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Cheers to you!

I saw you made the January 1982 California floods article I requested! I appreciate that the detailed article you wrote about a important historical event that could easily be overlooked, if not for it being on Wikipedia. Cheers to you ChrisWX (if you're old enough to drink lol) ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 23:57, 21 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much @Hurricanehink, was glad to find that to write about, and very much appreciate it! I've noticed your own work on Wikipedia and I've always thought that what you do is great as well. ChrisWx 🌀 (talk - contribs) 00:24, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of January 1982 California floods

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article January 1982 California floods you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Tails Wx -- Tails Wx (talk) 03:25, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of January 1982 California floods

The article January 1982 California floods you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:January 1982 California floods and Talk:January 1982 California floods/GA1 for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Tails Wx -- Tails Wx (talk) 03:44, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of January 1982 California floods

The article January 1982 California floods you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:January 1982 California floods for comments about the article, and Talk:January 1982 California floods/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Tails Wx -- Tails Wx (talk) 20:02, 9 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please banned this spammer link

https://www.surahyaseenpdf.info/

Please banned this one. He always add this link thanks Berak Al Bukhori (talk) 20:43, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Berak Al Bukhori: Hey there! I don't know if I can help with that as I'm not an administrator, and I'm not sure if the link provided is being used as spam. Both you and @SurahYaseen111: need to be mindful of the edit warring policy, as it appears that the two of you are engaging in a slow edit war over this link. Please use the talk page to reach a consensus for its inclusion. Thanks, ChrisWx 🌀 (complaints - destruction) 21:45, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Birthday!

Thank you @The Herald:! ChrisWx 🌀 (talk - contribs) 00:53, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Username styling

Hi, sorry if I'm bothering you, but how did you get your username to change colors and text like that? It looks really cool, and i've been wrecking my java and common.js page trying to find out how. I've been trying to add my contribs and created articles, but I can't find anything on the matter. Thanks! :) MemeGod ._. (talk) 14:02, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello @MemeGod27:! You may find this this information page on customizing your signature useful for finding out how to change your signature color and link to your contributions, as well as other pages you may like to link to. Here's an example of a sig that would include what you would like, and if you'd like to change the color, the process of how to do that is in the information page above, I believe:

MemeGod ._. (talk - contribs - created articles)

Hope this helps!

ChrisWx 🌀 (talk - contribs) 20:31, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, thanks so much! :) #bodyContent a[title="User:MemeGod ._."] { background-color: #F0B7F3; color: #F0B7F3; font-weight: bold; } (talk) 20:49, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I just killed my signature ToT #bodyContent a[title="MemeGod ._."] { background-color: #F0B7F3; color: #F0B7F3; font-weight: bold; } 20:53, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@MemeGod27: You're very welcome, oh, and don't forget to check off the "Treat the above as wiki markup" box in the signature settings! ChrisWx 🌀 (talk - contribs) 20:53, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Nevermind, I have fixed it. Have an amazing rest of your day/night! :D MemeGod ._. (talk - contribs - created articles) 20:55, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Awesome, you have an amazing rest of your day yourself!

ChrisWx 🌀 (talk - contribs) 20:56, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I have a somewhat abandoned draft article you can help me with

I invite you and anyone else who wants to to edit Draft:list of particularly dangerous situation watches. It seems as if that article has sorta been forgotten about. We’ve only gotten down to 2020 (for completely listed and in some cases not even that far) and if I recall, the entries only go back to 2018. There’s still a lot more in IEM archives. Your help at expanding the list to mainspace ready format would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. (Ps I have sent this message or a variant thereof to a bunch of other people trying to get folk’s attention) West Virginia WXeditor (talk) 20:02, 10 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@WestVirginiaWX: I can help with that draft and look through the IEM archives to expand it, also providing images from SPC where available. Thank you for notifying me about it! ChrisWx 🌀 (talk - contribs) 06:08, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I am having issues finding watches before 2005, as the PIL codes I know of for IEM (SVA/TOA for VTEC, WCN for PIL searches) don't seem to be kept that far back in time, so there may need to be discussion on how to deal with that. ChrisWx 🌀 (talk - contribs) 06:15, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Well I guess I’m mistaken then. I just know that tornado and severe thunderstorm warnings do go back to at least 1991; and I know that blizzard warnings go back to at least March of 1993 because there are warnings from the blizzard of ‘93 on file. And I also know that high wind warnings go back intermittently to at least 1989. I just guessed by logic that watches would be the same way. I guess not. West Virginia WXeditor (talk) 09:24, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

But as for that issue. I don’t know how to help you there. The SPC archive goes back I believe to 2004; but beyond that, I don’t know. West Virginia WXeditor (talk) 09:25, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

But I’m glad you told me because I also had TornadoLGS searching for the watches too. And I had brought up the PIL code search on his talk page; Fortunately I was able to post a comment warning him not to go looking for PIL codes to watches that ain’t in the records; assuming he hasn’t read the original entry and chose not to respond. West Virginia WXeditor (talk) 09:38, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@WestVirginiaWX: I believe that watches are the same way, because there are mentions of PDS tornado watches all the way back until April 2, 1982, but that they simply aren't stored by the archives. Perhaps we could include something in the article which states that reliable record keeping of the watches started in 2004, although the earliest was issued in 1982? That would be my idea on how to handle it, personally. I also think that both of these discussions (the one on this talk page and TornadoLGS' talk page) should be moved and centralized on the draft's talk page in order to have a central place we can discuss this issue on.

ChrisWx 🌀 (talk - contribs) 19:42, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Moved to Draft talk:List of particularly dangerous situation watches § How should we handle PDS watches with archival issues being present?

– ChrisWx 🌀 (talk - contribs) 20:01, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You mean the talk page of about a dozen people. I sent this to @Ks0stm; I sent it to @WeatherWriter; I sent it to @Sir MemeGod; I sent it to just about everyone I could find that was on a weather related talk page at the time. (Including unknowingly one of Lokicat’s sock puppets; we don’t need to go into that detail, thought he was a legitimate editor at the time, until I saw his name appear in a sockpuppetry investigation.) West Virginia WXeditor (talk) 20:07, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I know, but my talk page and TornadoLGS' talk page were where the topic of watch archive problems was actively being discussed, so I wanted to move those discussions over to that discussion on the draft's talk page. ChrisWx 🌀 (talk - contribs) 20:19, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Louisiana tornadoes

Hey there! Thanks for reaching out. I totally think there could be a List of Louisiana hurricanes.

Here is a good resource

It appears that there have been thousands of tornadoes in Louisiana. So my immediate thought is: do you want to go for an overview, and maybe only include significant (F2 or higher) or deadly tornadoes? Or are you trying to get every single event in the state? Hurricanehink mobile (talk) 03:22, 12 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Hurricanehink mobile: Hey there, you're welcome, and thanks for the response and the resource! I was having some issues finding sources for the general/average activity so that is greatly appreciated. I think an overview would be best, with only significant/deadly tornadoes. ChrisWx 🌀 (talk - contribs) 03:24, 12 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Additionally, I do have an active userspace draft on it here now. ChrisWx 🌀 (talk - contribs) 03:26, 12 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Self-trout for misspelling the state name at first, now fixed. ChrisWx 🌀 (talk - contribs) 06:15, 12 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

And self trout for talking about tornadoes but naming this section after hurricanes XD Hurricanehink mobile (talk) 16:00, 18 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Happy First Edit Day!

Thank you, The Herald! ChrisWx 🌀 (talk - contribs) 15:01, 28 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

List of F5 and EF5 tornadoes Improvement Time!

Hello there! I am sending this alert to all members of the WikiProject Weather and editors who have recently edited in the realm of tornadoes.

There is a large and important discussion ongoing, with the goal to completely overhaul and improve the List of F5 and EF5 tornadoes. The previous improvement attempt back in 2022/2023 gained almost no participation. This alert is being sent out so these discussions hopefully gain a reasonably-sized participation, so the F5/EF5 tornado article, one of the most viewed weather-related articles on Wikipedia, can be improved for all readers!

If you wish to participate, please visit: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Weather/Possible F5/EF5/IF5 tornadoes. The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 16:10, 17 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Alert: PD-NWS Violations

This is an alert being sent to all active editors on the WikiProject of Weather and any editor who has recently editors weather-related articles.

Editors on the Commons have received communication from the National Weather Service that the Template:PD-NWS, which is often used to upload weather-related images, is incorrect. There will be a discussion starting on the Commons Copyright Noticeboard within the next few days to determine how to manage this issue. Under the current PD-NWS copyright template, images on any NWS webpage was considered to be in the public domain unless it had a direct copyright symbol and/or copyright watermark.

One National Weather Service office has confirmed this is not the case. For the next few days, it may be best to not upload any image from an NWS webpage that was not made or taken directly by the National Weather Service themselves. Once the Commons determine how to move forward, editors will recent a new alert. The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 23:41, 1 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

PD-NWS Violations Update #1

I am providing members of the WikiProject of Weather along with users who frequently edit weather-related articles an update to the discussions regarding the PD-NWS image copyright template.

For starters, no "formal" administrative-style rules have occurred. All that means is the template is not formally deprecated and is still in use. However, Rlandmann, an administrator on English Wikipedia, has begun an undertaking of reviewing and assessing all images (~1,400) that use the PD-NWS copyright template.

What we know:

Following email communications, the National Weather Service of Sioux Falls has removed their disclaimer, which has been used for the PD-NWS template for decades. This means, as far as the National Weather Service is concerned, the following statement is no longer valid: By submitting images, you understand that your image is being released into the public domain. This means that your photo or video may be downloaded, copied, and used by others. Currently, the PD-NWS template links to an archived version of the disclaimer. However, the live version of the disclaimer no longer contains that phrase.
See this deletion discussion for this point's information. NWS Paducah (1) failed to give attribution to a photographer of a tornado photograph, (2) placed the photo into the public domain without the photographer explicitly giving them permission to do so (i.e. the photo is not actually in the public domain), (3) and told users to acknowledge NWS as the source for information on the webpage. Oh, to note, this photographer is a magistrate (i.e. a judge). So, the idea of automatically trusting images without clear attribution on weather.gov are free-to-use is in question.
The Wikimedia Commons has a process known as precautionary principle, where if their is significant doubt that an image is free-to-use, it will be deleted. Note, one PD-NWS file has been deleted under the precautionary principle. The closing administrator remarks for the deletion discussion were: "Per the precautionary principle, there is "significant doubt" about the public domain status of this file (4x keep + nominator, 5x delete), so I will delete it."
Several photographs/images using the PD-NWS are currently mid-deletion discussion, all for various reasonings.
As of this message, 250 PD-NWS images have been checked out of the ~1,400.
The photograph of the 1974 Xenia tornado (File:Xenia tornado.jpg) was found to not be in the public domain. It is still free-to-use, but under a CC 2.0 license, which requires attribution. From April 2009 to August 2024, Wikipedia/Wikimedia was incorrectly (and by definition, illegally) using the photograph, as it was marked incorrectly as a public domain photograph.

Solutions:
As stated earlier, there is no "formal" rulings, so no "formal" changes have been made. However, there is a general consensus between editors on things which are safe to do:

Images made directly by NWS employees can be uploaded and used under the new PD-USGov-NWS-employee template (Usage: {{PD-USGov-NWS-employee}} ). This is what a large number of PD-NWS templated images are being switched to.
Images from the NOAA Damage Assessment Toolkit (DAT) can be uploaded and used under the PD-DAT template (Usage: {{PD-DAT}} ). A large number of images are also being switched to this template.

For now, you are still welcome to upload images under the PD-NWS template. However, if possible it is recommended using the two templates above. I will send out another update when new information is found or new "rulings" have been made. The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 03:28, 17 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]