User talk:Romandial

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Roman---welcome to Wikipedia, and thanks for your contributions so far. I know that you are an expert on various things Alaskan (your name is all over the Wood/Coombs guide) so I am looking forward to seeing more great stuff from you. One question, though: you'll notice that I removed the Tordrillo Mountains from the list of subranges of the Alaska Range. The Board on Geographic Names entry for the Alaska Range doesn't include any part of the Tordrillos, although the BGN entry for the Tordrillos does mention the Alaska Range (but perhaps ambiguously). Since the geology of the Tordrillos is so different from that of the Alaska Range proper, it seems best to go with the interpretation that they are not part of the Alaska Range. However if you have a source which unambiguously includes them in the Alaska Range, that would be good to know about. The best place to discuss this would be Talk:Alaska Range. Again, thanks for being part of Wikipedia. -- Spireguy 20:51, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

Spireguy -- Thanks for the welcome. I hope my contributions remain consistent, but with my narrow knowledge base, I will likely run out of things to contribute soon enough! Nevertheless, the mountains, rivers, and wilderness of Alaska have been an active interest since 1970 -- childhood really. More at Talk:Alaska Range. Romandial 00:25, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Traverse info

Roman---the info is probably OK, although it's getting close to being too specific, I would say. It would look more appropriate in a longer article (which hopefully these articles will be, eventually). I would cite them more precisely using the ref tags, to match up which sources go with which traverses. Cheers--Spireguy 20:18, 20 December 2006 (UTC)