Talk:Great Salt Lake

message: This article is FULL of grammatical and composition mistakes, and I don't have time to correct all of them. The article is especially bad concerning the terminology of geology and civil engineering. 
A natural, solid, geological body in a lake - that extends above or close to the surface - is either an island, an islet, a rock, a reef, or a shoal. Islands and islets are permanent features that extend above the water level all the time. There is no such thing as an island or an islet that disappears. If it ever does so, then it is a rock, a reef, or a shoal.
There was a huge amound of confusion about what a water pump does, and I have corrected most of these. In the context of this article, a water pump that has its inlet in a lake, river, or canal "moves", "removes", or "pumps" water, and there is no point in its doing anything else. There were several other words that had been used that didn't make any sense.
It would be helpful for writers to learn something about civil engineering rather than letting their imaginations run wild.98.81.11.27 (talk) 19:11, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Poor Composition

message: Recent studies of the GSL's water have revealed the highest levels of mercury found in any body of water tested in the United States. We need to add a section about the pollution on the lake. see this and this article for a little more info.
:Have the rivers and other runoff been tested to determine if this is natural or artificial pollution? Val42 03:40, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It would seem to be a semi-recent problem, judging from this quote:
" Is the Great Salt Lake polluted?
The quantities of harmful contaminants in the lake, such as industrial organic wastes, copper, arsenic, mercury, cadmium, and lead are very low. This is contrary to what one might expect since rivers, waste-water treatment plants, and industrial facilities discharge into the lake."
This seems to indicate that the lake has been tested before for mercury, but only "very low" levels were found.
===Help request===
There are 7 links in the to-do list above we should use to expand the mercury info, if anyone is willing to look through them. --Lethargy 01:37, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pollution 

message: There are 7 links in the to-do list above we should use to expand the mercury info, if anyone is willing to look through them. --Lethargy 01:37, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Help request

message: From the Dead Sea's peer review:
The lead is for summarizing the rest of the article, and should not introduce new topics not discussed in the rest of the article, as per WP:LEAD. Please ensure that the lead adequately summarizes the article.
This applies here as well. The current lead is pretty good IMO, but it introduces information not currently included in the article (e.g. Lake Bonneville, lake effect snow). Please make sure this info is added somewhere and make sure the lead section adequately summarizes the article. I have a pretty good idea of improvements I can make to the lead, which I will post later.
--Lethargy 01:59, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lead section improvement 

message: Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the GSL near where the Mormons went in 1800-something? In the 1830, Joseph Smith organized the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. I think that is notable enough to be included somewhere. Insane99 19:30, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: You are correct, see Salt Lake City, Utah. I'm not sure how to word it or anything, but I think it should go into a history section. --Lethargy 00:26, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Maybe just a reference to it and a link to the main article for Salt Lake City, then? Insane99 12:38, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I put it in the lead, for now. I moved it to the Geography section instead. --Lethargy 02:18, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

text: The Latter Day Saints are pertinent to Salt Lake City but NOT to the Great Salt Lake. The Great Salt Lake is a geographical and geological feature that has nothing to do with any church or any religion, just as Lake Michigan has nothing to do with religions, despite the Roman Catholic missionaries who were there during the 1600s, 1700s, and 1800s; and the Dead Sea has nothing to do with Judiasm or Islam. These places have to do with geography, geology, and meteorology (e.g. the Ice Ages.) 98.81.11.27 (talk) 18:51, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mormons / Latter Day Saints 

message: As I have mentioned elsewhere, I plan to submit this for peer review soon. Before I do that, I'd be very grateful if everyone could copy-edit it (see Wikipedia:How to copy-edit) to improve grammar, punctuation, tone, etc. Also, please review it and list any opportunities for improvement.
:I'm gonna hold off on the peer review request for a short while, as I am still adding new info to the article that will require further copy-editing before I want it to be judged. --Lethargy 19:17, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Could you possibly mean Lake Michigan? Have you never been east of the Continental Divide or read anything about that part of the country? Perhaps we in the East should start writing about the "Great Saalt Lake"?98.81.11.27 (talk) 18:41, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Peer review 

message: The first thing I notice about the article in its current state is that the commerce section could use some expanding and more references. I expanded the evaporation pond stuff earlier, but I would like to see the rest of it expanded. Also, I'm not entirely sure why Spiral Jetty is in the commerce section, unless it is a tourist attraction... --Lethargy 21:47, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Lethargy's assessment

message: First off, this is a beautiful article, and all those who have contributed should be proud of their work.  I think it deserves to be a selected article, among other things :D
Now, on to what I think might improve it - and I think most of my comments will be pretty low-key.  
====Opening Section====
Current: ...deposit around 1.1 million tons of minerals in the lake each year,[1] and the balance of evaporated water is mineral-free, concentrating the lake further.
This piece of a sentence, while likely totally true and factual, is written in a slightly confusing manner.  I am unsure at this time as to a replacement sentence.
====Origin====
Current:  ... prehistoric lake called Lake Bonneville. Lake Bonneville was nearly as large as Lake Michigan and significantly deeper ...
Suggestion:  ... prehistoric lake called Lake Boneville which, at it's peak surface area, was nearly as large as Lake Michegan and was significantly deeper ...   
:Could you possibly mean Lake Michigan? Have you never been east of the Continental Divide or read anything about that part of the country? Perhaps we in the East should start writing about the "Great Saalt Lake"?98.81.11.27 (talk) 18:41, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Em3rald's Commentary

message: Current:  ... prehistoric lake called Lake Bonneville. Lake Bonneville was nearly as large as Lake Michigan and significantly deeper ...
Suggestion:  ... prehistoric lake called Lake Boneville which, at it's peak surface area, was nearly as large as Lake Michegan and was significantly deeper ...   
:Could you possibly mean Lake Michigan? Have you never been east of the Continental Divide or read anything about that part of the country? Perhaps we in the East should start writing about the "Great Saalt Lake"?98.81.11.27 (talk) 18:41, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Origin

message: This is a great page.  Three memories I have of the lake are its surreal beauty especially at sunset when the mountains seem to rise into the sky, the buffalos on Antelope Island, and the lake stink.  
I believe the lake stink is caused by the brine flies, which are remarkable unto themselves as they actually live in the water and fly out when you wave your hand over them.  The level of lake stink is part of radio weather reports.--John van v 00:26, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Lake Stink

message: I recently stumbled upon the North Shore Monster article.  I fixed up what I could, but it does need more attention.  See my comments on that article's talk page for more of my comments.  Even if you're not interested in that article right now, it is short so I'd like you to read it and fix up what you can.  Then you can ignore it, if you like.  — Val42 (talk) 22:16, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: North Shore Monster

message: I'm of the belief that this section might be worth turning into a separate article on the grounds that this was a major and controversial engineering project (For example, see this New York Times article. Supposedly satellite pictures exist of the lake while the pumping was in operation, which might be worth locating. Also it should be make clear that the region the water was pumped into is the area into which the Great Salt Lake expands to once it rises above 4217 ft. Finally it would appear that the lake created lasted until 1991, perhaps photographs exist from the lakeshore. Graham1973 (talk) 02:17, 24 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: West Desert pumping project

message: This article, along with several related articles, cite a website for the claim that Calochortus luteus may have occurred on islands in the GSL. This website cites only a text from the explorer Domenech, but other explorers from this time period mentioned seeing C. luteus as well. I think this is not supported by any evidence, and is explained by the fact that the name C. luteus was applied to plants that are today called C. aureus and which look much like C. luteus. I am looking for a better source on this, as we have only a few. In the meantime, I have revised the text, but it could be revised to be more vague about this, or more definite. I tried to follow a middle path.Michaplot (talk) 02:18, 8 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Calochortus luteus? 

message: I remember years ago learning about the lake growing. I came here looking for info to see how far along it was. And nothing! Looked over at google and see that now it's actually shrinking. Seems like this needs a section. Leitmotiv (talk) 18:54, 27 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Growing or Shrinking? 

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thread_title:  A Commons file used on this page or its Wikidata item has been nominated for deletion 

message: the water volume is stated to be 18km2 is that to spill point, current year, average. I assume the water volume is very variable? 92.110.165.40 (talk) 18:26, 7 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  water volume 

message: Shouldn't we add a mention of the fact that the dangerous compound BMAA has been found in Great Salt Lake dust? Source: https://www.sltrib.com/news/environment/2023/11/16/study-shines-more-light-toxins/ 98.123.38.211 (talk) 23:18, 16 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[BMAA]] in Great Salt Lake dust