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[edit] I like your profile!

I like your profile alot!!! How did you do all that? I want to put some of the stuff you used on mine, but I don't know how to even do anything! Can you teach me! You can just email me at st10109ed@hotmail.com . Wandering_In_My_Mind_. 17:19, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Hi

Hello! Thanks for the nice words. Links to userboxes can be found at Wikipedia:Userboxes#Gallery. And thanks for your offer about the Sailor Moon images, but do keep in mind that it's really not a big deal. Whoever that was almost certainly did not intend to vandalize, and clearing up the issue won't take long at all. Anyway, thanks and have a good day. :) --Masamage 21:34, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

    OK i'm not totally sure how this works, but let's try it...(Kelsie here)

Works just like that =) Maverick423 04:09, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

i forgot my user thingy...

that was pretty fast heh check the help area on the leftside for options on what to do when u lose that kind of information

it doesn't say!!!

Nevermind, i got it

haha i'm smart!

Heh heh good =)

[edit] Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #10

Number 10, March 4, 2007

The Hurricane Herald

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Storm of the month

Cyclone Favio near Madagascar

Cyclone Favio developed well to the east of northern Madagascar on February 12 and moved to the southwest as it developed. The storm did not significantly intensify until February 19 when it was just off the southern coast of Madagascar, but rapidly intensified soon after to its peak with 185 km/h (115 mph) winds. Favio turned to the northwest and hit Mozambique worsening the floods already occurring in the country. Favio claimed at least 4 lives and destroyed thousands of homes.

Other tropical cyclone activity
There were a total of 6 tropical cyclones in the southern hemisphere during February. Five of these, including Favio, were in the South West Indian Ocean.

  • The only other storm in the Australian region was Cyclone Nelson which formed at the end of January in the Gulf of Carpentaria before it hit Queensland.
  • Cyclone Dora was active in January and reached its peak as an annular cyclone on February 3 with 185 km/h (115 mph) winds.
  • Cyclone Gamede was an unusually large storm that prompted the highest level of cyclone warning on Réunion and brought strong winds to the island on February 27, causing a bridge to collapse.
  • Neither Enok towards the start of the month or Humba near its end, had any impact on land.

Member of the month

Cyclone barnstar

The February member of the month is Miss Madeline. Miss Madeline is responsible for many of the projects featured lists such as List of Category 5 Pacific hurricanes and List of California hurricanes. She has also put serious work into many of our Pacific hurricane articles since she joined the project as one of its founding members. Recently she has worked on 1996 Pacific hurricane season, bringing it from a stub-class article to a Good article candidate.

Storm article statistics

Grade Dec Jan Feb Mar
Featured article FA 19 23 25 28
A 6 2 2 2
Good article GA 57 74 75 80
B 78 71 76 78
Start 200 193 195 194
Stub 15 16 16 16
Total 375 379 389 398
percentage
Less than B		 57.3 55.1 54.2 52.8

Comments wanted on project talk Many discussions that potentially have far reaching impact for the whole project are carried out on the project's talk page. However, only a fraction of our active contributors actually engage in those discussions. If you add the project page to your Watchlist and keep an eye on discussions there to monitor upcoming changes, even if you don't participate in those discussions it would help both yourself and the project as a whole. For instance, at the moment the primary infobox templates such as {{Infobox hurricane}} are in the process of being deprecated and replaced by new versions which do the role more effectively.

[edit] How to Archive?

{helpme}

how do i archive stuff on my talk page? i dont think deleting things will be too nice but where can i put stuff like this? thanks Maverick423 19:00, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Hi, there are different ways to archive a talk page. For more information, see Wikipedia:How to archive a talk page. Cheers, --KFP (talk | contribs) 19:02, 6 March 2007 (UTC)


[edit] On your Wikinews article about A-Kron

There are questions concerning your article "A-Kon robbed at BorderFest", please take a look at it at http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/A-Kon_robbed_at_BorderFest

Thanks for your time,
--Wowaconia 11:36, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Festivals project

I think the best thing to do would probably be to contact Wikipedia:WikiProject Holidays and ask them if they would be willing to take on the Festivals project as a "task force" or other functional work group. It could still have the name "WikiProject" or not, but function like the subprojects of other larger projects. The Talk:Adelaide page shows how the various Australia projects have done this. I can't see any reason why they wouldn't agree to it. Also, you'd probably only need 5 people to start the project with a task force, so you could probably even get rolling faster. Best of luck with the idea. John Carter 14:15, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

If you wanted to merge the proposal with the Holidays project, the best way would be to ask the Holidays Project if they would be willing to either expand the scope of the project to include all festivals and/or ask them to take on the group as some sort of subproject (the names task force and work group are both used). I would assume that they would respond positively to one or the other, but it would be best to check with them in any event. John Carter 17:57, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for the information. I can potentially try to add for other festivals and holidays, but right now the saints project is taking up a lot of time. I think there is a Gale-published Encyclopedia of Holidays which might be of use to you. I also think that adding some data on the various observances of religious holidays and festivals would be very welcome to wikipedia, as many help reflect the social organization of the local communities. Best of luck. John Carter 14:49, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
Greetings. if you are interested about festivals, maybe you could have a look at those in one of my missing topics pages. - Thank you Skysmith 14:54, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
I added the information on how to add the template on the project page. Basically, just add the name of the Template minus the "Template:" in {{subst:}}'s to transpose the template onto the page. John Carter 17:03, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
You're going to want to change the existing phrasing of the template, as they won't be able to see the warning until after it's added to the talk page and it will stay visible throughout, giving a less than certain impression to the project. But, just add {{WikiProject Festivals}}, character for character, to the talk page to add the banner. John Carter 19:30, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
Greetings again. I collected the listings of all the festivals from my other pages into one page about missing festival articles. I hope this may be more useful - Skysmith 06:52, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

excellent this will make it alot easier to sort through the list thanks much! Maverick423 13:31, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Task Force: Pasadena Tournament of Roses

my interest is in the Pasadena Tournament of Roses and am forming a task force to improve and maintain its pages Saltysailor (talk) 20:36, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] How to make Templets and stuff

well this time i would like to know how to make templets? you know like the one above that once u put in a certain word with the { and } marks they show a box with info and all that good stuff. how do i create one? i need to know so i can create one for my festivals project. thanks much for your time and help Maverick423 20:20, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

I second that. When you help him, can you post the answer on my talk too please? WikiMan53 (talk • contribs • count) | Can I have your autograph? 21:24, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
Hi there. Existing templates are listed at Wikipedia:Template messages. If you cannot find the template you need, you can request it on Wikipedia:Requested templates. For help on creating templates yourself, see Help:Template, or contact a user who has identified themselves as an adept template coder. Hope that helps. --Jon186 21:30, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] How to start a newsletter ....

or something like what the other projects have. i asked around tech support but to no avail so can someone please give me the layout of how a newsletter is programmed? as far as the box sizes and stuff like that how to color them. i already got the place where i want the newsletter to be placed its ganna be in a template format under {{Festival Newsletter}}. I just dont know how to start one up so that it looks like the other projects newsletters. any help will be much appreciated. thanks much! Maverick423 20:43, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

I would try asking one of the people who operates said newsletters, or contacting one of the users listed in Category:User_template_coder. I'll leave the {{helpme}} box up, since this isn't a very helpful response. Sorry. Hersfold (talk/work) 22:47, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
I would have to agree with Hersfold, sorry, not much help here. --Nenyedi TalkDeeds@ 00:32, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
Ask User:Ral315. He is in charge of the Wikipedia Signpost. Real96 01:09, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

ahh thanks much ill check it out =)

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[edit] Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #11

Number 11, April 1, 2007

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.

Please visit this page and bookmark any suggestions of interest to you. This will help improve monitoring of the WikiProject's articles.

Storm of the month

Damage from Will

Hurricane Will developed from a tropical wave to the east of the Caribbean Sea and intensified. It crossed over Jamaica and re-emerged over water a few days later. The storm intensified into a hurricane and an eye began to develop. Will became a major hurricane over the Gulf of Mexico and made landfall on the vulnerable Gulf Coast of the United States soon after. To date, Hurricane Will has claimed over 350 lives and is directly responsible for about $5 billion of damages; of which an unknown amount was insured. Despite the damage, it is not expected that the name will be retired by WMO.

Other tropical cyclone activity

  • After threatening the Eastern Seaboard for some time, Hurricane Hink has turned away and the NHC has cancelled all warnings associated with the storm.
  • The 2007 Pacific typhoon season began with Tropical Storm Kong-rey forming on March 31.
  • There were a total of 7 cyclones in the southern hemisphere: Becky in the South Pacific, Indlala and Jaya in the Southwestern Indian Ocean and Odette, George, Jacob and Kara in the Australian region. Indlala killed at least 80 and left over 100,000 homeless; whilst Cyclone George was the worst storm to affect Port Hedland in over 30 years.

Member of the month

Cyclone barnstar

The April member of the month is HurricaneIrene. Irene began contributing to tropical cyclone articles on Wikipedia in August 2005, but ran out of steam and left after barely 2 weeks. However, Irene's influence on the project has been wide-reaching. Her efforts led directly to two articles attaining featured status and her legacy inspired many of our most active editors to write a plethora of good articles on a wide range of storms.

Main Page content

Storm article statistics

Grade Jan Feb Mar Apr
Featured article FA 23 25 28 29
A 2 2 2 2
Good article GA 74 75 80 82
B 71 76 78 80
Start 193 195 194 209
Stub 16 16 16 17
Total 379 389 398 419
percentage
Less than B		 55.1 54.2 52.8 53.9

The Main Page

The WikiProject has a narrow scope, so it is not surprising that our articles are not frequently selected for Today's featured article. Most destructive cyclones are likely to be mentioned on the In the news column. We have no real control over that, but we should submit suggestions when appropriate.

However, we can do a more lot more to place our content in the other major section of the main page: The Did you know column. In the past month we created over 30 articles. Of these only 2 were even submitted as suggestions for DYK. We can do much better, please submit DYK entries for new articles when you do the initial assessment.

[edit] WikiProject MMO Newsletter - April 2007

WikiProject MMO Quarterly
April 2007 Issue I
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New good articles and featured articles
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Good articles

Featured articles
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Major news
WikiProject RuneScape, our former child project, was moved to become a task force of this project in January as it had a small scope but the task force is still going strong to this very day.

This past quarter marks the beginning of our new collaboration system MMOGCM. Past collaborations thus far have been World of Warcraft and MMORPG, both of which made it to GA status while it was the MMOGCM.

As well, we now have an Outreach Department which works on this newsletter as well as spreads the word of our project.

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[edit] Microwave gun

Sure. I don't have a lot of hard editing time right now, but I'm glad to help out and such. Maybe I should make an EM weapons template. [Mαc Δαvιs] ❖ 21:56, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

No, the article should definitely be microwave gun. The template will be called Template:Emweapons [Mαc Δαvιs] ❖ 03:06, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
I have redirected Microwave gun to Active Denial System. This article already exists. Please feel free to contribute if you have new, reliable information. Nimur 17:37, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
I unredirected it and improved the article because I there is more to microwave guns than the active denial system, and you couldn't put that information in the ADS article. [Mαc Δαvιs] ❖ 17:51, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
You should probably hit the talk page too. [Mαc Δαvιs] ❖ 19:18, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Paranormal

Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Paranormal ... but one thing, dont report a paranormal event there, if you wanted to you could create an article on the event or just look for your cities article in wikipedia and add a subsection dedicated to these paranormal events and remeber to provide citation or references (it may get removed if you dont provide any) (:O) -Nima Baghaei talk · cont · email 17:01, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

  • In other words, create an article or add to a already existing article this paranormal event(s) and then come back and post what you have done in Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Paranormal so those interested can help you clean/expand your additions (:O) -Nima Baghaei talk · cont · email 17:03, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
  • if there are no references I would suggest using your sandbox or creating a subpage in your userpage (example: User:Maverick423/paranormal1) and put all your information there, and when you are done come share it on the talk page and see if anyone else can help you expand/add/cite what you have done (:O) -Nima Baghaei talk · cont · email 17:07, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
  • the reason i suggest doing a draft-article before actually creating an article is that you can edit and improve your draft-article before publishing it which helps prevent the article from being deleted hehe (:O) -Nima Baghaei talk · cont · email 17:08, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
welcome (:O) -Nima Baghaei talk · cont · email 17:10, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] wikiproject paintball

hey i just noticed you joined the project, and wanted to give you a welcome. if you ever have any questions just ask me on my talk page, and fotunatly for you i don't have much of a life so i'll get back to you pretty quickly. i'm also giving you the project news board, do with it what you like. and good luck.

peace out-Threewaysround 19:34, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Paintball
Category: Paintball
Announcements
watch · edit · discuss
WikiProject Paintball News edit
  • The term "paintball gun" is no longer to be used in any article: please change this wherever you see it! We must use the term paintball marker at all times from here on out. Keep up the good work. RavenStorm, Lead Coordinator
  • It has been strongly suggested by fellow member Three ways round that we add references and sources to our articles and make this our priority for now, as expansion and addition of articles has been slow of late. Go find an unsourced article and get some good references! Together we can make the WikiProject Paintball more authentic and encyclopedic. RavenStorm, Lead Coordinator


Category News edit
  • The player positions pages have been renamed according to game type to be more accurate.
  • Two more subcategories have been created: Woodsball, and Speedball. If any new pages are created that are related to these, please use their respective category tags instead of [[Category:Paintball]]. Thanks!


Priority Tasks edit
To continue the project's drive toward FA status for the Paintball article, please review the project news and spend some time going over the article.
Sources: Articles such as Glossary of paintball terms have been tagged for not citing sources. Be sure to check around for more of these articles, and see if we can find some resources that can validate our information.
Current priority: The Paintball variations article needs to be synchronized with all other articles that mention variants of paintball games or paintball game types. Remember, to be consistent, that 'variants' are variants such as CTF, while 'game types' are woodsball, speedball, et cetera.


[edit] RE:paintball weapon

hey

i read what you said and you have a good point. I quickly took a look around the paintball area's i knew and thought might have a section on that and, lucky enough i decided to check in on the Paintball equipment article. near the bottem it has a section about 'other' exoctic weapons/equipment used. It has a subcategory for paintball grenade, so you could add the paintball Rocket Launcher/bazooka section there. i would myself but that's not exactly my area of expertise, so good luck

peace out-Threewaysround 23:15, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

hey sorry about the link being messed up. the right one is here. just add another subcategory in it for the rocket launcher/bazooka when you have the time.

peace-Threewaysround 19:35, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Paintball list

hey i made this list for you, i copied and pasted all the article from Category Painball, and all it's sub categories. I thought that would be the best way to go, hopefully i was right.

here it is:Blackballed (film), Bunker (paintball), E Matrix (Paintball Marker), Empir3, Glossary of paintball terms, Greg Hastings Tournament Paintball, Greg Hastings Tournament Paintball MAX'D, Kingman Group, NCPA (paintball), NRG Paintball, Oliver Lang, Paintball, Paintball pistol, Paintball strategy, Paintball tank, Paintball variations, Player positions (paintball), Recball, Russian legion, Scenario paintball, Slingshot paintball, Smart Parts, Snap shot, Speedball, Stock paintball, Sweet spot, Tankball, Tippmann, The Whiteboard, Woodsball, Woodsball strategy, Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Paintball, Paintball equipment, Paintball marker, Promaster, Bushmaster Knock-Off, Angel (paintball), Angel (paintball), Automag (paintball marker), Bushmaster 2000, CCI Phantom, Excalibur (paintball), Indian Creek Designs, Ion (paintball marker), RAP4 (Real Action Paintball Marker), Shocker (paintball marker), Sl 68 II, Sp-8, Spyder MR1, Spyder MR2, Spyder Rodeo, Spyder Victor, Spyder Victor 2006, Spyder Victor II, Tippmann 98 custom, Tippmann A-5, Tippmann C-3, Electropneumatic paintball gun, Inline blowback (paintball), List of Paintball Leagues, List of professional paintball teams, NXL, National Professional Paintball League, Ultimate Arena Paintball League, Copenhagen Ducks, Team Dynasty, Tippinators, Speedball backman, Speedball centerman, Speedball frontman, Woodsball marksman, Woodsball rifleman, Woodsball scout, Woodsball specialists, Woodsball strategy

well theres your list, it took about half an hour so i hope it useful. anything else you needs just give me a shout.

peace out-Threewaysround 23:52, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Paintball navigation

Hey Maverick,

Good job with the navigation template! I myself am quite busy these days so Wikipedia is going lower and lower on my priorities list, unfortunately. We've been meaning to make a Rating template, much like the WikiMilitary History project is using. You can see it right here. If you could make something like that, or at least help me out with it (I am terrible with complicated templates like that, despite my being a programmer), it would be very useful to the project.

Remember that all it takes for a paintball marker article is a picture, I still hold my promise that I will do the rest!

RavenStorm 03:59, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Friend Request

Of course we can be friends. You don't have to ask me. :) The Hippie 21:06, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Well, I like anime, rock/heavy metal music, and I guess some video games (Guitar Hero, Pac-man, Galaga, some other retro games). You can see my user page for more information if you like. Not complete, but enough to summarize. The Hippie 22:56, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Festivals

I've added myself to the wikiproject - I'd always be happy to do copyediting or cleanup. Graham87 08:38, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] BKO (Bushmaster Knock-Off).

I am unsure why you have taken it upon yourself to dispute so much in the BKO wiki. If you look at the other markers in your Paintball template, there are examples of the exact same information that you have decided to remove or edit from the BKO wiki.

For example see the wiki E_Matrix_(Paintball_Marker), You'll note there is all kinds of information on the solenoid operation, information on aftermarket parts (breeches), electronic board firing modes, design variations etc...

Another example is the Tippmann_98_custom wiki. Included is a list of upgrades and accesories. It also includes the MSRP. It also cites specific references to the BPS cap of the marker.

Add to that your Insult to me by referencing Sockpuppet in reference to my post in talk page regarding myself being an Expert on BKO's. That is a poor way of going about things. I am an expert on the subject. Who are you to say otherwise?

If you do not cease your actions I will be forced to get a third opinion on the content matter or even go to mediation.


Thank you,

Spitlebug 01:15, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Send me an email: BKO (Bushmaster Knock-Off)

Send me an email to *email removed* and I will prove to you that I indeed have more information about all ICD markers than the average paintball player, and that infact I am an expert on the subject.

Just put the BKO in the message title and I'll send you some images. I don't want to post them publicly, and for reasons (obvious once you get the pictures) they will have information missing because they are confidential and proprietary information.

Spitlebug 07:48, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] hey

sorry it took me so long to get back to you, but well i havn't been on the computer in almost 2 weeks.

for the bushmaster thing, a lost of the marker/company pages read like an add, it one of the many problems we face. the only problem is that anything bad about them (to make it NPOV) that we can find, can't be sourced, and if we only can find good stuff it reads like an add, so it's a lose-lose situation until we find a solution.

for the Paintthrower thing, it sounds really cool, but i would wait and do a bit of research before we add it in, because i dont doubt that it is out there, but we need to source and refrence it and everything. Also we don't want to be putting in wikipedia a device that someone with too much time on their hands put together, we need to make sure it's mass (or at least somewhat commercial) produced.

also for the picture thing, good work it's hard to get pictures of paintball equipment, i would try to get some but i don't have a digital camera, and my scanner isn't working.

anyway keep up the good work :D

peace out-Threewaysround 22:28, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Paintball Template Sandbox

Pursuant to some of the guidelines on the Category page, can you please remove the category links from User Talk:Maverick423/Templet_sandbox? Thanks. Jouster  (whisper) 00:47, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Looks great, though I will remind you that it is spelled "template". Thank you for your attention to this matter! Jouster  (whisper) 04:59, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Reply

speaking of which wow i just noticed how bad it got they even got my main page and stuff. i here there is a program here for protection against vandels but i dont know where can you help me find it =) thanks Maverick423 Says Im in ur science steeling ur gravities 06:58, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

Sorry for the slow reply, was out of the house this weekend. Have a look at Anti-vandal tools to help with countering vandalism. I personally use Vandal Fighter to monitor recent changes more easily, and WP:TWINKLE so a) I get a rollback feature (revert multiple edits by a user in one go) and b) I don't have to remember all the warnings! Hope that helps somewhat. --Samtheboy (t/c) 22:18, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

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[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] WikiProject Winter storms

There is a discussion started by User:Juliancolton at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Meteorology about a proposed/possible new WikiProject called WikiProject Winter storms. Feel free to voice your opinion on the proposal.--JForget 01:25, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WP:METEO Active members

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[edit] Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #13

Number 13, February 2, 2008

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. This newsletter covers all of January 2008.

Please visit this page and bookmark any suggestions of interest to you. This will help improve monitoring of the WikiProject's articles.

Storm of the month

Cyclone Gene

Cyclone Gene formed on January 26 over the open south Pacific Ocean. It drifted southward, and strengthened into Tropical Storm Gene on January 28 as it moved across the Fijian archipelago. There, it brought heavy rainfall, which caused the worst flooding in several years. Half of the country was left without power, and the cyclone killed seven people in Fiji. The storm turned southwestward, developing a cloud-filled eye and quickly strengthening by the end of the month.

Other tropical cyclone activity

  • One tropical cyclone formed in the Western North Pacific Ocean west of The Philippines, which was analyzed by Japan Meteorological Agency as a depression; it tracked southwestward and did not significantly affect any land areas.
  • In addition to Cyclone Gene, Tropical Storm Elisa and Cyclone Fuma occurred in the South Pacific ocean during the month, along with three tropical depressions.
  • The only tropical cyclone in Australian region during the month was Tropical Cyclone Helen, which struck Australia.
  • Four tropical cyclones, three of which named, existed in the Southwest Indian Ocean during the month. The most notable was Cyclone Fame, which caused twelve deaths after striking Madagascar.

Member of the month

Cyclone barnstar

The January member of the month is Ajm81. A tropical cyclone editor since he first joined in October 2005, Ajm81 plays a vital role in the project. Unlike other editors, who mainly edit articles, Ajm81 maintains and updates the track maps across the project. We thank Ajm81 for his timely contributions, and may he have some well-deserved downtime after the last tropical cyclone report is released.

Storm article statistics

Grade Oct Nov Dec Jan
Featured article FA 30 31 33 33
A 9 8 9 9
Good article GA 106 109 112 114
B 78 82 86 99
Start 212 211 208 214
Stub 5 6 6 3
Total 440 447 454 472
ω 3.02 3.01 2.98 2.98
percentage
Less than B		 49.3 48.5 47.1 46.0

Wikiwork and 1000 articles In January 2008, the WikiProject began using a system called Wikiwork, or ω. It weighs the overall quality of the project's articles, and a lower number means a greater total quality. The weighed ω, as used above, is a relative number that can be used to compare groups of this article. As of this publication, the relative ω of the project is 3.404, corresponding to between Start and B class. However, when limiting it solely to storm articles, the number drops to 2.98, which is slightly better than B class. During the month, a new statistics page was created.

Additionally, during the month, Mitchazenia pointed out that we received our 1,000th article with the creation of Cyclone Elita.

♬♩ Hurricanehink (talk) 16:47, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

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OK... so I've began to assess the robotics articles. Please review the article assessment guidelines and help this WikiProject out by helping out with the following:

  • Adding Robotics-related articles to the WikiProject
  • Assessing robotics articles listed in Category:Robotics articles by quality
  • Helping out with giving comments to individual articles after assessment, pointers, comments, etc. (basically, don't just give an article class and move on, let people know what led you to give such a rating when necessary.

We need to get this article assessment drive going first before peer reviews and collaborations programs can be made.

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If you want to use it for our WikiProject advertisement, simple paste [[Image:Wikiprojectrobotics.png]] to use this static banner.

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Our ad is now in the Wikipedia Ads circulation. Help promote WikiProject Robotics by displaying this image on your userpage, or to place Wikipedia Ads to your user page, you may add {{wikipedia ads}}.

  • Display only certain ads: Here's the script to only display certain ads (so you can have people see our Robotics ad more often (or just only display this ad only). Note: WikiProject:Robotics Ad is #116.
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Please let me know if you have any questions. - Jameson L. Tai talk ♦ contribs 10:07, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #14

Number 14, March 1, 2008

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. This newsletter covers all of February 2008.

Please visit this page and bookmark any suggestions of interest to you. This will help improve monitoring of the WikiProject's articles.

Storm of the month

Cyclone
Cyclone Ivan

Cyclone Ivan formed on February 7 and subsequently executed a loop to the west-southwest. Encountering favorable conditions, it strengthened to attain peak winds on February 17 before striking northeastern Madagascar. It degenerated into a remnant low pressure area as it crossed the island, and briefly re-organized into a weak tropical depression before dissipating on February 22. Ivan caused heavy damage in Madagascar, leaving 190,000 people homeless and causing over 83 deaths.

Other tropical cyclone activity

  • In the South Pacific ocean, Cyclone Gene persisted from the previous month; a tropical depression also occurred in the month.
  • Tropical Cyclone Nicholas was the only named storm during the month in the Australian region, which struck Western Australia. Two tropical lows occurred during the month, the latter of which later formed into Tropical Cyclone Ophelia.
  • Four storms occurred in the Southwest Indian Ocean, including two from the previous month and the aforementioned Cyclone Ivan. Cyclone Hondo became the strongest cyclone worldwide in the month, and after becoming extratropical it regenerated over ten days later about 1750 miles (2800 km) to its west-northwest.

Member of the month

Cyclone barnstar

The February member of the month is RattleMan, for his lasting dedication and continual support of the project. During February, the user worked on improving the timeline articles for the previous season. RattleMan often updates the sections on storms in season articles, and helps to maintain the southern hemisphere articles.

Main Page content

Storm article statistics

Grade Nov Dec Jan Feb
Featured article FA 31 33 33 36
A 8 9 9 8
Good article GA 109 112 114 123
B 82 86 99 96
Start 211 208 214 216
Stub 6 6 3 6
Total 447 454 472 485
ω 3.01 2.98 2.98 2.96
percentage
Less than B		 48.5 47.1 46.0 45.8
percentage
GA or better		 33.1 33.9 33.1 34.3

Improvements During the month, a total of 15 new articles were added, though the net increase in start or stub articles was only three. The highest quality set of articles for a basin is for the Eastern Pacific Ocean, of which half of its articles are either a good article or better; all of its retired storm articles are good or better. However, the basin has a lower total number of articles, and the Atlantic basin has a higher overall total of good articles.

There is a drive to increase the number of featured topics, which is located on the project talk page.

♬♩ Hurricanehink (talk) 05:07, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #15

Number 15, April 5, 2008

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. This newsletter covers all of March 2008.

Please visit this page and bookmark any suggestions of interest to you. This will help improve monitoring of the WikiProject's articles.

Storm of the month

Cyclone Jokwe
Cyclone Jokwe

Cyclone Jokwe was the first tropical cyclone to make landfall in Mozambique since Cyclone Favio struck in the previous year. The tenth named storm of the 2007-08 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Jokwe was first classified as a tropical depression on March 2 over the open Southwest Indian Ocean. It tracked west-southwest, crossing northern Madagascar as a tropical storm on March 5 before intensifying into a tropical cyclone on March 6. Jokwe rapidly intensified to reach peak winds of 195 km/h (120 mph), before weakening slightly and striking Nampula Province in northeastern Mozambique. It quickly weakened while paralleling the coastline, though the storm restrengthened as it turned southward in the Mozambique Channel. Late in its duration, it remained nearly stationary for several days, and steadily weakened due to wind shear before dissipating on March 16.

The storm caused minor damage in northern Madagascar. In Mozambique, the cyclone affected 165,000 people, and left at least sixteen fatalities. Cyclone Jokwe destroyed over 9,000 houses and damaged over 3,000 more, with the heaviest damage in Angoche and the Island of Mozambique in Nampula Province. The storm also caused widespread power outages and crop damages.

Other tropical cyclone activity

Member of the month

Cyclone barnstar

The March member of the month is CapeVerdeWave, whose first edit was to a tropical cyclone article, back in January 2006. CapeVerdeWave has been a steady and active member of the project, writing several articles on Category 5 hurricanes as well as working on the often forgotten older hurricanes. The user also has contributed to some older season articles, and recently helped update the project after the recent hurricane re-analysis. We thank him for his continued dedication.

Main Page content

Storm article statistics

Grade Dec Jan Feb Mar
Featured article FA 33 33 36 38
A 9 9 8 8
Good article GA 112 114 123 130
B 86 99 96 91
Start 208 214 216 211
Stub 6 3 6 9
Total 454 472 485 487
ω 2.98 2.98 2.96 2.94
percentage
Less than B		 47.1 46.0 45.8 45.2
percentage
GA or better		 33.9 33.1 34.3 36.1

Project News: Updates on the Best Track - Atlantic and North Indian Ocean, and more
In February, the Hurricane Research Division released its reanalysis for the Atlantic Ocean from 1915 to 1920. Highlights include the addition of eight storms, as well as the removal of one storm. The winds in the 1919 Florida Keys Hurricane were increased to 130 knots, and the 1916 Texas hurricane was increased to a Category 4 hurricane.

According to an email sent to the India Meteorological Department, there will be an online version of the North Indian Ocean best track from 1877 to 2006, scheduled to be released in two months; it is unknown if it will cost money to access.

In unrelated news, the project was featured on the Signpost; Mitchazenia was interviewed, and talked about the past, present, and future of the project.

At the end of the month, there were five different Featured content candidates (FXC's) by five different editors; two were featured article candidates, two were featured list candidates, and one was a featured picture candidate. The have been a few times in which there were four FXC's from four different editors, most recently in February and early March of 2008.

♬♩ Hurricanehink (talk) 02:47, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #16

Number 16, May 3, 2008

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. This newsletter covers all of April 2008.

Please visit this page and bookmark any suggestions of interest to you. This will help improve monitoring of the WikiProject's articles.

Storm of the month

Typhoon Neoguri (2008)
Typhoon Neoguri on April 17

Typhoon Neoguri was the earliest tropical cyclone on record to strike China. It formed on April 13 to the east of the Philippines, and once entering the South China Sea, environmental conditions allowed for quick strengthening. Neoguri attained its peak intensity of 150 km/h (90 mph) as it approached the island of Hainan, though rapidly weakened due to unfavorable conditions. The system made landfall in southern China on April 19, causing three deaths and moderate damage totaling over ¥296 million (2008 RMB, $42 million 2008 USD). The typhoon left 40 fishermen missing in the South China Sea.

Other tropical cyclone activity

  • A weak tropical depression formed near New Caledonia in the South Pacific ocean early in the month, and another tropical depression developed in the basin later in the month.
  • Two named storms formed in the Australian region during the month, including Tropical Cyclone Durga, which was the first ever cyclone named by the Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre in Jakarta, Indonesia. Tropical Cyclone Rosie co-existed with Durga for much of its duration.
  • Cyclone Nargis developed in the North Indian Ocean late in the month, and reached its peak intensity early in May; further details will be covered in the next newsletter.

Member of the month

Cyclone barnstar

The April member of the month is VOFFA. Though not officially a project member, VOFFA is an important user to the project, having maintained and updated the talk page archives on tropical cyclones worldwide; activity includes adding warnings and discussions for all storms. The user is particularly active during the off-season of the Atlantic basin, when article activity on tropical cyclones typically declines.

Storm article statistics

Grade Jan Feb Mar Apr
Featured article FA 33 36 38 40
A 9 8 8 8
Good article GA 114 123 130 131
B 99 96 91 103
Start 214 216 211 208
Stub 3 6 9 9
Total 472 485 487 499
ω 2.98 2.96 2.94 2.92
percentage
Less than B		 46.0 45.8 45.2 43.5
percentage
GA or better		 33.1 34.3 36.1 35.9

Project News
There is discussion on the status of articles on non-notable storms in the Merging page of the project. Comments are welcome.

A Wikipedia traffic counter was launched earlier this year. In the month of February, the article on Hurricane Katrina was viewed just over 200,000 times, making the article the 496th most viewed article on the English Wikipedia during the month.

During the month, Hurricane Camille was demoted from GA status, continuing the trend of good articles degrading in status on notable storms; other occurrences include the FA removal of Cyclone Tracy and 1900 Galveston Hurricane. If anyone has any ideas how to fix the problem, feedback and ideas are appreciated.

♬♩ Hurricanehink (talk) 04:03, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #17

Number 17, June 7, 2008

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. This newsletter covers all of May 2008.

Please visit this page and bookmark any suggestions of interest to you. This will help improve monitoring of the WikiProject's articles.

Storm of the month

Cyclone Nargis
Cyclone Nargis

Cyclone Nargis was the costliest and deadliest natural disaster in the history of Burma (Myanmar). It formed on April 27 in the central Bay of Bengal, and after initially tracking north-northwestward it turned to the east. Quickly strengthening to reach peak winds of at least 165 km/h (105 mph), Nargis made landfall in the Ayeyarwady Division of Burma on May 2 near peak intensity. The cyclone killed at least 80,000 people and potentially over 300,000. Passing near the metropolis of Yangon, the cyclone destroyed thousands of buildings, and damage was estimated at over $10 billion (USD). In the wake of the storm, the ruling military junta of Burma initially refused foreign aid, and after they allowed foreign assistance, the government was criticized for its poor handling of the aftermath of the storm.

Other tropical cyclone activity

  • Northwestern Pacific Ocean – Typhoon Rammasun was the strongest tropical cyclone worldwide during the month, though it did not affect land. Tropical Storm Matmo formed east of Luzon in the middle of the month and lasted for three days. Severe Tropical Storm Halong (Cosme) was the deadliest storm in the Pacific basin, causing 58 deaths and $94 million (USD) in damage after hitting Luzon on May 17. At the end of the month, Typhoon Nakri formed and reached peak intensity over open waters before becoming extratropical in early June.
  • Eastern Pacific Ocean – Tropical Storm Alma was was the easternmost forming Pacific tropical cyclone on record. Forming from a trough on May 29, it became a strong tropical storm before making landfall near León, Nicaragua, killing at least two people.
  • 2008 Atlantic hurricane season– Tropical Storm Arthur formed from the remnants of Tropical Storm Alma as it made landfall on Belize, causing flash flooding and at least nine fatalities.

Project News
Several other languages are active in the realm of tropical cyclone articles, though as much as ours. The French Wikipedia has 76 storm articles, the Spanish Wikipedia has 99 storm articles, and the Portuguese Wikipedia has 116 storm articles. Each of the projects have several storm articles we do not have, and the coverage on non-notable storms outside of the Atlantic is better, particularly in the Southern Hemisphere.

During the month, User:Potapych finished working on Template:Infobox Hurricane Small, which is used for the small Infoboxes in season articles; he has updated several season article already with the changes.

Main Page content

Storm article statistics

Grade Feb Mar Apr May
Featured article FA 36 38 40 41
A 8 8 8 17
Good article GA 123 130 131 129
B 96 91 103 101
Start 216 211 208 209
Stub 7 9 9 9
Total 487 487 499 506
ω 2.96 2.94 2.92 2.88
percentage
≥Less than B		 45.8 45.2 43.5 43.1
percentage
≥GA or better		 34.3 36.1 35.9 367.0

Member of the month

Cyclone barnstar

The May member of the month is Juliancolton. Joining the project in November 2007, Julian has become an active member of the project, working on new articles in the Atlantic basin. He has created two featured lists (List of Maryland and Washington, D.C. hurricanes (1980–present) and List of New York hurricanes), and rewrote the article on 2006 Atlantic hurricane season, which became featured during May. Juliancolton is currently working on a featured topic for Hurricane Dennis and its effects by region.

♬♩ Hurricanehink (talk) 02:50, 8 June 2008 (UTC)