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I would hold off on the FLC until you've addressed the issues I've noted on the articles talk page. Other than those issues, it's not a bad start :) Cyclone biskit 22:07, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
Hi Irmela, Yep ill take a look in a bit - but from what i have seen so far i cant see anything wrong with it. - Also the only reason i inisited on local time is because of This Jason Rees ( talk) 19:29, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
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Number 24, March 7
The Hurricane Herald
This is the bi-monthly newsletter of WikiProject Tropical Cyclones. The Hurricane Herald aims to give a summary, both of the activities of the WikiProject and global tropical cyclone activity. If you wish to change how you receive this newsletter, or no longer wish to receive it, please add your username to the appropriate section on the mailing list. This newsletter covers all of January 2009 and February 2009.
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Storm of the month
Cyclone Fanele was the first
cyclone of
tropical cyclone status to strike western
Madagascar since Cyclone Fame one year prior. It formed on January 18 in the
Mozambique Channel, and
rapidly organized, reaching peak winds of 185
km/h (115
mph). It weakened before moving ashore in
Menabe Region southwest of
Morondava, and rapidly deteriorated over land. Fanele briefly re-intensified after reaching open waters, only to become an
extratropical cyclone by January 23. The cyclone caused heavy damage near where it moved ashore and along its path, resulting in at least eight deaths. Fanele struck Madagascar just two days after
Tropical Storm Eric brushed the northeastern portion of the country. The two storms affected over 50,000 people, of which at least 4,000 were left homeless. Fanele struck the country during a series of
government protests, and consequentially relief efforts were hindered.
Other tropical cyclone activity
Member of the month
The member of the month is... HurricaneSpin HurricaneSpin is a relativly new member of the project who has helped the project out by finding photos of Tropical Cyclones and uploading them to Commons. He is still getting to grips with the project but is coming on in leaps and bounds thus we have decided to make him the Member of the Month, for January and February 2009.
New members
New and improved articles
Main Page content
Storm article statistics
Grade | Oct | Nov | Dec | Feb |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() |
49 | 50 | 50 | 56 |
![]() |
19 | 19 | 19 | 17 |
![]() |
190 | 198 | 202 | 239 |
B | 13 | 21 | 22 | 14 |
C | 119 | 118 | 122 | 122 |
Start | 204 | 210 | 210 | 198 |
Stub | 19 | 16 | 17 | 28 |
Total | 613 | 631 | 642 | 669 |
ω | 2.88 | 2.87 | 2.87 | 2.80 |
percentage ≥Less than C |
36.4 | 35.8 | 35.4 | 33.0 |
percentage ≥GA or better |
42.1 | 42.2 | 42.2 | 46.6 |
Project News
The project reached a milestone in the last two months in terms of article quality for all articles within the project. For the first time, the percentage of
Good articles or better reached more than 1/3, and at the same time, the percentage of Start or Stub articles totaled less than 50%. In the previous twelve months, the overall project grew by 262 articles, of which 204, or 78%, were GA or better. Additionally, in terms of only storm articles, the project now has 46.6% of its articles as GA or better, and only 1/3 are Start or Stub. Unfortunately, much of that is due to newly-created articles easily attaining GA status. For storm articles, the total number of Start or Stub articles, currently 226, is about the same as it was a year ago. The lack of work on older articles is especially noticeable on season articles, where more than 75% of articles are still Stub or Start.
In an attempt to improve articles, there is talk of forming a collaboration between a few Wikipedians. The current project is to improve Hurricane Camille to FA status in time for its 40th anniversary this August. There is still plenty of work to be done, so if you're interested, any help would be appreciated.
Additionally, there is a recent discussion on the WPTC talk page about establishing a notability criteria. There was talk in the past of instating one, although this time the proposal is backed up by interpretations of existing Wikipedia policy. The proposal would limit articles to tropical cyclones that have at least one independent, reliable source other than any warning centers. Excluding cross-basin, off-season, or 64+ knot cyclones, the proposal would affect 26 articles, none of which affected land or lasted for an appreciable amount of time.
Jason Rees ( talk) 00:55, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
Hi Irmela.
It is correct, basically in their seasonal summuary, RSMC Nadi state quite clearly that Cyclone Gene was named six hours before it reached cyclone intensity for humanitarian reasons. Hope this helps Jason Rees ( talk) 23:18, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
Please keep in mind that articles for the WPTC article challenge must be mid-importance or higher; as such, storms like Karen 1989 are not valid. Just FYI. – Juliancolton Talk · Review 22:10, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
As far as i am aware its only for the HKO at the minute but im not sure i guess we will find out as we progress through the season. Also would you be able to have a read through off the Timeline of the 2007–08 South Pacific cyclone season as its at FLC, Many Thanks Jason Rees ( talk) 19:40, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
Number 25, April 4 The Hurricane Herald This is the monthly newsletter of WikiProject Tropical Cyclones. The Hurricane Herald aims to provide a summary of both the activities of the WikiProject and global tropical cyclones. If you wish to change how you receive this newsletter, or no longer wish to receive it, please add your username to the appropriate section on the mailing list. This newsletter covers March 2009. Please visit this page and bookmark any suggestions of interest to you. This will help improve monitoring of the WikiProject's articles. ![]() Storm of the month Hamish indirectly caused a major environmental disaster along the Queensland coastline, when strong waves from the cyclone damaged the hull of a cargo ship, spilling 260 tonnes of fuel and oil into the ocean. The oil washed onto the coastline, endangering the environment prompting a costly cleanup. Offshore, the fishermen went missing after the boat was lost; one person was found, although the other two remained missing and were presumed dead. As the storm remained offshore, overall damage directly from the storm was minor, primarily from strong waves. Other tropical cyclone activity
Member of the month ![]() The member of the month is... Ramisses, has been a member of the Project since January 2008. He is a usefull editor who helps to make the trackmaps for the current season articles, as well as numerous other storms, from previous seasons. We just hope he is able to keep on top of the trackmaps when the busy part of the year comes! New members New and improved articles
Main Page content
Storm article statistics
Project News As part of the above discussion, there is a request for all active members to sign a list to affirm they are still active members in the project. If you don't sign the list, or if you don't consider yourself active anymore, your name will be placed on the inactive members list on May 1st. Hurricanehink has organised a challenge to try and improve some of the Tropical cyclone articles. The rules are that you must take either an seasonal or a storm article from one of the eight basins we have, that is either a Stub, Start class or a brand new article and improve it to at least GA status. However to avoid several articles on cyclones that did not affect land, Hurricanehink has limited the challenge to storms/seasonal articles of Mid-importance or higher. Their is an exception to this rule for the Central Pacific as Cyclones rarely form in this basin. - For full details of the challenge see the Project's Talkpage Project member list |
Jason Rees ( talk) 01:17, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
I was in the middle of putting it up on the talkpage as you were writing a message to me :} Jason Rees ( talk) 21:27, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
Please don't FLC yet, I made some comments. It needs more work. ♬♩ Hurricanehink ( talk) 22:03, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
I'm making a table because it is doubtful that anyone will find enough information on certain storms to develop a section. Infoboxes should have a paragraph or two running alongside them (or there should be enough info out there for someone to write something). Potapych ( talk) 19:09, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
Just so you know ive verifed your hook but ive suggested one that might be a little bit better Jason Rees ( talk) 21:04, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
Someone, probably you, requested access to the account creation tool. For security purposes could you please confirm that it was you who made the request so we can approve you, thanks. Fun Pika 12:28, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
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I would hold off on the FLC until you've addressed the issues I've noted on the articles talk page. Other than those issues, it's not a bad start :) Cyclone biskit 22:07, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
Hi Irmela, Yep ill take a look in a bit - but from what i have seen so far i cant see anything wrong with it. - Also the only reason i inisited on local time is because of This Jason Rees ( talk) 19:29, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
You are receiving this message because you are listed as an active participant in WikiProject Meteorology, WikiProject Severe weather, and/or WikiProject Non-tropical storms. I have made a proposal to start an official assessment page for these three projects, under the WP:METEO banner. Since this would need significant participation to work properly, I'd like input from as many interested parties as possible (even those who may not watch the project pages), so please visit the discussion here and leave your thoughts/opinions. Thanks! - Running On Brains 02:52, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
Number 24, March 7
The Hurricane Herald
This is the bi-monthly newsletter of WikiProject Tropical Cyclones. The Hurricane Herald aims to give a summary, both of the activities of the WikiProject and global tropical cyclone activity. If you wish to change how you receive this newsletter, or no longer wish to receive it, please add your username to the appropriate section on the mailing list. This newsletter covers all of January 2009 and February 2009.
Please visit this page and bookmark any suggestions of interest to you. This will help improve monitoring of the WikiProject's articles.
Storm of the month
Cyclone Fanele was the first
cyclone of
tropical cyclone status to strike western
Madagascar since Cyclone Fame one year prior. It formed on January 18 in the
Mozambique Channel, and
rapidly organized, reaching peak winds of 185
km/h (115
mph). It weakened before moving ashore in
Menabe Region southwest of
Morondava, and rapidly deteriorated over land. Fanele briefly re-intensified after reaching open waters, only to become an
extratropical cyclone by January 23. The cyclone caused heavy damage near where it moved ashore and along its path, resulting in at least eight deaths. Fanele struck Madagascar just two days after
Tropical Storm Eric brushed the northeastern portion of the country. The two storms affected over 50,000 people, of which at least 4,000 were left homeless. Fanele struck the country during a series of
government protests, and consequentially relief efforts were hindered.
Other tropical cyclone activity
Member of the month
The member of the month is... HurricaneSpin HurricaneSpin is a relativly new member of the project who has helped the project out by finding photos of Tropical Cyclones and uploading them to Commons. He is still getting to grips with the project but is coming on in leaps and bounds thus we have decided to make him the Member of the Month, for January and February 2009.
New members
New and improved articles
Main Page content
Storm article statistics
Grade | Oct | Nov | Dec | Feb |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() |
49 | 50 | 50 | 56 |
![]() |
19 | 19 | 19 | 17 |
![]() |
190 | 198 | 202 | 239 |
B | 13 | 21 | 22 | 14 |
C | 119 | 118 | 122 | 122 |
Start | 204 | 210 | 210 | 198 |
Stub | 19 | 16 | 17 | 28 |
Total | 613 | 631 | 642 | 669 |
ω | 2.88 | 2.87 | 2.87 | 2.80 |
percentage ≥Less than C |
36.4 | 35.8 | 35.4 | 33.0 |
percentage ≥GA or better |
42.1 | 42.2 | 42.2 | 46.6 |
Project News
The project reached a milestone in the last two months in terms of article quality for all articles within the project. For the first time, the percentage of
Good articles or better reached more than 1/3, and at the same time, the percentage of Start or Stub articles totaled less than 50%. In the previous twelve months, the overall project grew by 262 articles, of which 204, or 78%, were GA or better. Additionally, in terms of only storm articles, the project now has 46.6% of its articles as GA or better, and only 1/3 are Start or Stub. Unfortunately, much of that is due to newly-created articles easily attaining GA status. For storm articles, the total number of Start or Stub articles, currently 226, is about the same as it was a year ago. The lack of work on older articles is especially noticeable on season articles, where more than 75% of articles are still Stub or Start.
In an attempt to improve articles, there is talk of forming a collaboration between a few Wikipedians. The current project is to improve Hurricane Camille to FA status in time for its 40th anniversary this August. There is still plenty of work to be done, so if you're interested, any help would be appreciated.
Additionally, there is a recent discussion on the WPTC talk page about establishing a notability criteria. There was talk in the past of instating one, although this time the proposal is backed up by interpretations of existing Wikipedia policy. The proposal would limit articles to tropical cyclones that have at least one independent, reliable source other than any warning centers. Excluding cross-basin, off-season, or 64+ knot cyclones, the proposal would affect 26 articles, none of which affected land or lasted for an appreciable amount of time.
Jason Rees ( talk) 00:55, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
Hi Irmela.
It is correct, basically in their seasonal summuary, RSMC Nadi state quite clearly that Cyclone Gene was named six hours before it reached cyclone intensity for humanitarian reasons. Hope this helps Jason Rees ( talk) 23:18, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
Please keep in mind that articles for the WPTC article challenge must be mid-importance or higher; as such, storms like Karen 1989 are not valid. Just FYI. – Juliancolton Talk · Review 22:10, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
As far as i am aware its only for the HKO at the minute but im not sure i guess we will find out as we progress through the season. Also would you be able to have a read through off the Timeline of the 2007–08 South Pacific cyclone season as its at FLC, Many Thanks Jason Rees ( talk) 19:40, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
Number 25, April 4 The Hurricane Herald This is the monthly newsletter of WikiProject Tropical Cyclones. The Hurricane Herald aims to provide a summary of both the activities of the WikiProject and global tropical cyclones. If you wish to change how you receive this newsletter, or no longer wish to receive it, please add your username to the appropriate section on the mailing list. This newsletter covers March 2009. Please visit this page and bookmark any suggestions of interest to you. This will help improve monitoring of the WikiProject's articles. ![]() Storm of the month Hamish indirectly caused a major environmental disaster along the Queensland coastline, when strong waves from the cyclone damaged the hull of a cargo ship, spilling 260 tonnes of fuel and oil into the ocean. The oil washed onto the coastline, endangering the environment prompting a costly cleanup. Offshore, the fishermen went missing after the boat was lost; one person was found, although the other two remained missing and were presumed dead. As the storm remained offshore, overall damage directly from the storm was minor, primarily from strong waves. Other tropical cyclone activity
Member of the month ![]() The member of the month is... Ramisses, has been a member of the Project since January 2008. He is a usefull editor who helps to make the trackmaps for the current season articles, as well as numerous other storms, from previous seasons. We just hope he is able to keep on top of the trackmaps when the busy part of the year comes! New members New and improved articles
Main Page content
Storm article statistics
Project News As part of the above discussion, there is a request for all active members to sign a list to affirm they are still active members in the project. If you don't sign the list, or if you don't consider yourself active anymore, your name will be placed on the inactive members list on May 1st. Hurricanehink has organised a challenge to try and improve some of the Tropical cyclone articles. The rules are that you must take either an seasonal or a storm article from one of the eight basins we have, that is either a Stub, Start class or a brand new article and improve it to at least GA status. However to avoid several articles on cyclones that did not affect land, Hurricanehink has limited the challenge to storms/seasonal articles of Mid-importance or higher. Their is an exception to this rule for the Central Pacific as Cyclones rarely form in this basin. - For full details of the challenge see the Project's Talkpage Project member list |
Jason Rees ( talk) 01:17, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
I was in the middle of putting it up on the talkpage as you were writing a message to me :} Jason Rees ( talk) 21:27, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
Please don't FLC yet, I made some comments. It needs more work. ♬♩ Hurricanehink ( talk) 22:03, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
I'm making a table because it is doubtful that anyone will find enough information on certain storms to develop a section. Infoboxes should have a paragraph or two running alongside them (or there should be enough info out there for someone to write something). Potapych ( talk) 19:09, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
Just so you know ive verifed your hook but ive suggested one that might be a little bit better Jason Rees ( talk) 21:04, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
Someone, probably you, requested access to the account creation tool. For security purposes could you please confirm that it was you who made the request so we can approve you, thanks. Fun Pika 12:28, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
![]() | This page is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |