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General questions
What is the Hypothetical Hurricanes Wiki?
- See also: Hypothetical Hurricanes Wiki:About
- The Hypothetical Hurricanes Wiki (HHW) is a freely editable database of hypothetical tropical cyclones (e.g. hurricanes, typhoons, etc.) and their seasons.
Who owns the Hypothetical Hurricanes Wiki?
- The Hypothetical Hurricanes Wiki is hosted on Fandom, a free wiki hosting service. Fandom generates revenue from advertisements on the site and is responsible for addressing technical issues.
- All content on this wiki is licensed under CC-BY-SA, meaning it's not "owned" by someone in the traditional sense, as the content here can be re-used, downloaded, or forked, as long as attribution is granted. While the wiki is led by a group of moderators, they don't "own" the wiki or its content as well.
When was the Hypothetical Hurricanes Wiki created?
- The Hypothetical Hurricanes Wiki initially started as a mini-wiki on Scratchpad in November 2006, before Sjmaven1993 created a wiki for it in order to store his own hypothetical hurricane seasons. Since then, the wiki has had over a thousand editors, over 15,000 pages and more than 500,000 edits in total.
Editing questions
What can I use to make tracks?
- We generally recommend a modern, free-to-use graphics editor such as Paint.NET or GIMP to make tracks on. Alternatively, Windows users can use MS Paint by following Ryne's video guide.
How can I make a hurricane season?
- There's this guide here that can help you write your own season and storms.
What templates are recommended to use when making articles?
- They are:
- Template:Infobox tropical cyclone small for storm sections on season articles;
- Template:Infobox weather event for individual storm articles;
- Template:Infobox tropical cyclone season for season articles.