User talk:Iseriously

Welcome[edit]

Hello Iseriously and welcome to Wikipedia! We appreciate encyclopedic contributions, but some of your contributions do not conform to our policies. For more information on this, see Wikipedia's policies on vandalism and limits on acceptable additions. If you'd like to experiment with the wiki's syntax, please do so in the sandbox (but beware that the contents of the sandbox are deleted frequently) rather than in articles.

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June 2019[edit]

Hi, I reverted your edit on 2019 Atlantic hurricane season because saying "hurricane season began today" is only accurate on Jun 1, 2019, and would then be dependent on someone noticing and changing it when it was no longer June 1. By using the date, it doesn't need to be fixed tomorrow, and it isn't ambiguous. A reader seeing "today" has to ask "when was this written?" to know when "today" is referring to. Schazjmd (talk) 14:17, 1 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop your disruptive editing. Some of your recent edits constitute vandalism and have been reverted. If you continue to make disruptive edits, as you did at 1951 Atlantic hurricane season, you may be blocked from editing. LightandDark2000 🌀 (talk) 22:26, 1 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

User page[edit]

Hi, I've noticed your user page and figured you might not be aware of the guidelines for Wikipedia user pages. Although you're welcome to create subpages in your user space in order to draft articles, what you're doing on your user page right now with your fictional weather stuff is using Wikipedia as a host. I suggest you save your work off of Wikipedia because eventually someone is going to delete it. Schazjmd (talk) 01:25, 29 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Tropical cyclones in 2009 (September 22)[edit]

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by TheAafi was:

This submission is not adequately supported by reliable sources. Reliable sources are required so that information can be verified. If you need help with referencing, please see Referencing for beginners and Citing sources.

Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.

If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:Tropical cyclones in 2009 and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
If you now believe the draft cannot meet Wikipedia's standards or do not wish to progress it further, you may request deletion. Please go to Draft:Tropical cyclones in 2009, click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window, add "{{Db-g7}}" at the top of the draft text and click the blue "publish changes" button to save this edit.
If you do not make any further changes to your draft, in 6 months, it will be considered abandoned and may be deleted.
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─ The Aafī (^talk) 04:40, 22 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Iseriously! Having an article declined at Articles for Creation can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! ─ The Aafī (^talk) 04:40, 22 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Copying within Wikipedia requires attribution[edit]

Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. It appears that you copied or moved text from 2009 Atlantic hurricane season into Draft:Tropical cyclones in 2009. While you are welcome to re-use Wikipedia's content, here or elsewhere, Wikipedia's licensing does require that you provide attribution to the original contributor(s). When copying within Wikipedia, this is supplied at minimum in an edit summary at the page into which you've copied content, disclosing the copying and linking to the copied page, e.g., copied content from [[page name]]; see that page's history for attribution. It is good practice, especially if copying is extensive, to also place a properly formatted {{copied}} template on the talk pages of the source and destination. Please provide attribution for this duplication if it has not already been supplied by another editor, and if you have copied material between pages before, even if it was a long time ago, you should provide attribution for that also. You can read more about the procedure and the reasons at Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia. Thank you. If you are the sole author of the prose that was copied, attribution is not required. — Diannaa (talk) 19:38, 23 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you![edit]

The Tireless Contributor Barnstar

Thanks for your work in Tropical cyclones in 2006 (your first article), Tropical cyclones in 2007, Tropical cyclones in 2011 and others - which would take a lot of work personally for me. Keep up your work on Tropical cyclones in 2009! Once you are done, don't expect me to move your work like what i did in Tropical cyclones in 2006. Instead, you can submit your work to AfC and hopefully the AfC review will be done fast enough and that draft will be accepted instead of being rejected like previously. SMB9 9thx my edits 01:40, 26 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Good Job[edit]

Good job on Tropical cyclones in 2009. The Global Atmospheric and Hydrological Conditions should focus more on the conditions leading to storm formation (or lack thereof) rather than the activity itself. By this, I am meaning Ocean Heat Content, Sea Surface Temperatures, Vertical Wind Shear, etc. Don't forget about the Southern Hemisphere! There is also the Southern Indian Ocean and the South Pacific. Moving on, make sure you add references for all the damage and deaths for each storm. Each month should have a paragraph or so of text detailing the notable storms throughout the month. Lastly, when we were discussing the structure of these pages a couple of years ago, I had thought that the Global Effects section could also have text discussing TC impacts during the year on a continental scale. As others have said, Wikipedia really isn't about recognition as it is creating quality articles. I have gotten nine articles to featured status and another six to good article. Most of the time, I don't get recognition for doing that. In the end, I think what's really important is creating a quality article that someone can read to get a clear picture of what happened. Noah^Talk 15:17, 30 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

October 2020[edit]

Hello Iseriously, and thank you for your contributions! I just wanted you to know that your userpage is in violation of Wikipedia policies. Your userpage is not to be used as a web host nor an article space. That means, your userpage cannot resemble the Tropical cyclones in xxxx and 2020 North Indian Ocean cyclone season articles. WP:USERPAGE states that Userspace is not a free web host and should not be used to indefinitely host pages that look like articles, old revisions, or deleted content, or your preferred version of disputed content. Pages that look like articles outside of mainspace should not be indexed for search engines. When a userspace page reaches a point where it can be included as an article consider moving it into mainspace or using its content appropriately in other relevant articles. {{Userpage blanked}} may be added to such pages that have not been edited for a considerable amount of time. In addition, please do not add hypothetical information, or hoxes, to Wikipedia, even if it is on your userpage. Please read WP:USERPAGE, WP:WEBHOST, and {{ping}} me if you have any questions. Thank you. ~ Destroyeraa🌀 00:10, 1 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Also, hasn't another user warned you of this before? Please don't do it again. Thanks.~ Destroyeraa🌀 00:10, 1 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Also, a note about source. Please don't add things like known on social media as Zombie Storm Paulette because that is both disruptive and unsourced. ~ Destroyeraa🌀 22:57, 4 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Iseriously! Would you like to join WikiProject Tropical cyclones?[edit]

Please accept this invitation to join the Tropical cyclones WikiProject (WPTC), a WikiProject dedicated to improving all articles associated with tropical cyclones. WPTC hosts some of Wikipedia's highest-viewed articles, and needs your help for the upcoming cyclone season. Simply click here to accept!

Thank you. By joining WikiProject Tropical cyclones, you can learn more about tropical cyclones with us! SMB9 9thx my edits 00:15, 5 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

43rd edition of The Hurricane Herald![edit]

Volume XLIII, Issue 43, October 5, 2020
←(Previous issues) 40 · 41 · 42 · 43 · 44 →

The Hurricane Herald: 15th Anniversary Edition!

The Hurricane Herald is the semi-regular 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. 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 September 1–October 5, 2020, which is the 15th anniversary of the WPTC. This edition's editors and authors are ChessEric, Chicdat, Destroyeraa, Hurricanehink, and our member of the month, SMB99thx!

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.

WikiProject Tropical Cyclones: News & Developments

As we rapidly approach the 15th anniversary of the project in October, it has been proposed that the Climate, Tropical cyclone, Severe Weather, and Non-tropical storms (defunct) wikiprojects get merged into a single project: Wikipedia:WikiProject Weather. This brand new project would remove the overlap that exists between the projects. It provide us with a better opportunity to develop articles such as List of named storms A, B, C etc; Tornadoes in Fiji/New Zealand/Hawaii/etc; Floods in 2018, 2019, 2020, etc; Floods in Bangladesh/United States/Egypt, etc; Weather of 1997, 1998, 2020, etc; Weather in Tokelau/South Africa/France, etc; Hurricanes in the United States, Hurricanes in Mexico, Typhoons in China, etc. The discussion continues on WP:Meteorology. Any feedback would be appreciated.
A series of goals, proposed for the project, has been extended to January 2021 for Wikipedia's 20th anniversary. Goals include tropical cyclone effects for every location around the world, merging the hundreds of disambiguation articles into lists by letter, and featured topics for every list of retired names. Some of these goals might take another 20 years to complete, but some are doable with some sustained effort.
Hurricane Noah announced an initiative to get a featured topic for the year of 2018 with complete subtopics. The Eastern Pacific portion is very close to achieving a featured topic, and the Atlantic and North Indian Ocean are around a B-class average. The Western Pacific, Southern Hemisphere, and the global article for 2018 need your help! A lot of work is needed to get those three items up to par. For more information on which articles need specifically, please check out the project talk page. Getting a featured topic for an entire year would be an impressive feat for our project.

New articles since the last newsletter include:

New GA's include:

WikiProject To-Do

Here are some tasks you can do:

Requests: 1936 Mid-Atlantic hurricane, List of Eastern Pacific tropical depressions and other intensity lists, 1900s/1910s/1920s/1930s North Indian Ocean cyclone seasons, Tropical cyclones in 2003 and 2008, 1971 Odisha cyclone, Cyclone Gervaise, Hurricanes in Mexico, more
Citation needed: Make sure articles like for example Pacific hurricane, Tropical cyclones in 2013 and 2017 Pacific typhoon season are cited properly.
Cleanup: Tropical Storm Fay (2002), List of Texas hurricanes (pre-1900), Typhoon Faxai and other storms in 2019 Pacific typhoon season (and the season article itself), 2020 Pacific typhoon season
Expand: Indianola Hurricane of 1886, Typhoon Nina (1975), Tropical cyclones in 2016/2014/2011/2010/2007/2006/2004, List of Eastern Pacific tropical storms, Pacific hurricane season timelines and earlier season articles in 1950s
Stubs: 1876 Bengal cyclone, 1978 Sri Lanka cyclone, Typhoon Kathleen (1947), Cyclone Prema, Typhoon Fred (1994), more...
20th Anniversary push: some goals for the 20th year of Wikipedia (January 15, 2021!) include the creation or improvement of many other articles listed in the first section on the WPTC talk page.

Storms of the month over the last year
Month	Storm
August 2020	Hurricane Laura
July 2020	Hurricane Isaias
June 2020	Tropical Storm Cristobal (2020)
May 2020	Cyclone Amphan
April 2020	Cyclone Harold
March 2020	Cyclone Herold
February 2020	Cyclone Damien
January 2020	Cyclone Tino
December 2019	Cyclone Ambali
November 2019	Cyclone Bulbul
October 2019	Typhoon Hagibis
September 2019	Hurricane Dorian

Storm of the month and other tropical activity for September (and the first 5 days of October)

Ianos, was a Mediterranean tropical-like cyclone, also known as a Medicane. The Mediterranean isn't officially a tropical cyclone basin, so there aren't any official intensity estimates for the storm. The system originated from a low pressure area north of Libya, and it developed organized convection while moving northeastward. On September 18, Ianos struck the Greek island of Cephalonia, and later moved across the Greek mainland. The World Meteorological Organization mentioned the medicane and its similarities to tropical cyclones. Although these medicanes are unofficial, Wikipedia covers them like other tropical cyclones, using the same reliable sources and news articles to document the event. As Ianos was created, not many users edited it, as coverage of tropical cyclones and storms outside of main development regions are, unfortunately, low. However, as Ianos was nominated and posted at ITN, a current news section on the main page, many users outside of the TC WikiProject began working on it, As these storms are becoming more common and better documented, these storms may be officially classified in the future.

Atlantic - September 2020 was the most active month on record in the Atlantic, with nine named storms forming, as well as Omar which formed on August 31 but was named a day later. Nana formed on September 1, rapidly intensifying into a minimal hurricane before making landfall in Belize. After a short lull in activity, Paulette and Rene both formed on the 7th, with the former intensifying into a strong Category 1 hurricane while making a rare landfall in Bermuda. The latter made landfall in the Cabo Verde Islands, causing minimal damage. Hurricane Sally had its origins over the Bahamas, and after stalling in the northern Gulf of Mexico it struck Alabama, dropping 36 in (910 mm) of rainfall on the Florida Panhandle; Sally left about $7 billion in damage and three deaths. On September 12, Hurricane Teddy formed, which grew into a powerful Category 4 hurricane, and later swept across Atlantic Canada. Near the Cape Verde Islands, Tropical Storm Vicky formed on September 14, and four days later, Wilfred formed in the same region. Tropical Storm Beta formed in the Gulf of Mexico on September 17 ahead of Wilfred and Alpha, and later brought heavy rainfall to Texas. A day later, Subtropical Storm Alpha formed near the coast of Portugal, marking only the second time that the Atlantic hurricane naming list was exhausted, thus requiring the usage of the Greek alphabet for names. Beta also formed, though before both Wilfred and Alpha. Beta would hit Texas and Louisiana with moderate flooding and kill one person.
Eastern Pacific - The month of September was not very active. Tropical Storm Julio formed from the mid-level circulation of Hurricane Nana in the Atlantic on September 4; however it stayed weak due to wind shear. In mid-September, tropical storms Karina and Lowell formed southwest of Mexico and were short-lived tropical storms. Toward the end of the month, Marie formed, becoming a hurricane on the last day of the month. Marie would later go on to be the current strongest storm of the EPAC season this year.
Western Pacific - The month of September was fairly active for the WPAC. Typhoon Maysak, which formed in late August, struck South Korea early in the month, followed days later by Typhoon Haishen, which became the season's first super typhoon. Haishen caused 4 fatalities and heavy damage in the Korean Peninsula. Later, Tropical Storm Noul formed on September 17, hitting Vietnam and causing 6 deaths and $30.4 million in damage. Later, Dolphin formed on the 19th, brushing Japan. Toward the end of the month, Tropical Storm Kujira formed northeast of the Marianas Islands.

Member of the month (edition) – SMB99thx

SMB99thx first joined Wikipedia in 2013, but didn't officially join the WPTC until August 2020. Since then, they have been a prolific contributor, helping with less visible pages such as project talk pages, or splitting older season articles in the North Indian Ocean and the Western Pacific. They are a such a tireless contributor and kind user, who appreciates others' contributions while being humble about their own. It was SMB99thx who gave barnstars along with kind and encouraging messages to countless other WPTC contributors and Wikipedians. SMB99thx also worked on several lists, including area affects lists, various drafts, and List of named storms (T). We'll take that T and say TY to SMB99thx for all of their contributions, and wish them luck at college.

New WikiProject Members since the last newsletter

More information can be found here. This list lists members who have joined/rejoined the WikiProject since the release of the last issue. Sorted chronologically.

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!

Featured Content

From September 1 to October 5, one featured article was promoted:

Tropical Storm Vicente (2018)

From the Main Page documents WikiProject related materials that have appeared on the main page from September 1–October 5, 2020 in chronological order.

Today's Featured Article/List

September 10 - Hurricane Gordon (2006)

There is currently one featured article candidate:

Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Hurricane Hector (2018)/archive1

How WikiProject Tropical cyclones should move forward by SMB99thx

As we have seen in the month of August and September, there is a surge of new articles. Most of these new articles are season/decade articles and Pacific typhoon articles, and most of these articles are assessed by me as either Start-class or Stub-class. These articles I believe would have been rejected by WikiProject Tropical cyclones in the earlier years (especially 2008-2012) - and these reflected the changes in WikiProject Tropical cyclones after I joined in July 2020.

In order to counteract that surge of Start-class and Stub-class articles in recent months, I have been closely working on the Article requests page (used to be a primary contributor of the surge that happened in August and September), trying to make this recently-extended WikiProject 15th anniversary as some serious effort as well as revamping WikiProject To-Do (and completing some, but not all tasks) - and the results of my work on these three projects led into the explosive growth of the WikiProject Tropical cyclones draftspace (I tried to prevent this by publishing the half-finished drafts into mainspace (which is primarily composed of C-class with some speck of Start-class articles coming out of it, and these are the ones that aren't as obviously unfinished like Draft:Effects of Hurricane Dorian on the Mainland United States), and made several drafts on articles that are not considered notable like Draft:Hurricane Barbara (2019) into redirects or deleted, but there is less kinds of these drafts now) as well as discovery of several drafts that isn't done by this point or are not listed as part of WikiProject Tropical cyclones. These drafts are later linked to the Article requests page. I don't my work is done yet, and in order to consider that effectively done, I need to get these drafts done and submitted as C-class or higher.

However, there is a personal problem I had to face in order to getting this work done when I'm still new to WikiProject Tropical cyclones. Article creation from drafts are not my strength. I create articles mostly from splits, not from drafts. As such, I consider article creation from drafts to be personally tedious work. As our 15th anniversary gets near, it appears that things are changing. As the draft space exploded, it appears fellow WikiProject Tropical cyclones are helping me out in getting these drafts complete, especially Destroyeraa (helping me out in deciding which drafts can pass the cut), ChessEric (working on Draft:Tropical Storm Noul (2020)), Robloxsupersuperhappyface (for developing current events articles, alongside ChessEric), I like hurricanes (Tropical cyclone lists), Chicdat (for the work on Tropical cyclones in 2002 and will probably work on others), Janm 7 (for working on Tropical cyclones in 2011 and 2003), and Iseriously (for useful season summaries, and this isn't a WPTC member!). I also began to frequently give out barnstars to these hard-working people like Jason Rees and Hurricanehink.

These events led me to believe that, if this WikiProject has to move forward then in my opinion this WikiProject should:

Take things in Article requests, WikiProject To-Do, WikiProject Tropical cyclones draftspace and WPTC 15th anniversary push (now extended into January 15th, 2021) seriously. I have seen some serious neglect from this area of the WikiProject and i believe this really held back the growth of this WikiProject. In my opinion, this WikiProject could have been easily have 2500 articles, or even 3000 articles by now if that area of WikiProject had been taken seriously. Even possibly, this WikiProject could have a lot more quality articles than it is today!
Frequently collaborate with each other. Don't bite the newcomers, but help them! They will help you.
If someone wants to take a break, e.g. Yellow Evan, let them be. Don't hurt their feelings! (i.e. moving their userspace drafts into mainspace) If you are hurting their feelings, then this could discourage future collaborations that could advance this WikiProject.

Thanks for reading this opinion piece! And happy 15th anniversary, WikiProject Tropical cyclones!

OPINION PIECE - by ChessEric

Accuracy has always been one of my biggest sticking points when it comes to editing on Wikipedia. When I came here back in April, my first edit was a revert of misinformation on the 2020 Easter tornado outbreak article. Of course, I understand that as a relatively new user, I still have a lot to learn and I don't profess to know everything, even after I started several large projects that I will probably be working on for quite some time. My first tornado outbreak pages used only the Tornado History Projects which, while generally good for tornado tracks, provides no damage info and if weren't for editors like CapeVerdeWave and Halls4521, my "breakthrough" articles would be so incomplete. However, I've been able to research more and more and find ways to complete these articles and that has carried over into the tropical cyclone projects as well. My thing has always been is that If I can't find a source for it, then it's not true. I will continue to follow that motto and hope that others will do the same.

Current assessment table

Assessments valid as of this printing. Depending on when you may be viewing this newsletter, the table may be outdated. See here for the latest, most up to date statistics.
As of this issue, there are 157 featured articles and 70 featured lists. There are 135 A-class articles, and 1,002 good articles. There are only 65 B-class articles, perhaps because because most articles of that quality already passed a GA review. There are 369 C-class articles, 736 start-class articles, and 151 stub-class articles, with 31 lists, and 8 current articles. These figures mean that slightly more than half of the project is rated a GA or better. Typhoon Warren was the 1000th GA in the project.

About the assessment scale →

Comparison of 2005 and 2020

WikiProject Tropical cyclones was founded on October 5, 2005. By that time, Wikipedia had its small share of articles, including the four deadly hurricanes that hit the United States in 2004. The hyperactive 2005 Atlantic hurricane season featured a series of deadly and historic hurricanes, the first of which was Hurricane Dennis. This is how the article looked on 10/5/05. It might not look like much, considering how much larger storm articles tend to be today. However, Dennis quickly became a featured article by February 2006. Its quality showed a marked improvement from the 2004 hurricanes. For comparison, here is what Hurricane Charley looked like on 10/5/05, with barely any references, no preparations, no aftermath, and one sentence worth of impact for a location with $1 billion in damage.

The busy 2005 season featured Hurricane Katrina, and in the aftermath of the storm, dozens of articles related to the hurricane were created. Some still exist, such as Katrina refrigerator, Memorial Medical Center and Hurricane Katrina, and Effect of Hurricane Katrina on the Louisiana Superdome. I don't know if those hyper-specific articles would be created today, and many of these old articles are still of low quality. On the other hand, one of the most notable changes since 2005 is the improvement in articles throughout Wikipedia, both new and old. Every Atlantic season from 1945 to 2019 is a good article, and all but 31 seasons since 1851 are a good article. More impressive is how much other basins around the world have improved. As of June 2006 (the oldest date for our assessment tables), the EPAC only had articles back to 1970, WPAC with yearly articles back to 1945 (with a rump article for everything beforehand - there are now decade articles going back to 1850), and the NIO only had one yearly season article (with five-yearly articles going back to 1980, and one rump article for everything beforehand), with only six storm articles. There are now yearly NIO articles going back to 1960. Also as of June 2006, all SHEM storms were put into yearly articles going back to 1995, with three five-yearly articles going back to 1980, and then one article for everything beforehand. The SHEM is now split into its three sub-basins (plus a distinct article for SATL storms), with yearly articles back to 1970. There are also now yearly articles for tropical cyclones back to 2009.

15 years might not feel like much, or for some of you it's an entire lifetime. Users should be reminded of eventualism, in work will improve over time, especially with sustained editor attention. There are now over 2,000 articles in the project, versus less than 500 15 years ago, or 1000 10 years ago, or 1500 13 years ago. The project's growth hasn't always been even, but it has trended toward inclusion, with hundreds of articles that are the best resources available anywhere on a given storm/season/topic. As Mother Nature throws us hyperactive seasons, it will be difficult, but not impossible, to keep up with the annual cycle of tropical cyclone activity, so the world can remain informed of these swirling furies.

Project Goals & Progress

The following is the current progress on the three milestone goals set by the WikiProject as of this publishing. They can be found, updated, at the main WikiProject page.

250 featured pages: 91.2% complete

200 featured articles: 79.5% complete

1500 good articles: 73.1% complete

Write the next issue of The Hurricane Herald →

Welcome to the WikiProject Tropical Cyclones!![edit]

Hi, and welcome to the Tropical cyclone WikiProject! We are a group of Wikipedia editors who help to improve articles related to tropical cyclones on Wikipedia.

Looking for somewhere to start? Here are a few suggestions.

You can check out topics on the main page.
You can re-assess tropical cyclone-related articles to assure they are up to standards.
See the to do list for the WikiProject, and opt to try and complete some of those tasks.
Check out the guidelines to get an idea of the project's standards.
If you want to work on an article, Category:Stub-Class Tropical cyclone articles is a great place to start.
You can also check out the newsletter.
For further information, you could join the WikiProject Tropical cyclones IRC channel or Discord server.

If you have any comments, suggestions, or would like to talk about the project in general, feel free to leave a message on the talk page.

I hope you can enjoy your stay, SMB9 9thx my edits 22:28, 5 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Draft:Tropical cyclones in 2003[edit]

Hi Iseriously! Welcome back after a two week break. Since you helped us greatly at completing the Tropical cyclones in 2009 and Tropical cyclones in 2006, would you like to complete this draft here? It is one of the many requested articles on WPTC and the editor who planned to finish this, Janm 7 backed out after his submission got rejected. Currently I'm focusing on my college and I will not be able to get that draft done. I want to focus on Tropical cyclones in 2008, Tropical cyclones in 2014, and my other drafts. SMB9 9thx my edits 01:04, 24 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you![edit]

	The Writer's Barnstar
	You made a lot of effort to get Tropical cyclones in 2009 and Tropical cyclones in 2006 done. Tropical cyclones in 2003 would be the next. Congratulations. SMB9 9thx my edits 01:07, 24 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you![edit]

	The Editor's Barnstar
	Tropical cyclones in 2006 and Tropical cyclones in 2009 Thanks your work Janm 7 (talk) 21:54, 2 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

November 2020[edit]

Please refrain from using talk pages such as Talk:2020 Atlantic hurricane season for general discussion of the topic or other unrelated topics. They are for discussion related to improving the article in specific ways, based on reliable sources and the project policies and guidelines; they are not for use as a forum or chat room. If you have specific questions about certain topics, consider visiting our reference desk and asking them there instead of on article talk pages. See here for more information. Please use a forum like Storm2K to have general discussions about this. Jasper Deng (talk) 05:40, 15 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

From what I'm aware, this user doesn't respond to any communication. SMB9 9thx my edits 07:10, 19 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Tropical cyclones in 2003 (November 19)[edit]

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Destroyeraa was:

This submission provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. Please see the guide to writing better articles for information on how to better format your submission.

Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.

If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:Tropical cyclones in 2003 and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
If you now believe the draft cannot meet Wikipedia's standards or do not wish to progress it further, you may request deletion. Please go to Draft:Tropical cyclones in 2003, click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window, add "{{Db-g7}}" at the top of the draft text and click the blue "publish changes" button to save this edit.
If you do not make any further changes to your draft, in 6 months, it will be considered abandoned and may be deleted.
If you need any assistance, or have experienced any untoward behavior associated with this submission, you can ask for help at the Articles for creation help desk, on the reviewer's talk page or use Wikipedia's real-time chat help from experienced editors.

~ Destroyeraa🌀 19:40, 19 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Careful![edit]

Please don't give away personal information especially your age if you're under 18. I removed that information for you. --HurricaneTracker495 (talk) 14:57, 21 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It was suppressed a few hours ago by Primefac. Do not add it again, or else you may have to be blocked for your own safety. HurricaneTracker495 (talk) 23:44, 21 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Come on[edit]

Iseriously, please respond to this and do not ignore this message. You are planning to do something on Draft:Tropical cyclones in 1997, but are you planning to abandon that draft? We gave you barnstars for Tropical cyclones in 2006 and Tropical cyclones in 2009, but since then it appears that you're abandoning that for the ship that you have trouble handling with. SMB9 9thx my edits 14:19, 22 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@SMB99thx:, they don’t respond often. HurricaneTracker495 (talk) 15:16, 22 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

That's sad. This user is pretty promising, but unfortunately they might not get to realize what they are doing. SMB9 9thx my edits! 15:20, 22 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

And now I've just realized. I'm sorry I can't respond to anything. I'm in (Redacted), which is the hardest year of my life. Draft:Tropical cyclones in 1997 will be on a longer hiatus until my Thanksgiving break, which is November 25-29, 2020, which is not that long. We can wait just a little longer, right? Iseriously (talk) 15:28, 22 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I redacted some more personal information. Please do not continue to post this kind of information. This is for your own safety. --HurricaneTracker495 (talk) 17:00, 22 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2020 is not the hardest for me, but the craziest for me. It could be the best or worst year of my life. SMB9 9thx my edits! 22:25, 22 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

If I'm being honest, 2020 is about my second-worst year in my life, just behind 2009, which was obviously MJ's death year, which is what made 2009 the worst for me, and not a surprise at all, A Swine Flu Pandemic came along and made 2009 even worse. The good thing about 2009 was the music produced by the Black Eyed Peas; they were awesome, and the very inactive hurricane season that year. 2009 still sucked for me, but whatever. I think y'all understand my concept. Iseriously (talk) 22:37, 23 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I understand what you are saying now. To me, I don't think 2009 is my best year, nor worst year because I don't know about the "best year-worst year" back in the day. Anyways, COVID-19 pandemic is pretty insane right now. Stay safe Iseriously! SMB9 9thx my edits! 01:33, 26 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, 2020 is a pretty bad year. Not even getting into my personal life, we had COVID-19, and 30 tropical storms coupled with 13 hurricanes and 6 major hurricanes. Combined with Trump's impeachment, it has been the worst year since 2012. (2012 I saw Hurricane Sandy and the renmants came back in a blizzard.) Also I lost power for six days due to Hurricane Isaias. --HurricaneTracker495 (talk) 14:28, 26 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

My state gets too many hurricanes, especially when it comes to Hurricane Isaias, I went through Sally, Beta, Delta, and Zeta throughout this crazy season. I nearly lost power to Zeta, as it was my very first actually tropical system to go through my region of my state. What do we expect for 2021? An even more active season, or "an obviously inactive season just 'cause it's a List I year"?Iseriously (talk) 17:10, 26 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, this time, for not revealing any personal info that would have to be suppressed. --HurricaneTracker495 (talk) 14:21, 27 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Raquel[edit]

FYI Raquel was the Southern Hemispheres Zeta - ie that it crossed years and thus should be and is mentioned in all 4 articles.Jason Rees (talk) 04:39, 28 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

But Zeta was removed from the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season article not too long ago. I also removed Alice from the 1955 Atlantic hurricane season article. These storms were part of the previous listed seasons, and should not be part of the next season's timelines. Iseriously (talk) 15:11, 28 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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A barnstar for you![edit]

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	Thank you so much for coming in and write the summary for Tropical cyclones in 2020! SMB9 9thx my edits! 11:21, 17 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Australian tropical cyclone intensity scale[edit]

@Iseriously: Hi there! I felt like I should clarify the Australian tropical cyclone intensity scale, given your recent edit to the 2019–20 Australian region cyclone season article. You mentioned that both Damien and Ferdinand had sustained winds of 100 mph, which is not strictly correct. Tropical cyclone winds are first measured in knots (in increments of 5 kn), and then converted to km/h and mph, and once again rounded to the nearest 5. Damien and Ferdinand both had maximum 10-minute sustained winds of 85 kn, which when rounded, corresponds to 155 km/h and 100 mph. If you convert directly from this (slightly inflated due to rounding) mph figure to km/h, you will get 161 km/h, which is indeed in the Category 4 range in the Australian scale; however, as mentioned, winds (and hence the intensity scale) are based on knots and not the converted figures. 90 kn is the minimum threshold for Category 4 in reality due to the nearest-five rounding convention. This is the case in all basins across the world as well, not just in the Australian region. I hope this clears everything up! ChocolateTrain (talk) 14:49, 18 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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