Talk:Drakensberg

message: It occurs to me that the UNESCO World Heritage Site included only the Drakensberg Park, on the South African side of the border, and not the rest of the Drakensberg range itself. As such, there should probably be two separate articles. I'll get onto this when I get some  time. -Kieran (talk) 23:29, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Split article into range and UNESCO site?

message: Dude, Maluti is the correct spelling for the mountains, as used in Lesotho. Loti is the currency. Please
follow Lesotho government link http://www.lesotho.gov.ls/about/tourism.php. Oxford is clearly wrong here. People in South Africa and Lesotho mostly use the Maluti spelling. Some politically correct ANC departments in South Africa seems to start using the Maloti spelling.
Maluti would redirect to a disambiguation page Maloti which would point to Drakensberg and Lesotho loti (see the Oxford Dictionary of South African English entry for Maloti). Also, this article would use "Maloti" for the Sesotho name and mention the fact that "Maluti" is a very common misspelling. "Imagine all the people..." Zyxoas (talk to me - I'll listen) 16:01, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Easily said, easily done.  I've changed it as you recommended. dewet|✉ 19:41, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

text: Umm, isn't that exactly what I did?  On Maloti: "Maloti (or Maluti, a common misspelling)..." — if there is something I misunderstood, please tell me!  Thanks, dewet|✉ 06:18, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

text: Ah, I see. My bad. But why didn't you just switch it around yourself?  dewet|✉ 08:50, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  In a perfect world 

message: This article appears to be filled largely with strings of copyrighted text from the sources, without adequate notes to that affect. Would it be possible to have the article rectified? Please see WP:NFC policy, which discourages the use of extensive quotation (and most of the quotes are not properly attributed to the article). Regards, Lazulilasher (talk) 20:54, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry about that. I'll fix what I can as soon as possible. Jordan Contribs 12:25, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copyright violations? 

message: When the British took over Natal many Boers crossed over the Drakenberg mountains to live in Orange Free State and the South African Republic (The Transvaal). This trek is commemorated by a giant painting inside the Voortrekker Monument. It's notable enough to mention in this article. Invmog (talk) 22:50, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Boers Crossing the Drakensberg

message: A map showing the area would go a long way.--Halqh حَلَقَة הלכהሐላቃህ (talk) 07:40, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Indeed. Junuxx (talk) 19:04, 27 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  A map please

message: Continuing with the theme above (under "A map please"): Since the Drakensberg is not a range of mountains but the eastern edge of the central South African Plateau, and is therefore a portion of the Great Escarpment, its geology is very varied. The section describing the geology of the the Drakensberg in the article is consequently confusing, and very difficult to understand.The Mpumalnaga Drakensberg escarpment is topped by the erosion resistant quartzites belonging to the Transvaal Supergroup which are more than 2000 million years old. The Lesotho-KwaZuluNatal Drakensberg escarpment is capped by very much younger rocks (in fact the youngest rocks of the plateau - only about 185 million years old), which overlay the Karoo Supergroup, in the form of a thick pile of lava, which once upon a time covered most of South Africa. Most of that lava has now eroded away; the last remaining remnant being the Lesotho Highlands. The Drakensberg inbetween (i.e. the portion of the escarpment that forms the boundary between KwaZuluNatal and the Free State) is made up of the Karoo Supergroup rocks: Dwyka, Ecca and Beaufort series. Here there is no hard erosion-resistant cap, with the result that the Escarpment (Drakensberg) in this region is not as impressive as the stretches of the Escarpment (Drakensberg) to the north and south of it. 
I'm not sure how this rather dense geological information can be summarized in the article, and remain understandable to the nonspecialist. But if the Drakensberg are seen as part of the the Great Escarpment, it could simply be stated that its geology simply refects the highly varied structure of the plateau, with very ancient rocks in the north, and very much younger rocks to the south. Oggmus (talk) 06:26, 7 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Geological origins

message: I have provided the map of the Drakensberg requested in 2011, and rewritten the opening paragraphs, as well as the next 3 sections (Geological origins, Appearance, and Composition). These sections are now internally consistent. I would like to have feedback about whether the edits are correct, and easy to follow. If someone feels strongly that I have missed the boat (and can provide evidence that that is so) then it is easy enough to revert to the original version; or, better still, a very much improved version of what I have written.Oggmus (talk) 13:04, 8 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Rewrite of most of the first half of the article

message: The "geological origins' section has been copied and pasted, with very minor edits, into the Great Escarpment article, the geological origins of the part (Drakensberg) is the same as that of the whole (Great Escarpment). This has been done by the author of the "Geological origins" section.Oggmus (talk) 07:08, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Copied material into the [[Great Escarpment, Southern Africa|Great Escarpment]] article

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message: Is it with a "u" or an "e"? Because I've seen it both ways and am not sure. Please tell me the right one, as I'm doing a map project which counts as part of my grade. - Ramesty
Ukhahlamba is the correct name in Zulu  LethuThwala (talk) 21:15, 26 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spelling 

message: Who discovered the the name of the mountain? Snoiled (talk) 08:33, 19 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ukhahlamba