Template:Did you know nominations/Big Stan (drill rig)

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 20:16, 11 January 2023 (UTC)

• ... that the Big Stan drill rig is claimed to be the largest vehicle mounted drilling rig in the United States? Source: https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-big-stan-gets-to-work-drilling-in-oceanside-90-2007jun26-story.html
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Royston Brooks

Improved to Good Article status by Etriusus (talk). Self-nominated at 01:27, 24 December 2022 (UTC).

•  Reviewing... Onegreatjoke (talk) 16:33, 24 December 2022 (UTC)

Hook eligibility:

• Cited: - n
• Interesting:

Overall: @Etriusus: Good article but I can't seem to verify the hook with the citation you gave. Could you elaborate. Onegreatjoke (talk) 23:35, 25 December 2022 (UTC)

• The cited link [1] does say in the "Facts" section, "From May to June 1999 the caissons were drilled by "Big Stan," the world's largest drilling rig, which was brought in from Denver." However, I would prefer to be able to cite a more reliable source about this. Emporis.com is a website focused on skyscrapers, not on drill rigs. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 00:54, 26 December 2022 (UTC)

@Onegreatjoke:, following from Metropolitan90's comment, I've modified the hook to be in line with a different source. The phrasing of 'estimated to be' is intentionally ambiguous since Emporis is the most reliable source that makes this claim and the record is more than likely broken at this point. It would be WP:OR to go that far, even if I can see the specs on newer Chinese models are larger. Drill Rig enthusiasm isn't vogue unfortunately

While I'd be willing to stake that Emporis is a reliable source, including matters of skyscraper construction, I'll replace it for simplicity's sake. Etrius ( Us) 01:10, 26 December 2022 (UTC)

@Etriusus: Sorry for bothering you but the new source you provided also doesn't seem to make the claim that the hook states. So I need a new source. Onegreatjoke (talk) 16:51, 2 January 2023 (UTC)

@Onegreatjoke: The source in question states billed by its owner as the biggest portable drilling rig in the United States. For whatever reason I didn't get the ping, I'll just leave the tab open. Etrius ( Us) 22:51, 3 January 2023 (UTC)

Are portable and vehicle mounted the same thing? Onegreatjoke (talk) 23:39, 3 January 2023 (UTC)

@Onegreatjoke: The terms are synonymous for the most part, all vehicle mounted rigs are, by definition, portable drilling rigs. Mobile drilling rig is another synonym. We could nitpick, but functionally, the terms are used synonymous. Our page Drilling rig is woefully inadequate at explaining this, and is a future project of mine. If this is a particularly strong point, there is a source I can use that gives the specifics of the vehicle its mounted to, implicitly citing it, but it's a very dense read. Etrius ( Us) 00:05, 4 January 2023 (UTC)

Alright I'll just approve then. Onegreatjoke (talk) 00:12, 4 January 2023 (UTC)