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Wikipedia manual of style says to avoid Controversies section. The text in this section should be merged into the main narrative. Ashmoo ( talk) 10:14, 20 October 2017 (UTC)
"Wikipedia: Controversies" is not a WP policy or guideline, only an essay expressing 'advice or opinions' by certain contributors. I came to this article looking for a controversies section because I was repelled by Irwin's crudely extrovert and sensationalist approach after viewing a few of his TV programmes. I regret the tragic circumstances of his death. But his admirers have no right to attempt to place him beyond criticism, or to have any criticism buried within the main text of the article. Having a controversies section is fully justified and is not an infringement of current official WP policy. O Murr ( talk) 06:19, 25 March 2019 (UTC)
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Perhaps mention that, according to his 2004 Larry King interview, he hoped to become a US citizen.
"KING: Beautiful black snake. Yes. You going to be a U.S. citizen, too? IRWIN: Yes, I hope to. I sincerely hope to." [1]
Liveinthemind ( talk) 07:23, 6 May 2018 (UTC)
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template. I don't think that is important enough to include—seems fairly trivial to me. I would suggest a discussion to determine inclusion. Thanks,
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This has been discussed once before: /info/en/?search=Talk:Steve_Irwin/Archive_2#Birth_place
His birthplace is currently listed as "Essendon", but according to his wife, he was born in Ferntree Gully ( https://www.blog.google/inside-google/doodles/steve-irwin-doodle/). If he was born at the Angliss Hospital, it is located in Ferntree Gully.
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Please change "Irwin's widow, Terri Raines Irwin" to "Irwin's wife, Terri Raines Irwin" in the caption under Terri Raines's picture in the "Career" section as a mark of respect for both personalities. Bishal Das ( talk) 14:58, 22 February 2019 (UTC)
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talk) 16:38, 22 February 2019 (UTC)“Irwin was born on his mother's birthday“ What does this mean? When was his Mother born? 2601:483:101:86B5:2467:6275:A55B:B3B0 ( talk) 01:11, 23 February 2019 (UTC)
Can someone please correct the spelling, as the correct Australian spelling is “program” not the British spelling “programme.” 2001:8003:4037:8E00:D8D8:7513:C1AA:C5AA ( talk) 02:23, 6 July 2019 (UTC)
According to australiazoo.com.au and crocodilehunter.com.au, Steve Irwin was born in Upper Ferntree Gully, Victoria. However, other sources (including Britannica.com) cite his birthplace as Essendon. — Jonny Nixon ( talk) 07:30, 6 July 2019 (UTC)
Steve Irwin was born at The Angliss hospital in Upper Ferntree Gully. Where he grew up before moving North is unclear, however it would make sense that he was in the Ferntree Gully area as opposed to the Essendon area given Ferntree Gully in the 60s was (and still is) very much an area with a lot of forestry and wildlife meanwhile Essendon is very urban. BeeerGutt ( talk) 12:27, 7 July 2019 (UTC)
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Reference #75: "Surfers invited to pay tribute". 6 September 2006. Retrieved 7 November 2006.[dead link]
link url on that site changed formatting resulting in a dead link. Please change http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/localnews/storydisplay.cfm?storyid=3699961&thesection=localnews&thesubsection=&thesecondsubsection to https://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/scd-surfers-invited-to-pay-tribute/317393/ KodyT ( talk) 17:02, 30 July 2019 (UTC)
Should the PETA controversy from last year be added into the controversy section of the article? I think it’s notable, especially since PETA also came after his son and continued for a few months. But, PETA’s been quiet about it since Jimmy Fallon stopped showing live animals and they’ve since deleted some of the harsher tweets. So, I’m not sure if it should be added, but I’d like to hear what others think anyway. Bencutiostan ( talk) 22:19, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
The article incorrectly asserts that there is no mention of Steve Irwin's death in Ocean's Deadliest, Steve's last documentary. However, the film does contain a still image stating "In memory of Steve Irwin", a reference to his passing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Unreasonableperson ( talk • contribs) 21:34, 10 January 2021 (UTC)
Although many sources state that the barb pierced his heart, there's no heart injury in his autopsy. Sometimes when a person gets injured in the chest, people may speak too much and assume it was in the heart organ. Also, he died not just from blood loss it was because of the stingray's venom.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.88.29.11 ( talk) 04:46, 3 February 2021 (UTC)
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Change sentence under "Death": According to the incident's only witness, "All of a sudden [the stingray] propped on its front and started stabbing wildly with its tail. Hundreds of strikes in a few seconds". to "It (the film) shows that Steve came over the top of the ray and the tail came up, and spiked him here (in the chest), and he pulled it out and the next minute he's gone. That was it. The cameraman had to shut down." (source: https://web.archive.org/web/20060911010650/http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0%2C20867%2C20355112-601%2C00.html)
Reasoning: The way this big animal stings is once, very quickly en precise. The hundreds of strikes in a few seconds mentioned now is illogic for an animal with one poisoned barb. Like a bee, one sting. MPMastenbroek ( talk) 11:31, 21 May 2021 (UTC)
It looks like the Day is celebrated by one zoo? Reading the article, it does not seem like the amount of information that couldn't be accomodated in the main article.( NPP action) Usedtobecool ☎️ 14:16, 20 September 2021 (UTC)
Hello, this article is semi-protected, and I just created an account to try to fix one typo: "governments and non-profit organiszations." <-- organiszations. I'd like to request for someone to fix it, since I can't do it myself :) Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by KruellPoz ( talk • contribs) 11:07, 19 November 2021 (UTC)
Just curious why Irwin's death has to have its own separate page? I'm not sure that's really necessary. Is it because the circumstances of his death were so infamous? 216.193.182.159 ( talk) 17:50, 27 October 2022 (UTC)
talking about Steve Irwins first segment on tv and the first animal he held 2600:8807:A982:2900:2C6B:8AD4:37EC:3C19 ( talk) 14:18, 3 May 2023 (UTC)
Perhaps switch out the link cited in this section for the archve.org link. The original website appears to be an Asian spam site or something now. Dougbeney ( talk) 13:14, 19 March 2024 (UTC)