Talk:Rock River (Mississippi River tributary)

message: Why is this article titled "Rock River (Illinois)"?  The Rock River flows through BOTH Wisconsin and Illinois, and is about of equal length in the two states.  Why not title it "Rock River (Wisconsin and Illinois)"?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.76.136.122 (talk) 02:48, 17 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  I think this article was labeled as such to prevent confusion with other rivers named Rock River. To renamed the article as: Rock Island (Wisconsin and Illinois) would too long and cumbersome. I think the title should stay the same. Thank you-RFD (talk) 17:27, 19 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I was looking for the Rock River that I was familiar with in Wisconsin, and when I came to the disambiguation page, and saw only "Rock River (Illinois)," it wasn't clear to me if that was the article I was seeking. Including both Wisconsin and Illinois in the title would make it crystal clear. I would think that accuracy trumps length. 64.252.13.235 (talk) 19:26, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Looking at :Category:Tributaries of the Mississippi River, none of those are tagged with two states.  How about creating Rock River (Wisconsin) and making it a redirect to this article? — Zaui (talk) 22:02, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

text: I agree with suggestion Zaui made. Thank you-RFD (talk) 22:46, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

text: The redirect, with the corresponding mention does seem to be appropriate. Concise titles tend to be more useful. --Duplode 00:22, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The reason none of the rivers listed in :Category:Tributaries of the Mississippi River are tagged with two states is because most have names that are one of a kind, so they don't need modifiers. I did notice  Red River (Mississippi watershed) in that list. Just like the Rock River, that river is in multiple states AND there are multiple rivers with that name.  So I propose that the Rock River article be titled: Rock River (Mississippi watershed). That solves the problem of inappropriately naming it with only one of the two states through which it flows.12.76.152.19 (talk) 19:33, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm ok with this suggestion. — Zaui (talk) 19:52, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

text: I'd recommend going with the naming scheme outlined in WP:Rivers which would give you Rock River (Mississippi River), saying Mississippi watershed isn't really good enough as there are other Rock Rivers in the watershed, but this is the only one that's a direct tributary of the Mississippi River. Kmusser (talk) 21:05, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
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message: The Monterey dam in Janesville was removed in July of 2018.  Only one dam remains in Janesville.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.82.233.161 (talk) 01:20, 22 September 2018 (UTC)
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