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The idea was good but the colors are way too bright and not well suited for an encyclopedia. If you can get a better set of colors to accurately portray the specifics, feel free to show them here first so others can give their opinion. Cyclonebiskit (talk) 15:14, 7 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Olga (2001) • Ana (2003) • Odette (2003) • Peter (2003) • Otto (2004) • Zeta (2005) • (Andrea (2007)) • Olga (2007) • Arthur (2008)Purple indicates a preseason storm. Orange indicates a postseason storm. Green indicates a storm which formed in the postseason and continued over to the preseason of the next year. Italicised entries are tropical or subtropical storms; the maximum strength of storms prior to 1851 is unknown, so for simplicity it is assumed that they all reached hurricane strength. (Parentheses) indicate a subtropical cyclone. Tropical depressions and storms which formed in the season and carried over into the postseason are not included.
Olga (2001) • Ana (2003) • Odette (2003) • Peter (2003) • Otto (2004) • Zeta (2005) • (Andrea (2007)) • Olga (2007) • Arthur (2008)Purple indicates a preseason storm. Brown indicates a postseason storm. Green indicates a storm which formed in the postseason and continued over to the preseason of the next year. Italicised entries are tropical or subtropical storms; the maximum strength of storms prior to 1851 is unknown, so for simplicity it is assumed that they all reached hurricane strength. (Parentheses) indicate a subtropical cyclone. Tropical depressions and storms which formed in the season and carried over into the postseason are not included.
Olga (2001) • Ana (2003) • Odette (2003) • Peter (2003) • Otto (2004) • Zeta (2005) • (Andrea (2007)) • Olga (2007) • Arthur (2008)Purple indicates a preseason storm. Crimson indicates a postseason storm. Green indicates a storm which formed in the postseason and continued over to the preseason of the next year. Italicised entries are tropical or subtropical storms; the maximum strength of storms prior to 1851 is unknown, so for simplicity it is assumed that they all reached hurricane strength. (Parentheses) indicate a subtropical cyclone. Tropical depressions and storms which formed in the season and carried over into the postseason are not included.
Where is the consensus that the MOS should be breached by this template with the inclusion of Colours? The consensus above doesn't give you the right to breach the MOS and nor is it a common sense exception IMO. Especially when the FLC Director is moaning about the colours breaching the MOS at this GT.Jason Rees (talk) 04:36, 13 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Italicised entries are tropical or subtropical storms; the maximum strength of storms prior to 1851 is unknown, so for simplicity it is assumed that they all reached hurricane strength. (Parentheses) indicate a subtropical cyclone. Tropical depressions and storms which formed in the season and carried over into the postseason are not included.
*Formed in the postseason and carried over into the next year's preseason.
Jason, I wasn't "moaning" about it, I was just stating the facts. The template does not comply with WP:ACCESS. For those who are colour blind or have difficulty in distinguishing between certain colours, this template which uses just colour to differentiate between types of hurricanes is less accessible. Whoop Whoop, where does it say "FLC Director" is not "a title allowable on Wikipedia"? Have you read the WP:FLC instructions? There is also a FAC Director by the way. The Rambling Man (talk) 11:30, 13 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
The italics is certainly a better solution than the colours-only approach. It would certainly cover the colour-blind issue, but by all accounts screen readers tend to ignore italics, bold etc so a blind reader wouldn't get the template. The way we deal with it in featured lists is to accompany the colour with a symbol, that way the symbol will be distinguishable to the colour-blind and read out by screen readers, but the colour will be obvious to those without accessibility issues. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:16, 13 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
