Talk:Incidents at European amusement parks

Kyoto Express?

Do you mean the Tokaydo Express that operated near the South Entrance? 16:25, 6 January 2007 PMBO

You tell me. Here's the quote from the cited article:SpikeJones 20:58, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

In July, the Space Invader roller-coaster at Blackpool was closed after Christopher Sheratt, 11, died when he fell out of a carriage. Six years ago, two Scots were among six visitors injured when two cars collided on the same ride. In 1995 a passenger on the Kyoto Express failed to obey sitting instructions and died after he stood up and his head crashed into a steel girder.

I don't believe there was ever a ride named Kyoto Express at the Pleasure Beach. There was the Tokaydo Express which was removed in 1997, I'm not sure on the reason though. Pettythug 21:22, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Again, you tell me. The quoted article (text included above) was very specific. If you have something verifiable specific to the 1995 accident, please add the info and cite the article.SpikeJones 23:27, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Considering that a websearch for 'kyoto express' and 'blackpool' brings up only that article, and this wikipedia page, I think it can be assumed the article is incorrect. Pettythug 19:37, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

I do recognize your point, but I hate to sound like a broken record on this when I say, "if it's wrong, then find an actual news article that will replace the given footnote and allow the information to be correctly expanded". If the accident never occurred, then that's another matter entirely.SpikeJones 19:43, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

There has never been a ride named the Kyoto Express at the Pleasure Beach. To my knowledge, the Tokaydo Express was not removed due to accident either, I was under the impression it was just moved because of age. Anyone can feel free to correct me there though. The article is clearly mistaken. I see no reason to keep the info about this accident on the page unless another reference can verify that it actually happened. Pettythug 20:17, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Powerpark

My post about the death in PowerPark,Finland was deleted.Why? (05:08, 10 July 2007) 86.140.210.103

Primarily because there was no citation (in proper WP format or otherwise) for the event. SpikeJones 11:08, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

Naming accident casualties

My edit to add the name of the casualty of the Hydro accident was reverted "rv name per WP policy" but the only relevant info I could find on naming policy was the privacy one, which wouldn't apply. The edit added information that pertained to the accident, the information is verifiable and cited, why the rv? It wasn't a minor edit because it added content, what am I missing? Nexxxeh (talk) 12:55, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

The WP:BLP policy has been discussed in relation to victim's names on the various Incidents articles. See Talk:Incidents at Six Flags parks for the bulk of it (and link to additional info). In a nutshell, if the victim's only claim to fame is that they were killed/injured at a theme park, that does not make them notable enough for being named in a WP article. Fabio being hit in the face by a bird while riding a coaster? His name can be used as he is a public figure. A girl whose foot was cut off by a cable? Respect her private life. The easy test: if the victim merits a WP page on their own outside of the incident, then they can be named in the incident articles. SpikeJones (talk) 13:05, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

Gotcha. Thanks :) Nexxxeh (talk) 16:13, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

Legoland

Parts of the sentence "unidentified woman" and "The victim, a park employee" don't make sense. And the reference isn't available anymore. If possible please add another source and adjust the text. Thanks ~~