Talk:North Slob

hi, i just did the wikilink edit on IP 161.76.127.89 , Didn't realise that i wasn't logged in, i had been a few minutes earlier Darigan (talk) 14:56, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

Hi can someone who knows how to add categories to articles help me out - I'm pretty sure that this article would fall under a number of categories such as: nature reserve, avian.. something, and probobly a few more. If someone has a chance, could they add the relevent categories to the article. Thanks in advance, Best Darigan (talk) 15:02, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

..... think i just figured it out myself.. thanks, Best Darigan (talk) 15:05, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

... i've just added some categories, if anybody feels that they shouldn't be there, please let me know or just remove them yourself. I think though, that i have used the hotcat correctly to add appropriate categories. best Darigan (talk) 15:08, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

Where does the elevation figure quoted in the infobox come from - I can't see it in any of the references. If it can't be backed up, it would need to come out but surely it can be? My Google searches all seemed to lead to pages that were wikipedia mirrors or looked to be based on WP material Except this one - https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/ireland/#geography - which says lowest point is 0m i.e. sea level.cheers Geopersona (talk) 17:30, 6 January 2021 (UTC)

I have removed the unreferenced figure of -3m from the article since it may simply have been made up for all we know. Though only of recent origin, there is a lake in a landscaped gravel pit hear Whittlesey in England which is below the -5m contour as plotted by the Ordnance Survey - see https://www.bing.com/maps/?cp=52.554693%7E-0.15624&lvl=15.6&style=s - the reference which asserted that the North Slob was the lowest point in both Ireland and the British Isles (their use of terms, not mine) does not provide a figure for North Slob - it would in any case have to be in excess of 5m below sea level to hold more than the island of Ireland altitude record. Geopersona (talk) 15:39, 14 December 2022 (UTC)

• I have removed again. It was was added with a reference to this article on worldatlas.com, which does not appear very reliable to me. The worldatlas.com byline credits, Sarah Michaels, the possibly pseudonymous author of 23 articles covering a suspiciously wide range of subjects that smells of content farm if not WP:CIRCULAR (Inishtrahull National Independence Committee?). Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard/Archive_286#worldatlas.com gives worldatlas.com a pass based on this "trusted sites" document which is (a) from 2011 and (b) only refers to sites to be trusted by schoolchildren plotting locations in homework. jnestorius^(talk) 15:42, 30 October 2025 (UTC)

This probably comes from the information panel at the pumping station which reads as follows: The North Slob lies three metres below sea level. A pumping system is therefore needed to remove surplus rainwater. --AFBorchert (talk) 20:02, 10 November 2025 (UTC)