Wikipedia:WikiProject Shipwrecks

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    • Evan(Salad dressing is the milk of the infidel!) 23:56, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
    • Blood red sandman 18:20, 20 October 2006 (UTC) I am a member of WikiProject Disaster management and, despite my strongest interest being in aviation disasters, I am interested in disasters in general and hope to be able to help out here from time to time.
    • User:Viv Hamilton My interest is Maritime Archaeology. I've created articles on Archaeology of shipwrecks, Protection of Wrecks Act 1973 and Protection of Military Remains Act 1986, and am in process of ensuring that all of the Protected wrecks of the UK (see Category:Protected Wrecks of the UK) have articles.
    • User:markco1 I have interest in the Massachussetts Bay Area and the many ship wrecks that have occurred in the area. 01:11, 2 November 2006 (EST)
    • User:SatuSuro I have an interest in the large number of wrecks on the west coast of Tasmania - and Western Australia. I have done edits on Batavia, and have a long list to catch up on.
    • User:Gnangarra Western Australian wrecks, available to assess articles on request.
    • Alan Evans 22:12, 19 November 2006 (UTC) I am interested in the Battle of Jutland and have been working on adding articals on ships sunk in the battle. I have started by adding stubs, and ensuring they belong to ship wrecks categories.
    • User:WelshMatt I have an interest in all ships but tend to specialise in Ro-RO ferries. I'm working on the Herald of Free Enterprise article WelshMatt 19:08, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
    • User:Stavros1 19/12/2006 I am Interested in shipwreck of the East Anglian Coast. Articles on this subject I have started are SS Elbe Sunk in the North Sea after collision,and the SS English Trader grounded on Hammond Knoll.
    • Pesco 18:55, 31 March 2007 (UTC) I am interested in merchant ship sinkings within the past few decades off the coast of the United States.
    • Cocoaguy ここがいい contribstalk 13:15, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
    • User:Pustelnik ships related to Phoenix Islands Pustelnik 15:52, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
    • Maralia I am a copyeditor with an interest in shipwrecks. Maralia 17:32, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
    • Carl Gusler 19:10, 18 September 2007 (UTC) Interested primarily in wrecks of warships.
    • MarVelo 01:28, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
    • Abluescarab 05:31, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
    • Zolddd 04:38, 18 December 2007 (UTC) Diver. I am Interested in shipwreck of the South West Coast UK
    • Trulystand700 Any shipwreck
    • Socrates2008 (Talk) 12:19, 20 January 2008 (UTC) Shipwrecks in South Africa and Australia mostly.
    • Main_Street_Fan 16:35 4 February 2008 (UTC) Titanic and her sister ship, Britannic.
    • John Carter (talk) 21:17, 28 February 2008 (UTC) - Strange landlocked dweeb who might, occasionally, be useful.
    • Tiebelex 4:58, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
    • Shinerunner- April 14,2008 - Great Lakes shipwrecks. I have started some Articles for the ships lost during the Great Lakes storm of 1913.
    • Jehochman Talk 09:53, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
    • Kvasir (talk) 17:54, 24 April 2008 (UTC) I am compiling a List of missing ships Would appreciate your help if you have available source on hand.

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    See List of shipwrecks and List of missing ships for other articles.

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    [edit] Goals

    • To create accessible, sourced articles on shipwrecks
    • To provide information on ALL significant shipwrecks
    • To develop a similar layout for all articles
    • To document importance and past relevance
    • To assess all shipwreck articles

    [edit] Statistics

    Shipwreck
    articles    		 Importance
    Top High Mid Low None Total
    Quality
    Featured article FA 1 1 1 3 6
    Good article GA 4 3 1 1 9
    B 6 17 23 14 31 91
    Start 5 29 156 94 295 579
    Stub 1 9 89 54 255 408
    Assessed 13 60 271 164 585 1093
    Unassessed 3 8 5 9 621 646
    Total 16 68 276 173 1206 1739