Talk:MS The World

Wow! It's right outside my window. What the hell are they doing on the Isle of Man? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.87.179.62 (talk) 12:48, 13 August 2010 (UTC)

The ship publishes its itinerary here: http://aboardtheworld.com/journey Setomorp (talk) 22:16, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

The article needs some citations, especially for prices. According to the cruise review blog ( and I haven't found any better references ) the HOA fees listed in the wikipedia article may be incorrect. Wikipedia say "20k and up", but the blog says "there is a separate yearly maintenance fee ranging from $60,000 to $270,000", which would only be 5k at the low end, but 22k at the high end. --71.222.36.86 (talk) 05:58, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

Tax status

Is this some kind of tax haven? 91.39.114.219 (talk) 17:46, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

There is reference to it as a tax haven used by Tetrapak's Hans Kristian Rausing [1] -- Jack.henderson.nz (talk) 10:25, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Yes, but it's a very short and vague reference that could easily just be quoted from somewhere else - it just says it's a "tax haven" in the last sentence of the article. Not good enough to use in wikipedia, I don't think - DavidWBrooks (talk) 14:24, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

additions

An anonymous IP who says he/she lives on the ship has been making some changes which have been reverted, due to lack of sourcing and grammar/capitalization questions (possibly the poster is a non-native speaker). This article could certainly use some up-to-date information, although wikipedia cannot, for obvious reasons, accept changes based on the "I know this is true, take my word for it" statements of an editor. I hope the poster will discuss the issues here, so we can figure out how to improve this article. - DavidWBrooks (talk) 13:26, 1 July 2012 (UTC)

Consular services?

How do the permanent ship residents obtain visas for the various countries they visit?

What does MS stand for?

I suspect it's a maritime acronym. If so it'd be nice if the article could explain it.--Grondilu (talk) 22:48, 18 March 2014 (UTC)

Motor Ship - a marine classification that's not very informative, really. - DavidWBrooks (talk) 01:22, 19 March 2014 (UTC)

Why capitalize "Residents"?

Why is the word "residents" capitalized in this article?

"she" for ships

For several years this ship ws referred to as "it". An editor recently changed it to "she" without explanation - as [[2]] says either is acceptable but, importantly: "As with all optional styles, articles should not be needlessly changed from one style to another without clear and substantial reason." There's no reason to change after all this time, so I have reverted it to the original form. - DavidWBrooks (talk) 15:39, 12 June 2020 (UTC)

I accept your point, I didn't notice that another editor had recently gendered it. Perhaps the editor who changed it felt that a "clear and substantial reason" for changing was to provide style conformity with similar articles. Lyndaship (talk) 16:53, 12 June 2020 (UTC)

Didn't notice that somebody changed it again without giving a reason. I have changed it back. - DavidWBrooks (talk) 15:34, 30 September 2020 (UTC)