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Former good articleSS Pere Marquette 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
DateProcessResult
May 22, 2020Good article nomineeListed
February 26, 2023Good article reassessmentDelisted
Did You Know
A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on July 18, 2017.
The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that the SS Pere Marquette was the first steel train ferry built in the world?
Current status: Delisted good article


GA Review

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

Reviewer: MWright96 (talk · contribs) 19:50, 21 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Shall be reviewing this article as part of the GAN Backlog Drive of April to May 2020.

  1. It is reasonably well written.
    a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
  2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.
    a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
  3. It is broad in its coverage.
    a (major aspects): b (focused):
  4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.
    Fair representation without bias:
  5. It is stable.
    No edit wars, etc.:
  6. 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):
  7. Overall:
    Pass/Fail:

Lead

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  • "and provided service between the ports of Ludington, Michigan, and Manitowoc, Wisconsin," - provided a service or provided services

Railroad car ferry

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  • Wikilinked Milwaukee
  • "and had two twelve foot propellers" - please use the convert template on the text highlighted in bold
  • "had a displacement of some 4,050 tons" - same query as above
  • "propellers for its driving force." - to drive it or a phrase along those lines
  • Wikilink compound engine
 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 13:04, 22 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • "that produced 2,500 horsepower." - same query as above
  • "It was unique in that it" - The steamship
  • Wikilink Lake Michigan
  • "on February 17, 1897." - the year doesn't need to be mentioned; can be either February 17 or the following day or the next day
  • "On February 21, 1897," - same issue as above
  • Any information on when the vessel was retired and/or broken up?
 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 14:14, 22 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

References

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  • Reference 5 is lacking the page number
  • Reference 8 looks to be missing the page number

Will put the review on hold to allow the nominator to address/query the points raised above. MWright96 (talk) 11:42, 22 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@MWright96: All issues have been addressed. Can you take another look. Thanks.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 14:23, 22 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@Doug Coldwell: Now promoting to GA class. MWright96 (talk) 18:02, 22 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Removal of propeller image

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I have just removed the image of the propeller as it is from a different, earlier ship and there is no indication that it is from the same class of ships. Gusfriend (talk) 06:18, 5 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright contributor investigation and Good article reassessment

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This article is part of Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/20210315 and the Good article (GA) drive to reassess and potentially delist over 200 GAs that might contain copyright and other problems. An AN discussion closed with consensus to delist this group of articles en masse, unless a reviewer opens an independent review and can vouch for/verify content of all sources. Please review Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/February 2023 for further information about the GA status of this article, the timeline and process for delisting, and suggestions for improvements. Questions or comments can be made at the project talk page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:36, 9 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]