Talk:Skyhawk (Cedar Point)

Articles for Deletion debate

This article survived an Articles for Deletion debate. The discussion can be found here. Owen× ☎ 21:27, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

Suggestions in AfD debate

Some reasonable suggestions made in the AfD debate were never implemented. Mainly, several people suggested merging with the Cedar Point article. In fact, that seemed to be the overall consensus. I am adding a the merge tag because of this result.

Another participant in the debate suggested that the name be changed to something like Skyhawk (Cedar Point) if the article was kept and not merged. This makes good sense to me: the 2006 has no relevence to the ride, whereas including Cedar Point makes the title unambiguous. I will move the article based on this suggestion. --KeithB 05:03, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

I see now that the ride is already listed in the thrill rides section of the Cedar Point article. All of the roller coasters have individual articles, but none of the thrill rides do. At least there are no links in the article. --KeithB 06:00, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

I had no idea that this article even existed because there used to be a duplicate article at Skyhawk (Ride) until it was merged with and redirected to the Cedar Point article in mid-October. The article was created in mid-April 2006, and was wikilinked to and from the CP article.

I would agree that this article should be merged into the Cedar Point article and this page should serve as a redirect. ----Coaster1983 06:39, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

I recently added the wikilink from the Cedar Point article - just thought it was the correct thing to do until this article was merged? There are essentially no meaningful links to this article.

It appears that the "merge" of the Skyhawk (Ride) was really just a redirect? There is no information on the ride in Cedar Point other than a listing. I can't see what the discussion was, if any, with this article.

It seems like a merge/redirect is the correct thing to do, based on the fate of the other article. But perhaps a merge with Screamin' Swing as a separate section in that article is more appropriate? I see there is a separate Screamin' Swing (Knotts Berry Farm) article about a similar ride. Does this create a precedent? This article seems like it was copied almost entirely from some sort of sales literature or ride manual, so it isn't a great article, IMO.

Ultimately, it would seem like the Skyhawk (Ride) article should be deleted, since the title of this article seems less ambiguous. And the redirect from Skyhawk can be changed to point here.

I'll wait for some further discussion, if any, and then go ahead and follow through with this plan. --KeithB 16:07, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

Since there are multiple versions of this ride at different parks, I think it would be best to have one page describing this type of ride by S & S Power, then there can be subheadings with specifics for each instance of the ride, along with its different names and logos/pictures. See how the giant frisbee (maxAir type ride) article was done. Is there a generic, non-trademark name for a Skyhawk type ride? "Giant swing"? --Birdhombre 19:23, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

You're right Birdhombre, there needs to be a page listing these rides since they are all pretty much the same thing except with higher speeds/heights. The official name for this ride is Screamin' Swing as Giant Frisbee is for maXair - both Giant Frisbee and Screamin' Swing are official names from their manufacturers, HUSS and S&S Power, respectively. (Coasterman1234 19:32, 25 March 2007 (UTC))

Is it operating?

I thought this ride is still operating at Cedar Point? I've heard it was down but isn't it back up again?Wackyike (talk) 00:27, 8 December 2013 (UTC)

The ride had some issues at the end of this season, not sure if it ever opened back up, but the ride would still be considered operating unless a long-term downtime is announced.FirstDrop87 (talk) 01:56, 8 December 2013 (UTC)