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Welcome to the talk page. You can give me requests, problems to be solved, and more things that I could do! Just leave a discussion below and I’ll respond to the discussion. However, I will NOT accept something inappropriate or from a anonymous or user that got blocked. I will NOT accept things that have to do with vandalism. And I will NOT let anyone vandalize my user page, talk, sandboxes, and other pages that I made. If I see it, I’ll revert it. And if you kept reverting my revert edit, then I’ll have to report it to a administrator. So please don’t do those things and I hope you have a good day!

Welcome

Welcome!

Hello, FireBlade708, and welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages you might find helpful:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, please see our help pages, and if you can't find what you are looking for there, please feel free to ask me on my talk page or place {{Help me}} on this page and someone will drop by to help. Red Director (talk) 04:23, 19 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to WPTC!

Hi, and welcome to the Tropical cyclone WikiProject! We are a group of Wikipedia editors who help to improve articles related to tropical cyclones on Wikipedia.

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Welcome to The Wikipedia Adventure!

Hi FireBlade708! We're so happy you wanted to play to learn, as a friendly and fun way to get into our community and mission. I think these links might be helpful to you as you get started.

-- 23:49, Friday, April 26, 2019 (UTC)

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Userbox request

This user edits Wikipedia at a library.Catfurball (talk) 16:56, 3 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

This user edits Wikipedia at a library.
Catfurball what do you think about this? FireBlade708 17:10, 3 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the userbox.Catfurball (talk) 17:21, 3 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

No problem :) FireBlade708 17:23, 3 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Userbox request

This user likes Silver.Catfurball (talk) 15:28, 6 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

This user likes Silver.
Is this good enough Catfurball? FireBlade708 16:47, 6 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
wait there’s a error... Oops FireBlade708 16:48, 6 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
There... Fixed it FireBlade708 16:49, 6 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Userbox request

This user likes Tigers.Catfurball (talk) 17:36, 7 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Done :) FireBlade708 18:07, 7 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Userbox request

This user is crazy for Peafowls.Catfurball (talk) 14:33, 8 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Done :) FireBlade708 16:00, 8 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Userbox request

This user is crazy for Dolphins.Catfurball (talk) 22:58, 8 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Done :) FireBlade708 11:04, 9 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Userbox request

This user likes Snow Leopards.Catfurball (talk) 23:18, 9 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Done :) FireBlade708 12:13, 10 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Pteroplax

Hi there. You'll have seen by now a few mentions of your name at the Teahouse, and I've just dropped by to ask if you would please take a little more care in your enthusiasm to revert vandalism. Whilst genuine vandalism should be speedily reverted, and can be rolled back with little or no explanation, it is incredibly upsetting to those editors who put genuine good faith effort into improving articles if they find their hard work undone without a word of explanation. This is especially the case for the two unexplained reverts you made today at Pteroplax. Clearly the editor, Michael Jonathan Boyd does have an undeclared WP:COI which I shall be guiding them about, but I think it should have been obvious that they are a subject expert and that their changes were intended to improve the article, especially as sources were included. This can be incredibly demoralising to new users here, and as one yourself, I hope you'll appreciate this fact and take a little more care in future. Do please include an edit summary whenever you revert any edits that are not clear vandalism, as well as when you make additions to articles yourself.

I'm sure this was a genuine and perhaps over-hasty mistake on your part, but to revert this editor twice without explanation does suggest you didn't really check to see the quality and motivation of the edits before your reverted to the previously unreferenced version of the article. Many thanks for your other contributions and commitment to improving this encyclopaedia. Nick Moyes (talk) 22:58, 10 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Nick Moyes I understand. Somehow it was like some poor grammar to me and felt like if the references were removed. Somehow it was also at the abuse log but I didn't realized that Michael Jonathan Boyd was actually trying to help and contribute. So my apology that I reverted those edits. Plus there was no point of those reverts that I did so I might need to use the gadget more carefully. FireBlade708 23:56, 10 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your understanding and willingness to take extra care. If you ever need any help or guidance, do pop over to the Teahouse where we'd be happy to help out. Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 00:00, 11 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Userbox request

This user likes Jaguars.Catfurball (talk) 16:53, 13 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Done :) FireBlade708 17:03, 13 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Userbox request

This user likes Cheetahs.Catfurball (talk) 17:11, 14 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Done :) FireBlade708 17:25, 14 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Joseph diGenova

Please discuss on Talk:Joseph diGenova rather than repeatedly reverting to your preferred version.

You just basically copied the message I sent. FireBlade708 20:45, 14 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I did. Which was a message that you copied from someone else.RLove79 (talk) 20:54, 14 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
That was because I use a gadget called Twinkle. And it doesn’t look like your a autoconfirmed user to basically your just a user. The point of using the gadget is to revert vandalism as your edits that you reverted could be tagged vandalism as you did in Joseph diGenova. FireBlade708 20:59, 14 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Userbox request

This user likes Ocelots.Catfurball (talk) 15:26, 15 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Done :) ╲\FireBlade708Talk/╱ 16:40, 15 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Userbox request

This user likes Margays.Catfurball (talk) 17:10, 17 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Done :) ╲\FireBlade708Talk/╱ 17:18, 17 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

MfD nomination of User:FireBlade708/articles/2021 Bangladesh Cyclone

User:FireBlade708/articles/2021 Bangladesh Cyclone, a page which you created or substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; you may participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:FireBlade708/articles/2021 Bangladesh Cyclone and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of User:FireBlade708/articles/2021 Bangladesh Cyclone during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. NoahTalk 23:10, 18 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

North Indian cyclones

Hey there FireBlade. I saw that you wrote an article for a hypothetical storm in the Northern Indian basin. Is that a part of the world that you might be interest in writing about? I've written several articles in that basin, including Cyclone Gonu, Cyclone Chapala, and 2004 Myanmar cyclone. There are some epic storms in that part of the world, especially the death toll.

I've been an editor for 14 years, so if you have any questions regarding editing, sources, or how to write a good article, feel free to ask me. I can also offer a mentorship for writing, if you're interested. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 19:01, 19 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Userbox request

This user likes Cougars.Catfurball (talk) 16:41, 20 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Done :) ╲\FireBlade708Talk/╱ 17:57, 20 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Just a tip

Please remember to write articles in the past tense. This is the way we generally draft the prose of articles as it flows better and makes more sense (to the reader). Present tense should be avoided (especially any prose that sounds like breaking news), unless you are directly quoting from a source. You're a decent writer, though. I'm quite happy that you managed to write a couple of rather detailed typhoon articles, particularly for some major storms, and I look forward to seeing your future works. LightandDark2000 🌀 (talk) 03:15, 21 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Signature

Hey there FireBlade. I think your signature looks pretty cool... until I open the edit window. Check out how many lines of text your signature adds. That can make it difficult to see other users' comments in the talk page. I like how artistic the signature is with the colors gradually changing, but is there any way you could make it a tad simpler so it uses less coding? Thanks, and happy editing! ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 14:05, 21 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah... My signature was made from a template and some how created some lines that I didn’t know until then. I might need to change the signature or have to edit the template by removing the spaces and/or lines of the template. So I’ll have to see what happens after. If the signature is still putting lines, then there is pretty much some trouble and problems in the template. And also, every time I posted a comment or a reply, the edit shows that I added at least 950 bytes. ╲\FireBlade708Talk/╱ 14:10, 21 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
If you're looking for a similar signature (with different colors), check out User:LightandDark2000's signature (such as on the 2019 PTS talk page). Yours uses a lot of coding to get the color fading feature, which is cool but takes up a lot of coding. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 14:39, 21 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Userbox request

This user likes Leopards.Catfurball (talk) 19:47, 21 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Done :) ╲\FireBlade708Talk/╱ 21:49, 21 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Userbox request

This user puts honey on their bread.Catfurball (talk) 17:39, 22 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Done :) ╲\FireBlade708Talk/╱ 18:16, 22 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@FireBlade708: Actually it would be better if it had a photograph showing honey on a loaf of bread. You might have to visit a website for this photograph.Catfurball (talk) 18:56, 22 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Catfurball: So I’m assuming that I have to download a picture then upload it to wiki commons. ╲\FireBlade708Talk/╱ 11:52, 23 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Well technically I already found one in wiki commons. Now I’ll go put it on the userbox to make it better. ╲\FireBlade708Talk/╱ 11:54, 23 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Done :) ╲\FireBlade708Talk/╱ 11:55, 23 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

The Editor's Barnstar
Congrats on your first two (typhoon) articles! Not bad. I also see that you're excellent at creating new userboxes. LightandDark2000 🌀 (talk) 02:26, 25 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Question for the Tropical Cyclone Wiki Project

I have a question. How old do you have to be to be in the wiki project?

Thanks, --SaiTheCyclone (talk) 15:07, 28 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@SaiTheCyclone: You must be smart enough and older than 12 or 13 or even 14. And it pretty much goes in all the Wikimedia Projects and WikiProjects. ╲\FireBlade708Talk/╱ 20:14, 28 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@FireBlade708: Oh okay.
@FireBlade708 and SaiTheCyclone: (SaiTheCyclone: Please remember to sign your posts/statements by adding 4 tildes – ~~~~ – at the end of your comments). Actually, there is no real age limit for editing Wikipedia. The only requirements concerning age are that you must be here in good faith and competent enough to edit without causing any serious issues. There are many child editors on this site, and some of them are users (though most of them are IP editors). Yellow Evan was only 10 when he started editing here; I started when I was 11. :) Yes, I made many mistakes early on, but I also made many good contributions (thousands, actually) to multiple articles during my first few years on the site. I can also say that a handful of the newer WPTC editors (from the last 5 years) were likely teens, or younger, when they joined. I made plenty of contributions during my first 3 years (while using IPs), and I have never actually vandalized this site. You just have to be a collaborative person and mature enough to make constructive edits. LightandDark2000 🌀 (talk) 06:21, 30 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
(Continued from above) If you have more questions concerning age, you can ask one of the more experienced editors or see this policy page for young editors. For people who are too young to edit here (usually due to maturity issues), they are usually advised to edit the Simple English Wikipedia or Vikidia (a MediaWiki project designed specifically for kids aged 8–13). Though, SaiTheCyclone, given your current contributions so far, I think that you are good here. If you have any questions, just ask. :) LightandDark2000 🌀 (talk) 06:27, 30 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Oh okay, thanks. I was only concerned because I was 12. Anyways, thanks again for the information! --SaiTheCyclone (talk) 12:25, 30 May 2019 (UTC)SaiTheCyclone[reply]
Well. I was wrong but thank you for telling me about it. I actually just guessed somehow and got it wrong. So I see that any editor can edit even when they're young. So I most likely get things wrong by guessing but now I know. I mostly commonly made some mistakes if I try to fix grammar or whatever that is what most users do. Thank you for the infomation. ╲\FireBlade708Talk/╱ 19:07, 30 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Userbox request

This user likes Clouded leopards.Catfurball (talk) 22:57, 30 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Done :) ╲\FireBlade708Talk/╱ 23:50, 30 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

June 2019 WPTC Newsletter

Volume XIV, Issue 39, May 31, 2019

The Hurricane Herald is the arbitrarily periodical newsletter of WikiProject Tropical Cyclones. The newsletter aims to provide in summary the recent activities and developments of the WikiProject, in addition to global tropical cyclone activity. The Hurricane Herald has been running since its first edition ran on June 4, 2006; it has been almost thirteen years since that time. If you wish to receive or discontinue subscription to this newsletter, please visit the mailing list. This issue of The Hurricane Herald covers all project related events from April 14–May 31, 2019. This edition's editor and author is Hurricane Noah (talk · contribs).

Please visit this page and bookmark any suggestions of interest to you. This will help improve the newsletter and other cyclone-related articles. Past editions can be viewed here.

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Article of the month, by Jason Rees

History of tropical cyclone naming - The practice of using names to identify tropical cyclones goes back several centuries, with storms named after places, saints or things they hit before the formal start of naming in each basin. The credit for the first usage of personal names for weather systems is given to the Queensland Government Meteorologist Clement Wragge, who named tropical cyclones and anticyclones between 1887 and 1907. This system of naming fell into disuse for several years after Wragge retired, until it was revived in the latter part of World War II for the Western Pacific basin. Over the following decades, various naming schemes have been introduced for the world's oceans, including for parts of the Atlantic, Pacific and the Indian Ocean. The majority of these lists are compiled by the World Meteorological Organization's tropical cyclone committee for the region and include names from different cultures as well as languages. Over the years there has been controversy over the names used at various times, with names being dropped for religious and political reasons. For example, female names were exclusively used in the basins at various times between 1945 - 2000 and were the subject of several protests. The names of significant tropical cyclones in the North Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean and Australian region are retired from the naming lists and replaced with another name, at meetings of the various tropical cyclone committees.

Storm of the month and other tropical activity

Cyclone Fani was an extremely severe cyclonic storm that made landfall in Odisha, India on May 3. The storm achieved peak intensity as a near Category 5-equivalent cyclone with 3-minute sustained winds of 215 km/h (130 mph), 1-minute sustained winds of 250 km/h (155 mph), and a minimum central pressure of 937 hPa (mbar). Fani caused over $1.8 billion (2019 USD) in damage in India and Bangladesh and killed at least 89 people.

Since the last newsletter, twelve systems have formed.

  • Southwest Indian Ocean
    In the Southwest Indian Ocean, Cyclone Kenneth made landfall in Mozambique approximately 1 month after Cyclone Idai, causing widespread flooding and destruction. Overall, Kenneth killed at least 52 people and caused more than $100 million in damage. Additionally, Tropical Cyclone Lorna formed over the eastern portion of the basin in late April and dissipated in early May without affecting land.
  • Australian Region
    In the Australian Region, cyclones Lili and Ann formed in early May and both affected land. No deaths were reported, although Lili caused moderate damage in the Maluku Islands and East Timor.
  • South Pacific
    In the South Pacific, a tropical depression formed in mid-may, but failed to intensify and dissipated a few days later.
  • South Atlantic
    In the South Atlantic, Subtropical Storm Jaguar formed in late May and lasted for approximately two days before becoming extratropical.
  • Western Pacific
    In the Western Pacific, three weak tropical depressions existed during the first half of May.
  • North Atlantic
    In the North Atlantic, Subtropical Storm Andrea formed on the same day as Jaguar, but failed to intensify and dissipated on the next day.




  • The Eastern Pacific hurricane season began on May 15.
  • The Atlantic hurricane season will begin at 2:00 AM EDT on June 1.
  • The Central Pacific hurricane season will begin sometime after 12:00 AM HST on June 1.
Recent storms of the month
Edition Storm
36 Cyclone Idai
35 Typhoon Wutip (2019)

New WikiProject Members since the last newsletter in April 2019

More information can be found here. This list lists members who have joined/rejoined the WikiProject since the release of the last issue in April 2019. Sorted chronologically. Struckout users denote users who have left or have been banned.

To our new members: welcome to the project, and happy editing! Feel free to check the to-do list at the bottom right of the newsletter for things that you might want to work on. To our veteran members: thank you for your edits and your tireless contributions!

Editorial for welcoming new users, by Hurricanehink

Every year, editors new and old help maintain the new season of season articles. The older users are likely used to the standards of the project, such as how to Wikilink and reference properly. Newer users might make mistakes, and they might make them over and over again if they don't know better. If anyone (who happens to read this) comes across a new user, please don't bite, because with enough pushback, they'll decide that this group of editors is too mean, and unfun. This is all a volunteer project; no one can force anyone to do anything. We're all on here because of our love of knowledge and tropical cyclones. If you find someone new, consider using the official WPTC welcome template - Wikipedia:WikiProject Tropical cyclones/Welcome.

I also encourage that if you know any tropical cyclone researchers, please speak up and try recruiting them to edit. Veteran editors can't keep editing forever. Life gets busy, and the real world beckons!

Member of the month (edition) – Yellow Evan

Yellow Evan has been involved with WPTC since 2008. Since the last newsletter, Yellow Evan has taken 5 typhoon articles to good article status as well as created 2 more. Overall, he has created and/or significantly contributed to more than 130 good articles. Your work in the Western Pacific Basin is invaluable... Thank you for your contributions!

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Featured Content

This section lists content that have become featured, articles and lists, since the past newsletter in mid-April 2019.
From April 14–May 31, 2019, 1 featured article was promoted:

WikiProject Tropical Cyclones: News & Developments

  • An awards program for the project began on May 31. It involves 25 levels that may be gained by earning points for completing various actions such as getting good or featured articles. Additional awards will be added in the future.
  • As of this news letter, there are more articles ranked a good article or better (1317) than articles ranked B-class or worse (1272), for the first time in the project's history.
  • Every Atlantic hurricane season from 1945 to 2007 is rated at least a GA. That is an impressive feat, and an incredibly body of work among many editors.
  • Cyclone Raja became the 150th featured article in the project. Thanks to all of the editors and their tireless edits for writing 2.7% of all of Wikipedia's featured articles.
  • In the 24 hours after Hurricane Michael's TCR was released, the article on the hurricane was edited 82 times by 18 different users.
  • In March 2019, the most popular article in the project was Cyclone Idai, viewed 231,969 times during the month. The generic cyclone was 2nd most popular, with 131,080 views. In 3rd place was Hurricane Katrina with 112,283 views. Included in the top 20 were the 2018 and 19 Atlantic hurricane seasons, hurricanes Michael, Florence, Irma, Maria, and Harvey, and the 1896 Cedar Keys hurricane, which was TFA on March 20th.

New articles since the last newsletter include:

New GA's include:

Current assessment table

Assessments valid as of this printing. Depending on when you may be viewing this newsletter, the table may be outdated. See here for the latest, most up to date statistics.
As of this issue, there are 150 featured articles and 69 featured lists. There are 142 A-class articles, but that number is subject to change, depending if we mandate that all A-class articles have an A-class review first. There are 956 good articles, meaning it is possible we get to our 1000th GA by the end of the year. There are only 61 B-class articles, perhaps because because most articles of that quality already passed a GA review. There are 350 C-class articles, 720 start-class articles, and 141 stub-class articles, with 29 lists and 8 current articles. The number of lists may decrease further as the "Tropical cyclone X" articles continue to be reclassified as set index articles. These figures mean that nearly half of the project is rated a GA or better - including the lists/current/future articles, there are 1272 articles that are below GA status, versus 1317 that are GA or better.

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NoahTalk 22:47, 31 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

A kitten for you!

Thanks for making the userboxes for me FireBlade708, keep up the good work.

Catfurball (talk) 15:57, 22 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Userbox request

Hi. I'm looking for a box for my user?

@Kerouac's socks: Hello. If you were wondering why I took that long to respond is because I have to do lots of work. I would like to make a userbox for you. But I can't since I do not offer people things like userboxes because of how busy I am. You might as well look for other users who will make userboxes for you. ╲\FireBlade708Talk/╱ 18:11, 26 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Can you add species went extinct in Hurricane Dorian

dude search it up and u will find results — Preceding unsigned comment added by 170.24.150.11 (talk) 18:11, 7 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I already searched it up but I don't know if I should add it into the article. Because it's possible that some user will revert the edit thinking that it's not important enough. FB708 18:52, 7 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
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