User talk:Djshaw87

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Proposed deletion of Roy A Jodrey[edit]

The article Roy A Jodrey has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

non notable freighter. Accident with no lasting significance

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Djshaw87, Amazon has copies of Gillham, Ten Tales of the Great Lakes, 1982, in which Chapter 2 is "The Loss of the Roy A. Jodrey". StarryGrandma (talk) 23:56, 6 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Robert Gaskin[edit]

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Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. This is a notice to inform you that a tag has been placed on Robert Gaskin requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a very short article providing little or no context to the reader. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content.

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I have contested the deletion of the page. I have added more content describing the sinking of the wreck. I added a note to the talk page to describe my rational behind notability. I plan to add more when I get the time. --Djshaw87 (talk) 20:55, 6 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep on. Mightn't be a bad idea to add where it all happened - Ontario looks to be in play from the title of one of the refs. I've been through and italicised all the ship names - keeps it consistent. Might be as well some of the time to use 'she' and 'her' - even though they are both male named, they are still female pronoun-wise ships. Gets a bit repetitive with the name all the time. (Off-wiki, I'm a writer and editor, and can't resist chances to stir people up style-wise...) Peridon (talk) 23:19, 6 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the encouragement. I was feeling slightly discouraged by the deletion request for both Robert Gaskin and Roy A Jodrey. Though I'm confident that I can bring the articles up to spec. I'm not a writer by trade--I very much appreciate your input on the italicizing and the use of pronouns. The current coordinates of the wreck are 44.58931, -75.67708, though I don't have a reliable source (I presume actually diving there doesn't suffice). I'm not certain how I can embed the coordinates in a page yet either--though I'm sure I can figure out with a little bit of googling :) --Djshaw87 (talk) 23:31, 6 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Don't worry too much about co-ordinates - tell us where it is (not "at the bottom"...). I'll ask a friend @MelanieN: if she knows about co-ordinates. Something I've never done - I usually leave things like that to the gnomes. Peridon (talk) 14:10, 7 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the ping. Sorry, I know even less about co-ordinates than Peridon. ;-p And I'm not terribly familiar with articles about ships. But I do know about writing articles, so I have some suggestions there. Your article should be about the SHIP, not just the salvage operation. The first sentence (what we call the lede) should define the subject: "Robert Gaskin was a (what kind of) ship". If there are identifying letters such as MS or SS, use them. Put in anything you know about the history of the ship: how big she was, when and where she was launched, what her ownership was, what kind of service she did. Only after you establish the identity and history of the ship should you tell the story of the salvage attempt. You could use as a guideline other ships that are most famous for sinking, such as SS Edmund Fitzgerald or USS Reuben James (DD-245). For that matter, your other article Roy A Jodrey is well designed. (Although maybe it should be moved to Roy A. Jodrey with a period.) I'll be glad to look at a revised article and advise. If necessary I will track down an editor who does a lot of work on ships and ask their advice. Good luck, it looks like an interesting article. If you can find more sources that would help defend it against deletion attempts. --MelanieN (talk) 16:33, 7 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of J. S. Seaverns for deletion[edit]

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article J. S. Seaverns is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

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Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Nördic Nightfury 10:35, 14 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Henry C. Daryaw[edit]

Hello, Djshaw87. I wanted to let you know that I’m proposing an article that you started, Henry C. Daryaw, for deletion because I don't think it meets our criteria for inclusion. If you don't want the article deleted:

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You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions.

Snickers2686 (talk) 03:00, 14 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]