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Christian musician category
Someone has removed Category:Christian musicians from this article several times. Could you please explain why? I think that Plumb is a very clear example of a Christian musician. —Cswrye 14:23, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
 * She is undoubtedly a Christian musician, and she is part of the CCM WikiProject. Please restore it. RoyalbroilTalk  Contrib 06:11, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

Contemporary Christian artist
An anon keeps coming here and removing cited comments that she is a Contemporary Christian Music artist. Please explain why she is not. RoyalbroilT : C 13:24, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

Objectivity
Most of this article reads like an advertisement for the artist, hardly NPOV. Kbomb 05:35, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

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Jeremy Lee
Hello. Can I assume the Jeremy Lee is the one who works here? Thanks.--Disliker of humanities 16:06, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

Band or Solo Artist?
Can someone please explain why Plumb is listed as a solo artist? I always thought Plumb was a band.

Thank you!

Allen 00:38, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Plumb was always a single person but was billed as a band early in her career. It's really a solo artist. Unlike Owl City, she still uses the stage name Plumb for her other work.  Royal broil  03:31, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

 * Plumb is Tiffany Lee (née Arbuckle). She has a band that plays with her so she's not a solo artist, but the musicians are always different so.... --Walter Görlitz (talk) 04:27, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

New Plumb Album
While the edit wasn't made from a book or journal, the information was posted on the artists Twitter and Facebook pages as a verified change desired by the artist. Is there some other way that this should be cited? Thanks. ShadowHawkX7 (talk) 20:32, 20 December 2012 (UTC) ShadowHawkX7 12/20/2012

 * That was left on my talk page in response to this edit. The URL that should have been provided is this and it links back to this Arbuckle tweet.
 * I believe that it's a reaction from Arbuckle Lee to the shooting that may not have label approval. We should wait to see if the title is officially changed rather than take it upon ourselves to make the change only to change it again in a few weeks. That is why primary sources are not as desirable as secondary sources. We should wait for an official announcement from the label. --Walter Görlitz (talk) 21:18, 20 December 2012 (UTC)
 * I mistakenly edited this for the same reason and someone rightly immediately put it back -- we should wait on label confirmation. Instead, I added a paragraph under solo career noting her statement on the title and desired new title, and I linked it to the Facebook permalink. I should think that would be sufficient for now, and even if the label doesn't agree to the change, should make her intentions known in light of what will certainly be some consternation here in the States over the title. --User:RichardTallent —Preceding undated comment added 08:40, 21 December 2012 (UTC)
 * I was the one who reverted and I "fixed" your paragraph, which was a great idea.--Walter Görlitz (talk) 08:46, 21 December 2012 (UTC)

Trance tune of the year
Plumb's collaboration with Aly & Fila "Somebody Loves You" was voted tune of the year in 2020 in the largest Trance radio show, A State of Trance. Her single "I love you" charted the previous year on the same contest. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.187.152.194 (talk) 18:06, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
 * If a secondary (and reliable) source were supplied to support this as being notable, we should write about it, but single-source awards are not usually notable. Walter Görlitz (talk) 23:56, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

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Marineland of Canada

Marineland (official name Marineland of Canada Inc.), is a themed zoo and amusement park in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. The park has performing marine animal shows, exhibits of marine and land animals, and amusement rides. It keeps dolphins, sea lions, and beluga whales. Until 2023, the park also kept walruses and orcas. The park also keeps bears, deer, and other land animals. It was founded and operated by John Holer, a Slovenian immigrant, from 1961 until his death in 2018. Holer's family owned and operated the park until May of 2024 when an unknown buyer bought the park.

The park's keeping of marine mammals is controversial, and the park is involved in several lawsuits related to the practice. The keeping of the sea mammals is opposed by animal rights activists, and Marineland has been the site of numerous animal rights demonstrations.

Facility
As of 2018, Marineland of Canada kept about 4,000 land and marine animals. Marineland operates 16 theme park attractions for children and adults. The park does not release annual attendance figures. Published amounts range from an estimated 250,000 to 500,000 people annually. Marineland is a former member of Canada's Accredited Zoos and Aquariums (CAZA). The company "voluntarily and temporarily" withdrew from CAZA in May 2017, stating it was expanding the area for animals and "will be continuing to work with CAZA to ensure that the expansion is successfully harmonized with CAZA principles".

In 2020, however, the facility did not open in spring as planned because of the restrictions required by the COVID-19 pandemic. The facility remained closed due to restrictions placed by the Government of Ontario. Marineland reopened for its 2022 season.

In 2024, Marineland was sold to a new owner and changes were made to its operations as a result of this transition. All of the rides present in the park were closed as well as some of the exhibits featuring animals.

Marine exhibits
Marineland keeps beluga whales, bottlenose dolphins, grey seals, harbour seals, penguins and sea lions. The belugas are kept in Arctic Cove, Friendship Cove and King Waldorf Stadium. As of August 2021, Marineland had 40 belugas. Marineland at one time had several walruses and orcas.

Kiska was the last orca kept at Marineland until her death in 2023. She was nicknamed the World's Loneliest Orca because she spent the last 12 years of her life completely alone. Kiska was the last captive orca to be held in Canada as a result of the Ending the Captivity of Whales and Dolphins Act.

Land animals
In addition to marine exhibits, Marineland features land animals at its park, such as black bears and deer. In 2023, Marineland was charged by the province of Ontario for providing inadequate care to their black bears under the Provincial Animal Welfare Services Act.

Rides
Marineland has a collection of different rides, including a pair of roller coasters and a large launched free fall.

History
The park was founded by John Holer, a Slovenian immigrant who had worked in circuses in Europe. Holer and a partner bought a portion of the Harry Oakes estate near the falls. The park opened in 1961 as "Marine Wonderland and Animal Farm". Holer welded two large steel tanks together and brought in three sea lions and charged one quarter for admission and another to feed the animals. The attraction also featured an underwater show featuring two female swimmers. In 1963, a trained sea lion "Jeff" escaped from Marine Wonderland and made it to the Niagara River and went over the falls. Holer offered a CA$50 reward and organized a helicopter search. The seal was recaptured by Holer a few days later in Queenston, where it was found sunning itself with teenager Tommy Haines, who was given the reward. In 1964, Holer added two dolphins, along with a few other animals and the attraction became known as "Marineland And Game Farm". By 1966, a 2,000-seat "aquatheatre" was completed along with a "grotto" of aquariums and shops. The grotto in the new Aquarium Dome contained eight tanks used to display fresh-water fish. The park became a popular family attraction and recorded an annual attendance of 250,000 for the 1967 season. In 1968, the park added alligators. Neighbouring attraction "Niagara Falls Indian Village" closed down after the 1968 season and Marineland purchased their property.

In 1971, Marineland added orcas. "Kandu" became the park's major attraction. In 1973, the aquarium purchased Kandy, a 4000 lb female orca captured off Vancouver Island in 1973, to mate with Kandu, but she died later that year. Kandu lived until 1979 and was replaced by Nootka, captured and brought to the park in 1981. Nootka lived until 2008. By 1975, the park kept over 1,000 animals and claimed to be Niagara Falls' "most popular attraction after the falls." In 1975, Marineland became involved in a controversy over another orca captured off Vancouver Island. The capture of 'Kanduke' by the Sealand of the Pacific aquarium of Victoria, British Columbia, for purchase by Marineland was blocked by the Government of British Columbia, at the instigation of Greenpeace activists. Claimed to be property by the BC government and resources by the Government of Canada, the orca eventually was transported to Marineland after it was determined that orcas were a resource under the control of the Canadian government. The incident led to the ending of the capture of orcas in British Columbia waters.

In 1976, Marineland announced a CA$50 million expansion on 1,000 adjacent acres, to include a 400-acre "safari park" and amusement centre. Construction began on a new 15,000-seat stadium and pool for killer whales. Marineland purchased two locomotives for a steam train railroad. When plans for Canada's Wonderland were announced, Holer decided to further increase the park's expansion plans, adding a Gothic castle, canals and the world's largest roller coaster, for a total cost of CA$80 million. The "Dragon Mountain" roller coaster opened in 1983 along with other rides. At a cost of CA$9 million, the roller coaster opened without CA$3 million reproductions of the American and Horseshoe falls, postponed to the future. In 1984, Holer announced the postponement of part of the expansion, citing an 86% increase in municipal property taxes, and threatened to move the facility across the river to the United States.

In 1982, Marineland purchased Keiko, a killer whale, from an aquarium in Hafnarfjörður, Iceland. Keiko started performing for the public and developed skin lesions indicative of poor health. He was then sold for $350,000 to Reino Aventura (now named Six Flags México), an amusement park in Mexico City, in 1985. Keiko was the star of the movie Free Willy in 1993. After spending 1996–1998 at Oregon Coast Aquarium, Keiko was returned to a sea pen in Iceland and was released to the ocean in July 2002. He swam to Norway, eventually settling in the Taknes fjord in November 2002, where he was not catching fish and had little contact with wild Orcas; until his death, Keiko was fed daily by the Keiko Project group. Keiko died of pneumonia in December 2003.

In 2001, Marineland added walruses to the marine mammals it kept. The first walrus was Sonja, from the Moscow Zoo. It was joined by Zeus and Apollo two months later and Pandora, Buttercup and Buddy in 2002. Marineland added Smooshi and Azul in 2004. Sonja died in 2017, and Zeus died in 2018. In 2003, Marineland opened the "Arctic Cove" beluga whale exhibit. Beluga whales were held in Friendship Cove from May 30, 1999, until the opening of Arctic Cove in late 2003. Belugas returned to Friendship Cove in December 2008 following the importation of eight individuals. In 2014, several belugas were switched between Arctic Cove and Friendship Cove.

In 2004, Marineland opened the "Sky Screamer" triple tower ride. That same year, Marineland bought the Green Oaks Mobile Home Park across the street from the park with plans to relocate maintenance buildings to the site. In 2009, Marineland evicted 47 families that were tenants at the park. The tenants appealed to the Ontario Landlord and Tenant Board, lost their case and were ordered off the property by March 2010. One tenant committed suicide while others continued to fight Marineland but had to leave in 2011. Holer was ordered to pay $11,000 each to several tenants for harassment.

Holer died on June 23, 2018, aged 82. He was praised as an "immigrant success story" by Senator Don Plett (Manitoba). Holer had been seriously ill for five months and died at his home on Chippewa Parkway. Holer was survived by his wife Marie and son Peter. Another son, John Mark Jr., died in 2013. The Mayor of Niagara Falls, Jim Diodati, sees Marineland at a "crossroads" with three options: to continue the current business model, to sell its 1,000 acres of land to real estate developers, or to become an amusement park without animals. Diodati favours the latter option. Marineland's lawyer Andrew Burns said that there would be no immediate changes to the business. At the time of his death, Holer was working on a new aviary attraction for Marineland. According to testimony before a Senate of Canada committee in May 2017, the 100 acre expansion was described as being one of the largest expansions Marineland has ever made. Holer himself described the overall park as only "half-developed."

On opening day in May 2019, two deer died in a stampede in the deer enclosure, which was reopened for the 2019 season. According to Marineland, a father and son caused the stampede, laughed at staff, and refused to leave the enclosure, then slipped away while staff quieted the animals. Marineland closed the deer enclosure afterwards until modifications were implemented to prevent a future stampede. On May 22, it was announced that the 18-year-old walrus Apollo had died of heart failure. It was the fourth walrus to die at Marineland within two years, after Zeus, Buttercup and Sonja, and left Marineland with a single walrus, Smooshi. In June, Marineland opened its new "Polar Splash" splash park attraction at a cost of CA$6 million. In June 2019, Marineland signed a ten-year partnership agreement with the Mystic Aquarium's Sea Research Foundation (a subsidiary of Ocean Wise Inc.) for beluga research. In September 2019, it was announced that Marineland had sold two beluga whales to Oceanographic, a Spanish facility owned by Ocean Wise Inc., with the permission of the Canadian government.

Animal rights issues
Since 2012, the park has been the subject of several allegations of poor conditions for its animals by former employees and animal activists have protested outside its gates on several occasions. The park has been inspected by the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (OSPCA) and Canada's Accredited Zoos and Aquariums (CAZA), many times over the years, some leading to orders issued by the OSPCA.

In 2012, articles were published by the Toronto Star alleging animal mistreatment, resulting in negative publicity. An inspection by the OSPCA and CAZA, however, found "no issues of concern". The Star reported that the OSPCA issued orders to Marineland to improve the water conditions for animals at the park and address specific issues with other animals, and that Marineland complied.

In 2015, the Government of Ontario banned the practice of breeding and keeping orcas in captivity, while allowing the existing one to remain at Marineland. Marineland's last orca, Kiska, died at the park in March 2023, having not interacted with another orca since 2011.

In November 2016 and January 2017, the OSPCA received a complaint from a former employee through the animal rights organization Last Chance for Animals. The OSPCA filed some charges against the park in late 2016 and early 2017, but all of the charges were withdrawn by government prosecutors later that year.

In May 2023, the Government of Ontario charged Marineland under the Provincial Animal Welfare Services Act after the latter failed to comply with an order related to American black bears at the park.

Marineland has filed nine lawsuits against activists, former employees and the media, and a further lawsuit against the OSPCA for malicious prosecution and reputational damage.

Controversies
Marineland and its owner John Holer were involved in many controversies throughout the park's history. Animal rights activists have picketed regularly outside the park property for several years and continue to protest as of 2018. In 1977, the U.S. Department of Fisheries seized six bottlenose dolphins that had been illegally caught by John Holer in the Gulf of Mexico. In 1983, Niagara Falls mayor Wayne Thomson resigned amid controversy over a vacation given as a gift by a Toronto development firm and a land purchase made by his then-fiancé Bonnie Dickson. His fiancé bought some land in Niagara Falls from a seller who did not want it to be sold to Marineland. Seven months later, she sold the plot to Marineland. Holer stated she acted as trustee and was accompanied by Thomson. In the 1980s, Greenpeace was the first activist group to raise concerns about keeping killer whales in captivity. It objected to the keeping in principle, although it stated that Marineland was one of the better facilities. The level of concern grew in the 1990s. In 1997, a protest was held outside the park by Ric O'Barry, the trainer of Flipper of the television series. Other organizations present at the protest included Friends of the Dolphins, Zoocheck Canada and Earth Island Institute. The protesters alleged that Marineland separated mother and child killer whales too quickly and four other whales were stored in unsuitable facilities.

In September 2011, SeaWorld won a court battle with Marineland over the fate of Ikaika, a killer whale. Ikaika had been originally loaned to Marineland under the terms of a breeding loan agreement between the two organizations, but SeaWorld decided to terminate the agreement due to concerns about Ikaika's mental and physical well-being due to deteriorating conditions at the park. Marineland initially refused to return Ikaika, but was eventually ordered to by the Ontario Superior Court as well as pay $255,000 in compensation to SeaWorld for legal expenses. On September 10, 2012, the Toronto Star published an article quoting former Marineland supervisor Jim Hammond alleging that Marineland owner John Holer had shot one of the baby deer in his park through the windpipe with a 12-gauge shotgun, leaving it to choke on its blood without dying. Hammond claimed the park owner refused his pleas for humane euthanasia. On December 20, 2012, the Ontario Ministry of the Environment announced an investigation into several mass animal graves at the park. The ministry had no previous knowledge of the graves, as Marineland lacks permits for such use. After an investigation by the ministry, Marineland was allowed to continue using a section of the site for animal burials.

On March 5, 2013, the Toronto Star published an article quoting Hammond and a local resident alleging that John Holer had shot two Labrador Retrievers that had escaped a neighbour's house and entered Marineland property. The article also mentioned that Hammond was told by Holer "to check if there were any collars ... around their necks and if there were, to remove them." In September 2013, it was reported that the Ontario Veterinary College was investigating an unspecified number of veterinarians at Marineland. Also in 2013, OSPCA investigated the claims of some former employees of Marineland claimed that the animals' health was being put at risk by low water quality. OSPCA used the results of the investigation to make suggestions to the subsequent provincial review of its animal welfare laws.

In April 2014, the Vancouver newspaper The Georgia Straight published an article alleging that five harbour seals transferred from the Vancouver Aquarium had fallen ill at Marineland due to "poor water chemistry". According to the article, one, Pepper, died in 2006 from the conditions while the rest were blind. Marineland filed a CA$600,000 lawsuit in July 2014 against The Georgia Straight and the article's writer for defamation and damages. According to Marineland, Pepper did not die as described in the article and the others were not blind but were in fact generally healthy. It was the eighth lawsuit filed by Marineland since 2012, and the third against a media outlet. In 2015, the Government of Ontario took up debate of the keeping of orcas. Bob Barker urged Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne to order Marineland to give up Kiska and other animals. On May 28, 2015, the Legislative Assembly of Ontario passed the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Amendment Act. The act prohibits the possession or breeding of orcas in Ontario but allowed Marineland to keep its orca. On May 10, 2016, Marineland filed a lawsuit against filmmaker Zach Affolter to prevent the release of his documentary, Black Water. The park alleges that the film contains footage illegally taken at Marineland and is a violation of their policy preventing the use of footage for commercial purposes. Affolter responded by asserting that "Black Water is meant as an educational, non-commercial film that dives into the moral question behind keeping cetaceans in captivity." Marineland demanded CA$1 million in damages for breach of its intellectual property rights. Affolter denied the allegations and said he had found the video of Kiska on Facebook. Until the lawsuit was resolved, the film's release was on hold.

Demers allegations
In May 2012, Philip Demers, trainer of the walrus Smooshi, resigned from Marineland. He had been an employee of Marineland for 12 years and had been noted for his close relationship with Smooshi. Demers made public his concerns about Marineland and has been sued by Marineland. In Demers' version of accounts, Smooshi was moved from Marineland's barn to the Aquarium, where Demers said she deteriorated because of problems with the water. Smooshi was returned to the barn but problems returned. He asked for more walrus trainers, but his request was denied. By 2012, he had had responsibilities for hiring and training employees taken away, and he chose to resign. On August 15, 2012, the Toronto Star published an article of Demers' account, alleging that many sea mammals at Marineland live in inhumane conditions and suffer from a variety of illnesses caused by problems with water quality and chronic understaffing. Holer denied the allegations in the report, which was largely based on interviews conducted with former Marineland employees. The Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals declined to press charges, but did order changes in park procedures that were then implemented by Marineland. The controversies led to Suzie McNeil, singer of the park's jingle, "Everyone Loves Marineland", to ask the park to no longer use her recording.

Demers's campaign against the institution is profiled in the 2020 documentary film The Walrus and the Whistleblower. It was released as part of the Hot Docs Documentary Film Festival. It documented the relationship former Marineland trainer Phil Demers had with the walrus Smooshi before he quit in 2012 and became a vocal critic of the park. In June 2020, the film was named as the winner of 2020 Rogers Audience Award and as Overall Favourite at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. The Audience Award allowed the film to be fast tracked in the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature category, "provided it meets all other criteria for eligibility".

The CBC's Documentary Channel item about the film stated that Demers had "appeared four times on the Joe Rogan show, has testified before the Canadian Senate, and is being sued for $1.5 million for plotting to steal Smooshi, the walrus". On September 20, 2022, Demers and the park reached a non-costs agreement where the walrus Smooshi and her calf Koyuk would be rehomed. The two walruses were removed to SeaWorld Abu Dhabi in March 2023.

Ending the Captivity of Whales and Dolphins Act
In 2015, then-Senator Wilfred Moore of the Senate of Canada introduced Bill S-203, the Ending the Captivity of Whales and Dolphins Act. Marineland would be one of two facilities in Canada to be affected by the law after the bill is passed. Marineland, along with the Vancouver Aquarium, opposed the bill. According to Marineland, the Act advances an agenda of entrenching animal rights into the legal framework: "the granting of the rights of a person to whales—what activists call a 'non- human person'—and then to other species". The bill would "fundamentally and critically damage Marineland" and "essentially destroy Marineland's future". Marineland stated that it had enough belugas, but it wanted to get more porpoises in the future and a companion for its one orca. In September 2017, Green Party of Canada leader Elizabeth May filed a complaint to the Parliament of Canada's Lobbying Commissioner about Marineland's breaches of the Canadian Lobbying Act. Marineland had privately lobbied Members of Parliament and Senators without registering with the Lobbying Commissioner in efforts to stop Bill S-203. Marineland's lawyer Andrew Burns registered as a lobbyist in May 2018. Progressive Conservatives in the Senate, led by Sen. Don Plett, used procedural obstruction to keep the bill from moving to a vote. In June 2018, the senators added amendments intended to exclude Marineland and the Vancouver Aquarium from being covered by the bill. The bill was passed by the Senate in October 2018 and was sent to the House of Commons of Canada. Andrew Burns, Marineland's lawyer appeared at a House Fisheries Committee meeting in March 2019, to propose an amendment regarding future beluga births at Marineland, claiming the new law is unconstitutional. Senator Murray Sinclair, the bill's second sponsor in the Senate and a former judge, told MPs no one is going to be prosecuted when currently pregnant belugas give birth. In the opinion of Sinclair and May, Burns was only intending to delay the bill, so that it could not be passed before the end of the current session of the Parliament of Canada. The bill was passed by committee without amendments. The bill passed third and final reading in the House of Commons on June 10, 2019.

Ontario SPCA charges
In 2012, the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals received complaints of animal abuse at the park from former employees and issued orders to Marineland as to the standard of care they should be following. At that time, a full investigation was not conducted. On November 10, 2016, however, the agency received a formal 35-page complaint—compiled by California-based group Last Chance for Animals—which included photographs and videos taken by a former Marineland employee whose identity has not been revealed to the public. (The Canadian Press obtained a copy of the complaint file which was reviewed by some members of the news media; only excerpts have been published.) At that time, the OSPCA began an investigation of possible animal abuse at the park using its staff and a veterinarian.

On November 25, 2016, the OSPCA charged Marineland with five counts of animal cruelty under the Ontario SPCA Act over their treatment of peafowls, guineafowls, and American black bears in the zoo portion of the park. The Ontario SPCA alleged that the animals were distressed and did not receive the required standard of care from Marineland. The company denied the allegations.

Marineland also provided a statement to The Canadian Press: "(Last Chance for Animals) is working together with the fired former employee to exact revenge over his firing and advance their radical cause and goal to shut Marineland." The company also posted a commentary on their Web site indicating that it is "being attacked by disgruntled former employees again, who are working with a professional activist group that raises just under 2 million dollars per year to share their distorted view of facts about others." The post indicated that the company would "vigorously defend ourselves against these charges laid by the OSPCA".

A news article on August 10, 2017, stated that the park had started a lawsuit against former employee Philip Demers, one of those who had filed complaints with the OSPCA, for $1.5 million and that this is only one of nine lawsuits against activists, former employees and the media since 2012. None of the suits has been resolved in court.

Six additional counts of animal cruelty were laid by the OSPCA on January 9, 2017. The new charges related to the treatment of elk, red deer and fallow deer. Deputy chief Jennifer Bluhm of the OSPCA provided the following comment: "While the investigation is still ongoing, these are all the charges we expect to be laid in this case." On previous occasions, Marineland had stated that it would defend against charges in court. The company's first appearance to plead to the charges was set for January 26, 2017.

On the same day, Marineland posted another response on its website, critical of the OSPCA handling of the investigation and the charges, including the following comment: "We believe the OSPCA is continuing a publicity campaign at the behest of a band of discredited activists with little relevant expertise or knowledge, in an effort to avoid further embarrassment related to an ongoing investigation into the OSPCA’s perceived failure to protect animals that is being led by the same activists they are now firmly in bed with. ... We will hold the OSPCA to the high standards of Ontario’s legal system and require them to defend their charges to the fullest extent possible."

On August 10, 2017, all charges were withdrawn in Niagara Falls Provincial court. The prosecutor stated that there was no likelihood of conviction and pursuit of the matters was found to not be in the public interest The OSPCA inspected the park a week later and did not find any issues of concern.

In October 2017, Marineland filed a lawsuit against the OSPCA, alleging that the OSPCA launched its investigation purely to harm Marineland. "It was motivated by a series of improper objectives, including a desire to accomplish its own policy agenda, to mollify the animal activist community, to please its donors, and to effectively destroy Marineland." Marineland is seeking CA$21 million in damages. The OSPCA responded publicly that it "vehemently denies all of the allegations and will defend itself."

A subsequent pleading by the OSPCA's stated that any losses suffered by Marineland due to the charges "are entirely the result of its own misconduct and that (Marineland) is the author of its own misfortune."

In January 2020, Ontario's Animal Welfare Services took over enforcement of anti-cruelty laws from OSPCA. Subsequently, it opened an investigation into Marineland, which is ongoing as of May 2023. Since then, Marineland has been inspected at least 160 times, but the government has so far refused to reveal any details. However, in May 2021, an affidavit obtained by The Canadian Press revealed that inspectors had issued two orders to Marineland to repair water systems in animal enclosures. Court documents also revealed that inspectors found all marine mammals in the park to be in distress. Marineland appealed the orders, denying the distress and any relation between water quality and recent deaths, but dropped the appeal a few weeks later.

On May 31, 2023, the Government of Ontario charged Marineland over the care of its black bears. "Marineland of Canada, Inc. in Niagara Falls, Ontario, has been charged with three counts of failing to comply with an order, related to the care of American Black Bears," said Brent Ross, a spokesman for the ministry.

Beluga whale deaths

 * Dee, a beluga whale imported from Russia, died in August 2000 after a petting session. At the time, news reports indicated that this was the third recent death; in December 1999 another female beluga died from liver failure and in March 2000, Malik, a three-year-old orca, died. This led two animal rights groups to urge the Government of Canada to issue a moratorium on the import of belugas.
 * Sasha, a beluga whale born in 2008 at Marineland, died around October 10, 2011, several days before the off-season.
 * On May 28, 2012, a nine-month-old beluga, Skoot, born to Skyla, succumbed to its injuries after a two-hour attack by two adult males in a shared tank. Only an untrained guide was on hand to try to stop the attack and he said it took a long time for trainers to respond. By that time, the calf had already died. Marineland's John Holer told the news media that the calf died because of meningitis.
 * In May 2013, an aquatic inventory website (Ceta-Base.org) reported that belugas Luna and Charlotte were both deceased and said these were the latest of 18 other beluga deaths over the years. The site's August 2017 report indicates additional beluga deaths, some without a date, with the most recent (named R1) having been on July 30, 2015. Charlotte died from a metabolic disorder; the cause of death for Luna was not known.
 * In August 2017, Gia (who had been born at the park) died suddenly. A preliminary report indicated that the cause may have been a twisted small intestine that resulted in a fatal blockage. The Ceta-Base site indicates that Gia had been born in 2012.
 * In May 2023, Kodiak, a 28-year-old beluga, and Sonar, a 26-year-old dolphin, died.
 * In August 2023, The Canadian Press reported that thirteen beluga whales had died at the park since 2019.
 * In March 2024, two more beluga whales died, bringing the total number of deaths to 17 since 2019.

Orca deaths
A Toronto Star report in November 2012 stated that "Marineland has had 26 killer whales over roughly three decades, according to ... Zoocheck Canada. Of these, 17 died at Marineland. ... Six died in other parks after being transferred while one died en route from Marineland to Japan". The following include orca deaths that were well documented.

 * An unnamed whale died at the park in October 1992 from drowning.
 * Junior, a wild Icelandic male orca, being kept in an indoor barn, died in June 1994.
 * Kanuck, separated from mother, Kiska and stored in a warehouse. Died at age 4 in 1998.
 * An unnamed whale born at Marineland died in June 1998.
 * Malik, a three-year-old orca, died due to a deficient immune system in March 2000.
 * Nova died in August 2001.
 * Algonquin died in August 2002 due to a twisted intestine.
 * April died in April 2004.
 * Neocia died in August 2004 at Marineland. The death of this 12 year old whale was reported as the fifth in five years at the Ontario park.
 * Hudson died in October 2004 with the cause of death being meningitis.
 * Kandu, a wild whale from Iceland that had been at the park since the 1980s, died on December 21, 2005.
 * Katak/Splash was born at Marineland and was moved to SeaWorld in 1992 for health treatment. He died in April 2005.
 * Nootka V died in January 2008 at Marineland. Nootka had been brought to Marineland in 1979 after being captured near Iceland.
 * Athena died sometime in spring 2009. The cause of death was by infection.
 * An unnamed whale died while being moved from Marineland to Japan.
 * Kiska, the park's last remaining orca, died from bacterial infection on March 10, 2023.

Advertising
Marineland's main advertising comes through a series of radio and television commercials with the jingle "Everyone Loves Marineland", an upbeat pop jingle sung by Suzie McNeil. Marineland has also used other slogans over the years in its advertising:

 * "Come to Marineland" (1980–1984)
 * "Where the Fun Never Stops" (1985–1988)
 * "Happiness is Marineland" (1987–1992)
 * "Everyone Loves Marineland" (1993–2024)

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Vítor Meira

Vítor Meira (born March 27, 1977) is a Brazilian former auto racing driver. He formerly competed in the IndyCar Series and has twice finished second in the Indianapolis 500.

2002
After participating in an open test for Panther Racing at Texas Motor Speedway in 2002, Meira made his IndyCar debut with Team Menard on August 11, 2002, at Kentucky Speedway. A little over a month later, Vitor won his first career pole at Texas Motor Speedway after just four starts, and finished in third place.

2003
In 2003, Meira ran his first start of the year for Team Menard at the Indianapolis 500, where he finished 12th as a rookie. Meira then ran the next seven races in the #2 Johns Manville powered Dallara Chevrolet, until a practice crash at Kentucky Speedway sidelined him for the next three races. After recovering from his wrist injury he suffered at Kentucky, Vitor ran the final two races of the season.

2004
In 2004, Meira missed the first two races of the season before a race-by-race deal was presented to Meira by Rahal-Letterman Racing. After Vitor's disappointing finish of 17th in Indy Japan 300, where he suffered a clutch problem, he ran the rest of the season in the #17 G-Force sponsored by Centrix Financial. At The Milwaukee Mile, on July 25, 2004, Meira earned his second career pole.

2005
Rahal-Letterman Racing signed Meira to a three-year contract in 2005, with backing from longtime supporter, Johns Manville and Menards. One notable race finish during the year was a second place to Dan Wheldon at the Indianapolis 500. Meira gave Rahal-Letterman Racing their best final point standing finish of seventh as well as recording seven top five and eleven top ten finishes for the team. After losing a majority of the funds for the #17 car, Rahal-Letterman needed a driver who had sponsorship with them. For Meira, that meant losing his ride to Paul Dana, who brought Ethanol sponsorship.

2006
Going into 2006, Meira was looking to moving back to Brazil and run stock cars for fellow Brazilian and IndyCar competitor, Hélio Castroneves' team. But just as he was getting ready to pack his bags for Brasília, he received a phone call from Panther Racing owner, John Barnes. Even though Panther had lost their longtime sponsor, Pennzoil, as well as engine supplier, Chevrolet, the owners (John Barnes, Mike Griffin, Jim Harbaugh, and Doug Boles), sold off old cars, parts, and equipment to keep the team running. After much speculation of the team closing its doors in Indianapolis, the news came on February 10, 2006, that Panther Racing and Meira signed a deal to run the famous #4 for the 2006 IndyCar season. Throughout 2006, Panther Racing and Meira had a plethora of sponsors on the side of their Honda powered Dallara, including Econova, Network Live, Harrah's, Lincoln Tech, and Revive Energy Mints all adorned the sidepods of the brightly colored orange car during the 2006 season. Despite not winning a race in 2006, Meira finished a career best of fifth in the IndyCar point standings after finishing the season with seven top five and twelve top ten finishes. Even though he has not won a race in over 50 starts, he has finished second seven times in his career.

2007
After signing a three-year contract with Panther Racing in 2008, Meira was sponsored by longtime IndyCar participant, Delphi Corporation, who signed a two-year deal with the team.

Meira, who became engaged to longtime girlfriend, Adriana, in March 2006, was married at the Little White Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas on March 22, 2008.

2008
Meira returned to Panther Racing in 2008 where the United States National Guard became the car's primary sponsor and Delphi became a secondary one. However, the team again contracted to a single car in the IndyCar Series as the Aguri and their sponsorship took Mutoh to the IndyCar Series with Andretti Green Racing rather than Panther.

Meira finished second in the 2008 running of the Indianapolis 500 matching his second-place finish in 2005. Meira chased the eventual winner, Scott Dixon, closing the gap to as little as 0.4 seconds until losing ground due to late race traffic. Meira set his fastest lap on lap 195 of 200.

2009
Meira drove the #14 for A. J. Foyt Enterprises in 2009, replacing Darren Manning. During the 2009 Indianapolis 500, Meira's car survived a spectacular fire in the pits and he later broke two vertebrae in his lower back during a crash involving Raphael Matos on lap 174. Meira did not need surgery and the fracture was treated with a back brace. Meira was out for the rest of the 2009 season.

2010
Meira drove to a podium finish in his first race back after his injury; a 3rd-place finish in his home country of Brazil. This would be his best finish of the year. Vitor drove to a 12th place overall finish in the points standings for the 2010 IndyCar Series season.

2011
Meira returned to A. J. Foyt Enterprises driving the #14 ABC Supply Company Indy Car. He finished 15th overall, with a best of 5th place of Toronto. He was involved in the 15-car accident that killed Dan Wheldon during the 2011 IZOD IndyCar World Championship race. Meira was left without a ride for the 2012 IndyCar season, and he left American racing as a result.

2015
Meira attempted a come back for the 2015 Indianapolis 500, but failed to find a ride.

Business
After his American racing career, Meira started a self-storage facility business in Brazil, and took over an advertising agency started by his father.

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 * 2 Non-points-paying, exhibition race.

Complete Stock Car Brasil results
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Talk:Blue Orchid

Thumbnail
That thumbnail is strange.
 * ... strange? anything meaningful to contribute? also, in future, please sign your comments with four tildes, ~, so we know where all the cleverness is comin' from. peace. riana 16:48, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
 * And why is it strange? --S-man 15:32, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Vandal notes
funny...some one put this in the track listing:

"Though I Hear You farting, I Will Not smell it"

CD2 Version

 * 1) Blue Orchid
 * 2) Who's A Big fat turd?
 * 3) You've Got a dick In Your Pocket (live)"

changed it.

vandalism
the pic in here is bad meg isnt black
 * Please read the article! This is explained there. Notinasnaid 07:56, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
 * The pic in here is not bad. That is the REAL cover and it is supposed to be like that. Also, I don't know why whenever you're talking about the pic you just mention Meg. Jack looks a hell of a lot different then the guy in that pic, I don't know how you can't see that and only mention Meg. But that is the REAL cover, and it is MEANT to be like that with the fake Stripes. --S-man 15:30, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Backwards?
When you go to the White Stripes website, at the beginning some music is playing that sounds like Blue Orchid backwards. It might not be BLue Orchid, but it definately sounds like a song played backwards. 24.93.234.207 21:10, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, it's definitely Blue Orchid backwards, although they removed the song. I think someone just played it backwards and the site adapted it, I also heard 'When I Hear My Name' backwards, I know neither has been released or anything. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.238.255.214 (talk) 09:21, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

The horse
Doesn't anyone else think that the girl in the video was trying to have sex with the horse? >Actually, the horse is trying to have sex with the girl
 * Apparently, some people do place this interpretation on the video (at least, a few have posted it here). However, this sort of controversial information would need a source before it was allowed in an encylopedia article. Not someone's blog either, but something like a review in Rolling Stone or NME, or an interview with the video director. Notinasnaid 08:32, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Anyone who has a problem with this controversial "interpretation" needs only to watch the video. The horse isn't even positioned to stomp on Elson.  The implication is clearly going to sleep with her, something to which Elson does not seem opposed.  How the opinion of a journalist would legitimize anything baffles me.  (P.S.  I don't know how you claim responsibility for your comments on this piece.  Uh, tilda tilda tilda me, Alice.) 69.138.104.214 02:58, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

The opinion of a journalist is pretty much everything under Wikipedia's policies. Wikipedia's rules mean we can't include what we, as editors, think. We can only report what other reliable sources have said. Notinasnaid 07:27, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

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gondry and jarmusch cover versions
read here

Post-punk?
Somebody put post-punk as a genre, but it sounds more like garage rock revival than rather post-punk revival...I is it really post-punk?

"Scary" Music Video
Although I agree the video is sort of scary, I think we need a citation, and perhaps a link to that list. RebDrummer61 (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 17:59, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

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Sir Havian of Selaren
Can you please indicate where that photo comes from? I get zero search engine hits for "Jared and the Shark", "Sir Havian" or "Thanks Bob! Productions", and no hits for "Steve Menning" which have anything to do with this character. John Barleycorn 05:20, July 30, 2005 (UTC)

I am not certain if this is the correct way to answer you, John Barleycorn, because I am relatively new to Wikipedia and could not find out how in the help section. I am involved in the small, four-person production company that filmed "The River of Fish." We are currently creating Sir Havian's web presence. "Henry Wayne" is in fact a pen name and the author, as I understand it, prefers to keep his real name private. As for the picture of Sir Havian, a member of our production company took the photo. (Tonywiki 05:30, 30 July 2005 (UTC))

Hi, Tony, I hope you aren't turned off from Wikipedia by my comments, or by my nomination of your article. You might check our articles on Vanity page and Wikipedia"Verifiability. Generally, articles written by the people who are the subjects of the article or who are personally involved in it are considered to have a vested interest in an article, and we use the term "vanity" to describe such articles.  It's generally believed that, if something is worth having an article about it, then a neutral party would write about it.  If we can't verify the existence of the subject, or if there are only a very few sources, then the subject is generally considered not significant enough to have an article.  We also get lots of "hoax" articles, where people actively create articles about fictional people and places (and I don't mean your Sir Havian, I mean people they try to pass off as real), and with nothing verifiable, this could be considered in the same vein.  I hope, however, you stick around and create or edit other articles. John Barleycorn 05:49, July 30, 2005 (UTC)

It's not really an administrator's decision on Votes for deletion, it's a consensus effort. Any User who has a reasonable number of edits can vote on whether or not an article can be deleted, and all valid votes are counted. If there is no consensus to delete the article, then it is kept, whether the votes are cast by administrators or not. I'm not an administrator, by the way, I'm pretty new here myself. Have fun, enjoy yourself. John Barleycorn 05:57, July 30, 2005 (UTC)

Signing your comments
Hi, again, Tony. You can sign your comments with four tildes -- ~. This lets other people know whom they're talking with. John Barleycorn 06:00, July 30, 2005 (UTC)

VfD comment
Hi Tony - I recently was reading your comments on the VfD of some page you created. Don't let that stuff get you down. Wikipedia is constantly trying to determine the appropriate amount of noteriety that should warrent an article. Unfortunately, often it devolves into "how many google hits are there." I honestly don't know how I feel about all this, but I just wanted to drop you a note so you don't get discouraged! Happy wikipedia-ing! --best, kevin · · · Kzollman | Talk · · · 23:08, July 30, 2005 (UTC)

JFK favorite book list
Do you happen to know where one might find JFK's list of favorite books, the list that included From Russia with Love? It might be interesting to note in the article what other books were included. 23skidoo 22:46, 18 September 2005 (UTC)

I don't have the list in front of me - I know for a fact that what I said is true, that FRWL was the only work of fiction on the list. I will try to find where I saw the list so that I can confirm. Tonywiki 03:38, 19 September 2005 (UTC)

All right - I found it. I checked each book; From Russia With Love is the only work of fiction. Tonywiki 03:46, 19 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 1 - Montrose by John Buchan
 * 2 - From Russia With Love by Ian Fleming
 * 3 - Melbourne by Lord David Cecil
 * 4 - Marlborough by Sir Winston Churchill
 * 5 - John Quincy Adams and the Foundations of American Foreign Policy by Samuel Flagg Bemis
 * 6 - The Emergence of Abraham Lincoln, vol 2 by Allan Nevins
 * 7 - The Price of Union by Herbert Agar
 * 8 - John C. Calhoun, American Portrait by Margaret L. Coit
 * 9 - Byron in Italy by Peter Quennell
 * 10 - The Red and the Black by Stendahl

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Stephanie Herseth
Tonywiki, I just wanted to drop you a note to remind you that with great power comes great responsibility. In this case, that great power is moving pages and the great responsibility is to change any links thereby removing the newly created redirects. I am referring to your moving of Stephanie Herseth to Stephanie Herseth Sandlin. Items which link to Stephanie Herseth can be found here. Please change the links to Stephanie Herseth Sandlin. If you have any questions, please let me know. Regards, Daysleeper47 12:55, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

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Talk:Zecharia Sitchin

3600 years
I read both

reaching the Solar System roughly every 3,600 years.

returning to the inner Solar System regularly every 3,600 years,

On purely astronomical grounds, I would add inner to the first phrase, but this is not a purely astronomical point, because Sitchin's book is not of this kind.

NOTE: I have written this comment because I had to "explain" Sitchin work to an **** (untranslatable italian word) and the difference of the two phrases allowed two different interpretations that explained alternatively ... what you may image. 151.29.149.29 (talk) 12:22, 7 December 2023 (UTC)
 * I added "inner". --Hob Gadling (talk) 12:54, 7 December 2023 (UTC)

Does writing in American make him an American writer?
@Hob Gadling I don't actually think so. Is he really a writer from New York City? He's in that category. Sadly we have few rs for all this, the NYT source is an interview for instance. Our sources say he was raised in Palestine and Israel. He was born in 1920. The article says he went to LSE and he's listed atList of people associated with the London School of Economics. But there's no source. When did he go there? I'm trying to join the alumni association so I can search it but that might be difficult as I have so little detail of my studies there except my MSc. certificate. Doug Weller talk 13:59, 1 March 2024 (UTC)
 * I do not do categories any more since they are just Wild West - WP:OPINIONCAT is sometimes followed, sometimes not, with lots of lively "Critics of..." categories, people like Zaid Hamid being in Category:Critics of Judaism and Kent Hovind in Category:Critics of atheism but Category:Climate change denial regularly being deleted from BLPs because about five people agreed on that, with at least one of them having been indeffed for denialism.
 * I do not care about nationalities, I just did gopher work back then. Do whatever you want. --Hob Gadling (talk) 09:59, 2 March 2024 (UTC)
 * @Hob Gadling Thanks. Doug Weller  talk 12:49, 2 March 2024 (UTC)
 * I do most of my work in categories, nowadays. But we have had regular deletions of categories by consensus of less than five people. Few people frequent these discussions, and there is little to no effort to notify the WikiProjects about these discussions. Dimadick (talk) 19:22, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

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Talk:Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

GA on Hold
These problems need correction:
 * No need of brackets in the intro(the cast list is present!)
 * I have removed the brackets from the lead as they seem pointless considering, after Vikrant Phadkay put, the cast list is actually present in the article (it is a repition of information that is not needed). —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jhfireboy (talk • contribs) 23:31, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

 * Remove the See Also section (All the links are present at the bottom of the article)
 * Integrate all the stubby subsections under "Reception", rename it "Release and reception" and merge DVD release also there. Vikrant Phadkay 15:44, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
 * While I removed the see also list, I see no need to erase mention of the cast from the lead. Alientraveller 15:51, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
 * But there are too small subsections; and why is DVD release stated after reception? Vikrant Phadkay 14:57, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for passing it. Alientraveller 15:53, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

Film budget?
I quoted the budget from IMDb, but according to Alientraveller that's not reliable enough. Fair enough.

Does anyone have a more reliable source for this film's budget? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Drummondjacob (talk • contribs) 08:54, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
 * I believe Bignole had a link to an article showing why Disney never officially confirmed the budget: it was so big that the studio feared market shares would drop if the film "underperformed" ie only making around $700 million or so, and not the $1 billion that it did.
 * Also, Box Office Mojo and IMDb merely took the announced $450 million budget for both films and halved it: but the budget for both films may have risen since. Alientraveller 09:04, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Okay, I hear you. Sorry for the trouble. Drummondjacob 09:18, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

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Monte Cristo
An interesting parallel:

 * The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas: The character Edmond Dantès escapes the Chateau d'If by hiding himself in a body bag and being thrown into the sea.
 * Pirates: The character Jack Sparrow escapes the Turkish Prison by hiding himself in a coffin and being thrown into the sea.

Coincidence?79.193.109.84 (talk) 19:07, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I noticed the familiarity, however, I don't think it really pertains to this article that much, as we can't put something in that we NOTICED, rather, we can put something we can source. BlackPearl14 Pirate Lord-ess 03:41, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

 * I also noticed the similarity, but also feel it's not worth mentioning. For one, Jack's escape is not really that original. Any captive escaping from an island prison would have few options, and hiding in a coffin or body bag would be one obvious method.PNW Raven (talk)

 * True. But that was the point I was trying to push. BlackPearl14 Pirate Lord-ess of the Caribbean 19:49, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

Unscripted scenes
It's a known fact that some scenes were filmed before there was a script ready. Could someone mention which scenes? Or were they left out from the finished film?--Surten (talk) 02:08, 18 February 2009 (UTC)Surten

Script at Internet Movie Script Database
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Timeline
I think that the timeline here, and generally accepted everywhere as I've found (though not endorsed by Disney), is actually off. Barbossa took over the Pearl 2 years after Jack had it ressurected. Then the Pearl and Barbossa spent 10 years trying to find the cursed medallions to reverse the curse. Elizabeth, on the crossing from England, saw the Pearl after rescuing Will when she was 10, and she's 18 at the start of the first movie, (Will was 12 when rescued and is 20 in the first movie) so that means she saw the Pearl 2 years after Barbossa mutinied, so 4 years into the total 13 years. So, at the end of the first movie, its basically 12 years after Jones resurrected the Pearl. The second movie then happens about a year or less after that, and the third movie picks up where the second left off, basically. Think about it...would Will and Elizabeth really wait 13 years after she dumps Norrington to get married? And the Governor would've certainly noticeably aged, as would the others. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Corypark (talk • contribs) 11:58, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

Promotional-seeming box-office edits
Concern has been raised about one editor who primarily edit Disney-film box-office sections to add records both significant and extremely minor, as well as POV language about Disney films' "phenomenal runs." A past discussion was held at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Film, and I have invited the editor to open a new discussion there if he wishes. His recent such edits have been at Real Steel. --Tenebrae (talk) 17:39, 26 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Like editors at WT:MOSFILM have agreed, the minimum threshold for inclusion is that an analysis can be sourced for a highlight. Beyond that still needs to be hammered out. However, here we have passages referencing raw data. Wikipedia reports highlights, it does not try to create them for reporting. Erik (talk | contribs) 21:30, 1 November 2011 (UTC)

Filming timeline for Grand Bahama Island may be in error.
Filming timeline for Grand Bahama Island seems to be off on it's dates, it ends before it starts and Hurricane Wilma occurred in October 2005. Crushedbyadwarf (talk) 10:10, 14 May 2013 (UTC)

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Fantasy swashbuckler "COMEDY"?!
How come this film and it's first two sequels are listed as comedies in the lead? Is there any reference/source for that? And no, I do not believe when it has been nominated for "Best Musical/Comedy...." awards counts, as awards like that have had a lot of controversy in past as films can be funny but not directly a comedy.

Any source or reference for this inclusion in the lead? If not, I will remove them in a few days if no responses or defence.82.44.112.108 (talk) 08:08, 2 June 2017 (UTC)

 * I've removed mention of 'comedy' as over a week has passed and no replies. If you want to add it back in, say why and with valid sources. 82.44.112.108 (talk) 08:18, 12 June 2017 (UTC)

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