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Shouldn't his intro mention that was most known as the Crocodile Hunter? Maybe like this:
Coasttocoast 04:19, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
Hey, I've been trying to fix the format error with the location of the box with the talk page archives, but am not very good with that kind of thing yet. Just thought I'd bring it to your attention so a more experienced person can do it. When it's fixed, would you mind sticking a thing on my talk page showing what you did? Thanks.-- Erciesielski 04:52, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
Is the word or the phrasing of uncoventional (at the beginning of the article) either point of view or neutrel point of view ?
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05:22, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
Should we start a section on the legacy that he leaves behind? I have been reading a lot of news items about what Steve has left behind, in terms of conservation, effect on Australia, and so on. I think if we can avoid getting repetitive, we could develop this section after the death section. Obviously a lot more is to be known about what legacy he leaves behind, so maybe if not now, it should be developed later. Thanks.
This may be too small a thing to worth mentioning, but someone decided to put the turtle emoticon in their msn display name as a thing of respect to Steve and it spread a lot. Almost all my contacts (around 100) now have the turtle.
I also have the turtle in my msn name. It's a neat little thing that might be added somewhere, but I'm not sure where it would be in context.
If you're going to make mention of Irwin's politics, then make it accurate. I added a quote he gave to the ABC declaring that he was not a diehard fan of the Liberal party, and this was promptly removed without explanation, with the incorrect information retained. Why?—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Michaeles ( talk • contribs) .
Alright I'll reference it. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Michaeles ( talk • contribs) .
Well I did originally, but you deleted it because it wasnt referenced. --Michaeles
On September 6th, 2006, he was filming documentary footage, when a stingray that he swam too close to extended its barb into his chest, killing him.
... that would be September 4th.
The top ten articles on theage.com.au all relate to this article...
TODAY'S TOP 10 ARTICLES 1. Daredevil Irwin dies doing what he loved 2. Freakish end to a wild life 3. End would have been agony 4. Crocodile man, Steve Irwin, dies 5. 'Shocking' death caught on tape 6. Widow 'staying strong for children' 7. Irwin's funeral details being finalised 8. Irwin death strike on video 9. World mourns 'wildlife warrior' 10. Irwin state funeral offer
Not sure if thats relevant here, but I thought it was an interesting trivia fact. Ansell 07:15, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
Surely his extensive career creating documentaries has to be considered as one of his "occupations" - he wouldn't be known by 1/100th of the people he is today if it wasn't for his documentaries, and that is what he'll be remembered for primarily - just look at the lead sentence:
“ | 'Stephen Robert Irwin (
22 February,
1962 –
4 September,
2006), also known as the Crocodile Hunter, was an
Australian naturalist, wildlife expert and television personality, best known for the television program The Crocodile Hunter |
” |
I would fix it, but felt that a discussion would be best considering the high activity. Daniel . Bryant 07:17, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
How many TV specials are we going to let enter the article. One was removed recently, however, it is very similar to the remaining ones. Ansell 07:25, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
Someone please put him in this category; I cannot because I'm an Anon user. Thanks. -- 172.145.151.96 07:48, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
The following footnote references have the wrong date (6th September), which is tomorrow. In fact they should be today's (5th September). As of today and now (5th September, 5:48pm AEST) these are references 21 and 30.
1/ Patrick Barkham. "It's like a part of Australia has died", Guardian Unlimited, 2006-09-06. Retrieved on 2006-09-06.
2/ Dave Donaghy. "Irwin death footage 'shocking'", News.com.au, 2006-09-06. Retrieved on 2006-06-06
It would help if these are corrected by authorised editors.
Cheers!
Donot forget that when it's today in the United States it may be tomorrow in Australia. They're 14-16 hours ahead of EST, and 17-19 ahead of PT.. - 24.92.41.95 12:12, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
Also, some of the footnotes say 'retrieved on 2006-6-5' which is in june. someone fix this: we can't retrieve info before it is released.
Grim
Why exactly was his photo cropped? I don't see the benefit. Before, and after. — msikma < user_talk:msikma> 08:09, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
The last Crocodile Hunter documentary went for three emotional hours with footage of Irwin's across-the-world adventures? Give me a break! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 202.173.191.116 ( talk • contribs) 08:47, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
A lot of hard work has been put into writing the Steve Irwin article but on other lanuages it is very brief. If someone could help me in editing the simple english version of the article ➨ Darren
I have uploaded a photo to commons of the Ghan locomotive named and branded Steve Irwin. Nachoman-au 09:09, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
Please, use robot to add, e.g. hr:Steve Irwin, bs:Steve Irwin, sk:Steve Irwin... and surely many others to come -- Xlboy 10:18, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
This page now exceeds 64kb twice the recommended size for pages, I have created Archive 4. Suggest that some who has been monitoring the current discussions for a while archive completed discussions. Gnangarra 10:25, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
I come to the article, and I realize this is a damn good article. And it doesn't look like it got there in the very short time since Steve died. I personally think it could pass FA muster, but considering the to-do list, I have put it up for GA nomination instead. -- Kitch 11:42, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
The lead section has "He was also owner and operator of Australia Zoo, in Beerwah, Queensland, which was established by his wife along with his long time friend William Rollo." (my italics) It seems unlikely that his wife established the zoo, given section 2.1 "Rise to fame" states "He took over the running of the park, now called Australia Zoo, and in 1992 met (at the park) and married Terri Baines." Can someone who knows about the running of the zoo (ie not me) fix that paragraph? Australia Zoo doesn't mention Rollo, and I can't get through to the zoo's home page ATM . Mr Stephen 11:56, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
He could have established it 'australia zoo' as it was different before. Grim
I've added the fifth archive.-- Badharlick 12:25, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
From [4]: On Wikipedia, "Steve Irwin" and "stingray" are the top two topic-specific search terms. Hm, how do they know?! I didn't even know information like that was available about WP. pfctdayelise ( translate?) 12:43, 5 September 2006 (UTC) (BTW please don't add this to the article. Just musing. pfctdayelise ( translate?) 12:48, 5 September 2006 (UTC))
Is this video likely to be released, either by his film crew or family or the police, or is it likely to be destroyed/given to his family etc? Interesting because of qutoes he has made, maybe put a mention about this in the article?
Being in NZ at the time of the death of Sir Peter Blake, and being in Oz at the time of Steve Irwin's death, I couldn't help but notice some similarities between the two death. Both deaths gripped their respective nations, while the men who died where both doing envoiromental reseach (or something along those lines). Comments?-- Hamedog Talk| @ 13:40, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
How can you use a reference multiple times that has the cite/news template? Is it compatible with <ref name=> ? Cheers. Cvene64 13:51, 5 September 2006 (utc)
instead of <ref></ref> use <ref name="name here" /> -- Hamedog Talk| @ 13:54, 5 September 2006 (UTC)