User:Departure–

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Former alt of DontBanMeThanks, once GeorgeMemulous, and now Departure–. Sometimes I edit, and I try not to break the rules (if I do, feel free to tell me on my talk page). I'm a bit of a bold editor when I feel like it, and often help out at WP:ITNC and WP:DYK, as well as tending to whatever shows up in my watchlist. 4000 edits, as of 18:03, 29 January 2025 (UTC).

I consider myself a moderately competent, if BOLD and occasionally much too hasty editor. I've had daily edits since some time around February 2024, and am proud of that, but my editing varies severely week-to-week - some weeks, up to 50 edits a day, and others only 40 in a whole week. That may drop off significantly if this one guy does this one thing he says he doesn't know anything about, but I hope to leave Wikipedia an overall richer place than it was when I arrived as my main objective. One day I'll stop editing and maybe I'll come back, maybe I won't.

I'm constructive where I can be, and typically edit weather-space articles. My best work is Belvidere Apollo Theatre collapse, my first and only featured article. I hope to be able to quickly create meteorological synopses and infoboxes for ongoing tornado outbreaks when they do happen - if 2025 has a super outbreak, you'll likely see me within the first 50 edits cleaning up whatever needs cleaning up.

I'm not subject to any sanctions at the moment. I don't necessarily have much ambition to become an administrator someday, but I might for the purposes of better contributing to DYK and dealing with sockpuppetry if nothing else. That's a matter for the distant future, however. Anyone reading my future RfA if I make one should beware: I frequently vandalize pages, even when you don't see it. And the worst part is that I'll never be subject to sanctions or brought to AIV for it!

My current signature: Departure– (talk) 04:35, 29 November 2024 (UTC)

Pages I've started:
- Severe weather sequence of July 13–16, 2024, 2021 Naperville–Woodridge tornado my first good article!, Ring of fire (meteorology), List of United States tornadoes in November 2024, Mountain Fire (2024) I made my draft two hours earlier, so it goes here!, Fultondale High School (2023–present), June 2022 Chicago supercell, Belvidere Apollo Theatre collapse featured!, Debris fallout, Tornado outbreak of November 2–5, 2024, 2023 Little Rock tornado

Drafts I've started (feel free to contribute!):
- Draft:List of airports struck by tornadoes, Draft:1976 Jordan tornado, Draft:Tornado outbreak sequence of June 11–14, 1976, Draft:1967 Belvidere tornado, Draft:List of US tornado records by state, Draft:Surf (condition), Draft:List of places hit multiple times by significant tornadoes, Draft:2024 Tallahassee tornadoes, Draft:2023 Covington tornado, Draft:1979 Cheyenne tornado

Prospective DYK hooks for some of my drafts and WIP articles:
- ...that the only fatality of the 2021 Fultondale tornado died in a basement and was a student at Fultondale High School, which also took a direct hit?
- ...that the 1979 Cheyenne tornado, despite being a violent tornado, was described as having the appearance of a dust devil, with a funnel that didn't touch the ground?
- ...that numerous tornadoes in a 1976 tornado outbreak followed unusual curving paths, including an F4 that struck the site of a nuclear reactor?
- ...that despite the 1976 Jordan tornado killing thousands of livestock, having an intense satellite tornado, and producing the worst damage Fujita had seen up to then, no human fatalities occurred?
- ... that Tallahassee, Temple, Topeka, Toledo, Tulsa, Tupelo, Tuscaloosa, and Tyler all took a toll from two or more twisters over F2? (April 1 hook.)
  - ... that in May 2024, two twisters tracked through Tallahassee on the tenth, toppling trees and taking two Tallahassean lives? (Another April 1 hook.)
- ... that the widest tornado in Texas was also the deadliest tornado in Oklahoma, but not vice versa?
- ... that the Windy City was hit with six whirlwinds and two windstorms over just 48 hours?
- ... that the 1967 Belvidere tornado was described as taking "the worst possible path through Belvidere"?

Miscellaneous pages I've created:
- User:Departure–/Generic tornado outbreak, and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Peanut (squirrel) (yes, this absolute train-wreck of an AfD).

Pages I've significantly contributed to:
- List of tornadoes striking downtown areas of large cities, Hurricane Beryl tornado outbreak, Tornado records, List of disasters by cost

Future pages to make / have made:

Important links:

Tropical storm Milton off the coast of Mexico on the afternoon of 5 October 2024

An image I uploaded of a new tropical storm in the Gulf on 5 October 2024 because the yearly list article lacked an image. In a year of records, it was beautiful to see nature acting in moderation.

Featured topic

What the topic state is now:

Tornado outbreak of March 31 – April 1, 2023

4 articles

2023 Wynne–Parkin tornado

2023 Robinson–Sullivan tornado

Belvidere Apollo Theatre collapse

2023 Covington tornado

List of tornadoes in the tornado outbreak of March 31 – April 1, 2023

2023 Little Rock tornado

What I want to see looking at the topic, hopefully by 31 March next year: