Template:Did you know nominations/Scorpion (roller coaster)

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 10:02, 23 October 2020 (UTC)

Scorpion (roller coaster)

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Scorpion roller coaster in 2011

~~... that the roller coaster Scorpion located at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay is the longest standing at the park, continuing to operate for more than 40 years?~~ Source: (Tampa Bay Times) (RCDB - Scorpion)
- ALT1:~~... that continuing to operate for more than 40 years, Scorpion located at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay is the longest standing roller coaster at the park?~~ Source: (Tampa Bay Times) (RCDB - Scorpion)
- ALT2:~~... that upon the closure of the roller coaster Python in 2006, Scorpion became the longest standing roller coaster at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay?~~ Source: (RCDB - Busch Gardens Tampa Bay)

Comment: Though under the 5 QPQ requirement, will review another nomination soon. To disclose, the article Python was recently featured on DYK, though I'm not sure if there is a rule to disallow its reappearance in another nomination.

Improved to Good Article status by Adog (talk). Self-nominated at 05:30, 26 September 2020 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: None required.

Overall: @Adog: You don't have to do a QPQ. Do you want to include an image? Corachow (talk) 19:25, 26 September 2020 (UTC)

@Corachow: Added an image found in the infobox of the article, will do a DYK review in my off-time then as not required in this nomination. I appreciate the review! Adog (Talk・Cont) 20:49, 26 September 2020 (UTC)

@Adog: The image is freely licensed, clear and used in the article, therefore it is approved. You can do a QPQ you insist. Corachow (talk) 20:54, 26 September 2020 (UTC)

Done Gerhard Webeer. Adog (Talk・Cont) 21:05, 26 September 2020 (UTC)

Hi, I came by to promote this, but all of these hooks tell me everything I need to know; there's no reason to click on the article to learn more. Especially for an image slot, you want to "reel in" the reader with some interesting, surprising, or otherwise well-worded "hook". Yoninah (talk) 20:54, 10 October 2020 (UTC)

ALT 3 ~~... that Scorpion at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay is the oldest roller coaster in Florida to feature an inversion?~~ (RCDB - Florida's roller coasters aligned by opening date)

ALT 4 ... that a lawsuit filed against Busch Gardens Tampa Bay alleged a model was falsely imprisoned after not being allowed to get off the Scorpion roller coaster (pictured)? (via Newspapers.com)

Hello Yoninah, the DYKN could be used without the image, I only did it off the consideration of the nominator. Though if you're looking for alternative hooks I may also supply them. These facts can be added in the article thereafter if of importance. Adog (Talk・Cont) 19:15, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

Thanks, Adog. Yes, please add the ALT3 and ALT4 facts to the article and I'll re-review it. Yoninah (talk) 20:13, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

Alrighty Yoninah, pending your judgement. Adog (Talk・Cont) 20:43, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

@Adog: thank you. ALT4 hook ref is verified and cited inline. But I don't see the ALT3 hook fact in the source given. Where does it say it's an inversion rollercoaster? Yoninah (talk) 21:07, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

As the RCDB table is arranged by opening date, Scorpion is the second-to-last to appear to open in Florida that is still operational. The oldest operating roller coaster being that of Space Mountain at Walt Disney World, which does not feature any inversions. Adog (Talk・Cont) 21:24, 15 October 2020 (UTC)
Yoninah forgot ping. Adog (Talk・Cont) 21:54, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

@Adog: but you can't expect me to look up Space Mountain and figure out that Scorpion is the oldest inversion rollercoaster in Florida. The source you use needs to say it. Yoninah (talk) 22:03, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

Yoninah ALT 3 then may be eliminated. Adog (Talk・Cont) 22:39, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

@Adog: OK, I'm striking ALT3 and also removing the source from the article because it doesn't verify the fact. Please add another source or remove that sentence from the article. I tweaked ALT4.
Pinging reviewer Corachow to review ALT4 after the sourcing issue is taken care of. Yoninah (talk) 16:29, 18 October 2020 (UTC)

ALT4 looks good to me, but there's still a citation needed tag. I'll approve it once the issue is dealt with. Corachow (talk) 17:17, 21 October 2020 (UTC)

@Corachow: I believe I already removed the Cn tag with the statement. Adog (Talk・Cont) 19:16, 21 October 2020 (UTC)

Sorry about that, I was looking at an earlier version. ALT4 is good to go. Corachow (talk) 19:19, 21 October 2020 (UTC)

@Corachow: All good, I skimmed the article and questioned if there was a Cn tag myself because there's a lot of times I overlook the smallest of tags. Thought there might've been another. Adog (Talk・Cont) 20:11, 21 October 2020 (UTC)
@Yoninah: Also I appreciate the input you've given and dedicated towards my lengthy response time. Thank you both kindly. Adog (Talk・Cont) 20:15, 21 October 2020 (UTC)