Talk:Steve Irwin/Archive 1

message: With all due respect to the dead subject, I am a little uncomfortable with the statement "Irwin's personality and outrageous antics in the series made him an international celebrity". While he certainly was a great guy, that doesn't really sound very neutral to me, sounds more like a point of view/opinion. Thoughts?--Badharlick 10:21, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It's not POV, its true. The only Australian Americans know is Steve Irwin. He's an internation superstar. Personally, I think you're an asshole. Also, put your new comments at the BOTTOM of the god damn page.142.176.114.226 03:22, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: POV?

message: Are two links to about the same story really needed, esp. as DeadBrain is not a large news source? ~ Mlk 06:58, 7 Jan 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed. I shall remove these news links and provide just one, to an Australian media outlet. - Mark 10:18, 7 Jan 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Two Links

message: Just in case anyone is wondering, Jungle Girl will be the name of Bindi Irwin's series. I just auditioned for a part in it today. Shooting for the pilot will start in early October, and it should be released in America by Late November. And yes, I was auditioning for a part as one of the singers. Scalene 07:57, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Have they done any publicity on the show yet? I couldn't find it on IMDB or on a general Google search. —C.Fred (talk) 13:22, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Not yet - but, I can confirm that the show is definitly going to be called Jungle Girl. It said so on the script - and they only just had auditions, so publicity is a long way off... Scalene 07:08, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Jungle Girl

message: Steve Irwin was cleared of charges relating to his Antarctic adventure, so the page needs an update. Sorry, I'm a new user and I don't have the confidence to do it just yet.
Heres a link to a related BBC News story on the cleared charges: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3896685.stm
Good Reference. I'll put it in for you, but you should try it yourself sometime. It's easy. Johnwhunt 16:55, 12 Mar 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Antarctic "controversy" needs an update 

message: Does anybody here visit either of the fan forums that keep showing up in the links? One of them is actually a Terri Irwin site; I don't think it should be up at all. Is there any redeeming quality in the others, or should they be deleted as well? —C.Fred 04:25, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Fan forums and unofficial links are generally considered to violate WP:EL.  I'll spare the details here, but read the policy for specifics. MSJapan 06:22, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fan forums 

message: Russell Coight is a parody of a number of well known Australian documentary shows. I don't think the comment that it is an "obvious parody of the Crocodile Hunter" is correct. It is much closer to shows such as the Leyland Brothers than Crocodile Hunter, though it parodies the genre as a whole not any one specific show as described in its own wikipedia article.Rikware 04:14, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I've always thought Coight based more on Malcom Douglas than Irwin. But "poeple doing silly things in Australia" is a genra that predates television!. Robbak 05:20, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Trivia

message: His TV shows are notable on their own, and as such the list that was removed could be easily developed into its own page. Ansell 04:49, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: His TV shows

message: The latest edits have hardly been vandalism, can someone change the protection tag to ?
– Chacor 05:04, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Changing it back to sprot works. Cheers. – Chacor 05:08, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Protection tag

message: I spotted a bit of vandalism, and didn't see an appropriate section, so am making a new headline. Post any other spotted vandalism here if you spot it and can't change it. I'd edit it out, but I'm on a Hughesnet/Direcway satellite connection, and it's rare that I can maintain a logged in session when navigating to wiki pages =(
"with songs that surround a story. A feature-length episode of Australian kids TV show The Wiggles entitled "Wiggly Safari" appears dedicated to Steve, and he features in it heavily with his wife and daughter. The show includes the song "Crocodile Hunter, Big Steve Irwin"."
The Vandalism appears in the final 'tits' paragraph.
--Yeorin
:It's been taken care of. Michael 06:20, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vandalism sightings 

message: well if you're going to protect it at least put the icon up.--Crucible Guardian 06:14, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: protecting the page

message: The Queensland Police Service media release document (JPEG format), linked to on the page, which apparently confirms Mr. Irwin's time of death seems to be a rather blatant screenshot of a rough Microsoft Word document, underlines for misspellings and all. It also includes some gaffes in writing, including missing words or bad phrasing. All in all, it seems like a faked serious-information style and doesn't seem to be reliable enough as a Wikipedia source.
At the same time, I've heard differing accounts including that Irwin did in fact die a week ago and that the news was just released to the general public at this time. However, I have no confirmation for this, and none of the news accounts I've seen support it, so it's easy enough to consign to the rumor bin. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Vintagejonny (talk • contribs) 06:20, 4 September 2006.
:RE the police statement. It was posted by a reliable source, so it counts as a RS for us. Copysan 06:24, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: None of the media reports that i've seen have stated that he died a week ago. dposse 06:47, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Queensland PS release and rumors 

message: In the article, it says that Steve died of a heart puncture, however on the news before it said it was of a lung puncture and poison. can anyone verify this? CattleGirl 09:13, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  the article 

message: It's tragically ironic that Steve Irwin, a man that has grappled with thousands of crocodiles, handled the most venomous snakes on the planet with ease and casually interacted with comodo dragons, has been killed by a mere stingray, of all the animals in the world. Taking into account the countless times he has been rumoured killed, it's deeply saddening to learn now that he's actually been pronounced and confirmed dead. RIP Steve Irwin, you have been a great inspiration for all environmentalists and animal-lovers over the world. Your unique superhuman enthusiasm and profound devotion for the world's fauna has earned you the deepest and most sincere respect both from me personally and countless others. You will be missed. Mogura 10:23, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tragically ironic and deeply saddening 

message: I suggest that picture in the infobox be resized, possibly to 200px?
I don't think people should be too far into documenting his death yet. The actual cause of death will not be known until after the coroners report. Daim hes gonna be missed on the Australian and world stage. --Ari89 07:52, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The infobox photo is alright, since if we make it 200px, then it could cause some issues with those who have smaller resolutions. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 08:15, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Picture size 

message: I think we can take down the current event template, considering he's dead now... (only 7 hours ago!).
What say you?
David P. A. Hunter, esq. III  Let us to it,   Pell-Mell 07:56, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I reckon its still a current event...hes like Australias representative to the world and what has happened has hit people hard--Ari89 08:00, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: There's still new news coming in Nitchell 08:00, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah...the full story isnt released and neither has the coroners report--Ari89 08:02, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

text: I suspect that the Current Event the template is referring to is his death - it may not be an event for Mr. Irwin anymore, but it's going to keep the article in flux for at least a few more days.  --Tim4christ17 08:02, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Very good, then. David P. A. Hunter, esq. III  Let us to it,   Pell-Mell 09:24, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Current Event template 

message: Here. Can you change the date of he's die. Thanks --Nick-zug 07:58, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Its OK. --Nick-zug 07:59, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Steve Irwin has died

message: Please remember this page for for discussing the Steve Irwin wikipedia entry, not for mentioning what you think of him or his death.  This isn't a message board. --TheTruthiness 08:55, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Perhaps we should start a subpage /Tributes? I think people will probably continue to post their thoughts regardless. pfctdayelise (translate?) 09:02, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

text: People will still post them here, and it may set a bad precedent. Let them grieve. It won't go on forever. -- Longhair 09:04, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  What a talk page is for 

message: In the infobox at the top of the page there is a grammar error, "enviromentalist,tv personality". There should be a space after that comma. Tiny I know but it's driving me insane. Any admin want to fix that? -- Banes 08:56, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I've fixed it. The article is only semi-protected, and non-admins can still edit if their account wasn't created in the last few days. -- Longhair 08:58, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Oh ok, thanks. I thought it was v-protected. -- Banes 09:00, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Error in article. 

message: Currently the article says that the incident occured in the early afternoon, but the next paragraph says it happened at 11:00 AM local time which by my calculations makes it before noon. Which is it? -Richmeister 09:05, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The 11am time of death appears correct. News began flowing in Australia early in the afternoon. Allowing for time to contact his family etc, I'd say 11am is close to the mark. -- Longhair 09:07, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Apparently his family were not in range of normal communication, hiking in Tasmania according to reports. So I doubt that would be the reason. Ansell 09:11, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Time of death 

message: Substituted at 22:07, 3 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Assessment comment