Talk:Peter Benchley

White Shark
The human/shark hybrid wasn't genetically engineered, it was a surgically modified olympic athlete. Secondly, the White Shark link goes to Great White Shark, the animal.

Amazon
I have removed Peter Benchley's Amazon from the booklist under fiction for a couple of reasons. First, it was a TV series, not a novel. There were books written based upon the series, but they were done by other authors. Second, a publishing date of 2004 is given, but the TV series came out in 2000. Third, except for this article, I can find no reference on (appropriately enough) Amazon or Google of any novel by Benchley entitled "Peter Benchley's Amazon" being published. 23skidoo 06:20, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

Pulmonary Fibrosis
Is there any record of when he was diagnosed with this disease? They say the life span of someone diagnosed is 3 to 5 years upon diagnosis. Curious if this was the case.


 * The BBC News report (dated February 2006), in the External links section, states his son-in-law said Benchley was diagnosed 'last autumn'. Many people have chronic / long-lasting diseases for months, or even years, before their disease is diagnosed by a doctor. The time it takes for a disease to cause the sufferer's death varies considerably. Nietzsche 2 (talk) 01:01, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Picture
can you tell me how i can get a peter benchley picture and how i get it on the page send me back in the next 55 min.

Cleanup tag
The whole article seems to be in an infobox.--Anchoress 02:51, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Removed cleanup tag cuz it's fixed. Don't know how.--Anchoress 22:22, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Too many images
This article has too many images of the Jaws cover. This number isn't covered by our fair use policy! One would be sufficient (I'd suggest the first ed.). The JPS talk to me  21:46, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

Jaws - inspired by Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916
The Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916 article claims that those attacks inspired this book. If a source for this claim can be found it could be added here. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Open4D (talk • contribs) 01:59, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Jaws hardback.JPG
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BetacommandBot (talk) 16:45, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Typo?
Terrorize pleasure craft or Terrorize pleasure crafts?

193.224.66.230 (talk) 10:34, 8 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Do you realise you can fix minor errors such as this yourself? WP:BOLD. The JPS talk to me  18:02, 8 December 2012 (UTC)

I wasn't sure that it's an error, since english isn't my native tongue.

193.224.66.230 (talk) 15:06, 11 December 2012 (UTC)

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Should I add that's he's an ocean activist?
At the beginning of the article it says he's a writer and screenwriter but doesn't say that he's also an ocean activist which is what many websites including his own says about him. Should I add it? B-Movie Fan (talk) 03:52, 7 August 2018 (UTC)
 * There are several sources, so yes, you can add it.--Tajotep (talk) 12:02, 7 August 2018 (UTC)

Jaws Effect
Its written that there is no evidence that Jaws affected shark populations, but I have seen a few sources that seem to prove it. I will find them and link them, but I was also worried because the source used for that claim was from Psychology Today which does not seem completely reliable and I do not know where they are getting their information from. Nuttygosling (talk) 14:01, 22 March 2024 (UTC)


 * Christopher Neff (2014): The Jaws Effect: How movie narratives are used to influence policy responses to shark bites in Western Australia, Australian Journal of PoliticalScience, DOI: 10.1080/10361146.2014.989385
 * Francis, B. (2012). BEFORE AND AFTER “JAWS”: CHANGING REPRESENTATIONS OF SHARK ATTACKS. The Great Circle, 34(2), 44–64. http://www.jstor.org/stable/23622226 Nuttygosling (talk) 14:12, 22 March 2024 (UTC)