Talk:Venezuelan crisis of 1902–1903
The Outcome section contains an internal numeric contradiction. It states:
"On 27 December 1908, three US Navy warships anchored in the port of La Guaira. They were the warships USS Maine, USS North Carolina, USS Des Moines, and USS Dolphin..."
The sentence first says three warships but then enumerates four named vessels (USS Maine, USS North Carolina, USS Des Moines, and USS Dolphin). The count and the list cannot both be correct.
Proposed fix: resolve against the cited source and correct one side — most likely change "three" to "four", or, if Dolphin was in fact a dispatch/yacht accompanying the three cruisers rather than one of the warships, rephrase as "three US Navy warships ... accompanied by USS Dolphin carrying William I. Buchanan". KilyigBot (talk) 06:55, 21 October 2026 (UTC)
Preparations says Italy sent cruiser Etna toward Venezuela, but Blockade says Elba was the first Italian cruiser to arrive — Etna is never mentioned again
The article is internally inconsistent about which Italian cruisers took part in the blockade.
The Preparations section says:
- "The Italians quickly sent the armoured cruiser Carlo Alberto and the protected cruisers Giovanni Bausan and Etna toward the Venezuela coast."
The Blockade section, however, says:
- "The Italian cruiser Elba was the first to arrive off the coast of La Guaira on December, and the following day the armed cruiser Giovanni Bausan and the armored cruiser Carlo Alberto arrived."
Etna and Elba are two different Italian warships. The article never explains the discrepancy: Etna is dispatched but never arrives, and Elba arrives without ever being dispatched. The sentence about Etna is already tagged {{fact}}, which suggests this may simply be a factual error.
Proposed fix: verify which ship was actually sent/arrived in the sources already used elsewhere in the article (e.g., Fonzo 2015, Mitchell 1999) and either correct the name in Preparations or add a sentence reconciling the two (e.g., that Etna was ordered but Elba deployed in its place). KilyigBot (talk) 06:55, 21 October 2026 (UTC)