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[edit] Description of variables

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[edit] Updates

If you have anything else to add, please be welcome to do so, but please leave a comment here. This article could be applied to any other body of water. However, before applying it to very large bodies such as oceans, consider generating a template specifically for those types of waters that would cater to the highly specific nature of those bodies. Em3rald 06:06, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Please place your questions and comments below

I have 2 questions.

  1. For U.S. lakes, shouldn't we be using United States customary units followed by metric units in parenthesis? Many (most?) Americans aren't able to use the metric system without using a calculator to translate --myself included. My suggestion is that we do this for U.S. lakes, and the opposite for other lakes (e.g. xx km (xx mi) for a canadian lake, xx mi (xx km) for a U.S. lake).
  2. Is there something wrong with the infobox that causes edit links in Utah Lake to appear on the wrong lines?
Nevermind, it was the photo I had added to the page that broke it. Can someone who knows how to add the photo the right way do it? --Lethargy 23:46, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] New fields/variables for infobox

A field for a short description when the lake freezes may be worth adding, e.g. "frozen= December-March" or "frozen=1901, 1910, 1950". -- User:Docu

I think another good field to have would be water clarity. I know the Minnesota DNR gives clarity depths for all the lakes it has listed, I'm sure that information is available for other states and countries as well. --Greyduk 21:24, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Acre-feet conversion

I have created a template {{AcreFeetToM3}} that can be used to convert acre-feet to cubic meters for lake and reservoir articles. If this template needs improvement, let me know. ●DanMS • Talk 17:43, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

Have you had a look at Template:convert? Maybe you could add the functionality to that template instead. --Berland 19:53, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Width of map

We really need a function allowing for enlarging or reducing the width of a map, as with any other infobox. Badagnani 04:59, 8 September 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Dam Information

Since many lakes are in fact reservoirs formed by dams, would it make sense to add information about the dam such as:

  • owner
  • dam height
  • dam length
  • dam type

For lake size, flood control projects frequently have information provided such as:

  • minimum pool size
  • maximum pool size
  • summer pool size
  • winter pool size
  • flood control pool size

Can we add these to the template? Brian Powell (talk) 23:38, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Ok for me, I would use "operator" instead of "owner" though.-- User:Docu