Talk:Watson-class lifeboat

Watson split

I think its time this section was split into two separate pages.

• Watson-class (P&S) lifeboats
• Watson-class (motor) lifeboats

Not sure I dare do this.

Any addition or correction I make gets instantly re-edited, even though there are plenty of other corrections needed, which get ignored.

And you wonder why I take it personally!

MartinOjsyork (talk) 17:39, 16 June 2024 (UTC)

I have been pondering the same thing myself while I have been expanding and editing the page. It would mean that all the pages that were created by @Ambak51: for the different lengths would need to be merged back into the new motor lifeboats page.

Wiki naming policy for disambiguating titles and avoiding acronyms would require:

• Watson-class pulling and sailing lifeboat
• Watson-class motor lifeboat

Geof Sheppard (talk) 12:55, 17 June 2024 (UTC)

Don't see why it would all need remerging.

Separate off Pulling and Sailing.

And create a list page like we have for RNLI stations, for all the different motor pages.

MartinOjsyork (talk) 13:19, 17 June 2024 (UTC)

It doesn't seem to make sense that this page should have two of the lists but readers have to go elsewhere to find the details of others. If I want to find out a bout Watson-class RNLB Charles Henry Ashley, which page do I go to?.

If there really is a need to split the motor lifeboats into smaller pages then I think we should take a step back and consider how the different designs relate. Is it that there are just three, each produced with two or more lengths?

• Single-engine petrol lifeboats
• Twin-engine petrol lifeboats
• Diesel-engined lifeboats

Fewer pages; similar designs and build dates are grouped together; less confusion. Geof Sheppard (talk) 13:11, 18 June 2024 (UTC)