Talk:Falls of Clyde (waterfalls)

Requested move 30 April 2017

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The result of the move request was: No move. Consensus is that the actual falls are not the primary topic. Cúchullain ^t/c 16:37, 8 May 2017 (UTC)

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Falls of Clyde (waterfalls) → Falls of Clyde – I suggest this is the primary meaning, it is a well-known landmark, and the original meaning. The ship should be a hatnote. PatGallacher (talk) 11:46, 30 April 2017 (UTC)

• Oppose, Per the page view statistics of the two articles it seems that there is no primary topic here. — InsertCleverPhraseHere 07:05, 8 May 2017 (UTC)
• Oppose. Per page view statistics as above. Apparently Falls of Clyde (ship) is rather a big deal, historic, and has a bigger article. And more page views, although they're in the same ballpark. Keep it like it is with the disambiguation page. Herostratus (talk) 08:25, 8 May 2017 (UTC)

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Third opinion request about the utility of using the infobox in this article

See also here.--Pampuco (talk) 21:38, 14 January 2025 (UTC)

Note: besides the talk pages of Zacwill the issue was posted here and here, without getting a response.--Pampuco (talk) 21:46, 14 January 2025 (UTC)

I resume the discusion: me and another user, Zacwill, do not agree whether having the Infobox waterfall in this article is useful for our readers. Instead of an edit war, I prefer asking an assessment to other users. You can look both at the history of the article and at the contributions of mine and of Zacwill to make your own idea on it. I'd be grateful of your contribution, which I'll accept whatever it will be.--Pampuco (talk) 06:08, 15 January 2025 (UTC)

3O Response: Procedurally declining at this time. I see no evidence that there has been a thorough discussion of the dispute at this time, which is a prerequisite prior to requesting a third opinion. I encourage Zacwill (talk · contribs) to present their side of the dispute here. If a discussion does occur but fails to resolve the dispute, a 3O request can then be submitted. Otherwise, editors are welcome to pursue other forms of dispute resolution. DonIago (talk) 14:03, 15 January 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for yoy answer, DonIago, if htis disussion won't have an otcome I'll try, as you suggest, some other form of resolution.--Pampuco (talk) 18:48, 15 January 2025 (UTC)

If Zac doesn't join the discussion but continues to revert you, that would likely constitute edit-warring. Hopefully it won't come to that. DonIago (talk) 20:22, 15 January 2025 (UTC)

Thanks DonIago. The last reversion was made by him.--Pampuco (talk) 18:26, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

I have discussed the matter here. To reiterate, I'm opposed to the inclusion of the infobox because it takes up a huge amount of space without actually providing any useful information. The article covers four different waterfalls, but the infobox shows the location of only one of them. It then incorrectly gives the height of one waterfall as the "total height" of the falls. Finally, it tells us that the falls are on the River Clyde, as if this wasn't apparent from the name "Falls of Clyde". Zacwill (talk) 01:36, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

Yes, that's true, the infobox showed the height of the highest drop as the "total height" of the falls. I've fixed it, and I also inserted the number of drops composing the "Falls of Clyde". Several articles about waterfalls (i.e. Niagara Falls or Angel Falls) use the same infobox of this article, giving the location of one of the drops, taken from Wikidata. It doesn't seem me so annoying. On the contrary, I consider the presence of the infobox useful for our readers in order to have, at a glance, an idea of the location and the appearance of the waterfalls and the main infos about them (country, height, watercourse ...).--Pampuco (talk) 21:50, 20 January 2025 (UTC)