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Can anybody help with an enquiry at Wikipedia:Reference desk/Humanities#Leander ships? please? Alansplodge (talk) 12:09, 7 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Now archived at Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Humanities/2024 September 7. Mjroots (talk) 06:58, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm having difficulty finding Volume 5 of the Marine Engineer (Apr 1883-Mar 1884) online. It should be available, so if anyone can provide a link I would be grateful. Mjroots (talk) 06:45, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

If all else fails, I will be visiting a library that has (all? or most) editions of the journal in November. if no one else responds, is there a specific piece you are looking for? GGOTCC (talk) 02:34, 24 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@GGOTCC: I was hoping for an url that is publicly available. The "Launches and Trial Trips" section is what I'm looking at. I've been working on the list of ship launches in 1883, but I have other sources available. Mjroots (talk) 06:11, 25 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm working on the article SMS Viper, a German gunboat that was eventually converted into a crane. The sources I have state she was in service until at least 1962, but no further details. Any commercial shipping people out there able to find anything after that? So far I've struck out, but this isn't my area of expertise. Thanks! Parsecboy (talk) 00:05, 24 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Parsecboy: - have you tried looking at the relevant editions of Lloyd's Register, linked from WP:SHIPS/R? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mjroots (talk • contribs)

I made this edit[1] to alter some text that inadvertently plagiarised the source. Describing the situation without copying turned out to be not as easy as one might first think as most of the sentence is the names of ships and there seems only one logical order in which to make the point. Hence using the precise terminology ("working up") of the source makes this look a lot worse. It has now been put back to the problem text with this[2] with an edit summary that I feel misses the point (it is whether Wikipedia plagiarises the source, not an individual editor). It seems excessive to involve an administrator in this, but I would appreciate an experienced editor taking a look.

I am posting here as the article talk page does not appear to be on many watch lists.

I have a busy day and don't know when I will be back on Wikipedia.
Thanks, ThoughtIdRetired _TIR 07:53, 27 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

USS Texas (BB-35) has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. voorts (talk/contributions) 23:42, 27 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]