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HurricaneCovid _(contribs)
~ 🌀Hurricane Covid🌀
~ Hurricane Covid _(contribs)
~ Hiking Hurricane _(contribs) (current)

Track maps

Do not ever insert new legacy-colored maps, like you did here, not even if the new colored maps are not yet available; either make the new-colored map or omit the map entirely. Inserting old-colored maps is not only against the RfC but also WP:ACCESSIBLE. Jasper Deng (talk) 08:50, 11 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Noted. ~ Hiking Hurricane _(contribs) 11:47, 11 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Possible impersonator

Hey I would just like to notify you of a new account, User:Hurricanehiker 2208. They also seemed linked to User:Weatheriscool777. ✶Mitch 199811 ✶ 19:23, 12 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Mitch199811: User doesn't look too problematic yet. I might open an SPI though, definitely suspicious in terms of sockpuppetry. Thanks for the heads up! ~ Hiking Hurricane _(contribs) 19:49, 12 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Mitch199811 Proof? 2603:6010:DA00:CE40:BD56:494A:9B70:D969 (talk) 21:15, 12 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Mitch199811 2603:6010:DA00:CE40:BD56:494A:9B70:D969 (talk) 21:15, 12 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, didn't log in. Hurricanehiker 2208 (talk) 21:18, 12 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Hurricanehiker 2008: No one accused you of anything. People are allowed to share their suspicions. ~ Hiking Hurricane _(contribs) 21:35, 12 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I just have concerns as I have seen someone (I think HikingHurricane or HurricaneEdgar) do vandalism under a similar name like yours. It could be a happy coincidence or maybe youre a big HikingHurricane fan but I just wanted to be weary. ✶Mitch 199811 ✶ 22:29, 12 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Mitch199811 Just noting that I also would have some random names because my school blocks the login page. 69.211.218.207 (talk) 16:27, 16 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Either all or none

If the ATCF best track file isn't acceptable for duration, I wouldn't cite it for intensity changes as you did the other day. It's honestly an all or nothing. Noah, BSBA^Talk 01:51, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'll stick with not updating based on ATCF. ~ Hiking Hurricane _(contribs) 22:44, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

PD-NWS Violations Update #1

I am providing members of the WikiProject of Weather along with users who frequently edit weather-related articles an update to the discussions regarding the PD-NWS image copyright template.

For starters, no "formal" administrative-style rules have occurred. All that means is the template is not formally deprecated and is still in use. However, Rlandmann, an administrator on English Wikipedia, has begun an undertaking of reviewing and assessing all images (~1,400) that use the PD-NWS copyright template.

What we know:

Following email communications, the National Weather Service of Sioux Falls has removed their disclaimer, which has been used for the PD-NWS template for decades. This means, as far as the National Weather Service is concerned, the following statement is no longer valid: By submitting images, you understand that your image is being released into the public domain. This means that your photo or video may be downloaded, copied, and used by others. Currently, the PD-NWS template links to an archived version of the disclaimer. However, the live version of the disclaimer no longer contains that phrase.
See this deletion discussion for this point's information. NWS Paducah (1) failed to give attribution to a photographer of a tornado photograph, (2) placed the photo into the public domain without the photographer explicitly giving them permission to do so (i.e. the photo is not actually in the public domain), (3) and told users to acknowledge NWS as the source for information on the webpage. Oh, to note, this photographer is a magistrate (i.e. a judge). So, the idea of automatically trusting images without clear attribution on weather.gov are free-to-use is in question.
The Wikimedia Commons has a process known as precautionary principle, where if their is significant doubt that an image is free-to-use, it will be deleted. Note, one PD-NWS file has been deleted under the precautionary principle. The closing administrator remarks for the deletion discussion were: "Per the precautionary principle, there is "significant doubt" about the public domain status of this file (4x keep + nominator, 5x delete), so I will delete it."
Several photographs/images using the PD-NWS are currently mid-deletion discussion, all for various reasonings.
As of this message, 250 PD-NWS images have been checked out of the ~1,400.
The photograph of the 1974 Xenia tornado (File:Xenia tornado.jpg) was found to not be in the public domain. It is still free-to-use, but under a CC 2.0 license, which requires attribution. From April 2009 to August 2024, Wikipedia/Wikimedia was incorrectly (and by definition, illegally) using the photograph, as it was marked incorrectly as a public domain photograph.

Solutions:
As stated earlier, there is no "formal" rulings, so no "formal" changes have been made. However, there is a general consensus between editors on things which are safe to do:

Images made directly by NWS employees can be uploaded and used under the new PD-USGov-NWS-employee template (Usage: {{PD-USGov-NWS-employee}} ). This is what a large number of PD-NWS templated images are being switched to.
Images from the NOAA Damage Assessment Toolkit (DAT) can be uploaded and used under the PD-DAT template (Usage: {{PD-DAT}} ). A large number of images are also being switched to this template.

For now, you are still welcome to upload images under the PD-NWS template. However, if possible it is recommended using the two templates above. I will send out another update when new information is found or new "rulings" have been made. The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 03:37, 17 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]