Talk:The Curse of Oak Island/Archive 1

Archive 1

Complaint

The article says the country of origin is the US. While the Lagina brothers are from Michigan, History Television is a Canadian channel and the show is filmed in Nova Scotia.

I don't think a reasonable person could argue the origin of the show is American. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.142.62.145 (talk) 01:58, 20 October 2014 (UTC)

Actually it depends on which concern you are talking about, there's History (TV channel) (a company headquartered in the United States) and then there are regional/country variants (of which History (Canada) is one). It appears that this show is being done under the umbrella of History (TV channel). Shearonink (talk) 15:31, 3 November 2014 (UTC)

Advertisement

Is it just me, or does this sound like an ad? "...is a hit reality television show...", and the rest of the sections just sound so...corporate. Steel Wool Killer / Lanolжeð Renforsdfer Tyklovon (talk) 03:09, 15 November 2015 (UTC)

That's definitely just you. That word means things. And no it doesn't sound corporate; it sounds neutrally encyclopedic. The article needs critical and viewership reception information though. — Smuckola(talk) 03:18, 15 November 2015 (UTC)

I agree with Steel Wool Killer and have adjusted the wording/tone of this article and the related Oak Island article to be more encyclopedic. Shearonink (talk) 23:13, 15 November 2015 (UTC)

Adding an internal link for J. Hutton Pulitzer

There is another page attributed to Pulitzer for his work as the inventor of the CueCat where he is named Jovan Philyaw but has since changed his name to J. Hutton Pulitzer. Would it be appropriate to have an internal link to this page? Heardthatnola (talk) 04:51, 12 December 2015 (UTC)

a better question is on what grounds were those names chosen? Doug Weller talk 05:58, 15 February 2016 (UTC)

There is a whole web page devoted to the topic - for better or worse. [1] 12.12.144.130 (talk) 22:47, 7 March 2016 (UTC)

References

Canada dates

Since this series is set in Canada (Nova Scotia) I think we should list Canadian dates as the alt dates. They appear to be delayed debuts though. The latest s3e13 "Secrets and Revelations" is only debuting tonight (February 14) at 10pm EST on History (Canada) while it says Feb 2 on the list currently. 184.145.18.50 (talk) 22:14, 14 February 2016 (UTC)

According to this, Canada uses both British and American English, however I would not have any objections to switch to British English. Mlpearc (open channel) 22:24, 14 February 2016 (UTC)

He didn't ask at all about the date format, and we're not switching an American article out of American English. He's just mentioning an additional listing of dates. — Smuckola(talk) 22:48, 14 February 2016 (UTC)

New episode title and date

An unregistered editor with a dynamic IP address has been removing the sourced title and replacing the sourced date with an unsourced one without explanation.[2] They have not used edit summaries or responded to talk requests. I will continue to revert until there is an explanation. If needed, page protection is next. - SummerPhD^v2.0 16:51, 29 October 2016 (UTC)

Copyvio and promotional/fringe

The article says " While investigating Smith's Cove and the Money Pit Incredible discoveries are made." while the source[3] says "Incredible discoveries are made at Smith's Cove and in the Money Pit." Also, "the search for the original Money Pit is interrupted by a major dilemma." sourced from the statement "A major dilemma interrupts the search for the original Money Pit."

Tw9 problems. Rearranging the word order isn't enough. But that's easily solved if we avoid endorsing the claims and promotional languages. Language such as "incredible" and "major" are fine on a promotional website, but not appropriate in an encyclopedia. @22oakisland22oak: do you think you could suggest something better that avoids copyvio or endorsing the claims? Thanks. Doug Weller talk 11:53, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

The whole concept of sourcing summaries of future episodes to promotional information associated with the show is very questionable. Unless there is an independent, neutral sources providing the information about the episodes, it would seem far better to include no summary information about future episodes. 199.192.127.164 (talk) 03:47, 5 February 2017 (UTC)

theories section

The theories section seems to have evolved into what amounts to blatant and selective self-promotion of individuals by name. In many cases, calling them researchers is questionable. In other cases, the section invites extra information in cases where certain individuals named have produced "evidence" which was later discredited. The section should be redone or the listing of individuals in the section should just go away. 199.192.127.164 (talk) 03:43, 5 February 2017 (UTC)

The bones from borehole 10-X (season 4)

In season four, they briefly talked about a finding a bone in borehole 10X and then said nothing more about it. The producer has now said: “People are so obsessed with that bone! You will not find out about the bone, only because — and you can blame me — because I just let it go. It turned out not to be that interesting and so when we did get the results on it, we just never addressed it, but I have to confess I didn’t think anybody would think that much of it and it’s all I hear about.” The rumor is that they were more cat bones (see Episode 2 from season one). Its weird how few people seem to know (or admit) that the whole big area around what they call the "money pit" was dug out down to a 140 feet back in the 1960s. All their "boreholes" are in what amounts to Dunfield's landfill. 75.17.124.98 (talk) 00:39, 18 February 2017 (UTC)

Bad Reference Link

Can someone more versed in reference list editing please remove reference 3? The link no longer leads to the specific article but is redirected to the site's home page. Thanks. SentientParadox (talk) 05:49, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

Bone DNA information on show

The show presents some very misleading information about DNA from the two bone samples. Its implied in the show that Haplogroup T DNA indicates a person from the middle east. But that is misleading and inaccurate. Haplogroup T DNA originated in the middle east 25,000 years ago but has existed for a long time in populations all over Europe including very specifically Britain and Ireland. 2600:1700:CA01:F20:3585:3FAE:6E49:103C (talk) 15:22, 20 December 2017 (UTC)

Sadly this is typical both of this show and many on channels that you would hope to avoid bad science. Doug Weller talk 16:40, 20 December 2017 (UTC)

There's a good article on Haplotype T(mtDNA) right here on Wiki. Someone should insert a link to it.Dean1954 (talk) 12:48, 23 October 2018 (UTC)

Stop lies

Please stop misleading us Smithsonian? I belive there is something there but the Entertainment value is damaging your credibility! 2601:601:8580:7170:C496:5962:BC5E:3451 (talk) 01:50, 5 January 2023 (UTC)

Please Update

Someone should update this page. Roman coins have been found and authenticated. Some of the info here is outdated 73.17.227.152 (talk) 18:50, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

someone is using your name on Facebook

I thought you should knpw 2600:1700:D3D0:3C30:A9C5:9AC7:C272:4D2E (talk) 20:52, 21 May 2024 (UTC)