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Reasoning for Special:Diff/616417576

Hey, Dustin. I get what you mean with this, but actually the Western Pacific Basin articles when adding the "infobox hurricane current" you only put the name/designation just like when Neoguri was active. The other basins actually include its strength. For example Tropical Depression Elida or Hurricane Arthur. Whenever there is a storm active in the Wpac basin, I copy some editors like this one. Have a nice day. Typhoon2013 (talk) 00:04, 12 July 2014 (UTC)

Okay, well thanks for giving an explanation. Dustin (talk) 00:06, 12 July 2014 (UTC)

A word of advice

If you haven't already, I think you should read WP:DENY. I don't think it is worth conversing with someone that has created many, many accounts, and also impersonated various users and sysops. I wouldn't trust anything that he/she says. RGloucester — ☎ 19:02, 13 July 2014 (UTC)

I always try to give one open-spoken chance. Dustin (talk) 19:04, 13 July 2014 (UTC)

And I do believe that the "kill myself" comment was total nonsense. Dustin (talk) 19:05, 13 July 2014 (UTC)

I'm of the opinion that this particular character ran out of "chances" a long time ago, but I suppose it is how it is. RGloucester — ☎ 19:05, 13 July 2014 (UTC)

@RGloucester: Note that I said "open-spoken chance". By that, I meant that once the user actually says he/she will stop. Dustin (talk) 19:07, 13 July 2014 (UTC)

Because you thanked me

You thanked me for one of my recent edits, so here is a heart-felt...  YOU'RE WELCOME, Dustin V. S.! It's a pleasure, and I sincerely hope that you enjoy your continued improvement of this inspiring encyclopedia! – Paine Ellsworth CLIMAX!

02:03, 14 July 2014 (UTC)

It's good to thank people! Also, I don't know if you remember, but I actually thanked you once before for a very similar reason. You can see User talk:Dustin V. S./Archive 1#Because you thanked me. Dustin (talk) 02:06, 14 July 2014 (UTC)

Yes, I remember – I keep track of those who thank me. There aren't that many <<<grin>>>. Joys! – Paine  02:09, 14 July 2014 (UTC)

Re: Vandal

Re your message: I cleaned up the mess and semi-protected your talk page. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 05:13, 14 July 2014 (UTC)

Re your message: Because they are editing under open proxies. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 05:16, 14 July 2014 (UTC)

Luhansk border base talk

Do you think you could close the discussion about the Luhansk border Base? It has remained inactive for weeks, and from what i have seen the majority of people has decided it to be kept. As long as this doesn't go aganist any wikipedia rules (such as wikipedia is not a democracy) could this be okay?--Arbutus the tree (talk) 19:34, 14 July 2014 (UTC)

@Arbutus the tree: Since it appears that there was never any formal discussion opened, I don't think it is actually necessary for you to close anything. I have boldly removed the merge tag. Dustin (talk) 20:07, 14 July 2014 (UTC)

Terrain in the east coast of Phillipines make Typhoon deadly

Hi, just wanted to ask is there any proof of the east coast of Phillipines somehow able to turn Typhoon even stronger, like terrain. Or simply just the water at the coast is too hot. Like last year Typhoon haiyan or this year Rammasun they both show the same features which is intensetified very near to the shore. Is like second before landfall and they just turn into beast. Well other Typhoon simply weaken a little bit before landfall. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Terrenceteo (talk • contribs) 05:39, 17 July 2014 (UTC)

@Terrenceteo: Rammasun has already made landfall, so there isn't any chance of it making a Haiyan-strength landfall or anything close to that. Its peak intensity was as a Category 3 typhoon. Dustin (talk) 05:50, 17 July 2014 (UTC)

Take a look

At 2014 France train crash. Thanks.--BabbaQ (talk) 18:45, 17 July 2014 (UTC)

Rounding up damages in the 2014 article

Hi, Dustin. I just wanted to know that do we round up damages in the Season effects section in the 2014 article? What I think is no because all the other seasons in the Wpac basin is not rounded up. So, I copied the same to the 2014 article. The ones who are rounding these damages up are the anonymous users. Do you think we should round it or not? Typhoon2013 (talk) 20:57, 17 July 2014 (UTC)

I think the answer is no. There is no reason, and from what I can tell, most Wikipedia pages go one significant digit after the decimal. Dustin (talk) 21:32, 17 July 2014 (UTC)

Ok. Always, I've been un-rounding it and anonymous users are rounding it. I already left a message in the 'Season effects' section, but they won't listen. Could you help? Typhoon2013 (talk) 21:50, 17 July 2014 (UTC)

@Typhoon2013: Yes. If you think that it is too much of an issue and/or you are restricted by the three-revert rule, you should consider bringing this up on WT:WPTC. Dustin (talk) 21:54, 17 July 2014 (UTC)

File:01C Jul 17 2014 1950Z.jpg

Oh, thank you for improving the image I uploaded. You are so kind. Oh, also out of topic, in the 2014 typhoon season article, I've already put Matmo (Henry) because it already entered the PAR (it is now at 134.8E) even though PAGASA hasn't updated yet. Is it OK? I did the same with Typhoon Danas last year. Typhoon2013 (talk) 01:00, 18 July 2014 (UTC)

@Typhoon2013: Regarding the image, it's not a problem. Regarding the PAGASA name for Matmo, I am not sure. If PAGASA already stated that it will name the storm Henry, then perhaps you should still leave it in the code like <!--Henry-->, then just remove the <!-- and the --> after the PAGASA name takes effect. Dustin (talk) 01:05, 18 July 2014 (UTC)

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I filed a report over at WP:ANI about the disruptive IP at Talk:Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 04:33, 19 July 2014 (UTC)

@Knowledgekid87: I believe United States Man filed a report at WP:AIV, although I am not certain that all of that could be directly classified as vandalism, so more consideration might be necessary. The IP was being disruptive though. Dustin (talk) 04:34, 19 July 2014 (UTC)

I think it is a sock IP given the edit on their talkpage. - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 04:37, 19 July 2014 (UTC)

NBSP

Greetings, I noticed [1]. I am having trouble seeing how NBSPs are useful there - each of them occur within three characters of the start of a bulleted paragraph, so there is no risk of a line break happening there. What are your thoughts? VQuakr (talk) 23:26, 20 July 2014 (UTC)

Mostly with mobile devices I have found, there may be certain display problems. That's just about the sole instance, but it still is an instance, and plenty of them were not at the beginning of a line with the other edits. Thank you for asking me. Dustin (talk) 23:27, 20 July 2014 (UTC)

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Sorry

This tablet is going nuts. I didn't think that went through. United States Man (talk) 02:32, 23 July 2014 (UTC)

Malaysia Airlines Flight 17

The table formatting is really awful. Do you think you could join the discussion in talk towards making this section follow WP:PROSE? --John (talk) 23:23, 22 July 2014 (UTC)

There is nothing awful about the formatting, why don't you keep your unnecessary thoughts to yourself, and in my opinion, it looked ten times worse beforehand and was hard to navigate. I have commented on the talk page. Dustin (talk) 23:30, 22 July 2014 (UTC)

What is the point of making edits like these? In the time it took you to do this you could have found sources. Next time I suggest just finding sources. --John (talk) 19:03, 24 July 2014 (UTC)

You could probably say the same regarding whoever tagged the article in the first place. Dustin (talk) 19:05, 24 July 2014 (UTC)

True. --John (talk) 19:06, 24 July 2014 (UTC)

Sometimes, I just make edits which others consider to be useless, and I guess, at least to an extent, they are right. Dustin (talk) 19:12, 24 July 2014 (UTC)

I sympathise. Maybe you are a WikiGnome, like me. --John (talk) 19:44, 24 July 2014 (UTC)

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Numbers

All right, I have read WP:NUMERAL. Why is this a good edit? --John (talk) 00:03, 26 July 2014 (UTC)

@John: As may be read at WP:NUMERAL:

• But adjacent quantities not comparable should usually be in different formats: twelve 90-minute volumes or 12 ninety-minute volumes, not 12 90-minute volumes or twelve ninety-minute volumes.

• Avoid awkward juxtapositions: On April 28, 2006, thirty-one more died., not On April 28, 2006, 31 more died.

Dustin (talk) 00:15, 26 July 2014 (UTC)

Also, I converted the second value to word-form to remain consistent within that sentence. Dustin (talk) 00:16, 26 July 2014 (UTC)

Right, I see what you were doing. I have I think a better solution. Let me see what you think of it. --John (talk) 12:28, 26 July 2014 (UTC)

Here you go, what do you think? --John (talk) 12:42, 26 July 2014 (UTC)

Re: Hurricane season updates

I read up on that, and it looks like you can use {{nobr}} to prevent clutter, instead of having countless {{nbsp}}. United States Man (talk) 03:25, 27 July 2014 (UTC)

I think it is that silly TfD notice. United States Man (talk) 04:21, 27 July 2014 (UTC)

re

I called it a "mini edit war" and it was mostly directed at USM (but he did that in a somewhat "panicked" response to your change to the live template). 3 edits within 10 minutes to a live template is a very bad thing. You still haven't gotten the main point that actually was directed at you specifically... that being if, in the future, you ask for my help, please don't then just go ahead of me and do the change yourself. Either just do it (but test first in the sandbox), or ask me and wait for me to do it. -- Netoholic @ 05:45, 27 July 2014 (UTC)

@Netoholic: I know what you are saying on that last part, but at first, until I used the no-live-edit-required test, I didn't realize that the change I desired was that simple. I am aware that for very significant changes, it is still better to use the testcases/sandbox pages though. I have recently done so with Template:Infobox tornado/sandbox and Template:Infobox tornado/testcases as an example. If it had been something major, I would have used the template sandbox instead. Dustin (talk) 05:49, 27 July 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Hurricane Arthur (2014)

The DYK project (nominate) 02:53, 29 July 2014 (UTC)

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As you have reviewer rights, perhaps you'd care to keep an eye out for pending changes at War in Donbass? No one else seems to be bothering, at the moment. RGloucester — ☎ 01:05, 1 August 2014 (UTC)

@RGloucester: Okay. However, if an edit appears to be obvious vandalism or you have some other reason to do so, you can still just revert it (although you should still leave an edit summary if the edit is not vandalism or is in good faith). Dustin (talk) 01:15, 1 August 2014 (UTC)

Also, if I believe that a revision is in good faith, I usually accept it (so long as there are not obvious problems with the revision), and if there are non-obvious problems with it, it is left to others to judge. I actually have on occasion accepted a revision for its purpose then undone the same revision for unrelated problems with it. I won't go into excessive detail, but others do the same. Dustin (talk) 01:23, 1 August 2014 (UTC)

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I think Ludian Earthquake is probably best. I have some information regarding the tectonic region written up as well which could be added in. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sincal Veniren (talk • contribs) 16:39, 3 August 2014 (UTC)

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Shakhtarsk

Sorry if i sound annoying, but do you mind if you could help me with this draft the RGloucester started off? No one has really worked in it, you see. --Arbutus the tree (talk) 08:20, 6 August 2014 (UTC) Draft:Battle in Shakhtarsk Raion

@Arbutus the tree: I only really noticed this now; sure, I will help in some way if you would like. I am currently dealing with some other business, but I think I will be able to help in just a bit. Dustin (talk) 19:20, 6 August 2014 (UTC)

Thank you. If you can, do you mind helping me expand the dmytrivka, torez, and stepanivka sections?--Arbutus the tree (talk) 07:38, 7 August 2014 (UTC)

Hurricane John

Hi Dustin,

Thank you for adding a source to the statement that Hurricane John "formed during the El Niño of 1991 to 1994". I have looked at the source you added, and I don't see an El Niño lasting from 1991 to 1994. There is an El Niño that lasts from 1991 until 1992 and another that lasts from 1994 until 1995, but these seem unrelated. Are you interpreting the table differently than I am? I am concerned about this statement because it is currently on the main page and I do not think that it is accurate.

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Luhansk

This BBC article describes luhansk "under siege" If a draft could be created, would it have nobiliity now? Luhansk has suffered the worst so far, with people with no electricly and other problems--Arbutus the tree (talk) 14:07, 13 August 2014 (UTC)

First of all, sorry that I didn't help any on the previous draft you brought up; you see, I edit these weather-related articles, but there happened to be several storms at once which has really occupied much of my attention, so sorry about that. In any case, my first suggestion would be that you find at least a few different, but reliable sources providing some good coverage. Second, do you think you will be able to fill up an article? If not, it would be better to just create it as a section of another article (although you can still create a draft; you just won't be able to move it to main space via the "move" function. I think the subject sounds notable, but it's like I said before; if you think you can create an article and fill it up to a decent size within main space, then go for it. If not, then you may still create a draft, but when you feel the text of your draft is ready to go live, you would just cut the text out of the draft and move it to a section of the most relevant article. Thanks for bringing this up here. I enjoy being able to help! Dustin (talk) 14:25, 13 August 2014 (UTC)

Arbutus, notability isn't determined by BBC saying "Luhansk is under siege", regardless, this isn't just about notability. Whilst I agree with Dustin that this is a notable subject, there simply isn't justification for splitting it out of the main article at this point. We don't have enough information, and what we do have is already at War in Donbass. What we traditionally do with "war" articles is to separate out notable "battles" from the main article after the conflict is finished. That makes it easier to coordinate what is notable as a battle, what isn't, and also how to parse out the length of the main article. So while you can create a draft, and see what happens, it is likely that you won't have enough content at this moment. It is possible that the coming days could change that, but speculation is crystal-balling. RGloucester — ☎ 14:47, 13 August 2014 (UTC)

@Arbutus the tree and RGloucester: If that is the case, then perhaps it would be best that the section approach is taken. You can still create a draft, but once complete, you would insert it into another article as a section (or if there is already a section, you would add it to that section). On a lot of articles I work on, we will just wait for a subject to outgrow its section, then split it off to become its own article, sort of like a sponge. Dustin (talk) 14:50, 13 August 2014 (UTC)

That's my experience as well, Dustin. It often works better that way. I see it likely that, after this war is over, we will be going through War in Donbass, trimming non-notable stuff, and splitting stuff off to sub-articles. It was necessary at Russo-Georgian War, and I'm sure it will be here too. RGloucester — ☎ 15:14, 13 August 2014 (UTC)

Okay, we can do that. Sorry again for kind of stopping my work in that area of the encyclopedia; I used to edit the new drafts and do reference work and similar edits, but I have been distracted by weather-goings on in the Pacific which has taken up much of my time. If you ever create a new draft again or need help with reference work, just leave me a message on my talk page. Also, Arbutus, as I told you a good while ago, if you ever have other questions, feel free to ask. I like to help, so thanks for coming to me about it! I won't speak for another person, but I suspect that RGloucester too would answer such questions, although it doesn't hurt to ask for multiple users' input. Dustin (talk) 15:21, 13 August 2014 (UTC)

Re:Hey

No problem that I cut it down for you. You don't have to explain more :P We're good. YE ^{Pacific Hurricane} 16:38, 14 August 2014 (UTC)

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Thank you very much for the barnstar Lixxx! I feel very special now! Dustin (talk) 00:41, 16 August 2014 (UTC)

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PS, you might want to shrink your current featured photo a bit, for the same reason you asked me to shrink mine. I like how it's flashy and big, but it's a little large at the edges, and it doesn't show up too well on electronic devices with smaller screens. It's optional, of course. LightandDark2000 (talk) 22:30, 18 August 2014 (UTC)

Ah, this means a lot to me! Thanks for this barnstar! It always makes me a bit happier to receive a little appreciation; even a simple thank you works. This is going on my user page. Dustin (talk) 22:57, 18 August 2014 (UTC)

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		For your continuous contributions to the field of tropical cyclones. It's great to have a new editor help out with our ever-expanding (and often chaotic) archives of these dangerous storms. LightandDark2000 (talk) 23:01, 18 August 2014 (UTC)

Just a fact, but I technically never joined the project! I have just kind of heaped WP:SVR, WP:NTROP and WP:WPTC under the same userbox, WP:METEO. I should probably add those userboxes. In any case, thanks a lot for the additional barnstar! I have gone a while without getting any barnstars, but now I have three, I see. I hope it takes a little bit before I get another barnstar so I don't start getting spoiled! . Dustin (talk) 23:06, 18 August 2014 (UTC)

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Oh, I had no idea. But hey, you can join right now (if you haven't already). LightandDark2000 (talk) 23:22, 18 August 2014 (UTC)

It doesn't take very long. All you have to do is click on the link, add your username, and then submit the edit. LightandDark2000 (talk) 23:43, 18 August 2014 (UTC)

Oh... I didn't know that you were working on your userpage... until now. Well, once you're done, you can add yourself to the list and become and official member of the WikiProject. LightandDark2000 (talk) 23:45, 18 August 2014 (UTC)

Official it is. Dustin (talk) 23:58, 18 August 2014 (UTC)

And thanks for the invitation. I think that's the sort of thing I was waiting for. Dustin (talk) 00:03, 19 August 2014 (UTC)

No problem. LightandDark2000 (talk) 00:28, 19 August 2014 (UTC)

Please do not just revert anything

I really dislike this when you just revert anything without reading the whole article. -- Meow 01:52, 17 August 2014 (UTC)

I only just now noticed this comment on my talk page, and... I am sorry, but I don't know what you are talking about. Dustin (talk) 19:57, 18 August 2014 (UTC)

I think that she was referring to what happened at Hurricane Genevieve (2014). However, the current format follows standard protocol, and the updated data has all been sourced, so it shouldn't be changed. LightandDark2000 (talk) 01:52, 19 August 2014 (UTC)

@LightandDark2000: All I can think of that she could have been referring to is this revision. Dustin (talk) 02:04, 19 August 2014 (UTC)

Yes, that was exactly what I was talking about. But due to the reasons I mentioned above (among many others), that revision should not be reverted again. LightandDark2000 (talk) 02:05, 19 August 2014 (UTC)

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2014 Article edit

Hi, Dustin. You might be wondering why that I thanked your edit, even though I reverted it back. First, I forgot that Kalmaegi is still a TS, not a typhoon and I thank you for that. The other one is that I reverted it because I already created the article. Do you know what I am saying, just in case? I will promise to not do it again for future storms that needs an article. Typhoon2013 (talk) 04:04, 13 September 2014 (UTC)

If you ever decide to create an article, then I think it would be best if you move such content to the "Tropical Storm Kalmaegi (2014)" page, and I would suggest adding a bit more first. Thanks for notifying me, though! Dustin (talk) 04:09, 13 September 2014 (UTC)

Rollback

My bad. I should have "undone" the edit and not done the "rollback". It was an error. Red Slash 18:44, 14 September 2014 (UTC)

Okay. Thank you for clarifying. I would have been better to have used the word "misuse" instead of "abuse", but I only realized that immediately after, and edit summaries are sadly permanent. Dustin (talk) 19:00, 14 September 2014 (UTC)

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Anticyclone vs. high-pressure system

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to the Paul Julian page. Feel free to suggest it to others, for addition of content. I was as thorough as time allowed at the onset, but there are some books listed at the article's Talk page not yet excerpted and added (and likely further historical content to be gleaned, by hard investigative work). I will contact Dr Julian offline, and see if his family has archives that would lead to a further posting of resources, that would allow for development of the article. Le Prof — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.239.87.100 (talk) 15:55, 14 October 2014 (UTC) (likely Leprof 7272)

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I take it you refer to the past & predicted track maps like this one? No, I don't archive these and it doesn't at first glance look like it would be easy. However I believe NRL keep an archive and you can access them from http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/TC.html by clicking the "year" button underneath "2014 Season Storms" near the top left, then selecting the year and storm you want. That takes you to the last ATCF track for the storm, click on that and you get an enlarged page with a "Previous" button which you can scroll backwards through time. It will be a bit tedious for a long-running storm, but there doesn't seem to be any quicker way. Sorry I can't be of more help.--Keith Edkins ( Talk ) 08:14, 28 October 2014 (UTC)

The "previous" button is odd, as is sometimes just shows the same track, and I have to click it again. Regardless, if it means that I can access otherwise unretrievable graphics, it is worth it. Thank you for your quick response! Dustin (talk) 11:31, 28 October 2014 (UTC)

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Sounding bad is a really poor excuse for RVing something, especially when what you are RVing is not needed since it is specified in the lead that PAGASA names are unofficial.Jason Rees (talk) 00:24, 3 November 2014 (UTC)

During

I dont care if the word on is more commonly used in your opinion when compared to the word during. I feel that the word during which literally means throughout the course of a day sums up the events that happened with that tropical low a lot nicer than on which is a boring word and used too much in the course of an average season article. If you really need some evidence of people using the word during in terms of dates then here are a couple of random articles that i found. However, i strongly feel that you are wasting your time if you are going to be picky about words used - especially since we have to use "Australian English" on the Australian region article and because we have so many problems with the current seasonal articles.Jason Rees (talk) 01:32, 8 November 2014 (UTC)

You evidently did not read my comment closely. I made it clear that in the situation we are arguing, with the date being a noun, not an adjective, I have never seen during included before the date. Also, please stop with the "I don't care what you think" stuff, please. When multiple people disagree with you, please don't be so pushy about it. Also, the act of moving is a single act, so it doesn't align well with the word during. "On" most certainly is a more common usage. Dustin (talk) 05:58, 8 November 2014 (UTC)

Dustin - Please stop being so picky/pushy about the words used and throwing unfounded accusations around - at the end of the day we should not be picking words just because they are more commonly used. I do not pick words based on if they are an adjective or a noun since i could not give two monkeys if they are - I pick them based on how I feel they work. Also i have shown you various articles where by the word during is used before the date please read them.Jason Rees (talk) 11:05, 8 November 2014 (UTC)

@Jason Rees: I said very clearly that those instances do not apply. The dates in your linked situations are where the date is only being used as an adjective, whereas in the relevant situation, the date is actually being used as a noun. And I really don't get what you are referring to by "unfounded accusations"; I expressed nothing that was not true, as you have, as it appears (correct me if you actually did not revert one of these two), reverted me, LightandDark2000, as well as [User:Typhoon 2013|Typhoon 2013]]. Take note that the editors I listed off are only for example purposes, and any one of them very well may have been wrong, but you appear to have reverted other editors in the same way as you have with me. Please use more justification than "IMO". The opinions of others matter too. I am aware that it doesn't have to be the common usage, but if you are going to include the word "during" rather than the word on, it appears that it is necessary that you change "17 July" to an adjective (example of changing a date from a noun to an adjective, for "during 27 May": "during the evening of 27 May"; take note that that may not necessarily be an option here as many tropical cyclone articles cover enough time zones as for it to remain unclear what something like "the evening of" is referring to), else, "on" would be a more general usage in such situations. Perhaps I have indeed gotten points wrong; however, I have provided reasoning as to why the links you provided are not applicable here; perhaps there is some dictionary or grammar website somewhere which provides further information about this. In any case, please don't take this all the wrong way; I just want to explain why some users might disagree with you in some situations. Dustin (talk) 16:47, 8 November 2014 (UTC)

I believe that the word choice doesn't really matter. For me, I would use "on" to indicate a specific event occurring on a set day, or near the beginning of that day, while I would use "during" to describe an event that takes the course of a day to complete. This is just my preference, though. LightandDark2000 (talk) 01:47, 10 November 2014 (UTC)

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I decided to invite you, since you're probably much more experienced than I am in gathering information in this field. Also, I'm kind of busy, and I really, really, need a lot more contributors to help expand the article and provide sources where available for the information. I realize that you may be busy, as this is the school year, but whenever you can drop by, please do, because this is such a major event, and we have so little information to start with. Pictures are also badly needed. So please... help! LightandDark2000 (talk) 09:59, 19 November 2014 (UTC)

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Rollback was appropriate

Unexplained content blanking (and just plain blanking in general) is qualifies under WP:VANDALISM. Rollback is specifically meant for such situations. I have requested protection additionally. Tutelary (talk) 19:56, 22 November 2014 (UTC)

@Tutelary: I didn't believe I was outside of policy in doing so; I was just explaining my intent, which was to use Twinkle's rollback, not the actual blue text rollback button. I would have requested page protection myself, but I saw that you had already done so. Thank you. Dustin (talk) 19:58, 22 November 2014 (UTC)

Women and children casualty on godhra burning page.

Hi Dustin - I reverted your change - because showing the women and children were killed shows the magnitude of the incident - specifically the children. I am okay with re-writing this without the women part - but feel children casualty underscores the brutality of the incident. This underscores killing of defenseless beings (or ones that are less capable of defending themselves or others) and that is why the phrase "women and children" is widely used to describe in such incidents --Sdmarathe (talk) 22:45, 20 November 2014 (UTC)

(Comment restored after it evidently failed to send a few days ago) I still choose to disagree with you regarding this matter. I believe it to be wrong to devalue the life of any individual simply because of conditions which that person could not change. No person can choose his or her sex or affect his or her age. It's just like the difference between races; no person can choose to be of Asian, African, European, etc. decent, but this is predetermined, and no individual is worth less simply because of such conditions. There are certain exceptions to the "including" situations; say some group was assaulted while driving, and one of the affected people happened to be the president of the country; it would be quite allowable to say "including the president of the United States (or some other country; I use this example because that is where I live)" because it is obvious that that subject is more notable, and so it is apparent that the reason is not because that person is of more value. However, in the aforementioned situation, the "include X women and X children" part can imply nothing other than a greater innate worth in those people simply for being women or being children. Please understand. Dustin (talk) 20:06, 22 November 2014 (UTC)

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@Iryna Harpy: Thank you very much! I hope you have a wonderful New Year as well! Thank you for doing so much to improve Wikipedia, especially when it comes to coverage of Eastern European topics. I still have a little over seven hours left, but I must say that this has been quite an eventful year. Dustin (talk) 22:43, 31 December 2014 (UTC)

Indeed, it has. Let's hope for a more peaceful 2015. Eh, what are the chances. If only the world were as perfect as you and I (and the likes of us)! ;~) --Iryna Harpy (talk) 00:36, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

Ukrainian crisis rationalisation scheme

I think I've rationalised the scheme of these articles somewhat. I agree that the crisis article needs to be expanded, and I shall work on that in time. As it stands, I think that the new structure works better. Please take a look and see if it makes sense, or if I missed any stray articles. RGloucester — ☎ 22:38, 3 January 2015 (UTC)

Okay. I will take a look. Dustin (talk) 01:36, 4 January 2015 (UTC)

Bering Sea cyclone 2014-11-08 0600Z.jpg

I don’t want to disappoint you, but the image is actually shot in 2000. -- Meow 03:23, 4 January 2015 (UTC)

@Meow: I see what you are saying; the metadata indicates the shot was taken in August 2000. However, upon searching the Web for usages of the file, every single usage is to describe the November 2014 Bering Sea cyclone. Perhaps there was an error somewhere. Metadata isn't always correct, after all. Regardless, someone is wrong, whether it be the metadata or all of the media sources. Dustin (talk) 03:49, 4 January 2015 (UTC)

Should this be revealed to be an incorrect image (which appears likely), what shall the replacement be? The best alternative image I could get of the storm is still of rather low quality because the storm was over the International Date Line. The variant you are using appears to be suitable for now, but I hope that we may find a color replacement if at all possible. By the way, your replacement provides the wrong source URL. Dustin (talk) 03:54, 4 January 2015 (UTC)

Even its time is incorrect. How can it be 0600Z? It was at night. Wrong URL? I think you did not find this sentence: An accompanying image satellite image from November 7, 2014 can be found here. Also, do not believe in media for meteorological information. -- Meow 04:10, 4 January 2015 (UTC)

@Meow: It appears you have misunderstood. You linked http://www.nnvl.noaa.gov/MediaDetail2.php?MediaID=1639&MediaTypeID=1, but that is obviously not the same as the image. Dustin (talk) 04:16, 4 January 2015 (UTC)

Sorry, I see what you were saying. The direct URL is here. Sorry. Dustin (talk) 06:25, 4 January 2015 (UTC)

I also need to remind you the original image. It is taken by OrbView-2 which has discontinued the service in December 2010, so the picture is impossible in 2014. -- Meow 08:14, 4 January 2015 (UTC)

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I'm not sure if using the SPC page is a good source for the tornado templates. That page simply lists tornado reports, which often differs significantly from the often tornado report (because one tornado is often more than once). However, admittedly, I can't think of a better source to replace it. TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk) 01:47, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

@TropicalAnalystwx13: Actually, this differs from the tornado reports which even when valid usually end up with a higher count than the total (after all the official values have gone down). If you read closely at http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/online/monthly/newm.html#latestmts, you will see that the official totals (ACT) use actual Storm Data so are much more reliable than the count provided by Storm Reports. Also, with regard to the still preliminary (PREL) information, I was thinking we could still use the same source but update what I believe is once monthly. Sadly, there is no master count page which includes totals for all years, so I try to include the most recent version that can include the statistics. So I use the end-year 2012 stat page for 2009, the end-year 2013 stat page for 2010, and the end-year 2014 stat page for 2011. Beyond that, the most recent is just like the page I linked earlier but with just the statistics and is at http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/torn/STAMTS.txt. The ACT counts are from actual Storm Data while the PREL counts are from Storm Reports like you have been using. I just wanted to be able to use a single consistent link which would only have to ever be changed once three years after the given year's season. Three years from now, for example, assuming no changes have occurred with how they will be doing things, I expect to use http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/torn/STAMTS18.txt as the final link on the 2015 template soon after the start of 2018. Dustin (talk) 01:52, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

The page currently lists 18 preliminary tornadoes when 22 tornadoes have been confirmed by local Weather Forecast Offices. So the issue then becomes, should we be using a page that's already incorrect off the bat? By the way, I think that page is updating much more frequently than once a month; if I remember correctly, it's more like every day when tornadoes are actually active. TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk) 02:14, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

Even if a WFO claims to have "confirmed" a tornado, it is still only a preliminary number so cannot be treated the same way as the Official values under ACT on the pages I mentioned. Also, the page is not incorrect. It explicitly states "THROUGH MON JAN 5 2015", so no, it is not incorrect. After final analysis, it may turn out that there were more or less tornadoes than the WFO claimed to have confirmed (as even if a WFO knows a tornado occurred and quickly puts up an event page on its website, it won't be able to fully verify information until a while afterwards), and more importantly, error is far more likely when a non-robotic human Wikipedia editor starts trying to add up tornadoes from all sorts of different sources himself on what will be a problematic list sourced primarily to Storm Reports until Storm Data is released (at which point the SPC releases the official total for the month). These templates should be treated in a different manner from tornado lists as to prevent unlinkable information such as that which you mention from individual divided WFOs from being used. That kind of information may work well on tornado lists, but on something like this where only one link should be used, it does not. It is bad for there to be numbers in the template which a reader does not know the source of. Also, the reason for which I believe [2] and [3] only update monthly is the fact that the information is still dated to January 6 and this is part of the "monthly" section of the website. Even if it would mean waiting is required, for preliminary tornado counts, to keep all the numbers unified and linkable to a single source rather than a collection of twenty-seven (or some other high number) in the heart of tornado season, I would prefer that we use the Tornado Totals and Related Deaths. Dustin (talk) 02:35, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

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Support or oppose?

Hi Dustin,

You posted a comment in the Proposed user right: Vandal fighter oppose section. Was this meant to be an oppose or was it a reply to the above oppose? It's currently being numbered as an oppose and it's not clear is all. Thanks, Sam Walton (talk) 17:55, 23 January 2015 (UTC)

Actually, I was responding to several of the opposes, one or two of which had no real reasoning for opposition. I never added a support or an oppose, so if anyone is counting me in that manner, they are mistaken. Thank you for leaving me your inquiry. Dustin (talk) 21:42, 23 January 2015 (UTC)

that comment you just moved at vandal fighter

makes Beeblebrox's reply to it no longer make any sense. Suggest moving your comment, his reply, and the entire resulting subthread to Discussion. ―Mandruss ☎ 22:44, 23 January 2015 (UTC)

On second thought, you're right to stay in the Oppose section, but the conversation resulting from your comment needed to move with it - I have done that. ―Mandruss ☎ 23:09, 23 January 2015 (UTC)

...and then Squinge moved the whole thing to Discussion. Stay tuned for further developments! ―Mandruss ☎ 23:12, 23 January 2015 (UTC)

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Thank you back

Still in the process of making changes, and I wanted to take time out to thank you, Dustin. That redirect from metadata information made me research to find that there are several standards (not just Exif) and even JPEGs use other standards besides Exif. So this prompted me to rename the template to {{R from file metadata link}} to make it more general with a wider application. The maintenance category at Redirects from Exif information will hopefully be renamed soon, as well. Thank you again for being the reason these improvements are being made! – Paine  01:03, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

@Paine Ellsworth: I was actually (honestly) thinking of doing something similar to what you have done. Thanks for making these new changes; you see, at File:Oklahoma 3.0 earthquake bar graph since 1978.png, there was a link to GPL Ghostscript 9.10 in the metadata, but the file was a PNG so I didn't know what to tag it with. I used a manifold sort for that reason. Thank you again for improving that template! Dustin (talk) 01:11, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

Pleasure! – Paine 

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The 2014-15 North American winter page should be named 2014-15 Northeast winter, as the abnormality began in 2015 and the West has seen record heat at times. North America encompasses all of the USA and Canada, etc. Then it can include the 2014-15 March cold wave data, and delete that page, which is misnamed (should be 2015 cold wave) as March has just begun. See talk. Grace and peace thru the Lord Jesus (talk) 11:51, 4 March 2015 (UTC)

I have responded to your comment. I added a new header titled "Rename to 2015 Northeast winter". See Talk:2014–15 North American winter#Rename to 2015 Northeast winter. Dustin (talk) 15:36, 4 March 2015 (UTC)

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Okay. That was a while ago, so sorry if I messed up the archives. Dustin (talk) 18:36, 8 March 2015 (UTC)

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Polar Bear Expedition tags

May be you didn't run into it, but quite often a global tag is not enough. Some "page owners" fight tooth and claw for every unreferenced sentence, and the only remedy it to tag each disputed statement separately and delete it after a month. -M.Altenmann >t 03:54, 23 March 2015 (UTC)

When there are that many maintenance tags in such a small space, and seeing several ^{[citation needed]} tags distracts readers from the actual article and may make them think the entire article is not worth reading. It is probably better to just completely remove any text that is uncited as to avoid having several tags in such a small space. Dustin (talk) 16:09, 4 April 2015 (UTC)

Tip

Maybe its me but i would not count Tip as an obvious retirement candidate, remember though its generally speaking its based on the impacts not intensity and that the PAGASA name (Warling) would have been retired had it off caused 300 deaths or 1 billion PHP in damages.Jason Rees (talk) 15:57, 4 April 2015 (UTC)

@Jason Rees: I'm not saying that I don't understand your logic, but not all the people who read this encyclopedia necessarily are aware of the customs behind name retirement even if they know what tropical cyclone name retirement is. So there might be some wondering: "Why does the storm with the lowest pressure ever recorded have its name reused multiple times?" The reason why I believe that Typhoon Tip should be one of few exceptions where a "this storm's name was not retired" statement is included is because it was such an extremely intense storm. Dustin (talk) 16:03, 4 April 2015 (UTC)

You raise an interesting point and there are two regions where intensity is taken into account... However, we also have to recall that they are in the minority. I would also be very curious to see what the measurement would be using today's technology and knowledge.Jason Rees (talk) 18:14, 4 April 2015 (UTC)

I agree that it would be very interesting to see how the measurements would appear from reconnaissance should such an intense storm occur today. All that aside, just for future reference, what are these two regions you refer to? Can you provide links to their websites, maybe? I know that I can probably just look this up on the Internet, but a quick search does not appear to be helping and if you already know what these two regions are, you can save me the time. Thank you for the response. Dustin (talk) 18:59, 4 April 2015 (UTC)

The Australian and South Pacific basins are the regions, however, i only know about it through the old grapevine.Jason Rees (talk) 19:21, 4 April 2015 (UTC)

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The text disappeared, couldn't get it back92.32.233.87 (talk) 19:12, 4 April 2015 (UTC)

If you ever make a change you did not mean to make, you can click on the "View history" button at the top of the page in question, go to your edit (look for you IP address which is 92.32.233.87), click the "undo" button, go to the bottom of the page, and click "Save page". You can look at WP:UNDO for some more information about this. Are you a new editor? If so, you should take a look at Wikipedia:Introduction., as there are some policies and guidelines you should learn before you engage in a significant amount of editing. If you have a problem of some sort, I am willing to help too. Dustin (talk) 19:22, 4 April 2015 (UTC)

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Hi, can I talk to you about the certain casualties of the characters in the Oklahoma Bombing?

In the Oklahoma City bombing casualty list, it says that the two people killed in the attack were in the U.S. Marines Corps. Were they retired and went back to civilian life or were still working in the military at the time? If they were working at the time, then they should have be classified as military casualties, since none of the word "military" is mentioned is commonly mentioned in any popular article regarding the bombing. Any help please? Thanks. XXzoonamiXX (talk) 03:33, 13 April 2015 (UTC)

According to this, "Benjamin Laranzo Davis from Oklahoma City Oklahoma had the rank of Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps when he was a Explosive Device casualty in 1995"; according to this, Captain Randolph A. Guzman was the recruiting station executive officer from Castro Valley, Calif., and Sgt. Benjamin L. Davis was an operations clerk and native of Oklahoma City. I would have thought that there would be some sources saying "ex-Marines" somewhere if they had retired, but from the looks of it, they were still in the military when they were killed. Dustin (talk) 21:39, 13 April 2015 (UTC)

That's really odd. When I type in "160 civilians" on Google, some of the results did say that 160 civilians were killed, which was the way it is I believe because eight law enforcement officers were among the dead in the attack and is commonly mentioned. I'm going to that the "160 civilian" deaths as acceptable facts that excluded the eight law enforcement officers' deaths. However, when I type two military personnel Oklahoma City bombing on Google, nothing comes up about it. XXzoonamiXX (talk) 23:21, 13 April 2015 (UTC)

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Solar system

Hello you must be famous right now I have a question do you know something you can tell me about the solar system's outer planets — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.23.224.189 (talk) 00:27, 24 April 2015 (UTC)

Hello can you help me with the solar system's outer planets65.23.224.189 (talk) 00:29, 24 April 2015 (UTC)

It really all depends on the question. What is your question? Dustin (talk) 00:39, 24 April 2015 (UTC)

RE: Natural Disasters Edit

Good Afternoon Dustin,

This IP is a coffee shop in Austin, TX. I'm just a random user who stumbled across your message while checking wiki for info. I'm sorry for the trouble that someone has caused, but I couldn't even begin to identify whom it may have been.

Regards, RJB — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.188.250.186 (talk) 21:45, 25 April 2015 (UTC)

It is understandable. From what I can make of it, you have a dynamic IP, meaning (if I recall correctly) that you are not the only person to at some point be assigned this numerical address, and this IP may at some point have been assigned to a device other than that which is located in the coffee shop you are at. Thanks for going to the trouble of leaving me a message. Dustin (talk) 21:56, 25 April 2015 (UTC)

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Earthquakes

Your draft is interesting to me because I live in Norman and have felt a few of the larger ones myself. Our 50-yr-old house has developed some cracks in the bricks and some of the interior doors won't close right. The Earth is definitely up to something sinister here, and I'm hoping we don't end up at the bottom of an expanded Gulf of Mexico (again). Good luck with the draft. ―Mandruss ☎ 23:39, 18 April 2015 (UTC)

Thanks! I have felt many of these quakes myself, which has spurred a lot of my interest in them. However, the information in this draft is really disorganized at the moment, and that has been one of the most significant problems I have faced. I am trying to come up with a new way of organizing the sections, and maybe having a "causes" section or something, but I still am not sure of the best way to go about this (I have mostly just been adding to the bottom of the article as information comes out). If you have any suggestions for organizing the article (sections, other article formatting), that would really help. The main reason I haven't already published it is that I am afraid that it will instantly be spammed with maintenance tags. I don't know of any other historical earthquake swarms which have been as unusual as this one (or to be proper, these, as there are technically many swarms); it's nice to see that someone else is interested. I might say more to you later, but I've got some storms to watch (I like watching storms). Dustin (talk) 23:59, 18 April 2015 (UTC)

Yep, things are beginning to look pretty nasty here too. And I agree, nothing like a nice violent thunderstorm. ―Mandruss ☎ 00:04, 19 April 2015 (UTC)

Well that didn't last long enough, which is usually the case around here. Anyway ... I'm worthless when it comes to the kind of input you request — organizing, deciding what to include and what could be left out, etc — and that's why I've never felt inclined to create an article. It looks like you don't need any help with basic copy editing, refs, layout, and so on. ―Mandruss ☎ 00:48, 19 April 2015 (UTC)

Just FYI, but something big has occurred. See [4][5], and much more! Dustin (talk) 01:19, 22 April 2015 (UTC)

This is (probably) the last message I will leave you in this section. I have moved the article in question to mainspace if you want to add it to your watchlist. It is now located here: 2009–15 Oklahoma earthquake swarms. Feel free to contribute to or ignore it if you want to. That's all. Dustin (talk) 23:27, 27 April 2015 (UTC)

Nice work, very encyclopedic. Two things occur to me:

• It might be useful to have some kind of overview for the reader who doesn't feel inclined to read and assimilate the entire article, perhaps a timeline in list form or something.
• Assuming the quakes haven't ended, you're going to have a move once a year unless you remove the years from the title. Unless it would be ambiguous, wouldn't "Oklahoma earthquake swarms" be sufficient?

I might hit it with some minor copy editing. ―Mandruss ☎ 00:02, 28 April 2015 (UTC)

@Mandruss: Thanks for the suggestions; I appreciate it. Dustin (talk) 03:15, 28 April 2015 (UTC)

About Nepal Earthquake 2015

Dear sir My name is Ratnamani Gupta. I am seismologist and working in Nepal. Just i want to request to you please follow our web page also.Epicenter of this Gorkha earthquake or say Nepal earthquake 2015 is in middle of our station so our coverage is also useful for the people. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Crystalratna (talk • contribs) 07:03, 2 May 2015 (UTC)

@Crystalratna: There isn't anything wrong with having a link in the 2015 Nepal earthquake article. The reason your page was deleted is that itheld nothing but the link to the Nepali earthquake website. That being said, if you want to add external links to the 2015 Nepal earthquake article, you can add them to the External links section of the article. Dustin (talk) 15:01, 2 May 2015 (UTC)

Dear sir Thank you for your opinion. Just i was willig to add some few thing in your page, like Local magnitude provided by National Seismological Center Nepal and updated aftershock. Which will be help full to reader, i think. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Crystalratna (talk • contribs) 19:01, 2 May 2015 (UTC)

@Crystalratna: I appreciate that you are trying to help. However, you should probably bring this up at Talk:List of aftershocks after the 2015 Nepal earthquake and explain exactly what change you think should be made. Dustin (talk) 19:10, 2 May 2015 (UTC)

Swarms in the template

Hey Dustin, I think it might be good to make a new subgroup for swarms on the EQs in the US template. They'd stand out that way and I think they should. What do you think? Dawnseeker2000 23:01, 3 May 2015 (UTC)

@Dawnseeker2000: I don't take issue with your suggestion. That sounds all right to me. I think I would be most comfortable if they were added below the 21st century earthquakes, but you can do what you want. Dustin (talk) 23:15, 3 May 2015 (UTC)

After thinking about it, should the 2011 Oklahoma earthquake be included in this new swarms group?

Like *2009–15 Oklahoma (2011 Oklahoma)?

Or maybe something similar to *2009–15 Oklahoma (2011 Prague/Sparks)? Dustin (talk) 23:19, 3 May 2015 (UTC)

I posted what I was thinking. I think the main 2011 Oklahoma event will be OK as a standalone event but feel free to have a go at it. Thanks, Dawnseeker2000 23:47, 3 May 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for fixing the botched page move. Was unable to move the other one that the same user changed, but hadn't tried the Sumatra article. Thanks again, Dawnseeker2000 21:02, 4 May 2015 (UTC)

It is not a problem. I noticed that the redirect had not had any modifications made to it, so I knew I could move the original page back to its original location over the redirect. Dustin (talk) 21:57, 4 May 2015 (UTC)

Sorry for the confusion

I should have been clear in my edit summaries, you can see my reasoning though here Talk:2015 Baltimore riots#April 18th? among other things. - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 22:11, 4 May 2015 (UTC)

@Knowledgekid87: Okay, I understand. Thank you for taking the time to clarify on my talk page. Dustin (talk) 22:22, 4 May 2015 (UTC)

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Re: Central Oklahoma tornado ratings

NWS Norman Twitter. It's a reliable source to get the most recent survey info, but not something I would actually use as an actual reference link. In fact, almost all WFO Twitter accounts are very useful for reliable, up to date survey info. I'd recommend using them for this busy weekend coming up. Sharkguy05 (talk) 00:06, 8 May 2015 (UTC)Sharkguy05

Template:Annual tornado months

Per WP:CAT you don't use templates to categorize content as a general rule. There is a category for Tornado templates which was retained. What exactly was broken? Vegaswikian (talk) 21:11, 11 May 2015 (UTC)

@Vegaswikian: I was using the part you removed from the main template to categorize the subtemplates using {{Annual tornado months}}, not articles, so I wasn't counting that as content. Also, the templates were transcluding {{collapsible option}} into actual articles - It appears that the following was being transcluded:

• {{#ifeq:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|Template:{{{year}}} tornado months| {{collapsible option}} Dustin (talk) 21:15, 11 May 2015 (UTC)

The template should only be included in templates categories. It should not be included in any other category. Using the template to include month or year categories is recommenced against, but sometimes needs to be allowed. The problem comes into play when the template is used in places that don't belong in the category. Which was how this one was detected. Vegaswikian (talk) 21:35, 11 May 2015 (UTC)

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Sorry about that

Hey, sorry about overriding your edit, I didn't see yours until after I hit save. If you don't mind, I'll go ahead and take over from here. I'm working on getting the timeline to featured list status. TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk) 22:20, 15 May 2015 (UTC)

It's okay that we edit conflicted. You can update the timeline if you want, although I don't see why we can't both just work on different sections. Thanks for leaving me this message. :) Dustin (talk) 22:41, 15 May 2015 (UTC)

2014 was such an inactive season that I should be able to handle it by myself--I only have one more month to do as is. TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk) 05:35, 16 May 2015 (UTC)

@TropicalAnalystwx13: Well, I've been putting more work into the Pacific hurricane season's timeline, but I haven't done it all because I'm waiting for the CPHC to finish its reports (and so don't feel as motivated because I know that even if I update to use all of the NHC's reports, I won't be finished), whenever that will be (I expect I may work on this more tomorrow though). I guess you can finish the 2014 Atlantic timeline since its so short, and I won't bother you. Dustin (talk) 05:38, 16 May 2015 (UTC)

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Jimbo Wales' user page

It does say on his user page "You can edit this page!", therefore they are permitted to edit it. I made the same reversions, but apparently Jimbo Wales doesn't mind. Joseph2302 (talk) 21:58, 30 May 2015 (UTC)

@Joseph2302: I know. I was actually going to notify you of that fact, but you edit conflicted me on that other user's page. I can edit it too, though, so I can revert it where it clearly is not true. While I think its okay for a short period, it is a courtesy to return Jimbo's page to its former state. It even says "I like to keep it a certain way (simple and free from anything that requires a div tag, style, or template), but the thing is, I trust you. Yes, I really do! I trust that you will add something here that makes me really smile or that informs me or many others. But please, do not vandalize." - It would be a bit abusive of this trust to just leave the page like that. Dustin (talk) 21:59, 30 May 2015 (UTC)

Fair enough, seems like the user has been blocked anyway, so they obviously weren't here to contribute. Joseph2302 (talk) 22:10, 30 May 2015 (UTC)

Okay; thanks. I left that talkback notice on your talk page because I wasn't sure you had seen my response here, so thanks for responding. Dustin (talk) 22:11, 30 May 2015 (UTC)

Edits

I may or may not be able to make many edits in the near future. I don't really know for sure, but don't be surprised if I randomly stop making edits. Dustin (talk) 04:59, 1 June 2015 (UTC)

Infobox linking RfC

Since you commented on the recent FDR infobox linking, there is a broader based RfC going on at Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)#RfC: Should the holder of a political office be linked within an infobox more than once (i.e. as the successor), when they have already been linked (e.g. as the vice president, predecessor, lieutenant, etc.)? concerning the infobox linking of all political offices more than once if the same type of issue occurs. Just wanted to alert you, in case you wanted to join the discussion there. Thanks,—Godsy^(TALK_CONT) 07:58, 21 May 2015 (UTC)

Somehow, I didn't notice this until now. Thank you for notifying me. Dustin (talk) 05:14, 1 June 2015 (UTC)

Evidently I did notice, and I was one of the first editors to respond to the RfC. I must have just forgotten... Dustin (talk) 05:16, 1 June 2015 (UTC)

LightandDark2000

I know he's blocked but I wanted to give him a heads up about an editor that he and I have had a problem with so that when he gets unblocked he can dive right in on the situation. EkoGraf (talk) 17:55, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

Okay; thanks for the response. Dustin (talk) 18:03, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

2015–16 North American winter

I'm premature about my thoughts for the winter of 2015–16 because I have a bad, BAD feeling about the upcoming 2015–16 North American winter. I have dire predictions about the entire November 2015 - April 2016 period being as frigid and excessively snowy as late-February and early-March of this year, February 2016 being colder than February 2015, March 2016 being the coldest and snowiest March on record, and April 2016 to not only be the coldest April on record, but a cold enough April to average as cold and snowy as a typical January. To make matters worse, my dire predictions about the 2015–16 North American winter could be right. — Preceding unsigned comment added by KentuckyKevin (talk • contribs) 19:00, 4 June 2015 (UTC)

KentuckyKevin, I understand if you feel like next winter is going to be significant, but actually going so far as to say that you expect for it to be one of the most extreme on record is in itself a bit extreme. Wikipedia has to follow what the reliable sources say, and this largely excludes blogs and other self-published works without pre-established reliability. I don't expect such reliable sources to come out for months, so I still think it would be best for you to make an effort elsewhere until winter is closer. Summer hasn't even completely started yet, so I think it is too early for us to be focusing on far-away winter. Dustin (talk) 19:34, 4 June 2015 (UTC)

Also, there are certain policies on Wikipedia, such as WP:CRYSTAL. It would be best for to put your efforts elsewhere for the next while. Dustin (talk) 17:40, 5 June 2015 (UTC)

Because KentuckyKevin was the only editor to the page, it was appropriate for him to blank it if he wanted to. Therefore, I have undone your undo of his blanking and tagged the page as G7 for speedy deletion (which is appropriate considering his blanking of the page). The page really shouldn't exist until we have forecasts about the season, and as it was before the blanking, it was completely unsourced. Once we have some seasonal predictions (e.g., from the CPC), then creation will be more appropriate. Inks.LWC (talk) 22:13, 5 June 2015 (UTC)

@Inks.LWC: I think you misunderstand. He tried to copy-paste move the article, but you've destroyed the page history with your revert by allowing it to be deleted. Both pages should be deleted probably (with hyphen-minus and with endash). Dustin (talk) 22:33, 5 June 2015 (UTC)

See this redirect to the now-deleted page: 2015–16 North American winter. Dustin (talk) 22:35, 5 June 2015 (UTC)

Also see Category:2015–16 North American winter. I think you really misunderstood me per this statement: "Once we have some seasonal predictions (e.g., from the CPC), then creation will be more appropriate" which assumes I don't already know that. Just read what I was saying to KentuckyKevin earlier in this thread and on his talk page. Dustin (talk) 22:37, 5 June 2015 (UTC)

Sorry, I guess I was a bit unclear in my response. The first two sentences were directed toward you. The latter two were directed at KK and were just a reaffirmation of what you had said. I probably should have put his username in there as a transition between talking to you and talking to him. All that aside, I think we're all straight now, right? All of the pages that should be deleted have been deleted? Inks.LWC (talk) 22:52, 5 June 2015 (UTC)

OK; I've got it straightened out on what still needs to be deleted: the redirect and the category. Inks.LWC (talk) 22:53, 5 June 2015 (UTC)

I hope you guys realize that the 2015-16 North American winter will be just like 2013-14 and 2014-15, but with an even greater West-East opposition levels. Perhaps an even colder February and a record coldest March are both likely for 2016, even if an El Niño does develop, which I doubt that'll develop by April 2016. Perhaps a third consecutive La Nada RRR superwinter is expected for 2015-16. Afterwards, Boston may reach an even newer record of 125" in 2015-16 compared to 108" in 2014-15 as well as an even later Yoshino cherry blossom peak bloom (forecast set for April 13-16) expected in Washington, D.C. If 2015 wasn't Washington DC's latest peak bloom on record, maybe 2016 will. If 2013-14 wasn't the most extreme winter in North American history and neither was 2014-15, maybe 2015-16 will. Oh, and all six months in the November 2015 - April 2016 period will average 15F-25F colder than average and a LOT snowier than average. Even deeper temperature records and snowfall records are expected in the 2015-16 season. Don't believe me? Look how intense 2014-15 was compared to 2013-14, no past winter has ever been more intense than 2013-14. Therefore, 2015-16 will have to be even more intense than 2014-15, I can see the connection. I'll think of the names for the 2015-16 winter storms and more names in case the 2015-16 season overflows, which I am sure it will. Oh, by the way, 2014-15 was not an El Niño winter and neither will 2015-16, so I guess the next El Niño winter will actually be 2016-17. One more thing, four of the ten coldest Marches on record in eastern North America were four consecutive years (2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016). You're welcome! KentuckyKevin (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 22:29, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

I won't respond for the time being, but I will ping Inks.LWC since he is involved and may have something to contribute to this discussion. Dustin (talk) 22:43, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

@KentuckyKevin: I understand that you are interested in the topic of 2015–16 North American winter, but you must understand, Wikipedia has certain standards, including but not limited to the need for reliable sources that can be cited. Wikipedia is not a place for speculation that is not upheld by source; see WP:CRYSTAL. The Weather Prediction Center hasn't even finished releasing all the event reviews for the winter of 2014–15, so I definitely don't think we should already be eyeing winter 2015–16. Even if your predictions eventually were to verify, 1: we don't know that yet, and there are not any reliable sources out to write an article with, and 2: "worst winter in North America" would have to affect more than just the eastern United States. I would appreciate if you would focus your efforts elsewhere (such as 2014–15 North American winter, which still needs some expansion). Dustin (talk) 22:58, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Well, currently all of the models predict a positive ENSO phase for the entire winter, with all but two models predicting SST anomalies high enough to be classified as an El Niño. Granted, those predictions could be wrong, and your predictions could be wrong; however, all of this is beside the point, because it is completely unrelated to the topic of having an article for the winter, and creation of such an article would be immensely premature at this point. Inks.LWC (talk) 23:05, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

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Re: The Mariners Weather Log

Your welcome :). Personally i have found them to be very useful and a great resource for my work on wiki, including some modern day stuff, the writing of SHEM Tropical Systems and the naming of TC's.Jason Rees (talk) 21:08, 8 June 2015 (UTC)

I found information indicating 91 deaths in China, an increase of 3 from my previous total. The Mariners Weather Log was released months later, so is likely more reliable. I already have added a citation. However, I didn't remove the other MWL citation (the Google one) I already had because since that one is accessible without requiring an actual copy, I thought I'd leave it as is. Dustin (talk) 21:11, 8 June 2015 (UTC)

Apologies for the late response - its been a mad day on my end. Anyway the MWL's are available online here. However, there isnt a full collection there so you may not find the issue your after, though it looks like the google snippet has two different issues on Abe. Also I am emailing you over news articles on both Typhoon Abe and Typhoon Helling i found via Lexis Nexis, which may help you expand some more and are fine to be cited by adding |subscriptionneeded=yes and |via= to the citation.Jason Rees (talk) 17:17, 9 June 2015 (UTC)

Okay. Thanks for the aid you've been lending me. I haven't done much like this before, so I appreciate the help. :) Dustin (talk) 17:20, 9 June 2015 (UTC)

The way i see it is that while we have had a bit of a rocky relationship on Wiki, what comes around goes around and im sure you will return the help some day. Its also nice to see the older PTS articles being given some attention.Jason Rees (talk) 17:29, 9 June 2015 (UTC)

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Blanca image

Hi. What I am really annoyed about storm images are the size. That's why I changed the real Blanca image to a better size, and yes it does sucks if the image is not in gallery version. There are three choices, unless we fix the size of it, find another photo at peak intensity (luckily Blanca made a second peak), or just keep searching a better Blanca image. If we just leave it alone, it kind of sucks with the image of Blanca being the smallest (maybe). Typhoon2013 (talk) 04:44, 11 June 2015 (UTC)

@Typhoon2013: I am not aware of what image you are referring to, but it won't cause any serious problems if we leave it as is for now. It is very late where I live (0118 or 1:18 AM), so I won't be able to handle the issue for the time being, but whatever the problem is, it can be dealt with tomorrow. I'm sorry to make you wait. Dustin (talk) 06:18, 11 June 2015 (UTC)

Sorry, Dustin. But since our time zones are different and we might talk rarely, then the Blanca image I am talking about is in the 2015 PHS article and in the infobox of Blanca. You can go back to sleep now and I hope you know what I'm talking about when it's morning time in you place. Typhoon2013 (talk) 06:37, 11 June 2015 (UTC)

@Typhoon2013: I replied to you awhile ago (see Talk:2015 Pacific hurricane season#Blanca image), but you never responded. Sorry, but again, if you need me for any reason, you may ask tomorrow. Dustin (talk) 06:16, 12 June 2015 (UTC)

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• Or you could update your code to use the simplified continuation documented at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Query#Continuing_queries (example <https://www.mediawiki.org/w/api.php?action=query&list=allpages&continue=>), which is much easier for clients to implement correctly.

Either of the above solutions may be tested immediately, you'll know it works because you stop seeing the warning.

Do you need help with your own bot or script? Ask questions in e-mail on the mediawiki-api or wikitech-l mailing lists. Volunteers at m:Tech or w:en:WP:Village pump (technical) or w:en:Wikipedia:Bot owners' noticeboard may also be able to help you.

Are you using someone else's gadgets or user scripts? Most scripts are not affected. To find out if a script you use needs to be updated, then post a note at the discussion page for the gadget or the talk page of the user who originally made the script. Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 19:03, 17 June 2015 (UTC)

Comment by Sharan kumar

Hello — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sharan kumar (talk • contribs) 20:02, 21 June 2015 (UTC)

Hello Sharan kumar. Do you have a question or something to ask me? Dustin (talk) 01:11, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Miroslav Filipović

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Talk:Miroslav Filipović. Legobot (talk) 00:01, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

Your comment

Hello. Thank you for your comment. The years do fly by, do they not? For the past seven-and-a-half-years I've been waiting in my cave in the Rwenzori mountains to put right Wikipedia's terribly inaccurate articles on the Counties of Great Britain not doing much. Thanks for asking! 80.255 (talk) 03:35, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

Sorry, but I think you've made a mistake. I know of memento mori but have never edited the article before as far as I am aware. Dustin (talk) 03:37, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

Nevermind, I misunderstood. I've seen your past contributions and I noticed that you suddenly returned after quite a long time to make a single edit. I appreciate the response! Dustin (talk) 03:39, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

Your AIV report

If you can remember, it'd be helpful to include the past IP(s) you're referring to in your reports. --NeilN ^{talk to me} 15:29, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

@NeilN: Okay. I understand why. I'll try to add previous IPs next time, so sorry if I caused you extra trouble. Dustin (talk) 15:30, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

Just an extra few minutes trying to figure out this history. Thanks for your efforts! --NeilN ^{talk to me} 15:33, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

NASA Page

Hi Austin,

Thanks for your feedback. I updated the NASA page to use language consistent with the way the agency references its locations around the U.S., found here: http://www.nasa.gov/about/sites/index.html.

~~ — Preceding unsigned comment added by MakeItSoNumber1 (talk • contribs) 21:16, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

Hello MakeItSoNumber1! First, maybe you misread, but is is a "D", not an "A" (that's not the first time someone has made that mistake so you aren't alone). Also, it looks like someone else undid your edit so you'll have to take it up with that editor. You can still leave me a message here if you have a question or need help though. Thanks! Dustin (talk) 21:21, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

Hi Dustin, <-- Duly Noted! Sorry about that. And, I'll follow up with the other editor.

~~ — Preceding unsigned comment added by MakeItSoNumber1 (talk • contribs) 21:29, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

@MakeItSoNumber1: It's not a problem. By the way, maybe you aren't aware, but you can indent your replies by using colons as I have done. On Wikipedia, when responding to another editor, it is common practice for replies to be indented by one colon compared to the comment being replied to. If you don't understand, feel free to ask for clarification. Also, after your comments, add "~~~~" so your userpage and talk page are linked. Otherwise, a bot will autosign your comments as been done with your two comments here. Dustin (talk) 21:36, 24 June 2015 (UTC)