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I'm wondering if it would be worth adding a brief phrase explaining what "caught a crab" is. I realise there is a wikilink, but it's to part of an article, rather than an article itself, and on a mobile device a reader might just see the link, assume it goes to the creature, and think "huh"?
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Now then, this is a tricky one, I could add a footnote I suppose, but otherwise I'd need to be explaining this term in multiple articles which is supposed to be being served by the glossary of terms. What would you suggest?
175:"The race" - might be better to say "The 1858 race", "this race" or something that clearly states the sentence is talking about this one, as the previous sentence is a general description of the race over all years 226:"Commencing at 1pm ... " - I've never really been a fan of sentences that start with the present participle myself, wouldn't "The race started at 1pm" (with relevant grammar changes) be better? 47: 314:
Oddly, to "shoot a bridge" is common parlance with rowing. I could "blanderate" it to become "pass under" if you prefer, but shooting bridges is what we did/they do....
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Yes, I think that's the best we can do under the circumstances. I had a quick look around for sources, but there's not enough online to obviously make
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No, I meant the start of the third sentence of the lead. I've tweaked it to what I meant. Your fix in the body is okay as well.
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Just minor things, as expected. I'll put the review on hold now as the sprouts are nearly done and I need to make the gravy.
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I think I found the bit you're concerned over, but please correct me (or the article) if I'm wrong!
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I did add a reference to an article describing the origins of the term, if that helps?
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While the turkey is cooling and the sprouts are on the boil, I'll quickly review this
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an article on its own, so a redirect is the strongest compromise between everything.
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Thanks Ritchie, hope the sprouts were awesome, the turkey more so. Glad tidings.
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AfDing the article with a rationale of "non notible race between 2 skools")
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I'm sure it is common parlance, but it never hurts to
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