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Thanks!

Thanks for reverting vandalism on my talk page. Happy editing! --A3RO (mailbox) 21:46, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

Fred

Not having it on GTWO does not mean it dissipated, only meaning no chance of redevelopment, check out any surface analysis that includ the area just east of Florida, there is a 1017mb low, and thats the remnants of Fred. HurricaneSpin Talk My contributions 02:09, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

WPTC Assessment

Hi! Since you have recently posted to WT:WPTC or otherwise been involved with tropical cyclone articles, please nominate and review pages at Wikipedia:WikiProject Tropical cyclones/Assessment so we can revive this process. Thanks in advance, –Juliancolton | Talk 14:21, 22 September 2009 (UTC)


Please review History of the flags of Romania

Hi, Darren23. If you have time, please review History of the Flags of Romania. Thanks. Secret Saturdays (talk) 00:31, 1 October 2009 (UTC)

Super Typhoon Melor

Oh! sorry. But I'd already said in the history that "if there is something a wrong grammar, please just correct it". But no worries, I will correct it. And also thanks for informing me that Cyclonebiskit is now doing a main article of Melor.Cheers!..have fun..Jpuligan_12 (talk) 4 October 2009 , 16:54 (UTC)

If you are around can you determine the landfall location of Parma ASAP and leave me a note on my talkpage. Thanks Jason Rees (talk) 13:36, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

Re: Signature

Thanks so much for the info, ive been typing it out for so long and it really has been a pain >.<. Knowledgekid87 (talk) 15:48, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

Re

i RVd myself because i knew one of the Storms was 130kts and was fairly certain that it was Ike. As for the landfalls Bug me later when i get on IRC (around 1700UTC) to check the JMA and PAGASA postions against google earth and work it out from there (dont you already have Parmas?.Jason Rees (talk) 09:39, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

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IRC

If youre around come online - ive got something to make you smile.Jason Rees (talk) 20:05, 18 October 2009 (UTC)

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Editor review archived

Since it has been well over 30 days since you requested to be reviewed, I've gone ahead and archived your request as part of my effort to cleanup Editor Review. You may view your review here. Thanks & happy editing. If you have any questions, please message me on my talk page. =D Netalarmtalk 05:17, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

Your message

Hi Darren23 (sorry for the late reply). I give you permission to delete Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Secret Saturdays. Cheers! :^3D Secret Saturdays (talk) 23:43, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

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Re: invite

Hey im sorry it took a bit to reply, I had noticed your invite sent to me for the Tropical cyclones WikiProject. Id love to join but I dont know how active I can be, I am in college and just get on wiki to help when I have time. You think I should sign up anyways and help when I can? - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 20:10, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

My turn

Thank you for the invitation to your project. Now I noticed that you seem to have an liking for cyclones for stuff so I am inviting you to join the simple english version of Wikipedia and expand on this article. http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone Now the procedure to join is just the same as the english Wikipedia and just as simple. Enjoy! Jhenderson777 (talk) 21:30, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

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2010 AHS

You were saying we could collaborate on your sandbox. I got one thing we could add. We could added a navigation template like this:

I would recommend not making the template till we actually create an article for the 2010 AHS. Previously I made a template like this, however it was deleted because there were no linked articles.

Thank You --12george1 (talk) 01:55, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

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"Appeal"

Hi!

Thanks for notifying me of your revert. However, my edit that you reverted was not unconstructive and did contain an informative edit summary. I suppose you thought I had deleted a large chunk of text as vandals sometimes do, but if you look at the edit carefully, you'll notice that this is not the case.

Best, --91.148.159.4 (talk) 20:49, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks! Happy holidays to you, too!--91.148.159.4 (talk) 21:38, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

Re:Favour

Done: User:Darren23/Forecasts. Jason Rees (talk) 10:49, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

Alma's article

Hey, I was browsing around, and I tried to fix there not being a red link on the top of the page. I copied the info from another article, I think the next storm in the season, but there's still a red link. Could you help me out? Viennaiswaiting (talk) 22:26, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for fixing the talk page for Alma. That article confuses me though. It seems most of the other articles in the project are really complete. How can I get Alma to look as good as Hurricane Able (1951) (hope I did that right) or Cyclone Orson (from another part of the world, but still a nice article)? I tried doing a google search, but I didn't find much, and I want to make this my project. --Viennaiswaiting (talk) 01:53, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

Hey, could you take a look at my article - Hurricane Alma (1970)? I've really learned a lot over the past few days, and I just tried to make it like the other hurricane articles. Is there anything more I should do with that? --Viennaiswaiting (talk) 05:31, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks...

..for reverting my user page. Enter CambridgeBayWeather, waits for audience applause, not a sausage 15:49, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

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Hi there!

hey there Darren, haven't heard from you for a while. how's it been going lately? i think i'm really getting the hang of this article writing!yo, check out some of my articles. Tropical Storm Alice (1953) Tropical Storm Arlene (1981) Subtropical Storm Alpha (1972)

peace out. --Viennaiswaiting (talk) 01:29, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

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sorry :(

sorry to see you go! back when i started you really helped me out. take it easy bud --Viennaiswaiting (talk) 02:33, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

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Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #29

The Hurricane Herald

This is the monthly newsletter of WikiProject Tropical Cyclones. The Hurricane Herald aims to give a summary of the WikiProject's progress 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.

Please visit this page and bookmark any suggestions of interest to you. This will help improve monitoring of the WikiProject's articles.

From the editors

The project has gone since August without a newsletter, due to a lack of interest in its publication and development. This issue aims to catch up on major events and milestones since late summer 2009, and set a series of goals for the upcoming hurricane seasons. Your help in writing future issues is appreciated.

Tropical cyclone activity
2009 Atlantic hurricane season
2009 Pacific hurricane season
2009 Pacific typhoon season
2009 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
2009–10 Australian region cyclone season
2009–10 South Pacific cyclone season
2009–10 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season
2010 Pacific typhoon season
2010 North Indian Ocean cyclone season

Typhoons Morakot, Ketsana, and Parma caused extensive damage to China, Taiwan, Philippines, and Vietnam in August and September. Their collective damages total in the billions of dollars and each storm caused hundreds of fatalities. All three of the storms' names were subsequently retired.

Member of the month

Cyclone barnstar
Cyclone barnstar

Thegreatdr (talk · contribs) is thanked for his tireless improvement of high-profile tropical cyclone and general meteorology articles; his production of rainfall maps for individual storms; and for his willingness to share his expertise where needed. Thegreatdr is largely responsible for the project's continued success, and has been instrumental in resolving many debates and discussions.

Members
Thirteen Wikipedia users have joined the project since September, and several have returned after an extended absence: Hurricanehink (talk · contribs), Yellow Evan (talk · contribs), and Darren23 (talk · contribs). The list of inactive or retired users has remained mostly unchanged.

Goals for the upcoming season
Hurricane season in the Eastern Pacific and Atlantic basins is quickly approaching. Activity from new users typically increases substantially during the summer months, especially during active periods of tropical cyclone strikes. Precautions should be taken to ensure that content covering ongoing or recent events is kept up-to-date. Moreover, creation of new articles should be discouraged unless the storm in question presents an immediate or long-term threat to land.

Nonetheless, the project should encourage new editors to get involved; for this purpose the standard Wikipedia:WikiProject Tropical cyclones/Invite template may be used.

The project should also make an effort to evaluate existing recognized content. A Project audit of featured articles has been proposed; ideally, each article should be reviewed for continued compliance with the FA criteria. Articles that no longer meet the criteria may be nominated for demotion, or alternatively, improved and updated.

Main Page content
Three articles appeared on the main page as Today's Featured Article: Cyclone Orson on September 22, Hurricane Fabian on January 30, and Hurricane Lane (2006) on March 22

Article statistics

Tropical cyclone articles by quality and importance
Quality Importance
Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total
FA 3 14 84 60 161
FL 1 4 32 43 80
FM 21 21
A 2 1 3
GA 10 64 400 655 1,129
B 11 32 62 65 1 171
C 10 104 257 279 2 652
Start 2 59 339 409 5 814
Stub 2 55 88 145
List 5 19 80 592 412 1,108
Category 955 955
Disambig 68 68
File 8 8
Portal 204 204
Project 97 97
Redirect 3 21 72 101 197
Template 469 469
Other 5 5
Assessed 37 289 1,270 1,751 2,520 420 6,287
Unassessed 1 1
Total 37 289 1,270 1,751 2,520 421 6,288
WikiWork factors (?) ω = 10,322 Ω = 3.36

Project news
September 2009 – A debate on the numbering of JMA tropical depressions in season articles took place. Much of the discussion can be read here.
October 2009 – The project was featured in a Signpost article, detailing its progress over the past two years.
December 2009 – Multiple Wikipedia Books—organized and printable compilations of related articles—are created under the project's purview.
Nilfanion (talk · contribs) proposed a revamp of the project's track map standards and naming conventions. This is likely a long-term project, and will be largely executed on Wikimedia Commons.
March 2010 – One of the project's core articles, Hurricane Katrina, was demoted from featured article status. Later in the month, it was suggested that more tropical cyclone-related articles are added to the rotating list of the Main Page's Selected anniversaries.

JCbot (talk) 14:11, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

Happy Birthday!

Hey, Darren23. Just stopping by to wish you a Happy Birthday from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee!
Have a great day!-- Hi878 (talk) 04:47, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

Keep an eye on who's editing the page.

If the page gets blanked and they created it, it's the equivalent of saying "I quit" and you should tag it with {{db-blanked}}instead of reverting and warning. Removing a db tag is one thing, completely blanking it is another. HalfShadow 22:50, 29 May 2010 (UTC)

I see that happen from time to time. Doesn't seem fair to slap them with a warning in blanking cases. HalfShadow 22:57, 29 May 2010 (UTC)

IRC

i dont know what you're plans are but can u come on IRC soon please.Jason Rees (talk) 21:41, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

Re: Please

But how is it possible, how can the storm make landfall in japan when it is miles, miles and miles away from it?????Anirudh Emani (talk) 13:52, 14 August 2010 (UTC)

oops! sry!Anirudh Emani (talk) 13:58, 14 August 2010 (UTC)

Davorak

Dvorak T-Number and Corresponding Intensity[1]
T-Number Winds (knots)
1.0 - 1.5 25
2.0 30
2.5 35
3.0 45
3.5 55
4.0 65
4.5 77
5.0 90
5.5 102
6.0 115
6.5 127
7.0 140
7.5 155
8.0 170

Since you were wondering about T Number online i thought id post this table here of how it stacks up. This was taken from our article on the Davorak TechniqueJason Rees (talk) 01:28, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

Use of convert template

Hi,

Can you point to a community accepted guideline for me that prohibits the use of the convert template? There are community accepted guidelines for units and it is called the Manual of Style - Numbers. My edits are in accordance with those guidelines. Please review others edits carefully before blindly reverting - especially after this has been emphasised in the edit summary. Bleakcomb (talk) 23:53, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for your response. A couple of things. My original edit included a correction to the blunder 35 mph (55 mph). Yellow Evan blindly restored this error in his fevered attempt to rid the article of the scourge of the convert template. Hence my request to actually read others edits before blindly reverting. Another editor then attempted to correct the mph error with kph. kph is not the international and MOSNUM accepted abbreviation for kilometres per hour. I remade my edits to correct this. The great benefit of the convert template is that it allows a good chance that the text it creates will be in accordance with MOSNUM and international guidelines. It is not perfect, but its use greatly improves the accuracy and conformity of text related to the conversion of units on Wikipedia. If you want to ban it you need to raise the issue in a wider forum than a Wikiproject. Also blindly reverting constructive edits from an editor who is not a member of an associated Wikiproject or a familiar editor smacks of ownership. I trust this is not the case. If editors don't understand how to use the convert template, rather than just revert edits that contain it why not ask for help in using or understanding it?

On the subject of conversions given by NHC; I am wondering how this is relevant. For example, the cited source (NHC) for the windspeed is given in knots. There are no conversions given in that source. Even if there were, why should we follow the practices of an external organistation? Wikipedia has its own guidelines and consensus for accuracy of conversions, which my edits will generally follow. I note that the convert template has been modified to implement the rather unusual rounding algorithms requested by the storm watching community on Wikipedia. I don't necessarily agree with these changes, though as a concession I used this new, optional, rounding-to-nearest-5 algorithm in my first edit. Even this was not enough to satisfy the firmly held beliefs of the owners of the article. Further, as I said, the source gave the windspeed in knots. The article text for the windspeed was given in miles per hour with a conversion to kilometres per hour. Given the slightly cryptic layout of the source, the article text was hard to verify. Given that knots are not widely used any more, a conversion factor to mph in the citation text or converting directly from knots to km/h, as my edits did, would be clearer.

Additionally, there is no need to give atmospheric pressures in both mbar and hPa; given that they have the same value. Hectopascals would suffice with a conversion to inches of mercury, if required. Again, my edits reflect this.

Lastly, the MOS is a guideline only. It is not a rule. The consensus is however that the guidelines can be followed unless there are good reasons not to. I still can't see why using a template to avoid basic errors and to conform to MOS consensus could be overruled by an undocumented project guideline.

I note more responses on my talk page. I will make further responses there. Thanks. Bleakcomb (talk) 02:22, 8 September 2010 (UTC)


Happy WikiBirthday

Happy First Edit Day, Darren23, from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day!

Armbrust Talk Contribs 01:04, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

Concerning User:Vladwin

User:Vladwin made another non-constructive edit to the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season page. He increased the wind speeds of Igor and he added that there's a 8 pm advisory for Igor but I reverted it. In fact, there's no 8 pm advisory for Igor. Does this count as vandalism because I've looked into his talk page and saw a block notice. IrfanFaiz 00:53, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

Sorry for jumping in, but it is not consider vandalism, in fact it was correct! Check here. YE Tropical Cyclone 00:56, 15 September 2010 (UTC)
Next time, before blindly reverting YE, check the consensus! Darren23Edits|Mail 00:57, 15 September 2010 (UTC)
I did not blindy revert as no consensus has been reached. Soem people were for and against it. YE Tropical Cyclone 01:01, 15 September 2010 (UTC)
Read the discussion. There was general agreement (if not unanimous) that RBT's cannot be used in updating. Darren23Edits|Mail 01:27, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

Yeah...

That anonymous editor (24.116.95.58) in 2010 Atlantic Hurricane Season won't stop. I'm pretty sure what he's doing is considered vandalism, so...--Hylian Auree (talk) 23:03, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

Nicole Damage

Thanks so much for fixing that; I hope it wasn't too much trouble. Big fail on my part, haha. XD -- Hylian Auree (talk) 01:02, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

igor post-storm analysis

The post-storm analysis saysa that Igor was reached category 5 status. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Khaled98 (talk • contribs) 14:58, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

Don't just say it did, provide a source! Darren23Edits|Mail 15:00, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

Achieving the impossible

After you left i managed to get YE to shut up about BI!!!!Jason Rees (talk) 02:17, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

What is so impossible about that? You did it! YE Tropical Cyclone 02:33, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

YE it was a Sarcastic title.Jason Rees (talk) 02:35, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

I know. Just having fun. YE Tropical Cyclone 02:58, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

The WikiProject Tropical Cyclones Newsletter#32B

Number 32B, October 20, 2010

The Hurricane Herald

This is the 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 project related events of September 2010 and some events of October 2010

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
'Typhoon Fanapi' is Storm of the Month

Typhoon Fanapi approaching Taiwan

Early on September 14, the JMA reported that a tropical depression had formed east of Taiwan. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center soon designated the depression as 12W with PAGASA naming it Inday shortly thereafter. Later on the same day, the tropical depression was upgraded to a tropical storm and was officially given the name Fanapi by the JMA. On September 16, the storm further intensified into a severe tropical storm. That same day, the JMA further upgraded it into a typhoon. Fanapi turned west and intensified into a category 1 typhoon that night. On the following day, the storm further intensified into a category 2 typhoon. On September 18, the storm further intensified to a Category 3 typhoon and moved straight into Taiwan. It made landfall in Hualien County at 8:40 a.m. (10.40am AEST) on September 19, with winds of 162 kilometres (101 mi) and across the island at a speed of 20km/h. Shortly after its landfall, it moved south and again turned east and rapidly weakened into a Severe Tropical Storm. It had a Category 1 equivalent strength at that time. At 06:00 PM (Local time), the typhoon went back into the ocean. Post Storm Analysis proved that the system stayed on land for 9 hours approximately. The storm made its second landfall at Zhangpu County, Zhangzhou, Fujian province, China, at a Category 1 Typhoon intensity. The Storm caused a large scale damage to Taiwan. In the early hours of September 21, Fanapi weakened into a tropical depression over Guangdong province, China. On Septemner 22, Fanapi dissipated completely.

Member of the month

Cyclone barnstar
Cyclone barnstar

Jason Rees is the member of the month - October 2010

Jason is been awarded the member of the month - October 2010 for his excellent work at the construction of Tropical cyclone related articles. He is excellent when it comes to referencing. His work at the article Typhoon Fanapi (2010) is remarkable.

To do

  • Improve the 14 WPTC core articles to FA status
  • Finish List of Pacific typhoon seasons
  • Expand every season article worldwide to mention every storm in the season
  • Expand the articles in Category:Tropical cyclone articles to be expanded
  • Get every article on the vital articles list to GA status

Storm article statistics

Tropical cyclone articles by quality and importance
Quality Importance
Top High Mid Low Other ??? Total
FA 6 12 64 66 148
A 1 1 9 16 27
GA 8 22 126 259 415
B 3 6 21 23 53
C 5 23 87 97 212
Start 5 58 232 239 4 538
Stub 1 17 94 59 171
Current 2 3 2 7
Future 1 2 3
Category 524 1 525
Disambig 7 581 588
Template 167 1 168
Assessed 29 141 637 770 1,294 27 2,898
Unassessed 1 2 3
Total 29 141 637 771 1,294 29 2,901


Project News

  • The 2011 Northern Hemisphere cyclone season articles are awaiting creation.
  • A replacement for Template:Infobox hurricane current has been discussed.
  • Hurricane Earl (2010) dab issue solved.
  • List of tornadoes spawned by Hurricane Earl (1998) being discussed for deletion.
  • Flattening MODIS real time images discussed.
  • List of Tropical Storms David, Hurricane Humberto, Tropical Storm Alex discussed.
  • NASA GRIP (Genesis and Rapid Intensification Project) explained.
  • Book:Greatest Category 5 Hurricanes, which is related to this project, has been nominated for deletion.
  • Early hurricane season names brought up a large discussion.
  • Format for season articles discussed
  • Use of colour in charts on season articles duscussed
  • new map icon discussed
  • Lists on Cyclones, Hurricanes, and Typhoons discussed
  • several of our SWIO categories have been nominated for CFD
  • moving of storm articles and the year in retired storm articles decided
  • Storm Article titles discussed

--Anirudh Emani (talk) 10:13, 21 October 2010 (UTC)

90L

Good call. Hurricanehink (talk) 17:46, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

Hurricane Alex

What are Hurricane Alex (2010)'s winds? Περσεύς|Talk to me 19:54, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

IRC

Come on please as i have something to show you.Jason Rees (talk) 21:38, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

/* Hurricane Igor */

Sorry for changing the page. I am very intrested in hurricanes and those things, and I study them a lot. I heard from one of my friends that Igor was indeed a category 5 hurricane for a brief time, so I thought he had 160mph winds. I went on Wikipedia and saw that it said he only had 155mph, so I changed it because I thought it was wrong. I still think he was a cat.5, because the official winds a hurricane needs to have to be classified as a cat.5 is 156mph, so Igor's winds could have easily went up 1mph before he started weakening. I think they should either scale the winds by their real record(154mph,132mph), or downgrade the scale to 155mph and up is category 5. You can either agree with me, or disagree. I won't change the page anymore, but I won't change the fact that I think Igor was a category 5. This is kind of like what I've seen with hurricane Emily. Lots of places that I've been to on the internet say she was only a category 4 hurricane, but Wikipedia says she was a 5. Same thing with Hurricane Igor, only vice-versa. Many people say he was a 5, and some say he wasn't. And also, what happened with Hurricane Richard? I heard he was a category 1 hurricane with 90mph, but now Wikipedia says he was a category 2 with 100mph. Who changed it? Why can't it say that Igor was a category 5, when clearly he was? Just like it says on hurricane Vince's article, "If it looks like a hurricane, it probably is". Now look at hurricane Igor's picture.Ask yourself this: What does he look like, a category 4 hurricane, or a category 5 hurricane? And the eye? Wow! It looks like a category 5's eye to me! So if it looks like a category 5 hurricane, it probably is! Not being rude here, but I think Igor was a category 5 hurricane, and so do many others. Look at the intensity reports from hurricane Igor. They probably say 155mph winds in estimation, but what do they say without estimation? 156mph&157mph will estimate to 155. The Saffir-Simpson wind scale says category 5 is 156mph and up. If Igor's reports say 156mph 0r 157mph, then he was a category 5, no questions. There are hundreds of things that can prove Igor was a category 5 hurricane, and I can go on and on listing them, but I don't have the time to continue on, so thank you. Take in what I said about hurricane Igor please!

Ryder Busby—Preceding Signatures comment added by 69.68.113.201 (talk) 22:33, 26 November 2010 (UTC)

/* 2010 Atlantic hurricane season conflict */

Hello. Remember me? I'm the one from "2010 Atlantic hurricane season conflict". Well, I'm a member here now, since November 27. I'm not being impatient, but have those hurricane reports you were talking about come in yet? If they haven't, then when will they? Again, not being impatient, I'm just wondering. Thanks!--Ryder Busby (talk) 01:28, 1 December 2010 (UTC)

As you know, the National Hurricane Center is a very busy organization, even off season. So, it is going to take a while for all of them to come in. The ones available right now are: Tropical Depression 2, Tropical Storm Colin, Tropical Depression 5, Tropical Storm Fiona, Tropical Storm Hermine, Hurricane Lisa, and Hurricane Otto.

Some of the storms like Igor may not be out until the late Winter/early Spring of next year (January-April 2011). As I said above, the NHC is a very busy organization. Here is a link to keep track of them: Tropical Cyclone Reports. TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk) 03:59, 1 December 2010 (UTC)

Hey, is anyone going to write an article on Hurricane Lisa, because if not, I'd be happy to.--Ryder Busby (talk) 03:05, 7 December 2010 (UTC)

Hurricane Season Buttons

Hey, I was wondering how to edit the hurricane season buttons. I'm not going to change any of them, I just want to make it where Hurricane Lisa's button goes to Hurricane Lisa (2010) article. Thanks,--Ryder Busby (talk) 03:06, 12 December 2010 (UTC)

Merry Christmas


YE Tropical Cyclone is wishing you a Merry Christmas! This greeting (and season) promotes WikiLove and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Happy New Year!

Spread the cheer by adding {{subst:User:TTTSNB/Merry_Christmas}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Merry Christmas, Darren. YE Tropical Cyclone 23:40, 24 December 2010 (UTC)

Ma-on infobox

How does the infobox not work? Right now it's showing the JTWC data, since JTWC uses 1-min which works for the SSHS. There should very much be the information at the top of the article with the latest storm information. That could only work with the current infobox. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 18:30, 15 July 2011 (UTC)

Doesn't it also need to show JMA data? I've tried tinkering with the active template for quite some time now and I still haven't gotten it to work for all the basins. Plus, I don't think we ever use that template outside C/EPAC and ATL articles.Darren23Edits|Mail 18:33, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
I don't think it absolutely needs to. If you think about it, people who might be reading the article in the coming days would be English-speaking tourists who would be more used to 1-min winds. People in Japan, who are used to 10-min and JMA, would be reading the Japanese article. And I don't think that's being small-minded or anything. I do think it'd be useful to have 1-min winds in the infobox. And yes, we have used the template outside of NOAA basins. It has been used regularly in the NIO, for example. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 18:40, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
Regularly? It wasn't used completely last year when a storm was active and it had an article. I am fairly sure it wasn't used in WPAC either. And we can't just leave out stuff because "they're not reading this.". Darren23Edits|Mail 18:49, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
Alright, I was mistaken about NIO. However, what's wrong with using the current one? It provides an immediate indication where the storm is and how strong it is. If we do it in the Atlantic and EPAC, I don't see why we don't outside the basin. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 18:57, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
Well, here's a proposal. How about only use RSMC data, without JTWC data. That solves the issue of having to have both in the same template, which is my main issue with it. Darren23Edits|Mail 19:01, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
Actually, looking at it again, I agree with you how it should only use the main infobox. It's not Wikipedia's job to keep people informed what is happening. If they know about the storm, Wikipedia isn't going to be able to help. It shouldn't be presented from any other disaster, even though it happens to be current. --♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 22:08, 15 July 2011 (UTC)

IRC

You should really come on at times.Jason Rees (talk) 00:52, 18 July 2011 (UTC)

Okay, I'm going on tonight. Darren23Edits|Mail 01:04, 18 July 2011 (UTC)

Re: Favors

I think I understand your first request, basically if I put in a particular wind speed, the template will automatically know to display typhoon or STS or what ever it may be. I will look to see what I can do on that one. For the second part, are you refering to updating {{infobox hurricane current}}? --Holderca1 talk 00:38, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

re:Carelessness

What exactly, is the use of infobox current when it doesnt have CSI!?? --Anirudh Emani (talk) 09:08, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

Scales

A few months ago you converted the various TC scales in to small templates, where did you plonk them? Jason Rees (talk) 00:52, 15 August 2011 (UTC)

Tell me more

Could you please try explaining me, what exactly is wrong with Typhoon Nanmadol (2011) so that i can try to fix it. You see, im the one who made the article and want to solve the problem without troubling anyone else. --Anirudh Emani (talk) 14:11, 27 August 2011 (UTC)

Irrelevant picture

I would say irrelevant to who?

I was a pilot who flew into Hurricane Hugo during Operation Hawkeye (President Bush ordered federal forces to St. Croix to suppress the violence, protect property, and restore law and order. Elements of the Army, Navy and the Coast Guard, along with a contingent from the U.S. Marshals Service and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) formed Joint Task Force (JTF) 40 for Operation Hawkeye.)and I think its very relevant showing how the Hurricane may have been well over hyped by the media calling 100+ winds. More so when you put it with the buoy data that showed the highest gust at 60 in NC and the Hurricane Hunter Vortex data. It all back's each other up.

Someone may find it relevant — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.101.66.207 (talk) 04:37, 29 August 2011 (UTC)

Really?

Well, excuse me for asking a question..I won't do it again :| TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk) 23:31, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

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