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Seal of NGS should be added

In addition to the yellow-box logo, the National Geographic Society has a formal seal which it also uses in publications and mailings, and on its headquarters building in Washington, DC. A sample of it can be found here: http://ngstudentexpeditions.com/wp-content/themes/NGSE/images/NatGeoSeal-160x160.png I would like to suggest that a way be found to add it to this article. Thank you very much for your attention. Matt G. Leger 19:38, 2 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

While including the seal is a good idea and it could be integrated through the logo section of the organisation infobox but I'm not sure that it is fair use. If somebody else uploads the logo I will happily add it. El komodos drago (talk to me) 09:27, 24 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Remove tags?

I've read over the article and looked at the history, and I don't think that the tags belong. NGS did edit the page, but what they wrote has been reverted, and there's no direct evidence that they've done it again. I also don't think the article has a strong POV, either. Toad02 (talk) 13:24, 26 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

As there has been no explanation by the tagging editor (or anyone else) about why these should remain, I am deleting them. Toad02 (talk) 14:28, 6 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

| purpose = Education<br/>Environmental protection<br/>Historical preservation

Can we please get a source or citation for the three topics shown in the |purpose field:

| purpose       = [[Education]]<br/>[[Environmental protection]]<br/>[[Historical preservation]]

--CmdrDan (talk) 06:02, 5 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

YouTube channel is now seriously fringe.

Sad Doug Weller talk 15:09, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Presidents

As far as I have been able to make out, the following is a list of the society presidents and their terms in office:[1]

Michael L. Ulica (2019 to )
Tracy R. Wolstencroft (2018, 2019)
Gary Knell (2014 to 2018)
2013?
Tim T. Kelly (2011 to 2012)
John M. Fahey Jr. (1998 to 2010)
J. Reginald Murphy (1996 to 1998)
Gilbert M. Grosvenor (1980 to 1996)
Robert E. Doyle (1976 to 1980)
Melville Bell Grosvenor (1957 to 1967)
John Oliver La Gorce (1954 to 1957)
Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor (1920 to 1954)
John E. Pillsbury (1919)
Otto Hilgard Tittmann (1914 to 1919)
Henry Gannett (1910 to 1914)
Willis L. Moore (1905 to 1909)
William John McGee (1904–1905)
Alexander Graham Bell (1898 to 1903)
Gardiner Greene Hubbard (1888 to 1897)

Praemonitus (talk) 02:27, 8 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]