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Dolphins

Aren't dolphins whales? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 104.60.192.255 (talk) 01:04, December 28, 2016 (UTC)

No James1james (talk) 16:19, 11 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Sort of, but it doesn't matter anymore since the page has been renamed from "whales" to "cetaceans". — W.andrea (talk) 03:12, 4 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Include orcas as well as whales

Looking at the first version of this page, I think the intention was to include anything that might colloquially be called a whale. It's not like there are separate pages for famous orcas, dolphins, porpoises etc, and I don't think the list is so long that it needs to be split up. So I've decided to be bold, rename the page and reinstate the orcas. Feel free to let me know if this was a bad idea! Jowa fan (talk) 05:51, 2 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Timor Tom?

Timor Tom is one of four named whales mentioned and briefly described in chapter 45 of Moby Dick. I'm not sure if he should be mentioned here, or if so, why the other three (New Zealand Jack, Morquan, and Don Miguel) should not get listings as well. Second, chapter 45 seems to be one of the nonfictional or at least non-narrative chapters of Moby Dick, and it's possible these four whales actually existed and were known to whalers under those names -- does anyone have any evidence one way or another? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jim Henry (talk • contribs) 01:07, October 19, 2021 (UTC)

L25, AKA Ocean Sun

This entry was just added as a red link without a reliable source. I'll notify the editor on their talk page. I did a quick look myself on Google and found lots of mentions, but I wasn't sure if what I was reading was reputable, so I put a {{citation needed}} tag on the entry and left it.

This Seattle Times article seems the most promising, though I noticed it didn't say "Ocean Sun" anywhere, but there's another Seattle Times article that does.

— W.andrea (talk) 17:11, 10 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]