Talk:Sultana (steamboat)

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Shipwreck-related priority open tasks: [edit] To Do Shipwrecks Clean up typos Improve Grammer Add any additions if needed Discuss disired additions Cattewater Wreck Needs expansion [edit] Done Shipwrecks Re-wrote the first paragraph Cleaned up Types of Shipwrecks it felt a bit jumbled Cattewater Wreck Started the article

An event in this article is a April 27 selected anniversary (may be in HTML commment)

This seems to be two articles put together - perhaps the first part could be reduced to a brief summary with the second as is. Leonard G. 00:36, 28 Apr 2004 (UTC)

The latter half seems to be fairly colourful writing, not quite what you see in other Wikipedia articles.

Actually, it feels to me (obviously I don't know for certain) like it was just pulled from somewhere else.

I have removed the second part since it was very long and did indeed seem to be taken from a book. I didn't think the style was appropriate for an encyclopedia anyway. I left the first part intact as it is more of a concise summary of the event. L. Pistachio 20:59, Dec 14, 2004 (UTC)

I added a section on the cause; a more detailed explanation of the boiler failure theory and the theory that the disaster was due to sabotage. I know this is controversial to some people but I believe the Rule's article in North and South magazine and their web site (cited as sources) makes a good case that the sabotage theory is at least plausible. I am personally an advocate for the sabotage theory as I have a personal connection to the coal torpedo which was claimed to be the sabotage device. I believe I have stated the case neutrally or even understated the case for sabotage, and with great respect for the official explanation.Thatcher131 16:11, 9 February 2006 (UTC)