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May 2008

Thank you from Horologium

Thank you for participating in my RfA, which passed unanimously with the support of 100 editors. Your kindness is very much appreciated. I look forward to using the tools you have granted me to aid the project. I would like to give special thanks to Wizardman, Black Falcon and jc37 for nominating me. — Horologium

Thank you also for frequently updating my tally. :) Horologium (talk) 13:05, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

hey

hey <name> what up; hey <name> how do you change a minor edit to a major edit i need to know <name> i have 5 edits in 2 day because i don't know what i wan't to edit and i am not smart like you <name> —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sharks10108 (talk • contribs) 22:13, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

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.

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Storm of the month

Typhoon Neoguri on April 17
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
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
FA 33 36 38 40
A 9 8 8 8
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) 04:02, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

Hi <name>

Hi <name>... Teehee undecember. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Milaneus (talk • contribs)

Thanks

Thank you for the barnstar! Cheers, Razorflame Report false positives 00:54, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the barnstar!

Self explanatory title...... Dendodge .. TalkHelp 07:45, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

WBOSITG's RfA

Hello AstroHurricane001, I'd like to take this opportunity to thank you for your participation in my RfA which was passed with a final tally of 114/10/4. I'm both shocked and honoured to gain so much support from users whom I admire and trust, and I hope I can avoid breaking that backing by being the best administrator I possibly can. I will take on board the opposition's comments and I hope to improve over the coming months and years. Once again, thank you! weburiedoursecretsinthegarden 20:28, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

My RfA

Hi AstroHurricane; I wanted to say thank you for supporting my request for adminship, which passed with 100 supports, 0 opposes and 1 neutral. I wanted to get round everybody individually, even though it's considered by some to be spam (which... I suppose it is! but anyway. :)). It means a lot to me that the community has placed its trust in my ability to use the extra buttons, and I only hope I can live up to its expectations. If you need anything, or notice something that bothers you, don't hesitate to let me know. Thanks again, PeterSymonds | talk 22:38, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Risks to civilization, humans and planet Earth

Hi, one editor has added a merge tag in this article saying it to be merged with Existential risk. But Risks to civilization, humans and planet Earth is a good collection of end-of-world scenarios and should stay as separate article while Existential risk is a term. Also Risks to civilization, humans and planet Earth is at present 35 KB long which is generally the standard size (32 KB), merger will create long size problem. Can you please join the debate in Talk:Existential risk. Thanks. Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 01:06, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

.bmp to .jpg

Not sure where you wanted a reply, but I hope here is okay. This is a good tool: [1]. It's not Wikipedia software so I'm not sure how appropriate it is to provide the link, but it'll do the job. :) Best, PeterSymonds (talk) 20:37, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

Ah good. :) Best, PeterSymonds (talk) 20:43, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

MOTD Barnstar image

Hi. I created an MOTD barnstar image out of Public Domain images, and put it in paint. However, because the original file is in BMP, it just won't load! In fact, it shouldn't load, but I've done it before, by changing .bmp to .jpg in that other image, the experimental water anomaly (see my uploasion log). However, it just won't work this time. Is there a way I can convert the image to .jpg so I can upload it, or should I ask a highly active user? Thanks. ~AH1(TCU) 20:26, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

Green tickYResolved. ~AH1(TCU) 20:41, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
I was just going to your log when I got your messages. Let me know if you need any more help, and thanks for your understanding. --Eustress (talk) 20:43, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

RfA thanks!

RfA: Many thanks
Many thanks for your participation in my recent request for adminship. I am impressed by the amount of thought that goes into people's contribution to the RfA process, and humbled that so many have chosen to trust me with this new responsibility. I step into this new role cautiously, but will do my very best to live up to your kind words and expectations, and to further the project of the encyclopedia. Again, thank you. --jbmurray (talk • contribs) 06:04, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

Award

The SimsFan Special Thank You Award
There you go. Thanks for signing my guestbook. SimsFanTalk • Centre of Ops • Sign and Get Award 07:09, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Re: Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture

Hi, I don't know how to fix it. I also cannot see the Tibetan name of this prefecture. It's just a blank line in my IE and a series of ????? in my Firefox. And we cannot fix this problem even when we add a {{-}}. Let's just leave it alone if we cannot find a solution. Anyway, a blank line or a series of ???? is still better than a huge white space. As for the 2008 Sichuan earthquake death toll, not all the cities' government websites provide their latest death toll. And even if they provide, they do not update everyday. I just try to find the latest information as much as possible. You may check these cities' official websites to see whether there is such information. Sina.com and Sohu only provide official death toll released by the State Council Information Office and the Sichuan Province Information Office, which hold news conference or disclose the information to Xinhua News Agency everyday. Sina and Sohu do not dare to report other information even if it is from a local government. sigh... --Neo-Jay (talk) 21:58, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks for signing! --Shruti14 t c s 22:36, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

--Shruti14 t c s has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Cheers, and happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

ER

Hello! Are you still interested in getting an editor review for the one you posted over a month ago? (Figured I'd ask before attacking the backlog so I don't spend time on any that aren't actually wanted any more). Have you done one for someone else? If you have, I can use it as a guide for how much detail to do and what to focus on (heh, no offense or anytyhing. With the backlog what it is, it makes sense to me to focus my efforts on people who have done one themselves. I can help you if you like). From the brief look I've had at you everything looks good, look forward to seeing more. Peace, delldot talk 17:42, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

Ping! delldot talk 20:11, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
Here it is, definitely hit me back if you want to continue the dialog or answer the questions I posed! delldot talk 12:41, 31 May 2008 (UTC)