Template talk:Infobox tropical cyclone

Initialisms

Could links or {{abbr}} be added for the initialisms like "(SSHWS/NWS)"? Trivialist (talk) 22:03, 2 October 2022 (UTC)

Almost certainly should be. Fred Gandt · talk · contribs 22:29, 14 January 2023 (UTC)

The links were removed after people found out that the links don't contrast well with the background color of the text. This has sparked a... uhh... lengthy (and ongoing) discussion with regards to the colors used on articles. Perhaps {{abbr}} could work, since it doesn't require the use of color. Chlod (say hi!) 01:23, 15 January 2023 (UTC)

This infobox has issues that need addressing

@SWinxy and HurricaneEdgar: as you're already involved, and since this is obviously contentious, I'm not going ahead with applying fixes, and am instead hoping to reach an agreement on how to bring the aesthetics inline with common practices. I noticed this mess when I was checking out Hurricane Sandy for a loosely related article and saw the result of the combination of bad choices in it's creation and deployment. Fred Gandt · talk · contribs 22:28, 14 January 2023 (UTC)

@Fred Gandt: The question is what changes are you proposing in order to bring this infobox into line with other infoboxes? Personally, I think that it would be good if the damages field could convert from local currencies to USD and allow the damages to be text such as moderate as well as numerical.Jason Rees (talk) 22:51, 14 January 2023 (UTC)

Excellent; we'll add that to the list ;)

As linked above; there's a very strange lack of padding for starters, then that |related= thing which is not only just flat-out wrong for an infobox, it's unnecessarily open to abuse. Then there's the suggestion to include {{abbr}} and your suggestion; we can solve all the things in one fell swoop with agreement instead messing about. Fred Gandt · talk · contribs 23:05, 14 January 2023 (UTC)

I am not a fan of the unusual CSS choices. I want it to be brought closer to standard infobox styles. SWinxy (talk) 23:19, 14 January 2023 (UTC)

I've been developing {{Infobox weather event}} as an alternative to all of our existing weather templates. So far, the only thing left is its implementation. I've been trying to find a good time for starting an RfC to get feedback on the template(s) and possibly get the template pushed out on all our articles, but the entire WikiProject Weather/WikiProject Tropical cyclones has been in a dry spell with near zero users participating. Chlod (say hi!) 23:27, 14 January 2023 (UTC)

Ah, great :) I guess now's as good a time as any for that coming-out party. Fred Gandt · talk · contribs 23:31, 14 January 2023 (UTC)

Oh, it seems @Hurricane Noah started a discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Weather § New Weather Infobox but didn't inform me beforehand (nor after the fact, i.e. in that discussion). Chlod (say hi!) 01:33, 15 January 2023 (UTC)

Insert Captain Jean-Luc Picard facepalming here. Fred Gandt · talk · contribs 03:08, 15 January 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 25 March 2023

add a Inflated parameter | label74 = Inflated | data75 = {{{inflated|{{{Inflated|}}}}}} line add {{#invoke:Check for unknown parameters | inflated | 124.106.195.79 (talk) 09:52, 25 March 2023 (UTC)

Oppose as inflation was dilliberately taken out of the infobox due to concerns being raised over it being original research in countries where USD is not the main currency and how hurricane damage is calculated. Jason Rees (talk) 10:18, 25 March 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 16 May 2023

Add a cycloneseason as page Typhoon Viola (1969) and data

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{{#if:{{{cycloneseason|{{{Cyclone season|{{{Hurricane season|}}}}}}}}}

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{{#if:{{{cycloneseason|{{{Cyclone season|{{{Hurricane season|cyclone season}}}}}}}}}

122.52.70.111 (talk) 10:39, 16 May 2023 (UTC)

I would strongly suggest that it isn't added since we are in the process of changing the infobox to Template:Infobox weather event.Jason Rees (talk) 11:38, 16 May 2023 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Infobox tropical cyclone

Template:Infobox tropical cyclone has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. Noah, AA^Talk 15:07, 12 March 2024 (UTC)