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You have a reply waiting for you at Wikipedia:Esperanza/Admin coaching  The Transhumanist   19:03, 1 November 2006 (UTC)


The Fairly OddParents

Keep on the lookout for vandalism on The Fairly OddParents. I and 3 others have cleaned it from vandalism. Thanks!--Patrickrox11 13:12, 4 November 2006 (UTC)Patrickrox11

Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #6

Number 6, November 5, 2006

The Hurricane Herald

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Storm of the month

Xangsane to the east of the Philippines
Xangsane to the east of the Philippines

Typhoon Xangsane, known as Typhoon Milenyo in the Philippines was a destructive typhoon that affected the Philippines and Indochina. The storm caused severe flooding and landslides in the regions it affected and was responsible for at least 279 deaths and $747 million (USD) in damage, mostly in the Philippines and Vietnam. Xangsane formed to the east of the Philippines and rapidly intensified, striking Samar Island as a Category 4 typhoon. It weakened over the Philippines, but again reached Category 4 strength in the South China Sea. After its landfall in Vietnam, the typhoon dissipated, with its remnant crossing Indochina and entering the Bay of Bengal.

Other tropical cyclone activity

  • Hurricane Isaac, which formed in September, hit Newfoundland with minimal effects on October 2. It was the only Atlantic storm in October.
  • One hurricane, Hurricane Paul, formed in the eastern Pacific and hit Mexico. There were also two tropical storms, Norman and Olivia, and two tropical depressions in the basin.
  • In addition to Typhoon Xangsane, two further typhoons and two tropical storms developed in the west Pacific. Typhoon Soulik and Tropical Storms Bebinca and Rumbia both stayed clear of land, whilst Typhoon Cimaron hit the Philippines killing at least 19 people there, before it dissipated in the South China Sea.
  • The North Indian Ocean saw one storm, Cyclonic Storm Ogni form in the Bay of Bengal.
  • The 2006-2007 Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone season got underway, with Tropical Cyclone Xavier forming to the west of Fiji. There were two further tropical depressions in the South Pacific and a tropical disturbance in the South Indian Ocean.

New articles and improvements wanted

Member of the month

Cyclone barnstar
Cyclone barnstar

The October Member of the Month is Coredesat. Coredesat joined the WikiProject in March and has contributed to many diverse areas within the project. He has written two featured articles on Atlantic storms and a number of good articles on current typhoons. However, the article he is most proud of is a disambiguation page, a sorely neglected portion of the project.

Storm article statistics

Grade Aug Sep Oct Nov
FA 16 15 15 16
A 6 7 6 7
GA 24 28 33 48
B 77 79 84 83
Start 191 200 201 210
Stub 8 8 13 11
Total 322 337 352 375
percentage
≥;Less than B
61.8 61.7 60.8 58.9

Tropical cyclone scales

The various agencies which report on tropical cyclones use a variety of different scales to measure the storms strength. The most familiar of these is the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale and this is the de facto standard in the project and should be used everywhere. However, as it is only official in the Atlantic and East Pacific, other local scales should be used when discussing storms in other regions and given primacy over the Saffir-Simpson Scale. The Saffir-Simpson scale is based on 1-minute averages, but other scales are generally based upon 10-minute averages, which are approximately 15% lower.

This table provides a useful-at-a-glance comparison of the various scales currently in use. Further complications arise due to the fact different agencies obtain different estimates for the same storm at the same time, so be careful to use the most appropriate source agency.

November Esperanza Newsletter

Program Feature: Admin Coaching (needs coaches!)
Admin Coaching needs coaches!!! If you are an administrator, or even a generally experienced user, do consider signing up to be a coach.

Admin Coaching, now being coordinated by HighwayCello, is a program for people who want help learning some of the more subtle aspects of Wikipedia policy and culture. People are matched with experienced users who are willing to offer coaching. The program is designed for people who have figured out the basics of editing articles; they're not newcomers any more, but they might want some help in learning new roles. In this way, Esperanza would help keep hope alive for Wikipedia because we would always be grooming the next generation of admins.

What's New?
The Tutorial Drive is a new Esperanza program! In an effort to make complicated processes on Wikipedia easier for everyone, Esperanza working to create and compile a list of tutorials about processes here on Wikipedia. Consider writing one!
A discussion on how Esperanza relates to the encyclopedia has been started; please add your thoughts.
Many thanks to MiszaBot, courtesy of Misza13, for delivering the newsletter.
  • The list of proposed programs has been updated, with some proposals being archived.
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  • Shreshth91 informed everyone that he will be leaving the Esperanza council as life is rather busy; his spot will be filled by the runner up from the last election, HighwayCello.
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Articles users plan on making

Please only list 5 or 6 articles there, and only include those you are seriously working on or very much plan to work on in the neae future. Hurricanehink (talk) 22:08, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

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Anthropology project

I have communicated with The Ungovernable Force regarding the proposed anthropology project which you indicated an interest in, and have gotten the OK from him to move the project into wiki-space and make it active. He indicated that he is busy in school right now, but will be as active as he can be given that. The project page as it now exists is only a minimum page, and could use the input of interested parties such as yourself. Personally, I did noticably poorly in the one cultural anthropology class I took in college, so I'm bowing out of this one, but wish you and the other members of the project the best of luck with it. Thank you. Badbilltucker 21:47, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

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People From New Jersey

Yeah I know I had no idea what I was doing, and once I did it I had no idea on how to go back and fix it. Wiki is still all new territory for me, I usually just chat on forums and stuff of that sort, so I had no idea what I was doing or how to fix it. Oh, and sorry if I again posted this in the wrong section you have so many pages i dont know where to post anything because its all so complicated but whateverr. --MyChemical 19:47, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

African military history task force

Anything particular you have an interest into? The Garamantes for example could need an expansion. They ruled the Sahara desert and had some reported wars with the Romans and the Islamic Empire. Due to climatic changes the Sahara today is not as inhabitable as during their reign. The change probably hinderd the Romans from effectively conquering them and thus the Romans did not invade the lands south of the Sahara. Best to describe the Garamentes as cattle keeping ranchers on light chariots armed with bows. They aslo had some irrigation farming and towns, but likely retained their immense wealth from the trade through their territory and kidnapping farmers living in the regions around them. So if you are interested, the current article could be expanded and some meteorological influence on the development of human society added. Just imagine the Romans would have been able to invade Western Africa. Greatings Wandalstouring 23:36, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

Tagging articles

Any article related to this task force should be marked by adding African-task-force=yes to the {{WPMILHIST|class = NA}} project banner at the top of its talk page (see the project banner instructions for more details on the exact syntax). This will automatically place it into Category:African military history task force articles. Greatings Wandalstouring 23:57, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

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WikiProject SpongeBob SquarePants November 2006 Newsletter

WikiProject SpongeBob SquarePants Newsletter
November 2006 Volume 1, Issue 3
About
The WikiProject SpongeBob SquarePants newsletter is a monthly newsletter posted on the first of the month. AMK152 writes and publish it. If you have any questions or comments please post them here or on AMK152's talk page. In addition, the project needs at least one more newsletter writer. If you are interested, please see the WikiProject's talkpage.
Interviews
Starting in December 2006, the Project will interview its members. The interviews will be published in the newsletter each month, and hopefully this can improve the SpongeBob SquarePants articles. See the talk page for more details.
Concerns and questions
Please leave a message with AMK152 if you have questions concerning the project. You may also post at the WikiProject's talkpage and someone will answer.
Featured articles
We are trying to make several articles good or featured articles. We would like your help reaching featured article status. We are currently working on SpongeBob SquarePants, Krusty Krab, and Bikini Bottom. Please help us improve these articles, based on the peer reviews and your knowledge of Wikipedia featured articles.
Project objectives
  • Episode Pages:
  • Infoboxes need to be complete on each episode article. (See Template:SpongeBob episode)
  • A screenshot of each title card for each episode needs to be complete on each episode article to improve it.
  • Please try to help incorperate all trivia into the rest of the articles.
  • Try to incorperate non notable quotes to Wikiquote
  • Games: The SpongeBob game articles need to be expanded, especially the stubs. See here: Template:SpongeBob Games.
  • SpongeBob Books - On the List of SpongeBob SquarePants Media, books needed to be listed and a description of the book.
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Button bar for WPac

Thank you for expressing your views on the proposed WPac button bar. You are invited to give your opinion on a set of factors regarding this here. - SpLoT (*T* C+u+g+v) 15:28, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

Cimaron

Okay, I talked to Chacor about it, and Cimaron's been re-userfied to User:Icelandic Hurricane/Sandbox/Typhoon Cimaron (2006). --Coredesat 01:19, 25 November 2006 (UTC)