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January 2017 European cold wave

I strongly disapprove your decision to close my AFD discussion without consensus. I provided strong evidence why the article may not be notable enough for Wikipedia, arguing with well established notability guidelines. I did not want to "illustrate a point". In fact, I think actual extreme weather events such as the Early 2012 European cold wave which are well reviewed by the World Meteorological Organization and others should have a place in Wikipedia. But for this 2017 alleged "cold wave" all we have is that it's a bit colder in some places. No scientific reviews. No in-depth reviews by media.

As Socrates already knew, no one knows anything for sure, therefore I chose a rather diplomatic / restrained language. You may have misinterpreted this when you said this was all based on a "feeling".--TheRandomIP (talk) 19:37, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

@TheRandomIP: My apologies if I misinterpreted your wording, but the event holds enough notability to warrant inclusion on Wikipedia. It has been widely covered in international media and caused extensive disruption to livelihoods, even if only for a week or two. As for in-depth review, there hasn't been enough time since the event for it to be studied. The loss of 61 lives in a short period of time by weather is generally considered notable, but I do understand where you're coming from with the severity of the overall event. If the event were not as widespread (temperature anomaly map covering part of the event) or deadly, I would be more inclined to agree with deletion for what it's worth. However, if you feel that my assessment is incorrect, you are welcome to ask input from another administrator. If you feel strongly enough that community discussion is warranted, you can also bring the discussion for review at Wikipedia:Deletion review. Best regards, ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 19:48, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

Deletion review for January 2017 European cold wave

An editor has asked for a deletion review of January 2017 European cold wave. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. TheRandomIP (talk) 14:36, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

Crossover storms BT?

Hi, Cyclonebiskit. I just wanted to ask if the JTWC issues a BT for crossover storms from the EPac/CPac to WPac? I am calculating the ACE Index from JTWC in the WPac and I cannot find a BT for Genevieve within the WPac. Typhoon2013 (talk) 22:00, 23 January 2017 (UTC)

@Typhoon2013: They're supposed to as far as I'm aware, not how Genevieve fell through though. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 22:04, 23 January 2017 (UTC)

ITN recognition for January 21–22, 2017, tornado outbreak

On 24 January 2017, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article January 21–22, 2017, tornado outbreak, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Stephen 21:50, 24 January 2017 (UTC)

2009 PTS track map

Hi again. I was just going through old PTS articles and just found out that you haven't finished updating the 2009 PTS map. They are not in its BT and Nida's track isn't completed. Also to cut Hawaii out as it is in a different basin. Thanks so much! Typhoon2013 (talk) 01:11, 28 January 2017 (UTC)

Matthew meteorological history

Do you mind if I help on expanding the met. history of Matthew draft you made? It hasn't had any info on the storm after it's Haiti landfall and the proposed southwards turn it was expected to do, and I'd love to help expand those. Also, maybe you could move it into draftspace so more people could help? --MarioProtIV (^talk/_contribs) 23:27, 28 January 2017 (UTC)

@MarioProtIV: I'm just waiting on the TCR to be released before going back to it. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 23:32, 28 January 2017 (UTC)

@Cyclonebiskit: IMO Matthew's TCR may not be out until March, because of it being such a destructive and powerful hurricane (look at Joaquin and Patricia's, although theirs came out in February, but you get the point). I can still help expand it using the advisories like the rest has been so far. Once the TCR is out we can just edit parts of the meteorological history to adjust with that info. --MarioProtIV (^talk/_contribs) 02:05, 29 January 2017 (UTC)

Hermine New Track

What's up with the 2 day extension of Hermine's Dissipation day? The track looks different too. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Deghop (talk • contribs) 01:29, 31 January 2017 (UTC)

@Deghop: The NHC released their Tropical Cyclone Report for Hermine today so the track has been updated to reflect their best track. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 01:40, 31 January 2017 (UTC)

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DYK for 2016 Manzanita tornado

On 7 February 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article 2016 Manzanita tornado, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that during an October 2016 tornado in Manzanita, Oregon (damage pictured), the local branch of the National Weather Service issued a record ten tornado warnings in a single day? You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, 2016 Manzanita tornado), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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On this day, 9 years ago...

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

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2013 El Reno tornado

Just an FYI since you've done most of the work on it; I've nominated this article at GAN. If it passes I'm happy to let you have the credit. Ks0stm ^{(T•C•G•E)} 03:42, 21 February 2017 (UTC)

Fletcher

Where is the best track? I can't find. Could you help? --219.79.181.16 (talk) 01:04, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

JTWC

How to find the best track from JTWC? --219.79.181.16 (talk) 04:28, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

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Your GA nomination of 2016 Manzanita tornado

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March 2017 WikiCup newsletter

And so ends the first round of the competition, with 4 points required to qualify for round 2. It would have been 5 points, but when a late entrant was permitted to join the contest in February, a promise was made that his inclusion would not result in the exclusion of any other competitor. To achieve this, the six entrants that had the lowest positive score of 4 points have been added to the 64 people who otherwise would have qualified. As a result, some of the groups have nine contestants rather than eight. Our top four scorers in round 1 were:

• Cas Liber, last year's winner, led the field with two featured articles on birds and a total score of 674.
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So, on to the second round. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 1 but before the start of round 2 can be claimed in round 2. 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 equally.

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4th GA Cup - The Final

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Some help

Can you offer to be one of the editors to help expand March 2017 nor'easter? It's shaping up to be a big one for the Northeast, and although for some reason preparations by many officials haven't been announced yet or the WPC issuing storm summaries hasn't started, by tomorrow morning/afternoon that should start to take off, as will the article for the storm hopefully. --MarioProtIV (^talk/_contribs) 03:33, 13 March 2017 (UTC)

@Cyclonebiskit: Also I noticed you did a lot of work on the storm from 2016 so that kind of editing spree might be needed for this storm. WPC has also initiated storm summaries for the storm so yeah. --MarioProtIV (^talk/_contribs) 16:31, 13 March 2017 (UTC)

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I finished the Matthew meteorological history for you

Pretty much what the title says. I finished the rest of the northward turn to Haiti and landfall, Cuba landfall, the track through the Bahamas and paralleling the SE US and eventually its dissipation. I think at this point it can be moved to mainspace, what do you think? --MarioProtIV (^talk/_contribs) 22:17, 25 March 2017 (UTC)

The TCR isn't even out, so moving it is sort of a waste of time at this point IMO. YE ^{Pacific Hurricane} 01:17, 26 March 2017 (UTC)

IIRC, Sandy's met. history page was made during the storm and shortly after it dissipated. And Matthew's TCR has been taking an unusually long time to come out and @Cyclonebiskit: sort of abandoned it in mid-November. Given that it's still not out and I finished the rest, I don't see how moving it is a waste, only a few things would be changed. --MarioProtIV (^talk/_contribs) 02:08, 26 March 2017 (UTC)

4/2/17 tornado outbreak

Can you help with expanding Tornado outbreak of April 2, 2017? It's expected to be a significant outbreak and from what I've heard Alexandria, LA is on "boiling water" if you know what I mean by that. --MarioProtIV (^talk/_contribs) 19:20, 2 April 2017 (UTC)

Cyclone Ernie

Can you help style the draft I'm making for Cyclone Ernie into the MH-type article that we have Epsilon and Nadine as? Its the first C5 on the AUS scale since Marcia in 2015 and could be the first C5 on the SSHWS in the Australian region since Ita in 2014. --MarioProtIV (^talk/_contribs) 20:15, 7 April 2017 (UTC)

4th GA Cup - Wrap Up

WikiProject Good Articles's 2016 GA Cup - Wrap Up Hello, GA Cup competitors! Saturday, April 1 concluded the 2016-2017 GA Cup. 64 reviews were completed by our finalists. Although the backlog increased by 42 over the reviewing period instead of declining, the increase suggests that the contest is encouraging editors to nominate articles for review. Congratulations to Shearonink, who is the winner of the Cup, finishing with 672 points! Once again, just as in last round, this is more than the point totals for all the other competitors combined! It was a close race for second place between Krishna Chaitanya Velaga, who achieved 164 points, and Sturmvogel_66, who earned 150. Though Sturmvogel_66 reviewed one more article than Krishna Chaitanya Velaga, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga managed to earn 14 points more due to reviewing older articles. Our two wildcard competitors, Kees08 and Chris troutman, came in fourth and fifth, respectively. There were some bumps in the competition this time: The sign-up deadline and the first round were both extended due to fewer competitors signing up then was planned for. And there were delays in tallying points and getting out the newsletter. The judges apologize for this latter difficulty. Lastly, mid-way through the competition we bid farewell to Zwerg Nase, who stepped down from their position as judge due to other commitments. Information about the Final can be found here. Thank you to all of our competitors, and congrats to our winners! Cheers from Figureskatingfan, 3family6, Jaguar, and MrWooHoo. To subscribe or unsubscribe to future GA Cup newsletters, please add or remove your name to our mailing list. If you are a participant still competing, you will be on the mailing list no matter what as this is the easiest way to communicate between all participants.

Your GA nomination of Tropical Storm Erika

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Storm track for Bay of Biscay Cyclone

Hi, there. Can you please generate a track map for the September 2016 Bay of Biscay cyclone? It's something that I and a couple of other users would like to have added to the article. I know that you've been generating storm tracks for years now. I'm sure that the meteorological data for that storm exists somewhere. Thanks. LightandDark2000 (talk) 09:05, 16 April 2017 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Tropical Storm Erika

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May 2017 WikiCup newsletter

The second round of the competition has now closed, with just under 100 points being required to qualify for round 3. YellowEvan just scraped into the next round with 98 points but we have to say goodbye to the thirty or so competitors who didn't achieve this threshold; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia. Our top scorers in round 2 were:

• Cas Liber, led the field with five featured articles, four on birds and one on astronomy, and a total score of 2049, half of which came from bonus points.
• 1989 was in second place with 826 points, 466 of which were bonus points. 1989 has claimed points mostly relating to anime and Japanese-related articles.
• Peacemaker67 took third place with two FAs, one GA and seven GARs, mostly on naval vessels or military personnel, scoring 543 points.
• Other contestants who scored over 400 points were Freikorp, Carbrera, and Czar. Of course all these points are now wiped out and the 32 remaining contestants start again from zero in round 3.

Vivvt submitted the largest number of DYKs (30), and MBlaze Lightning achieved 13 articles at ITN. Carbrera claimed for 11 GAs and Argento Surfer performed the most GARs, having reviewed 11. So far we have achieved 38 featured articles and a splendid 132 good articles. Commendably, 279 GARs have been achieved so far, more than double the number of GAs.

So, on to the third round. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed in round 3. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them. 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 equally.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! 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. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth 13:16, 1 May 2017 (UTC)

DYK for 2013 El Reno tornado

On 16 May 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article 2013 El Reno tornado, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the 2.6-mile (4.2 km) wide 2013 El Reno tornado, which was rated EF3, is the widest tornado ever recorded in the United States? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/2013 El Reno tornado. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, 2013 El Reno tornado), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Mifter (talk) 03:24, 16 May 2017 (UTC)

Merge

Haishen (2008), Karina (2008), Meranti (2004), Karen (2007), do you think they can be merge? --219.79.180.165 (talk) 05:27, 18 May 2017 (UTC)

Deleted Images

Those were screen captures I took myself from MY GRAnalyst program on MY laptop. Please restore them as I used them for a subject of discussion on the Tornadoes of 2017 talk page. And I don't know what you mean by privately owned. Radar scans are available, for free download, on the NWS website. If I must I will reupload them myself, but those were MY images, not something I found off the internet. FFS. --AVeryWiseWolfy (talk) 02:32, 19 May 2017 (UTC)

@AVeryWiseWolfy: Having access to GRAnalyst does not make any screenshots you take with it yours. They're inherently property of Gibson Ridge Software (the company that created the program) as proprietary software is used to render the imagery. Screenshots taken directly from NOAA websites are perfectly acceptable to use, however. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 19:47, 19 May 2017 (UTC)

@Cyclonebiskit: All radar scans on GRanalyst come from NWS radar stations, thus all radar scans are from NWS, and not property of GR. The program is property of GR, but the scans are not. --AVeryWiseWolfy (talk) 01:29, 20 May 2017 (UTC)

NWS data are in the public domain, but graphics derived from those data can be copyrighted. In this case, the GR Analyst graphics have not been released under a free license, so are ineligible for uploading to Wikimedia sites (unless you intend to claim fair use in accordance with our non-free content criteria, but as there are free use alternatives – radar imagery directly from the NWS – this is unlikely to stand). Also, for what it's worth, you don't have to ping someone on their own talk page, as they'll receive a notification regardless. – Juliancolton | ^Talk 03:18, 20 May 2017 (UTC)

Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon

Hi it is a new Game. We should create a new article. --Panam2014 (talk) 18:03, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

@Panam2014: almost nothing is known about the games at the moment other than that they exist. Once more information is available they can be split off into a proper article. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 19:07, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

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Bret track

This may seem like a straightforward and/or dumb question, but when you make the track for Bret, can you just start it from when NHC initiated advisories on it as a potential tropical cyclone? --MarioProtIV (^talk/_contribs) 00:28, 20 June 2017 (UTC)

@MarioProtIV: For consistency I'm just using whatever they place in the ATCF track. It'll almost certainly be shortened in post-storm analysis. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 00:42, 20 June 2017 (UTC)

Fair enough. I would just put up the track with the ATCF data you said just so it's done (and possibly saved for later uses) :P --MarioProtIV (^talk/_contribs) 01:15, 20 June 2017 (UTC)

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Page move thing

Do you mind moving this draft of TS Bret me and some other members of WPTC have worked on to the mainspace? It looks as detailed as I (and the others) could possibly make it. Also I would've asked Hink but he seems to be away or something so I've come to ask you instead :P --MarioProtIV (^talk/_contribs) 20:55, 25 June 2017 (UTC)

@MarioProtIV: I've moved the page into the mainspace. Also marked the flooding image as speedy delete on the commons as there's no indication it is not copyrighted. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 00:38, 26 June 2017 (UTC)

Joaquin Bahamas track

Please update the File:Joaquin 2015 Bahamas track.png with the best track, thanks. --219.79.127.186 (talk) 09:02, 27 June 2017 (UTC)