Talk:Titanic

Ships are not women
The article refers to the ship as "She" when it is, in fact, an inanimate object. If it must be anthropomorphized, no gender can, nor should be, assigned to it arbitrarily. The ship is either an "it" or a "They" 66.23.113.178 (talk) 04:23, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Female pronouns for ships is maritime tradition. It's not meant as a slur.  57.135.233.22 (talk) 11:57, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
 * This argument has cropped up many times on this Talk page over the years (see the archives) - perhaps an FAQ should be added here I've just added an FAQ to the header here. Per WP:SHE4SHIPS: Ships may be referred to by either feminine pronouns ("she", "her") or neuter pronouns ("it", "its"). Either usage is acceptable, but each article should be internally consistent and exclusively employ only one style. (By way of comparison, Wikipedia also has many references to countries and cities as "she", e.g. and her allies"; "Tokyo and her sister city New York", etc.) Muzilon (talk) 23:45, 22 October 2023 (UTC)
 * True 65.18.39.253 (talk) 16:13, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 11 January 2024
PickleKid69 (talk) 17:44, 11 January 2024 (UTC) grammar edit


 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Rehsarb (talk) 17:51, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

Should this be moved under RMS Titanic?
It would be more consistent with the other ships, such as the RMS Olymipic. 82.197.13.175 (talk) 16:33, 19 March 2024 (UTC)


 * See "Requested move 1 July 2023" above? Has been discussed many times. Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 16:38, 19 March 2024 (UTC)
 * I cant seem to find that topic. Is it on the talk page? 82.197.13.175 (talk) 13:17, 23 March 2024 (UTC)
 * You'll find them in the talk page archives. Canterbury Tail talk 13:20, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

deadliest?
The Sultana had over 2000 deaths taking Union soldiers home after the Civil War. 71.41.188.250 (talk) 03:29, 31 March 2024 (UTC)


 * Sinking of the Sultana (steamboat) incurred the loss of 1,167 lives. Dolphin ( t ) 11:55, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 19 April 2024
217.34.48.59 (talk) 12:59, 19 April 2024 (UTC) Titanic sunk in 2008 in the Pacific Ocean
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Semi-protected edit request on 19 April 2024 (2)
217.34.48.59 (talk) 13:00, 19 April 2024 (UTC) Titanic sunk 2026
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Semi-protected edit request on 4 May 2024
"skins" should be "it sinks". 31.94.30.64 (talk) 09:01, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
 * ✅ Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 09:15, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

The death/survivor count and passenger count is outdated
It should be 1,496 deaths,712 survivors, and 2,208 total passengers.

== The inquiries found that the ship seen by Californian was in fact Titanic and that it would have been possible for Californian to aid rescue; therefore, Captain Lord had acted improperly in failing to do so.[ ==

The statement is correct and well footnoted: but it doesn't seem to be noted that, following the discovery of wreck, the position is now known, and not what the enquiry accepted, so the enquiry and 'subsequent arguments' are now seen in a different light. 124.187.219.128 (talk) 07:49, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

Tons and captions
I don't care whether we use "ton" or "tonne" but I think we should spell it the same way in both the lead and the Lifeboats section. Normally the lead summarizes the article.

Also did you intend to revert the caption changes? We don't usually put a period at the end of a sentence fragment in a caption. GA-RT-22 (talk) 21:05, 2 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Ah no you've got me there on the caption stuff. That was me not paying enough attention, you're quite right on those.
 * As for the ton vs tonne thing, the article is written in British English so it should be entirely consistent with that. That would mean then we should change those other sections to the tonne spelling as well. Since I reverted your edit, I'll take the responsibility of putting the captions back and make the other changes. Canterbury Tail talk 21:15, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 7 July 2024
"In Lifeboat No. 2, Fourth Officer Boxhall lit several green roman candles, signaling Carpathia to make the way towards them. The ship pulled alongside No. 2, where a woman in the boat cried 'Titanic has gone down with everyone aboard!' Boxhall quickly replied with 'Shut up, lady!' Boxhall later apologized for his outburst, but both people involved agreed that it was acceptable, given the circumstances they had just endured and their current conditions.

One by one, Titanic 's lifeboats were picked up by Carpathia. Passengers from Collapsibles A and B were transferred into other boats and ferried to Carpathia. Collapsible C was towed by Lifeboat 14 to Carpathia, where Fifth Officer Lowe rigged up a sail. When asked how he knew, Lowe replied 'Not all sailors are seamen, and not all seamen are sailors.'"

Most of this seems exceedingly trivial - note also that the section has a link to Sinking of the Titanic, which is at least ten times as long and yet does not include either of these details, AFAI can tell. Suggest removal, maybe retaining the first sentence of the second of the paragraphs. - 2A02:560:594B:1A00:BD1F:6F7E:31D1:C590 (talk) 21:32, 7 July 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 20 July 2024
For the background section, it goes too far into detail about how the name Titanic was formed and seems to trail off a little bit. I think it would be more beneficial for it to be shortened into one paragraph instead of multiple huge ones. This way, it makes for an easier read and also sticks more to the point. Carenaadkins (talk) 21:46, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate.  98𝚃𝙸𝙶𝙴𝚁𝙸𝚄𝚂  •  [𝚃𝙰𝙻𝙺]   03:53, 21 July 2024 (UTC)