User talk:Trashgoose

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New tornado chart layout
Hey Trashgoose! I don’t think you were aware of the new tornado chart layout, but recently WikiProject Weather came to a consensus on a new tornado chart. You can view the new tornado chart layouts here: WikiProject Weather/Tornado table layout. The articles are slowly being converted to this new layout. Have a wonderful day! The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 17:51, 1 July 2023 (UTC)


 * Hi WeatherWriter! I was not aware of that; thank you for pointing it out! I'll make a note of that. Kind of a shame; I liked the other format a lot more. The new one will take some getting used to. Have a great day, too! Trashgoose (talk) 17:56, 1 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Yeah, it was done to better support mobile users, which make up 2/3rds of the readers on Wikipedia. The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 17:59, 1 July 2023 (UTC)
 * I'm not really into it either, especially since the sortable EF# category has not been fixed yet, but that's what was voted in so...yeah. Chess  Eric  19:00, 1 July 2023 (UTC)

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Blanking pages
Hello, Trashgoose,

Please do not blank pages, in this case, category pages. It can be useful to know what parent categories a category has been placed in. Thank you. Liz Read! Talk! 01:43, 11 December 2023 (UTC)


 * Hi Liz,
 * Sorry about that! I will refrain from doing so in the future. Thanks for the heads up. Trashgoose (talk) 17:35, 11 December 2023 (UTC)

Recent edits
Please stop removing the word parish from the tornado tables. Not every state has counties, some such as Louisiana consider them parishes. wxtrackercody (talk · contributions) 00:48, 14 June 2024 (UTC)


 * Yes, I know that. However, only one state doesn't have counties -- Louisiana (barring Alaska which has boroughs but tornadoes there are extremely rare). I was only removing parish when there weren't any tornadoes recorded for LA since "county / parish" was making the formatting of the table look weird. I left parish in there whenever there was a tornado recorded for LA. Trashgoose (talk) 14:44, 14 June 2024 (UTC)

List of F5 and EF5 tornadoes Improvement Time!
Hello there! I am sending this alert to all members of the WikiProject Weather and editors who have recently edited in the realm of tornadoes.

There is a large and important discussion ongoing, with the goal to completely overhaul and improve the List of F5 and EF5 tornadoes. The previous improvement attempt back in 2022/2023 gained almost no participation. This alert is being sent out so these discussions hopefully gain a reasonably-sized participation, so the F5/EF5 tornado article, one of the most viewed weather-related articles on Wikipedia, can be improved for all readers!

If you wish to participate, please visit: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Weather/Possible F5/EF5/IF5 tornadoes. The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 17:26, 17 July 2024 (UTC)