Talk:Everest base camps

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Confusing[edit]

According to User:Yao Ziyuan

"This article may fail to make a clear distinction between North Base Camp and South Base Camp."

Rich Farmbrough, 08:26 8 October 2007 (GMT).

How High?[edit]

"South Base Camp is at 10 ft (3.1 m)"

I'm sure this is incorrect, but not knowing the correct number I'm not qualified to change it. McGehee (talk) 05:31, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move[edit]

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No consensus to move. Vegaswikian (talk) 07:19, 7 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Everest Base Camp → Mount Everest Base Camp — To tally with all the pages about Mount Everest. We don't want people camping outside the double-glazing company, however cosy it might be. Ericoides (talk) 07:54, 29 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. Everest Base Camp is the common name and there's no need to disambiguate from the double glazing company in the United Kingdom, nor will there be until there's some sign of them being known in a base camp context. Jamesday (talk) 10:18, 4 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, sorry, that was a little joke. It was so weak, I assumed that much would be obvious. OK, let's call Mount Everest just Everest (as it's commonly called); the 1996 Mount Everest disaster just the 1996 Everest disaster (as it's commonly known), etc., etc. This is an encyclopedia and my feeling is that 1. consistency is important across a topic, and 2. informality in naming should be avoided. Ericoides (talk) 20:25, 4 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
We don't go for consistency of naming, we go with common English usage. That's Everest base camp, not Mount Everest base camp. I don't see any sign of a discussion of how the 1996 Mount Everest Disaster article should be named; it might end up being moved after consideration. Or not. In any case, it won't matter to how this article is named. I agree that Everest is the most common English usage. Maybe someone will choose to start a move discussion at Mount Everest, or just move it to follow naming policy. Jamesday (talk) 10:17, 6 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose per WP:COMMONNAME. – ukexpat (talk) 18:51, 6 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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After closure[edit]

Alas, I'm a bit too late to the discussion. While I understand the point the nominator was making (naming consistency), whenever I hear anyone talking about it, they usually refer to it as Everest Base Camp and do not include the Mount as when said in context, Mount is certainly implied and is understood as referring to the mountain. I myself don't include the Mount when I am referrng to it. I think common English usage indeed trumps in this scenario at this point in time. RedWolf (talk) 02:45, 11 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

On reflection, I think that all the above is correct reasoning and my naming consistency mania was, in this instance, misplaced. Ericoides (talk) 08:07, 11 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Split[edit]

Shouldn't this article be split into North and South versions? --Voidvector (talk) 04:36, 16 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 12 January 2019[edit]

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The result of the move request was: Move to Everest base camps. Consensus favors the move, but without capitalization of "base camps". Note: article content needs to be reviewed/update to reflect this change. (non-admin closure) В²C ☎ 22:28, 22 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Everest Base Camp → Everest Base Camps – @General Ization: The Nepali camp and the Tibetan camp are independent entities operating on their own terms. The current title lacks specificity as Rich_Farmbrough and Voidvector pointed out. The new title follows Wikipedia:Naming conventions (plurals) as this article is on groups or classes of specific things. LUMINR (talk) 06:09, 12 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comment If it's changed to plural because it is about a group, then the capitalization should also be changed to Everest base camps because it is not a proper noun. Rreagan007 (talk) 08:35, 12 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Support but Everest base camps because it is not a proper noun. In ictu oculi (talk) 21:11, 12 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Support Everest base camps. Rreagan007 (talk) 01:54, 14 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Change Rombuk to Rongbuk for consistency.[edit]

There is only one instance of Rombuk in this article, while Rongbuk is mentioned at least 5x. For consistency shouldn’t it be changed? echo7tango (talk) 12:46, 7 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]