Talk:Oil skimmer

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This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 29 September 2021 and 20 December 2021. Further details are available on the course page. Peer reviewers: Cmoore8.

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A whale of a definition.

Since "A whale" is being called, an oil "Skimmer", I have no idea on how to classify or word it under this particular article. Any ideas?--Hourick (talk) 06:20, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The explanations of A Whale I have come across describe it as a "decanter." I assume this means the inner workings of the vessel are a weir-type skimmer. So if the "decanter" analogy is being used accurately, the "sediment" in wine decanting is analogous to seawater and the decanted wine is the oil spilling over the top, as in a weir separator. 98.122.162.247 (talk) 00:50, 4 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello! I am on the talk page for this wikipedia article as part of my class. I am here to give my summarization and thoughts on the article. The article for 'oil skimmers' and their purpose was good! it matched all online sources I found discussing skimmers and the post avoids using any biased language or opinions. I just think that the post itself could use citations to ground the claims made about oil skimmers as well as possibly go more in depth on their functions for oil and how they actually work at a scientific level. ```` — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cmoore8 (talk • contribs) 05:41, 9 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]