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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]

I rescued this one, and it is still GA, but forgot to mention it at the time. Bob1960evens (talk) 08:12, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Good article reassessment for River Avon, Bristol

River Avon, Bristol 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) 02:22, 4 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't spot this one at the time, or I might have had a go at sorting it. Bob1960evens (talk) 08:16, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Good article reassessment for Somerset Coal Canal

Somerset Coal Canal 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) 17:08, 6 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't spot this one at the time, or I might have had a go at sorting it. It is a bit more problematic than the River Avon (above), as there is no record of the original GAN. Bob1960evens (talk) 08:16, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Bob1960evens: There is; it's the first two sections at Talk:Somerset Coal Canal (Survey and Review for GA); the assessment edits are here and here. Back then, GANs seem to have been conducted on the main talk page, they didn't use subpages. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 08:28, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Redrose64: Thanks for the info, although I still can't find any details of what was changed at the time. Maybe nothing was. Bob1960evens (talk) 11:42, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

These edits fall within the timeframe. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 21:27, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Does anyone have a copy of Halse & Castens (2000) The Somersetshire Coal Canal - A Pictorial Survey, or any of the other books referenced in the Somerset Coal Canal article, but without quoting page numbers? (Halse & Castens is available on Amazon, but at £114.95 for 48 pages is a bit expensive) Halse & Castens is cited 8 times, but there are no page numbers for any of them. Bob1960evens (talk) 07:56, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]