User talk:AySz88

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Hi! My time zone is EST (EDT during daylight savings in the summer). That is GMT-5, or GMT-4 in the summer.

If you want to talk to me, you can:

IRC AySz88 or Celierra at irc://irc.freenode.net:6667/#wiki-hurricanes
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Contents

[edit] Irene

OK; that link doesn't contain the term, though. Since it's technical, you might consider putting it in quotes on first appearance—non-specialists will find it unusual. Tony 06:35, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

Would 'self-organise' be clearer, then? Tony 06:53, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Userbox proposal

Hi, AySz88,

Thanks for adding your propsal to the Wikipedia:WikiProject Userboxes list. Right now, it seems like the most active discussions about userbox policy are at Wikipedia:Mackensen's Proposal. Have you shared your views there as well? Regards, Rfrisbietalk 12:33, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Random notes

I noticed on your userpage under "missing pages" is hurricane computer models. Would Tropical cyclone prediction model be what you're looking for? I also noticed you removed a humor link due to it not showing the basketball pic; why don't you just link to the earlier revision? Thanks! -- RattleMan 19:38, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you for your support

Dear AySz88,
Thank you very much for your support on my recent RfA. I am pleased to announce that it passed with a tally of 72/11/1, and I am now an administrator. I'll be taking things slowly at first and getting used to the tools, but please let me know if there are any admin jobs I can do to help you, now or in the future. —Cuiviénen 02:24, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tropical Cyclone Coincidences

I like the Northeast flooding thing better than Ophelia. I think that is a better example actually. Good Thinkin. Thanks. →Cyclone1 16:52, 18 June 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Neurobiology

Thanks for bringing the neurobiology article to my attention. I am still working on expanding that article so please do not redirect the article to neuroscience. As a neurobiologist myself, I must emphasize again that there is a fundamental difference between neuroscience and neurobiology just as there is a fundamental difference between natural sciences and physics. The article may be short, but it is not a stub, and therefore does not warrant deletion. Moreover, there are ample details in that article that makes it completely different from the neuroscience article. If you would like to help, I would greatly appreciate it. Otherwise, please let it be for now while I try to finish the last couple of sections. Thanks.

Danielkueh 15:20, 19 June 2006 (UTC)


Point taken, my mistake. Thanks. Danielkueh 16:06, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

I reinserted that definition and expanded the article to a stub. It is comparable to neuroscientist. Thanks. Danielkueh 16:15, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] A short Esperanzial update

As you may have gathered, discussions have been raging for about a week on the Esperanza talk page as to the future direction of Esperanza. Some of these are still ongoing and warrant more input (such as the idea to scrap the members list altogether). However, some decisions have been made and the charter has hence been amended. See what happened. Basically, the whole leadership has had a reshuffle, so please review the new, improved charter.

As a result, we are electing 4 people this month. They will replace JoanneB and Pschemp and form a new tranche A, serving until December. Elections will begin on 2006-07-02 and last until 2006-07-09. If you wish to run for a Council position, add your name to the list before 2006-07-02. For more details, see Wikipedia:Esperanza/June 2006 elections.

Thanks and kind, Esperanzial regards, —Celestianpower háblame 16:00, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Away and tool

Well, I haven't looked at the changes, but I'll have a look at them now. Have fun on your trip, and relax! Titoxd(?!?) 08:23, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

Well, welcome back! :) By the way, I did a few commits to CVS, in case you want to check those out. Titoxd(?!?) 03:57, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
Sure, no problem. I also fixed the log parser, and will try do as much as I can about internationalization. Have fun! :) Titoxd(?!?) 07:11, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #2

Number 2, July 2, 2006

The Hurricane Herald

This is the monthly newsletter of WikiProject Tropical Cyclones. The Hurricane Herald aims to give a summary, both of the activities of the WikiProject and global tropical cyclone activity. If you wish to change how you receive this newsletter, or no longer wish to receive it, please add your username to the appropriate section on the mailing list.

Storm of the month

Tropical Storm Alberto near peak intensity
Tropical Storm Alberto was the first tropical storm of the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season. Forming on June 10 over the western Caribbean Sea, the system moved northwestward as a disorganized tropical depression due to dry air and wind shear. It passed to the west of Cuba, bringing heavy rainfall to Cuba and Grand Cayman. The rainfall damaged 37 homes and destroyed 3 in Havana. It strengthened over the Gulf of Mexico and became a tropical storm on June 11. The center reformed to the northeast near its deep convection, and Alberto reached a peak intensity of 70 mph (110 km/h) before weakening and hitting the Florida Panhandle on June 13. Alberto brought heavy rainfall to the southeastern United States, peaking at 7.16 inches in Raleigh, North Carolina. The rainfall in Florida was beneficial in places as it alleviated drought conditions. The storm indirectly caused two deaths: A pilot who crashed near Tampa due to poor conditions and a boy who drowned in the flooding in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Other tropical cyclone activity

New articles and improvements wanted

Member of the month

Cyclone barnstar

The June member of the month is Jdorje. The WikiProject awards this to him for his many contributions to the coverage of tropical cyclones on Wikipedia. Jdorje founded the WikiProject in October 2005 and established much of the categorizations the project depends on. His most significant contributions include the Featured article 1928 Okeechobee Hurricane and his track map generator with which he has created hundreds of track maps.

Storm article statistics

Grade April May June July
Featured article FA 7 7 10 13
A 4 5 7 6
Good article GA 0 3 5 18
B 62 66 82 79
Start 154 177 168 180
Stub 13 12 10 8
Total 240 263 282 303
percentage
Less than B
69.6 71.6 63.1 62.0

WikiProject subpages

This is a brief description of some of the subpages of the WikiProject, explaining their purpose briefly, to find out more read the pages.

  • Assessments: Provides a series of guidelines to help with the assessment and improvement of articles. Discussion of how to improve specific articles is also held here and future nominations for FAC.
  • Merging: Discussion of articles which could be merged is held here. Generally for less significant topics, their articles are likely to be listed here unless very well written.
  • Article requests: A list of many possible subjects for articles, with comments on the worth of an article. If you have a topic which you think should have an article, list it here.
  • Collaboration: Discussion of the collaboration of the fortnight is held here. Nominate an article for WikiProject collaboration or comment on the existing nominations on this page.
  • Newsletter: The content of future editions of this newsletter and selection of Member of the month are discussed here.
  • Other topics not relating to a specific article are handled on the main WikiProject talk page.

Thanks to Hurricanehink to maintaining the stats table and producing the storm summaries. Nilfanion (talk)

[edit] Re:Signature

Thanks, but there seems to be some broken wikification in there somewhere, because the entire "Cyclone1" is purple. Let me show you...
→Cyclone1
That's a direct copy and paste from my talk page.
Compared to the current>>> →Cyclone1 17:56, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
Yea that works better, but what's wrong with my current signature? →Cyclone1 19:59, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
If it doesn't bother me and it doesn't bother you, I'd say there's no need in fixing something that isn't broken. I'll change it when someone says "Hey man, I hate your freakin' long code so change it!" Lol. Thanx anyway, though. →Cyclone1 20:16, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: 2006 AHS accidental revert

Hey, it's fine. Don't worry about it. Also, if you haven't seen it already, Colbert's segment is already posted up on YouTube. :) -- RattleMan 06:01, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] User talk:Stephencolbert

While it wasn't a bad idea to leave a note there, the SEEKRIT IRC CABAL is working on damage control for this, including removing all the older comments. I don't want to step on your toes, but I did remove your comment. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 06:21, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Hmm, I'm not certain I understand what damage there is to be controlled, but okay, if you feel the comment would inhibit anything. Thanks for leaving a message. Happy editing! —AySz88\^-^ 06:53, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Heat wave

Thanks for your message. You will note that I never "reverted" anyone. I just added content relating to the heat wave in various different ways, providing an explanation each time in the talk page. You will also note that this last time I put it in the general timeline section and not in the Chris section. I do agree that this heat wave is unlikely to affect Chris. Nobody has provided me any reason why heat waves are unrelated to hurricanes, though. I think the causal direction is heat waves creating hurricanes and not the other way around.

Also, as a little feedback for you... your note to me did not sound as nice as you think it did. It sounded like you were threatening 3RR. Be nice, I am trying to help. Peace, MPS 17:46, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #3

Number 3, August 6, 2006

The Hurricane Herald

This is the monthly newsletter of WikiProject Tropical Cyclones. The Hurricane Herald aims to give a summary, both of the activities of the WikiProject and global tropical cyclone activity. If you wish to change how you receive this newsletter, or no longer wish to receive it, please add your username to the appropriate section on the mailing list.

"Tropical Storm Lee was probably national news at the time, depending on where it went and what it did. Millions of people knew about it."

Storm of the month

Severe Tropical Storm Bilis approaching Taiwan
Severe Tropical Storm Bilis was a damaging tropical storm that caused significant damage to areas of southeastern China, the Philippines and Taiwan. The fourth named storm of the 2006 Pacific typhoon season formed to the east of the Philippines on July 8 and moved towards Taiwan, strengthening as it did so. It reached its peak strength of 110 km/h (70 mph) on July 13, shortly before it made its first landfall on northern Taiwan. Bilis then made a second landfall in Fujian, China on July 14 after officials evaucated over 1 million residents from the areas in the storm's path. The remnant lasted for several days after landfall and brought heavy rain to inland China. The most significant damage occurred in Hunan, where heavy flooding and mudslides destroyed over 31,000 homes and killed 345. Despite never reaching typhoon strength, the storm was responsible for $2.5 billion in damage and at least 625 fatalities in total.

Other tropical cyclone activity

There were 10 other tropical cyclones worldwide in July, with activity in all 4 northern hemisphere basins.

  • In the Atlantic, Tropical Storm Beryl made landfall on Nantucket on July 21 before bringing rain to Atlantic Canada.
  • In the East Pacific, Hurricane Bud was a Category 3 hurricane that formed on July 10 and dissipated on July 15.
  • Hurricane Carlotta twice became a minimal hurricane before degenerating into a remnant low on July 16.
  • Hurricane Daniel reached Category 4 strength and was predicted to make landfall in Hawaii before it dissipated on July 26.
  • Tropical Storm Emilia brought tropical storm-force winds to southern Baja California on July 26 and was forecast to become a hurricane but this did not occur.
  • Tropical Storm Fabio formed late on July 31 but did not last long in the face of strong shear.
  • In the West Pacific,Typhoon Ewiniar (Ester) formed on June 29 to the east of the Philippines, it reached Category 4 strength before making landfall in South Korea on July 10 as a tropical storm. It killed at least 36 people.
  • Typhoon Kaemi (Glenda) formed on July 2 and passed over Taiwan before dissipating over mainland China on July 26. It brought heavy rain to Taiwan and the Philippines and killed at least 32 people in China.
  • Typhoon Prapiroon (Henry) formed on July 28 but did not reach tropical storm strength until August.
  • In the North Indian Ocean, Tropical Storm 03B formed on June 30 near the east Indian coast before making landfall on the Orissa coast on July 2.

Main Page content

New articles and improvements wanted

  • New articles are wanted for Fiji Meteorological Service and Papua New Guinea National Weather Service.
  • While the individual storm articles are generally quite good, the project's core articles are quite poor. Please help improve tropical cyclone and its subpages.
  • Cyclone Tracy has recently had featured status removed, please help improve this article back up to FA standards again.

Member of the month

Cyclone barnstar

The July member of the month is Hurricanehink. The WikiProject awards this to him for the superb quality of his work on articles. Hurricanehink joined the project in November and has significantly contributed to many of the project's Featured Articles including Tropical Storm Allison and Hurricane Mitch. In addition to his contributions Hurricanehink also works on the assessment and improvement of most articles within the project.

Storm article statistics

Grade May June July August
Featured article FA 7 10 13 16
A 5 7 6 6
Good article GA 3 5 18 24
B 66 82 79 77
Start 177 168 180 191
Stub 12 10 8 8
Total 263 282 303 322
percentage
Less than B
71.6 63.1 62.0 61.8

Useful sources of tropical cyclone information

The following organizations provide helpful information for writing about tropical cyclones, both past and present.

In his April Tropical Cyclone Summary, Gary Padgett stated that he will extensively reference Wikipedia in his future summaries. I have communicated with him and he has stated that he is "very much interested in cooperating" with us. He has also provided me with a copy of Jack Beven's weekly summaries (covering 1991-1996). If you want a copy of them, email me.--Nilfanion (talk)

[edit] August Esperanza Newsletter

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[edit] IRC

Hope it comes back soon. If not good night! Hello32020 02:46, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #4

Number 4, September 3, 2006

The Hurricane Herald

This is the monthly newsletter of WikiProject Tropical Cyclones. The Hurricane Herald aims to give a summary, both of the activities of the WikiProject and global tropical cyclone activity. If you wish to change how you receive this newsletter, or no longer wish to receive it, please add your username to the appropriate section on the mailing list. The WikiProject now has its own IRC channel.

"Katrina is important to BS but BS is not important to the story of Katrina."

Storm of the month

Typhoon Saomai nearing its landfall in China

Typhoon Saomai (known as Typhoon Juan to PAGASA) claimed at least 441 lives and caused over $1.5 billion in damage. After forming on August 4 near Chuuk, the storm brought heavy rain and strong winds to the Marianas, the Philippines, Taiwan and southeastern China. It started to intensify, and reached its official peak with winds of 95 knots (175 km/h, 110 mph) on August 9. The JTWC reported that it peaked as a Category 5 super typhoon the same day, a strength Chinese forecasters described as the most powerful to hit China in 50 years. Saomai maintained that strength until landfall on August 10 and dissipated inland the next day.

Other tropical cyclone activity

There were 16 other tropical cyclones during August, in the northern Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

  • In the Atlantic, Tropical Storm Chris moved to the north of Puerto Rico before dissipating on August 5 near Cuba.
  • Tropical Storm Debby formed near the Cape Verde islands on August 21 but had no effects on land.
  • Hurricane Ernesto formed in the Caribbean on August 24 and affected Haiti and Cuba, before making landfalls in Florida and South Carolina. It killed at least 5 people.
  • In the east Pacific, Tropical Storm Fabio dissipated on August 3 well away from land.
  • Tropical Storm Gilma formed on August 1 and lasted for two days before dissipating.
  • Hurricane Hector reached its peak as a Category 2 hurricane on August 18 well away from land.
  • Hurricane Ileana became the second major hurricane of the east Pacific season when it reached Category 3 intensity on August 23.
  • Hurricane John formed near to Mexico on August 28 and to the northwest near the coast. It prompted a series of warnings from Michoacán to Baja California Sur, where it made landfall in September.
  • Hurricane Kristy was briefly a hurricane on August 31, but its proximity to Hurricane John caused it to weaken soon after.
  • Hurricane Ioke became the most intense Central Pacific hurricane on record on August 26 with a minimum pressure of 920 mbar. After crossing the dateline and becoming Typhoon Ioke it passed just to the north of Wake Island at Category 4 strength.
  • Typhoon Prapiroon (Henry) reached its peak as a minimal typhoon in the South China Sea. It killed 77 people when it made landfall in China.
  • Severe Tropical Storm Maria formed on August 4 and threatened Japanese coast.
  • Severe Tropical Storm Bopha (Inday) passed over Taiwan as a tropical storm on August 9.
  • Tropical Storm Wukong passed over Kyūshū on August 18.
  • Tropical Storm Sonamu (Katring) was a minimal storm that was absorbed by Wukong on August 20.
  • Tropical Depression 13W formed near Hainan on August 23 and soon made landfall in Guandong.

New articles and improvements wanted

Member of the month

Cyclone barnstar

The August member of the month is Nilfanion. The WikiProject awards this to him for his contributions in many diverse sections of the project. Nilfanion joined the Wikiproject in April and provides track maps for the project and has produced a featured picture. He has developed the tropical cyclone Commons Category scheme in the process. In addition he has produced a number of quality articles and is active in assessment.

Storm article statistics

Grade Jun Jul Aug Sep
Featured article FA 10 13 16 15
A 7 6 6 7
Good article GA 5 18 24 28
B 82 79 77 79
Start 168 180 191 200
Stub 10 8 8 8
Total 282 303 322 337
percentage
Less than B
63.1 62.0 61.8 61.7

Tropical cyclone imagery

When uploading an image of a tropical cyclone please

  1. Download the highest resolution image possible to your computer, not a thumbnail.
  2. If the image is free, upload it to Commons. In general, only upload to en.wikipedia if it is a Fair Use image. Wherever you upload, follow the instructions.
  3. Preferably, include a link to the source image, not just the source site.
  4. If you upload to Commons, add relevant Categories to the image, see the Commons category scheme. Make sure at least one category you add is the storm's category.

The following is a good image description:

{{Information
|Description=Visible image of Hurricane Ernesto on 2006-08-27 at peak strength just south of Haiti as seen by GOES-12.
|Source=Original image located here.
|Date=2006-08-27
|Author=The Naval Research Laboratory
|Permission={{PD-USGov-Military-Navy}}
}}
[[Category:Hurricane Ernesto (2006)]] [[Category:NRL images of tropical cyclones|Ernesto (2006)]]

[edit] Template:User Nogus

[edit] Thankyou!!!

For ending my incredible amounts of confusion and assisting with my long-botched userbox grouping on my userpage, I thought I'd say thankyou by giving the only award I felt really applicable

This user has been awarded a userbox barnstar for their contributions to WikiProject Userboxes.

You've made my day :) Crimsone 06:54, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] September Esperanza Newsletter

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[edit] Many thanks for the greeting

Thank you very much for the welcome. I do appreciate it, even though it's been months since I joined. Though, if you wish to leave a new and shiny welcome template, by all means, feel free. My talk page is kinda empty as is (Need to figure out how to get the actual user page made, but I'm sure the answer is somewhere in the help pages). May you have a fine evening. Kyra~(talk) 02:47, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Erika

Good catch. I meant to put it with "smn", but I guess my fingers got tied. Hurricanehink (talk) 23:16, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #5

Number 5, October 1, 2006

The Hurricane Herald

This is the monthly newsletter of WikiProject Tropical Cyclones. The Hurricane Herald aims to give a summary, both of the activities of the WikiProject and global tropical cyclone activity. If you wish to change how you receive this newsletter, or no longer wish to receive it, please add your username to the appropriate section on the mailing list. The WikiProject has its own IRC channel.

"TD's should be bolded, as they are the impetus of every storm, weak or strong."

Storm of the month

Hurricane Ioke at peak strength

Hurricane Ioke is the most intense hurricane on record in the Central Pacific. After forming on August 19 to the south of Hawaii, Ioke moved to the northwest and hit Johnston Atoll as a Category 2 hurricane. It strengthened further as it moved to the west, reaching Category 5 strength on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale three times, twice in the Central Pacific and once in the Western Pacific. After the storm entered the Western Pacific it directly hit Wake Island. The storm finally became extratropical on September 7 but its extratropical remnants affected Alaska. Overall damage from Hurricane Ioke was light.

Other tropical cyclone activity

  • 4 hurricanes formed in the Atlantic: Hurricane Florence, Hurricane Gordon, Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Isaac. Florence affected Bermuda and Newfoundland, and Gordon had effects in the Azores and Europe. Isaac is currently forecast to affect Newfoundland as an extratropical storm.
  • The east Pacific saw three hurricanes and a tropical storm develop. Hurricane John and Hurricane Lane were both major hurricanes which hit Mexico, whilst Hurricane Kristy and Tropical Storm Miriam stayed clear of land. In addition, two tropical depressions formed in the Central Pacific.
  • There were 4 typhoons in west Pacific during September. Typhoon Shanshan, Typhoon Yagi and Typhoon Xangsane formed in the west Pacific and Typhoon Ioke entered the basin from the east. Shanshan killed at least 9 people in Japan and Typhoon Xangsane, which is still active, killed at least 72 in the Philippines.
  • Two tropical cyclones formed in the North Indian Ocean during September. Severe Cyclonic Storm Mukda formed in the Arabian Sea but did not affect land and Tropical Cyclone 05B formed in the Bay of Bengal before making landfall in India. However, the deadliest tropical system of September was a depression in the Bay of Bengal that killed more than 170 people in Bangladesh.

Main Page content

New articles and improvements wanted

  • Pacific hurricane, Pacific typhoon, North Indian tropical cyclone...
  • There are many many stub and start class articles on many topics, please improve these!
  • How about David Roth (meteorologist)?

Storm article statistics

Grade Jul Aug Sep Oct
Featured article FA 13 16 15 15
A 6 6 7 6
Good article GA 18 24 28 33
B 79 77 79 84
Start 180 191 200 201
Stub 8 8 8 13
Total 303 322 337 352
percentage
Less than B
62.0 61.8 61.7 60.8

Member of the month

Cyclone barnstar

The September member of the month is Thegreatdr, David Roth. David Roth is a meteorologist at the HPC, who as part of his work there is producing Tropical Cyclone Rainfall Data. Dozens of the maps he has created are used in Wikipedia articles. He has produced a number of valuable articles to the project such as tropical cyclone rainfall climatology and Atlantic hurricane reanalysis, and significantly expanded several seasonal articles such as 1982 Pacific hurricane season.

[edit] Userbox moving

Hi, I have continued to move the Firefox userbox as it isn't directly related to the project or directly related to Wikipedia. Also, if I don't finish there will be half of users user pages will have one location, the other the second location. Also some stuff from the migration page:

  • "All userbox templates that show a POV or are not directly related to wikipedia will be deleted after a period of time."
  • Almost no userboxes are located in the template (in German, Vorlage) space, except for the standard "This user speaks XYZ" (aka Babel) boxes and similar.

--Andeh 20:34, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

Actually, the principle I'm working on is one from "English implementation features#After the Migration:
"<<Non-Babel userboxes are to be removed from Wikipedia:Userboxes.[?]>> It should be updated to inform users that non-Babel userboxes should only be created in userspace or an appropriate subpage, such as a corresponding WikiProject." Cheers, The Raven's Apprentice (Talk|Contribs) 14:18, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA thanks

Hi, AySz88! Thank you for supporting me in my RfA, which succeeded with a final tally of 75/0/1! I hope I can live up to the standards of adminship, and I will try my best to make Wikipedia a better place. Feel free to send me a message if you need any assistance. :)

--Coredesat 16:38, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Userbox migration scope

I was just trying to follow the guideline, or whatever the editors of Wikipedia consider WP:GUS. When I migrated {{User Trillian}}, I was basing that migration off of this text: "[...]or unencyclopedic (such as "Template:User eats bagels") userbox templates" (The top of WP:GUS}. If I had enough edits to apply for using AWB, I would have happily figured out how to complete the migration on one userbox at a time to minimize the interruption on the pages of users. Needless to say, I am working to that goal. I think I shall pause for now, at least until I can acquire the permission to use AWB, or if I happen to stumble across one that is controversial.

I'm sorry if I unknowingly cause you any trouble due to the migration of the userbox(es). May you have a pleasant day, and happy editing. --Kyra~(talk) 19:24, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #6

Number 6, November 5, 2006

The Hurricane Herald

This is the monthly newsletter of WikiProject Tropical Cyclones. The Hurricane Herald aims to give a summary, both of the activities of the WikiProject and global tropical cyclone activity. If you wish to change how you receive this newsletter, or no longer wish to receive it, please add your username to the appropriate section on the mailing list. The WikiProject has its own IRC channel.

"THIS IS THE LAST PUBLIC ADVISORY ISSUED ON THIS USER UNLESS REGENERATION OCCURS"

Storm of the month

Xangsane to the east of the Philippines

Typhoon Xangsane, known as Typhoon Milenyo in the Philippines was a destructive typhoon that affected the Philippines and Indochina. The storm caused severe flooding and landslides in the regions it affected and was responsible for at least 279 deaths and $747 million (USD) in damage, mostly in the Philippines and Vietnam. Xangsane formed to the east of the Philippines and rapidly intensified, striking Samar Island as a Category 4 typhoon. It weakened over the Philippines, but again reached Category 4 strength in the South China Sea. After its landfall in Vietnam, the typhoon dissipated, with its remnant crossing Indochina and entering the Bay of Bengal.

Other tropical cyclone activity

  • Hurricane Isaac, which formed in September, hit Newfoundland with minimal effects on October 2. It was the only Atlantic storm in October.
  • One hurricane, Hurricane Paul, formed in the eastern Pacific and hit Mexico. There were also two tropical storms, Norman and Olivia, and two tropical depressions in the basin.
  • In addition to Typhoon Xangsane, two further typhoons and two tropical storms developed in the west Pacific. Typhoon Soulik and Tropical Storms Bebinca and Rumbia both stayed clear of land, whilst Typhoon Cimaron hit the Philippines killing at least 19 people there, before it dissipated in the South China Sea.
  • The North Indian Ocean saw one storm, Cyclonic Storm Ogni form in the Bay of Bengal.
  • The 2006-2007 Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone season got underway, with Tropical Cyclone Xavier forming to the west of Fiji. There were two further tropical depressions in the South Pacific and a tropical disturbance in the South Indian Ocean.

New articles and improvements wanted

Member of the month

Cyclone barnstar

The October Member of the Month is Coredesat. Coredesat joined the WikiProject in March and has contributed to many diverse areas within the project. He has written two featured articles on Atlantic storms and a number of good articles on current typhoons. However, the article he is most proud of is a disambiguation page, a sorely neglected portion of the project.

Storm article statistics

Grade Aug Sep Oct Nov
Featured article FA 16 15 15 16
A 6 7 6 7
Good article GA 24 28 33 48
B 77 79 84 83
Start 191 200 201 210
Stub 8 8 13 11
Total 322 337 352 375
percentage
≥;Less than B
61.8 61.7 60.8 58.9

Tropical cyclone scales

The various agencies which report on tropical cyclones use a variety of different scales to measure the storms strength. The most familiar of these is the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale and this is the de facto standard in the project and should be used everywhere. However, as it is only official in the Atlantic and East Pacific, other local scales should be used when discussing storms in other regions and given primacy over the Saffir-Simpson Scale. The Saffir-Simpson scale is based on 1-minute averages, but other scales are generally based upon 10-minute averages, which are approximately 15% lower.

This table provides a useful-at-a-glance comparison of the various scales currently in use. Further complications arise due to the fact different agencies obtain different estimates for the same storm at the same time, so be careful to use the most appropriate source agency.

[edit] November Esperanza Newsletter

Program Feature: Admin Coaching (needs coaches!)
Admin Coaching needs coaches!!! If you are an administrator, or even a generally experienced user, do consider signing up to be a coach.

Admin Coaching, now being coordinated by HighwayCello, is a program for people who want help learning some of the more subtle aspects of Wikipedia policy and culture. People are matched with experienced users who are willing to offer coaching. The program is designed for people who have figured out the basics of editing articles; they're not newcomers any more, but they might want some help in learning new roles. In this way, Esperanza would help keep hope alive for Wikipedia because we would always be grooming the next generation of admins.

What's New?
The Tutorial Drive is a new Esperanza program! In an effort to make complicated processes on Wikipedia easier for everyone, Esperanza working to create and compile a list of tutorials about processes here on Wikipedia. Consider writing one!
A discussion on how Esperanza relates to the encyclopedia has been started; please add your thoughts.
Many thanks to MiszaBot, courtesy of Misza13, for delivering the newsletter.
  • The list of proposed programs has been updated, with some proposals being archived.
  • There is now a new program: the Tutorial Drive! Consider writing a tutorial on something you are good at doing on Wikipedia.
  • The suggestion of adding a cohesive look to all the Esperanza pages is being considered; join the discussion if you are interested!
  • In order to make a useful interlanguage welcome template, those involved in translation projects will be asked what English Wikipedia policies are most important and confusing to editors coming from other language Wikipedias.
  • A discussion of Esperanza's role in Wikipedia is being held, with all thoughts of all Esperanzians wanted!
  • Shreshth91 informed everyone that he will be leaving the Esperanza council as life is rather busy; his spot will be filled by the runner up from the last election, HighwayCello.
Signed...
Natalya, Banes, Celestianpower, EWS23, FireFox, The Halo, Shreshth91 and HighwayCello
20:33, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] RE: User talk:Royalguard11/Userbox personalities

I originally wrote the essay to have userbox-deletionists on the right. There were some modifications made by User:NThurston. I believe the way he ordered it was on the traditional scale. Right=traditional (template space), left=change things (userspace). Libertarian=do whatever (don't care as long as there there), totalitarian=censor (get rid of all boxes). It is just an essay though, just an opinion to hopefully help everyone understand where everyone's coming from. -Royalguard11(Talk·Desk·Review Me!) 01:07, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hatnotes

I've added the notice of inactivity to the "hatnotes" proposal simply because it appeared to be inactive, judging by the lack of recent edits to the page and its talk page, and because it wasn't obvious whether there was consensus for it. Indeed, since I did so two months ago and you seem to be the first one to notice, I'd say this assessment was probably correct. That is not to say it's not a worthwhile proposal, because it looks useful, but it could use more community feedback. Thus, if you are interested in having a guideline on hatnotes, I'd recommend advertising this proposal (e.g. here) to get feedback. HTH! >Radiant< 09:02, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

  • To my knowledge it has never been a guideline (indeed, the previous tag was {{proposal}}). I would have no objection to it being added to the MOS, though. (Radiant) 15:47, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "Overlinking" in relativity article??

I see you're removing some of my links in this article to technical terms like invariant mass and COM frame. Now, I agree that such things perhaps shouldn't be linked EVERY time they occur, but once per paragraph (or even per page) of the same term, is far better than once per article. In a long article, it's entirely possible to miss the first use of a technical term, and therefore be glad for a "fairly close" link so you don't have to go back and search for it. Nor do I believe that one link per paragraph or per page, hurts readability. Are you opperating on any guidelines for this? SBHarris 21:32, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

I like your general middle of the road suggestion of one link per particular tech phrase per section per article. I've actually gone to the style manual and proposed it as a policy (giving you credit), on the TALK page. Thanks. SBHarris 01:19, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] XPLANE deletion review

AySz88, Would you mind weighing in on the deletion review for XPLANE at Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2006 November 24? Your comments/opinions are much appreciated.Dgray xplane 16:03, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Userbox migration

I am already aware of that issue; that was why, for example, I chose not to bypass the HTML-X userboxes when I saw the category of boxes to migrate. PoccilScript 23:09, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Down Syndrome

I've reverted your edit because Joey Moss is not a hockey player. --Wafulz 00:45, 5 December 2006 (UTC)