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Good articleWild Eagle has been listed as one of the Sports and recreation good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.
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December 9, 2012Good article nomineeListed

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Reviewer: Michael Jester (talk · contribs) 10:43, 6 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I will be reviewing this article. Comments will be within the next few hours.
—Michael Jester (talk · contribs) 10:43, 6 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Lead
  • Per WP:LINKSTYLE, "When possible, avoid placing links next to each other so that they look like a single link". Not sure if you can work around it, but see if you can.
 Done Themeparkgc  Talk  23:49, 7 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Get citations out of the lead.
 Done Themeparkgc  Talk  23:49, 7 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • In the infobox, "Steel - Wing Coaster" is wrong. I'm almost positive it should be a "–".
 Done Themeparkgc  Talk  23:49, 7 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • "a height of 210-foot" -> "a height of 210 feet
 Done Themeparkgc  Talk  23:49, 7 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Not necessarily a concern for this review, but is there a better picture out there that shows more of the roller coaster? The one in the infobox just shows (what I'm guessing) a small part of the ride.
Not at this stage. A search for pictures with relevant licensing has returned no results. Themeparkgc  Talk  23:49, 7 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
History
  • "Speculation of Wild Eagle began" -> "Speculation of Wild Eagle began"
 Done Themeparkgc  Talk  23:49, 7 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • "to discuss Dollywood's 2012 attraction" What's Dollywood? Either wikilink or clarify what it is
 Done Themeparkgc  Talk  23:49, 7 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • "Pigeon Forge Planning Commission" same as above, either wikilink or clarify what the commission is
  • "Four days later" you never gave a date before, just March 2011, so this part doesn't make sense.
 Done Themeparkgc  Talk  23:49, 7 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • "On September 4, 2011, Wild Eagle was" -> "On September 4, 2011, Wild Eagle was
 Done Themeparkgc  Talk  23:49, 7 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • "On October 7, 2011, the lift hill was completed and by the end of October 2011, the track layout was complete." -> "On October 7, 2011, the lift hill was completed, and by the end of October 2011, the track layout was complete."
 Done Themeparkgc  Talk  23:49, 7 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • "42 feet and a total weight of 8000 pounds" -> "42 feet (13 m) and a total weight of 8,000 pounds (3,600 kg)"
 Done Themeparkgc  Talk  23:49, 7 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • What's a soft-opening? And, why is that hyphenated, but in the infobox it's not?
 Done Themeparkgc  Talk  23:49, 7 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Ride experience
  • Change the section name to just Experience, per WP:HEADINGS.
 Done Themeparkgc  Talk  23:49, 7 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Awesome quote. I like it. Wikilink Dolly Parton, though.
 Done Themeparkgc  Talk  23:49, 7 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • I understand most of the words here, but for someone without roller coaster knowledge it may be tough. I know it may be difficult, but can you explain what a zero-g roll is in the text? Also, it's called a zero-gravity roll, per its article page.
 Done Themeparkgc  Talk  23:49, 7 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • "next riders board the train.[12][1]" -> "next riders board the train.[1][12]"
 Done Themeparkgc  Talk  23:49, 7 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • "Because the seats are located either on the left or right of the track, a fake eagle is placed on top of each car to add to the theme of the roller coaster." unsourced
 Done I reworded the sentence slightly so it could be sourced. Themeparkgc  Talk  01:03, 8 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
References
  • Dates are inconsistent
 Done Themeparkgc  Talk  00:38, 8 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • For #1, why is there "Database Entry"? I don't see it on the link, and not sure why it's in italics.
 Done Themeparkgc  Talk  23:49, 7 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • For #2, it's a journal, so {{Cite journal}} should be used. Also, there's 48 pages. Needs a page number (or pages).
 Done Themeparkgc  Talk  00:38, 8 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • For #3, #4, #7, #11, dead link
 Partly done Fixed 3/4 of the links with archives. Themeparkgc  Talk  00:38, 8 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Nothing (as far as I can see). I am trying to find a replacement source. If I can't I'll just end up removing that sentence. Themeparkgc  Talk  01:03, 8 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
 Done Themeparkgc  Talk  00:38, 8 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • For #8, not sure how reliable facebook is, but it's the track's official page, so I can understand. However, the photos don't have a date, so I can't back up the claims.
If you move your mouse over the line that says "Updated over a year ago" you will be given a date of 7 October 2011. This matches the dates on the individual photos if you click on them. Is this enough? Themeparkgc  Talk  00:53, 8 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • For #9, it's a blog. What makes it a RS?
 Done This reference has been replaced. Themeparkgc  Talk  00:57, 8 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • For #11, The Mountain Press -> The Mountain Press
 Done Themeparkgc  Talk  00:38, 8 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • For #12, YouTube should be the publisher
 Done Themeparkgc  Talk  00:38, 8 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Good work on the article thus far. Once these comments are addressed, I will re-evaluate the article and see where it goes from there. I have this page bookmarked, but if you need to contact me, ping my talk page.
—Michael Jester (talk · contribs) 11:10, 6 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I have resolved the majority of the issues identified above. There are just two points still pending (dates on Facebook and Coaster101). Themeparkgc  Talk  01:03, 8 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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