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This is the talk page/discussion room for the Monthly Wiki-Weather Review, also known as the MWWR Board Room. Established July 2026.
Newsletter entries
[edit]- Regular newsletter items
- New FA/GA/selected articles
- Developments/reminders/updates
- Image of the month
- Humo(u)r
- Complaints/suggestions (linking to the topic below)
- Topic ideas
- In the news? (see discussion below)
- Basic procedures/reminders
- Location-specific list articles for different weather types (like List of New Zealand tornadoes, List of California floods, or Typhoons in the Korean peninsula)
- (Un)Reliable sources - mention Force 13, Accuweather, and other sources as being unreliable (possibly mentioning this discussion)
- Projects that require technical help
- Handling individual ENSO events versus having that content in individual Weather articles
Suggestions
[edit]Please list your suggestions below. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 18:07, 30 July 2026 (UTC)
- Should we mention or add 2026 Turkey tornado outbreak and List of Turkey tornadoes in the next new letter? ⚡ StormL00ver ⚡ 16:08, 26 September 2026 (UTC)
- @StormL00ver: sorry for not replying, and you probably saw, but List of Turkey tornadoes was included in the newsletter. I typically don't include any events from this year (or mentioned in Weather of 2026), since they usually get a lot of attention by being new articles. But check out the discussion below about including "New 2026 articles". ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 20:01, 4 October 2026 (UTC)
Complaint department
[edit]We welcome any and all complaints and will try addressing them. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 18:07, 30 July 2026 (UTC)
@Hurricanehink I can't seem to edit the article/newletter and I don't know why. StormL00ver (talk) 14:00, 17 October 2026 (UTC)
- @StormL00ver: are you editing the current issue? ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 16:57, 17 October 2026 (UTC)
- Oh sorry my bad. ⚡ StormL00ver ⚡ 17:05, 17 October 2026 (UTC)
Discussion
[edit]Welcome to anyone who would like to help with the newsletter. This is for general Newsletter discussion not covered by any other topics. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 18:07, 30 July 2026 (UTC)
@StormL00ver: I wanted to invite you to the talk page of the newsletter, instead of discussing your involvement on your talk page. If you have any suggestions, or topic ideas, feel free to add them either here, or in the current newsletter's talk page. And if you want to be bold and write up something, that will be even more helpful, since half the time, we're just trying to come up with interesting things to write about for our loyal audience. (remember to like and subscribe). ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 20:01, 4 October 2026 (UTC)
Not listed
[edit]Why did I not receive the newsletter? I thought I had signed up last month. WXchaser (Say what?) 19:23, 1 November 2026 (UTC)
Quote
[edit]The quote looks funky when viewed in dark mode. the entire newsletter is whitish-green, while the quote is pitch black. Also, I think that there is no guarantee that there will be a GA article that was reviewed in that month. WXchaser (Say what?) 00:00, 4 October 2026 (UTC)
- I’ll be sure to use the quote box in the future. Hurricanehink mobile (talk) 02:36, 4 October 2026 (UTC)
- What do you mean by that? WXchaser (Say what?) 15:47, 4 October 2026 (UTC)
- You said the quote looks funky. It’s probably because it’s not the proper way to quote, I should’ve used the quote box. Hurricanehink mobile (talk) 16:06, 4 October 2026 (UTC)
- Oh, okay, that makes sense WXchaser (Say what?) 16:43, 4 October 2026 (UTC)
- You said the quote looks funky. It’s probably because it’s not the proper way to quote, I should’ve used the quote box. Hurricanehink mobile (talk) 16:06, 4 October 2026 (UTC)
- What do you mean by that? WXchaser (Say what?) 15:47, 4 October 2026 (UTC)
@WXchaser: I changed the template. Does it look better now? ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 20:06, 4 October 2026 (UTC)
- Yes. Great! thanks for taking time to solve problems.
WXchaser (Say what?) 20:14, 4 October 2026 (UTC)
- @WXchaser: pretty sure you meant "solve", not "sole problems", so I changed your comment, hope you don't mind. Cheers! ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 20:29, 4 October 2026 (UTC)
Humo(u)r
[edit]After randomly deciding to add the typewriter incident from Agnes, I want that to be a regular feature. 12george1 found this Miami News article about Hurricane Fifi. It mentions an airplane dropping tea and toilet paper, but since the locals weren't familiar with them, they smoked the tea. I'll likely add it to the next newsletter. I wanted this to be a regular section, in case anyone comes across funny things in their research that's not appropriate/relevant to the article. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 20:01, 4 October 2026 (UTC)
- I'll be on the lookout! Lightbulb Noob (talk) 23:30, 4 October 2026 (UTC)
In the news?
[edit]In the last newsletter, Lightbulb Noob suggested having an "In the news" section. We could include it in the section that has FA's/GA's/selected new articles, and have a subset "New 2026 articles". The reason I didn't include it was because there could be a lot of articles from this year. Not all of them are going to be in the best shape, or they might be better suited as part of another article (see the merge-a-thon series). I just wanted to make sure the selected new articles highlighted some of the other articles of the Weather WikiProject, since those won't get as much attention as the newer ones. But that's why I wanted to open up the discussion. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 20:01, 4 October 2026 (UTC)
- That's actually a really good point, maybe we could only have a couple articles for the "In the news" section so we don't take away from other ones, or I suppose we don't really need it. Lightbulb Noob (talk) 23:29, 4 October 2026 (UTC)
- I do think there's a need for it, actually. I added the recently published List of Asian tornadoes in 2026. Nolo might be interesting to add due to its AFD, for example. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 00:38, 5 October 2026 (UTC)
- Oops, I probably should have clarified: what I originally meant was actual current newsworthy weather events, not necessarily Wikipedia-related things, but it being Wikipedia orientated might honestly be better. Lightbulb Noob (talk) 00:49, 5 October 2026 (UTC)
- Yea, as long as there’s something Wikipedia related. Sometimes, there are some noteworthy changes that happen as a result of new events, like the recent Turkish tornadoes leading to the Asian tornado list being split from Europe. Hurricanehink mobile (talk) 03:47, 5 October 2026 (UTC)
- Oops, I probably should have clarified: what I originally meant was actual current newsworthy weather events, not necessarily Wikipedia-related things, but it being Wikipedia orientated might honestly be better. Lightbulb Noob (talk) 00:49, 5 October 2026 (UTC)
- I do think there's a need for it, actually. I added the recently published List of Asian tornadoes in 2026. Nolo might be interesting to add due to its AFD, for example. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 00:38, 5 October 2026 (UTC)
Wildfires
[edit]Are wildfire articles within the scope of this newsletter? If so I'd be happy to be an editor for that topic. 🌀Hurricane Wind and Fire, why'd you decline my draft? (talk, contribs)🔥 00:50, 4 November 2026 (UTC)
- @Hurricane Wind and Fire: as wildfires are often caused by winds, drought, and/or lightning, and they're a similarly destructive type of disaster, absolutely they're in the scope. Thanks for wanting to help out. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 16:17, 5 November 2026 (UTC)
- Alright, how can I help? I've never done something like this before. 🌀Hurricane Wind and Fire, why'd you decline my draft? (talk, contribs)🔥 23:24, 5 November 2026 (UTC)
- Is there any Wikipedia-related news involving Wildfires? Are there any new good/featured Wildfire articles? Are there any major discussions involving wildfires that had led to an interesting discussion/outcome? Those are all good things to talk about in a monthly newsletter. Sometimes there are quiet months. There hasn't been much about winter weather lately, but it's not blizzard season, for example. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 23:28, 5 November 2026 (UTC)
- Thanks for the outline, should I add my username to the editors in the next issue and add Pickett Fire and any other weather GAs I pass to the GA column? There is also a discussion that is pretty much be talking to myself now at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Wildfire#Long-term project where I want to get the 2025 Arizona, California, Colorado, Oregon, and Utah wildfire seasons to good topics over the next few months, should I make any mention of that? 🌀Hurricane Wind and Fire, why'd you decline my draft? (talk, contribs)🔥 00:28, 6 November 2026 (UTC)
- Yea, go ahead and add Pickett Fire to the new GA list. As for the long-term project, I only suggest adding news if it's a new GA/FA, and it's part of a series that will likely be a future featured topic. As ambitious as the goal is, there have been countless goals by countless users. And I'm not really sure what's the secret recipe for a successful collaboration. My suggest is to start with the easiest list (Oregon, likely), make sure that you use NCDC/news articles/other documents. Check if there are FEMA disaster declarations, that's often worth noting. I'm looking forward to some good new articles. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 01:29, 6 November 2026 (UTC)
- Thanks for the outline, should I add my username to the editors in the next issue and add Pickett Fire and any other weather GAs I pass to the GA column? There is also a discussion that is pretty much be talking to myself now at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Wildfire#Long-term project where I want to get the 2025 Arizona, California, Colorado, Oregon, and Utah wildfire seasons to good topics over the next few months, should I make any mention of that? 🌀Hurricane Wind and Fire, why'd you decline my draft? (talk, contribs)🔥 00:28, 6 November 2026 (UTC)
- Is there any Wikipedia-related news involving Wildfires? Are there any new good/featured Wildfire articles? Are there any major discussions involving wildfires that had led to an interesting discussion/outcome? Those are all good things to talk about in a monthly newsletter. Sometimes there are quiet months. There hasn't been much about winter weather lately, but it's not blizzard season, for example. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 23:28, 5 November 2026 (UTC)
- Alright, how can I help? I've never done something like this before. 🌀Hurricane Wind and Fire, why'd you decline my draft? (talk, contribs)🔥 23:24, 5 November 2026 (UTC)