On this traditional day of reflection and thanks, it is only fitting that I give thanks to the many many people who have made WUWT what it is today, and helped me personally.
From memory (which is of course imperfect, so I have likely missed dozens if not hundreds) I offer my thanks to these people.
Charles Rotter aka CTM or Charles the Moderator Charles gets a special place all by himself at the top, for reasons to numerous to mention, but also because he has kept WUWT going over the last year after I went into survival mode after the disastrous camp fire in Paradise. I’m about to come out of that, read on.
Mark Steyn, Melissa Howe, Andrew Lawton, Steve McIntyre, Ross McKitrick, Richard Lindzen, Willis Eschenbach, Christopher Monckton, Roger Pielke Sr., Roy Spencer, John Christy, Patrick Moore, Judith Curry, Evan Jones, Eric Worrall, Harold Ambler, David Middleton, Bob Tisdale, Chris Horner, Joseph Bast, Sterling Burnett, Robert E. Phelan (REP) (deceased), Thomas P., Mike L., Mike J., Andy C., Verity J., Lee K., Robert C., Keith B., James Taylor, Jim Lakely, Keely Drukala, Andrew Singer, Nikki Comerford, Frank Lasee, Malon W., Kennneth P., Jennifer Marohasy, Peter Ridd, Andrew Bolt, Jo Nova, David Archibald, Malcolm Roberts, Andrew Montford, Josh Gifford, Benny Peiser, Marc Morano, Pierre Gosselin, Ryan Maue, Paul Matthews, Tom Nelson, Chris Martz, Mike Smith, Marcel Crok, Mike Bastasch, Barry Woods, Richard Drake, Nic Lewis, David Rose, John Coleman (deceased), Joe D’Aleo, Chris Bortz, Mike Jonas, Jimmy Haigh, David Little, Mike Wolcott, Dino Corbin, and Rick Anderson.
I’m sure I’ve missed several people. Apologies.
Last, and most certainly least, is Michael Mann, who has done more to create readers and climate skeptics than anyone I know.
Now, the news:
After a year of mostly being on Hiatus, I’m coming back to regular daily operations in January 2020. There will be an announcement forthcoming related to that and to the larger news that enables me to spend much more time at WUWT than ever before. This will include some plans for expansion, as well as some significant changes about how we operate.
One change will affect our readers, and make for a better reading and commenting experience overall.
One of the biggest problems we’ve had is with trolls that use fake names, fake emails, and fake connections (proxys) to threadbomb. One in particular in Oregon has bragged about it, one in Canada made threats, and I called the police on him.
And, it keeps happening; some people who are narcissistic mann-equins think they are entitled to do it, because they are holier-than-thou defenders of the planet or something. Some of these same people also impersonate other commenters here. We’ve stopped them all (at least we think we have). But, we need better tools to detect and stop this.
So, around the first of the year, WUWT will no longer be an open commenting system, it will require registration to comment. Many, many, websites that allow comments require this, and it has become clear to me, that we need to go that direction too. Doing so will help keep the quality of conversation elevated, and will only require a one-time registration that will take about two minutes to complete. It will stop the trolls, the impersonators, and the drive-bys and give us a tool for enforcing our commenting policy. It will also ease moderation duties. Reading content will still be publicly available as I abhor paywalls.
And there will be other changes, including better search, better commenting tools, and an expanded reference section drawing from the WUWT archives that will be suitable for sharing.
The plan is simple: A rising tide lifts all boats, where the “boats” is climate skepticism worldwide.
Thank you, all of you. My sincerest best wishes.
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Happy thanks giving and thanks for WUWT. Hope next year is better for you.
BTW I was having a CA discussion in the UK last night, with an American, and pointed out California was so inhospitable the early Russian settlers in Sonoma gave up and went away. Leaving the Russian River legacy.
Not sure that’s true, the people at the (California) “Old Faithful” at Calistoga who told that story also told us the old faithful Geyser was the largest on West coast, later I noted there were competitors, and their’s only managed a somewhat pathetic/apologetic squirt that the fire brigade wouldn’t value, although it was said to have some use predicting earthquakes by changing its periodicity….allegedly. But only recognised after the event. So much BS its hard to separate the facts from the fiction. But it seems the Russians colonised it first, well first after the rightful owners they infected to death, that is. Before quitting. Sound familiar? Happy Thanksgiving!
I first visited this site as an outright warmanista looking how to argue with deniers.
Instead you all have changed my mind and thank you all for it.
The free discussion has been invaluable to my understanding.
Best website Evah!!!
Thank you, Dano, for the encouragement!
Thanx AW & I welcome a more structured comment section. As for the site’s content, it is why I
visit daily.
DC
“The plan is simple: A rising tide lifts all boats, where the “boats” is climate skepticism worldwide.“
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Thanks to CTM and all who have helped make this a great site. Using your description of Mann not all trolling is counter productive though it can be nasty. It is a badge of honour to have so many as it shows your messages are getting across in a big way.
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The main message is the dignity and respect that most commentators have here because you show these traits to people who comment here. Something missing in many other sites where I try to comment.
Keep up the good fight.
May God bless you and yours, Anthony, and your whole stellar WUWT team! Happy Thanksgiving!
I couldn’t have said it better and completely agree.
+100
I’m actually looking forward to having to have an account to comment on WUWT. It’s been a minor (very minor, but still…) annoyance to have to give a name and email every time I comment on here — only because I can’t remember what name and e-mail I used last time (don’t want to use my full given name), so I keep using different names and one of three different public, non-personal email addresses I maintain. It’s even caused some confusion because apparently one of the names I was using was the same as another frequent WUWT commenter causing him to switch up his. Who knows, maybe getting rid of this annoyance might encourage me to be more active on the site.
As an ex-East and now adopted West European, although I am aware of the Thanksgiving Day but not fully familiar with historical etc stuff, my thanks go to ‘the glory of the god and the global warming’ in that order.
In the last two days there were number of articles about England & Wales winter deaths.
“There were an estimated 23,200 excess winter deaths in England and Wales in 2018-19 – the lowest recorded since winter 2013-14, figures show…….
The data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), published on Wednesday, also showed that respiratory diseases continued to be the leading cause of excess winter deaths.”
Despite progress in medicine, homes thermal insulation and gas central heating installations credit for the reduced number of the winter deaths undoubtedly goes to the rising winter temperatures
As this graph conclusively proves that to be so
http://www.vukcevic.co.uk/CET-ExD.htm
vukcevic November 28, 2019 at 1:17 pm
(…)
Despite progress in medicine, homes thermal insulation and gas central heating installations credit for the reduced number of the winter deaths undoubtedly goes to the rising winter temperatures
As this graph conclusively proves that to be so
The reduction in excess winter deaths also follows closely the reduction in percent who smoke.
Hi MA
Reduction in smoking is due to rise in the winters’ global temperatures; ex smokers don’t have to inhale hot poisonous tobacco gasses to keep themselves warm on a cold winter day /sarc
Many many thanks Anthony for the fantastic job you have done over the years, at considerable expense and personal expense to yourself. The world is a better place thanks to your efforts, and I feel that the much-awaited tipping point is not too far away now – but it’s not one that those who rabbit on about tipping-points will like.
One of the ways in which WUWT, and Jo Nova in Australia, are so valuable, is in keeping us up to date with all issues. When I get into conversation with an alarmee, it might start with Polar Bears starving, but if I point out that the Polar Bears are thriving, the conversation switches to the Great Barrier Reef, droughts, floods, storms, walruses, sea level, wind farms, coal production, ocean acidification, and goodness knows what else. I’m expected to know all about all of them.
Thanks to WUWT, at least I know where to find information quickly, and the all-important source documents.
Thanks Mike, you should be on the list too
Many, many thanks for your WUWT, how enlightening and educational about climate realities. I just hope that more Swedes discover your website as counter-remedy against the “politically correct” ignorant who dominate the discussion and information here
I vote for a “Nom de guerre” feature. After all, it is a war for the future of reasonable public policy.
Happy Thanksgiving Anthony (from a Canadian who was thankful first) 😉
Also, many thanks to those down-under, from Canadians who are up-over 😉
Many thanks to those in the old world, from the new world.
This is a very important site.
Register-no problem. Happy Thanksgiving Anthony-I know more than a few affected by the Camp Fire and others. firefighting Industry and civilians alike.,
TG McCoy
I hope that many who are true believers in a climate crisis register and post honestly under their own name/handle. It is awesome to have a family of like-minded people to converse with, but it is more interesting of there is diversity of thought. Trolls we don/t need, but discussion, even arguing, can be the spice of life.
Thank you, Anthony, and CTM and all contributors. I am in gratitude this day and every day! May God bless you all!
All of us understand the danger of prediction particularly in the long term. Regardless I will make a prediction. It is that your dedication to this cause, and your bravery in facing the zealous doomsayers, will in time become the stuff of legend. Many thanks for all that you have done, and continue to do.
From one of your many grateful (and, now, better informed) readers in the UK, thank you for creating this terrific resource and a beacon for honest, objective science. Had a brief moment of glory when a story I contributed hit the front page here at WUWT some years ago. Mainly, I am an avid reader if articles here, following up the links and occasionally commenting.
Looking forward to registering and being part of a glorious new chapter of the world’s best science blog.
Happy Thanksgiving to Anthony and all the team at WUWT (best site on the web), especially Charles the Moderate who has kept the ship on course for so long. Registration for comments is a good thing and will be no problem for genuine contributors.
I’m so proud to have been part of this world class blog site. It has helped me help others seek truth rather than confirm bias.
I note there are both long-time and new readers commenting on this post.
We got a DSL connection in September 2008 so that is when I started. I helped with one of the weather station reports, have made a few comments (useful, I trust), and last year actually did a post (thanks ctm, for the help).
I want to mention David Middleton, a relatively recent contributor to WUWT, and also Bob Tisdale, more active here a few years ago. Not to slight others, but I have learned much from these two.
And, where is Janice? Hi there.
SEARCH
Newer readers can benefit greatly by searching, and simply going back and reading forward.
Better search should encourage more.
Thanks Anthony.
& best to y’all
Hi, John,
How kind of you to mention me. You have been my gallant encouraged from the beginning (for me, April, 2013).
****”You know things. Share.”****
Thank you for that. And, even more, for the John Milton, “They also serve who only stand and wait.” Still waiting… for such a long time…
It is more difficult for me to access the internet, now that I am living without wifi and in pretty tough circumstances.
Also, WUWT has become a much less pleasant place to be with the always-into-moderation, often long, comment delay (along with the marked lukewarm atmosphere).
I haven’t forgotten ANY of YOU, even if , as it is clear, some have forgotten me (I am in good company as to that, though, also forgotten were R. A. Cook and D. B. Stealey…).
HAPPY THANKSGIVING to you all (even you who have forgotten).
John, I hope you and Nancy are well, keeping warm, and are full of joy as you revel in good music, the beauties of our lovely state, and each others’ loving company.
And, to you newcomers, please see the above 2013 quote from John to me and KEEP ON SHARING! 🙂
Take care,
Janice
(gone, but not, as it turned out, forgotten … lololol)
P.S. If you see this, Richard Courtney, still praying for you…
“encouragER”
Hi
Nice to hear from you.
Hi, Vukcevic,
Nice to hear from you. 🙂
I’d like to change “stubborn” to “persistent.” Please forgive the rather negative connotation of the original appellation.
Hope all is well.
Sorry for the delayed response. For once, it wasn’t WUWT’s clunky software. I just didn’t have wifi until going to my mom’s apartment this afternoon.
Take care,
Janice
I haven’t forgotten you, either, Janice. I still see the encouraging post you left at my DDP video site — there when needed, and still in my friendly regard. 🙂
Cool! 🙂
You deserve MUCH appreciation (more than you have yet received…) for your EXCELLENT work promoting CO2 truth.
Take care.
Janice
Hi Janice 🙂 Long time, no see. Glad to see you are still alive and kicking. I still feel a small sense of pride in having appeared in your awesome “Anthology” back in 2016.
A very Happy Thanksgiving to you. You are not forgotten.
Luc
Aw, Luc. Thank you. Very glad to see that you are still with us. Heh, you are too bright to forget me (smile). Thank you for the kind wishes.
Sorry for the long delay in responding — no wifi where I live, now.
I hope all is well with you.
Take care, over there (and, I haven’t given up hope for you — I have been praying you would believe ever since we first talked about it… ),
Your friend in America,
Janice
To find the Janice’s compendium google “wuwt-the-battle-for-science-the-first-ten-years”,
in which I was described as ‘sweet-natured-but-stubborn Vukcevic’
hopefully I have not changed much since.
THANK YOU, Vuk! I have been sort of sad that there is no link/mention of that anthology anywhere on WUWT’s home page (not in “About” either). I thought it would be a neat thing for people to easily access. I was mistaken, apparently.
You made my week by telling people how to find that month’s-long effort! 🙂
I AM POSTING IN REAL TIME, NOW!!
COOL! 🙂
Richard Courtney is still with us but not quite as capable as he was. Certainly less mobile.
Missed you too, Janice. Even though we have disagreed quite strongly some times.
Personally, I have tried to avoid commenting so much as the site has become more politically right-wing and not quite so welcoming to people like me. Would you elabourate on why you have stepped back a little? It won’t be the same reason.
Dear Matt,
Thank you, so much, for reaching out to me. I had the honor of “talking with” your dad, here, about a month (?) ago. He found me on a thread somewhere (I forget where). He encouraged me to keep on commenting and mentioned that he is doing fairly well, but his medication makes him sleepy. It was so good to “see” him.
For the past 3 years or so, WUWT has become much more supportive of the lukewarm viewpoint, often at the expense of truth and data-driven science. That atmosphere is very unpleasant to me. I’ve commented a few times about it — use “swamp” to google for them (heh). Also, the always-into-moderation comment delay and the inability to post videos and images (I so LOVED doing that) made me kind of sad. Finally, no wifi and very difficult living circumstances for the past 14 months have made commenting difficult.
I understand your not wanting to hang out with us “conservatives.” We need your voice, though, Matt. Do try to bear with what you find unpleasant at times. Perhaps, it might help you to recall that in the U.S., it is, these days, it is the “conservatives” who are promoting data-driven science and other policy. The “liberals” over here peddle in fake science/propaganda on “climate change”/”renewables” issues (the solar, wind, electric/hybrid vehicle and like sc@mmers have made the “liberals” (mostly Democr@ts, here) their party of choice). Their BIG MONEY donations to such candidates are almost solely promote the “renewables” sc@m in which they have invested millions of their money (but, can’t recoup their investment with out OPM). Thus, many of us, to promote truth in science, loudly support Republicans such as Donald Trump. It is part-and-parcel of supporting data-driven policy (in this country).
To try to make you feel more like hanging out, here, I, personally, will try to be careful to limit how much I mention my pro-free markets/private property, purely political views.
We (you and I and ALL of the non-trolls, here, I think) are UNITED FOR DATA-DRIVEN SCIENCE! 🙂
I hope that Advent is a beautiful, meaningful, and joyful, season for you (and your wife and father) this year. And, given that you, too, enjoy this composer’s music (“can’t believe it’s Rutter” (smile)), here is one of my favorite John Rutter Christmas tunes:
Candlelight Carol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbudPRPrFWI
Take care,
Janice
In addition to the local search function, many reader will remember my summaries of posts sorted by month and category. They went away in WordPress’s excess embrace of https, but are back, sort of. Anthony manged to miss my and ctm’s mail about it, looks like I’ll have a better chance soon.
In the meantime, a new URL that WP likes, is https://4castwidgets.intelliweather.net/enso/guide/
BTW, I expect to [partially?] retire next spring, so I’ll have more time to spend here myself.
This reader remembers, Ric. You added MUCH value to WUWT with your list and in many other ways, too.
WUWT got really, REALLY, messed up a couple years ago (or so, forgot when exactly).
No satisfactory explanation. Just. Messed. Up. And left that way. Shrug.
You and the many other loyal, erudite, witty, gallant, brilliant, commenters deserve better after so many years of support for WUWT.
CONGRATULATIONS (in advance) on retirement. (along with condolences, or, should that be another congratulations? on your divorce — for me, that was a mixed blessing. Sad that what I hoped for never came to be, VERY glad to be off the “Hope-Devastation Roller Coaster).
If I ever get “back to normal,” I will look forward to seeing you (and everyone else) around here.
Best wishes,
Janice
P.S. Can you tell me how to get an image or a video to post? I used to just paste in the youtube link and, voila, the video “contol window” with a still image and the “play” arrow OR the image would post. I was sort of good at that….. before things changed around here. The old method of making sure the image was a .jpg or other acceptable format just doesn’t work, now.
Thank you (if you ever get time to answer).
I believe (one of my tasks here is to know – I’ve been falling down on the job) that the shift to Pressable left that feature behind. Yes, very aggravating.
The comments you see with images are from people with privileges to post articles to WUWT. That privilege comes with a few handy other features.
Good to see you!
“Mixed blessing” is a pretty good term for my divorce, though it sounds like things were easier for me. Big hit in net worth, but decent job, daughters are doing well, and I’ve gotten support from them and even in-laws. Could have been much worse in many ways.
Thank you for your responses, Ric.
Glad things are going so well for you.
Take care.
Erudite comments from R.G. Brown and George E. Smith made great contribution to this blog, regretfully not seen here for some time, I hope that both gentlemen are well.
Happy Thanksgiving and a Merry Xmas to you and all here at WUWT, Anthony! The most informative site with the best and most humorous comments section. Looking forward to an even better New Year!
Save the biosphere, CO2 to 1,000ppm! Trump 2020!
I’ll second that!
Me and my amygdala give thanks.
Anthony
You’ve done a great job over the years, look forward to the changes
Tonyb
I would like to add my thanks to you Anthony and to Charles and to all the guest bloggers and great commenters and to anyone else that keeps this site going. What a resource for learning it is! Even when I’m on the road in the truck I always check it out on my phone as I am sitting at a dock waiting to be unloaded or after the days driving shift when I’m in the sleeper. Here at home on the computer I will check it out several times a day. Keep up the great work!
Anthony, thanks for starting and keeping the site running. It has excited me and made me revisit math, statistics, and measurement techniques I had put aside for a number of years.
I for one am very grateful.
The ruse of impersonating others seems to be common recently. Someone gained access to my password at another site and made comments that I would not approve of. There are issues with moderation so every attempt to politely distance myself from the views that never should have passed moderation was rejected.
Surely people must realise that if they need to resort to such behaviour to win an argument that their position is not that to robust.
Well done Anthony, CTM, DM and other stalwarts.
It has been valuable to have a fairly consistent view from WUWT over the years to counter the poor science of The Establishment.
If I may, a suggestion about those raising the issue or blogging under a real name. I was one of the earliest WUWT bloggers. I have always used my real name. I do so because those who know me, or know of me, can evaluate the likely worth of my offerings, coming from a known context like my public c.v. and put it in context.
The Establishment has long been weak because of an obvious reluctance to conduct a lot of policy it is fond of discussing. Thus, we have the large conferences with high aircraft use by those who bash aircraft use as bad, and so on. Lacking the courage of convictions etc.
Those who blog here avoiding real names also lack courage. Action comes at a price, not from a comfortable armchair. So use your real name without fear or embarrassment and promote your c.v.
This was one of the key indicators of the ends of some past scares, like man made chemical cancer epidemics, with important (real) names stating a firm view that dissented from The Establishment’s. Geoff S
I used a screen name early on, but have been using my real name here for a long time. I’m a nobody, so it won’t matter one whit if my employer sees my online posts. Hell, they might even agree with me.
I want to be able to have a screen name. I won’t comment, otherwise.
Things are getting pretty capricious in the real world with people getting upset if your views are not in line with the cult.
The Constitution and the Supreme Court are on your side.
Anonymous speech provides a way to tell the truth without being lynched. If people can’t tell the truth, democracy is dead.
Jeff
My employer would have my cubicle packed up before lunch. I’m too old to find myself unemployed, and I squandered my Big Oil money while things were good. Long story, but I’d like to contribute once in awhile, and I can’t if my full name is made public. I’ve spent more than 40 years in the oil and gas industry. I’m still there, but no longer as a highly paid, absolute financial moron consultant, thinking it would last forever. I’m abreast of all oil and gas activities in Canada, and if I can contribute to WUWT in any way, I will. But not with my full name out there.
Thanks sooooooooo much !