Talk:Phoenix (fireboat)

To-do list
Here are some suggestions for expansion:
 * Was a star of the movie The Enforcer 1976; Clint drove the boat and used the pump at Alcatraz
 * Fill out a little more of Template:Infobox ship characteristics
 * List the crew positions, notable people
 * Describe how the Phoenix at the Marina was what stimulated people to obtain the Guardian from Vancouver.
 * Describe some of the ship parades, such as the greeting of ARM Cuauhtémoc (BE01) in 2005 and 2009. Other tall ships greeted in 2008. Other naval ships greeted.
 * Describe earlier fires from 1955, 1980, 1984.
 * More details of 2004 overhaul: money spent, time spent, who, where
 * When did the original 16-foot-high tower monitor get replaced with a higher one?
 * Discuss the Portable Water Supply System (PWSS) established in the mid-1980s and its role in 1989 as related to the Phoenix.
 * Mention the proposed monument to the 1989 quake to be placed in the Marina district, incorporating the old tower monitor.

The article is already big enough for "Did you know" on the WP:Main page. A hook (or two or three) must be put together, something to grab people's attention. Then we go to T:TDYK and add it there. Binksternet (talk) 04:53, 1 April 2011 (UTC)


 * Okay, I will lay off the to-do list so as not to hog the article. ^_^
 * I will, however, nominate it for DYK. Binksternet (talk) 16:55, 1 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Great! How will we know if/when it's chosen for inclusion in DYK? Microfirmware (talk) 00:14, 3 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Our hook has been approved already, so now we just wait for its turn to come around on the Main page. If you're super curious, you can keep checking this page regularly: Template:Did you know/Queue
 * That's where the DYK administrators arrange the entries, sort them out, and decide which ones get to be lead hooks with an image and which ones (the majority) do not. If you're not so curious, you can sit back and wait for a congratulations-type notice to show up on your personal talk page about one minute after the fireboat hook goes 'live' on the Main page. Binksternet (talk) 00:57, 3 April 2011 (UTC)

DYK
Please feel free to offer another attention-grabbing hook at this article's DYK submission:
 * Template talk:Did you know or
 * Template talk:Did you know (At least one of these links should work!)

To do so, you would write *ALT1: followed by your suggested hook.

You can even suggest a different photo, in case you think another one would be more striking when presented at 100 pixel width (very small) on the Main page. Binksternet (talk) 17:54, 1 April 2011 (UTC)


 * The DYK hook is being arranged at Template:Did you know/Queue. Binksternet (talk) 15:07, 10 April 2011 (UTC)
 * The schedule is set for the DYK lead hook appearance 1–9 am San Francisco time on April 13. That's the wee hours through sunrise, so local nightcrawlers such as firefighters will see it the earliest. After that will be people waking up and getting ready for their day. Binksternet (talk) 16:56, 11 April 2011 (UTC)