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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)[reply]

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

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

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

Strata coasters

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

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)[reply]

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In the Scenic railways section, change "a 8.7-mile" to "an 8.7-mile" in order to use the proper English article preceding a word beginning in a vowel. Z3a1 (talk) 19:54, 28 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Done: I actually removed the length altogether, since it wasn't cited with a source here or in the Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway article. --GoneIn60 (talk) 22:53, 28 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]