Talk:Mount Vesuvius
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While going through the article, I noticed that the source claiming that Mount Vesuvius is the most dangerous in the world is about 15 years old. Is this still the most credible source to use for this information? Especially since it was retrieved from 'The Guardian' and most newspapers have some sort of bias to them, intentional or not. Source in question: McGuire, Bill (October 16, 2003). "In the shadow of the volcano". The Guardian. Retrieved May 8, 2010. Ebrasmussen (talk) 00:57, 18 September 2018 (UTC) Priority 1 (top)
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Edit request for Mount Vesuvius - fact check
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"Vesuvius has erupted many times since, and is the only volcano on the European mainland to have erupted within the last hundred years."
Hello! I could be wrong, but I believe this sentence contradicts the wiki article for Mount Etna, which is also on the European mainland and has erupted multiple times in the past century and quite recently.
Thank you for contributing.
--Izzy Coffeenebulawastaken (talk) 18:34, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
- Mount Etna is on Sicily, which is not on the European mainland. The prose stipulates mainland. Hope that clears it up. Thanks. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 18:50, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
Edit request for Mythology section
editCan someone add a sentence or two about Parthenope (Siren) to the Mythology section please? 2601:647:CD00:DF0:D14E:6DDB:3FA7:8EEE (talk) 02:04, 6 September 2022 (UTC)
Inscription citation
editIn References "[full citation needed]" follows "CIL x.1, 3806" the citation for "An inscription from Capua" in Section #1 Mythology. That appears to be the accepted citation form. See https://ecommons.cornell.edu/bitstream/handle/1813/51630/vanRoggen_cornell_0058O_10112.pdf?sequence=1 page 18, https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110674736-004/pdf page 53 note 18 also at https://ebin.pub/urban-disasters-and-the-roman-imagination-9783110674767-3110674769.html (search An inscription from Capua), https://archive.org/details/herculaneumpastp00wald/page/n183/mode/2up?q=3806.
See also https://www.orientalistica.su/jour/article/view/513?locale=en_US, https://pompeiiinpictures.com/pompeiiinpictures/R7/7%2004%2061.htm, https://www.historyofinformation.com/detail.php?id=3013, https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Kasserine-Mausoleum-of-the-Flavii-inscription-CIL-8212-lines-13-42-photo-A_fig2_236157705, https://droitromain.univ-grenoble-alpes.fr/Varia/Marcia_CIL.htm, https://hrcak.srce.hr/clanak/307928, https://romaninscriptionsofbritain.org/concordances/concordance-CIL, etc. Mcljlm (talk) 12:39, 23 October 2022 (UTC)
GA Reassessment
editThe following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
- Article (edit | visual edit | history) · Article talk (edit | history) · Watch • • GAN review not found
- Result: Delisting per consensus. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 17:01, 17 May 2023 (UTC)
GA from 2006. Numerous uncited material in sections such as the Formation, Casualties, Later Eruptions, National Park, and more amongst other problems. Onegreatjoke (talk) 16:51, 10 May 2023 (UTC)
- Delist: The article is in bad shape. Here's an example: an entire subsection that cites no sources. Hardly fit of a Good Article. 〜 Festucalex • talk 17:09, 10 May 2023 (UTC)
- Delist. Concur. Ifly6 (talk) 18:17, 10 May 2023 (UTC)
Cable cars picture
editThe original source may list the picture as a cart on the Mt.Vesuvius, but the cart literally has ETNA written over it. Most likely is a picture of something similar on Mt.Etna. 82.84.58.225 (talk) 13:26, 20 December 2023 (UTC)
- Thanks for reporting this but I think you are probably mistaken about the photo being from Mount Etna. The two-track Vesuvius funicular railway had two cars, one on each track. It seems that the original pair of cable cars at Vesuvius were called "Vesuvio" and "Etna". See. e.g. https://www.tramwayinfo.com/Tramframe.htm?https://www.tramwayinfo.com/trampostcards/Postc136.htm and https://www.pompeiiinpictures.com/pompeiiinpictures/Vesuvius/Vesuvius%20p2.htm for the Vesuvius funicular railway's history. I have changed the photo in the article and its caption text to clarify this. GeoWriter (talk) 17:30, 20 December 2023 (UTC)
Date of painting
editThe image captioned "Procession of Saint Januarius during an eruption of Vesuvius in 1822" seems to contain an error. Looks like it was painted in 1822, but the caption makes it sound like the event depicted occurred in 1822. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gofoyo (talk • contribs) 00:13, 11 July 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks for reporting this. I have changed the caption text of the painting image in the article. GeoWriter (talk) 12:23, 11 July 2024 (UTC)
incorrect superscript
editvolume of ejection described with units of ten to the fifth power. Shouldn't the units involve 10 to the third power (cubic meters)? 50.125.254.126 (talk) 18:32, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
- The volume 6×105 cubic metres is a correct alternative way to write 600,000 m3. The fifth power is related to the amount of units (cubic metres), it does not indicate that the metre unit is not to the third power (cubic). GeoWriter (talk) 21:12, 25 July 2024 (UTC)