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With an interest to create consistency in rail accident naming, I propose that this article be moved to [[1993 Big Bayou Canot train wreck]]. [[User:Highspeed|Highspeed]] ([[User talk:Highspeed|talk]]) 21:43, 17 December 2008 (UTC)
With an interest to create consistency in rail accident naming, I propose that this article be moved to [[1993 Big Bayou Canot train wreck]]. [[User:Highspeed|Highspeed]] ([[User talk:Highspeed|talk]]) 21:43, 17 December 2008 (UTC)
:OK, why was the page moved without discussion and consensus on the talk page here? It had been previously[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Disaster_management/Naming|decided]] that all articles concerning individual disasters should be <<year>> <<place>> <<event>>. Can you advise why we're moving this? I'll move it back in a week if there is no response, as that would indicate that the mover didn't really care. [[User:Highspeed|Highspeed]] ([[User talk:Highspeed|talk]]) 04:26, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

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Is it Conot or Canot?. I wrote this article and the World Almanac says Conot, more Google hits on Canot though 129.177.61.124 10:55, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC)

I say it's Canot, I'm from Mobile, and the name sounds much more familiar.


The NTSB uses "Canot" in its report on the accident ( http://www.ntsb.gov/publictn/1994/RAR9401.htm ), as do other news sources referring to the incident. Almost all Google hits for "Conot" are from Wikipedia's mirrors. Therefore I believe "Conot" is a mistake.

Analysis

I don't see the basis for this article including "it is likely that the size and number of barges pushed by one tug had increased over time in excess of what the bridge could handle in a collision" added by User:Tabletop in the analysis portion of the article.

I am not aware of any changes in the loading criteria for barge impact on railroad bridges -- is there really a factual justification for this comment (if so, eliminate the "it is likely...") or is this pure speculation which doesn't belong in this article? —Mmathu (talk) 05:34, 4 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

With an interest to create consistency in rail accident naming, I propose that this article be moved to 1993 Big Bayou Canot train wreck. Highspeed (talk) 21:43, 17 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

OK, why was the page moved without discussion and consensus on the talk page here? It had been previouslydecided that all articles concerning individual disasters should be <<year>> <<place>> <<event>>. Can you advise why we're moving this? I'll move it back in a week if there is no response, as that would indicate that the mover didn't really care. Highspeed (talk) 04:26, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]