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That wording looks great! I don't think we'd even need to program in a second parameter to add it because the new wording is pretty neutral. Although I would probably change "a specific location" to "your location" because I doubt "your local weather service" in
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Personally, I think it would be a good idea to link to the advisories for weather events like a hurricane or tropical storm. Not only would we be saying "Hey, don't use us to get current information," but also "Use this instead." Whoever said it's an important piece of information in the original
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Hold on. I think we need more of a consensus in order to make the change, regardless of what the outcome of the last discussion was. I know you're an admin, and you have probably already done this, but have you posted about this discussion to relevant WikiProject talk pages?
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