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Welcome to the 2019 WikiCup!

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Welcome to the 2019 WikiCup, the competition begins today. If you have already joined, your submission page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and we will set up your submissions page. One important rule to remember is that only content on which you have completed significant work during 2019, and which you have nominated this year, is eligible for points in the competition, the judges will be checking! Any questions should be directed to one of the judges, or left on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will make it to round 2. Good luck! The judges for the WikiCup are Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email), Godot13 (talk · contribs · email), Vanamonde93 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:14, 1 January 2019 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2019 March newsletter

And so ends the first round of the competition. Everyone with a positive score moves on to Round 2. With 56 contestants qualifying, each group in Round 2 contains seven contestants, with the two leaders from each group due to qualify for Round 3 as well as the top sixteen remaining contestants.

Our top scorers in Round 1 were:

• L293D, a WikiCup newcomer, led the field with ten good articles on submarines for a total of 357 points.
• Adam Cuerden, a WikiCup veteran, came next with 274 points, mostly from eight featured pictures, restorations of artwork.
• MPJ-DK, a wrestling enthusiast, was in third place with 263 points, garnered from a featured list, five good articles, two DYKs and four GARs.
• Usernameunique came next at 243, with a featured article and a good article, both on ancient helmets.
• Squeamish Ossifrage was in joint fifth place with 224 points, mostly garnered from bringing the 1937 Fox vault fire to featured article status.
• Ed! was also on 224, with an amazing number of good article reviews (56 actually).

These contestants, like all the others, now have to start scoring points again from scratch. Between them, contestants completed reviews on 143 good articles, one hundred more than the number of good articles they claimed for, thus making a substantial dent in the review backlog. Well done all!

Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews.

If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk).

Re: Civility

Hey you are absolutely right about that. I do apologize. No excuse, but it's been really frustrating lately reverting so much improperly formatted information. Seems worse than usual with the latest article. New editors I suppose. I gotta keep in mind that was me a few years ago. TornadoInformation12 (talk) 22:39, 5 March 2019 (UTC)TornadoInformation12

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The Signpost: 31 March 2019

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WikiCup 2019 May newsletter

The second round of the 2019 WikiCup has now finished. Contestants needed to scored 32 points to advance into round 3. Our top four scorers in round 2 all scored over 400 points and were:

• Cas Liber (1210), our winner in 2016, with two featured articles and three DYKs. He also made good use of the bonus points available, more than doubling his score by choosing appropriate articles to work on.
• Kosack (750), last year's runner up, with an FA, a GA, two FLs, and five DYKs.
• Adam Cuerden (480), a WikiCup veteran, with 16 featured pictures, mostly restorations.
• Zwerg Nase (461), a seasoned competitor, with a FA, a GA and an ITN item.

Other notable performances were put in by Barkeep49 with six GAs, Ceranthor, Lee Vilenski, and Canada Hky, each with seven GARs, and MPJ-DK with a seven item GT.

So far contestants have achieved nine featured articles between them and a splendid 80 good articles. Commendably, 227 GARs have been completed during the course of the 2019 WikiCup, so the backlog of articles awaiting GA review has been reduced as a result of contestants' activities. The judges are pleased with the thorough GARs that are being performed, and have hardly had to reject any. As we enter the third round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed in round 3. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them.

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Ohio outbreak

Hey, I'm currently in the firing zone for this system. Seems like all kinds of tornadoes are forming tonight. I suspect the Dayton tornado could be EF3–4 based on the description you gave. Certainly a bad night. Noah^Talk 03:42, 28 May 2019 (UTC)

@Hurricane Noah: Someone on twitter analyzing radar and comparing past events said probably EF4, but I try not to speculate. United States Man (talk) 04:28, 28 May 2019 (UTC)

damage is reportedly very severe and widespread. Several homes were destroyed. Noah^Talk 04:36, 28 May 2019 (UTC)

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June 2019 WPTC Newsletter

Volume XIV, Issue 39, May 31, 2019 The Hurricane Herald is the arbitrarily periodical newsletter of WikiProject Tropical Cyclones. The newsletter aims to provide in summary the recent activities and developments of the WikiProject, in addition to global tropical cyclone activity. The Hurricane Herald has been running since its first edition ran on June 4, 2006; it has been almost thirteen years since that time. If you wish to receive or discontinue subscription to this newsletter, please visit the mailing list. This issue of The Hurricane Herald covers all project related events from April 14–May 31, 2019. This edition's editor and author is Hurricane Noah (talk · contribs). Please visit this page and bookmark any suggestions of interest to you. This will help improve the newsletter and other cyclone-related articles. Past editions can be viewed here. ← 34 · 35 · 36 · 37 · 38 →

Article of the month, by Jason Rees History of tropical cyclone naming - The practice of using names to identify tropical cyclones goes back several centuries, with storms named after places, saints or things they hit before the formal start of naming in each basin. The credit for the first usage of personal names for weather systems is given to the Queensland Government Meteorologist Clement Wragge, who named tropical cyclones and anticyclones between 1887 and 1907. This system of naming fell into disuse for several years after Wragge retired, until it was revived in the latter part of World War II for the Western Pacific basin. Over the following decades, various naming schemes have been introduced for the world's oceans, including for parts of the Atlantic, Pacific and the Indian Ocean. The majority of these lists are compiled by the World Meteorological Organization's tropical cyclone committee for the region and include names from different cultures as well as languages. Over the years there has been controversy over the names used at various times, with names being dropped for religious and political reasons. For example, female names were exclusively used in the basins at various times between 1945 - 2000 and were the subject of several protests. The names of significant tropical cyclones in the North Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean and Australian region are retired from the naming lists and replaced with another name, at meetings of the various tropical cyclone committees. Storm of the month and other tropical activity Cyclone Fani was an extremely severe cyclonic storm that made landfall in Odisha, India on May 3. The storm achieved peak intensity as a near Category 5-equivalent cyclone with 3-minute sustained winds of 215 km/h (130 mph), 1-minute sustained winds of 250 km/h (155 mph), and a minimum central pressure of 937 hPa (mbar). Fani caused over $1.8 billion (2019 USD) in damage in India and Bangladesh and killed at least 89 people. Since the last newsletter, twelve systems have formed. Southwest Indian Ocean In the Southwest Indian Ocean, Cyclone Kenneth made landfall in Mozambique approximately 1 month after Cyclone Idai, causing widespread flooding and destruction. Overall, Kenneth killed at least 52 people and caused more than $100 million in damage. Additionally, Tropical Cyclone Lorna formed over the eastern portion of the basin in late April and dissipated in early May without affecting land. Australian Region In the Australian Region, cyclones Lili and Ann formed in early May and both affected land. No deaths were reported, although Lili caused moderate damage in the Maluku Islands and East Timor. South Pacific In the South Pacific, a tropical depression formed in mid-may, but failed to intensify and dissipated a few days later. South Atlantic In the South Atlantic, Subtropical Storm Jaguar formed in late May and lasted for approximately two days before becoming extratropical. Western Pacific In the Western Pacific, three weak tropical depressions existed during the first half of May. North Atlantic In the North Atlantic, Subtropical Storm Andrea formed on the same day as Jaguar, but failed to intensify and dissipated on the next day. The Eastern Pacific hurricane season began on May 15. The Atlantic hurricane season will begin at 2:00 AM EDT on June 1. The Central Pacific hurricane season will begin sometime after 12:00 AM HST on June 1. Recent storms of the month Edition Storm 36 Cyclone Idai 35 Typhoon Wutip (2019) New WikiProject Members since the last newsletter in April 2019 More information can be found here. This list lists members who have joined/rejoined the WikiProject since the release of the last issue in April 2019. Sorted chronologically. Struckout users denote users who have left or have been banned. Super Typhoon Eden (talk · contribs) SaiTheCyclone (talk · contribs) To our new members: welcome to the project, and happy editing! Feel free to check the to-do list at the bottom right of the newsletter for things that you might want to work on. To our veteran members: thank you for your edits and your tireless contributions! Editorial for welcoming new users, by Hurricanehink Every year, editors new and old help maintain the new season of season articles. The older users are likely used to the standards of the project, such as how to Wikilink and reference properly. Newer users might make mistakes, and they might make them over and over again if they don't know better. If anyone (who happens to read this) comes across a new user, please don't bite, because with enough pushback, they'll decide that this group of editors is too mean, and unfun. This is all a volunteer project; no one can force anyone to do anything. We're all on here because of our love of knowledge and tropical cyclones. If you find someone new, consider using the official WPTC welcome template - Wikipedia:WikiProject Tropical cyclones/Welcome. I also encourage that if you know any tropical cyclone researchers, please speak up and try recruiting them to edit. Veteran editors can't keep editing forever. Life gets busy, and the real world beckons! Member of the month (edition) – Yellow Evan Yellow Evan has been involved with WPTC since 2008. Since the last newsletter, Yellow Evan has taken 5 typhoon articles to good article status as well as created 2 more. Overall, he has created and/or significantly contributed to more than 130 good articles. Your work in the Western Pacific Basin is invaluable... Thank you for your contributions! Latest WikiProject Alerts The following are the latest article developments as updated by AAlertBot, as of the publishing of this issue. Due to the bot workings, some of these updates may seem out of place; nonetheless, they are included here. Article alerts Featured article candidates 15 Oct 2024 – Hurricane Dennis (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by Hurricanehink (t · c); see discussion Featured list candidates 22 Oct 2024 – Timeline of the 2019 Pacific typhoon season (talk · edit · hist) was FL nominated by JCMLuis (t · c); see discussion Good article nominees 29 Nov 2024 – Typhoon Surigae (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by JayTee32 (t · c); start discussion 25 Nov 2024 – Tropical Storm Prapiroon (2024) (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by HurricaneEdgar (t · c); start discussion 18 Nov 2024 – Tropical Storm Maria (2024) (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by HurricaneEdgar (t · c); start discussion 24 Oct 2024 – Hurricane Wilma (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by 12george1 (t · c); start discussion 09 Apr 2024 – 1873 Atlantic hurricane season (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by 12george1 (t · c); start discussion Good article reassessments 06 Nov 2024 – Hurricane Allen (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for GA reassessment by JCMLuis (t · c); see discussion Peer reviews 26 Aug 2024 – Tropical Storm Kai-tak (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by TheNuggeteer (t · c); see discussion Requested moves 17 Nov 2024 – Typhoon Yagi (talk · edit · hist) move request to Typhoon Yagi (2024) by Anenglishguyinthephils95 (t · c) was not moved; see discussion 17 Nov 2024 – Typhoon Man-yi (2024) (talk · edit · hist) move request to Typhoon Man-yi by Zzzs (t · c) was closed; see discussion Articles to be merged 28 Nov 2024 – Tropical Storm Katrina (1999) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to 1999 Atlantic hurricane season by Zzzs (t · c); see discussion 21 Nov 2024 – Typhoon Rex (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to 1998 Pacific typhoon season by Accordthemusician (t · c); see discussion 18 Nov 2024 – Hurricane Hernan (2002) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to 2002 Pacific hurricane season by Zzzs (t · c); see discussion 05 Nov 2024 – Tropical Storm Agatha (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Effects of Tropical Storm Agatha in Guatemala by 74.101.118.218 (t · c); see discussion 05 Nov 2024 – Effects of Tropical Storm Agatha in Guatemala (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Tropical Storm Agatha by 74.101.118.218 (t · c); see discussion Articles to be split 19 Nov 2024 – Hurricane Helene (talk · edit · hist) proposed for splitting by Ponyo (t · c) was closed; see discussion Updated daily by AAlertBot — Discuss? / Report bug? / Request feature? Click to watch (Subscribe via  RSS  Atom) · Find Article Alerts for other topics! Featured Content This section lists content that have become featured, articles and lists, since the past newsletter in mid-April 2019. From April 14–May 31, 2019, 1 featured article was promoted: Cyclone Raja Featured article reviews are currently open for the 1900 Galveston hurricane and Tropical Storm Carlotta (2018) Featured list review is open for the Timeline of the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season WikiProject Tropical Cyclones: News & Developments An awards program for the project began on May 31. It involves 25 levels that may be gained by earning points for completing various actions such as getting good or featured articles. Additional awards will be added in the future. As of this news letter, there are more articles ranked a good article or better (1317) than articles ranked B-class or worse (1272), for the first time in the project's history. Every Atlantic hurricane season from 1945 to 2007 is rated at least a GA. That is an impressive feat, and an incredibly body of work among many editors. Cyclone Raja became the 150th featured article in the project. Thanks to all of the editors and their tireless edits for writing 2.7% of all of Wikipedia's featured articles. In the 24 hours after Hurricane Michael's TCR was released, the article on the hurricane was edited 82 times by 18 different users. In March 2019, the most popular article in the project was Cyclone Idai, viewed 231,969 times during the month. The generic cyclone was 2nd most popular, with 131,080 views. In 3rd place was Hurricane Katrina with 112,283 views. Included in the top 20 were the 2018 and 19 Atlantic hurricane seasons, hurricanes Michael, Florence, Irma, Maria, and Harvey, and the 1896 Cedar Keys hurricane, which was TFA on March 20th. New articles since the last newsletter include: Cyclone Veronica List of Eastern Pacific tropical storms (2000–present) Tropical cyclones by year - from 2000 to present, there were 2,490 tropical cyclones of various intensity, causing a collective $1 trillion in damage and 200,000 deaths Tropical cyclones in the Mascarene Islands Typhoon Percy (1990) Tropical Storm Rolf Cyclone Ann Cyclone Lili (2019) Cyclone Savannah Typhoon Eli (1992) New GA's include: 1900 Galveston hurricane 1974 Atlantic hurricane season 1977 Pacific hurricane season 2015 Pacific hurricane season Effects of Hurricane Floyd in Florida Hurricane Dora (1999) Tropical Storm Carlotta (2018) Tropical Storm Irving (1992) Typhoon Janis (1992) Typhoon Kent Typhoon Ofelia Typhoon Robyn (1993) Current assessment table Assessments valid as of this printing. Depending on when you may be viewing this newsletter, the table may be outdated. See here for the latest, most up to date statistics. As of this issue, there are 150 featured articles and 69 featured lists. There are 142 A-class articles, but that number is subject to change, depending if we mandate that all A-class articles have an A-class review first. There are 956 good articles, meaning it is possible we get to our 1000th GA by the end of the year. There are only 61 B-class articles, perhaps because because most articles of that quality already passed a GA review. There are 350 C-class articles, 720 start-class articles, and 141 stub-class articles, with 29 lists and 8 current articles. The number of lists may decrease further as the "Tropical cyclone X" articles continue to be reclassified as set index articles. These figures mean that nearly half of the project is rated a GA or better - including the lists/current/future articles, there are 1272 articles that are below GA status, versus 1317 that are GA or better. About the assessment scale → From the Main Page From the Main Page documents WikiProject related materials that have appeared on the main page from April 14–May 31, 2019 in chronological order. Today's Featured Article May 4 - Tropical Storm Nicole (2010) May 15 - Tropical Depression Nineteen-E (2018) Did you know...? WikiProject To-Do Here are some tasks you can do: Requests: Original-content tropical cyclone articles: 1936 Mid-Atlantic hurricane, List of Eastern Pacific tropical storms and other intensity lists, Typhoon Yancy (1990), 1971 Odisha cyclone, Cyclone Gervaise, Cyclone Sid, Cyclone Keni, more Wikify: Make sure tropical cyclone lists, such as List of Texas hurricanes, have storm articles properly linked Cleanup: Hurricane Rita, Hurricane Wilma, Tropical Storm Fay (2002), Tropical cyclones in 2017 Expand: Indianola Hurricane of 1886, Typhoon Nina (1975), Typhoon Durian, Tropical cyclones in 2016/2015/2014, List of Category 1 Pacific hurricanes, Pacific hurricane season timelines Stubs: 1876 Bengal cyclone, 1978 Sri Lanka cyclone, Cyclone Prema, List of off-season Australian region tropical cyclones, List of Texas hurricanes (pre-1900), Typhoon Fred (1994), more... WPTC 15th Anniversary push: some goals for the 15th year of WPTC include the creation or improvement of many other articles listed in the first section on the WPTC talk page. Project Goals & Progress The following is the current progress on the three milestone goals set by the WikiProject as of this publishing. They can be found, updated, at the main WikiProject page. 250 featured pages: 87.2% complete 150 featured articles: 99.3% complete 1500 good articles: 87.2% complete All articles to C-class or better: 66.8% complete Write the next issue of The Hurricane Herald →

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Re:Talk:List of F5 and EF5 tornadoes

There's some important talk over at the Talk:List of F5 and EF5 tornadoes page. (Please look at all three new sections.) Thank You.--Halls4521 (talk) 20:01, 4 June 2019 (UTC)

Different proposal

Hi. Can you tell me what the "different proposal" at "optional"_as_to_whether_a_second_comma_after_a_date/place_should_be_included? was? Was this proposal finally accepted and put into effect? Thanks. –Roy McCoy (talk) 03:10, 5 June 2019 (UTC)

@Roy McCoy: Honestly I don’t even remember that. It was 5 and a half years ago and I don’t even know what was done. Sorry United States Man (talk) 22:42, 10 June 2019 (UTC)

It's okay. I'd already forgotten my message to you! –Roy McCoy (talk) 00:12, 11 June 2019 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2019 July newsletter

The third round of the 2019 WikiCup has now come to an end. The 16 users who made it to the fourth round needed to score at least 68 points, which is substantially lower than last year's 227 points. Our top scorers in round 3 were:

• Cas Liber, our winner in 2016, with 500 points derived mainly from a featured article and two GAs on natural history topics
• Adam Cuerden, with 480 points, a tally built on 16 featured pictures, the result of meticulous restoration work
• SounderBruce, a finalist in the last two years, with 306 points from a variety of submissions, mostly related to sport or the State of Washington
• Usernameunique, with 305 points derived from a featured article and two GAs on archaeology and related topics

Contestants managed 4 (5) featured articles, 4 featured lists, 18 featured pictures, 29 good articles, 50 DYK entries, 9 ITN entries, and 39 good article reviews. As we enter the fourth round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them, and it is imperative to claim them in the correct round; one FA claim had to be rejected because it was incorrectly submitted (claimed in Round 3 when it qualified for Round 2), so be warned! When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met.

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The Signpost: 31 July 2019

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WikiCup 2019 September newsletter

The fourth round of the competition has finished in a flurry of last minute activity, with 454 points being required to qualify for the final round. It was a hotly competitive round with two contestants with over 400 points being eliminated, and all but two of the finalists having achieved an FA during the round. Casliber, our 2016 winner, was the highest point-scorer, followed by Enwebb and Lee Vilenski, who are both new to the competition. In fourth place was SounderBruce, a finalist last year. But all those points are swept away as we start afresh for the final round.

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WikiCup 2019 November newsletter

The WikiCup is over for another year! Our Champion this year is Adam Cuerden (submissions), who over the course of the competition has amassed 91 featured pictures, including 32 in the final round. Our finalists this year were:

1. Adam Cuerden (submissions) with 964 points
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• Casliber (submissions) wins the featured article prize, for a total of 7 FAs during the course of the competition.
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Happy New Year, Happy New Decade and Happy New WikiCup! The competition begins today and all article creators, expanders and improvers are welcome to take part. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page. We are relaxing the rule that only content on which you have completed significant work during 2020 will count; now to be eligible for points in the competition, you must have completed significant work on the content at some time! Any questions on the rules or on anything else connected to the Cup should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. Good luck! The judges for the WikiCup are Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email), Godot13 (talk · contribs · email), Vanamonde93 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:43, 1 January 2020 (UTC)

Damage

Hey, I figure I'd let you know before you get too far into modernizing the Super Outbreak tables that there is no need to add the damage column. We added it for a time, but the figures are actually just very rough and rounded estimates without any concrete data in most cases. 🌧❄ϟ TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk · contributions) 02:15, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

@TropicalAnalystwx13: I'll probably just go ahead and add it for the 14-16th outbreak since it's there for 25-28th outbreak. When I upgrade the main April page I won't worry about it then. I had forgotten that we stopped doing that since I've been MIA for a while. United States Man (talk) 03:18, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Just a heads up

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WikiCup 2020 March newsletter

And so ends the first round of the competition. Everyone with a positive score moves on to Round 2, with 57 contestants qualifying. We have abolished the groups this year, so to qualify for Round 3 you will need to finish Round 2 among the top thirty-two contestants.

Our top scorers in Round 1 were:

• Epicgenius, a WikiCup newcomer, led the field with a featured article, five good articles and an assortment of other submissions, specialising on buildings and locations in New York, for a total of 895 points.
• Gog the Mild came next with 464 points, from a featured article, two good articles and a number of reviews, the main theme being naval warfare.
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March 2-3 2020 Tornadoes

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UK coronavirus figures

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Question on the Jonesboro tornado.

How is it not deserving its own article? It caused significant damage in the down and damaged the airport. Elijahandskip (talk) 03:52, 29 March 2020 (UTC)

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A barnstar for you!

@Doc James: You're welcome! That was a great idea. I have been thinking about the need to have consistent totals for several days now. United States Man (talk) 03:40, 30 March 2020 (UTC)

Thanks.

Thanks for all you do. Smuckers ^{It has to be good} 23:53, 30 March 2020 (UTC)

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Thanks for the welcome!

Thank you for welcoming me! I saw the Cyclonebiskit was on Twitter and shot him a message about possibly joining! I'm new to everything so I hope I don't get in the way, but I will do my best! — Preceding unsigned comment added by ChessEric (talk • contribs) 15:21, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

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April 19-20 tornado outbreak

LOL! I was just publishing the long-tracked tornado in Mississippi, but you beat me to it! By the way, do you think it will need a page? ChessEric (talk) 19:46, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

@ChessEric: I don't see this outbreak needing a page at the current time. Let's wait for some surveys to come in to see where it stands. United States Man (talk) 20:11, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

Bassfield tornado

Thank you for fixing that. I kept getting the conflicting changes messages and confused the 2 EF4s. I think the high-end EF4 should get its own article. What do you think? ChessEric (talk) 02:12, 21 April 2020 (UTC)

I don't really support an article for that tornado. The outbreak page itself isn't that long, so there is plenty of room for info about this tornado. I like your initiative though! United States Man (talk) 02:21, 21 April 2020 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for that comment on the play-by-play. I had lost that fight. LOL! ChessEric (talk) 23:54, 22 April 2020 (UTC)

Stop reverting my DAT edits

You reverted a bunch of my DAT information for the April 19-20 event and I am not happy about it. You do not run all tornado related pages, so stop gatekeeping. I am allowed to add more detailed information at will. I'll be civil for now, but do this again and I'll get admins involved. This is arrogant and rude behavior on your part. TornadoInformation12 (talk) 00:29, 25 April 2020 (UTC)TornadoInformation12

@TornadoInformation12: I didn't revert your edits? I was working on a damage summary, adding a new tornado, and fixing a county on April 19 and got edit conflicted. I put all your edits back if you'll check the edit history. I think you're the one being quite rude. I don't know what irked you so bad to the point of leaving such a mean message, but we are all trying to improve these pages! United States Man (talk) 00:37, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

You seem to have some kind on ongoing issue with me for 7 or 8 years now. I'm not sure what it is, but I just try to work together with everyone. I know we all have disagreements from time to time but we always get through it. United States Man (talk) 00:45, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

I added a ton of info on the Tumbleton, Andalusia, and Gordy EF2 tornadoes, along with several others. You started editing, and now it’s all gone. Who else did it if you didn’t? We were the only two editing. If it was a glitch, fair enough. I’m not so sure that’s the case though. In any case, now I have to start completely over and it’s a pain. TornadoInformation12 (talk) 00:42, 25 April 2020 (UTC)TornadoInformation12

Check the edit history man. I put everything back. I think you're making a big deal out of nothing. United States Man (talk) 00:45, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

Pages I post to are on my watchlist automatically, so I saw this post pop up. I can't help but notice the irony of TI complaining about his sections being overridden when he spends most of his time rewriting summaries and sections that others spent their free time on. A learning opportunity, maybe? TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk · contributions) 00:53, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

Thank you... I still don't know what I did so wrong. United States Man (talk) 00:56, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

You most certainly did NOT put everything back. I just checked! A bunch of my info is gone. I don't know how you edit, but it shouldn't involve nullifying the work of previous editors. Whether you realize it or not, you are doing something careless that is erasing the work of other editors. This also happened with the initial Texas tornadoes for the Easter article, which I had to fix. Please be more careful! It is so frustrating when you do this.

TornadoInformation12 (talk) 00:58, 25 April 2020 (UTC)TornadoInformation12

OK my edits have been returned. Not sure what you did, but don't do it again please. It's a massive headache for me.

TornadoInformation12 (talk) 01:01, 25 April 2020 (UTC)TornadoInformation12

Okay lol. I'm sorry I'm so frustrating to you. I really have no clue what you're talking about, so I just continue editing where I see fit to improve these articles! United States Man (talk) 01:02, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

I guess it could be a site glitch. I spent like an hour editing, and when I published, the only thing different was the summary for the EF4 that you typed up, and everything else was reverted to the previous form. I refreshed the page several times, and all the info was still missing. It only showed back up about 15 mins later after I got back from the store. If this wasn't you, then my apologies. You were the only other person editing, so I was under the impression that your editing session nullified my work. If not, then I have no idea either. If it truly wasn't you, then my bad and I'm every bit as confused as you are.

TornadoInformation12 (talk) 01:11, 25 April 2020 (UTC)TornadoInformation12

If it doesn't appear anywhere in the revision history, then it never saved, so that couldn't be my fault. When I got edit conflicted, I had made changes in several spots, so I pasted mine over what was there. I then when back to look and see what was deleted inadvertently and copy/pasted that back. If you are missing anything else from what is there now it wouldn't be on me. United States Man (talk) 01:17, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

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April 2020 WikiProject NASCAR newsletter

The WikiProject NASCAR Newsletter Volume V · No. 1:  April 1, 2020 – April 30, 2020 Previous month's issue
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WikiProject News New members: TomaHawk61 (talk · contribs) — April 17 How to Help WikiProject NASCAR Please keep up with the discussions at our main talk page. Your input is needed! Expand the articles in Category:NASCAR stubs. Help expand and update everything relating to the 2013 season. Read the project to-do list and help to complete the tasks: Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Article requests : See all here Assess : See all here Cleanup : Days of Thunder, Rusty Wallace, NASCAR Thunder 2003, Bill Weber, Bobby Hillin, Jr. Copyedit : NASCAR, Dale Earnhardt, 2010 Aaron's 499, Mark Martin Expand : Greg Erwin, Donnie Wingo, 2008 Daytona 500, 2010 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, 2010 NASCAR Nationwide Series Maintain : 2024 NASCAR Cup Series, 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series, 2024 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, 2024 ARCA Menards Series East, 2024 ARCA Menards Series West, 2024 ARCA Menards Series, 2024 NASCAR Pinty's Series, 2024 NASCAR PEAK Mexico Series, 2024 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series, 2024 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Photo : Richie Evans, South Boston Speedway Stubs : See all here Update : BAM Racing Verify : NASCAR rules and regulations, 2008 Dickies 500, Frank Cicci Racing, Road course ringer, Other : More	Article Statistics Table reflects values at 7:00 PM Eastern on April 26. Monthly goal: Improve all top-importance articles to start or better. It is important to pay close attention to the articles that we as a project value the most. Please remember to add reliable sources in all contributions! NASCAR articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total FA 7 1 8 FL 1 1 A 1 1 GA 4 6 49 17 76 B 23 44 37 74 178 C 34 59 109 79 281 Start 50 165 658 1,124 4 2,001 Stub 15 42 271 1,015 3 1,346 List 14 38 13 65 Category 335 335 Disambig 1 81 82 File 1 129 130 Project 10 10 Redirect 315 2 317 Template 2 314 316 Other 2 2 Assessed 127 330 1,169 2,328 1,187 9 5,150 Unassessed 2 2 Total 127 330 1,169 2,328 1,187 11 5,152 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 26,817 Ω = 4.93
Article Developments New Good Articles: 2003 Carolina Dodge Dealers 400 2010 Daytona 500 2012 Bojangles' Southern 500 New articles: 2020 FireKeepers Casino 400 2020 Toyota/Save Mart 350 Brad Baker (racing driver) Randy Briggs Augie Grill Dustin Hapka Ronnie Hopkins Matt Merrell Lonnie Rush Jr. Raymond Terczak Jr. Bill Venturini Alex Yontz Ron Young (racing driver) See also: Wikipedia:WikiProject NASCAR/Article alerts	Picture of the Month Casey Atwood, behind the wheel of a FitzBradshaw Racing entry, during a pit stop in the Little Trees 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in fall 2003.
Article of the month – Harley J. Earl Trophy, a good article The Harley J. Earl Trophy is the trophy presented to the winner of the premier – and season-opening – event of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR), the Daytona 500. It is named after influential automobile designer Harley Earl, who served as the second commissioner of NASCAR. Earl has been known as the so-called "father of the Corvette" and designer of the Firebird I prototype that adorns the trophy. The trophy is kept on display at the Daytona International Speedway, while a small replica is given to each Daytona 500 winner. (Read more...)	New Images
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The 40th Edition of The Hurricane Herald

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WikiCup 2020 May newsletter

The second round of the 2020 WikiCup has now finished. It was a high-scoring round and contestants needed 75 points to advance to round 3. There were some very impressive efforts in round 2, with the top ten contestants all scoring more than 500 points. A large number of the points came from the 12 featured articles and the 186 good articles achieved in total by contestants, and the 355 good article reviews they performed; the GAN backlog drive and the stay-at-home imperative during the COVID-19 pandemic may have been partially responsible for these impressive figures.

Our top scorers in round 2 were:

• Epicgenius, with 2333 points from one featured article, forty-five good articles, fourteen DYKs and plenty of bonus points
• Gog the Mild, with 1784 points from three featured articles, eight good articles, a substantial number of featured article and good article reviews and lots of bonus points
• The Rambling Man, with 1262 points from two featured articles, eight good articles and a hundred good article reviews
• Harrias, with 1141 points from two featured articles, three featured lists, ten good articles, nine DYKs and a substantial number of featured article and good article reviews
• Lee Vilenski with 869 points, Hog Farm with 801, Kingsif with 719, SounderBruce with 710, Dunkleosteus77 with 608 and MX with 515.

The rules for featured article reviews have been adjusted; reviews may cover three aspects of the article, content, images and sources, and contestants may receive points for each of these three types of review. Please also remember the requirement to mention the WikiCup when undertaking an FAR for which you intend to claim points. Remember also that DYKs cannot be claimed until they have appeared on the main page. As we enter the third round, any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed now, and anything you forgot to claim in round 2 cannot! Remember too, that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met.

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Thanks!

As I told User:TornadoInformation12, I got a little carried away when it came to making tornado sections and I'm sorry about that. Thanks for helping me by consolidating the Madill tornado section. ChessEric (talk) 02:16, 10 May 2020 (UTC)

By the way, can you put that section in my User: ChessEric/Unused Tornado Sections page? ChessEric (talk) 20:39, 10 May 2020 (UTC)

With all do respect, that is your responsibility if you want to keep that page, not mine. United States Man (talk) 20:42, 10 May 2020 (UTC)

I understand. Again, thanks! ChessEric (talk) 20:45, 10 May 2020 (UTC)

Vongfong

Just would like to remind you that as of this edit, Vongfong is still active per the JMA. Thanks. Typhoon2013 (talk) 20:37, 17 May 2020 (UTC)

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June 2020 WikiProject NASCAR Newsletter

The WikiProject NASCAR Newsletter Volume V · No. 1:  June 1, 2020 – June 30, 2020 Previous month's issue
Project discussion • Project resources • Project Standards (discussion) • Project Category Structure (discussion) • Project Participants (discussion) • Project Assessment (discussion) • Recent Changes • Popular Articles
WikiProject News New members: Mrmariomaster (talk · contribs) — June 11 MWright96 (talk · contribs) — June 18 (returning) Watermelon Head (talk · contribs) — June 22 FlorpleMcNorple (talk · contribs) — June 27 How to Help WikiProject NASCAR Please keep up with the discussions at our main talk page. Your input is needed! Expand the articles in Category:NASCAR stubs. Help expand and update everything relating to the 2020 season. Read the project to-do list and help to complete the tasks: Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Article requests : See all here Assess : See all here Cleanup : Days of Thunder, Rusty Wallace, NASCAR Thunder 2003, Bill Weber Copyedit : NASCAR, Dale Earnhardt, 2010 Aaron's 499, Mark Martin Expand : Donnie Wingo, 2008 Daytona 500, 2010 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Maintain : 2024 NASCAR Cup Series, 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series, 2024 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, 2024 ARCA Menards Series East, 2024 ARCA Menards Series West, 2024 ARCA Menards Series, 2024 NASCAR Pinty's Series, 2024 NASCAR PEAK Mexico Series, 2024 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series, 2024 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Photo : Frank Kimmel, Mason Mitchell, Patrick Sheltra Stubs : See all here Update : BAM Racing Verify : NASCAR rules and regulations, 2008 Dickies 500, Frank Cicci Racing, Road course ringer Other : More	Article Statistics Table reflects values at 12:00 AM Eastern on June 30. Monthly goal: Create well-sourced articles for all 2020 NASCAR seasons that do not have pages yet. At press time, that list includes 2020 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour, 2020 NASCAR PEAK Mexico Series and 2020 NASCAR Pinty's Series. NASCAR articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total FA 7 1 8 FL 1 1 A 1 1 GA 4 6 49 19 78 B 23 45 39 74 181 C 34 59 115 82 290 Start 52 165 660 1,158 3 2,038 Stub 4 44 270 1,038 1,356 List 14 38 13 65 Category 336 336 Disambig 1 81 82 File 1 129 130 Project 10 10 Redirect 322 2 324 Template 2 314 316 Other 6 6 Assessed 118 333 1,178 2,390 1,199 5 5,223 Unassessed 1 1 Total 118 333 1,178 2,390 1,199 6 5,224 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 26,817 Ω = 4.93
Article Developments New articles: 2020 Foxwoods Resort Casino 301 2020 Pocono 350 2020 Pocono Organics 325 2020 Quaker State 400 Jeff Agnew Elias Bowie Wes Burton Jerry Churchill Doug Coby Ricky Gonzalez Jerick Johnson L. W. Miller Alain Mosqueron Dale Shaw Sunset Speedway (Ontario) Randy Tissot Toby Tobias Jr. See also: Wikipedia:WikiProject NASCAR/Article alerts	Picture of the Month Danica Patrick, behind the wheel of a Stewart-Haas Racing entry, at Texas Motor Speedway in 2013.
Article of the month – Dylan Kwasniewski, a good article Dylan Kwasniewski (/kwəzˈnɛski/ kwəz-NES-kee; born May 31, 1995) is an American real estate broker and former professional stock car racing driver. A champion in both the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East and Pro Series West, he was a developmental driver for Chip Ganassi Racing. Kwasniewski most recently drove in six races for Obaika Racing in NASCAR's Xfinity Series during the 2015 season, and he currently works as a real estate broker for Colliers International.(Read more...)	New Images
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41st edition of The Hurricane Herald

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WikiCup 2020 July newsletter

The third round of the 2020 WikiCup has now come to an end. The 16 users who made it into the fourth round each had at least 353 points (compared to 68 in 2019). It was a highly competitive round, and a number of contestants were eliminated who would have moved on in earlier years. Our top scorers in round 3 were:

• Epicgenius, with one featured article, 28 good articles and 17 DYKs, amassing 1836 points
• The Rambling Man , with 1672 points gained from four featured articles and seventeen good articles, plus reviews of a large number of FACs and GAs
• Gog the Mild, a first time contestant, with 1540 points, a tally built largely on 4 featured articles and related bonus points.

Between them, contestants managed 14 featured articles, 9 featured lists, 3 featured pictures, 152 good articles, 136 DYK entries, 55 ITN entries, 65 featured article candidate reviews and 221 good article reviews. Additionally, MPJ-DK added 3 items to featured topics and 44 to good topics. Over the course of the competition, contestants have completed 710 good article reviews, in comparison to 387 good articles submitted for review and promoted. These large numbers are probably linked to a GAN backlog drive in April and May, and the changed patterns of editing during the COVID-19 pandemic. As we enter the fourth round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met. Please also remember that all submissions must meet core Wikipedia policies, regardless of the review process.

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July 2020 WikiProject NASCAR newsletter

The WikiProject NASCAR Newsletter Volume V · No. 3:  July 1, 2020 – July 31, 2020 Previous month's issue
Project discussion • Project resources • Project Standards (discussion) • Project Category Structure (discussion) • Project Participants (discussion) • Project Assessment (discussion) • Recent Changes • Popular Articles
WikiProject News New members: None. How to Help WikiProject NASCAR Please keep up with the discussions at our main talk page. Your input is needed! Expand the articles in Category:NASCAR stubs. Help expand and update everything relating to the 2020 season. Read the project to-do list and help to complete the tasks: Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Article requests : See all here Assess : See all here Cleanup : Days of Thunder, Rusty Wallace, NASCAR Thunder 2003, Bill Weber Copyedit : NASCAR, Dale Earnhardt, 2010 Aaron's 499, Mark Martin Expand : Donnie Wingo, 2008 Daytona 500, 2010 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Maintain : 2024 NASCAR Cup Series, 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series, 2024 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, 2024 ARCA Menards Series East, 2024 ARCA Menards Series West, 2024 ARCA Menards Series, 2024 NASCAR Pinty's Series, 2024 NASCAR PEAK Mexico Series, 2024 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series, 2024 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Photo : Rick Allen (sportscaster), Mason Mitchell, Kody Vanderwal Stubs : See all here Update : 2025 NASCAR Cup Series, BAM Racing Verify : NASCAR rules and regulations, 2008 Dickies 500, Frank Cicci Racing, Road course ringer Other : More	Article Statistics Table reflects values at 8:00 PM Eastern on July 30. Monthly goal: Find the backstory. All too often, pages about drivers, teams or tracks have only content about NASCAR's top three national series. To improve article quality, information about other series or events that those drivers, teams and tracks are involved in should be added, backed up by reliable sources. NASCAR articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total FA 7 1 8 FL 1 1 A 1 1 GA 4 6 49 19 78 B 23 45 40 74 182 C 34 59 115 82 1 291 Start 52 166 666 1,173 3 2,060 Stub 4 44 271 1,041 1 1,361 List 14 38 13 65 Category 336 336 Disambig 1 83 84 File 1 129 130 Project 10 10 Redirect 326 2 328 Template 2 316 318 Other 6 6 Assessed 118 334 1,186 2,408 1,207 7 5,260 Unassessed 1 1 Total 118 334 1,186 2,408 1,207 8 5,261 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 26,817 Ω = 4.93
Article Developments New articles: 2020 Coke Zero Sugar 400 2020 Consumers Energy 500 2020 Daytona Grand Prix 2020 Drydene 311 (Saturday) 2020 Drydene 311 (Sunday) 2020 FireKeepers Casino 500 2020 Foxwoods Resort Casino 301 2020 O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 2020 Super Start Batteries 400 2020 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour 2021 NASCAR Cup Series Earl Barban Robby Benton Jade Buford Early life and career of Jeff Gordon Bobby Hillis Jr. Ryan Huff Garrett Liberty List of auto racing films Lost Speedways NASCAR Thunder (retail chain) Sauble Speedway Ryan Seaman (racing driver) Jeff Spraker Gracie Trotter See also: Wikipedia:WikiProject NASCAR/Article alerts	Picture of the Month Jeff Gordon's 2007 racecar.
Article of the month – Shawna Robinson, a good article Shawna Robinson (born November 30, 1964) is an American retired professional stock car racing driver. She was a competitor in all three of NASCAR's national touring series, as well as the ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series and the Charlotte/Daytona Dash Series. Robinson is one of 16 women to participate in the NASCAR Cup Series, and one of three females to race in the sports' premier event, the Daytona 500.(Read more...)	New Images
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Bayview, North Carolina tornado

Can you find a source for the Bayview, North Carolina EF1 tornado that you put in? I can't find one anywhere.ChessEric (talk) 19:58, 8 August 2020 (UTC)

Nvm. I found one. LOL!ChessEric (talk) 20:17, 8 August 2020 (UTC)

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NHC Advisory Times

It's not a big deal (and it's a moot point now), but Tropical Depression 15 was not guaranteed to extend into September at the time of this edit. The NHC can upgrade or downgrade a tropical cyclone at times other than the standard Advisory Issuance Times. In fact, one of the reasons the NHC has the Tropical Cyclone Update (TCU) product is for announcing an upgrade or downgrade of status. Although downgrade TCUs are less common (and from a practical standpoint, it was highly unlikely that such a product would be issued with Tropical Depression 15), there was still no verifiable support for the assertion at the time the edit was made that TD 15 would exist as a tropical depression into September, which runs contrary to WP:FUTURE. Inks.LWC (talk) 03:06, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

Hi @Inks.LWC:, I get where your coming from, however, remember that it was just over 3 hours per the standard UTC or 1 if you wish to use the Central European Summer time zone of UTC +2, which is local time in Spain and France and thus equally valid to use as EDT. Jason Rees (talk) 07:25, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

Right. And that's why I said I didn't think it was a big deal; with this particular tropical depression, it was incredibly likely that it would extend into September. What concerned me more than the revert itself was the rationale behind it. I don't think we should get in the habit of extending cyclones into the next day purely because of an assumption that there won't be a TCU after the 2100 UTC advisory is issued. Inks.LWC (talk) 04:51, 2 September 2020 (UTC)

WikiCup 2020 September newsletter

The fourth round of the competition has finished, with 865 points being required to qualify for the final round, nearly twice as many points as last year. It was a hotly competitive round with two contestants with 598 and 605 points being eliminated, and all but two of the contestants who reached the final round having achieved an FA during the round. The highest scorers were

• Bloom6132, with 1478 points gained mainly from 5 featured lists, 12 DYKs and 63 in the news items;
• HaEr48 with 1318 points gained mainly from 2 featured articles, 5 good articles and 8 DYKs;
• Lee Vilenski with 1201 points mainly gained from 2 featured articles and 10 good articles.

Between them, contestants achieved 14 featured articles, 14 featured lists, 2 featured pictures, 87 good articles, 90 DYK entries, 75 ITN entries, 95 featured article candidate reviews and 81 good article reviews. Congratulations to all who participated! It was a generally high-scoring and productive round and I think we can expect a highly competitive finish to the competition.

Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. It would be helpful if this list could be cleared of any items no longer relevant. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk), Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:53, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

42nd edition of The Hurricane Herald!

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August 2020 WikiProject NASCAR newsletter

The WikiProject NASCAR Newsletter Volume V · No. 3:  August 1, 2020 – August 31, 2020 Previous month's issue
Project discussion • Project resources • Project Standards (discussion) • Project Category Structure (discussion) • Project Participants (discussion) • Project Assessment (discussion) • Recent Changes • Popular Articles
WikiProject News New members: None. How to Help WikiProject NASCAR Please keep up with the discussions at our main talk page. Your input is needed! Expand the articles in Category:NASCAR stubs. Help expand and update everything relating to the 2020 season. Read the project to-do list and help to complete the tasks: Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Article requests : See all here Assess : See all here Cleanup : Days of Thunder, Rusty Wallace, NASCAR Thunder 2003, Bill Weber Copyedit : NASCAR, Dale Earnhardt, 2010 Aaron's 499, Mark Martin Expand : Donnie Wingo, 2008 Daytona 500, 2010 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Maintain : 2024 NASCAR Cup Series, 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series, 2024 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, 2024 ARCA Menards Series East, 2024 ARCA Menards Series West, 2024 ARCA Menards Series, 2024 NASCAR Pinty's Series, 2024 NASCAR PEAK Mexico Series, 2024 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series, 2024 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Photo : Rick Allen (sportscaster), David Gravel, Patrick Sheltra Stubs : See all here Update : 2025 NASCAR Cup Series, BAM Racing Verify : NASCAR rules and regulations, 2008 Dickies 500, Frank Cicci Racing, Road course ringer Other : More	Article Statistics Table reflects values at 7:00 PM Eastern on August 31. Monthly goal: Focus on the sources. In the thick of Silly Season, it is easy for random people to make a website, perpetuate a rumor, and have that be picked up here. Two sites that have proven to be big on rumors before, and sometimes eating it in a big way, are Beyond the Flag and TobyChristie.com. Please use other sources, such as NASCAR.com, Jayski.com, or team/driver releases as citations in articles. Additionally, there has been a decline in the quality of the new work being generated by the project. New content, related to silly season or not, should always be reliably sourced so we can avoid the ugly {{refimprove}} tags at the top of articles. NASCAR articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total FA 7 1 8 FL 1 1 A 1 1 GA 4 6 49 19 78 B 23 45 39 74 181 C 33 59 116 86 1 295 Start 53 166 667 1,181 3 2,070 Stub 4 44 271 1,044 1 1,364 List 14 38 13 65 Category 336 336 Disambig 1 83 84 File 1 129 130 Project 10 10 Redirect 1 339 2 342 Template 2 316 318 Other 6 6 Assessed 118 334 1,187 2,424 1,220 7 5,290 Unassessed 1 1 Total 118 334 1,187 2,424 1,220 8 5,291 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 26,817 Ω = 4.93
Article Developments New articles: 2000s in motorsport 2020 Bank of America Roval 400 2020 Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race 2020 Cook Out Southern 500 2020 Federated Auto Parts 400 2020 Hollywood Casino 400 2020 South Point 400 2020 YellaWood 500 Bob Senneker Bobby Kennedy (racing driver) Brett Thompson (racing driver) Bryan Collyer Chris Gabehart Dave Burns (sportscaster) Dog Track Speedway Fonda Speedway Frank Luptow Hannah Newhouse Harold Crooms Jimmy Dick Kelli Stavast Kris Wright Mark Petty See also: Wikipedia:WikiProject NASCAR/Article alerts	Picture of the Month The presumable Most Popular Driver in 2020, Chase Elliott.
Article of the month – 2010 Emory Healthcare 500, a good article The 2010 Emory Healthcare 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race that was held on September 5, 2010 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia. Contested over 325 laps, it was the twenty-fifth race of the 2010 Sprint Cup Series season. The race was won by Tony Stewart, for the Stewart Haas Racing team. Carl Edwards finished second, and Jimmie Johnson, who started seventh, clinched third.(Read more...)	New Images
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August 2020 WikiProject NASCAR newsletter

The WikiProject NASCAR Newsletter Volume V · No. 3:  August 1, 2020 – August 31, 2020 Previous month's issue
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WikiProject News New members: None. How to Help WikiProject NASCAR Please keep up with the discussions at our main talk page. Your input is needed! Expand the articles in Category:NASCAR stubs. Help expand and update everything relating to the 2020 season. Read the project to-do list and help to complete the tasks: Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Article requests : See all here Assess : See all here Cleanup : Days of Thunder, Rusty Wallace, NASCAR Thunder 2003, Bill Weber Copyedit : NASCAR, Dale Earnhardt, 2010 Aaron's 499, Mark Martin Expand : Donnie Wingo, 2008 Daytona 500, 2010 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Maintain : 2024 NASCAR Cup Series, 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series, 2024 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, 2024 ARCA Menards Series East, 2024 ARCA Menards Series West, 2024 ARCA Menards Series, 2024 NASCAR Pinty's Series, 2024 NASCAR PEAK Mexico Series, 2024 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series, 2024 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Photo : Rick Allen (sportscaster), David Gravel, Patrick Sheltra Stubs : See all here Update : 2025 NASCAR Cup Series, BAM Racing Verify : NASCAR rules and regulations, 2008 Dickies 500, Frank Cicci Racing, Road course ringer Other : More	Article Statistics Table reflects values at 7:00 PM Eastern on August 31. Monthly goal: Focus on the sources. In the thick of Silly Season, it is easy for random people to make a website, perpetuate a rumor, and have that be picked up here. Two sites that have proven to be big on rumors before, and sometimes eating it in a big way, are Beyond the Flag and TobyChristie.com. Please use other sources, such as NASCAR.com, Jayski.com, or team/driver releases as citations in articles. Additionally, there has been a decline in the quality of the new work being generated by the project. New content, related to silly season or not, should always be reliably sourced so we can avoid the ugly {{refimprove}} tags at the top of articles. NASCAR articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total FA 7 1 8 FL 1 1 A 1 1 GA 4 6 49 19 78 B 23 45 39 74 181 C 33 59 116 86 1 295 Start 53 166 667 1,181 3 2,070 Stub 4 44 271 1,044 1 1,364 List 14 38 13 65 Category 336 336 Disambig 1 83 84 File 1 129 130 Project 10 10 Redirect 1 339 2 342 Template 2 316 318 Other 6 6 Assessed 118 334 1,187 2,424 1,220 7 5,290 Unassessed 1 1 Total 118 334 1,187 2,424 1,220 8 5,291 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 26,817 Ω = 4.93
Article Developments New articles: 2000s in motorsport 2020 Bank of America Roval 400 2020 Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race 2020 Cook Out Southern 500 2020 Federated Auto Parts 400 2020 Hollywood Casino 400 2020 South Point 400 2020 YellaWood 500 Bob Senneker Bobby Kennedy (racing driver) Brett Thompson (racing driver) Bryan Collyer Chris Gabehart Dave Burns (sportscaster) Dog Track Speedway Fonda Speedway Frank Luptow Hannah Newhouse Harold Crooms Jimmy Dick Kelli Stavast Kris Wright Mark Petty See also: Wikipedia:WikiProject NASCAR/Article alerts	Picture of the Month The presumable Most Popular Driver in 2020, Chase Elliott.
Article of the month – 2010 Emory Healthcare 500, a good article The 2010 Emory Healthcare 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race that was held on September 5, 2010 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia. Contested over 325 laps, it was the twenty-fifth race of the 2010 Sprint Cup Series season. The race was won by Tony Stewart, for the Stewart Haas Racing team. Carl Edwards finished second, and Jimmie Johnson, who started seventh, clinched third.(Read more...)	New Images
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August 2020 WikiProject NASCAR newsletter

The WikiProject NASCAR Newsletter Volume V · No. 3:  August 1, 2020 – August 31, 2020 Previous month's issue
Project discussion • Project resources • Project Standards (discussion) • Project Category Structure (discussion) • Project Participants (discussion) • Project Assessment (discussion) • Recent Changes • Popular Articles
WikiProject News New members: None. How to Help WikiProject NASCAR Please keep up with the discussions at our main talk page. Your input is needed! Expand the articles in Category:NASCAR stubs. Help expand and update everything relating to the 2020 season. Read the project to-do list and help to complete the tasks: Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Article requests : See all here Assess : See all here Cleanup : Days of Thunder, Rusty Wallace, NASCAR Thunder 2003, Bill Weber Copyedit : NASCAR, Dale Earnhardt, 2010 Aaron's 499, Mark Martin Expand : Donnie Wingo, 2008 Daytona 500, 2010 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Maintain : 2024 NASCAR Cup Series, 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series, 2024 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, 2024 ARCA Menards Series East, 2024 ARCA Menards Series West, 2024 ARCA Menards Series, 2024 NASCAR Pinty's Series, 2024 NASCAR PEAK Mexico Series, 2024 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series, 2024 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Photo : Rick Allen (sportscaster), David Gravel, Patrick Sheltra Stubs : See all here Update : 2025 NASCAR Cup Series, BAM Racing Verify : NASCAR rules and regulations, 2008 Dickies 500, Frank Cicci Racing, Road course ringer Other : More	Article Statistics Table reflects values at 7:00 PM Eastern on August 31. Monthly goal: Focus on the sources. In the thick of Silly Season, it is easy for random people to make a website, perpetuate a rumor, and have that be picked up here. Two sites that have proven to be big on rumors before, and sometimes eating it in a big way, are Beyond the Flag and TobyChristie.com. Please use other sources, such as NASCAR.com, Jayski.com, or team/driver releases as citations in articles. Additionally, there has been a decline in the quality of the new work being generated by the project. New content, related to silly season or not, should always be reliably sourced so we can avoid the ugly {{refimprove}} tags at the top of articles. NASCAR articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total FA 7 1 8 FL 1 1 A 1 1 GA 4 6 49 19 78 B 23 45 39 74 181 C 33 59 116 86 1 295 Start 53 166 667 1,181 3 2,070 Stub 4 44 271 1,044 1 1,364 List 14 38 13 65 Category 336 336 Disambig 1 83 84 File 1 129 130 Project 10 10 Redirect 1 339 2 342 Template 2 316 318 Other 6 6 Assessed 118 334 1,187 2,424 1,220 7 5,290 Unassessed 1 1 Total 118 334 1,187 2,424 1,220 8 5,291 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 26,817 Ω = 4.93
Article Developments New articles: 2000s in motorsport 2020 Bank of America Roval 400 2020 Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race 2020 Cook Out Southern 500 2020 Federated Auto Parts 400 2020 Hollywood Casino 400 2020 South Point 400 2020 YellaWood 500 Bob Senneker Bobby Kennedy (racing driver) Brett Thompson (racing driver) Bryan Collyer Chris Gabehart Dave Burns (sportscaster) Dog Track Speedway Fonda Speedway Frank Luptow Hannah Newhouse Harold Crooms Jimmy Dick Kelli Stavast Kris Wright Mark Petty See also: Wikipedia:WikiProject NASCAR/Article alerts	Picture of the Month The presumable Most Popular Driver in 2020, Chase Elliott.
Article of the month – 2010 Emory Healthcare 500, a good article The 2010 Emory Healthcare 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race that was held on September 5, 2010 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia. Contested over 325 laps, it was the twenty-fifth race of the 2010 Sprint Cup Series season. The race was won by Tony Stewart, for the Stewart Haas Racing team. Carl Edwards finished second, and Jimmie Johnson, who started seventh, clinched third.(Read more...)	New Images
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WikiProject NASCAR September 2020 newsletter

The WikiProject NASCAR Newsletter Volume V · No. 5:  September 1, 2020 – September 30, 2020 Previous month's issue
Project discussion • Project resources • Project Standards (discussion) • Project Category Structure (discussion) • Project Participants (discussion) • Project Assessment (discussion) • Recent Changes • Popular Articles
WikiProject News New members: BurntButtons (talk · contribs) How to Help WikiProject NASCAR Please keep up with the discussions at our main talk page. Your input is needed! Expand the articles in Category:NASCAR stubs. Help expand and update everything relating to the 2020 season. Read the project to-do list and help to complete the tasks: Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Article requests : See all here Assess : See all here Cleanup : Days of Thunder, Rusty Wallace, NASCAR Thunder 2003, Bill Weber Copyedit : NASCAR, Dale Earnhardt, 2010 Aaron's 499, Mark Martin Expand : Donnie Wingo, 2008 Daytona 500, 2010 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Maintain : 2024 NASCAR Cup Series, 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series, 2024 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, 2024 ARCA Menards Series East, 2024 ARCA Menards Series West, 2024 ARCA Menards Series, 2024 NASCAR Pinty's Series, 2024 NASCAR PEAK Mexico Series, 2024 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series, 2024 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Photo : Rick Allen (sportscaster), David Gravel, Patrick Sheltra Stubs : See all here Update : 2025 NASCAR Cup Series, 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series, 2025 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, BAM Racing Verify : NASCAR rules and regulations, 2008 Dickies 500, Frank Cicci Racing, Road course ringer Other : More	Article Statistics Table reflects values at 3:00 PM Eastern on September 30. Monthly goal: Improve our most-read content. There are 500 pages listed at Wikipedia:WikiProject NASCAR/Popular pages. This content is our most widely-read content and should be constantly worked on to ensure that our project is producing the highest quality content possible. NASCAR articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total FA 7 1 8 FL 1 1 A 1 1 GA 4 6 49 19 78 B 23 45 39 74 181 C 33 59 116 85 1 294 Start 53 166 669 1,185 4 2,077 Stub 4 44 272 1,044 1 1,365 List 14 38 13 65 Category 336 336 Disambig 1 83 84 File 1 129 130 Project 10 10 Redirect 1 337 2 340 Template 2 315 317 Other 7 7 Assessed 118 334 1,190 2,427 1,218 8 5,295 Unassessed 16 16 Total 118 334 1,190 2,427 1,218 24 5,311 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 26,817 Ω = 4.93
Article Developments Today's Featured Articles: 2006 Subway 500 (September 15) New articles: 2020 AAA Texas 500 2020 Alsco 300 (Charlotte) 2020 Alsco 300 (Kentucky) 2020 Bluegreen Vacations 500 2020 Cheddar's 300 2020 Contender Boats 250 2020 EchoPark 250 2020 Hooters 250 2020 LS Tractor 200 2020 NASCAR Racing Experience 300 2020 NextEra Energy 250 2020 North Carolina Education Lottery 200 2020 Pennzoil 150 2020 Pocono Green 225 2020 Production Alliance Group 300 2020 Shady Rays 200 2020 Toyota 200 2020 Unhinged 300 2020 Vet Tix/Camping World 200 2020 Xfinity 500 2021 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series 2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series Bush's Beans 200 Joel Stowe NASCAR Heat (series) Travis Geisler See also: Wikipedia:WikiProject NASCAR/Article alerts	New Images
Article of the month – Derek Kraus, a good article Derek K. Kraus (born September 1, 2001) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes full-time in the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, driving the No. 19 Toyota Tundra for McAnally-Hilgemann Racing. The Stratford, Wisconsin native is also a former NASCAR Next member and the 2019 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Champion. (Read more...)	Picture of the Month Blessing your talk page with some Car of Tomorrow because why not?
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WikiProject NASCAR October 2020 newsletter

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The WikiProject NASCAR Newsletter Volume V · No. 6:  October 1, 2020 – October 31, 2020 Previous month's issue
Project discussion • Project resources • Project Standards (discussion) • Project Category Structure (discussion) • Project Participants (discussion) • Project Assessment (discussion) • Recent Changes • Popular Articles
WikiProject News New members: TaurusEmerald (talk · contribs) (October 16) EdGl (talk · contribs) (October 30) How to Help WikiProject NASCAR Please keep up with the discussions at our main talk page. Your input is needed! Expand the articles in Category:NASCAR stubs. Help expand and update everything relating to the 2020 season. Read the project to-do list and help to complete the tasks: Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Article requests : See all here Assess : See all here Cleanup : Days of Thunder, Rusty Wallace, NASCAR Thunder 2003, Bill Weber Copyedit : NASCAR, Dale Earnhardt, 2010 Aaron's 499, Mark Martin Expand : Donnie Wingo, 2008 Daytona 500, 2010 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Maintain : 2024 NASCAR Cup Series, 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series, 2024 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, 2024 ARCA Menards Series East, 2024 ARCA Menards Series West, 2024 ARCA Menards Series, 2024 NASCAR Pinty's Series, 2024 NASCAR PEAK Mexico Series, 2024 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series, 2024 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Photo : Rick Allen (sportscaster), David Gravel, Patrick Sheltra Stubs : See all here Update : 2025 NASCAR Cup Series, 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series, 2025 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, BAM Racing Verify : NASCAR rules and regulations, 2008 Dickies 500, Frank Cicci Racing, Road course ringer Other : More	Article Statistics Table reflects values at 8:00 PM Eastern on October 31. Monthly goal: Tie a bow on the year. As the three national series season end in November, there should be time dedicated to doing season-ending copyedits on season series pages, updates on driver and team pages, and updating series pages as well as List of NASCAR drivers. NASCAR articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total FA 8 1 9 FL 1 1 A 1 1 GA 4 6 49 20 79 B 23 45 39 73 180 C 33 59 116 86 1 295 Start 53 167 670 1,191 4 2,085 Stub 4 43 272 1,047 1 1,367 List 14 38 13 65 Category 336 336 Disambig 2 83 85 File 1 129 130 Project 10 10 Redirect 1 330 2 333 Template 2 318 320 Other 7 7 Assessed 118 334 1,192 2,438 1,214 8 5,304 Unassessed 24 24 Total 118 334 1,192 2,438 1,214 32 5,328 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 26,817 Ω = 4.93
Article Developments New articles: 2020 Kansas Lottery 250 2020 My Bariatric Solutions 300 2020 NASCAR Pinty's FanCave Challenge 2021 in NASCAR 23XI Racing David Keith (racing driver) Donald Thomas (racing driver) John McFadden Lee Pulliam Monk Tate NASCAR Illustrated Trackhouse Racing Team See also: Wikipedia:WikiProject NASCAR/Article alerts	New Images
Article of the month – 2011 Budweiser Shootout, a good article The 2011 Budweiser Shootout was a stock car race and the first exhibition event of the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. It was held on February 12, 2011 at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. The 75-lap race was won by Kurt Busch for the Penske Racing team. Jamie McMurray finished second and Ryan Newman came in third. (Read more...)	Picture of the Month A view of the pit box that they don't normally show on television.
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WikiCup 2020 November newsletter

The 2020 WikiCup has come to an end, with the final round going down to the wire. Our new Champion is Lee Vilenski (submissions), the runner-up last year, who was closely followed by Gog the Mild (submissions). In the final round, Lee achieved 4 FAs and 30 GAs, mostly on cue sport topics, while Gog achieved 3 FAs and 15 GAs, mostly on important battles and wars, which earned him a high number of bonus points. The Rambling Man (submissions) was in third place with 4 FAs and 8 GAs on football topics, with Epicgenius (submissions) close behind with 19 GAs and 16 DYK's, his interest being the buildings of New York.

The other finalists were Hog Farm (submissions), HaEr48 (submissions), Harrias (submissions) and Bloom6132 (submissions). The final round was very productive, and besides 15 FAs, contestants achieved 75 FAC reviews, 88 GAs and 108 GAN reviews. Altogether, Wikipedia has benefited greatly from the activities of WikiCup competitors all through the contest. Well done everyone!

All those who reached the final will receive awards and the following special awards will be made, based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, these prizes are awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round, or in the event of a tie, to the overall leader in this field.

• Gog the Mild (submissions) wins the featured article prize, for a total of 14 FAs during the course of the competition.
• Bloom6132 (submissions) win the featured list prize, for 5 FLs in round 4.
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• Lee Vilenski (submissions) wins the featured article reviewer prize, for 23 FAC reviews in round 5.
• Epicgenius (submissions) wins the good article prize, for 45 GAs in round 2 and 113 overall.
• MPJ-DK (submissions) wins the topic prize, for 33 articles in good topics in round 2.
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• Epicgenius (submissions) wins the DYK prize, for 22 Did you know articles in round 4 and 94 overall.
• Bloom6132 (submissions) wins the ITN prize, for 63 In the news articles in round 4 and 136 overall.

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