Talk:Floating dock (impounded)

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Wrong term for article title

This article is written in British English. The term "floating dock" generally means a floating structure which can be flooded, above which a ship is moved, then the flooded chambers are pumped out, so lifting the ship out of the water for maintenance. You can find this definition in the Oxford English Dictionary (defn 4a "floating dock, a large floating structure that can be used like a dry dock"), Jane's Dictionary of Naval Terms, etc. The definition is somewhat confused as American English uses "dock" as any stationary structure that a ship or boat can be berthed alongside, so a pontoon can be a "floating dock" - but that is still not the meaning used in this article.

I cannot find any instance where "floating dock" is used for the subject of this article.

I propose that the article is moved to Wet dock. ThoughtIdRetired (talk) 08:35, 1 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Not sure whether there is EngVar. To me (in Old England), the expressions "floating harbour" nd "wet dock" are familiar. No objection to your proposed move. Davidships (talk) 14:07, 1 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Also noted that the repair-type structure is at Dry dock#Floating. Davidships (talk) 19:01, 1 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Support A strange choice of title indeed.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 01:54, 4 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]