Template:Did you know nominations/Ullswater 'Steamers'

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The result was: rejected by Belle (talk) 23:58, 4 September 2015 (UTC)

Ullswater 'Steamers'[edit]

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... that M.Y. Lady of the Lake, operated by Ullswater 'Steamers', is believed to be the oldest working passenger ferry in the world?

Created by WatermillockCommon (talk). Self-nominated at 20:39, 25 July 2015 (UTC).

Age, length, neutrality are fine; hook is interesting and cited (you could add a picture if you like but perhaps it doesn't show well at DYK size); the only problem is that the text is very close to the history section on the company website (and to the Historic Ships book; I assume one of those must have been copied from the other); it needs mixing up a little. Belle (talk) 13:55, 13 August 2015 (UTC)

No changes made. Rcsprinter¹²³ (visit) @ 16:49, 4 September 2015 (UTC)

Let's give WatermillockCommon a few days, before we close it; maybe they just haven't been keeping an eye on it. Belle (talk) 17:15, 4 September 2015 (UTC)

I'm very sorry - I haven't had time to make the suggested changes to the article, and probably won't have time for a while, so perhaps it's best that the nomination is withdrawn... Thank you for giving me a chance though! WatermillockCommon (talk) 20:38, 4 September 2015 (UTC)

Closing it as withdrawn then; it is still a nice little article though. Belle (talk) 23:58, 4 September 2015 (UTC)