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This article is much too image heavy. Per WP:PERTINENCE, the majority of the redundant topic images should be moved to an image gallery. Praemonitus (talk) 20:28, 9 October 2015 (UTC)

Unrelated question

Excuse me does anyone no how to send a speedy delete request IKnowAlotOfStuff120412 (talk) 00:05, 4 March 2016 (UTC)

@IKnowAlotOfStuff120412: Take some time to read through ALL the links left by various people on your talk page. You'll probably find answers there. Also, when you post on a talk page, post at the bottom of the page. It's easiest to do if you click on the tab that says "new section" at the top.— Gorthian (talk) 04:36, 4 March 2016 (UTC)

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Request edit on 18 August 2016

Add this please: [1]

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Thanks for your suggestion. That page is an exact copy of this Wikipedia article, with some formatting changes—thus, a link to WikiWand would not add anything to this article. Altamel (talk) 19:05, 18 August 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 10 October 2016


EricABCAT (talk) 02:07, 10 October 2016 (UTC)

@EricABCAT: You need to specify your desired change. —C.Fred (talk) 02:08, 10 October 2016 (UTC)

"Dormant" anchor

@Banak: I saw that you added an anchor called "Dormant"; did you make a mistake choosing the heading? Because the Decade Volcanoes are definitely not dormant. I imagine you wanted the heading named "Dormant and reactivated" instead. — Gorthian (talk) 01:20, 3 December 2016 (UTC)

Thanks, that is what I meant to do but somehow I got my wires crossed. Good spot. Banak (talk) 14:05, 5 December 2016 (UTC)

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Semi-protected edit request on 15 May 2018 Clade 113, YT

185.50.245.18 (talk) 09:31, 15 May 2018 (UTC)
  Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Waddie96 (talk) 10:31, 15 May 2018 (UTC)

Caption under picture of Izalco

The caption states that Izalco is the youngest and best known cone volcano. But with Izalco forming in 1770 and Parícutin and Shōwa-shinzan both forming in 1943, wouldn't the youngest portion not apply? Linktex (talk) 16:51, 5 June 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for finding this. Izalco is the youngest volcano in El Salvador. I have changed the caption text for the photo of Izalco in the article. GeoWriter (talk) 22:02, 5 June 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 3 August 2018

Change: "volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth" to "volcano is an edifice on the surface of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth."

Reason: volcanoes are constructive landforms; magmas are erupted through conduits and emplaced onto the surface. Geojimmy (talk) 17:38, 3 August 2018 (UTC)

  Not done: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{edit semi-protected}} template. LittlePuppers (talk) 01:33, 4 August 2018 (UTC)

The last link on the page (Worsley School) just goes to advertisement sites. It may have been hijacked or is just wrong.

  Done Thanks for letting us know, Dawnseeker2000 08:13, 4 August 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 15 December 2019

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Semi-protected edit request on 24 December 2018

The picture of Mt. Pinatubo is not the climactic eruption. That is a pre-climactic eruption.180.190.47.183 (talk) 11:41, 24 December 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for reporting this. Your observation is correct and therefore I have changed the caption text of this photo.GeoWriter (talk) 15:15, 24 December 2018 (UTC)

Volcanoes

volcanoes — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.112.3.31 (talk) 16:26, 5 February 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 15 March 2019

Change "antiquity" to "the 5th or 6th century". EdWoody3606 (talk) 20:23, 15 March 2019 (UTC)

  Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. NiciVampireHeart 09:52, 20 March 2019 (UTC)

"Erupt" listed at Redirects for discussion

 

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Erupt. Please participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. Steel1943 (talk) 21:34, 24 January 2020 (UTC)

Volcanes create islands

I’m not enough sure if this is 100% factual or this this information still holds up but, I’m aware volcanoes are responsible for the formation of islands.

https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/island/

https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/hawaii.html

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nature-up-close-how-islands-form/

https://www.livescience.com/32275-how-did-the-hawaiian-islands-form.html

https://www.britannica.com/science/island



I don’t know if I misread the article but, this article doesn’t mention this fact. CycoMa (talk) 04:04, 30 October 2020 (UTC)

You are absolutely right. They are usually hot-spot volcanoes or subduction volcanos. The section of subduction volcanos is also quite incomplete and some sections are poorly referenced.
Coel Jo (talk) 19:24, 30 October 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 1 Oct 2020

I think we should be very careful with the second sentence: "Earth's volcanoes occur because its crust is broken into 17 major, rigid tectonic plates that float on a hotter, softer layer in its mantle.[1] " because it is not quite correct: e.g. hot spot volcanos are not linked to tectonic motion. I realize that the sentence is a direct quotation from a NASA document and maybe I'm being picky but the sentence appears in the google knowledge panel when doing a "volcano" google search and it is consulted by thousands of kids all over the world.

Earth's volcanoes do not occur because Earths crust is broken into tectonic plates. They occur because in some spots of the Earth crust, due to convection, melted mantle material (magma) can push through the Earth’s crust causing a volcanic eruption.

I recommend that we should remove the second sentence, and add an hyperlink to "tectonic plates" in the third sentence. Kind regards, Coel Jo (talk) 09:35, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

  Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{edit semi-protected}} template. Melmann 11:01, 1 October 2020 (UTC)
Coel Jo, thanks for reporting this.
The current text (since 22 April 2014) is "Earth's volcanoes occur because its crust is broken into 17 major, rigid tectonic plates that float on a hotter, softer layer in its mantle.".
This sentence has a cited source reference written by the Environmental Literacy Council and the National Science Teachers Association (not NASA), which states "Volcanoes occur because the Earth’s crust is broken into 17 major tectonic plates that are rigid but float on a hotter, softer layer in the Earth’s mantle".
The cited source states: "Volcanoes occur..." and it seems that the Wikipedia editor has probably interpreted this to mean that all volcanoes on Earth occur because of plate tectonics, and has introduced this implication into the Wikipedia text. The cited source is correct to say that "Volcanoes" occur because of plate tectonics because some or many volcanoes do indeed occur because of plate tectonics. Unfortunately the source's authors have left themselves vulnerable to being misunderstood and for "Volcanoes" to be interpreted (incorrectly) as "All of Earth's volcanoes". (The authors of the source document should probably have written "Many volcanoes" instead of "Volcanoes" and they should probably have mentioned hot spot volcanoes too).
The current wording of the Wikipedia sentence is not a quotation, it is very close paraphrasing of the cited source, which might constitute a 6 year-long copyright violation because it does not explicitly include an inline acknowledging phrase such as "According to ELC/NSTA, ...".
I agree with your recommended solution. GeoWriter (talk) 15:59, 1 October 2020 (UTC)
I also, and I've made the change. I'll probably add a brief header to the Plate tectonics section that recaptures what was correct in that sentence, with a reliable source. --Kent G. Budge (talk) 20:48, 26 November 2020 (UTC)

Mantle plumes

There is a cryptic comment that the mantle plume theory of hotspots has been questioned, with a single source. I think we need a couple more sources, to establish that this is not a fringe view, and some explanation of why the mantle plume hypothesis is considered unsatisfactory and what the alternatives are. While there is certainly vigorous debate on their exact nature and origin, none of the sources in my (admittedly far from comprehensive) library seriously question the mantle plume hypothesis itself, and I want to be sure this section is not giving undue weight to this one source.

This page frankly raises some red flags for me. --Kent G. Budge (talk) 21:37, 26 November 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 20 March 2021

Hey, can I edit this page? Editor1234567891011121314151617 (talk) 06:56, 20 March 2021 (UTC)

Hi, you will be able to edit this page after your account is at least four days old. See WP:SEMI for more details. Aoi (青い) (talk) 07:00, 20 March 2021 (UTC)

Hazards

I changed 'Sulfur dioxide from the eruption of Huaynaputina probably caused the Russian famine of 1601–1603.[65]' to 'Sulfur dioxide from the eruption of Huaynaputina may have caused the Russian famine of 1601–1603.[65]' The text suggested too high a level of consensus, e.g. the discussion in https://www.volcanocafe.org/the-winter-of-huaynaputina/ The famine was caused by a combination of the Little Ice Age (very cold weather already for some years) and a volcano, but but is not clear that this volcano is Huaynaputina as there was another significant eruption near the same time ABZebra (talk) 16:12, 21 April 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 2 November 2021

There is so many errors 72.138.91.70 (talk) 16:02, 2 November 2021 (UTC)

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Semi-protected edit request on 25 November 2021 (2)

122.56.75.47 (talk) 20:55, 25 November 2021 (UTC) most common perception of a volcano is of a conical mountain, spewing lava and poisonous gases from a crater at its summit; however, this describes just one of the many types of volcano. The features of volcanoes are much more complicated and their structure and behavior depends on a number of factors. Some volcanoes have rugged peaks formed by lava domes rather than a summit crater while others have landscape features such as massive plateaus. Vents that issue volcanic material (including lava and ash) and gases (mainly steam and magmatic gases) can develop anywhere on the landform and may give rise to smaller cones such as Puʻu ʻŌʻō on a flank of Hawaii's Kīlauea. Other types of volcano include cryovolcanoes (or ice volcanoes), particularly on some moons of Jupiter, Saturn, and Neptune; and mud volcanoes, which are formations often not associated with known magmatic activity. Active mud volcanoes tend to involve temperatures much lower than those of igneous volcanoes except when the mud volcano is actually a vent of an igneous volcano.

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Science

What' is volcano? 49.145.0.52 (talk) 22:40, 2 January 2022 (UTC)

Hello, this article (volcano) can probably explain the concept better than I can, but if you need additional help, your question is probably better asked at the science reference desk than here. This talk page is meant for people to discuss improvements to this article specifically, but you're welcome to ask more general questions about volcanoes at the reference desk. Thanks, Aoi (青い) (talk) 23:16, 2 January 2022 (UTC)

Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment

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Edit request

Minor edit: Stratovolcanoes subheading is missing a ). Currently reads as Stratovolcanoes (composite volcanoes. CamphorNoodles (talk) 09:05, 12 April 2022 (UTC)

Also apologies, I realise I've screwed up that request slightly. Still new to this, can't edit it though. CamphorNoodles (talk) 09:07, 12 April 2022 (UTC)
  Done ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 10:52, 12 April 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 7 April 2022

Neev Patel 69 (talk) 04:15, 7 April 2022 (UTC)

Pls let me edit

  Not done: this is not the right page to request additional user rights. You may reopen this request with the specific changes to be made and someone may add them for you, or if you have an account, you can wait until you are autoconfirmed and edit the page yourself. Aoi (青い) (talk) 04:17, 7 April 2022 (UTC)
Pls let me edit Flopybunny (talk) 21:06, 17 June 2022 (UTC)

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Unless if there is no way how to treat such. - S L A Y T H E - (talk) 13:38, 21 January 2023 (UTC)

Suggested edit: Monogenetic/Polygenetic volcanoes

I suggest adding the following terminology

Polygenetic volcanoes are those that have more than one period of activity during their history. Those that become extinct after erupting exactly once are called monogenetic (meaning "one life").[1]

It doesn't have to be exactly this sentence (you can reword it as you wish).

Related:

Reason: I want to add internal Wiki-links (double square brackets) that guide users to the definitions of "monogenetic volcano" and "polygenetic volcano". These terms are clearly defined in the category pages Category:Monogenetic volcanoes and Category:Polygenetic volcanoes but Wikipedia links to category pages are discouraged. I encountered these terms but had to leave Wikipedia article space to find clear definitions. This is the problem that I want this edit to solve.

I think this terminology would fit well in the "Volcanic activity" section. But perhaps someone can suggest a better section (or different article) to mention these terms?

(I am an autoconfirmed user and so if there are no objections, I can make the edit myself. I'm only looking for input from other editors before I make this addition.). Mgkrupa Mgkrupa 17:40, 21 July 2023 (UTC)

I agree and will make sure this is added. I have already corrected incorrect implications of wording in safety section. I will also look at the unreferenced section on history of volcanology which seems irrelevant to this article ChaseKiwi (talk) 15:41, 11 November 2023 (UTC)
  1. ^ Hsu-Buffalo, Charlotte (4 November 2021). "Do monogenetic volcanoes threaten the southwestern US?". Futurity. Retrieved 21 July 2023.