[Tagging] Is a ship-lift a crane

[Graeme Fitzpatrick]

On Fri, 19 Feb 2021 at 19:19, Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdreist at gmail.com>
wrote:

>
> and one for the elevator kind (which names "ship lift" as a synonymon):
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boat_lift
>

& that page then contradicts itself! (See, it's not just OSM wikis that are
confusing! :-))

" This article is about machines transporting boats between different
bodies of water. For shipyard device to replace a dry dock, or Boat Lifts
for pleasure craft storage, see Ship lift
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_lift> "

" A *boat lift*, *ship lift*, or *lift lock* is a machine for transporting
boats between water at two different elevations, and is an alternative to
the canal lock <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canal_lock> and the canal
inclined plane <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canal_inclined_plane>."

So, "ship lift" should be taken out of that description.

& when you then look at the Talk Page, it's not just us that are confused!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Boat_lift#Ambiguity_in_term

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Boat_lift#Requested_move

Thanks

Graeme


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> Martin
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