Talk:Detroit Zoo

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This page really needs some updates on the recent string of deaths at the Detroit Zoo. (comment added by anon, 13:32, July 16, 2005)

Photos needed
Photos of entry and some exhibits including Artic Ring of wildlife glass tunnelThomas Paine1776 19:00, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I've got some really cool photos (at home) and I'll be going to the zoo soon, so I can take some more if needed. I also an awesome mpeg video of the polar bears swimming around the tunnel but I don't think that will upload to wiki. &mdash;MJCdetroit 19:16, 7 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks, the Detroit Zoo nice place, photos should reflect it, The entry way with gate and flags, fountains, grounds, train, exhibits, etc.,Thomas Paine1776 17:14, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Edits I made today.
I removed the Expo link because it talks negatively about the zoo in a way that it is not very factual. The person did not do his research about all the behind the scenes stuff that happens in NAIC and other things.

I confirmed the Kangaroo count this week too. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ecvogel (talk • contribs) 03:22, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Broken Link
The "History of the zoo" link, under External Links, is broken. TheDork (talk) 04:58, 8 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Marked it with dead link though it is unclear if there is something temporarily wrong with the Detroit News webserver, or if the link is actually truly dead. &mdash; MrDolomite &bull; Talk 14:59, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

Bad Link
The hot link "Drill" from the expandable list of animals, goes to a page on the tool (for making holes) rather than information on the animal. Smith editor (talk) 18:37, 24 July 2012 (UTC)Smith_editor 24July2012
 * In the future, WP:JUSTFIXIT. It would have taken less time to look for an animal in Drill (disambiguation) and fix the link than it did to report the problem here. — SMcCandlish Talk⇒ ɖ⊝כ⊙þ Contrib.  02:23, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Propose removing "Animals" section
The "Animals" section (which I have cleaned up per WP:MOS – do not capitalize the common names of species) and turned into a normal paragraph, should simply be deleted. Point #1 is the most important. Article content is not magically exempt from WP:V simply because it's in list form.
 * 1) It's unsourced and probably unsourceable.
 * 2) It's unencyclopedic trivia.
 * 3) It can never be complete, unless it reached completely absurd proportions.
 * 4) It's prone to errors ("I think I saw a snow leopard or something there the other month, so I should add that.") and vandalism.
 * 5) It will always be out-of-date, since zoos lose and obtain new animals on a frequent basis.
 * 6) The vast majority of zoo articles do not have a pointless list like this, so including one is weird and inconsistent.

Mention of especially notable animals that a zoo has, like very endangered species, is appropriate, but there is no compelling reason to do this as a list. It actually make much more sense to write a paragraph about this, including why the animals are important/noteworthy.

— SMcCandlish Talk⇒ ɖ⊝כ⊙þ Contrib.  02:18, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Reformatting the Article
Hey all, I've been thinking this for a while, but I really think that this article needs to be completely revamped. We use the Zoological Society section like a big "About Us" section, the Animals section is nauseating to look at, and the Current Activities section will eventually become a History section because we will only add to it, but not delete old news. If no one objects, I'm going to reformat much of the article to look more like the National Zoo's article. I think they do a pretty good job with organization. Content wise, not much here will change; it's just not a well-organized article. Thanks, and do give me feedback. Bnosnhoj (talk) 17:45, 25 April 2015 (UTC)

The article as I read it today was definitely written by the zoo itself - it even refers to the zoo as "we" and describes non-encyclopedic material (such as the zoo keepers saying their yak is very smart). I hope someone who enjoys reformatting articles can take a stab at this one; its length makes it overwhelming for me. Jnmwiki (talk) 21:42, 2 July 2017 (UTC)

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Long-term copyvio
I've removed content which was copied from the zoo's website, which comprised most of the article. The edit history shows a pattern of several users (including the now-blocked ) adding copy-pasted sections dating back to 2015. has been active in this activity as recently as June 2018.

The source content is spread across a number of pages, making the violations difficult to track down. Much of the remaining text has the same promotional tone and may be copied from pages which have since been changed or removed. –dlthewave ☎ 18:21, 12 July 2018 (UTC)

Too many photos (and reopening discussion on removing list of animals)
Someone must have been camera happy at the zoo, which is fun, but do we really need dozens of images for individual animals piled into the article? A few images of animals would be nice, but there is way too many unnecessary images. It makes the whole article look unprofessional, and no other well-written zoo article has such a lengthy gallery. No, the Detroit Zoo article is not written very well at all. Some of the GA-class zoo articles, such as Phoenix Zoo or Tennessee Aquarium, have minimal pictures and are constructed well. Unfortunately, the same poor issues can be said for the nearby Toledo Zoo. Additionally, none of the good articles have lengthy lists of all their animals, and I believe such a long list may fall under WP:DIRECTORY in the same way that malls do not list every one of their stores or schools do not mention every one of their teachers. They are constantly changing elements and largely unnecessary information. I propose eliminating the entire "directory" of animals and all of the accompanying pictures. The only pictures that should be used should be for major exhibits or rarer animals.—Notorious4life (talk) 00:33, 11 May 2020 (UTC)
 * I agree that the lists are excessive and difficult to keep up-to-date. It would make sense to only include animals that have been mentioned by independent sources. –dlthewave ☎ 00:53, 11 May 2020 (UTC)

1990 chimp incident
In 1990 there was a chimp incident where Jo-Jo was rescued while being chased by another chimp, so, can this be on this page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.147.84.144 (talk) 18:04, 27 March 2022 (UTC)