Talk:Lake Maracaibo

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Thoughts on the article[change source]

I have edited the article quite a bit, and expanded some sections. Here are some thoughts:

At the end of the intro, there is a part which explains the weather phenomenon. Could be made a section of its own.
Generally, the placement of the images isn't very good (all at the right). The text it refers to may be far away from the image.
We still need an image showing the duckweed infestation.
We need more references, and might align them in two columns (remains to be seen).

Other input is welcome, as always. --Eptalon (talk) 11:46, 14 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Although I'm a bit uncomfortable with this very clear example of a lagoon being called a lake, we go with what the locals call it.
I don't have a problem with the pics, and on the right they don't interfere with the flow of the text.
The text is now a bit on the "completist" side. En wiki pages tend to stuff anything they can find into the page which, together with badly written English, does make their pages hard to read. I tend to put into our pages just what I think are the most important points. I leave out much of what En wiki put in. For readers whose English is not fluent, word quantity is an issue. However, because we have almost no data on our readers, this line of argument might not convince everyone. Macdonald-ross (talk) 13:16, 14 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Spanish wikipedia talks about a body of water, half-closed bay, or lake ('El lago de Maracaibo es un cuerpo de agua..Según los autores, se lo define como una gran bahía semicerrada y salobre ... o más comúnmente se lo considera un lago). TO be neutral, and avoid the question, we could write 'body of water'. We could then tell that it used to be a lake, 20-35 million years ago.
As to the text: I simply added a few lines explaining the weather phenomenon, and the possible problem with the duckweed in the lake. You are of course free to rephrase it in such a way that it is easier to understand. As to the paragraph in the intor: I think it is important to say that there are economic interests, and that there is a channel (or whatever you call it) that permits oceangoing ships access - given the average depth of 5 m, this might be an issue with the larger ocean vessels. --Eptalon (talk) 13:40, 14 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]