User:Hurricane Wind and Fire

Current focus: AfC reviewing for the August 2026 backlog drive, write new articles.

To do:

• Crystal Peak Fire (i was halfway done but a family member closed the tab:( )
• Big Grass Fire
• Bench Fire
• Lower Dry Creek Fire
• Belli Ranch Fire
• Acorn Fire
• Waterfall Fire
• Andrew Fire (2004)
• Virginia Mountains Complex Fire

Maybe:

• Ray May Fire
• Cannon Fire
• Conner Fire (probably not but I'll do some digging)

Expand:

• Chelan Hills Fire
• Perry Fire

Hello! I'm Hurricane Wind and Fire! I am fascinated by wildfires, tropical cyclones, anything related to the Sierra Nevada region, and geography. I have other interests in locations in the Western United States, especially ghost towns, a mild interest in aviation, Earth science, and federal U.S. politics (but try to refrain from bias or spreading my opinion). Outside of Wikipedia, I play soccer (or whatever the probably sane other 99% of the world calls it), pickleball and table tennis. I started participating in AfC and NPP after a very nice user inspired me after they reviewed some of my first drafts.

I started reading Wikipedia much more around the middle of 2021, but I did not create my account until December 31, 2024. I made several edits that night, and I started a draft on the Davis Fire on January 4, 2025. I enjoy editing Wikipedia on any device I can get my hands on (albeit PC, laptop, iPad, phone, etc.).

I try being civil and polite to people I meet in real life and on-wiki. If you are having a dispute with me, I will try to be professional and not say anything rude or personal. If you feel I have been uncivil or have made a personal comment, let me know on my talk page.

I like adding the season background and summary to wildfire list articles. Additionally, I like creating their talk pages with the WikiProjects and grades. I like recruiting members to WikiProject Wildfire, and this has been successful for two editors. I update wildfire season articles, normally adding wildfires and updating acreage and containment, and write wildfire articles over periods of two or three days, typically on weekends when I have more time.

• User:Hurricane Wind and Fire/List of Nevada wildfires
• User:Hurricane Wind and Fire/List of Utah wildfires
• User:Hurricane Wind and Fire/sandbox

• User:Hurricane Wind and Fire/Why did I decline your draft?
• User:Hurricane Wind and Fire/Wildfire article

• User:Hurricane Wind and Fire/Guestbook
• User:Hurricane Wind and Fire/AfC log

Normally, when an new wildfire starts and is either a. Large, or b. Takes place in a populated area, it is immediately given an article. Many of these articles aren't updated over time, and are left unkept and are shown as "still active" weeks or months later. That's why I submit drafts through AfC. I don't have time to write an adequate article in one shot, and even then, I'm not very good at assessing articles not obvious stubs. I prefer developing articles on their own time, but sometimes it might take a bit too long. For example, I started the Davis Fire draft on January 4, and it wasn't submitted until June 15, 2025 (and it wasn't even me!).

Navigational boxes, commonly referred to as navboxes, such as Template:2025 wildfires, are some of the most important templates that can be used for wildfire articles. Many wildfire articles would only have one or two links appear to them, otherwise. While not immediately visible, navboxes can link together over fifty articles to each other, if used on every page that would fit in that category. When creating a new wildfire article, I like when people add a link to that article to the navbox itself so the article is not an orphan.

Oftentimes, a new editor may leave the project if their first interaction with another editor is not positive. This is why I believe new users should be welcomed after making a couple edits. While adding a template is a good idea to provide links, it is the best to write a message on your own that includes an explicit link to your talk page or a certain WikiProject the user may be interested in.

Yeah, these are (削除) pretty unorganized, (削除ここまで) very organized (削除) but I don't know how to fix them (削除ここまで) and I am a trained professional in userbox organization.^{[non-primary source needed ]}

• Male Wikipedians
• Wikipedians in the Welcoming Committee
• WikiProject Nevada participants
• Wikipedians interested in Nevada
• WikiProject Utah participants
• Wikipedians interested in Utah
• WikiProject Ghost towns participants
• WikiProject Aviation participants
• Wikipedians interested in aviation
• WikiProject Wildfire participants
• WikiProject Firefighting participants
• WikiProject Tropical cyclones participants
• Wikipedians interested in astronomy
• Wikipedians interested in meteorology
• Wikipedian table tennis players
• Wikipedian footballers
• Wikipedian pickleball players
• Wikipedian clarinetists
• Wikipedian clarinetists-2