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I wonder about the appropriateness of making this article separate from oceanography. Michael Hardy 01:36 Feb 12, 2003 (UTC)


this article should explain how and why oceanic currents are formed. Is it the rotation of the earth?205.155.15.1


The ocean is a world; amazing, unexplained, simple, extreme, strange, normal, wonderful. Can one define the word ocean?

The ocean is often poluted, such as the world we live in. The ocean contains different creatures, and different ways of surviving; fighting, harmony, chaos, peace. It is not that different from what we would call "our world".

Watching the waves crash, and the moonlight reflect off the water, its the unexplained, desirable, world of water.

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[edit] History

Be nice to see some recent research into the history of oceans: how they came to be, how old they are, etc. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.68.249.80 (talk) 21:08, 18 December 2006 (UTC).

[edit] Unknown sea creature

Could anyone help me identify the strange creatures in this picture? Thanks, – Quadell (talk) (help)[[]] 23:05, Nov 16, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Southern Ocean

The disclaimer on this page on the Southern Ocean bullet point ("...generally not considered...") is not consistent with the explanation on the topic's own page, which I think is definitive. Unless there is argument to the contrary, I will replace the disclaimer with a blurb saying that S.O. is a new definition. Sharkford 04:17, 2005 Mar 5 (UTC)

hi my name is sheila and i don't like what u did to my article about the oceans .


[edit] Abyssal and other zones

There should be a paragraph discussing and linking to Abyssal zone and other ecological zones within the oceans, but I'm not up to trying to write it right now. 216.240.37.31 04:28, 8 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Disambiguation page

I added a link to Ocean Software Ltd since in many articles it is referred to as Ocean. I will try to cleanup those pages. Meanwhile should a disambiguation page should be created? Felsir 13:01, August 15, 2005 (UTC)

Coming here from an AfD discussion, I wonder if any ocean expert(s) here could do something about the section on Origins. There ought to be something in Wikipedia on that topic, but I'm not convinced a separate article is necessary until at ledhgcast a section's been written here. I'm not, however, the one to write it, at least not now. -GghbTBacchus(talk) 02:56, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Science collaboration of the week

Physical oceanography is a current candidate on the Science collaboration. Vote for it if you want to see this article improved. --Fenice 07:18, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] What is an ocean?

I came to this article to see a definition of ocean, but I failed to find one. Or, even worse, I found one which is followed by sentence "From this point of view, there are three "oceans" today: the World Ocean, and the Black and Caspian Sea..." which is not what the most common sence of the word in question is. I'm not being bold and inserting a definition myself because I don't have one, but I really feel this article could use a decent definition of ocean... --Dijxtra 23:26, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Agreed. Also, I think there's too much about this "World Ocean" business in the intro, considering its relative importance in the context of "oceans" in general. I'd suggest making a note about the implications of the geologic definition later on and leave only "Geologically, an ocean is an area of oceanic crust covered by water" in the intro. -Elmer Clark 22:31, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
Is it better now? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Unschool (talk • contribs) 23:03, 16 December 2006 (UTC).

[edit] Fish

Can you talk about fish?


--Sam Wang 22:28, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

...try here? -Elmer Clark 22:32, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ocean (artist)

i'd like for someone to contact me -username thesurfer - who is editing this page. you need to include the music artist, Ocean, into the music list. i would be happy to contribute this. the gospel group, Ocean, had disbanded in the early 1970's and yet they are listed.

I contacted the record company that distributes her CDs and asked for information to create my article about her.Her career warrants being included on this page and i am a supporter of her work, and her amazing contributions to saving life in the oceans too.

also, i've noticed that many bands or performers are listed in wiki who are not nearly as accomplished or well-known as is Ocean, and i wonder why whomever edits this page has not included her or so far allowed me to include her and to keep the edits i've made. please explain to me why you are displaying this sort of prejudice? cite - the page for "cosmic", and many other pages. the artists in music holding these otherwise generic names are always listed at wikipedia, regardless whether they are household names yet. Larger music sites had stopped listing the old gospel group of the same name a few years ago and have Ocean, the singer-songwriter-producer i would like to add the information on, as an additional listing for Ocean on the page we are discussing. I can also cite references and listings where needed.

This article is about the ocean, not things called ocean. So the 'See also' section links to relevent ocean (as in sea) related articles. The external links section is similar but, obviously, links to external sites. The website for the artist known as ocean is not really related to the ocean, and will not help anyone gain any further information about the ocean by looking at it. If the artist is big enough for an article to be written you could request an article and see if someone is willing to write one. Also, the Ocean (disambiguation) page is for linking to articles on wikipedia, not to external sites, otherwise these pages would be full of links to other sites.

[edit] Image

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I understand why the image next to the opening paragraph was place here--it's a rather unique view. But I think it should be replaced, or at least removed. First of all, and most importantly, by the admission in the caption, it is simply out of date--the Southern Ocean needs to be represented. Even without that, I can't figure out for the life of me why the South China Sea is demarcated. Seems to make the image even more confusing. Unschool 23:05, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

It is a featured picture, and should be kept in until a better version is produced. --Henrygb 14:01, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] % of earths surface?

The Arctic Ocean takes up approximately 17% of the Earth's surface. The Pacific takes up about 32%, The Atlantic takes up close to 27%, and The Indian ocean takes up 24%.

if you add all those up: 17 + 32 + 27 + 24 = 100%. that seems to me to mean that it is referring only to the % of the Earth's water surface (whatever the correct phrase for that is), and not to the entire surface. Otherwise this statement seems to indicate that the entire surface of the planet is covered in Ocean. unless I'm missing something of course, which is entirely possible. Sahuagin 21:29, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

Hi there! I believe it is referring to the % of the oceanic (or World Ocean) surface; a relative slither of the entire water surface is not covered by the oceans. Anyhow, as its unsourced I have removed the information in its current form: I am preparing a summary table for the oceans and will place it in the next day or so. Quizatz Haderach 21:36, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

It's 70%

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