Template:Did you know nominations/SS Nile (1850)
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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 14:31, 28 April 2015 (UTC)
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SS Nile (1850)
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- ... that one of the passengers of the wrecked steamship SS Nile (pictured) escaped its sinking because he spent too long ashore drinking with a friend?
Created by Prioryman (talk). Self-nominated at 19:03, 19 April 2015 (UTC).
Article is new enough and long enough. Hook is correctly formatted. (Could be more pithy?) Added pic with free licence. Article is adequately referenced. AGF on offline sources. I think it could be made clearer that it is supposition that she hit The Stones. When that is done it will be good to go. I detected no copyvios or close paraphrasing. Philafrenzy (talk) 23:12, 19 April 2015 (UTC)
- @Philafrenzy: Thanks, I don't think there's much doubt that she hit The Stones - at least, no source I've seen questions that fact - but I've tweaked the wording as you suggested. Prioryman (talk) 06:58, 20 April 2015 (UTC)
- Since there were no survivors and no external witnesses I think there is plenty of doubt. She could have sunk for other reasons such as a boiler explosion and the wreckage been washed up on The Stones, but that also is speculation. It's fine now. Philafrenzy (talk) 08:33, 20 April 2015 (UTC)
Philafrenzy (talk) 08:34, 20 April 2015 (UTC)
