Talk:White Nile

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I think It needs a little more information on the White Nile and not just what it goes into. It could use a little work. That is what I think. yup he is right —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 72.204.70.152 (talk • contribs) 17:21, 1 February 2007.

Please specify what sort of information you are looking for, so we can make contributions worth while. Where this river flows is important not just from a geographical location point of view, but the fact that different sections of it go by different names. Very few geographical sources specify these details which are very important. Meateatingvegan 16:19, 5 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Anon user 70.124.133.228 has brought his/her campaign against academic titles to the White Nile, removing the 'Dr' from Burkhart Waldecker, giving MOS:DOCTOR as the reason ("Academic and professional titles such as "Doctor" or "Professor" should not be used"). As MOS:DOCTOR is for biographies it seems to me that is doesn't apply to non-bio articles. The issue isn't specific to this article, but the anon user simply deletes all attempts discussion on their talk page (see the | talk history. Does anyone have a view on the use of 'Dr' here? Batternut (talk) 19:43, 22 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

You CANNOT and must not say "scheduled to be completed in 2016" when it is now the year 2018! Either it was completed, or it was not! Other examples of broken English and illogic needed to be corrected.24.156.78.205 (talk) 03:36, 3 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

It's just a case of being out of date. Any source saying either that it was finished, cancelled or delayed would be useful. Batternut (talk) 07:56, 3 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

You must not say that the White Nile is the "tributary" of anything because the White Nile is the main backbone of the river. The Blue Nile could be considered to be a tributary of the Nile. Rivers have main courses, plus any tributaries feeding into them. For example, the Amazon River is the main course of the largest river in the world, but the Rio Negro (Amazon) is its largest tributary. That one is also the world's longest (over 2,000 miles) and largest tributary of any river. In other examples, the Ohio River is the largest tributary of the Lower Mississippi River; the Darling River is the largest tributary of the Murray River; the Main River is the largest tributary of the Rhine River; and the Ottawa River is the largest tributary of the St. Lawrence River.24.156.78.205 (talk) 03:55, 3 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I would like to see a reputable source stating that the White Nile is the "main course", particularly as most of the water comes from the Blue Nile. Batternut (talk) 08:40, 3 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

--188.171.57.108 (talk) 22:19, 5 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]