Talk:Goslar (ship)

Milhist Comments
Grammar errors sometimes impede understanding, especially for casual readers (B4). Needs more information about the activities of the ship (what it was designed to do, why it made its journey, why it was in Suriname, etc.) to meet the B2 criterion. Shotgunscoop (talk) 18:58, 20 February 2021 (UTC)


 * Actually I have no intention of making a huge article. It is a weird wreck, and it now has an article twice the size of the nl: version. The reason why the ship was near Suriname was logical: the captain wanted to minimize the time spend on the high seas, just like all the explorers. He didn't turn east from Texas, but followed the coast to Mexico, Central America, Venezuela and at the Guianas (British/Suriname/French) cross-over to Africa, and then head north along the African and European coast. Of course, it'll be near impossible to find a references of his route. It also explains, why he didn't want to go home, because his route would take him through the English channel.


 * Surrendering in Suriname also make sense, because it was a Dutch colony, and the Netherlands was a neutral country like Germany. French and British Guiana were not an option, Venezuela and Brazil were a wild card. The Netherlands was neutral during WW 1. The captain would have known Kaiser Wilhelm also fled to the Netherlands and was given asylum when his empire came crashing down.


 * Then again it is unlikely that any of this information can be referenced online, so I'm not going to do any of your suggestions. KittenKlub (talk) 16:38, 21 February 2021 (UTC)


 * I mean, that's completely fine. I just put comments on the Milhist-related articles I make in case people are confused about why their article got rated what it gets rated, and so that future editors can have an idea of what to work on if they want to take on improving the article. Shotgunscoop (talk) 17:44, 21 February 2021 (UTC)