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What I would like to use for a discussion page for the Cyclops is the allegation it may have been discovered by a diver off the Virginia Capes in 1968 while engaged in the search for the lost submarine USS Scorpion. It is possible that other divers may have seen the same wreck without realizing it. Carajou 18:39, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

Contents 1 Trivia 2 Barbados 3 Use of She as Pronoun 4 Fair use rationale for Image:NYTcyclops.jpg

[edit] Trivia

I removed the following entry until such time that a citation is provided:

The Cyclops appears in a series of books in which she appears without crew in a parallel universe in which the stories are set. She apparently steams into a big port, stopping only after running into a quayside; investigation finds that she is another ship that built itself, revealing that this is the place many ships and aircraft missing in the Triangle end up. According to this tale, Cyclops is put to work as a freighter and is still working at present.^{[citation needed]}

Mdhennessey 18:45, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

I did the same thing for this entry:

In Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy!, as the pirate ship travels into the Bermuda Triangle, ghosts of doomed ships and planes appear. At one point, the Cyclops steams alongside the pirate ship. Velma Dinkley mentions that this vessel had been missing for "a very long time."^{[citation needed]}

Plus shortened the Quantum Leap entry. The writer could have just mentioned both briefly, but got involved with needless wordage that was more akin to Dick and Jane than anything remotely serious. Carajou 13:38, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Barbados

"Worley called on the United States Ambassador to Barbados" - no he didn't, Barbados wasn't independent until 1966. So who did he call on? Totnesmartin 19:48, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

It may have to be changed to the "American counsul-general", instead of "ambassador"...but it should reflect the writing of the time. Carajou 00:06, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

I think it should be changed to "consul-general" if that was his title. It would be better not to repeat the mistakes of the past. Perhaps add "Described as an ambassador in some sources." Totnesmartin 14:58, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Use of She as Pronoun

Is the use of "she" correct within the context of an encyclopedia?

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:NYTcyclops.jpg

Image:NYTcyclops.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

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