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[edit] Split article into range and UNESCO site?

It occurs to me that the UNESCO World Heritage Site included only the Drakensberg Park, on the South African side of the border, and not the rest of the Drakensberg range itself. As such, there should probably be two separate articles. I'll get onto this when I get some time. -Kieran (talk) 23:29, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Previous unsigned comment

I just changed the wording of the reference to the Zulu people. Talking about "The Zulus" is a sweeping generalization. Someone should probably write something (and link to) the Sotho people, since they are the inhabitants of the area. When I get time, maybe I will.

[edit] In a perfect world

Dude, Maluti is the correct spelling for the mountains, as used in Lesotho. Loti is the currency. Please follow Lesotho government link http://www.lesotho.gov.ls/about/tourism.php. Oxford is clearly wrong here. People in South Africa and Lesotho mostly use the Maluti spelling. Some politically correct ANC departments in South Africa seems to start using the Maloti spelling.

Maluti would redirect to a disambiguation page Maloti which would point to Drakensberg and Lesotho loti (see the Oxford Dictionary of South African English entry for Maloti). Also, this article would use "Maloti" for the Sesotho name and mention the fact that "Maluti" is a very common misspelling. "Imagine all the people..." Zyxoas (talk to me - I'll listen) 16:01, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

Easily said, easily done. I've changed it as you recommended. dewet|✉ 19:41, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

Dude, Maloti is commonly misspelt Maluti - not the other way around! Zyxoas (talk to me - I'll listen) 05:32, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

But thanks a lot for the dab and stuff. Zyxoas (talk to me - I'll listen) 05:51, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Umm, isn't that exactly what I did? On Maloti: "Maloti (or Maluti, a common misspelling)..." — if there is something I misunderstood, please tell me! Thanks, dewet|✉ 06:18, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

The mistake is on Drakensberg. Zyxoas (talk to me - I'll listen) 08:28, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Ah, I see. My bad. But why didn't you just switch it around yourself? dewet|✉ 08:50, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Because it's impossible to edit articles on a WAP cellphone. Zyxoas (talk to me - I'll listen) 09:46, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] duplicated Spanish articles

One has it -berg and one has it -burg, I don't know the word for "merge" in Spanish.

[edit] Explored by Baden Powell

One interesting fact from those, I'd like to source. "the mountains were explored by Robert Baden-Powell at the end of century XIX, within the framework of the wars in Africa of the British Empire." Chris (クリス • フィッチ) (talk) 07:26, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Well, the article is sadly light on sources. I have other things on my plate for now, but at some stage I'll probably come back and sort it out.
It's quite possible (even likely) that Baden used to hike around them, but the sentence is slightly misleading. I would suggest that the mountains were first explored by humans some time in prehistory by San people. -Kieran (talk) 21:14, 12 May 2008 (UTC)