Talk:List of geysers

"Globalize"

The "globalize" box that has been applied to this article is misguided. This list isn't dominated by geysers in the United States for nationalistic reasons; it is dominated by geysers in the United States because a clear majority of the world's major geysers are in the United States, as can be verified through any number of sources. It wasn't always so; New Zealand at one time featured a considerably larger number of major geysers than it does now, but many of them were lost to natural events or geothermal exploration. But it is so. (A sub-list of "lost, extinct or destroyed geysers" might not be a bad idea; the extent of the damage in New Zealand becomes painfully clear from such a list.)

That said, it would be nice to have some references to the little-known El Tatio geyser field here. It pushes the definitions to call any of the El Tatio geysers "major", but the field is major, and its largest geysers should probably be included, if any are named. -- Bill-on-the-Hill (talk) 15:02, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

This list is very incomplete: many geysers of Russia and Japan are missing. Moreover, many geysers in the world are very small and should be considered more as hot springs than geysers. Creating a template corresponding to the French template fr:Modèle:Palette Geysers, which includes a minimum height criterion, should be the best solution. Borvan53 (talk) 09:13, 13 September 2014 (UTC)