Talk:Tsunamis in the United Kingdom
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A few questions: The lead mentions three tsunamis yet only two are listed. Why? Also the date of the Cornwall one in the paragraph does not match the date in the section title. Why would a tsunami in Cornwall affect Loch Ness? Rachel Pearce (talk) 21:19, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
- The third one was the Bristol Channel floods, 1607 which I removed as it has never been conclusively proved to have been a tsunami. One theory is that it was caused by an earthquake off the coast of Ireland, but others are that it was simply a freak coincidence of storm surge and high tides. I'd be happy to see it listed here as a possible tsunami, but not confirmed as such. To be honest I don't think this article has much value and I'm tempted to request it be deleted. Of course, someone could put some serious work into wikifiying it, adding appropriate citations etc., but I don't have the time (or inclination in this case) --TimTay (talk) 23:11, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Disputed
What's up with the edits like these. How is 1610 BC possibly 7,000 years ago? Is it 1 metre or 3 metres high? This article needs sources. Cannot just write unourced claims down as fact. • Anakin (talk) 13:30, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] I doubt if this is salvageable
User 09jamsutherland (talk · contribs), who created this and made no less than 28 edits to it, went increasingly off the rails with hoax articles and has been indef-blocked. I don't think we can place much trust in anything he did. There are major problems here: 1610 BC = 7,000 years ago? Two-foot thick layers of "tsunamite"? The Cornwall one seems to be fact, the Bristol one arguable... I don't really think there is enough salvageable here to make a respectable article. Comments welcome, but I plan to do a bit of research and then take it to AfD. JohnCD (talk) 21:28, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
