Talk:Six Flags New Orleans

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Contents 1 quality and importance ratings 2 No release statements 3 Amusement park rating 4 FAC withdrawn

[edit] quality and importance ratings

Why such low ratings for this article? It sums up the park's place in the New Orleans economy nicely as well as having up to date information on how Katrina affected it and what (if any) contributions the park will have to rebuilding New Orleans as a whole. I'd argue this is at least a B class article of mid importance. Rtphokie 11:23, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

A B-class rating seems justifiable, but I don't think the "importance" needs to be adjusted. In the big picture, 6 Flags doesn't have a significant historical impact on the city and its really not a key element of any rebuilding plan. VerruckteDan 16:08, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

This park was a season employer, especially for teenagers and college students. It also provided significant tourism dollars, especially from surrounding parishes and states. This park is significant in the rebuilding plan because of it's absense from the plan. Six Flags doesn't plan to rebuild and is looking to unload it. Local businesses are interested in taking it over and building a waterpark to continue it's role as a tourism draw. Rtphokie 18:09, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

Given that, I'd say go ahead and add those facts to the article and provide solid references. And if you want to increase the importance to mid, I wouldn't oppose it. VerruckteDan 23:39, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] No release statements

Six Flags Inc. has released no official statements about closing down the park forever. Personally, I don't think they will, either. Six Flags learned from AstroWorld that the cost of demolition can be just as expensive as keeping it open, if not more.

[edit] Amusement park rating

I am not sure if you have asked to have this article rated, but compared to other amusement park articles, I would say it is closer to a start than a B (just my opinion). Articles can be assessed at different classes for different project. The article needs to have headers ("History," "Attractions," etc.) to make it easier to find things and more inline references to support statements about the park. Good work so far, but a B is a good rating and the highest that can be awarded outside of the formal review process. To be classified as a "GA" (good article), "A" or "FA" (Featured Article), you must nominate the article (see Wikipedia:Good articles). --Tinned Elk 23:56, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

I changed it to B class about 2 weeks ago after another editor added to the article and requested a reassessment. I wasn't totally convinced it was at a B level, but at the same time wasn't prepared to make a drawn out discussion. I have no opposition to changing it to Start class. VerruckteDan 00:49, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] FAC withdrawn

I have closed and archived a malformed FAC that I found on this page, that was not submitted to WP:FAC. The article is uncited, has a cleanup tag, and is mostly lists; a peer review is a better place to get feedback on how to improve the article. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 01:02, 20 May 2008 (UTC)