Talk:Loch Ness Monster (roller coaster)

tallest roller coaster

I deleted the section that stated that this coaster was the tallest and fastest in the world when it was built. The Coney Island Cyclone was built in 1927 and had the same speed. Rpachico 06:29, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Loch Ness Monster was the world's tallest roller coaster when it opened in 1978. It held this record for 5 years, until Dragon Mountain opened in 1983. Neither Gemini nor American Eagle have ever been the world's tallest roller coaster. Will this please be fixed? If not, I can try to do it myself. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.187.29.71 (talk) 22:51, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

Orig Research

The Layout section seems completely based on original research, and is problematic because it has zero sourcing. Of particular note are the reference to various braking mechanisms along the route, which seem to suggest some kind of insider information, but are otherwise conjectural. These have been removed. 842U (talk) 15:01, 6 September 2015 (UTC)

Removal of commentary

Benfjamison, I saw the recent change you made. Thanks for doing that. After doing some digging, it appears this was added by another editor who had issues with a previous claim that was once in the article. Although they were right to have issues, they shouldn't have inserted commentary into the article. The improperly sourced claim should have just been removed. Thanks for cleaning that up! --GoneIn60 (talk) 03:34, 31 March 2021 (UTC)

GA Review

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Reviewer: Newtothisedit (talk · contribs) 03:36, 23 October 2022 (UTC)

I'll pick this up for review. Comments will be coming soon.--Newtothisedit (talk) 03:36, 23 October 2022 (UTC)

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

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Comments

• "The Loch Ness Monster is the only remaining roller coaster with interlocking loops" Specify that its only remaining one in the world with interlocking loops, right now this could be interpreted as being the only remaining on in the park, country or world.
• "The announcement followed expansion plans for the Anheuser-Busch brewery in Williamsburg" Link to Williamsburg
• "athletes in American football, NASCAR racing, ice hockey, and stunt personnel" Add Wikilinks
• "A week later on June 9, the park hosted the first American Coaster Enthusiasts (ACE) Convention, partially surrounding the roller coaster's opening." Specify that it was the first ever convention, right now it could be interpreted as the parks first convention.
• "Parts of Python, the sister roller coaster to the Loch Ness Monster, were donated to the park after the former's closure" Add that Python was at Tampa Busch Gardens.

•  Done Changed wording for each sentence to better specify per recommendations, added links. Adog (Talk・Cont) 17:40, 23 October 2022 (UTC)

Great Job on this article, very well written and informative. Incidentally this is one of the first roller coasters I can vividly remember riding.--Newtothisedit (talk) 17:00, 23 October 2022 (UTC)

@Newtothisedit: I appreciate the review! Let me know if there are further corrections to make. I have not made it up to the U.S. northeast parks (besides Hersheypark back in '09) yet, but researching this roller coaster has made it all the more exciting to try to visit some of those theme parks soon. :) Adog (Talk・Cont) 17:40, 23 October 2022 (UTC)

Looks good to me, I'll pass it. Newtothisedit (talk) 17:47, 23 October 2022 (UTC)

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 17:34, 26 October 2022 (UTC)

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Loch Ness Monster's interlocking vertical loops

• Source: Daily Press, Daily Press
  • ALT1: ... that the Loch Ness Monster (pictured) was the first and only remaining roller coaster to feature interlocking loops? Source: Roller Coaster DataBase, Coaster101
  • ALT2: Source: Daily Press
  • ALT3: ... that Elvis impersonators parachuted into Busch Gardens Williamsburg to ride the Loch Ness Monster (pictured) on its anniversary? Source: The Monitor
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Sung Min Song
  • Comment: , preferred ALT up to reviewer. ALT 0 would work best without an image.

Improved to Good Article status by Adog (talk). Self-nominated at 19:02, 23 October 2022 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: @Adog: Good article. Personally I prefer Alt1 and 3 the most as Alt0 just says the location which is completely uninteresting and alt2 to me isn't as interesting either. Waiting on a QPQ. Onegreatjoke (talk) 21:03, 23 October 2022 (UTC)

Side note, but ALT0 could probably be interesting if the image is not included, since it would no longer just be stating a location. For instance:

• ALT0A: ... that Williamsburg, Virginia, has a Loch Ness Monster?
• ALT0B: ... that there is a Loch Ness Monster in Williamsburg, Virginia?
• ALT0C: ... that the Loch Ness Monster is in Williamsburg, Virginia? Epicgenius (talk) 00:42, 24 October 2022 (UTC)

Those seem more like April Fools Hooks though, if the author wants to go with that then they can. Onegreatjoke (talk) 01:03, 24 October 2022 (UTC)

@Onegreatjoke: I do not prefer an ALT and April's Fools is very far away (and likely to have better hooks). I will agree to a strike of ALT 0 and 2. QPQ is done now. Let me know if there is anything further required. :) Adog (Talk・Cont) 03:41, 24 October 2022 (UTC)

@Adog: Nah, ntohing else is needed. Approving. Onegreatjoke (talk) 12:00, 24 October 2022 (UTC)

Forgot to say, thank you for the review! Also, thank you, Epic, for the additional hooks! Adog (Talk・Cont) 12:02, 24 October 2022 (UTC)