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Batman: The Ride The Batman: The Ride link can either be Batman: The Ride (SFOT) or Batman: The Ride. Batman: The Ride (SFoT) is specific to Six Flags over Texas, however, it does not provide near as much information as the Batman: The Ride link. The Batman: The Ride link mentions the Six Flags over Texas version anyways.
I just rehauled the entire page, any comments/suggestions? Feel free to edit it if you happen to find any glaring errors...
BrandonR 02:50, Sep 22, 2004 (UTC)
The Interesting Facts section contains only one, that the park got its name from, as the editor believes, six flags that flew over the Alamo. I'm going to remove it because it's incorrect. The real source of the name is from Spain, France, Mexico, Republic of Texas, Confederacy, and USA, the six flags that have flown over Texas. This is earlier in the article.
njkg
I removed the mention of the Six Flags Over Texas Fund Ltd including some of the heirs of Angus Wynne. That statement has been on this wiki page for some time but no citation has ever been found. Wynne was forced out of Six Flags by Penn Central, it seems very unlikely that any of his sons or heirs would invest in the fund that now owns that park. Shannon Wynne's investments in Arlington are well publicized — mostly in area restaurants — but involvement with any type of ownership in Six Flags has never been discussed. The only association with Six Flags that is mentioned is that he is the son of the founder. —JlACEer ( talk) 19:26, 8 February 2017 (UTC)
The page for link ten can longer be found. Someone should remove it, but because of the way mobile works, I can’t get it without destroying the entire “references” page. Zackthemaf666 ( talk) 17:09, 7 February 2019 (UTC)
The following Wikimedia Commons files used on this page have been nominated for speedy deletion:
You can see the reasons for deletion at the file description pages linked above. — Community Tech bot ( talk) 04:22, 13 March 2019 (UTC)
Fellow WikiProject Amusement Parks member Jpp858:
I noticed your recent removal of the table, which a lot of hard work went into. I can surely resurrect it at List of Six Flags Over Texas attractions – that's not an issue – but I know there have been discussions in the past where editors felt keeping a roller coaster chart in the main article was helpful and preferred, since one of the main draws of a major theme park is its coasters. The rest of the rides can be forked over into a secondary article, which can even relist coasters a second time with lengthier descriptions. In the main article, we would keep the coaster description short and concise. One chart containing 10-15 rows (give or take a few) is not consuming that much space. Do you feel strongly about it? If so, perhaps we need to bring in additional opinions. Curious to hear your thoughts. Thanks in advance! -- GoneIn60 ( talk) 21:38, 5 August 2021 (UTC)
Proposal: Add the following chart to the article, a compact form of the previous chart that was recently removed.
Name | Opened | Track | Type | Park section | Height | Speed | Refs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Batman: The Ride | 1999 | Steel | Inverted roller coaster | Gotham City | 105 feet (32 m) | 50 mph (80 km/h) | [1] [2] |
Judge Roy Scream | 1980 | Wood | Sit down | Gotham City | 71 feet (22 m) | 45 mph (72 km/h) | [3] [4] |
La Vibora | 1986 | Steel | Bobsled | Mexico & Spain | 60 feet (18 m) | 32 mph (51 km/h) | [5] [6] |
Mini Mine Train | 1969 | Steel | Mine train | Boomtown | 20 feet (6.1 m) | 20 mph (32 km/h) | [7] [8] |
Mr. Freeze Reverse Blast | 1998 | Steel | Launched Shuttle Loop | Gotham City | 218 feet (66 m) | 70 mph (110 km/h) | [9] [10] |
New Texas Giant | 2011 | Steel | I-Box custom | Texas | 153 feet (47 m) | 65 mph (105 km/h) | [11] [12] |
Pandemonium | 2008 | Steel | Spinning Coaster | Boomtown | 53 feet (16 m) | 31 mph (50 km/h) | [13] [14] |
Runaway Mine Train | 1966 | Steel | Mine Train | Boomtown | 35 feet (11 m) | 35 mph (56 km/h) | [15] [16] |
Runaway Mountain | 1996 | Steel | Sit down | France | 65 feet (20 m) | 40 mph (64 km/h) | [17] [18] |
Shock Wave | 1978 | Steel | Sit down looper | Tower | 116 feet (35 m) | 60 mph (97 km/h) | [19] [20] |
The Joker | 2017 | Steel | 4th Dimension coaster | Gotham City | 120 feet (37 m) | 38 mph (61 km/h) | [21] [22] |
Titan | 2001 | Steel | Hypercoaster | Texas | 245 feet (75 m) | 85 mph (137 km/h) | [23] [24] |
Wile E. Coyote's Grand Canyon Blaster | 2001 | Steel | Sit down | Boomtown | 16.1 feet (4.9 m) | 15 mph (24 km/h) | [25] [26] |
Points taken from the discussion above:
The goal is to gather feedback from WikiProject members first before considering an RfC (which may end up happening if there is no consensus). I have pinged the project's active editors in this edit. Thanks. -- GoneIn60 ( talk) 22:49, 6 August 2021 (UTC)
Please choose between "Chart and prose" or "Prose only" in your response.
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Batman: The Ride The Batman: The Ride link can either be Batman: The Ride (SFOT) or Batman: The Ride. Batman: The Ride (SFoT) is specific to Six Flags over Texas, however, it does not provide near as much information as the Batman: The Ride link. The Batman: The Ride link mentions the Six Flags over Texas version anyways.
I just rehauled the entire page, any comments/suggestions? Feel free to edit it if you happen to find any glaring errors...
BrandonR 02:50, Sep 22, 2004 (UTC)
The Interesting Facts section contains only one, that the park got its name from, as the editor believes, six flags that flew over the Alamo. I'm going to remove it because it's incorrect. The real source of the name is from Spain, France, Mexico, Republic of Texas, Confederacy, and USA, the six flags that have flown over Texas. This is earlier in the article.
njkg
I removed the mention of the Six Flags Over Texas Fund Ltd including some of the heirs of Angus Wynne. That statement has been on this wiki page for some time but no citation has ever been found. Wynne was forced out of Six Flags by Penn Central, it seems very unlikely that any of his sons or heirs would invest in the fund that now owns that park. Shannon Wynne's investments in Arlington are well publicized — mostly in area restaurants — but involvement with any type of ownership in Six Flags has never been discussed. The only association with Six Flags that is mentioned is that he is the son of the founder. —JlACEer ( talk) 19:26, 8 February 2017 (UTC)
The page for link ten can longer be found. Someone should remove it, but because of the way mobile works, I can’t get it without destroying the entire “references” page. Zackthemaf666 ( talk) 17:09, 7 February 2019 (UTC)
The following Wikimedia Commons files used on this page have been nominated for speedy deletion:
You can see the reasons for deletion at the file description pages linked above. — Community Tech bot ( talk) 04:22, 13 March 2019 (UTC)
Fellow WikiProject Amusement Parks member Jpp858:
I noticed your recent removal of the table, which a lot of hard work went into. I can surely resurrect it at List of Six Flags Over Texas attractions – that's not an issue – but I know there have been discussions in the past where editors felt keeping a roller coaster chart in the main article was helpful and preferred, since one of the main draws of a major theme park is its coasters. The rest of the rides can be forked over into a secondary article, which can even relist coasters a second time with lengthier descriptions. In the main article, we would keep the coaster description short and concise. One chart containing 10-15 rows (give or take a few) is not consuming that much space. Do you feel strongly about it? If so, perhaps we need to bring in additional opinions. Curious to hear your thoughts. Thanks in advance! -- GoneIn60 ( talk) 21:38, 5 August 2021 (UTC)
Proposal: Add the following chart to the article, a compact form of the previous chart that was recently removed.
Name | Opened | Track | Type | Park section | Height | Speed | Refs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Batman: The Ride | 1999 | Steel | Inverted roller coaster | Gotham City | 105 feet (32 m) | 50 mph (80 km/h) | [1] [2] |
Judge Roy Scream | 1980 | Wood | Sit down | Gotham City | 71 feet (22 m) | 45 mph (72 km/h) | [3] [4] |
La Vibora | 1986 | Steel | Bobsled | Mexico & Spain | 60 feet (18 m) | 32 mph (51 km/h) | [5] [6] |
Mini Mine Train | 1969 | Steel | Mine train | Boomtown | 20 feet (6.1 m) | 20 mph (32 km/h) | [7] [8] |
Mr. Freeze Reverse Blast | 1998 | Steel | Launched Shuttle Loop | Gotham City | 218 feet (66 m) | 70 mph (110 km/h) | [9] [10] |
New Texas Giant | 2011 | Steel | I-Box custom | Texas | 153 feet (47 m) | 65 mph (105 km/h) | [11] [12] |
Pandemonium | 2008 | Steel | Spinning Coaster | Boomtown | 53 feet (16 m) | 31 mph (50 km/h) | [13] [14] |
Runaway Mine Train | 1966 | Steel | Mine Train | Boomtown | 35 feet (11 m) | 35 mph (56 km/h) | [15] [16] |
Runaway Mountain | 1996 | Steel | Sit down | France | 65 feet (20 m) | 40 mph (64 km/h) | [17] [18] |
Shock Wave | 1978 | Steel | Sit down looper | Tower | 116 feet (35 m) | 60 mph (97 km/h) | [19] [20] |
The Joker | 2017 | Steel | 4th Dimension coaster | Gotham City | 120 feet (37 m) | 38 mph (61 km/h) | [21] [22] |
Titan | 2001 | Steel | Hypercoaster | Texas | 245 feet (75 m) | 85 mph (137 km/h) | [23] [24] |
Wile E. Coyote's Grand Canyon Blaster | 2001 | Steel | Sit down | Boomtown | 16.1 feet (4.9 m) | 15 mph (24 km/h) | [25] [26] |
Points taken from the discussion above:
The goal is to gather feedback from WikiProject members first before considering an RfC (which may end up happening if there is no consensus). I have pinged the project's active editors in this edit. Thanks. -- GoneIn60 ( talk) 22:49, 6 August 2021 (UTC)
Please choose between "Chart and prose" or "Prose only" in your response.
References