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This removed text, from the ext links,

, the only railway in the world built entirely on trestles, 3.1 miles (5.2 km).

is either incoherant or just wrong. The tracks are laid on the ground at the summit, at the crossing with the Gulfside Trail, and apparently all the way between those two points; also at the Base Station and presumably large stretches between there and Gulfside. --Jerzy(t) 19:36, 2005 Jan 18 (UTC)

Modified avalanche text

and which have killed more than 130 people since 1849, largely in Tuckerman.

This number is more than all of the recorded deaths from all causes in all of the Presidentials, including falls, heart attacks, plane crashes, and railroad accidents. There were 2 Tucks avalanche deaths in 1954, 1 in 1956, and 2 in 2002, for a total of 5 , unless you add the one in 1996 on Lion's Head (which of course is 5 too many). Ref Howe, Nicholas(2000). Not Without Peril pp.299-304. and 11/29/2002 news at timefortuckerman.com. If we really need a fatality number, maybe it should cover all of Mt Washington, but maybe an external link to a compendium is sufficient. (updated talk) Lupinelawyer 01:45, 20 Jan 2005 (UTC)

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The infobox shows an error, regarding language: Native name Error: Error {{native name}}: an IETF language tag as parameter {{{1}}} is required (help): an IETF language tag as parameter {{{1}}} is required (help). The aboriginal language spoken was Western Abenaki, ISO 639-3 code: "abe". Anything that can be done to undo the error would be welcome!

HopsonRoad (talk) 18:53, 3 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It looks like a widespread issue. I haven't been able to fully parse what's going on, but there's a discussion here, which I found by looking up the template in the error: Template:Native_name. If you need more help, ask again. – Anon423 (talk) 19:13, 3 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict)

According to d:Help:Wikimedia language codes/lists/all the Wikimedia software doesn't have an IETF code corresponding to the ISO tag 'abe', which explains why the error occurs. What should be done about it is another matter. Looking at the documentation and source code of {{Infobox mountain}} I see you can supply a separate parameter native_name_lang= which does accept the ISO tag - I tried it - so like this:

| native_name = Agiocochook
| native_name_lang = abe

Hope this helps. — jmcgnh^{(talk) (contribs)} 19:29, 3 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Pinging @HopsonRoad:. Normally, we expect to see the {{help me}} template used on your own talk page, where a ping would be superfluous. — jmcgnh^{(talk) (contribs)} 19:35, 3 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

IETF language tags are assembled from a primary subtag (the ISO 639-1, -2, -3 language code) and optionally region, script, and variant subtags. |native_name_lang=, despite what the {{infobox mountain}} documentation says, is not constrained to accept only ISO 639-2 language codes. It is not clear to me why the documentation specifies ISO 639-2.

The goal of the discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Infoboxes § native name parameters is to cleanup the mess that is |native_name= and |native_name_lang=. Questions about that should be asked there.

—Trappist the monk (talk) 20:25, 3 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The key col ridgeline prominence goes all the way to the Champlain Canal on the New York border over 100 miles away. The real prominence is more like 5,200 ft from the circa 1,000 ft elevation valley on the west side. B137 (talk) 08:38, 2 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It has been a while since this article has been reviewed, so I took a look and noticed lots of uncited statements, including entire paragraphs, especially in the second half of the article. Should this article go to WP:GAR? Z1720 (talk) 03:47, 20 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It may seem obvious, but if this article is meant to stand as a general reference, a line somewhere indicating that the mountain is named after the first President of the United States would be a good idea. ~2026-10369-57 (talk) 22:22, 19 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the suggestion. There was mention already about who named it. I linked it more explicitly to George Washington. HopsonRoad (talk) 00:21, 20 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]