Barry Dale

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Aniakchak

Thanks for updating and correcting the Aniakchak article. I expanded it from a three-paragraph stub earlier this year, but there's not a lot of written reference material, so if you have any references, by all means please expand the article. I'd always looked at the visitation figures with great skepticism, and I agree that the NPS doesn't accurately track visitation, so the number is kind of pointless. If you ahve any pictures you'd like to contribute, that would be wonderful also. There are so few visitors (NPS statistics notwithstanding) that any images at all are welcome. Acroterion (talk) 03:37, 6 October 2013 (UTC)

Given its location and the available data, I don't think there's any reason to disbelieve that Aniakchak is the least-visited NPS unit. Generally speaking, there's no way to perfectly track visitation at national parks, but the NPS count is the best thing we've got, and Aniakchak is consistently at the bottom due to its incredibly remote location — even by Alaska standards. Which is both a shame and a blessing — the former because it's so spectacular and the latter because it stays well-preserved. The cost of traveling there is a massive barrier to visitation, which is why I don't believe the NPS numbers are off by much, if at all.

I envy your trip there, Barry, and I second Acroterion's call for photos! NorthBySouthBaranof (talk) 07:07, 6 October 2013 (UTC)

Barry - I'll be happy to help you out with editing and with photo uploading. The confusing and not-quite -correct material was probably mine, and corrections are always welcome. Remember that WIkipedia relies on written sources as a fundamental principle (in part to keep people from from filling WP with their personal views rather than relying on the research and writings of academic sources), so you should confine unsourced corrections to obvious and uncontroversial matters.You can upload photographs to Wikimedia Commons, which is the shared image repository for all Wikipedia/Wikimedia projects in all languages. Commons can be found here [1] and the upload page is here [2]. Files must be your own work so they can be freely shared, and you must be willing to release them under a free-content license. Images of Aniakchak are very scarce, or are of low quality and resolution, or are of doubtful provenance, so whatever you might want to contribute would be invaluable. "Encyclopedic" material (general views, images of specific features, characteristic ecosystems/flora/fauna, geology, weather, etc.) are most valued. Acroterion (talk) 13:47, 6 October 2013 (UTC)

An additional follow-up to the note you left on my talkpage: everybody qualifies to upload, even the vandals, so I suspect that either there was a server glitch, or you might have needed to change the file name to something more descriptive, or you didn't pick a free-content license. Please give it another try and let me know what the error message is. Acroterion (talk) 02:25, 8 October 2013 (UTC)

I see now - see my reply on my talkpage. Also, autoconfirmed status requires at least ten edits, so you need four or five more. Edits anywhere count, including here, so you could make a few short edits to accomplish the numerical count requirement. Autoconfirmed requirements help to keep the vandals and kiddies under a little bit of control. Acroterion (talk) 02:53, 8 October 2013 (UTC)

I think if you make one more edit you'll be autoconfirmed and will be able to upload images to WP. Good to see you back. Acroterion (talk) 02:49, 16 December 2013 (UTC)