Template talk:Deadliest tornadoes by state

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[edit] Listing of states with no deaths

It doesn't make sense. The name of the template is "Deadliest tornadoes or outbreaks by state", so it should omit states which have recorded no deadly tornadoes. I am going to remove them again. Please hold discussion here (since the main contributors besides me appear to not have an account) -RunningOnBrains 00:54, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Another issue

Why is it tornadoes or outbreaks? Shouldn't it be either/or? This really isn't an encyclopedic format for a template.-RunningOnBrains 22:36, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

I'd agree there are a couple issues here.
  • How do you know if the state you're looking at was one tornado or an outbreak?
  • Was does "Worst" mean? Deadliest? Costliest? Highest on the Fujita Scale? Most number of tornado touchdowns? Something else? Worst is way too vague of a description.
IMO, the template should be reverted back to this revision. As it stands right now, a person who read this teamplate for the first time would walk away with very little concrete information. WxGopher (talk) 19:31, 2 June 2008 (UTC)