Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Amusement Parks/Archive 1

Project Template
AmusementParkProject

This template is located at Template:AmusementParkProject. I'm wondering if we should keep the castle graphic or replace it with something else (to avoid confusion with WikiProject Disney World and the likes). --WillMcC 18:10, 8 March 2007 (UTC)


 * I think it would be nice to use a more generic picture of an amusement park in the project template (like the stub picture). That is just my vote. I am assuming it is okay to put this template on any amusement park related article, right?--Tinned Elk 03:58, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

Theme Parks -> Amusement Parks (project title and userbox)
We've been discussing starting a WikiProject on amusement parks at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Roller Coasters, and WillMcC suggested the following userbox for members of the project:



I recommend changing the Theme Parks to Amusement Parks, per WillMcC's mention that not all amusement parks are theme parks. This should be done both in the project's title and in the userbox, to be self-consistent.

Also, thanks to Will for setting this up! --Idont Havaname (Talk) 03:06, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

Assessment unit
The assessment unit is now fully operational at WikiProject Amusement Parks/Assessment. John Carter 22:58, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

How to link to this project
Hi, I have stumbled into various amusement park articles in the last day and then saw your template on one of the talk pages. Can I add your project template to pages as I find them, or put the article in the project category? I have just started finding projects in general and not sure how to proceed. I would also like to nominate for improvement the article Amusement parks as it seems that it should be a cornerstone for the project. --Tinned Elk 19:17, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

New barnstar
I just created the following barnstar for contributions to this wikiproject, the amusement parks wikiproject (cross-posted there) and related articles.

To use this template, add:

  to the talk page of the user you wish to award it to, as with other barnstars. Free free to add any thoughts, changes or suggestions. IronGargoyle 18:26, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

User box and Navigation box
I couldn't find if the other user box had ever been finished, so I took a stab at doing it. I have never done one of these before, so I might have screwed up.

See: User AP Project

I have also copied a navigation box from another project. Any thoughts? It makes it so much easier to get to other pages of the project (and can be added to any page in the project). I left in links to non-existent Collaboration and other pages, not knowing if we might want them. Are there other pages that could be added here? I will go ahead and add it to the main project page unless there are objections (probably tomorrow).--Tinned Elk 04:02, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

Reorganized main project page
I made some organizational changes on the main project page, moving sections that we are not using yet to the end, grouping some of the sections so that the TOC was more user friendly. Added one of the articles I started as an example under new articles. Moved the members list up higher the page. --Tinned Elk 06:21, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

Scope question
Okay, do we want to include articles about the people who developed amusement parks in this project? How do we go about deciding if the people articles should also be tagged? For example, Charles I. D. Looff made carousels, amusement parks, etc. Should his page be tagged? It has a great list of locations of his carousels, so is more than just a bio. Hmmm???--Tinned Elk 23:04, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

info box
I found this info box on an amusement park page. Should we use it, encourage its use?--Tinned Elk 05:10, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

Infobox amusement park

Image category
I created a new category:Amusement park images and category:Roller coaster park images to make it easier to keep track of any images we have here about amusement parks and roller coasters. --Tinned Elk 21:00, 3 September 2007 (UTC)


 * These categories appear to have been deleted a while back. Really, all pictures (except for fair use stuff like logos) should be on Wikimedia Commons, so I'm guessing that's why. --  Zanimum (talk) 20:24, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Roller Coasters Newsletter
Hi everyone, as this is the parent WikiProject I thought you might be interested to know I've set up a monthly newsletter for the roller coaster WikiProject, shown below. If anyone would like to receive a copy automatically to their talkpage each month, then just add your name to the members page.

Many thanks, Sea serpent 85 12:23, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

Portal:Amusement parks
Hi everyone, just to let you all know that I've had a big effort on the amusement parks portal and it's now become a featured portal! If anyone has any news updates or anything you feel would be appropraite then feel free to add it. Sea serpent 85 14:13, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Coasters from A-Z

 * Hey, everyone! Well, I was wondering if you could all come to my userpage to help contribute to my list of roller coasters from A-Z. It would be great if you would help, guys! Thanks, everyone! --CPGACoast (talk) 02:47, 11 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Hey! Thanks for being eager to contribute, but please don't use the helpme template for this reason. Thank you, Master of Puppets   Call me MoP! ☺  04:08, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

Spam and reliable sources
Hi. I came across and IP editor at 84.92.95.168 whose only contributions are to add external links to a group of websites about UK amusement parks (themeparkjunkies.co.uk alton-towers.net and thorpeparkinsider.co.uk). At least one of the additions was to add citations (see: ). I don't want to go stripping out useful info, but am loath to let spam sit in articles so wondered if the experts here could render an opinion as to whether this is an appropriate reliable source or not. Thanks -- SiobhanHansa 15:03, 28 February 2008 (UTC) Note similar messaage left at WT:WikiProject ‎Roller Coasters. No need to respond in both places.

Luna Park Sydney
Would anyone be interested in wandering over to the Luna Park Sydney article and having a look at it. I expanded it a far bit in the past, came across it today, and am wondering what needs to be done to drag it up to A for GA class.

Post any comments on the articles talk page, or alternately my own. -- saberwyn 03:30, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

WP:SFD related to this project
Hi - there is a proposal at Stub types for deletion to rename and rescope ride-stub, to reduce the ambiguity of its name and make its difference from Amusement-park-stub more obvious. Please feel free to make any comments about this at WP:SFD. Grutness...wha?  23:36, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

White Water Country Waterpark
I'm looking for additional feedback, regarding the article White Water Country Waterpark. White Water is not a separate park, but merely an attraction/area inside Valleyfair. That in and of itself doesn't dictate that the waterpark shouldn't have it's own article, but the existing article is very small and about half of it is information duplicated from the Valleyfair article. And the waterpark itself is very small and I don't see that there is much more information that can be added to the article. I had asked for commentary and, upon hearing none, went ahead and merged the articles. Another user, though, is disagreeing, and, without clearly stating any reasons other than my logic is poor, has reverted the merge (twice). And I've been unsuccessful in getting anyone else to comment. Could someone here (particularly anyone familiar with Valleyfair) take a look and see if I'm totally off base, or what? Thanks! --Rehcsif (talk) 05:03, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

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Non-ride attractions
I've noticed a handful of articles about amusement park attractions which aren't actually rides per se: e.g. Hollywood Stunt Driver, Marvin the Martian in 3D, Police Academy Stunt Show, The Official Matrix Exhibit. Would it be appropriate to include these articles in, or should a new category be created - something like ? DH85868993 (talk) 15:01, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

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Are there enough articles on this subject to justify an Outline of amusement parks?
By the way, here's a relevant discussion about subject development you might find interesting.

Now back to the question...

The Transhumanist 01:31, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

Lake Dolores was the world's first waterpark. So why then is it rated so low on the "importance scale"?...
...I ask you??? —Preceding unsigned comment added by LogicallyCreative (talk • contribs) 08:45, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Probably because the article is poorly written, poorly sourced, and in no way indicates that it was, as you claim, the first waterpark. SpikeJones (talk) 14:59, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

Freestyle Music Park
I finally found where I could complain.

At the very least, it's no longer start-class. Vchimpanzee ·  talk  ·  contributions  · 14:48, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

Collaboration request
To anybody interested, I am looking for editors interested in collaborating on Kennywood. I would like to improve this article to good article status, and hopefully later featured. Anybody interested, please leave a message on my talk page. Thanks!  Grsz 11  14:37, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

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Morgan's Wonderland
(I originally posted this to Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Texas/San Antonio, but since that's a very, very small project, I'm posing this request here as well given the much larger membership here.)

Morgan's Wonderland is getting national attention. I think it really deserves an article on the project. At the time of this writing, it has one, but it is a blatant copyvio, based originally off of a cut&paste from the park's press release. This creates major issues, not the least being the copyvio itself, and the totally promotional nature of the text. I've tagged the page for G12 CSD deletion, as I don't really think there's much salvageable there, given the roots of the current article. But once the G12 CSD is processed, I think we do need an article in that place. Given all the current media attention, I would think there would be plenty of sourcing for a good, non-spammy article. But my skills do not lie in article writing. (I'm a Wiki-gnome by skill set.) So I'm asking if one of the other wiki-project folks would be willing/able to take on the task of, fairly quickly, getting a real, non-copyvio, non-spam, article written up to replace the current one. - TexasAndroid (talk) 14:20, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

Crescent Park (defunct amusement park)
I've submitted Crescent Park as a new article (to replace the one deleted in 2008) so feel free to add. Thanks!Stereorock (talk) 21:44, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

Revival?
If there is enough interest to revive this WikiProject, I will be willing to work on it. Please post a comment here if you think it should be revived. Themeparkgc  Talk  01:36, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

Eldorado carousel
I am not sure if Commons:File:El Dorado 1.jpg is correct in claiming to depict the "oldest working carousel in the world", but even if it is close it probably deserves an article, or at least a mention in an existing article, and I can find nothing. - Jmabel &#124; Talk 19:12, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
 * I suggest you post a message on the Carousel talk page. In that article it states "the oldest existing carousel made in 1779 to 1780 stands in Germany at the Wilhelmsbad Park in Hanau". If you can find a source to state that the El Dorado is older than the one previously mentioned, or Melbourne Zoo's Carousel (built in 1978) - then yes it definitely justifies a mention in the Carousel article if not its own. Themeparkgc   Talk  22:55, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Naah, the Eldorado one isn't nearly that old, so the contributor was wrong. Still, it's a very notable one: it was a centerpiece of Steeplechase Park on Coney Island, and I'd say it certainly merits an article, or at least discussion in either the Steeplechase article or the one on Toshimaen, where I've now used the image. - Jmabel &#124; Talk 04:52, 25 October 2010 (UTC)

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Universal Studios Singapore (Battlestar Galactica)
I'm suggesting someone to do a rewrite up, for a shorter summary version for the section under Problems. The information given is too long and unnecessary.

These should be ones that supposed to be highlighted:

"Higher than anticipated stress and vibration levels caused fatigue cracks to develop in a welded component on the ride’s seat-post support. The redesigned component will eliminate the weld entirely and will also be installed with additional strength-reinforcement parts. Extensive ride testing cycles and inspections, commencing in September 2010, will be conducted before the ride can be re-certified."

"Daytime testing of the ride will begin from 20 December, 2010 onwards. The ride is expected to be ready by next year." — Preceding unsigned comment added by Iluvml93 (talk • contribs) 06:04, 25 December 2010 (UTC)


 * ✅ Themeparkgc   Talk  23:42, 25 December 2010 (UTC)

Invitation to join WikiProject Amusement Parks!
Themeparkgc sent me an invitation to join the group. I would like to join the group to help fix or redo pages on here with accurate information about Theme Parks. I mostly know about Six Flags parks, and I can really contribute on those pages. Thanks, can't wait!. --Jpp858 (talk) 22:16, 8 January 2011 (UTC)
 * You can add your name to the list of Participants and have a read through the rest of the pages to see what you can help with (assessment of articles, items on the to-do lists, etc). Themeparkgc   Talk  23:23, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

List of former Universal Studios Florida attractions
List of former Universal Studios Florida attractions is in need of some serious attention. it is made up almost entirely of original research and has only 1 reference. For an article that has been rated high importance in this project, this is a bit surprising. Participants here may also want to weigh in on Articles for deletion/The Swamp Thing Set.--RadioFan (talk) 23:30, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

Mass merge of Universal Studios Florida former attraction articles
Recently, a mass deletion discussion was closed with the consensus to merge and redirect all articles to List of former Universal Studios Florida attractions. If you would like to assist please visit the destination article's talk page to discuss what needs to be done. Kind Regards Themeparkgc   Talk  23:20, 6 June 2011 (UTC)

Legoland Windsor rewrite
I have rewritten Legoland Windsor on my sandbox at User:Adamiow/Sandbox. I would very much appreciate any feedback before I put it live, so if you have any comments, could you put them below? Thanks - much appreciated! Adamiow (talk) 21:27, 27 June 2011 (UTC)

Walt Disney Parks and Resorts WikiProject Proposal
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Content (?)
have a simple query: page states that all carousels rotate in a counterclockwise direction, yet some pictures on the page indicate that this may not be factual - just curious?? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.197.253.19 (talk) 22:37, 21 November 2011 (UTC)


 * This is factually inaccurate. vandalised the article about two weeks ago. This was missed by editors at the time. I've reverted those edits now.  Themeparkgc   Talk  22:46, 21 November 2011 (UTC)

Hersheypark task force
Hello, I've participated in different aspects of the amusement park WikiProject, and I've decided to start a task force that's related to Hersheypark. I've gone ahead and put everthing together at this point, as opposed to starting an independent or descendant Hersheypark WikiProject. Feel free to join the task force, but that'll be my primary focus now that I'm returning to some heavy editing on Wikipedia for the first time in quite a while! Regards! --Son (talk) 20:07, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Mass Cfr nomination
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North American Midway Entertainment
I have started an article on North American Midway Entertainment. Perhaps members of this WikiProject could improve the article. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 02:42, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

Disney infobox merge proposal
I recently started the discussion on the merger of the Disney infobox into the other amusement park infoboxes. Please comment on the discussion here. Themeparkgc  Talk  00:00, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

Knotts Berry Farm History, possible merge
There is an on-going discussion at Talk:Knott's Berry Farm as to whether to merge in History of Knott's Berry Farm. These pages were split some time ago and the proposal is to undo to split. Please comment at Talk:Knott's Berry Farm D O N D E groovily   Talk to me  03:33, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

Colour of templates
The colour used in all of the infoboxes for the status parameter is currently being debated here. Please comment on the discussion. Themeparkgc  Talk  23:27, 6 July 2012 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:DLRP 15th
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Pinewood Indians
Could I get some input as to what to do with Pinewood Indians? It has a merge tag proposal now suggesting a merge to Rivers of America (Disney), but would Audio-Animatronics be a better merge target? Please comment at Talk:Pinewood Indians. Ego White Tray (talk) 04:01, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

Future of this project
So it has been a while since this project has had any activity and I want to change that. I have come up with a few ideas and I would like some feedback before proceeding. I have split my ideas up into several subsections for easy streamlined discussion. Hopefully one or more of these proposals will be supported. Please comment on the sections below. Themeparkgc  Talk  23:13, 31 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Since there has been no opposition to any of the proposals, I am going to start to implement them over the coming days. Themeparkgc   Talk  02:06, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

Collaboration of the month
Many projects have this sort of thing already implemented. The basic idea would be to encourage collaboration among project members to contribute to a nominated article. By the end of the month we should aim to have it at a near-GA level ready for GA nomination and review. Themeparkgc  Talk  23:13, 31 October 2012 (UTC)


 * I like this idea. However if we do do this, I think we should focus on the actual amusement park articles. Many amusement park articles are a mess. Cedar Point has been listed as a GA and Kings Island and Canada's Wonderland I think are close to passing if they were nominated. However, a lot of other amusement park articles are a mess, especially the Six Flags articles.--Astros4477 (talk) 23:25, 31 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Same thing as Astros has said.--Dom497 (talk) 23:27, 31 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Definitely. Maybe we could start with articles marked with high importance? Themeparkgc   Talk  23:39, 31 October 2012 (UTC)


 * That sounds good.--Astros4477 (talk) 23:45, 31 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Just to limit it even more, how about amusement park company articles? E.g. Cedar Fair, Six Flags, Merlin Entertainments, Universal Parks & Resorts, Walt Disney Parks & Resorts etc. Themeparkgc   Talk  08:08, 1 November 2012


 * Great Idea. I think we can hit one park at a time, including rides, attractions, and history at that park.  We need to figure out a standard article layout before we hit up each park though. I had taken Kings Island under my wing for some time now and added a ton of useful information that helps headers access quick information about the park and rides. Maybe we can start a task force that picks out the best working ideas from a few amusement park articles to create a working standard that can be used with the collaboration. This should take out any confusion leading into creating great articles.--Nickvet419 (talk) 01:59, 1 November 2012 (UTC)


 * There are some standards which I developed at WikiProject Amusement Parks/Standards. They do need more discussion and clarification though. I basically created them based on the highest-rated articles for the project at the time. Feel free to discuss those standards here.


 * While I disagree with your suggestion to make it a task force, the evolution of the standards could very well be a part of the collaboration unit. Themeparkgc   Talk  05:44, 1 November 2012 (UTC)


 * well, that's what I getting at. The standards update should be the first priority of the collaboration so it is clear how to edit and fix up the articles.--Nickvet419 (talk) 11:14, 1 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Support - I would only add that at some point we set aside time to discuss the GA review process. I think it would be beneficial to encourage reviews from external editors (outside of WikiProject Amusement Parks) as opposed to doing those internally. I could go into the pros and cons, but that's for another discussion! --GoneIn60 (talk) 21:58, 1 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Definitely. I am sure I read it somewhere once that GA reviews should be done by users without any affiliations with the topic. I mainly wanted to see if we could get the project to focus and get an article up to the GA standard within a month. Whether it is reviewed within that month or not is a different story. Themeparkgc   Talk  06:34, 3 November 2012 (UTC)
 * I know I should of posted this earlier but the reviewer can be affiliated with the topic, as long as they have not contributed to the article in any major way.--Dom497 (talk) 00:45, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Dom, the comment wasn't directed at anyone in particular. I also realize that there's no official guideline or policy that would prevent us from doing our own reviews within the group. I am only suggesting that we encourage external GA reviews. I'd like to get into the pros and cons, but that's probably better suited for another talk section when there's time to discuss. --GoneIn60 (talk) 09:09, 8 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Support - Good idea. — J clavet  (Talk &bull; Contributions) 01:54, 4 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Support - Great idea! -Horai 551 (talk) 12:01, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

Merge Disney task forces
I think it would be good to see the Disneyland and Walt Disney World task forces merged into a single Walt Disney Parks & Resorts task force. This would then encompass the Disney parks outside of America and potentially attract new members to the project. It would also allow it to fall into line with the other operator-based task forces. Many editors expressed an interest in an entirely separate WikiProject for this, however, those plans never proceeded. Themeparkgc  Talk  23:13, 31 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Support--Astros4477 (talk) 23:27, 31 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Support per Themeparkgc. David  1217  What I've done 23:48, 31 October 2012 (UTC)


 * The two parks are basically the same thing so I agree.--Dom497 (talk) 23:30, 31 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Support Eventually we can possibly have a task force for each parent company. --Nickvet419 (talk) 02:02, 1 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Existing task forces (including Cedar Fair, Six Flags, Merlin, Herschend and Universal) would be coupled with this new "Walt Disney Parks & Resorts" one. I don't particularly want to create many more task forces at this stage until we have the members to support it. Themeparkgc   Talk  05:44, 1 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Support It should be changed to Disney Parks Task Force, which can focus on all five Disney parks. Horai 551 (talk) 10:20, 1 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Support per reasons already stated above. ~ Jedi94  ( talk ) 16:04, 1 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Support - I admit, I didn't know what a "task force" was on Wikipedia until looking it up just now! But the proposal makes sense. --GoneIn60 (talk) 21:58, 1 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Strongly Support - I was the originator of the proposal for the separate project. There really wasn't as much support for that proposal as I would have liked, but this merging of task forces seems like a great start. — J clavet  (Talk &bull; Contributions) 01:54, 4 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Support - A Theme park chain, is still under the umbrella of Amusement Parks. -- MST  ☆  R   (Chat Me!) 10:20, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

The new task force is located at WikiProject Amusement Parks/Task Forces/Disney. Please feel free to contribute. All existing articles tagged under the Disneyland or Walt Disney World task force will be automatically re-categorised over the coming hours/days. The importance ratings may need updating so keep an eye out for those. Anyone with WP:AWB would you be willing to assist in tagging new articles such as those related to the Tokyo and Paris theme parks? Themeparkgc  Talk  03:19, 6 November 2012 (UTC)


 * I've started adding Category:Tokyo Disney Resort articles to the project. I've done about 50 thus far. I can send over a settings file for anyone with AWB. Just let me know. Themeparkgc   Talk  03:35, 6 November 2012 (UTC)


 * ✅ Category:Tokyo Disney Resort. Themeparkgc   Talk  03:48, 9 November 2012 (UTC)


 * ✅ Category:Disneyland Paris and Category:Hong Kong Disneyland Resort. Themeparkgc   Talk  05:18, 10 November 2012 (UTC)

Incorporate WikiProject Roller Coasters
This project is currently marked as semi-active but I don't think anything has happened with it for many months (or even years). Due to the overlap in this project and the roller coaster one I think this is a perfect fit for it to be merged in. Themeparkgc  Talk  23:13, 31 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Support--Astros4477 (talk) 23:28, 31 October 2012 (UTC)


 * I guess so. Roller Coasters fit under Amusement Parks. Don't have an issue with this.--Dom497 (talk) 23:29, 31 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Support per Themeparkgc. David  1217  What I've done 23:48, 31 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Support I think we can easily cover the rides at the same time we work each park.--Nickvet419 (talk) 02:04, 1 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Support Some Amusment Parks are popular because of their Rollercoasters!Horai 551 (talk) 10:15, 1 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Support Might as well because that WikiProject Roller coasters is not used anymore. - Willrocks10  Speak to me  11:10, 1 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Support - Makes more sense to merge it than to keep it going as a separate project. --GoneIn60 (talk) 21:58, 1 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Support — J clavet  (Talk &bull; Contributions) 01:54, 4 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Support - Come under the umbrella of Amusement parks anyway. -- MST  ☆  R   (Chat Me!) 10:20, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

Removal of smaller task forces
I propose the removal of the Hersheypark and UK theme park task forces. The rationale behind this is these task forces have a very limited scope and very few members. I have excluded the Merlin task force because I feel it has more potential than the others being a global brand. Themeparkgc  Talk  23:13, 31 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Support--Astros4477 (talk) 23:29, 31 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Like Hersheypark? If so, YES!--Dom497 (talk) 23:29, 31 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes, you support the merger? Or, yes, you like Hersheypark? Themeparkgc   Talk  05:44, 1 November 2012 (UTC)
 * As in I support the merge.--Dom497 (talk) 02:08, 3 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Support per Themeparkgc. David  1217  What I've done 23:48, 31 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Support Although I think we should leave a taskforce for each amusement park parent company.--Nickvet419 (talk) 02:06, 1 November 2012 (UTC)
 * All other task forces (including Cedar Fair, Six Flags, Merlin, Herschend and Universal) would remain as is. Themeparkgc   Talk  05:44, 1 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Support Horai 551 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 10:22, 1 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Support - Wasn't aware they even existed. Fine by me! --GoneIn60 (talk) 21:58, 1 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Support — J clavet  (Talk &bull; Contributions) 01:54, 4 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Support - -- MST  ☆  R   (Chat Me!) 10:20, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

The 1st Amusement or Pleasure Palace in the Country
I could use some help with my article Eldorado Amusement Park--Wikipietime (talk) 20:28, 24 November 2012 (UTC)

Collaboration of the month
The collaboration of the month has been up for a while now but I have had no feedback. I have suggested that Walt Disney Parks and Resorts be our first project. Please comment check it out here and add comments to that page. Hopefully we can get it up and running in December. Themeparkgc  Talk  01:09, 26 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Collaboration of the month has begun with Walt Disney Parks and Resorts as the focus article. Please contribute here. Themeparkgc   Talk  01:23, 2 December 2012 (UTC)

Longstanding comments at talk page
I'd be grateful for some input here. Many thanks, --Dweller (talk) 15:56, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

AfDs
An article relating to this project Yukon Yahoo, has been nominated for deletion see Articles for deletion/Yukon Yahoo. Regards &#9733;&#9734; DUCK IS PEANUTBUTTER &#9734;&#9733; 17:20, 3 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Dive Pretzel Coaster has also been nominated for deletion see Articles for deletion/Dive Pretzel Coaster. &#9733;&#9734; DUCK IS PEANUTBUTTER &#9734;&#9733; 05:29, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Shake (ride) likewise see Articles for deletion/Shake (ride). &#9733;&#9734; DUCK IS PEANUTBUTTER &#9734;&#9733; 11:29, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

Roller coasters and AFDs
Hi there WikiProject members! After closing an afd as KEEP for Zyklon_(Morey%27s_Piers) a few questions have come up about the notability of the article, which in my opinion is of very similar standard to many other roller coaster articles covered by the WikiProject. Please see comments here. What are every ones opinions on the notability and worth of articles in the roller coaster category that only really reference RCDB?  ·Add§hore·  T alk T o M e ! 19:23, 15 January 2013 (UTC)


 * I have always felt that any ride or roller coaster that is not mass produced is notable enough for it's own article. The majority of roller coasters aren't mass produced, that's why they're so many articles. I think a lot of people consider RCDB to be like IMDB which I guess is not considered notable.-- Astros4477 ( talk ) 20:21, 15 January 2013 (UTC)


 * While multiple references would be preferred, if there is enough information to produce a substantial article, then I think using RCDB as the only reference should suffice. However, we also need to avoid creating articles just for the sake of creating articles. Not every coaster listed in RCDB needs to have an article on WIkipedia. Any coaster for which there is not enough information, historic significance, interesting tidbits or other notability to produce more than a paragraph or two does not need to be here. Articles such as Zyklon (Morey's Piers), Kiddie Coaster (Lake Compounce) or Katapult (roller coaster) do not need to stay, although I do think the Katapult article could be expanded. A coaster that is just one of many similar models would probably best be served by creating an article such as Shuttle Loop— JlACEer ( talk ) 20:59, 15 January 2013 (UTC)


 * I think it's important to note that the "number of reliable sources" and "significant coverage" (as defined by WP:GNG) are two separate things. Though it's preferred to have more than one reliable source for the sake of notability, the number doesn't really matter. You could have one source with significant coverage or ten sources without significant coverage. It really boils down to the level of detail provided by each source. RCDB would be considered a reliable source by consensus, in my opinion, but rarely does it provide enough detail to support an entire article. Since it is the only one available for Zyklon (Morey's Piers) and doesn't meet the "significant coverage" criteria, then the article should be deleted from Wikipedia. As JIACEer suggests, however, an article that covers the Zyklon model from a broader perspective might be a better place for it. --GoneIn60 (talk) 18:29, 16 January 2013 (UTC)


 * I should add that the same principles can be applied to other amusement ride articles (or any article for that matter). Any topics without current significant coverage should be considered for deletion. I also think it would be wise to debate each one on a case-by-case basis in its own AfD, instead of trying to group multiple articles together into one. --GoneIn60 (talk) 19:39, 16 January 2013 (UTC)

Possible deletion of "ACE Coaster" categories
Category:ACE Coaster Landmarks and Category:ACE Coaster Classics have been proposed for deletion per WP:OC at Categories_for_discussion/Log/2013_February_8. DexDor (talk) 06:36, 8 February 2013 (UTC)

SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment
Any one else think that there should be a SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment task force?-- Dom497 ( talk ) 15:38, 17 March 2013 (UTC)
 * I'd like that idea. Many of us are already involved with SeaWorld Parks so I think that would be a good idea.--  Astros 4477  ( Talk ) 16:00, 17 March 2013 (UTC)
 * I'm all for it, but will there be enough members interested in that area to warrant a separate task force? Themeparkgc   Talk  22:54, 19 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Look at "Merlin Entertainments", there are two members and it's a task force. I would join 100%.-- Dom497 ( talk ) 22:56, 19 March 2013 (UTC)
 * So go or no go?-- Dom497 ( talk ) 19:43, 28 March 2013 (UTC)
 * I think that it's a good idea. User:Roller Coaster Rider (Jonathan) —Preceding undated comment added 21:11, 28 March 2013 (UTC)

Walt Disney Article Grading Problems
I was just taking a look at the charts for the grading/imprtance levels of articles in the varies task forces and noticed that the Dinsey task force tables are pretty messed up. It seems like the task force is divided into three tables but the "main" (the most important one) doesn't exist and should be created (by what I assume is the WP:1.0 bot) so then all the WD articles get put into some sort of chart.-- Dom497 ( talk ) 15:58, 1 April 2013 (UTC)


 * . Some of the links were pointing to old redirects. Since the Disney task force is new, it didn't have that redirect. Themeparkgc   Talk  22:02, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

Possible new Barnstar?
Hello WP Amusement Parks.

I created a custom barnstar for Themeparkgc that I put on their page in recognition of their continual work on amusement park-related articles and convincing me to keep a roller coaster article that I AfD'ed by completely building it from the ground up. I gave him/her the barnstar because I felt (s)he deserved it; however, I would like to make it a public barnstar so that anyone, in this project or otherwise, could use it. I saw someone had already given him/her a roller coaster-themed barnstar a few years back that also may have been custom, so I don't know if there is one that you already regularly use. However, the barnstar is below, for your consideration:

The discussion to make the award public is here, but seeing as how this would be mainly your award, I thought I'd hear from you about whether you would want it in the first place. Regards, Zoke (talk) 02:40, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

AfD: Disney Fab 50 Character Collection
Disney Fab 50 Character Collection --- Another Believer ( Talk ) 14:50, 10 October 2022 (UTC)