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Given you were a part of the color scheme discussion, I would like if you added your opinion since they were unfortunately changed. The discussion is [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Weather#Comments here]. --'''''[[User:MarioProtIV|MarioProtIV]]''''' (<sup>[[User talk:MarioProtIV|talk]]</sup>/<sub>[[Special:Contributions/MarioProtIV|contribs]]</sub>) 17:00, 19 March 2022 (UTC)

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Tornado damage January 25 2021

Hey I was just telling you that there was 12 tornadoes in January 4 last night 3 confirmed 2 in AL according to the nws in Birmingham so stop deleting the things I put ok stop or I will request for your account to be terminated. High voltage highlights (talk) 21:47, 26 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Give me a valid source and drop the attitude. United States Man (talk) 21:50, 26 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

https://www.weather.gov/bmx/event_01252021 OK here ya go 🙂 and I wasn't mad just asking. High voltage highlights (talk) 22:03, 26 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

That EF0 tornado is from December... United States Man (talk) 22:05, 26 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Oh ok I didn't know people on Twitter said it was secondary tornado. High voltage highlights (talk) 22:07, 26 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Twitter and people on it is not a reliable source. United States Man (talk) 22:18, 26 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Sorry.

Hey. I would like to apologize for accidentally removing the Fultondale tornado separate article discussion. I was adding a comment about support to the discussion and fixing a typo I made doing and accidentally removed the discussion. I panicked because I Dias trying to find it back. Again I am sorry about doing that. IBlazeCat (talk) 22:38, 31 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Reason

Hey! I noticed that you reverted this edit at Tornadoes of 2021. The reason I made that is because the article is not strictly for the United States. I was trying to make it a more world-wide subject. But I understand what you are trying to say; and that revision was not particularly the most constructive edits I could have made, so I have left it. Wxman28 (talk) 20:16, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

We don’t count international tornadoes in the monthly totals, so it’s best to leave things as is! After all, they’ve been working fine for 15 years. Thanks... United States Man (talk) 21:12, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@WXman28: Aside from it being the status quo, most countries don't seem to maintain detailed tornado records, or at least ones that are easily publicly accessible. So it would probably be misleading to try to keep up a global total. TornadoLGS (talk) 02:02, 10 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Weather System Naming

Hi, I just saw your oppose on the requested move for the disambiguation pages and wanted to explain my thoughts on them. I personally see no reason why they should be limited to just tropical cyclone names when we have weather systems being named by various agencies. These include FU Berlin who name virtually every high and low and are supported in doing so by the German Weather Service and variousothers, the UKMO, Met Erriean, Meteo France, AEMET as well as various other european met services when an orange or a red warning is likely to be issued. We also of course have the TWC Names. That is why we feel that if the disambiguation pages are to stay, they should be expanded to include all uses of the name. There is currently a discussion ongoing about it on the WPTC talk page. Jason Rees (talk) 03:56, 21 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you for adding March into the main tornado page and into the tornado list! I wanted to apologize for criticizing you when you did that last month. ChessEric (talk · contribs) 19:43, 27 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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46th issue of Hurricane Herald newsletter

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WikiCup 2021 March newsletter

Round 1 of the competition has finished; it was a high-scoring round with 21 contestants scoring more than 100 points. Everyone with a positive score moves on to Round 2, with 55 contestants qualifying. You will need to finish among the top thirty-two contestants in Round 2 if you are to qualify for Round 3. Our top scorers in Round 1 were:

  • New York (state) Epicgenius led the field with a featured article, nine good articles and an assortment of other submissions, specialising on buildings and locations in New York, for a total of 945 points.
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  • Scotland ImaginesTigers, who has been editing Wikipedia for less than a year, was in third place with 711 points, much helped by bringing League of Legends to featured article status, exemplifying how bonus points can boost a contestant's score.
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  • England Lee Vilenski, last year's champion, scored 332 points, from a featured article and various other sport-related topics.

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Invite!

Please accept this invitation to join WikiProject Weather's Non-tropical storms task force (WPNTS), a task force dedicated to improving all articles associated with extratropical cyclones on Wikipedia. WPNTS hosts a number of Wikipedia's highly-viewed articles, and needs your help for the upcoming winter season (for whichever hemisphere happens to be in its climatological winter). Simply click here and add your name to the list to accept!

HurricaneCovid (contribs) 18:46, 4 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to WPNTS!

Hi, and welcome to WikiProject Weather's Non-tropical storms task force! We are a group of Wikipedia editors who help to improve articles related to extratropical cyclones on Wikipedia.

Looking for somewhere to start? Here are a few suggestions.

If you have any comments, suggestions, or would like to talk about the project in general, feel free to leave a message on the talk page.

HurricaneCovid (contribs) 15:56, 5 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

1974 Super Outbreak article.

Greetings! As you, I'm a fellow contributor to Wikipedia, and I'm also keen on revising and correcting articles related to weather events, specially tornado outbreaks. As I have edited and many times re-read the 1974 Super Outbreak article, one of the most fascinating and devastating tornado events in US history, I have noticed your changes to the article, like your great reformatting of the article and tornado table to current standards, and additions of new information that makes the article more complete. However, your numerous changes from last week up to this point (March 10, 2021), which included re-organizing the tornadoes that occurred during April 3-4, 1974, in order in which they occurred chronologically, and editing the whole tornado table, to match the current format, followed for example in the 2011 Super Outbreak article, have left me with a few questions. In the image of the map from Ted Fujita, which shows the 148 tornadoes that occurred in the outbreak, all with little numbers that I can only assume are the order in which they all occurred, with number 1 being in Illinois, and 148 in North Carolina, do not truly match with the new tornado table you published, which makes a tornado in NC be the first tornado generated (at 1 pm on April 3), and a tornado in Alabama be the last that occurred, on April 4. However, it might as well be that the numbers above the tornado tracks are the order in which they were surveyed; Im not truly sure.

Second, in the days in which they were placed, because of their starting hour, tornadoes that occurred after midnight on April 3, which would technically mean they occurred on April 4, are still listed as being part of the April 3 part of the outbreak. Does this happen because all hours until 6 am are still counted as part of the previous day? Or does it have something to do with time zones, or UTC regulations?

I am amazed by how much has this article, and many other in which you have worked, have been improved and made incredibly useful and fascinating to read. Keep up the awesome work! I hope you may read this at some point. Sorry in advance for making you lose your time.

Cheers! (PS do you know how to create an article for my user, that all other users that have written in your user talk have? I would love to :) )

00:00, March 11, 2021 (UTC).

@Mjeims: The map is not ordered by time. The storm data which is available from NCDC has this clearly listed as the 3rd. There were also tornadoes in N GA and SE TN a few hours after, so thunderstorms were apparently there by that time. I initially though it may have been an error, as the tornado in the county next to it occurred about 24 hours later on the 4th, but we have to go with what the official source states.
I also moved numerous tornadoes from the 3rd to the 4th because time should be split at midnight. Additionally, if you want to create your userpage, just click the redlink that appears now and put anything you want there. Remember to sign messages on talk pages using ~~~~. United States Man (talk) 20:44, 12 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Edits to Interstate 840 (Tennessee)

We normally use "US" in abbreviating highway designations over "U.S.", and we wouldn't switch an article from the former to the latter as you did at Interstate 840 (Tennessee). Almost all state DOTs use the former format, with or without a hyphen instead of a space between the "US" and the number", and so we've standardized on that format. The {{jct}} template and WP:USSH do not use periods, so by inserting them in the body text, you've introduced inconsistency. Imzadi 1979 → 01:36, 15 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Imzadi1979: I did not realize that was uniform. That is sad, because to me U.S. is the more proper and superior way to express that. United States Man (talk) 01:53, 15 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2nd issue of The Frozen Times!

Volume II, Issue 2, March 15, 2021
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The Frozen Times

The Frozen Times is the semi-regular newsletter of WikiProject Non-tropical storms. The newsletter aims to summarize recent developments and activities in the WikiProject, in addition to recent extratropical cyclone activity on a global scale. The Frozen Times has been running since its revival in March 2021, although the first issue was published in February 2008. If you wish to receive or discontinue subscription to this newsletter, please visit the mailing list. This issue of The Frozen Times covers all project-related events from February 2008–March 14, 2021. This edition's authors and editors are MarioJump83, HurricaneCovid, Shift674, and LightandDark2000. Past editions can be viewed here.

WikiProject Non-tropical storms: News and Developments

  • On the heels of the WikiProject Tropical cyclones revival from 2018–2020, MarioJump83 and LightandDark2000 took the initiative to formally revive this WikiProject on January 15, 2021. Not long afterward, on February 7, 2021, the WikiProject community came to the decision to revive the project newsletter as well. We decided to model the entire WikiProject after WPTC, following a similar format and creating similar project pages for use on WPNTS, since the two projects are closely tied. There was also general agreement among the active editors on WPNTS to coordinate work with WPTC, given the numerous overlaps between the two WikiProjects.
  • On February 4, 2021, the WPTC and WPNTS communities came together to include WPNTS articles in WPTC's annual competition, the Cyclone Cup, based on a suggestion from HurricaneCovid. The decision was made as a result of agreement between editors over how non-tropical storms (nor'easters, European windstorms, etc.) are cyclones too, and thus merit inclusion as well. WPNTS editors are now allowed and encouraged to participate in the Cyclone Cup, regardless of whether those editors are a part of WPTC or not. Currently, a number of WPNTS users are participating in the Cup, and we hope you will too!
  • On February 8, 2021, MarioJump83 introduced our project barnstar, which was accordingly named The Extra-Tropical Cyclone Barnstar. It was named based on a pun in which the "Tropical" word in The Tropical Cyclone Barnstar became more 'tropical', so much that it turned The Tropical Cyclone Barnstar to brown. (Hence the name "Extra-Tropical" and the brown cyclone icon). Since there were no barnstars that were shaped like a comma in the Meteorology barnstars category, we had to take one which is available.
  • On February 24, 2021, we came to the decision to model the project newsletter after the WPTC newsletter, The Hurricane Herald. The first step of that was to give our newsletter a name. Agreement was reached on February 24 to use LightandDark2000's suggested name, The Frozen Times, as the name of the WPNTS newsletter. HurricaneCovid assisted in the creation of the logo for the newsletter, and MarioJump83 aided the endeavor as well.
  • On March 9, 2021, HurricaneCovid first introduced the idea of modeling North American winter articles after tropical cyclone season articles. While a few editors rejected the idea at first, by the next day most users had shown their support for it and the plan was implemented. The improvements were done over a period of 3 days, mainly by HurricaneCovid and MarioProtIV, and involved the creation or modification of several templates, including a timeline, some new infoboxes, and a button template. The implementation of these new templates has only been completed in one season article, and is still unfinished in most.

New articles since the last newsletter

  • The number of new articles since the last issue are innumerable. Thus, we will not be able to list them all here.

New GAs since the last newsletter

Member of The Edition

Featured members – MarioProtIV and HurricaneCovid

MarioProtIV joined Wikipedia in 2014, although his activity really ramped up in late 2015. He formally joined this WikiProject in early February 2021, just after its revival. Since and before formally joining, he has been one of the most prolific editors in non-tropical storm articles, particularly being a major part of getting 2020–21 North American winter to greater quality and taking the initiative to constantly update the article, as well as other separate winter storm articles. He has also participated in and started several discussions within WPNTS, further influencing the quality of current event articles in the WikiProject. We would like to thank him for his outstanding work, and therefore jointly give him the Member of The Edition award.

HurricaneCovid joined Wikipedia in March 2020, though he began working with weather-related articles and joined WPTC in November. He joined WPNTS in January 2021, just before its revival, although he had begun actively editing extratropical cyclone articles in December 2020. He has been doing constant work on 2020–21 North American winter throughout the North American winter season so far. He has helped write much of the article, with aid from MarioProtIV, as well as numerous other articles for the most major storms. He was present throughout the barrage of winter storms and the Arctic air outbreak in North America, in mid-February, creating most of the articles for storms in that period. He also helped with the revival of the WikiProject, and it was partially his idea to model this newsletter after The Hurricane Herald. For his consistent work to WPNTS, we are jointly giving him the Member of The Edition award for this issue.

Project revivers – LightandDark2000 and MarioJump83

LightandDark2000 joined Wikipedia as an IP editor in May 2009, although he didn't register an user account until 3 years later, in May 2012. He became active on WPTC and WPNTS in 2013, formally joining the projects in 2014 and 2016, respectively. He is one of the most-senior active members on WPNTS, as most of the active participants joined in 2020 or 2021. Soon after formally joining, he largely stopped editing Wikipedia on storm-related articles, turning his attention to MILHIST from 2014–2017, and later took numerous WikiBreaks in 2016 and in 2019–2020, due to real-life activities and college. However, he began making a return to Wikipedia in July 2020, and since then, he has made a full return. In December 2020, he returned to WPNTS, with the start of the climatological winter in North America. He became a main part of the revival and resurrection of WPNTS from January–February 2021, assisting in efforts to revamp the project and helping to coordinate it. During this time, he continued his work on WPNTS articles, including during a historic outbreak of cold temperatures and a barrage of back-to-back winter storms in North America, in February. For his aid in the revival of this WikiProject, and his work on WPNTS articles, we are jointly giving him a modification of the MoTE award.

MarioJump83 first joined Wikipedia in 2013 as SMB99thx, although they first began working with storm-related articles in August 2020. They joined WPNTS in November 2020, quickly becoming the main coordinator and most active user in terms of getting the project restarted. They did outstanding work in terms of modeling the project after WPTC, with the aid of LightandDark2000, and got the project's act together. They took the initiative to formally restart the project in January 2021, and continued work restoring, improving, and creating project pages, including this newsletter. LightandDark2000 was along every step of the way, and helped out MarioJump83 create and improve project pages, modeling after WPTC. We would like to thank their outstanding work in getting the WikiProject together, and are thus jointly giving them a version of the MoTE award.

For the time being, there will be no user nominations, as this WikiProject is currently relatively small; however, once we gain enough participants, we will begin nominating members for MoTE.

Storms of The Edition over the last five newsletters
Period Storm
February 2008–March 14, 2021 February 13–17, 2021 North American winter storm (Winter Storm Uri)
December 2007–February 2008 January 2008 North American storm complex

Storm of The Edition – February 13–17, 2021 North American winter storm (Winter Storm Uri)

The February 13–17, 2021 North American winter storm, also referred to as Winter Storm Uri, was a strong and destructive winter storm that affected areas from the West Coast of the United States, through the Deep South and Northern Mexico, to the Northeast and Eastern Canada. The second of three major winter storms to affect the continent within the month, the system originated as a powerful low-pressure area in the Pacific and came ashore as a frontal system on February 13. The system then dived southward along a trough in the polar jet stream, while also strengthening, and began producing snowfall in the Deep South. The storm system then began expanding in terms of size, and the main low spawned a secondary low in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Florida on February 15. As the storm grew more organized, it spawned another low pressure center to the north on February 16, which quickly became the main low-pressure center. When the system exited the continent early on February 17, almost 75% of the continental U.S. was covered in snow, which almost broke a record. The newest low moved up the coast of Nova Scotia, beginning to strengthen faster along the way. It then began to quickly intensify, while approaching landfall on Newfoundland, reaching a central pressure of 985 millibars (29.1 inHg) by 12:00 UTC on that day. The system then began meandering across the Atlantic, while proceeding to strengthen further, reaching a peak intensity of 960 millibars (28 inHg) on February 19. Afterward, the storm then began weakening rapidly, dissipating southwest of Greenland on February 24.

The storm system resulted in over 170 million Americans being placed under winter weather alerts, reaching as far south as Galveston, Texas. The swath of snow and ice it produced stretched from Washington to Maine. It ranked as a Category 3 winter storm on the Regional Snowfall Index (RSI) scale, and it became the second of three Category 3+ winter storms to affect North America in February 2021. The system caused over 9.9 million power outages, with 5.2 million in the U.S. and 4.7 million in Mexico, making it the worst blackout event recorded in North America since the Northeast blackout of 2003. The hardest hit area by both the severe winter weather and long-term power outages was Texas, with the 2021 Texas power crisis taking place due to the storm. Some long-term power outages in areas of the Deep South lasted over one week long. It also brought destructive severe weather to parts of the Southeastern U.S., spawning five tornadoes, including an EF2 and a high-end EF3 tornado. In total, the storm resulted in at least 136 fatalities, with 124 in the U.S. and 12 in Mexico, making it the deadliest winter storm in decades. Damage from this system is estimated to cost at least $195 billion (2021 USD), making it the costliest winter storm on record, as well as one of the costliest natural disasters in the modern era.

Other significant storms

  • Post-Tropical Cyclone Zeta – The post-tropical remnants of Hurricane Zeta began interacting with another storm system on October 29, 2020, as rain overspread the Eastern U.S. However, as a cold front came through overnight allowing a blast of colder air, precipitation began switching over to snow in parts of New England. By the next day, the remnants of Zeta passed south of New England and moved out into the Atlantic, strengthening on the way. Zeta became the first tropical cyclone to produce accumulating snowfall as an extratropical storm since Hurricane Sandy, resulting in several thousand power outages in New England and up to 6.5 in (17 cm) of snow.
  • December 15–17, 2020 nor'easter (Winter Storm Gail) – The December 15–17, 2020 nor'easter, also unofficially referred to as Winter Storm Gail, the only Category 2 winter storm on the RSI scale in December, formed from a disorganized low pressure in the Southern Plains on December 14. The low pressure began organizing the next day, meandering east before it came offshore of the East Coast on December 16. It then rapidly intensified, reaching a peak intensity of 985 millibars (29.1 inHg) off the New England coast on December 17. The system then moved into the Atlantic, weakening slowly until dissipation on December 19. The nor'easter produced significant snowfall up to 15 in (38 cm) along the I-95 corridor, with over 3 ft (36 in) in parts of the interior Northeast. In total, it caused 7 fatalities and over 56,000 power outages. The nor'easter is estimated to have caused at least $125 million (2021 USD) in damages.
  • Storm Filomena – Storm Filomena, the eighth named storm of the 2020–21 European windstorm season, formed over the Atlantic near the Canary Islands on January 7, 2021. It then slowly meandered northeastward, crossing the Iberian Peninsula over the next few days, producing heavy snowfall on the way. The storm then accelerated east, reaching a peak intensity of 995 millibars (29.4 inHg) and crossing Italy and Greece from January 11–13. Filomena then began rapidly weakening, and dissipated in interior Europe on January 15. It was significant because of unusually heavy snow up to 24 in (61 cm) in the Iberian Peninsula, which caused a total of 5 fatalities. Filomena is estimated to have caused at least $2.2 billion (2021 USD) in damage.
  • January 31 – February 3, 2021 nor'easter (Winter Storm Orlena) – The January 31 – February 3, 2021 nor'easter, also unofficially referred to as Winter Storm Orlena, the first of three Category 3+ winter storms in February 2021, formed as a powerful low pressure off the Pacific coast on January 25. The slow-moving low pressure meandered off the U.S. West Coast for several days, causing an atmospheric river event and producing heavy rain and snow. On January 30, the weakening low pressure crossed the Rockies and moved into the Midwest, producing a second low pressure off the North Carolina coast on January 31. The second low slowly meandered up the East Coast from February 1–4, reaching a peak intensity of 985 millibars (29.1 inHg) on February 3. The system then accelerated into the Atlantic, weakening and dissipating on February 5. The system caused up to 100 in (250 cm) of snow in the Sierra Nevada and 18–24 in (46–61 cm) in both the Boston and New York City metro areas. In total, it caused 7 fatalities and resulted in over 575,000 power outages. The system is estimated to have caused at least $100 million (2021 USD) in damages.
  • February 15–20, 2021 North American winter storm (Winter Storm Viola) – The February 15–20, 2021 North American winter storm, also unofficially referred to as Winter Storm Viola, the last of three Category 3+ winter storms in February 2021, formed on February 14 as a strong low pressure in the Pacific. The next day, the weakening low came ashore in the West Coast and the main low spawned several other low pressures on February 15, connected by a series of fronts. One of the low pressures to the south quickly took over, moving east over the next few days. It then spawned another low pressure to the east, which moved up the East Coast from February 18–19, becoming a nor'easter. The low reached an initial peak of 990 mb (29 inHg) as it exited the coast on February 19. The system then bombed out, reaching a peak intensity of 952 millibars (28.1 inHg) on February 22. It then slowly began to weaken, while moving northeastward, and dissipating on February 26. The storm brought a second round of snow and ice to the Deep South just days after another destructive storm came through the same areas. In total, the storm resulted in at least 29 fatalities and caused over 4 million power outages. The system is likely to have caused approximately $1 billion (2021 USD) in damage.

New WikiProject members

More information can be found here. The following list lists members who have joined/rejoined the WikiProject since the last issue.

To our new members: welcome to the project, and happy editing! Feel free to check the tasks or to-do lists towards the bottom of the newsletter for tasks that you might want to work on. To our veteran members: thank you for your edits and your tireless contributions!

Note that most of the members listed here are inactive now, with the majority of them moved having been moved into the inactive list.

Current assessment table

Assessments are 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.

As of this issue, there are 8 featured articles and 1 featured list. There are 21 good articles, but only 1 A-class article, perhaps because most articles of that quality already passed an FA review. There are 53 B-class articles, 110 C-class articles, 172 start-class articles, and 52 stub-class articles, with 14 lists. These figures mean that roughly one-fifth of the project is rated B-class or better. Tropical Storm Rolf was the 20th GA in the project.

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Project Goals & Progress

The following is the current progress on the two milestone goals set by the WikiProject as of this publishing. Updates on the following goals can also be found on the project home page.

WikiProject tasks

Featured article reviews

Requested moves

Why I revived this WikiProject, by MarioJump83

Since this is the first issue of The Frozen Times since the revival of WPNTS, I thought we should have an opinion piece detailing the reasons based on which the revival took place. And the project member who would know these reasons the best would be none other than the main resurrector of the WikiProject, MarioJump83! HurricaneCovid (contribs)

Hello, WikiProject Non-tropical storms! I am the one who first took the initiative of this WikiProject's revival. While most of my work here is mostly related to maintenance work and some coordinating before resigning after the revival of this newsletter (I would like to say that LightandDark2000 is the coordinator of the project now given he is the only active member to join before 2020), there are reasons why I took the initiative to revive the project.

Firstly, WPTC members, for some reason that was unclear to me, began joining the project in droves beginning in late 2020 and continuing into 2021. This surprised me since normally, people don't join defunct WikiProjects in large numbers. Secondly, many WPTC members, many of them based in either the United States or Europe, continue to edit extratropical cyclone articles, even when climatological winter ends in the Northern Hemisphere. This suggests that there is a space for WPNTS to spring up once again. Third and lastly, WPNTS-covered articles are quite active for a defunct WikiProject. I honestly think that this WikiProject shouldn't have been considered defunct in the first place.

Ultimately, these reasons drove me to revive the WikiProject on the heels of Wikipedia's 20th anniversary on January 15, 2021. It's short, but it's what I can say for the reasons why I came to the decision to revive this WikiProject. I hope this WikiProject lasts for a long time, even when I'm not present as part of it. MarioJump83!


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The Tornado Barnstar
For your hard work on tornado articles, especially the one covering the outbreak last week (3/16-18/21) Zonafan39 (talk) 00:08, 24 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

A new draft you might be interested in

Hey United States Man. I started Draft:Tornado outbreak of March 25, 2021 and thought you might be interested in it. Elijahandskip (talk) 16:10, 25 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Newnan, GA tornado rating

Where did you find the rating for the Newnan, Georgia tornado? I can't find it.ChessEric (talk · contribs) 20:18, 26 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Oh wait. Never mind. I saw your last edit. LOL!ChessEric (talk · contribs) 20:19, 26 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Stuff usually shows up on DAT before anywhere. United States Man (talk) 20:23, 26 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Question about pending changes

I am now very confused. I agree with your edit reverting my edit on Tornadoes of 2021, but in the edit summary you put "pending edit". How was my edit a pending change edit when I should have permission to bypass that since I am logged in and have over 3,000 edits. Did you type that or was that really a pending edit? Elijahandskip (talk) 12:38, 29 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

It was pending. Not sure why. It happens to ChessEric and myself sometimes too; although I can go back and accept my own edits it they don’t automatically accept. United States Man (talk) 15:38, 29 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Long-tracked EF3 Alabama tornado section

Can you help me complete the long-tracked EF3 Alabama tornado section using the BMX report and the DAT? I can't right now, but I don't want the section left the way it is right now.ChessEric (talk · contribs) 02:14, 30 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I can work on some of it. United States Man (talk) 02:26, 30 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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For repeatedly talking to me and calling me out when I go too far. Thanks for your patience with me. ChessEric (talk · contribs) 00:08, 10 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Defining tornado outbreak sequences

Concerning future articles on tornado outbreaks: I am interested in clarifying just how outbreak sequences are defined. To your knowledge, what is the correct definition of an outbreak sequence, both pre- and post-1950? Thank you for your time and consideration. Most respectfully, CapeVerdeWave (talk) 17:51, 16 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

A sequence is defined as several days in a row of enhanced tornado activity, usually involving more than one weather system. United States Man (talk) 17:54, 16 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Regarding sequences, would you consider this event to be an outbreak or a sequence? How close together must each outbreak day or cluster be? How many tornadoes within a certain period of time? CapeVerdeWave (talk) 16:28, 18 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
The relatively short period of time during which this outbreak occurred would not qualify it as a sequence. Usually, sequences are comprised of at least 4 or 5 days of nearly continuous activity with numerous peaks and no days without activity. The sequence this year from March 24 to 28 is really a marginal case and I wouldn't say a classic case, because of very limited activity on the 24th and 26th. However, it still meets the general criteria. One criteria which isn't required but generally understood is that a sequence features multiple "high-number" outbreak days in quick succession as a result of two or even three mid-latitude systems, meaning the whole outbreak didn't come from one storm system. The case with Palm Sunday 1965 is that this specific outbreak was produced by one weather system over a span of less than 48 hours; thus it would not qualify as a sequence. This paper would indicate that the whole week leading up to that Sunday was indeed part of a larger outbreak sequence, but the period of April 10-12 specifically would not qualify as one. United States Man (talk) 18:01, 18 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. As an aside, when using NCEI's Storm Events Database, how may I determine which segment(s) belongs to a single tornado rather than two or more distinct events? For example, is there a signifier to indicate whether a county- or state-specific segment belongs to a particular tornado, particularly if two or more tornadoes of the same strength affected the same areas(s)? How would one know which tornado a segment belongs to? CapeVerdeWave (talk) 07:17, 29 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
The old data in that database is many times hopelessly confused, so what I would do is try to find a published map of the outbreak (assuming it is a significant one). You can try to use the coordinates and the map provided in each entry to determine, but I have found those to be slightly inaccurate as recent as 10-15 years ago. United States Man (talk) 13:39, 30 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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2011 Super Outbreak

Was there something wrong with the way I formatted and made changes the tornado sections of the 2011 Super Outbreak? Almost ALL my edits were changed or reverted.ChessEric (talk · contribs) 23:33, 28 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I'm just wondering by the way. I'm not accusing you of anything; I just want to understand so I know for the future.ChessEric (talk · contribs) 23:35, 28 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
There wasn't anything wrong in the first place. Those sections don't have to be all formatted the exact same (it's bad writing). The path length can be toward the beginning occasionally, and repeatedly saying "violent EF4" for every tornado gets old. A EF4 is understood to be violent, so it is unnecessary to say it over and over. I didn't write all those myself, so don't get the impression I'm trying to protect my version. Some variation in the format of those sections is good, and the reader likely would appreciate not reading the same "This long-tracked, violent, multiple-vortex EF4 tornado touched down here at this time." line every time they read a section. Also, I noticed you changed "7" to "seven", which is normally good, but per MoS, it should read "7 homes were destroyed, 26 sustained major damage, and 35 sustained minor damage" and not "seven homes were destroyed, 26 sustained major damage, and 35 sustained minor damage". United States Man (talk) 00:01, 29 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Ah! I gotcha! Thanks for letting me know!ChessEric (talk · contribs) 16:50, 29 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

WikiCup 2021 May newsletter

The second round of the 2021 WikiCup has now finished; it was a high-scoring round and contestants needed 61 points to advance to Round 3. There were some impressive efforts in the round, with the top eight contestants all scoring more than 400 points. A large number of the points came from the 12 featured articles and the 110 good articles achieved in total by contestants, as well as the 216 good article reviews they performed; the GAN backlog drive and the stay-at-home imperative during the COVID-19 pandemic may have been partially responsible for these impressive figures.

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WP Severe merger

We linked the original discussion here back in August and had a redux here. The goal is to put every weather project under one roof to share resources on overlaping topics. NoahTalk 02:04, 7 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I notice you rammed that through with zero input from anyone who is actually active in WP:SEVERE. You need to gain support of more than just the "non-tropical squad". United States Man (talk) 02:09, 7 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
We gave everyone a fair opportunity to participate in these discussions before implementing mergers. We invited every affected wikiproject to a discussion back in August. It isn't our fault that you didn't see this discussion. We had a secondary discussion at WPTC this year before anything serious occurred. It doesn't matter if the consensus was a group of nine-year-olds or people entirely outside meteorology who have no clue what is going on at all. It certainly doesn't matter that the consensus came from primarily WPTC and Non-Tropical folks. Choosing to ignore a consensus solely on the grounds of its composition is wrong. The whole goal of this is to unite every single weather project into one larger project, similar to Mil History or the roads/highways project. We need to share our limited resources, which is much easier to do under one roof. As you saw, very little changed other than page moves and a rename. If you don't like the renaming, it can be discussed to choose a better one. Simply reverting every change I made by basing your reasoning on "zero discussion" (when clearly there was) is disruptive. This whole merger was simply to organize our resources and give everyone access to things like more reviewers and a standardized quality structure. NoahTalk 02:40, 7 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Adding on, note that the WikiProjects will continue functioning the same, just as task forces. ~ 🌀HurricaneCovid🌀 12:12, 7 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

How to change the title of an article

Hi United States Man,
Thanks for all your edits on NASCAR Wikipedia articles. I noticed the edits that you made earlier today when it was announced that the Xfinity Series fall race at Texas would have a new title sponsor this year, and you didn't change the name of the article an instead noted the new title sponsor in the intro. I'm guessing you did that because you don't know how to change the title of an article, so let me explain: At the top of your screen, click the "move" button and then change the title of the article and if you want to explain why you changed the title, do so in the text box. That's all you need to do- it's pretty easy. Hope this helps!

Thanks,
Cavanaughs (talk) 21:29, 12 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Cavanaughs and United States Man: Please also remember to follow Wikipedia's naming conventions at all times, especially the section on COMMONNAMEs. :] GhostOfDanGurney (talk) 22:48, 12 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Cavanaughs and GhostOfDanGurney: Respectfully, I have been editing here 10 years and have changed page names hundreds of times. I am well aware of how to do it. I simply did not do it this time because honestly I did not feel like doing it and figured someone else would do it shortly. Thanks though, United States Man (talk) 23:38, 12 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Re: June 2021.

Had you edited properly, I wouldn't've had to revert to avoid the edit conflict... But hey ho, nothing worth losing sleep over... Craig(talk) 18:41, 13 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Cs-wolves: Properly? Explain to me how I edited improperly by adding correct information to an article. If you don't like getting edit conflicted then edit faster. I saw you did the same thing on the same page to someone else yesterday. Behavior like that may be worth a trip to ANI. United States Man (talk) 18:45, 13 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Complete edits are better than speedy edits. What a shitty thing to say, "edit faster".... and you're threatening to go to ANI? GhostOfDanGurney (talk) 22:34, 13 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Please don't harass my talk page because I reverted an edit in which you deleted relevant sourced information. Thank you. United States Man (talk) 22:37, 13 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not the one you reverted. Pay attention. Thank you. GhostOfDanGurney (talk) 22:38, 13 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
You better pay attention: [1] United States Man (talk) 22:40, 13 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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WikiCup 2021 July newsletter

The third round of the 2021 WikiCup has now come to an end. Each of the sixteen contestants who made it into the fourth round had at least 294 points, and our top six scorers all had over 600 points. They were:

  • Botswana The Rambling Man, with 1825 points from 3 featured articles, 44 featured article reviews, 14 good articles, 30 good article reviews and 10 DYKs. In addition, he completed a 34-article good topic on the EFL Championship play-offs.
  • New York (state) Epicgenius, a New York specialist, with 1083 points from 2 featured article reviews, 18 good articles, 30 DYKs and plenty of bonus points.
  • Republic of Venice Bloom6132, with 869 points from 11 DYKs, all with bonus points, and 54 "In the news" items, mostly covering people who had recently died.
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Delayed thanks

Thanks for your welcoming message 8 years ago. I read it today.

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Hello again. May I ask a question? At the article Shia Islam in Egypt I found some deliberate falsehoods. I removed them. Using the Article History tab I traced this misinformation to 1 July. It's pretty close to the top of that page, the 5th and 6th versions. 193.188.113.121 is the culprit. What is Wikipedia's justice system for resolving the conflict between 'anyone can edit' and 'some people are malicious'? Thank you. Gvros8 (talk) 20:41, 20 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

If bad behavior is repeatedly occurring, warnings are issued for disruptive editing which eventually lead to blocks. If the user doesn’t edit the page again it is best to just let it go at this time. United States Man (talk) 01:10, 21 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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WikiCup 2021 September newsletter

The fourth round of the competition has finished with over 500 points being required to qualify for the final round. It was a hotly competitive round with two contestants, Botswana The Rambling Man and New York (state) Epicgenius, each scoring over 3000 points, and six contestants scoring over 1000. All but one of the finalists achieved one or more FAs during the round, the exception being Republic of Venice Bloom6132 who demonstrated that 61 "in the news" items produces an impressive number of points. Other contestants who made it to the final are Gog the Mild, England Lee Vilenski, Zulu (International Code of Signals) BennyOnTheLoose, Rwanda Amakuru and Hog Farm. However, all their points are now swept away and everyone starts afresh in the final round.

Round 4 saw the achievement of 18 featured articles and 157 good articles. George Floyd mural Bilorv scored for a 25-article good topic on Black Mirror but narrowly missed out on qualifying for the final round. There was enthusiasm for FARs, with 89 being performed, and there were 63 GARs and around 100 DYKs during the round. As we start round 5, we say goodbye to the eight competitors who didn't quite make it to the final round; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia, and we hope you will join us again next year. For other contestants, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them.

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Unreferenced tornadoes

I've noticed a few times, recently, that you've added tornadoes to the monthly lists without providing a reference. I've added the references to them, but, in the future, please cite those additions. TornadoLGS (talk) 19:29, 2 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Don't even come at me with that. You know good and well that I only add tornadoes that have actually occurred. I don't always have time to add references, and at that time there was nothing but Twitter. I don't appreciate you trying to coach me like the new help around here. I've been doing it longer than anyone at this point. United States Man (talk) 04:15, 3 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Don't take it personally. I am not talking down to you. Even the most experienced editors get pointers or reminders now and again. Yes, I know you well enough to know that you wouldn't add a tornado without NWS confirmation. Before I check the edit history, I don't know who added which tornadoes. But, regardless of who adds them, nothing should be on that list without a reference. Even Twitter, if it's from an official NWS account. The rule I apply to myself: if I don't have time to add a source, then I don't have time to make the edit. — Preceding unsigned comment added by TornadoLGS (talk • contribs) 18:37, 3 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Interstate 40 lengths

Please stop changing the lengths of I-40. The table and the overall length correctly reflect the current FHWA source from 2018 as updated in 2019. It appears you're trying to restore information from the 2002 edition of that source, which is quite out of date; it isn't even available anymore except through the Wayback Machine as the old URL redirects to the current edition. Imzadi 1979 → 20:12, 22 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Imzadi1979: Well you need to change the lengths on the articles so they match that page. As it stands the current lengths are different depending on what article you are on. United States Man (talk) 21:59, 22 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Bass field Tornado

The bass field/soso tornado was rain wrapped for sure and pecos hank even got it on his video for tornadoes of 2020 which you probably watch but idk. Either way the tornado was rain wrapped end of story Colin777724 (talk) 17:45, 3 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

WikiCup 2021 November newsletter

The WikiCup is over for another year and the finalists can relax! Our Champion this year is Botswana The Rambling Man (submissions), who amassed over 5000 points in the final round, achieving 8 featured articles and almost 500 reviews. It was a very competitive round; seven of the finalists achieved over 1000 points in the round (enough to win the 2019 contest), and three scored over 3000 (enough to win the 2020 event). Our 2021 finalists and their scores were:

  1. Botswana The Rambling Man (submissions) with 5072 points
  2. England Lee Vilenski (submissions) with 3276 points
  3. Rwanda Amakuru (submissions) with 3197 points
  4. New York (state) Epicgenius (submissions) with 1611 points
  5. Gog the Mild (submissions) with 1571 points
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Tornadoes of 2021#November 13

Hi, United States Man. May I ask where you got 11 tornadoes from? The source only lists 9 tornadoes (five of which were in Suffolk County NY). Thanks, Destroyeraa (Alternate account) 20:10, 19 November 2021 (UTC) @Destroyeraa: There are two tornadoes in Rhode Island. New York City is not the only NWS office. If you need to count them yourself the monthly list has 11 tornadoes. United States Man (talk) 06:40, 20 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Revert

You know where I can put that section in?ChessEric (talk · contribs) 23:09, 11 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Most likely nowhere on Wikipedia that I'm familiar with. The talk page is for official discussion on content. United States Man (talk) 23:12, 11 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I had done that before although not to that extent. Thanks. Man, that outbreak came out of nowhere. Thanks for contributing to the page. You okay by the way? I know some places in Tennessee got hit.ChessEric (talk · contribs) 23:45, 11 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Yes I'm okay. I'm on here, right? ;) United States Man (talk) 00:01, 12 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
True. LOL!ChessEric (talk · contribs) 01:39, 12 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Notability of weather draft - Help requested

Hello United States Man. You have created a lot of weather articles on Wikipedia, so I wanted to ask if you could help with the Draft:Wikipedia:Notability (weather), which I was requested to make for the AfC reviewers. It won't be ready for a while obviously, but if you know some notability tips, feel free to add them. Once the draft feels detailed enough, it will be moved to mainspace as an essay, followed by a WP Weather/AfC discussion and vote to make it official WP:Notability subject-specific guidelines. Elijahandskip (talk) 06:50, 13 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

During the RfC, you said tornado section of the notability guidelines are incorrect. Would you be willing to fix them to make them correct? Thanks in advance. Elijahandskip (talk) 15:34, 21 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

In-Lines

Hello. I wanted to ask that you not remove in lines placed by section titles as you did in in this edit. The in lines added to the Tornado outbreak of December 10–11, 2021 article are needed as a list article, the Weather of 2021, links directly to some notable subsections. If a subsection title is changed, the link is broken, so the in-line just tells editors to also fix the link on the list article if the title is altered. Have a good day editing and thank you for your work on the outbreak article! Elijahandskip (talk) 23:13, 14 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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This is for your work on the Tornado outbreak of December 10–11, 2021 article! Thank you for your contributions! Skarmory (talk • contribs) 08:27, 18 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Skarmory: Thank you!! United States Man (talk) 13:18, 18 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Portal:Tornadoes

After discussing with some people off-wiki, I decided to take the initiative to start Portal:Tornadoes. I would appreciate help with the anniversaries if you are able to (no rush on them). I am still working to get everything else finished. NoahTalk 02:53, 25 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Hurricane Noah: I added one for December 25. Not too sure about the format yet. United States Man (talk) 03:37, 25 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. I thought we could use a format similar to the one at the TC portal. I will try to get all the selected picture spots filled up as soon as I can. NoahTalk 03:40, 25 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello United States Man! WikiProject Weather is doing a drive during 2022 to get all new 2022 weather articles to at least C class, with the hope of B Class. I thought you might be interested in the WP Weather drive, so I wanted to drop a message about it. Elijahandskip (talk) 14:02, 31 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Tornado outbreak of March 2–3, 2020

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Tornado outbreak of March 2–3, 2020 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 Legobot, on behalf of Hurricane Noah -- Hurricane Noah (talk) 19:21, 2 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to the 2022 WikiCup!

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Welcome to the 2022 WikiCup!

Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2022 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor you should be able to advance to at least the second round, improving your editing skills as you go. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page. Any questions on the rules or on anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email). Good luck! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:02, 5 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Tornado outbreak of March 2–3, 2020

The article Tornado outbreak of March 2–3, 2020 you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Tornado outbreak of March 2–3, 2020 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 Legobot, on behalf of Hurricane Noah -- Hurricane Noah (talk) 11:21, 7 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Global weather articles

Hey there USM. I saw you add some tags to the yearly global weather articles. I was wondering if you could add some insight to what you'd expect in such an article, and how to make it better? ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 02:04, 19 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

They need references and more expanse lead sections. That's why I added the tags. United States Man (talk) 02:12, 19 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
What type of stuff do you think should be in the lead? ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 02:15, 19 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Like Weather of 2021 Hink. It isn't too hard to write a lead ;) United States Man (talk) 02:21, 19 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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I am not happy with you

There isn't a template for this, but I am very disappointed in you for directly saying "Then remove it from the other table". I am not supposed to be the clean-up crew for you, but it appears I am. It isn't hard to alter a few numbers by 1 to keep the timeline and table accurate. But apparently, you can't do basic subtraction... Elijahandskip (talk) 17:46, 19 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Please WP:AGF. I just removed something in which myself and another editor agree shouldn’t be there. I don’t appreciate being yelled at in an immature manner. United States Man (talk) 17:50, 19 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I would recommend retracting that statement, which is a direct personal attack toward me. I directly said in the edit summary "This is not a revert of dissagreement", and now you call it "being yelled at in an immature manner" after refusing to alter the numbers yourself. I would recommend retracting that part of the statement. Elijahandskip (talk) 17:54, 19 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
You literally just came to my page and said “ I am not supposed to be the clean-up crew for you, but it appears I am. It isn't hard to alter a few numbers by 1 to keep the timeline and table accurate. But apparently, you can't do basic subtraction... ”.
It’s not my job to edit what you want me to. If you want it a certain way, you need to do it yourself. Your behavior as of late is very offputting. United States Man (talk) 17:59, 19 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
It is your job, however, to keep Wikipedia accurate. In the future, please do not vandalize make the article by making it inaccurate. The problem has been fixed, so you do not need to worry. Thank you for your contribution to the article and to Wikipedia. Elijahandskip (talk) 18:17, 19 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
False accusations of vandalism are worthy of AN/I. United States Man (talk) 18:18, 19 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Let us both just back away and calm down. We both made mistakes and we are debating on a pointless issue. Issue on the article is fixed, so I see no reason to kick this can around anymore. Have a good day. Elijahandskip (talk) 18:21, 19 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
P.S. Wow, I ask to drop the debate and you go and keep it going on another users talk page. Sad Elijahandskip (talk) 18:24, 19 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hey!

I saw you reverted my edit on Iowa tornado outbreak of July 2018 for being unsourced. I totally understand that – I probably should've marked this in the edit summary, but I'm using the TV show as a primary source for this. I would cite IMDb, but that's not reliable; should I do that anyway, so it at least has a source showing that it exists? (I read through Wikipedia:Citing IMDb before this, and no citation was the conclusion I came to.) Skarmory (talk • contribs) 01:11, 20 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

That’s a tough situation. I would be fine with having it there if it had the tag. It would be nice if another source could be found somewhere. United States Man (talk) 02:11, 20 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Tornado outbreak of March 2-3, 2012

I have finally, after many months of putting it aside, completed the reformatting job in the March 2-3, 2012 outbreak article yesterday. However, the columns "Damage" and "Width" are still missing a lot of information, as they were nonexistent in the previous format. I have encouraged other editors to help me find said information. I ask you directly to your talk page, as I know your record on meteorology articles. A citation extension may needed at the end of the tables, which should contain all citations for the NWS offices involved with the outbreak. However, as my edit history mostly consists of minor to major grammar corrections and extensions, I do not know how to properly cite. If you could help me with this, it would be of great help. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Thank you for your time! Mjeims (talk) 06:44, 23 February (UTC)

Thank you for doing that! I'll have to go back through and do a full NCDC revision to clean up any errors that may have been there previously and to add damage and refs. United States Man (talk) 17:54, 23 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Yes! As I used the tornado table template from the code coming from the 2011 Super Outbreak, I forgot to erase the data related to 2011 from the code, like the damage prefix to 2011 USD dollars, and the name of the event for the March 3 section of the table. You already appear to have found said errors, as I saw on the pages' history. Thank you inmensely for helping me find the necessary references and missing data. Hopefully, with this changes, you'll be able to maybe even nominate the article in the future, as what it was holding it down was it's format. Mjeims (talk) 02:13, 24 February (UTC)

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WikiCup 2022 March newsletter

And so ends the first round of the WikiCup. Last year anyone who scored more than zero points moved on to Round 2, but this was not the case this year, and a score of 13 or more was required to proceed. The top scorers in Round 1 were:

  • New York (state) Epicgenius, a finalist last year, who led the field with 1906 points, gained from 32 GAs and 19 DYKs, all on the topic of New York buildings.
  • Christmas Island AryKun, new to the contest, was second with 1588 points, having achieved 2 FAs, 11 GAs and various other submissions, mostly on the subject of birds.
  • Kingdom of Scotland Bloom6132, a WikiCup veteran, was in third place with 682 points, garnered from 51 In the news items and several DYKs.
  • Philadelphia GhostRiver was close behind with 679 points, gained from achieving 12 GAs, mostly on ice hockey players, and 35 GARs.
  • United Nations Kavyansh.Singh was in fifth place with 551 points, with an FA, a FL, and many reviews.
  • SounderBruce was next with 454 points, gained from an FA and various other submissions, mostly on United States highways.
  • United Nations Ktin, another WikiCup veteran, was in seventh place with 412 points, mostly gained from In the news items.

These contestants, like all the others who qualified for Round 2, now have to start scoring points again from scratch. Between them, contestants completed reviews of a large number of good articles as the contest ran concurrently with a GAN backlog drive. Well done all! To qualify for Round 3, contestants will need to finish Round 2 among the top thirty-two participants.

Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Anything that should have been claimed for in Round 1 is no longer eligible for points. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed.

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WikiCup 2022 March newsletter

And so ends the first round of the WikiCup. Last year anyone who scored more than zero points moved on to Round 2, but this was not the case this year, and a score of 13 or more was required to proceed. The top scorers in Round 1 were:

  • New York (state) Epicgenius, a finalist last year, who led the field with 1906 points, gained from 32 GAs and 19 DYKs, all on the topic of New York buildings.
  • Christmas Island AryKun, new to the contest, was second with 1588 points, having achieved 2 FAs, 11 GAs and various other submissions, mostly on the subject of birds.
  • Kingdom of Scotland Bloom6132, a WikiCup veteran, was in third place with 682 points, garnered from 51 In the news items and several DYKs.
  • Philadelphia GhostRiver was close behind with 679 points, gained from achieving 12 GAs, mostly on ice hockey players, and 35 GARs.
  • United Nations Kavyansh.Singh was in fifth place with 551 points, with an FA, a FL, and many reviews.
  • SounderBruce was next with 454 points, gained from an FA and various other submissions, mostly on United States highways.
  • United Nations Ktin, another WikiCup veteran, was in seventh place with 412 points, mostly gained from In the news items.

These contestants, like all the others who qualified for Round 2, now have to start scoring points again from scratch. Between them, contestants completed reviews of a large number of good articles as the contest ran concurrently with a GAN backlog drive. Well done all! To qualify for Round 3, contestants will need to finish Round 2 among the top thirty-two participants.

Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Anything that should have been claimed for in Round 1 is no longer eligible for points. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed.

Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:55, 3 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of 2021 Tennessee floods

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nascar

list of nascar race wins by David Pearson 2600:1702:2EB1:2C20:4075:57A2:D7E9:5225 (talk) 00:24, 8 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you

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Thank you for your continuous and endless work on improving weather articles! Elijahandskip (talk) 02:23, 10 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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SSHWS color changes

Given you were a part of the color scheme discussion, I would like if you added your opinion since they were unfortunately changed. The discussion is here. --MarioProtIV (talk/contribs) 17:00, 19 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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