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"Roof of the World" is a term that refers to the geography, not the political situation of the area in question. This is why the link "Tibet" in the entry takes you the the Tibetan Plateau. Please, do NOT REDIRECT the entry to Tibet! One extra ckick will not hurt anybody! Thank you. --Marschner (talk) 17:57, 2 December 2008 (UTC) I'll put my original argument from "Tibet (Discussion))" here:[reply]

Objection against Redirect "Roof of the World" to "Tibet"

I object against the redirection of "Roof of the World" to "Tibet".
Before Tibet got into the limelight, the term "Roof of the World" was applied to the Pamirs,
see: Encyclopaedia Britannica 11th ed., 1911): "PAMIRS, a mountainous region of central Asia...the Bam-i-dunya ("The Roof of the World")
or The Columbia Encyclopedia,1942 ed., p.1335: "Pamir (Persian =roof of the world)"
- see also homepages of the Pamir area: "the Pamirs, a region they know as POMIR – “the roof of the world". Explanation added in the entry --Marschner (talk) —Preceding undated comment was added at 18:06, 24 November 2008 (UTC).[reply]

terminology

I think the term Roof of the World is not very encyclopedic of a term, and would prefer either "High Asia" or "Trans-Himalaya" be used as the primary term with "Roof of the World" redirecting to it. What do others think?--Keithonearth (talk) 20:18, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Strongly oppose: "Roof of the World" is a colorful term with a long established tradition of English usage (as well as usage in other languages), and it definitely deserves a main article of its own on English Wiki. --Zlerman (talk) 03:58, 1 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Zlerman is absolutely right. The entry was created to explain the phrase and its history, not to describe High Asia or the Transhimalaya, which it doesn't anyway. --Marschner (talk) 19:16, 5 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Marschner makes a good point, a good point about the article being about the term's historical use, and not a currant a curant geographical term. Suggestion withdrawn.--Keithonearth (talk) 05:41, 11 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Closest to the Stratosphere?

If this is the roof, does this mean it is that specific part of planet Earth that is closest to the Stratosphere? While I am at it, has there ever been in geological history, a mountain tall enoug to poke in to the Stratosphere?--82.134.28.194 (talk) 09:12, 26 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]