Talk:SS Great Western

message: The ship was not named the SS Great Western. Being a paddle steamer, the correct prefix should be PS. SS is reserved for screw driven ships. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chriswhitmore (talk • contribs) 
:You have a reference for that?  Because there is at least one reference for Great Western being listed as a SS.  If you cannot provide one, I'm afraid we're going to have to back that change out per WP:RS. Syrthiss 11:57, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Visiting the SS Great Britain today in Bristol docks - I noticed all references to the Great Western (& Great Eastern) in the museum were prefixed by PS - this was in contrast to the SS designation on the Great Britain. I believe PS is the correct designation for this ship, although will leave unchanged for now on entry. Anyone with specialist knowledge on this? Gg bris
FUNNY DISCUSSION! ANYONE CAN SEE JUST BY LOOKING AT HER ILLUSTRATION THAT SHE WAS P.S!Downypilt (talk) 12:53, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Naming

message: It has been suggested that this article be split.  To accomplish this, there are now new articles on the Great Western Steamship Company and the British and American Steam Navigation Company.  Therefore, the article on the ship can be rewritten accordingly. 
(GRUBBXDN (talk) 16:08, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Restructuring the Article

message: : Not moved. No consensus for a move. PS Great Western has been created as a redirect, as suggested by an editor below. Station1 (talk) 21:06, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Can you provide link to this? Jezhotwells (talk) 15:02, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

text: Yes, there seems no evidence that the proposed aticle name has ever been widely used, and ample evidence that the current article name was and is. No change of vote. Andrewa (talk) 20:22, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

text: Because both it and this latest edit were unsigned. It's considered unhelpful and even impolite not to sign posts on talk pages, but a bot autosigns them and leaves this message as you have seen, to make it easier for others to see who wrote the post. You can most easliy sign your posts by typing ~~~~ (four tildes). Please do so in future. See Wikipedia:Signatures. Andrewa (talk) 11:20, 17 October 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: You are putting it in the edit summary.  It should be just after your comment. Jezhotwells (talk) 12:42, 17 October 2010 (UTC)

text:  Just by way of example, try searching google books for "ss savannah" 1819 vs "PS Savannah" 1819 for the pioneering transatlantic (paddle) steamer of 1819. I get nearly 800 hits for the first and less than 20 for the second. Gatoclass (talk) 06:24, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 

message: After the collapse of British and American what? (there appears to be a word or phrase missing in the middle of the penultimate paragraph). TheAMmollusc (talk) 14:15, 22 November 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: It is a reference to the British and American Steam Navigation Company, which is mentioned early on in the article and is subsequently refered to as just British and American. Dposte46 (talk) 14:32, 2 December 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: It does look odd. I was going to provide an extra link, or something, but the text does actually make sense when you read the whole article. -- EdJogg (talk) 14:07, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Typo?