User:BoatnerdJenn/Choose an Article

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Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Article title SS Cedarville
Article Evaluation
This is a short article. There is more information available that could be added. The content is relevant and it is written neutrally. Some of the claims are cited, but many are not. References include: one book, a survivor's account of the sinking, a website that is probably trustworthy, and one that is questionable.
Sources
Books- Steel on the Bottom Fred Stonehouse, The Wheelsmen Ric Mixter, The Cedarville Conspiracy: Indicting U.S. Steel L. Stephen Cox, Great Lakes Shipwrecks and Survivals William Ratigan Interviews-interviews from 3 of the survivors are available on YouTube

Article title SS Daniel J Morrell
Article Evaluation
This article has a lot of information. There is more that could be added to give some additional details. The stern half of the boat sailed away for almost 5 more miles before sinking. That fun fact that was not mentioned. All of the information is relevant and written in a neutral manner. The claims are cited. There are many references included. Most of the information that could be added could most likely found in the references already used. The references looked trustworthy.
Sources
The reference list mentioned all of the books on the subject, that I know of. I would use the 2 books by Thompson, and the ones from Schumacher, Kantar, DeBeck, and Hale (the lone survivor who probably needs his own Wikipedia page!). Hale has also done some interviews, which are available online.

Article title: SS Henry Steinbrenner
Article Evaluation: This article has a good amount of information. The only things that really seem to be missing is the ruling from the Coast Guard and a more detailed description of the rescue (I did notice some ship's names in red, including the Wilfred Sykes, who has the first American female lakeboat captain.) The information is relevant, but the part about Norman Bragg is a little out of place. This article is written in a neutral tone. It appears that not all of the claims are cited. There 8 sources listed: 5 books, 2 news reports that contain survivor accounts, and an article from the Boatnerd website, which is trustworthy. The resources seem to be reliable.
Sources

Steel on the Bottom Fred Stonehouse Too Much Sea for their Decks Michael Schumacher Went Missing Redux Fred Stonehouse