Talk:Mount Taranaki

message: The satellite photo (particularly in 3d) shows two bumpy structures NW of the main cone.  I'd guess these were older cones that haven't erupted as recently as the main one (they look eroded)? -- John Fader (talk | contribs) 13:29, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I've added some info on them. dramatic 04:10, 27 Mar 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Satellite photo

message: Can anyone supply the Māori name of Fantham's Peak, please? Copey 2 14:16, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Panitahi according to A.B. Scanlan's book Egmont National Park. Moriori 20:53, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Fantham's Peak: Māori name?

message: According to Volcano#Volcanic_activity, an active volcano has erupted in the last 10,000 years. That would make Mt Taranaki active rather than dormant. Am I justified in changing the article to active volcano? 05:19, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It's not quite so simple. It's an active volcano in a state of quiescence, says GNS Science, a New Zealand government-owned research organisation.    On the other hand, it's not currently active, but in a state of quiesence, says the NZ Journal of Geology and Geophysics  Maybe "Possibly active, but quiescent." Grimhim (talk) 07:01, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks. I've updated the main page. I couldn't find the quote in your second link (the PDF) - what page is that on? Thanks peterl (talk) 21:50, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

text: Strange. Maybe I picked up the wrong link. Here it is.  Grimhim (talk) 00:10, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

text: Thanks peterl (talk) 00:50, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Active or Dormant?

message: This volcano is part of the Taupo Volcanic Zone, yet the article does not mention the distance between Mount Taranaki in relation to the other volcanoes such as Mount Tongariro, Ruapehu. Nguaruhoe and Taupo. --Dunedinite (talk) 08:47, 13 August 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: It's not part of the Taupo Volc. Zone, the source of the Egmont Volcano activity is quite separate. Efil's god (talk) 22:34, 15 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Distance to other volcanoes

message: Okay there have been several attempts at a title change which have foundered on a lack of consensus. So I'm letting that go. But the opening sentence says 'Mount Taranaki / Mount Egmont' and that is plain wrong. The mountain is either Taranaki or Mount Egmont. It never was Mount Taranaki and never will be. The nearest equivalent is Snowdon in Wales. You could say 'Mount Snowdon' but 'Mount Yr Wyddfa' is stupid. Consequently I'm changing the sentence to reflect reality. Sometime soon the official name may change to Taranaki Maunga. This will not change things one little bit. Most people will still call it 'The Mountain' or 'Taranaki' and traditionalists will call it 'Mount Egmont'. Only people writing official reports or folks trying to make a point will call it 'Taranaki Maunga'.OrewaTel (talk) 04:10, 28 September 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: You're not wrong - so why are you trying to speed things up by censoring the Infobox? --BushelCandle (talk) 06:27, 31 August 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Over several years a consensus was painfully reached. Opinions vary between "No mention of Egmont whatsoever" and "The real name is Egmont and Taranaki is a neologism." Eventually a compromise was found. The name, 'Egmont', is prominent in the lead paragraph and is well described in the name history. I would prefer not to re-open this issue but if it is to be opened then it should be done here in the talk page rather than through edits in the article. OrewaTel (talk) 12:48, 31 August 2021 (UTC)
replies: text:  The official name in the Gazetteer is "Mount Taranaki or Mount Egmont" (source: https://gazetteer.linz.govt.nz/place/3830), and "Mount Egmont" on its own is listed as an "other", "unofficial" name. So surely the article's opening paragraph and infobox should reflect this. For example, the opening line should perhaps read "Mount Taranaki or Mount Egmont is a dormant stratovolcano in the Taranaki region...". Furthermore, I suggest the name "Taranaki Maunga" should be removed from the opening paragraph as Wikipedia is not a crystal ball. Ddaveonz (talk) 01:40, 1 September 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Mount Taranaki?

message: We have known for some time that the mountain's name will change from Taranaki / Mount Egmont to Taranaki Maunga. This Stuff Article, https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/117865581/egmont-out-taranaki-maunga-in-agreement-reached-on-mountain-name-change, said it would happen in December 2020. The current LINZ website https://gazetteer.linz.govt.nz/place/3830 states that the official name is Taranaki or Mount Egmont. Elsewhere LINZ states that Government documents have exclusively used Taranaki since 2018 and the use of Egmont is deprecated. But I have not found a reliable source that states the name change has actually happened.
An IP user changed the article saying that there is now only a single name but like most IP users he did not provide a reference. I naturally reverted it. My change has been reverted by a named user. Please provide some evidence that the change has actually happened or I must revert back to the last cited fact.OrewaTel (talk) 03:49, 29 April 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: It would be reasonable to put priority on the government website (LINZ) over a news article (Stuff) so Wikipedia should follow the official government naming (as much as I would personally prefer the name to be just Taranaki, or Taranaki Maunga). --Pakaraki (talk) 07:49, 29 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name Change to Taranaki Maunga 

message: The Egmont National park is being renamed Te Papakura o Taranaki - announced in December 2019  While COVID has delayed the settlement of the agreement, the new name appears to already be in use - e.g.  despite the DOC website not having caught up yet. user:dramatic <- but unable to log in 103.225.6.68 (talk) 08:10, 14 August 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Seems legit, I have made a redirect. We can wait and see how things turn out for changing the pages name. Dushan Jugum (talk) 08:19, 14 August 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  National Park being renamed 

message: The Māori word tara means mountain peak, and naki is thought to come from ngaki, meaning "shining", a reference to the snow-clad winter nature of the upper slopes.
This sentence has been in the article for many years, but I'm now removing it for being unsubstantiated and also wrong. It seems to come from Maori Place Names by A.W. Reed
There have been many theories about this name. Tara (peak), presents no problems; naki may be ngaki (clear of vegetation). Probably Taranaki was the tribal name given to the mountain.
This looks like speculation, not scholarly work, and doesn't mention "shining". 2407:7000:AA16:A600:1D02:3EDC:616B:EA6E (talk) 05:10, 28 January 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Reed is one of the major scholarly works on Maori place names, so it is "substantiated" by a reliable source and is widely cited. Picking between options is original research, which we don't do on wikipedia - our job is just to reproduce what the scholars have said, leaving it to our readers to judge between the options. The part of the sentence on ngaki should be updated to more closely reflect what Reed says and the level of doubt that he expresses, but it should appear in the article. Furius (talk) 11:29, 28 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name meaning 

message: This page can need a forced purge to display properly if preview not used on an edit as there is a fair reference list and other Lua processing time:  ChaseKiwi (talk) 04:04, 9 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Purge