Talk:Holy Loch

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The Vandal does not lie at the bottom of the Holy Loch. She set out from the Holy Loch in Feb of 1943 but was last seen of the Isle of Arran a few days later. She was in fact found in waters north of Arran in 1994. She has little, if anything, to do with The Holy Loch.

US Navy - "... a floating dry dock, ..."
During the entire operation of Refit Site One at Holy Loch, the floating dry dock was the USS Los Alamos (AFDB-7). is there any objection to me identifying the floating dry dock as the USS Los Alamos? --TCav (talk) 00:10, 6 September 2008 (UTC)


 * The dry dock is identified as 'Los Alamos' further down the page, but I would say go ahead and add it to the main body of text if you wish. scancoaches (talk) 19:07, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

Robertson's Yard
There is some dispute regarding the relevance of an article section devoted to Robertson's Yard. I do not dispute editor Dave Souza's claim that Robertson's Yard "[has] been and is still to some extent a notable feature of the lochside." However, the content of that section doesn't really say anything about the Holy Loch which is, after all, the subject of the article. The section spends many words discussing the boats built in the yard but nary a one about the loch. Boats and the history of boats and their builders are interesting topics, but, those topics should be reserved for their own articles. The same (or markedly similar) words regarding Robertson's Yard are also part of the Sandbank and River Clyde articles -- both cases more acceptable because the Yard is closely associated with Sandbank and ship and boat building with the Clyde.

I deleted the Robertson's Yard section and created a See Also section so that there was a link to the Robertson main article. I did this because there is an article that discusses Robertson, his yard, and his boats. This is why there are simple links to Sandbank, Strone, Kilmun, etc: there are existing articles covering these topics. This usage also makes article maintenance easier because the information resides in a single place. I recognize that there are complex topics that require summary discussions of related subjects necessary to the understanding of the complex topic. The Holy Loch article is not such a one.

The Robertson's Yard section and the reference to Robertson's Yard in the introductory section should again be removed in favor of a See Also section with a link to the Robertson article.

Trappist the monk (talk) 14:55, 15 August 2010 (UTC)