User talk:Yellow Evan/Archive 11
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No, I don't think I am edit
He asked me about my hurricane interests, so I told him. I am not missing the point. --Bowser the Storm Tracker Keeping skies bright Chat Me Up 04:40, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
Georgette edit
I'm sure you'll see once you check your watchlist, but I reviewed its article and was rather unimpressed. I failed its GAN, and left several comments that you can use for any future nom nom noms. --♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 22:45, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
GA reviews edit
Hi Evan, I saw that you have a few articles at the Cup's reviews page, so I thought, if I review one of your work, would you review one of mind? Sp33dyphil "Ad astra" 08:19, 5 August 2011 (UTC)
- Ping! Just wondering when you're going to review one of my works. Sp33dyphil "Ad astra" 00:42, 7 August 2011 (UTC)
Good Article promotion edit
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You did it again! |
| Another round of congratulations are in order for all the work you did in making Tropical Storm Agatha (1992) a certified "Good Article"! Thank you; your work is much appreciated. All the best, – Quadell (talk) |
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Hello YE, I have reviewed the 1987 Pacific hurricane season for GA. There are quite a few improvements needed, but I will let you fix them, rather than simply quick fail. You can read the full review at this page. Regards, --12george1 (talk) 16:06, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
Wind advisory edit
If you're going to say "it needs to be expanded", prove that it can be. I've seen AFDs where people pile on with the "keep, it just needs work" but nobody ever works on it, and then six years later, the article's still three sentences long and devoid of sources. Weather isn't my thing, so you do it. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Otters want attention) 02:41, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
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A barnstar for you! edit
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The Editor's Barnstar |
| Your work on hurricane articles has been tremendous, improving them and bringing them up to GA status. You have been indefatigable, and I thank you. All the best, – Quadell (talk) 13:52, 19 August 2011 (UTC) |
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NOAA Irene speak edit
Hey, I edited my post to be more civil as well as factual and intellectual rather than berate obviously shitty yet incredibly powerful sources. You might want to take down the slight at "CNN". Feel free to delete thsi section when you're done. Also sorry I don't know much about WP etiquette. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Azadismind (talk • contribs) 03:34, 27 August 2011 (UTC)
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WikiCup 2011 July newsletter edit
The finals are upon us; we're down to the last few. One of the eight remaining contestants will be this year's WikiCup champion! 150 was the score needed to progress to the final; just under double the 76 required to reach round 4, and more than triple the 41 required to reach round 3. Our eight finalists are:
Casliber (submissions), Pool A's winner. Casliber has the highest total score in the competition, with 1528, the bulk of which is made up of 8 featured articles. He has the highest number of total featured articles (8, 1 of which was eligible for double points) and total did you knows (72) of any finalist. Casliber writes mostly on biology, including ornithology, botany and mycology.
PresN (submissions), Pool B's winner and the highest scorer this round. PresN is the only finalist who has scored featured topic points, and he has gathered an impressive 330, but most of his points come from his 4 featured articles, one of which scored double. PresN writes mostly on video games and the Hugo Awards.
Hurricanehink (submissions), Pool A's runner-up. Hurricanehink's points are mostly from his 30 good articles, more than any other finalist, and he is also the only finalist to score good topic points. Hurricanehink, as his name suggests, writes mostly on meteorology.
Wizardman (submissions), Pool B's runner-up. Wizardman has completed 86 good article reviews, more than any other finalist, but most of his points come from his 2 featured articles. Wizardman writes mostly on American sport, especially baseball.
Miyagawa (submissions), the "fastest loser" (Pool A). Miyagawa has written 3 featured lists, one of which was awarded double points, more than any other finalist, but he was awarded points mostly for his 68 did you knows. Miyagawa writes on a variety of topics, including dogs, military history and sport.
Resolute (submissions), the second "fastest loser" (Pool B). Most of Resolute's points come from his 9 good articles. He writes mostly on Canadian topics, including ice hockey.
Yellow Evan (submissions), who was joint third "fastest loser" (Pool A). Most of Evan's points come from his 10 good articles, and he writes mostly on meteorology.
Sp33dyphil (submissions), who was joint third "fastest loser" (Pool B). Most of Phil's points come from his 9 good articles, 4 of which (more than any other finalist) were eligible for double points. He writes mostly on aeronautics.
We say goodbye to our seven other semi-finalists, 
Another Believer (submissions), 
Piotrus (submissions), 
Grandiose (submissions), 
Stone (submissions), 
Eisfbnore (submissions), 
Canada Hky (submissions) and 
MuZemike (submissions). Everyone still in the competition at this stage has done fantastically well, and contributed greatly to Wikipedia. We're on the home straight now, and we will know our winner in two months.
In other news, preparations for next year's competition have begun with a brainstorming thread. Please, feel free to drop by and share any thoughts you have about how the competition should work next year. Sign ups are not yet open, but will be opened in due course. Watch this space. Further, there has been a discussion about the rule whereby those in the WikiCup must delcare their participation when nominating articles at featured article candidates. This has resulted in a bot being created by new featured article delegate Ucucha (talk · contribs). The bot will leave a message on FAC pages if the nominator is a participant in the WikiCup.
A reminder of the rules: any points scored after August 29 may be claimed for the final round, and please remember to update submission pages promptly. If you are concerned that your nomination, be it at good article candidates, a featured process or anywhere else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 00:17, 1 September 2011 (UTC)
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A barnstar for you! edit
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| Good Job on making you're good articles. Mohamed Aden Ighe (talk) 16:02, 12 September 2011 (UTC) |
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A barnstar for you! edit
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The Original Barnstar |
| Your work on EPac articles is appreciated, well done! - HurricaneSpin (Talk) 05:39, 19 September 2011 (UTC) |
Your DYK nom for Hurricane Estelle (1986) edit
Hi YE, I've reviewed your nomination at Template:Did you know nominations/Hurricane Estelle (1986) and I have an issue with the hook interest. Could you take a look at my comments and reply there? Thanks. Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:29, 19 September 2011 (UTC)
- And at Template:Did you know nominations/Hurricane Norbert (1984) Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:47, 19 September 2011 (UTC)
DYK for Hurricane Estelle (1986) edit
 | On 20 September 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Hurricane Estelle (1986), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that even after Hurricane Estelle dissipated, it continued to rain over Hawaii for three days? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Hurricane Estelle (1986).You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Materialscientist (talk) 08:04, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
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UTC edit
Can you please define UTC for me, and how it compares to PDT? (For example: 1800 UTC = 5:00 P.M PDT) That way, I will know exactly which time to use for the Hurricane Timelines, and I won't be so confused anymore. Thank you! 68.101.170.61 (talk) 07:16, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
DYK for Hurricane Norbert (1984) edit
| | On 23 September 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Hurricane Norbert (1984), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Hurricane Norbert fluctuated from a Category 3 to Category 4 three times in two days? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Hurricane Norbert (1984).You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Materialscientist (talk) 20:33, 23 September 2011 (UTC)
Debra GAN edit
I objected to three and fixed three; see the Debra review page. HurricaneFan25 22:13, 25 September 2011 (UTC)
Just a reminder, when you pass GA's, you have to list them in the relevant section under Wikipedia:Good articles and update the total number in that section. I did it for you with Debra, but be sure to look out for that in the future. --♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 22:40, 25 September 2011 (UTC)
Bob edit
Hey, thanks for reviewing the article. I believe I addressed all of your comments. --♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 01:40, 26 September 2011 (UTC)
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