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==Welcome==
Hello, welcome to Wikipedia. Here is the standard welcome information!


== Your retirement ==
*Checkout: [[Wikipedia:Welcome, newcomers|Welcome, newcomers]]


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)
Also these links might be useful:
*[[Wikipedia:How to edit a page|How to edit a page]]
*[[Wikipedia:Tutorial|Editing, policy, conduct, and structure tutorial]]
*[[Wikipedia:Picture tutorial|Picture tutorial]]
*[[Wikipedia:How to write a great article|How to write a great article]]
*[[Wikipedia:Naming conventions|Naming conventions]]
*[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style|Manual of Style]]
*If you're ready for the complete list of Wikipedia documentation, there's also [[Wikipedia:Topical index]].


:Contact me by e-mail if necessary. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] ([[User talk:Viewfinder#top|talk]]) 16:17, 15 June 2014 (UTC)
I hope you enjoy editing here and being a [[Wikipedia:Wikipedians|Wikipedian]]! By the way, you can sign your name on Talk and vote pages using three tildes, like this: &#126;&#126;&#126;. Four tildes (&#126;&#126;&#126;&#126;) produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, see the [[Wikipedia:Help|help pages]], add a question to the [[Wikipedia:village pump|village pump]] or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome!


::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.
[[User:Grinner|Grinner]] 10:01, 10 November 2005 (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)
==Thanks==
Thanks Grinner. You seem to have interests in the some of the same fields as me, so you may come across me quite a bit. If you have any comments or objections to anything I post then please bring them to my attention and they will be addressed promptly. Please do not do a [[user:Gillean666|Gillean666]] and go into mass destruction mode... (btw during the few hours between the creation of the panorama links by [[user:Mark J|Mark J]], about which I had no knowledge at the time, and destruction by Gillean666 the quantity of orders I took was precisely nil). Postings that followed their destruction were in support of the links so I have restored them, I hope they are OK. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] 11:03, 10 November 2005 (UTC)
:I'm liking the panoramas, so no I won't be deleting them. By the way I think Gillean has relented on the mass deletion mode. [[User:Grinner|Grinner]] 11:25, 10 November 2005 (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)
==An Sgurr, Eigg Panorama==
I like the panoramas - very interesting. But I can't see the one for An Sgurr, Eigg - it's giving me a 404 error message - can you help? [[User:CarolGray|CarolGray]] 22:28, 12 November 2005 (UTC)


Sorry - link typo, thanks for drawing it to my attention. It should be OK now but the image size is greater than A4 so note the paragraph about download at the top of the page. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] 22:45, 12 November 2005 (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)


== Descriptions of individuals must be accurate ==
==Panoramas==
''Copying this across from [[User talk:Mark J#Panoramas 'Spam']]'':


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.
:I'd just like to pip in here and say I have trouble finding the usefulness in all those linked panoramas. Additionally the commercial aspect is way off too. Remember [[WP:EL#What should not be linked to]]... If the copyright of these images was such that they could be added to WP itself, then... Thanks/[[User:Wangi|wangi]] 21:50, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
::Right, I'll take it to [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]]'s page, although you are the one adding the links! Although I am going to remove at least the link from the [[Forth Road Bridge]] article - having a panorama of peaks visable from a peak is one thing, but from a bridge!? Thanks/[[User:Wangi|wangi]] 17:20, 15 November 2005 (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)
Basically if the image itself was licenced so it could be included in Wikipedia then fair enough... However you're using web links as a way of getting round putting the images up for real. Web links aren't a way to bypass copyright. Thanks/[[User:Wangi|wangi]] 17:36, 15 November 2005 (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)
These panoramas have already been deleted once and and the reaction can be found [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Gillean666 here]. Surely to look at the view from a mountain is part of the reason for climbing it, so the images ARE relevant and useful. The mountain pages are in need of expansion. Why not add some more external links?


== Looks we've just lost another ==
I do not understand some of the above so I cannot really comment. I have taken no orders at all as a result of the images being on Wikipedia so there is no commercial element. There is nothing advertised on the linked site. The images ARE up for real. I suppose I could put the panoramas on the Wikipedia pages themselves but they would take up loads of space and drown out everything else.


[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)
On the copyright issue, I am the copyright holder. It is theoretically possible that the OS could object on the basis that the panoramas were made from their data but so far they have not done so and it would be both destructive and unnecessary for them to do so. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] 21:41, 15 November 2005 (UTC)


: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)
== Coor dms template ==


::And Qwrk is apparently waiting for an update. Any help would be appreciated I'm sure.
I have been using the <nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[:Template:coor dms|coor dms]]}} template in some city articles lately. I am asking you this question because I notice you had made some edits to the template. What it the 9th parameter to the template? I can’t find any information on the talk page. &bull;[[User:DanMS|DanMS]] 05:01, 24 November 2005 (UTC)


:::I will contact EJ. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] ([[User talk:Viewfinder#top|talk]]) 17:25, 3 August 2014 (UTC)
I tried editing this template but I was concerned about the effects so I reverted them. I am not sure what you mean by the ninth parameter; there seem to be only eight.


:::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)
I may try deleting the superfluous spaces between the minutes and seconds, and seconds and hemisphere. What do you think about these? It seems to me that either these should go, or a space should also separate the degrees from the minutes. I did this for the Mtnbox coor dms template, and the change seems to have been accepted. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] 14:24, 24 November 2005 (UTC)


::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)
==Andes pic==
Hi Viewfinder - well done on correcting the caption (was about to do the same!). But what does "30" mean? - [[User:MPF|MPF]] 12:54, 26 December 2005 (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)"
Clarified this, see [[Andes]] [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] 13:03, 26 December 2005 (UTC)


:::Check;
Thanks! - [[User:MPF|MPF]] 13:32, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
:::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.
== Gangkhar Puensum ==


:::I thought this is something you all should know.
Following your comments in [[Talk:Highest unclimbed mountain]] I’ve decided to reply here. In particular the page on your website about the heights of the mountains and the position of the border is tremendously interesting. You’ve obviously done a lot of work and have impeccable sources! A lot seems to have happened in the last few months and I hadn’t kept up. A sad backdrop is http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/7598_1583871,000500020006.htm.
:::[[User:Qwrk|Qwrk]] ([[User talk:Qwrk|talk]]) 18:31, 3 August 2014 (UTC)
It does indeed look as if Kula Kangri is not so high as [[Gangkhar Puensum]] and this may have ramifications on the border issue.


== Finisterre ==
Clearly, the zig-zag border makes no topographical sense but I’d be less confident that you are that the border is (or would be decided to be) along the watershed! Helping your argument is the Bhutan article http://www.dop.gov.bt/fyp/05/05fyp_01.htm you drew to my attention which says “”The border with Tibet is traditional, following ... the crest of the Himalayas in the north”. I wonder whether, knowing the positions of KK and GP, some committee “pencilled in” the border on the ridge between them and continued east and west from there, generally along the “crest”. If KK is lower then one could properly regard this ridge as a spur (as you do) but this would not have been known at the time.


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)
Steven Berry, in saying that GP is wholly in Bhutan was possibly simply reporting what he had been told. However, my 1992 big Times Atlas is very odd. It shows the zig-zag border but marks a mountain only at the SW “zag”. It marks it “Kula Kangri 7554” but I had realised this must be wrong. The Lat/long are pretty much where GP is stated to be. Even though I presumed the map is wrong I supposed it was just that the mountain is wrongly labelled. However, the mountain is not shown on the zag of the border but a couple of miles west. This makes no sense but I was taking it seriously. Hence, I felt there was “authority” for GP to be in Bhutan rather than exactly on the border.


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)
Your relief map is terrific! However, even if we were certain the border was on the watershed, I think that still leaves doubt. If KK were higher (as it certainly used to be thought to be) how would you draw a watershed passing through KK? Would it pass through GP? There may be a subjective element here.


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)
Two minor comments: on your http://www.viewfinderpanoramas.org/kula.html article, the link to the Japanese map is broken (it is OK on http://www.sol.co.uk/v/viewfinder/kula.html) also, your link to http://gangkhar-puensum.iqnaut.net/ strives me as odd in that is simply mirrors the Wikipedia [[Gangkhar Puensum]] article (acknowledging the fact). [[User:Thincat|Thincat]] 13:51, 11 January 2006 (UTC)


:Thanks. Hope Qwrk is ok.
:: Thank you for the above comments. On the relative heights, it is possible that the Chinese may have rigged their figures to further their territorial cause, but this seems unlikely because (a) they would be likely to be caught and exposed, (b) many other new elevations which they have published in their Mountaineering Guide seem to be accurate and [[SRTM]] compatible, and (c) their territorial case is not, imo, dependent on these heights. Mountain range "crests" do not have to include their highest points, and in some cases cannot do so without a long detour. Even if KK is the local HP, drawing the border over it would be difficult. Such a border would either have to pass (a) over GP, the NE over KK, then eastwards which would take it north of settlements that all authorities now agree are Tibetan, or (b) descend to a low point well to the north of the pass west of GP, then turn south over KK, south west towards GP, but turn east before reaching GP, leaving GP wholly in Bhutan. Course (b) is shown on large scale (and mostly wrong) maps, but not on detailed topos because they expose its illogic. The case for it would be hard to substantiate, because it would go a long way from the watershed, and it would create a kind of Bhutanese enclave, easily approached from Tibet but cut off from the rest of Bhutan by a high pass defended by glaciers.


: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.
::It would be interesting to know more information about the locations and nature of recent Chinese border incursions. If high altitude civil engineering work is needed to avoid flooding then this strengthens the case for watershed borders. There may also be military considerations, but this page is probably not the right place to elaborate on these.


: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)
::The local 1:200000 Russian topography (1980's) of the area can be downloaded [http://www.viewfinderpanoramas.org/kkkp-r.gif here]. The summit names and heights are wrong (it gives KK 7425m) but the general relief and border course are correct. As you say, the Times Atlas has Kula Kangri in the wrong place, and its topography seems to be wrong.


::Sorry about the slight mix-up over links, my SOL server was down earlier this week so I had to use my other site. I am gradually transferring everything to the new VP site but I cannot do this all at once because of links from other sites. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] 12:38, 12 January 2006 (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)


== mt. whitney panorama ==
== Cabal ==


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)
How can you see San Diego and Palm Springs from Mt. Whitney? To the best of my knowledge, those cities are well obscured. I have a similar question about supposedly seeing Reno from Mt. Diablo, all the way across the Sierra Nevada.


: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)
: Of course you do not see these cities, that is obvious. They are there for reference. By showing Palm Springs and San Gorgonio Mountain in the same direction, for example, I am showing the location of San Gorgonio Mtn relative to Palm Springs. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]]


: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)
== Facts and Copyright ==


[[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.
An interesting observation has been posted [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:List_of_peaks_by_prominence here]: "A relative height is a fact, and is ineligible for copyright".


=== other naming conventions ===
It logically follows that a contour line is a fact and is therefore also ineligible for copyright. OK, photocopying maps and selling the copies is obviously copyvio, but what about tracing the contours for the purposes of creating [[DEM]] data, whose many applications include the computing of relative heights? That should be OK, and that is precisely what I have been doing for a long time. Nobody had objected, so I assume it is OK. But most maps bear catch-all clauses implicitly forbidding this. It is an area which needs clarification.


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)
For my part, I see copyright as a negative force, not a force for good. Economic theory tells us that the general interest is best served when price is based on cost of reproduction. It follows that if knowledge can be reproduced for free, it should be available for free. But I do not like plagiarism either. Presenting someone else's work as your own is wrong. I can understand concern about the possibility of high volumes of data being copied to Wikipedia from other sites, with the credits removed or watered down. Personally, I do not think that has happened yet in the field of topography, but not all topographic researchers agree.


== Global account ==
Comments about the above are welcome. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] 14:51, 17 February 2006 (UTC)


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)


== Assistance ==
== Rollbacker ==


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I'm very glad to see another user who sees Adkagansu for what he really is, a subtle POV pusher. I really hope that you will help me keep an eye on him and also help stop his POVing. Please get back to me, thank you!--[[User:Moosh88|Moosh88]] 19:34, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
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 ==
:I think I must have gotten mixed up. I thought Adkagansu deleted the picture that I re-added. Thanks anyways. :) --[[User:Khoikhoi|Khoikhoi]] 00:53, 26 March 2006 (UTC)


Hey, just a little more detail into my revert of your revert.
:I just saw your comment at Moosh's talk page. Check your email. --[[User:Khoikhoi|Khoikhoi]] 00:59, 26 March 2006 (UTC)


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:Please continue this discussion at [[Talk:John Prescott]]. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] ([[User talk:Viewfinder#top|talk]]) 12:47, 7 March 2015 (UTC)
I have contacted El C, who else do you suggest I contact?--[[User:Moosh88|Moosh88]] 00:12, 27 March 2006 (UTC)


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== [[List of highest points of European countries]] ==


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. <small>''The editor who uses the pseudonym''</small> "[[User:JamesBWatson|JamesBWatson]]" ([[User talk:JamesBWatson#top|talk]]) 19:33, 18 July 2015 (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)
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: Ok i'll edit the Pico Bolívar height back to 4981 untill the url is fixed, i do have the pdf on my computer, it's an article published on the geography school of the Universidad de los Andes, in Mérida, Venezuela. It discusses merida state highest's elevations, and while it acknowledges and even mentions the GPS measurement, they don't seem to care too much for it, and rather rely on topographic maps of the area, which is to date the oficial way to measure elevations. On the other hand, Pico La Concha and Pico Humboldt are completely different mountains separated by several kilometers. Pico Bompland and Pico Humboldt do belong to the same massif, not sure if you mixed them up, the pdf i was talking about has a comprehensive list of elevations higher than 4300 in Venezuela with coordinates, mountain range located, alternative names, etc. I hope this clarifies matters.
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: It would be good to see the pdf article, please fix the url. I would also be interested to know the year in which the topographic map of the area, on which the article relies, was published. To the best of my information, La Concha is about 3km NE of Bolivar, with an intervening drop of abut 250m, and Humboldt is 5km E, with a drop of about 450m. I think that puts all three on the same massif, although Humboldt qualifies as a separate mountain under the commonly used "Andes 400m rule". If you are interested, we have complete lists of South American summits ranked by [[topographic prominence]] down to 1500m, you can call up the [http://www.peaklist.org/WWlists/ultras/ven_bra.html page covering Venezuela]. But we are unsure of some of the elevations, including [[Monte Roraima]]; if you have better information, please tell us. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] 04:29, 4 April 2006 (UTC)


Please either unblock, or change "Denali". This is to ensure that Mount McKinley remains undisturbed. [[User:Nerdiate|Nerdiate]] ([[User talk:Nerdiate|talk]]) 15:44, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
: I think the URL might have been fixed try this: http://www.saber.ula.ve/cgi-win/be_alex.exe?Acceso=T016300000959/5&Nombrebd=Saber if that still doesn't work i'll gladly send it to the e-mail on your website. Is the "Andes 400m rule" a wikipedia standard? the author of the mentioned article uses a 100m+ prominence rule, i'm not sure which one is more accurate, thanks for the info and links. [[User:0kty|0kty]]


: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. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] ([[User talk:Viewfinder#top|talk]]) 15:55, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
The above link worked fine, many thanks. There is a lot of useful information in the document, and it looks to be fairly accurate. I have saved it and I will use it for reference.
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I do not think there is any fixed Wikipedia prominence rule. The 400m rule is used by John Biggar [http://www.andes.org.uk/andes-information-files/6000m-peaks.htm here]. I am not further contesting these additional peaks, but there are very many higher and more prominent peaks in the Andes which are not listed.
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Still, the pdf article is dated 2001, which means that [http://www.venezuelainnovadora.gov.ve/noticias_2002/noti_nov35.html this page], which is on an official Venezuelan government site, is more recent. And the [[GPS]] readings by John Biggar that I referred to, which agree closely with the 4981m elevation, were taken on the summit of Bolívar in January 2006. At the time that the topographic maps were made, it was thought by all that Bolívar was a 5000m summit. It is only recently that accurate satellite and GPS technology has shown it to be slightly lower. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] 19:14, 4 April 2006 (UTC)


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Hi, I replied on my [[User_talk:Gala.martin#Everest_prominence|talk page]]. [[User:Gala.martin|gala.martin]] <Small>([[User_talk:Gala.martin|<font color="#IF7777">what?</font>]])</Small> 02:15, 5 April 2006 (UTC)


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: Please, find my reply on my [[User_talk:Gala.martin#Everest_prominence|talk page]]. [[User:Gala.martin|gala.martin]] <Small>([[User_talk:Gala.martin|<font color="#IF7777">what?</font>]])</Small> 13:56, 5 April 2006 (UTC)


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Sorry to bother you again, but I did look carefully. The editor before me vandalised the Afghanistan section. I reverted this to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=George_W._Bush&oldid=47276126#Afghanistan edit before that], which is vandalism free, but the effect, which was recorded in the history log, see [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=George_W._Bush&diff=47276180&oldid=47276168], was not only to RETAIN the Afghanistan vandalism, but to REINSTATE the line one vandalism. Fortunately you were quick to notice this, but it will now be on permanent record that I vandalised the GWB site, when I did not. Btw examination of my contribution log shows that I am a regular vandal reverter, albeit primarily on non-mainstream topography related sites - I someimes visit, but seldom watch or contribute to celebrity sites. [[User:Viewfinder|Viewfinder]] 19:16, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
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== [[Scafell Pike]] parent peak ==
:Whoa! You are completely right. This article is ''totally'' out of control. In fact, I did not fix the Afghanistan vandalism either, and I, too do not know why (it was fixed by [[User:Shanes|Shanes]]). Fortunately, the article was just put under semi-protection by [[User:MONGO|MONGO]]. I am not sure how you can erase this from your record, but do not apologize for "bothering me again." I would be glad to testify on your behalf. Still, it's unlikely that anyone will happen to notice this event (unless they read your talk page!). Just leave a note on ''my'' talk page, please, so that I will get that New Message bar. See you later!--[[User:MrFish|MrFish]] 20:35, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

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]]

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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.
:[[User:ThoughtIdRetired|ThoughtIdRetired]] ([[User talk:ThoughtIdRetired|talk]]) 23:05, 4 January 2017 (UTC)

::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)

== Topographic prominence ==

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)

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

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

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== Aconcagua/Denali ==

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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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.
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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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other naming conventions[edit]

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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Please continue this discussion at Talk:John Prescott. Viewfinder (talk) 12:47, 7 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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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.
If you wish to continue to challenge the category, please go to the talk page of the above linked article.
Viewfinder (talk) 01:22, 17 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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