Talk:Mount Ida/Archive 1

Archive 1

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A mini-stub for Gargarus was applied here to the Cretan Mount Ida, a perfect example of why dividing up this article is not a useful move, nor an encyclopedic idea. TDictionary thinking conceives a separate article for Gargarus... --Wetman 05:38, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Needs organization

Hi Wetman. Long time no see. I understand why you want to keep a general article on Mt. Ida. I notice though that the article is tough to follow and contains material that belong with the other Mt. Ida articles. I think maybe some subtopics keeping material relevant to the mother godess aspect and questions of etymology might be relevant with pointers to the other articles would be an improvement. For example, the material on the Trojan War clearly belongs with mount Ida Turkey. So if it is OK with you I think I will make a few steps in that direction and if you have other things in mind I am sure you will let us know.Dave 12:17, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

My tone is so often sharp and strident, I know. But separate articles would mean that each time "Idaean" etc. comes up and needs linking, we'd have to make a decision which Ida is involved: often there is no firm basis for such an ascription either way. The ambiguity is not a Wikipedia artifact, it is real. --Wetman 20:34, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Out of place text snippet with perhaps useful information

"Origin of Ida. Ida is a town in Nigeria,from which the Igala or Igarra claim ancestry. It is located on the banks of the river Niger, in Kogi state. Gala, gaul, gallatia may be cognate to igala. The igala religion is centered around a cosmic mother and priest kings with Atta (Attis) appended to their names as titles. From gala we have galaxy."

The above was added in a disjointed fashion into the article. I am unsure what to do with, but for now I am removing it from the article an posting the content here, so people more knowledgeable can decide what to do with it. -- 62.78.138.168 (talk) 06:54, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

Vaccinium vitis-idaea

Does anybody know which one of thes two mountains has given name to Vaccinium vitis-idaea?--Urjanhai (talk) 16:56, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

Found: [1]. --Urjanhai (talk) 09:13, 22 July 2011 (UTC)

Unsourced and unclear quotes

This article uses arbitrarily placed quotation marks with no clear beginning or end, and does not cite the source being quoted, referring only to some unidentified tourist guide. Jtcarpet (talk) 00:46, 10 March 2014 (UTC)