Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Corkscrew (Alton Towers)

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was keep. Sango123 (e) 23:11, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Corkscrew (Alton Towers)

Do we need to have articles for individual roller coasters? I would have used prod for this, but there is no official guideline that applies. There seems to be nothing special about this one, and its existence here might be construed as promotion, so delete. (changed, see below) Mangojuice^talk 04:05, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

• Delete If the author can't think of anything interesting to say then I see no reason to consider it noteworthy jbolden1517^Talk 04:13, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete - can't see this making much of an article, although when I was a kid at any rate this one was the largest and most famous rollercoaster in the UK. mgekelly 04:59, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

• Well, that would be good to mention at least, if it can be verified. I intend to {{prod}} all the other roller coasters at Alton Towers; apparently there's a cluster of these articles. That is, unless someone votes to keep before this is done. Mangojuice^talk 05:05, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

• Keep There are over a hundred and sixty articles about individual rollercoasters and as already mentioned this was certainly the most famous in the UK at the time. It is at the UK's leading theme park. It is certainly more notable than dozens of the American rollercoasters with articles. Seven other rollercoaters at Alton Towers have articles and the nominator has not given any reason for singling this one out for deletion. They are linked by a template, so deleting this would break the series and create at least seven red links. Choalbaton 06:04, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
• Keep - any reason Alton Towers is being singled out? This one is as notable as any of the other rollercoasters with articles. Rockpocket (talk) 06:42, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
• Keep and expand. There should be an article on this, because it was a byword for big rollercoasters in the UK for years. But it should be possible to make it a bit more interesting. Vizjim 09:03, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
• Keep it's of interest to some people (no different from popcult fancruft on here). Is notable to the many poeple who go on it annually! Verifiable. The JPS ^{talk to me} 09:58, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
• Keep notable coasters. --badlydrawnjeff (WP:MEMES?) 11:22, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
• Keep – part of a series, plenty of other articles on rollercoasters. Expansion strongly recommended, though – Gurch 11:32, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
• Keep -- if any individual UK rollercoaster can be worthy of an article, this is it. -- GWO
• Keep Other roller coasters at alton towers currently have articles. As long as this one is as notable as the others I say keep. Article is a bit POV though.Ydam 13:21, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
• Expand. I see no strong reason to delete. Try to expand.--Jusjih 13:51, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

roller coasters are often unique and interesting structures. Kim Bruning 14:31, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

• Keep -- But since it is a notable roller coaster make the edit and the backlink to Notable roller coasters. jbolden1517^Talk 15:22, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
• Keep and expand. Crazynas 17:10, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
• Keep and expand... appears notable.--Adrift* 19:07, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
• Keep and expand it's a notable UK structure so I see no reason to delete it. --ericthefish 19:08, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
• Keep expand -- Malber (talk • contribs) 20:11, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
• Keep well, I'm definitely not going to {{prod}} those other articles now! (And no, no reason for Alton Towers specifically, I just saw the template that linked all those articles together so I knew they all existed.) I must say, though, this debate has reminded me why it is that WP:N is not an official guideline. Mangojuice^talk 02:12, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
• Keep I don't get 'em (roller coasters) any more than the nom, but there's no indication of hoaxery or a problem for the rest of WP, so let him do his thing, which from the sidebar appears to be all the worlds roller coasters. (I hope there are not more than a few dozen.) ---CH 08:24, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.