Talk:Castaway

Alexander Selkirk: Cinque Ports Sunk?
"Selkirk was concerned about the condition of the Cinque Ports, on which he was sailing, and remained on the island – the ship later sunk with most of its crew being lost."

I have read that the ship did not sink, can anyone check this? We have to check if it did sink shortly after, I don't think so... She was making water, in bad shape, but ironically did not sink shortly as Selkirk was predicting... Rodrigo Boos (talk) 17:23, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Titanic?
There were really no castaways in Titanic. The boat sank, the people drifted about, but no castaways.

JFK
Story: http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq60-2.htm Image: http://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset+Tree/Asset+Viewers/Image+Asset+Viewer.htm?guid=%7BB834EA62-0711-47A4-9EC1-E00C12CF9390%7D&type=Image

Interesting! violet/riga (t) 20:35, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Fake Story Doesn't Belong Here
If the story of Leendert Hasenbosch is fake, why is it filed under "Real Occurences?" Have I misunderstood the text of the article?

Response: From what I have read, it seems as if the story is real, however many fake diaries have been created & published regarding his story. Therefore, while some of the books about him contain fiction, the core of the story is true. 83.40.2.54 01:42, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Henry Hudson
IS Henry Hudson, the explorer, eligible for the castaway entry? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Poldebol (talk • contribs) 05:25, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Henry Pitman
I'd like to point out that the articles about Daniel Defoe and Robinson Crusoe mention the case of one Henry Pitman, which Tim Severin has identified as a – supposedly – more plausible inspiration for the novel. However, I cannot find anything about Pitman's case either in this article or anywhere else on Wikipedia. Anyone have Severin's book? Florian Blaschke (talk) 18:05, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

Why picture of a shipwrecked person?
The article is about castaways, so why is there a photo of someone being rescued at sea? 89.243.151.239 (talk) 21:27, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

Bounty
The mutineers were not castaways in the strict sense. They chose to settle on an uninhabited island. Bligh and his loyal crew were however castaway, and achieved a remarkable feat of survival. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.197.15.138 (talk) 08:16, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

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Desert Island Discs
When this article talks about Desert Island Discs, it says that castaways choose one favourite book "in addition to the Bible and books by Shakespeare". This is misleading, because Shakespeare did not write books - he wrote plays and poetry. Vorbee (talk) 15:34, 4 April 2018 (UTC)
 * It appears to be a synopsis of the BBC show. From the Wiki page, "Guests are also automatically given the Complete Works of Shakespeare and either the Bible or another appropriate religious or philosophical work." So in this context, it is a book. If you think there is a better way to state this, feel free to Be Bold and make the edit. Ckruschke (talk) 18:52, 6 April 2018 (UTC)Ckruschke

Improving the Taxonomy of the Real Life Occurances of Castaways
The opening discourse provides these following reasons for being a cast away:


 * Ship Wrecked (a drift, or on shore; or a combinaton there off)
 * Voluntary
 * I would add Non-Voluntary Eviction (set a drift)
 * Evasion
 * Marooned (punishment)

I would like to consider restructuring the real life occurances in the aforementioned groups.

I would also like to consider restructuring the data into tabular form:
 * Start date:
 * End date:
 * Country of origin
 * Implicated ship(s)
 * Description and Notes.

The goal would to create a list of historical castaway episodes for reference.

Suggestions? Comments?

Zippyfx (talk) 17:47, 3 August 2021 (UTC)
 * I have no issue with this proposal. Ckruschke (talk) 18:47, 3 August 2021 (UTC)Ckruschke