Talk:Verrückt

A fact from Verrückt appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 20 August 2016 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that when the Verrückt opened in July 2014, it surpassed the Kilimanjaro at Aldeia das Águas Park Resort to become the world's tallest water slide? A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2016/August. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Verrückt (water slide).

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• Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20160819024611/http://gawker.com/the-worlds-tallest-waterslide-looks-as-terrifying-as-i-1467661327 to http://gawker.com/the-worlds-tallest-waterslide-looks-as-terrifying-as-i-1467661327
• Corrected formatting/usage for http://www.schlitterbahn.com/kansas-city/rides/all-new-verruckt
• Corrected formatting/usage for http://www.schlitterbahn.com/kansas-city/rides/all-new-verruckt
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Whats going on is that one needs 4 digits of precision to point to the water slide. I went along with importing the data from Wikidata. Abductive (reasoning) 18:55, 28 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

OK, because I noticed you were adding |format=dec, but it was already in the decimal format. That's why I was confused. --GoneIn60 (talk) 19:11, 28 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

It seems to be holding at 4 digits. Perhaps I should have given it time to update from Wikidata. Abductive (reasoning) 19:17, 28 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

A fact from Verrückt (water slide) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? column on 20 August 2016 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows: "Did you know ... that when the Verrückt opened in July 2014, it surpassed the Kilimanjaro at Aldeia das Águas Park Resort to become the world's tallest water slide?"

Seriously? Less than two weeks after a child was decapitated on this ride, Wikipedia's editors approved promoting it on the homepage as if nothing had happened? How does that get overlooked? 2601:441:8700:3141:10DF:712C:16AA:AD8C (talk) 23:10, 28 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Well, the alternative would be rather ghoulish, no? "Did you know that someone died riding Verruckt?" That seems like an even worse hook. SnowFire (talk) 23:42, 28 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Here's a thought: maybe don't highlight it on the homepage in the first place! 2601:441:8700:3141:B151:C9E7:7A59:4B85 (talk) 05:07, 15 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Wow, interesting.

WP:DYK on August 10, 2016, shortly after the article was created, and the editors who reviewed the nomination either didn't notice or it wasn't a factor in how these get approved. Either way, what's done is done. --GoneIn60 (talk) 00:28, 29 March 2018 (UTC)[reply

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Per a recently-requested assessment of the article: The article is well-sourced and easily earns a C grade. However, several statements in the article are missing nearby inline citations still. Also, I see no reason to adjust its High importance at this time, considering it has received a lot of national coverage. The following are some suggestions of what areas to focus on to further improve the article:

• Additional coverage of the ride before construction began
• Mention Travel Channel's coverage of the ride before and during its grand opening
• Add a reception section

Unfortunately, the incident will always consume a significant portion of the article, which has grown considerably in recent weeks. Assuming it will continue to grow, a fork/split into a separate article may be needed at some point, keeping only a brief mention in this article. Once the primary topic becomes the incident itself, either a separate article for the incident is needed, or this one will need to be renamed. --GoneIn60 (talk) 21:04, 5 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@GoneIn60: Which sentences need closer inline citations? The furthest away one is from the first sentence of the third paragraph of the design section and the first sentence of the second paragraph of the incident section, which are three sentences away from the closest citation. --Elisfkc (talk) 18:14, 9 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

There are quite a few in the article. Many are either missing inline citations, or they are linked improperly to one that lacks full support. Take the first paragraph of the Design section, for example. The opening sentence seems to incorrectly imply that Tyler Miles was a co-designer. Then there's the question of which sources support the claims in the second and third sentences. Per

WP:CITETYPE, an inline citation can be at the middle/end of a sentence or at the end of a paragraph, but if it's the latter, then it must support everything in that paragraph. Since some of the cited refs do not support the entire paragraph, then every sentence should contain an inline citation. I see 5 paragraphs in the article that have this problem. And on a side note, the Guinness ref is a dead link. --GoneIn60 (talk) 02:59, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply

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@GoneIn60: Good call on Tyler Miles, fixed that. I added archive to Guinness ref, and put the Henry/Schooley indictment inside of the second sentence (since that's as much as it supports). Working on the rest. Elisfkc (talk) 16:50, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

OK, great. I'd help out, but I've been tied up with other articles at the moment. --GoneIn60 (talk) 01:51, 11 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]