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On 29 November 2023, it was proposed that this article be moved to 2023 droughts and heat waves. The result of the discussion was not moved.

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I need to know why they did not include Central America and the American Caribbean--Ecribltx00 (talk) 02:03, 31 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Sections by month

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Wouldn't it be nicer if these sections were removed, and were converted to prose for each country instead? They're quite subjective and most are only 1-2 sentences long. Country sections would also eliminate the bulleted lists as seen on some of the sections. Persent101 (talk) 16:19, 14 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 29 November 2023

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The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: not moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) NmWTfs85lXusaybq (talk) 00:20, 14 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

2023 heat waves → 2023 droughts and heat waves – There is a significant overlap between heat waves and droughts. Similar factors contribute to the lack of rain, which is usually a mitigating effect in abnormal conditions. Heat waves are becoming so commonplace that their effects might almost seem like an afterthought. I recently published 2020 droughts and heat waves, to create part of a series of heat waves, and I felt that it would be inappropriate to publish it only as 2020 heat waves. Just a thought. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 22:23, 29 November 2023 (UTC) — Relisting. Lightoil (talk) 23:46, 6 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Lean oppose — there can be overlap between droughts and heat waves, and they often the same sort of connotation in the public eye, but they do not necessarily occur in tandem nor do they occur simultaneously to the same level of significance. For instance, there is a severe ongoing drought in the Amazon receiving significant coverage (e.g. Climate.gov, The New York Times), while temperatures don't appear to have been so remarkably high to label the concurrent temperatures as a "heat wave" (albeit, temperatures are above average, though that's largely true of most of the planet these days...). —TheAustinMan^{(Talk ⬩ Edits)} 00:39, 30 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose Since the two are not directly connected.166.198.251.71 (talk) 01:14, 7 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.