Template talk:Infobox hurricane season
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[edit] Usage (deprecated)
Include this template in tropical cyclone season articles. Parameters include:
| Parameter | Type | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| {{{name}}} | Optional | Season's name; if not given the name will be the same as the page name so this is only needed for multi-season articles | |
| {{{image}}} | Optional | The image name for the seasonal track; if not given assumes {{{name}}}.png or the pagename.png. | |
| {{{first storm formed}}} | Mandatory | Formation date (generally tropical storm-strength) of first storm (full date) | August 1, 2004 |
| {{{last storm dissipated}}} | Mandatory | Dissipation date of last storm (full date) | December 2, 2004 |
| {{{strongest storm}}} | Mandatory | Strongest storm name and strength (pressure and wind speed). Generally just one storm should be listed; pressure is the sole criteria for determining strength when available. Units should be given in millibars, mph, and km/h (knots and inHg are unnecessary) | Ivan - 910 mbar (26.87 inHg), 165 mph (270 km/h) |
| {{{total storms}}} | Mandatory | Total number of storms (tropical storm strength or higher). This should correspond exactly to what is in the best-track data. Depressions are not counted but subtropical storms are. | 15 |
| {{{major storms}}} | Mandatory | Total number of "intense" or "major" storms (Category 3 strength or higher). | 6 |
| {{{total damages}}} | Mandatory | Total damages from the season. The entry should give units (monetary units and the year) | $42 billion (2004 USD) |
| {{{total fatalities}}} | Mandatory | Total number of people killed (directly and indirectly) during the season. Use a range of values if necessary. | 3,132+ |
| {{{basin}}} | Mandatory | The basin this article covers. See Wikipedia:WikiProject Tropical cyclones for a list of basins. | Atlantic hurricane |
| {{{fiveseasons}}} | Mandatory | Links to the next and previous 2 seasons around this one. In most cases this is just the previous 2 years and the following 2 years, with the current year in the center. For multi-season articles it takes a little more thought. | 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 |
These instructions are now deprecated, but all usage of them will still work. See the Usage description on the Template page itself for the current procedures.--Nilfanion (talk) 21:34, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Examples
The examples above are taken from 2004 Atlantic hurricane season. Other example seasons are 1880-1889_Atlantic_hurricane_seasons, 2004-05 Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone season, etc. See Category:Tropical cyclones by season for a full list of seasons.
[edit] Notes
Keep the following in mind when writing infoboxes.
- Units should be given in imperial and metric.
- Units should be wikified in the infobox.
- Monetary units should give the year and money type, such as "2005 USD". USD is a unit and should be wikified.
- Use to control wrapping. Insert this between values and their units, to make sure there's no wrapping there. Examples: "$5 million (2005 USD)", "932 mbar", "175 mph (280 km/h)"
[edit] Discussion
[edit] Number of seasons
I think five looks better. -- Cyrius|✎ 22:42, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Image
First of all, I believe the image in the template should always be the season track map. Secondly, I think this track map should always have a consistent name (<season>_map.png or {{PAGENAME}}_map.png). Thirdly, I uploaded all season track maps for the Atlantic (1851-2004 [1]) and Pacific (1995-2004 [2]) using this name (164 images total). Finally, I changed the template to automatically link to the track map. The next step then is to use this template in all the season articles (at least those for which we have track maps; others can use {{Infobox Hurricane Season nopic}}. Jdorje 07:52, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
- A canonical system on naming is useful. However, a automagic link in the template is bad. When we work out how to best use the track program for seasonal tracks, they will not be the same as the NHC tracks so overwriting them would be inappropriate. That means a different name, that means a new tag.--Nilfanion (talk) 12:45, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Problems with {{{region}}}
This needs to include the storm type as well as the basin. So it would be "Atlantic hurricane" or "Pacific hurricane" or "Pacific typhoon". Alternately we could have separate {{{region}}} and {{{type}}} (which would allow semi-automatic assembly of the year links).
{{Infobox hurricane season|...
|region=Atlantic
|type=hurricane
|year=2005
|year1=2003
|year2=2004
|year3=2006
|year4=2007}}
Though this might be overkill as it won't work with the collective season articles (1889 and earlier for the Atlantic). Jdorje 20:53, 24 October 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Rename
Next I think this needs to be renamed to use lowercase, i.e., {{infobox hurricane season}} (and similarly, {{infobox hurricane season nopic}}). I will also create a {{infobox hurricane season needed}}. Jdorje 22:46, 24 October 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Typo
Fixed typo for total storms in template - TimL
[edit] Number of hurricanes
Question. This is infobox hurricane season. We have number of TSes, and number of MHs, but no number of HUs in the infobox? Also, did no one really not notice this earlier? – Chacor 05:38, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] MAJOR revision
The template has been significantly revised. All the old parameters listed above still work as a result of backwards-compability, but best practice is to use the parameters listed on the template page itself. Any suggestions for improvements?--Nilfanion (talk) 21:08, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
