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Topographic Prominence and Topographic Isolation[edit]

So, when reading the article I can see a section saying "Denali is the third most prominent and third most isolated peak on Earth," with 2 hyperlinks, the first one leading to a list of mountain peaks ordered by their topographic prominence and the second linking to the definition of topographic isolation, which in it has a list of mountains by topographic isolation. This is very inconsistent, and here we have 2 options. Move the list of mountains by topographic isolation to a new article (I don't think it's viable), or edit the article so both links lead to their respective definition (Topographic prominence and Topographic isolation) (I would personally choose this one).

I'm not sure what your asking. The links you're asking for are already in that very sentence, just in front of the links that go to the list articles. It makes sense the way it is as far as I can tell. Zaereth (talk) 01:28, 16 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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"East Buttress" listed at Redirects for discussion[edit]

An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect East Buttress and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 January 13 § East Buttress until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 08:46, 13 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Misidentified photo[edit]

The photo of Mt. McKinley in 1987 ( File:Mt.McKinley 1987.jpg ) doesn't appear to be McKinley/Denali. Not sure what that is, but it sure isn't Mt. McKinley. Will be removing it unless someone objects.Ron Clausen (talk) 12 December 2023.

I was just checking into this when you removed the photo. (Just FYI, it doesn't hurt to give people a week or two to respond.) In this case, though, I tend to agree. The image was obviously taken in winter, which means if it's Alaska then the sun would be to the south, or the right side of the pic. From that angle, it almost looks like a photo of the North Peak, but the background is all wrong. Especially the two bodies of water on the upper left and the upper right. Nothing like that around Denali, and even if one could argue that those are the glacial moraines, they'd still be facing the wrong directions. I'm pretty well convinced this photo is not Denali, nor even one of the surrounding mountains, so I support your removal.

It might not hurt to contact the uploader of the image just to ask where they got it from. I notice they attribute the author as a well-known professor of geology, who even has an article on German Wikipedia. I don't know if they are one and the same, but I don't see anywhere where the named author has given us permission to use it, unless the uploader is the author. I haven't found another copy of it on the internet anywhere either. It might be worth doing a little digging into, since this photo is used on other Wikipedias. Zaereth (talk) 01:09, 14 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Mount Mulder and Scully?[edit]

Why there is no mention of the "Black Energy Pyramid" supposedly hidden inside this mountain? Anyone anywhere in the world with a dish on the roof knows about that, since the TV show runs on Discovery Channel - yet Wikipedia is still trying to hide the ultimate truth / consipracy theory that's out there? 94.21.229.113 (talk) 19:56, 25 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That's got to be the stupidest thing I've ever heard in my entire life. Thanks for the laugh. Zaereth (talk) 21:52, 25 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]