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Talk:Derwent Reservoir (North East England)

message: I suspect that 'Fine Old Ales and Barley Wine' is set in the *other* Derwent reservoir, but I've not read it so can't tell. The other reservoir covers a flooded village; this one was dug out of the ground... 109.239.89.210 (talk) 11:57, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: The preview of the book on Amazon UK states that it is the one in County Durham and only the pub was 'drowned' (The Woodcock Inn). Thanks for inquiring here rather than defacing the article. Regards. The joy of all things (talk) 12:38, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wrong reservoir 
Talk:Silky anteater

message: Looks like this article needs to be split into a total of 7 species articles and a separate genus article. One of those 8 articles will stay here. Genus or species? - UtherSRG (talk) 17:51, 9 September 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Or perhaps this is too soon? IUCN still lists only 1 species, thought ITIS lists all 7. - UtherSRG (talk) 17:59, 9 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  seven species
Talk:Kainji Lake

message: This article, in the Infobox, states that the Max Depth of the lake is 12 m. However the article on the Kainji Dam states the depth as 65m
These are clearly in conflict. Does anyone have a source to get the correct depths?
I suspect the 12m is the average depth?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by MWchat (talk • contribs) 19:09, 21 December 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Query the depth
Talk:Kalamalka Lake

message: This page is both detailed & informative, however, it could be organized a little better.  Also, the lake is not drained via that little boat canal at its south end.  That is actually its primary inflow and not its outflow.  The lake is actually drained via Vernon Creek, which starts at the outlet of Crooked Lake, which is northeast of Ellison Lake & flows into Ellison Lake, then north into Wood Lake, then Kalamalka & then through Vernon into Okanagan Lake.  I think when I get time, I’ll fix it up, but right now I got stuff up north to worry about.
AndrewEnns (talk) 05:35, 18 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  A little cleanup & some fixes needed
Talk:Loch of the Lowes

message: Hi all, I have recently started working at the visitor centre mentioned on the article, so am hoping to be adding quite a lot of information to this page in the coming months, as it is quite small at the moment. I have been using Wikipedia for many years now, but have only ever made minor edits, so please point me in the right direction if and when I muck anything up :) ElFoes (talk) 23:20, 25 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Adding more info 
Talk:Loch Oich

message: Um, call me stupid but how do you pronounce 'Oich'? ~ DTPQueen
: Oi as in boil, ch as in loch. Chemical Engineer (talk) 17:21, 26 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Pronunciation
Talk:Stateline, Nevada

message: I have a photo of "Barney's Casino", circa 1978 or so.  I have no idea where this was or whether it became something else or was just demolished.  Anybody have any ideas?  It looks as though it may have been across the street from Harvey's, where Bill's casino is now.Neil916 (Talk) 06:36, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: My mistake there is already an article on this casino. Harvey's Resort Hotel bombing.Magnum Serpentine (talk) 06:53, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Barney's Casino
Talk:Loch Ore

message: From "The loch gradually returned in the mid 20th century, during the period when Lochore Meadows was a coal mine, and the mineral railway serving the pithead became an embankment surrounded by water. The return of the loch was due to subsidence caused by mining, and the 'new' loch occupies a different site to the original one. The loch is now stabilised but its depth still fluctuates. The islands in the loch are the remains of the former railway embankment."
the information given may not be especially important, but it is largely inaccurate, both historically and geographically. I was born around a half a mile away, and lived nearby from the early 50s to the 80s, throughout the period when the major changes were made. My knowledge of the place prior to 1950 comes from my father, who was born in Kelty in the early 1900s, and his father, who came to Kelty in the 1880s. Between 1890 and 1933  they worked in the coal industry, in particular in the pits near the former 'Loch Ore'. I fished this water until the late 70s (when all the fish died as a result of the disturbance during dredging and  'redevelopment'). At that time, it was a clear and very healthy body of water, with trout, perch and pike in large numbers. 
The land reclaimed from the drained "Loch Ore"was renamed The Meadows in the early 1800's and the lake it became as it refilled was known in the local vernacular as "the Meedies".  The original loch gradually refilled, simply because it is the lowest area in the landscape, and the sink to several local streams, not as a result of subsidence, in the mid to late 19th century, achieving a stable size from around 1900 (in 1950, for example, the area of water was about twice as large as it is now).  There was no place called "Lochore Meadows" prior to the late 1970s, this being the name chosen for the cleared, lanscaped and redeveloped site, and the site was never a coal mine (but there were two mines, Lochore Pit to the east -in the village of Lochore- and the Aitken Pit to the west, respectively, with deep mine workings, more than half a mile below, associated with both pits, cut beneath the body of water.  The two pits were joined by a railway, running along an embankment from south west to northeast across the then lake - it carried coal from Lochore Pit through the Aitken site and on through Kelty to the west, and fell into disuse in the 50s.  The larger island was created in the late 1970s/early 80s as a result of dredging in the aftermath of closing and capping the Aitken workings in the mid 70s and clearing the site and cooling towers of the old pit a few years later. The area of the loch was approximately halved as a result of these changes. The old railway embankment, rising some 15 feet above the surface of the lake was entirely removed.  The shallower body of water and reed marsh previously there to the north of the railway line, fed by the Black Burn, was also drained then, with a dramatic effect on the waterfowl population in the area.86.151.92.163 (talk) 12:13, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  inaccurate information
Talk:Kamloops Lake

message: "Bulk residence times " - what does this mean? Canuckle 23:51, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Hydro9logical mumbo-jumbo.  It refers to the length of time a given volume of water stays in a lake; or, hmmm does it have to do with water that doesn't leave the lake? - as in the case of a lot of Lake Superior's and others.  Plain English would sure be a lot better huh?Skookum1 (talk) 06:04, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: jargon

message: Any experienced editor knows why I took a big chunk of non-lake related material out of here, otehr than because it wasn't directly related to the lake; it was outright commercial spam.  What's so crass about this kind of stuff (as on Ten Mile Point, British Columbia, Bear Mountain (resort), Great Wolf Lodge and others that Iv'e run across, is that the resorts have p.r. advertising budgets and ahve the money to pay for advertising; nay, to donate to wikipedia even.  And if it's p.r. firms they're hiring, the bloody idiots don't even take the time to read the content guidelines and instead think that they can scribble whatever "hey we've got a super-duper golf course with unique views and creative restaurants and rooms overlooking the bar/greens/lake adn the fancy architecture etc" baffle-garble and expect it to stand unchallenged.  They can pay for the same thing they're making for free here.  In fact, it's likely that the person makeing those contributions is doing so as part of their paychque.  WP:COI is not something such people care about, or have reason to respect; I'll save my highly POV views on p.r. agencies and their willingness to sell out and even corrupt the public and public institutions on behalf of their clients - particularly here in BC - but suffice to say they have the money and expense to build their own friggin' websites, and should have the class  (and p.r. sense)  not to make presumptive and way tooo braggish and often even childishly-written articles (nad talkpage rants taht make my worst excesses of temper look positively boddhisattva-like). Apparently go to school to get an education to qualify you to write crap like taht only serves to prove to me how irrelevant a university education has become....when the result is sa complete lack of either knowledge or manners, to say not6hing of literacy...."unique", "world-class" etc are tags used by half-wits who need thesauri to think with and seem to all come from the same "unique" school of writing.Skookum1 (talk) 06:04, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Just for teh record "Tobiano" is not listed in the provincial gazette; if there'd been so much as a placename around Kamloops Lake that might warrant an article.....Skookum1 (talk) 06:08, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Tobiano Resort spam removal

message: Does anyone else feel that this animated gif image is a little out of place here? I find it a little distracting and not consistent with the rest of Wikipedia; could just be me though.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.7.89.210 (talk) 12:17, 24 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Animated Gif
Talk:Loch Ryan

message: Ive reinserted the Gaelic equivalent into the article. I dont know why this became a mini controversy on this specific article as its standard practice to have the original (which is to say Gaelic) names alongside the modern/common English equivalents in Scottish articles. Indeed its not just standard practice for Scottish articles - the same generally applies to any geographical article. For examples see Catalonia - 3 non-English versions of the name given; Saint-Malo which features both the Breton and Gallo versions of the name in addition to the French version which was absorbed by English. Prussia is another example which features an impressive 6 non-English versions of the name. Need i go on? If anything its much harder to find geographical articles for places in non-English language regions which do not feature the original/native/alternative versions of the name and this simply shouldnt be an issue.
As for "we are not having translations of every single thing on wikipedia - that is what the Ga WP is for" - get a grip. This "argmuent" is not new and it remains as unrepentantly daft now as it was the first time some editor with anti-Gaelic feelings came out with it. Nobody is proposing translations of every single thing on Wikipedia and there simply is no good reason why articles about various Scottish places should not have the (generally original and correct) Gaelic versions of the name without which we wouldnt HAVE names like "Kilmarnock", "Inverurie", "Glasgow","Stranraer", "Inverness" etc etc which is no surprise as the great majority of historic Scottish place names are of Gaelic origin.  siarach (talk) 21:18, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It seems obvious that place names in Scotland that have both a gaelic and an english name should also mention the Gaelic name. Especially if the English name is directly derived from the Gaelic one as is the case here. This should not be the least controversial.·Maunus· ·ƛ· 13:26, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Gaelic name from which "Loch Ryan" is derived
Talk:Doiran Lake

message: Anything about the recent archaeological finds near the lake, on the Macedonian side?
Additionally, the lake is diminishing due to irrigation and consequently flora and fauna are disappearing, leading to an ecological crisis. Namaan1168 (talk) 22:11, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article On Lake Dojran Needs Improving! 

message: The English language spelling is 'Doiran', including in Wikipedia the various Battle of Doiran. Same spelling in at least the majority of academic papers and in Encyclopedia Britannica . In Greek it's Doirani, in Macedonian and Bulgarian Dojransko and in English Doiran. In google book there are 302,000 Doiran and 14,300 Dojran. Any further thoughts? Politis (talk) 21:06, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Doiran does appear to be more commonly used. I'll move it. --Local hero talk 23:13, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Change article name? In English the lake is spelt Doiran not Dojran
Talk:Loch Scaven

message: I think that this loch may be commonly known as Loch Sgamhain rather than Loch Scaven. On modern and older Ordnance Survey maps it is known as Sgamhain. Can anyone confirm? Coz maybe the article should be renamed to Loch Sgamhain? Triptropic (talk) 22:03, 23 December 2014 (UTC)
Talk:Loch Shin

message: "Three miles to the north of Lairg is a monument to remember an early attempt to tame the Highlands. During the 1870s, the Duke of Sutherland ploughed up about 2,000 acres (8 km²), but the industry never rewarded that. Today the area around the loch is one of the major farming centres for sheep in Scotland."
Another example of trying to justify the Highland Clearances, which this man's family was notorious for.-MacRùsgail (talk) 14:58, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Revisionism
Talk:Loch of Strathbeg

message: *lake project; a lake in Scotland is a Loch- you may offend a Scotsman if you say Lake Strathbeg (or even worse 'Lock' Strathbeg like north Americans are prone to saying when asking for directions) Bobbacon 18:39, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Karakul (Tajikistan)

message: Is this not the same as Karakul_Lake?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.141.180.176 (talk) 04:11, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: No.  Check the articles again.  The names are similar - but they're different locations. Karakul Lake is in China.  Kara-Kul impact crater and lake is in Tajikistan. It's an easy word to make in lots of languages apparently.  There's also a Kara crater in Russia.  And KARA is a former radio station in Silicon Valley.  I'm sure there's a long list of other similar examples. :-) Ikluft (talk) 06:19, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Question: [[Kara-Kul]] vs [[Karakul Lake]] 

message: According to BBC, clouds get blocked by the surrounding mountains, so it doesn't rain here. Then, where does the water come from? Also, it's been around for millions of years. Wouldn't it have evaporated away without rains?   — Preceding unsigned comment added by 104.162.197.70 (talk) 15:39, 10 February 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: The same caption in the source you mention says that it does get some rainfall, and you can see from the photos there that the mountains ringing the lake are snow-covered -- so obviously there is some precipitation, and meltwater likely flows into the lake as well. -- Elphion (talk) 04:18, 12 February 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Question: Where does the water from the lake come from? 

message: Someone may want to apply crater template
or lake may be sufficient.

--YakbutterT (talk) 23:27, 18 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Add Crater Infobox? 

message: According to the German article, new science says that it is not an impact crater but a tectonic fault. The quote with references:
Neuere Untersuchungen zeigen jedoch, dass es sich tatsächlich um einen durch Extensionsbewegungen entstandenen tektonischen Graben handelt. Rezent befindet sich das Grabensystem in NW-SE gerichteter transtensionaler Ausdehnung.
 93.199.169.206 (talk) 20:39, 25 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Not an impact crater?
Talk:St. Joseph Island (Ontario)

message: In the infobox I've written that St. Joseph is in the Manitoulin archipelago, but I'm actually not sure of that.  Some articles refer to is as "part of the Manitoulin chain of islands", but others say the geology of the island distinguishes it.  I'd appreciate someone with a geology / geography background offering some guidance.  Thanks.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.246.183.248 (talk) 20:37, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Manitoulin archipelago?
Talk:Loch Tay

message: So someone's recently gone through and changed mentions of the name to "Loch Tay Tay", and the citation is this event where they unveiled a sign. I can see that Loch Tay (Tay) Highland Lodge have renamed and that the sign exists, but I can't find any indication that a legally binding change has been made to the loch itself. I'd assume you'd need a public consultation to do that, and that the sign is more of a stunt by the Highland Lodge & Heart Radio. Would very much like to see something definitive either way. 2A01:4B00:D107:9400:9175:59F9:6888:B77 (talk) 13:35, 6 June 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is it actually called Tay Tay though
Talk:Loch Thom

message: I've got a source that says it was replaced by a pipe in 1971:
©Geni (talk) 00:49, 6 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Does the cut actually move water at this point?
Talk:Spectacled caiman

message: There are claims that Caimans will help care for each other's young, but I can't ever find a definitive source. Even the BBC has a documentary on it, but they don't prove that the mother is looking after more than one nest's worth of offspring.   — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.121.106.103 (talk) 20:13, 12 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Parental Care 

message: can speckeled caimans be house pets? and do you need a license to have one in your home with children?216.114.220.185 05:17, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  caimans 

message: Two new sections http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Spectacled_Caiman&diff=182662009&oldid=176114809 recently added] bear a strong resemblance to their source material, which appears to be under copyright.  I've added appropriate tags to these sections. --English as tuppence 19:34, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copy and paste? 

message: i believe i have accomplished this.  didn't have to do much really; just think of people who know as little zoology and geography as i do.  if those links seem good, please take the indicator requesting this page to be wikified down? What makes a man turn neutral? (talk) 14:55, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  "please wikify this article"
Talk:Loch Torridon

message: Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that :File:Loch Torridon, Scotland.jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on September 26, 2013. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2013-09-26. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. Thanks! — Crisco 1492 (talk) 22:54, 9 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[:File:Loch Torridon, Scotland.jpg]] to appear as POTD soon 
Talk:Drawsko Lake

message: An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect :Drawsko (jezioro) and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 March 5#Drawsko (jezioro) until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion.  eviolite (talk) 04:34, 5 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Drawsko (jezioro)" listed at [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion|Redirects for discussion]]
Talk:Loch Tummel

message: An anon user added: although it is probably named after Queen Isabel, wife of Robert the Bruce).  This seems unlikely, contradicts the Queen Vic explanation also given in the article and the external refs, therefore I'm removing it.--JBellis 18:19, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I stand corrected - and have added a reference.  A better reference than a tourist site would be more robust though.--JBellis 19:01, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Queens View

message: I think some more robust sources are required for the assertion that it was named after Queen Isabel in or around the time of the Battle of Methven in 1306, considering that Isabel supposedly died before the Bruce married Elizabeth de Burgh in 1302... I'm no history expert on Scotland, but maybe it is actually supposed to be named after Queen Elizabeth de Burgh before she was captured and handed over to King Edward I as a hostage? Perhaps local folklore has it wrong, or simply the Scottish Natural Heritage Commissioned Report No. 374 source material is incorrect. Now, Isabella MacDuff, Countess of Buchan, was also a significant figure in the Wars of Scottish Independence, and was also imprisoned by Edward, so perhaps this is where a certain confusion between names has arisen? Farefeerfalling (talk) 21:10, 6 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Queen's View revisited
Talk:South Armagh Republican Reaction Force

message: The references I have seen, including BBC and Oireachtas (Irish parliament) reports, refer to a 'South Armagh Republican Action Force', not 'Reaction'. 
Also, how often was this name used? Opening paragraph should be more precise. If not possible to cite evidence, then just refer to use of the name in relation to Kingsmills.
Nomath 17:56, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
Talk:SS William Clay Ford

message: Why does the link for the SS William Clay Ford II point to a WW2 oiler vessel?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2607:FEA8:4EDF:FE0C:0:0:0:2 (talk) 00:58, 14 September 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: It is correct. Read the whole article. Rmhermen (talk) 04:31, 25 December 2017 (UTC)
Talk:Lochindorb

message: I find it unusual that there is no mention of Lochindorb Castle being home to the Wolf of Badenoch? 2A02:C7F:C9A:8A00:AC1C:2850:C140:ED27 (talk) 20:17, 21 June 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  The wolf
Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Organizations/Thematically ordered organizations

message: I've setup a little sandbox for myself at Wikipedia:WikiProject Organizations/Categorization. That is the system I would like to implement.Oldsoul 18:07, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: sandbox

message: I think non profit organizations and non governmental organizations should be merged.  Scarykitty 08:38, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Completely agree. Also charities! --lquilter 18:45, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: NPOs & NGOs

message: I added three categories (Aim, Focus and Impact and Legal status) following the categorization normally made in international legal mediation. I changed two categories (Foundations and societies) from organization types to legal status because those are defined by legal status and are not considered a type really. Thios done with utermost respect please feel free to contradict if reasonable, just trying to help from my background. By the way, great Project and much needed. Daoken 13:31, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Categories revised
Talk:Logan Martin Lake

message: Proposal for extensive re-write/re-organization of Logan Martin Lake per Wikipedia:WikiProject Lakes guidelines. I tried to incorporate much of the previous editors text in the new organization. Before making such a significant, and potentially controversial change to the article, I would apprecite other users feedback in the next 7 days, thank you.
Civilengtiger (talk) 20:43, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: *Given the lack of any comments and the infrequent significant revisions to this article in recent months, I chose to  Be Bold and make the changes proposed above, please see previous revision of talk page for proposal.Civilengtiger (talk) 16:29, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Rewrite Proposal for Comment

message: The WikiProject Alabama and WikiProject Lakes Class rankings have been increased in both cases to Start Class on the basis of exceeding the requirements of a Stub and meeting the requirements of Start Class as described by WikiProject Lakes/Assessment, specifically: 
*multiple links that help explain or illustrate the topic 
*multiple subheadings that indicate material that could be added to complete the article 
Civilengtiger (talk) 19:24, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Ratings Upgrade