Talk:Houseboat

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Is the Vietnam boat photo really depicting a houseboat? I have doubt as it is not described as such in the image page. --Raphaelhui (talk) 04:14, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

Houseboat survived vfd. See: Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Houseboat -- Wile E. Heresiarch 16:04, 10 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Rebuttal for Merging Houseboating I dont think Houseboating and Houseboats should be combined because they are distincty different entities: Houseboats are similar in nature to RVs, but on the water. RVs are used for camping. Saying that Houseboating should be part of Houseboats is similar to saying that Camping should be merged with the article for RV's. Please feel free to reply if you feel different, I'm new at this! (Andrew Reed 03:49, 13 June 2006 (UTC))

I think the Houseboating article has some good info, but would be better merged to here than as two separate articles. The comparison is flawed because camping does not require an RV, and using an RV does not mean you are camping. In contrast, if you are using a houseboat, you are houseboating, and if you are houseboating then you need a houseboat. The houseboating article has a very narrow geographic focus, too. --Scott Davis Talk 12:13, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
Both articles would benefit by trimming the external links, too. Scott Davis Talk 12:20, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

Merge them. Wikipedia is at its best with larger articles with many contributors that show many angles around the same subject. We should avoid having small, isolated articles with narrow points of view. Mark.murphy 15:22, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

so what exactly is the Isle of Barri anyway? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.149.177.185 (talk) 05:14, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

I think someone is having a joke at our expense. A Google maps search for 'Barri, Australia' returns two partial matches, one for a street in Angourie, New South Wales on the East coast of Australia and one in Mount Camel, Victoria, Australia. The IP address traces back to a Victoria, AUS telecom company, so I'm going with the latter. I'm going to take the remark out since it refers to a nonexistent place.t3arlach (talk) 03:57, 29 February 2008 (UTC)