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Chucking

Heh. The chimp might have to borrow that book again and polish off a few stubs. A bit of a writeup on teh list could be good ... Also Tallon is reaching the bottom of the pile without many replies. Blnguyen (vote in the photo straw poll) 06:55, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

My apologies

Of course my nom for deletion of WP:AIV was intended as an April Fools Day joke, but if I caused disruption by it I apologize. I'll try to think more before I act in the future, even on April Fools Day :)--Urban Rose 00:43, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

As was my nomination of Main Page, as well as redundantly typing delete to another April Fools MfD. All intended in good fun. Cheers, Glacier Wolf 02:22, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

:-)

Permission to destroy your disgustingly complex userpage please? —Dark ^talk 08:43, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

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RFC

WP:AN#Cabals, part 2. There's an RFC in the making. Just notifying you in case you don't check AN, as I'd like to have the entire community (or at least a lot of opinions) in this. Cheers, Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP! :)} 21:04, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for blocking that IP. Jealousy is never a good thing. Alientraveller (talk) 12:42, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Notice

Ha wow. Rawr. elisa^talk. 12:29, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

Why would you block me from editing if I have yet to edit anything??? It seems kind of redundant to do that don't you think? Oh and for your information I have edited pages before I had an account on here. TomVox08 16:17, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

Done. Daniel (talk) 23:09, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for your correspondence. I thought I was taking Metros' advice to heart, I honestly did, but I wasn't. I guess we all make mistakes. :) --Gp75motorsports ^{REV LIMITER} 23:38, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

ElisaEXPLOSION

I don't know if you saw my comment on the AN case case, so I'll put it here. I was wondering, after the two month block is over, could you let me adopt her? RC-0722 ^247.5/1 02:27, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

Also, why was her userpage deleted? RC-0722 ^247.5/1 03:32, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

She won't be needing it for the next two months, now, will she? Daniel (talk) 05:55, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

I don't think space is at that much a premium yet. But why her talk archives? Also, I see you haven't replied to my original post. RC-0722 ^247.5/1 12:54, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Mediation Committee/Active Mediators

Your revert popped up on my watchlist, and I noticed your edit summary: "may be a touch sensitive". Since the only person that is above you in the alphabet (at least with regards to the MC members on the above-linked list) is myself, I figured I'd better let you know that I really don't mind having you listed above, even if only whilst you are acting Chair; indeed, it actually looks better :) Of course, if you meant sensitive on the part of other's, then please ignore me here, but I'd just like to let you know my thoughts. Kind regards, Anthøny 12:15, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

It's been raised in the past both in and outside the Committee. Apparently it causes consternation, and the benefit looks minimal, so on a benefit/loss ration I figured it might as well be like it is now. Cheers, Daniel (talk) 12:16, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

No worries, thank you for the reply. Anthøny 13:11, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

Fro mannozzi too

Hi Daniel, for the DYK honour, Robert Dickerson and I thank you in a three-way ozzi fest. Best, Julia Rossi (talk) 22:43, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

I'm sure non-Australians will be terribly confused by this dialogue :) Daniel (talk) 04:40, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Aye, mate. dihydrogen monoxide (H₂O) 04:44, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

DYK George Comer

Hello, Daniel. George Comer and I appreciate the DYK! Cheers, --Rosiestep (talk) 02:26, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

:) Daniel (talk) 04:41, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #15

Number 15, April 5, 2008

The Hurricane Herald

This is the monthly newsletter of WikiProject Tropical Cyclones. The Hurricane Herald aims to give a summary, both of the activities of the WikiProject and global tropical cyclone activity. If you wish to change how you receive this newsletter, or no longer wish to receive it, please add your username to the appropriate section on the mailing list. This newsletter covers all of March 2008.

Please visit this page and bookmark any suggestions of interest to you. This will help improve monitoring of the WikiProject's articles.

Storm of the month

Cyclone Jokwe

Cyclone Jokwe was the first tropical cyclone to make landfall in Mozambique since Cyclone Favio struck in the previous year. The tenth named storm of the 2007-08 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Jokwe was first classified as a tropical depression on March 2 over the open Southwest Indian Ocean. It tracked west-southwest, crossing northern Madagascar as a tropical storm on March 5 before intensifying into a tropical cyclone on March 6. Jokwe rapidly intensified to reach peak winds of 195 km/h (120 mph), before weakening slightly and striking Nampula Province in northeastern Mozambique. It quickly weakened while paralleling the coastline, though the storm restrengthened as it turned southward in the Mozambique Channel. Late in its duration, it remained nearly stationary for several days, and steadily weakened due to wind shear before dissipating on March 16.

The storm caused minor damage in northern Madagascar. In Mozambique, the cyclone affected 165,000 people, and left at least sixteen fatalities. Cyclone Jokwe destroyed over 9,000 houses and damaged over 3,000 more, with the heaviest damage in Angoche and the Island of Mozambique in Nampula Province. The storm also caused widespread power outages and crop damages.

Other tropical cyclone activity

• There were no named tropical cyclones in the South Pacific ocean, though a tropical depression developed near Vanuatu in the third week of the month.
• Late in the month, Cyclone Pancho developed in the Australian region, reaching peak winds of 90 knots. In addition, Cyclone Ophelia lasted from late February through early March.
• In addition to Cyclone Jokwe, there were two named tropical cyclones in the Southwest Indian Ocean; Cyclone Kamba became an Intense Tropical Cyclone over open waters, and Tropical Storm Lola formed and dissipated near Mauritius late in the month.

Member of the month

Cyclone barnstar

The March member of the month is CapeVerdeWave, whose first edit was to a tropical cyclone article, back in January 2006. CapeVerdeWave has been a steady and active member of the project, writing several articles on Category 5 hurricanes as well as working on the often forgotten older hurricanes. The user also has contributed to some older season articles, and recently helped update the project after the recent hurricane re-analysis. We thank him for his continued dedication.

New members

Southern Illinois SKYWARN Milk's Favorite Cookie Somerset Squall Stormtracker94

WBOSITG Jj137 Joan97

New and improved articles

• There were 6 new pieces of Featured content : Typhoon Paka, List of wettest tropical cyclones in the United States, Effects of Hurricane Ivan in the Lesser Antilles and South America, List of retired Pacific typhoon names (JMA), Tropical Storm Vamei, and List of New York hurricanes
• New Good articles include: Hurricane Beulah, Hurricane Ione, Hurricane Isidore
• New storm articles include: 1945 Southeast Florida hurricane, Hurricane Fox (1952)
• New non-storm articles include: Effects of Hurricane Dennis in Florida, List of North Carolina hurricanes (1900-1949)

Main Page content

• Today's Featured Article: 1933 Atlantic hurricane season appeared on the Main Page in the Today's Featured Article on March 27
• Entries from 1 article: 1917 Pinar del Río hurricane appeared on the Main Page in the Did you know column during March.

Storm article statistics

Grade	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar
FA	33	33	36	38
A	9	9	8	8
GA	112	114	123	130
B	86	99	96	91
Start	208	214	216	211
Stub	6	3	6	9
Total	454	472	485	487
ω	2.98	2.98	2.96	2.94
percentage Less than B	47.1	46.0	45.8	45.2
percentage GA or better	33.9	33.1	34.3	36.1

Project News: Updates on the Best Track - Atlantic and North Indian Ocean, and more
In February, the Hurricane Research Division released its reanalysis for the Atlantic Ocean from 1915 to 1920. Highlights include the addition of eight storms, as well as the removal of one storm. The winds in the 1919 Florida Keys Hurricane were increased to 130 knots, and the 1916 Texas hurricane was increased to a Category 4 hurricane.

According to an email sent to the India Meteorological Department, there will be an online version of the North Indian Ocean best track from 1877 to 2006, scheduled to be released in two months; it is unknown if it will cost money to access.

In unrelated news, the project was featured on the Signpost; Mitchazenia was interviewed, and talked about the past, present, and future of the project.

At the end of the month, there were five different Featured content candidates (FXC's) by five different editors; two were featured article candidates, two were featured list candidates, and one was a featured picture candidate. The have been a few times in which there were four FXC's from four different editors, most recently in February and early March of 2008.

♬♩ Hurricanehink (talk) 02:45, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Deleting

But your an admin, so you can still restore it, right? Nothing444^{Go Irish!} 01:05, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Yes, and I have every intention of doing so when you run. But I'd prefer not to see it deleted in the meantime as a waste of energy. Daniel (talk) 01:06, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Hi, I'm wondering what your thoughts are about my small proposal: [1]. I hear what you're saying about energy but I just want to put this to bed. Darkspots (talk) 16:36, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

I wouldn't object to that, but I'd prefer not to do it myself. Daniel (talk) 16:38, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Posted Evidence

I posted my evidence for Arbitration here[2]. Was I correct in my understanding it needed to be under 1000 words. (Does that include diff links?) Including links I was a bit over. Please check and let me know on my talk page if it's still overly long. You may also want to check MastCell's entry and talk with her...it appears to be about 2500 words long, but she may still be condensing.

How fast are we expected to fill in the Workshop page?--Strider12 (talk) 03:34, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Your evidence is actually under, at around 980. That being said, the evidence page is generally allowed a little bit more lee-way, given it's focused on one case alone, unlike the main RfAr page which can get out of hand and is used for more than one case. Provided you aren't ranting, you could probably get away with 10-20% more, but thanks for making the effort to keep it concise - I'm sure the arbitrators appreciate it.

I have contacted MastCell about his/her section length via email; thanks for the heads-up about that. With regards to workshop, it all depends on how fast the arbitrators want to move it along, so you're best to make any proposals you want to as soon as possible. Cheers, Daniel (talk) 03:46, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Since the arbiters have begun working on it, I believe MastCell's 2500 words tend to create false "bulge" impression of many offenses. May I request that you forceably refactor her statement at this time?--Strider12 (talk) 17:27, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

MastCell's evidence is 1250 words, not 2500. Daniel (talk) 01:45, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Peer review request

Diorama (album) - Anything on the talk page, when you get the chance. dihydrogen monoxide (H₂O) 09:22, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

And another on Hugh Trumble if you have an opportunity. Once again, thanks for your work on Clem Hill. Cheers, Mattinbgn\^talk 10:57, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

I'll get to both of them hopefully on Friday :) Daniel (talk) 02:20, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Had a test today, no chance to do it. Saturday? :) Daniel (talk) 09:24, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Whenever you can. :) Hope the test went well. -- Mattinbgn\^talk 13:49, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks mate. Whenever you can. Don't fail on my account. ;) dihydrogen monoxide (H₂O) 05:21, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

For that I'm doing Trumble first :) Daniel (talk) 09:37, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for that :) Going through it now. Cheers, Mattinbgn\^talk 11:08, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Brain feels dead at the moment, reading would do me much good :) I'll see if I can get to the other half of your article tomorrow afternoon (our time), and then maybe to Diorama on Tuesday. Cheers, Daniel (talk) 13:02, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Re your AfD closures question on my RfA

I do apologise for not being able to get to this sooner (things kind of blew up on one of the WP:MMM's GA candidates I've been helping with!). Unfortunately one of the two AfDs you asked about has now closed, but I've tried to address both parts of your question anyway. Sorry for the delay. EyeSerene^talk 09:54, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Nice answers - my support stands :) Daniel (talk) 06:28, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I had noticed you'd already voted, but as they dealt with an area I'd expressed an intention to work in, and so were particularly pertinent, I thought they still deserved a response. I'm glad I didn't shoot myself in the foot! All the best, EyeSerene^talk 19:39, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

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a new article for DYK

Hello, Daniel, there is a new article on a Chinese athlete Jin Jing. We want to push this article onto the "Did you know" on the main page. Could you give us some comments on the talk page of that article? How should we improve that article? If it's a good one, could you please help us put this article onto the "Did you know"? The question could be '[Jin Jing|Who] is called the "Smiling Angel in Wheelchair" by Chinese people?' Thanks!--Supportjinjing (talk) 23:39, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Replied on talk page. Daniel (talk) 13:04, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

WG

Hi, I've posted some new proposals at the WG wiki and would appreciate everyone's input.[3] Check also the Recent Changes there to see pages with new activity. Thanks, Elonka 06:01, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Ta. Daniel (talk) 06:25, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

April Fools Day

I've been thinking it over, and the more I do, the more I realize how much disruption is caused by April Fools Day "pranks". I know I sound like a hypocrite, having wanted to get in on the fun by nominating WP:AIV for deletion myself as a "joke", but I regret what I did and also regret how what we might call "fun" possibly harms the project as a whole. Do you think that there could be a way to put an end to disruptive behavior on April Fool's Day? I have a sense of humor, but when it causes harm and divides people, it's gone too far in my book.--Urban Rose 21:40, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

User talk:Typ932

You blocked as a vandalism-only account, it appears, but seems to be a legit contributor since sometime in 2007? I'm possibly missing something, but this looks like a misclick at first glance. :) – Luna Santin (talk) 07:59, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Most certainly was. Thanks for bringing it to my attention, Luna. Daniel (talk) 09:12, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Hi It is ok, I though it was some mistake, rgds --— Typ932^{T | C}  10:28, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Well anyway

I've started a thread about putting an end to disruptive behavior on April 1. It's found here on Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)#Enforce policy even on April 1. Your input would be appreciated.--Urban Rose 16:15, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

RFA thanks

Thanks for your support in my RFA, that didn't quite make it and ended at 120/47/13. There was a ton of great advice there, that I'm going to go on. Maybe someday. If not, there are articles to write! Thanks for your support. Lawrence § t/e 17:49, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Question

There may be something wrong with the formatting of the emendation to 1.1 of the SSB2 case. The text wikilinks to a copy of the motion - specifically the heading User:Andries:_appeal_of_topic_ban_on_Sathya_Sai_Baba)- but there doesn't appear to be such a section on the page... did someone forget to copy it?

I presume only clerks edit the pages, so I thought I'd pass it on. --Relata refero (disp.) 21:16, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Fixed the links, thanks for bringing it to my attention. Cheers, Daniel (talk) 00:32, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

VandalProof

Hey Daniel I was wondering if you could review these applications. Thank you --Kanonkas :  Take Contact  21:57, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Due to computer issues, Daniel is unable to. You'll need to contact another moderator, unfortunately. dihydrogen monoxide (H₂O) 00:38, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks DanielSock Dihydrogen Monoxide :) He is right, though. Unfortunately, until I fix a problem with my OS, VandalProof doesn't work and hence I can't access the moderation interface. Sorry, Daniel (talk) 01:01, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

You should probably remove your name from the mods list or something, DihydrogenMonoxideSock dihydrogen monoxide (H₂O) 01:02, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

I thought my note on Wikipedia:VPRF#VandalProof_Moderators was sufficient. Daniel (talk) 01:05, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Oh ok, sorry to bother you. I thought the note just meant you couldn't use it the tool, but you could approve people. Take care! --Kanonkas :  Take Contact  02:15, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

DYK update

It's late and ready to go if you'd like to post it. Gatoclass (talk) 13:56, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Gp75motorsports' topic ban

I just posted this to Riana, and I think your opinion should be considered in this as well. It's just getting frustrated to carry out the community consensus then have people say "hmm, no, you're too harsh" every time he violates the ban. Metros (talk) 17:32, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

The latest block has been endorsed, by the looks of things (by virtue of three unblock requests being declined). Thanks goodness for that, as well. Daniel (talk) 09:16, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

RFA Thanks

Thank you for your comments on my RFA. Even though it failed with 28 supports, 42 opposes, and 15 neutrals, I am grateful for the suggestions and advice I have received and I do hope to improve as a Wikipedian. If you ever need my help in any endeavor, feel free to drop me a line. --Sharkface217 19:48, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

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