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Hey, just letting you know that the Cat 2 list passed and I have submitted a blurb to go on the main page. Cooper, KN, and I are working on the Cat 1 list now. Noah^Talk 21:24, 25 January 2019 (UTC)

That's awesome! Great work. I know it'll be a lot of work getting C1 done, but that will be a huge milestone, having every EPAC hurricane documented by hurricane intensity. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 15:27, 26 January 2019 (UTC)

Yeah, it is a lot of work. The article is nearly up to 90k right now. I will likely get it past 100k tomorrow. Pre 1949-59 is complete as well as 2005-17 (2017 as there were none for last year). Noah^Talk 04:14, 27 January 2019 (UTC)

Wow, that could end up being over 200 kb. Just imagine how big the EPAC TS article is gonna be. The FT when it's done is gonna be quite impressive, and will be the standard for all basins. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 15:55, 27 January 2019 (UTC)

I honestly doubt it will reach 200k. I already added blank tables for all C1s. The information just has to be filled in. Im just worried about this article being too long in terms of scrolling. Noah^Talk 20:26, 27 January 2019 (UTC)

Because it's a list, don't worry about it being too long. The fact that everything will be in a single article will be impressive and worth the load time. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 01:09, 28 January 2019 (UTC)

Tropical Storm Marco (1990) scheduled for TFA

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Because you're just that special...

Hurricane Juan (1985) gets a main date as TFA on 20 February 2019. Check out the blurb at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/February 20, 2019 and help Dan out if you see anything needing fixing. Ealdgyth - Talk 19:37, 26 January 2019 (UTC)

Awesome, thanks User:Ealdgyth! ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 22:23, 26 January 2019 (UTC)

Thank you for another awesome one, which "twisted and swirled around the Louisiana coast, causing widespread flooding at the end of a very bad hurricane year"! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:33, 20 February 2019 (UTC)

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Thank you for today's Tropical Storm Marco (1990), and happy 2019! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:01, 1 February 2019 (UTC)

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I was just wondering, do you think Nineteen-E would have a shot at FA or would it be impossible to get? I have heard of negativity surrounding TDs. Noah^Talk 17:34, 28 February 2019 (UTC)

The article certainly has a shot. There are no length requirements for FA's, and this wouldn't be the shortest TC FA, but it is on the smaller side, and I'm not convinced that there isn't more info, such as from Baja California Sur. People tend to support FAC's that are visually impressive, so perhaps add another image? Also, some information on the storm could come out when Mexico releases their report to the WMO, which should come out in April. Here is the report from the Servicio Meteorológico Nacional, which might have a bit more info, but it is in Spanish. I also found some impacts for Arizona, so make sure you add that. I did some digging, and the depression also contributed to some flooding in Texas. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 18:38, 28 February 2019 (UTC)

SNM usually only gives rainfall totals. Also Hink, can you be more specific about MX's WMO report? I've been editing 11 years and have done too many MX storms, and I'm not sure what you're talking about. Have you used such report in similar articles on similar storms? I'd also point out that for whatever reason - it is generally difficult to find info on Mexico TD's from Mexican newspapers. YE ^{Pacific Hurricane} 18:56, 28 February 2019 (UTC)

Rainfall totals are better than nothing. And yes, off the top of my head, I know I used reports from Mexico for Tropical Storm Larry. Each year, countries send reports to the WMO with TC effects in their country. Mexico's WMO report might include a damage total. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 19:06, 28 February 2019 (UTC)

From what I have seen, appears 19-E's remnant moisture contributed to flooding throughout the plains/SE. Weather Channel directly connected 19-E's remnants to the flooding throughout SE/Great Plains. I will mention in detail the states that have storm events mentioning a remnant tropical system. Noah^Talk 20:24, 28 February 2019 (UTC)

Where does the source say the storm caused $250 million in damage? Be clearer about the depression's role in the flooding. Add the summary of that in the meteorological history (which end with the TC's dissipation, even though the remnant caused significant effects). ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 00:17, 1 March 2019 (UTC)

The Mexican WMO Report to the hurricane committee about the 2018 AHS is already out.Jason Rees (talk) 00:21, 1 March 2019 (UTC)

Yea, the MX WMO Report is(and generally has been) basically just a few rainfall totals. Better than nothing but don't expect a damage total from it or anything like that. YE ^{Pacific Hurricane} 02:25, 1 March 2019 (UTC)

Oops... I thought I had the annual report linked. I will discuss the role in the flooding within the MH... I simply haven't gotten around to it yet as there are a lot of impacts to add. Noah^Talk 00:30, 1 March 2019 (UTC)

You may want to check over 19-E again in a few days. I have a little more work to do with storm event reports for Oklahoma and Arkansas. The US impact section basically doubled the size of the article. Would you happen to know of any places to get uncopyrighted images of flood damages for Mexico? Noah^Talk 03:09, 5 March 2019 (UTC)

Thanks, lemme know when you're done. As for a pic, maybe try Flickr and look for images with creative commons licensing. There are slightly different rules for uploading them, as opposed to public domain images from the NHC. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 15:47, 5 March 2019 (UTC)

Should be done now. Apparently Flickr deleted most of its user's images recently, so we are out of luck on impact images. Noah^Talk 01:04, 8 March 2019 (UTC)

Re: H. Noah, my only critique is where the template and the remnant image is. If you had the template be the highest rainfall total for each area, then you could move it to the beginning of the impact section and include Mexican state rainfall totals (for whatever you have), in addition to writing it out in prose. This way, you could move the image of the storm as its remnants to the beginning of the US section. It would look neater. Otherwise, I stand by the A-class rating. It's up to you to compare it to the featured article criteria. If you believe the article stands up to scrutiny, then you should nominate it for featured articled status, which means it can eventually be the main article of the day. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 01:43, 8 March 2019 (UTC)

Okay... I have fixed those. The rainfall table contains the 10 highest values that were recorded/confirmed between the US and Mexico. Noah^Talk 02:25, 8 March 2019 (UTC)

Good work on the article, and good luck with what I presume is an eventual GT or FT for 2018 Pacific hurricane season. Have you thought about what other storms you plan on working on in the season? Just curious. Willa might be retired, and it was a C5, that comes to mind. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 02:28, 8 March 2019 (UTC)

I plan to work on every article I drafted. Besides Rosa and Sergio (which have or are currently being worked on), that includes Lane, Leslie, Willa, and Vicente. I also will be doing a complete rewrite of Carlotta (with the impacts!). All the articles I personally drafted are on my userpage. Here is a sandbox with all the 2018 EPAC articles.Noah^Talk 02:35, 8 March 2019 (UTC)

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Web archive template

Could you please add a language parameter to the web archive template? Noah^Talk 20:25, 13 March 2019 (UTC)

How does the base article look for Cyclone Idai? Haven't had time to really add impacts yet and I can't seem to find anything from JTWC other than the intensity warnings. I was thinking of also creating an article for Eketsang as it killed 31 people. Noah^Talk 15:15, 14 March 2019 (UTC)

Strange as I thought the NRL archive would contain the technical fluff but anyway the JMA's shortlived archive contains it. Jason Rees (talk) 18:06, 14 March 2019 (UTC)

Re @Hurricane Noah:, Idai looks good so far, but now comes the difficult part, which is writing the impacts about a recent disaster. First, it can be tough emotionally writing about an unfolding disaster, especially when the death toll is in the hundreds, as for this storm. If you're looking at keeping it up to date, try ReliefWeb, which has reputable reports released multiple times a day, at least until the disaster period ends (then the reports get less frequent). As for Eketsang, I agree it could probably warrant an article, given the 27 deaths, although that's sadly common for Madagascar. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 14:03, 15 March 2019 (UTC)

Appears no reports will come out soon. Communications have been cut and it isn't safe for people to try and access Beira. UN did say that 1.5 million have been displaced.Noah^Talk 14:35, 15 March 2019 (UTC)

Keep in mind that it's around midnight in Mozambique now. Reports will be coming out overnight tonight. With Beira being such a major city, I'm sure some relief agency will want to go in to assess the situation there. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 16:01, 15 March 2019 (UTC)

We have a decent article developed thus far. Impact will have to be written at a later date, when more information is available, but the article has expanded to a decent size already. I upgraded it to high importance due to the large impact and number of deaths. Looks like the remnants of Idai have stalled over Mozambique. Noah^Talk 02:03, 17 March 2019 (UTC)

Great work so far! Agreed with high importance. It might be a while until it can become a GA, but when storms are so recent, the goal is just to keep the article relatively up to date. At this point, you don’t have to keep updating it, unless you want to. The best part about Wikipedia is that it’s all volunteer-based, so no one can force you to keep editing an article, or to stop working on something. Make sure you don’t burn yourself out, and hopefully you keep having fun editing. ✌️ Hurricanehink mobile (talk) 02:34, 17 March 2019 (UTC)

According to sources, 90% of Beira was destroyed. Hundred more people are feared dead on top of the current death total of 270. This is really sad to be honest. Noah^Talk 15:19, 18 March 2019 (UTC)

90%?! Damn, yea, that’s certainly a sad situation. That is why I usually work on older articles. At least if there are a lot of deaths, it was in the distant path, not by a storm that we all tracked in real time. I remember writing Cyclone Nargis when it was just a clump of clouds over the ocean, and the sickening feeling as the disaster unfolded in real time. It’s an often uncomfortable part of being a tropical cyclone enthusiast, when these forces of nature, so often harmless over water, cause a tragedy with a narrative. Don’t feel like you have to update the article. Wikipedia is all volunteer based. Idai is at the point where other users will keep it up to date since it’s on the main page. Don’t feel like you have to bear the burden of writing it. Hurricanehink mobile (talk) 15:43, 18 March 2019 (UTC)

Sigh... death total is 299 now... I'm just in awe at how destructive Idai is/was. You are absolutely right. It is much different tracking a TC in real time versus simply hearing about it. Noah^Talk 16:31, 18 March 2019 (UTC)

[https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/world/2019/03/18/mozambique-cyclone-death-toll/39218957/ Mozambique death toll is predicted to exceed 1,000. If it really is that severe, this article may warrant top importance. Noah^Talk 17:19, 18 March 2019 (UTC)

1,000?! Damn that escalated quickly. Regardless the final death toll, this is most significant storm in the region since at least Cyclone Eline in 2000. Probably longer when all is said and done. Hurricanehink mobile (talk) 04:56, 19 March 2019 (UTC)

Appears there might be some dispute on the importance level of the article. I saw someone had downgraded it to mid. This may be considered a top importance article if the death toll is indeed as high as claimed. This may be the deadliest storm in the basin depending on how high the final total is (1892 system had 1200). Noah^Talk 13:13, 19 March 2019 (UTC)

@Hurricane Noah: I was the one who downgraded to mid on behalf of WP:Africa as the impacts are not overly serious for the whole continant. However, if you look closely at my edit you will see that I have also assessed it as Top Importance on behalf of WP:Mozambique for obvious reasons.Jason Rees (talk) 14:17, 19 March 2019 (UTC)

Death toll has increased to 432 from 314. Noah^Talk 22:48, 19 March 2019 (UTC)

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1991 Perfect Storm issues

Im just informing you that one of your FAs, 1991 Perfect Storm has some serious issues with it that need to be addressed as soon as possible. The NCDC was renamed and the content for the storm no longer appears to be available. Both sources 1 and 2 simply show errors. Noah^Talk 03:29, 24 March 2019 (UTC)

Thanks User:Hurricane Noah, I just got to it. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 16:15, 5 April 2019 (UTC)

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Re: Effects

Considering the number of effects articles we have as is is fairly small, I don't see the need. YE ^{Pacific Hurricane} 17:10, 11 April 2019 (UTC)

FA

Im planning to take more 2018 EPAC articles to FA. Noah^Talk 16:27, 12 April 2019 (UTC)

Just so you know, the MH rewrite of Willa has been completed. Took quite a while to correct it all. Noah^Talk 04:13, 14 April 2019 (UTC)

I have a userpage here for work on the article. I figure it would be more productive to have work occur here at our own paces. The page history can simply be merged later. Noah^Talk 22:09, 21 April 2019 (UTC)

I'm going to hold off working on Willa for now as I will be quite busy in the next couple weeks. I will work on making some TS lists since those can be done more incrementally. Noah^Talk 20:59, 8 May 2019 (UTC)

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The second round of the 2019 WikiCup has now finished. Contestants needed to scored 32 points to advance into round 3. Our top four scorers in round 2 all scored over 400 points and were:

• Cas Liber (1210), our winner in 2016, with two featured articles and three DYKs. He also made good use of the bonus points available, more than doubling his score by choosing appropriate articles to work on.
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Im pretty sure the whole thing regarding Lorna being a severe TC is pure OR due to the MFR retaining warning rights the entire time. Imo, the RSMC in AUS never warned, so this never happened. What do you think? Noah^Talk 00:45, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

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Tracks

Is there a specific discussion about using the default size for tracks? I know the default size is used in practically every TC article, barring a small number of basin crossers. Noah^Talk 00:49, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

Not to my knowledge have we had a specific discussion about the default size. If anyone watching my talk page reads this, could you chime in? ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 00:59, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

Its the usual On wiki no Off wiki probs.Jason Rees (talk) 12:47, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

I will likely be closing the FAC soon as a withdraw and not nominating any other articles due to size concerns. Noah^Talk 19:40, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

To be fair, there is no size limit for tropical cyclones. See Tropical Storm Faxai (2007), or Tropical Depression Ten (2005). Now, there's certainly a wow factor, making easier to write an impressive article, about a big, impacting storm. Carlotta wasn't one of those storms. Carlotta is similar in size to Tropical Storm Brenda (1960), and longer than Tropical Storm Kiko (2007). Maybe Kiko is the best article to compare it to. Kiko became an FA on Cyclonebiskit (talk · contribs)'s third try, and was the article on the front page of Wikipedia on October 15, 2014. Just keep that in mind. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 00:31, 14 May 2019 (UTC)

I have the majority of your concerns addressed. I'm just confused on what exactly "passive voice" is as I am unfamiliar with the term. Noah^Talk 23:03, 14 May 2019 (UTC)

"were closed", "was recovered", "was reported", "was damaged". Passive voice is writing about what happened in a roundabout way. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 23:29, 14 May 2019 (UTC)

Is that better? Noah^Talk 23:38, 14 May 2019 (UTC)

Quick favor

Can you move my sandbox to mainspace quickly? Thanks! YE ^{Pacific Hurricane} 08:07, 16 May 2019 (UTC)

I sent you the stuff for 1994 Bangladesh. I'll see if the rest of 1994 NIO is worth sending; if it's something really small, I'll probably just add the LN stuff myself once you get further along with that articles but if not, I'll eventually send it to you. YE ^{Pacific Hurricane} 17:16, 28 May 2019 (UTC)

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WPTC Awards program

I dont think we ever got anywhere on an awards program, but I could make up the userboxes. I plan to use gems and rare materials since other awards seem to be that way. Noah^Talk 17:53, 16 May 2019 (UTC)

I decided to try something new as well. Find it odd the bot doesn't notify people of this. I will be posting a link on the project talkpage shortly. Noah^Talk 11:43, 19 May 2019 (UTC)

I have talked with people... Seems to be that more people feel FP doesn't matter rather than simply don't know about it. Noah^Talk 13:39, 19 May 2019 (UTC)

I’ll agree to that. Images are a nice addition to articles, but there’s little difference in an article whether the image is featured or not. Hurricanehink mobile (talk) 13:49, 19 May 2019 (UTC)

Keep in mind, if any of your 300 GAs became FAs, the points do not stack. The 35 from the GA simply becomes 200 (+165). This is mainly to prevent people from getting higher totals by going through each step. As some articles became FA without the intermediate steps, it would hurt some. Noah^Talk 20:16, 21 May 2019 (UTC)

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A draft I'd like to move to mainspace

Hello, Hurricanehink. It's been a while. I am currently considering my draft article, Tropical Storm Rolf, for a move into article mainspace. The storm is the first fully-tropical Mediterranean storm to be monitored by the NOAA (the Free University of Berlin gave this storm the name "Rolf"), and this storm also was a billion-dollar disaster for Western Europe (mostly in Italy), so I think that that storm is definitely notable enough to warrant its own article. Both the German and the Italian Wikipedias have separate articles for this storm, so I found it quite disappointing that the English Wikipedia didn't have its own article for this storm (at the time that I started this draft). The draft is currently customed to my "liking", but I can quickly remove my personalized bits and the links to userspace articles before moving the page to Wikipedia mainspace. I feel that the article is developed enough to survive as an article at this point. Both I just wanted to get your opinion on this. If you don't think that the article is ready (even after I make the appropriate adjustments), or if it is unlikely to survive being redirected or deleted after I move it, then I will keep the draft under my userspace. Thanks. LightandDark2000 🌀 (talk) 03:27, 20 May 2019 (UTC)

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More Medicane articles

Hello Hurricanehink. I've significantly expanded upon the Tropical Storm Rolf article, and I believe that other storms deserve their own articles as well. Specifically, I'm thinking of Cyclone Celeno (the January 1995 "Medicane") and Cyclone Zorbas (probably the first Category 1 hurricane level cyclone of the 21st Century in the Mediterranean). If I were to write up an article on Zorbas, the Meteorological history (MH) section would look pretty much identical to the current section that Zorbas has in the general Medicane article, and there really aren't any journal article studies on Zorbas at this moment (as far as I'm aware), so I'm not sure how much more detailed the article would be than the current section that the storm has. Nonetheless, Zorbas is quite notable and it was relatively well-documented by the media and local sources, so there should be more material out there on its impacts; I believe that given time in which Zorbas occurred and the attention it garnered, an article for Zorbas should be easier to write than one for Celeno. However, Cyclone Celeno is one of the most notable Medicanes from the 20th Century, and from what I've read, this storm was probably the most well-documented and studied Medicane of the 20th Century, so I'm thinking that this storm merits an article of its own as well. I known that this storm reached Category 1 hurricane intensity (which is quite rare for a "Medicane"), given some articles and tweets (from scientists) that I've looked at (though I've struggled to find journal articles explicitly declaring that this storm reached Category 1 intensity, though some have hinted at this). I can put together a decent article for Celeno - I already have the journal articles I would use for such an article (though I'm still searching for 1 or 2 more studies). However, since Celeno had very little impacts on land, its article would be mostly a MH-heavy article, with perhaps another section analyzing the nature of the storm in greater detail. What do you think? I believe that both of these storms merit their own articles. I plan to work on Celeno's article first, as a draft. However, if this idea isn't going to work, there really isn't much point in me doing anything more than expanding Celeno's section at the Medicane article. I personally think that this is a great idea and worth a shot. LightandDark2000 🌀 (talk) 05:05, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

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Volume XIV, Issue 39, May 31, 2019 The Hurricane Herald is the arbitrarily periodical newsletter of WikiProject Tropical Cyclones. The newsletter aims to provide in summary the recent activities and developments of the WikiProject, in addition to global tropical cyclone activity. The Hurricane Herald has been running since its first edition ran on June 4, 2006; it has been almost thirteen years since that time. If you wish to receive or discontinue subscription to this newsletter, please visit the mailing list. This issue of The Hurricane Herald covers all project related events from April 14–May 31, 2019. This edition's editor and author is Hurricane Noah (talk · contribs). Please visit this page and bookmark any suggestions of interest to you. This will help improve the newsletter and other cyclone-related articles. Past editions can be viewed here. ← 34 · 35 · 36 · 37 · 38 →

Article of the month, by Jason Rees History of tropical cyclone naming - The practice of using names to identify tropical cyclones goes back several centuries, with storms named after places, saints or things they hit before the formal start of naming in each basin. The credit for the first usage of personal names for weather systems is given to the Queensland Government Meteorologist Clement Wragge, who named tropical cyclones and anticyclones between 1887 and 1907. This system of naming fell into disuse for several years after Wragge retired, until it was revived in the latter part of World War II for the Western Pacific basin. Over the following decades, various naming schemes have been introduced for the world's oceans, including for parts of the Atlantic, Pacific and the Indian Ocean. The majority of these lists are compiled by the World Meteorological Organization's tropical cyclone committee for the region and include names from different cultures as well as languages. Over the years there has been controversy over the names used at various times, with names being dropped for religious and political reasons. For example, female names were exclusively used in the basins at various times between 1945 - 2000 and were the subject of several protests. The names of significant tropical cyclones in the North Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean and Australian region are retired from the naming lists and replaced with another name, at meetings of the various tropical cyclone committees. Storm of the month and other tropical activity Cyclone Fani was an extremely severe cyclonic storm that made landfall in Odisha, India on May 3. The storm achieved peak intensity as a near Category 5-equivalent cyclone with 3-minute sustained winds of 215 km/h (130 mph), 1-minute sustained winds of 250 km/h (155 mph), and a minimum central pressure of 937 hPa (mbar). Fani caused over $1.8 billion (2019 USD) in damage in India and Bangladesh and killed at least 89 people. Since the last newsletter, twelve systems have formed. Southwest Indian Ocean In the Southwest Indian Ocean, Cyclone Kenneth made landfall in Mozambique approximately 1 month after Cyclone Idai, causing widespread flooding and destruction. Overall, Kenneth killed at least 52 people and caused more than $100 million in damage. Additionally, Tropical Cyclone Lorna formed over the eastern portion of the basin in late April and dissipated in early May without affecting land. Australian Region In the Australian Region, cyclones Lili and Ann formed in early May and both affected land. No deaths were reported, although Lili caused moderate damage in the Maluku Islands and East Timor. South Pacific In the South Pacific, a tropical depression formed in mid-may, but failed to intensify and dissipated a few days later. South Atlantic In the South Atlantic, Subtropical Storm Jaguar formed in late May and lasted for approximately two days before becoming extratropical. Western Pacific In the Western Pacific, three weak tropical depressions existed during the first half of May. North Atlantic In the North Atlantic, Subtropical Storm Andrea formed on the same day as Jaguar, but failed to intensify and dissipated on the next day. The Eastern Pacific hurricane season began on May 15. The Atlantic hurricane season will begin at 2:00 AM EDT on June 1. The Central Pacific hurricane season will begin sometime after 12:00 AM HST on June 1. Recent storms of the month Edition Storm 36 Cyclone Idai 35 Typhoon Wutip (2019) New WikiProject Members since the last newsletter in April 2019 More information can be found here. This list lists members who have joined/rejoined the WikiProject since the release of the last issue in April 2019. Sorted chronologically. Struckout users denote users who have left or have been banned. Super Typhoon Eden (talk · contribs) SaiTheCyclone (talk · contribs) To our new members: welcome to the project, and happy editing! Feel free to check the to-do list at the bottom right of the newsletter for things that you might want to work on. To our veteran members: thank you for your edits and your tireless contributions! Editorial for welcoming new users, by Hurricanehink Every year, editors new and old help maintain the new season of season articles. The older users are likely used to the standards of the project, such as how to Wikilink and reference properly. Newer users might make mistakes, and they might make them over and over again if they don't know better. If anyone (who happens to read this) comes across a new user, please don't bite, because with enough pushback, they'll decide that this group of editors is too mean, and unfun. This is all a volunteer project; no one can force anyone to do anything. We're all on here because of our love of knowledge and tropical cyclones. If you find someone new, consider using the official WPTC welcome template - Wikipedia:WikiProject Tropical cyclones/Welcome. 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Noah^Talk 22:15, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

Special Awards

Would you have any suggestions for designs for the special awards I mentioned on the project page? Noah^Talk 21:23, 5 June 2019 (UTC)

Good topic

I created a Good topic nomination here if you would like to check it out. Noah^Talk 23:17, 7 June 2019 (UTC)

Looks like Halola is screwed due to archive sites shutting down (permanent deadlinks on all the WPAC MH material) and such, so this GT is also screwed. Noah^Talk 04:04, 8 June 2019 (UTC)

I didn't realize that Halola also had to be in the topic simply due to its short existence in CPAC. I thought it wasn't supposed to be added due to its peak and impact in another basin. Noah^Talk 01:15, 9 June 2019 (UTC)

Halola would appear in topics for both basins. See Hurricane Huko being a part of both topics. Halola should be doable to get to GA, I’m sure there are more than enough sources out there to cover the MH. Maybe not in as much detail as it stands though. Maybe look at other storms in the 2015 PTS and see how they handle the MH? Hurricanehink mobile (talk) 02:03, 9 June 2019 (UTC)

The timeline also needs to be featured, BTW. YE ^{Pacific Hurricane} 04:06, 9 June 2019 (UTC)

Importance scale for WP:WPTC

Hi @Hurricanehink. I saw you changed the importance rating of Cyclone Savannah down to Low. I don't have any problem with this, but I just wanted to know if there is a scale somewhere which describes which articles should classify as Low, Mid, High or Top importance (specific to WP:WPTC). It would be useful for me for future reference. I haven't found one anywhere. ChocolateTrain (talk) 12:04, 9 June 2019 (UTC)

Compare the storm to other similar articles. Did Savannah set any major records? Not really. Did it strike land at a significant intensity? No. Major damage/deaths? No. Every storm is a case by case basis, but in my experience, Savannah is low-importance at best. Hurricanehink mobile (talk) 14:05, 9 June 2019 (UTC)

@ChocolateTrain:, I will try to explain what each classification means. Noah^Talk 01:18, 11 June 2019 (UTC)

• Top For storms, this would be century scale disasters (Idai, Katrina, Harvey, etc). Basically, a storm would have to be very severe and have an impact so significant it would take decades to recover.
• High Generally, a storm needs to have over a billion in damage, a decent number of deaths, or some large meteorological record in order to get this rating. Examples are Typhoon Mangkhut, Hurricane Michael, etc.
• Mid A storm would basically need 10s of millions–100s of millions in damage to be rated at mid. A lot of the 2018 EPAC articles I wrote are rated as low importance. Examples of mid importance articles are TD Nineteen-E, TS Gordon (2018), etc.
• Low Everything else.

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1991 Atlantic hurricane season scheduled for TFA

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A-class review

Looks like what I did worked since it added the request here and sent the message out on Discord as well. Noah^Talk 11:28, 25 June 2019 (UTC)

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Rosa

Just wanted to let you know that I re-nominated Rosa. Noah^Talk 20:46, 7 July 2019 (UTC)

Featured Topic nomination for the 2018 Pacific hurricane season

Before you tell me the season isn't ready, I'm going to say this is a plan for 2020. I have the calculations in (WikiWork) and have determined that I must pass at least 3–4 more FAs (including Rosa) in order to fulfill the requirement. That, of course, doesn't count the main article and the timeline which are required. I may get more FAs than that (and likely will try to go for more). Just wanted to let you know I plan to get all these articles to good or featured status. Noah^Talk 23:08, 11 July 2019 (UTC)

Good goal @Hurricane Noah:, and I'm glad you're going for FAC again. If you do include the main article and the timeline among the featured articles, then do you still need 3-4 more FA's? It might be tricky, but your best bets are Hurricane Lane (2018), Rosa, and Hurricane Willa. I can still help with Willa if you want, but I do want to get one other project done first (Hurricane Floyd for its 20th year anniversary). I had a difficult June, but I'm pretty sure I'll be editing more regularly now. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 22:18, 12 July 2019 (UTC)

I need at least 7 FAs/FLs in total... 2 FAs currently + the timeline and season article equals 4. I would need at least 3. Noah^Talk 01:32, 13 July 2019 (UTC)

Just so you know, I am working on a massive overhaul of Sergio. I did notice a brutal mistake I had made when dealing with a complex event. Some sources had indicated Sergio caused 400M in damage over 3–4 days, when in reality Sergio directly/indirectly caused a mere 668,000 in the US (mainly from tornadoes that the weather channel attributed to Sergio during the October 12–13 stretch). It turns out that an unusually powerful cold front trailing Sergio caused all 400M on its own (definitely article worthy). I found some reports mentioning a pacific low had much more severe impacts in AZ as a result of moisture from Sergio (Sergio was the secondary in this, although it had a notable effect on the severity). I also found reports for direct impacts in Texas from the 12–13 of October. It should be enough material for the article to be able to take it to FAC. Noah^Talk 04:24, 20 July 2019 (UTC)

Question - did that cold front sweep up Sergio? If so, then the impacts from the cold front can be included here. No need for a separate article at that point. If Sergio was related, then you can include those other reports. Keep up the good work, and when you're ready for FAC, ping me, I'll give it a review first. Hope you're managing the heat well this summer! ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 00:17, 22 July 2019 (UTC)

My understanding was Sergio passed through from Oct 12–13 and the cold front arrived on Oct 15. Noah^Talk 20:52, 22 July 2019 (UTC)

@Hurricane Noah:, that might be too separated to include the front with Sergio. However, if Sergio's impacts were compounded by the front, then you could include that in your narrative. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 15:16, 23 July 2019 (UTC)

There isn’t any proof of that from the reports I have seen. Right now, Sergio is slightly larger than Rosa and will grow a bit more in the US section. I have been milking the storm event reports since they contain info not found elsewhere. I didn’t include all of them of course, but I did source when listing things out. I will have to fix up the Mex, Met, lede after that. Mainly, I need to rewrite/trim the lede, rewrite the MH, and add more info to Mex. Noah^Talk 15:34, 23 July 2019 (UTC)

Great work then, keep that up! Often, our newish articles just languish because no one pays attention to them. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 15:49, 23 July 2019 (UTC)

Well... I did create/recreate most of the EPAC articles last year. I want to see my creations through. Noah^Talk 15:57, 23 July 2019 (UTC)

That explains why so many are so good! Congrats on Rosa passing. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 14:47, 24 July 2019 (UTC)

Could you please review Sergio when you get a chance? I am done overhauling it. Noah^Talk 03:48, 31 July 2019 (UTC)

Hurricane Bud(2006) listed at Redirects for discussion

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Your GA nomination of 1994 Bangladesh cyclone

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Your GA nomination of 1994 Bangladesh cyclone

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Erick

I saw JTWC just gave an estimate of T6.5 for Erick. Noah^Talk 15:44, 30 July 2019 (UTC)

And it’s a C4 now! Good thing we have lists for every EPAC intensity category :) Hurricanehink mobile (talk) 21:38, 30 July 2019 (UTC)

EPAC TSs

Is the advisory archive a sufficient source for the 2019 TSs? Noah^Talk 14:48, 31 July 2019 (UTC)

Not for the stuff like deaths/damage, but for their dates, yea, that should be fine. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 15:31, 31 July 2019 (UTC)

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TFL notification

Hi, Hurricanehink. I'm just posting to let you know that List of Arabian Peninsula tropical cyclones – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured list for September 6. The TFL blurb can be seen here. If you have any thoughts on the selection, please post them on my talk page or at TFL talk. Regards, Giants2008 (Talk) 22:22, 9 August 2019 (UTC)

Sergio

I have addressed every item you mentioned, but there doesn't appear to be much else for Mexico. The issue seems to be a minimal impact in Baja Sur and isolated pockets of damage in the few Mexican states it would have hit before crossing the border. I am adding in the tiny amount of Baja California data I have in the next few minutes. Noah^Talk 14:22, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Thanks Hurricane Noah. I did some research for the town where apparently half of the houses were damaged. There was some street damage, but nothing I read could substantiate that more than half of the houses were damaged. I double checked the original source, and it said that "60%, 70% of homes in some way or another affected". That doesn't specifically mean they were damaged. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 14:41, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Okay, I made a few changes. Noah^Talk 14:52, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

Do you think a FAC would be possible considering what I have for Mexico is all I could find (mainly minimal impact)? Noah^Talk 15:02, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

That's your call. You've seen two successful FAC's with Carlotta and 16-E. I know you have your 2018 PHS FT plan, and considering the work you've put into Sergio, I wouldn't dissuade you from going for FAC. The bit about Hawaiian waves seems like an afterthought - that should be split off. Other than that, the article is in really solid shape for an FAC run. Plan for comments to come up like they did in Carlotta, Rosa, and 16-E, but you seem like the type of editor who could handle any comments. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 15:06, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

Well, most of the comments thus far seem minor. I forgot the word "the" in a place and used the name a bit too much. Also, I will try to get most of my Willa sources incorporated into that article soon. Once I run out of sources, I will organize it into a more presentable view and then publish the changes. Noah^Talk 17:00, 21 August 2019 (UTC)

WPTC Sheet

I noticed the WW# is off on the WPTC spreadsheet due to the lack of lists (they are factored by the bot here). The Atlantic has a difference of 0.21 due to various lists. Noah^Talk 11:21, 20 August 2019 (UTC)

Do you mean the excel spreadsheet on Google docs? That has the timelines listed. Is that what you mean? Or did you mean other Atl-specific lists that aren’t listed there? Hurricanehink mobile (talk) 11:54, 20 August 2019 (UTC)

There are other lists that aren’t included there, but are factored in on wikipedia. Noah^Talk 12:46, 20 August 2019 (UTC)

Do you mean like List of Category 5 ATL hurricanes, or List of Florida hurricanes, or off-season TC's? Yea, none of those are listed in the WPTC sheet. It's hard to categorize them as easily. The main focus on the spreadsheet is to have each year and storm organized/documented, but I suppose we can/should add those other basin-dependent lists. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 14:01, 22 August 2019 (UTC)

The main issue is lists for states/countries or other non-basin aspects. Noah^Talk 14:34, 22 August 2019 (UTC)

Most areas are pretty clearly tied to one basin or another. Eventually, we may have difficulty where to list, if we were to have a List of Mexico hurricanes, List of Indochina typhoons, or List of Solomon Islands tropical cyclones. I suppose List of New Mexico hurricanes is a little debatable, although there were more EPAC storms. Likewise List of Texas hurricanes, but that clearly has more Atlantic storms. When I get the time, I'll start adding the lists, unless you (or someone else) feels like doing so. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 14:38, 22 August 2019 (UTC)

Hi there

Thanks for talking to me in a calm manner I previously had a message saying Don't do this which maid me even more angry. From now one I will not say things like that in the edit summary and instead go onto the users talk page and explain it to them. Thanks I lot and again sorry. Flyaturtle (talk) 19:07, 23 August 2019 (UTC)

My intended area of focus.

Hello, and thanks for the great welcome! My intended area of focus is the Atlantic Basin. I will do updates on current storms, and that kind of thing. However, I love all kinds of weather. One thing I have done, I created the article Tropical Storm Dorian (2019). Well, I did not create it, which an other user did to make a redirect, rather, I added all of the main content, with many other editors helping me get things right. So, that is my intended area of focus, and I hope I enjoy working with you fellow editors. Again thanks! --Wyatt2049 | (talk) 16:33, 27 August 2019 (UTC)

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The fourth round of the competition has finished in a flurry of last minute activity, with 454 points being required to qualify for the final round. It was a hotly competitive round with two contestants with over 400 points being eliminated, and all but two of the finalists having achieved an FA during the round. Casliber, our 2016 winner, was the highest point-scorer, followed by Enwebb and Lee Vilenski, who are both new to the competition. In fourth place was SounderBruce, a finalist last year. But all those points are swept away as we start afresh for the final round.

Round 4 saw the achievement of 11 featured articles. In addition, Adam Cuerden scored with 18 FPs, Lee Vilenski led the GA score with 8 GAs while Kosack performed 15 GA reviews. There were around 40 DYKs, 40 GARs and 31 GAs overall during round 4. Even though contestants performed more GARs than they achieved GAs, there was still some frustration at the length of time taken to get articles reviewed.

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Stuff buried in a website source

OK so I'm sure you've seen this before but I thought I'd show it to you just in case you hadn't. It was buried in the page source of this FAQ page:

The Hurricane Research Division produced surface wind analysis of tropical cyclones from 1993 - 2013 as part of the H*Wind Project. In 2014 this technology was transferred to Hwind Scientific, a US private sector firm as allowed under the Technology Transfer Act of 1986 (15 US Code 3710). The images and data sets formerly available on this site, are now publicly available at:

http://www.hwind.co/legacy_data/

Real-time and post storm wind field products for the 2014 Hurricane season and future years are available at Hwind Scientific’s commercial site: http://www.hwind.co Hwind Scientific will also offer a revised historical archive with user support, time-centered, post storm analyses, larger domains, higher resolution grids, consistent analysis methodologies, and error corrections.

 ♦ Lingzhi2 (talk) 02:52, 9 October 2019 (UTC)

@Lingzhi2:, I wasn't familiar with that. Thankfully, I don't think it affects Wikipedia much. The text says the technology was transferred, but that doesn't have anything to do with the publisher of the material, which counts when we're citing anything from HRD. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 15:06, 9 October 2019 (UTC)

Sounds good! ♦ Lingzhi2 (talk) 21:44, 9 October 2019 (UTC)

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12 years of waiting...

Super Cyclonic Storm Kyarr happened after 12 years of waiting. Shame the JTWC botched their advisories by refusing to upgrade based on satcon alone. Kind of funny the IMD peak is 135 knots and JTWC peaked this at 130. 915 mbar is quite low for the North Indian Ocean though. Noah^Talk 13:13, 28 October 2019 (UTC)

Indeed! Kyarr is a very impressive storm. It got me thinking about a List of super cyclonic storms, which would only be 8 storms. Perhaps a List of super and extremely severe cyclonic storms? Also, as you probably saw, JTWC finally upped the storm to 135 kt. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 14:56, 28 October 2019 (UTC)

Kyarr is still 130 according to the BT file. It shows 125 followed by 6 130s Noah^Talk 16:08, 28 October 2019 (UTC)

My bad, I thought I read that JTWC upgraded it to 135 kt. Maybe in the BT. What do you think about the proposed title for a North Indian Ocean article on the strongest storms? ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 16:09, 28 October 2019 (UTC)

The title you suggested could work. I'm just upset the JTWC did this to Kyarr. Force 13 had at least 145 knots... this was close to being T7.5 at its peak. Noah^Talk 16:13, 28 October 2019 (UTC)

Ehh, what can you do. All we can do is report what the officials say, even when we disagree with them. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 16:18, 28 October 2019 (UTC)

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I think the Cat 1 list FLC is about to fail. Noah^Talk 23:35, 4 December 2019 (UTC)

A-class for Hurricane Arthur

Hey Hurricanehink. This may seem outta the blue, but I was reviewing the article rating status for articles that fall into WikiProject North Carolina, and I discovered that back in 2015 you changed the rating of Hurricane Arthur from GA to A-class with the justification "A-class, why not". Does WikiProject Tropical cyclones have a formal criteria for A-class that the article met at the time? -Indy beetle (talk) 21:34, 13 December 2019 (UTC)

So @Indy beetle:, at the time we didn't have a firm criteria for A-class, and even nowadays we don't have the strictest criteria for it. We started an A-class review process, but there aren't many editors/reviewers these days. Still, A-class means that the article is basically the same standards as a featured article - everything must be cited, it goes into more than sufficient detail, and the article is basically the singular most comprehensive resources anywhere available. I think all of that criteria applies to Arthur's article. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 15:35, 17 December 2019 (UTC)

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Thanks so much @Ealdgyth:, a Happy Festivus and Solstice to you as well! :) Hurricanehink mobile (talk) 17:19, 20 December 2019 (UTC)

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2005 ATL

Im concerned that a FAR may be necessary for 2005 Atlantic hurricane season as it has numerous issues and doesn't follow the format of today's articles. Noah^Talk 17:51, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

Agreed Noah. I think we could merge in the List of storms in the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, 2005 Atlantic hurricane season statistics, and perhaps Franklin and Philippe. The 2005 AHS article is only 78 kb, less than twice the length of the 2017 AHS article. A lot of the sections ("economic impact", "Records and notable events", "Deaths and damage") could be covered in a "Season summary" section. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 16:39, 24 January 2020 (UTC)

I remember people arguing that the list of storms page didn't meet featured standards a decade ago so yea this has merit. I think there's been a de fecto agreement in place to merge the list pages into the season article as was done with every other season where we attempted to use that format. YE ^{Pacific Hurricane} 04:25, 25 January 2020 (UTC)

Here is a draft I made, merging the 2005 main article with the list article. It's "only" 102 kb. I think everything can be put in the same article, and as long as the summaries aren't too long, the article will be a manageable length. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 18:03, 27 January 2020 (UTC)

Did you add the infro from the stats page? YE ^{Pacific Hurricane} 18:19, 27 January 2020 (UTC)

Not yet. Hurricanehink mobile (talk) 20:07, 27 January 2020 (UTC)

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Willa GAN Prep

Would you have time to merge the GAN prep page into Willa's article? Im just asking since history would need to be merged. Still more information out there to add in, but that is a decent chunk. Noah^Talk 03:47, 1 February 2020 (UTC)

Re Hurricane Noah (talk · contribs). Can you link to what I'll be doing a history merge for? Also, were you the only editor? If so, you can just copy it in. I forget if I edited that one, but I don't think I did - the admittedly few edits I did for Willa were directly incorporated into the current article. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 03:49, 5 February 2020 (UTC)

I don’t think an FLRC is needed for that list. We are discussing a merger of all four articles in the FAR. If the merger is successful, it would automatically negate the FL status per past situations. I didn’t see you were working on this before I opened it. Noah^Talk 04:04, 5 February 2020 (UTC)

As for the Willa part, it would be the content in Talk:Hurricane Willa/GAN Prep. Noah^Talk 04:07, 5 February 2020 (UTC)

As for Willa, that falls under a troublesome history merge, since there is history in both articles. You can just copy the Willa info into the main article, and leave a note on the talk page (and in your edit summary) where the edits came from. As for the FLRC, yes, an FLRC is needed. The FAR deals with the 2005 AHS article, but we need a separate FLRC to deal with the featured list. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 14:47, 5 February 2020 (UTC)

Im trying to explain that it isnt needed because a merge would automatically negate the FL rating, therefore making the FLRC useless. This was explained when someone opened a FAR for TD 10 when we merged it. Noah^Talk 15:32, 5 February 2020 (UTC)

But there needs to be a procedural discussion for that merger. TD 10 was separate, because the FAR functioned as the merge discussion. If you look at the top of Talk:List of storms in the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season (at the milestones), there should be something linked for when the article is delisted as an FL. I don't know if it would be appropriate to only have the link to the FAR for 2005 AHS. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 15:38, 5 February 2020 (UTC)

My page

Could you change my userpage's protection from template editor to extended confirmed? I can't change anything on it. Noah^Talk 21:34, 12 February 2020 (UTC)

Done! You gotta run for admin someday, it's clear you enjoy being a part of the Wikipedia community, and want a say in it. This is your 2nd request to change the protection on your user page. Food for thought @Hurricane Noah:. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 22:40, 14 February 2020 (UTC)

That was only because template editor protection was placed on it. Im not a template editor so I couldnt modify my page. Noah^Talk 22:50, 14 February 2020 (UTC)

Also, I doubt I would be able to pass a RfA anytime soon even if I would just be using it for content creation/protection of project articles. Noah^Talk 01:08, 15 February 2020 (UTC)

I don't think people like small articles being nominated for anything even though there should be equality on something that covers the entirety of a subject. Noah^Talk 01:06, 7 March 2020 (UTC)

Lane isn't a small article. It's detailed, thorough, and well-written. I think Lane would pass more easily than Ileana, fwiw. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 01:33, 7 March 2020 (UTC)

I guess at this point, it is just waiting to see when the coordinators will just archive Ileana. Clearly the editors have spoken and the consensus is that nobody cares about it. Noah^Talk 01:40, 7 March 2020 (UTC)

It's hard to get people to care about any articles, really. You just gotta take pride in what you do. For the ones that garner interest, then you know you've done something right. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 01:45, 7 March 2020 (UTC)

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Hurricane Hattie

This is to let you know that the above article has been scheduled as today's featured article for March 9, 2020. Please check the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/March 9, 2020.—Wehwalt (talk) 13:07, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

A triangle diamond for your glittering contributions!

	The Diamond
	I Dishita, hereby award you The Diamond for your contributions to Wikipedia. DishitaBhowmik 18:19, 22 February 2020 (UTC)

Thank you User:Dishita Bhowmik! Was there anything in particular you liked reading? ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 03:14, 23 February 2020 (UTC)

@Hurricanehink: Yes, your user page was quite interesting!

By the way there is something I want suggestions on; While patrolling recent changes I found this user page being used for self promotion. So I placed a warning on the user talk to inform the user about possible blanking according to Wikipedia policies and offered a chance to defend the issue. However, I find no response except that the user minorly edited his user page after I had placed the notice. So I blanked the page after 24 hrs. What I want to know : Am I supposed to report the user to administrators? or is blanking sufficient?

When you reply please ping me because I edit on the web, so general mentions don't appear in my notices. Thanks in advance, yours DishitaBhowmik 15:59, 24 February 2020 (UTC)

@Dishita Bhowmik: - good call warning that user for self-promotion. Hopefully you caught the user early enough that Sayampradhan won't continue his self-promotion. Given that the user only has four edits, your warning/blanking is probably sufficient for now. A future administrator concerned about that user will see your warning. There's always the chance that the user only made an account just to promote his websites, and with that not as an option, the user might just abandon Wikipedia. It's a wait and see situation, since the user hasn't done anything worth being blocked over (but with only four edits, that could change). ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 16:25, 24 February 2020 (UTC)

@Hurricanehink: Thank you so much! DishitaBhowmik 17:05, 24 February 2020 (UTC)

WikiCup 2020 March newsletter

And so ends the first round of the competition. Everyone with a positive score moves on to Round 2, with 57 contestants qualifying. We have abolished the groups this year, so to qualify for Round 3 you will need to finish Round 2 among the top thirty-two contestants.

Our top scorers in Round 1 were:

• Epicgenius, a WikiCup newcomer, led the field with a featured article, five good articles and an assortment of other submissions, specialising on buildings and locations in New York, for a total of 895 points.
• Gog the Mild came next with 464 points, from a featured article, two good articles and a number of reviews, the main theme being naval warfare.
• Raymie was in third place with 419 points, garnered from one good article and an impressive 34 DYKs on radio and TV stations in the United States.
• Harrias came next at 414, with a featured article and three good articles, an English civil war battle specialist.
• CaptainEek was in fifth place with 405 points, mostly garnered from bringing Cactus wren to featured article status.
• The top ten contestants at the end of Round 1 all scored over 200 points; they also included L293D, Kingsif, Enwebb, Lee Vilenski and CAPTAIN MEDUSA. Seven of the top ten contestants in Round 1 are new to the WikiCup.

These contestants, like all the others, now have to start scoring points again from scratch. In Round 1 there were four featured articles, one featured list and two featured pictures, as well as around two hundred DYKs and twenty-seven ITNs. Between them, contestants completed 127 good article reviews, nearly a hundred more than the 43 good articles they claimed for, thus making a substantial dent in the review backlog. Contestants also claimed for 40 featured article / featured list reviews, and most even remembered to mention their WikiCup participation in their reviews (a requirement).

Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Some contestants made claims before the new submissions pages were set up, and they will need to resubmit 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. 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.

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