Talk:Dugong
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I tagged this article for cleanup (a lot of the writing is just broken up info and such), and deleted a bunch of the empty sections. I don't think any of those airplane photos are at all necessary--they really don't contribute to the article. Perhaps they can find a better home in a more article or space where they'll have some relevance, but I suggest removing them from this article. FireWorks 02:37, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
- yes cleanup seems to be the name of the game. but why is the too hard basket the rubbish bin here? The page was obviously a framework to build on. If you pulled the framework of every partially complete house down every day, there would be no more houses completed! How about some concern for the planet, as in the images could be said to be important to bring about clarity of why human habitation and recreational use is threatening the existence of these mammals that we know so little about. maybe you need some images that look the other way; West, towards the millions of humans that live right up along the coastline of this area, but there are none presently, I intend to go and make some and gift them to this purpose. In the mean time perhaps you could allow this subject page time and room to develop to its full potential, rather than just cut because the apparent importance isnt high. I know, how about the truly revolutionary idea of communicating with the other contributors first? Its all a bit wierd in the context of other editors completely rewriting and replacing subject pages with massive works, claiming the exact opposite policy, detail and content is important. Think positivity, proactivity, creativity, ie improve the page with some real editors input. Another possibility is that we just continue to hunt these mammals into oblivion, and then you would be right, the images would have no importance at all. I am placing my vote here for editors to be more additive than subtractive in their work. ~~ moza --Mozasaur 18:28, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Conservation offer
I am really interested in giving some of my time and skills to helping the planet to understand the Dugong, and opefully contribute usefully to their continued existence. I fear for their future, and I believe that we need them as much as we need everything else on this earth, to maintain some balance. If you need any kind of mapping, database work, or photography / web work, as part of your Dugong research or publicity, then please feel free to communicate with me. I would be happy to place the results of such activity here in the Dugong article. Paul Moss Mozasaur 06:43, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Vandalism
I am curious about the history of this page, why is it targeted so much for silly little additions that signify a immature mind, or is it just experimentation? just musing as to the behaviour.... moza 03:30, 18 February 2006 (UTC)
- I wonder if we should have this as a registered user only edits page... There seems to be a lot of redundant comments and vandalism added. Leah 07:34, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Links
We already had this arguement in Chutney; the Weebl flash animation is not worthy of a link. Thank you. 130.184.237.220 17:36, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
I agree. I'm removing this link since Weebl's animation isn't even a true tribute to the Dugong and also condensing the links as there's 5 links to one person's encounter with Dugongs.Leah 03:50, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
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- I've already deleted this link a few times now. I added a hidden editor comment inside the page to not add it again. Hopefully that stops it. Leah 07:34, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Egypt?
This article is listed as being part of the "Fauna of Egypt" category even though nothing is mentioned in the text about a population anywhere near Egyptian waters. Any idea what's going on? Either the entry needs editing to include a reference to Egypt or it should be taken out of the list of Egyptian Fauna Esquimo 11:47, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
There are dugongs in the Red Sea/Egypt; I'll add the reference. Decafdyke 14:45, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] picture
the picture in the section of where they're found needs to be repositioned and I don't know how to do that. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by IrishJew (talk • contribs) 23:22, 6 December 2006 (UTC).
[edit] Alternative name?
Is the "dugong" also referred to as the "dudong"? Paul Beardsell 02:10, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Dewgong
Should we add Dewgong to see also, as Dewgong is a pokemon based on it? CrowstarVaseline-on-the-lens-Jitsu!fwends! 18:12, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Style
The article switches between using dugong and dugongs as the plural form; it also throws in "the Dugong" and "the dugong" as well. What's the correct plural form of the animal's name? Dugong with a lower case d looks right to me. There's also a band called Dugong, who would presumably end up at Dugong.[1] -Ashley Pomeroy (talk) 00:13, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
