Talk:Castor

Castor

Are you sure there is place in Norfolk called Castor? I know there is one called Caister, just north of Great Yarmouth, but not heard of castor... still, I may be wrong. User:203.134.93.132

From "Norfolk: Caistor St Edmund", an article from William White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845), as transcribed by Claire Reeve: "Caistor, though now an inconsiderable village, was at an early period the most flourishing city of the Britons, if not the residence of the Icenian kings. It was an important Roman Station, called Venta Icenorum, afterwards (for the sake of brevity) called Castrum, which the Saxons again altered to Castor." So it looks like just a variant name of Caistor St Edmund to me. Unless, of course, it's just a mistake, and the editor meant the Castor near Peterborough in Cambridgeshire... -- Oliver P. 06:40 13 Jun 2003 (UTC)

This still shouldn't go on the dab page unless it's also mentioned in the article. I'm leaving it for now, but either a mention should be added to the article, or it should be removed from here. At least, according to the Manual of Style Xtifr _tälk 03:27, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

some dubious dabs

These two dabs seem non-notable—at least, they don't seem to be mentioned on the linked pages, which is generally a reason for deletion. I've moved them here instead, just in case.

• CASTOR, an acronym for "Cask for the Storage and Transportation of Radioactive Material," a brand name for dry cask storage
• CASTOR, an acronym for "Centauro And Strange Object Research," a forward CMS calorimeter

Xtifr _tälk 03:27, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

Janus?

What's up with the bit about "on the Saturnian moon Janus"? What's it actually mean? The Janus article doesn't have the word "castor" in it. --24.46.164.83 (talk) 02:39, 24 July 2008 (UTC)