User blog:Bobnekaro/NUC classification changes for usercanes beginning January 1, 2017

Effective January 1, 2017 at 00:00 UTC, the NUC is going to introduce some changes to the way it classifies its usercanes.

The 5/10 Rule Is Now The 25/40 Rule
For the 2016 usercane season and earlier, a user required just 5 edits to be designated a Tropical Depression and 10 edits to be designated a Tropical Storm. Beginning at 00:00 UTC on January 1, 2017, users will now need 25 edits to be designated a Tropical Userpression (30 edits for a 25-knot Tropical Userpression and 35 edits for a 30-knot Tropical Userpression), and 40 edits to be designated a 35-knot Tropical Userstorm (60 edits for a 40-knot Tropical Userstorm and 80 edits for a 45-knot Tropical Userstorm). The edit activity must occur on at least two separate days in the previous 7-day period for advisories to be initiated, except in the case when a user makes 80 edits or more. Advisories are updated on Friday evenings, and special advisories will not be initiated on a new storm unless the user has at least 80 edits or already attains autopatrolled user rights (see below).

Automatic Advisory Initiation
If a user acquires 80 edits, regardless of how persistent the edit activity is, we believe the activity is significant enough for advisories to be initiated on a 45-knot Tropical Userstorm*. If a new user acquires autopatrolled user rights, regardless of how many edits the user has, the NUC will immediately initiate advisories on a 50-knot Severe Tropical Userstorm*.

“Hurricanes” are now officially “Usercanes” – Changes In Naming Convention
A “usercane” is now the official term for all storms classified by the National Usercane Center with rights of chat moderator or higher. A user without chat moderator rights are higher is referred to as a “Tropical Userstorm.” A user that has not yet attained 40 edits but has more than 25 edits will be referred to as a “Tropical Userpression.” Autopatrolled users will now be known as a “Severe Tropical Userstorm,” a new classification category that will be introduced by the NUC in the 2017 season that was already used by many other usercane centers including the HTMC and ICON.