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[edit] Requested move

The current title, "High Tatra", is incorrect. The name of the range is, as it can be confirmed by Britannica, either "High Tatras", or "High Tatra mountains". Similarly, mountains in Italy are called "Apennines" or "Apennine mountains", not "Apennine". -- Naive cynic 20:51, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

The name is NOT incorrect, it is a very frequent alternative name (even more frequent than High Tatra). I do not oppose the move, but the alternative name version has to be mentioned. Juro 23:16, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

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[edit] Historical names

Juro, there's nothing wrong with mentioning historical names. Look at the Lviv page for example:

(Ukrainian: Львів, L’viv ; Polish: Lwów; Russian: Львов, Lvov; German: Lemberg; Yiddish: לעמבערג; Latin: Leopolis; see also Cities' alternative names)

I don't know the Czech name, perhaps you do? —Khoikhoi 01:51, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

I just have not noticed until now that we add historical names to mountains (towns are a different issue). Can you show a precedense? Juro 01:56, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Sure, look at Mount Ararat for example. —Khoikhoi 02:00, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
ОК then.Juro 02:14, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Can someone double check?

I got the names of the mountains from a map labelled "High Tatras", but not sure they are all that region. This site [1] lists Bystra as Western Tatras. So I'm confused. Stevage 08:26, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Indeed. And there are more:
  • Bystrá - 2248 m. (Slovakia)
  • Baranec - 2184 m. (Slovakia)
  • Banikov/Banówka - 2178 m. (Slovakia)
  • Klin/Starobociański Wierch - 2176 m. (Slovakia/Poland)
  • Volovec - 2064 m. (Slovakia/Poland)
  • Giewont - 1984 m. (Poland)
All not in High but in Western Tatras
--Lysytalk 08:52, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
Thanks (my fault). I really suspect it would be best to have a single article on the Tatras, and if and when that becomes excessively big, to break it up. But at the moment, people looking for info on mountains in that region are likely to stop at Tatra Mountains and not even realise there is this page (or Western Tatras etc). Yes, I really think that would be better. Any objections to me merging them? Stevage 02:10, 15 November 2006 (UTC)