Talk:SS Russia (1872)

Please note that the coordinates for this article are the coordinates for the approximate location shown on this map. Although the map shows the symbol to be more on the Canadian side of the lake, these two sources 1 and 2 state that the wreck is in Michigan waters. GreatLakesShips (talk) 13:57, 28 November 2020 (UTC)

Did you know nomination

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 02:00, 8 December 2020 (UTC)

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Russia in Duluth, Minnesota c. 1885

• ... that the wreck of the freighter Russia (pictured) was discovered in 2019 in Lake Huron over 110-years after she sank? Elusive 110-year-old shipwreck discovered on Lake Huron 110-year-old Great Lakes Shipwreck Mystery Solved
  • ALT1:... that the freighter Russia (pictured) sank in a storm on Lake Huron on April 30, 1909? Elusive 110-year-old shipwreck discovered on Lake Huron 110-year-old Great Lakes Shipwreck Mystery Solved
  • ALT2:... that the wreck of the freighter Russia (pictured) was discovered in 2019, only 1,200 feet (370 m) from where a different shipwreck hunter ended the search for her years earlier?Elusive 110-year-old shipwreck discovered on Lake Huron 110-year-old Great Lakes Shipwreck Mystery Solved

• Reviewed: Johnson desk
• Comment: Please note that the article is still a work in progress, and as such, some sections are still blank. The lead hook is my preferred hook.

Created/expanded by GreatLakesShips (talk). Self-nominated at 03:24, 3 December 2020 (UTC).

Interesting ship fate, told in detail on good sources, no copyvio obvious. The image is licensed and gives a good idea of size and time. I also prefer the original hook, as more unique. - Before going to WP:GA, please fix ref order - they should be numerical ascending, and 5 6 7 are often not in that order. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:30, 3 December 2020 (UTC)

@Gerda Arendt: Thanks very much for the feedback! I will sort the references sometime today. GreatLakesShips (talk) 10:15, 3 December 2020 (UTC)

@Gerda Arendt: I have sorted the problem with the references. GreatLakesShips (talk) 13:31, 3 December 2020 (UTC)

@GreatLakesShips: We just promoted a similar hook to Prep 2, and you have a similar hook at Template:Did you know nominations/SS S.R. Kirby, though there you offer an alt hook which is actually better. Could you suggest something else here? Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 22:33, 3 December 2020 (UTC)

@Yoninah: The second ALT hook still involves the discovery of the wreck, but it is significantly different from the lead hook. GreatLakesShips (talk) 22:44, 3 December 2020 (UTC)

• Thank you. Back to Gerda for review. Yoninah (talk) 22:45, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
  • @Yoninah: Struck off lead hook as per your request. GreatLakesShips (talk) 22:48, 3 December 2020 (UTC)

    I revived it, but approve the other also. The prep builder can decide if we choose the lesser hook to avoid repetition. Not without irony that just yesterday I made remark about avoiding repetition. I'd have less reservation about ALT1 if we could show it on the day mentioned, but we hardly wait to April 30 ;) - - perhaps "in April 1909" if going that way, - or wait a few weeks? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:48, 4 December 2020 (UTC)

    @Gerda Arendt: I like the new hook the most and like ALT1 the least, but we can let the prep builder decide. GreatLakesShips (talk) 09:37, 4 December 2020 (UTC)

    If you and I like the same best, let's make it easier for the prep builder. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:42, 4 December 2020 (UTC)

    @Gerda Arendt: Thanks. GreatLakesShips (talk) 09:55, 4 December 2020 (UTC)

    to make sure the bot catches it --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:30, 6 December 2020 (UTC)