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The result was: promoted by PanydThe muffin is not subtle 12:52, 5 November 2014 (UTC)
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Tokio Express edit
- ... that dragons, octopi, diver flippers and flowers have been washing up on the beaches of Cornwall after they fell off the Tokio Express in 1997?
Created by Mightyhansa (talk). Self nominated at 11:58, 31 October 2014 (UTC).
Interesting topic, but way under the length limit - about 1/3rd of what's needed. I'd be happy to work on an expansion, this one is up my alley. Maury Markowitz (talk) 13:07, 3 November 2014 (UTC)
- Sounds great Maury Markowitz, I forgot about the length limit, so thanks. There is some more information in the cited articles (I was reluctant to fill it out just for the sake of it). There may also be further information in subscription-based media articles and ship databases that I haven't got access to, if that helps? Mightyhansa (talk) 16:49, 3 November 2014 (UTC)
- I know where you're coming from... stretching always looks obvious in retrospect. But that said, I strongly suspect there's lots of stuff on this we can find, it seems too obvious a topic. So I'll put this on hold for a bit and give you (and me) some time to look for more refs. Silly Q: tried google books yet? Maury Markowitz (talk) 17:30, 3 November 2014 (UTC)
Ok we are well over the limit now. Can you give it a quick once-over for gr and such? Maury Markowitz (talk) 18:06, 3 November 2014 (UTC)
- Looks great! Nice to put the element of irony in there. Not a silly question at all, I only thought to do a basic google search. Learnt a few things from your edit, so thanks! I changed 'children in Cornwall' to 'residents in Cornwall' as all manner of folk seem to have found pieces of Lego. Although maybe 'visitors to Cornwall beaches' is more accurate?
- I just wish we could work in something about the northwest passage... but everything I tried sounded too weird. Maury Markowitz (talk) 00:20, 4 November 2014 (UTC)
- We'll just have to make a note to revisit the article in 5 years when the little blighters have worked their way through! Mightyhansa (talk) 10:05, 4 November 2014 (UTC)
- I just wish we could work in something about the northwest passage... but everything I tried sounded too weird. Maury Markowitz (talk) 00:20, 4 November 2014 (UTC)
- ps I tweaked the hook a bit for readability. Maury Markowitz (talk) 00:22, 4 November 2014 (UTC)
New enough, long enough, QPQ is a bye for the new editor, hook directly cited. Good to go! Maury Markowitz (talk) 00:21, 4 November 2014 (UTC)