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See my article!

Hi and I created the article: Typhoon Chebi few days ago on April 28. I did so many research on this as well and for me, this is my second best article created as a Wikipedian. Could you please see it and grade it in its talk page. I rated it as a 'C' as a start but I need to study more about the quality scales and maybe the importance scales. Thanks. Typhoon2013 (talk) 07:24, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Cyclone Pat

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Your GA nomination of Cyclone Pat

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Your GA nomination of Cyclone Pat

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Quixotic plea

You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Wikipediholism test. Thanks. — {{U|Technical 13}} (e • t • c) 04:46, 23 May 2015 (UTC)

TFL notification

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SAtl Track map??

Sorry for the very late post for this topic. But for you, is a track map necessary for the South Atlantic tropical cyclones? If it does, could you please create it or someone because I don't know how to make track maps yet. Thanks so much! :) Typhoon2013 (talk) 05:28, 31 May 2015 (UTC)

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Typhoon Abe (1990)

Thanks for adding the conversions. I looked to see if I could find any conversions, but I was experiencing some problems doing so. I am planning to add some information about Japan including information from [1], [2], and [3], but that is in yen. Could you provide a link or something along those lines that might be useful? Like you used for the yuan conversion? Thanks! Dustin (talk) 01:27, 7 June 2015 (UTC)

I found yen conversions here where it is 144.3 yen/US$, but I've also found yuan conversions (August 30) of 4.7339 yuan/US$. Maybe I did this wrong, but I end up with 1.8 billion yuan becoming 380 million USD, but you got 375. In any case, if you can, I would appreciate a response. Thanks. Dustin (talk) 18:19, 7 June 2015 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Hurricane Arthur (2014)

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Your GA nomination of Hurricane Arthur (2014)

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Hi again. A summary of a Featured Article you nominated at WP:FAC will appear on the Main Page soon. Was there anything I left out you'd like to see put back in? - Dank (push to talk) 02:09, 12 June 2015 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Tropical Storm Dolly (2014)

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Your GA nomination of Tropical Storm Dolly (2014)

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Special:Diff/670186399

Looks more like a "test" than an "unconstructive edit". Just FYI. Thanks. Dustin (talk) 15:09, 6 July 2015 (UTC)

"Post-tropical cyclone" is not synonymous with "Remnant low"

But you call Ela a remnant low. Why? Dustin (talk) 17:42, 10 July 2015 (UTC)

Sorry, I don't always read discussions, so I missed it. Disregard... Dustin (talk) 17:46, 10 July 2015 (UTC)

Damages

Yes, both Linfa and Nangka's damages are unknown sp instead I put minor. But maybe later or tomorrow, the damage for Linfa is already a Major. Just saying I've been doing this sort of stuff since 2013, especially when Wipha's damage was unknown that time, I instead put Major. Don't worry the damage for both storms, especially Linfa will be increased soon from a Minor, to a Minimal or a Moderate, then a Major, then when the NDRRMC updates their thing, the damages will be known. Typhoon2013 (talk) 21:35, 4 July 2015 (UTC)

Ok. Because of what I thought, using Minor, Moderate and Major is unknown because the amount of damages is unknown (example: At first, damages is unknown but it looks more of a Moderate. Then known damages are $30 million). That's what I thought. But yes I'll start using Unknown now. Typhoon2013 (talk) 21:55, 4 July 2015 (UTC)

Hi again. I just wanted to let you know that about the article you put for the source of Chan-hom's damages, the conversion is wrong so do you mind I'll change the result? Well, the article states that Y 1.9 billion equals $410 million but it is wrong. Y 1.9 billion equals to $305.8 million. That was the result when I converted it to USD. Typhoon2013 (talk) 20:15, 12 July 2015 (UTC)

@Typhoon2013: – Yeah, feel free to change it if the conversion is wrong. Cyclonebiskit (talk) 20:17, 12 July 2015 (UTC)

F-scale change

Thank you for giving me a hyper link to this report. I was unable to read it, but I will take your advice and discontinue my changing the classification to the F-scale. I changed it because I didn't believe Italy used the EF-scale, but thank you for the message, I appreciate and will be careful to check all sources before modifying pages. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.44.161.220 (talk) 01:51, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

Mr. Iwata

With all due respect...Mr. Iwata is truely a Video Game God who's immortal! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.174.177.40 (talk) 03:14, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

Excessive refs

It's fine that you removed them! But somehow I think WP just put them back in. Give me a moment, okay? Thanks! --Geekdiva (talk) 03:43, 15 July 2015 (UTC)

Okay, they're still removed. Some weirdness with the cross-editing, probably. I didn't want you to think you had to deal with a revert-berserker over here.

  1. Your edits will stand. I had understood that since it's not clear how long a string of text the reference applies to, any chunk of info (I didn't put in on every sentence), especially in recent biographies (oh, how I wish we could say "of living people" in this case!), that could require verification could be supported by reference notes. I see now that this is "often discouraged " in intros.
  2. Precisely because both opinions and how we put them into effect on WP differ, we have things like edit summaries. Yours was abrupt. Did you mean unnecessary in the intro alone? Or would you extend that to the rest of the article? I would have written something like, "Unnecessary level of refs for an intro," and maybe added, "which is viewed as a summary of the article."
Edit summaries explain one's edit, but also inform people and change opinions. Unfortunately, they can also discourage people. Not me, but these things add up, and editor retention is a problem. You don't need to kiss up to the person whose edit you are reverting; I didn't in my example. Just Assume the person had Good Faith to make the edit you're reverting, and let that reflect in your summary. "Excessive" when applied to somebody's action has the connotation of negativity, of something that is obvious that's been gone against.

I truly only wrote this because I assume you have good faith and care about the article and its subject, so I have hope you might care about editor retention, too. Otherwise, I would have ignored it. Sorry this is so long, but I'm chronically ill, and substituting energy for time I say with Blaise Pascal, "I have made this letter longer than usual, because I lack the time to make it short."

Thanks, --Geekdiva (talk) 04:52, 15 July 2015 (UTC)

"area"

Sorry, but this is an issue that I feel very strongly about. I first have to address the false assessment that this isn't something that has been going on since 2014. Actually now that I look back even farther, all of the articles from 2013 don't use the area tagging. Myself and other users started dropping the "area" tag for direct hits of towns back around this time period. United States Man actually started using even more specific information if a specific part of town is hit (ie. Southwestern Blanksville, Northern Blanksville). This has all caught on fairly well until the Eudora/Green Hill tornadoes. If I am forced to spoon-feed you this info to prove it to you, then I will. Actually take a look at these articles before you get back to me. Also look at the Tornadoes of 2015, there are no "area" tags until the Eudora/Green Hill edits as well. You'll see what I mean: http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/January_29%E2%80%9330,_2013_tornado_outbreak http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/November_17,_2013_tornado_outbreakto http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/List_of_tornadoes_in_the_April_27%E2%80%9330,_2014_tornado_outbreak http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/List_of_United_States_tornadoes_from_April_to_May_2015 http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Tornadoes_of_2015

I'm not trying to boss you around, but this is pretty much the standard of how it's done now. It started in 2013 and other users didn't start catching on till around 2014 (so your assertion that I'm the only one who does this is also false). The purpose is more encyclopedic, precise, and specific documentation of the location of tornado events on this page. "Area" is just too vague and lazy, and I have seen it abused terribly in some of the older articles that I fixed up (40-mile plus long tracked tornadoes that simply passed near a town, and are simply listed via that town's name with an area tag next to it. Ridiculous). "Area" should only be used if no more specific information available. Anyway, based on the fact that I'm not the only user doing this at this point, I feel comfortable with keeping the area tagged dropped unless there is no specific information available. If you are that concerned, start a discussion. I stand by my decision on this one. Sharkguy05 (talk) 04:29, 16 July 2015 (UTC)Sharkguy05

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JMA TD 16/17 image name

Ok. So you said that the 15th TD in the 2015 PTS article weakened to an LPA and regenerated to a TD, right? And which is why I thought that it became the 16th TD. So yes I agree with that.

However I uploaded an image of TD 16 and someone changed the file name to JMA TD 17 because he thought that the 16th depression was the degeneration of the 15th depression, which is also not the 17th depression (since the 17th TD just formed 3 hrs ago). I don't know how to rename files so is it ok that you could rename the image file back to JMA TD 16? Thanks so much and can you please teach me how to rename files? Typhoon2013 (talk) 09:41, 20 July 2015 (UTC)

Claudette 2015 track.png

I want you to understand that the OPC wouldn't refer to the low as Post-tropical Claudette in the high-seas forecast had it "opened up". This is the last product they released before they discontinued tracking it. I cannot see why the OPC would claim it to be Claudette had there been doubt that the low was not intact and continuous. I also want to say that once a storm becomes extra-tropical over open ocean higher than 31N and west of 35W that the NHC releases its responsibility to the OPC for tracking systems. As with Ana when the NHC updated the ATCF file it had been extended to where the OPC had operationally stopped tracking it. Supportstorm (talk) 09:32, 21 July 2015 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Hurricane Bertha (2014)

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Your GA nomination of Effects of Typhoon Bopha in Micronesia and Palau

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Merger discussion for Typhoon Nangka (2015)

An article that you have been involved in editing—Typhoon Nangka (2015) —has been proposed for merging with another article. If you are interested, please participate in the merger discussion. Thank you. Typhoon2013 06:51, 25 July 2015 (UTC)

South Atlantic track map???

Is a track map necessary to the article: South Atlantic tropical cyclone? I mean, a season summary track map like all other basins? Typhoon2013 (talk) 05:39, 27 July 2015 (UTC)

Significant figures at 2015 Pacific hurricane season

That wasn't an error with significant figures; I assume it was just a typo on my part. Sorry. Dustin (talk) 22:53, 31 July 2015 (UTC)

Iwata

Dang. You're really on the ball with your work on the Iwata page. Thanks for your work on it. GamerPro64 00:48, 1 August 2015 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Effects of Typhoon Bopha in Micronesia and Palau

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Jul 27 MB tornado

This is more of a semantics issue than anything, but the reason the tornado is EF2 is because of a lack of damage indicators rather than it being a weak tornado. It isn't known how strong it actually was, and the EF2 rating was the highest they could give it. --The Anonymous Macaw (talk) 02:13, 4 August 2015 (UTC)

Re:Jul 27 MB tornado

I made a mistake regarding the EF4 wind speed; I misread "around 200 kph" as "around 200 mph" in one of the reports. It was my fault and I should definitely have checked the source more closely and linked to it. Anyway, while the tornado was probably stronger than EF2 at its peak, you're right that the rating is official and almost certainly won't be changed. --The Anonymous Macaw (talk) 03:42, 4 August 2015 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Writer's Barnstar
Your portfolio of content causes envy and lust even amongst those who claim to be prolific article writers; great job! Esquivalience t 01:15, 5 August 2015 (UTC)

Good for you

It's good to see you nominated to become an administrator. Chin up and good luck. Best Regards,

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A kitten for you!

Apologies if my questions were perceived as aggressive in any way. I had a real shit day, and I wasn't in the best of moods when I commented. I came down much harsher than I should have on certain things, and that wasn't fair to you. Good luck!

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Your GA nomination of Hurricane Bertha (2014)

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Hudhud

Do we have a new source that shows the revised damage figures? Seddon talk 08:22, 10 August 2015 (UTC) Seddon talk 08:22, 10 August 2015 (UTC)

@Seddon: - December 19, 2014 news article which was about month and a half after the $11 billion claim. Cyclonebiskit (talk) 08:37, 10 August 2015 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Cyclone Rusty

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Congratulations

Hi, Cyclonebiskit. I saw that your RfA discussion is in the process of being closed with a 121–12 !vote in your favor. Unless you set some kind of new record, you're going to be a newly minted administrator with 90+% support. Congratulations. That's pretty damn impressive. Take a break, savor the moment, and come back energized and ready to serve. And try not to break the wiki! Cheers. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 21:15, 11 August 2015 (UTC)

Thank you very much, Dirtlawyer1. And thank you for your kind words and support during the RfA itself! I'll try my best to not delete the main page ;) Cyclonebiskit (talk) 21:43, 11 August 2015 (UTC)
Somehow, Cyclonebiskit, I expect that you're going to do just fine. Cheers. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 04:57, 12 August 2015 (UTC)

You are now an administrator

Congratulations, I have just closed your RfA as successful and made you an administrator. Take a look at the administrators' how-to guide and the administrators' reading list if you haven't read those already. Also, the practice exercises at the new admin school may be useful. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to get in touch on my talk page. WJBscribe (talk) 21:46, 11 August 2015 (UTC)

Congratulations!!! Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:47, 11 August 2015 (UTC)
Congratulations! Remember to take the advice in the RfA, esp. regarding article creation. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 21:53, 11 August 2015 (UTC)
Congratulations. I completely missed the RfA and didn't even know of its existence until now (I was on vacation)! Dustin (talk) 21:57, 11 August 2015 (UTC)
Here's your obligatory t-shirt; wear it with pride ;) Congratulations, CB!! --Dylan620 (I'm all ears) 21:59, 11 August 2015 (UTC)
  • Congratulations from me as well. If the tools ever start giving you fits, feel free to email me or post on my talk page and I'll be happy to help in any way I can. – Juliancolton | Talk 22:08, 11 August 2015 (UTC)
Thank you very much, everyone! Cyclonebiskit (talk) 22:15, 11 August 2015 (UTC)
Congrats from me as well. Long overdue. YE Pacific Hurricane 22:20, 11 August 2015 (UTC)
Congratulations from me as well. Inks.LWC (talk) 22:25, 11 August 2015 (UTC)

Congrats dude!! Have fun doing page history mergers! Hurricanehink mobile (talk) 22:29, 11 August 2015 (UTC)

Dude congrats on your RFA, Hope you did well and best of luck as an administrator. --EurovisionNim (talk to me)(see my edits) 00:23, 12 August 2015 (UTC)

Typhoon Soudelor (2015)

Information icon Hello, I'm Meow. I wanted to let you know that I undid one or more of your recent contributions to Typhoon Soudelor (2015) because it did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. -- Meow 04:57, 8 August 2015 (UTC)

Really? Is this a joke? Etamni | ✉ | ✓  09:48, 13 August 2015 (UTC)
Looking further, I see that it wasn't. Good job Cyclonebiskit, keeping your cool dealing with this user's edits while also navigating your successful RfA. Etamni | ✉ | ✓  09:52, 13 August 2015 (UTC)

Pinging your memory

Congratulations on your RfA! Dennis Brown sent me here for a consult as you are a subject matter expert. I seem to recall in my travels a long term vandal who was known for adding excessive amounts of climate data to articles. I can't seem to find that report, and was hoping you might have a recollection of such a thing. Any idea? Thanks in advance! Scr★pIronIV 17:58, 13 August 2015 (UTC)

Thank you - turns out that another Admin saw the same behavior, and blocked the sock. I did a little more research, and found an old ANI report dating back to 2009 which identified the original individual. I'm not sure whether I am allowed to name the original editor, because it looks like a case of WP:RBI and I think it's frowned on. A good example of the behavior can be seen here: [4] Every time I think I am getting a handle on things, I end up learning something new. Thank you again! Scr★pIronIV 19:46, 14 August 2015 (UTC)

User talk:Careerz

It's a bit nonsensical to block someone solely for advertising if you don't actually remove the advertisement. I believe the template you were searching for was {{uw-softerblock}} (or perhaps {{uw-spamublock}}), which both give the user clearer instruction on what he was doing wrong. There's a fairly comprehensive list at WP:BLOCKT. —Cryptic 03:13, 17 August 2015 (UTC)

@Cryptic: – Yeah, I guess I should probably get rid of the actual "content" the user is being banned for...still learning all the ins and outs of adminship, sorry. Thanks for covering that and the handy list of block templates, though! Cyclonebiskit (talk) 03:21, 17 August 2015 (UTC)

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WP:N question

Hi there! I'm developing one new page and wanted to hear opinion from someone experienced. I'm having problem with establishing notability per wp:n. However, recently I managed to find some sources that may resolve notability problem. Could you give me a feedback on them?Cha cha cha dancer (talk) 17:20, 19 August 2015 (UTC)

@Cha cha cha dancer: – It looks like it technically meets the WP:N requirements, just barely, but with a possible snag on "presumed notability". I'm struggling to get a sense of why it's notable. Forums exist for just about every game around, so what makes this particular one stand out above the others that don't have articles? The only other comparable video game forum article seems to be GTPlanet, but I have a feeling this page has the same notability issues as GTANet.com. As for the sources themselves, most mentions are in passing, and 15 of the article's 40 listed are devoted to the modding section. Maybe something similar to what's done with Pokémon (specifically the Fan community section) can be done on the Grand Theft Auto (series) page, which would include GTANet.com among other aspects of the community. Cyclonebiskit (talk) 18:03, 19 August 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for replying. The notability of GTANet (GTAForums) is in its influence to GTA as it is considered as both unofficial and official GTA forum from most of gaming news' portals. Its content is what makes the difference from my point of view. From references that would be: they are recognized as major GTA fansite by Rockstar, they are most famous for the (un)famous Hot Coffee mod, they established modding community of GTA itself (2001), they are often seen as very dedicated fans (they made google street view for game's map), they are often main source for many very reliable gaming news portals (IGN, Gamezone, Kotaku, n4g). Besides, GTAForums is one of the biggest forums in the world with 650 000 members and 13 million posts. When it comes to notability and sources, I think it is better established than GTP. I don't think it's A class article of course, but I think how the subject and coverage provided to subject are quite enough for it to be stand alone article and not to be in danger of delete as, in the end, in does provide enough wp:n sources. Yes, some are only mentions, but not trivial mentions as whole articles were based on content made by GTAforumsCha cha cha dancer (talk) 21:24, 19 August 2015 (UTC)

seeking 3o

Hello Cyclonebiskit, I have a bit of an odd request. I'm currently in a two-way talkpage-only wiki-policy-interpretation-related dispute. I think the other editor trusts your judgement, based on their edit-history. Do you have time to help this-a-way? Whatever your answer, thanks for reading.

p.s. Specifically, I'm asking for your assistance to broaden our two-way talkpage-discussion into a three-way talkpage-discussion, and maybe give some outside perspective that will help us figure out which of us (or perhaps in which specific yet distinct ways both of us) could be doing better. I realize that usually this would go to WP:3o, but our two-way-discussion hasn't been extensive enough for that to work. It could also be ANI, but that's very much not the outcome I'm after here, and am in particular asking that if you do give us a hand working this out, that you refrain from using mop-tools and/or escalating, if at all conceivably possible (you are free to boomerang them upon *me* if need be o'course... but from their edit-history and my own wiki-interests, I definitely expect that I'll be seeing this particular editor again in future talkpage-conversations, so I'm looking for somebody that they have expressed a liking for, whom will NOT cause them any grief/stress/etc). In other words, I'm looking for a trusted-by-both neutral diplomat to help me get a working editor-to-editor-relationship functioning more correctly, not a tattle-to-the-big-admin that will "solve" the problem in drama-inducing fashion; you seem to fit the bill, if you are willing.

p.p.s. The topic-area in question has nothing to do with storms, weather, climate, et cetera that you normally contribute to, or so I hear. It's about politics in the USA, mostly-kinda. Also, you and I haven't interacted before that I know, which is one of the reasons I picked you. 75.108.94.227 (talk) 21:25, 22 August 2015 (UTC)

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Hi:

I was loking for the use of an image in Commons when I was directed to this work-in-progress from you. It seems interesting. May I know if you have any intention of transforming it into a real article?

Pierre cb (talk) 18:41, 27 August 2015 (UTC)

That's an old idea of mine, very old one at that. Not sure if I'll ever get back to it but it's certainly a notable event. You're more than welcome to take over and expand it if you want. Cyclonebiskit (talk) 19:37, 27 August 2015 (UTC)
Thanks. I was more interested to translate it in French if you ever wanted to make an article out of it, not to expand it. Just give me a line if you ever publish it. Pierre cb (talk) 20:02, 27 August 2015 (UTC)

Opps

Opps sorry i didn`t now that it was incorrect let me when Erika gets Retired and replaced okay Fun Cake (talk) 22:32, 29 August 2015 (UTC)

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The finals for the 2015 Wikicup has now begun! Congrats to the 8 contestants who have survived to the finals, and well done and thanks to everyone who took part in rounds 3 and 4.

In round 3, we had a three-way tie for qualification among the wildcard contestants, so we had 34 competitors. The leader was by far Scotland Casliber (submissions) in Group B, who earned 1496 points. Although 913 of these points were bonus points, he submitted 15 articles in the DYK category. Second place overall was Philadelphia Coemgenus (submissions) at 864 points, who although submitted just 2 FAs for 400 points, earned double that amount for those articles in bonus points. Everyone who moved forward to Round 4 earned at least 100 points.

The scores required to move onto the semifinals were impressive; the lowest scorer to move onto the finals was 407, making this year's Wikicup as competitive as it's always been. Our finalists, ordered by round 4 score, are:

  1. Belarus Cas Liber (submissions), who is competing in his sixth consecutive Wikicup final, again finished the round in first place, with an impressive 1666 points in Pool B. Casliber writes about the natural sciences, including ornithology, botany and astronomy. A large bulk of his points this round were bonus points.
  2. Smithsonian Institution Godot13 (submissions) (FP bonus points), second place both in Pool B and overall, earned the bulk of his points with FPs, mostly depicting currency.
  3. Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions), first in Pool A, came in third. His specialty is natural science articles; in Round 4, he mostly submitted articles about insects and botany. Five out of the six of the GAs he submitted were level-4 vital articles.
  4. Somerset Harrias (submissions), second in Pool A, took fourth overall. He tends to focus on articles about cricket and military history, specifically the 1640s First English Civil War.
  5. Washington, D.C. West Virginian (submissions), from Pool A, was our highest-scoring wildcard. West Virginia tends to focus on articles about the history of (what for it!) the U.S. state of West Virginia.
  6. Somerset Rodw (submissions), from Pool A, likes to work on articles about British geography and places. Most of his points this round were earned from two impressive accomplishments: a GT about Scheduled monuments in Somerset and a FT about English Heritage properties in Somerset.
  7. United States Rationalobserver (submissions), from Pool B, came in seventh overall. RO earned the majority of her points from GARs and PRs, many of which were earned in the final hours of the round.
  8. England Calvin999 (submissions), also from Pool B, who was competing with RO for the final two spots in the final hours, takes the race for most GARs and PRs—48.

The intense competition between RO and Calvin999 will continue into the finals. They're both eligible for the Newcomers Trophy, given for the first time in the Wikicup; whoever makes the most points will win it.

Good luck to the finalists; the judges are sure that the competition will be fierce!

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Re Tywwwer23456, who you just blocked

FYI: Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/SEFPRODUCTIONS. He's on a blast at present, several new socks every day. JohnCD (talk) 14:34, 8 September 2015 (UTC)

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Hi Cyclonebiskit, I noticed you closed an ITN nomination that I posted here. Generally posted items aren't hard closed so that the nomination can be used as a workspace for an item (beyond the scope of WP:ERRORS) or if there is a possibility of additional voters later requesting that the item be pulled (for example, there are referencing issues that were not adequately resolved, or the item receives an orange tag that needs to be dealt with). Posted items generally are only closed if there's lengthy nonproductive debate after posting. Best, SpencerT♦C 17:35, 19 September 2015 (UTC)

@Spencer: Ahhh, my bad. I was under the assumption that all topics are closed once nominated an any further issues are brought to WP:ERRORS. Still learning the ropes of the admin tasks at ITN/C and I probably should have asked before doing, sorry. I'll make sure to leave posted discussions open in the future. Thanks for letting me know! Regards, Cyclonebiskit (talk) 01:24, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
Thanks for all your help at ITN/C! ITN always has need for active admins contributing. Thanks! SpencerT♦C 04:43, 20 September 2015 (UTC)

I need some advice

I cant do much but I feel that Cassianto's response towards Rational has been a case of harassment [5]. Can this be at the very least rev deleted as this is just adding hate not constructive commentary. Is this kind of thing even worth reporting at this point? - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 22:48, 20 September 2015 (UTC)

Here's a tip Knowledge Kid, how about you mind your own business and leave others to mind theirs? CassiantoTalk 22:53, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
I will keep this short: leaving comments such as that isn't going to make things go away, it is like throwing gasoline on a fire. You could have not commented stayed out of the drama and taken your own advice. - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 22:58, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
I will post when and where I like. I was growing tired of the laborious RO and her/his constant sniping and public displays of personal vendetta. As for you, you have ironically now done what you do best; vandalising someone's talk page in order to start an argument. I seem to remember you were blocked for sticking your nose in where it wasn't wanted before? CassiantoTalk 23:07, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
It isn't vandalism, it was a warning to stop with the harassment, you have every right to disagree with Rational that isn't the point and you should know that. Do you see anyone else there talking like you do to get their points across? What if everyone took the same kind of tone you do, how do you think the encyclopedia would look or function? - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 23:12, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
You defaced my talk page with unwanted text; that is vandalism albeit a subjective interpretation. If everyone spoke like me rather than pussy-foot around with fluffy words and liberal outlooks, nothing would get sorted. I told her/him to "shut up" and it worked. Go figure. CassiantoTalk 08:30, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
I was hoping the mess from that RfA wouldn't spill out, but here we are... First off, both of you knock it off with this petty argument. Knowledgekid87, the edit in question doesn't warrant deletion as it's not purely disruptive material nor blatant harassment, but it is certainly inflammatory. The discussions/debates/arguments in regards to Montanabw's RfA are getting out of hand and I question how useful some of them even are. I could go into further details, but I'm certain both of you are well aware of the concept of taking a step back to clear your minds. I advise you both to do so before returning to these discussions. Cyclonebiskit (talk) 23:23, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
Im willing to do that, I am unsurprised about the out of hand comments though. - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 23:28, 20 September 2015 (UTC)

Congratulations

Congratulations on this by the way. I wondered what was going on when I noticed you blocked an IP for vandalizing 2014 Pacific typhoon season (I have been out a while...). I know you will be a great administrator, and it will be good to have another one around this WikiProject (and also one who I am familiar with). United States Man (talk) 04:19, 29 September 2015 (UTC)

File:Hurricane Joaquin advisory 12 forecast track.gif

May I ask why you opted to not include the track line? Thanks. Dustin (talk) 03:11, 4 October 2015 (UTC)

@Dustin V. S.: it's not really necessary for understanding the image. It's just a line down the center of the forecast points; not much, if anything, is gained from it. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 03:13, 4 October 2015 (UTC)

ITN images

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I guess that would be a bit easier (and probably less cleanup work in the end). I'll be sure to keep this in mind next time I need to mess around with the MP images. Thanks, Stephen! ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 00:38, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

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Amazing job bringing Satoru Iwata to FA class! ThomasO1989 (talk) 20:22, 8 October 2015 (UTC)

Excellent work!

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Great job persevering through Satoru Iwata's FAC, you certainly did his legacy proud :) Auree ★★ 09:35, 9 October 2015 (UTC)

Make that three!

The Video game Barnstar

Fantastic work bringing Satoru Iwata to FA status! —zziccardi (talk) 20:59, 9 October 2015 (UTC)

Satoru Iwata

Hi Cyclonebiskit. I just saw on my watchlist that your FAC has been promoted. That's great, congrats! I'm sorry I wasn't able to revisit; maybe someday I'll get to read it—for fun. The Wikipedian Penguin 15:45, 10 October 2015 (UTC)

Thanks, Wikipedian Penguin! No worries on not being able to get back to review it, ones personal life always takes precedence over Wiki :) Hopefully you'll enjoy the read when you do find the time~ ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 17:43, 10 October 2015 (UTC)

Hurricane Joaquin

Hello Cyclonebiskit, this message is in regards to an edit of mine which you recently reverted in Hurricane Joaquin saying that "Wx Centre is not a reliable source." I was just wondering what brought you to this conclusion? --Undescribed (talk) 21:51, 10 October 2015 (UTC)

@Undescribed: Most glaring issue is that they do not list any credentials (i.e. no stated meteorology degrees) for their forecasters. Their vision statement, "Our quality and accuracy will lead us to be the world’s source for weather" reads very much like a start-up weather forecasting group of friends. These kinds of sites are very common and most of them, including "Wx Centre", lack credibility. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 22:08, 10 October 2015 (UTC)
@Cyclonebiskit: Okay, thank you for explaining better. --Undescribed (talk) 23:00, 10 October 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Cyclone Rusty

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A barnstar for you! :)

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