Talk:List of world's largest lakes

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[edit] Merge to lake?

How is "List of world's largest lakes" an article in and of itself? Should it not be merged with the article on 'Lakes' in general? Hulces 05:59, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

Just an excerpt taken from Wikipedia editing policies: "If a page is very short and cannot or should not be expanded terribly much, it often makes sense to merge it with a page on a broader topic." Hulces 06:01, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

I'd say that the Lake article would be too long if this is merged there. It is a good idea to keep list articles separate, so the main articles are more compact. Also consider how the River article deals with the issue by having a similar separate list, List of rivers by length. No need for a merge. P.S. I created this article. feydey 10:04, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
Oppose merge. This list is similar to a large number of other lists on Wikipedia and doesn't need a separate justification for its continued existence. Rmhermen 20:32, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

I removed the merge tag per above discussion. feydey 11:05, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] By Continent

Should we add a list of largest lakes of each continent, or does that belong elsewhere? If it belongs here, can someone who knows how to use these tables add this?

Hmmm, I ran quickly a check on the data You gave and found [1] a lake not in our list, Lake Maracaibo in South America. I'm wondering why it isn't in our list? Should it be etc. When this is cleared up, then the by continent list should be added to the article. feydey 10:04, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
I added this list to the lake article, which states:

Note: Lake Maracaibo can be considered as the largest lake in South America. It however lies at sea level with a relatively wide opening to sea, so it is better described as a bay.

--Lethargy 19:17, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Lake Maracaibo may belong in this list, but we'll need to check out some more sources first. One more thing: should we add this list to this article, keep it in the lake article, or both? --Lethargy 06:05, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
Perhaps both, and also the top10 largest lakes could be added to the lake article, like in the river article? feydey 12:15, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
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