User talk:Thrasher27

Weather edits to Atlanta, Georgia article
You changed the zipcode for the weather in Atlanta, Georgia from 30303 to 30326, overwriting all the record high/low temperature numbers listed there. While 30326 is within the boundaries of the city of Atlanta, it's the Lenox (north Buckhead) area, not the center/downtown of the city. As a result, many of the record temperatures listed were very different.

If you'd like to cite specific records within city limits, feel free to do so, but please cite them separately with their own &lt;ref&gt; references, with text in the reference indicating where that record number came from. (The generalized city numbers should come from a central location, not an arbitrary point, which is why 30303 was used for the table. Every place has variations in climate just from one neighborhood to another; here, we're talking about Atlanta proper and so downtown was appropriate.)

A couple other statements you added, which declared facts, were not cited as required by Wikipedia:

Snow flurries frequently fall in the winter months when there is the presence of a deep trough in the jet stream over the eastern third of the United States. Atlanta's average low of 33 F, recorded at the airport, is affected by the urban heat island.

The first statement above might be confirmed by another article on Wikipedia, but you need to link to it. Yes, I know not everyone cites sources (in fact, it's a big problem), but sentences like the above will make someone without a degree in climatology scratch his/her head and wonder what you're talking about. More wiki links and reliable citations are the best ways to ensure that a layman audience can get at least some of the gist of the text.

I hope this explains why I reverted your changes. I don't want to scare you from contributing to Wikipedia, because contributions make Wikipedia what it is today. You're free to respond on this page if you have comments on the changes. Todd Vierling (talk) 21:05, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
 * In response to my own text above: Sorry, I misread the diffs; you added the first of the two statements above, but you removed the second one.  That second statement's removal was actually a good edit, and I've reapplied it.  Thanks!  Todd Vierling (talk) 21:08, 7 August 2008 (UTC)