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I've nominated the Mount Edziza volcanic complex article for a peer review; comments can be left here. Volcanoguy 04:51, 28 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Still looking for feedback on this peer review. Volcanoguy 17:11, 16 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Help:Elevation is a guide to using wikitext to display elevation. Yours aye,  Buaidh  talk e-mail 23:22, 10 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

This large list compiled from an external database by a now-inactive editor needs attention. See Wikipedia talk:WikiProject_Lancashire and Cumbria#Problems with List of Wainwrights if you are interested. Thanks in advance for any help! PamD 21:35, 12 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The redirect Annapurna Massif was retargetted from Annapurna (mountain range) to Anapurna, by @Lizthegrey: with the edit summary "massif = the principal peak itself, not the range"; I reverted it, on the basis that the article on the range starts "Annapurna is a massif ..." while the article on the mountain starts "Annapurna is a mountain ...".

But looking at Massif, I see that Annapurna is listed, rather than Annapurna (mountain range).

So, which is the massif, and thus where should Annapurna Massif redirect to?

Some expert in mountain nomenclature might want to comment or sort it out. I'm out of my depth - I know more about Wainwright's outlying fells. PamD 18:15, 13 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hah yeah that threw me because the Massif article lede says "In mountaineering literature, a massif is frequently used to denote the main mass of an individual mountain". I think I might actually have been wrong here, and Massif should list Annapurna (mountain range) and my redirect change should be undone. lizthegrey (talk) 18:47, 13 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

There is the Annapurna mountain range which consists of 30 mountains/peaks above 6,000 m including Annapurna I (aka Annapurna), II, III, IV. Normally, massif is used to denote the entire mass of a single mountain which is comprised of multiple peaks. However, the entire Annapurna mountain range is currently described as a massif, which is not the normal usage of massif, at least when I have seen it used. I think describing the entire mountain range as one massif is incorrect or at a minimum leads to confusion but redirecting Annapurna Massif to Annapurna could also be considered incorrect since Annapurna II, III and IV are classified as separate peaks. RedWolf (talk) 21:18, 14 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Recently, I have begun to add the coordinates column to the list of mountains given on mountain range pages along with using ((GeoGroup)) to display a map of all the listed mountains on OpenStreetMap. Rather than copy the coordinates from each article page, I have instead used ((Wikidata)) to extract the coordinates from Wikidata. However, I ran into an issue when viewing the OpenStreetMap page. On the page's left hand side, it displays a list of links that can be clicked to highlight that particular coordinate on the map. The problem is that it would display an ordinal number as the the coordinate's title rather than the actual mountain/peak name. Unfortunately, ((Wikidata)) currently has no way to pass the title. Also, this template is actually a wrapper for Module:Wd and changes would have to be made to this LUA module. I posted the issue on Module talk:Wd but no one appears to be willing (although perhaps more likely that anyone knowledgeable to make the changes has not noticed the request) to add title support to the module. I only have beginner knowledge of LUA so am reluctant to modify the module. So, I have created Module:Titled_coords and its wrapper template ((Titled_coords)) to add the title to coordinates from Wikidata. I have so far updated Misty Range and Bow Range to use the new template. RedWolf (talk) 22:29, 20 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Sakurajima has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 01:27, 30 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I’m new here and wanted to inquire about joining this WikiProject. Thank you. A Proud Alabamian (talk) 06:24, 16 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Greetings. All you need to do is to add your name to the section and edit away. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 12:53, 16 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! A Proud Alabamian (talk) 00:19, 17 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Burkhan Khaldun has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 14:06, 19 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Santa Cueva de Montserrat#Requested move 18 February 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 23:35, 18 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Seeking some advice here before I go ahead and edit ~50 articles; I am a new editor to mountain topics. I am currently improving the various articles related to the Adirondack High Peaks and don't have a satisfactory answer for handling the elevations and other geographic information on the mountains. Only one of the peaks, Marcy, has an NGS data sheet available online. I wish to avoid using peakbagger.com, due to its questionable status as a reliable source. The WikiProject guideline recommends using NAD88 elevations, but I have not found such a list in other sources. The Adirondack 46ers website lists the peaks, but provides no source. GNIS provides significantly different elevations for many of the mountains from both peakbagger.com and other lists, and I do not trust it. The most reliable source I can find is a list compiled by the Adirondack Mountain Club in the 1980s for the High peaks Trails guide book, which is regularly revised and reprinted for hikers. I own the 2023 edition; the 2004 edition can be viewed here on page 268. This list was based on photogrammetry surveys in the 1950s, which are NAD29 elevations, but the list has been reprinted in other reliable sources, such as Laura and Guy Waterman's book Forest and Crag (page 674). The club does not believe that more recent surveys of the peaks have been accurate, and I am inclined to use their list, unless there is a reason to avoid it for another. Rocfan275 (talk) 01:20, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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