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Please avoid redundant redundancies

I have lived near or in the Sierra Nevada for almost my entire life. One of the most annoying errors that I hear all of the time is when someone refers to the Sierra Nevada as the "Sierra Nevada Mountains" or the "Sierra Nevada Range".

The word Sierra means a jagged or serrated mountain range. Placing the word range after Sierra Nevada translates to Snow-covered mountain range range. Placing the word mountains after Sierra Nevada translates to Snow-covered mountain range mountains. The correct name of the range to the west of Lake Tahoe is the Sierra Nevada.

The first sentence in this article should be changed to correct this error.

Pah Rah (talk) 21:50, 10 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

done. Firejuggler86 (talk) 06:49, 31 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"Lake The Lake" listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Lake The Lake. Please participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. _signed,Rosguill ^talk 22:36, 29 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Beach ownership discussion, dispute, and vandalism

There has been an unwarranted editing of this specific section, triggering the need for a discussion of future edits. Henceforth any future edits are unripe without first discussing the proposals here, and any future attempts to revert this section without consensus, will present a prima facie case of bad faith. The land below the high water mark is in a public trust or easement under the Submerged Lands Act contrary to the outright delusions of some very wealthy and affluent people with lakefront properties. If you think the sourcing of the section could be improved, there are tools and due process for that—e.g., the {{"Citation needed"}} tag. If this section were to become hotly political, then we must be constrained to merely describing the debate rather than engaging in it. Who owns Lake Tahoe's submerged lands is not only information of extreme public concern, but one based upon fact and expertise in the law. In the United States, the Supreme Court's holdings are final. An interview column by a 22-year old copy-editor for a small-town tabloid-ish newspaper full of "sponsored content" who was told to contact persons who were not authorities on an issue, does not carry the same authority as a concert of opinions from the State Attorney General, the Supreme Court, agency documents published by the "US Coast Guard" and "California Lands Commission" and "The State of Nevada," especially when the latter are all in agreement. If relevant persons of public importance hold conflicting opinions, you may preserve neutrality through mention that person x says this, and person y says that. You may not delete what somebody previously wrote about what person z said on account of the bare fact that you disagree with person z's opinion.

Microplastics

@Steven Walling: Thanks for your edit. I should have started a discussion before reverting. I'm just wondering if it's necessary to mention the Great Pacific garbage patch? It seems like to only reason it's included is for shock value ("Great Pacific"!), and there are no values attached to it. Maybe garbage patches are actually pretty low in microplastics?? Also, you wrote "the highest microplastic pollution concentrations found among 38 lakes and reservoirs measured". Is that significant? Are these 38 lakes in the area, or across the state, county, or world? I know what you're trying to say, that microplastic levels are high, but none of the comparisons actually state this. Is there a chart someplace that states when levels become dangerous, or something like that. Thanks. Magnolia677 (talk) 22:49, 29 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I mentioned the Great Pacific Patch only as a point of comparison for general reader. People don't really understand what any specific measurement of microplastics means, because they're well… microplastics. There isnt also a measured "safe" level of microplastics for animal life, human or otherwise. The more important and objective comparison is that it is one of the three highest levels measured out of the 38 major lakes and reservoirs they tested. Steven Walling • talk 22:53, 29 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Sunrise over lake Tahoe; typo in picture caption

This picture caption incorrectly uses a lower case L for Lake Tahoe. Walk on editors are prevented; edits will simply remove the picture. Experienced editor needs to do. 2600:1700:8490:6560:5442:952E:871E:26FE (talk) 18:12, 1 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The image should be removed because it is a decorative waste of space. There are several less-artsy pictures in the article. Magnolia677 (talk) 18:36, 1 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]