Talk:Mount McKinley
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Should the name of this article be changed to Denali, with a redirect put in from Mount McKinley? (which is the reverse of how it's set up now). Denali is the original Native American name, and the name of the National Park (although per the US Park Service site, they call it Mt. McKinley in Denali NP, which is silly). I just made a similar suggestion on the talk page of Krakatoa (the real name of the volcano was Krakatau). There doesn't seem to be a consistent wikipolicy on this, as many geographical features have multiple names. But, for example, Ayers Rock redirects to Uluru. But evidently they decided not to rename Victoria Falls Mosi-oa-Tunya (the local name). Binkymagnus 01:32, 2005 Apr 11 (UTC)
- The official name is McKinley, and the most commonly used. Sometimes you'll see changes to native names - these reflect official name changes, which happen periodically, but not to McKinley. The cynics suggest that the park was named "Denali" as a compromise that allowed McKinley to stay as it is (as the highest peak in the US, it appears in print a lot.) Stan 05:21, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
