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Propose altering the caption on the first picture to read 'Resolution between the wars'. The current caption 'at anchor' is inaccurate as the ship is clearly underway. Apart from the visual signs of water flow along the hull, the ship is flying the White Ensign at the stern; if at anchor it would also have a Union Flag at the jackstaff. The mistake might have arisen from the vertical chains hanging from the bow. These are not anchor chains but part of the paravane installation. Mandrake079 (talk) 11:00, 30 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

You could well be right, but I'd prefer to see what the original photo caption said. If you could dig up and add a link to the original image, presumably on the IWM website, that would be great. Otherwise, I've been informed that judging things like that for yourself is WP:OR and verboten.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 12:39, 30 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I'm afraid I can't find the original image on the IWM site or anywhere else (it's not my image, and the uploader hasn't given any clues). As you may have guessed, I'm not an experienced Wikipedia editor; my proposal was intended simply as a professional interpretation of the visual evidence and I apologise if that constitutes 'verboten' original research. I note, however, that the photo in the article was originally captioned 'HMS Resolution between the wars'; the phrase 'at anchor' was added on 3 May 2014, so it ought to be possible to WP:PROVEIT one way or the other by referencing the published source on which the edit was based. Mandrake079 (talk) 12:24, 1 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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 Propose altering the caption on the first picture to read 'Resolution between the wars'.  The current caption 'at anchor' is inaccurate as the ship is clearly underway.  Apart from the visual signs of water flow along the hull, the ship is flying the White Ensign at the stern; if at anchor it would also have a Union Flag at the jackstaff.  The mistake might have arisen from the vertical chains hanging from the bow.  These are not anchor chains but part of the paravane installation. [[User:Mandrake079|Mandrake079]] ([[User talk:Mandrake079|talk]]) 11:00, 30 April 2018 (UTC)
 :You could well be right, but I'd prefer to see what the original photo caption said. If you could dig up and add a link to the original image, presumably on the IWM website, that would be great. Otherwise, I've been informed that judging things like that for yourself is [[WP:OR]] and verboten.--[[User:Sturmvogel 66|Sturmvogel 66]] ([[User talk:Sturmvogel 66|talk]]) 12:39, 30 April 2018 (UTC)
+I'm afraid I can't find the original image on the IWM site or anywhere else (it's not my image, and the uploader hasn't given any clues).  As you may have guessed, I'm not an experienced Wikipedia editor; my proposal was intended simply as a professional interpretation of the visual evidence and I apologise if that constitutes 'verboten' original research. I note, however, that the photo in the article was originally captioned 'HMS Resolution between the wars'; the phrase 'at anchor' was added on 3 May 2014, so it ought to be possible to [[WP:PROVEIT]] one way or the other by referencing the published source on which the edit was based.  [[User:Mandrake079|Mandrake079]] ([[User talk:Mandrake079|talk]]) 12:24, 1 May 2018 (UTC)