Talk:Wonder Wheel

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A fact from Wonder Wheel appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 27 February 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Deno Vourderis promised Coney Island's Wonder Wheel to his future wife as a gift 36 years before buying it?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2020/February. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Wonder Wheel.

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Include the painting?

Does someone who knows how to edit want to include the painting in the series Beaten Path by the Nobel prize winning Bob Dylan?

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https://www.facebook.com/groups/edlis.cafe/permalink/1222622151109648/

EDLIS Café 13:59, 9 November 2016 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by EdRicardo (talk • contribs)

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Wonder Wheel/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Hog Farm (talk · contribs) 02:30, 17 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

Lead You state that Coney Island hand a financial and economic decline. This seems a bit repetitive to me, but maybe you meant something distinct by each one.

@Hog Farm: I removed "financial" as it's indeed is unnecessary. epicgenius (talk) 03:48, 17 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"it was sold to the Vourderis family, who continues to operate" - Since the family as a unit is the object here, I would think that the singular continue would be the more grammatical form, but I may be wrong.

Actually, "continue" would be plural. Weird, but see "the families continue" vs. "the family continues". epicgenius (talk) 03:48, 17 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Infobox - The reference number parameter is not cited in either the infobox or the text; it should be cited somewhere.

I though it was referenced in the infobox, by the "date" parameter. Anyway, fixed. epicgenius (talk) 03:48, 17 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Is the Eccentric Ferris Wheel Company notable? If so, leave the redlink in the article. If not, it's probably best to remove the wikilinks.

Yes, but creating an article about this is out of my league. epicgenius (talk) 03:48, 17 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Garms ownership "the thrill of a scenic railway, the fun of a Ferris wheel, and the excitement of the Chute-the-Chutes" - I'd almost go direct quotes here, just to signify that the Chute-the-Chutes is an item known at the time of the quote, since it's a bit of headscratcher just to sling in there. If you disagree with that, that's okay.

I put it in quote. epicgenius (talk) 03:48, 17 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Vourderis ownership "Vourderis stated that part of the wheel's allure had come from when he had proposed to his later-wife Lula atop the wheel almost four decades earlier, he had promised to give the wheel to his wife as a future gift" - This is ungrammatical. I'll let you chose how to fix this, but replacing the comma within a semicolon is probably the easiest way.

Fixed, but with a colon. epicgenius (talk) 03:48, 17 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"and went into operation the next year." - My gut instinct would be to phrase it as "and reopened the next year" to avoid the implication that it was opening for the first time (obviously not true if the user read the rest of the article). Your editorial call here.

Fixed. epicgenius (talk) 03:48, 17 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Rides "A ride on the Wonder Wheel costs 10 credits; the cost of each credit varies depending on how many is purchased, but generally costs $1 if purchased individually" - Just to make sure I'm reading this right, this signifies each credit costs $1?

Yes typically, but discounts are available. epicgenius (talk) 03:48, 17 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

References WP:RSP lists no consensus for the reliability of the New York Post, but the uses here seem to be reliable.

I generally consider NY Post reliable for city-related news, unreliable for gossip, and questionable for politics. epicgenius (talk) 03:48, 17 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Ref #24 has "DENO'S WONDER WHEEL" is all caps. Unless the source directly stylizes it like this, it should probably not be in all caps for MOS reasons.

Fixed. epicgenius (talk) 03:48, 17 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

That's about it. Good work so far, you're a prolific content improver. Hog Farm (talk) 03:32, 17 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Hog Farm: Thanks, I appreciate it. I have addressed all of the above. epicgenius (talk) 03:48, 17 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- Passed as GA. Hog Farm (talk) 04:13, 17 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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 Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:38, 23 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Deno Vourderis, who operated Coney Island's Wonder Wheel, promised the ride to his wife as a gift 36 years before buying it? Source: Brooklyn Paper 2019
- ALT1:... that the Wonder Wheel, which turns 100 this year, is part of Coney Island's last family-operated amusement park? Source: WSJ. I used WP:CALC to determine that it turns 100 this year, since it opened in 1920 according to the Deno's Wonder Wheel website.
- ALT2:... that the Wonder Wheel, which turns 100 this year, has not experienced any significant safety incidents in its history? Source: Newsday 2015

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Central Iowa Regional Association of Local Governments

Improved to Good Article status by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 16:43, 17 February 2020 (UTC).[reply]

Recently passed to Good Article status, and easily meets all criteria except that the nominator needs to satisfy his QPQ requirement. With that proviso, it is good to go. I think Hook No, 1 is more interesting than the others. Have tweaked it to "36 years." Originally it was "nearly four decades." I think the more precise number is preferable. Coretheapple (talk) 18:46, 17 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Coretheapple: Thanks for the review. I have added a QPQ. epicgenius (talk) 19:59, 17 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Then we're good to go. Thanks. COI disclosure: I've been on the Wonder Wheel! ;). Coretheapple (talk) 14:40, 18 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Poor image

It's a pretty poor choice for the lead image to be one that does not include the characteristic inner gondolas (which presumably had been taken off for servicing when that picture was taken in the off-season). —ReadOnlyAccount (talk) 05:04, 4 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

In my opinion, the image isn't that bad, just misplaced. I swapped it with another image that depicts all 24 cabins. Epicgenius (talk) 15:21, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]