Talk:2009 Mount Redoubt eruptive activity

Eruption versus explosion
I received the following reply from the Alaska Volcano Observatory this morning, and have edited the article accordingly. I feel its important to note these distinctions are from volcanologists, and I am not offering ad hoc, layman's interpretations/definition of what an eruption and an explosion are. The reply is in response to a question I posed regarding a series of ash emissions on March 29-30.

"Hi Michael, The volcano is indeed in a state of eruption, as it is emitting low-level (less than 25,000 ft) plumes of steam and ash. The clarification that was made is that we don't see evidence of an EXPLOSION.  At that time, there was heightened tremor, however, seismic and infrasound data do not show clear evidence that an explosion occurred and this will not be categorized as an explosive eruption. -Janet" Michaelh2001 (talk) 18:49, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

Merge back to main article
I think this should be merged back to the main article, Mount Redoubt. I know there will be more information in the future, but neither article is very long. Some of the info is redundant. The section Mount Redoubt is rather cluttered with the images, and I think it would be better to have these two together. Reywas92 Talk 02:23, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

I disagree strongly. The current eruption and its aftermath deserves its own page. The eruption page has already been rated as of High Importance. It is already as long or longer then the main page and likely to get much longer. Respectfully, moving the page is a bad idea. Michaelh2001 (talk) 21:12, 6 April 2009 (UTC)


 * 19,000 verses 6,000 bytes? That is in no way as long or longer than the main article and some is redundant. The importance rating means nothing. Anyone can assign that. So far, this article doesn't have a word about the aftermath of the eruption. I won't push it now as the volcano is still erupting, but if the articles aren't significantly lengthened, it is unnecessary to split the related content. Reywas92 Talk  23:31, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

The main article has an unusually long reference section, which accounts for much of the extended length. However, the 2009 eruption page is much larger then the sections on any other of the eruptions, which are stubs at best. I agree with you that the photo section was cluttered, so I moved the post-eruption pics to the eruption page and left the pre-eruption pics on the main page. Could you please fill us in on what you feel is redundant? Thanks. Michaelh2001 (talk) 00:05, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Accessibility on Wikipedia?
Is there a specific reason the pictures are so large? The first is 325px and the second is 350px. Why can't we just use the thumbs like usual?  Fl ee tf la me   02:30, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

Because the detail cannot be seen with thumbs. I'll make them a little smaller, but they will have to remain a little larger then normal. Thanks for the feedback. Michaelh2001 (talk) 15:44, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
 * OK, as long as there's a legitimate reason for it and not just someone messing up the syntax. :-)    Fl ee tf la me   16:33, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

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Eruptive Activity Section
It might just be because I'm not particularly knowledgeable on this subject, and I was just clicking around various interests when I even found this article, but that section is, not only rather displeasing to the eye, but it doesn't really make a whole lot of sense. The ones that say "Ash cloud reached X thousand feet" are fine, but what about the long list of a date and a time with no comment?

Would it be better to list the more significant events, and then perhaps say "  has a full documentation of all events here: "? The only reason I'm not just doing it is only because I have very little knowledge of this subject matter, and am unsure of the significance of all the items in the list.

And on a side note, references 11 and 12 simply go to KTUU's homepage. Is there anything that can be done about that? Jscottcc (talk) 21:40, 29 March 2013 (UTC)

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Article issues
This is a B-class article with severe sourcing issues which does not pass #1 of the assessment criteria. The entire section of the Aftermath of 2009 eruptions and prognosis for future activity is unsourced which violates more than one policy/guideline. -- Otr500 (talk) 01:57, 19 May 2021 (UTC)