A fact from Mardi Gras Hangover appeared on Wikipedia's
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Did you know... that Mardi Gras Hangover was marketed as a "loop coaster", but was criticized for lacking the characteristics of a
roller coaster?
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The result was: promoted by
RoySmith (
talk) 15:04, 22 November 2022 (UTC)reply
Reviewed: This is my second DYK, so my QPQ is not required at this time.
Created by
Harobouri (
talk). Self-nominated at 15:53, 5 November 2022 (UTC).reply
date, length, hook, paraphrase check works out. Image free on Commons. I think ALT1 is better worded, more interesting factoid. --
Soman (
talk) 17:14, 5 November 2022 (UTC)reply
@
Harobouri and
Soman: neither hook quite meets verification; ALT0 claims that the ride shares no characteristics with a roller coaster, which I doubt. ALT1 is based on speculation in Coaster101, which I'm not really willing to accept as a reliable source for this.
theleekycauldron (
talk •
contribs) (she/her) 03:28, 16 November 2022 (UTC)reply
@
Theleekycauldron: Hello, I now understand that the two hooks above are misleading and I apologize for that. However, I believe ALT0 could be rewritten to be more accurate. I believe ALT1 should not be used anymore as it was just speculation.
ALT0b: ... that Mardi Gras Hangover(pictured) was marketed as a "loop coaster", but was criticized for lacking the characteristics of a
roller coaster? Source:
CNN
The fixes I made to ALT0 was the correction of the assertion the ride never had characteristics of a roller coaster to a correction to just that the ride lacked roller coaster characteristics. Hopefully this is resolved. Thank you,
HarobouriT •
C (he/him) 04:14, 16 November 2022 (UTC)reply
all right, ALT0b (which should be ALT0a?) works for me :)
theleekycauldron (
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contribs) (she/her) 09:53, 16 November 2022 (UTC)reply