Talk:Bourne Eau

Assessment
I am pleased with this article, it is sourced throughout, fairly complete and well written. My only concern is that there are only 3 listed sources and it is not long enough or to the overall stards required to reach a B, it is also fir to award it a Low.

95jb14 (talk) 15:55, 11 June 2009 (UTC), a member of WikiProject Lincolnshire
 * Major rivers in Lincolnshire get a 'mid' - I think this one is borderline mid/low and could go either way, but it was navigable and does appear in numerous courts of sewers and medieval laws, so I'm going for mid.--Robert EA Harvey (talk) 04:54, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

Etymology of Eau
I want to take the first two paragraphs from Bourne_Eau and turn them into a template to transclude into Barlings Eau, River Eau etc.

Before I do that, does anyone have any comments on the accuracy and some decent references that could be used?--Robert EA Harvey (talk) 12:28, 23 March 2013 (UTC)


 * One ref: Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English By Eric Partridge, page 129: "L aqua, water, is akin to Go ahwa, river, OS and OHG aha, river, and OHG ouwa, watery meadow..." and "...There are also two noteworthy 'Anglo-Saxon' relatives: the dial ea, water, a stream from OE ēa ... and eagre, a bore (tidal wave) in a river..." (more if you click on the link). 184.147.116.201 (talk) 18:50, 23 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Interesting! (Immediate reaction: added as Talk:Trent_Aegir to discuss origin of that name!) thanks --Robert EA Harvey (talk) 21:17, 23 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Before to go down this path you need to investigate if it is allowed to have templates that are pure text/content rather than as a navigation aid or conversion item. I have recently seen something on this is but cannot put my finger on it at the moment. I thought that it was Technical Village Pump but it could have been archived by now. Keith D (talk) 23:53, 23 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Works quite well with Template:Education in Stamford, Lincolnshire which is used in more than one article, as is Template:Lincolnshire preceptories which uses effectively. Help:Template says Templates usually contain repetitive material that might need to show up on any number of articles or pages. which is all I am proposing. --Robert EA Harvey (talk) 00:20, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
 * In fact, boilerplating seems to be why Template:template reference list exists! I've not found te item you mention yet... -- Robert EA Harvey (talk) 00:34, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Template namespace advises that "Templates should not do the work of article content in the main article namespace; instead, place the text directly into the article." Fut.Perf. ☼ 09:28, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Here's me thinking that boilerplating was a good idea.
 * Ho hum, rapidly going off the idea.--Robert EA Harvey (talk) 21:49, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

Roman channel
I have removed the following:
 * As it crosses Bourne South Fen it follows an artificial course which it was given, probably, in the first half of the thirteenth century when the south Lincolnshire Fens ceased to be a Royal forest. Hitherto, it had occupied the channel known as the Old Ea which was of Roman date, most likely second century.

It had a citation needed tag for over 10 years, and I cannot find any sources for it. If you have a reliable source, please feel free to add it back in. Bob1960evens (talk) 17:41, 2 March 2021 (UTC)

Assessment
I have assessed the article against the criteria for B class. Since it meets these criteria, I am updating it to B class. Bob1960evens (talk) 23:31, 3 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Suitably referenced, with inline citations
 * Reasonable coverage - no obvious omissions or inaccuracies
 * Defined structure, with adequate lead
 * Reasonably well written for grammar and flow
 * Supporting materials - Infobox, map, images
 * Appropriately understandable


 * It is ridiculous. Someone needs to get a sense of proportion. - Sitush (talk) 22:23, 6 September 2021 (UTC)