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Elevations of the Adirondack High Peaks

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

In the absence of any feedback, I will be making the proposed changes. Rocfan275 (talk) 00:19, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

Contradictory articles

Yablonoi Mountains and Kontalaksky Golets have contradictory information: the infobox on the former says that the range's high point is the latter, with an elevation of 2519 meters; however, the infobox on the latter says that its elevation is 1706 meters. Following the provided coordinate links and choosing the Google Maps Terrain option suggests that the 1706 claim is correct; however, I have known Google Maps' Terrain data to be wrong before. Someone who knows more than me should figure out the truth and edit accordingly. - LucasBrown 04:34, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Monte Mars#Requested move 5 June 2024

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Monte Mars#Requested move 5 June 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Polyamorph (talk) 10:31, 14 June 2024 (UTC)

Clingmans Dome

Clingmans Dome was officially renamed to it’s former Cherokee name, Kuwohi on September 18, 2024. Hurricane Clyde 🌀^{my talk page!} 18:31, 23 September 2024 (UTC)

I’d like anyone who knows foreign languages; especially those with a non-Latin script; to update the name. We also still need it updated in Danish, Cebuano, and Polish as well. Hurricane Clyde 🌀^{my talk page!} 16:36, 24 September 2024 (UTC)

Spanish Wikipedia also needs updated. Hurricane Clyde 🌀^{my talk page!} 17:58, 24 September 2024 (UTC)

Update: I managed to post a message using Google Translate on the Spanish Wikipedia’s version of the village pump. They have renamed their article to Kuwohi. Danish, Cebuano, and Polish still need updated. I have tentatively contacted an administrator on the Polish Wikipedia who just so happens to speak English too; waiting to hear back. I have also tentatively contacted someone here on this WikiProject who speaks Danish, but again, I’m waiting to hear back. Hurricane Clyde 🌀^{my talk page!} 17:02, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

Also; non-Latin scripts generally need updated. Anyone who understands a couple Arabic script languages and/or Russian: please update the article on those. Hurricane Clyde 🌀^{my talk page!} 17:03, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

Is Haykakan Par the same place as Aras Mountains?

Please don’t reply here but at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Haykakan Par Chidgk1 (talk) 18:25, 11 October 2024 (UTC)

Disagreement over the height of Mount Rainier

There is currently a discussion/several discussions at Talk:Mount_Rainier over the height, and which source to use for "the height" within the article. Graywalls (talk) 14:08, 17 October 2024 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Ben Nevis

Ben Nevis has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 14:51, 27 October 2024 (UTC)