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2014 Atlantic hurricane season

Regarding your edit on 2014 Atlantic hurricane season, can you prove that? It would be helpful; in any case, I don't think we should use dates that even along the Prime Meridian will be in the future, although that isn't the main issue. Dustin (talk) 21:47, 1 July 2014 (UTC)

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Someone has been removing our client Chase Rose info

The info is correct and others have been vandalizing the page please check this for us. ~~Rick Hendrick~~ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hendricks.Rep (talk • contribs) 18:59, 5 July 2014 (UTC)

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Hendrick Motorsports 'Team'

8. Chase Rose is a team member of "Hendrick Motorsports" this is legitimate. He has been vandalized by others such as Batsfan5431 also anonymoususer. This is not fair and we at Hendrick will contact wikipedia on an investigation of this matter. Also if we have to we will proceed to legal action for this matter. WikiEditor1960 (talk) 19:40, 6 July 2014 (UTC)WikiEditor1960WikiEditor1960 (talk) 19:40, 6 July 2014 (UTC) in behalf of Hendrick.

Re: Thank You

No need to apologize as it's not your fault. I have no idea who added those tornadoes, but they have been here for a long time. It may take a while to fix every mention of 358 tornadoes. At least we finally caught it. Sharkguy05 (talk) 20:30, 8 July 2014 (UTC)Sharkguy05

Tornado List

I am sorry to see you withdraw the FLC, however i think it would be wise to show you this sandbox which is where i had started to condense it/play with the blurbs. Talking of playing with blurbs - i dont think its wise for you to mention every single tornado that caused trees to be uprooted/downed on the list, after all i presume tree uprooted/downed is one of the most basic forms of damage form tornadoes.Jason Rees (talk) 23:26, 8 July 2014 (UTC)

@Jason Rees: – No tornadoes will be removed. It would not be wise to remove all of the less-notable tornadoes. It goes directly against the Project; these lists are meant to include all tornadoes and not just the notable ones. United States Man (talk) 23:30, 8 July 2014 (UTC)

Also, the main reason I withdrew was to put these back together and nominate it as a whole, so it should work out. You might want to be on the lookout for when I do that, if you'd like to give any input. United States Man (talk) 23:34, 8 July 2014 (UTC)

Sorry i worded that badly. I mean in the impact section i don't think its wise, to be telling the reader every time several trees fell over.Jason Rees (talk) 23:39, 8 July 2014 (UTC)

@Jason Rees: – Are you talking about the summary at the end of each entry on the table? If so, I don't see why those should be removed just because they are repetitive. Every tornado should have all of its damage noted. United States Man (talk) 23:44, 8 July 2014 (UTC)

Ill respond more fully when im fully awake tomorrow but several people including me would disagree that we need to cover each and every bit of damage associated with a tornado or tropical cyclone. It is also worth noting that I am also not claiming to be the best writer in the world but trying to offer you some friendly advice so that we can tell the reader what they need to know without having an excessive page size. Also while i realize im pinging you just by writing here - theres no need to constantly ping me as i know this conversation is happening.Jason Rees (talk) 00:19, 9 July 2014 (UTC)

I've never heard anyone here complain of the preciseness of the summaries for tornadoes on list pages. Now I understand not mentioning it in a special section for a very significant tornado, such as the ones of April 25–28, 2011 tornado outbreak, or a tropical cyclone. But a lot of the damage caused by the majority of tornadoes is to trees and power lines. With probably 45-55%, that is all the damage they cause, so we wouldn't have anything there. With the one's that cause more damage, we always include the trees to try to be consistent. Once I get the page upgraded, I will look at the possibility of condensing a few things. United States Man (talk) 00:26, 9 July 2014 (UTC)

Lets not call my ramblings a complaint - just a few suggestions/pointers. While I realize that most of the damage is done to trees etc but there is a point where things get a bit excessive especially when you are writing about an EF0. For example:

Weak tornado downed trees and power lines and blew over road signs before moving into Coahoma County. It continued downing trees and power lines before moving back into Phillips County, where it downed even more trees. The tornado once again moved into Coahoma County near Friars Point, Coahoma, and Lula, where several homes and a church sustained roof damage, one home was moved off of the block foundation, and a commercial metal storage building had a large section of its roof peeled off. Trees, power poles, and road signs were downed as well before the tornado continued into Tunica County. It downed more trees and power lines and overturned an irrigation pivot before dissipating.

In that blurb you tell me fives times that the tornadoes blew down some trees. Why can that not be summarized something along the lines of: The tornado moved in and out of Coahoma and Phillips counties, before dissipating in Tunica County. Within Tunica County the system overturned an irrigation pivot while in Coahoma County the tornado caused several homes, a commercial metal storage building and a church to sustain roof damage. Within all 3 counties the system downed trees, power lines and blew over road signs. Just some food for thought - will keep an eye on the page over the next few months and maybe give you some suggestions before you run for FLC again.Jason Rees (talk) 00:48, 9 July 2014 (UTC)

Okay, I see now. Sometimes I can get too carried away when writing summaries. I'll cut those down. United States Man (talk) 00:51, 9 July 2014 (UTC)

We all get carried away when giving things some love/attention :).Jason Rees (talk) 01:29, 9 July 2014 (UTC)

List of tornadoes in the April 25–28, 2011 tornado outbreak - FLC

Before I do anything too drastic, can I confirm: is this a request to withdraw the FLC nomination? If so, I'll do that for you now. Thanks - SchroCat (talk) 10:35, 11 July 2014 (UTC)

Many thanks, I will do: I hope to see if back again at some point. Cheers - SchroCat (talk) 12:55, 11 July 2014 (UTC)

Upgrading on List of tornadoes in the April 25–28, 2011 tornado outbreak

If you don't want to bother answering or you think it will take too long to do so, it's fine, but I notice that you have been making several changes to the article with edit summaries such as "upgrading" and "pre-upgrading", so I thought I would ask, what are you actually doing? I am not questioning your edits, by the way, I am just curious. Thanks. Dustin (talk) 15:57, 11 July 2014 (UTC)

Also, if I can help in any way, I would be perfectly willing. Dustin (talk) 16:07, 11 July 2014 (UTC)

I am just upgrading to a new MoS-compliant table. It shouldn't be too much work, so I think I can handle it. Thanks though, United States Man (talk) 17:02, 11 July 2014 (UTC)

Actually look for previous discussions before reverting.

I have already explained this multiple times in multiple places to multiple different users. Dustin (talk) 00:32, 12 July 2014 (UTC)

Please see the talk page. There is a discussion there, but you chose to revert to the non-long-standing, questioned version. If you do not provide actual warnings like at http://weather.gov and other forms of texts (not random reports because they use inconsistent formatting), then there is no basis for you to change it back to lowercase. Dustin (talk) 15:05, 16 July 2014 (UTC)

Along with the above, finding the discussion is as easy as looking at the talk page, so I ask that you do so. My version of the page lasted for a few months if I remember correctly, making it now the long-standing version, meaning that the article should remain with "Tornado Warning" capitalized as such prior to further discussion. Dustin (talk) 14:43, 16 July 2014 (UTC)

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Keep going

Keep going - Your heading in the right direction. Also remember the rules on WP:Over Link and that not everyone knows what TN means.Jason Rees (talk) 01:03, 14 July 2014 (UTC)

Hurricane/typon templates have been merged

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I am going to revert Template:Infobox hurricane to fix issues on old articles that are unrelated to the "current" template merge. Keep using the old current templates, but please let this revert stand for the benefit of old articles. -- Netoholic @ 04:33, 18 July 2014 (UTC)

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Re: Template:Infobox hurricane current

I've reverted your removal of the TFD tag on the template, as removing those is against Wikipedia policy. I do encourage you to comment on the TFD for the infobox. Titoxd^{(?!? - cool stuff)} 02:11, 22 July 2014 (UTC)

Also just as a word of advice id stop claiming she hasnt got any support. Shes got some support for her changes from both me and Thegreatdr as can be seen on the Project Page.Jason Rees (talk) 02:18, 22 July 2014 (UTC)

Because you thanked me

You thanked me for one of my recent edits, so here is a heart-felt...
YOU'RE WELCOME, United States Man!
It's a pleasure, and I sincerely hope that you enjoy your continued improvement of this inspiring encyclopedia! Dustin (talk)

04:10, 22 July 2014 (UTC)

You have thanked me many times, and I honestly need to do the same more often for others. Thank you for thanking me!

Dustin (talk) 04:10, 22 July 2014 (UTC)

You are very welcome yourself. When I first saw that I had a new message, I figured it was a disgruntled editor from Talk:Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. This was a welcome surprise. Thanks, United States Man (talk) 04:14, 22 July 2014 (UTC)

It's not a problem. Dustin (talk) 04:17, 22 July 2014 (UTC)

@Dustin V. S.: Great minds think alike I suppose. United States Man (talk) 05:51, 22 July 2014 (UTC)

Regarding the RfA page, I happen to be watching it, and I was going to undo those edits because they were improper and in the incorrect location, but you happened to do so first. Then, I went to notify the user of the fact that making an RfA would be premature, and by the time I finished, you had welcomed that user. I wasn't following you around on your contributions or something, it really was just a coincidence. I just thought I would say that. Dustin (talk) 05:56, 22 July 2014 (UTC)

No, I wasn't accusing. What you just said backs up what I said. We both thought the same thing at the same time. United States Man (talk) 06:00, 22 July 2014 (UTC)

I suppose so. Also, on the accusations part: no, I didn't think you were making accusations, I just thought I should say this after I saw your welcome on that user's talk page. Dustin (talk) 06:06, 22 July 2014 (UTC)

I am just saying this because I find it interesting...

...if you use the tool known as Navigation popups, you can find the time at which a particular edit was made to the second, rather than to the standard minute. When welcoming HurricaneSam, my welcome was one second after yours, and the period of time was so short that Twinkle just overwrote your welcome with my welcome. I haven't had something like that happen before, so I thought I would just point it out. Dustin (talk) 05:25, 24 July 2014 (UTC)

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Hurricane season updates

I notice that whenever you make updates, you are removing non-breaking spaces. I don't know how you are specifically making these updates, but non-breaking spaces should be present per WP:NBSP. Please amend this issue. Thank you. Dustin (talk) 03:15, 27 July 2014 (UTC)

Regarding this: Yes, there is also {{nowrap}} (which {{nbr}} is an alias of) which I use much more frequently, but I only would only consider using that for the time in PDT (because two non-breaking spaces in connecting the time, p.m./a.m. and PDT). Dustin (talk) 03:35, 27 July 2014 (UTC)

Also, by the way, I noticed that some of the text is going above the infobox for Tropical Storm Hernan, but I cannot seem to find what is causing that to occur. Dustin (talk) 03:47, 27 July 2014 (UTC)

Regarding this: Yes, I believe it is the TFD notice. Dustin (talk) 04:23, 27 July 2014 (UTC)

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July 27th Outbreak

I will be soon because he NWS is still confirming more and more. Bobherry talk 20:12, 28 July 2014 (UTC)

@Bobherry: By more and more, I hope you mean three or four, because there won't be that many. My guess for the whole country on July 27 is less than 12, which is far too little for an outbreak page. United States Man (talk) 20:34, 28 July 2014 (UTC)

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I should say...

...(you may delete this at any time) when you see any edit summary of mine, an all caps word replaces an italicized word. I am not shouting. Dustin (talk) 00:36, 3 August 2014 (UTC)

@Dustin V. S.: I'm afraid you did not understand the change. I know they are the same time, but when 11 am comes before 2 pm, does it no make sense to put it in that order. It seems backwards the way it is now. United States Man (talk) 00:41, 3 August 2014 (UTC)

Look, I understand why you are doing that, but I just wanted to remain consistent with the advisory release order. I think it should still be clear they are at the same time when you look at the UTC time, I hope. Dustin (talk) 00:43, 3 August 2014 (UTC)

@Dustin V. S.: Advisory release time is something that should be considered original research, so there is really no reason to keep then in that backwards order. United States Man (talk) 00:47, 3 August 2014 (UTC)

I don't understand what you are talking about. With this release, the CPHC did release their advisory second. That is just a fact. Dustin (talk) 00:48, 3 August 2014 (UTC)

I know they did, but do you have proof of that. If so, then fine. But if not, then this 2 pm before 11 am makes no sense. United States Man (talk) 00:51, 3 August 2014 (UTC)

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The Signpost: 08 October 2014

In the media: Opposition research firm blocked; Australian bushfires

Featured content: From a wordless novel to a coat of arms via New York City

Traffic report: Panic and denial

Technology report: HHVM is the greatest thing since sliced bread

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The Signpost: 15 October 2014

Op-ed: Ships—sexist or sexy?

In the media: College player falsely linked to sports scandal by Wikipedia; the Nobel Prizes

Arbitration report: One case closed and two opened

Featured content: Bells ring out at the Temple of the Dragon at Peace

Technology report: Attempting to parse wikitext

Traffic report: Now introducing ... mobile data

WikiProject report: Signpost reaches the Midwest

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The Signpost: 22 October 2014

Featured content: Admiral on deck: a modern Ada Lovelace

Op-ed: Hong Kong's Umbrella Revolution—a wiki-protest

In the media: The story of Wikipedia; Wikipedia reanimated and republished; New UK government social media rules; death of Italian Wikipedia administrator

Traffic report: Death, War, Pestilence... Movies and TV

WikiProject report: De-orphanning articles—a huge task but with a huge team of volunteers to help

The Signpost: 29 October 2014

Featured content: Go West, young man

In the media: Wikipedia a trusted source on Ebola; Wikipedia study labeled government waste; football biography goes viral

Maps tagathon: Find 10,000 digitised maps this weekend

Traffic report: Ebola, Ultron, and Creepy Articles

Recent research: Informed consent and privacy; newsmaking on Wikipedia; Wikipedia and organizational theories

WikiCup 2014: The results

The 2014 WikiCup champion is Godot13 (submissions), who flew the flag of the Smithsonian Institution. This was Godot13's first WikiCup competition and, over the 10 months of the competition, he has produced (among other contributions) two featured lists and an incredible 292 featured pictures, including architectural photographs and scans of historical documents. Cwmhiraeth (submissions), 2012 and 2013 WikiCup champion, came in second, having written a large number of biology-related articles. Casliber (submissions), WikiCup finalist every year since 2010, finished in third.

A full list of our prize-winners follows:

Godot13 (submissions) wins the prize for first place and the FP prize for 181 featured pictures in the final round.
Cwmhiraeth (submissions) wins the prize for second place and the DYK prize for 65 did you knows in the final round.
Casliber (submissions) wins the prize for third place and the FA prize for four featured articles in the final round.
Czar (submissions) wins the prize for fourth place
Sturmvogel 66 (submissions) wins a final 8 prize.
Bloom6132 (submissions) wins a final 8 prize.
12george1 (submissions) wins a final 8 prize.
ChrisGualtieri (submissions) wins the GA prize for 27 good articles in round 2 and the review prize for 28 good article reviews in round 1.
Caponer (submissions) wins the FL prize for three featured lists in round 2.
Sven Manguard (submissions) wins the FPo prize his work on featured portals.
Figureskatingfan (submissions) wins the topic prize for a nine-article featured topic in round 3.
ThaddeusB (submissions) wins the news prize for 28 in the news articles in round 3.

Congratulations to everyone who has been successful in this year's WikiCup, whether you made it to the final rounds or not, and a particular congratulations to the newcomers to the WikiCup who have participated this year. We warmly invite all of you to sign up for next year's competition. Discussions and polls concerning potential rules changes are also open, and all are welcome to participate. The WikiCup judges will be back in touch over the coming months, and we hope to see you all in the 2014 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, and thank all participants for their involvement! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk · contribs) The ed17 (talk · contribs) and Miyagawa (talk · contribs) 22:51, 4 November 2014 (UTC)

The Signpost: 05 November 2014

In the media: Predicting the flu, MH17 conspiracy theories

Traffic report: Sweet dreams on Halloween

The Signpost: 12 November 2014

In the media: Amazon Echo; EU freedom of panorama; Bluebeard's Castle

Traffic report: Holidays, anyone?

Featured content: Wikipedia goes to church in Lithuania

WikiProject report: Talking hospitals

The Signpost: 26 November 2014

Featured content: Orbital Science: Now you're thinking with explosions

In the media: A Russian alternative Wikipedia; Who's your grandfather?; ArtAndFeminism

Recent research: Gender gap and skills gap; academic citations on the rise; European food cultures

WikiProject report: Back with the military historians

Traffic report: Big in Japan

The Signpost: 03 December 2014

Op-ed: Who edits health-related content on Wikipedia and why?

In the media: Embroidery and cheese

Featured content: ABCD: Any Body Can Dance!

Traffic report: Turkey and a movie

WikiProject report: Today on the island

WikiCup 2015 is just around the corner...

Hello everyone, and may we wish you all a happy holiday season. As you will probably already know, the 2015 WikiCup begins in the new year; there is still time to sign up. We have a few important announcements concerning the future of the WikiCup.

We would like to announce that Josh (J Milburn) and Ed (The ed17), who have been WikiCup judges since 2009 and 2010 respectively, are stepping down. This decision has been made for a number of reasons, but the main one is time. Both Josh and Ed have found that, over the previous year, they have been unable to devote the time necessary to the WikiCup, and it is not likely that they will be able to do this in the near future. Furthermore, new people at the helm can only help to invigorate the WikiCup and keep it dynamic. Josh and Ed will still be around, and will likely be participating in the Cup this following year as competitors, which is where both started out.
In a similar vein, we hope you will all join us in welcoming Jason (Sturmvogel 66) and Christine (Figureskatingfan), who are joining Brian (Miyagawa) to form the 2015 WikiCup judging team. Jason is a WikiCup veteran, having won in 2010 and finishing in fifth this year. Christine has participated in two WikiCups, reaching the semi-finals in both, and is responsible for the GA Cup, which she now co-runs.
The discussions/polls concerning the next competition's rules will be closed soon, and rules changes will be made clear on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring and talk pages. While it may be impossible to please everyone, the judges will make every effort to ensure that the new rules are both fair and in the best interests of the competition, which is, first and foremost, about improving Wikipedia.

If you have any questions or concerns, the judges can be reached on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, on their talk pages, or by email. We hope you will all join us in trying to make the 2015 WikiCup the most productive and enjoyable yet. You are receiving this message because you are listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk), The ed17 (talk), Miyagawa (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Figureskatingfan (talk) 18:53, 7 December 2014 (UTC)

The Signpost: 10 December 2014

Op-ed: It's GLAM up North!

In the media: Wikipedia is "a rancorous, sexist, elitist, stupidly bureaucratic mess"

Traffic report: Dead Black Men and Science Fiction

Featured content: Honour him, love and obey? Good idea with military leaders.

RfC United States same-sex marriage map

I opened up an RfC for the U.S. same-sex marriage map due to the complicated situation of Kansas: RfC: How should we color Kansas? Prcc27 (talk) 12:07, 13 December 2014 (UTC)

The Signpost: 17 December 2014

Arbitration report: Arbitration Committee election results

Featured content: Tripping hither, tripping thither, Nobody knows why or whither; We must dance and we must sing, Round about our fairy ring!

In the media: Wikipedia's year in review video; Checking in with Wikipedia's founders

Traffic report: A December Lull

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The Signpost: 24 December 2014

From the editor: Looking for new editors-in-chief

In the media: Wales on GamerGate

Featured content: Still quoting Iolanthe, apparently.

WikiProject report: Microsoft does The Signpost

Traffic report: North Korea is not pleased

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