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There's been no action on this issue for ~9 days, and given the nature of the edits (sky is blue, grass is green, EC is sea) and the rather one-sided communication (tremendously unlikely that the IP editor ever explains this satisfactorily), I unilaterally decided it was better to revert the changes
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Hi, I'm here to provide a third opinion... although there seems to be only one represented on this talk page. Would the IP editor like to discuss this matter? My first impression is to agree with Euryalus, although I am only going from my own understanding of the phrase "buried at sea". I'm happy
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I suggest that as dictionaries and marine textbooks both define "sea" in a way that includes the English Channel, this article can reasonably include those buried int he English Channel as people who have been buried at sea. Other views are welcome as always - talking here is the alternative to what
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An IP editor contends the English Channel is not a sea, and therefore people buried in the English Channel cannot be included in this page. The editor has twice removed such people from the list -
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to be educated as to why this would exclude the English Channel (or any other large section of non-landlocked water). Cheers,
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The IP's argument, per the edit summary, is the English Channel is not an ocean. However this conflicts with:
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