Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/SS Minnesotan


 * The following is an archived discussion of a featured article nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The article was promoted by SandyGeorgia 18:41, 27 January 2009.

SS Minnesotan

 * Nominator(s): Bellhalla (talk)

This is an article about an American-Hawaiian Steamship Company cargo ship launched in 1912. It served as a U.S. Army and U.S. Navy transport in World War I, and also carried cargo during World War II. During the 1930s the ship played a minor role several maritime labor disputes. The article has passed a GA review and a Military History A-Class review. — Bellhalla (talk) 06:10, 13 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Image review &mdash; images check out fine, except for one slight niggle (not really opposable). Bellhalla, could you point the "source" parameter on each image to the page where the image link resides, rather than to the image directly? (File:Atlantic convoy, 1942.jpg is the example for the others to follow.) .  Jappalang (talk) 13:01, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

Comments -
 * What makes the following reliable sources?
 * http://convoyweb.org.uk/ports/index.html?home.php~armain
 * http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/jc/index.html?jc.php?convoy=17!~jcmain
 * Otherwise, sources look okay, links checked out with the link checker tool. Ealdgyth - Talk 20:22, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
 * The website (the same for both references) was compiled from research of the late Arnold Hague, who was a noted author on World War II ship topics, notably, in this case:
 * The Allied Convoy System, 1939–1945: Its Organization, Defence, and Operation, Naval Institute Press, 2000.
 * Convoy Rescue Ships 1940–1945: A History of the Rescue Service its Ships and their Crews, World Ship Society, 1998.
 * The website owner, with permission from Hague's widow, has incorporated the information into a free online database. — Bellhalla (talk) 21:01, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I lean reliable, but I'll leave this out for other reviewers to decide for themselves. Ealdgyth - Talk 21:19, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
 * To be honest, it's as reliable as any published book could be (that is, it states is source and really it's up to the reader whether or not he wants to give the author the benefit of the doubt or look into the sources him/herself). JonCatalán(Talk) 22:49, 13 January 2009 (UTC)


 * SupportSumoeagle179 (talk) 19:01, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Support I gave this a quick copyedit; it's in great shape. Maralia (talk) 22:55, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Support. Very well-done. Karanacs (talk) 18:36, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

–Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone  04:51, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Support with a couple comments.
 * She ended her career in Italian ownership as the SS Maria Luisa R.. - Do we need the double punctuation?
 * During World War II, Minnesotan was requisitioned by the War Shipping Administration and initially sailed between New York and Caribbean ports. - New York City, or New York State?
 * The final cost of Minnesotan, including financing costs, was $65.65 per deadweight ton, which came out to just under $668,000. - "Came out to" &rarr; "totaled".
 * Is it possible to merge the short paragraph at the end of the WWI section?
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive. Please do not modify it. No further edits should be made to this page.