Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Amusement Parks

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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)

[edit] 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:

This user is a member of WikiProject Theme Parks.

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)

[edit] Assessment unit

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

[edit] 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)

[edit] New barnstar

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

		The Coaster Star
		{{{1}}}

To use this template, add
{{subst:Coaster Star|put your citation here ~~~~}} 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)

[edit] 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}}

This user is a member of WikiProject Amusement Parks.

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)

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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)

Maywood Beach
Location	Olive Branch, Mississippi
Opened	1931
Closed	2003
Previous names	Lake Shahkoka
Operating season	Memorial Day to Labor Day
Rides	total 2 water rides
Slogan	The Beach within Reach

Amusement Parks Portal

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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.

The Roller Coaster WikiProject Newsletter

The WikiProject Roller Coasters Newsletter Issue I - December 2007 Got any suggestions? - Add them here
Welcome! Welcome to the new WikiProject Roller Coasters Newsletter! Until now, in spite of a decent number of members signed up to the WikiProject, we have had no regular progress updates or information as to how much of a difference our contributions are making. This monthly newsletter aims to provide an overview of all the work that is being done behind the scenes and to celebrate the successes that would otherwise pass by unseen. Any suggestions for future additions and general help with the newsletter will be greatly appreciated.
Articles and Assessment As can be seen on the assessment page, we are so close to finishing off assessment. If all current members of the WikiProject assessed just 2 articles, the backlog of unassessed-quality articles would be eliminated. The vast majority of articles are currently assessed as stubs, which is probably to be expected as many contain an infobox and nothing else. Getting these up to start-class is incredibly easy, many simply need references and tidying up. Even if you have very little knowledge on the article subject, this task should be fairly straightforward and is the first step in raising overall article quality. The following articles reached B-class quality during November: Speed Monster
Amusement Park Portal The Amusement Park Portal is now automatically linked to from the roller coaster infoboxes. It's important to remember that we need to integrate our articles with those covered by the Amusement Park WikiProject. When working on a roller coaster article, it's always a good idea to ensure that there is a wikilink from the relevant amusement park article, otherwise no-one will even know the article exists!
Membership News During November the WikiProject was joined by 3 new members, bringing the total number up to 49. The to do list continues to serve as a place for flagging up articles in need of attention, review or comments.
B-class Drive Just to get the idea out there, I'd like to propose a monthly article drive. With the poor state of most of the articles, it's unreasonable to suggest even a GA-drive, so a B-class drive would be more realistic. Any suggestions for January's article can be brought up on the WikiProject Talk Page. Suggested articles should be presently at start or stub class and have sufficient reliable sources available to work from.
...and finally... Thanks for reading, any feedback would be hugely appreciated! Have a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Delivered 12th December, 2007 by Seaserpent85. If you would rather not receive this newsletter, please place a * after your username on the members page.

Many thanks, Seaserpent⁸⁵ 12:23, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 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. Seaserpent⁸⁵ 14:13, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Coasters from A-Z

{{helpme}}

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)

[edit] 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: [1]). 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.

[edit] 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)

[edit] WP:SFD related to this project

Hi - there is a proposal at Wikipedia: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)

[edit] 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 [2]. 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)

[edit] Marineland (Ontario)

Hey, I'm not a regular member of Wikipedia, but I work at Marineland in Niagara Falls, Ontario, around 5 days a week, either from 10:15AM - 3PM or 3PM til closing time (7PM weekdays, 8PM weekends). Come summer, we'll probably be open until 9PM (This is GMT -5:00, mind you). If any of you happen to visit this year, look for me, Tyler is my name. I'm a ride operator. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me (while in the park, or even via email. You can contact me @ quotetheraven666@live.ca. Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.68.39.194 (talk) 16:17, 9 June 2008 (UTC)