Template:Did you know nominations/SMS Marie


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The result was: promoted by 97198 (talk) 06:03, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

SMS Marie

 * ... that SMS Marie (pictured) – an 1880s steam corvette built for the German (Imperial Navy) – had her keel laid down under the contract name "Ersatz Vineta". Source: "Hildebrand, Röhr & Steinmetz
 * ALT1: ... that SMS Marie (pictured) – an 1880s steam corvette built for the German (Imperial Navy) – was the first warship built in Hamburg? Source: "You are strongly encouraged to quote the source text supporting each hook" (and [link] the source, or cite it briefly without using citation templates)
 * ALT2: ... that SMS Marie (pictured) – an 1880s steam corvette built for the German (Imperial Navy) – had her keel laid down under the contract name "Ersatz Vineta", an homage to the ship she was to replace?
 * ALT3: ... that SMS Marie (pictured) – first warship built in Hamburg – had her keel laid down under the contract name "Ersatz Vineta", an homage to the ship she was to replace?
 * ALT4: ... that the first warship built in Hamburg was SMS Marie (pictured)?
 * Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Malayan whistling thrush 7&amp;6=thirteen (☎) 22:25, 22 November 2017 (UTC)

Improved to Good Article status by Parsecboy (talk). Nominated by 7&amp;6=thirteen (☎) 22:27, 22 November 2017 (UTC) at 22:25, 22 November 2017 (UTC).


 * Seems like the the more obvious hook would be that it was the first warship built in Hamburg. Parsecboy (talk) 00:46, 23 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Symbol voting keep.svg AGF to offline sources. Date of GA checks out. References are ok (normally there should be more than one per paragraph, but if it passed that way I won't raise a stink), pic is at Commons and properly licenese, QPQ is present. Looks like this is good to go, strongly suggest ALT4. - The Bushranger One ping only 07:06, 3 December 2017 (UTC)