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[edit] Welcome to talk for DavidH

Please feel free to post questions, comments, requests for information or editing help.

A lot of my efforts here are of the copyediting/cleanup sort. You may leave me an e-mail address if you want a private/personal reply. I will edit this page every so often to remove old posts and of course reserve the right to remove offensive junk and spam. Thanks for playing.

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[edit] Railroad

Check the 1906 Monthly Weather Review. On page 9, it will tell you that, in exact words: "The storm caught most of the several hundred laborers and mechanics of the railway extention in houseboats and other clumsy craft moored to piling as their living quarters." It goes on to say: "The loss of life among these men was about 135." Thus I firmly stand by my previous statement.

E. Brown, Hurricane enthusiast - Squawk Box 02:31, 17 July 2005 (UTC)

I understand where you're coming from. But I believe that the storm washed away part of the completed railroad. This meant that they had to stop work on continuing the railroad to fix the part that was washed away. That one line is where that heading came from. I used the headings to help tell the story. I'm an author, and I feel a little dramatic effect is warrented so long as it does not compromise the authenticity of the article. Was part of the railroad washed away or not? If it was not, then the article needs to be revised.

E. Brown, Hurricane enthusiast - Squawk Box 17:30, 17 July 2005 (UTC)

The evacuation train actually stayed on land, just not on the tracks. I'll have to plot and scheme about the heading. If it gets changed, it will probably be next week (or later this week if you count Sunday as the first day of the week). Thanks for the input. That happens to be the most extensive article that I have written in Wikipedia.

E. Brown, Hurricane enthusiast - Squawk Box 23:27, 17 July 2005 (UTC)

I've been thinking of alternatives. How about replacing 'destroyed' with 'ravaged'. That seems like a more apt term to me. Do you agree?

E. Brown, Hurricane enthusiast - Squawk Box 03:46, 23 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Rickyboy

I appreciate your attempts at peacemaking, but he's a bad egg. Two minutes after I questioned his authorship claim on image:Where_hurricanes_strike.gif, which has quite clearly been sourced to World Book Online [1], he re-added it to the article, while blanking a large portion. I've blocked the account indefinitely for vandalism of the worst sort. -- Cyrius|✎ 09:19, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] The bible

Firstly let me say that I am sorry to have to bother you.

Secondly, I wish to let you know that a recent VFD that you took part in has closed. The result was that 32 people voted to keep all individual bible verses as seperate articles, and 34 voted that they shouldn't (2 abstensions, and 3 votes for both). This is considered by standard policy not to be a consensus decision (although the closing admin stated that it was a consensus to keep them).

Thirdly, the subject has now been put to a survey, so that it may remain open until there is a clear consensus for what appears to be a difficult issue to resolve. You may wish to take part in this survey, and record a similar vote to the one you made at the VFD there. The survey is available at Wikipedia:Bible verses.

~~~~ 18:34, 23 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Coriolis effect article

Hi David,

thanks for copyediting the article, that was needed. Maybe there are one or two edits that I need to think about whether I agree.

As you can see on the Talk:Coriolis effect page, William M Connolley seems to doubt the explanations in the article. If his doubts persist, will you then speak out in support of the content of the article? Can you maybe advise me on how to go about with references to the article?

In terms of content there is nothing new in the article, no new research, just plain newtonian dynamics. On the other hand, the didactic approach in the article is novel, I think. Do you know whether there is a wikipedia policy about novel didactic approaches? --Cleon Teunissen | Talk 08:07, 29 July 2005 (UTC)

My main area of interest regarding the Coriolis topic is tropical cyclones, but in meteorology there seems to be more going on than Newtonian mechanics (or maybe not?). DavidH 18:26, July 29, 2005 (UTC)

No, Newtonian mechanics is sufficient, and Newtonian thinking is suffictient. When meteorologists perform calculations then these calculations are strictly Newtonian calculations. (Some meteorologists may not acknowledge the newtonian explanation, but all meteorologist apply newtonian equations in their computermodels, otherwise the models wouldn't work.)

Can I persuade you to not only edit stylistically, but to also try and think through the logic of it all? Having immersed myself in the subject, it all seems rather straightforward to me. Surely it is not that difficult. I need to find support for the article. It matters a lot to me. --Cleon Teunissen | Talk 21:58, 29 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Bible Vote

Hate to trouble you again, but a category on Wikipedia:Bible verses was recently added, 'A vast minority', and it seems that your vote probably would have gone there had it been there when you voted. Almafeta 17:24, 29 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Douglas DC-10

Thanks for your comments.

The "illiterate employee" is the recipient of a "describing" action. The sentence reads:

'McDonnell Douglas attempted to place the blame on the employee, whom they described as "illiterate", and deflected criticism of the aircraft design itself.'

McDonnell Douglas is the subject, the employee the object. Only "whom" is appropriate with an object. User:Rhombus 14 June 2008

Hi -- in reply to your response: "Illiterate" is an adjective -- it describes the noun, in this case, the object (which is the employee). The employee is *not* performing an action. The employee is being described as illiterate. McDonnell Douglas is describing (subject, who), the employee is being described (object, whom).

I think the reason why "whom" seems wrong so often is that people just don't use it when it should be used.

Here's another example of mangled grammar that has been used so often people think it's correct: "I wish I was omnipotent." Just for laughs - can you see the error? User:Rhombus 14 June 2008

The link to your user page turned up a blank; thought I had posted there before(?) Anyway, I wish I was omnipotent would literally be past tense: "I wish I was (no longer) omnipotent." Strictly speaking, if you are wishing to be omnipotent, it should be in subjunctive tense to indicate a condition that isn't true: I wish I were omnipotent. Is that what you were referring to? Cheers. DavidH 18:00, August 5, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] RE: TIFF

Took me a while to figure out how to respond to your message. I hope this is how it works; never done this.

I'll make the changes as you suggested. I just wanted to mention the benefits of TIFF's lossless capabilites. I still feel using JPEG as a comparison is a good idea, but if you wish to change it to something more appropriate, ny all means go ahead an do so. Thx. --Metron4 22:27, 29 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Are you new?

XD No, the really obsessed users would have 500+ edits by now. I'm fairly new, but it was easy to catch on. Welcoming is fun! Nobody should have an empty talk page. There's nothing greater than the feeling one gets when he or she sees that 'You have new messages.' sign. Thanks for the message! I hope you do write that article. Let me know when you do! :P Ryan 09:05, July 30, 2005 (UTC)

Sure, you can quote me.
  • I’m 15 years old, but by the time you write this, I’ll be 16. I live on the east coast of the United States. I’ll be a junior in high school in the fall. My interests include volunteering and trivia. I do college bowl at my school. While I’m far from athletic, I enjoy basketball and golf.
  • I’ve known about Wikipedia for a few months, but I didn’t take an interest in editing until someone on Neopets.com brought the Neopets article up. (At this time, I had an account on Neopets and posted frequently on the Battledome Chat.) This user said we should update the Neopets article so that it favors the Battledome Chat. I, and many users, joined in. It turned into an edit war: The Battledome Chat vs. The Administrators. It ended when they protected the article. I, however, wasn’t done. I got some sort of thrill from vandalizing. So, I created a new account and starting moving pages around until I had created a big, tangled web of articles. I was blocked indefinitely, and the mess was sorted out. I had a change of heart the next night. I realized that by editing many articles, surely I would pick up a lot of useful knowledge for school and for college bowl. So, here I am now. My vandalizing past is behind me.
  • At the moment, I mostly welcome new users and contribute minor edits. I have written a few articles, such as Twisted Desire and Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly, but at this time, they are merely stubs. I also use the Random Page feature to find and mark stubs. I spend between four and five years a night doing this, until with reading some articles that catch my interest. I have some time on my hands, since it is summer. I probably won’t be as active in the fall.
  • I love the fact that anyone can edit Wikipedia. After all, “many hands make little work.” But the best part is how easy and painless it is to revert vandalism. Since pages are stored in the History database, nobody’s hard work is wasted.
  • Wikipedia is addictive because I feel people have a constant yearning for knowledge. What better way is there to increase your mental capacity? In order to make major edits, we have to read the articles first. You look at a textbook or a normal encyclopedia, and you’ll see two, three, or a few more authors. You look at Wikipedia, and you’ll see tens of thousands of authors. It’s hard to believe that I help write and rewrite an encyclopedia, but the system is set up in such a way that it is a simple task.

I hope you found this useful. Good luck with your article! Ryan 23:45, July 30, 2005 (UTC)

I know. I was a bad, bad boy. :-( Ryan 00:05, July 31, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Stylistic editing should only edit stlyle

Hi David, I hadn't checked your revisions thoroughly, but I discovered that I should have. This is an origianal paragraph:

What happens to air flow that initially starts flowing from West to East is analogous to what is shown in the second animation of the mechanics section. Because of the extra velocity on top of the normal velocity from co-rotating with the Earth as whole, the air mass will tend to slide away from the Earth's axis of rotation.

And this is your version of it:

What happens to air flow that initially flows from west to east is analogous to that shown in the second animation of the Mechanics section. Because of the extra velocity from co-rotating with the Earth as whole, the air mass will tend to slide away from the Earth's axis of rotation.


Unfortunately, your version is wrong, you have changed the content of the paragraph into wrong content.

If you do another pass on the article, please make absolutely sure you do not change physics content.


Let me try to explain the difference.
Some car racing circuits have steeped banks (do I use the correct expression? Positive camber?) The corner has a slope, so that the cars can go through the corner faster than would be possible of the road would be level everywhere. Of course the race drivers go as fast as possible through that corner. They go to the limit of the grip of the tires, if they would go just a couple of mph faster the cars would start drifting outside, at worst drifting off the circuit.
The Earth is rotating, and the air is co-moving with the Earth, so the air is moving fast, going through a wide circle all around the Earth's axis. If a pressure gradient gives the air some extra velocity on top of that, then the air will drift outside.
--Cleon Teunissen | Talk 07:55, 31 July 2005 (UTC)

Sorry that by shortening it I made it incorrect. DavidH 10:07, July 31, 2005 (UTC)


It is one of the hardest pieces to write. For one thing, I'm juggling points of view there. I'm referring all the time to "circumnavigating the Earth's axis", which is an overall point of view, but suddenly it says, 'is deflected to its right' wich is a very zoomed in point of view, and co-moving with the Earth. I want it to be correct physics, and yet not too cumbersome, which may be an impossible combination.

I think I will rely on the two animations of the Mechanics section as examples instead of invoking yet another image: cars negotiating curves.

The other edit I think I will reverse is about the person in the swivel chair. When the swivel chair is rotating then moving the weights in or out has a consequence: change of angular velocity. When the swivel chair is not rotating then the only effort needed for the weights is the effort to lift them, moving them in or out does not change angular velocity then. Same problem: the explanation that dots the i's sounds cumbersome.


About language: I don't know when to write 'toward' or 'towards'. My language skill goes blank there.--Cleon Teunissen | Talk 10:32, 31 July 2005 (UTC)

toward/s

Either is OK, but in AP style no "s" is preferred, so that's what I do. I go forward, I go backward, I go toward. Or landward, shoreward, seaward, northward, upward, downward, and so on.

I tell you, the banked car track is something most people understand (NASCAR racing so big in US now), so if it applies, it could help. But since the track isn't rotating, I guess that's only simple angular momentum, not Coriolis at all. DavidH 11:04, July 31, 2005 (UTC)

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[edit] Thanks for the welcome

Hello DavidH, Thank you for the message and the links, they should come in very handy. Thanks again. Greaterlondoner

[edit] Chicago Edits

Hi, I saw your changes to the intro of the Chicago article and I think that they are very well done. I was trying for some time to rewrite the intro, but could never really come up with a good way to do it. I am especially thankful since the old intro was one of the objections raised on the Chicago FAC page and was always, IMO one of the weakest parts on the article. Thanks Again and Good Work, --Gpyoung talk 19:01, 31 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Possible useful link

Hi, DavidH. I responded to your concerns on my talk page. Func( t, c ) 14:19, 1 August 2005 (UTC)


[edit] Useful links

Hello DavidH. Culd you give me a list of all different codes needed with articles so as to do such things as report for deletion, mergers, disputes etc. I have found several articles that may need to have these links added for discussion. Thanks. Please reply on my talk page. I have added a title to my previous message where I thanked you for the welcome message. Greaterlondoner

[edit] Thank You

David,

I appreciate your comments and realize that I made an error, sorry for the daft mistake. Without coming off as a complete jerk I would like to tell you that it is my belief (and that of many others) that the true power of Open Source knowledge is through it's members. Pointing out my simple mistakes rather than just fixing them does nothing to help the situation except point out how poor I can be with grammar. There are Wikipedians who are grammar kings and Wikipedians who are reference kings and so on and so forth. While, I appreciate you pointing this out the point is it will fix itself. I would encourage you to just make the corrections rather than point them out. I'm not asking you to be my spell checker per se, it would just be more productive for all of us.

Jasenlee 05:13, August 7, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] ==Sound bomb and Light bomb VfD==

Sound bomb and Light Bomb where re-created by the author after I converted them to redirects. Would you consider voting for there deletion. Thanks Megapixie 09:48, 5 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Articles For Deletion

Hi, a while ago you made some comments about the presence of bible-verse articles, and/or source texts of the bible, and you may therefore be interested in related new discussions:

--Victim of signature fascism | Don't forget to vote in the Wikipedia Arbitration Committee elections 18:15, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Color printing

So that's how half-toning works. I've always wondered... Thank you for making my day! JackyR 15:11, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Welcome!

Welcome to the Tropical Cyclone Wikiproject! I see you have made some random edits to hurricane articles, and us at the project are glad you decided to join us. There are numerous ongoing projects, including improving existing retired hurricane articles and adding content to older seasons, though any way you can help us would be great. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me or prose a question at our headquarters. Have fun, and see you around. Hurricanehink 17:37, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks
...for the welcome. Special interest in hurricanes as a Florida Keys resident for 20 years. Mostly watching the Labor Day article and other references to the Keys. (Was in New Orleans last week, suffered damage in Wilma and minor effects from Katrina. Evacuated three times in 2005.) Have worked as a copy editor and technical writer, always push for clear, concise, interesting writing. I'd like to juice up the intro on the 2005 season article (see my editing take on the talk page [2]. DavidH 18:19, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Hurricanehink"
Glad to hear about the Florida Keys interest. Agreed about the 2005 intro, but I prefer to stay away from the modern stuff. Most of what I work on is older (basically before 2000) Atlantic stuff or other basins. Interesting writing is always great, but unfortunately, this is an encyclopedia and not a book, as some have said. There's always some happy medium. By the way, nice work on the 1846 Havana Hurricane article. Hurricanehink 20:03, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] please help fix links

Hello. Since you moved an article to effect of sun angle on climate, could you help fix the links that consequently now go throught the redirect page that you thus created? Go to effect of sun angle on climate and you'll see what I mean. Michael Hardy 01:03, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

Oh -- I see you've started on that. Michael Hardy 01:06, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tawkerbot2

Sorry about that, it was caused by the IRC recent changes feed giving incorrect diff links and because the bot uses that information to determine who to revert, it would revert to the older version and warn the wrong person. I've alerted the devs and they're looking into it, sorry about that and thanks for fixing it. -- Tawker 00:18, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

Already done, I noticed that and I realized that saying vandalism is a little harsh, it now reads like (BOT - Reverted edit by User talk:81.170.58.67 (44707454) - reverted to User talk:65.120.153.52 (44700760)) - I hope thats a bit better :) -- Tawker 00:27, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] List article first sentences

Something I don't get, some say Wikistyle demands. List of Category 5 Atlantic hurricanes had this first sentence:

This is a list of Category 5 Atlantic hurricanes.

"Well, duh" I think. Isn't that awkward and redundant (and inaccurate, see below). I changed it twice (different revisions), got reverted both times. I understand a guideline that most articles -- Physics and Abraham Lincoln -- should have the "title" in the first sentence. But starting articles "This is a list of" when the title is "List of..." seems so odd.

Might be a bit better if the first sentence expands on the title: This is a list of storms that achieved Category 5 status (winds of 155 mph) in the Atlantic basin. But I still dislike "This is (whatever title says it is)..." as a first sentence.

As alternatives, I like Hurricanes reach category 5 intensity on average about once every three years in the Atlantic. Or, A Category 5 hurricane is one with winds exceeding 155 mph. It's what I'd expect a good encyclopedia to put after the heading.

In this article and probably many others, The phrasing also seems inaccurate; the hurricane list article contains three lists (storms ranked by different criteria). It also includes multiple expository paragraphs, so it's not a list nor is it only a list. The article List of volcanoes begins, "This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes." -- followed by dozens of lists.

Thoughts? Is it accurate to write "This is a list of..." when more than one list follows? Is it really best to have "This is a list of..." for a first sentence? DavidH 19:15, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] TC Intro

Moving the terms out of the lead sentence was a good idea, but the remainder of the edit just seems jumbled to me. Too much detail, maybe. --Golbez 19:17, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Brokeback intro edit

Here is an attempt to revise the intro to Brokeback Mountain:


Brokeback Mountain is the title of a widely acclaimed short story by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annie Proulx and a film adaptation directed by Ang Lee. The story depicts a sexual, romantic, and emotional relationship between two men in the American west from 1963 to 1983.

The film of Brokeback Mountain, released in 2005 by Focus Features, stars Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway, Michelle Williams, and Randy Quaid. It was honored at the 2006 Academy Awards, BAFTA, and Golden Globe awards. The movie had the most nominations, eight, for the 78th Academy Awards and was widely seen as a frontrunner for Best Picture (which was awarded to Crash). The film won three Oscars, including Best Director, Best Original Score, and Best Adapted Screenplay.

The short story first appeared in The New Yorker in October 1997 and was subsequently included in a published anthology, Close Range: Wyoming Stories (1999). The screenplay adaptation was written by Diana Ossana (co-producer of the film) and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Larry McMurtry.

[edit] Responding to your note

You will note that my username is based on that city in Wyoming! I think that saying that BBM lost out to Trash, I mean Crash repeats the slander imposed on such a cinematic gem like BBM! River 01:51, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

I thought I would post here too. I chose "Rivertonplain" because of my love for BBM, but unfortunately I live in Missouri and am not as lucky as you are to live in the Florida Keys. I imagine that it is beautiful down there when you are not dodging hurricanes. River 01:46, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Article formatting

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[edit] Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #1

Number 1, June 4, 2006

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Typhoon Chanchu near its peak intensity
Typhoon Chanchu was the first typhoon and first super typhoon of the 2006 Pacific typhoon season. Forming on May 9 over the open western Pacific Ocean, Chanchu moved over the Philippines on the 11th. There, it dropped heavy rainfall, causing mudslides, crop damage, and 41 deaths. It moved into the South China Sea, where it rapidly strengthened to a super typhoon on May 14, one of only two super typhoons recorded in the sea. It turned to the north, weakened, and struck the Fujian province of China as a minimal typhoon on the 17th. The typhoon flooded 192 houses, while heavy rainfall caused deadly mudslides. In China, Chanchu caused at least 25 deaths and $480 million in damage (2006 USD). Elsewhere on its path, strong waves from the typhoon sank eleven Vietnamese ships, killing at least 44 people. In Taiwan, heavy rainfall killed two people, while in Japan, severe waves killed one person and injured another.

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Start 154 177 168
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[edit] Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #2

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[edit] Sailing Wiki

Hi david,

My name is johnsee and I'm trying to track down people keen on both sailing and wiki's to help with a new collborative sailing wiki. It's CC licensed, and a community project (mostly of sailing bloggers) and completely non profit. If I could interest you in helping out the wiki is here. If not, I apologise for stealing a few lines of room on your talk page :)

[edit] Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #3

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[edit] CHICOTW

I see your user name listed as a member of the Wikipedia:WikiProject_Chicago. I do not know if you are aware that we are attempting to revive the CHICOTW. See our results history. We could use additional input in nominating future articles, voting on nominees and editing winning nominees. Should you contribute you will receive weekly notices like the following:

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Last week you voted for the Chicago COTW. Thank you! This week Rich Melman has been chosen. Please help improve it towards the quality level of a Wikipedia featured article. See the To Do List to suggest a change or to see an open tasks list.
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TonyTheTiger 01:01, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Glad to have you aboard !

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Beausoleil-porch.jpg

Thanks for uploading or contributing to Image:Beausoleil-porch.jpg. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in Wikipedia articles constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use. Suggestions on how to do so can be found here.

Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If you have uploaded other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on those pages too. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free media lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. MER-C 08:36, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WPTC Active Members

The Wikipedia:WikiProject Tropical cyclones has changed greatly since it was first started, and according to our main page we now have 87 members. However, we only have a small group of members that are still active, and as such, I am sending this out to all users on the participants list. If you are still active, please sign your name here. If you do not wish to be part of the project any more, or if you do not answer to this, you will be placed on an inactive users list after a period of two weeks. If you wish to rejoin after you are put on the inactive users list, you are welcome to rejoin. Cheers. --Hurricanehink (talk) 18:46, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Better source request for Image:Betsy-track.gif

Thanks for uploading Image:Betsy-track.gif. You provided a source, but it is difficult for other users to examine the copyright status of the image because the source is incomplete. Please consider clarifying the exact source so that the copyright status may be checked more easily. It is best to specify the exact web page where you found the image, rather than only giving the source domain or the URL of the image file itself. Please update the image description with a URL that will be more helpful to other users in determining the copyright status.

If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have specified their source in a complete manner. You can find a list of files you have uploaded by following this link. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page or me at my talkpage. Thank you. Do you want to opt out of receiving this notice? Kelly hi! 04:01, 23 April 2008 (UTC)