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== Your retirement ==
{{archive box|*[[User_Talk:Viewfinder/Archive 1]]: November 2005 – September 2006}}


Respect your decision and whatever the reasons for it, but hoping you reconsider and change your mind soon. We need you around here man. --[[User:Racerx11|<span style="color:orange;">Racer</span><span style="color:black;">X<sup>11</sup></span>]] <small>''[[User talk:Racerx11|Talk to me]]''</small>''[[Special:Contributions/Racerx11|<sup>Stalk me</sup>]]'' 10:58, 15 June 2014 (UTC)
== [[George Galloway]] ==
There is already large amounts of uncited pro-Galloway material on his page, plus a long-running cabal of editors planted their by SWP who vigorously defend it. Or are you only interested in "anti" rather than "pro" stuff? Why is that better? I am trying to offer a little balance to the Galloway fan club. I read your work ethic on your front page, and I applaud it, but the reality is that far too many pages on WP have adulatory material and this is a much bigger problem than the anti vandals. It just seems less because it's less grating. Maybe you could relax a little on political pages and go with the flow on comment, politics is all about comment and if we stack every page with hundreds of cites they get unreadable. I note that the onus from you is always on the likes of me to cite, whereas flattering material can be uncited. [[User:MarkThomas|MarkThomas]] 08:05, 18 September 2006 (UTC)


:Contact me by e-mail if necessary. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] ([[User talk:Viewfinder#top|talk]]) 16:17, 15 June 2014 (UTC)
::[[WP:BLP]] makes it clear that negative material needs to be particularly thoroughly cited. I have no objection to your addition of anti-Galloway material, but it is essential that you cite reliable sources. If you do this, then I will defend your edits. There are plenty of right-wing leaning, anti Galloway material that is considered reliable. Uncited negative material about right wing public figures should be equally mercilessly deleted, and if you need help with this against "SWP" plantations, then let me know. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] 16:54, 18 September 2006 (UTC)


::If this is the sad result of the behaviour of minor contributors or the rules of Wikipedia then there's something seriously wrong with both of them. I'm very sorry to see you go.
::I'm sure you're recent revert threat was directed at me, but in fact I was reverting numerous reversions of my <b>original edit</b> from some time ago. The Galloway praise of SH hardly needs citation for proof, it's been shown on every TV network in the world a zillion times. It can easily be cited if you really want to further break up the para flow on the initial section. I have added semiprotect to stop the newly created user harassment and called for a proper discussion repeatedly and been abused for it. [[User:MarkThomas|MarkThomas]] 17:40, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
::[[User:Qwrk|Qwrk]] ([[User talk:Qwrk|talk]]) 06:22, 16 June 2014 (UTC)


:::My withdrawal was the immediate consequence of a general purge of my internet media accounts following the excessive use of Facebook to pull strings in my life. But I have decided not to restore my Wikipedia account. My [http://viewfinderpanoramas.org site], which includes my e-mail address, is still available. The behaviour of the [[User:Farhoudk]], who made claims that are just plain wrong, was certainly not helpful. But the biased and nasty response of administrator [[User:JamesBWatson]] and his cohorts, who blocked me not my opponent despite him not me breaking 3RR, upset me considerably more. But, as an independent topographic researcher, the rules too are a problem, particularly the [[WP:OR]] rule. Even if I can put together a referenced argument in support of my claims, my edits can still be challenged as OR. My site has been used as a reference by other editors so it is evidently regarded by Wikipedians as adequately reliable. It is therefore better for me to post my research to my own site, then let others judge it before deciding whether or not to post it to Wikipedia. I will be updating my [http://viewfinderpanoramas.org/elevmisquotes.html inflated elevations page] very soon, especially the section on [[Mount Damavand]]. I hope it will be considered more reliable than unreferenced or outdated claims in outdated articles by employees of the likes of NASA and USGS. In recent times I have tended towards using Wikipedia, rather than my own site, as a platform for my own research, bending the OR rules too far in the process. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] ([[User talk:Viewfinder#top|talk]]) 10:42, 16 June 2014 (UTC)
Please read [[WP:3RR]], which states that no individual editor may perform a revert on a single article more than 3 times in 24 hours. It was enforced against me not long ago. Also the salutation of Saddam does not need to be stated in the article more than once. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] 17:47, 19 September 2006 (UTC)


:::: Sorry to see your retirement. You might go to vacation :) instead to get rid of these temporary headaches for a while. Your statements on [[WP:OR]] rule is a reality. New official measurements are available for [[Mount Damavand]] elevation using [[gravimeter]] as well, but still is not reliable for me to mention on wiki, as Iranian authorities have not published it officially yet!! Also when it comes to compare elevation of Damavand with other summits in for example Eastern Europe to have extra judgments, all measurements must be accomplished by same internationally acceptable procedures and instruments. I am sure this kind of global measurements will be done in near future and not only the problem of having inaccurate elevation of [[Mount Damavand]] will be resolved but also we will see better accuracy for elevation of summits mentioned in [[List of Iranian four-thousanders]] as well. Until then, it is better to leave the elevation of [[Mount Damavand]] as disputed. [[User:Farhoudk|Farhoudk]] ([[User talk:Farhoudk|talk]]) 06:48, 17 June 2014 (UTC)
OK, I understand this and I won't try any more reverts on it, at least for a while. :-) But it really gets exasperating that no proper discussion can apparently be had about the opening para of the Galloway article, given the widely celebrated and controversial nature and status of his Saddam-praise. I am convinced that it's placement way down the article is deliberate. [[User:MarkThomas|MarkThomas]] 17:50, 19 September 2006 (UTC)


:::::If Iranian authorities have and are about to publish new information then we can wait for it. Let's hope they do. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] ([[User talk:Viewfinder#top|talk]]) 16:28, 22 June 2014 (UTC)
I see you've rm'ed the semiprotection on the grounds that they are all established users. How do you check how long someone has been a user please? For example, Sandy seems to have been a user for about 48 hours. [[User:MarkThomas|MarkThomas]] 18:45, 19 September 2006 (UTC)


== Descriptions of individuals must be accurate ==
::Click on the user's name, then click on "user contributions". Both SandyDancer and Guy Hatton are established users. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] 19:02, 19 September 2006 (UTC)


Adding a link from 1998 is a low value link because the information is entirely trivial. That this is the best that you can do does add weight to the inevitable conclusion that this BLP of a minor isn't worth the bytes its written in.
::Puzzling then that neither of them rushed to rectify my changes as they so normally do. Perhaps they couldn't for some reason? [[User:MarkThomas|MarkThomas]] 19:04, 19 September 2006 (UTC)


Describing him as a mathematician and astrophysicist is also misleading. He is at best, a student whose had a puff biography written of him by his mother. Please do not add misleading information. And please do not lecture me on this sortof thing. [[User:Barney the barney barney|Barney the barney barney]] ([[User talk:Barney the barney barney|talk]]) 22:47, 4 July 2014 (UTC)
:::Your most recent edit was much shorter, more appropriate for a summary so I decided not to revert it, but leave it toother editors to decide. But that does not imply that I endorse it. Although I have not checked thoroughly, I think SandyDancer is on his third revert but I do not think Guy Hatton is. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] 19:15, 19 September 2006 (UTC)


:Agreed that the description should have been amended per the [[Jacob Barnett|article]]. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] ([[User talk:Viewfinder#top|talk]]) 23:11, 4 July 2014 (UTC)
::::Jonathan, I agree with you that the comment you removed is not particularly worthy of inclusion. However, my impression is that the guidelines to which you referred me apply to an article and not to the discussions about it. I had discussions with a higher authority because I removed the contentious crap and personal remarks about me which somebody wrote on the discussion page about a similarly controversial character. I wonder if there is any point in removing it, it is still there in the history, because I am sure I am not the only one who reviews the edit history of all articles with which I am interested, not just the controversial ones. Perhaps the answer is to have two articles, one pro and one anti, but then again, each would have to comply with the Wikipedia guidelines of which you have reminded us. :-) [[User:Sweetalkinguy|Guy]] 16:27, 31 January 2007 (UTC)


== Looks we've just lost another ==
Hi, I realised that I should have made the edit summary a bit clearer but I don't think edit summaries can be edited. I was specifically referring to section 10.1, at [[Talk:George_Galloway#Further_comment]], and the removal (at my request) of soapbox edits by Freedom Fan. These comments, which were similar to those removed yesterday, were removed by an administrator from a talk page, not a main article. Such comments are not relevant to any discussion about article content and are nothing more than attempts to use Wikipedia as a soapbox. I cannot see any guideline evidence that they should be tolerated on talk pages any more than they are in main articles, although I agree that they are seen by fewer people on talk pages. I can find no evidence of any ban on removing talk page material. As I see it, leaving blatant soapbox editing in encourages it. We can review edit histories of main articles, so your suggestion that soapbox edits are not worth removing is logaically extended to main articles. Re two pro and anti articles, many articles have pro and anti sections, which usually solves controversy problems. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] 17:03, 31 January 2007 (UTC)


[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Eight-thousander&diff=619691510&oldid=619690780 It's getting lonely here]. --[[User:Racerx11|<span style="color:orange;">Racer</span><span style="color:black;">X<sup>11</sup></span>]] <small>''[[User talk:Racerx11|Talk to me]]''</small>''[[Special:Contributions/Racerx11|<sup>Stalk me</sup>]]'' 16:36, 3 August 2014 (UTC)
== Not vandalism ==


:The dispute appears to be over Jorge Egocheaga, with Qwrk insisting that he be included in the verified list, citing Eberhard Jurgalski's 8000ers.com. I have just downloaded [http://www.8000ers.com/cms/download.html?func=startdown&id=155 the cited page] and I cannot find him listed. EJ is well known to me, I could contact him directly. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] ([[User talk:Viewfinder#top|talk]]) 17:03, 3 August 2014 (UTC)
:It was definitely not vandalism. When the image was replaced to Paine.jpg, it was thought to have been pointed to the same image as on Wikimedia Commons, and not to a different one. [[User:Poccil|Peter O.]] ([[User talk:Poccil|Talk]]) 23:07, 19 September 2006 (UTC)


::And Qwrk is apparently waiting for an update. Any help would be appreciated I'm sure.
::Ok, it was an accident. See your own talk page. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] 00:28, 20 September 2006 (UTC)


:::I will contact EJ. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] ([[User talk:Viewfinder#top|talk]]) 17:25, 3 August 2014 (UTC)
==United Kingdom==
Thanks for your attempts to be reasonable with the literature debate. Hopefully we'll get a decent section to replace the list at some point. [[User:Cordless Larry|Cordless Larry]] 18:59, 21 September 2006 (UTC)


:::Meanwhile it appears that Qwrk has already heard from EJ, who has not updated his site. Whatever the situation, until we have a reliable source in support of the claim that JE's ascent has been accepted, he has to remain in the disputed section. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] ([[User talk:Viewfinder#top|talk]]) 17:47, 3 August 2014 (UTC)
== Protection Template ==


::Have you had a chance to look at [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Finisterre_Range&curid=6319384&diff=619691742&oldid=617159064]? --[[User:Racerx11|<span style="color:orange;">Racer</span><span style="color:black;">X<sup>11</sup></span>]] <small>''[[User talk:Racerx11|Talk to me]]''</small>''[[Special:Contributions/Racerx11|<sup>Stalk me</sup>]]'' 17:09, 3 August 2014 (UTC)
Please note, that though I did not unprotect your page at all, it was never protected. I cleaned up a maintenance template {{t1|sprotected}} that was on a page that did not have protection set. Placing that template on a page does not protect it. To request page protection, you can go to [[WP:RFPP]]. Although this is User: space, the page does not 'belong' to you, please see [[WP:USERPAGE]] for more information on userpages. If your page is under a heavy vandalism attack, you can request assistance at [[WP:AIV|administrator intervention against vandalism]]. I hope this clears things up, if not please leave me another note. Thanks, — [[User:Xaosflux|<b><font color="#FF9933" face="monotype"><big>xaosflux</big></font></b>]] <sup>[[User_talk:Xaosflux|<font color="#00FF00">Talk</font>]]</sup> 01:18, 3 October 2006 (UTC)


:::Eberhard just called me to inform me that a user, who goes by the same name as [[User;Globetrotter1918]], has been active on Polish wikipedia, and who is currently blocked "with an expiry time forever (account creation disabled, can not edit own talk page) (unauthorized use of puppets)"
:When I added the semi-protect template, the appropriate disabling message appeared, so I assumed that this was OK and that it was working. If the problem does re-occur then I will try RFPP or AIV. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] 01:37, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
::Only wiki sysops (admins) can place protection on a page; the template is just a notice to others. No worries though, — [[User:Xaosflux|<b><font color="#FF9933" face="monotype"><big>xaosflux</big></font></b>]] <sup>[[User_talk:Xaosflux|<font color="#00FF00">Talk</font>]]</sup> 01:47, 3 October 2006 (UTC)


:::Check;
== Golan Heights ==
:::https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specjalna:Wk%C5%82ad/Globetrotter1918 [translation here; https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=https%3A%2F%2Fpl.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSpecjalna%3AWk%25C5%2582ad%2FGlobetrotter1918&edit-text= ]


:::When it comes to logical fallacies ["8000ers.com is NOT the authorative source for this!" while at the same time using link to sources on 8000ers.com to be used as a reference], I stand by my view that, even when the basis of wikipedia is a good one, in essence there is something fundamentally wrong with this platform when a contributor with 3,000 edits is given the same weight as a newby with 6 edits to his name.
Please count the number of reverts. I Have not merely reverted but also added clarifications.


:::I thought this is something you all should know.
I am sorry for being insufficiently pro-Israel. I had thought Wikipedia aimed to be anti-elitist but you are rapidly showing me the error of my ways [[User:Aminaa|Aminaa]]
:::[[User:Qwrk|Qwrk]] ([[User talk:Qwrk|talk]]) 18:31, 3 August 2014 (UTC)


== Finisterre ==
Your edits are still basically reverts. I will report you; admin can then decide whether or not to block you. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] 00:41, 12 October 2006 (UTC)


I will e-mail EJ. Thank you for the Finisterre edit. I think we should accept the 4150m GPS reading and delete the references to 4125 and 4175. I have asked PB to upload more information about the name. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] ([[User talk:Viewfinder#top|talk]]) 17:25, 3 August 2014 (UTC)
Not surprised; I should have expected as much from a bunch of rightwing white boys. Wikipedia as a notion is clearly dead. [[User:Aminaa|Aminaa]]


I have also edited one ([[Keokradong]]) and added another ([[Mowdok Mual]]) prominence in Bangladesh. I hope these will not be disputed. Peakbagger is not a reliable source of summit coordinates or prominence data other than where its author has cited other sources. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] ([[User talk:Viewfinder#top|talk]]) 17:37, 3 August 2014 (UTC)
I did not make the changes to the Golan Heights you removed in the [[List of countries and outlying territories by total area]] article. Please do not attribute it to me.
([[User:Nidator|Nidator]] 09:14, 10 January 2007 (UTC))


Meanwhile I have amended my retirement to semi-retired, that appears to be the way it is working out. I am still available to help where I can. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] ([[User talk:Viewfinder#top|talk]]) 17:50, 3 August 2014 (UTC)
:Oops! I think I misunderstood your edit note. My apologies...
([[User:Nidator|Nidator]] 09:17, 10 January 2007 (UTC))


:Thanks. Hope Qwrk is ok.
Perhaps my edit summary was not as clear as it should have been. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] 09:56, 10 January 2007 (UTC)


:Regarding Finisterre: I noticed earlier in the [http://www.ii.uib.no/~petter/mountains/4000mtn/boising.html Bjørstad source] it says "Primary factor 3700 m" under the elevation. Is this a prominence? If so I would much rather use a value that is directly sourced rather than one we calculated on a talk page. The combined error margin of the two measurements probably exceeds 7 m anyway. As I am about to change the standing of five peaks at [[List of peaks by prominence]] with this, I would like to be armed with a least something.
:No, I was being dim. ([[User:Nidator|Nidator]] 10:11, 10 January 2007 (UTC))


:Also would you mind if I moved or copied our Finisterre posts from here to the article talk page? --[[User:Racerx11|<span style="color:orange;">Racer</span><span style="color:black;">X<sup>11</sup></span>]] <small>''[[User talk:Racerx11|Talk to me]]''</small>''[[Special:Contributions/Racerx11|<sup>Stalk me</sup>]]'' 18:01, 3 August 2014 (UTC)
I modified the Golan Heights map that you had earlier modified. I agree with your reasoning for modifying Golan_heights_rel89.jpg - which was itself a modification of the original CIA map. My modification to your work retained the neutrality of the disputed Golan Heights territory by leaving the tags for "Israel" and "Syria". The only change was to restore the names and locations of the villages and settlements that were included on the original CIA map but had been (inadvertently) moved or erased by relocating the country titles. The territorial "ownership" of these settlements is not indicated or inferred, and for cartographical purposes is irrelevant. On the other hand the existence of these villages - and thus their inclusion on the map - is relevant. dp_roberson 15:59, 21 October 2007 (UTC) <small>—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Dp roberson|Dp roberson]] ([[User talk:Dp roberson|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Dp roberson|contribs]]) {{{2|}}}</small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->


:No problem, but my modification moved or removed no villages. They must have been removed by an earlier modification, evidently to make room for a larger font for the word "Israel". [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] 02:52, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
::Yes these should be moved to article talk page. Primary factor is another name for prominence. I stand by the 441m col and would rather it was not changed, at least until I have asked about the source of 3700 on the Boising page. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] ([[User talk:Viewfinder#top|talk]]) 18:49, 3 August 2014 (UTC)


== K2 ==
== Cabal ==
I feel bad to read the article says it is in Kashmir instead of in Pakistan. Can you visit K2 using Kashmir or China visas. '''No'''. Then it is important to mention Pakistan in the beginning. I feel it is not necessary to even mention it is in Kashmir or near China but if you like to mention it then do not mention it in the start. --- [[User:Ibrahimfaisal|ابراهيم]] 09:34, 13 October 2006 (UTC)


Regarding [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Jacob_Barnett&diff=622165208&oldid=622160585 this accusation] of [[WP:AGF|bad faith]], I have already engaged you on the whole alleged "cabal" issue, but you [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Viewfinder&diff=prev&oldid=621287460 erased the discussion]. Assuming you had a right to bring this up in the past, as I see it you lost that right in deleting further discussion of the issue. The next reference you make to an unseen "cabal" I expect to be at [[WP:ANI]]. I am even willing to kick off the discussion there if you wish, but as I have no desire to be prejudicial in the matter I heartily suggest that you take the first step. [[User:Sławomir Biały|<span style="text-shadow:grey 0.3em 0.3em 0.1em; class=texhtml">Sławomir Biały</span>]] ([[User talk:Sławomir Biały|talk]]) 08:33, 21 August 2014 (UTC)
::See the K2 talk page and in particular the linked map. It is on the border with China. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] 09:36, 13 October 2006 (UTC)


:On your user page you quote another editor: <I>Those who are committed to accuracy are effectively encouraged to create tight-knit, ever-vigilant cabals to edit war against the ignorant.</I> [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] ([[User talk:Viewfinder#top|talk]]) 09:15, 21 August 2014 (UTC)
:::I have added my two cents on [[Talk:K2]] and put in some minor changes to [[K2]] itself, see those pages for more. In particular, yes, it is definitely on the border; not sure why the claim that you can't get there from the China side. Hopefully this is leading toward a (temporary!) stable state that is somewhat satisfactory. -- [[User:Spireguy|Spireguy]] 15:13, 13 October 2006 (UTC)


:You have also serially accused me of incompetence, ignorance and tendentious editing. Still, in the interests of cooling things down, I have deleted the word "cabal" from [[Talk:Jacob_Barnett]]. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] ([[User talk:Viewfinder#top|talk]]) 09:50, 21 August 2014 (UTC)
:::: Hi, I have given links for 1963 Pakistan china border agreement. Please see [[User:Spireguy|Spireguy]] page and help in resolving this dispute. I will be thankful. --- [[User:Ibrahimfaisal|ابراهيم]] 15:26, 2 November 2006 (UTC)


[[File:Ambox notice.svg|link=|25px|alt=Information icon]] There is currently a discussion at [[Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents]] regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. <!--Template:ANI-notice--> Thank you.
== List of mountains in Argentina ==


=== other naming conventions ===
Hi! Since you seam to have a far better background on mountaineering than me, I wanted to ask you what do you think about the disposition of montains in the article [[List of mountains in Argentina]], grouped by system. Also, I did it myself with my little knowledge on the subject, so it's bound to be really wrong; could you take a look at it? Thanks a lot, [[User:Marianocecowski|Mariano]]<small>([[User talk:Marianocecowski|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Marianocecowski|c]])</small> 08:41, 24 October 2006 (UTC)


Please say "Sławomir" rather than "Slawek"; the latter is an artifact of technology (not all physical keyboards and virtual keyboards and software systems support the correct glyphs). A minor point, perhaps, but may help improve the level of discourse slightly. [[Special:Contributions/75.108.94.227|75.108.94.227]] ([[User talk:75.108.94.227|talk]]) 12:07, 26 September 2015 (UTC)
::My background is in topography, I am not a mountaineer and seldom hike outside Britain. Most of my knowledge of mountains comes from [[SRTM]] data, maps, and contacts who are mountaineers, including John Biggar, who runs Andes expeditions and has probably climbed more Andean summits than anyone else. I think your grouping by system is a good idea. There is no definitive way of doing this. At first sight, it would seem that there are too many mountains listed under Ojos before you get to Pissis, but I look at the systematics more carefully. Unfortunately listing mountains by countries is often up against the problem that international borders divide mountain systems which are not naturally divisible. The Argentina-Chile border is a prime example of this. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] 09:17, 24 October 2006 (UTC)


== Paine Massif Heights ==
== Global account ==


Hi Viewfinder! As a [[:m:Stewards|Steward]] I'm involved in the upcoming [[:m:Help:Unified login|unification]] of all accounts organized by the Wikimedia Foundation (see [[:m:Single User Login finalisation announcement]]). By looking at [[Special:CentralAuth/Viewfinder|your account]], I realized that you don't have a global account yet. In order to secure your name, I recommend you to create such account on your own by submitting your password on [[Special:MergeAccount]] and unifying your local accounts. If you have any problems with doing that or further questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my [[User talk:DerHexer|talk page]]. Cheers, —[[User:DerHexer|DerHexer]]&nbsp;<small>[[User talk:DerHexer|(Talk)]]</small> 23:39, 18 January 2015 (UTC)
Hi, you asked about the possibility of establishing the height of the Cumbre Principal of Torres del Paine National Park. Unfortunately, from photographic evidence, it is very hard indeed to establish absolute heights, only relative heights. My calculations where only intended to establish, primarily, the relative heights of Paine Grande, the Cuerno Principal and the Torre Central.


== Rollbacker ==
My previous calculations neglected two variables, and I also had a 500 meter positional error in the viewpoint I took on the map. The height above sea-level of Lago Pehoe, and the curvature of the earth were also not accounted for. The curvature of the Earth admits at most a 25 meter error into the observed heights of those mountains from the Pehoe viewpoint. Assuming an adjusted height of 100m for Lago Pehoe accounts for both factors. We get 2360 for the Cuerno Principal and 2725 for the Torre Central. An additional calculation by the same method gives the relative height of Paine Chico as 2825. This relative height explains why the Torres are so effectively hidden. Anyone summiting any of the Torres would be surprised to find a higher mountain to their south. As for the absolute heights, it is impossible to guess without a reliable reference. Anyone with a GPS handset and about an hour of their time there could provide it, but unfortunately, its the other side of the world.


[[File:Wikipedia Rollbacker.svg|right|80px]]
The calculations assume that Lago Pehoe is at 75 meters.
I have [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=rights&user=&page=User%3AViewfinder granted] rollback rights to your account. After a review of some of your contributions, I believe you can be trusted to use rollback for its intended usage of ''reverting [[Wikipedia:Vandalism|vandalism]]'', and that you will not abuse it by reverting [[Wikipedia:Assume good faith|good-faith]] edits or to [[Wikipedia:Edit war|revert-war]]. For information on rollback, see [[Wikipedia:New admin school/Rollback]] and [[Wikipedia:Rollback feature]]. If you do not want rollback, contact me and I will remove it. Good luck and thanks. 14:37, 20 January 2015 (UTC)– [[User:Gilliam|Gilliam]] ([[User talk:Gilliam|talk]])


== The Right Honourable ==
Cumbre Principal (Pixel Height 490, Distance 14.9, ht 3050)
Cuerno Principal (Pixel Height 459, Distance 12.2, ht 2360)
Torre Central (Pixel Height 361, Distance 18.0, ht 2725)
Paine Chico (Pixel Height 438, Distance 15.4, ht 2825)


Hey, just a little more detail into my revert of your revert.
All heights are relative to an assumed height of 3050 for the Paine Grande. This may not be accurate, but I can't see any reason for supposing that the listed height for the Paine Chico is more or less accurate than that listed for Paine Grande. The greatest source of error is still likely to be any rotation of the image, in which case, the relative height of the Cuerno Principal would be twice as accurate as the relative height of Paine Chico. Incidentally, the other Peak of Mte Admirante Nieto is higher than Paine Chico..


Common member's of the Privy Council are permitted the use of 'The Right Honourable' but not the use of the post-nominal 'PC'. Peer's of the Privy Council, having already the use of 'The Right Honourable' or higher use the pre-fix use the post-nominal 'PC'. [http://www.debretts.com/forms-address/titles/baron-and-baroness Baron & Broness], [http://www.debretts.com/forms-address/titles/earl-and-countess Earl & Countess], [http://www.debretts.com/forms-address/titles/viscount-and-viscountess Viscount & Vicountess], [http://web.archive.org/web/20080703221643/http://www.dpmc.govt.nz/honours/overview/honourable_privycouncil.html Use of PC], [[User:Nford24|Nford24]] ([[User Talk:Nford24|PE121 Personnel Request Form]]) 08:41, 7 March 2015 (UTC)
I will quickly attempt to establish exact heights from the photo as well...


:Please continue this discussion at [[Talk:John Prescott]]. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] ([[User talk:Viewfinder#top|talk]]) 12:47, 7 March 2015 (UTC)
This is harder, because I need to guess the view direction. The perpendicular distance (in the plane of the projection) between the Cuerno Principal and the Cumbre Principal is 6.3 km, when measured at the distance of the Cumbre Principal. This occupies 997 pixels. Assuming both points are close to the view direction (not too far out), we get 1 pixel ~= 6.3 meters at that distance. This gives us an adjusted height for the Cumbre Principal of (2880 to 3480), subject to an error of +/-10%. So I believe the 3050 figure as being possible, but discount any estimate below the lower range of that. For small changes to the estimated height of the Cumbre Principal, the other heights can be assumed to scale linearly.


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:The reason for supposing that the listed height for the Almirante Nieto is more accurate is that one of its routes is the easiest of the Paine Massif. Contrary, to reach the summit of Paine Grande is perhaps the hardest climb in the massif (only two ascents). [[User:Jespinos|Jespinos]] 23:14, 27 November 2006 (UTC)


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Your photograph is excellent, and I will repeat my calculations based on your photograph and viewpoint. This will take a while, but I initially note that you agree with me that there is a massive error in the relative height of Paine Chico/Admirante Nieto and Cuerno Principal implied by the elevations shown on current mapping. Establishing the absolute heights is more difficult, but should be possible. But the angle of vision on your photograph is quite wide; I think that this can create significant distortion, although you probably know more about this than I do. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] 17:06, 27 November 2006 (UTC)


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One other quick point of information, the height of Lake Pehoe is 34 metres; this is supported by [[SRTM]] data and official Chilean mapping. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] 17:13, 27 November 2006 (UTC)


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Before I carry out further calculations, please could you send me the full sized version of your photograph, so that I can verify your pixel claims. The pixel heights you give suggest that your 1600x1067 version is smaller than your original. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] 17:35, 27 November 2006 (UTC)


:Thank you for your help. Hopefully your block of both the original IP and its sockpuppet will put an end to this matter. When confronted with this kind of editing, it is very difficult to respond without fighting back, especially if, as in this case, no other registered editors appear to be watching at the time. I had a editor whom I could rely on to support me in these situations, {{u|Racerx11}}, but he disappeared suddenly on May 19. Even when these adversaries do take their cases to talk pages, they continue their article edit warring, offer no compromise, and make claims that are not only unsourced but also blatantly false. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] ([[User talk:Viewfinder#top|talk]]) 15:11, 19 July 2015 (UTC)
Yeah. My email is a&dam_a_brow&n@hotma&il.com without the &s. If you drop me a mail, I'll send you the larger version. But please understand that it isn't for common distribution. As for the field of view, that is the primary source of the error in the absolute height calculation, but the relative height calculations don't have any error from this, provided that a) the photograph is indeed a planar projection and b) that the vertical centre of the photograph is close to horizontal. If a) were not true, it would create image distortion, so it is pretty much given. as for b, the complete photograph is actually looking down by 55 pixels out of the total span of 2048. This means that vertical lines will slope ever so slightly towards the centre as they rise, but it is pretty negligible (tan of a small angle close to 0). I've also established, based on the horizon line of the lake, that the image rotation is less than 1 in 435, which eliminates that source of error.
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The actual position from which the photo was taken is not the hotel explora, but the pehoe camp site, about 500 - 1000 meters to the north of that. As for the error introduced by the height of lago pehoe, it only affects the proportion of the height that scales. This means that if Pehoe is at 25 meters, the error is the scaling of the extra 50 meters, which produces a relative error of about 2% in the relative heights, or 25m. Since the other sources of error are compatible with this figure, you can neglect it. The curvature of the Earth results in the height for the Torres being higher than my calculations by something like 20 m, but the other mountains are pretty much unaffected, being at approximately the same range, and nearer.
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You can sign and date tag your contributions with four tildes. A quick point: you give a range of 2880-3480, assuming 10% error, but I make 490 x 6.3 = 3087, so should not your range be nearer to 2780-3380? [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] 19:42, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
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Nope. There was a +100 in there. You see, firstly the viewpoint was assumed at 75 meters above sea level, and secondly, the curvature of the Earth results in the bottom 25 meters being below the horizon. However... Since Pehoe is actually at 25 meters above sea level, and since the curvature of the Earth accounts for 17 meters not 25 as I thought, this makes the difference 40 meters. So the actual figure from the calculation should be 3130. But this will under normal circumstances be under-estimated by the downward viewpoint of the camera, and over-estimated by the deviation from the centre of projection, hence the error. Also, my measurement of the perpendicular distance had to assume a view direction that may not have been very close to the actual view direction. [[User:The Ostrich|The Ostrich]] 19:46, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
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::The above discussion continued offline. It was agreed that there was another error source, Paine Grande is not more than 14.3 km (14.1 km according to my calculation) from the photo source. It was further agreed that the photograph suggested that Paine Grande is 2,900m high, but that there is a 10% error margin. The [http://www.fractal-landscapes.co.uk/graphics/pictures/CL2005/1600/CPL3.jpg photograph] that we are discussing (Paine Grande is on the left) suggests a higher Paine Grande summit than other photographs (e.g. [http://www.markhorrell.com/travel/chile/paine/painecuernos.html this one]) that I have studied. I hope that an accurate survey will resolve this question soon; geometric analysis of photographs is evidently not accurate, especially if the angle of vision is wide. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] 13:02, 28 November 2006 (UTC)


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Take a look at the new picture on the [[Gasherbrum]] page, appearing also on the [[Gasherbrum I]] and [[Gasherbrum III]] pages. I don't think any of those peaks to the right are correctly identified, and I certainly don't think Gash I is visible from that viewpoint. Looks more like The Twins and Gash VI to me, based on Wala's ''8000m peaks of the Karakoram'' sketches. What do you think? If I have a chance tomorrow I'll check Google Earth...assuming that region is good now? -- [[User:Spireguy|Spireguy]] 20:39, 10 December 2006 (UTC)


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::I am sure that the peaks are, left to right, GIV, GV (several peaks) and GVI. But I am curious as to (a) the exact location of the camera, and (b) the very steep looking peak in the centre of the GV group. I think this is GVII; GV HP is the rightmost in this central group; the steep peak looks to be a bit higher than on the maps. This area was substantially improved by Google Earth on Nov 23 and is well worth a look. Obviously, the peaks are not as sharp on GE as in the photo, but I can get a reasonable match despite the location uncertainty. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] 00:08, 11 December 2006 (UTC)


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:::Yes, now that I look carefully at Wala's sketch from the other side of the ridge, your identification of GV and GVI is clear (as is, of course, GIV). His sketch from the backside (east) indicates three summits between GV and the south col of GIV, one of which is GVII. The frontside (west) sketch seems to label two of these summits (it's a bit unclear) as "The Twins". I think it's safe to put in GVII if you think it's appropriate. -- [[User:Spireguy|Spireguy]] 03:38, 11 December 2006 (UTC)


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Yes, GVII is shown on the Wala map. Despite the incorrect labelling, the picture is excellent and I thank its author for sharing it with us. But hmm, I wonder if the name GVII is appropriate. The summit (6980m on Wala map) immediately south of the GIV/GV col is easily identifiable on the picture, as is GV itself. The steep summit in between them is presumably the one given 6950m on the Wala map, but it has to be higher than P6980m. It's lower than GV, but only just, it surely tops 7000m and may even top 7100m. Neither the Chinese map nor GE do justice to it either. Its shape is really spectacular. Could this new image have generated a discovery which should by right bear the title of GVI? [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] 09:54, 11 December 2006 (UTC)


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I think you're going to have to explain why you think Scafell Pike's parent peak is Snowden. I appreciate that there might be some topographical standard for this sort of thing - but the term defies common sense and will certainly be felt as misleading/incorrect by many.
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I have in mind the phrase "Using the encirclement definition, the parent of almost any small hill in a low-lying coastal area would be Ben Nevis, an unhelpful and confusing outcome." which can be found in [[Topographic prominence]]
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:On consideration, having spotted that [[Snowden]] has [[Ben Nevis]] as its parent peak, I think I am beginning to understand the situation - sorry to have troubled you.
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::We have parent peaks on Wikipedia for many peaks. There is more information via the parent peak link. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] ([[User talk:Viewfinder#top|talk]]) 23:16, 4 January 2017 (UTC)
::Hmm. There are very many external links on Wikipedia that point to images. There are also external linksto sites which primarily consist of images. Surely the "inline" rule applies to external links which cause images to appear directly on the articles. To call up the image that I added, it was necessary to click on a link which was clearly identified as an external link. Is that not OK? Also I disagree that the link added pointed to a non-encyclopedic source, it pointed to an accurate topographic map of [[Mount Ararat]]. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] 17:49, 28 December 2006 (UTC)


== Carstensz Pyramid ==
== Topographic prominence ==
The height has been repeatedly accuracy measured at 5030m; only after it became a Indonesian colony in 1963 were measurements just under 5km published by Indonesia and associate corporate sponsors. The location of the peak is also in dispute, the [http://www.un.org/Depts/los/LEGISLATIONANDTREATIES/worldmapmain.htm United Nations] in defense of Indonesia claims the western half of New Guinea is in Asia; a view which is supported by Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., Bechtel Inc., Exxom Mobil Inc., Conoco-Philips Inc., NewMont., and various bodies funded by these corporations.
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I am very visually oriented, so I need to think of [[topographic prominence]] in terms of a visual analogy. Imagine you are standing at the top of a peak and imagine that an imaginary sea level (based on an elevated [[geoid]]) rises to your feet. Now slowly lower the imaginary sea level and an imaginary island appears beneath your feet. Your island will grow and will merge with other islands that will emerge. Eventually, your island will touch an island with a higher peak than your island (i.e., an imaginary island that existed before you started lowering the imaginary sea level.) The summit of that island will be the parent peak of the summit of your island, and the elevation difference of your summit and the elevation at which the two islands touch is the topographic prominence of your summit. It makes no difference how close or far the two summits are from one another. [[Mount Everest]] is the parent peak of [[Aconcagua]] (17,755 km away), as well as the parent of the [[Mount Everest|South Summit of Mount Everest]] (360 m away). Yours aye, [[User:Buaidh|<span style="color:white;background-color:#662211;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;Buaidh&nbsp;</span>]] 18:28, 13 January 2017 (UTC)


:Thanks for adding this to the relevant articles, I like it and hope that it will help more editors to grasp topographic prominence. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] ([[User talk:Viewfinder#top|talk]]) 07:58, 14 January 2017 (UTC)
Height - what is the source of your claim that it has been "repeatedly accuracy measured at 5030m"? I have accurate IFSAR data which shows that it is at least 100m under 5000m and that therefore the height given by the [[Seven Summits]] movement is correct. Why would Indonesia and corporations want to falsify this? By location I assumed that you meant coordinates. Perhaps its continent is disputed by some but it is recognised by the [[Seven Summits]] movement as being outside Asia. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] 21:42, 31 December 2006 (UTC)


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With all due respect, the map you have linked is no citation of a continental boundary dispute whatsoever. It has a change of colour between USA and Mexico, which are both in North America, and Eastern Russia and China, which are both in Asia. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] 22:00, 31 December 2006 (UTC)


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SB should be edit banned. [[User:Subuey|Subuey]] ([[User talk:Subuey|talk]]) 17:44, 16 March 2017 (UTC)
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{{u|Subuey}}, as the victim of sustained overt, and more recently, sneaky personal attacks and intimidating topic ban nominations, by the above mentioned editor, it would not be right for me to comment on whether and if so how the above mentioned user should be sanctioned. But I would suggest that the [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Jacob_Barnett&diff=773422140&oldid=773362955 withdrawal of this material] that was part of a wholly unsourced and unsubstantiated attack piece cannot change the fact that it was put there by that editor, on a public forum, and remained there for 12 hours. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] ([[User talk:Viewfinder#top|talk]]) 10:10, 2 April 2017 (UTC)
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: If approximately ~500 people make this journey each year, then it would appear that Trumbull and his party is giving undue weight to their own experience, which would be a conflict of interest, aside from the external links problem. I'll try engaging this person on their talk page and see what happens. [[User:Can't sleep, clown will eat me|Can&#39;t sleep, clown will eat me]] 08:41, 11 January 2007 (UTC)


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Thank you for your help. The site claims that the expedition has the patronage of the Dalai Lama and will be the subject of a documentary, so there may be a case for some kind of mention. But despite requests to do so (via the linked section [[WP:EL]] 4.1 and then directly), Lance Turnbull reinstated his additions twice without discussing the matter on the talk page. That was unhelpful and gave me the impression that the guy considers himself to be above Wikipedia policy. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] 09:04, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
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Hi, the coordinate I updated is based on the highest point (~8830m) I could locate from the google earth. If the google earth data is reliable enough, the point I choose should be within 5m of range from the actual highest point (unless someone provide the GPS record for the exact location). The place you reverted to is, however, about 8790m, and is 130m away from the highest point, which seems to be even more inaccurate. Unless the coordinate before my update is the actual GPS data, isn't it better to use the coordinate I suggested for now then? [[User:Liaocyed|Liaocyed]] 5:55, 15 Feb 2007 (UTC)


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: I am familiar with Google Earth's elevation data; for areas where there is no [[SRTM]] data, Google Earth have (with my permission) used data from my website [http://www.viewfinderpanoramas.org/dem3.html]. I have examined it carefully. In most respects, Google Earth's terrain is an accurate reproduction of these data, but there is one significant difference: '''Google Earth have placed the data 3" too far north and up to 3" too far west'''. Hence the result that you observed. The GE summit image of Everest shows it to be on exposed rockhead, but in reality the summit is within the ice/snow field, as observed by all the summit survey reports. Google's misplacement is slight, but there is an annoying side effect; there are overhanging shadows on the south sides of steep ridges. This can be observed on Everest's NE ridge. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] 21:51, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
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Hi. Take a look at [[Huascarán]] and [[Chimborazo]], and then please read my comment and add your comment on [[Talk:Huascarán]]. See if you think my comments about the geoid are correct, and whether you think there is any merit to the Huascarán claim at all. I probably calculated this some time ago, but I don't remember the details. Perhaps you have good figures handy, or I can redo my calculation. -- [[User:Spireguy|Spireguy]] 03:04, 14 January 2007 (UTC)


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::Imo, the claim may have merit. See [[Talk:Huascarán]]. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] 07:16, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
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::I've found a (possibly) reliable source [http://makaluadventure.com/peru/huascaran-ascent.htm]; see my comment at [[Talk:Huascarán]]. [[User:64.81.149.135|64.81.149.135]] 20:14, 1 October 2007 (UTC)


Since I am NOT a topographic researcher, I will not attempt to engage in an edit war, because (A) you have expertise here, and I do not; (B) it's not really such a great matter that it would not be worth either of our time to argue; and (C) I personally think the category of "parent" to be relatively trivial.
== Cerro Macá ==


And since I am indeed not a topographic researcher (but must admit some curiosity), I would ask you to explain (in relatively simple terminology) how a mountain in the southern Andes range can be a parent of a mountain in the Alaskan range, thousands of kilometers away. While I understand that they are both part of the American Cordillera, they are in separate ranges; the American Cordillera is described in Wikipedia as consisting of an "almost continuous sequence of mountain ranges", emphasis on the word "almost", and it seems that there are a few gaps (Panama, Nicaragua, even in Mexico) that I would think would break any parental chain. Therein lies my confusion.
I have created the article [[Cerro Macá]] and I have put the elevation given by you. I think you might be interested in the article and explain the issue. [[User:Jespinos|Jespinos]] 01:38, 18 January 2007 (UTC)


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::Thank you. I also noticed that you created an article [[Volcán Lautaro]], and note the the sourced elevation you give (3607 m) supports the claim (also supported by [[SRTM]] data) that this volcano is much higher than previously thought. But the [[Cordillera del Paine]] summits still trouble me. Are there really no accurate surveys? No heights or summit contours are given on official topographic mapping, but it seems hard to believe that the ChIGM did not survey these mountains. Is there any way that you can find out? I wonder if there are any new surveys planned. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] 15:59, 25 January 2007 (UTC)


:First, on the subject of edit warring, you made the original change, it was reverted by another editor, then you restored the change instead of discussing the issue on the article's talk page. Regardless of who has the expertise, you should not edit war except in the case of obvious vandalism. See [[WP:BRD]].
I contacted a person with the aim of can use some of their photos on Wikipedia (See [[Antuco (volcano)|Antuco]], [[Copahue]], [[Tolhuaca (volcano)|Tolhuaca]] and [[Lonquimay (volcano)|Lonquimay]]). Perhaps he could have more info on this, I will ask him. I also left a note on the talk page of the Cordillera del Paine, I don’t know if you read it. [[User:Jespinos|Jespinos]] 17:10, 25 January 2007 (UTC)


:Moving on to the subject of topographic parentage, please go to [[Topographic_prominence#Parent_peak]], where it is discussed at length. There are some variations in definition, but under all definitions, Aconcagua is Denali's parent. You can, in theory, walk along a ridge connecting the two summits. Aconcagua has no parent because it is the highest point of the Americas, which together form a single land area surrounded by the sea. By contrast, North America is connected to South America by a natural land bridge. It follows that no summit on the North American mainland is without a parent.
Lautaro volcano has a summit elevation of 3623 m according to GPS readings [http://www.alborde.com.ar/montania1/montanismo115.html]. [[User:Jespinos|Jespinos]] ([[User talk:Jespinos|talk]]) 19:54, 20 February 2008 (UTC)


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::Thank you for the above link, which I have forwarded to my research colleagues. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] ([[User talk:Viewfinder#top|talk]]) 23:04, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
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Hi, regarding your edits to this article; it is an occupation, not an annexation. Israel is the only state in the world that recognizes it as an annexation. Please see [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 497]] and [[Golan Heights]]. I will wait a bit before I change it back, hopefully you will agree with me. Thanks. [[User:Asabbagh|Asabbagh]] 19:25, 17 February 2007 (UTC)


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:Hi. Israel occupied Golan Heights in 1967 and its occupation continues. The article states the Israel <I>unilaterally</I> annexed the Golan Heights in 1980. The emphasis is on the word "unilaterally"; it means that the annexation took place without the agreement of and is not recognised by the international community. UN497 calls on Israel to "rescind its annexation", clearly implying that (i) annexation took place and (ii) that the annexation should end. I really think that the article makes clear what we agree to be these facts. The wording of the lead paragraph was only agreed after heated discussion. If you still want to change it, please discuss the change you want on the talk page before editing the article. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] 20:36, 17 February 2007 (UTC)


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::Ok, I think what you said is valid. Sorry, I didn't pay attention to 'unilaterally', yes that does convey the right meaning. Thanks. [[User:Asabbagh|Asabbagh]] 20:41, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
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:In fact, UN497 does not actually use the term "annexation"; I was quoting the Wikipedia article, not the actual resolution. Israel denies that what took place was an annexation. But the international community generally regards it as an annexation, and it is widely referred to as such. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] 20:50, 17 February 2007 (UTC)


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I've put a note in the discussion with just a little data, I had'nt been there for a while, in support of your statement regarding the border. You are correct and the Himalayan Club (an Indian organissation) states the likewise. I've noticed that more Nepali stuff is being inserted at the begining, it is the Nepali name for the mountain (ok thats fine), but I think is should be on the names section in the next paragaraph, where the Tibetan name and other are given.


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::It is usual in Wikipedia to place all local names at the top, as in [[Mount Ararat]], so I don't have any objection to the Nepali insertion. The names listed in the next paragraph are merely alternative spellings, so these are imo also correctly placed. I added a short comment about the spelling on the talk page. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] 04:24, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
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Hello, dear Viewfinder! I just spotted the caption "a fat funny man living in bristol" in the info-box. This is not a very intelligent vandalism, is it? Could you please reverse it? Kind regards --[[User:88.67.31.155|88.67.31.155]] 15:20, 25 February 2007 (UTC)


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I would be very happy to revert this vandalism if I could find it. According to the article history, [[John Prescott]] was last edited at 01:38, 25 February 2007, i.e. about 24 hours ago, and I cannot see anything about a "fat funny man", or any other vandalism, in the current version. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] 00:19, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
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::This is what you wrote: "In the book 'Inventing Elliot' written by Graham Gardener, the book, 1948 is mentioned numerous times." What book, 1948?? [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] 22:14, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
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Stfu, i meant 1984, you could of atleast changed it, nub.


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::It was not 100% clear that you meant 1984. You could have reinstated the correct edit yourself with an edit summary apologising for the earlier typo. And before you edit another talk page, or any other page for that matter, please read [[WP:CIV]], and sign your posts with four tildes. Thank you. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] 02:08, 2 March 2007 (UTC)


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It was a wonderful job you have done with '''[[Keokradong]]'''. Cheers. But, I have just tagged it as '''{{tl|unsourced}}'''. I did add a reference and source to it, but those fall far short of the necessity. Will you please take a look at it and see what you can do? Cheers again. [[User:Aditya Kabir|Aditya Kabir]] 14:49, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

:Oops. You got there before I did. But, this is a not an encyclopedia for topographers or whatever. Can you, please, state where these Russian and other sources are? And, of I forgot to ask - will you take a look at the article '''[[Bandarban]]'''? [[Keokradong]] is quoted in it. [[User:Aditya Kabir|Aditya Kabir]] 14:54, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

:'''P.S.''' I was looking into the [http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/srtm/ Official NASA SRTM site] and [http://www.h2guide.com/ Worldwide shaded Topography based on SRTM] sites, but am not making much progress. Can you tell me where to find the data? Or, is it some journal something that publishes these kind of things? Please, don't get annoyed with my ignorance. [[User:Aditya Kabir|Aditya Kabir]] 15:09, 3 March 2007 (UTC)


You congratulate me on my edits but then, in contradiction, implicitly criticise them with your tagging! You have added a link to my site, which I was not able to do myself, but my site only quotes the same sources as as this article. I have added two screendumps from 1:200,000 Russian mapping, which include the latitude and longitude at the centres, see [http://www.viewfinderpanoramas.org/drg/tazingdong.jpg] and [http://www.viewfinderpanoramas.org/drg/mowdok1052.jpg]. You can add these links to the article (I can't). Are they enough?

The FTP site containing SRTM data is downloadable via an external link on the [[SRTM]] page; so is software that can read SRTM data. I have been citing [[SRTM]] data on many articles and this has been accepted. SRTM data can be verified by anyone with some knowledge of topography, an atlas and a knowledge of latitude and longitude. The topographic maps I cite were published by the Soviet military in the 1970's and 1980's. For the Chittagong area they accurately match SRTM data. They are now generally available.

If I cannot improve the citations, what happens? Revert to the ludicrous CIA claim that Keokradong is 1230m? I hope not.

The information at [[Bandarban]] is not correct. Tazing Dong and Mowdok Mual are separate ranges, albeit in the same part of Bangladesh. I was not aware of this page. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] 17:41, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

=="...Implicitly criticise them with your tagging!"==
Tagging is implicit criticism? That was new. I think you haven't checked the Wikipedia policies that tell us to attribute everything and give verifiable sources for all information we provide. At least one thing is very clear - tags are not criticisms. No one owns an article (''See:'' [[Wikipedia:Ownership of articles]]), no comment, tag, reference to an article is directed at a certain editor. If you need to direct something at a specific editor, you have to say so in as many words.

That tag is not just for ''you'', it is for all Wikipedians who may care to add citations to the article. You may be the most knowledgeable person on the subject here, but you may not be the only one. Besides, Wikipedia is not about just writing whatever is true (''See:'' [[Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not]]), it is about writing whatever can be verified as truth. See [[Wikipedia:Attribution]] for the policy of attribution, [[Wikipedia:Citing sources]] for why we cite sources, and [[Wikipedia:Citation templates]] for ways of citing sources properly.

BTW, no one is trying to make you revert back to the mistaken CIA claim. Personally I have been to both Keokradong and Tazing Dong, and have taken a look at Mowdok Mual from a distance, and have taken a look at GPS surveys run by my friends here in Bangladesh. That is exactly why I was happy to see your version of the article. I only wish that you or someone could add some more verifiable citations to it.

I have more comments to make, but those are general I would prefer to make those comments on the article talk page. Sorry for the long answer. Cheers. [[User:Aditya Kabir|Aditya Kabir]] 14:07, 6 March 2007 (UTC) - can you, please, answer to my [[User talk:Aditya Kabir|my talk page]]

:As I made the claims which your tagged, and went to some length to support these claims, I have to say that I was rather unhappy about the tags. If my citations are inadequate and cannot be improved, then the claims must be withdrawn, which in turn implies that the CIA claim should be reinstated. I have only been able to improve the the citations by posting a link to the map. Sorry, this is to my site, but I see no other way. But I really do think that the citations are adequate. [[SRTM]] data is verifiable. I hope you are now happy with the article. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] 16:48, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
::Sorry for causing unhappiness. My intention was nowhere near that. All I wanted to see was data available to non-experts. If that is not possible, I'm fine. The support you have provided should be valid (I'm putting the article on my watchlist to protect the references as much as I can). May be you could cite some published article, book, gazette or something (with date of publishing, publisher, place of publishing etc.). Not all citations have to be available online. Now, a proposal: Since you are quite knowledgeable about matters mountainous, can I ask for your support in building a directory for top Bangladeshi peaks and mountain ranges? [[User:Aditya Kabir|Aditya Kabir]] 16:30, 8 March 2007 (UTC) - can you, please, answer to my [[User talk:Aditya Kabir|my talk page]]

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== Requesting again ==

Here is a list of mountain ranges in Bangladesh, and the tallest peaks of these ranges. Unfortunately I can't neither verify nor cite (or, for that matter present further information). I need help. Can you suggest anything? Maybe a collaboration of 2/3 editors, including you and I? Maybe posting the problem on [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Mountains]]? Please, let me know.
*Phoromain range (Phoromain, 463m)
*Dolajeri range (Langtrai, 429m)
*Bhuachhari (Changpai, 611m)*
*Barkal range (Thangnang, 735m)
*Muranja range (Basitaung, 664m)
*Wayla range (most of this range is in Myanmar)
*Chimbook range (Tindu, 898m)
*Batimain range (Batitaung, 526m)
*Politai range (Keokradang, 884m; Ramiu Taung 921m)
*Saichal-Mowdok range (Bilaisari, 669m; Mowdok Mual 1,003m)
*Saichal range (Waibung 808m; Rang Tlang, 958m; Mowdok Tlang, 905m)
Did you see the image I posted on the [[Keokradong]] page? [[User:Aditya Kabir|Aditya Kabir]] 14:23, 15 March 2007 (UTC) - please answer to [[User talk:Aditya Kabir|my talk page]].

Hello Aditya, sorry not to have responded. It was not easy to find mountains in Bangladesh, the mountains in the area all seem to be outside Bangladesh. Could you possibly add approximate geographical coordinates to the above list, then I can more easily check them out. Thanks. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] 20:10, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

== [[Nanda Devi East]] ==

Can you contribute to the merge discussion at [[Nanda Devi East]]? Thanks -- [[User:Spireguy|Spireguy]] 02:55, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

== [[Novaya Zemlya]] ==

Any opinions on the highest point of [[Novaya Zemlya]]? The commonly-quoted figure is 1,070&nbsp;[[metre|m]] (which is what the page here gives), but [http://peaklist.org/WWlists/ultras/CaucasusP1500m.html peaklist.org] makes it 1,549&nbsp;m. — [[User:Ras52|ras52]] 22:21, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

::The commonly quoted figure is nonsense, as commonly quoted figures often are. I corrected the article. I am not sure where peaklist got 1549m but it's near enough correct. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] 03:40, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

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== Robin Cook ==

Page is semi-protected till 2nd of June. I look forward to your contribution towards introducing the suggested material sensibly. [[User:BillMasen|BillMasen]] 18:43, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

I think that the ball is now in the court of 84.159.109.23, to provide better source material. Otherwise I don't think the material is suitable. Let us see what he comes up with. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] 20:24, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

== Mount Cameroon ==

Hi, Viewfinder. I noticed you changed the elevation of [[Mount Cameroon]] in that article. However, you didn't cite any sources. Would you mind going back and adding a full-form reference for the source for your data? Thanks, — [[User:BrianSmithson|Brian]] ([[user talk:BrianSmithson|<small>talk</small>]]) 22:39, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

::Hi Brian. I don't think your claim that I didn't cite any sources is correct; I cited [[SRTM]] data and a [[GPS]] reading. Following your comment I added the top 3" cell, which is verifiable, see [ftp://e0srp01u.ecs.nasa.gov/srtm/version2/SRTM3/Africa/]. 3" SRTM data is public domain. I have been citing SRTM data on loads of Wikipedia articles and no one has objected. The top 1" cell was supplied to me directly by NASA. The [[GPS]] reading was supplied by [http://www.gingefullen.com/gingefullen.html Ginge Fullen]. He has not uploaded this, so I suppose it's not strictly verifiable, although he would probably allow me upload it myself. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] 05:27, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
:::Yeah, but nothing has been added in the way of a "References" or "Notes" section, so it looked odd to me. I, for one, had no idea what SRTM stood for, and if NASA has supplied information, we should cite the publication. Sorry if I sound ignorant of the field, but I am. How can I or other laymen go about verifying the information in the article? — [[User:BrianSmithson|Brian]] ([[user talk:BrianSmithson|<small>talk</small>]]) 06:13, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, but I have added a link to a reference section. See the mountain infobox at the top of the article. Also, am I right in guessing, from your name, that you have something to do with the Smithsonian Institute? If so, you should get into SRTM data; I am surprised that you do not seem to have heard of it. The SI elevation for [[Cerro Macá]] is more than 600m too high. The Wikipedia [[SRTM]] page has links to software that can read SRTM data and convert it into formats that can be read by many applications. SRTM data may not be verifiable by laymen with no knowledge of GIS at all, but its acceptance as evidence by Wikipedia has become established. Your comments above may imply a threat to challenge this. If this acceptance were to be successfully challenged, scores of elevation edits will have to be reverted, and the archaic elevations that have been updated will have to be restored. I must therefore resist. [http://www.viewfinderpanoramas.org/dem/cameroon.txt Here] are the relevant SRTM 3" (90m) cells, which, for Cameroon, which has fairly gentle slopes, are not compatible with 4095m. I hope this is sufficiently reliable. I can add this link to the reference if necessary, although it is on [http://www.viewfinderpanoramas.org my site]. I could be accused of amending these cells, but then I would likely be caught by a GIS expert. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] 06:56, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

== Prominence parentage definition ==

If you didn't understand what prominence parentage meant (and that's quite understandable!) - given that's it's used on several pages, I've tried to expand on the notion of '[[Topographic prominence#Prominence parentage and the territory concept|prominence parentage]]' myself and give it a clearcut and unambiguous defintion, using the territory concept, which might nevertheless take a bit of thinking about. Please talk to me if you don't understand it or think it can be made simpler for the masses! Thanks for all your work on the various prominence pages btw, you work real hard. --[[User:Mark J|Mark J]] 16:04, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

:Hi, your definition seems to be rigid, but I am not sure that it matches the US definition. [[User:Spireguy]] may be able to comment further on that. I am also not sure that your detail about 150m cut-off was necessary, I found it rather confusing. I was about to ask how a map of all the 1554 [[Marilyn (hill)|Marilyn]] domains would give me [[Snowdon]]'s parent; it was only near the end that I realised I need only draw the run-offs from passes belonging to higher prominence peaks. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] 18:49, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

::Hi, well at least you understood it. Thanks for replying. I just wanted to define the concept of a 'parent marilyn' since this is how a lot of minor hills in the British Isles sre categorised. See ya around. --[[User:Mark J|Mark J]] 15:14, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

== Prominence parentage definition ==
You say that: "Wikipedia has been criticised for being anti-elitist. Yes, I think it does have an anti-elitist streak, but I see that as good. I oppose the control of information by elitocracy."
Fine, then please stop calling me a troll for adding my own deeply felt opinion to a talk page. If I was a troll I would start vandalising the main page, not adding a comment to the talk page. As an explorer (Papua New Guinea etc) I dont think discussions about man-made objects, the difference in height between mountains on different continents, and the Panama Canal are encyclopadic - in fact to most observers this looks like nit-picking self-indulgence. If I cant express that view on a talk page, then where exactly can I express it?
Elitist....yes, completely. Please stop controlling, and learn to listen. [[User:Excalibur|Excalibur]] 22:00, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

::With all due respect, this is what you wrote at [[Talk:Topographic_prominence]]: <I>Do any of you realise how silly this all looks to anyone except people who spend their time doing pub quizzes?? Don't you have anything better to do with your time?</I>, and used the edit summary: <I>Not trolling -this whole page appears to have been written by trolls.</I> Sorry, but I regard these comments as inflammatory attacks on those Wikipedians who take an interest in this subject, and in breach [[WP:NPA]] and [[WP:CIV]]. Commenting on what you see as the triviality of prominence is one thing, but derogatory comments about Wikipedians who contribute to the concept have no place in Wikipedia and imo amount to [[Troll (internet)|trolling]]. Expressions like "nit picking self indulgence" and "learn to listen" are also unhelpful. Could I suggest that instead, we contribute to two new sections in the main article on prominence, entitled "Merits" and "Criticism"?

::There is enough interest in topographic prominence to justify a place among the million articles on Wikipedia. Imo, ranking peaks by prominence is sound and encyclopedic and many advantages over ranking than by height. Compare the widely spread [[List of peaks by prominence]] with the [[List of highest mountains]]; the latter are all in High Asia and beyond the reach of most hikers. Even among topographers who do not regard prominence as an appropriate metric for ranking, its use as a "cut off" is generally accepted; otherwise the length of lists of mountains would be indefinite, or its contents would be subjective. The [[List of mountains]] has become unstructured, with contributors adding their own personal favourites; I don't think that is appropriate for an encyclopedia. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] 23:12, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

== Reply regarding AIV ==

{{IPvandal|72.234.109.218}}'s last warning was '''6 months''' old making it ''very'' possible that the editor making those edits was not even affiliated with the previous ones. I provided a strong cease and desist warning and, as of when I wrote this, there has been no vandalism past that final warning, which is when a report to AIV is appropriate. I too dedicate a great deal of time to fighting vandalism on Wikipedia, but blocks are at administrator's discretion and in this case policy and precedent are clear. With one bad edit and no warnings in months, a new warning, not a block, was called for. I apologize for any confusion and hope it doesn't discourage you from continuing to help out by making reports to AIV. I encourage you to take a look at [[WP:BLOCK]] and [[Wikipedia:Guide to administrator intervention against vandalism]] if you have any further concerns, or contact me. Thanks! <span style="font-family:Verdana;">'''<font color="Black">[[User:Goodnightmush|Goodnight]]</font>'''<font color="silver">[[User:Goodnightmush|mush]]</font></span>[[User talk:Goodnightmush|<sup><font color="blue">Talk</font></sup>]] 03:35, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

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Thank you. A similarly obnoxious first person singular edit was added to my user page a few months ago. I would have done the same for any other user, regardless of any past differences. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] 13:40, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

== Wikipedia never fails to fascinate me... ==

...in the effort to disseminate knowledge. I saw your edits to [[Lookout Mountain]] and checked your userpage. Good edits, fascinating how you probably got there. Happy editing to you. [[User:Keegan|<font color="maroon">Keegan</font>]]<sup><small>[[User talk:Teke|<font color="gray">talk</font>]]</small></sup> 05:40, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

:Hi, thank you. I was tipped off by a contribution to [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/prominence/ the prminence e-group] and checked it out. See also [[Rock City]] and [http://www.viewfinderpanoramas.org/panoramas.html#ame my panoramas page]. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] 05:50, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

::Facsincating stuff, it really is. I took the Lookout Mountain images with the idea of its prominence as the focus. Keep up the good work. [[User:Keegan|<font color="maroon">Keegan</font>]]<sup><small>[[User talk:Teke|<font color="gray">talk</font>]]</small></sup> 06:16, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

==Image copyright problem with Image:Golan heights rel89A.jpg==
::I hope that I have now added the necessary information. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] 14:13, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

== Don't remove my edits from my talk page ==
Please stop removing my edits from my talk page as you just did - if you have a problem with it, raise it on one of the noticeboards. It's nothing to do with you. [[User:MarkThomas|MarkThomas]] 14:48, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

::[[WP:NPA]] and [[WP:CIV]] apply throughout Wikipedia to all edits by all editors. Please stop making personal attacks on other editors. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] 14:50, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

:I note that you haven't applied that to Hughsheehy, who falsely accused me of "libel", itself a breach of various policies. Could it be that you are taking sides? If so, I will ask that you be included in the current Arbcom on the subject. Thanks. [[User:MarkThomas|MarkThomas]] 14:52, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

Frankly it would be a lot better for all concerned if you confined your contributions to verifiable facts and content, and ended your serial practice of making serial personal attacks. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] 15:02, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

:Nope, Hughsheehy did that first to me. He also accused me falsely of libel and I was robust in rejecting such an absurd legal threat. I have also had to endure an avalanche of abuse and personal threats from Irish editors recently and have show really quite colossal restraint in the face of that. My only offence was trying to challenge the tricks and subterfuges of these editors in pursuing their extreme POV, something that appears to be working in a positive and NPOV direction in a number of articles. You appear to me to be taking sides against me for POV reasons and therefore should in my view be added to the Arbcom; I will request this with the arbitrators. [[User:MarkThomas|MarkThomas]] 15:07, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

I have not been fopllowing the detail of these exchanges but this is what you wrote: <I>One day the article will be rendered NPOV and you will be forced to back down. I suggest you get out of the way sooner and save us all a lot of trouble and emotional strain from your constant whining.</I> Not only does that contravene [[WP:CIV]] but it is unhelpful regardless of the circumstances. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] 15:12, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

:He's a tough chap - I'm sure he won't be offended. He may however sue for libel. Not. [[User:MarkThomas|MarkThomas]] 15:16, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

== Rock City debunking ==

Please see the [[Talk:Rock City|talk page]] for a response to your commentary/debunking back in April. We really need to this to be grounded in someone's [[WP:RS|published, reliable account]], not your [[WP:OR|own personal research]]. Thanks. [[User:64.126.24.11|64.126.24.11]] 22:58, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

: I have replied on the above mentioned talk page. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] 01:46, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

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:Point taken. The offending link was one of a block of several external links that had been deleted without explanation, so I added back the block. I realise that there are good reasons for the blacklisting of external links, I will check each one before adding it back again. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] 14:17, 26 August 2007 (UTC)
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==Barbados==
Your [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barbados&diff=158426956&oldid=158425712 edit] to [[Barbados]] reverted good faith and correct edits. Please be more careful! [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] 04:55, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

Further comment: although this [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cave_Hill%2C_Saint_Michael%2C_Barbados&diff=158426849&oldid=157134675 edit] was neither appriopriate nor encyclopaedic, it was <I>not</I> [[WP:VAN|vandalism]], read the vandalism link carefully and see also [[WP:NEWBIES]]. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] 05:05, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

:Ok, so I really screwed up on the Barbados one. From the first edit I reverted, I figured that the user wasn't editing in good faith -- and he changed information to something totally different, so I figured it was purposeful error insertion. Obviously I was wrong.
:But as for the other edit -- doesn't it fall under "silly vandalism" on [[WP:VAND]]? What else would you call it, then, if not vandalism? [[User:Gscshoyru|Gscshoyru]] 11:20, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

::It was a personal opinion expressed in an unencyclopedic manner by a new editor who has not yet grasped the rules but who does appear to be editing in good faith. Don't let me discourage you from removing vandalism and other inappropriate material, but I thought it right that I should advise you that you went over the top. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] 21:28, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

:::Alright, gotcha. I should rein myself in a little bit, and label things properly. Thanks for letting me know I screwed up. [[User:Gscshoyru|Gscshoyru]] 21:42, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

==Great Power status of the United Kingdom==

Yes, I can do that: Barry Buzan, one of the foremost scholars in the field of International Relations theory, says that:

<blockquote>Achieving great powers status is less demanding in terms of both capabilities and behaviour [e.g. than a superpower]. Great powers need not necessarily have big capabilities in all sectors...Great power status rests mainly on a single key: what distinguishes great powers from merely regional ones is that they are responded to by others on the basis of system-level calculations, as well as regional ones, about the present and near future distribution of power...After the cold war it [e.g. great power status] was held by Britain/France/Germany..., Japan, China and Russia. India was banging hard on the door, but had neither the capability, the formal recognition, nor the place in the calculations of others to qualify. (pp. 69-70)</blockquote>

::::Is Buzan not referring to Britain/France/Germany collectively, rather than any one of these countries in its own right? I am not convinced that this is a legitimate citation.
The other source, by a group of young academics at the University of Cambridge, says:

<blockquote>...Britain's revived global standing in recent years has seen it emerge as the world's second most influential nation...We must, therefore, maintain, reinforce a more proactive and assertive foreign and security policy, which takes advantage of the areas where Britain already has leverage. (p. 30)</blockquote>

::::Imo this is POV with a touch of jingoism. There is only one great power today - the USA. When it comes to clout in the world, Britain is in effect little more than state #51; recall that without covert US backing we could not have re-taken the Falkland islands. Also, I assume that you are part of this Cambridge young academic commentary, in which case there may be a [[WP:OR]] and/or [[WP:COI]] issue here.

Finally, there are two other sources, which can be located here:

[http://www.heritage.org/research/europe/bg1707.cfm]
[http://www.henryjacksonsociety.org/sections/britain_world/naval_trident] <small>—Preceding
[[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Imperium Europeum|Imperium Europeum]] ([[User talk:Imperium Europeum|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Imperium Europeum|contribs]]) 20:45, 18 September 2007 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

::::These sources push the defence expenditure argument. But remember that the UK has no conscript military. Many countries with lower defence expenditure measured in pounds or dollars have considerably more manpower

::::Thank you for your response. I am not, at present, minded to contest the great power claim, provided that it remains presented as a point of view rather than hard fact, although I may oppose the inclusion of the Buzan citation. Also, please sign your posts using four tildes. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] 21:26, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

:::::Thank you for your replies. In academic literature in the field of International Relations (of which I am involved), there is much discussion on what constitutes a 'great power'. It cannot really be measured objectively (although the Correlates of War project at the University of Michigan has certainly tried. Equally, one of China's leading government think tanks also conducts an annual survey of the world's top ten powers, in which they normally put the US first, then Britain, then Russia, then France, and so on, normally ending with Canada. Both these surveys use economic might, military power, population size and political cohesion as measures. However, other academics in the field contest these seemingly scientific approaches, and suggest that defining and categorising a 'great power' also includes subjective things like historical legacy, cultural attraction, popularity and democratic procedures, and these are harder to measure.

:::::But in any case, what is clear is that the United Kingdom does rank exceptionally high in almost every key area, which gives it the weight and reach of a global power or great power (the two are effectively coterminous). To take a few off the top of my head:

:::::(1) Britain has the world's fifth biggest nominal GDP/GNP/GNI (fourth if we exclude China, which is still a developing country), and sixth if measured by PPP (or fourth, again if we exclude China and India (developing economies)).
:::::(1a) Britain has more Fortune 500 multinational companies than any other country other than Japan, Germany and America.
:::::(2) Britain has the world's second biggest defence budget.
:::::(2a) Britain has the world's second largest navy, with the second strongest fleet of aircraft carriers and nuclear attack submarines (these two types of vessel are considered paramount for any country claiming 'great power' status today. Other than the USA, only France has a comparable amount of firepower to Britain.)
:::::(2b) Britain's military operates in 88 countries and territories around the world, more than any other country bar the USA.
:::::(3) London is the world's premier financial centre, and continues to gain ground on Tokyo and New York every year.

:::::::Premier? London is not above New York, surely. The FTSE indices respond to the DJ closely and predictably. When America sneezes the world catches cold, but if Britain sneezed it would be business as usual elsewhere.

:::::(4) British culture is magnetic and far reaching (e.g. the spread of English, the BBC, British music, British product brands).
:::::(5) Britain's historical legacy is unrivalled. Much of the world has been in contact with British power over the past 500 years.
:::::(6) British technology and scientific accomplishments are rivalled only by the USA. We have more Nobel Prize winners than any other country other than America, and more universities in the world's top 100 rankings than any other country other than the USA.
:::::(7) Britain is a member of more international organisations than any other country bar France, has a permanent seat on the UNSC, and is a member of the G8 (considered as the two ultimate institutions for great powers).
:::::(8) Britain is a major Member State of the European Union, with the bloc's second strongest economy, and third biggest population.

:::::I can provide references for all of these statistics, although they are also provided on most of the relevant Wikipedia pages.

:::::I see you mention the importance of the USA in two instances. First, the USA is universally recognised as a 'great power', but it is also understood to be an exceptional 'great power'—either a superpower or a hyperpower. The means needed for 'great power' status are quite diverse. In the nineteenth century, when the term was first used, 'great power' was deployed to label anything from the British Empire (even stronger than the USA today, relatively), to Austria-Hungary (which is like comparing America with Canada today). But both were considered to be more than just regional or 'middle powers', so there was quite a lot of variation accepted for 'great power' status. Second, I think you overstate Britain's reliance on the USA. Your example of the Falklands War is insufficient: you might remember that Britain's fleet arrived in the South Atlantic before the United States gave the operation its 'blessing'. That war was going to take place with or without American approval—indeed, the fact that Washington eventually sided with Britain shows that Washington was compelled to side with its most important ally.

:::::::In the 19th century there were several great powers competing for global hegemony; the term [[Great Power]] was coined at that time. I agree that the UK was #1, particularly on the high seas, but the UK surely did not possess the global domination that the US has today. Several other countries at the time (most notably Germany) had military budgets rivalling the UK, but no country competes with the US today, see [[List of countries and federations by military expenditures]]. Could the UK prevent the trench carnage of [[World War One|WW1]]? No, and only US intervention succeeded in stopping it. Ditto [[World War Two|WW2]]. During the Cold War there were two superpowers (possibly three including China). Now there is one. The term "great power" is no longer applicable to any other country, although it may become applicable to the EU, China, India and possibly (on account of its vast territory) Russia. British forces suffered heavy losses in the South Atlantic and would probably have lost the Hermes - and hence the war - without material covertly supplied by the US (for which [[Caspar Weinberger#Awards|Cap the Knife]] got a knighthood). It was shown that the UK was dependent on the US for its ability to defeat Argentina; that's not a Great Power in my book.

:::::::Washington was not compelled to side with the UK, but had the UK lost the war the [[Margaret Thatcher|Thatcher]] government would probably have fallen and [[Michael Foot]] would have taken over; that would not have served US interests. In practice the pro-US Thatcher emerged strongly, primarily on back of the [[News Corporation|non-UK owned]] [[The Sun (newspaper)|Sun]]. Aside: could the entire Falklands episode have been stage managed by the [[Ronald Reagan|Reagan]] administration, with remarkable success? Right-wing French elements (who have cooperated consistently with the UK since the aftermath of Waterloo) and [[Augusto Pinochet|Pinochet]] were also involved, although the French also wanted the world to see demonstrations of their [[Exocet|Exocets]].

:::::I've only listed a small section of the Buzan source. I simply do not have the time to copy down any more. Rest assured that the book is a 200+ page survey of the world's great powers past, now, and potentially future, and very much recognises the UK as a great power, although points to the ongoing integration of the EU, in which the UK will perhaps merge, to form a new superpower (e.g. part of a larger and another exceptional 'great power'). [[User:Imperium Europeum|Imperium Europeum]] 00:21, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

:::::::Can you find a Buzan sentence that makes the claim, unambiguously, that the UK is still a great power in its own right? Otherwise, I don't think this should be cited as a [[WP:V|verifiable]] source.

:::::::Thank you for your further comments. I agree with many of them, but we are also agreed that the term "great power" is subjective. That is why these sort of terms are discouraged by [[WP:AWW]] and [[WP:PEACOCK]]. Many of your above claims are already in the main article, where they are not disputed. I have removed much of the puffery that accompanied them. Although this is an interesting discussion, it is Wikipedia policy to let the verifiable facts speak for themselves. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] 06:40, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

I agree - the term "great power" should be avoided, especially so in an introduction. <span style="font-size:80%;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold">[[User:The Red Hat of Pat Ferrick|<font color="red">'''The Red Hat of Pat Ferrick'''</font>]]<sup> [[User talk:The Red Hat of Pat Ferrick|<font color="blue">'''t'''</font>]]</sup></span> 20:04, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

:::::::The term was removed by this [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=United_Kingdom&action=edit&oldid=159015797 unregistered edit]. This edit was not accompanied by an edit summary or talk page contribution. It should have been. Still, given the volume of opposition to the term, it should not be restored to the introduction. Regarding the Buzan citation, this needs a better relevant transcription than has been supplied, and regarding the Cambridge University citation, there is a touch of [[WP:OR]] and [[WP:COI]] here, as mentioned above. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] 04:49, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

== Vandalism ==

Hey, I noted that you warned {{IPvandal|217.34.177.221}} with blocking after any further vandalism. Well, he did it again. I just undid the edit, but what happens about getting someone blocked? --[[User:El Pollo Diablo|El Pollo Diablo]] ([[User talk:El Pollo Diablo|Talk]]) 16:59, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

Report the offender at [[WP:AIV]]. It is then up to admin to decide wither to apply a block. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] 20:52, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

I have just done so, but it is a few hours since I had last checked Wikipedia so I am not certain that a block will be applied. Imo these sort of vandals should be blocked indefinitely; they are free to apply for an unblock if they mend their ways. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] 21:06, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

== Vandalism by [[User:165.234.184.32|165.234.184.32]] ==

Just a heads up, I cleaned up the vandalism by [[User:165.234.184.32|165.234.184.32]] that you reverted before on the [[George Orwell]] article --[[User:ZeWrestler|<span style="color:green">ZeWrestler</span>]] [[user talk:ZeWrestler|<sup><span style="color:green">Talk</span></sup>]] 14:51, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
:I've also reported him at [[WP:AIV]]. --[[User:ZeWrestler|<span style="color:green">ZeWrestler</span>]] [[user talk:ZeWrestler|<sup><span style="color:green">Talk</span></sup>]] 14:53, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

== [[User:Juntao12]] ==

We've fallen into his clever trap and now we're reverting each other! ;) '''<font face="Arial">[[User:Acroterion|<font color="black">Acroterion</font>]] <sub><small>[[User talk:Acroterion|<font color="gray">(talk)</font>]]</small></sub></font>''' 19:21, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

: My apologies. I corrected my mistake as soon as I realised I had made it. Thank you for pointing it out all the same. Cheers. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] 19:23, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

::I saw that - no worries here. '''<font face="Arial">[[User:Acroterion|<font color="black">Acroterion</font>]] <sub><small>[[User talk:Acroterion|<font color="gray">(talk)</font>]]</small></sub></font>''' 19:25, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

== [[Mount Darwin (Andes)|Mount Darwin]] ==

I think there are two different mountains. See [http://www.americanalpineclub.org/AAJO/pdfs/1974/202_nepal_aaj1974.pdf]. Do you have any additional info about this? [[User:Jespinos|Jespinos]] 23:29, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

: Hi, thank you for another interesting link. There is not very much topographic data available for this area. The only topo I have is a Russian 500K map that is not very accurate, and [[SRTM]] data is incomplete. But there are SRTM cells rising to 2562m, so the 2488m elevation given appears to be too low, and there are many subsidiary summits. I will try to find out any more, but I would be interersted to know if there are any Chilean topos covering this area. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] 14:23, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

I have searched on the Chilen IGM website but get no results. The coordinates given on your site for the highest point on the island are consistent with the following NASA image [http://earth.jsc.nasa.gov/sseop/EFS/images.pl?photo=ISS006-E-43030](see inferior left corner of the image). [[User:Jespinos|Jespinos]] 18:06, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

== Menzies Campbell ==

Hi, okay, understood. It was (as usual in such moments) everybody editing at the same time and parallely... Looks like things calmed down a bit now. Regards, --[[User:Mbimmler|Mbimmler]] 19:11, 15 October 2007 (UTC)


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==Edward Gage==
It looks like a good call to take him out of [[Ludgrove School]]. I wasn't sure, as he looked plausible enough on the face of it and there is a suitable Gage family, but I couldn't find a racing driver called Edward Gage. [[User:Xn4|<span style="color:#9911DD">Xn4</span>]] 01:49, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

: Googling Edward Gage showed up nothing so if he is real then he cannot be notable. I'd bet on Edward Gage being the name of the pupil who contributed the edit. It is one of several inappropriate edits contributed by pupils at Ludgrove. Previous abuse has come from [[Oundle School]], [[Radley College]] and [[Harrow School]]. Why cannot or will not these expensive outfits stop this behaviour? All they have to do is block anonymous editing. As far as I am aware, there has been no abuse from [[Eton College]], although I continue to watch it closely. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] 04:02, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

== Your removal of an amusing cultural reference re: Matterhorn ==

Sir,

You seem to have a rather highly developed interest in mountaineering articles. I fail to see how my addition of a cultural reference to the Matterhorn article was, as you so casually put it of "doubtful relevance" (as a prelude to your removal of my small, humourous, and I believe accurate addition), compared to say ... '''any''' of the other humourous cultural references in the article (including a reference the hilarious Bugs Bunny cartoon about the race up the Schmatterhorn, and yet another to a Simpson's episode).

You may have this tiny patch of Internet turf; it is not worth further argument. I would request you leave this response on your page for the enjoyment of others that you no doubt spar with in this venue in its defense. Although I'm sure you will not oblige me in the previous request, please do me the favour of keeping clear of any further editing of my tiny contributions to this site.

Enjoy your serious task of insuring that the content of articles of interest to you meet your refined criteria of relevance. I hope this special role comes with a suitably embroidered t-shirt!

[[User:J.A.Ireland, BA (IHPST)|J.A.Ireland, BA (IHPST)]] ([[User talk:J.A.Ireland, BA (IHPST)|talk]]) 22:57, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

::I have removed the irrelevant personal attacks from the above contribution. Please go to [[WP:NPA]]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Matterhorn&diff=173971057&oldid=173947296 Here] is the edit in question. That a Monty Python sketch involving twins on Kilimanjaro, which seems to make no mention of the Matterhorn is relevant to and appropriate for the [[Matterhorn]] page, is at best a point of view. You might also like to go to [[WP:TRIVIA]]. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] ([[User talk:Viewfinder|talk]]) 09:28, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

::Btw, if you want to make the case for the reinstatement of the Monty Python reference, then the right place is at [[Talk:Matterhorn]]. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] ([[User talk:Viewfinder|talk]]) 10:18, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

== [[United Kingdom]] ==

Hi View, I noticed you participated discussions on this topic before, could you comment on the situation here [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:United_Kingdom#UK_.22significant.2Fmajor.22_influence]? Thanks.--[[User:Miyokan|Miyokan]] ([[User talk:Miyokan|talk]]) 15:18, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

-- OK, I will do this on the talk page. Contrary to claims on that page, there has been no breach of [[WP:3RR]]. Infact, if you revert again you will not be blocked as it will be your third revert. However, I think that the article as it now stands is OK. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] ([[User talk:Viewfinder#top|talk]]) 17:23, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

== Terra Firma ==

Re. your recent message, I was not the author, but could you advise of the page to which you are referring? --[[Special:Contributions/193.130.13.113|193.130.13.113]] ([[User talk:193.130.13.113|talk]]) 13:03, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

== Mount Wilhelm ==

Ok. But I used that source only as a reference for the height. In the Statistical Yearbook of Croatia Mount Wilhelm is indicated as the highest peak of Oceania because Papua New Guinea is an Oceanian state and Indonesia is clearly Asian state (aslo that peak is the highest peak in Indonesia) so it makes the entire Indonesia an Oceanian state (which it is not). I will not revert your editing but would like to reach a compromise which will list Mount Wilhelm in the article together with Jaya (peak). -- [[User:Imbris|Imbris]] ([[User talk:Imbris|talk]]) 22:51, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

:: Your edit came across as claiming peakbagger as a source for your central claim, which is not supported at [[Oceania]] or [[Australia (continent)]]. Nor is it supported at [http://7summits.com Seven Summits], although there has been some debate there. If Russia and Turkey can cover two continents, why can't Indonesia? [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] ([[User talk:Viewfinder#top|talk]]) 23:05, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

::Still, I have not deleted all mention of Wilhelm; sources can be found which claim it as a continental HP. But it has never been formally listed or recognised by 7summits. So I oppose its listing at WP. Note also that Indonesia is no more "Asian state" than Turkey or Russia; [[West Papua]] is not Asian. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] ([[User talk:Viewfinder#top|talk]]) 23:44, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

:::I value your contribution excellent. Mount Wilhelm is mentioned and it is enough but the highest mountain in Indonesia (an Asian state) cannot be the highest point of Oceania. But I will not insist on this position which is not only the position of many statisticians but also the position of the Geographical Department of the Faculty of Science of the University of Zagreb which is the source for that Statistical Yearbook of Croatia 2007 reference. -- [[User:Imbris|Imbris]] ([[User talk:Imbris|talk]]) 00:00, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

::::Why do you keep repeating that Indonesia is an Asian state? West Papua is in [[Oceania]]. Indonesia has territory in two continents, [[Asia]] and Oceania. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] ([[User talk:Viewfinder#top|talk]]) 07:07, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

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== Shiprock infobox ==

Hi---could you please comment on [[Talk:Shiprock#Reiteration]]? You don't need to read the whole discussion; the issue right now is whether the First Ascent/Easiest Route info should be in the infobox, or should be censored because climbing is currently illegal. You can guess my position. -- [[User:Spireguy|Spireguy]] ([[User talk:Spireguy|talk]]) 12:52, 2 August 2008 (UTC)

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== Mayakovskiy ==

Thank you for correcting my mistake in [[List of Central Asian Ultras]]. Could you possible give me a source where Mayakovskiy's prominence is actually shown? I have miserably failed in my Google searches in this respect. Thanks again. --[[User:Zlerman|Zlerman]] ([[User talk:Zlerman|talk]]) 01:09, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

:Mayakovskiy is not listed at [http://www.peaklist.org peaklist]. I checked my [[DEM]] resources and found that it was connected to higher mountains to the east by a ridge that drops no lower than 4,800 metres. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] ([[User talk:Viewfinder#top|talk]]) 13:15, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

== Ultras page ==

OK first, sorry about the (admitted) copyright violation - I didn't think anyone would pick it up! Second, thanks for defending my cause on the prominence group (which I'm not a member of but perhaps should be). Third, Ras52 (is he a member of the prominence group? Spireguy is) has already deleted the text in question and agreed to give it a rewrite, so that fixes the problem. Fourthly, I hope this can all be forgiven and doesn't detract too much from what is probably a considerable increase in publicity for the ultras and all your, Adam's, etc's work. Fifthly, please could you tell the guys on the prominence group all this? Many thanks - [[User:Mark J|Mark J]] ([[User talk:Mark J|talk]]) 11:29, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

:There is a clear example of the need for Wikipedia at the highly prominent [[Sgurr nan Eugallt]], to whose trig point I climbed on Tuesday armed with [[Ordnance Survey]] and [[Scottish Mountaineering Club]] information that it was the summit. When I got to the top I thought the ground to the north west looked suspicious but I rechecked the OS map and found only an 881m spot height and another 880m contour ring. Relieved - only two hours of daylight remained - I descended. When I got home I found Richard Webb's site and ... oops! I created a wiki page - with hard evidence - immediately. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] ([[User talk:Viewfinder#top|talk]]) 11:44, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

== Central Asian Ultras ==

Please look at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Mark_J#List_of_Central_Asian_Ultras my note] on [[User talk:Mark J|Mark J]]'s talk page. Your reaction will be most welcome. --[[User:Zlerman|Zlerman]] ([[User talk:Zlerman|talk]]) 09:17, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

: I have replied at [[User talk:Mark J]]. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] ([[User talk:Viewfinder#top|talk]]) 11:06, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

==Edits to Cordillera del Paine==

While it’s acceptable to disagree with the '''widely published''' elevations, it’s unacceptable to change information based on mere speculations (e.g.; loss of tourism). If you do have a source that states otherwise on the specific elevations that you claim to be inflated, please, feel free to include them on the article’s discussion page. Nonetheless, if you do not have any related information that can support your claims you should leave the article as it is.

[[User:Likeminas|Likeminas]] ([[User talk:Likeminas|talk]]) 19:44, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

I have restored the information that was deleted and supplied reliable sources. While I was the researcher who initially challenged these elevations, I was not the author of either of the sources given, so that research has been appropriately peer reviewed and therefore does not contravene [[WP:OR]]. The issue has been discussed at some length on the discussion page.[[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] ([[User talk:Viewfinder#top|talk]]) 15:30, 21 October 2008 (UTC)

== Nun Kun et al ==
there is a problem with these disputed footnotes being dotted all over Pakistani mountains but seem to disappear from indian mountains thats why im adding EXACTLY THE SAME footnotes on mountains in indian administered kashmir im not doing anything extra just making sure theres equal amounts of these disputed footnotes on location on both Pakistani and Indian mountains reply when you get time cheers[[Special:Contributions/86.154.151.159|86.154.151.159]] ([[User talk:86.154.151.159|talk]]) 08:58, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

:There was some inconsistency; I agree that mountains in Pakistan administered Kashmir and Indian administered Kashmir should be treated equally. The international community is neutral on the issue. But please do not revert good faith edits without supplying an edit summary or talk page comment; when you started doing this to me, it turned me against you. There seems to be a consensus developing around the footnote at [[K2]], if you entered this for mountains in Indian administered Kashmir but substituting "east" for "west" then I think it would stick. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] ([[User talk:Viewfinder#top|talk]]) 01:36, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

== Great Power ==
Obviously there must be a mistake.

I would like to thank [[User:ACamposPinho|ACamposPinho]], [[User:Lorenzop|Lorenzop]], [[User:- Izzo|- Izzo]], [[User:Hadrian1|Hadrian1]], [[User:Philip Baird Shearer|Philip Baird Shearer]], [[User:Kayac1971|Kayac1971]], [[User:Chanakyathegreat|Chanakyathegreat]] and many others for the important research material produced in these discussion's pages - Great powers. I would like to thank [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] too for your reason.

Thanks anyway to everybody – in particular [[User talk:UKPhoenix79|UKPhoenix79]], [[User talk:Nirvana888|Nirvana888]], [[User talk:Colliver55|Colliver55]], [[User talk:Deavenger|Deavenger]] (in Italian Language ''Commarelle'') – for the kind assistance. I go to work.

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== Saser Kangri and Nanga Parbat ==

I am concerned about your contradictory edits to these two mountains. You insist that [[Nanga Parbat]] is in [[Pakistan Occupied Kashmir]] and that [[Saser Kangri]] is in [[India]]. Infact, both are in the [[Kashmir]] region, all of which is disputed. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] ([[User talk:Viewfinder|talk]]) 20:37, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

I have been tracking socks of [[User:Nangparbat]]. IP lists are located at [[User_talk:William_M._Connolley#The_User:Nangparbat_case._I_think]] and [[User:Thegreyanomaly/Nangparbat the evader]]. None of their POV edits are valid, so I have been reverting them all, so has admin [[User:William M. Connolley]]. These IPs are guilty of ban evasions to the nth degree as a result none of their edits are valid. They never follow [[WP:CIV]] nor do they sit down and talk in civil manner. If someone seconds their edits and sits down and talks, I would be absolutely will to talk and find some common ground. Soon I will be finishing my WP:SSP report on this user.

As a side note, in case you wish to know, my personal view on Kashmir is that all lands identified as the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir in 1947, should be returned to the people native of the region and a country of Kashmir should be formed. [[User:Thegreyanomaly|Thegreyanomaly]] ([[User talk:Thegreyanomaly|talk]]) 20:59, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

:Whatever the socking situation, there should still not be inconsistency. I have amended [[Nanga Parbat]] to the version that has been stable at [[K2]], and will do the same to [[Saser Kangri]] to ensure consistency.

lol my edits are POV greyanomoly is a nationalist indian who hides behind admins to get his india pov across all articles look at my edit history and compare it the filth hes been adding to articles like pakistan occupied kashmir hes a hypocrite all my edits make sense and could this indian editor tell me where my edits are POV or is he just lying again [[Special:Contributions/86.158.178.83|86.158.178.83]] ([[User talk:86.158.178.83|talk]]) 17:16, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

:I hope that you are happy with the current versions of these two pages. If you are an IP hopper, editing Wikipedia from multiple IPs, then you should stop. You should also read [[WP:CIV]] and [[WP:NPA]]; the tone of the above paragraph is not helpful. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] ([[User talk:Viewfinder#top|talk]]) 19:15, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks veiwfinder in happy with both pages however the page was not a issue it was greyanomoly putting the indian POV term Pakistan occupied kashmir onto the article what worrys me is that he doesnt seem to understand what being biased is and he acts as a upholder of NPOV he needs help cheers anyways freind[[Special:Contributions/86.158.237.147|86.158.237.147]] ([[User talk:86.158.237.147|talk]]) 13:44, 24 December 2008 (UTC)


==prominence==
Although it might not be OR it reads like it is. If i didn't know anything about the topic and just happened to read that section it would sound like it was someone having a rant about prominence. Also the sectoin on the merits of prom is equally poorly writen in my opinion, they just sound like someone having an argument. I just think both sections could do with rewriting in a more encyclopaedic style. Have there been anything written on the merits/critisism of prom or is it just in blogs like you say? I might do myself a google search in a mo and see what i can find. - ----[[User:Greatestrowerever|<font face="Chiller" size="4">'''<font color="#414833">Greatestrowerever</font></font>]][[User talk:Greatestrowerever|<b><font color="black"><sup>Talk Page</sup></font></b>]] 15:10, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

:I am sorry you think the sections are poorly written, they still seem to me to be a correct application of [[WP:YESPOV]]. But by all means overhaul them if you think it would improve them. There are sources supporting prominence, including [http://www.viewfinderpanoramas.org/prominence.html#def mine]. Criticism has come from blogs and forums, which we do not accept, but you may be able to find some indirect ciriticism on the pages about the [http://www.peaklist.org/spire/ spire measure] alternative. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] ([[User talk:Viewfinder#top|talk]]) 15:51, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

== <s>8</s>6 8000ers ==
Thanks for checking that one. Please see my answer [[File talk:Flight over himalaya annotated.jpg|there]].--11:02, 11 January 2009 (UTC) <small><span class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Rupert Pupkin|Rupert Pupkin]] ([[User talk:Rupert Pupkin|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Rupert Pupkin|contribs]]) </span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
:Hi, I uploaded a [[File talk:Flight over himalaya annotated.jpg|corrected version]]. BTW, I'm not very satisfied with the layout of the 8000ers-article. Especially the paragraphes about the climbers (many blank space). But I'm afraid I don't now much about tabels, so I can't change it...--[[User:Rupert Pupkin|Rupert Pupkin]] ([[User talk:Rupert Pupkin|talk]]) 13:43, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

== Steyn article ==

Do not restore the material, but please feel free to raise this issue on the article's talk page. [[User:Jayjg|Jayjg ]]<sup><small><font color="DarkGreen">[[User_talk:Jayjg|(talk)]]</font></small></sup> 03:38, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

:And please do not threaten to block me. Explain why the material in question breached [[WP:BLP]] instead. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] ([[User talk:Viewfinder#top|talk]]) 03:40, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
::That article is a BLP-violation magnet, and I have been monitoring it for such violations for months now. If you, or anyone else, persists in inserting BLP-violating material into it, I will indeed block you (or them), per policy. I hope that's clear. I've responded to your specific question on the article's Talk: page. [[User:Jayjg|Jayjg ]]<sup><small><font color="DarkGreen">[[User_talk:Jayjg|(talk)]]</font></small></sup> 03:46, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

:Jayjg, I have reproduced the disputed material at [[Talk:Mark_Steyn]] with two more sources. It is properly referenced by an article by Steyn himself. Therefore it does not breach [[WP:BLP]] or [[WP:NOR]], so I regard your blocking threats as unreasonable and ask you to stop making them. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] ([[User talk:Viewfinder#top|talk]]) 04:33, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
::I will be making all further responses on the article Talk: page, please don't bother posting to me here as well. Thanks. [[User:Jayjg|Jayjg ]]<sup><small><font color="DarkGreen">[[User_talk:Jayjg|(talk)]]</font></small></sup> 04:39, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

Viewfinder, would [http://books.google.com/books?id=HH9XFP2VAhAC&pg=PA371&dq=%22heart+of+stone+not+to+weep+with+laughter%22&lr=&as_brr=0&as_pt=ALLTYPES#PPA372,M1 this source] be a use to you?--[[Special:Contributions/70.22.151.175|70.22.151.175]] ([[User talk:70.22.151.175|talk]]) 18:38, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

:Maybe, if you can state what it says about the incident and on what page. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] ([[User talk:Viewfinder#top|talk]]) 19:18, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

== K2 ==
Hi veiwfinder another pov pusher is vandalising k2 just letting you know to keep and eye on it i deleted his edits [[Special:Contributions/86.156.210.144|86.156.210.144]] ([[User talk:86.156.210.144|talk]]) 11:18, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

:Vishnut is not vandalising. He just thinks that the [[K2]] article does not do justice to India's claim, an issue on which the international community is neutral. It would have been better if he had raised the subject on the talk page instead. Frankly the use of Wikipedia to push nationalist POV ****** me off. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] ([[User talk:Viewfinder#top|talk]]) 12:36, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
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==Mount Kinabalu==
Hi there. I understand that you remove the [[Mount Kinabalu]] ranking as to avoid edit war, but I propose to keep it there for clarification. I don't mind putting it as 6 / 7 position as long as it is being clarified to what reason and why. Mount Kinabalu has long been listed as highest in South East Asia in terms of geologist (which boundries is clearly define), however now there are some people advocating political boundries (also clearly define) and accusing those who listed Mount Kinabalu as highest in SEA as cheating. By puting both side / ranking this article hopefully clarified this issues to those who are looking for clear explanation. For those who persist, there is not really much anyone can do for them. Regards [[User:Yosri|Yosri]] ([[User talk:Yosri|talk]]) 10:54, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

This discussion belongs at [[Talk:Mount Kinabalu]]. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] ([[User talk:Viewfinder#top|talk]]) 14:41, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

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Your retirement[edit]

Respect your decision and whatever the reasons for it, but hoping you reconsider and change your mind soon. We need you around here man. --RacerX11 Talk to meStalk me 10:58, 15 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Contact me by e-mail if necessary. Viewfinder (talk) 16:17, 15 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
If this is the sad result of the behaviour of minor contributors or the rules of Wikipedia then there's something seriously wrong with both of them. I'm very sorry to see you go.
Qwrk (talk) 06:22, 16 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
My withdrawal was the immediate consequence of a general purge of my internet media accounts following the excessive use of Facebook to pull strings in my life. But I have decided not to restore my Wikipedia account. My site, which includes my e-mail address, is still available. The behaviour of the User:Farhoudk, who made claims that are just plain wrong, was certainly not helpful. But the biased and nasty response of administrator User:JamesBWatson and his cohorts, who blocked me not my opponent despite him not me breaking 3RR, upset me considerably more. But, as an independent topographic researcher, the rules too are a problem, particularly the WP:OR rule. Even if I can put together a referenced argument in support of my claims, my edits can still be challenged as OR. My site has been used as a reference by other editors so it is evidently regarded by Wikipedians as adequately reliable. It is therefore better for me to post my research to my own site, then let others judge it before deciding whether or not to post it to Wikipedia. I will be updating my inflated elevations page very soon, especially the section on Mount Damavand. I hope it will be considered more reliable than unreferenced or outdated claims in outdated articles by employees of the likes of NASA and USGS. In recent times I have tended towards using Wikipedia, rather than my own site, as a platform for my own research, bending the OR rules too far in the process. Viewfinder (talk) 10:42, 16 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry to see your retirement. You might go to vacation :) instead to get rid of these temporary headaches for a while. Your statements on WP:OR rule is a reality. New official measurements are available for Mount Damavand elevation using gravimeter as well, but still is not reliable for me to mention on wiki, as Iranian authorities have not published it officially yet!! Also when it comes to compare elevation of Damavand with other summits in for example Eastern Europe to have extra judgments, all measurements must be accomplished by same internationally acceptable procedures and instruments. I am sure this kind of global measurements will be done in near future and not only the problem of having inaccurate elevation of Mount Damavand will be resolved but also we will see better accuracy for elevation of summits mentioned in List of Iranian four-thousanders as well. Until then, it is better to leave the elevation of Mount Damavand as disputed. Farhoudk (talk) 06:48, 17 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
If Iranian authorities have and are about to publish new information then we can wait for it. Let's hope they do. Viewfinder (talk) 16:28, 22 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Descriptions of individuals must be accurate[edit]

Adding a link from 1998 is a low value link because the information is entirely trivial. That this is the best that you can do does add weight to the inevitable conclusion that this BLP of a minor isn't worth the bytes its written in.

Describing him as a mathematician and astrophysicist is also misleading. He is at best, a student whose had a puff biography written of him by his mother. Please do not add misleading information. And please do not lecture me on this sortof thing. Barney the barney barney (talk) 22:47, 4 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed that the description should have been amended per the article. Viewfinder (talk) 23:11, 4 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Looks we've just lost another[edit]

It's getting lonely here. --RacerX11 Talk to meStalk me 16:36, 3 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The dispute appears to be over Jorge Egocheaga, with Qwrk insisting that he be included in the verified list, citing Eberhard Jurgalski's 8000ers.com. I have just downloaded the cited page and I cannot find him listed. EJ is well known to me, I could contact him directly. Viewfinder (talk) 17:03, 3 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
And Qwrk is apparently waiting for an update. Any help would be appreciated I'm sure.
I will contact EJ. Viewfinder (talk) 17:25, 3 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Meanwhile it appears that Qwrk has already heard from EJ, who has not updated his site. Whatever the situation, until we have a reliable source in support of the claim that JE's ascent has been accepted, he has to remain in the disputed section. Viewfinder (talk) 17:47, 3 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Have you had a chance to look at [1]? --RacerX11 Talk to meStalk me 17:09, 3 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Eberhard just called me to inform me that a user, who goes by the same name as User;Globetrotter1918, has been active on Polish wikipedia, and who is currently blocked "with an expiry time forever (account creation disabled, can not edit own talk page) (unauthorized use of puppets)"
Check;
https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specjalna:Wk%C5%82ad/Globetrotter1918 [translation here; https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=https%3A%2F%2Fpl.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSpecjalna%3AWk%25C5%2582ad%2FGlobetrotter1918&edit-text= ]
When it comes to logical fallacies ["8000ers.com is NOT the authorative source for this!" while at the same time using link to sources on 8000ers.com to be used as a reference], I stand by my view that, even when the basis of wikipedia is a good one, in essence there is something fundamentally wrong with this platform when a contributor with 3,000 edits is given the same weight as a newby with 6 edits to his name.
I thought this is something you all should know.
Qwrk (talk) 18:31, 3 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Finisterre[edit]

I will e-mail EJ. Thank you for the Finisterre edit. I think we should accept the 4150m GPS reading and delete the references to 4125 and 4175. I have asked PB to upload more information about the name. Viewfinder (talk) 17:25, 3 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I have also edited one (Keokradong) and added another (Mowdok Mual) prominence in Bangladesh. I hope these will not be disputed. Peakbagger is not a reliable source of summit coordinates or prominence data other than where its author has cited other sources. Viewfinder (talk) 17:37, 3 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Meanwhile I have amended my retirement to semi-retired, that appears to be the way it is working out. I am still available to help where I can. Viewfinder (talk) 17:50, 3 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Hope Qwrk is ok.
Regarding Finisterre: I noticed earlier in the Bjørstad source it says "Primary factor 3700 m" under the elevation. Is this a prominence? If so I would much rather use a value that is directly sourced rather than one we calculated on a talk page. The combined error margin of the two measurements probably exceeds 7 m anyway. As I am about to change the standing of five peaks at List of peaks by prominence with this, I would like to be armed with a least something.
Also would you mind if I moved or copied our Finisterre posts from here to the article talk page? --RacerX11 Talk to meStalk me 18:01, 3 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Yes these should be moved to article talk page. Primary factor is another name for prominence. I stand by the 441m col and would rather it was not changed, at least until I have asked about the source of 3700 on the Boising page. Viewfinder (talk) 18:49, 3 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Cabal[edit]

Regarding this accusation of bad faith, I have already engaged you on the whole alleged "cabal" issue, but you erased the discussion. Assuming you had a right to bring this up in the past, as I see it you lost that right in deleting further discussion of the issue. The next reference you make to an unseen "cabal" I expect to be at WP:ANI. I am even willing to kick off the discussion there if you wish, but as I have no desire to be prejudicial in the matter I heartily suggest that you take the first step. Sławomir Biały (talk) 08:33, 21 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

On your user page you quote another editor: Those who are committed to accuracy are effectively encouraged to create tight-knit, ever-vigilant cabals to edit war against the ignorant. Viewfinder (talk) 09:15, 21 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
You have also serially accused me of incompetence, ignorance and tendentious editing. Still, in the interests of cooling things down, I have deleted the word "cabal" from Talk:Jacob_Barnett. Viewfinder (talk) 09:50, 21 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Please say "Sławomir" rather than "Slawek"; the latter is an artifact of technology (not all physical keyboards and virtual keyboards and software systems support the correct glyphs). A minor point, perhaps, but may help improve the level of discourse slightly. 75.108.94.227 (talk) 12:07, 26 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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The Right Honourable[edit]

Hey, just a little more detail into my revert of your revert.

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The latest IP edit, although from a different IP address, is no doubt from the same person. I have blocked both IP addresses for 48 hours, and left messages on their talk pages asking them to discuss the issue. It is possible that may get through to the editor, but it is very likely that it won't, for several reasons. Apart from anything else, editors who keep changing to different IP addresses are quite likely to never actually see talk page messages, because by the time the message comes they have moved on to another IP address. There are other things which could be tried, but for the moment let's see if this block makes a difference. As you know, you could be seen as edit-warring, but as far as I am concerned, the important differences are that you have tired to start a discussion, and you have tried to offer a compromise, so I don't see that blocking you under present circumstances would be constructive. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 19:33, 18 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your help. Hopefully your block of both the original IP and its sockpuppet will put an end to this matter. When confronted with this kind of editing, it is very difficult to respond without fighting back, especially if, as in this case, no other registered editors appear to be watching at the time. I had a editor whom I could rely on to support me in these situations, Racerx11, but he disappeared suddenly on May 19. Even when these adversaries do take their cases to talk pages, they continue their article edit warring, offer no compromise, and make claims that are not only unsourced but also blatantly false. Viewfinder (talk) 15:11, 19 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Mount McKinley[edit]

Please either unblock, or change "Denali". This is to ensure that Mount McKinley remains undisturbed. Nerdiate (talk) 15:44, 2 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

As far as I am aware, it has been agreed that the name Denali has now been made official, and Mount McKinley redirects to it. Viewfinder (talk) 15:55, 2 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Scafell Pike parent peak[edit]

I think you're going to have to explain why you think Scafell Pike's parent peak is Snowden. I appreciate that there might be some topographical standard for this sort of thing - but the term defies common sense and will certainly be felt as misleading/incorrect by many.

I have in mind the phrase "Using the encirclement definition, the parent of almost any small hill in a low-lying coastal area would be Ben Nevis, an unhelpful and confusing outcome." which can be found in Topographic prominence

ThoughtIdRetired (talk) 22:56, 4 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

On consideration, having spotted that Snowden has Ben Nevis as its parent peak, I think I am beginning to understand the situation - sorry to have troubled you.
ThoughtIdRetired (talk) 23:05, 4 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
We have parent peaks on Wikipedia for many peaks. There is more information via the parent peak link. Viewfinder (talk) 23:16, 4 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Topographic prominence[edit]

I am very visually oriented, so I need to think of topographic prominence in terms of a visual analogy. Imagine you are standing at the top of a peak and imagine that an imaginary sea level (based on an elevated geoid) rises to your feet. Now slowly lower the imaginary sea level and an imaginary island appears beneath your feet. Your island will grow and will merge with other islands that will emerge. Eventually, your island will touch an island with a higher peak than your island (i.e., an imaginary island that existed before you started lowering the imaginary sea level.) The summit of that island will be the parent peak of the summit of your island, and the elevation difference of your summit and the elevation at which the two islands touch is the topographic prominence of your summit. It makes no difference how close or far the two summits are from one another. Mount Everest is the parent peak of Aconcagua (17,755 km away), as well as the parent of the South Summit of Mount Everest (360 m away). Yours aye,  Buaidh  18:28, 13 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for adding this to the relevant articles, I like it and hope that it will help more editors to grasp topographic prominence. Viewfinder (talk) 07:58, 14 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Jacob Barnett[edit]

Thanks for your post on my page. I am enjoying reading your comments in the archive. Subuey (talk) 17:41, 15 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

SB should be edit banned. Subuey (talk) 17:44, 16 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Subuey, as the victim of sustained overt, and more recently, sneaky personal attacks and intimidating topic ban nominations, by the above mentioned editor, it would not be right for me to comment on whether and if so how the above mentioned user should be sanctioned. But I would suggest that the withdrawal of this material that was part of a wholly unsourced and unsubstantiated attack piece cannot change the fact that it was put there by that editor, on a public forum, and remained there for 12 hours. Viewfinder (talk) 10:10, 2 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Aconcagua/Denali[edit]

Since I am NOT a topographic researcher, I will not attempt to engage in an edit war, because (A) you have expertise here, and I do not; (B) it's not really such a great matter that it would not be worth either of our time to argue; and (C) I personally think the category of "parent" to be relatively trivial.

And since I am indeed not a topographic researcher (but must admit some curiosity), I would ask you to explain (in relatively simple terminology) how a mountain in the southern Andes range can be a parent of a mountain in the Alaskan range, thousands of kilometers away. While I understand that they are both part of the American Cordillera, they are in separate ranges; the American Cordillera is described in Wikipedia as consisting of an "almost continuous sequence of mountain ranges", emphasis on the word "almost", and it seems that there are a few gaps (Panama, Nicaragua, even in Mexico) that I would think would break any parental chain. Therein lies my confusion.

Your thoughts would be appreciated. -- Couillaud 16:31, 16 January 2019 (UTC)

First, on the subject of edit warring, you made the original change, it was reverted by another editor, then you restored the change instead of discussing the issue on the article's talk page. Regardless of who has the expertise, you should not edit war except in the case of obvious vandalism. See WP:BRD.
Moving on to the subject of topographic parentage, please go to Topographic_prominence#Parent_peak, where it is discussed at length. There are some variations in definition, but under all definitions, Aconcagua is Denali's parent. You can, in theory, walk along a ridge connecting the two summits. Aconcagua has no parent because it is the highest point of the Americas, which together form a single land area surrounded by the sea. By contrast, North America is connected to South America by a natural land bridge. It follows that no summit on the North American mainland is without a parent.
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