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I used to save-scum when I needed every dwarf I got to fight off kobolds.

Now I just realize if one dies, another will take his place. 

Sometimes, rivers can work like aquifers in that if you add water to them, they will be pressurized off the map.
Rivers only flow in one direction, so in your first picture, water will only go towards the left.

Also, it is really satisfying to watch alligators, stingray, carp, etc go down waterfalls and explode. 

Sounds like you could build two high-pressure liquid cannons (one water, one magma) and direct them over a hole and make obsidian  which would instantly fall to crush anything beneath it.

I've thought about this many times but never actually figured out a design that works. Screw pumps will only move liquids 1 tile away, where then it drops and spreads randomly. To force the lava/water to spread towards each other will require walls, but then the obsidian will attatch to the walls...

Maybe remove the burrow?
I don't think theres any job associated with pitting large animals.

At first I was like this:    
Now I'm like this: 

This would be a an interesting challenge to implement.

Need to find a way to kill/capture a ghost.

Apparently, some guy had a fell mood dwarf murder a ghost.
From the 'whats going on in your fort thread'

You do realize that once he gets into a hospital bed and gets diagnosed, he'll suddenly 'lose the ability to stand' right? Better let him mine all your more dangerous mining projects.