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Waterfall thoughts require only the sight of the waterfall.  Windows do not block sight.  Dwarves do not need to touch it.

Might have changed in a recent version, but that's 180 degrees from what the Wiki says, which is that dorfs get thoughts from walking in the mist.  I only know what I read, no ability to experiment with windows... yet...

So, built my Leader a tiny 3 square office, put a chair and a table in and made the office off the chair:

q chair/throne, r (Make Throne Room or Study), size, & assign (a) to the Leader. Then spacebar = done.

But then, much later, I get this message:

<Leader> cancels Update Stockpile Records: Need office. x14

Go and check the room, and it's all still there - the size, the assignment, the works. 

So... what gives?  Is a "study" different from an office?

As related questions, if you channel a river far away from its course and then loop back "downstream", will that be considered "fresh"?

Will that flow enough to drive waterwheels?

If you pump water into a dead-end channel (or one that has a floodgate shut), will back-pressure back up and leak out (and up?) somewhere, or just stop at "full"?  A pump wouldn't pump water higher than the level it's on, it doesn't create "water pressure", just delivers it to a new z-level, right?

Magma - the duct tape of DF.

? - if you say so.  But I coulda sworn I saw "numbers available" before the slash earlier - tho' that might have been another screen? (Or another past life? Who knows...)

Meanwhile, projects keep canceling themselves due to "item lost".  Not all but a LOT lately - thanks, we'll see, I'll post again either way.

4. open the gate connecting a murky pool to bite size section #1. now you have ~3/7 water across both these areas
5. let this new area fill back up to full

Will water @ 3/7 or greater not evaporate? Is that a threshold or something, that it needs to be "drained" instead of let alone?

What if you're in a "hot" environment - does that have an effect on pools or wet moats?

Migrants usually don't come until after the first caravan has spread your fame.  As such, a higher fortress value when then visit will impress them more (apparently, or something like that.)

... Dwarfs and goblins both fly to the east side of the all injured...

That's your clue - sounds like it's a drawbridge.  They were flung when it flipped up.

Did the bridge do something funny?

You may not think so now, but you'll laugh about it later.

I'll leave it to others better qualified to explain pressure plates.