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Speedy deletion of File:Photograph of the August 2024 Mound City, South Dakota tornado.jpeg

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How's it going?

Hey there WeatherWriter! I saw the semi-retired template on your user page, and I just wanted to check in. I've really appreciated your help during my journey here, from the TI12 stuff to learning about featured images, so thank you for that. I hope that whatever you are doing finds you well, and hope to still see you around periodically. :)

(P.S., you may want to stay active for at least 2 more weeks (assuming you are even retiring), I can't tell you about it but you'll enjoy it ;D ) SirMemeGod  12:42, 19 September 2024 (UTC)

Oh, well semi-retired isn’t the “best” template probably, but it was the only one that would match my situation. I’m not planning to retire at all, but my editing will probably a whole lot less than normal. I mentioned it above to Hurricanehink. From February to August 2024, I averaged about 747 edits per month. We are over halfway into September and I have a total of about 60 mainspace edits. That’s what I mean. I’ll probably still be “on” every day or every other day doing edits, but it might be like 2-3 edits a day, rather than a lot of edits. I’m planning on keeping up the research on tornadoes in 2024 / tornadoes of 2024 articles, but I probably won’t be creating new articles for a while. Hopefully that explains my situation some. It probably will feel like I “semi-retired” from my typical editing style/edit count, but it isn’t like a true “semi-retiring”. The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 18:51, 19 September 2024 (UTC)

{{semi-wikibreak}} would be a more appropriate template then. Hurricane Clyde 🌀^{my talk page!} 19:15, 19 September 2024 (UTC)

Semi-retired implies that you are intend to permanently spend less time editing. Semi-Wikibreak implies that you only intend to temporarily reduce editing; even if it’s for an undefined or relatively long (a few months) period of time. Hurricane Clyde 🌀^{my talk page!} 19:22, 19 September 2024 (UTC)

SPI

I know that per @Sir MemeGod, you have a semi retired template on your user page; but I wanted to give this message.

Please don’t post any messages on my talk page about SPI investigations unless you are warning me that I am being accused of sockpuppetry; because you’re probably not going to get a reply back on those comments and I’ll probably revert your comment.

Per criticism from Bbb23 and others (not pinged); I will be backing away from project space a bit (except places like WP: Weather, WP:WPTC, WP:WV, WP:APPA, and WP:EKY and a couple others. I will especially be backing away from SPI, and focusing more on article related stuff such as creating tornado lists for Hurricanehink; improving my West Virginia tornado list; creating redirects; and article improvements. Thank you. Hurricane Clyde 🌀^{my talk page!} 16:12, 19 September 2024 (UTC)

And o by the way; is the semi-retired template a mistake? If you’re only taking a temporary break: there are {{Wikibreak}} templates you know. Hurricane Clyde 🌀^{my talk page!} 16:17, 19 September 2024 (UTC)

Editor of the Week

		Editor of the Week
		Your ongoing efforts to improve the encyclopedia have not gone unnoticed: You have been selected as Editor of the Week in recognition of your great contributions! (courtesy of the Wikipedia Editor Retention Project)

User:Sir MemeGod submitted the following nomination for Editor of the Week:

I nominate WeatherWriter to be Editor of the Week for significant contributions, in the main space and all around, involving weather and other meteorological topics (including wildfires). This user has helped expand the amount of good articles on these topics, where he has successfully nominated six tornado-related articles to GA status. He has also successfully promoted five images to featured picture status, four of which are related to weather. He even has at least one open FAC (2022 Pembroke–Black Creek tornado). This user also works behind-the-scenes, making editors within WikiProject Weather aware of active discussions which may change the landscape of weather editing for years to come ([1] and [2]), allowing members of the project to participate in these discussions. He also works in the rating of files ([3]), and participates in Articles for Deletion relating to weather ([4]). He is one of the most active users within the weather scope, and is an amazing editor all-around!

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Creates Tornado Articles

WeatherWriter

Editor of the Week for the week beginning September 29, 2024

Makes significant contributions involving weather and other meteorological topics (including wildfires). Helped expand the amount of good articles on these topics by successfully nominated six tornado-related articles to GA status. Promoted five images to featured picture status, four of which are related to weather. Works behind-the-scenes, making editors within WikiProject Weather aware of active discussions which may change the landscape of weather editing for years to come so they can be active participants. Works in the rating of files, and participates in Articles for Deletion relating to weather. One of the most active users within the weather scope. An amazing all-around editor!

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2022 Pembroke-Black Creek tornado

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Thanks again for your efforts! Buster Seven Talk (UTC) 12:12, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

Congratulations, you definitely deserve this! :D SirMemeGod  13:06, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

• Wow! I appreciate the nomination and award! Thank you @Sir MemeGod:!! The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 20:55, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

File:Damage from the 1968 Charles City tornado.jpeg listed for discussion

A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Damage from the 1968 Charles City tornado.jpeg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for discussion. Please see the discussion to see why it has been listed (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry). Feel free to add your opinion on the matter below the nomination. Thank you. Ixfd64 (talk) 20:14, 3 October 2024 (UTC)

Trouted

Whack! You've been whacked with a wet trout. Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.

You have been trouted for: YOUR REASON HERE HurricaneKirk2024 (talk) 09:56, 5 October 2024 (UTC) agh dang it, trouted.

Hurricane Trout xD HurricaneKirk2024 (talk) 09:57, 5 October 2024 (UTC)

Full disclosure; that guy has randomly trouted several other people today. I’ve got an administrator notified over it. A little beyond “over trout” Hurricane Clyde 🌀^{my talk page!} 16:04, 5 October 2024 (UTC)

I didn’t know trouting was an insult. I’m so sorry :( HurricaneKirk2024 (talk) 16:08, 5 October 2024 (UTC)

Nomination of Research on tornadoes in 2024 for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Research on tornadoes in 2024 is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Research on tornadoes in 2024 until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article until the discussion has finished.

United States Man (talk) 05:51, 10 October 2024 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Photo of the 2022 Andover tornado.png

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Thanks for uploading File:Photo of the 2022 Andover tornado.png. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Whpq (talk) 06:50, 17 October 2024 (UTC)

@Whpq: does the usage on Tornadoes of 2022 suffice? Hurricane Clyde 🌀^{my talk page!} 21:45, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

I do not believe it meets WP:NFCC#8. I will nominate it for discussion at FFD. -- Whpq (talk) 03:44, 21 October 2024 (UTC)

Listed at Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2024 October 21#File:Photo of the 2022 Andover tornado.png -- Whpq (talk) 03:48, 21 October 2024 (UTC)

@Hurricane Clyde:, per the Commons review, it would. Since you re-pinged Whpq who has now started the FFD, let’s see if you poked the bear and maybe just lost tornado-photo NFFs on Wikipedia. Honestly really sad as this just feels like a “poking the bear” moment, like we had with that random 1968 tornado damage photo, which led to the massive NWS-photo review on the Commons…I hope my gut feeling is wrong… The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 04:06, 21 October 2024 (UTC)

@WeatherWriter, I wasn’t trying to “poke the bear” as you claim I did. I was only trying to see if it was enough to suffice because it was tagged for speedy deletion. And I didn’t “create chaos” (and neither did Rlandmann).

Also; Rlandmann was right to nominate that 1968 picture; and I’m very thankful they did, because it exposed a massive copyright violation that spanned more than a decade. And the nomination and review should have happened a long time ago.

And I have to criticize Runningonbrains (who is/was an administrator who aught to have known better) for creating the PD-NWS tag in the first place. So if there’s anyone you want to blame for “creating chaos”; it’s him. Hurricane Clyde 🌀^{my talk page!} 04:34, 21 October 2024 (UTC)

@Hurricane Clyde: to note, I’m not saying you were trying to “poke the bear”. I’m also not saying the deletion of the 1968 image was a bad thing. Don’t take it too much out of context. In simple terms, all I was saying was that just like the 1968 image deletion discussion, this too could create a dominos effect in deleting other tornado NFFs. Since we have hindsight on what happened with that 1968 image deletion request, my gut tells me if this file is deleted, the other tornado NFFs (i.e. the actual solution discovered on the Commons for the PD-NWS situation) would be at risk of deletion.

Also, you don’t need to bring up the “creating chaos” comment I made months ago. I apologized for that directly to Rlandmann who forgave me. During that comment, I was more hot-headed. I’m not hot-headed now. I may have not expressed what my initial comment’s intent was the best way though, so you interpreted it as me being mad/hot-headed. I was simply saying the following: “I really hope this does not turn into a dominos effect like the 1968 damage photo did. My gut tells me it might.” That is all I was saying. The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 04:43, 21 October 2024 (UTC)

In terms of the domino effect question. Theoretically it could; but I don’t think that’s going to happen. Most of the tornado articles and tornado outbreak articles probably won’t be affected. The only domino effect I could see it having is they might nominate other similar images on “tornadoes of YYYY” articles (and the like), but I don’t foresee what happened on Commons happening here. Hurricane Clyde 🌀^{my talk page!} 04:48, 21 October 2024 (UTC)

File:Photo of the 2022 Andover tornado.png listed for discussion

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2021 Western Kentucky tornado

Hi WeatherWriter, just to let you know in the section "Meteorological synopsis", I've copied over the excerpted material from Tornado outbreak of December 10–11, 2021. This text can now be integrated more fully into this article. Please see my edit summaries for attribution notices and rationales. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 01:14, 21 October 2024 (UTC)

I've now finished my copy-edit; I noticed a fair amount of uncited text, particularly further down the article, which I've marked with [citation needed] tags. Some older ones will also need to be dealt with. I also noticed material in the "Impacts" --> "Casualties" subsection is also in the section above; it might be good to collate that information in one subsection. I also think the lede can be expanded to three or four paragraphs. Anyway, I hope the c/e is useful; good luck with our planned GA nom. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 04:43, 22 October 2024 (UTC)

Outline of tornadoes

Just letting you know that I finished the chronological list on Outline of tornadoes, feel free to let me know if I messed something up. :) SirMemeGod  16:58, 24 October 2024 (UTC)