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THE FOLLOWING TALK MATERIAL HAS BEEN COPIED HERE FROM THE ARTICLE Riparian strips PRIOR TO MERGER OF Riparian strips INTO Riparian zone:
[edit] zone or strip
i have only seen this in the technical literature as "riparian zone". is this a regional thing? Anlace 20:26, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] merger
No this merger should NOT occur. Riparian zone is the natural riparian area that is, or should be encapsulated in that designation. A riparian strip can, and often does refer to a legislative designation that may, or may not encompass the acual riparian zone. Two different concepts that are misunderstood obviously.
Riparian zone has a natural function. Riparian strip has a designation. If you don't understand this, then you shouldn't be commenting on this in the first place.
[edit] merger
this merger is logical. both articles address the same point. riparian is an adjective and should not be the surviving name. i would propose the surviving name be Riparian zone...what do others think? Anlace 20:31, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
- First up, I agree that "riparian" is an adjective and should not be the title of the page. Further, to me, a riparian zone is the ecotone (ecological interface) between a water course and land. It makes no assumption about what is actually living there. Does "riparian strip" imply there is a certain quantity of higher plants growing? I don't really use the term enough to know. If the implication is absent of weak, I agree with the merger, and the final page being "riparian zone". Cheers, Daniel Collins 20:53, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] copy talk page from riparian to this page
THE FOLLOWING TALK MATERIAL HAS BEEN COPIED HERE FROM THE ARTICLE Riparian PRIOR TO MERGER OF Riparian INTO Riparian zone:
Most (but not all) of the material in this article should be merged into Riparian strips. A Riparian is the interface between water and land under erosive influences, a Riparian strip it the vegetation in this area. --Duk 00:35, 28 July 2005 (UTC)
- done--Duk 21:51, 28 July 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Other riparian articles
I think separate topics should be separate articles in most cases, but riparian, riparian forest and riparian strips are so close in meaning that doesn't make sense to me to split them off. Anyone else? -- Kjkolb 11:59, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
- I don't have a problem with merging these articles. My earlier edits involved moving information to the correct articles, not splitting. The different articles already existed.--Duk 01:06, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
I disagree. There are big differences between forested riparian zones (riparian forest) and grassland riparain zones (riparian strips). Maybe there should be an article that is a combo of riparian & riparian zones, then a riparian forest and then a riparian strips. Of course I am just limited into Eastern NA humid temp climates. when you add in arisd and semi-arid regions riparian areas take on even more meanings. --Ray 01:57, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
As written, the articles don't make a clear distinction between the terms. They use the same picture and riparian strip has a whole section on logging. I suggest that they be combined and each type have a section. -- Kjkolb 02:36, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
As written you are correct, the article are similar enough to combine them, however, I believe if the articles were developed further they would be much more different from each other. Maybe that is not realistic. We could combine them and have three (or more) major parts in which the different topics could be discussed and compared.--Ray 10:46, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
That would be good. -- Kjkolb 11:26, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] merger
all of the above comments seem reasonable. i would propose to merge first Riparian strips (should be singular!) and Riparian; perhaps more detailed articles could be created later such as Riparian forest, which article can be left alone for now. Anlace 20:36, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] merge completed of Riparian and Riparian strips into Riparian zone
this merger is completed following the general agreement noted above. i have preserved all of the concepts and images. Anlace 18:45, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] one loose end (newest merger proposal)
i just noticed another article which appears to address the same topic. it is called Riparian buffer zones. i propose a merger of that article (which only has inlinks from one other article) into Riparian zones. it has some useful info and a decent reference list which should survive. what do others think? Anlace 18:49, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
- All abaord. It'll be good to have a more direct interface among these themes. Cheers, Daniel Collins 19:39, 7 April 2006 (UTC).
