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Lex Luthor: Drop of Doom

 * ... that in 2012 Six Flags Magic Mountain will open Lex Luthor: Drop of Doom, the world's tallest vertical drop ride?
 * Comment: This is my fifth DYK nomination, so I am not required to complete a review.

Created/expanded by Themeparkgc (talk). Self nom at 08:12, 3 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Hook: Interesting, short enough, cited.
 * Article: Barely long enough, new enough. I feel uncomfortable with the blogspot reference and neither cited source indicates any Guinness involvement. Image has a valid FUR, paraphrasing checks out.
 * Symbol question.svg Hold pending clarification of reference and Guinness information. Crisco 1492 (talk) 15:43, 3 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Firstly, I have removed the Blogspot archive of the press release. It was only there because WebCite failed to archive the original source properly. The Giant Drop currently holds the Guinness World Record for the Tallest Vertical Drop Fun Ride. See Guinness World Records official website (this is a cited fact in The Giant Drop article). As per the cited Los Angeles Times article, Lex Luthor will "rank as the world’s tallest". It is clear the ride will be the world's tallest, so I am guessing your only concern is in regards the attribution of it being a Guinness World Record. If the evidence I have provided is not enough, let me know and I can remove the statement about it being a "Guinness" World Record from the article. Themeparkgc   Talk  06:28, 4 September 2011 (UTC)
 * As Guinness has to recognize it first, I'd feel uncomfortable calling it a Guinness World Record... a plain old world record would be more than enough (although Guinness will probably recognize it after completion). If you have the original press release's URL, you could try the WayBack machine. Crisco 1492 (talk) 09:55, 4 September 2011 (UTC)
 * I've removed the note about it being a Guinness World Record from the article. Hopefully this hook is now good to go. Themeparkgc   Talk  04:28, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Good to go. Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:55, 5 September 2011 (UTC)