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List of Local Nature Reserves in Northamptonshire edit

List of Local Nature Reserves in Northamptonshire (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

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Nominator(s): Dudley Miles (talk) 14:48, 3 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

This my latest nomination of a list of Local Nature Reserves, and is in the same format as Cambridgeshire and Essex, which have passed FLC. Dudley Miles (talk) 14:48, 3 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved comments from The Rambling Man (talk) 11:08, 11 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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  • Shouldn't Britannica be "Encyclopaedia" rather than "Encyclopedia"? Or even Encyclopædia?
  • Done. My 1971 Britannica has Encyclopedia but I see that the online one has new-fangled Encyclopædia!
  • " 72.7 hectares" add convert to Imperial.
  • Done.
  • "...and great crested grebes.[10][9]" etc can we get refs in numerical order?
  • Done.
  • A few piped redirects, e.g. herons, kingfishers etc.
  • Done for herons and kingfishers. Is there a tool for finding piped redirects?
  • I have something in my monobook which highlights redirects, and then I check them (it's a great tool for finding dabs too). I'm okay with plain redirects most of the time, but piped links which then redirect piss me off. The Rambling Man (talk) 22:24, 8 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • "one kilometre long" convert and "adjective-ise" it.
  • Not sure about this one. From the template instruction {{convert|1|km|mile|sigfig=1|abbr=off|spell=in|adj=mid|-long}} gives one-kilometre-long (0.6-mile) but that looks like too many dashes to me and the -long in the wrong place. But maybe that is just my prejudice against dashes?
  • I would just have {{convert|1|km|mile|sigfig=1|abbr=off|spell=in|adj=on}}. The Rambling Man (talk) 22:24, 8 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

That's it. Not too shabby, as usual. The Rambling Man (talk) 09:59, 8 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by Rodw Another interesting list. Just a few minor comments and questions:

  • I have added an efn note. The only source which explains the position is a noticeboard on the site, and I have given this as the reference, but I do not know whether this is acceptable. It is unfortunate that an absurd Commons rule forbids uploading a photo of a noticeboard. Dudley Miles (talk) 14:07, 14 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • They are different, and I cannot find reliable sources for a separate article on Daventry Reservoir, but I have created a redirect to the country park. Dudley Miles (talk) 14:07, 14 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'm not totally sure what the term "brick pit" means on Greens Norton Pocket Park. I'm guessing it was used for clay to make the bricks (in which case Clay pit might be more usual)
  • Brick Pit is not a common term but there are several SSSIs called X Brick Pit. It seems to be more common in Australian sources. So far as I can discover, when it is defined it means a pit where clay is dug for bricks, except for a nineteenth century OED quote where it means a compost pit. I have piped brick pit to clay pit and added the alternative usage to the clay pit article with a citation to an NI offical source. Dudley Miles (talk) 14:07, 14 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • How old is "ancient" on "Hills and Holes"? (Natural England says "between the Middle Ages and late 18th Century.")
  • Changed to "This is a disused quarry which was operated during an unknown period between the Middle Ages and the late eighteenth century." Dudley Miles (talk) 14:07, 14 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • On River Nene the "Brampton arm", mentioned in the description of Kingsthorpe Meadow, is called the Naseby Source or Brampton Nene - can we get consistency in naming?
  • This is a difficult one. A google search shows that Brampton Arm is more common than Naseby Source or Brampton Nene, but some of the Brampton Arm reference are to "Church Brampton Arm" or "Westbridge Arm Junction Also known as the Brampton Arm". I am not sure whether all these refer to the same stretch of water. "Naseby Source" may be an error as it also means the source of the Warwickshire Avon in Naseby in Northants. This South Northamptonshire Council source implies that the Brampton Arm is a tributary of the Nene. Maybe just refer unspecifically to a tributary of the Nene? Dudley Miles (talk) 14:07, 14 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • In my experience "Arm" tends to be used on a side branch of a (man made) canal rather than a river but it is possible it was given when the river was canalised.— Rod talk 14:27, 14 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Apart from these minor queries the list is looking good.— Rod talk 07:53, 14 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

  • Thanks for your responses. I can now support as meeting the FL criteria.— Rod talk 14:27, 14 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – I fixed one hyphen to be a dash; other than that this looks like more great work in this area. Giants2008 (Talk) 23:21, 13 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Many thanks Giants. Dudley Miles (talk) 08:39, 14 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Check another off the list; promoted. --PresN 01:12, 20 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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