Talk:List of shipwrecks in 1828

Ship George IVth

Hello, I changed the typography of the name of a ship from George IV^th to George IVth based on MOS:ORDINAL, which I understand as the way things should be written in Wikipedia even if other typography is used in sources. User:Mjroots reverted that change. Mjroots, please explain your thinking below. Thank you. SchreiberBike talk 21:00, 7 April 2014 (UTC)

@SchreiberBike: - I thought I'd explained this in my edit summary. I was working with WP:MOSQUOTE in mind, quoting the ship's name as given in the source. There is contemporary evidence that names were carried in such fashion, such as the American steamboat Helen M^cGregor in 1830. Mjroots (talk) 05:30, 8 April 2014 (UTC)

@Mjroots: As WP:MOSQUOTE says "formatting and other purely typographical elements of quoted text should be adapted to English Wikipedia's conventions without comment", I think George IVth makes more sense there. SchreiberBike talk 05:41, 8 April 2014 (UTC)

@SchreiberBike: - I'll ask for further input from WP:SHIPS members as WP:SHIPWRECK isn't that active. Mjroots (talk) 05:51, 8 April 2014 (UTC)

This is a purely typographical difference and nothing to do with the name of the ship; 19th century writing conventions used superscripts as the norm, WP doesn't. There is a more important point here, I have no doubt that the name of the ship was George IV, even if the Caledonian Mercury rendered it ungrammatically - "IV" is an ordinal. Other contemporary sources get it right, eg Lloyd's Register 1828 [1]. Davidships (talk) 12:39, 8 April 2014 (UTC)

OK, I've been persuaded, SchreiberBike. I'vr removed the superscript and ordinal from George IV. In the case of Helen M^cGregor in the 1830 list, as there is visual evidence thar her name was carried in that fashion, it should remain with the superscript. Mjroots (talk) 18:49, 8 April 2014 (UTC)

Casualties or Shipwrecks

If shipwreck implies the loss of a ship (implied by the introduction "..sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost.."), then there there are a good number of entries which don't qualify as they were ships which grounded or stranded and are cited as subsequently refloated. On Bold principles I have deleted them. If such are to be included, should not the article be List of ship casualties in 1828? Different question: should belligerent naval actions be included (eg entries on 20 August)? Davidships (talk) 14:17, 8 April 2014 (UTC)

@Davidships: - Strandings are somewhat subjective. My general rule is that ships stranded as part of a mass event and later refloated are included. Ships stranded for a day or two are generally not included. Ships lost to belligerent naval action are most certainly included, otherwise the lists covering 1914-18 and 1939-45 would be rather shorter than they are now. Mjroots (talk) 16:27, 8 April 2014 (UTC)

Also, where a ship is driven ashore and her crew are rescued, that meets the definition of a "shipwreck" in my opinion, regardless of whether or not the ship is later refloated. Strandings are also included where the ship has an article on Wikipedia. Mjroots (talk) 07:48, 9 April 2014 (UTC)

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