Talk:River Ouse, Yorkshire

Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf committed suicide in the River Ouse, Sussex, not this River Ouse. --Harris 16:51, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism
Friendly Neighbour has just sent me a message saying that I have used vandalism on this page. However I have never been near it until now. I was on the Alex Walkinshaw page when this happened. Any reason for this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.105.31.172 (talk • contribs)


 * The reason for that is this edit done by a user from the same internet IP number you have used now. I hope you share my feeling that the edit was nasty. I left the warning for the users of the IP number, not a specific person. If the above mentioned edit does not involve you in any way, you may ignore the whole matter. If it was you, feel warned. It's nothing personal in any case. Have a good day. Friendly Neighbour 14:57, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

The Aegir
I don't feel confident enough to edit this page myself but as a child who played by The Ouse all the time I remember there was a tidal bore called The Aegir, after the Norse god of the sea. I seem to recall that it was an example apparent in only one or two English rivers. Maybe this is notable enough to record it on the Ouse's Wiki page. What do other people think? I'll do the research add something if the person who started this page agrees. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mr Tinsel (talk • contribs) 16:58, 13 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Whereabouts? It was possibly the end of the Trent Aegir, depends where you were. pablo hablo. 19:32, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

I'm from Selby. My Dad says the Aegir only goes as far as Naburn Lock because after that The Ouse is non-tidal because of the weir at Naburn. It always comes from The Humber way - from the sea, so it can't be from the River Trent. It only happens at certain times of the year, also. What do you think? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mr Tinsel (talk • contribs) 12:41, 15 May 2009 (UTC)
 * You're right of course - I had misremembered that the Ouse joined the Trent further inland. Of course any tidal flow would have to come from the Humber estuary! I will try and find some references to the Ouse aegir and add it in. I've never seen it, but if it gets as far as Naburn it must be worth a look! pablo hablo. 15:48, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

That's good and you've made my dad happy. If you don't want to add it in yourself, then I can do it when I find the time. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mr Tinsel (talk • contribs) 18:30, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

Relevancy of Missing Body Finding
The 17 April 2009 news tidbit about finding a missing body is not, I think, very relevant to the essence of the article, and I think it should be removed. Would others agree? Dan Aquinas (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 22:26, 19 February 2010 (UTC).
 * Definitely. This looks like undue weight, possibly because of the apparent link to Claudia Lawrence. The Ouse is a big river, and without thinking about too hard it I can think of about three bodies recovered from the river in the past couple of years. A couple have been male, so weren't thought to be Ms Lawrence; presumably that's why they're not mentioned. I'm deleting the section. Tonywalton Talk 23:16, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

River Foss
This confluence seems to be missing between Skeldergate Bridge & Millennium Bridge on the info box. Having looked at it I have no idea how to add it without messing up the template, Help! --Natet/c 11:55, 5 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Done! For future reference, the way to do it is to put Template:River Ouse, Yorkshire into the Search Box and press Enter, then click Edit. It looked quite alarming, but all I did was to copy the line that shows the confluence with the Derwent (which is on the same side as the Foss), put in River Foss instead of Derwent, pasted the revised line in the correct place, clicked Show Preview to make sure it looked OK, clicked Save page and Bob's your uncle! --GuillaumeTell 22:22, 5 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I have added a link to the template at the top for future readers. Keith D (talk) 23:19, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

Barmby Tidal Barrage
Strictly speaking the tidal barrage at Barmby is a feature of the Derwent and not the Ouse, and certainly shouldn't be shown on the river plan as an obstruction on the river Ouse - it isn't! (If I could figure out how to edit the plan I'd remove it myself!) DMcMPO11AAUK/Talk/Contribs 05:50, 8 July 2012 (UTC)

Done.Rimmer1993 (talk) 10:36, 8 July 2012 (UTC)

Catchment Area
I have updated the catchment area to 10,704 sq. km. The figure comes from the Catchment Flood Management Plans where the Total area = Ouse + Derwent + Aire + Calder + Don

I'm not sure how this should be cited, possibly as a note with refs for each of the five plans? Jokulhlaup (talk) 17:44, 8 March 2014 (UTC)

Assessment comment
Substituted at 04:30, 30 April 2016 (UTC)

Etymology - original research?
I've tagged the last paragraph of the Etymology section as original research, as it smacks to me of an editor looking up the word in the book themselves and then making the leap that this a potential source of the name of the river. I'd much rather see a paper propose this if it is feasible. --69.191.176.32 (talk) 17:58, 13 December 2021 (UTC) (User:Muzer not logged in).