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On 10 April 2024, it was proposed that this article be moved from History of the Nicaragua Canal to Attempts to build a canal across Nicaragua. The result of the discussion was moved to Attempts to build a canal across Nicaragua. |
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The BBC Antiques Roadshow had a participant bringing in a model of the Nicaraguan landscape in a wooden case. A British businessman had this made to support his pitch to possible investors. I forgot how old it was. The person assessing it was Hilary Kay. 2001:8003:A070:7F00:E5D8:FD36:1A1B:78F1 ( talk) 22:21, 12 December 2022 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: moved History of the Nicaragua Canal to Attempts to build a canal across Nicaragua, Nicaragua Canal to Nicaraguan Canal and Development Project. Per WP:NOTCURRENTTITLE: "anyone who objects to the closer's decision may make another move request at any time, and is advised to create such a request instead of taking the closure to move review" ( non-admin closure) Rotideypoc41352 ( talk · contribs) 05:59, 16 May 2024 (UTC)
– As the opening sentence of this article puts it, "there is a long history of attempts to build a canal across Nicaragua to connect the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean", from as early as the 1500s to the most recent and hence most notable one in the 2010s. Currently, the general article is at "History of" and the specific one about the 2010s project at "Nicaragua Canal". Each has a section summarizing the other, Nicaragua Canal § History and History of the Nicaragua Canal § HKND project (2010–present), with {{ main}} hatnote crosslinks.
This likely made sense when said project was active and there was reason to expect it to result in an actual canal, which would obviously have been vastly more notable than any mere plan to build one. But by the end of that decade, the project had been essentially abandoned, and I don't think it makes sense any longer.
"Nicaragua Canal" has about 200 incoming article links ( [1]), of which I surveyed the first 20. The result is pretty much an even split between links that should indeed go to the 2010s project, and links that should go to the general page, or in some cases ideally one of its sections about earlier specific projects.
But it's more confusing to follow a link to an article that's about the wrong specific thing than to an article that's too general, especially when that specific article has an unspecific title. So a switch would clarify the situation, IMO.
The most obvious choice for a new title for the specific article is "Nicaraguan Canal and Development Project", per its opening sentence - though something that includes a date, as the "HKND project (2010–present)" section title does, might be more informative, so I left that open.
- 2A02:560:58C3:0:B0B9:6993:EC37:F849 ( talk) 15:34, 10 April 2024 (UTC) — Relisting. Natg 19 ( talk) 23:29, 18 April 2024 (UTC)
The Clayton–Bulwer Treaty is signed by the United States and Great Britain, allowing both countries to share Nicaragua, and not claim complete control over the proposed Nicaragua Canal.
A proposal for the Nicaragua Canal, from around 1870.
Back in Washington attending with the US Navy, in November 1887 Peary was ordered to survey likely routes for a proposed Nicaragua Canal.