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Thanks. — Headbomb {^ταλκ_{κοντριβς} – WP Physics} 09:48, 15 March, 2009 (UTC)

Non-canal navigable waterways

There is a discussion at Commons:Talk:BSicon that may be of interest to members of this group. AlgaeGraphix (talk) 22:25, 26 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

New canal reservoir data

The Environment Agency have made available a dataset extracted from their public register of Large Raised Reservoirs (including canal reservoirs). It includes official names, capacities, and completion dates. Here's an explanatory blog post and a useful map by Owen Boswarva.

I have cited it, for example, in this edit, thus:

<ref name="LRR">Environment Agency public register of Large Raised Reservoirs, as at 2 November 2020, via {{cite web |last1=Boswarva |first1=Owen |title=Large Raised Reservoirs |url=https://www.owenboswarva.com/blog/note-lrr1.htm |access-date=7 December 2020}}</ref>

I hope you can make use of it for your local/ favourite reservoirs. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 09:53, 7 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

User script to detect unreliable sources

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John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14. (John Smith "[https://www.deprecated.com/article Article of things]" ''Deprecated.com''. Accessed 2020-02-14.)

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John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14.

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Template:River Clady RDT

This template has been nominated for deletion. Can someone please explain to the nominator that RDTs aren't just for railway lines? Useddenim (talk) 21:10, 29 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion at Wikipedia:Route diagram template

You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Route diagram template#RfC: deprecation of BS-map , which is within the scope of this WikiProject. Mackensen (talk) 02:59, 23 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Request for merge with WikiProject Rivers?

Could this WikiProject be merged with WikiProject Rivers? Darbymarby (talk) 14:51, 11 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Good article reassessment for River Don Navigation

River Don Navigation has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 03:13, 31 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]