Talk:List of islands by highest point

message: What are the units here? Meters? · rodii · 21:10, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, metres. --Mark J 08:50, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Units

message: User:Stevenmitchell added a "feet" column. I reverted because:
* it means more work for contributors
* it does not add any information
* conversion between units is (relatively) easy.
I would appreciate the matter being discussed on this page before Stevenmitchell or anyone else attempts to re-add the column. EdC 01:00, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: USian scientists and engineers understand metric, as do USian geographers. However, I have reassessed my position and am willing to countenance a "feet" column, as long as it contains accurate and up-to-date information.  EdC 15:36, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

text: ! Writing a Python (or Perl, if that floats your boat) script to convert the tables should be trivial. Or do it in Calc, or even by hand. If you provide a feet column, I won't remove it. EdC 20:49, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

text: Em. Not to make an issue out of this, but you're commenting on a discussion that's 2 years ago old. If you want to add one of the :Category:Conversion templates to all the heights to allow the user to set his own measurement/unit preference, then nobody will stop you. As EdC said two years ago, if anyone has a problem with the current set-up, then please go ahead and update it. (Though I would point out that, while you note that 300 million people use imperial/US customary units/whatever, this represents only about 4% of the world's population - and (at last check) meters (and the SI standard in general) were the primary or sole system of measurement used practically everywhere - with notable exceptions in Burma, Liberia, and the US.) Guliolopez (talk) 18:30, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Feet column 

message: I can´t figure out why you include Guam on the list of "Other notable islands" as an ´island nation´. Well, you could do so, but then you also have to include other US dependent terrirories, such as Puerto Rico and Northern Mariana Islands. Or even French dependent areas such as Guadeloupe, Martinique, New Caledonia, French Southern Antarcyic Lans (which is an island group). You might also include the Norwegian territory Svalbard and many others. So why (just?) Guam? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 83.108.160.249 (talk) 05:07, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Because they haven't been added yet.  There's no reason not to add main islands of dependent territories; why don't you add some? –EdC 14:17, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is Guam an ´island nation´? 

message: It doesn't seem to me that saying the South Shetland Islands are British is NPOV, considering several nations either dispute or do not recognize this claim.  Sowelilitokiemu 02:51, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sovereignty 

message: Someone has added Rügen, which is somewhat "wrong",  as neither Rügen nor Germany are "island nations". Still, it might be a good idea to add the largest island mountain of each country, so I will start changing the list according to this. Antipoeten 21:54, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Rügen

message: I agree on deleting the island mountain of Vranjina as this is a lake island. I don´t think lake islands belong here at all. Therefore I instead add the highest sea island mountain of Montenegro, which is in Sveti Nikola Island. Antipoeten 15:35, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Islands of Montenegro 

message: (1) Lord Howe Island is not in the list of "Other notable island mountains". Would someone like to add it? I do not feel confident doing it myself. Its highest point is 875-m (2,870-ft) Mount Gower.
(2) I don't understand the comments about Guam and Rügen, as the list of "Other notable island mountains" never purports to consist exclusively of island nations, right?
Simplifier 05:09, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  (1) Lord Howe Island; (2) Island nations 

message: Regarding Cyprus:
The highest point in the island of Cyprus is in the territory of the state of Cyprus and NOT in the UK controled military bases of Dekelia and Akrotiri.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.88.116.134 (talk) 22:50, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't think anyone is disputing this.  That's why Dekelia and Akrotiri are listed in the "Other countries or territories on island" column and not in the "Country or territory containing highest point" column.  I would have thought this was self evident.  Oh, and by the way, your comments might be considered with more credibility if you register.  — ras52 (talk) 22:59, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Cyprus

message: This article lists highest points by continent, with only 4 continents. Anyone know why only four continents are listed?  Gubernatoria (talk) 05:00, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: They're not continents — they're continental landmasses.  The difference being that while North and South America are sometimes (often?) regarded as two separate continents, they're a single continental landmass because they are connected by land.  Similarly, Africa, Europe and Asia are a single continental landmass.  — ras52 (talk) 19:37, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

text: I see you've changed the article anyway: I guess that's called being bold.  Per Wikipedia's bold, revert, discuss policy, I have reverted you.  If you still disagree, you should now discuss it here.  Also, please don't characterise the actions of someone who happens to disagree with you as vandalism.  It isn't. —ras52 (talk) 15:01, 10 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: You changed the entry without any discussion.  This was open for discussion for over a month before you decided to make changes without any discussion.  Other contributors, in talk off this page agreed by continent would be more appropriate.  This was the consensus and there was no other objection.  You changed the article withou any discussion.  I am reverting it to how it was.  If you change it again you will be reported for edit-warring. Gubernatoria (talk) 15:37, 10 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: The article has used continental landmasses since day one.  The article stayed that way for 3 years, 3 months and 8 days until you made this edit on 21 June — i.e. less than three weeks ago during which time there has been no talk page discussion whatsoever.   So it strikes me that the status quo is very clearly the landmasses; and anyway, what relevance do the continental high points have to a list of islands?  Continents aren't islands: continental landmassess are.  Quite how you can accuse me of reverting without discussion, I don't know given that the comment you appear to be responding to is, err..., discussion.  I also notice that I'm not the only person reverting you — so is Bazonka.  I'm going to revert again, though I shan't revert a third time today — hopefully someone else will if they agree with me.  — ras52 (talk) 15:55, 10 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Absolutely.  This article is about islands, and continental land-masses are, in effect, just enormous islands.  The highest points of North America and Europe are irrelevant here. Bazonka (talk) 16:12, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

text: Gubernatoria, I have just realised that you labelled your revert to my edit as "vandalism".  What an absolutely outragious claim. It is fair enough to disagree with an edit; but it is something quite different to claim vandalism. I am offended.  I hope you can adequately justify your egregious statement.  Bazonka (talk) 16:50, 10 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Continent

message: My understanding is that the highest point of Gran Canaria is Pico de las Nieves, and not Pozo de las Nieves. 94.171.166.73 (talk) 11:53, 20 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Highest point of Gran Canaria 

message: I noticed that the highest point on Coulman Island is only 1,998 meters, so I am requesting to move it down to "Other notable island mountains." Are there any objections to this? I had changed it before, but I decided to change it back so I don't get reported for vandalism.
Luvrboy1 (talk) 13:55, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Be WP:BOLD. I'm sure no-one would accuse you of vandalism for what seems like a perfectly logical and reasonable change. Bazonka (talk) 11:19, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Request to move "Coulman Island" from "Over 2,000 meters" to "Other notable island mountains" 

message: I just restored the "continental landmasses" section, as per the lead. The title of this page is a problem: clearly the page was written to illustrate the relations between the heights of different areas of land entirely surrounded by water, and while some have the mental agility to interpret "island" in this sense, others do not. The article is about topography, not politics (division into Europe and Asia) or plate tectonics (classification of Austral(as)ia as a "continent" rather than an island, cf. Greenland). Therefore, it would serve its purpose best if one could easily see (for example) where Australia comes in the pecking order by height of areas of land surrounded by water: 61st, I think. So of course there is no real need for a separate table with the three highest areas of land surrounded by water plus the 61st. The word "island" in the title is problematic, and I suggest the best approach is to use a title avoiding it: I suggest "List of landmasses by highest point", but welcome any better ideas. Imaginatorium (talk) 08:31, 4 May 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Title of this page 

message: Maybe mention with an additional field, if each peak is a volcano, etc. Jidanni (talk) 14:06, 1 November 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Add mountain type field 

message: Two of the main issues with this article are:
* A user has changed the heading to include all islands with a peak over 100 metres altitude (was 500). You'll find that there are many thousands of these and it's an impossible task to list them all. Better to stick to the previous limit of 500 metres.
* Most of the entries in the second table should be in the first table.---Ehrenkater (talk) 15:02, 26 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Issues with this article 

message: The highest point of Disko Island (part of Greenland) is missing, it is 1919m high. It would have been number 83 on the list. For some reason, this list is omitting this peak, and probably other peaks too. I don't know why. 2A02:1812:D26:E800:ACDE:1180:D435:E7ED (talk) 20:31, 1 September 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Declangi (talk) 08:17, 2 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Disko Island is missing 

message: I'm not sure I can see any reason why the sections "List of islands with highest point by elevation" and "Other notable island peaks" are separate. It seems to be fairly arbitrary whether a peak is in one list, the other, or both (as is the case with quite a few peaks). Is it perhaps more reasonable to merge those two sections into one longer list - if that list is too long, then separating it by size intervals (e.g., "Over 2000 metres", "1001–2000 metres", "1000 metres and under") as is done with List of islands by area, might be a more appropriate split that "Notable" and "Not quite as notable". Grutness...wha? 04:31, 12 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Other notable peaks" 

message: What is the column "height/(area/pi)^0.5" in the "List of  islands with highest point by elevation" for? Is it a commonly used metric or something? If it is, I think some short description should be added to the table description. Otherwise, I think that column just adds visual clutter to an already large table. 
I see the same issue with the "height^2/area" column of the "volcanic islands" table. Presumably, these ratios are describing the same thing (the height of the island compared to the size of the island), just in different ways. But using a different ratio to describe the same thing seems silly to me, as it makes it difficult to compare information between the lists. Again, I think a quick explanation of what this ratio is used for and by whom would be helpful. I did a quick google search and didn't find much on this. Fkldsjfkalf (talk) 22:14, 22 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  table columns