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OK, I'm heading in... wish me luck!

Hi folks, even though it's a Class VI XXX drop, I am heading into the history section. There is much work to be done here and I will need your help. Here goes... cordially yours, Tom RRFWTommartin (talk) 16:51, 25 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry!

I am so sorry for messing that roll out up so much and appologize to everyone following this page. Practice leads to proficiency and again, please accept my appologies. RRFWTommartin (talk) 17:22, 25 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Question about incorporating the folding kayak page ==

Hi all, has anyone given any thought to incorporating the Folding Kayak page into the kayak page? Thank you for your thoughts. RRFWTommartin (talk) 18:31, 25 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Move discussion in progress

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4000 years old

The claim that kayaks are 4000 years old cites the defunct website of an author-less and source-less kayak store blurb. This has no purpose being cited here. The claim should at least be flagged as citation needed, but I believe the whole sentence has no purpose being there. Emaskask (talk) 10:37, 13 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Requesting semi-protection for this article due to vandilism.

This article has been the target of many counts of vandalism by users after the post appeared in a tweet by Twitter user @depthsofwiki. Due to this, the article has been modified numerous times. I request it is semi-protected to prevent these. LivelytheTrain (talk) 14:36, 6 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

LivelytheTrain Please use Wikipedia:Requests for page protection/Increase for protection requests. It is a dedicated noticeboard for page protection requests and there are more administrators watching this page. WPEditor42 (talk • contribs) 15:00, 6 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Final paragraph in displacement section

Final paragraph currently begins: About 20% of the US population are not in this 65–85 kg (143–187 lb) weight range; either they are too heavy, and will sink almost all commercial kayaks, or they are too light and small to paddle the smallest ones without difficulty. ... This is in response to the previous paragraph, which says Most manufacturers make kayaks for paddlers weighing 65–85 kg. This is based on a misreading of the source. The source says that most manufacturers include smaller canoes in their range. They’re including lighter peope, not excluding heavier people. I suggest deleting the final paragraph, but that seemed a bit drastic without discussion. --Northernhenge (talk) 10:05, 11 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Deleting the paragraph is OK with me, as it is all too speculative and dubious information. Kanoniem (talk) 11:03, 11 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done --Northernhenge (talk) 22:03, 15 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]