Welcome to WikiProject Tropical cyclones, a WikiProject to systematically organize all the information in Wikipedia related to Tropical cyclones (also known as hurricanes or typhoons). This project's focus is to centralize the efforts of many Wikipedians to make Wikipedia the best free resource when it comes to information about the subject.
If you want to help, feel free to look at the project's noticeboard, the to do list, the #wiki-hurricanes IRC channel, or this talk page.
This WikiProject aims to provide a common layout for articles on historical tropical cyclones, which includes tropical cyclone articles for storms that have been given a name (e.g., Hurricane Charley), as well as seasonal basin articles (e.g. 2004 Atlantic hurricane season) and articles that are required as a framework for those articles (e.g. Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale, tropical cyclone).
- To get every tropical cyclone-related article on Wikipedia featured. (We're overzealous masochists.)
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The parent of this project is WikiProject Meteorology.
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[edit] Former members of the WikiProject
This section is for users who are no longer part of this WikiProject.
- Holderca1- left the WPTC early on November 10, 2005.
- User:Aeon1006- Left Wikipedia and removed himself from the list of participants. Later returned to wikipedia, but not the project
- User:Mitchazenia- Explaination moved to my talk page.
- Gertzy- left on October 7, 2006 for unknown reasons.
- Tijuana Brass - Taking a break from Wikipedia for the time being.
- Funnybunny-left wikpedia.
- Sarsaparilla39- Taking a break from Wikipedia for the time being.
[edit] Structure
Templates will provide a useful set of features to show information on tropical cyclones and seasons in a consistent format. Guidelines for naming, links, and categorization help keep the vast number of articles properly interconnected.
[edit] Basins
Tropical cyclones are separated by basin. Generally each basin has its own categories; all articles for a particular basin are inter-woven using links and categories. It's important that the basin is listed identically (including capitalization) for all articles. The basin is generally passed in to templates to automatically create categorizations and links within an article.
The basins include:
[edit] Templates
A number of templates exist to make life easier for tropical cyclone article writers. For a complete list, see Category:Hurricane templates.
[edit] Tropical cyclone article naming
- Hurricanes should only receive a separate article if they are long enough not to be considered a stub. If there isn't enough to write about, the text can go inside the article for the hurricane season.
- When creating a new article for an active storm when it may or may not be appropriate (i.e. a major hurricane currently threatening land), it is generally best to put a request up in the discussion forum for that hurricane season (e.g. Talk:2006 Atlantic hurricane season) and discuss it with others.
- Named hurricanes generally do not have unique names. A storm that has had its name retired may take its name for the main article (e.g., Hurricane Charley, Tropical Storm Allison, Typhoon Haitang, Cyclone Tracy); use the prefix appropriate for the tropical cyclone's basin.
- Less infamous (i.e. non-retired) hurricanes may have a separate page distinguished by year (e.g., Hurricane Bertha (1996)), especially if it must be differentiated (e.g. Tropical Storm Bret (1993) and Hurricane Bret (1999)). The general rule is that if the name is retired, it should have the main article, otherwise it should be distinguished by year.
- All tropical cyclones of the same name should be visible through a disambiguation page (e.g., Hurricane Diana (disambiguation)). If none of the disambiguated storms are particularly infamous the main name may be used for the disambiguation (e.g., Hurricane Danielle). The disambiguation should be basin-independent and should cover all storms in all basins with the same name. If in doubt use "Tropical Storm" or "Tropical Cyclone" as the prefix for the disambiguation when multiple basins are involved.
- If a name has been used only once (or is being used for the first time) and is not warranting an article, it should be created as a redirect to that season (e.g. Hurricane Tanya redirects to 1995 Atlantic hurricane season).
- Never hesitate to add a redirect when there is no article for a particular hurricane. Redirects help users to find information if it's "hidden" in a season article, and prevent spurious creation of new articles. This is particularly useful for active hurricanes, as users will otherwise often jump at the chance to write a "new" article about the event. Articles should be redirected to disambiguation pages or (only when there is no ambiguity) to the season article that includes the hurricane. Do not redirect to the season article when a disambiguation page exists, as there is then no way for readers to find the disambiguation.
- This is also helpful for people who wish to provide links to WP for current storms: they can do it once, and the redirect will catch the in-links unless and until a separate page is created. Question: should the redirect go to the season page, or the section thereon for that specific storm?
- Unnamed (including numbered) hurricanes (used for older tropical cyclones in the Atlantic and Pacific basins, and for all tropical cyclones in the Indian Ocean basin) should be distinguished by location, type, and year. Three naming conventions are possible: Galveston Hurricane of 1900, 1928 Okeechobee Hurricane, or Hurricane 12 (1975). All unnamed hurricanes should always have a year in the name. Again, create redirects wherever necessary to avoid confusion or duplicate articles.
[edit] Tropical cyclone article guidelines
- Use one of the infobox templates above. Other templates may also be useful for active hurricanes.
- Add {{hurricane}} at the top of the talk page of tropical cyclone articles.
- Tropical cyclone articles should always link to the season they are a part of (included in the templates). For instance, Hurricane Camille links to the 1969 Atlantic hurricane season.
- Make sure the season article also links to the hurricane article. For instance, 2004 Atlantic hurricane season should link to Hurricane Ivan.
- Tropical cyclone articles should be categorized by basin ("Category:Atlantic hurricanes"), strength ("Category:Category 5 hurricanes"), and season ("Category:2005 Atlantic hurricane season"). Parent categories ("Category:Tropical Cyclones") should be reserved as meta-categories.
[edit] Tropical cyclone season article guidelines
- Seasons are separated by basin. Compare 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, 2005 Pacific hurricane season, 2005 Pacific typhoon season. There are generally six basins (N Atlantic, NW Pacific, NE Pacific, SW Pacific, N Indian, S Atlantic) but not all may justify articles.
- Use {{Infobox hurricane season}} or a variant, as mentioned above.
- Add {{hurricane}} at the top of the talk page of season articles.
- Link to other appropriate season articles. For instance 2005 Atlantic hurricane season links to the articles for the 2005 NW and NE Pacific seasons and to the 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, and 2008 N Atlantic season articles.
- Season articles should include an overall summary plus a short summary for each storm, with a link to the storm page where appropriate. See 2004 Atlantic hurricane season for an example. If a storm's summary becomes too long it may be moved into a separate article.
[edit] Tropical cyclone categories
These guidelines show how existing storms, disambiguations, and seasons are categorized. Categorizing all articles consistently makes it easier for readers to navigate through related articles.
[edit] Images and image names
To make uploading and categorization easier, season and storm articles should have consistent types of images and those images should have consistent names.
- Season and storm track images. Each season should have a track image if possible. The image should probably have the name <season>_map.png, where <season> is the name of the season article. If you create storm track map using Jdorje's track map generator, try to upload it to Commons and tag it with {{hurricane auto track map}}.
- Storm peak-intensity visible-light pictures. Most storms have a satellite picture of the storm at peak intensity. Higher resolution is always better.
- Storm landfall visible-light pictures. Other storms have a satellite picture of the storm at landfall. Again higher resolution is always better.
- Non-visible-light storm images. Many storms may have IR, doppler, or other types of meteorological pictures.
[edit] Hierarchy definition
Tropical cyclones are categorized by basin, strength, season, and region. Seasons are categorized by basin and year.
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Here are some tasks you can do:
- Requests: Original-content tropical cyclone articles: Papua New Guinea National Weather Service, Herbert S. Saffir, Hurricane Ginny (1963)
- Copyedit: Rapid deepening
- Wikify:
- Merge: See here
- Cleanup: Hurricane Rita, Hurricane Wilma, Cyclone Leon-Eline
- Expand: Indianola Hurricane of 1886, Hurricane Carla, Hurricane Gilbert, Typhoon Nina (1975), 1970 Bhola cyclone, Typhoon Tip
- Stubs: Intertropical Convergence Zone, Kamikaze (typhoon), Typhoon Paka, Harry Cane of 1667, Hurricane Edna, Hurricane Janet More...
- Update: Tropical Storm Beryl (2006)
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- Cleanup needed (updated by bot)
- 32 - 1888 Northwest Cold Wave, Andover, Kansas Tornado Outbreak, April 9, 1999 Cincinnati, Ohio Tornado, Bob Johnson (weatherman), Brooks-Pioneer Village, Kentucky Tornado, Bryan Norcross, Buckhorn Ski and Snowboard Club, Burton (Snowsports), Cold wave, Convective overshoot, Extreme weather, Félix Chemla Lamèch, Great Gale of 1880, Henry Ambrose Hunt, Hurricane Bonnie (1986), Hurricane Gert (1999), Hurricane Iris (1995), Hurricane Roxanne, Levantades, Liquid air, List of New England hurricanes, List of historic tropical cyclone names, Lower Ohio Valley Tornado Outbreak, Meteorology, Oklahoma Tornado Outbreak, Richard Lindzen, Robert Watson (scientist), Spencer, South Dakota tornado, St. Elizabeth's flood (1421), Summer Projects, Summer learning loss, Tornado myths
- Expansion needed (updated by bot)
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- Wikification needed (updated by bot)
- Neutrality in question (updated by bot)
- To be merged or split (updated by bot)
[edit] Adopt an article
Similar to the Collaboration of the week, but on a smaller scale, you might want to "adopt" an article. This would involve doing the research, writing, and picture-taking (if possible) for either a non-existent article or a stub. Of course, everyone else can still edit an adopted article, and you can work on other things too, but the idea is to find a focus for a while, to try and build up the number of quality articles the Project has produced.
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[edit] Categories
See also Category:Lists of tropical cyclones. Where possible these should be complemented by or replaced by categories.
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[edit] Main Wikipedia articles on Tropical Cyclones
[edit] New Wikipedia articles related to Tropical Cyclones
Please feel free to list your new Tropical Cyclones-related articles here (newer articles at the top, please). Any new articles that have an interesting or unusual fact in them should be suggested for the Did you know? box on the Main Wikipedia page. DYK has a 120 hr. time limit from the creation of the article.
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