Talk:River Soar

message: The picture shows one of the canal short cut sections, rather than the river itself which runs roughly parallel a few dozen yards to the West, marked on my map (Nicholson Guide to the Waterways 3) as the Old River Soar. Its straightness is a bit of a give away that it isn't a river proper. I wonder how appropriate this picture is.--Mongreilf 16:15, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I've changed the caption of the picture to reflect this--Mongreilf 11:08, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Picture not River Soar

message: There seems lots about the canal south of Aylestone (where the navigation leaves the soar). Mentioning this waterway in relation to the river Soar is ok, but shouldn't sections solely about the Grand Union Canal South of the Soar not be in a different article?--Mongreilf 21:15, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Stuff about Grand Union Canal

message: Has the legend of Richard III being thrown into the river been disproved by his recent discovery? Should something be noted about this?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.3.151.131 (talk) 10:55, 25 February 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes. — LlywelynII 17:38, 12 December 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Richard III 

message: I'm going to assume it's like the verb soar but, British toponyms being British, kindly do add an IPA or link to Wiktionary if there's some bizarre twist to it: su- or sth. — LlywelynII 17:38, 12 December 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Seems to be this. Emend the Normanton on Soar entry as well, if this is incorrect. — LlywelynII 22:35, 12 December 2014 (UTC)

text: I have to add that we don't assume anything here.  — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ≼  16:27, 22 December 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Pronunciation

message: This source claims it's a variant of sewer and replaced CB *Legra/OE *Ligor/=Loire/&c., this one claims it's ancient and precludes Legra/&c., this one mentions an actual remain thought connected to Janus (not just Geoffrey's imagination) & essentially claims that Soar is a development of earlier "Loir", this one is obv. not  material but claims it's cognate with the Breton word for "flow", this one and this one and this one seem very much on point but essentially block the relevant pages. Anyone got JSTOR and able to clear this up? — LlywelynII 17:40, 12 December 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: But excluding any of the theories for which the source does not meet RS standards and preferably kept as brief as reasonable while still using proper attribution.  As to Llywelyn's request for help regarding confirming a source through JSTOR,  I seem to recall there's actually a space where these manner of requests can be made (attached to the program for giving select editors free access to the database).  Let me see if I can't find the page.  Snow talk 00:53, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Here we go, : this is the list of those with confirmed access to JSTOR through the Wikipedia Library program.   Scroll to the bottom for the most recent selection of approvals and I would imagine you can find someone active roughly in this area who would be happy to assist you. Or you can try the Resource Exahnge's request page.  Snow talk 01:14, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Etymology

message: There seems to be a difference of opinion about the source of the Soar, one view is that it rises near Copston Magna via the Soar Brook, the other that it rises south of Wibtoft. My view is that the Soar Brook is a separate watercourse, as per  Soar Brook from Source to Soar and that the Soar collects the brook rising further south as per Soar from Source to Soar Brook. This is supported by this map which shows the dark blue line following the same course, and again on the mapping associated with the river flow archive here the Wibtoft arm is also shown as the River Soar (zoom in to make the titles appear). Hence I reverted the recent changes...Jokulhlaup (talk) 09:34, 6 June 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: On the other hand, [] and [] gives it as Copston Magna. I would expect to see a label on at least the 1:25000 OS map, to support your view. Maybe we should take the middle ground that the source is near Sharnford and sources disagree as to which of the headwaters (if any) are the river Soar. Op47 (talk) 22:18, 6 June 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: I might’ve agreed with you if your sources had been stronger, but when set against the three that I included I find it hard to change my view. I agree that the lack of naming on OS maps is not ideal, but they do name the Soar Brook quite clearly (ie that it is not the Soar)...Jokulhlaup (talk) 10:07, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

text: Thanks for your comments, your description does seem to match the  reference used in the article (Soar Brook from Source to Soar) which means there are no changes needed. It is worth mentioning that we can only use reliable sources to support a particular view, rather than personal knowledge (which can be a pain, although you may know something - it needs to backed by a reference)...Jokulhlaup (talk) 10:31, 16 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Source of the Soar