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Hi, Cyclonebiskit. I'm just posting to let you know that [[List of tornadoes in the tornado outbreak of May 4–6, 2007]] – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page as [[WP:TFL|Today's featured list]] for September 18. The TFL blurb can be seen [[Wikipedia:Today's featured list/September 18, 2023|here]]. If you have any thoughts on the selection, please post them on my talk page or at [[WT:TFL|TFL talk]]. Regards, [[User:Giants2008|<span style="color: blue">Giants2008</span>]] ([[User talk:Giants2008|<span style="color: darkblue;">Talk</span>]]) 21:38, 28 August 2023 (UTC)
Hi, Cyclonebiskit. I'm just posting to let you know that [[List of tornadoes in the tornado outbreak of May 4–6, 2007]] – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page as [[WP:TFL|Today's featured list]] for September 18. The TFL blurb can be seen [[Wikipedia:Today's featured list/September 18, 2023|here]]. If you have any thoughts on the selection, please post them on my talk page or at [[WT:TFL|TFL talk]]. Regards, [[User:Giants2008|<span style="color: blue">Giants2008</span>]] ([[User talk:Giants2008|<span style="color: darkblue;">Talk</span>]]) 21:38, 28 August 2023 (UTC)

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A discussion involving you on WikiProject Weather’s talk page

A discussion involving you is currently active on WikiProject Weather’s talk page. Participate in the discussion here. I has been two days since I pinged you and you have not acknowledged it. Infinity (talk - contributions) 18:20, 26 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Wanting to shorten Bassfield, Bowling Green, and Dresden

Hey after this next outbreak, I'm planning on maybe shortening or simplifying the summaries for the 2020 Bassfield, MS tornado, and the 2021 Bowling Green, KY and Dresden, TN tornadoes as well. Bassfield shouldn't be all that hard to simplify. However, the Bowling Green and Dresden summaries are extremely long, and they are going to be more of a challenge to condense. I guess what I want to know is, is it more of a size and length thing that should be reduced, or more about simplifying, taking out repetitive "fluff", and making it easier to read, even if it doesn't cut down on length all that much? Doing both may be especially hard for an extremely long tracked tornado like Dresden.

Now the other option is that I just leave it alone and let other users make that call, and leave it to them to remove what they feel can be taken out. Either or works for me. TornadoInformation12 (talk) 10:37, 3 April 2023 (UTC)TornadoInformation12[reply]

@TornadoInformation12: It's more of a repetition and excess detail issue, the length will be what it will be. One of the main things is the amount of times trees are mentioned. However, we can't arbitrarily constrain the length if all the information being conveyed is essential. After thinking it over for a few days I think I understand where I came off a bit wrong with my intent to reduce the size of the tornado summaries. I'll work on rewriting one of the sections to give you a better idea of what I'm talking about. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 17:47, 3 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
OK sounds good. Yeah when it comes to really long-tracked events like the ones I mentioned, controlling length will be a challenge. But I don't have to go into detail about every road they cross, or every single business or wooded area they impact. So yeah just show me what you have in mind and we'll go from there.

TornadoInformation12 (talk) 00:49, 4 April 2023 (UTC)TornadoInformation12[reply]

@TornadoInformation12: I'll be workshopping a rewrite of the Bowling Green EF3 here: User:Cyclonebiskit/BG. I'll leave notes throughout the original one to highlight my thought processes on how/why I've condensed things. Then we can bounce around if I've removed too much or if there's additional information that you believe is worth including. I've also gone ahead and condensed the second Bowling Green tornado, it really didn't have much notability aside from hitting Bowling Green alongside the EF3. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat)
Hey sorry things got unexpectedly busy, but still down to work on this with you. So the first thing I notice is there's too much repetitive tree damage information throughout the whole summary, so we can cut most of that out. Now is the stuff highlighted in red info that you want to do away with completely, or just condense? The reason I ask is there's some stuff in there that's important, mainly the explanation of slabbed duplex that looked like EF4 damage, but was rated EF2 because it was struck by heavy debris. That was a big source of controversy and some people will still want to know the rationale behind that. But there's multiple other highlighted parts that can be cut out too.

TornadoInformation12 (talk) 22:35, 10 April 2023 (UTC)TornadoInformation12[reply]

@TornadoInformation12: it's all good. The red text has comments through tooltip on what I think should be done with it, not necessarily just removal outright. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 23:00, 10 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Good article reassessment for February 2009 North American storm complex

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Promotion of Hurricane Ophelia (2005)

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FA renomination

Hello, I thought I'd let you know that I've renominated Interstate 40 in Tennessee as an FA candidate, as you had stated your intention of reviewing the previous nomination. If you'd be willing to review this one again, I would greatly appreciate that. Bneu2013 (talk) 04:51, 24 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Article: List of fatal tornadoes?

You mentioned somewhere that you were toying with the idea of creating an article with a list of fatal tornadoes. I toyed with the idea myself and started some research a while ago (death tolls > 10 and "US/Canada-centric") so maybe it would be helpful? While I didn't list a pile of references, I recall that everything came from a mish-mash of established Wiki articles or Storm Data reports, NWS office websites, or Grazulis. There were discrepancies among those three sources, so I'd probably go back and just grab whatever is on the Wiki articles first (NCEI database? Storm Data reports?) then grab additional info from wherever the established standards dictate. Let me know. ~David

p.s. I've also done an enormous amount of research so I can create other pages. I put up a list on my User page if you have any interest in collaborating on one/some of those. Dym75 (talk) 20:16, 30 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Hey!

Not sure if you saw this, but despite what he seems to think, I didn't direct that at you. I have just been growing increasingly annoying with the several new users (likely kids) that don't take the time to learn the processes before making significant changes. United States Man (talk) 02:57, 4 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It's all good United States Man, I appreciate the clarification. Whenever waves of new people come in it's definitely frustrating (re the TC project after 2020...) but we just have to help guide them and channel the passion constructively. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 03:01, 4 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
USM is probably referring to me too...okay I’m jk; I’m 24. LOL! It can be annoying, but hang in there. After awhile, they‘ll get better. I hope you think the same thing about me. ChessEric 23:26, 6 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Promotion of List of tornadoes in the tornado outbreak of May 4–6, 2007

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Sourcing and notability on lists of Pokémon by generation (e.g., List of generation I Pokémon)

Hello Cyclonebiskit,

The lists of Pokémon by generation articles contain a large volume of information in the 'notes' column which appears to not be sourced and/or below the threshold for notability due to being detailed in-universe information.

I have opened a discussion in the teahouse before making any changes to avoid edit wars and agree on the appropriate actions for these articles. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Teahouse#Notes_in_the_lists_of_Pok%C3%A9mon_by_generation_(e.g.,_List_of_generation_I_Pok%C3%A9mon) [which will likely be included in archive 1198 if this link is no longer active].

As you are one of the people who has contributed strongly to these articles over the years (see https://xtools.wmcloud.org/authorship/en.wikipedia.org/List_of_generation_I_Pok%C3%A9mon , https://xtools.wmcloud.org/authorship/en.wikipedia.org/List_of_generation_II_Pok%C3%A9mon , etc. which list you amongst the top authors of these pages' content), I want to keep you informed so that there is a consensus for any significant changes to these page moving forwards.

Best regards, Shazback (talk) 16:32, 21 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Shazback:, I believe Blacephalon is the more relevant person to contact for this. I largely focused on restructuring the lists into a more coherent system in 2016 and most of the prose I added is connected to references. Blacephalon added the majority of in-universe summaries over the years. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 16:12, 22 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, that is true, and that is because I'm making a Google docs of all the pokedex entries and combing them into a single entry. UB Blacephalon (talk) 16:49, 22 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Re: 1964 outbreak

@Cyclonebiskit, United States Man, and TornadoLGS: I see that your draft relies on Thomas P. Grazulis to adjust some official ratings. However, is this acceptable on Wikipedia? If I recall correctly, users here are advised to rely on official sources for ratings. To my knowledge the Significant Tornadoes volumes are not official sources, except perhaps for pre-1950 tornadoes whose ratings are semi-official. I am working on a draft of my own and would appreciate some clarification on this matter. CapeVerdeWave (talk) 15:38, 22 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@CapeVerdeWave: Given his expertise in the field and that NWS offices have used him as a reference (can't remember the event pages I've seen this on off the top of my head) I think it's fair to use his ratings. It's well-known that the NCEI database is riddled with errors and we're not forced to adhere to a single source if reliable sources have differing information. It's a new thing I started toying around with while working on 1974 but I'm open to input on this. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 16:09, 22 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I concur. Grazulis can be seen as a reliable and accepted source and is honestly probably more accurate than NWS/NCEI records. United States Man (talk) 05:50, 23 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, I agree with what has been said before. Heck, official records are missing an entire outbreak from 1955. TornadoLGS (talk) 22:25, 26 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

TFL notification

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