Talk:Nestucca River

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[edit] Upgrade

Put on some pretty good detailed and referenced info that should upgrade this article from Stub status. --Bendavis97140 21:45, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

Done. I'm curious whether any of the waterfalls merit their own articles, however? Katr67 23:07, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cleanup

Hey Bendavis, I just skimmed all the stuff you added, and I see there's a bit of a fishing guide feel to it, and some use of 2nd person voice, so that will need to be cleaned up, since Wikipedia is not a how-to or tourism guide. The new material also needs to have some wikilinks added. Let me know if you need help with the cleanup. Thanks! Katr67 23:13, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

I'm wondering what the correct format for this type of article should be. Since the subject of the article (the river) is primarily notable for it's fishing and waterfall viewing, I've included those as more detailed entried into the page. I'm not sure how to make the fishing section more encyclopedic without including information about the actual fish that are only in the river during certain portions of the year. I've removed most references to "best time to fish", or "pu in your boat here",etc that are 'fishing-guidish', but I'm having a hard time fiding numerous reputable sources of information that are non-biased since the function of the river is almost primarily a fishing destination.

I've left out any reference to local businesses per the "wiki is not a travel guide", but the varying fish and falls are the eiffel tower of this area.

I could use some unbiased eyes to help me sort out this one, or even to determine if it merits it's own page.

I was just looking for info on the river, found much elsewhere, and found the wiki-page to be rather bare, and wanted to wikify it for the generations of the future. --Bendavis97140 21:00, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

Conversely, are the waterfall entries appropriate. Since they are sights to be seen, and not businesses, do they merit desrciptions and driving directions (especially since navigation to them otherwise might be impossible?) I'm not finding much in the way of clarification from wikipedia style guides since they aren't the norm. --Bendavis97140 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bendavis97140 (talk • contribs) 21:06, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

The "primary function" of the river is to move water to the ocean, not provide fishing.  :-) The fishing information has a place in an article like this: I'd like to know how many fish run, what time of year they are best observed (or caught if you must), what the historic minimum and maximum runs were like. Maybe an external link to an in-depth article describing fishing in the river. Do kayaks or canoes run the river? What about rafting? Ski-doos? How far up river is it navigable in a power boat?

As for the waterfalls, the location and description is good enough. Anyone seeking them out will solve logistics themselves now that the coordinates are wikified—which links to a huge library of maps. The main issue might be notability: one would not want to list every bit of rapids unless it were worthy of reading about for some reason. —EncMstr 22:28, 5 September 2007 (UTC)