Talk:Marilyn (hill)
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[edit] Number of Marilyns
Marilyns Are there really the same number (178) of Hewitts and Marilyns in England?? Linuxlad
- Yes, there are - spoooky isn't it! Grinner 11:36, Feb 18, 2005 (UTC)
The April 2002 Relative Hills of Britain update reports "The number of Marilyns has therefore risen to 1552 for the first time - 1213 in Scotland, 179 in England, 156 in Wales and 5 on the Isle of Man (Black Mountain is in both England and Wales)". The Database of British hills, dated 4 April 2004, also shows 1552 total, with 179 in England. Is the entry on this page out of date, or has there been a subsequent downgrading of a hill which I have missed? StephenDawson 16:13, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
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- Oh, I'd say that is more recent than the original figure which is are from the original RHB book. SO we should update. Grinner 10:06, Feb 21, 2005 (UTC)
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- And, 1552 total agreed in last year's newsletter - Marhofn May 2004 --Eddie | Talk 10:56, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)
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- OK, I've taken the plunge and updated. StephenDawson 11:54, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)
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Meall Chomraidh (2A, 466m NN483566) and Arnside Knott (34D, 159m, SD456774) promoted May 2005. --Eddie | Talk 12:07, 9 May 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Geographic scope
I notice that my sentence about the limited scope of the term has been removed. Where, outside of the British Isles, is this term widely used? I don't know of any such popular usage. -- Spireguy 13:45, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
Oops! OK, now I read your other comment on the Topographic prominence page, and I see what you mean. I will put in a sentence saying explicitly that the term is limited, by definition, to the British Isles. -- Spireguy 13:53, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
- While the edit is fine by me, it might upset the sensitive souls who frequent Talk:British Isles. ..dave souza, talk 16:22, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
- Anybody who has a better way to refer to that island grouping should feel free to change the term. -- Spireguy 22:34, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Map
I've just uploaded a map of the Marilyns (Image:Map_of_Marilyns.png) to the Wikipedia Commons and put a link on this page. I think there's room for improvement -- perhaps making the dots larger, or giving larger dots for more prominent peaks. If anyone has any further suggestions, list them here and I'll try to roll a new, improved version of the map tomorrow. -- ras52 16:27, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
- Larger dots (or triangles etc) would be helpful, preferably in a colour that contrasts with the background. I don't think it matters if they overlap, the best feature of this map is showing the distribution of Marilyns around the British Isles. -- Blisco 17:54, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
- The small black dots have now been replaced with larger red triangles so even from the 250px thumbnail image, it's obvious that Scotland has lots of Marilyns and SE England, very few. -- ras52 23:20, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Merge?
A while ago I put a suggestion on Talk:Peak bagging that most of the short articles on British hill lists should be merged into one, provisionally titled Hill lists in the British Isles. It hasn't had much response so far, and I'm reluctant to do the potentially drastic deed without further discussion. Does anyone here have an opinion? Should Marilyn (hill) join Munro in being an exception to the merge? (Of course the article would still mention Munros and refer the reader to the main article.) -- Blisco 17:54, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
