Talk:Salt Fork Arkansas River

Why "Salt Fork Arkansas River"? I've never seen it refered to that way, and the syntax isn't sound. "Salt Fork of the Arkansas River" would make more sense. Lobosolo 02:16, 10 January 2006 (UTC)


 * I started the article, and did give some thought to the matter. I went with the construction used by GNIS, which seeks "to promote the standardization of feature names."  (Links are at end of article.)  DeLorme and Dorling Kindersley atlases also use it; The Columbia Gazetteer uses "Salt Fork of..." (link also in article).  I have two road atlases that use "Salt Fork of the..."  Malepheasant 03:34, 10 January 2006 (UTC)