Template:Did you know nominations/2025 North Sea ship collision
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The result was: promoted by SL93 talk 21:49, 30 March 2025 (UTC)
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2025 North Sea ship collision
- ... that when MV Solong struck MV Stena Immaculate in the North Sea in March 2025, early reports suggested that she was carrying 15 containers of sodium cyanide, which was later described as a "misrepresentation"?
- Source:
- Ahmed, Jabed (10 March 2025). "North Sea collision - latest: 'Massive fireball' after oil tanker hit by cargo ship 'carrying sodium cyanide'". The Independent. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
- "North Sea tanker and cargo ship have become 'disentangled'". BBC News. 11 March 2025. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
- "Everything we know about North Sea oil tanker and cargo vessel collision". The Independent. 11 March 2025. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
- "North Sea crash: Solong ship unlikely to stay afloat but wasn't carrying sodium cyanide, owners say". Sky News. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
Created by No Swan So Fine (talk) and Fortuna imperatrix mundi (talk · contribs · count) and MIDI (talk · contribs · logs).
Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 48 past nominations.
Fortuna, Imperatrix Mundi 11:32, 12 March 2025 (UTC).
- (FYI, obviously only Swan created it, but the auto-fill template fucked up on me and I've had to tweak the template manually to fit in two other guilty parties. Welcome to adjust, of course. Fortuna, Imperatrix Mundi 12:33, 12 March 2025 (UTC))
- Comment: Given the fun and games at the article's talk page around the word "collision", I think we ought to avoid any possible future 'discussions' about it and choose alternative wording – perhaps something like "... that when MV Solong struck MV Stena Immaculate in the North Sea...". MIDI (talk) 11:36, 12 March 2025 (UTC)
- Restored your comment MDI, and changed to 'struck'. 'Allided' would be best though, the prep-wonks would have a melt down. Fortuna, Imperatrix Mundi 12:35, 12 March 2025 (UTC)
This article, created on 10 March, is new enough, long enough, well-sourced, and presentable. QPQ done. No copyvio issues. @No Swan So Fine: @Fortuna imperatrix mundi: The hook is too long as is, so I'd trim it to:
- ALT0b: ... that when MV Solong struck MV Stena Immaculate, early reports suggested that she was carrying 15 containers of sodium cyanide, which was later described as a "misrepresentation"?
- The hook is interesting, in the article, cited, and citations check out. We might want to clarify that sodium cyanide is a toxic/hazardous chemical (I didn't know it) in the hook, but somebody can add that in prep if they agree. GTG. Tenpop421 (talk) 18:21, 18 March 2025 (UTC)
- @Tenpop421: apologies, I musty have forgotten the character count. Yours is a much better hook, as is your suggestion. If we add 'highly toxic' before sodium cyanide, it adds 13 characters, making 191 in total. What do you think? Fortuna, Imperatrix Mundi 18:36, 18 March 2025 (UTC)
- @Fortuna imperatrix mundi: I just realised that this hook has an ambiguity about which ship was reported as carrying the sodium cyanide. how about:
- ALT0c: ... that when MV Solong struck MV Stena Immaculate in March 2025, the former ship was falsely reported to be carrying highly toxic sodium cyanide?
- This gets us below the character limit. I've dropped the "15 containers" part but re-added the date, as people are interested in recent things. Does this work for you? Tenpop421 (talk) 18:43, 18 March 2025 (UTC)
- @Fortuna imperatrix mundi: I just realised that this hook has an ambiguity about which ship was reported as carrying the sodium cyanide. how about: