Wikipedia:Version 0.5 Set Nominations/Rivers

Rivers

Places are rank very high for Version 0.5, but these include more than just countries and cities. Rivers often have important significance in culture, the economy and the development of civilizations.

This set was taken from List of rivers by length, I chose the list, the longest 10, and a few other important ones, esp. decent articles from underrepresented areas. I excluded the Ob river, because (a) it's in Siberia and (b) it's only a Start and (c) much of the great length is shared with the Irtysh. I also omitted #10, the Lena River as being low importance. We already have Zambezi, an FA.

List of rivers by length Nice (A?), failed FAC.
Nile Good B, just lacks refs
Amazon River Good B, just lacks refs
Yangtze River B, could use more geography
Mississippi River Good B, close to A
Yenisei B? (Good geography, little else)
Yellow River (Huang He) Start
Amur Start
Congo River Start

Not top 10 length

Mekong B (#12) Important in SE Asia
Murray River Good B, majority of #15, biggest in Oz.
Volga River B, #16, national river of Russia, longest in Europe
Euphrates Poor B, #17, cradle of civilization
Ganges River B, only #39, but regarded as a Hindu goddess, and 8.5% of the world's population live in its catchment area.

Other possibilities that have decent articles (not tagged till I see comments)

Indus River #21, B, major in south Asia
Danube #29, B, 2nd longest in Europe

Nominated by Walkerma 07:28, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Later proposed additions (see comments below)

Murray River Similar importance and quality to Darling River
Jordan River Religious & other importance
Tigris Start, got 2 separate nominations. Sister to Euphrates, importance as cradle of civ
Rhine #111, B, vital historical river, traditional border between France & Germany
Mackenzie River Start, 2nd longest in N. America, but in sparsely populated area
Niger River Good Start, #12 in world, the major river in W. Africa
Columbia River B, Major US/Canadian river
Colorado River Poor B, Major US river, with Hoover Dam
Missouri River Poor B, major US river paired with Mississippi River
River Thames Good B, important as the river at the heart of London

Comments

Added in from V0.5N talk, after Kirill had posted:

Rivers: – good list! I agree on including the Indus and the Danube.

Proposed additions:

I think including the Darling River calls for including also the Murray River - similar importance, length.
Similarly, Euphrates --> Tigris.
Perhaps also the Jordan River for its religious importance and as part of the Great Rift Valley.

The current Murray article is similar in quality to the Darling; the current Tigris and Jordan river articles are of poor B quality. RickJP 10:16, 24 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with these additions, particularly the Jordan River. Perhaps the Colorado River and Columbia River also merit inclusion? --Lethargy 14:28, 30 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Newer comments:

All good ideas. I would also include a few shorter rivers:

Tigris #63, Start, the other half of the "cradle of civilization"
Rhine #111, B, vital historical river, traditional border between France & Germany

Kirill Lokshin 19:24, 26 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think this is a good list including the suggestions, I'd definitely include the Indus, Danube, and Rhine. Rivers that are commonly paired together it would be nice to include both pairs (Euphrates-Tigris, Darling-Murray, Mississippi-Missouri). Also nice would be Mackenzie, Niger, and Jordan - though their articles aren't as good as most of the rivers in this list. I think the Columbia and/or Thames could be included on account of having decent articles. Kmusser 16:58, 6 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I put all the new proposals up above. Bearing in mind that the clear consensus is towards inclusion rather exclusion, I would support adding all of the above except the Mackenzie (long if you include the Peace River, but only a Start and very remote like the Siberian rivers. When I put the list together I tried to avoid Starts, that's why I didn't originally propose Niger, Tigris, Mackenzie and others. It would be nice to see if we can get all of these up to B-Class minimum before Version 1.0 comes out. Walkerma 16:16, 7 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]