Talk:MV Spirit of Norfolk

A fact from MV Spirit of Norfolk appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 16 July 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Spirit of Norfolk caught fire while carrying 89 schoolchildren?

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Did you know nomination[edit]

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Z1720 (talk) 18:46, 6 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the Spirit of Norfolk caught fire while carrying 89 schoolchildren? Source: "108 people were on board the 190-foot vessel, including 89 school children."
- ALT1: ... that the Spirit of Norfolk is now a total loss? Source: "Smoldering Spirit of Norfolk being dewatered, considered a loss"
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/A Proportional Response

Created by Fritzmann2002 (talk). Self-nominated at 20:46, 10 June 2022 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook eligibility:

Cited: - I had to copy a citation so that it was at the end of the relevant sentence, and the article didn't say "schoolchildren" – fixed now
Interesting:
Other problems: - I'm not sure ALT1 works.

QPQ: Done.

Overall:

Good to go with ALT0 – nice work, Fritzmann! Hooky, and informative to back it up. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 06:16, 11 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Harbor cruise ships are much older[edit]

I removed the claim about the early harbor cruise ship. The MV Port Welcome was touring Baltimore harbor from the 1950s. Mangoe (talk) 03:45, 16 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]