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Tornadoes

Hey there Quxyz, we haven’t interacted much, but I thought I’d reach out. I’ve been trying to recruit editors to help with creating more tornado articles. I almost hate to ask, but do you have any interest in tornadoes? I know they’re common and can be devastating in your state, which is why it’s a shame that there is no List of Iowa tornadoes. Such a list wouldn’t need to include every known event - there would be too many to get them all. But getting a general climatology and notable outbreaks would be useful. I mention this because I worked on List of California tornadoes and recently got it to a featured list. One day I would love if every state had their own list for all sorts of weather events. I can help out if you’re interested.

Or if you’re more into tropical cyclones (I am personally!) I wondered what aspect you liked most, and was curious about working on. There are literally tens of thousands of weather articles out there, including a lot waiting to be written! Hurricanehink mobile (talk) 21:54, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

I am good regarding the list. If you have any specific outbreaks you want me to write about, from Iowa and neighboring states, I will be glad to help. ✶Quxyz✶ 22:31, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

Nice! Well a hypothetical Draft:List of Iowa tornadoes should have stuff like when was the first recorded tornado in the state. This NWS source gives an average of 47 tornadoes per year in Iowa. Plus, it includes the record drought of tornadoes between 2012 and 2013, with 359 days without a tornado. The main things to include would be any F/EF5 tornadoes, the deadliest events (back in 1968 apparently). Whatcha think? Hurricanehink mobile (talk) 22:41, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

Once again, I am not currently interested in producing a list of Iowa tornadoes. I might look into a few specific tornadoes though. ✶Quxyz✶ 23:30, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

Oh lol I misunderstood what you meant by “I am good.” Hurricanehink mobile (talk) 00:49, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

Its ok, I do it all the time. ✶Quxyz✶ 03:30, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

I disagree

Regarding my recent edits to Hurricane Beryl (2024), I mean. They removed wordiness and subsections which needn't exist yet, while focusing on the damage, not mere reports. I won't bother you further about them; just know you were mistaken. InedibleHulk (talk) 22:05, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

@InedibleHulk I reverted you edits because there were several grammar changes that muddled the clarity of the article (like replacing Beryl with pronouns) and changing the title of the subsection. ✶Quxyz✶ 22:19, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

Preparation is a collection of preparations, and to what else could "it" possibly refer? InedibleHulk (talk) 22:21, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

As the article develops overtime, there may be more nouns used that the average person may not be familiar with and the more pronouns in use, the meaning may become less clear. I cannot identify any nouns that could be confused but I also could be far more informed on tropical storms than the average person. Also, preparations is the heading used on every other article. ✶Quxyz✶ 22:29, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

Alright, whatever, I'll just hope you can appreciate how my latest two edits are good. InedibleHulk (talk) 22:32, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

Your most recent edit seem good. If I accidentally reverted something that I didn't touch on feel free to reinstate it. ✶Quxyz✶ 22:34, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

I took "it" to mean the "report" parts. InedibleHulk (talk) 22:48, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

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Alert: PD-NWS Violations

This is an alert being sent to all active editors on the WikiProject of Weather and any editor who has recently editors weather-related articles.

Editors on the Commons have received communication from the National Weather Service that the Template:PD-NWS, which is often used to upload weather-related images, is incorrect. There will be a discussion starting on the Commons Copyright Noticeboard within the next few days to determine how to manage this issue. Under the current PD-NWS copyright template, images on any NWS webpage was considered to be in the public domain unless it had a direct copyright symbol and/or copyright watermark.

One National Weather Service office has confirmed this is not the case. For the next few days, it may be best to not upload any image from an NWS webpage that was not made or taken directly by the National Weather Service themselves. Once the Commons determine how to move forward, editors will recent a new alert. The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 23:54, 1 August 2024 (UTC)

@WeatherWriter, where would this problem go in affect? I dont think this affects me, however, I just wanna be safe. ✶Quxyz✶ 01:26, 2 August 2024 (UTC)

Worst case scenario, images originated from NWS webpages that were not taken by NWS employees would be deleted. I don't know if you upload images to the Commons or not. If not, then you wouldn't really have to look out. The Commons Administrators will figure out how to handle this best. In short summary, NWS La Crosse has stated their copyright disclaimer (of everything on NWS webpages being public domain) is not valid and images given to them are not actually in the public domain. [Stuff from the Damage Assessment Toolkit are still safe, but things like the 2024 Greenfield tornado's photograph of the actual tornado may not be. Like I said, if you don't upload images on the Commons, don't worry about it. When the issue is solved/figured out, I'll send everyone another alert, explaining what (if anything) is different and how to solve it.

Also, no one is "in trouble". Heck, even a Commons Administrator may have "broken" the rules. We won't know for a few days probably on what the solution will be. But, I will let you know! The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 01:51, 2 August 2024 (UTC)

Suggest bot

✶Quxyz✶ 00:43, 23 August 2024 (UTC)

Sandbox

Hello I am IrishSurfer 21 and I wanted to reach out to you concerning your sandbox. I wanted to start a draft on Tropical Depression Four and I already noticed you had some notes on your sandbox. I wanted to know whether you wanted to copy and paste those notes onto a draft with attribution or start the draft on your sandbox, or any other option you may think of. Thank you!IrishSurfer21 (talk) 13:01, 3 August 2024 (UTC)

@IrishSurfer21 Feel free to use any of the information. I'm currently focused on something else so I don't have the time ✶Quxyz✶ 13:50, 3 August 2024 (UTC)

Okay thank you for the quick response!IrishSurfer21 (talk) 14:38, 3 August 2024 (UTC)

PD-NWS Violations Update #1

I am providing members of the WikiProject of Weather along with users who frequently edit weather-related articles an update to the discussions regarding the PD-NWS image copyright template.

For starters, no "formal" administrative-style rules have occurred. All that means is the template is not formally deprecated and is still in use. However, Rlandmann, an administrator on English Wikipedia, has begun an undertaking of reviewing and assessing all images (~1,400) that use the PD-NWS copyright template.

What we know:

• Following email communications, the National Weather Service of Sioux Falls has removed their disclaimer, which has been used for the PD-NWS template for decades. This means, as far as the National Weather Service is concerned, the following statement is no longer valid: By submitting images, you understand that your image is being released into the public domain. This means that your photo or video may be downloaded, copied, and used by others. Currently, the PD-NWS template links to an archived version of the disclaimer. However, the live version of the disclaimer no longer contains that phrase.
• See this deletion discussion for this point's information. NWS Paducah (1) failed to give attribution to a photographer of a tornado photograph, (2) placed the photo into the public domain without the photographer explicitly giving them permission to do so (i.e. the photo is not actually in the public domain), (3) and told users to acknowledge NWS as the source for information on the webpage. Oh, to note, this photographer is a magistrate (i.e. a judge). So, the idea of automatically trusting images without clear attribution on weather.gov are free-to-use is in question.
• The Wikimedia Commons has a process known as precautionary principle, where if their is significant doubt that an image is free-to-use, it will be deleted. Note, one PD-NWS file has been deleted under the precautionary principle. The closing administrator remarks for the deletion discussion were: "Per the precautionary principle, there is "significant doubt" about the public domain status of this file (4x keep + nominator, 5x delete), so I will delete it."
• Several photographs/images using the PD-NWS are currently mid-deletion discussion, all for various reasonings.
• As of this message, 250 PD-NWS images have been checked out of the ~1,400.
• The photograph of the 1974 Xenia tornado (File:Xenia tornado.jpg) was found to not be in the public domain. It is still free-to-use, but under a CC 2.0 license, which requires attribution. From April 2009 to August 2024, Wikipedia/Wikimedia was incorrectly (and by definition, illegally) using the photograph, as it was marked incorrectly as a public domain photograph.

Solutions:
As stated earlier, there is no "formal" rulings, so no "formal" changes have been made. However, there is a general consensus between editors on things which are safe to do:

• Images made directly by NWS employees can be uploaded and used under the new PD-USGov-NWS-employee template (Usage: {{PD-USGov-NWS-employee}} ). This is what a large number of PD-NWS templated images are being switched to.
• Images from the NOAA Damage Assessment Toolkit (DAT) can be uploaded and used under the PD-DAT template (Usage: {{PD-DAT}} ). A large number of images are also being switched to this template.

For now, you are still welcome to upload images under the PD-NWS template. However, if possible it is recommended using the two templates above. I will send out another update when new information is found or new "rulings" have been made. The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 03:28, 17 August 2024 (UTC)

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PD-NWS Violations Update #2 (Key To Read Third Section)

I am providing members of the WikiProject of Weather along with users who frequently edit weather-related articles an new update (2nd update) to the discussions regarding the PD-NWS image copyright template.

On the Commons, an RFC discussion is taking place to figure out how to manage the template. No "formal" administrative-style rules have occurred, so nothing has changed. That is not a surprise as the RFC is still ongoing.

What is new?

• The entire Template:PD-NWS has been placed inside a "License Review" template, which is viewable via the link aforementioned.
• Most of the photographs which were uploaded to the Commons originally under the PD-NWS template (approximately 1,500) have been reviewed. Out of those ~1,500 images, only about 150 are requiring additional looks. Most images have been verified as free-to-use and switched to a respective, valid template.
• As of this moment, approximately 50 photos have been nominated for deletion (results pending).
• A handful of images have been deleted (either confirmed copyrighted or under the Commons precautionary principle.
• One image has been kept following a deletion request under the PD-NWS template.

How to deal with new photos?

Given all of this, you might be wondering how the heck you use weather photos while creating articles? Well, here is what you can do!

• If the photo was made by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (excluding NWS), You can upload it under the PD-NOAA template via {{PD-NOAA}}.
• If the photo was made by the National Weather Service (NOT Third Party), you can upload it using the new PD-NWS-employee template via {{PD-USGov-NWS-employee}}.
  • If the photo originates on the Damage Assessment Toolkit, you can upload it using the PD-DAT template via {{PD-DAT}}.
• If the photo is from a U.S. NEXRAD radar, you can upload it using the PD-NEXRAD template via via {{PD-NEXRAD}}.

What about third-party photos?

In the case of third-party photos...i.e. ones not taken by the National Weather Service themselves...there is an option which was discussed and confirmed to be valid from an English Wikipedia Administrator.

• KEY: Third party images of tornadoes & weather-related content can potentially be uploaded via Wikipedia's Non-Free Content Guidelines!
• Experiments/testing has been done already! In fact, I bet you couldn't tell the difference, but the tornado photograph used at the top of the 2011 Joplin tornado was already switched to a Non-Free File (NFF)! Check it out: File:Photograph of the 2011 Joplin tornado.jpeg! That photo's description can also be used as a template for future third-party tornado photographs uploaded to Wikipedia...with their respective information replaced.
• NFFs can be uploaded to multiple articles as well!
• The absolute key aspect of NFFs is that they relate to the article and are not decoration. For example with the Joplin tornado, the photograph: (1) shows the size of the tornado, (2) shows the "wall of darkness", which was described by witnesses, (3) shows a historic, non-repeatable event of the deadliest tornado in modern U.S. history. The exact reasoning does not have to be extremely specific as Wikipedia's NFF guidelines "is one of the most generous in the world" (words of Rlandmann (not pinged), the administrator reviewing all the PD-NWS template images).
• Tornado photographs will almost certainly qualify under the NFF guidelines, especially for tornadoes with standalone articles or standalone sections.
• NFFs cannot be used when a free-photograph is available, no matter the quality, unless the section is about that specific photograph. For example, the photograph used at the top of the 2013 Moore tornado article is confirmed to be free-to-use, therefore, no NFFs of that tornado can be uploaded on Wikipedia. However, the "Dead Man Walking" photograph could almost certainly be uploaded as an NFF to the 1997 Jarrell tornado article as that photograph is the topic of a section in the article.
• NFFs currently on Wikipedia can and should be placed in this category: Category:Non-free pictures of tornadoes.

Update Closing

Hopefully all of that information kept you informed on the Commons copyright discussion process and how you can still create the best articles possible! If you have a question about something mentioned above, reply back and I will do my best to answer it! Also, ping me in the process to ensure I see it! Have a good day! The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 00:59, 5 September 2024 (UTC)

Helene

Should I mention tornado warnings issued so far or should I wait for everything is done to talk about it? Wildfireupdateman (talk) 17:44, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

@Wildfireupdateman, I would wait as if Helene becomes a serious outbreak with dozens of tornadoes, there would be no sense in listing them all. If any tornadoes have done damage, I would mention that. ✶Quxyz✶ 18:28, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick response! If it becomes a serious outbreak, I'll probably help make an article similar to the hurricane beryl tornado outbreak. Wildfireupdateman (talk) 18:38, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

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Hurricane Helene

My photo got removed and i have no clue by who or why because the history section is so busy ): Trade (talk) 22:08, 12 October 2024 (UTC)

Nvm its still there Trade (talk) 22:15, 12 October 2024 (UTC)

@Trade, It seems like your image is still there. If it was removed, it was likely because there is so much media in the article that it is getting scrunched up. ✶Quxyz✶ 22:15, 12 October 2024 (UTC)

October 2024

Please do not remove content or templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did at Hurricane Milton, without giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your content removal does not appear to be constructive and has been reverted. If you only meant to make a test edit, please use your sandbox for that. Thank you. Crete44 (talk) 13:49, 14 October 2024 (UTC)

@Crete44, We do not usually mention the reopening of businesses in the aftermath, the section is usually reserved for stuff like rebuilding and long term effects. ✶Quxyz✶ 14:13, 14 October 2024 (UTC)

It is a disservice to our readers to not include this information. We mention the closing in the preparations, and some of the parks will have delayed re-opening dates (Busch Gardens Tampa) so it is only reasonable to include them. Especially for Disney, probably the most famous theme park in the world.Crete44 (talk) 14:21, 14 October 2024 (UTC)

If the opening was delayed due to damage or other circumstances, then I would keep that. But if it just reopened as usual, it really does not need a mention beside in the preparations section. ✶Quxyz✶ 14:27, 14 October 2024 (UTC)

October 2024 (Speedy deletion of Hurricane Kristy redirect)

I just want to point out; that if I’m not mistaken. You’re not supposed to remove speedy delete tags unless you are an administrator declining the nomination. I have reverted your removal. Hurricane Clyde 🌀^{my talk page!} 19:59, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

@Hurricane Clyde, You can dispute speedy delete tags, it would have to go to AfD to be deleted in that instance. Anyways, the redirect should exist, it is just wasting an administrators time. ✶Quxyz✶ 20:09, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

I’m just following policy. Hurricane Clyde 🌀^{my talk page!} 21:21, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

Moot point now because someone accepted the draft submission. Hurricane Clyde 🌀^{my talk page!} 21:23, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

The lead of WP:CSD directly states that uninvolved editors can remove tags and all editors, including creators, can remove G8 tags. ✶Quxyz✶ 21:32, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

Well then that’s an error on my part. I thought only closing admins were allowed. Hurricane Clyde 🌀^{my talk page!} 23:31, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

Well this was a G6 from my understanding. Hurricane Clyde 🌀^{my talk page!} 23:33, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

ITN recognition for 2024 Cuba blackouts

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I heard that hurricanes are considered over when it reaches Tropical Depression Status

I'm pretty sure it's that 2601:348:600:4C80:AD69:3291:CC4B:BBAB (talk) 21:17, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

Tropical depressions are still tropical cyclones. They are considered "over" when they totally dissolve or become remnant lows. ✶Quxyz✶ 21:20, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

it can be that but from what I seen every time I see one of these Hurricanes on this page they always have a end date before it dissipates Komodogamer83 (talk) 21:49, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

I have been editing tropical cyclone articles for the past two years, the procedure has been what I have stated above. ✶Quxyz✶ 21:52, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

What does BT stand for Komodogamer83 (talk) 22:18, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

It is the data that gets referenced when creating trackfiles. ✶Quxyz✶ 22:19, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

does it mean Best Track Komodogamer83 (talk) 22:22, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

is this about dissipation time

I don't know Komodogamer83 (talk) 21:46, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

Wait until the NHC issues their last advisory on Sara, it will be noted as such. ✶Quxyz✶ 21:48, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

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Cheers to that!✶Quxyz✶ 15:09, 15 December 2024 (UTC)

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Advice on writing meteorological article

Taken from User talk:Michael D. Turnbull; see page history for attribution. Copied so that I, Quxyz, can archive it on my own terms and access it easier.

Good day,

I am currently writing Draft:Pressure-wind relationship calculations for tropical cyclones. While I do believe the topic is encyclopedic, I am having difficulties getting sources as they are mostly journals written by some of the scientists involved. While I do understand that this may be outside your area of expertise, it would help me greatly if you could help me out a bit. ✶Quxyz✶ 19:02, 28 December 2024 (UTC)

@Quxyz Using academic sources is fine: I do it all the time when I write about chemistry. The main problem to avoid is to make your draft itself a new synthesis of these sources, which is form of original research that is not allowed in Wikipedia. That means that you have to base most of what you say on secondary sources: either reviews or books, in practice, although sometimes experts writing elsewhere can be fine. Your cite to Greg Holland seems to fall into that category. Can you expand that cite to specify the book it came from?

To give an example of the possible pitfalls, you write The most reliable method of estimating pressure from wind involves using..... That could seem like an evaluative statement made by you. Actually, it is possibly OK: the source you are quoting says Of the many different types of satellite imagery, the one that storm scientists have found best measures a storm’s intensity is the infrared Dvorak image. However, if I were you I'd use wording nearer to what this source actually says and start with something like "According to C. Burt.....". And then I'd worry that Burt seems to be writing a blog, so I might look for a more reliable source! Another suggestion would be to make the existence of your draft known to others who write about weather events. I've noted several editors asking at the Teahouse for advice on tropical storms. Mike Turnbull (talk) 13:54, 29 December 2024 (UTC)

Incidentally, you may already have done the search but Google Scholar gives plenty of sources that you can use, especially if you choose the reviews. Mike Turnbull (talk) 14:10, 29 December 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for your time. I will probably work on ot later today as I have other things to do in real life. ✶Quxyz✶ 15:06, 29 December 2024 (UTC)

Editor experience invitation

Hi Quxyz. I'm looking for experienced editors to interview here. Feel free to pass if you're not interested. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 09:45, 2 January 2025 (UTC)

Man, it's so weird being called an experienced editor. I mean less than a week ago I had to go up to an editor to ask for advice on writing an article. Anyways, I'll look into the questions. One thing I noticed is that some of the questions have mundanly complicated answers or I don't have a good enough memory to remember my time as a new editor; is it okay if I pass some questions? ✶Quxyz✶ 17:11, 2 January 2025 (UTC)

If you wish, you can always answer them later if it comes to you or say "I don't remember". Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 18:48, 2 January 2025 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

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	Thanks for spotting AI suspects. Good work. Victuallers (talk) 09:28, 16 February 2025 (UTC)

Thank you! I will be slapping it right onto my user page! ✶Quxyz✶ 13:46, 16 February 2025 (UTC)

Request For Comment - Infobox Weather Damage Estimates

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You can view and participate in the discussion here: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Weather#RFC - Weather Infobox Damages. The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 17:31, 23 March 2025 (UTC)

Ways to improve Health in Iowa

{{subst:Taggednote-NPF|1=Health in Iowa|2=Noleander|3=This page may not conform to the Wikipedia WP:SYNTHESIS policy. Even tho all the individual facts & sentences are valid, it is not clear that the collection, as "Health in Iowa" forms a proper subject for an article. I searched English WP and did not find any other articles called "Heath in <state>". Are there others? Is the plan to create one article per state? On the other hand, there is [[Healthcare in the United States] and Healthcare in New York (state) (latter for a few states).

To pass the WP:SYNTHESIS test, there must be good sources that talk about the "Health in Iowa" as a whole topic. Or, better yet, rename to "Healthcare in Iowa".}}

Noleander (talk) 16:52, 10 May 2025 (UTC)

Health in Iowa is a very different structure of article from those healthcare articles. It falls in line with Health in the United States. Also, could you point to examples of synthesis as I believe I took everything basically from the sources. The only area I was concerned about was food security, but even then that relates to diet and starvation. ✶Quxyz✶ 23:54, 10 May 2025 (UTC)

Copying over to Talk:Health in Iowa, please respond there. ✶Quxyz✶ 00:17, 11 May 2025 (UTC)

Deletion discussion about Cancer in Iowa

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Welcome to the drive!

Welcome, welcome, welcome Quxyz! I'm glad that you are joining the June 2025 drive! Please, have a cup of WikiTea, and go cite some articles.

Fix a random page lacking sources

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Tropical Story Barry

Hey Quxyz. Just wanted to say thanks for all yours efforts on the new Tropical Storm Barry (2025) article. Its looking solid and knowing you did a lot I just wanted to stop by and say thanks for the help and for all you do on wikipedia!

Regards, Shmego (talk) 15:20, 1 July 2025 (UTC)

Thank you so much! But don't hype me up too much because you and another editor also had a huge hand in making the article, more than me I think. ✶Quxyz✶ 15:26, 1 July 2025 (UTC)

June 2025 WikiProject Unreferenced articles backlog drive – award

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Not much of a star, more of a hexagon. But I'll take it! Thanks, ✶Quxyz✶ 22:06, 14 July 2025 (UTC)

Might want to cancel the RFC

Hey, you might want to cancel the Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Weather#RFC regarding adding relations to climate change on specific severe meteorological event articles. It is becoming bogged down in Wikipedia's bureaucratic processes (mentioned on two noticeboards already), and people have already challenged if it would even be binding at all.

You have good intentions behind it, but the RFC execution is just wrong, with messy options that were just community inputs. Honestly, this discussion probably counts as the discussion required for WP:RFCBEFORE, but not the RFC itself. If I were you, I would cancel the RFC aspect of the discussion (i.e. drop the RFC header), and let the discussion play out as a requirement of WP:RFCBEFORE. Then, in the future, start a new, well-formatted RFC. The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 00:27, 10 August 2025 (UTC)

While I agree that the options I put down were a bit wonky, I accidentally made them too vague in an effort to avoid adding in my own bias into the options, I do disagree that the RFC as a whole is invalid. From how I see it, it is a more broad escalation of the previous RFC as I believe that the RFC brought up the valid concern of how to manage these sections as a whole. The discussion seems to be working fine, discussion and rationale are being done. I am not especially concerned about the options as I am assuming that consensus will be built around them. ✶Quxyz✶ 00:40, 10 August 2025 (UTC)

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I'll change it back to goldenrod, then. Thanks for notfiying me! ✶Quxyz✶ (talk) 11:42, 17 August 2025 (UTC)

I hadn't seen you had moved it away from goldenrod. The goldenrod is the colour with insufficient contrast (dark goldenrod might work?). I've not tested it, but black probably doesn't work with dark mode. —Femke 🐦 (talk) 11:47, 17 August 2025 (UTC)

Just to double check, the link is the signature, right? ✶Quxyz✶ (talk) 11:51, 17 August 2025 (UTC)

It looks slightly green now :/. ✶Quxyz✶ (talk) 11:53, 17 August 2025 (UTC)

To me, it does not, and I can read your signature now :). Thanks for changing it! —Femke 🐦 (talk) 12:24, 17 August 2025 (UTC)

Erin redlinks

Articles published:

• National Institute of Meteorology and Geophysics
• Ministry of Education (Cape Verde)
• National Civil Protection Service
• National Office of Disaster Services
• Les Mamelles (Guadeloupe)

Drafts opened:

• Draft:National Institute of Meteorology and Geophysics
• Draft:Ministry of Education (Cape Verde)
• Draft:National Civil Protection Service
• Draft:National Office of Disaster Services
• Draft:The Mamelles

✶Quxyz✶ (talk) 21:28, 17 August 2025 (UTC)

Requesting Assistance

Some time ago, I created an article that was barely stated in reliable sources. I need assistance on finding out its rating and the projects that it falls under for disambiguation purposes. It is related to tropical and subtropical storms as well. Do you believe you can help? BoppySillyMcGoof (talk) 11:04, 19 August 2025 (UTC)

@BoppySillyMcGoof, I am assuming you are talking about a new article and not a GA review. If so, just link it here and I can go through it when I have the time. ✶Quxyz✶ (talk) 11:07, 19 August 2025 (UTC)

Yes, it is new, and it is rather short in length. Here is the link: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebert-Poteat_technique. BoppySillyMcGoof (talk) 11:12, 19 August 2025 (UTC)

I do not know if I was allowed to create the article in the first place due to its talk page being active without an article being present since 2007, however. BoppySillyMcGoof (talk) 11:16, 19 August 2025 (UTC)

Just giving it the once over, you might want to find some more sources to make sure it passes WP:GNG. You might also be able to use the Wikipedia Library for scientific sources. ✶Quxyz✶ (talk) 11:31, 19 August 2025 (UTC)

I believe it to be at start class, there seems to be more information available but it does have a few headings and more information than a basic description. ✶Quxyz✶ (talk) 12:27, 19 August 2025 (UTC)

Thank you, unfortunately, all other scientific articles are behind a paywall. I will continue to research more about this topic, however, and I will hope to see additional reliable sources about the topic. BoppySillyMcGoof (talk) 23:47, 19 August 2025 (UTC)

The Wikipedia Library would let you circumvent some of them. ✶Quxyz✶ (talk) 23:52, 19 August 2025 (UTC)

Hurricane Beryl

hello quxyz I seen in the see also section of Hurricane Beryl and maybe to me wasn't necessary and usually the first word of every sentence should begin with a capital letter but for pronouns you were right. Hypercyclone 2 (talk) 15:48, 1 September 2025 (UTC)

The see also section is not written in sentence case. See the article I linked for more details. Only Category X should be capitalized as it is treated like a proper noun (proper adjective?). ✶Quxyz✶ (talk) 15:56, 1 September 2025 (UTC)

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Thanks

Thanks for your edit summary at Wikipedia talk:Long-term abuse/Andrew5. It resolved the problem in a way that didn't require me to use OS which is much appreciated. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 02:06, 25 September 2025 (UTC)

I tried my best to report the issue to law enforcement as you never know what is an actual threat on the internet. What avenues do you recommend using next time (or even should I just wait it out)? ✶Quxyz✶ (talk) 02:08, 25 September 2025 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Weather has an RfC

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This discussion is regarding the following question: Should WikiProject Weather encourage the use of infobox collages for weather with standalone articles? The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 22:20, 14 September 2025 (UTC)

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Found An Issue With Multiple Pages

Hello, I know you are not a coder, but I know you edit these pages a lot.

I noticed this issue when using the offical Wikipedia Dark Theme on the seasonal effects section of every page.

Notice how the dates active sections have the light theme on them. I forgot to include that issue with the page.

I'm going to try and fix it on one of the pages, which I'll start with the 2021 Season page so that I can stop complaining about it. So I'll be creating a Sandbox page on myself for that. YoyoIveGotXP (talk) 23:54, 19 October 2025 (UTC)

If it helps you at all, I think that either the summary table or the legend on the specific storms' pages have the colours automatically modified for dark mode. I might be able to parse through the effects table though this would be my first time working with such a complex template. ✶Quxyz✶ (talk) 00:00, 20 October 2025 (UTC)

Parcing through and I found Template:TC stats neutral color, which sets all cells affected to white. It might be possible to change it to black in dark mode though that is out of my skillset. ✶Quxyz✶ (talk) 00:04, 20 October 2025 (UTC)

Adding on, why there is a template for six characters is beyond me, I might even bring it up to templates for discussion as that could realistically be replaced with FFFFFF and take up less space and be simpler to use. ✶Quxyz✶ (talk) 00:08, 20 October 2025 (UTC)

Also, the 1982_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Season_effects uses the old template for some reason. YoyoIveGotXP (talk) 00:14, 20 October 2025 (UTC)

New Issue to this now. The link text is difficultt to read and is likely using the light theme's text color when in Dark Mode on Wikipedia.

You can see that the text with the links are still using the light theme's in the tabs.

YoyoIveGotXP (talk) 00:52, 20 October 2025 (UTC)

@Quxyz: I mentioned you on this. Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)#Fix Background In Storm Names Section Of This Article

I thought maybe you'd have more insight on this. YoyoIveGotXP (talk) 01:03, 20 October 2025 (UTC)

I mentioned Drdpw as well. Idk if he has any insight though. YoyoIveGotXP (talk) 01:27, 20 October 2025 (UTC)

Update: Drdpw does not. @Quxyz Did you see the Village Pump page update yet? YoyoIveGotXP (talk) 02:08, 20 October 2025 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

Saw you mentioned you were in hospital. Hope you're well!

–DMartin 01:14, 28 October 2025 (UTC)

Thank you so much! ✶Quxyz✶ (talk) 01:16, 28 October 2025 (UTC)

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Thank you so much! ✶Quxyz✶ (talk) 19:16, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

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Thank you! ✶Quxyz✶ (talk) 14:49, 25 December 2025 (UTC)