Talk:Giant Dipper/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: Khazar2 (talk · contribs) 01:20, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

I'll be glad to take this review. Initial comments to follow in the next 1-3 days. Thanks in advance for your work on this one! -- Khazar2 (talk) 01:20, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

Initial comments
This looks pretty solid, and I don't think it'll have much difficulty reaching GA status. Thanks again for your work on it! I do think it has some minor organizational problems that need to be cleaned up--information duplicated between sections, and numerous one-paragraph sections that form a minor WP:LAYOUT issue. I also have a few questions about sourcing.


 * " was built on the site" -- state again where the site was; the body shouldn't rely on the lead.
 * Fixed.--  Astros 4477  ( Talk ) 02:14, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
 * "rejected a hoodie among other prizes" -- rejected a hoodie? They all refused to accept it?
 * I think it was supposed to read "received a hoodie". --  Astros 4477  ( Talk ) 02:18, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
 * the many small sections here should be combined per WP:LAYOUT. For example, there's no reason to separate "incidents" or "construction" from "history", and no reason to have three small sections subdividing "ride experience".
 * I've formatted the sections to follow the layout of other roller coaster articles.-- Dom497 ( talk ) 12:37, 20 June 2013 (UTC)
 * that are still operating from the "golden age of roller coasters." -- this opinion ("golden age") should be attributed in text -- "what ACE calls the 'golden age of roller coasters'"
 * Fixed Themeparkgc   Talk  23:01, 2 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Reference 19, the YouTube link, appears to link to an unofficial copy of the song, and therefore probable copyvio. The link should be removed. You might simply write a citation to the song directly, without a link, or not provide a citation for this sentence at all. (It's not the type of claim that needs to be cited per criterion 2b).
 * It seems this has been fixed by another user. Themeparkgc   Talk  23:01, 2 July 2013 (UTC)
 * "The ride celebrated its 60 millionth rider in 2012" -- no need to repeat this in multiple sections
 * Fixed Themeparkgc   Talk  23:01, 2 July 2013 (UTC)
 * "It was awarded the American Coaster Enthusiasts Golden Age Coaster award in June 1994" -- no need to repeat this in multiple sections
 * Fixed Themeparkgc   Talk  23:01, 2 July 2013 (UTC)
 * "Giant Dipper was also awarded the ACE Coaster Landmark award on May 5, 2007 at the 100th anniversary of Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk." -- no need to repeat this in multiple sections
 * Fixed Themeparkgc   Talk  23:01, 2 July 2013 (UTC)
 * "Incidents" seems like a euphemism, which falls under WP:WTW (criterion 1b). Since these were all fatalities, I'd suggest simply writing "fatalities".
 * ✅-- Dom497 ( talk ) 02:33, 20 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Is Roller Coaster DataBase a reliable source? -- Khazar2 (talk) 01:50, 20 June 2013 (UTC)
 * I'll answer this one! RCDB is reliable...it is used in virtually every roller coaster article that is a GA, FA, FL (especially this one), or neither. Duane (the guy who owns the database) only includes information that can be confirmed by a source that he can trust. There was also this discussion that talked a bit about RCDB and this one.-- Dom497 ( talk ) 02:30, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

Checklist
Thanks to everybody who's chipped in to finish this off! I think we're on the home stretch; only a few last checks to do. -- Khazar2 (talk) 00:41, 3 July 2013 (UTC)