Talk:River Ouse, Sussex

Name of river
I would be interested to see references for the assertions about the origin of the name Ouse and the previous name of Mid-wynd.QuestingVole 11:29, 8 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Have just found this from The Sussex County Magazine, Volume 10, 1936. DuncanHill 23:24, 17 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Yes, I found that but I'd like to know where they got their information from. QuestingVole 16:59, 19 September 2007 (UTC)


 * I'm German and find the claim interesting that "Ouse" is supposed to be a "very common name for rivers in England". Does one other example suffice to support the assertion? Which are the other English rivers by the name of "Ouse"? I will not comment on the claim that the name is of celtic origin. Seems to me that certain people just love to see something celtic in just about everything. Is there an English term like "celtomania"? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.236.137.36 (talk) 11:38, 29 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Type "Ouse" into Wikipedia and it lists four. Bob1960evens (talk) 16:26, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

Merge proposal
Sussex Ouse Valley Way is a pretty thin article and, indeed, claims to follow the route of this river; in the absence of independently notable, or even interesting information, it would seem that the whole topic could be dealt with in this article. Rodhull andemu  23:43, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Oppose The way apparently does not follow the river exactly and is a separate entity, so is deserving of its own article. The point of stub articles (and red links) is to encourage readers to get involved and write the text, so I don't think they should be systematically merged or deleted for tidiness sake.--Charles (talk) 08:43, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Oppose Definitely a seperate entity which will ultimately be expanded and written about in a different way to the river. If it were merged, I'm sure it would reappear later. I have added it to the 'Hiking Project'. Derek Andrews (talk) 09:17, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment Looking at this further, the map shows it deviates quite a bit from the course of the river. This is no towpath walk. Derek Andrews (talk) 20:38, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

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Definition from The Free Dictionary Online
This mentions two rivers, neither of which is the Sussex Ouse. This source however claims that the name is derived from Lewes. Autarch (talk) 23:44, 31 December 2015 (UTC)


 * Alternative derivation added to article. Bob1960evens (talk) 13:37, 25 April 2018 (UTC)

Assessment
I have checked the article against the criteria for B-class. It currently fails on item 1, as much of the Ecology and wildlife section is unreferenced, and item 3, as the lead does not introduce the subject and summarise the main points of the article. I will leave it at C-class until these items are addressed. Bob1960evens (talk) 08:04, 19 April 2018 (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
 * All of the material is now referenced. Just the lead to do. Bob1960evens (talk) 16:18, 25 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Lead now summarises the main points of article adequately, so I am rating it B-class. Bob1960evens (talk) 07:53, 26 April 2018 (UTC)

chemical status - question
Where do the polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE), perfluorooctane sulphonate (PFOS) and mercury compounds come from?? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:3034:0:ADBE:1:2:DF3E:132E (talk) 16:23, 3 July 2023 (UTC)