Talk:Rowing World Records

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[edit] Cryptic abbreviations

This article could be improved with some explanation of the abbreviations, so that Wikipedia readers who are not experts on rowing could tell what size of crew was rowing in the different lines of data. LM4? LM8x???? Please provide a table to explain. Thanks Edison 17:49, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

Here's a key for you:

L = Lightweight (without L is open weight)

M = Mens' W = Womens'

1,2,4,8 = Number of rowers in the boat

+ = Coxed boat - = Coxless boat

x = Sculling (without x is rowing)

I don't know wether it would be worth including that in the article or putting it in some sort of template that could be used on other rowing articles as well. --The Spith 18:33, 29 November 2006 (UTC)