Talk:Rainwater tank

message: This article should show a comparison/contrast with a cistern. I don't understand the relationship. Thanks! --Royalbroil 20:34, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Cistern

message: The final sentence of the article states:
:Maintenance includes desluging, checking roofs and gutters for vegetation and debris, maintaining screens around the tank, and occasionally removing sediment by draining and cleaning the tank.
What is "desluging"?  Is it the process of removing slugs (deslugging?) or sludge (desludging?)? --Kralizec! (talk) 23:54, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Oops! Should be desludging. (fixed) —Pengo 02:14, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Desluging? 

message: I've reverted a bunch of edits by Vinmax. The edits had some useful content, but make too much of a mess of the article, and also makes the tone of the article non-encyclopedic: telling the reader what to do (rather than being a summary of what others have said). If you'd like to see his version, to pick out any useful changes (and there are definitely some), see here: Vinmax diff —Pengo 02:59, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I wrote something here and in your because I believe you can (and have) given a (somewhat) positive contribution, not to say I'm better than you. If I wanted to be "facist" i would have just reverted your changes without explanation, and not have left you a note about it. Honestly it's not worth the shitfight. —Pengo 14:24, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

text: The information that was originally in the article has come from the various sources listed at the end of the article. Whatever you want to put in there, please give a reference for each statement, especially where it contradicts what was already in the article. For example, why is the assumption that rainwater is generally fit to drink if it smells, tastes and looks fine dangerous? Who says ? You and your filtering company? You cannot be constructive with this article. Leave it alone or you will be blocked from editing it. —Pengo 13:28, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vinmax's changes 

message: IP 58.165.200.173 added a large section , which I've trimmed down greatly because of its empty rhetoric and meaningless prose such as:
:Importantly though, options such as seawater desalination emerge as a superior option over consumption of rainwater tank water, when the environmental, economic and social costs are taken into account. Often, arguments in favour of rainwater tanks appear to be ideologically driven, but not justified by economic or environmental analysis.
That's great to say, but there's nothing to back it up such as, say, references, or even any hint as to what the actual arguments in question are. Please include referenced material when making such bold claims in future, and not empty rhetoric. —Pengo 23:05, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Fortunately, we all believe strongly in being bold and friendly, so the newbies feel they're allowed to add things they think is important - even if it isn't - on the off-chance it is.  :) Leviel 09:32, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Anonymous edits 

message: I merged rain barrels into this article, hope I took out most of the repetitive stuff without leaving out anything important.  If I did, I'm sorry, and please feel free to change it.  (Oh, and I accidentally forgot to deselect "minor edit", which is what I usually do, but I tried to indicate that with the cleanup.) -- Leviel 09:32, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge 

message: The Global Warming and Climate Change Template has no relation to Rainwater tanks so it should be removed from the article. Britcom 10:22, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Global Warming Template not relevant to the article 

message: Units in formulae do not differentiate between UK & US gallons.
Rationalisation required, with links. GilesW (talk) 16:35, 10 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Units in formulae need revision