Talk:National Aquarium in Baltimore

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made some major layout and form corrections, but probably still needs much work if anyone has time. it was pretty much one long run-on and repetative sentence. ScottyBoy900Q 21:12 4 Aug 2004 (UTC)

    • someone should also add something about the current exhibits, and not just information about an upcoming renovation

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[edit] Pricing

The correct pricing is as follows:

Option 1: Aquarium Admission

Includes our newest exhibits, Animal Planet Australia: Wild Extremes and Jellies Invasion as well as all other Aquarium exhibits. Adults: $24.95 Children 3-11: $19.95 Adults 60 and older: $23.95 Children under 3: Free

Option 2: Aquarium Admission + Dolphin Show

Enjoy The Dolphin Show "Our Ocean Planet" as well as our newest exhibits, Animal Planet Australia: Wild Extremes and Jellies Invasion and all other Aquarium exhibits. Adults: $27.95 Children 3-11: $22.95 Adults 60 and older: $26.95 Children under 3: Free

Option 3: Aquarium Admission + Dolphin Show + 4D Film

In addition to option 2, includes admission to the 4D Immersion Film. Adults: $29.95 Children 3-11: $24.95 Adults 60 and older: $28.95 Children under 3: Free

www.aqua.org for further information

[edit] Layout Section

The layout section is in need of a rewrite. It makes very little sense to the reader. I would do it myself as I used to volunteer at the aquarium, but I have not been there in at least 5 years so things may have changed. As a starting point, the rays and the sharks are not in the same tank; there are no "escalators" only moving sidewalks, and the whole thing about "featuring at first...ending with...but then featuring..." is just a mess. Could somebody who has been there more recently than I please clean this up? -Etoile (talk) 08:36, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] Assessment

This article has enough citations for its content. However, much of the content is lists, which should be pulled into the narrative, so there isn't really as much content as it seems. I am leaving this B-class but marking it for attention to WPZOO to keep it on my radar. Hopefully I or someone else will have time in the not too distant future to add content. Donlammers (talk) 12:02, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Animals

I updated some of the animals that are in the Wings in the Water exhibit. There are no Blacktip or Whitetip Reef Sharks (these are fairly large sharks), but instead there are 2 Blacknose sharks (much smaller). Also, some hogfish have been moved from the Atlantic Coral Reef exhibit to the Wings in the Water exhibit. I know this information because I am a volunteer diver at the aquarium. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hoptza (talkcontribs) 16:10, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Orphaned references in National Aquarium in Baltimore

I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of National Aquarium in Baltimore's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "History":

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT 07:52, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Article becoming an Advertisement

This article is dangerously close to becoming an advertisement between the recent changes by the editor Aquadotorg, which sounds suspiciously like an insider, to recent changes trying to remove the "Best Overpriced" statements. It is funny that they keep removing this, yet leave the Coastal Living mention in without actually providing the reference. Entire sections of this article are not very encyclopedic. How is a current listing of animals in each exhibit encyclopedic? How is a very detailed description of a temporary exhibit encyclopedic? Both of these things are similar to putting pricing information and hours. This entire article currently reads like an ad.Marauder40 (talk) 19:24, 18 November 2011 (UTC)

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