Talk:New York (1836 steamboat)

A fact from New York (1836 steamboat) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 21 November 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Charles Dickens described the Long Island Sound steamboat New York (pictured) as "a sullen, cumbrous, ungraceful, unshiplike leviathan"?

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The result was: promoted by Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 14:55, 14 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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The steamboat New York

... that Charles Dickens described the Long Island Sound steamboat New York (pictured) as "a sullen, cumbrous, ungraceful, unshiplike leviathan"?

Created by Gatoclass (talk). Self-nominated at 11:07, 30 October 2021 (UTC).[reply]

New article is 6,808 characters long and nominated two days later. No copyvios detected (high confidence of violation due to direct quotes that had been copied by The Free Dictionary as an example and have all been cited; AGF all refs re. any close paraphrasing issues, since none can go through Dup detector). Article is well-sourced. Hook is 130 characters long (under 200 character max.) and is interesting. Refs 5 and 14 (verifying the hook) are reliable sources. Image is free and in the public domain. Only QPQ needs to be completed. —Bloom6132 (talk) 05:31, 31 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, Bloom, I have now completed the QPQ, as follows: The Summit of the Gods. Gatoclass (talk) 07:47, 2 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

QPQ done. Looks good to go! —Bloom6132 (talk) 10:14, 2 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Promoting to Prep 6 with the image. – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 14:55, 14 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Abandonment[edit]

@Gatoclass: - was the ship abandoned at sea? If so, an entry on the relevant list of shipwrecks is appropriate, and the relevant navbox and category can be added to the article. Mjroots (talk) 06:11, 21 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Mjroots - thanks for the suggestion, but no, American steamboats commonly were literally abandoned in the rivers where they once operated. There were once countless old steamboats rotting on the banks of the Hudson and other New York waterways. Gatoclass (talk) 06:27, 21 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]