Talk:Andes

VFD Discussion

• Delete, it is not used as a sub-region of South America, so why would we have an article for this region? (WT-en) Globe-trotter 11:28, 7 September 2009 (EDT)
• Note: article was missing VFD tag; I've added it. (WT-en) LtPowers 15:35, 7 September 2009 (EDT)
• Delete Wikivoyage doesn't cover entire mountain ranges. Information about specific mountains should be placed on city pages or given their own page, if there is enough to see/do on a specific mountain within the Andes. (WT-en) ChubbyWimbus 16:12, 7 September 2009 (EDT)
• Keep, change format to disamb. The text that currently exists in the article seems reasonable to me. It directs the traveller to the regions they will get information. Lets remove the current template, and put the info there currently into a disamb format. --(WT-en) inas 22:42, 7 September 2009 (EDT)
• Keep. I can't say I care much whether the result is a disambig or an actual region article, but I don't see any reason to get rid of a valid, coherent region article, regardless of whether it is part of the hierarchy. --(WT-en) Peter ^Talk 00:29, 8 September 2009 (EDT)

• Keep Wikivoyage actually does have coverage for the Alps and Himalayas, so unless there is consensus to get rid of those, as well, the Andes are legitimate. (WT-en) ChubbyWimbus 00:38, 8 September 2009 (EDT)

Would you care to comment on whether you think the full region template or a disamb is more appropriate? After all, the Alps contains the far too useful advice to eat fondue, so we have much to look forward to in the Eat section of the Andes. --(WT-en) inas 01:57, 8 September 2009 (EDT)

I feel there may not be much to say about the entire mountain ranges that would make them useful articles beyond Wikipedia-type facts. I think a disambiguation page with links to more specific articles (either mountains within the range or cities in the mountains or cities where tourists can access parts of the mountain) is likely to be more helpful. Itineraries that include the mountains are also good to link from the disambiguation page. Stating where/what to eat, where to sleep, etc. are just not practical, because there are too many places from Peru to Chile. It seems impractical, as a guide. (WT-en) ChubbyWimbus 02:26, 8 September 2009 (EDT)

I'd say the Andes have a distinct cultural heritage from the Incan and surrounding civilizations of yore, as well as from the realities of high altitude living, which could lend to a good region article. There's certainly more of interest to write about than for South Central Nebraska. Our region articles are almost universally terrible, but that's a different issue to work out, I think. --(WT-en) Peter ^Talk 02:39, 8 September 2009 (EDT)

True enough, but when you see the opportunity to have one less, why not take it!? --(WT-en) inas 05:42, 8 September 2009 (EDT)

Do you think this type of article warrants a sort of half-disambiguation, half-article page? I mean, I agree with Peter that there are things you can say about the culture and history of the area, but I still think that when it comes to sleeping, eating, see, do, etc. it is more helpful to have links to places within the range. If it doesn't have such links, then it's sort of a hollow, dead-end article. (WT-en) ChubbyWimbus 14:12, 13 September 2009 (EDT)

• Keep We have Rocky Mountains as well. (WT-en) Pashley 04:44, 8 September 2009 (EDT)

• Change to disambig - And hey Pashley, you just voted to keep on the basis of Rocky Mountains which is only a disambiguation page. What gives? (WT-en) Texugo 00:46, 28 September 2009 (EDT)

I'd say we should have something for any reasonable search term, or any term it might be convenient for a writer to link to — Andes, Taj Mahal, Bombay, Appalachia, ... — but we don't want redundant articles, so disambigs are fine for most of them. Writing about Quito, it seems reasonable to me to say it is high in the Andes, so I want something at "Andes". (WT-en) Pashley 23:33, 25 October 2009 (EDT)

In nearly all cases, I completely fail to see that overlap of region articles is a problem. Yes, we need a hierarchical scheme for the breadcrumbs, but that scheme is not sacred. To me, Rocky Mountains or Baltic Sea are obviously valid titles, although neither makes a coherent region for the hierarchical scheme. Listing Turkey in both the Europe and Middle East articles seems to me the obvious thing to do. And so on. I do not consider "it does not fit our hierarchy" a valid reason for deletion. (WT-en) Pashley 23:45, 25 October 2009 (EDT)

• Keep - Geographical features such as major mountain ranges provide an alternative way of viewing travel. If I wanted to visit the Andes it would be useful to know which countries, and which parts of those countries, contain the Andes. - (WT-en) Huttite 06:00, 3 November 2009 (EST)