Talk:Llullaillaco

Climate data
Parking this source in case it's reliable for climate data. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 13:11, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

Animal enclosures?
This source claims that animal enclosures were found at high altitude, but I am not sure if it's qualified to make such an interpretation. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 14:32, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

Seeking permission to change existing ref tags to sfn ones
Currently the article uses a mix of ref and sfn tags, which is a bit awkward to use especially when a source is multiple pages long and its usage changes. I'd like to have permission to swap to a sfn only style. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 09:18, 21 March 2024 (UTC)


 * Seeing no objections, I'll action this now. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 09:02, 27 March 2024 (UTC)

Ton error
Llullaillaco includes  which is an error. There is no such thing as. Instead, the unit should be  (short tons) or    (long tons) or maybe   (metric tons). Johnuniq (talk) 06:06, 23 March 2024 (UTC)


 * Fixed, the correct way to write tons is something I keep getting confused over. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 09:26, 23 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I have to look it up every time! Johnuniq (talk) 03:54, 24 March 2024 (UTC)

Prose comments
Most of the issues with prose go beyond the GA criteria, so opening a section here.
 * You write very densely and with a lot of numbers. That means that conversions into American units like feet quite strongly impede readability. Per MOS:CVT, scientific articles don't require these conversions. I would maybe only convert on first mention, and omit it later. Or omit it altogether.
 * I've pared the conversions down a lot. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 13:37, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
 * The view from the mountain extends from Licancabur to the north over the Nevados de Cachi mountains in the east to[6] Ojos del Salado 250 kilometres (160 mi) to the south,[33] as well as on mountains between these and Llullaillac. It took me 3 tries to understand this. Split the sentence and reduce mid-sentence cites. —Femke 🐦 (talk) 13:21, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Done. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 13:37, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
 * with temperature maximums ranging −8 – −13 °C (18–9 °F) between summer and winter. This is a bit ambiguous. Does it mean with temperature maximum ranging from -13 in winter to -8 in summer? —Femke 🐦 (talk) 13:24, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Done. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 13:37, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Deposits in Quebrada de las Zorritas valley indicate that between 2,436.8 ± 49 and 1,593.1 ± 36 radiocarbon years ago runoff was more intense. False precision: no need to have a year fraction here. Also note that the source is very old, so "years ago" doesn't quite work. —Femke 🐦 (talk) 13:27, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Done. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 13:37, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Ground temperature of 12.5 doesn't have the degree sign. —Femke 🐦 (talk) 13:58, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Mended. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 08:22, 31 March 2024 (UTC)
 * The lang template doesnt seem used for proper names. Did you know you can set italics=no in these cases. —Femke 🐦 (talk) 14:06, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Changed that one. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 08:22, 31 March 2024 (UTC)