Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/SMS Kaiser (1911)

SMS Kaiser (1911)

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The result was: not scheduled by Bencherlite ^Talk 14:51, 22 March 2014‎ (UTC)[reply]

The Kaiser was born in 1911, yet was involved in much of the naval warfare of World War One. Aged just five years, in the Battle of Jutland of 1916, the Kaiser was actually hit, but suffered no lasting damage. At the end of the war, in 1918, the Kaiser was interned and, as the result of a mistake, was sunk to the bottom of the sea by none other than a German Rear Admiral, Ludwig von Reuter. The Kaiser remained on the sea bed at Scapa Flow, off the coast of Scotland for around ten years, before being brought back to the surface, at which the body was broken into small parts.(Full article...)

Rough sketches of blurbs by Dweller, copied from the talk page. Comments on all or any of the variously suggested articles welcome. Bencherlite ^Talk 11:34, 13 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose per the comment that 0x0077BE made in the PFW nomination above. There's a huge difference between presenting a humorous article with a standard-style blurb and presenting a humorous article with a blurb like this. This crosses the line, I feel. Sven Manguard Wha? 16:07, 18 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support, this isn't misleadingly written except that we're not saying it's a ship. Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 22:02, 18 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- Firstly, using the word "born" is misleading. Secondly, to "not [say] it's a ship" is to omit a fundamental fact, thereby deviating from our normal standards in one of the most flagrant ways possible.
  I oppose doing this, especially when a featured article about a genuinely peculiar subject (such as Disco Demolition Night) is available. —David Levy 09:34, 21 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Not very funny and quite obvious from wording that it is a ship even we don't say it is, so not a very good April Fool's either. —Cliftonian (talk) 10:50, 21 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]