User talk:Lnc2005

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Hey! I noticed you’ve recently started contributing to the monthly U.S. tornado articles! Welcome, and thanks for jumping in. It’s always good to see new editors helping expand and maintain those pages. I did want to give you a quick rundown of some conventions we try to follow on those articles, since a chunk of your entries needed minor cleanup. This is totally normal when getting used to the format as it took me a bit to acclimate as well.

One big thing to be mindful of is the summaries. Copying text directly from NWS damage surveys or PNSs isn’t allowed, since that falls under copyright. Instead, we rewrite the information in our own words while still using the PNS or DAT as the source. The focus is usually on damage, with more detailed track information only for longer-track tornadoes. For locations, we generally avoid local road names. The articles stick to Numbered highways in the United States, U.S. highways, and interstates. If a county road or local street is mentioned in a survey, it’s usually best to generalize (e.g., “a county highway” or “a local road”) or leave it out altogether.

Another thing to watch for is the locations portion of the table. We try to avoid listing communities or places that don’t have existing Wikipedia articles. Instead, we usually link the nearest town or city that does have an article. For example, a recent entry of yours listed the community of Enterprise, Louisiana, which doesn’t have its own page; in cases like that, we’d typically use a nearby town such as Crowley, Louisiana, which does have an article. I often go back and adjust these when they come up, but keeping this in mind going forward will help keep things consistent.

As for sourcing PNSs, the format I use and personally recommend you use is: cite report | author | title | url | publisher | date | access-date

When a single PNS confirms multiple tornadoes, I name the reference using the office abbreviation plus “sum” so it’s easier to track (instead of :0, :1, etc.).

There are a few other smaller formatting quirks you’ll pick up naturally as you go. If you ever have questions or want clarification on something, feel free to ask. I’m looking forward to seeing your edits continue to improve as you get more comfortable! Thank you! Timcigar12 (talk) 00:32, 16 February 2026 (UTC)

This is super helpful, thanks! Lnc2005 (talk) 00:35, 16 February 2026 (UTC)