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Talk:Namoi River

message: On a linguistic note....
As a displaced local, I'm not entirely familiar with the term crawbob - craybob, yes - but I can't remember anyone saying the former.... I always though crawbob was more of an Americanism.
Anyway, I think dialectal terms should probably be avoided in such usage. Even yabby is stretching it. Since regionalisms are so varied in Australia - perhaps freshwater crayfish is sufficient...
:Definitely not an Americanism; I Googled "catching crawbobs" and got four hits, all Australian. In America we call our miniature freshwater lobsters "crayfish," "crawfish," or "crawdads."65.213.77.129 (talk) 15:49, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Crawbob?
Talk:Nepean River

message: The Nepean River was founded in the 1950s  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.217.119.154 (talk) 06:20, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: There may be a problem with your TARDIS' date setting. DermottBanana (talk) 00:09, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Dates

message: How is this name pronounced?  It is certainly not intuitively obvious; is it (nə-pē'ən) like the Canadian city? Languagehat (talk) 18:36, 28 September 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pronunciation 

message: "In the 1950s the building of the Warragamba Dam across the steep gorge of the Warragamba River, the Nepean’s major tributary, intercepted the flow of the great bulk of its waters and diverted them to meet the needs of the growing Sydney metropolitan area, reducing the river to a shadow of its former self.[4]
These dams and weirs have had a potent effect, blocking migratory native fish like Australian bass (also locally commonly known as perch) from much of their former habitat, and reducing floods and freshets needed for spawning. Nevertheless, the Hawkesbury/Nepean remains an important and popular wild bass fishery.
The luscious banks of the Nepean River provide a natural haven for local flora and fauna and a quiet location for local residents to relax. At Emu Plains, the western bank of the river provides a location for outdoor theatre productions on warm summer nights. The eastern bank at Penrith provides barbecue facilities and children's play equipment, as well as a wide pathway running for several kilometres for strolls along the riverbank. The eastern bank is also the home of the Nepean Rowing Club."
This particular section of the article uses figurative language and almost sounds like an advertisement in some areas. Sparechair (talk) 05:47, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Non-Encyclopedic Tone, Potential Bias
Talk:Ashburton River (Western Australia)

message: The history section is mostly replicated in Willem River. Should it not just be in one article only, with any others referencing wherever it ends up being? Any preferences for how and where? Betterkeks (talk) 04:04, 7 October 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  History section mostly replicated in other articles
Talk:Npov

message: I tried to bring up a centralized discussion about the redirects NPOV and Npov at RFD, but apparently that is the wrong avenue.  Currently, these two redirects have different targets which seems inappropriate.  They should either both redirect to Objectivity (disambiguation) or Wikipedia:Neutral point of view. Personally I think Objectivity (disambiguation) is the right choice. (See also Talk:NPOV) Khatru2 05:33, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proper target 

message: See Wikipedia:Redirects_for_discussion/Log/2012_March_5#NPOV.--Pontificalibus (talk) 22:24, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: RfD
Talk:Tweed River (New South Wales)

message: The Tweed River does not form part of the border between NSW and QLD. It runs very close in some points, but the river, including the northern shore are definitely a part of NSW. There's still about 10 km by road from the point where the Pacific Highway crosses the river to where the QLD border is. This is quite  a major, yet common oversight based on the popular perception, which is simply not true.220.244.178.210 (talk) 10:31, 17 June 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: You are correct.  - Shiftchange (talk) 10:38, 17 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: State border
Category talk:Shades of orange

message: Artistically, a shade of a color is a darker or more black form of the color, while a tint  is the lighter or more white from of the color. A hue is the original pure color. Therefore, the category might be changed to Category:Hue variations (orange).
Enonesohc 14:36, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tints vs. Shades
Talk:Harris Township, Itasca County, Minnesota

message: At present if you type "Harris" into the wikipedia search box you are taken to the Isle of Harrises entry! As there are many uses of the word Harris it has been proposed to change this so that when you type "Harris" you are taken to the Harris (disambiguation) page instead.
If you support/oppose this move or have any comments please add your input to the Harris Talk page.
Thanks --WickerWiki (talk) 19:03, 29 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed change to Harris primary topic
Talk:Champoeg Meetings

message: I find the tables of voters visually a bit jarring. I just found a set of templates that might be an improvement, like this: -Pete 04:21, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Works for me, the original didn't look great but a long single column list would have looked worse. Aboutmovies 07:51, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  table format 

message: The final list of those chosen to implement things ends with a "Doty", but that name is not on the lists of those voting above.  Given all the other names are on the list of those voting in favor, I suspect (but do not know) that this name should be "Doughty".  Was this an entry typo, or is there an issue in the historical record? -PeteJacobsen 02:36pm 7 October 2007 (PDT)  —Preceding signed but undated comment was added at 21:59, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry, I just noticed this post. The thing is with the early period is records are scarce, and mispellings abound. Unlikely it was just plain Doty, but both a William Daugherty and William Doughty appear in the records, though I'm sure it is the same person. As to which of those is correct, I'm not sure, but the Men of Champoeg book is propably a good place to look. Aboutmovies (talk) 21:11, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Names 

message: Anyone have an Oregon Geographic Names book by chance with some name origin theories? Personally, I think it was Native American and Champoo-ick, but the pronunciation slowly changed to Cham-poo-ig. Then the Americans thinking it was French bastardized it by pronouncing it Champooee. But I don;t think I've seen that exact theory out there. Aboutmovies (talk) 08:22, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: "Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?" Katr67 (talk) 00:09, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Champoeg name
Talk:The Shattered Chain

message: I've been editing this page and wonder if it's up to standard? I'll continue with the other Darkovan novels when I have time. PlainJane 05:39, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: You mentioned in the article that only women use matrixes on Darkover.  There are many examples, all thru the Darkover books, of men also using them.  One example is in The Shadow Matrix where Mikhail is given a matrix, on his hand, by Varzil that eventually turns into a ring with a matrix stone that is very powerful. Also, in Sharra's Exile men used matrixes.  There are other references that I can't remember now.
Great article though!
Breeze530 21:45, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Shattered Chain: matrix use by men 

message: I really like this section, but it seems like original research to me. Does someone know a few sources we could add? --KagamiNoMiko (talk) 14:54, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gender and society in The Shattered Chain
Talk:Thomson River (Victoria)

message: The article seems to focus more on the detrimental effects of the reservoir, rather than on the actual river. It's quite an interesting river system, but it seem that all that's really here is a rant. --Evan C (Talk) 11:58, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I've added an Infobox, some general content and removed obvious POV comments. Removed POV check. HiLo48 (talk) 02:13, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  POV Check 
Talk:Tamar River

message: Doesn't the West Tamar Road divide the South Esk River and the Tamar ?   There is also a partial crossing, from the west bank to Tamar Island. --Biatch (talk) 03:03, 15 November 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: By the "only crossing" it is referred to as the only bridge crossing from East to West across the Tamar, the west Tamar road i believe crosses the South Esk, even if it's only by a few meters they're calling it the South Esk, Tamar Island only is not accessible from the east so that is not classified as an East/West crossing. Stony ¿ 00:25, 16 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Only Crossing ? 

message: Tamar River was renamed kanamaluka on 19 Dec 2013 by the Tasmanian Nomenclature Board Confirmation Notice No 111.
Under Dual Naming policy the accepted name for the river is kanamaluka / River Tamar.   Palawa Kani placenames are conventionally spelt without a capital but Wikipedia defaults to a capital in the title.
The Gazetting of the river as kanamaluka with the dual naming of kanamaluka / Tamar River can be viewed at Nomenclature Board of Tasmania.Sean Parker (talk) 11:27, 27 May 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: I have reverted the move. We use common names, not official names, here on Wikipedia. And "Tamar" is still the common name: e.g.  See also Mount Wellington (Tasmania). StAnselm (talk) 09:29, 12 October 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Renaming under DPIPWE Dual Naming Policy 
Talk:Manning River

message: The article claims that the Manning River is crossed by the North Coast Railway line at Taree.
Having ridden that line multiple times, and having double checked on google maps, though, I can confirm that the only point where the North Coast railway line crosses the Manning River is at Mt. George, quite a distance away from Taree. 2001:8003:332D:3D00:2D63:634B:DA19:DEC2 (talk) 14:12, 18 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Incorrect information?
Talk:Double-barreled shotgun

message: As someone recently new to Skeet & Trap shooting I've learned that patterning your shotgun is just as important as sighting in a rifle. An integral part of the patterning seems to be selecting the proper chokes. For example on an Over/Under double barreled shotgun, one may use a skeet choke in both barrels, but for Trap (or Down The Lane - DTL) a Full choke is used in the Over Barrel and a Modified choke is used in the under barrel. I found one site that talked about this, and thought it might be a logical continuation of the discussion  on 'Regulation'.
The reference site is http://www.ssaa.org.au/stories/shotguns-a-beginners-guide-to-shotgun-chokes.html
It seems that the topic of shotgun chokes is not covered in full detail in either the shotgun wiki page or the double-barreled shotgun page, but as someone who was looking for general information on the topic it seems like it would be a welcomed addition to one of these pages if not both.
--Mbedit (talk) 01:29, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Patterning Double Barreled Shotguns & Choke Configurations

message: is is possible to have four-barrels?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.235.162.134 (talk) 21:43, 29 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: There were four-barelled shotguns made in England in the mid-late 19th century (designed, IIRC, by the same chap who developed the Lancaster pistol), but they were never especially common since a "double" was the traditional hunting shotgun and effective repeating shotguns started appearing in the latter part of the 19th century anyway. Commander Zulu (talk) 05:37, 24 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  multiple barrels 

message: I bought one, long time ago, and if I remember correctly it was the cheapest double-barrel 12 gauge in the shop. Aren't they easier to produce? Ssscienccce (talk) 13:23, 30 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  SxS shotguns are often more expensive?? 

message: I have found no reason to include this specific mention of regional use of double-barreled shotgun's in India. The second sentence is also not cited and there is no information that I could find that help me understand why the author includes those regions. I think this whole section should be removed. NedTown5000 (talk) 07:26, 20 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Regional Use
Talk:Gordon River

message: Appreciate whomever answers this and I think it should be included to the History of the River. Thanks Magnum Serpentine (talk) 18:29, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: See James Kelly (Australian explorer), which says he named it after the owner of the whaleboat Elizabeth in which he circumnavigated Tasmania...Jokulhlaup (talk) 17:26, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
replies: text:  Thank you Jokulhlaup appreciate you answering my question Magnum Serpentine (talk) 04:56, 11 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: How did the River (And Hydro-Dam) Gordon get its name?
Talk:Clyde River (New South Wales)

message: Looking at the source given for the Indigenous name of the river, I find we are using a high school website where the four school houses are named after four local rivers: Bredbo, Clyde, Molonglo, and Snowy.
This isn't what I'd call a high class source for the name. Where did they get their information from? They don't say. Do we have a source with a solid link to the original residents from, you know, the 19th or better yet, 18th Century? 
If we want to link to the original name of the river and those who first lived upon its banks, we should have a meaningful connection, not some incidental high school website that barely mentiones the name in passing. This is pretty bloody shameful. --Pete (talk) 05:38, 19 July 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Here is a recent news article from a little over a year ago with the background story of the naming of the river, and it includes reference to a map held by the Records State Archives NSW listing the name as Bhundoo in 1834. The name is in widespread use in the local non-Indigenous community, and the citation is from the National Parks and Wildlife Services, but I will get a copy of the State Archive map to cite also when I have a spare chance to look for it. GadigalGuy (talk) 14:40, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks. I'm not seeing any reason to give a previous name such prominence. The references you cite give are tertiary in nature and give the name as one of past history, rather than one in widespread use. Perhaps you could gain consensus for giving this information prominence in the lede rather than in a history section? The sources given are pretty shallow. How about we find the sources that these used and have something solid to show? --Pete (talk) 21:50, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I didn't add that information to the lede or even to the infobox. That information has been in the lede since 2008, added and updated by multiple users over the last nearly 15 years. Long before my time on Wikipedia. That to me looks like consensus. GadigalGuy (talk) 15:25, 22 July 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't see any previous discussion raised over the crap sourcing. We need reliable sourcing. In fact, for reasons I've already outlined elsewhere, we need excellent sourcing. The topic, crucial to national identity and justice, demands it. Do you not feel the need to get this right or are you happy with plastic when it should be handcrafted native wood? --Pete (talk) 21:51, 22 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Indigenous name - needs a reliable source 

message: I was considering requesting 'protection' for this page (like we got at Melbourne & recently had at Sydney), but I've chosen not to. Those folks over there, would likely gradually become tired of me, showing up every few days with a request. GoodDay (talk) 14:05, 17 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Protection?
Talk:Nanjing decade

message: Other than the political aspect, the Nanjing decade also has other aspects to it, such as economically the growth and the monopoly by the five families, monetary system reforms; socially the new life movement; compulsory education after 1932 for education; etc. Emphrase (talk) 14:17, 3 August 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: You are right sir. Indeed, Other than the political aspect, the Nanjing decade also has other aspects to it, such as economically the growth and the monopoly by the five families, monetary system reforms; socially the new life movement; compulsory education after 1932 for education; etc. . Thank's for wiseness of yours! RevolutionaryWar (talk) 18:40, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title: Expansion Needed
Talk:Shoalhaven River

message: Station details: 
Station Number: 570037 
Name: Shoalhaven River at Warri 
http://www.bom.gov.au/fwo/IDN60234/IDN60234.570037.plt.shtml
About this plot
The river height data is [sic] real-time operational data from automated telemetry systems and has not been quality controlled.
The data is [sic] provided for flood warning purposes and most data will not be available during non flood periods.
Most river height data is [sic] provided to the Bureau of Meteorology by other agencies. Separate approval may be required to use the data for other purposes.
Heights are given in metres.
Sites marked with ** indicate that the automatic telemeter gauge is at a different location to the historical flood gauge. Therefore, the height shown in the table is not the water level at the historical flood gauge.
Futher DOWNSTREAM from Warri is -
Station details:
Station Number: 070335 
Name: Shoalhaven River at Hillview 
http://www.bom.gov.au/fwo/IDN60234/IDN60234.070335.plt.shtml
QUESTION - WHERE IS 'HILLVIEW' ?
DATA ARE APPARENTLY COMING FROM THIS N.S.W. GOVERNEMENT SOURCE -
http://waterinfo.nsw.gov.au/pinneena/interactive/215-shoalhaven.pdf
49.181.237.0 (talk) 07:07, 29 March 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Weatherzone gives a lat/lon for each weather station.  You can see the one for Hillview here .  Of course, I can't vouch for its accuracy.  Would appear to be accessible only via private land (or by river, of course).  --Inas (talk) 00:42, 2 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  WATERINFO.NSW  -  WHERE IS "HILLVIEW" ON THE SHOALHAVEN ?? 

message: Who named the Shoalhaven River, and the Crookhaven River for that matter? 
Are both river mouths unsuitable for navigation, as the words "Shoal" and "Crook" imply?    Wimbledon32 (talk) 08:18, 29 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Who named the Shoalhaven River? 

message: Captain Cook did. 
See [Jackson].    Wimbledon32 (talk) 18:09, 29 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Who named [[Port Jackson]]?
Talk:Snowy River

message: The info box figures need to be double checked, section content needs to be orgnised and additional information added, I'll get around to this soon. Nick carson (talk) 00:48, 23 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: To Do

message: There is a second Snowy River, the other one underground in the USA.
From an AP report: http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/07/23/853974-scientists-say-snowy-river-flowing-again
A sparkling subterranean crystalline calcite formation known as Snowy River is no longer a dry riverbed. Scientists say Snowy River, discovered in 2001, is now running with between a half-foot to a foot-and-a-half of water.
The formation, which is not open to the public, was discovered by a U.S. Bureau of Land Management team led by veteran speleologist John McLean of Colorado. The passage, which looks like a river of snow surrounded by walls of brown clay and black manganese dioxide deposits, stretches more than 2 miles from a passage in Fort Stanton Cave.
24.91.17.230 02:35, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Disambiguation?
Talk:Ida Township, Douglas County, Minnesota

message: I am skeptical that Myron Colony, shown on the 1860 census with his 22 year old wife Josephine, would actually name Lake Ida for his "girlfriend back East" which has been local lore in Alexandria and the Lake Ida area.  
It may have been in the 1800's, but seriously, how many men could get away with doing that, if they were married?  
The info from the 1860 census of Douglas county, Minnesota
  Myron Colony  28  M  Merchant  New York  
   Josephine Colony  22  F     Maryland  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.168.132.107 (talk) 03:25, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Myron Colony's naming of Lake Ida
Talk:Kalevala Township, Carlton County, Minnesota

message: Does anyone here know what a Kalevala is?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.243.55.225 (talk) 20:02, 10 April 2011 (UTC)
Talk:University of Sydney Union

message: Is there a reason that o-week links to frosh instead of orientation week?  I honestly think it should be changed to the latter... --Wpliao 16:12, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I think it's cos orientation week is a new article that didn't exist at the time. You can change the link if you want. enochlau (talk) 16:44, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Link to Orientation Week

message: The 2009-2010 Board need to be updated to the 2010-2011 board. That is, please delete:
Board of Directors 2009-10
Executive 
Patrick Bateman (President)
Courtney Tight (Vice President)
Douglas S. Thompson (Honorary Treasurer)
Giorgia Rossi (Honorary Secretary)
Directors (Student)
Alexander Houseman
Rebecca Santos
Scott Brownless
David Mann
Michael Buckland
Elizabeth Watt
Melissa Brooks
Directors (Senate Representatives)
Ms Kaye Dening AM
Mr Sam Weiss
Immediate Past President
Ruchir Punjabi
And replace it with:
Board of Directors 2010-11
Executive
David Mann (President)
Melissa Brooks (Vice President)
Giorgia Rossi (Honorary Treasurer)
Sibella Matthews (Honorary Secretary)
Directors (Student)
Scott Brownless
Michael Buckland
Elizabeth Watt
James Flynn
Vivienne Moxham-Hall
Alistair Stephenson
Benjamin Tang
Directors (Senate Representatives) 	
Ms Kaye Dening AM
Mr Sam Weiss
Immediate Past President
Patrick Bateman
— Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.239.189.173 (talk) 14:32, 17 July 2010
: Not done for now: - Please provide a reliable source for this information. Codf1977 (talk) 15:13, 17 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text:  Partly done: - The web page gives TWO job titles for Sibella Matthews both Honorary Treasurer and Honorary Secretary so have left of a job title for her, in the list above it lists Giorgia Rossi as Honorary Treasurer but on the web page it lists her as just Treasurer so I have used that. Codf1977 (talk) 16:57, 23 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Board of Directors 

message: Needs fixing. He's a previous leader of the opposition, or the member for Wentworth (depending on how today goes :), or similar.
It's semi protected, so can't change.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.44.10.187 (talk) 05:19, 21 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Malcom Turnbull 
Talk:Leonie Kramer

message: Have commenced tidy-up of the Bibliography section using cite templates; feel free to continue. Sunwin1960 (talk) 02:58, 6 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Bibliography

message: This article has been reclassified as a start due to its level of detail. Capitalistroadster (talk) 05:58, 21 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Reclassified as a start

message: What does that mean?  --  Jack of Oz [pleasantries] 22:15, 29 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Webby would later take chair of Kramer at UNSW