Talk:Columbus Zoo and Aquarium

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Contents 1 Suggestions 2 Images 3 unreferenced info 4 GA Review

[edit] Suggestions

More about the Safari Golf Course should be added.

Here are some suggestions from the WP:ZOO project. Feel free to complete these and cross them off when complete. Be sure to document the edits here so a record can be kept. Polypmaster 03:09, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Picture of the main entrance

Description of exhibits: buildings, size, # of animals, key points of interest, etc.

More detailed history (e.g., why did it close in Oct 1905?)

Any research/conservation efforts they do there?

Any trams or trains or other rides?

References. Specifically the # of animals & species, and the history section. Any number has to come from somewhere

That help? Cburnett 22:43, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

-I have been making a few changes about the collection. I work at the zoo and I wish for the information to be up-to-date. I do not have a username for Wikipedia. About not referencing the Southeast Asia animal collection, the website is wrong, we moved the whistling ducks and cattle egrets to the Roadhouse and one galah and two sulphur crested cockatoos were added. The kangaroo's quantity can't be referenced, since I already knew that. If you have any questions, please e-mail @ Asgard036@aol.com! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.31.186.106 (talk) 18:01, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Images

I added some generic animal images from Wikipedia so the page looks a little better. Once there are some images form the Columbus zoo specifically, feel free to replace them. Polypmaster 16:57, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

I don't think these are helpful. It isn't relevant to this article what a bison or sun bear look like; only what the Zoo itself looks like. More importantly, the use of the images in the article wrongly implies that they were taken at this zoo, which means they are providing incorrect as well as irrelevant information: elements of the animal habitats—at some other zoo—are visible in the backgrounds of the photos, and the individual animal specimens in particular may differ in some material way from those actually kept at this zoo. I'm going to remove them. Postdlf 01:05, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Fair enough. Polypmaster 13:39, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] unreferenced info

To the unregistered user who has recently edited the article: I am assuming you are a zoo employee or enthusiast, so thank you for correcting the info on Colo and otherwise. If you could, please reference your data, as the info I have gotten is older and contradictory to yours. That would be very helpful. Polypmaster 14:50, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] GA Review

I made a bunch of minor edits, basically just copyediting. A few small issues to take care of:

• The zoo logo image needs a detailed fair-use rationale.
• Please rephrase "Doing so creates a miniature Asia" in the Asia Quest subsection - this is embarrassingly worded.
• Either all of the image captions should have periods, or none of them.
• This is not necessary to pass GA, but it's worth noting that the reference style used here is nonstandard. Since all of your references are online, it would at least be useful to add access dates to these links, in case they go inactive.

GA is on hold pending changes. Chubbles 08:58, 15 May 2007 (UTC)