Talk:Socompa

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A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on April 6, 2018.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that a giant landslide took place on Socompa volcano some 7,000 years ago, moving approximately 19.2 cubic kilometres (4.6 cu mi) of rock?

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Socompan microbes

I came to this article hoping to learn more about the microbial ecosystems found on Socompa (the highest such ecosystems in the world, apparently), but they are not even mentioned. All I know is what's in the article I've just linked to. 125.168.127.32 (talk) 04:54, 2 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Alright, I've added it myself now and also made some style-related edits while I was there. 125.168.127.32 (talk) 09:14, 3 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Etymology

This source suggests it may be an Atacameno name derived from a deity but I don't know if this source is reliable. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 20:30, 24 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Unofficial PR

"Location Argentina – Chile" (in the IB) and "border between Argentina and Chile" in the body are a bit of OVERLINKING
Left the infobox links and removed the others. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 09:39, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
"This part of the Andean volcanic belt": this is a bit of a run-on sentence. Maybe tweaking the end to "through Argentina and Chile; it contains about 44" would help?
I've split it. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 09:39, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
"it was not witnessed in historical records": -> "it is not recorded as being witnessed in historical records", to be a bit pedantic
I dunno, that sounds rather clumsy. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 09:39, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
"It forms the Negros de Aras surface": it may be best to clarify which "it" is being referred to here.
Specified. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 09:39, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
"and consists itself of several subunits": is the "itself" doing anything here?
No; removed it. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 09:39, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
"to several 100 metres": I think this would be better as "to several hundred metres"
Done. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 09:39, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done to the start of the Geology section. It's in very good shape already – I'll finish off in the morning. Cheers - SchroCat (talk) 19:51, 24 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"and/or" is never elegant: any chance you could tweak?
Nothing comes to mind, sorry. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 09:39, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
"One of these centres": You seem to be using AmEng in the article (lots of Zs in words, sulfer, etc), but 'centre' sticks out as a particularly BrEng spelling here
Yeah, normally I try to use BrEng, so did it. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 09:39, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
"Cairis[d],": comma after the note?
For explanatory notes, I prefer to put them after the explained word. Otherwise people might think it's a source for the entire sentence. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 09:39, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
"and is ongoing as of October 2021": unless there is more recent data, I think "was ongoing" would be best
Done. Will need to see if there are more recent sources. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 09:39, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Full stop needed at the end of FN6
Done. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 09:39, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Shouty caps in FNs 76 and 106
Decapped. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 09:39, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
FN76: "June 29, 2021" doesn't need the comma
Done. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 09:39, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

All in all it reads nicely – including the technical parts, which are always tricky to get understandable to the layman, but you've done a great job with it. Ping me when you get to FAC. Cheers – SchroCat (talk) 07:48, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@SchroCat: Processed. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 09:39, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]