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TD 13 article

User:12george1/Tropical Depression Thirteen (2011) - you might want to coordinate with User:12george1, since it appears you are both writing the same article. This is why we should have project sandboxes. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 13:32, 2 September 2011 (UTC)

Paula mention in TS Nicole

Should Hurricane Paula be mentioned in the Nicole article? According to the TCR for Paula, it says that Nicole's circulation remained in the Caribbean, which (eventually) lead to the formation of Paula. --HurricaneFan25 17:11, 29 September 2011 (UTC)

Re: collaboration

Yeah, I would be more than willing to. :) I've only got one GA, and my writing is "clunky," but I guess you could teach me a few things about article writing :). Which season would you like to do? HurricaneFan25 13:48, 4 October 2011 (UTC)

1992 would be fine with me! :) HurricaneFan25 14:00, 4 October 2011 (UTC)

Re: IRC

Sure! I've already registered my nick (in June), though I don't come on that often, only when I am in an exceptionally good mood, like today. ;) Might be on later today, or tomorrow! HurricaneFan25 11:44, 15 October 2011 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Barnstar of Diligence
	Great work so far on Hurricane Gert (1993)! I can't wait to see 1993 AHS as a featured topic. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 02:45, 16 October 2011 (UTC)

Late reply to collaboration

So, where'll we start on 1994? (BTW, I'll be on IRC in on-and-off levels today.) HurricaneFan25 19:28, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

Happy Birthday!

	Happy Birthday!
	Here's a Birthday cake for you on your 18th Birthday! TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk) 20:08, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

FYI

2011 Van earthquake — in desperate need of expansion. HurricaneFan25 14:14, 23 October 2011 (UTC)

GOCE drive newsletter

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Gert

I'll post the rest of my comments at the PR later. HurricaneFan25 20:48, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

Posted. :) HurricaneFan25 21:52, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

By the way, I added a bunch of comments on the aftermath section. HurricaneFan25 22:35, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

Fixed all given concerns at Cindy's GAN. HurricaneFan25 12:33, 10 November 2011 (UTC)

Any update on this? HurricaneFan25 16:23, 16 November 2011 (UTC)

I've left a comment at the GA review about the warm-core transition issue. I'll ask David about it. HurricaneFan25 20:05, 18 November 2011 (UTC)

WikiCup 2011 October newsletter

The 2011 WikiCup is now over, and our new champion is Hurricanehink (submissions), who joins the exclusive club of the previous winners: Dreamafter (2007), jj137 (2008), Durova (2009) and Sturmvogel_66 (2010). The final standings were as follows:

1. Hurricanehink (submissions)
2. Sp33dyphil (submissions)
3. Yellow Evan (submissions)
4. Miyagawa (submissions)
5. Wizardman (submissions)
6. Casliber (submissions)
7. Resolute (submissions)
8. PresN (submissions)

Prizes for first, second, third and fourth will be awarded, as will prizes for all those who reached the final eight. Every participant who scored in the competition will receive a ribbon of participation. In addition to the prizes based on placement, the following special prizes will be awarded based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, the prize is awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round.

• The Featured Article Award: Casliber (submissions), for his performance in round 2. Hurricanehink (submissions) matched the score, but Casliber won the tiebreaker.
• The Good Article Award: Yellow Evan (submissions), for his performance in round 4.
• The Featured List Award: Miyagawa (submissions), for his performance in round 4. PresN (submissions) matched the score, but Miyagawa won the tiebreaker.
• The Recognised Topic Award (for good and featured topics): PresN (submissions), for his performance in round 3.
• The Did You Know Award: The Bushranger (submissions), for his performance in round 1.
• The In the News Award: Candlewicke (submissions), for his performance in round 1.
• The Reviewer Award (for good article reviews): Wizardman (submissions), for his performance in round 3.

No prize was awarded for featured pictures, sounds or portals, as none were claimed throughout the competition. The awards will be handed out over the next few days. Congratulations to all our participants, and especially our winners; we've all had fun, and Wikipedia has benefitted massively from our content work.

Preparation for next year's WikiCup is ongoing. Interested parties are invited to sign up and participate in our straw polls. It's been a pleasure to work with you all this year, and, whoever's taking part in and running the competition in 2012, we hope to see you all in January! J Milburn and The ed17 00:41, 1 November 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Hurricane Ivan/2

Some improvements have been made since your last comment and you might like to check to see if your concerns have been met. Regards AIRcorn (talk) 23:20, 21 November 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for your input. I am not really a Hurricane fan, although there seems to be no shortage of them on here. Most of the work was done by 12george1, I just fixed a few citation needed tags, hoping that would be enough to push it over. My aim in asking for a re-check was more to make sure the delist votes took into account the recent work as they all piled on soon after it was nominated. AIRcorn (talk) 00:44, 23 November 2011 (UTC)

WikiProject Tropical cyclones/Hurricane Ivan

By the title and content, I think you forgot to put "Wikipedia:" in the front, so I have moved this to Wikipedia:WikiProject Tropical cyclones/Hurricane Ivan and will nominate the former for deletion. Hope that helps :) Nolelover ^{Talk·Contribs} 18:22, 22 November 2011 (UTC)

Ack, sorry! It was my mistake, yeah. Auree ★ 18:23, 22 November 2011 (UTC)

Hehe, it happens to us all. Nolelover ^{Talk·Contribs} 18:30, 22 November 2011 (UTC)

A cupcake for you!

With Gert so close to passing, I thought you deserved a cupcake so you'll be ready to do another great job afterward! ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 00:44, 30 November 2011 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	For all your hard work to Hurricane Gert...Looks like it will pass as a Featured article soon. (: -- TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk) 00:14, 7 December 2011 (UTC)

Congrats on the promotion of Hurricane Gert (1993) to FA status! Fifelfoo (talk) 03:03, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks a bunch! Congratulations are in order to you too—it could've have gotten there without your help (: Auree ★ 03:06, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

:)

Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Hurricane Gert (1993)/archive1 — now I should get off my own ass and get back to writing articles ;) HurricaneFan25 17:52, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	Wow! Great work getting Gert done. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 19:00, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

Quick FYI

A TCR for Tropical Storm Bret (2011) is now out; you might want to update the article. HurricaneFan25 18:36, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

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BTW, the gay typhoon is at FAC ;) HurricaneFan25 — 14:48, 23 December 2011 (UTC)

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2012 WikiCup

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Ahalya FAC

Thanks for commenting. Would changing some commas to - enhance readability? --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 11:39, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick response. Replied. --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 16:16, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for yor edits. Replied. --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 17:37, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for yor edits. Replied.--Redtigerxyz ^Talk 17:36, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for your constructive edits. Have replied to most of your comments. Please strike out those resolved. --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 18:34, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

I have addressed Nikkimaria's reference cleanup comments. Please check. Thanks. --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 14:58, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for your quick response. I think I have addressed the issue. Please forgive me if I missed a reference or two. I tend to do so. --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 06:08, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

Hi. Ahalya failed the FAC, but the process of improvement continues. If you would like to add any more suggestions for improvement, please do so at Wikipedia:Peer review/Ahalya/archive2. Thanks. --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 17:45, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

Hotel Polen fire

If you can help me correcting this article I would be much grateful. Kind regards, S_peakF_ree ^(talk)_(contribs) 21:16, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

I have corrected the issues addressed at the FAN. Could you have a look at it? S_peakF_ree ^(talk)_(contribs) 02:02, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

I lenghtened the lede somewhat and removed the references from it to the main text. Can you have a look? It isn't that long but not too short either when compared to this FA. S_peakF_ree ^(talk)_(contribs) 23:44, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for helping to improve the article. S_peakF_ree ^(talk)_(contribs) 01:52, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

The article was recently copy edited by Jack Greenmaven from WP:GOCE. Can you tell me if it now stands a chance in a FAR in your opinion? Thanks in advance. S_peakF_ree ^(talk)_(contribs) 18:49, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

The Monster (novella) FAC

Hi Auree, thanks for your great comments and suggestions at The Monster's FAC! Much appreciated. I've replied to your points, in case you'd like to take another look. BTW, I see your main interest is in hurricanes -- thanks for giving a little American lit. article a look. :) María (yllosubmarine) 14:11, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

Hey, I'd be glad to take a look at Cindy's PR for you. A word of caution: although I live in Florida, I know nothing about hurricanes/tropical storms, and even less about writing quality articles about them. I definitely owe you after your great review of The Monster, so I'll give it a go in a few days. María (yllosubmarine) 18:34, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

A big thanks!

Thanks for helping out with the Halloween storm! I'm a daft hand at copyediting, so I appreciate the help! Hurricane Angel Saki (talk) 03:24, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

Tropical Storm Emily

Either I'm a total pushover, or the hurricane writing crew is just all around better at bringing articles to GA standard and efficiently fixing problems that appear in the reviews. This is too bloody easy. Oh, yeah, and I promoted Emily. Cheers, and enjoy the day off tomorrow. Sven Manguard Wha? 20:12, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, Sven! It's probably the latter, haha--I think you do a very good job at reviewing. Cheers, Auree ★ 20:52, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

Cindy FAC

Let's trade FAC reviews! My article about the Santa Maria de Ovila monastery could use a reader fluent in Spanish. Binksternet (talk) 17:04, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

Invite

The WikiProject Report would like to focus on WikiProject Tropical Cyclones for a Signpost article. This is an excellent opportunity to draw attention to your efforts and attract new members to the project. Would you be willing to participate in an interview? If so, here are the questions for the interview. Just add your response below each question and feel free to skip any questions that you don't feel comfortable answering. Multiple editors will have an opportunity to respond to the interview questions. If you know anyone else who would like to participate in the interview, please share this with them. Have a great day. --♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 22:57, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

WikiCup 2012 January newsletter

WikiCup 2012 is off to a flying start. At the time of writing, we have 112 contestants; comparable to last year, but slightly fewer than 2010. Signups will remain open for another week, after which time they will be closed for this year. Our currrent far-away leader is Grapple X (submissions), due mostly to his work on a slew of good articles about The X-Files; there remain many such articles waiting to be reviewed at good article candidates. Second place is currently held by Ruby2010 (submissions), whose points come mostly from good articles about television episodes, although good article reviews, did you knows and an article about a baroness round out the score. In third place is Jivesh boodhun (submissions), who has scored 200 points for his work on a single featured article, as well as points for work on others, mostly in the area of pop music. In all, nine users have 100 or more points. However, at the other end of the scale, there are still dozens of participants who are yet to score. Please remember to update your submission pages promptly!

The 64 highest scoring participants will advance to round 2 in a month's time. There, they will be split into eight random groups of eight. The score needed to reach the next round is not at all clear; last year, 8 points guaranteed a place. The year before, 20.

A few participants and their work warrant a mention for achieving "firsts" in this competition.

• 12george1 (submissions) was the first to score, with his good article review of Illinois v. McArthur.
• 12george1 (submissions) was also the first to score points for an article, thanks to his work on Hurricane Debby (1982)- now a good article. Tropical storms have featured heavily in the Cup, and good articles currently have a relatively fast turnaround time for reviews.
• Sp33dyphil (submissions) was the first to score points for a did you know, with Russian submarine K-114 Tula. Military history is another subject which has seen a lot of Cup activity.
• Sp33dyphil (submissions) is also the first person to successfully claim bonus points. Terminator 2: Judgment Day is now a good article, and was eligible for bonus points because the subject was covered on more than 20 other Wikipedias at the start of the competition. It is fantastic to see bonus points being claimed so early!
• Speciate (submissions) was the first to score points for an In the News entry, with Paedophryne amauensis. The lead image from the article was also used on the main page for a time, and it's certainly eye-catching!
• Jivesh boodhun (submissions) was the first to score points for a featured article, and is, at the moment, the only competitor to claim for one. The article, "Halo" (Beyoncé Knowles song), was also worth double points because of its wide coverage. While this is an article that Jivesh and others have worked on for some time, it is undeniable that he has put considerable work into it this year, pushing it over the edge.

We are yet to see any featured lists, featured topics or good topics, but this is unsurprising; firstly, the nomination processes with each of these can take some time, and, secondly, it can take a considerable amount of time to work content to this level. In a similar vein, we have seen only one featured article. The requirement that content must have been worked on this year to be eligible means that we did not expect to see these at the start of the competition. No points have been claimed for featured portals or pictures, but these are not content types which are often claimed; the former has never made a big impact on the WikiCup, while the latter has not done so since 2009's competition.

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Peer review limits changed

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While we have been able to eventually review all PRs that remain on the backlog, something had to change. As a result of the discussion here, the consensus was that all users are now limited to one (1) open peer review request.

If you already have more than one open PR, that is OK in this transition period, but you cannot open any more until all your active PR requests have been closed. If you would like someone to close a PR for you, please ask at Wikipedia talk:Peer review. If you want to help with the backlog, please review an article whoe PR request is listed at Wikipedia:Peer review/backlog/items. Thanks, Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 01:43, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

FAC

Hi there! Just a friendly note: In reference to this edit, it is preferable to strike items from your comments rather than deleting them. Even if they have been addressed or you change your mind about making the comment, it is easier for the FAC delegates to track comments when they don't have to check for things being removed. --Laser brain (talk) 22:54, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

Hi, Jivesh Here

Greeting Auree. My name is Jivesh. I have been editing since late 2009. I normally stick to articles related to music. I wanted to ask you whether you take copy-edit requests. Please reply. Take care. Jivesh1205 (Talk) 04:54, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

Thank you very much for replying. Well, the article I wanted you to have a look at is this one. Hmm, since you said you enjoy reviewing, may I suggest you leave comments on the talk-page of the article rather than copy-editing? Of course, I have no problem if you want to copy-edit instead. Jivesh1205 (Talk) 05:09, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

Wow, thanks. You are very nice. No, you can take your time. But please do it before the end of May 2012. Jivesh1205 (Talk) 05:17, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

Hi. how are you? Don't worry. I will comment very soon. Jivesh1205 (Talk) 04:02, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

Talkback

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Hi

Hello. My name is Tomica, and I generally edit Rihanna related articles. I want to nominate "Unfaithful" for FA, however, before that I am aware that the prose needs some improvement. Could you possibly give me some comments what can I improve on the article's talk page? Thanks — Tomica (talk) 21:54, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

I am not hurrying up with the nomination. Take your time and thank you :) — Tomica (talk) 22:33, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

GOCE March copy edit drive

Invitation from the Guild of Copy Editors The Guild of Copy Editors invites you to participate in their March 2012 Backlog elimination drive, a month-long effort to reduce the size of the copy edit backlog. The drive begins on March 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and ends on March 31 at 23:59 (UTC). Our goal for the drive will be to eliminate the remaining 2010 articles from the queue. Barnstars will be awarded to anyone who copy edits more than 4,000 words, and special awards will be given to the top 5 in the following categories: "Number of articles", "Number of words", and "Number of articles of over 5,000 words". We hope to see you there! – Your drive coordinators: Dank, Diannaa, Stfg, and Coordinator emeritus SMasters. 19:39, 20 February 2012 (UTC) >>> Sign up now <<< To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

WikiCup 2012 February newsletter

Round 1 is already over! The 64 highest scorers have progressed to round 2. Our highest scorer was Grapple X (submissions), again thanks mostly to a swathe of good articles on The X-Files. In second place was Tigerboy1966 (submissions), thanks an impressive list of did you knows about racehorses. Both scored over 400 points. Following behind with over 300 points were Ruby2010 (submissions), Cwmhiraeth (submissions), Miyagawa (submissions) and Casliber (submissions). February also saw the competition's first featured list: List of colleges and universities in North Dakota, from Ruby2010 (submissions). At the other end of the scale, 11 points was enough to secure a place in this round, and some contestants with 10 points made it into the round on a tiebreaker. This is higher than the 8 points that were needed last year, but lower than the 20 points required the year before. The number of points required to progress to round 3 will be significantly higher.

The remaining contestants have been split into 8 pools of 8, named A through H. Round two will finish in two months time on 28 April, when the two highest scorers in each pool, as well as the next 16 highest scorers, will progress to round 3. The pools were entirely random, so while some pools may end up being more competitive than others, this is by chance rather than design.

The judges would like to point out two quick rules reminders. First, any content promoted during the interim period (that is, on or after 27 February) is eligible for points in round 2. Second, any content worked on significantly this year is eligible for points if promoted in this round. On a related note, if you are concerned that your nomination, be it at good article candidates, a featured process or anywhere else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which would otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, 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 receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 23:59, 29 February 2012 (UTC)

BHG

Auree, you can ask anyone you want. I am not like that. But I cannot get along that user. Sorry. We have had serious discussions in the past. And most of his comments are absurd and based on his preferences ALWAYS especially when I am concerned. I avoid him ALWAYS though he does not. I am not willing to collaborate with him. I don't forgive people easily. I may across as rude right now but God knows and those who are close to me know that I am not. Jivesh1205 (Talk) 16:20, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

Thanks Auree. And don't worry. Nikki and Sandy know about him. He was very famous in my SL FAC. He claimed his opinion is more reliable than an established filmmaker's one. Jivesh1205 (Talk) 16:33, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

Hey Auree. I'm sure you are giving me the benefit of the doubt, but I thought I'd chime in to reply to Jivesh's charge. The cited sentence that I questioned was this: "Beyoncé’s video for ‘All The Single Ladies,’ for example, broke out on the internet and made people consciously look for music videos because of its art." I doubted the author would know this for a fact. It seemed more like projection or a rhetorical flourish to me. Anyway, I can't figure out what Jivesh has against me except my oppose vote on that FAC. Two Hearted River (paddle / fish) 20:42, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

Pakistan FAC

Hi, I was advised by one of the reviewers to ask active FAC editors to review the Pakistan article's FAC at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Pakistan/archive1‎. It has been out for nine days, the problems mentioned in the start were fixed but there have been no further comments. There was a question about a dispute that occurred after the nomination, I've explained about it on the FAC page that there's been no consensus for it on the talk page and the current version is as of consensus. Please take a look at the article and drop your review comments and/or vote. Thanks. --lTopGunl (talk) 17:23, 9 March 2012 (UTC)