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A fact from Loch Ness Monster (roller coaster) appeared on Wikipedia's
Main Page in the Did you know column on 30 October 2022 (
check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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)reply
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
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72.187.29.71 (
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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)reply
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 (
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"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 (
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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 (
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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 (
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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)reply
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:
Those seem more like April Fools Hooks though, if the author wants to go with that then they can.
Onegreatjoke (
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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 (
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Adog: Nah, ntohing else is needed. Approving.
Onegreatjoke (
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Forgot to say, thank you for the review! Also, thank you, Epic, for the additional hooks!
Adog (
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