Talk:Bárðarbunga

PoV
“One of the greatest volcanoes in Iceland,” eh? I’m not sure if this means the biggest, most powerful, tallest, widest, or simply someone’s opinion. Let’s see a reference. Max Naylor 18:23, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Proofreading
The article needs proofreading. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.248.160.43 (talk) 19:58, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

I think the section "Eruptions" could do with a renaming to say "Activity", as most of the entries are about the volcanos activity and not its eruptions. Alternativly split up into two sections eruptions and activity, respectively.

Prehistoric eruptions after settlement
"Many large prehistoric eruptions have occurred southwest of the glacier, of which two after the settlement of Iceland"

If the eruptions were after settlement, they were not prehistoric. Van der Hoorn (talk • contribs) 08:37, 19 August 2014 (UTC) Removed connection to Bárður Snæfellsáss since the Bárður who gave the volcano it's name was Gnúpa-Bárður with no relation to Bárður Snæfellsáss. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.221.244.64 (talk) 21:02, 19 August 2014 (UTC)

2014 activity
With the recent activity and the various sites almost crowdsourcing the data, how should Wikipedia handle citations? When/If Bárðarbunga goes off the page is going to get a lot of updates very quickly. Mmealling (talk) 15:52, 21 August 2014 (UTC)

Not able to edit myself right now, but max magnitude and no. of earthquakes may need update. http://icelandreview.com/news/2014/08/22/biggest-earthquake-hit-bardarbunga-yet

I agree w/ Mmealling's concern re. update strategy when/if this becomes more major news event 192.223.243.6 (talk) 18:49, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

Aviation colour code
There seems to be no article for aviation colour code. Do other editors think one would be useful? If so, perhaps a red link might be useful to alert other editors. Martinevans123 (talk) 10:19, 24 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Alternatively, of course, someone could replace what appears to be a non-existent warning system with "USGS warning code." Except that the source says "Aviation Color Codes", so maybe we should stick to that. Martinevans123 (talk) 11:52, 24 August 2014 (UTC)
 * "Aviation colour code" should be mentioned in aviation safety, it isn't at the time of this writing. walk victor falktalk 21:05, 31 August 2014 (UTC)
 * suggest someone with a login just redirects aviation colour code to USGS — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.180.192.183 (talk) 21:59, 8 September 2014 (UTC)

Spelling
This is the English wikipedia. Why is the subject spelled with symbols not in the English alphabet? Qemist (talk) 22:26, 31 August 2014 (UTC)

Should I add some pictures?
I flew over the volcano today. I got some great pictures which I'm happy to open source. Should I add one or two to the page? Peterhartree (talk) 20:01, 4 September 2014 (UTC)
 * That would be fantastic. They should also go into the Holuhraun article which currently has no images. de Bivort 21:08, 4 September 2014 (UTC)
 * OK! I'm quite busy at work today, but I'll try to figure this out tomorrow. I'm sorry if that seems a bit slow - I'm new to Wikipedia, and it seems I need to read the guides fairly carefully before I upload an image. If someone else wants to put them up in the meantime, please feel free - you can get them at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/41812768@N07/sets/72157647247278902/ with a CC Sharealike license. Peterhartree (talk) 13:21, 5 September 2014 (UTC)
 * That's absolutely great! Fantastic! :-) It's very generous of you to release these fine pictures under a free CC license (CC-BY-SA). You really don't need to apologize for "the less than ideal quality", as you wrote on flickr - in my opinion, they're fascinating impressions of the volcano that will be helpful for use not just here, but certainly in many language versions of Wikipedia and for other uses, once they're on Wikimedia Commons. I'm happy to help with the transfer of the flickr album to Commons and am currently in the process of doing so :-) Gestumblindi (talk) 19:31, 5 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Your pictures are now at commons:Category:Bárðarbunga as well as at the new category commons:Category:Holuhraun and can be used for Wikipedia from there :-) - I think both categories are fitting, as it is an eruption of the Bárðarbunga system (though not in the Bárðarbunga caldera itself) in the Holuhraun lava field. Maybe it would be appropriate to make the category "Holuhraun" a subcategory of Bárðarbunga, so the images would only need to be in the Holuhraun category, but I'm not sure whether that would make sense to experts in the field - if someone's reading this who thinks that would be good, feel free to change the categorizing :-) Gestumblindi (talk) 19:43, 5 September 2014 (UTC)

Excellent work on the pictures.Chuangzu (talk) 21:27, 5 September 2014 (UTC)

Nice! Thank you for transferring the pictures, that definitely saved me some head-scratching. I'm really happy people can see the volcano :) Peterhartree (talk) 22:04, 5 September 2014 (UTC)

Article for recent activity?
The section August 2014 seismic activity and Holuhraun eruption is getting long. Maybe it would be better to create a dedicated article like German Wikipedia's de:Ausbruch im Bárðarbunga-Vulkansystem 2014? Gestumblindi (talk) 22:16, 10 September 2014 (UTC)
 * I have now split the 2014 eruption content into a new main article 2014 eruption of Bárðarbunga. Gestumblindi (talk) 21:02, 29 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Good work. The new article looks good.Trilobitealive (talk) 23:55, 29 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Good job, the current phase of the eruption has settled down so no point in repeating the same events each day. I'll continue updating the new article with any significant changes.Chuangzu (talk) 17:34, 1 November 2014 (UTC)

Baugur
Please can we identify and add a picture of Baugur to the new Baugur article? Chuangzu (talk) 20:01, 16 November 2014 (UTC)


 * As Baugur is the fissure's main crater, I suppose that File:Fissure eruption in Holurhraun (Iceland), 13. September 2014.JPG is a Baugur picture (description says "The fountains on the photo are of the fissure's main crater"). By the way, Baugur used to be a redirect to Baugur Group and it seems that most links to Baugur are about the investment company. As the name of the crater is supposed to be preliminary, I think (the scientists needed a name they could refer to, but it might still change), how about moving the article to Baugur (crater) or something like that, and either keep Baugur as a redirect to Baugur Group (with a hatnote disambiguation for the crater) or use "Baugur" for a disambig page? Gestumblindi (talk) 20:54, 16 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Baugur Group is in administration since 2009 and people will most likely use this term in searches whereas Baugur the new crater is likely to become much more prominent a feature in the future, I suggest leave it like it is and/or create a separate disambiguation page called Baugur (disambiguation) or something like that. I'll have a look at updating the links to Baugur page.Chuangzu (talk) 07:02, 17 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Yes, Baugur Group is in administration, but I think if we balance these "degrees of famousness":
 * The demise of Baugur Group was quite an infamous case, mentioned in many articles, and when the company is mentioned, people often use just "Baugur". The importance of this topic, on the other hand, is certainly on the wane.
 * The crater Baugur in Holuhraun is - literally - on the rise ;-) ... but then, I'm not sure how stable the naming will be. In this article from September, a scientist is quoted: Those names are quite informal," says Dr. Thordarsson. "We decided to coin those names just to be able to distinquish between the different craters, when we are talking about them and the volcanic activity there." The crater as such isn't yet a topic mentioned widely and independently from the Holuhraun eruption.
 * So, I suppose the best approach for now would be to use Baugur for the disambiguation between "Baugur Group" and "Baugur (crater"). Gestumblindi (talk) 22:55, 17 November 2014 (UTC)

Whatever you think is best we can always change it later if needs be.Chuangzu (talk) 23:18, 18 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Well, then I have proceeded, moved the crater to Baugur (crater), created a disambig page and fixed the links for Baugur Group pointing to "Baugur". Gestumblindi (talk) 21:27, 19 November 2014 (UTC)

there was an earthquake there recently
go to the katla article and follow the link to a map that shows earthquakes.84.212.111.156 (talk) 23:10, 9 October 2016 (UTC)


 * Since the holohraun eruption there have been a largish number of quakes at bardabunga, it seems likely that they are predominantly subsidence/blocking/resettling after the aforesaid eruption, with reinflation over a longish timescale, at present I don't think the quakes are significant - and thus the activity is not mentioned in the article. If you can find a reliable source mentioning them with a theoretical explanation of their cause that would be good to include. This link currently says

"Week overview 3 October - 9 October

Around 300 earthquakes were detected last week by the national seismic network of the Icelandic Meteorological Office. The largest earthquake was M3.8 in Bardarbunga on October 5. Additional three earthquakes over 3.0 were detected last week. They all occurred in Katla volcano on October 5. The largest one of them measured M3.4 and the others measured M3.2 and M3.1. Around 30 earthquakes were detected by Bardarbunga, just over 70 earthquakes in Katla volcano and two by Hekla. " EdwardLane (talk) 12:20, 11 October 2016 (UTC)