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Happy editing! Cheers, — AP 499D25 (talk) 04:24, 30 January 2025 (UTC)

1896 Sherman Tornado

Hello, Quincy Gordon, I'm Halls4521. Like you, I was putting together a draft version for a article for the 1896 Sherman Tornado as well. Since it looks like your further along than I am, here's my draft here, just in case you want to use some additional sentences and references for yours. Thanks. Halls4521 (talk) 05:48, 15 November 2025 (UTC)

I am absolutely impressed with the work you have, I will surely use what you have and when I can I will credit you for your contributions, thank you! Quincy Gordon (talk) 16:14, 15 November 2025 (UTC)

Self-made tornado track maps

If possible, can you add sources in the descriptions to show what resource these maps are made from? I'm mostly afraid that these maps would constitute WP:OR if they are made from satellite/videos of the funnel or WP:SYNTH if they're just mashed together from newspaper reports, which aren't always reliable. Thanks! ^EF₅ 17:35, 24 February 2026 (UTC)

Yeah I can try to for future ones Quincy Gordon (talk) 03:13, 25 February 2026 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Tornado Barnstar
		Thank you for your work on finding public domain tornado images. Your work is greatly appreciated! EF5 14:38, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

2011 Hackleburg tornado images

Any chance you could find more public domain image of the 2011 Hackleburg tornado? I know we have one (Dustin Morgan) but it would not hurt to have some more IMO. I searched around and haven’t had any luck so far. MarioProtIV (^talk/_contribs) 21:15, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

I can potentially see what I can do

Though I am just happy I was able to get in contact with Dustin Morgan in the first place to get his sequence of 5 images. Quincy Gordon (talk) 21:21, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

Tornado images

Hey, I just wanted to show some appreciation for your efforts in finding free-to-use tornado images, pictures that are very high-quality no less. The pictures are the first impression anyone gets of an article, so you have pretty much single–handedly improved a ton of tornado articles. You do this for so many articles and I don't see you getting a ton of appreciation for that, so thank you. Tetradisulfate (talk) 03:02, 28 June 2026 (UTC)

Your kind words mean so much to me, thank you so much! Quincy Gordon (talk) 03:41, 29 June 2026 (UTC)

As a resident of New Richmond, WI, the new image surprised me. Pretty cool, man. Where is that newspaper based from? I’d love to have a look if there’s an archive of it somewhere. ILoveTheRepublic (talk) 14:16, 19 July 2026 (UTC)

The Newspaper it was published in should be in the source of it Quincy Gordon (talk) 00:00, 20 July 2026 (UTC)

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File:2021 Centerville tornado.jpg

I just wanted to let you know that the town name in this file should be Centreville not Centerville. ChessEric 16:29, 6 August 2026 (UTC)

yeah it was a misspell that I just never felt like fixing lol Quincy Gordon (talk) 16:45, 6 August 2026 (UTC)

The Monthly Wiki-Weather Review - Issue 1 (September 1, 2026)

Volume I, Issue 1, September 1, 2026 ←(Previous issues) · 1 · 2 → The Monthly Wiki-Weather Review This is the first edition for what will hopefully be a monthly newsletter involving Wikipedia's weather articles, including the severe weather and tropical cyclones projects. The newsletter aims to provide in summary the recent activities and developments of the WikiProject. If you wish to receive or discontinue your subscription to this newsletter, please visit the mailing list. Past editions can be viewed here.

Featured Content Since the beginning of 2026, the following featured articles were promoted: Hurricane Camille Hurricane Frances Hurricane Joaquin Timeline of the 1996 Pacific hurricane season Timeline of the 1997 Atlantic hurricane season Timeline of the 1998 Pacific hurricane season Timeline of the 2014 Atlantic hurricane season Timeline of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season Development, Reminders, and Updates After a recent edit war and subsequent discussion, tropical cyclone season articles should only be updated when advisories are officially released, and not to use the ATCF In an attempt to limit edit wars over tropical cyclone images, the image guidelines were updated, allowing for images to be within 12 hours or 10 knots of peak intensity. The WikiWeather Notability guidelines has been updated, although discussion continues about individual vs. tornado outbreak articles and how to handle annual tornado articles. The NCDC Storm Events database recently updated, which changed all URL's. Although Eoline (talk · contribs) changed most of them, there might be some old ones that still need to be fixed. Series of weather topics that need expansion The following articles are the earliest in a series of lists/articles, and including the gap going back to the previous entry in the series. These are articles that need to be written. 1850 Atlantic hurricane season - every Atlantic hurricane season article from 1850 to 2024 is rated good article or better, but the 1840s Atlantic hurricane seasons is start-class 2007–08 North American winter - there is a 90-year gap between Winter of 1917-18 to 2007-08 2020 droughts and heat waves - there are yearly heat wave lists for 2018 and 2020-2023, but not 2024-present 2023–24 Asian winter - there are only three yearly Asian winter articles List of United States tornadoes from January to February 2007 - there is a four-year gap between Jan-Apr 2003 US tornadoes to 2007, and a three-year gap going back to Jan-Feb 2000. Weather of 2000 - there is a 14-year gap between Weather of 1985 and 2000, and another gap of 39 years going back to 1946 Tornadoes of 1946 - there is a four-year gap between Tornadoes of 1942 and 1946, and another gap of 14 years going back to 1928 Tropical cyclones in 1991 - there is a 13-year gap between Tropical cyclones in 1978 and 1991; 1977 TC yearly list also exists Of note, the yearly "Weather of YYYY" could be a useful parent article for every weather article. For a well-written (and well-sourced) example, see this timeline in the Weather of 2023 article. Image of the month Devastating floods, possibly caused by a glacial collapse, hit the China–Nepal border on August 26. These floods destroyed numerous settlements and killed over 1,000 people (with thousands still missing). The above image is a Landsat 9 view of debris flow from the floods. Selected new articles The following articles were written/published this year. It excludes any of sub-articles within Weather of 2026. 1878 Haiti–Florida hurricane (written by CapeVerdeWave) Climate change in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (written by Chidgk1) Floods in China (written by Calisyrre) List of Arizona tornadoes (written by Eerier Fish) List of Japan tornadoes (written by many) List of South Atlantic tropical and subtropical cyclones (written by many) List of Utah tornadoes (written by ELLEWEATHERRRR) List of Vietnam tornadoes (written by Tarou-Rai) Potential tropical cyclone (written by Quxyz) Tornadoes in Mississippi (written by ChrisWx) Tropical cyclones in 1978 (written by ViridLeWiki) Tropical cyclone Merge-a-thon Longtime editors and lurkers might have noticed an uptick in the number of article mergers this year. A discussion in December 2025 talked about articles for fish storms or were otherwise had minor impacts. As Hurricane Noah summarized, "if a storm isn't being discussed after the fact for meteorological notability and impacts were minor or nil, there shouldn't be an article. Since then, 8 featured articles and 76 good articles have been merged. In a recent AFD, Quxyz mentioned their own minimum threshold for a tropical cyclone article (1,000 words and 20,000 bytes). Help requested for specific topics There are a few ongoing projects that are needed in Wiki-Project weather, separate from any requested articles. After years of discussion on standardizing the colors for tropical cyclone tracks, there is an ongoing project to replace the roughly 2,200 track maps across the hundreds of storm/season articles. One of the members helping with the track maps, 2003 LN6 (talk · contribs), estimated that "about 15–20% of the historic track maps are recolored properly, but progress is being made. I have personally been working on the North Atlantic tracks, but I have observed the work of many others as well." Another member working on older Atlantic and season track maps, JasonHo1222 (talk · contribs), asked, "can I be quoted in the newsletter too?" Thanks to 2003 LN6, JasonHo1222, and all of the other users helping with this task. The tropical cyclone season button bars have outdated coding that should ideally be replaced. The talk page goes into detail, but basically swapping out two parts of the template ("List of storms" and "Statistics" sub-articles, which we don't have anymore) in favor of the yearly "Weather of YYYY" and "Tropical cyclones in YYYY" articles. List of tropical cyclones producing snow - inspired by the recent Hurricane Lala that produced snowfall in Hawaii, there is a consensus that such an article could be useful. Comments or suggestions? This is the first of what will hopefully be a long-running newsletter. If you have any suggestions or complaints (such as them being in a different order in the section header), click on the previous links or try the newsletter talk page.

Eoline 13:14, 1 September 2026 (UTC)

1947 Leedey tornado

Thanks for flagging the significant issues with this article. If I were you, in the future I would fully support if you decide to WP:BEBOLD and draftify similar articles without the full discussion. Vegantics (talk) 18:13, 2 September 2026 (UTC)

As much as I would like to, unfortunately it seems that the two who worked on the article would just, revert my move, so I felt like avoiding that and requesting a draftification instead

I have had to get several articles of theirs drafted or deleted already because they all seem either AI generated, or rushed, as if they were being mass produced, and all have sourcing issues. Quincy Gordon (talk) 18:41, 2 September 2026 (UTC)

I didn't realize that there were multiple editors, what an absolute headache. Thanks again for your work. Vegantics (talk) 19:22, 2 September 2026 (UTC)

I would not be surprised if it is one editor and the other account is an alt Quincy Gordon (talk) 19:24, 2 September 2026 (UTC)

Welp, it was in fact the same person! AND HE HAS BEEN BANNED FOR AI MISUSE! Quincy Gordon (talk) 20:37, 2 September 2026 (UTC)

You'll forgive my punning, but what a whirlwind. Vegantics (talk) 15:30, 3 September 2026 (UTC)

Absolute Cinema Quincy Gordon (talk) 15:37, 3 September 2026 (UTC)

The Monthly Wiki-Weather Review - Issue 2 (October 1, 2026)

Volume I, Issue 2, October 1, 2026 ←(Previous issues) · 2 · 3 → The Monthly Wiki-Weather Review Issue 2: Electric Boogaloo Edition This is the second edition the monthly newsletter involving Wikipedia's weather articles, including the severe weather and tropical cyclones projects. The newsletter aims to provide in summary the recent activities and developments of the WikiProject. If you wish to receive or discontinue your subscription to this newsletter, please visit the mailing list. Past editions can be viewed here. Editors: Hurricanehink (HH), Eoline (E)

New Featured and Good Content Since the last issue, the following became good articles : 2001 Pacific hurricane season 2008 Prattville–Millbrook tornado 2012 Branson tornado Selected new articles The following articles were written/published in the last month (or were missed). It excludes any of sub-articles within Weather of 2026. 1991 Springfield tornado 2012 Woodward tornado 2013 Shuqualak Tornado 2025 La Sal fire tornado List of Turkey tornadoes Tornado outbreak and derecho of June 21–22, 2026 Tornadoes in the United Kingdom Tornadoes in Massachusetts (missed in previous newsletter, published in May but only recently added to the Template:North America tornadoes) Tornado outbreak of July 8–9, 1927 Tropical Storm Polly (1992) (missed in previous newsletter, published in August) Development, Reminders, and Updates The NCDC Storm Events database recently updated, which changed all URL's. Although E changed most of them, there might be some old ones that still need to be fixed. The Atlantic hurricane reanalysis was updated on September 16 for 1971–75. Several editors helped to update the articles, although some articles still need to be updated, such as adding summaries of the new systems to the season articles. A recent discussion found consensus for removing most TCFA's (tropical cyclone formation alerts) from typhoon season articles. As the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) is not the official agency for the basin, and many season articles are too long, this bit of information is generally not needed. Exceptions unclude when it's the JTWC peak for a system, such as a JMA-only TS. There is also a discussion about removing the JTWC term "Super Typhoon", partly due to PAGASA using that term, and because JMA uses "Violent typhoon". This would affect infoboxes and the leads of some articles. Future goals including using JMA data for track maps. There is a discussion about removing non-European tornadoes from the annual "List of European tornadoes", stemming from a discussion about tornadoes in Turkey, Russia, and north Africa that are not technically part of Europe. If you see new editors (and even current editors), remember not to be bite-y, and try and keep things civil and welcoming. Some people might edit for the first time when there is a major weather event in the news. It can be helpful to reach out to users directly. HH sometimes use a phrase like, "I see you have an interest in weather articles. While your edit might technically be true, it did not include a source. If you're interested in editing, I suggest you create a username so you can join the hundreds of editors working on the thousands of hurricane/tornado/blizzard/drought/haboob articles." (OK maybe just one of those weather types) Image of the month - Hurricane Polo offshore Mexico Hurricane Polo became the second-strongest recorded Pacific hurricane on September 22, when Hurricane Hunters recorded a minimum central pressure of 892 mbar (26.3 inHg). Polo attained Category 5 status three times before weakening and striking northwestern Mexico twice. Tasks/projects from previous newsletter - Issue 1 had a section for the series of weather articles. This included seasons or weather events by year, such as from Weather of 1946 to 1985 and from 1985 to 2000. Other ongoing tasks include updating tropical cyclone track maps, button bar templates, and changing the coding for the season infobox template to allow for violent typhoons. WCNA 2026 by E The 2026 edition of WikiConference North America was held in Edmonton, Canada, throughout the week of September 21, with at least one project member in attendance. Main topics included discussion of Wikimedia administration, WikiPortraits, and Wikimedia Commons. Interested editors are invited to read through this presentation, which was presented by User:Z1720 during the conference; it discusses how to write featured articles. A more complete weather encyclopedia Although Wikipedia isn't specifically a weather encyclopedia, it fulfills that role to an extent. The "List of [weather events] by area" series is getting finished one by one, even if there are still a lot to go. The following areas are among the most complete: United States (6) - Droughts, Floods, Hurricanes , Tornadoes, Snow, Wildfires California (4) - Hurricanes , Floods, Tornadoes , and Wildfires Arizona (3) - Hurricanes , Tornadoes, Wildfires Australia (5) - Bushfires, Droughts, Floods, Tornadoes, Tropical cyclones Canada (4) - Fires, Floods, Hurricanes, Tornadoes Europe (4) - European windstorms, Floods, Tornadoes, Tropical cyclones India (4) - Floods, Heat waves, Tornadoes, Tropical cyclones China (3) - Fires, Floods, Tornadoes Indonesia (3) - Floods (Jakarta only), Tornadoes, Tropical cyclones Turkey (3) - Drought, Heatwaves, Tornadoes Many areas could have a variety of lists. There's a draft for Tornadoes in Florida, which, if published, would join the above list. There is also a draft for Snow in Texas, which would also add Texas to the above list, assuming you counted the dab and quasi-article that is the List of Texas hurricanes (which you could help by adding climatology, the deadliest Texas tornadoes, and a list of (E)F5 tornadoes in the state). If you're interested in working on one of the potential location-based lists of weather impacts in an area, be bold and try it (maybe starting with a draft), or ask HH for help. The Merge-a-Thon Sweeps Up Tornadoes The previous newsletter mentioned the tropical cyclone merge-a-thon in which around 100 storm articles have been merged. There has also been an increase in proposed mergers of tornado-related articles to their parent tornado outbreak. Some of the main arguments have been about sustained lasting coverage (six months after the event), and whether the individual articles are a content fork from the outbreak article. There remains a need to codify tornado notability standards, with regards to outbreak and single tornado articles. The Paradox of Tolerance by HH It's important to assume good faith and be open-minded/welcoming as we build a more perfect encyclopedia. HH admits he has pushed his own preferences a bit too much at times. Discussions need to remain civil. But the Paradox of Tolerance can lead to bad outcomes. For instance, there has been a rise in articles written by AI, which is not allowed. Now that Wikipedia is over 25 years old, it has its fair share of people who were blocked, including sockpuppets trying to disrupt the positive legacy we've all built. That does not mean to assume that all new users are either using AI or are sockpuppets! Most editors started just like you. Still, if it seems like users are baiting you to engage in discussion, that might be in bad faith. At those times, be sure to take a deep breath, and remember that there's no deadline. Sometimes, a troublesome user will out themselves and get blocked, whether due to AI-writing or other bad habits. "If it looks/swims/quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck. If you have evidence someone is abusing more than one Wikipedia account, see Sockpuppet investigations. Random fun thing found during Wikipedia research While working on Hurricane Agnes, 12george1* found this legendary document from the NHC archives: That the guest editor cut the tip of his middle finger of his left hand off this evening making a salad, and has left blood all over the typewriter, and that this finger is the one that hits all the e's, d's, c's and a few other things and is now very sore. I quit! !!!!! @@@@@ ##### $$$$$ %%%%% ¢¢¢¢¢ &&&&& ***** (((((( Don't be like this guy and make sure you're all careful editing! *Due to a mishap in the previous newsletter, HH would like to formally apologize for linking users in the newsletter, and causing users to receive dozens of notifications. From now on, only the newsletter editors will be linked (so you can message us if you wanted). Comments or suggestions? This is the second edition of what will hopefully be a long-running newsletter. If you have any suggestions or complaints (such as them being in a different order in the section header), click on the previous links or try the newsletter talk page.

Eoline 13:16, 1 October 2026 (UTC)

A duck for you! :D

What a pretty duck!

-Ari 1600! 🇺🇲🇭🇳 has given you a duck!
Ducks promote Wikilove and hopefully this one has made your day much better.
Spread WikiLove by placing a duck on other user's talk pages by adding {{subst:Duck love}} to their talk page.
Happy editing!

-Ari 1600! 🇺🇲🇭🇳 03:26, 24 October 2026 (UTC)

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