Template:Did you know nominations/Russian monitor Rusalka

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 12:09, 17 June 2014 (UTC)

Russian monitor Rusalka edit

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... that when the Russian monitor Rusalka sank, all that could be found in the immediate aftermath were a sailor's corpse in a dinghy and a few lifebuoys?

Comment: Better hooks are welcome

Might do something about the wreck being stuck vertically into the seabed? That strikes me as rather odd (and thus hook-y). Parsecboy (talk) 19:03, 3 June 2014 (UTC)

Improved to Good Article status by Sturmvogel 66 (talk). Nominated by Matty.007 (talk) at 18:02, 3 June 2014 (UTC).

New enough (promoted to GA on 29 May, nominated 3 June) and long enough. No need for QPQ, because it's not a self-nom. No problem with disambig links. No problem with access to external links except for one link (see issue 1 below). Original hook is sourced to offline citation #9, accepted AGF. The text is written in an objective manner and neutral style, all fully cited. Issues: (1) The second link in the External Links section (“Русалка” найдена!) times out. (2) Re possible copyvio or close paraphrasing, duplicate passage found:
in the spring of 2003 the estonian maritime museum and the commercial diving company (citation #13)
When the 2 issues have been resolved, this nom should be OK. It's an interesting and useful article, well done. --Storye book (talk) 18:51, 16 June 2014 (UTC)

Attempted fix of both. Alt 1: ~~that the wreck of the Russian monitor Rusalka is near vertical?~~ Thanks, Mat ty.007 19:43, 16 June 2014 (UTC)

Sorry I had to strike ALT1 because "is near vertical" is misleading. I have dived numerous wrecks, and I believe that "near vertical" would be taken to mean that the ship is standing upright on its keel - a notable matter for some wrecks, because it is more natural for them to lie on their side or even to land upside-down if there is not too much superstructure. What you mean to say is that because she dived nose first with prop still going, her bow was found jammed deeply into the sea bottom so that her keel is near-vertical. It's a great idea for a hook and I hope you'll have another go at an ALT2 - something like: she sank bow-first so that her keel is near vertical? Meanwhile I'm giving this a grey tick for the original hook.--Storye book (talk) 07:17, 17 June 2014 (UTC)
Thank you, Matty.007. All issues with original hook and with article are now resolved. Good to go with original hook.--Storye book (talk) 07:17, 17 June 2014 (UTC)