Talk:Most isolated mountain peaks of the United States

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[edit] Consistency & Redundancy

There are at least three other lists which are very similar, though not identical, to this list. These lists are:

Mountain peaks of North America#Most isolated major summits

Most isolated mountain peaks of North America

Mountain peaks of the United States#Most isolated major summits

Having so many list of a similar nature can be problematic because someone updating one list might not be aware of the other lists. Propogation of errors is another concern. Small inconsistencies, such as a few tenths of a mile, might not be that big of a deal, but the difference can be much greater. For instance, there is an obvious error with Mount Washington (New Hampshire). My own calculation is that Mt. Washington is 824.55 miles from Mount Mitchell. If there is a closer higher peak, I am unaware of it, but since the number is close to the 819.8 km shown here, my guess is that somewhere along the line, the mileage got transposed with the metric distance. I'm going to update all four lists with 819.8 miles and 1,319 km for now. This won't eliminate the future potential for errors like this, though. We need a way to maintain consistency, so what ideas are out there?

ArcticBartek (talk) 15:29, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

I used the isolation distance of 1,318.98 kilometers (819.576 mi) from Mount Washington to Celo Knob throughout. The first entry is the sort key, the format of which should not be changed. --Buaidh (talk) 16:22, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

Great, thanks. You're right, it is Celo Knob. Roan Mountain (Roan Highlands) is closer but just misses heightwise. You should check out Southern Sixers, you seem to be quite informed about those mountains. The list is new, so some accuracy is lacking, particulary in terms of prominence data. I'm thinking of adding isolation to that list, but I think it might be overkill. ArcticBartek (talk) 18:15, 12 May 2008 (UTC)