Talk:Star Canopus diving accident
Latest comment: 4 years ago by EEng in topic What a page-turner!
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What a page-turner!
editEvery sentence increased my breathless hunger to know what would happen next! It’s like an encyclopedia article, if encyclopedia articles were action-adventure movies!
With the wind blowing from the west against his face, Kelly gazed across the dark sea. Standing alongside the Beryl platform, near where the Canopus would be commencing work, was the imposing silhouette of the Haakon Magnus, a Norwegian semi-submersible, with her massive anchor chains extended.
Muscular prose indeed! EEng 14:41, 16 February 2020 (UTC)
- The article was significantly expanded in 2017 by User:MichaelSmart, and most of it is in fact an excerpt from his superb book Into the Lion's Mouth: The Story of the Wildrake Diving Accident. Gildir (talk) 19:09, 16 February 2020 (UTC)
- He’s obviously an expert on these incidents and his factual contributions are invaluable, but writing a superb book and writing a good article are two quite different things. The style and tone of both this and the Wildrake article are way off. EEng 19:35, 16 February 2020 (UTC)
- The article was significantly expanded in 2017 by User:MichaelSmart, and most of it is in fact an excerpt from his superb book Into the Lion's Mouth: The Story of the Wildrake Diving Accident. Gildir (talk) 19:09, 16 February 2020 (UTC)