the complaint above. I think it'd be helpful to remember that very few issues on Wikipedia truly require urgent attention, so to be respectful of other editors' time, it's usually not necessary to ping specific admins and stewards for tasks that could be resolved by other admins and stewards. Mz7 (talk) 04:39, 27 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Sorry. I just hate seeing backlogs. Especially when stuff like reports on active vandals/LTAs go unaddressed for hours on end at AIV (usually during the inactive hours of the day).  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 05:53, 27 March 2021 (UTC)

Disambiguation link notification for March 27
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April 2021 WikiProject Military History Reviewing Drive
Hey y'all, the April 2021 WikiProject Military History Reviewing Drive begins at 00:01 UTC on April 1, 2021 and runs through 23:59 UTC on April 31, 2021. Points can be earned through reviewing articles on the AutoCheck report, reviewing articles listed at WP:MILHIST/ASSESS, reviewing MILHIST-tagged articles at WP:GAN or WP:FAC, and reviewing articles submitted at WP:MILHIST/ACR. Service awards and barnstars are given for set points thresholds, and the top three finishers will receive further awards. To participate, sign up at WikiProject_Military_History/April 2021 Reviewing Drive and create a worklist at WikiProject Military history/April 2021 Reviewing Drive/Worklists (examples are given). Further details can be found at the drive page. Questions can be asked at the drive talk page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:25, 31 March 2021 (UTC)

Rollback Barbat
I'm working and unable to fix recent changes to the barbat article, but they were done at the same time as the recent changes to the oud article, that you rolled back. Would you mind rolling back the recent changes to barbat? The author seems to be fixated on making the instrument an Iranian only instrument, and sources don't support that. If not, I get to it tonight. Best wishes, Jacqke (talk) 19:40, 31 March 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅.  Light and Dark2000  🌟 (talk) 19:48, 31 March 2021 (UTC)

April 2021
This is your April Fools' warning; if you continue to contribute constructively to Wikipedia, you may be showered with barnstars without further notice. 'HAHA! Happy April Fools' Day! XD Anyway, nice new signature :)' CodingCyclone!  🌀 📘 02:30, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
 * HAHAHA!!! LOL!! Good one! Happy April Fools' Day to you as well! I shall continue to "edit constructively." Hehe! ^_^  Light and Dark2000  🌟 (talk) 02:39, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

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April Fools!!!!!!! P.S. The headline is just the first 56 atomic symbols of the periodic table all lowercased and with no spaces. Tfess up?or down? 04:01, 1 April 2021 (UTC) And my attempts at bringing about April Fools is, well, in shambles.

Boom Star
Hey, hope all is good. I just wanted to let you know that I saw these articles about the boom star was expected in 2022. Here they are: https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/two-stars-wont-collide-into-a-red-nova-in-2022-after-all and https://www.sciencealert.com/kic-9832227-cygnus-binary-star-collision-prediction-was-wrong-data  However, I might not be thinking of the same one on your userpage. I wanted to come here and let you know about it before I go and just edit your page without permission. Thanks - 🌀CycloneFootball71🏈 |sandbox 05:14, 6 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Honestly, it probably is the same one. I've gone ahead and taken it off of my userpage. Wow. That really is a bummer. And really, a typo?!? Of all things...Ugh. BTW, I am feeling better now. I got an infection sometime last week, which ended up developing into a sinus infection yesterday, after my immune system was weakened by recent events (stress, the heatwave, and sleep deprivation). Probably a Cold. I am feeling much better now, though, on all fronts. :)  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 05:23, 6 April 2021 (UTC)
 * I was very dissapointed as well, I was looking forward to being able to see it. Glad to hear you're feeling better, sorry that you had all of that stuff happen though. I hope your ankle is feeling better too. 🌀CycloneFootball71🏈 |sandbox 13:50, 6 April 2021 (UTC)

Have a nice crispy cookie!

 * Thank you so much! I really appreciate it. Yum!  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 19:09, 7 April 2021 (UTC)
 * You're welcome! Face-smile.svg Floridaball ;) . 22:28, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

Kullanıcı İsmi separation line
Seems Kullanıcı İsmi added the separation line to dozens of articles. So it wouldn't be just me, and knowing you are of the same mind, could you remove the line in the other articles where I haven't removed yet? I removed over half of where he added already. Here are the ones that still need removing. Also, could you keep an eye on him as well so he doesn't do it again? Seems he's a problematic editor who has been blocked three times in just the three months he has been editing. EkoGraf (talk) 19:18, 7 April 2021 (UTC)
 * I can't say that I will be able to stop him, disruptive though it may be. This may require admin attention if it continues. However, I'm averse to going to ANI. That place has a rather foul taste in my mouth, and I would rather avoid more drama if it can be helped. I think those articles are also covered by 1RR, which is worth considering. HE should be notified, if he hasn't yet been already. And if he continues, a block is probably necessary. Especially given his past behavior.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 19:21, 7 April 2021 (UTC)
 * I will keep an eye on him as well. EkoGraf (talk) 19:24, 7 April 2021 (UTC)
 * I finished it up all by myself on the remaining articles, but if any future reverts of his disruptive edits are needed I think your help would be great. Thanks in advance! EkoGraf (talk) 19:58, 7 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Seems the editor has been indefinitely blocked and the issue resolved. EkoGraf (talk) 20:26, 7 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Yeah. I took a look through his block log and some of his recent edits and finally had enough. I just went and reported him.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 20:27, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

Discussion on the inclusion of Iraq in the 'Arab states of the Persian Gulf' article
Hey there @LightandDark2000! I saw that you're a member of WikiProject Western Asia. Just wanted to notify you that I have opened up a discussion on whether Iraq should be included in the ASPG article. In the talk page I've organized a short history and research on the subject. And opened a discussion on the issue. If you're interested please feel free to join, we would love for neutral third party opinion on the matter. Cheers! — &thinsp;♾️ Contemporary Nomad  (💬 Talk) 07:18, 20 April 2021 (UTC)

Thanked for 2 edits
I noticed that you thanked me for 2 of my edits. While it's not really all that significant, I would like to tank you for thanking more than just one of my edits. It's rare that I see the same editor thank more than one of my edits. I would give you a barn star but I can't figure out how at the moment but once I do I will gladly give you one. Blaze The Wolf &#124; Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 18:08, 21 April 2021 (UTC)
 * No problem! BTW, you can give most barnstars using the WikiLove tab near the Twinkle options tab, on the upper right side of the page. It's marked by the heart symbol.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 18:13, 21 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Eh, I'm here for the same thing. Thank you for the thanks :) --The Right &#39;Orrible (talk) 21:59, 21 April 2021 (UTC)

A kitten for you!
I really appreciate your thanks on some of my edits! Your kindness really made my day. Thank you for sharing the WikiLove, and here is some for you!

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 * Thanks!  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 16:14, 17 May 2021 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!
Thanks!  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 08:49, 24 April 2021 (UTC)

South Atlantic Tropical Cyclone
Hi. I am having an issue on South Atlantic tropical cyclone. An IP is attempting to start another edit war and replace the timeline that was removed. I have reverted him but I am trying to refrain from surpassing 3rr. It is obviously with exactly the same wording and tone in their edit summaries, and the fact that they are so adamant in such a poor table. I am not sure how to properly do it, so could you please help me report the IP as a sockpuppet or whatever they are? Thanks 🌀CycloneFootball71🏈 |sandbox 14:38, 24 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Okay, I figured out how to open a sock investigation. Here it is: Sockpuppet investigations/ Td30W‎. 🌀CycloneFootball71🏈 |sandbox 14:48, 24 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Sorry for the late reply. The report should be at Mazum24, because this is clearly the same LTA. The newer report should be merged into the older one. Also, this LTA has been at this for a while. I'll report the IPs as well.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 01:39, 25 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Okay Thanks. Both the IP's were blocked, and the investigation was archived, so for now things appear to have simmered down. Thanks for replying and giving some suggestions and helping out. 🌀CycloneFootball71🏈 |sandbox 03:55, 25 April 2021 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Aw, thanks! No problem! Just wanted to help you understand how things work here. BTW, I used to overlink when I was a newbie here, though not to the same extent.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 18:41, 28 April 2021 (UTC)

You thanked me!
You thanked my addition of the opinion piece about Destroyeraa. This really means a lot to me, and not because it's the first time I've been thanked (it certainly is not). It's because recently, you have vouched for Destroyeraa in discussions, and that makes it feel like it came from Destroyeraa himself. 🐔 Chicdat  Bawk to me! 10:17, 29 April 2021 (UTC)
 * No problem! I feel that people should be appreciated for their edits. And yeah, many of us on WPTC do see Destroyeraa as a friend. He's actually a close friend of mine now.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 17:50, 30 April 2021 (UTC)

Nomination of IC Markets for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article IC Markets is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/IC Markets& until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Lesliechin1 (talk) 07:31, 30 April 2021 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thank you so much! No problem! I'm just trying to make the world a better place. And that means helping out my friends. :)  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 03:02, 1 May 2021 (UTC)
 * no problem, thank you again though for all that you've done. I am glad Wikipedia has people like you to make the world a better place. Thank you for being so kind and for being a good friend. 🌀CycloneFootball71🏈 |sandbox 06:00, 1 May 2021 (UTC)

Status on Destroyeraa
Hey. I saw something happened with Destroyeraa (I want ping him as I don't want to reopen closed wounds) involving a sock puppet user getting banned. If I may ask, as I don't know much about it, what exactly happened? I hope everything is all good now by the way.ChessEric (talk · contribs) 20:48, 2 May 2021 (UTC)
 * The socking episode was in the past, all the way back in late November, which I think most of us were aware of. He hasn't had anything like that since. As for his inactivity, he's extremely busy due to school. He probably won't be back until after he gets out of school in late June, around June 24-ish. Since then, he has had a string of health issues (up to mid-March) and he did have a surgical operation on his right arm in early April, but I think that he's okay right now. And I've kept in close contact with him off-wiki, so we pretty much know about the things that are happening in each other's lives. And that's how I knew so much about his activities and what he has been thinking. I think he should be back in late June, though.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 00:13, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Ok. Gotcha. However, I was talking about the recent sock puppetry episode with the guy who supposedly wanted to join the WPTC project.ChessEric (talk · contribs) 00:32, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Oh. That one. Well, I think he got over it soon afterward. Especially when it turned out that the kid was an LTA. He does take things pretty hard on himself at times.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 01:02, 3 May 2021 (UTC)

A brownie for you!

 * No problem! :)  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 21:39, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

Bluecar125
The user Bluecar125 is still vandalizing Betty Haas Pfister and Murder of Nancy Pfister. Can you revert there edits ? 172.58.110.139 (talk) 19:20, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅. Honestly, I'm surprised that no one took out that vandal earlier.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 20:03, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thanks!  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 21:39, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

Pings at AIV
Hi, thank you very much for the numerous reports, but please don't ping administrators in any report that isn't about recent, ongoing, active vandalism requiring emergency intervention. The latest ping was about an account that didn't edit for over a week. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 19:44, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
 * I just thought that you would be interested since you had blocked the same person on their other account. Regardless, I have been more reserved in my usage of pings at AIV.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 19:49, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

Notice about a new WikiProject Proposal
This is a friendly notice about a proposal to have yearly based WikiProjects. You can find the proposal by clicking here. Elijahandskip (talk) 19:05, 16 May 2021 (UTC)
 * My Apologies . I "jumped the gun" in the fact that I forgot to actually make the proposal official.  I have done that now, so feel free to leave your opinion on the actually proposal. (See: WikiProject Council/Proposals/2021). Elijahandskip (talk) 19:05, 18 May 2021 (UTC)

Borderline comments
Just a note, it is generally not a good idea to refer to the ages of editors, especially when they're on the lower end of the numerical age scale. I have not needed to remove any of your comments, but I thought I'd mention it. Feel free to email me if you want specifics of the issue that brought me here. Primefac (talk) 23:17, 16 May 2021 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thanks! I'm just doing my part to help mediate in some of these disputes, when necessary. And I've been doing my best to keep a level head on on-wiki, even though it has grown difficult to do so at times.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 16:14, 17 May 2021 (UTC)

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) 11:26, 22 May 2021 (UTC)

Please communicate with new editors
Please say something to new editors when you revert their changes, as you did here. That's not a clear case of vandalism. Between the silence on their talk page and the generic edit summary, there's no way for them to know anything about what's going on. They've no sign that they're at all welcome here, or that their work might have some value and that they should stay. This new editor was at least paying attention to what they're doing and leaving edit summaries, which is more than can be said for many. Once they learn the rules, they may be productive and helpful. We want to encourage that. Thanks, BlackcurrantTea (talk) 08:31, 26 May 2021 (UTC)
 * This is why that I'm refusing to engage in further anti-vandalism activities. To take care of them I'm relying on SRG to get the job done.  Mario Jump  83!  10:35, 26 May 2021 (UTC)
 * This isn't a requirement at all, IMO. Also, their edit was definitely disruptive. And I certainly do not have to leave a message after every single revert (especially in cases of likely drive-by vandals. If someone wants to welcome people whose edits are primarily disruptive, they can be my guest. I normally don't do that kind of stuff.  Light and Dark2000  🌀 (talk) 12:58, 26 May 2021 (UTC)