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I've changed my signature! Now, it looks like this: 🐔 Chicdat Bawk to me! 10:52, 2 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Invite to join WikiProject Tropical cyclones!

Hey Chicdat, thanks for your response to my question regarding the WikiProject Tropical cyclones that I had asked on Destroyeraa's talk page. I have a few more questions before deciding to join. I am a bit confused about some of the requested tasks and goals as there doesn't seem to be a lot of detailed explanation but I did take a look at the to do list and found this one appealing:

"Provide verification for the number of deaths caused by tropical cyclones in recorded human history, organized and cross-referenced by storm intensity (eg. C5 Atl hurricanes), season (eg. 1997 Pacific hurricane season) or location (eg. List of Hawaii hurricanes)"

I would be able to contribute to this task every now and then. My question is do I need to report or make a note somewhere every time I update/verify the number of deaths for a certain hurricane? If so then how and where do I need to do this? Also when the task asks for organizing and cross-referencing does that mean I need to make sure other hurricane related pages that reference that particular hurricane are also updated with this latest information? If so then how can I find out all the pages that make a reference to that hurricane and its fatalities number? Hurricane21 (talk) 16:41, 4 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Hurricane21: Sorry for not replying, I was pretty busy yesterday. I'm glad that you find a task appealing. However, there is no guideline that states you must stick to a task and do it thoroughly. Most editors just grammar-check storm articles or simply update wind speeds, damage, and deaths. You should probably make a note in the edit summary every time you update deaths, like you're doing perfectly now. Yes, if new info is found, you should update the season article. You're doing very well on this task, keep up the good work! ~ Destroyeraa🌀 17:09, 4 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Alright then in that case I will go ahead and join the project. Thanks again for the information. Hurricane21 (talk) 18:12, 4 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
You're welcome! 🐔 Chicdat Bawk to me! 10:01, 5 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Your administrative ban

Hey Chicdat

Do you still have an administrative ban? I believe you are experienced enough to ignore the ban, since Jasper Deng cannot block you (he's not an admin). Also, it will be helpful if you can warn disruptive editors or vandals again with Twinkle, as you reverted "good faith" edits on Hurricane Laura from an edit that was clearly disruptive made by an IP, saying that Laura caused 420 deaths without providing a source. I warned the IP for you. It's just that I believe that you know the policied better than 2 months ago, and you don't need to be forced under a ban.

Quick question. What does an administrative ban even do?

Stay safe, and have a nice day. ~ Destroyeraa🌀 15:05, 9 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page stalker) @Destroyeraa: it's not a formal ban, rather strong advice to stay out of areas that require extensive policy/technical knowledge for the time being until they become more experienced. For what it's worth I feel such experience usually comes with creating content - most admin areas exist as a result of issues in the process of content creation, so getting familiar with writing and maintaining articles would make entering admin areas much smoother. ~ KN2731 {talk · contribs} 15:46, 9 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@KN2731: Thanks for telling me. Stay safe. ~ Destroyeraa🌀 15:59, 9 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@Destroyeraa: It isn't a ban, as in it isn't listed at WP:Editing restrictions (unlike the real ban of Can I Log In), but, like, the admins told me if, say, I re-enable XFD closer and start relisting AfDs, then I will get a ban from admin areas. I can participate in them, but not a whole lot. 🐔 Chicdat Bawk to me! 09:59, 10 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Well, that's not true. I can't participate in blocks/unblocks (unless I am the target of the block, which I sincerely hope never happens), I can't go to WP:AN or WP:ANI (again, unless the discussion is about me, which, again, I hope never happens), and I can't edit WP:RfA, and (my brain cerebrum hurts from all this thinking) I can't request advanced permissions (or not-so-advanced permissions, like rollback and PCR), and, most importantly of all, I can't relist or close AfD, RfD, FfD, CfD, TfD, or MfD discussions.

Wanna know why?

My Timeline of Disruption & Wikibreaks

🐔 Chicdat Bawk to me! 11:29, 10 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Chicdat, that just plain sucks. For the Bbb23 barnstar disaster, I think that Bbb23 was rather rude towards you, probably after getting pissed off after admins removed his checkuser rights. But yeah, you did abuse some of your rights. However, I do think you should get back to using Twinkle or Huggle warning users about disruptive editing and vandalism. Also, you should report actual vandals to ANI or AIV. Just don't participate in XFD, that always has bad results for nominators. And don't give experienced users warnings, they get really pissed and may report you. And yeah, don't edit war. That may get you blocked. I hope you get back to administrative areas soon. Tread lightly, my friend. ~ Destroyeraa🌀 13:54, 10 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. I actually have been doing a little vandal reversion lately (User talk:2A02:C7F:766F:DE00:3996:60F5:9C19:CFEF) that was legitimate. You've given me an idea. In a few days I'm going on a short vacation. Once I'm back, I'll ask the admins to lift part of the administrative restriction so I can enable RedWarn, which is the new Huggle. Thanks, 🐔 Chicdat Bawk to me! 09:59, 11 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Timeline of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Timeline of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Timeline of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. CodingCyclone (talk) 20:46, 15 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"intense lack of supporting here"

Can I offer you some words of encouragement? At the start of the summer I came across three new, young editors, including you, who were strong on enthusiasm and short on skill who kept telling other editors what to do. The other two kept on down that path and got themselves blocked. Your switch to working on content, especially Tropical Storms, in collaboration with Hurricanehink & others has been an encouraging and hopeful exception to that cluster. It's my honest belief that the most supportive thing the community can help you with is to urge you to keep away from those administrative areas for the time being.

And anyone who quotes Douglas Adams can't be too bad in my book Cabayi (talk) 10:53, 18 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Okay. I'll continue working on content, and won't apply again for lifting until I get three featured articles. Or maybe twenty-seven 🐔 Chicdat Bawk to me! 10:55, 18 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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