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Jason Rees (talk) 00:08, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

Re: New Member

Hi Darren23, welcome to the project! Yeah, we have quite a few articles that need work, namely retired storms such as Hurricane Andrew and Hurricane Camille. Ideally, all articles should have:

# Infobox- Whenever possible, the infobox should have a picture for the tropical cyclone. The picture can be any uploaded picture about the storm, though ideally it should be a satellite shot of the system. If that is not available, damage pictures, either during the storm or after the storm, are suitable. In the area that says Formed, indicate the date on which the storm first developed into a tropical depression. In the area that says Dissipated, indicate the date on which the storm lost its tropical characteristics. This includes when the storm became extratropical, or if it dissipated. If the storm dissipated and reformed, include the original start date and the final end date. Highest winds should be the local unit of measurement for speed (mph in non-metric countries, km/h in metric countries), with the other unit in parenthesis. The lowest pressure should be in mbars. Damages should, when available, be in the year of impact, then the present year. The unit of currency can be at your discretion, though typically it should be in USD. Fatalities indicate direct deaths first, then indirect deaths. Areas affected should only be major areas of impact. Specific islands or cities should only be mentioned if majority of the cyclone's effects occurred there.

  1. Intro- The intro for every article should be, at a minimum, 1 full paragraphs. For more impacting hurricanes, it should be between 2 and 3. The first should describe the storm in general, including a link to the seasonal article, its number in the season, and other statistics. The second should include a brief storm history, while the third should be impact.
  2. Storm history- The storm history should be a decent length, relatively proportional to the longevity of the storm. Generally speaking, the first paragraph should be the origins of the storm, leading to the system reaching tropical storm status. The second should be the storm reaching its peak. The third should be post-peak until landfall and dissipation. This section is very flexable, depending on meteorological conditions, but it should generally be around 3. Storm histories can be longer than three paragraphs, though they should be less than five. Anything more becomes excessive. Remember, all storm impacts, preparations, and records can go elsewhere. Additional pictures are useful here. If the picture in the infobox is of the storm at its peak, use a landfall picture in the storm history. If the picture in the infobox is of the storm at its landfall, use the peak. If the landfall is its peak, use a secondary peak, or even a random point in the storm's history.
  3. Preparations- The preparations section can be any length, depending on the amount of preparations taken by people for the storm. Hurricane watches and warnings need to be mentioned here, as well as the number of people evacuated from the coast. Include numbers of shelters, and other info you can find on how people prepared for the storm.
  4. Impact- For landfalling storms, the impact section should be the majority of the article. First, if the storm caused deaths in multiple areas, a death table would work well in the top level impact section. A paragraph of the general effects of the storm is also needed. After the intro paragraph, impact should be broken up by each major area. It depends on the information, but sections should be at least one paragraph, if not more. In the major impact areas, the first paragraph should be devoted to meteorological statistics, including rainfall totals, peak wind gusts on land, storm surge, wave heights, beach erosion, and tornadoes. The second should be actual damage. Possible additional paragraphs could be detailed information on crop damage or specifics. Death and damage tolls should be at the end. Pictures are needed, as well. Ideally, there would be at least one picture for each sub-section in the impact, though this sometimes can't happen. For storms that impact the United States or United States territories, this site can be used for rainfall data, including an image of rainfall totals.
  5. Aftermath- The aftermath section should describe foreign aid, national aid, reconstruction, short-term and long-term environmental effects, and disease. Also, the storm's retirement information, whether it happened or not, should be mentioned here.
  6. Other- Be sure the article includes in-line citations, with the {{cite web}} formatting being preferable. Always double check your writing and make sure it makes sense. Also, a Records section might be needed if the storm broke any meteorological records.

Good luck with future writing, and if you have a question about the above, don't hesitate to ask.

–Juliancolton | Talk 14:13, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

Re: Ike

Hey there! Well, I do have a met. history article for Ike that's under construction, but I haven't touched it for a while. Before we start collaborating, I'd like to know a bit more about you. What sort of storms interest you? Newer/older? Atlantic/Pacific? Would you rather work on a new article, or improve an existing one? What is your favorite storm? (mine is probably Hurricane Isabel - check out the work I did on that storm). IDK, just get back to me, and I look forward to seeing you around. ♬♩ Hurricanehink (talk) 04:25, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

Tropical cyclone WikiProject newsletter #26

Number 23, June 7

The Hurricane Herald

This is the monthly newsletter of WikiProject Tropical Cyclones. The Hurricane Herald aims to give a summary, both of the activities of the WikiProject and global tropical cyclone activity. If you wish to change how you receive this newsletter, or no longer wish to receive it, please add your username to the appropriate section on the mailing list. This newsletter covers all of April and May 2009.

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

Storm of the month

Cyclone Aila near landfall

Cyclone Aila was the second tropical cyclone to form within the Northern Indian Ocean during 2009. The disturbance that was to become Cyclone Aila formed on 21 May 2009 about 950 kilometres (590 mi) to the south of Kolkata, in India. Over the next couple of days the disturbance slowly developed before a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert was issued by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center early on 23 May 2009 and being designated as a depression by RSMC New Delhi. As of 27 May 2009, 330 people have been killed by Aila and at least 8,208 more are missing, while about 1 million are homeless. Health officials in Bangladesh confirmed a deadly outbreak on diarrhea on 29 May, with more than 7,000 people being infected and four dying. In Bangladesh, an estimated 20 million people were at risk of post-disaster diseases due to Aila. Damage totaled $40.7 million (USD).

Other tropical cyclone activity

Tropical Depression One was the first tropical cyclone to develop during the 2009 Atlantic hurricane season. The depression formed on May 28, out of a disorganized area of low pressure off the coast of North Carolina. However after attaining its peak strength the depression began to weaken due to increasing wind shear and cooling sea surface temperatures with the final advisory being issued on May 29.

  • 2009 Pacific typhoon season - In the two month period, there were four tropical cyclones, all within a short time period and small area. Tropical Depression Crising moved through the Philippines but didn't develop. Typhoon Kujira formed over the Philippines, causing 29 deaths and almost $30 million in damage, before becoming the equivalent of a Category 4 hurricane. While Kujira was active, a tropical depression formed and dissipated over the open ocean, while Typhoon Chan-hom developed and organized in the South China Sea, eventually crossing Luzon and causing 60 deaths and heavy damage.
  • North Indian - Aside from Aila, Cyclone Bijli formed in April, making landfall on Bangladesh and killing 7 people.
  • South Indian– Cyclone Jade was the final Cyclone to form. Jade formed on April 5th from a tropical disturbance it quickly intensifed and bcame a category one tropical cyclone on the SSHS before making its first of three landfalls on Madagascar. Jade then dissipated on April 11 after causing fifteen deaths.
  • Australian Region - Cyclone Kirrly formed on April 25 in the Arafura Sea to the north of Australia within 5 degrees of the equator which is an unusual area of formation. It quickly reached its peak before making landfall on eastern Indonesia.
  • South Pacific - As the last newsletter was published Tropical Cyclone Lin was just devloping as Tropical depression 14F. Lin eventually went on to affect Fiji and Tonga causing at least $1000 worth of damage. Tropical Disturbance 15F also formed this month within the Solomon Islands. It moved eventually moved into the Australian Region but was not monitored by TCWC Brisbane as anything higher than an area of low pressure.

Member of the month

Cyclone barnstar
Cyclone barnstar

The member of the month is Jason Rees, who joined Wikipedia in 2007, and has written nine tropical cyclone GA's. Jason primarily focuses on Southern Hemisphere storms, as well as the Western Pacific. He has plans for featured topics for several seasons, but for now, he is a regular member of the project who adds his input in discussions on the talk page. We thank Jason for his work, and we look forward to more articles!

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Storm article statistics

Grade Sep Oct Nov Dec
FA 47 49 49 50
A 19 19 19 19
GA 161 187 198 202
B 17 13 21 22
C 107 119 118 122
Start 201 204 210 210
Stub 19 19 16 17
Total 571 613 631 642
ω 2.92 2.88 2.87 2.87
percentage
≥Less than C 		38.5 36.4 35.8 35.4
percentage
≥GA or better 		39.8 42.1 42.2 42.2

Project News
There is debate as usual with regards to notability, as well as the status of the project in general, but nothing new is going on.

During the last week, some editors have organized a page — Wikipedia:WikiProject Tropical cyclones/Viewed stats — that has a listing of monthly page views within the project. It is under construction, although it is complete for all Eastern Pacific tropical cyclones, as well as all Atlantic tropical cyclones from 1979 to the present. Interestingly, the top 6 viewed EPAC articles are all featured, and all of the top 16 in the basin are GA's. Unfortunately, the Atlantic, at least from 1979 to the present, is much worse, despite being viewed much, much more. The top eight-viewed Atlantic articles all are viewed more than 10,000 times per month, for a total of 363889 views per month, but only two of them are featured, and none of the others are GA. As always, any help in the retired storms would be greatly appreciated.

Somewhat tying into the bettering of project articles, the basin article challenge is still ongoing. Hurricanehink is currently in the lead with a GA in 2 basins. Cyclonebiskit is in 2nd, with one GA in the EPAC. The challenge is still open to anyone, and it is not so much a race, rather a challenge just to get a fairly important GA in each basin.

Re: IRC

Just go to this website, and in the top bar, scroll down to freenode. Once you've done that, type #wiki-hurricanes into the "channel box", then type your username into the "nick" box, and click go. Good luck! –Juliancolton | Talk 23:14, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

We mainly talk about miscellaneous stuff related to Wikipedia and tropical cyclones, though the conversation is often off-topic. –Juliancolton | Talk 23:28, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
On most clients, /me <action> does the trick. –Juliancolton | Talk 17:15, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

Re: 2009 AHS

yeah, I'm pretty sure that edit is correct, though you could ask Cyclonebiskit (talk · contribs) since he's more familiar with the storm. –Juliancolton | Talk 20:36, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

Yeah you are correct as that refers to the date the final storm of the season dissipated not when the last storm dissipated.Jason Rees (talk) 20:50, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

Yeah they are questionable - As i remember it Chanhom made landfall as a C1.Jason Rees (talk) 15:25, 13 June 2009 (UTC)
Further to my comments earlier be carefull and make sure you double check the edit. It may be good if you do come on IRC at some point if you are confused Jason Rees (talk) 19:29, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

2009 PHS

In the edit summary , i messed up, I meant that Aletta's record was surpassed by 01E and it not being named. That means that the next storm is Ava of 1969. It formed on July 1. \

--Anhamirak 19:27, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

You are right, it is Adele, will fix now if you already haven't. :) --Anhamirak 20:10, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
No, I just remembered, since Ava is more recent than Adele, it should still stay because it is the latest start since then. --Anhamirak 20:11, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

Re: I'm sorry

Cyclonebiskit (talk) has eaten your {{cookie}}! The cookie made them happy and they'd like to give you a great big hug for donating it. Spread the WikiLove by giving out more {{cookie}}s, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Thanks again!

Spread the goodness of cookies by adding {{subst:cookie}} to someone's talk page with a friendly message, or eat a cookie with {{subst:munch}}!


Cyclonebiskit (talk) 17:11, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #27

The Hurricane Herald

This is the monthly newsletter of WikiProject Tropical Cyclones. The Hurricane Herald aims to give a summary of the WikiProject's progress and global tropical cyclone activity. If you wish to change how you receive this newsletter, or no longer wish to receive it, please add your username to the appropriate section on the mailing list. This newsletter covers June 2009.

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

From the editors

In recent months, the project has become increasingly inactive; with only a few active participants, we need your help for the upcoming hurricane season! Feel free to contact Hurricanehink (talk · contribs), Juliancolton (talk · contribs), Jason Rees (talk · contribs), or Cyclonebiskit (talk · contribs) for more information. Thanks!

Storm of the month

Tropical Storm Linfa formed out of an area of low pressure on June 14, the storm briefly attained tropical depression status before degenerating. By June 17 the system regenerated in the South China Sea. Slowly tracking northward, the storm intensified, attaining severe tropical storm status on June 19 and peaking in intensity the following day. On June 21, Linfa made landfall in Fujian Province, China as a tropical storm before weakening to a tropical depression.

In Taiwan, outer bands of the storm produced significant amounts of rain over southeastern areas of the island. Along the western coast, rip currents resulted in the drowning of one person. Six hikers also were reported to be missing. In China, torrential rains triggered flooding that destroyed 100 homes, killed one person and left six others missing. In all, seven people were killed by Linfa, with another 12 missing, damages in mainland China were estimated at ¥655 million (US$95.8 million) and agricultural losses in Taiwan reached NT$400 million (US$12.1 million).

Other tropical cyclone activity

Member of the month

Cyclone barnstar
Cyclone barnstar

The member of the month is Cool3 (talk · contribs). Though only a new member, Cool3 has contributed hundreds of sources and hours of research to several articles, two of which are now featured. The project thanks him for his high-quality work.

New members

In addition, three users re-joined the project after being listed as inactive:

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Article statistics

Tropical cyclone articles by quality and importance
Quality Importance
Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total
FA 3 14 82 60 159
FL 1 4 30 39 74
FM 21 21
A 3 1 4
GA 10 64 405 664 1,143
B 9 28 59 60 156
C 12 92 245 264 613
Start 2 62 349 416 3 832
Stub 6 74 96 176
List 2 9 60 559 411 1,041
Category 950 950
Disambig 2 11 55 68
File 7 1 8
Portal 2 202 204
Project 98 98
Redirect 2 8 40 93 143
Template 1 6 27 441 475
Other 3 3
Assessed 40 277 1,270 1,744 2,423 414 6,168
Unassessed 2 2 2 1 7
Total 40 277 1,272 1,746 2,425 415 6,175
WikiWork factors (?) ω = 10,421 Ω = 3.38

Project News
The project as a whole is still rather inactive, though more articles are being created and expanded than in previous months. 18 good articles and four featured articles were promoted during June, including Wind. Additionally, about 28 new articles were created and assessed.

As of 01:42, 4 July 2009 (UTC), there are three featured article candidates; see the noticeboard for more info.

A discussion is ongoing at the project talk page (link) regarding the naming of unnamed tropical cyclones, such as 1978 January subtropical storm and 1975 Pacific Northwest hurricane. While more descriptive titles often constitute original research, official designations are sometimes ambiguous. Comments are welcome. There is also a discussion on how the project rates its articles on the importance scale.

Tropical cyclones at associated Wikimedia projects

–Juliancolton | Talk 02:07, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

Userboxes

Hi there. I have a question, how do you create userboxes (for my own personal use)? Please respond on my talkpage. 68.4.78.250 (talk) 02:35, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

My Username

Hi there. I got your message. My username is Secret Saturdays. Oh, and thanks for the userbox. Signed, 68.4.78.250 (talk) 23:41, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

How to become an Administrator

Hi Darren23. I have been considering becoming an Administrator. So can you please tell me how to become an Administrator and what's the process and requirements. Please respond on my talkpage and I thank you in advance. Secret Saturdays (talk) 21:46, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

To apply to become an administrator, you may nominate yourself at WP:RFA. Keep in mind, however, that candidates rarely pass RfA with fewer than 3,000 or 4,000 edits, and you only have 59 contributions. Regards, –Juliancolton | Talk 21:53, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

Answer

Nah I don't want to. Though thanks for asking me. Darkspace72 —Preceding undated comment added 00:05, 16 July 2009 (UTC).

Wkiproject

I'm already on it, although listed as inactive. Do you know what to do to get on the active list on there? If you can reply back it would be much appreciated, Thanks. Hurricanekiller1994 (talk) 22:38, 18 July 2009 (UTC)

Advice

Yeah, I think I might want to add a picture of a few of my fav TC's to my user page, as well as their articles on the season section page and tracks. Am I allowed to do that? If not could you at least tell me how to put a few pictures on my user page, but their articles would still be a good complement to my user page. Hurricanekiller1994 (talk) 00:53, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

Task

If youre around later and you havent got anything to do - Can you devise a seasonal stats table for the NIO 2009 please. Data is in the logs and above and remember to use IMD over JTWC. If you get stuck get CB to assist you. Thanks Jason Rees (talk) 10:29, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

Re: 2009 NIO Season Effects

Sure thing, all the categories are listed below with what the correspond to, they're all case-sensitive

  • D = Depression
  • DD = Deep Depression
  • CS = Cyclonic Storm
  • SCS = Severe Cyclonic Storm
  • VSCS = Very Severe Cyclonic Storm
  • SUCS = Super Cyclonic Storm

Cyclonebiskit (talk) 14:13, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

Ive just changed Severe Cyclonic Storm and Super Cyclonic Storm codes so they follow the ones issued by IMD Jason Rees (talk) 14:41, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

Thank you :)

Someone vandalized my Userspace! But a little angel came along and fixed it! Thank you! You can thank others by using {{subst:Vangel}}! [midnight comet] [talk] 20:29, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

RE:A late thank you

You're welcome. =) Chevy Impala 2009 21:04, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

Thank You

...For reverting that vandalism to my talk page :-). - Jeffrey Mall | Talk2Me | BNosey - 21:04, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

I know it was a while back, but I also want to thank you for reverting vandalism on my userpage. Keep up the great work, SuperHamster Talk Contribs 20:07, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
And many thanks for reverting the vandalism on my userpage. Tim Song (talk) 12:47, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

Re: Late thank you

You are welcome! Vipinhari (talk) 13:53, 24 July 2009 (UTC)

Half blood prince sucks im just trying to give people a heads up buddy. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cbdr17 (talk • contribs) 16:40, 25 July 2009 (UTC)

EPAC

Be extremely carefull about reverting edits, Such as this oneJason Rees (talk) 18:56, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

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