Talk:Coniston Water

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I think we do have room for the image just deleted (17:20 Hrs UTC, 17th Sept) - see edit comments. All the images just need re-arranging and resizing. Perhaps someone with the required expertise could do this? Arcturus 17:23, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

not really. Try lowering your screen resolution and looking at the page. We are already pushing the limit somewhat. Geni 18:11, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
How about the Gallery then? See what others think first, before reverting. Cheers, Arcturus 19:03, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
it is one option. another would be to start a page on commons.Geni 20:48, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
I've not looked at Commons - do the images display on the article page? Arcturus 18:59, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
My bad for puting the extra pic on and not having it display as a gallery, good thing though and it de-clutters the article. thanks, Ribinrectus

[edit] Gondola

Should it have a page of its own? --PiP 20:45, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

Been long enough, no objections, and the section was getting too big, moved! PiP (talk) 06:16, 28 April 2008 (UTC)


[edit] NOT a lake

Coniston Water is not a lake, it's a water. There is only one lake in England but it's name escapes me. Likewise, Lake Windermere is not a lake but a mere.Bigfatspider (talk) 20:30, 9 June 2008 (UTC) UPDATE: It's Bassenthwaite (the only lake in the Lake District which IS a lake).Bigfatspider (talk) 20:34, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

I think you're missing the difference between what something is and how it is named - if you like, the difference between 'lake' and 'Lake'. A lake is "an inland body of water, not part of the ocean, that is larger and deeper than a pond" - which includes Coniston Water as well as many others in the Lake District.
You're right that Bassenthwaite is the only one (in the Lake District, not England) which is actually named a 'Lake'. --David Edgar (talk) 11:25, 10 June 2008 (UTC)