User talk:Skywayman

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Again, welcome! It's great to have you. Happy editing! --Spangineer (háblame)  22:20, Jun 12, 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for your good work on the 2005 Pacific typhoon season article! CJewell (talk) 14:59, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

Hi Skywayman - thanks for your work on the typhoon articles. I should say though that your "template" for the yearly typhoon pages is somewhat corrupt in that none of the div tags close properly, and it is an awful lot of work to fix them - they have been being caught by the recent WikiSyntax scan at Please help out by clicking here to fix someone else's Wiki syntax. You can check out the fixes that we've been making at 2000_Pacific_typhoon_season e.g. Bosmon 06:21, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

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Re: Arizona License Plates
That's a good point. I've started to make a section on plate styles that are no longer issued but that are still valid for use. Maybe this will help to clear things up? Qqqqqq (talk) 16:00, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Vehicle registration plates of Arizona
Hi Skywayman. Nice additions to this page! Would you happen to have any photos of any of these plates? Qqqqqq (talk) 15:26, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

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American Airlines Flight 96
thank you for changing it because I thought it was Kennedy the flight was going to...thanks man Daz11R (talk) 03:04, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

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Zip Code replacement
Thanks for pointing out that the ZIP code of Superior, AZ is about to change today. However, why is this not shown on for instance http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/zcl_1_results.jsp ? What's your source? --Gereon K. (talk) 12:29, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

KPNX Digital Switchover
Still seeing original digital station on my end. Are you seeing the same thing?Arbiteroftruth  Plead Your Case 05:36, 13 June 2009 (UTC)
 * The original digital channel was switched off at 10:38PM. Witnessed it on my end. Rescanning my box now :( Arbiteroftruth  Plead Your Case 05:43, 13 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I deleted the term "digital" from one of the opening sentences, since that fact has been reinforced in the infobox. Also, are you staying up for CBS5's switchoff? Arbiteroftruth  Plead Your Case 06:01, 13 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Getting ready for bed now. I'm flying a friend and me up to Flagstaff for the day in the morning. Skywayman (talk) 06:06, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

ZIP codes for Pinal County
Thanks for the ZIP code link. The articles should be edited accordingly after the 1st of July then. --Gereon K. (talk) 08:36, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

Hunt Library change creates dead Wiki links
I repaired the dead link at Ozark Air Lines Flight 650. It went dead when the Embry-Riddle Hunt Library changed its web pages. I suspect there are a lot more dead links in Wiki airliner accident articles, as a result of that Hunt Library revamping their pages. EditorASC (talk) 16:13, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

Russian time zones
Thanks for the nudge; I was actually going to do something about it the day I heard of the change, but completely forgot since then.

Anyway, I've just added a conditional clause to that template. Before the change occurs, it is going to show Krasnoyarsk Time and a (sourced) note about switching to Omsk Time on March 28; and after the change it is going to simply show Omsk Time. I know that the date in the conditional is going to be user-specific, so it's not going to be accurate for everyone, but at least it defaults to UTC for the anonymous readers who don't have time specified in their user preferences. On March 28, of course, the conditional can be taken out; I've only put it there in case we forget to update it promptly. Please let me know if you have any comments, though. Cheers,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 15:15, February 8, 2010 (UTC)

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DCADIZ image
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ArbCom elections are now open!
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38th edition of The Hurricane Herald
WikiProject Tropical cyclones/Newsletter/Archive 38 - I'm only sending this to you because you got a mention in the history of the tropical cyclone Wikiproject ;) ♫ Hurricanehink ( talk ) 18:00, 1 August 2019 (UTC)