Mergeto Watercraft date November 2009 Can watercraft be merged with boat in order to simplify the articles boat boating ship watercraft and provide a more clear article with 1 meaning for each Would allow to add more specific and better information for each rather than give a general view modification of text for each individual article Also boating can then be described as the activity of moving a watercraft over water something which is hard if it were only to describe boats Definition should also be changed to A watercraft or boat is Watercraft is a broader category of conveyances which enable passage across water compared to boat Watercraft includes personal watercraft which is the generic name for jet skis and waverunners as well as canoes and other gizmos such as this A boat is a type of watercraft but not all watercraft are boats IMHO a merge of one into the other is not the best way to treat them here talk contribs I suppose whatever floats your boat User talk Master