Talk:Lake Maracaibo

message: I really wish I could pass this, but it really needs much more general content.  I agree that this is an important lake, and when I put together the list of lakes to include in Version 0.5 this was one I wanted to include.  Take a look at Great Salt Lake as an example - an article on a lake should cover things like the geology/geography, the wildlife, commerce/transportation/fishing, any human settlements nearby, etc.  Most of these topics still need to be added.  If some of these things can get added, leave me a message and I'd be delighted to switch this from fail to pass.  Thanks, Walkerma 05:39, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: V0.7 nomination fails for now

message: Is it true that there are many lightning storms here? I read that this lake is considered the greatest single generator of ozone in the planet because of the lightning storms. 
See http://fogonazos.blogspot.com/2007/06/catatumbo-everlasting-storm.html
“Relámpago del Catatumbo”
:I read once somewhere that it is the most-lightning struck place on Earth. Historian932 (talk) 02:58, 24 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Everlasting Lightining storms? 

message: I found a webpage which mentions these lightning storms: http://blogs.ngm.com/blog_central/2010/02/lightning-up.html
The Dutch edition of the National Geographic of februari 2010 also has that article (Dutch translation) in it.  —Preceding Peter Swinkels comment added by 62.234.137.38 (talk) 16:00, 25 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Re: Everlasting Lightining storms? 

message: According the definition of lake can't be Maracaibo bay regarded as a lake (due to its sea connection). All the references are at least 50 years old and conditions have changed.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Marturius (talk • contribs) 09:42, 27 October 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: It's called a "lake", but I agree it's really a bay, just as the Salton "Sea" is really a lake. We discuss this. — kwami (talk) 10:31, 27 October 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: The article says, "It is 'commonly considered a lake rather than a bay or lagoon, and at 13,210 km² it would be the largest lake in South America". "Commonly considered" are ambiguous words that have no relevant meaning, as the above discussion notes, the use of lake is rong. Maracaibo must surely be a bay because it not is connected directly to the sea by a strait not a river. Otherwise the Black Sea must surely be the largest "lake" in the world!?109.158.255.82 (talk) 10:46, 28 September 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Black sea is part of the sea AKA salty water, this one is sweet water/fresh water, according definition a bay is part of the ocean, ocean -> salty water. 88.20.47.94 (talk) 12:09, 7 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lake or bay 

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message: The language versions of Wikipedia have very different values for the maximum depth of Lake Maracaibo. In German it is 35 m, in English and Frensh it is 60 m, in Russian and Swedish it is 250 m. 216Kleopatra (talk) 13:51, 11 September 2017 (UTC)
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message: An edit on 30 January 2018 inserted some new text in front of a citation.  The following citation: 
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was originally given for term's original sense would have been that of a "little Venice".  I have verified that the book does support this statement, though Google Books did not allow me to see the page number.  I have moved the citation to the full stop behind the statement supported.2A00:23C6:812A:6A00:D884:DC37:7861:BADC (talk) 12:13, 6 October 2019 (UTC)
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message: I cannot find any information regarding the language 'Anu' as is listed. There are a number of citations in this article which are in Chinese and Spanish, which I cannot check for information as I do not speak either language. Preliminary research has shown it to possibly be an alternate name for Paraujano, but I could not find any definitive English-language proof of this. Multilingual user support requested.
Also cannot find any definitive proof that Coquivacoa is the name for Lake Maracaibo in Anu (or in Paraujano, if they are the same language). Wikipedia has an article for the term, but lists two different languages as potential origins, and also states that the term's usage as a word for the lake is debated. I cannot read the sources, though, as they are in Spanish, so if anyone can and is willing to verify the authenticity of these claims as they pertain to this article, that would be much appreciated. Thanks. NintendoRevolutionNR (talk) 23:28, 17 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  'Anu' Name 'Coquivacoa'