Wikipedia:WikiProject Tropical cyclones/Newsletter/Archive 29

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From the editors The project has gone since August without a newsletter, due to a lack of interest in its publication and development. This issue aims to catch up on major events and milestones since late summer 2009, and set a series of goals for the upcoming hurricane seasons. Your help in writing future issues is appreciated. Tropical cyclone activity 2009 Atlantic hurricane season 2009 Pacific hurricane season 2009 Pacific typhoon season 2009 North Indian Ocean cyclone season 2009–10 Australian region cyclone season 2009–10 South Pacific cyclone season 2009–10 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season 2010 Pacific typhoon season 2010 North Indian Ocean cyclone season Typhoons Morakot, Ketsana, and Parma caused extensive damage to China, Taiwan, Philippines, and Vietnam in August and September. Their collective damages total in the billions of dollars and each storm caused hundreds of fatalities. All three of the storms' names were subsequently retired. Member of the month Cyclone barnstar Thegreatdr (talk · contribs) is thanked for his tireless improvement of high-profile tropical cyclone and general meteorology articles; his production of rainfall maps for individual storms; and for his willingness to share his expertise where needed. Thegreatdr is largely responsible for the project's continued success, and has been instrumental in resolving many debates and discussions. Members Thirteen Wikipedia users have joined the project since September, and several have returned after an extended absence: Hurricanehink (talk · contribs), Yellow Evan (talk · contribs), and Darren23 (talk · contribs). The list of inactive or retired users has remained mostly unchanged. New and improved articles There were multiple new pieces of Featured content. Timeline of the 2009 Atlantic hurricane season, 1910 Cuba hurricane, Tropical Storm Marco (2008), Hurricane Bob (1985), Hurricane Gert (1999), Hurricane Rick (2009), 1941 Atlantic hurricane season, Hurricane Grace (1991), Cyclone Orson, Image:ParmaMelor AMO TMO 2009279 lrg.jpg, and Image:Effects of Hurricane Charley from FEMA Photo Library 7.jpg Ongoing major article improvement projects include: potential featured topic for off-season Atlantic hurricanes, potential featured topic for 2006 Pacific hurricane season, creation of sub-articles for Hurricane Floyd, and merging of marginally-notable storm articles. Goals for the upcoming season Hurricane season in the Eastern Pacific and Atlantic basins is quickly approaching. Activity from new users typically increases substantially during the summer months, especially during active periods of tropical cyclone strikes. Precautions should be taken to ensure that content covering ongoing or recent events is kept up-to-date. Moreover, creation of new articles should be discouraged unless the storm in question presents an immediate or long-term threat to land. Nonetheless, the project should encourage new editors to get involved; for this purpose the standard Wikipedia:WikiProject Tropical cyclones/Invite template may be used. The project should also make an effort to evaluate existing recognized content. A Project audit of featured articles has been proposed; ideally, each article should be reviewed for continued compliance with the FA criteria. Articles that no longer meet the criteria may be nominated for demotion, or alternatively, improved and updated. Main Page content Three articles appeared on the main page as Today's Featured Article: Cyclone Orson on September 22, Hurricane Fabian on January 30, and Hurricane Lane (2006) on March 22 Article statistics Tropical cyclone articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total FA 3 14 82 60 159 FL 1 4 30 39 74 FM 21 21 A 3 1 4 GA 10 64 405 664 1,143 B 9 28 59 60 156 C 12 92 245 264 613 Start 2 62 350 415 3 832 Stub 6 74 96 176 List 2 9 59 559 411 1,040 Category 921 921 Disambig 2 11 55 68 File 7 1 8 Portal 2 202 204 Project 98 98 Redirect 2 8 40 93 143 Template 1 6 27 441 475 Other 3 3 Assessed 40 277 1,271 1,742 2,394 414 6,138 Unassessed 2 3 2 1 8 Total 40 277 1,273 1,745 2,396 415 6,146 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 10,421 Ω = 3.38 Project news September 2009 – A debate on the numbering of JMA tropical depressions in season articles took place. Much of the discussion can be read here. October 2009 – The project was featured in a Signpost article, detailing its progress over the past two years. December 2009 – Multiple Wikipedia Books—organized and printable compilations of related articles—are created under the project's purview. Nilfanion (talk · contribs) proposed a revamp of the project's track map standards and naming conventions. This is likely a long-term project, and will be largely executed on Wikimedia Commons. March 2010 – One of the project's core articles, Hurricane Katrina, was demoted from featured article status. Later in the month, it was suggested that more tropical cyclone-related articles are added to the rotating list of the Main Page's Selected anniversaries.