Talk:List of cruise ships
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Titanic? there are no Ts? gren 05:41, 15 May 2005 (UTC)
- Titanic was an ocean liner, not a cruise ship; see list of ocean liners. Some qualify as both, but the Titanic predates cruise ships entirely. Stan 06:13, 15 May 2005 (UTC)
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[edit] Deletion?
Should this article be deleted? There is already the cruise ships category, which is more update to date, has correct links, and doesn't need to be updated every time a new cruise ship article is deleted. Splamo 21:57, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
- The "lists vs categories" debate has been going on for years, probably has a page about it somewhere. A category can't even be considered a plausible replacement until the list is completely filled-in, since category can't show what's missing. Even then, lists can be supplemented with annotations - in this case, launch date, operator(s), and renamings would be useful annotations not possible with categories. Stan 04:10, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
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- Okay. That's a lot of articles though...
Splamo 16:11, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Problem with list
One major problem I've found with this list is that while each vessel has one article, the ship can have many names. Here, each name has its own wikilink, which can lead a casual observer to think there are more ships than in reality.
For example, Pacific Sky was known in the past as Sky Princess (MS Sky Princess-redirect), and Fairsky (SS Fairsky-redirect). This means that the ship has three entries in this list, becoming four if someone includes her post-sale name of Sky Wonder.
How do you suggest would be the best way to deal with this? -- saberwyn 12:09, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
I think the new name of the ship should take precedence. The old name link should therefore be pulled from the list and be put in the status/comments section of the new ship name.
[edit] "Launch"
The launch date is when the hull hits the water, not when the ship is completed, delivered, or sets sail on its maiden voyage. The launch date is months or years before the latter date. Some external sites (i.e., cruisecritic.com) apparently don't know that, and routinely list expected delivery dates as "launch" dates. This encyclopedia should not make the same mistakes. Kablammo 02:16, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Why is the QM II on this list?
It, along with the other Marys and Elizabeths, is a liner. What gives? JDG 03:27, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
