Talk:Drainage in New Orleans

message: Reworded sentences, corrected a few grammatical mistakes here and there. Most likely still needs work. Atellus 01:37, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Speaking of which, the other day I changed more rare to rarer ("... flooding from the lake side was rarer and less severe..."), but an anonymous editor changed it back to more rare.  Rather than repeatedly revert, I'll post it here to see if it's just me or what.  According to Wiktionary, Merriam-Webster, and the Oxford English Dictionary, the comparative is rarer.  Is there some Manual of Style preference to the contrary?  Thanks. — Muffuletta 17:11, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Copy-editing

message: Is the "Cleanup" notice still necessary on the article? If so, what are the major issues? -- Infrogmation 21:25, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Cleanup

message: This article should be called New Orleans Drainage and Katrina, or something. There are so many historical floodings of New Orleans that are never or barely mentioned.
New Orleans has a rich history in this area before Katrina. Katrina is only one incident. So much else is let out that could help us put in perspective what is happening today.
KarenAnn 23:46, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I disagree that this should be turned into a Katrina article. Possibly a change into history of flooding and drainage. Much of the article is still very stubby; I hope you will help expand points. Perhaps we have a "C" grade summary of the 20th century at present, and much worse for earlier periods-- I made a start on Sauvé's Crevasse. Certainly the levee failures in the wake of Katrina were the worst the city experienced in terms of disruption-- while other floods were comparable in area, back when most of the city was concentrated on the old high ground, the effect on the population was not as drastic. Your help in building this article is much appreciated. -- Infrogmation 03:15, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: See San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge for a Wikipedia article dealing with a major structure (the bridge) that also suffered a major disaster (earthquake). Notice that the body of the article deals with the history of the bridge itself (which is not nearly as rich as the New Orleans drainage/flooding history) yet comprises most of the article. That should be the case in this article also, unless Katrina is to be the main focus. In that case, the title of the article should be changed to reflect this.KarenAnn 12:37, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  What about floods before Katrina 

message: I'm not sure of the reason for the removal of much of the material removed from the article with this edit. I'd like an explanation; a good amount of it seems relevent and appropriate to me. -- Infrogmation (talk) 19:19, 1 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: January 2009

message: *Problems:
# - 5 out of 5 references are either dead or a wild-goose chase which still leads to no references. The reference problem has been an issue for several years. On the talk page as far back as 14 May 2006, under References, verification. References! From the talk page, "It has several books worth of references at present", means what? There is no reference listed in the bibliography, just a list of books.
# - The first picture has been labeled as inaccurate and a possible replacement ignored. There is reference to the picture being inaccurate (see picture caption) as far back as 2012-08-04.
# - The article has WP:OR written all over it. This is also verifiable on the talk pages by at least one contributor.
# - There are now 50 articles that link to this one. That is amazing considering, as far as anyone can actually tell, it is only a lot of original research. 
# - The article has somehow reached a B rating. The article rating should not have made it past start without reliable references. I will change the rating back to start.
# - An external link, that possibly could have been used inappropriately as a source (History of New Orleans Drainage, 1718-1893 PDF) is a dead link.
*If anyone is watching this page, and certainly the contributing editor, please let me know. I can see where an article with this title can be important but any article has to abide by a set of Wikipedia standards to remain and in that regard this article, at this point, is a dismal failure. I would not mind performing edits but since I wasn't involved in the original research that apparently led to the creation I would not know where to begin. The whole article would have to be rewritten. Otr500 (talk) 12:19, 23 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Serious multiple issues 

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