Talk:Haskell canoe

Text and/or other creative content from this version of Haskell canoe was copied or moved into Haskelite with this edit on September 23, 2022. The former page's history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted as long as the latter page exists.

Haskell canoe was one of the Engineering and technology good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
October 9, 2020	Good article nominee	Listed
September 28, 2022	Good article reassessment	Delisted

A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on May 27, 2016.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that the one-piece Haskell canoe (pictured) was made from plywood glued together with slaughterhouse blood?

Current status: Delisted good article

"One solid component" error

The above statement in the article is false. The hull may be a single piece, but the fixtures at the ends, the gunwales, the seats and the crossbars are all components. LowKey (talk) 07:08, 27 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Done Reworded according. Thanks for pointing out so I could make it clearer.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 10:28, 27 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Why did they stop making them?

Is Haskelite no longer practical for financial reasons? Other reasons? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.138.25.52 (talk) 17:46, 23 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Haskell canoe/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: MWright96 (talk · contribs) 13:25, 8 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Am reviewing for the GAN October 2020 Backlog Drive. MWright96 (talk) 13:25, 8 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
It is broad in its coverage.
a (major aspects): b (focused):
It follows the neutral point of view policy.
Fair representation without bias:
It is stable.
No edit wars, etc.:
It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.
a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall:
Pass/Fail:

Lead

The lead could be expanded from just three sentences to more about when it was stopped being built.

Done

Background

Briefly describe who Henry L. Haskell is to the uninitated

Done

"Haskell made his business cards from pieces of the waterproof plywood which read," - This needs to be cited to a reliable source

Done

Think the text of the business cards should be more centrally aligned with each other

Done

Construction

"meaning king of the water." - in what language?

Done - removed, as I can not get access now to micro-filmed newspaper because the library is closed. I reworded that first paragraph accordingly.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 19:56, 8 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"The glue Haskell invented[5] was with co-developer H.F. John and made from dried cow's blood." - early or mid-sentence citations are not needed. Should be moved to the end of the sentence

Done

"It was subjected to various tests to make sure" - ensure

Done

"After getting good results from these experiments and tests, then the glue was used in the making of the plywood that constructed the boats." - the glue was employed in the making of the plywood used in the construction of the boats.

Done

"three-sixteenths of an inch thick." - the convert template could be used on the text indiciated in bold

Done

"and then pressed into a canoe form by a machine." - what type of machine?

Done

"The final construction was to" - final process of construction

Done

"The name of the manufacturer was the Haskell Boat Company and was an organization under the management of the Haskell Manufacturing Company." - Haskell Boat Company, which was an organization managed by the Haskell Manufacturing Company.

Done

"to a 17 foot long canoe instead of the original 16 foot boat." - the convert templates would be better off used on the text denoted in bold

Done

"They were no longer made after 1934." - what was the reason for no longer building the canoes?

Done - removed.

Marketing

"One testimonial of 1930 from a tour guide of Kodiak Island in Alaska said that he used this canoe with much success." - much success with what exactly?

Done bear hunting

References

Reference 10's work should be "Daily News" and the page number is missing

Done - removed.

Reference 11 is missing the page number and the fact it comes from Newspapers.com

Done

Will put the review on hold to allow the nominator to address or query the points raised above. MWright96 (talk) 14:18, 8 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@MWright96: All issues have been addressed. Can you take another look. Thanks.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 21:08, 8 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- @Doug Coldwell: Now promoting to GA class. MWright96 (talk) 07:53, 9 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Another blind-leading-the-blind review, this time of an article based entirely on primary sources and WP:ROUTINE coverage of a product. And whence in hell, other than some marketeer's bull shit fantasy, comes the idea that "Arex" means "King of the Water"? In what language or culture? E Eng 00:44, 22 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

GAR as page is now a redirect

GA Reassessment

This discussion is transcluded from Talk:Haskell canoe/GA2. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the reassessment.

Article is now a redirect and no longer a stand alone page. Gusfriend (talk) 11:37, 23 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I think this can be speedily delisted. Will do that now. – Epicgenius (talk) 17:39, 28 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]