Talk:Andrew Irvine (mountaineer)

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[edit] Mallory and Irvine

Perhaps there should be a seperate article on the Mallory and Irvine Mt Everest Expedition. Most of the infromation about the expedition is on the Mallory page. Some information is on the Irvine page, but a lot of this is a double-up of what is on Mallory's. A single article, about the Everest expedition in particular, would eliminate any double-up, and also remove the problem of comparitively much less being written about the expedition on Irvine's page as opposed to Mallory's. Mallory was the leader, but Irvine did technically spend longer on the mountain, as he died second; and in any case, it is the expedition as a whole which is important, it shouldn't be divided up. The individual pages on Mallory and on Irvine could still of course contain much information on them - their personal biography etc. - Matthew238 02:00, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

I agree, the current duplication should be fixed. WhiteCat 04:03, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

I also agree. I'd suggest 1924 British Everest expedition as a title, but there were two expeditions in previous years, so it might make sense to deal with them all in one article. Or maybe the previous ones can just be dealt with as "background" to the 1924 expedition, which is the one readers will be most interested in. --Blisco 19:28, 3 November 2006 (UTC) (edited 21:29, 3 November 2006 (UTC))