Talk:Roller coaster

Roller Coaster Wiki

Hi all! I would like to suggest that we add the following wiki as an external link:

Roller Coaster Wiki

As with many other topic-specific wikis, they are linked in the Wikipedia article of the same topic. (Examples: Star Wars, Mario, Minecraft)

Thanks for your consideration! KoopaTroop (talk) 04:20, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

Wikia should not be used as an external link for Wikipedia. -- MST☆R ^{(Chat Me!)} 04:22, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

Not trying to be rude, but starwars.wikia.com is Wikia, and it is linked by Wikipedia. KoopaTroop (talk) 04:25, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

I'm not surprised :) any article with an immense amount of fans, it would be expected that there would be a link to the fansite-original research-filled Wikia. Not saying everything Wikia has is unreliable; Just that WP has a more reliable approach. I used to edit Wikia. -- MST☆R ^{(Chat Me!)} 04:30, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

I utterly disagree. Roller Coasters are very popular, and Roller Coaster Wiki is not inaccurate. Ruler of Coasters  Talk  17:41, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

After looking around on that Wikia, it looks like ~90% of the text is directly ripped from Wikipedia... so a link to it would be quite redundant. 22:36, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

You have to be kidding me... All the text is directly written from the users. We have had some people copy wikipedia text and use that, but we took it down and told them that there is no reason for readers to go to Coasterpedia, if its text from the big site. Now, on the other hand, if have gotten some information from Wikipedia, like the Roller Coaster page. We also have photo's from Wikipedia, but that doesn't mean 90% of the text is ripped. I would say about 5-10% is. Ruler of Coasters  Talk  19:55, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

I'm another editor on Roller Coaster Wiki - It would be great if Wikipedia could link to it, like "Read more at Coasterpedia" etc, but give us time and Roller Coaster Wiki will become better than Wikipedia anyway :PLachlan5963 (talk) 21:54, 3 May 2012 (UTC)

I love Roller Coaster Wiki!Roller Coaster Wiki (talk) 18:08, 23 May 2012 (UTC)

Help request

Please replace 'SBNO' (there's only one occurence) with 'closed', in line with general consensus expressed at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Amusement Parks/Archive 3#Status fields in attraction articles & Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Standing but not operating. Thanks. 2001:E68:542E:805D:8C57:F442:F6F9:83E8 (talk) 05:51, 25 October 2017 (UTC)

Done Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 16:47, 25 October 2017 (UTC)

Thanks. 2001:E68:542E:805D:C0C7:FC4A:69D4:D487 (talk) 20:01, 25 October 2017 (UTC)

No problem. Thanks for the request. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 20:16, 25 October 2017 (UTC)

Strata coasters

Strata coaster is a specific model sold by Intamin.MitchellLunger (talk) 07:35, 2 May 2018 (UTC)

Yep, I'm well aware of that. However, this entire section is dedicated to a height class, not a manufacturer model. Think about it. B&M never released a model called "Giga" (they only have Hyper Coaster), yet the industry has defined a height class for "giga" that means any roller coaster over 300 feet. In this article, we are listing Leviathan, Fury 325, and even Steel Dragon 2000 as giga coasters, despite the fact that the term giga isn't used by their manufacturers. The same can be said about the strata class including any roller coaster over 400 feet. Here are some highly-reputable sources we can reference:

• NY Times – Just How Tall Can Roller Coasters Get?
• USA Today – Watch the plunge from this new 325-foot roller coaster
• Orlando Sentinel – Is Fury 325 world's tallest coaster? In a way, but not for long?

Then there's the concern that Superman: Escape from Krypton doesn't count, since it's a shuttle roller coaster. Some enthusiasts and reliable sources state that in order to qualify in any of these categories, it must be a complete-circuit roller coaster. The problem is that not every reliable source defines it the same way. Some just say any coaster, while others explicitly state that only "full-circuit" or "complete-circuit" coasters qualify. We can word this better, and I think the change you proposed back in August 2017, was on the right track but needs further tweaking. --GoneIn60 (talk) 09:27, 3 May 2018 (UTC)