Talk:2006 Atlantic hurricane season/Misc

message: So wait, what's this about Gary Padgett? I essentially stopped coming to this page because of the constant fantasizing over random clouds, it'd be nice to come back, I didn't know AOIs had been moved to a subpage. --Golbez 15:40, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Replied to on IRC. Chacor 15:50, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

text: Well, that's obviously annoying. I mean, every tropical wave which comes off the coast of Africa seems to be hyped up as the next Hurricane Allen. However, I think bob's point is that some people are getting worked up over nothing i.e. realistic predictionary comments, which have long existed on Wikipedia without getting in the way of progress. I mean, we've never had a problem with this before have we? So it shouldn't be a problem now. Pobbie Rarr 15:50, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: By "long on Wikipedia" you mean since the middle of last season? I don't think we had any of this AOI stuff before Katrina appeared. And if it forced away good editors like myself (toot toot) then it was getting in the way of progress. --Golbez 15:52, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, I haven't been on here that long myself (though I had been lurking for quite a while). Nevertheless, I've come across older discussions on some of the talk pages (like Hurricane Ivan's) and much of that arguably didn't contribute to the article. But it hardly got in the way either. Don't get me wrong, too much is definitely detrimental but I don't think the present discussions have come to that. Of course, opinions on where to draw the line differ (you obviously seem to think it has been crossed). (BTW I don't see much point in archiving the AOI discussion anyway - why can't we just delete it?) Pobbie Rarr 16:02, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I, personally, disagree with deleting it (after all, and INVEST is only an "area of interest" too), and as you'll notice I voted keep on the deletion debates. After all, what would we do with the AoI sections of the storms that did go on to become invests (for example, the AoI section of Tropical Storm Chris)...would we just delete those, too? I still think they can provide interesting discussion for that blob in the Atlantic (after all, all storms start out as just another blob in the Atlantic; although I'll admit that it still gets out of hand there sometimes). Also note, however, that I would not be too upset if they were deleted; I just don't see any reason for them to be (although it looks like it's not going to make it through the deletion votes alive). bob rulz 16:45, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

text: Well, ideally this discussion should be held on the WikiProject talk page, however by being here the people who care most about it will see it. When we get a resolution, this will be archived to an appropriate location.--Nilfanion (talk) 19:26, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree to that. I just want to see a quick consensus on this issue rather than dragging it on until it reaches WP:LAME proportions. Pobbie Rarr 01:45, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It reached WP:LAME proportions long ago Cryomaniac 19:21, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm confused, what happened to the AoIs???? Did some selfish [person] finally remove them? (wanted to use a more appropriate word in the [] but I know people would be like, "OMFG U VIOLATED TEH RULEZZ U SHUUD BE BANED!!!1".) Honestly, this board [stinks really bad] now. It has been going waaaaay downhill ever since some [not cool person] split the talk pages, the people here are [totally not smart] and I think they should all [      ]!!!!!! Seriously, whoever did this, are you a Communist? Do you not like Freedom of Speech? You've driven sooooo many people away from here already, and even I barely come here anymore because it [stinks bigtime] and the people left are all so [  ]. Just Change it back to how it was last year, and it will be a much more pleasant place for everyone, not to mention way more active. If you dont, then [             ]! -Winter123 05:29, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: They were deleted through WP:MFD. Chacor 05:53, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
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