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Hey! what is a MH Article:? ~mitch~ ( talk) 04:43, 3 September 2019 (UTC)
Draft:Meteorological history of Hurricane Dorian Wow! Looks great Noah ~ very informative ~ ~mitch~ ( talk) 20:05, 4 September 2019 (UTC)
On 19 September 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Meteorological history of Hurricane Dorian, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Hurricane Dorian (pictured) was the strongest hurricane on record to strike the Bahamas? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Meteorological history of Hurricane Dorian. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Meteorological history of Hurricane Dorian), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
— Maile ( talk) 12:02, 19 September 2019 (UTC)
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Hi I have started a discussion in the talk page for that (unnecessary) article for a speedy deletion request and feel free to join if you want. However I may just really delete and just merge it with main 2019 PTS article instead. Typhoon2013 (talk) 05:04, 7 October 2019 (UTC)
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So I’ve just seen your edits in the 2019 Nio cyclone season article and reverted them. As of this edit, only the JTWC classifies the system and so what? We still include it in the article since there is a designation and it is the JTWC. There are other articles that include JTWC-only systems anyway. Typhoon2013 (talk) 13:36, 3 December 2019 (UTC) Typhoon2013 13:36, 3 December 2019 (UTC)
Hello,
It has come to my attention that you have made
these icons to visually indicate the status of active tropical cyclones. As you know, they include variants for the Saffir–Simpson scale, the JMA scale, the IMD scale, the Météo-France scale, and the Australian scale, and their geometry indicates their direction of rotation and thus the hemisphere they exist in. However, the Saffir–Simpson scale is the typical scale used to classify South Atlantic tropical cyclones, which exist in the Southern Hemisphere, but the Saffir–Simpson scale icons only include variants rotating anti-clockwise. So, what should be done for future South Atlantic cyclones?
Grant Exploit (
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04:00, 24 November 2019 (UTC)
Hi again. I have just seen your contributions so far in our wikiproject (WPTC) and damn I am impressed, and I am somewhat shocked on how I haven't come across you until the past few weeks. So I just had a clean-up in my user page and found this, which is a page I have made of all 'guidelines' for our pages along with the links of past discussions a few years ago. This may be a little stupid but judging how we have some old users retiring and an inflow of new users editing throughout the WPTC, these new users do not know the original guideline we have used in the past. with you yourself joining the project a little after me, what are your thoughts? I have decided to come to you because judging on your edits and how new you are compared to the others, we will be the 'senior' users in the next few years, I would say, as well as how I'm looking forward to working with you in the future. Typhoon2013 (talk) 11:54, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
Damn, I hope it doesn't fail! Have you reached out to any regular EPAC editors? They might be more inclined to review. I'm thinking like @ Yellow Evan:, @ CycloneYoris:, @ KN2731:, or @ DavidTheMeteorologist:. ♫ Hurricanehink ( talk) 15:04, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
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It seems I’m being accused of being your sockpuppet because we agreed with one another on the Wuhan coronavirus requested move a couple times. You might want to say something on your behalf. 199.66.69.88 ( talk) 01:58, 15 February 2020 (UTC)
This is to let you know that Tropical Storm Carlotta (2018) has been scheduled as WP:TFA for 17 February 2020. Please check that the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/February 17, 2020. Thanks! Ealdgyth - Talk 22:06, 25 January 2020 (UTC)
Thank you for the article, happy about you not merging it, but adding an "impact section after finding out there was a decent bit of information on the storm"! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 07:31, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi Noah. I noticed that Special:EmailUser/Hurricane Noah doesn't work. Any chance you'd like to enable email, in case anyone would like to get in touch with you privately? (It's also a requirement for admins, so it'll be one more step closer to passing your RfA one day!) Cheers, – Juliancolton | Talk 17:23, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
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Noah Talk 17:28, 21 February 2020 (UTC)
Hey there Noah, I didn't mean run for admin right now, necessarily :P Just that you have the makings of someone who wants to make Wikipedia a better place, and it seems like you're yearning to be a voice of authority. As you saw in the RfA, try getting more involved. ♫ Hurricanehink ( talk) 16:26, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
Do you think you can handle the reigns of the WPTC newsletter? I liked your reward system, and I appreciate your level of engagement in the project. I just don't have the time to edit as much as I want to do, so I was wondering if you could handle doing the newsletter? Maybe work with other users to get it out more often, if you think it should be monthly or something. I can write a column for some project related content, if you ever needed. ♫ Hurricanehink ( talk) 20:42, 3 March 2020 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article
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Hi Noah. Just in case you didn't realise as per the instructions you are only eligible for a triple crown if you have the same number of articles to nominate in the DYK, GA and featured content fields. While you have submitted nine GA's and five pieces of featured content, I can only give you the standards triple crown as there is only one DYK. If you had another four DYK nominations I could give you the relevant triple crown for five standard nominations, but even then the extra four GAs would not count for anything. There's no point in listing extra nominations unless you have them in all three categories. Have a great day. :) Damien Linnane ( talk) 03:11, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
Hey, what else is needed w Willa's article before GAN? ♫ Hurricanehink ( talk) 13:42, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
Okay... I will try to get the remaining 16 sources in that section worked in. Noah Talk 14:28, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
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Nice work on Meteorological history of Hurricane Dorian. If you have the inclination, and would like some payback for the nitpicking, I'd welcome a review of my article's nomination at the FAC page as well. It's a bit out of your normal area, so it's fine to take a pass on that as well. In either case, best wishes on your article and thanks for helping to improve Wikipedia! Airborne84 ( talk) 05:18, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
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@ KN2731 and Hurricanehink: A few hours after work, I found that out that my Dad had to take himself to the hospital. He has a bad infection and I need to focus on him for the time being. I will be gone for at least a few days, possibly more if need be. I withdrew Vicente's FAC and the 2018 PHS GAN for now. I trust that both of you will be able to get through Willa's SR in my absence. That being said, now I have to focus on what's really important. Noah Talk 00:28, 30 July 2020 (UTC)
I guess whenever the original was made, some people added translated titles. I never added them to any of the sources myself I don't believe. I might see about adding some more soon. Noah Talk 22:56, 1 August 2020 (UTC)
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Typhoon Lekima became China's costliest typhoon ever recorded when it struck the country in early August, leaving 90 fatalities and over $9 billion in damage.
Storm of the month and other tropical activity for September ![]()
Hurricane Dorian was the strongest hurricane on record to strike The Bahamas, and was regarded as the worst natural disaster in the country's history. Dorian formed on August 24, and moved through the Caribbean as an intensifying storm. On September 1, Dorian hit
Great Abaco Island with sustained winds of 185 mph (295 km/h), and struck
Grand Bahama Island at the same intensity a day later. Dorian killed 58 people and left $7 billion in damage to the island nation. The hurricane later struck North Carolina as a minimal hurricane, and Nova Scotia as a post-tropical cyclone.
Storm of the month and other tropical activity for October ![]() Typhoon Hagibis was considered the most devastating typhoon to hit the Kantō region of Japan since Ida in 1958. It struck near Tokyo on October 12, triggering heavy rainfall and landslides. Hagibis killed 95 people along its path and left about US$9 billion in damage.
Storm of the month and other tropical activity for November ![]() Cyclone Bulbul formed in the Bay of Bengal from the remnants of Tropical Storm Matmo, which struck Vietnam in late October. Bulbul intensified into the record-breaking sixth very intense tropical cyclone (the NIO equivalent to a hurricane). On November 9, Bulbul made landfall near the India/Bangladesh border, killing 38 people and leaving US$2.6 billion in damage.
Member of the month (edition) – ChocolateTrain ![]() ChocolateTrain first joined Wikipedia in April 2017. An Australian native, he is already a prolific writer on the Australian basin, and is responsible for half the edits to the current Australian cyclone season. ChocolateTrain wrote good articles on Cyclone Lili (2019) and Cyclone Nora, plus several articles that are C-class. We thank ChocolateTrain for his edits, and hopes he keeps writing about southern hemisphere storms! From the Main Page documents WikiProject related materials that have appeared on the main page from August 1, 2019–March 17, 2020 in chronological order.
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There is a discussion about getting rid of redirect and list-class articles. WikiProject To-Do Collaborating - AKA the right kind of sharing, by
User:Hurricanehink There are other kinds of collaborations. Recently, users Juliancolton and TropicalAnalystwx13 wrote Tropical Storm Kirk (2018) together. Each year, the season articles are written by many editors, by folks who add the latest satellite imagery or track. There are others who document the storm's journey, and what impacts they left. When a major storm is threatening a landmass (especially the United States), users edit from IP addresses far and wide to add the latest information. Unfortunately, some of these big storm articles languish, because they're written in real time without historical perspective, and the websites might no longer be up and running a few years later. Don't get me wrong, I know the excitement of being the first to write on Wikipedia when the NHC classifies something. However, there are lots of older articles that end up half-finished, or with broken weblinks. Thankfully we have the web archive. We see the disruption that Covid-19 is causing in our world right now. Yea, it sucks to have everything canceled, for schools and bars and gyms and restaurants to be shut down. Some people experience that same feeling every few years when a hurricane/typhoon/cyclone strikes. It's easy writing/researching about these furious beasts of nature when we're in the comfort of our own home/office/library/school. And sometimes it's uncomfortable seeing how we rebuild. After every storm, there is help, often from the government. Politics have made my country turn fearful and hateful, and so I have to choose my words carefully. When nature is at its worst, my government is there after when people need it the most, providing financial assistance, logistical support, and a sense of national unity. This pandemic is making a lot of people fearful of the unknown, how bad that unstoppable force will be. A lot of us may be stuck at home right now with a sense of fear and too much time on our hands. Consider, then, the spirit of collaboration, working together to document the world around us. If you're reading this, you are likely interested in meteorology. Go improve an article then. Now. Do it. :P Stop reading this and find an article you're interested in, and make it better. <3
Tropical cyclones by year The storms in 2019 represent about 0.116% of the known tropical cyclones on Wikipedia. We're aware of around 12,000 tropical cyclones; about one-third were in the Western Pacific, where storms have killed more than 1.4 million people. Storms in the western Pacific date back to the year 957, during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. In the Atlantic, we know of 2,443 tropical cyclones, dating back to 1494, and Christopher Columbus's 2nd voyage to the New World; however, paleotempestological evidence] of storms date back to 1330 BC. In the eastern Pacific, storms date back to 1537, when a hurricane struck Mexico and was recorded by a missionary. Storms in the South Pacific Ocean date back to 1568, and in the South Indian Ocean to 1615. Wikipedia coverage in the North Indian Ocean goes back to 1721. Storm of the month and other tropical activity for December ![]() Cyclone Ambali was the first very intense tropical cyclone in the South-west Indian Ocean since Cyclone Fantala in 2016. It formed on December 3 as part of a series of storms in the western Indian Ocean in both hemispheres. Ambali's winds increased by 185 km/h (115 mph) in 24 hours, marking the fastest 24-hour intensification recorded in the Southern Hemisphere. The storm rapidly weakened after its peak, degenerating into a remnant low by December 8.
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Storm of the month and other tropical activity for March ![]()
Cyclone Herold (not to be confused with April's storm of the month) was an intense tropical cyclone in the southwest Indian Ocean. It formed near northeastern Madagascar, where its flooding killed five people. Herold later passed between the islands of
Mauritius and
Rodrigues before becoming extratropical.
Member of the month (edition) – TropicalAnalystwx13 ![]() TropicalAnalystwx13 first joined Wikipedia in September 2010. A long-time writer, TropicalAnalystwx13 (or TAWX13) is a prolific writer about tropical cyclones and tornadoes. Since the last newsletter, he worked on Hurricane Humberto (2019), now a featured article, as well as good articles for Tropical Storm Olga (2019), 1938 Atlantic hurricane season, and 1934 Atlantic hurricane season. We thank TropicalAnalystwx13 for his many edits, and hope he keeps up the good work! New WikiProject Members since the last newsletter More information can be found here. This list lists members who have joined/rejoined the WikiProject since the release of the last issue. Sorted chronologically.
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There are currently three featured article candidates: From the Main Page documents WikiProject related materials that have appeared on the main page from March 17–April 30, 2020 in chronological order.
Storms around the world, by
Jason Rees We have had some early success with this goal with information from Category 5 South Pacific severe tropical cyclones being used by a Facebook page after Cyclone Harold. However, we need help developing these articles since there are approximately 150 countries impacted by tropical cyclones and there are approximately 15 tropical cyclones off all intensities per basin per year. You can help by finding resources for us to use, going through IBTRACS and the various databases published by the warning centres or even helping to expand the various articles. ''Opinion piece - , by
Chicdat As a reader: I first became interested in hurricanes when the buzz on
Hurricane Dorian making landfall in
the Bahamas came out at the end of August 2019. I was interested to know more about Dorian, but not too much. I went onto the solution page:
2019 Atlantic hurricane season, one of the first pages I saw on Wikipedia (that's where I got my signature, 🐔
Chic
dat
Chicken
Database, the Chicken links to 2019 AHS). As hurricane season continued, I "experienced" every single storm from Dorian to Sebastien. After hurricane season in the Atlantic ended, I turned my eyes to the
Southern Hemisphere. By the beginning of 2020, I was even delving into
FAs,
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Storm of the month and other tropical activity for April ![]()
Cyclone Harold was a Category 5 storm on both the Saffir-Simpson and the Australian scale. The storm formed near the
Solomon Islands on April 1, where high waves drowned 27 people on the MV Taimareho ferry. Near peak intensity, Harold struck the South Pacific island nation of
Vanuatu, causing widespread damage and disruptions amid the ongoing pandemic, as well as two deaths. Harold later passed south of the main island of
Fiji, resulting in power outages and one fatality. The storm subsequently passed just south of
Tonga, causing power outages and high tides.
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The Hurricane Herald is the semi-regular newsletter of WikiProject Tropical Cyclones. The newsletter aims to provide in summary the recent activities and developments of the WikiProject, in addition to global tropical cyclone activity. The Hurricane Herald has been running since its first edition ran on June 4, 2006. If you wish to receive or discontinue subscription to this newsletter, please visit the mailing list. This issue of The Hurricane Herald covers all project related events from May 1–July 1, 2020. This edition's editors and authors are Chicdat and Hurricanehink. Please visit this page and bookmark any suggestions of interest to you. This will help improve the newsletter and other cyclone-related articles. Past editions can be viewed here. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
WikiProject Tropical Cyclones: News & Developments NEWS New articles since the last newsletter include:
New GA's include: WikiProject To-Do Project Goals & Progress The following is the current progress on the three milestone goals set by the WikiProject as of this publishing. They can be found, updated, at the main WikiProject page.
2018 Featured Topic Hurricane Noah recently announced an initiative to get a featured topic for the year of 2018 with complete subtopics. The Eastern Pacific portion is very close to achieving a featured topic, and the Atlantic and North Indian Ocean are around a B-class average. The Western Pacific, Southern Hemisphere, and the global article for 2018 need your help! A lot of work is needed to get those three items up to par. For more information on which articles need specifically, please check out the project talk page. Getting a featured topic for an entire year would be an impressive feat for our project.
I want to invite you all to sing Auld Lang Syne with me and open up the egg nog with me as today July 1, 2020, marks the formal start of the 2020-21 tropical cyclone year, as well as the start of the season in the South-West Indian Ocean. As a result, it is a good chance to look back at the previous TC year and look forward to the season starting on November 1. As things stand, it appears that the status of the El Nino Southern Oscillation will either be La Nina or neutral conditions leaning towards La Nina. As a result, I would expect more activity to occur within the Coral Sea, near Queensland rather than out towards French Polynesia. On a social basis, the biggest question this year will be how will the island nations deal will Covid 19 and a major tropical cyclone - assuming it's still around in November. We got an early taster of how Vanuatu, Fiji and Tonga will deal with it thanks Severe Tropical Cyclone Harold.
Storm of the month and other tropical activity for May ![]() Cyclone Amphan was the second Category 5-equivalent tropical cyclone of 2020, and the first tropical cyclone of the 2020 North Indian Ocean cyclone season. It formed in the southern Bay of Bengal, and made landfall on Odisha and Bangladesh, killing 128 people. It was a very strong super cyclonic storm. It was also the costliest North Indian Ocean tropical cyclone in recorded history, shattering the record held by Cyclone Nargis, after it left US$13.6 billion in damage.
Member of the month (edition) – KN2731 ![]() KN2731 first joined Wikipedia in 2015, and has contributed to/written 13 good articles in the project. Recently, he has contributed to the project-wide goal of improving tropical cyclones in 2018 to a featured topic, including tropical storms Sanba, Bolaven, and Ewiniar, plus Typhoon Maria. KN2731 has also worked in the Atlantic and Eastern Pacific, and contributed to two featured lists – Timeline of the 2015 Pacific hurricane season and List of Category 3 Pacific hurricanes. We thank KN2731 for his many edits, and hope he keeps up the good work! New WikiProject Members since the last newsletter More information can be found here. This list lists members who have joined/rejoined the WikiProject since the release of the last issue. Sorted chronologically.
To our new members: welcome to the project, and happy editing! Feel free to check the to-do list at the bottom right of the newsletter for things that you might want to work on. To our veteran members: thank you for your edits and your tireless contributions!
From May 1 to present, two featured articles were promoted: From the Main Page documents WikiProject related materials that have appeared on the main page from May 1–June 30, 2020 in chronological order. There are currently two featured article canidates: OPINION PIECE, by Chicdat When a new storm undergoes rapid intensification and makes landfall, the members of WikiProject Tropical Cyclones try hard to create an article for it. Suddenly, the storm goes back out to sea again and makes landfall somewhere different. In one 20-kilobyte edit, Hurricaneboy23, let's say, adds in more information about this landfall, but not before the storm undergoes a cyclonic loop and makes a third landfall. As the article gets huge and bloated, it's split. The story above is fictional, but things like it happen often, like in Cyclone Amphan's revision history. For Wikipedia to have an accurate coverage of tropical cyclones, there need to be enough members to put the new information — boosted by reliable sources, of course — into the article. So, if you haven't already, go to WP:WPTC/MEMBER and add your name! 🐔 Chic dat Chicken Database Burnout - an opinion piece by ♫
Hurricanehink (
talk) When you edit for too long, you might find that you can't finish that list of projects you wanted to work on. It is better to take a break from what you were working on, and try something different (maybe not even weather-related) so that editing becomes enjoyable again. There's no sense getting burned out and stressed. The work will eventually get done on Wikipedia. Some projects are in much worse shape, but improving slowly but surely. The WPTC has a leg up on other projects because we have such a passionate group of editors and writers. It's better for the long run to take a break, focus on RL, get some sun, have a laugh, and do whatever you can to stay sane these days. Current assessment table Assessments valid as of this printing. Depending on when you may be viewing this newsletter, the table may be outdated. See
here for the latest, most up to date statistics.
Storm of the month and other tropical activity for June ![]() Tropical Storm Cristobal formed on June 1 in the Bay of Campeche from the remnants of Amanda in the eastern Pacific. Cristobal looped over the Yucatán peninsula before progressing northward, striking Louisiana on June 7, marking the second-earliest landfall on record in the state. The system moved through the central United States, eventually becoming extratropical over Wisconsin. Cristobal killed four people and left US$343 million in damage.
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This is to let you know that Tropical Storm Ileana (2018) has been scheduled as WP:TFA for 21 August 2020. Please check that the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/August 21, 2020. Thanks! Ealdgyth ( talk) 14:16, 27 July 2020 (UTC)
Thank you for the article, about the storm "during the 2018 Pacific hurricane season. While quite small in word count, I believe it incorporates virtually every detail out there on the storm."! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 07:16, 21 August 2020 (UTC)
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Congratulations! You have been awarded the Four Award for your work from beginning to end on Meteorological history of Hurricane Dorian. Gog the Mild ( talk) 11:34, 7 September 2020 (UTC) |
Hey Noah! Do you mind doing the GA review for Hurricane Dolores (2015)? It looks like you reviewed the 2015 EPAC season article, as well as many other articles on WPTC. I'm currently expanding the article's MH and Impact sections, it should be ready for review in a few weeks. Thanks, and I hope you and your family stay safe. ~ Destroyeraa 🌀 20:28, 14 August 2020 (UTC)
Just jumping in, Destroyeraa, I won't be able to review Dolores either. However, there are plenty of other users capable of reviewing meteorology articles. Maybe reach out to someone else in the project? (either WPTC or anyone in the weather project) ♫ Hurricanehink ( talk) 15:05, 15 August 2020 (UTC)
Noah, I'm about finished with Dolores' met history. Would you mind taking a quick look at the article? Thanks. ~ Destroyeraa 🌀 19:09, 9 September 2020 (UTC)
Noah, I just nominated Hurricane Dolores for GA review. I added a sentence for impact in Mexico, and also added a record along with a new IR image of Dolores' peak intensity. The article looks good. It's the most I've ever put into for an article on Wikipedia :) ~ Destroyeraa 🌀 16:52, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
Hello, Hurricane Noah. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, " 2020 stock market selloff".
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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia! — Nnadigoodluck 🇳🇬 00:49, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
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You know why I'm awarding this to you! ~ Destroyeraa 🌀 23:18, 16 September 2020 (UTC) |
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article
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See Talk:Tropical Storm Vicente (2018)
"...A deep-layer [[Trough (meteorology)|ridge]] located over the [[Gulf of Mexico]] and central Mexico..."
Anychance this is just a typo?-- Jarodalien ( talk) 09:59, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
Also please check Talk:Hurricane_Willa#source_issues.-- Jarodalien ( talk) 16:36, 22 September 2020 (UTC)
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-- Eddie891 Talk Work 16:25, 30 September 2020 (UTC)
Hello,
I've been updating the page on the most viewed TFAs of all time, and Tropical Storm Ileana (2018) made the list, with 158k+ pageviews on 21/08/2020. It's the only weather event TFA to have attracted this kind of interest, so I thought you would like to know. Congrats :) RetiredDuke ( talk) 13:52, 21 October 2020 (UTC)
This is to let you know that Hurricane Lane (2018) has been scheduled as WP:TFA for 28 November 2020. Please check that the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/November 28, 2020. Thanks! Ealdgyth ( talk) 15:04, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
Template:User A Article has been
nominated for merging with
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Tom (LT) (
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22:55, 9 November 2020 (UTC)
Thank you today for Hurricane Lane (2018), about "the 2018 pacific storm that affected Hawaii"! - ... giving thanks with trees instead of turkey ;) -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 07:47, 28 November 2020 (UTC)
Hey Noah, quick q on Michael: are you absolutely sure that the met article should exist? I'm not proposing a merger, but I do notice that the main article is on the short side, and would be especially short if the FL sub-article was split off too. We've never really set standards for when a storm sub-article should be split off (and there were some unnecessary proposals from this year). Those are my only thoughts on the article - if it's kept, then you've addressed all of my previous concerns. It's featured quality IMO, but it's like a featured quality section. If you do end up merging it (big if), then the prose/section would we be featured quality, and the main article would be one section closer to being done. ♫ Hurricanehink ( talk) 15:24, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
Done – everything is done! 🐔 Chicdat Bawk to me! 13:06, 16 December 2020 (UTC)
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The Tropical Cyclone Barnstar | |
For 3 years of outstanding contributions to tropical cyclone articles, for pretty much reviving WPTC from a place of stagnation, for spearheading the recent GA and FA campaigns in the field of tropical cyclones, and for many, many other accomplishments. You truly are an amazing editor. As such, I proudly bestow this barnstar upon you! Honestly, I would give you one of the higher level awards available on WPTC as well, but I don't think I have the clearance to do that...yet.
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The Barnstar of Diligence |
Well, the first barnstar alone wasn't enough to capture my gratitude for what you've done. So here's this barnstar for you as well: for your excellent contributions, for revitalizing WPTC, for upgrading so many tropical cyclone articles to GA or FA status and taking on the role of reviewer for other nominations, and for being an amazing person in general. And thank you for leading the project in so many different areas. None of that is easy. I admire your persistence and dedication. You are one of the finest editors on Wikipedia I've ever met. It's been a real pleasure meeting you, and I hope that we will be able to accomplish amazing things together in the future. I wish you the best of luck in your studies and whatever you choose to pursue in life. May you have a successful journey everywhere you go! LightandDark2000 🌀 ( talk) 12:39, 19 December 2020 (UTC) |
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Hey! what is a MH Article:? ~mitch~ ( talk) 04:43, 3 September 2019 (UTC)
Draft:Meteorological history of Hurricane Dorian Wow! Looks great Noah ~ very informative ~ ~mitch~ ( talk) 20:05, 4 September 2019 (UTC)
On 19 September 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Meteorological history of Hurricane Dorian, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Hurricane Dorian (pictured) was the strongest hurricane on record to strike the Bahamas? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Meteorological history of Hurricane Dorian. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Meteorological history of Hurricane Dorian), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
— Maile ( talk) 12:02, 19 September 2019 (UTC)
Template:Cyclone_other_basin has been
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00:04, 24 September 2019 (UTC)
Hi I have started a discussion in the talk page for that (unnecessary) article for a speedy deletion request and feel free to join if you want. However I may just really delete and just merge it with main 2019 PTS article instead. Typhoon2013 (talk) 05:04, 7 October 2019 (UTC)
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So I’ve just seen your edits in the 2019 Nio cyclone season article and reverted them. As of this edit, only the JTWC classifies the system and so what? We still include it in the article since there is a designation and it is the JTWC. There are other articles that include JTWC-only systems anyway. Typhoon2013 (talk) 13:36, 3 December 2019 (UTC) Typhoon2013 13:36, 3 December 2019 (UTC)
Hello,
It has come to my attention that you have made
these icons to visually indicate the status of active tropical cyclones. As you know, they include variants for the Saffir–Simpson scale, the JMA scale, the IMD scale, the Météo-France scale, and the Australian scale, and their geometry indicates their direction of rotation and thus the hemisphere they exist in. However, the Saffir–Simpson scale is the typical scale used to classify South Atlantic tropical cyclones, which exist in the Southern Hemisphere, but the Saffir–Simpson scale icons only include variants rotating anti-clockwise. So, what should be done for future South Atlantic cyclones?
Grant Exploit (
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04:00, 24 November 2019 (UTC)
Hi again. I have just seen your contributions so far in our wikiproject (WPTC) and damn I am impressed, and I am somewhat shocked on how I haven't come across you until the past few weeks. So I just had a clean-up in my user page and found this, which is a page I have made of all 'guidelines' for our pages along with the links of past discussions a few years ago. This may be a little stupid but judging how we have some old users retiring and an inflow of new users editing throughout the WPTC, these new users do not know the original guideline we have used in the past. with you yourself joining the project a little after me, what are your thoughts? I have decided to come to you because judging on your edits and how new you are compared to the others, we will be the 'senior' users in the next few years, I would say, as well as how I'm looking forward to working with you in the future. Typhoon2013 (talk) 11:54, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
Damn, I hope it doesn't fail! Have you reached out to any regular EPAC editors? They might be more inclined to review. I'm thinking like @ Yellow Evan:, @ CycloneYoris:, @ KN2731:, or @ DavidTheMeteorologist:. ♫ Hurricanehink ( talk) 15:04, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
Hello, Hurricane Noah
Thank you for creating Tropical cyclones in 2020.
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Apologies for that accidental revert - iPad scrolling weirdness!
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It seems I’m being accused of being your sockpuppet because we agreed with one another on the Wuhan coronavirus requested move a couple times. You might want to say something on your behalf. 199.66.69.88 ( talk) 01:58, 15 February 2020 (UTC)
This is to let you know that Tropical Storm Carlotta (2018) has been scheduled as WP:TFA for 17 February 2020. Please check that the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/February 17, 2020. Thanks! Ealdgyth - Talk 22:06, 25 January 2020 (UTC)
Thank you for the article, happy about you not merging it, but adding an "impact section after finding out there was a decent bit of information on the storm"! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 07:31, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi Noah. I noticed that Special:EmailUser/Hurricane Noah doesn't work. Any chance you'd like to enable email, in case anyone would like to get in touch with you privately? (It's also a requirement for admins, so it'll be one more step closer to passing your RfA one day!) Cheers, – Juliancolton | Talk 17:23, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
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Thank you for improving so many articles with your impressive and extensive knowledge! I wish you the best of luck in whatever you pursue! Super Typhoon Eden Message me here! 18:49 UTC, December 10, 2019 |
Noah Talk 17:28, 21 February 2020 (UTC)
Hey there Noah, I didn't mean run for admin right now, necessarily :P Just that you have the makings of someone who wants to make Wikipedia a better place, and it seems like you're yearning to be a voice of authority. As you saw in the RfA, try getting more involved. ♫ Hurricanehink ( talk) 16:26, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
Do you think you can handle the reigns of the WPTC newsletter? I liked your reward system, and I appreciate your level of engagement in the project. I just don't have the time to edit as much as I want to do, so I was wondering if you could handle doing the newsletter? Maybe work with other users to get it out more often, if you think it should be monthly or something. I can write a column for some project related content, if you ever needed. ♫ Hurricanehink ( talk) 20:42, 3 March 2020 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article
Hurricane Lane (2018) you nominated for
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Hi Noah. Just in case you didn't realise as per the instructions you are only eligible for a triple crown if you have the same number of articles to nominate in the DYK, GA and featured content fields. While you have submitted nine GA's and five pieces of featured content, I can only give you the standards triple crown as there is only one DYK. If you had another four DYK nominations I could give you the relevant triple crown for five standard nominations, but even then the extra four GAs would not count for anything. There's no point in listing extra nominations unless you have them in all three categories. Have a great day. :) Damien Linnane ( talk) 03:11, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
Hey, what else is needed w Willa's article before GAN? ♫ Hurricanehink ( talk) 13:42, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
Okay... I will try to get the remaining 16 sources in that section worked in. Noah Talk 14:28, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
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Can I start the GAN review for Vicente? -- Java Hurricane 16:35, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
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Nice work on Meteorological history of Hurricane Dorian. If you have the inclination, and would like some payback for the nitpicking, I'd welcome a review of my article's nomination at the FAC page as well. It's a bit out of your normal area, so it's fine to take a pass on that as well. In either case, best wishes on your article and thanks for helping to improve Wikipedia! Airborne84 ( talk) 05:18, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
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Volume XIV, Issue 39, March 17, 2020 ![]() The Hurricane Herald: Special
St. Patrick's Day and
COVID-19 edition!
The Hurricane Herald is the semi-regular newsletter of WikiProject Tropical Cyclones. The newsletter aims to provide in summary the recent activities and developments of the WikiProject, in addition to global tropical cyclone activity. The Hurricane Herald has been running since its first edition ran on June 4, 2006; it has been almost thirteen years since that time. If you wish to receive or discontinue subscription to this newsletter, please visit the mailing list. This issue of The Hurricane Herald covers all project related events from August 1, 2019–March 17, 2020. This edition's editor and author is ♫ Hurricanehink ( talk). Please visit this page and bookmark any suggestions of interest to you. This will help improve the newsletter and other cyclone-related articles. Past editions can be viewed here. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Typhoon Lekima became China's costliest typhoon ever recorded when it struck the country in early August, leaving 90 fatalities and over $9 billion in damage.
Storm of the month and other tropical activity for September ![]()
Hurricane Dorian was the strongest hurricane on record to strike The Bahamas, and was regarded as the worst natural disaster in the country's history. Dorian formed on August 24, and moved through the Caribbean as an intensifying storm. On September 1, Dorian hit
Great Abaco Island with sustained winds of 185 mph (295 km/h), and struck
Grand Bahama Island at the same intensity a day later. Dorian killed 58 people and left $7 billion in damage to the island nation. The hurricane later struck North Carolina as a minimal hurricane, and Nova Scotia as a post-tropical cyclone.
Storm of the month and other tropical activity for October ![]() Typhoon Hagibis was considered the most devastating typhoon to hit the Kantō region of Japan since Ida in 1958. It struck near Tokyo on October 12, triggering heavy rainfall and landslides. Hagibis killed 95 people along its path and left about US$9 billion in damage.
Storm of the month and other tropical activity for November ![]() Cyclone Bulbul formed in the Bay of Bengal from the remnants of Tropical Storm Matmo, which struck Vietnam in late October. Bulbul intensified into the record-breaking sixth very intense tropical cyclone (the NIO equivalent to a hurricane). On November 9, Bulbul made landfall near the India/Bangladesh border, killing 38 people and leaving US$2.6 billion in damage.
Member of the month (edition) – ChocolateTrain ![]() ChocolateTrain first joined Wikipedia in April 2017. An Australian native, he is already a prolific writer on the Australian basin, and is responsible for half the edits to the current Australian cyclone season. ChocolateTrain wrote good articles on Cyclone Lili (2019) and Cyclone Nora, plus several articles that are C-class. We thank ChocolateTrain for his edits, and hopes he keeps writing about southern hemisphere storms! From the Main Page documents WikiProject related materials that have appeared on the main page from August 1, 2019–March 17, 2020 in chronological order.
From August 1, 2019–March 17, 2020, one featured list and three featured articles were promoted: Current assessment table Assessments valid as of this printing. Depending on when you may be viewing this newsletter, the table may be outdated. See
here for the latest, most up to date statistics.
There is a discussion about getting rid of redirect and list-class articles. WikiProject To-Do Collaborating - AKA the right kind of sharing, by
User:Hurricanehink There are other kinds of collaborations. Recently, users Juliancolton and TropicalAnalystwx13 wrote Tropical Storm Kirk (2018) together. Each year, the season articles are written by many editors, by folks who add the latest satellite imagery or track. There are others who document the storm's journey, and what impacts they left. When a major storm is threatening a landmass (especially the United States), users edit from IP addresses far and wide to add the latest information. Unfortunately, some of these big storm articles languish, because they're written in real time without historical perspective, and the websites might no longer be up and running a few years later. Don't get me wrong, I know the excitement of being the first to write on Wikipedia when the NHC classifies something. However, there are lots of older articles that end up half-finished, or with broken weblinks. Thankfully we have the web archive. We see the disruption that Covid-19 is causing in our world right now. Yea, it sucks to have everything canceled, for schools and bars and gyms and restaurants to be shut down. Some people experience that same feeling every few years when a hurricane/typhoon/cyclone strikes. It's easy writing/researching about these furious beasts of nature when we're in the comfort of our own home/office/library/school. And sometimes it's uncomfortable seeing how we rebuild. After every storm, there is help, often from the government. Politics have made my country turn fearful and hateful, and so I have to choose my words carefully. When nature is at its worst, my government is there after when people need it the most, providing financial assistance, logistical support, and a sense of national unity. This pandemic is making a lot of people fearful of the unknown, how bad that unstoppable force will be. A lot of us may be stuck at home right now with a sense of fear and too much time on our hands. Consider, then, the spirit of collaboration, working together to document the world around us. If you're reading this, you are likely interested in meteorology. Go improve an article then. Now. Do it. :P Stop reading this and find an article you're interested in, and make it better. <3
Tropical cyclones by year The storms in 2019 represent about 0.116% of the known tropical cyclones on Wikipedia. We're aware of around 12,000 tropical cyclones; about one-third were in the Western Pacific, where storms have killed more than 1.4 million people. Storms in the western Pacific date back to the year 957, during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. In the Atlantic, we know of 2,443 tropical cyclones, dating back to 1494, and Christopher Columbus's 2nd voyage to the New World; however, paleotempestological evidence] of storms date back to 1330 BC. In the eastern Pacific, storms date back to 1537, when a hurricane struck Mexico and was recorded by a missionary. Storms in the South Pacific Ocean date back to 1568, and in the South Indian Ocean to 1615. Wikipedia coverage in the North Indian Ocean goes back to 1721. Storm of the month and other tropical activity for December ![]() Cyclone Ambali was the first very intense tropical cyclone in the South-west Indian Ocean since Cyclone Fantala in 2016. It formed on December 3 as part of a series of storms in the western Indian Ocean in both hemispheres. Ambali's winds increased by 185 km/h (115 mph) in 24 hours, marking the fastest 24-hour intensification recorded in the Southern Hemisphere. The storm rapidly weakened after its peak, degenerating into a remnant low by December 8.
Storm of the month and other tropical activity for January ![]() Cyclone Tino was part of a broader convergence zone that affected ten South Pacific countries. Tino formed on January 11, and passed near Fiji on January 17 with winds of 120 km/h (75 mph), where two people were left missing. Tino became extratropical two days later.
Storm of the month and other tropical activity for February ![]() Cyclone Damien struck Western Australia near Karratha on February 8, having originated from a monsoon trough five days later. Damien caused localized flooding and power outages.
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Volume XL, Issue 40, May 1, 2020 ![]() The Hurricane Herald is the semi-regular newsletter of WikiProject Tropical Cyclones. The newsletter aims to provide in summary the recent activities and developments of the WikiProject, in addition to global tropical cyclone activity. The Hurricane Herald has been running since its first edition ran on June 4, 2006. If you wish to receive or discontinue subscription to this newsletter, please visit the mailing list. This issue of The Hurricane Herald covers all project related events from March 17 to April 30, 2020. This edition's editor and author is Hurricanehink. Please visit this page and bookmark any suggestions of interest to you. This will help improve the newsletter and other cyclone-related articles. Past editions can be viewed here. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
WikiProject Tropical Cyclones: News & Developments Map plotting the track and the intensity of the storm, according to the
Saffir–Simpson scale
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WikiProject To-Do
Project Goals & Progress The following is the current progress on the three milestone goals set by the WikiProject as of this publishing. They can be found, updated, at the main WikiProject page.
Storm of the month and other tropical activity for March ![]()
Cyclone Herold (not to be confused with April's storm of the month) was an intense tropical cyclone in the southwest Indian Ocean. It formed near northeastern Madagascar, where its flooding killed five people. Herold later passed between the islands of
Mauritius and
Rodrigues before becoming extratropical.
Member of the month (edition) – TropicalAnalystwx13 ![]() TropicalAnalystwx13 first joined Wikipedia in September 2010. A long-time writer, TropicalAnalystwx13 (or TAWX13) is a prolific writer about tropical cyclones and tornadoes. Since the last newsletter, he worked on Hurricane Humberto (2019), now a featured article, as well as good articles for Tropical Storm Olga (2019), 1938 Atlantic hurricane season, and 1934 Atlantic hurricane season. We thank TropicalAnalystwx13 for his many edits, and hope he keeps up the good work! New WikiProject Members since the last newsletter More information can be found here. This list lists members who have joined/rejoined the WikiProject since the release of the last issue. Sorted chronologically.
To our new members: welcome to the project, and happy editing! Feel free to check the to-do list at the bottom right of the newsletter for things that you might want to work on. To our veteran members: thank you for your edits and your tireless contributions!
![]() From March 17 to present, five featured articles were promoted:
There are currently three featured article candidates: From the Main Page documents WikiProject related materials that have appeared on the main page from March 17–April 30, 2020 in chronological order.
Storms around the world, by
Jason Rees We have had some early success with this goal with information from Category 5 South Pacific severe tropical cyclones being used by a Facebook page after Cyclone Harold. However, we need help developing these articles since there are approximately 150 countries impacted by tropical cyclones and there are approximately 15 tropical cyclones off all intensities per basin per year. You can help by finding resources for us to use, going through IBTRACS and the various databases published by the warning centres or even helping to expand the various articles. ''Opinion piece - , by
Chicdat As a reader: I first became interested in hurricanes when the buzz on
Hurricane Dorian making landfall in
the Bahamas came out at the end of August 2019. I was interested to know more about Dorian, but not too much. I went onto the solution page:
2019 Atlantic hurricane season, one of the first pages I saw on Wikipedia (that's where I got my signature, 🐔
Chic
dat
Chicken
Database, the Chicken links to 2019 AHS). As hurricane season continued, I "experienced" every single storm from Dorian to Sebastien. After hurricane season in the Atlantic ended, I turned my eyes to the
Southern Hemisphere. By the beginning of 2020, I was even delving into
FAs,
GAs, and
stubs. Current assessment table Assessments valid as of this printing. Depending on when you may be viewing this newsletter, the table may be outdated. See
here for the latest, most up to date statistics.
Storm of the month and other tropical activity for April ![]()
Cyclone Harold was a Category 5 storm on both the Saffir-Simpson and the Australian scale. The storm formed near the
Solomon Islands on April 1, where high waves drowned 27 people on the MV Taimareho ferry. Near peak intensity, Harold struck the South Pacific island nation of
Vanuatu, causing widespread damage and disruptions amid the ongoing pandemic, as well as two deaths. Harold later passed south of the main island of
Fiji, resulting in power outages and one fatality. The storm subsequently passed just south of
Tonga, causing power outages and high tides.
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![]() The Hurricane Herald: Special Hurricane Season/New SHEM Cyclone Year Edition!
The Hurricane Herald is the semi-regular newsletter of WikiProject Tropical Cyclones. The newsletter aims to provide in summary the recent activities and developments of the WikiProject, in addition to global tropical cyclone activity. The Hurricane Herald has been running since its first edition ran on June 4, 2006. If you wish to receive or discontinue subscription to this newsletter, please visit the mailing list. This issue of The Hurricane Herald covers all project related events from May 1–July 1, 2020. This edition's editors and authors are Chicdat and Hurricanehink. Please visit this page and bookmark any suggestions of interest to you. This will help improve the newsletter and other cyclone-related articles. Past editions can be viewed here. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
WikiProject Tropical Cyclones: News & Developments NEWS New articles since the last newsletter include:
New GA's include: WikiProject To-Do Project Goals & Progress The following is the current progress on the three milestone goals set by the WikiProject as of this publishing. They can be found, updated, at the main WikiProject page.
2018 Featured Topic Hurricane Noah recently announced an initiative to get a featured topic for the year of 2018 with complete subtopics. The Eastern Pacific portion is very close to achieving a featured topic, and the Atlantic and North Indian Ocean are around a B-class average. The Western Pacific, Southern Hemisphere, and the global article for 2018 need your help! A lot of work is needed to get those three items up to par. For more information on which articles need specifically, please check out the project talk page. Getting a featured topic for an entire year would be an impressive feat for our project.
I want to invite you all to sing Auld Lang Syne with me and open up the egg nog with me as today July 1, 2020, marks the formal start of the 2020-21 tropical cyclone year, as well as the start of the season in the South-West Indian Ocean. As a result, it is a good chance to look back at the previous TC year and look forward to the season starting on November 1. As things stand, it appears that the status of the El Nino Southern Oscillation will either be La Nina or neutral conditions leaning towards La Nina. As a result, I would expect more activity to occur within the Coral Sea, near Queensland rather than out towards French Polynesia. On a social basis, the biggest question this year will be how will the island nations deal will Covid 19 and a major tropical cyclone - assuming it's still around in November. We got an early taster of how Vanuatu, Fiji and Tonga will deal with it thanks Severe Tropical Cyclone Harold.
Storm of the month and other tropical activity for May ![]() Cyclone Amphan was the second Category 5-equivalent tropical cyclone of 2020, and the first tropical cyclone of the 2020 North Indian Ocean cyclone season. It formed in the southern Bay of Bengal, and made landfall on Odisha and Bangladesh, killing 128 people. It was a very strong super cyclonic storm. It was also the costliest North Indian Ocean tropical cyclone in recorded history, shattering the record held by Cyclone Nargis, after it left US$13.6 billion in damage.
Member of the month (edition) – KN2731 ![]() KN2731 first joined Wikipedia in 2015, and has contributed to/written 13 good articles in the project. Recently, he has contributed to the project-wide goal of improving tropical cyclones in 2018 to a featured topic, including tropical storms Sanba, Bolaven, and Ewiniar, plus Typhoon Maria. KN2731 has also worked in the Atlantic and Eastern Pacific, and contributed to two featured lists – Timeline of the 2015 Pacific hurricane season and List of Category 3 Pacific hurricanes. We thank KN2731 for his many edits, and hope he keeps up the good work! New WikiProject Members since the last newsletter More information can be found here. This list lists members who have joined/rejoined the WikiProject since the release of the last issue. Sorted chronologically.
To our new members: welcome to the project, and happy editing! Feel free to check the to-do list at the bottom right of the newsletter for things that you might want to work on. To our veteran members: thank you for your edits and your tireless contributions!
From May 1 to present, two featured articles were promoted: From the Main Page documents WikiProject related materials that have appeared on the main page from May 1–June 30, 2020 in chronological order. There are currently two featured article canidates: OPINION PIECE, by Chicdat When a new storm undergoes rapid intensification and makes landfall, the members of WikiProject Tropical Cyclones try hard to create an article for it. Suddenly, the storm goes back out to sea again and makes landfall somewhere different. In one 20-kilobyte edit, Hurricaneboy23, let's say, adds in more information about this landfall, but not before the storm undergoes a cyclonic loop and makes a third landfall. As the article gets huge and bloated, it's split. The story above is fictional, but things like it happen often, like in Cyclone Amphan's revision history. For Wikipedia to have an accurate coverage of tropical cyclones, there need to be enough members to put the new information — boosted by reliable sources, of course — into the article. So, if you haven't already, go to WP:WPTC/MEMBER and add your name! 🐔 Chic dat Chicken Database Burnout - an opinion piece by ♫
Hurricanehink (
talk) When you edit for too long, you might find that you can't finish that list of projects you wanted to work on. It is better to take a break from what you were working on, and try something different (maybe not even weather-related) so that editing becomes enjoyable again. There's no sense getting burned out and stressed. The work will eventually get done on Wikipedia. Some projects are in much worse shape, but improving slowly but surely. The WPTC has a leg up on other projects because we have such a passionate group of editors and writers. It's better for the long run to take a break, focus on RL, get some sun, have a laugh, and do whatever you can to stay sane these days. Current assessment table Assessments valid as of this printing. Depending on when you may be viewing this newsletter, the table may be outdated. See
here for the latest, most up to date statistics.
Storm of the month and other tropical activity for June ![]() Tropical Storm Cristobal formed on June 1 in the Bay of Campeche from the remnants of Amanda in the eastern Pacific. Cristobal looped over the Yucatán peninsula before progressing northward, striking Louisiana on June 7, marking the second-earliest landfall on record in the state. The system moved through the central United States, eventually becoming extratropical over Wisconsin. Cristobal killed four people and left US$343 million in damage.
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This is to let you know that Tropical Storm Ileana (2018) has been scheduled as WP:TFA for 21 August 2020. Please check that the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/August 21, 2020. Thanks! Ealdgyth ( talk) 14:16, 27 July 2020 (UTC)
Thank you for the article, about the storm "during the 2018 Pacific hurricane season. While quite small in word count, I believe it incorporates virtually every detail out there on the storm."! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 07:16, 21 August 2020 (UTC)
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Congratulations! You have been awarded the Four Award for your work from beginning to end on Meteorological history of Hurricane Dorian. Gog the Mild ( talk) 11:34, 7 September 2020 (UTC) |
Hey Noah! Do you mind doing the GA review for Hurricane Dolores (2015)? It looks like you reviewed the 2015 EPAC season article, as well as many other articles on WPTC. I'm currently expanding the article's MH and Impact sections, it should be ready for review in a few weeks. Thanks, and I hope you and your family stay safe. ~ Destroyeraa 🌀 20:28, 14 August 2020 (UTC)
Just jumping in, Destroyeraa, I won't be able to review Dolores either. However, there are plenty of other users capable of reviewing meteorology articles. Maybe reach out to someone else in the project? (either WPTC or anyone in the weather project) ♫ Hurricanehink ( talk) 15:05, 15 August 2020 (UTC)
Noah, I'm about finished with Dolores' met history. Would you mind taking a quick look at the article? Thanks. ~ Destroyeraa 🌀 19:09, 9 September 2020 (UTC)
Noah, I just nominated Hurricane Dolores for GA review. I added a sentence for impact in Mexico, and also added a record along with a new IR image of Dolores' peak intensity. The article looks good. It's the most I've ever put into for an article on Wikipedia :) ~ Destroyeraa 🌀 16:52, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
Hello, Hurricane Noah. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, " 2020 stock market selloff".
In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia
mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply and remove the {{db-afc}}
, {{db-draft}}
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code.
If your submission has already been deleted by the time you get there, and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion by following the instructions at this link. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.
Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia! — Nnadigoodluck 🇳🇬 00:49, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
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The Tropical Cyclone Barnstar | |
You know why I'm awarding this to you! ~ Destroyeraa 🌀 23:18, 16 September 2020 (UTC) |
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article
2018 Pacific hurricane season you nominated for
GA-status according to the
criteria.
This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by
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Lee Vilenski --
Lee Vilenski (
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07:41, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
The article
2018 Pacific hurricane season you nominated as a
good article has passed
; see
Talk:2018 Pacific hurricane season for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can
nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by
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Lee Vilenski (
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17:02, 19 September 2020 (UTC)
See Talk:Tropical Storm Vicente (2018)
"...A deep-layer [[Trough (meteorology)|ridge]] located over the [[Gulf of Mexico]] and central Mexico..."
Anychance this is just a typo?-- Jarodalien ( talk) 09:59, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
Also please check Talk:Hurricane_Willa#source_issues.-- Jarodalien ( talk) 16:36, 22 September 2020 (UTC)
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-- Eddie891 Talk Work 16:25, 30 September 2020 (UTC)
Hello,
I've been updating the page on the most viewed TFAs of all time, and Tropical Storm Ileana (2018) made the list, with 158k+ pageviews on 21/08/2020. It's the only weather event TFA to have attracted this kind of interest, so I thought you would like to know. Congrats :) RetiredDuke ( talk) 13:52, 21 October 2020 (UTC)
This is to let you know that Hurricane Lane (2018) has been scheduled as WP:TFA for 28 November 2020. Please check that the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/November 28, 2020. Thanks! Ealdgyth ( talk) 15:04, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
Template:User A Article has been
nominated for merging with
Template:User A-Class Article. You are invited to comment on the discussion at
the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you.
Tom (LT) (
talk)
22:55, 9 November 2020 (UTC)
Thank you today for Hurricane Lane (2018), about "the 2018 pacific storm that affected Hawaii"! - ... giving thanks with trees instead of turkey ;) -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 07:47, 28 November 2020 (UTC)
Hey Noah, quick q on Michael: are you absolutely sure that the met article should exist? I'm not proposing a merger, but I do notice that the main article is on the short side, and would be especially short if the FL sub-article was split off too. We've never really set standards for when a storm sub-article should be split off (and there were some unnecessary proposals from this year). Those are my only thoughts on the article - if it's kept, then you've addressed all of my previous concerns. It's featured quality IMO, but it's like a featured quality section. If you do end up merging it (big if), then the prose/section would we be featured quality, and the main article would be one section closer to being done. ♫ Hurricanehink ( talk) 15:24, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
Done – everything is done! 🐔 Chicdat Bawk to me! 13:06, 16 December 2020 (UTC)
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The Tropical Cyclone Barnstar | |
For 3 years of outstanding contributions to tropical cyclone articles, for pretty much reviving WPTC from a place of stagnation, for spearheading the recent GA and FA campaigns in the field of tropical cyclones, and for many, many other accomplishments. You truly are an amazing editor. As such, I proudly bestow this barnstar upon you! Honestly, I would give you one of the higher level awards available on WPTC as well, but I don't think I have the clearance to do that...yet.
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The Barnstar of Diligence |
Well, the first barnstar alone wasn't enough to capture my gratitude for what you've done. So here's this barnstar for you as well: for your excellent contributions, for revitalizing WPTC, for upgrading so many tropical cyclone articles to GA or FA status and taking on the role of reviewer for other nominations, and for being an amazing person in general. And thank you for leading the project in so many different areas. None of that is easy. I admire your persistence and dedication. You are one of the finest editors on Wikipedia I've ever met. It's been a real pleasure meeting you, and I hope that we will be able to accomplish amazing things together in the future. I wish you the best of luck in your studies and whatever you choose to pursue in life. May you have a successful journey everywhere you go! LightandDark2000 🌀 ( talk) 12:39, 19 December 2020 (UTC) |