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Advertisement-like tone

I tried to fix it up a bit, mainly by removing the colorful verbs and adjectives. I also removed a few sentences. The article is still pretty bad; the focus is mainly on the expansion, with little on the history of the facility and nothing about the other, non-expansion exhibits. Emmastaffron (talk) 05:40, 24 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I did a little more to make this seem less like PR. Also added that the aquarium conducts research (found this on their web page). Vicki Rosenzweig (talk) 04:21, 28 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Orca

The orca stuff was a different aquarium, why's it here? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.121.200.44 (talk) 03:07, 12 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Good call, I hadn't originally added the info on the orca's but I did look up links to see if the accusation was true. It's my fault that it was documented with links that were not relevant to the seattle aquarium as one of the Newspapers incorrectly linked it to the seattle aquarium. I was not thorough enough to double check the information that it was another seattle aquarium.--Sparkygravity (talk) 03:28, 21 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You guys need to do better research. Before it was a public aquarium, it known as the Seattle Marine Aquarium, owned by Ted Griffin that did, in fact, hold orcas captive. Including the original Shamu. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.139.179.39 (talk) 01:32, 1 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Actually I did do the research... both times. You can check the history to confirm this... What happened was: 1) someone put up the mistreatment of orcas, but didn't cite any articles. 2) I decided to find out if it was actually true, and found that there were orcas who were mistreated... and cited the section. I rewrote and cited the following section. "The Seattle Aquarium, under founder Ted Griffen,^[1] has been home to many orca whales who were captured violently,^[1]^[2] The orcas' names were: Namu,^[3] Shamu,^[3]^[4] Katy, Kandu, and three un-named orcas to have a total 7 orcas over the years.^{[citation needed]}" 3)The User 71.121.200.44 erased all my hard work, and said that it wasn't the Seattle aquarium. 4) I was upset that he/she had deleted all my hard work and citations, but rather than have an edit war I decided to check my data. 5) I found that user 71.121.200.44 was correct in erasing my work, I had made an error... I had misread an article I found from the Seattle times which reads "Ted Griffin, owner of the Seattle Marine Aquarium (not affiliated with today's Seattle Aquarium)..." here's the link if you wish to check http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/snohomishcountynews/2004126831_capture16n0.html

The nature of the misunderstanding is that Seattle once upon a time had 2 aquariums. The Seattle Aquarium, and the Seattle Marine Aquarium, and that they have in times of the past shared the same location. Because they are and have been two separate entities, it's understandable that they would not want to be associated with the actions of Mr. Griffin. The Seattle Marine Aquarium (private) was founded and operated (CEO) by Ted Griffin, the Seattle (public) Aquarium has always been operated by a board of directors, which is now necessary to gain most public (taxpaying) grants, tax-relief, and to be part of most international Zoo and Aquarium associations.--Sparkygravity (talk) 19:44, 16 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I just undid the undos by Bob2448, in which he reinstated information about the orcas which have nothing to do with this organization. There probably needs to be a separate article on the Seattle Marine Aquarium, but I'm not quite up to doing that right now. I will put it on my to do list -- maybe over the Christmas break. Donlammers (talk) 13:42, 28 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ ^a ^b Lyke, M.L. (2006-10-11), "Granny's Struggle: A black and white gold rush is on", Seattle Post-Intelligencer, retrieved 2010-01-29{{citation}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
^ Gordon, Lyndsay (2009-03-10), "Orca captives: the Penn Cove Round Up", Sound News, retrieved 2010-01-29{{citation}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
^ ^a ^b Price, Erika Parker (2008-01-16), "Since first orca capture, views have changed", Seattle Times, retrieved 2010-01-29{{citation}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
^ "Lolita's Capture", Orca Network, retrieved 2010-01-29

More information about research

Would it be possible for to make another section describing the Aquariums programs throughout the year that would represent their conservation contribution? This could be more informative about the Aquariums goal: "conservation of our marine environment", and also neatly avoid a previous complaints concerning an advertisement-like sound to the article.

Noel7808 (talk) 01:02, 28 January 2017 (UTC) Noel7808[reply]

My first question would be: can I see the sources you would be citing for this content? --Dennis Bratland (talk) 01:11, 28 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Ocean Pavilion

I've redirected Ocean Pavilion and Ocean Pavilion (Seattle) to here for now, though a standalone entry may be possible in the future. ---Another Believer _(Talk) 16:01, 15 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Exhibits

The section of this article describing the exhibits seems very outdated. I don't see anything on the Seattle Aquarium website's exhibit section regarding Ocean Oddities, nor do I see many of its contents (e.g. flying gurnard) on their species page. I hope to update this tomorrow, but may need help to find updated links and information. Aetholis1 (talk) 04:07, 23 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki Education assignment: Online Communities

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 25 March 2024 and 7 June 2024. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Sophiegeary (article contribs). Peer reviewers: Saania Saxena, Madisonrockw18, Mkuulei6, Alyssadebragga.

— Assignment last updated by Saania Saxena (talk) 18:48, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[PI1-1] Lyke, M.L. (2006-10-11), "Granny's Struggle: A black and white gold rush is on", Seattle Post-Intelligencer, retrieved 2010-01-29{{citation}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)

[Soundnews-2] Gordon, Lyndsay (2009-03-10), "Orca captives: the Penn Cove Round Up", Sound News, retrieved 2010-01-29{{citation}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)

[SeattleTimes1-3] Price, Erika Parker (2008-01-16), "Since first orca capture, views have changed", Seattle Times, retrieved 2010-01-29{{citation}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)

[4] "Lolita's Capture", Orca Network, retrieved 2010-01-29

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