User blog comment:StevDev/Vision for 2020, planned design changes/@comment-4074533-20200101232343/@comment-31640413-20200102010008

OMG, you're back after 3 years?! I thought you forgot all about this wiki! 😮 I'm really happy to see you somehow came back, I really missed you!!

My response to your bullets -
 * That's a fair assumption, I've been busier myself in recent years. Oftentimes responsibilities, job-searching, and other things can get in the way of activity, but I still find time during the least busiest times of the day to post here. I've been a bit less busy lately due to the holidays.
 * I missed your expertise and your very detailed posts about storms. I would love for you to post as frequently as you can during the times when you're the least busy.
 * Discord is an app that features what I can describe as a better version of Wikia chat with more features, such as voice chat and the ability to make different channels for chatting (like a general channel to talk about the usual, an off-topic channel to talk about unrelated things, etc.) I'm a bit surprised you haven't heard of or used Discord because so many people use it nowadays to chat about anything. However, I'm also quite unfamiliar with IRC.
 * Yep, the main page can only be edited by admins or above. Since I now have the right I was able to update the storm names section.
 * If we worked as a group to gradually add and expand articles, and more users joined this wiki to help, it should be possible to turn this into a nice comprehensive guide for tropical cyclones. Similar to how Wikipedia and other fandoms with more of a focus on article creation came to be. It would be easier to copy at least some content from Wikipedia but I would also prefer adding original content with our own words.
 * I actually tweaked the logo a bit yesterday and already released it featuring a real satellite image of Dorian. See the conversation I had with Java below. The one you saw is the new logo which is certainly better than the red design I originally proposed.
 * I'm planning to make the background sort of a combo of both. Storms that meet the criteria of both strongest and most devastating will be featured. Such as Dorian and Hagibis which will certainly be included. Idai, Lekima, and Fani might also be included because they meet the criteria of both powerful and devastating. If a storm is powerful but non-impacting (like Halong) or devastating but not powerful (like Imelda), it won't be included. I plan on changing it at the end of every year (like on New Year's Eve) to feature the most notable storms of the past year.
 * As I said in the blog post, I'm going to hide all basins not producing activity behind tags so it would take up the least amount of space possible and only convey which basins are producing activity. If a basin becomes active, instead of adding the whole basin to the template, just remove the  tags and add them back when the basin goes dead. I believe separating them into basins will make it even more straightforward as to where the storms are occurring around the world. Without the separation, the only hints would be in the names - "hurricane", "typhoon", "cyclone", etc., and especially considering that basins around the world can use the same exact classification for a storm of certain intensity, e.g. "tropical storm". New users might assume that the tropical storm would be occurring in a more familiar basin such as the Atlantic instead of, say, a basin they are not familiar with such as in the Southern Hemisphere.
 * Hmm, perhaps we can remove the tags from just the "Areas to watch for development" sections (those tags are already in place for the whole template). That MIGHT make it look less overwhelming, take up less space, and give active tropical cyclones the appearance of being more important than the AOIs/invests. I'm still going to give this part a test run for 2020, if it's too overwhelming, I would be open to making it invest/PTC/disturbance-only (no AOIs) or even remove it completely if it really becomes a nuisance. I might try to find a way to make a hyperactive AOI section during peak season not look as overwhelming.
 * That makes sense, but the issue I have is that the typhoon color and headers are the same regardless of whether it's 75 mph or 190 mph. Adding the "Very Strong" and "Violent" bits would make a more powerful typhoon look more stark in the template. Even if domestic or lacking in the JMA maps, I still support adding these intensities onto the template and as headers on forums. Since these are intensity classifications the JMA uses after all. They just truly show off the storm's intensity better than the monotonous "typhoon" classification currently used regardless if it's 75 or 190 mph.
 * I was actually considering using their outlooks if JTWC doesn't have the system up. I guess I might consider using their outlooks instead of the JTWC's, and only use JTWC if the system is monitored by them but not on any other outlook. I actually have those links bookmarked already.
 * It'll still use the 48-hour color, however, I might add a note saying that it's highly likely to develop after 48 hours. For example, the Florida AOI example would say something like this: "NEAR FLORIDA (LIKELY TO DEVELOP BEYOND 48 HOURS)". I might use such a tag if the 5-day percentage is 70% or higher.

Happy New Year to you also! We've made so much memories during the 2010s decade and grew up from children to adults... it'll be sorely missed. Let's hope the 2020's decade is absolutely awesome! Again, can't believe you came back!