Talk:Nevado del Ruiz/Archive 1

Alternate elevation
I deleted the elevation a previous editor had put in the first sentence, for two reasons. First, it's standard with mountain articles just to have the elevation in the infobox. More important, the elevation given was inconsistent with the one in the infobox, which is derived from the Smithsonian site. If someone has a source that gives a different elevation, please discuss it here and we can figure out which is correct. -- Spireguy 17:08, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks Spireguy, that does make more sense.--Smithers50 18:19, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

swimming man
maybe the image of the arm should be included? i've always thought that to be one of the most alarming photos to have come out of the 1985 eruption — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.209.214.5 (talk) 21:40, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

Highest active volcano in Colombia
According to the Global Volcanism Program, Nevado del Huila is the highest active volcano in Colombia. The first paragraph should be edited accordingly. --Canaima (talk) 04:01, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

Last eruption missing description
The last eruption listed in the InfoBox occurred in 2007; however, no such description exists in the current article. This is particularly important since this article was cited as having historical relevance to an article on the recent Nevado del Huila eruption.MVD (talk) 10:58, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
 * From the references I have, there was not an eruption in 2007. &mdash; Ceran  ♦ ♦ ( talk) 21:45, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

Issue of quote typos in reference source, but not printed source
The source for the longish quote under the subsection Eruption and lahar flow has two misspellings, everthing and horibble, which also appear in the referenced source. However, that source in turn references the quote as from "A. Scarth (1999)", which appears to be the book "Vulcan's Fury: Man Against the Volcano" by Alwyn Scarth. Checking the book via Google Books shows the two misspellings are not present, at least for the imaged 2001 edition. (This is a bit complicated to verify since the page itself is restricted from display at Google books. Without the physical book, one needs to search the book for the misspelled and correctly spelled versions of the words for that portion of the quote. In both cases, the correctly spelled version is found and the misspelled version is not).

Given the difference of two years, and the possibility that the article reference uses a pre-publication source from Scarth because the book is not directly referenced, it is difficult for me to suggest a best course of action here, whether to fix, flag (e.g. sic), or ignore the misspellings. -- Michael Devore (talk) 03:53, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Hmm. Could you perhaps bring this to the FAC so I will remember to try and fix it? Thanks. &mdash; Ceran''' [  speak  ] 23:51, 12 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Since this is an issue that exists outside of the FAC process I placed it here, although you can copy it to the FAC as a reminder if you prefer. Some authors don't like to clutter up a FAC with minor copy issues unrelated to a support or oppose recommendation, and request such remarks be placed on the article talk page. I have no preference either way. -- Michael Devore (talk) 23:58, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

Infobox age of rock
The infobox says Pleistocene. Should we include Holocene as well, or ignore it since it is small in volume? Awickert (talk) 03:05, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

Vandalism Undone
I undid several acts of vandalism done my schoolmates. Everything should be back to normal. 216.162.89.85 (talk) 12:41, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Thank you. They seem to be back at it, however. -- Avenue (talk) 13:05, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for trying to stop it. I'll have a talk with them about it later. Bobtheadventurer (talk) 12:38, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Awickert (talk) 16:58, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

Congratulations....
...for the featuring of this article on the main page! Amandajm (talk) 01:36, 19 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks from me and the other editors... I don't quite understand why it wasn't held off until November 13, 2010, the 25th anniversary though? Or why I wasn't notified...  ceran  thor 13:45, 19 July 2009 (UTC)