Wikipedia:WikiProject Amusement Parks
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Some Wikipedians have formed a project to better organize information in articles related to Amusement Parks. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians. If you would like to help, please inquire on the talk page and see the to-do list there.
For more information on WikiProjects, please see Wikipedia:WikiProjects and Wikipedia:WikiProject best practices.
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WikiProject on Amusement Parks
[edit] Scope
The ultimate goal of this WikiProject is to improve the quality of articles relating to amusement and theme parks. In order to accomplish this goal, Wikipedia will need:
- An article on every amusement park in the world (as well as parks that are no longer operating), which should meet these standards:
- A standard title.
- A standard intro.
- A stat sheet, which should (if possible) be accompanied by a picture that best shows what the park has to offer.
- Basic facts and trivia about the park, such as location, records held (past and present), events (such as accidents) appearances in fiction etc. etc... just about anything you want.
- History of the park if it has one
- A template linking to all the roller coasters in the park, listed alphabetically.
- A template linking to other parks in the chain if the park is part of a chain
- If the park is part of a resort or complex (ie. Disney, Universal), an appropriate template should link to other parks and attractions within the resort
- Articles on everything related to amusement parks. This includes, for a start, types of rides (ie. log flumes, roller coasters, carousels, etc.,
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[edit] Related WikiProjects
- WikiProject Disneyland
- WikiProject Hersheypark
- WikiProject Roller Coasters
- WikiProject Silver Dollar City
- WikiProject Walt Disney World
- WikiProject Zoo
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[edit] Related pages in Sister projects
- Commons:Amusement parks
- Wikibooks:Amusement parks
- Wikinews:Amusement parks
- Wikiquote:Amusement parks
- Wikisource:Amusement parks
- Wikispecies:Amusement parks
- Wiktionary:Amusement parks
- meta:Amusement parks
[edit] Sister Project Searches
- parks&go=Go WikiBooks search
- coasters Google WikiBooks search
- parks&go=Go WikiQuote search
- coasters} Google WikiQuote search
- parks&go=Go WikiSource search
- coasters Google WikiSource search
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No classification of this project has been defined.
[edit] Goals
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[edit] Tasks
[edit] Adding to the "Big List"
[edit] Stub making
There are many amusement parks out there that have no article on Wikipedia yet. All you need to do to start an article on a park is...
- gather the basic facts and stats
- Create the article with the proper title according to the Article Naming Standards.
- Copy and paste the following into the article:
TODO - amusement park template
[edit] Photography
No amusement park article is complete without pictures. The primary picture - the one at the top of the stat sheet - should best illustrate what the park has to offer. This could be a featured landmark (ie. Cinderella Castle at Magic Kingdom, the park logo, or a skyline.
Other pictures, are also greatly appreciated. If every interested Wikipedian simply goes to their nearest amusement park and takes good pictures, we'll definitely have enough pictures... as long as enough people contribute!
[edit] Standardization
- Moving articles to the proper titles, see Article Naming Standards
- Adding the infobox to articles
[edit] GET OUT THERE AND VISIT THE PARKS!!!
This is THE way to write great articles on park. Go to the park, ride the rides, take great pictures of them, talk to the operators, and whatever else you can think of - all with the goal of improving each park's article. Anyone can (and is encouraged to) create and improve articles on parks they've never visited, but it takes someone who visits a park regularly, and most importantly, is enthusiastic about it, to turn a stub into a good theme park article. If you work at a park, even better!
[edit] Adopt an article
Similar to the Collaboration of the week, but on a smaller scale, you might want to "adopt" an article. This would involve doing the research, writing, and picture-taking (if possible) for either a non-existent article or a stub. Of course, everyone else can still edit an adopted article, and you can work on other things too, but the idea is to find a focus for a while, to try and build up the number of quality articles the Project has produced.
- Example article: User:Example
[edit] General strategy and discussion forums
- /General
- /Strategy
[edit] Other subpages
[edit] Templates
[edit] Stat Sheet
[edit] Stub templates
[edit] Park templates
These templates link to all of the roller coasters in a park, listed alphabetically. They should be placed in the park's article as well as each of the coaster articles for that park. Coasters that appear in more than one park (such as Batman: The Ride) should have a park template for each park they appear in, but ONLY if all instances of that coaster are IDENTICAL. If you have created a park template, please list it here using {{tl|TemplateName}}.
If a park is part of a larger complex, for example the four parks of Walt Disney World or the two of Universal Orlando Resort, one template can be used for the entire complex.
{{ADV Coasters}}
{{AT Coasters}}
{{BGA Coasters}}
{{BGE Coasters}}
{{DMTP Coasters}}
{{CP Coasters}}
{{DP Coasters}}
{{GeaugaLakeCoasters}}
{{Hersheypark Coasters}}
{{KBF Coasters}}
{{Kennywood Coasters}}
{{MOWTP Coasters}}
{{PCW Coasters}}
{{PKI Coasters}}
{{PKD Coasters}}
{{SFA Coasters}}
{{SFEG Coasters}}
{{SFGA Coasters}}
{{SFGreat Escape Coasters}}
{{SFKK Coasters}}
{{SFMM Coasters}}
{{SFMW Coasters}}
{{SFNE Coasters}}
{{SFOT Coasters}}
{{TP Coasters}}
{{Universal Orlando Coasters}}
{{VF Coasters}}
{{WDW Coasters}}
{{WoF Coasters}}[edit] Other templates
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[edit] Wikipedia namespace and Meta-Wiki articles on Roller Coasters
- Wikipedia:Amusement park
- meta:Amusement park
[edit] New Wikipedia articles related to amusement parks
Please feel free to list your new amusement park-related articles here (newer articles at the top, please). Any new articles that have an interesting or unusual fact in them should be suggested for the Did you know? box on the Main Wikipedia page. DYK has a 72 hr. time limit from the creation of the article.
[edit] Did you know?
[edit] Article improvement drive
[edit] Collaboration of the week
[edit] Peer review
[edit] Featured articles
[edit] Featured article candidates
[edit] Featured pictures
[edit] Featured picture candidates
[edit] Featured lists
[edit] Featured list candidates
[edit] Wikipedia surveys
[edit] Ad hoc surveys
[edit] Ongoing Wikipedia surveys
[edit] Votes for deletion
- Votes for deletion (Article deletion):
- Votes for undelete (Article undeletion}:
- Templates for deletion:
- Categories for deletion:
- Images for deletion:
- Redirects for deletion:
[edit] WikiProject Deletion sorting
Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting is a new effort that attempts to classify various articles nominated for votes for deletion by major categories. The Amusement park-related articles at VFD are listed at Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Amusement parks.
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