Talk:Pequod (Moby-Dick)

In the article on the Pequod, it is stated that the whaling trip takes place in the Indian and south Pacific oceans. In fact it takes place in the Indian and North Pacific Oceans

Pequod - Name

Is there any evidence verifying that Melville named the ship after the Pecquots? There is no citation for this position and there should be a cite. Is there any alternative interpretation? Well, when I looked up "pequod" at dictionary.com (before coming to Wikipedia), one of the first alternatives suggested was "pekod," which is defined as:

probably a place in Babylonia (Jer. 50:21; Ezek. 23:23). It is the opinion, however, of some that this word signifies "visitation," "punishment," and allegorically "designates Babylon as the city which was to be destroyed." (from Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary)

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Pekod

There are many biblical references in Moby Dick and this one seems to make some sense. I'm not advocating that this interpretation be included - as of now it's "original research" - I just haven't found any official explanation for the name, outside of Wikipedia. Ileanadu (talk) 20:08, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

Tiller / wheel discrepancy

There is no discrepancy. Ships with wheels also had tillers as can be easily seen at

and many other web pages and anyone knowledgeable about boats and ships can confirm. The wheel moved the tiller through blocks and tackles and the tiller moved the rudder. The wheel was added as mechanical advantage when rudders and tillers became too big to be handled directly but the tiller did not disappear by the addition of the wheel. For this reason I am removing this section. GS3 (talk) 16:42, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

Reasons for this article

I have placed an "In Process" request, pending further work.

The "Pequod" is 1) The ship in question 2) The ship and crew, referred to in many references 3) the symbol to which scholars give differing meanings. The references speak to these meanings.

In addition, replacing the article with a simple "Redirect" to "Moby Dick" creates a Wikipedia:Circular redirect. ch (talk) 21:59, 10 September 2022 (UTC)

References in Popular Culture: How to handle?

The article needs to show that "Pequod" has entered popular culture, but not include random examples. It would be great if somebody could come up with a reference that talked about this phenomenon even if it's not as widespread as Starbucks! There's Pequod Pizza in Chicago etc. etc. ch (talk) 17:42, 15 September 2022 (UTC)

Editor Eridian314 almost instantaeously reverted my addition of my hidden text "Please do not add random uses, which are too many to list; see Talk Page". The edit summary was WP:BEANS, i.e. "Don't put beans up your nose". No beans in the nose is actually good advice but I'm not sure how it applies here, since Scope creep's well-founded previous edit was to remove a reference. This edit summary was WP:TRIVIA, which gives the good policy "Sections with lists of miscellaneous information (such as "trivia" sections) should be avoided as an article develops. Such information is better presented in an organized way."

MOS:POPCULT adds ""Articles often include material about cultural references to the subject of the article. Sometimes this content is in its own section ("in popular culture" is common, but also "in the media", "cultural references", "in fiction" etc.)" and "when not effectively curated, such material can attract trivial references..."

The way "Pequod" was used is interesting and important. So to promote "effective curation" I will 1) change the section title to "Cultural references," which better describes what is there. 2) Post another hidden text request/ explanation.ch (talk) 22:07, 15 September 2022 (UTC)