Template:Did you know nominations/Giant Drop (Six Flags Great America)

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The result was: promoted by RoySmith (talk) 13:50, 19 November 2022 (UTC)

Giant Drop (Six Flags Great America)

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Giant Drop

• ... that 144 couples were pronounced man and wife on the Giant Drop (pictured) before the cars at the top were released 205 feet (62 m) down? Source: Northwest Herald (via Newspapers.com)
  • ALT1: ... that Giant Drop (pictured) was opposed by residents of the village of Gurnee, Illinois, because they worried it would create "intolerable" noise throughout the village? Source: Chicago Tribune (via Newspapers.com)
  • ALT2: ... that the brakes on Giant Drop (pictured) were described as "landing on a humongous pillow"? Source: Chicago Tribune (via Newspapers.com)
  • ALT3: ... that Giant Drop (pictured) was part of a three-phase plan for Six Flags Great America's themed section Southwest Territory? Source: Themerica
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/William Miller Beardshear

Created by Harobouri (talk). Self-nominated at 11:45, 6 November 2022 (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:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Article is new and long enough and conveys the subject in a neutral manner. Hooks are interesting, sourced (assuming good faith for source behind the paywall for ALT0) and included in the article. Pic in the source is currently not included in the article, and does not capture the subject particularly well, so I would suggest either changing this to the picture included in the article or removing the pic entirely. QPQ achieved. Once the picture issue has been resolved this can be passed. Sims2aholic8 (talk) 15:55, 9 November 2022 (UTC)

• @Sims2aholic8: Done. Harbouri: Let's talk! (This is a legitimate alternative account for Harobouri.) 19:10, 9 November 2022 (UTC)
  • Thanks! Happy to pass this now. Sims2aholic8 (talk) 19:15, 9 November 2022 (UTC)