Talk:Bullita Cave

Length

Hi Gatoclass; I saw that you had changed both this article and its DYK hook to say that it's one of the longest caves in the world Australia rather than the longest. Indeed, that is something I was thinking about, as new caves are constantly being discovered and it's possible that something from 2011 might be outdated, which made me a tiny bit skeptical when I nominated this for DYK but not enough that I would not provide the hook or not add the information to the article about it being the longest. You mentioned in your edit summary that Gregory Karst is the longest cave in the world Australia instead, according to a Google Search. However, I performed my own Google Search and found that Gregory Karst is not a cave at all but rather a region in Gregory National Park (probably a karst field) which contains Bullita Cave. Would you care to elaborate a bit on this or provide a link to where you found that Gregory Karst was in fact a cave? I'm going to bed now and won't wake up until the current 12-hour DYK hook period is over, so I won't be able to respond regarding the hook until it is automatically removed from the main page, but knowing what your thoughts are on this would be helpful so that the article itself can be improved. Thanks!--SkyGazer 512 ^{Oh no, what did I do this time?} 05:02, 24 December 2018 (UTC)

@Gatoclass: Any chance of your replying to this? --SkyGazer 512 ^{Oh no, what did I do this time?} 03:29, 11 January 2019 (UTC)

SkyGazer, my only interest in this article was in ensuring that the DYK hook was correct. In a quick google search, I found a site which said Gregory Karst was longer, and decided on that basis to modify the hook to be on the safe side, since all the article references were from 2011 or earlier. Other than that, I have no interest in the article, so please feel free to draw your own conclusions from the sources you have found. Gatoclass (talk) 12:50, 12 January 2019 (UTC)

Thanks a lot for responding, Gatoclass. Do you happen to remember the source you found that said that? It's entirely possible that you're correct and I certainly don't want to have any false information in the article. Of course, you changed the info weeks ago and you have a lot of DYK articles to go through, so I completely understand if you don't remember the source and don't have time to search for it. I do completely understand your concerns and why you decided to be on the safe side for DYK, particularly because cave lengths are ever-changing. I did do a thorough Google search and I found a few sources after 2015 which state that Bullita Cave was still the longest cave in Australia at that time. I also searched for lists of longest caves in the world in post-2015 sources, and they seemed to put Bullita Cave in a higher position than any other Australian cave. Finally, I searched "longest cave in Australia" and nothing came up besides Bullita. Again, I'm not saying I'm correct or anything, but it would be helpful for me to know what source stated that Gregory Karst (which seems to be the field that Bullita is located in) is in fact the longest cave in Australia, if possible (which again, I completely understand if it's not). Cheers, --SkyGazer 512 ^{Oh no, what did I do this time?} 21:06, 12 January 2019 (UTC)

[1]. Gatoclass (talk) 21:47, 12 January 2019 (UTC)

@Gatoclass: Thanks for pointing me to the source. However, if I'm interpreting it correctly, it makes it seem like Gregory Karst is an "area" in the Gregory National Park which has caves within it, and numerous other sources say the same thing more clearly. But even so, I agree that it would probably be beneficial to see if more recent sources still say that Bullita is the longest cave in Australia and if time permits, I'll add some of them to the article.--SkyGazer 512 ^{Oh no, what did I do this time?} 04:23, 13 January 2019 (UTC)