Talk:Baltimore bridge collapse

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 Definition:  2024 maritime disaster; a fully-laden container ship collided with a road bridge in Baltimore harbor, causing it to collapse. [d] [e]
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I am the sole author of the material I ported here, so no attribution to any other source is required. George Swan (talk) 12:12, 28 March 2024 (CDT)

Allision versus collision

The "co" in "collision" implies two moving objects struck one another.

"Allision" is the term preferred in accident investigations, when a moving object struck a stationary object - like a bridge. George Swan (talk) 15:06, 1 April 2024 (CDT)

Allision is in effect a technical term which few people would use in an article that imparts information. You are right that an official investigation would use it, though. On a site like this, think about the readers and keep things simple by using words that most people understand and identify with. A rule of thumb in any wiki is to use technical terms only if there is no useful alternative in everyday language, as was long the case with much of computing terminology. In any case, collision is not actually incorrect. John (talk) 15:26, 1 April 2024 (CDT)
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