Talk:Mount Nyiragongo

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Date	Process	Result
September 21, 2005	Good article nominee	Listed
April 8, 2006	Featured topic candidate	Not promoted
September 12, 2008	Good article reassessment	Delisted
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If Mount Nyiragongo has erupted a mere 3 years ago, wouldn't it be considered active, not dormant? Redxiv 07:43, 11 Feb 2005 (UTC) omac dormant —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.118.143.8 (talk) 08:45, 10 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

GA Reassessment[edit]

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The article is largely uncited. Half of it contains no citations at all.

From the lead: "Nyiragongo and nearby Nyamuragira are together responsible for 40% of Africa's historical volcanic eruptions." Where did this information come from? It's not mentioned again in the body of the article.

There has been a request for citation in place since September 2007.

Why is there no information on the 2007 eruption? What about eruptions before 1977?

The article should deal consistently with units of measurement. The infobox provides a conversion from metric to imperial, but the article itself does not. "... Nyiragongo's lava flows may race downhill at up to 60 miles per hour (up to 100 km/h)" presents imperial measurements first, whereas the rest of the article favours metric. The spelling of meter is not consistent; sometimes it's "meter" and sometimes it's "metre".

It is unnecessary and distracting to link common words like "gas", or "fluid".

--Malleus Fatuorum (talk) 21:34, 12 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

low viscosity but steep slopes - why?[edit]

If the volcano has characteristic low viscosity flows, this typically leads to broad flat cones. Why is this cone steep? 96.252.103.113 (talk) 19:00, 10 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Probably there have been past eruptions with high viscosity flows. --The High Fin Sperm Whale (talk) 01:44, 11 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That seems to be the case, according to the YouTuber GeologyHub's video about the volcano. ZFT (talk) 20:08, 29 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

we dont get enough info[edit]

we need more info on this site like how certain things happen ir like causes or effects. i jacinda personnely am doing a progect on nyiragongo on the causes and effects on how and why it erupts certain times, and what was the effect like how many people died how far the eruption was felt. or how far the lava flow was travelling, even the lava lake , please help me. im 12 years old and apparently smart,jj , i was expecting more info by signing up but i still have the same ammount of info as before. please help me with issue and protest.!--ZiGGie2cool (talk) 21:39, 16 September 2009 (UTC)we need help--ZiGGie2cool (talk) 21:39, 16 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

If you want more info check out this link - it's got so much info [1] EdwardLane (talk) 21:34, 29 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

What is a lava bench?[edit]

The first paragraph refers to lava benches but Wikipedia has no page to explain that term. I've looked it up now, but shouldn't someone create a page? Ed8r (talk) 17:20, 12 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

References in popular culture[edit]

Would it be good to include a section for references in pop culture? (Novel and movie Congo, etc.) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.64.155.48 (talk) 09:53, 19 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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