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This coaster has historical significance (credited with sparking a new Golden Age in wooden coasters) so I'm upping its importance to high. -- Skylights76 ( talk) 07:21, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
I was born and raised in Cincinnati and spent a lot of summers arguing with neighborhood kids which Racer was better, backward or forward. Perhaps the article can be expanded slightly to include the park's rationale for recently setting them both forward again. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.28.179.6 ( talk) 14:18, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
I understand the name was eventually changed from Philadelphia Toboggan Company to Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters. I also understand that the category is automatically created/linked based on this entry. However, it seems that the name listed here should be the name of the company at the time when the roller coaster was built. That's what readers expect to see. What if tomorrow the company's name changed to Pittsburgh Coasters? See my point? Of course, most readers can just click the link to discover the company's history, but Wikipedia's MOS recommends that information be included without assuming that readers can or should click the link. Details like this should be presented in encyclopedic fashion (supporting the use of the old name, not the current name). I tend to agree with that. What are everyone else's thoughts on this? GoneIn60 ( talk) 20:26, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
{{{manufacturer_category}}}
with similar usage to the {{{location_article}}}
parameter. If this was to be implemented you would set {{{manufacturer}}}
to Philadelphia Toboggan Company with {{{manufacturer_category}}}
set to Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters. I'll post a link on the infobox page to this discussion so we can get some more thoughts.
Themeparkgc
Talk 23:34, 4 April 2012 (UTC)Is there anything we should do to promote it to B-class since it does not have issues with? -- Starship9000 ( talk) 23:35, 10 February 2013 (UTC)
Not moved. There is a clear absence of consensus to move the article. bd2412 T 13:37, 11 August 2017 (UTC)
The Racer (Kings Island) → The Racer – The redirect has trivial edit history and should be overwritten. There is no other topic on Wikipedia with the exact title "The Racer", and therefore the parenthetical disambiguation "Kings Island" is unnecessary. Currently, the redirect points to Racer, but I believe this should be changed. For example, look at Matrix and The Matrix. The former leads to the disambiguation page while the latter goes straight to the film article, which is the primary topic with "The" in the title. The same holds true for Joker versus The Joker, and based on this reasoning, I believe we should do the same for the roller coaster. I plan to add a "For other uses" hatnote at the top that links to the disambiguation page. -- GoneIn60 ( talk) 05:30, 3 August 2017 (UTC)
...several other ride including The Racer (Kennywood), often named with "The"
Despite popular belief (and KI's blog) the final dip on Racer was not removed to accommodate a walkway to Outer Limits: Flight of Fear. The walkway was able to go under the tracks without changing the hills. In 1996 only the left side had the dip removed. The right side was done during the 1996-1997 off-season, a full year after the walkway was installed. The walkway underneath is before the old final dip. If you look closely enough, you can still see evidence of where the ledgers existed between the walkway and the covered brake run. That section is over a grassy area — not the walkway. Here's a pretty good photo showing the original dip. Note how close it is to the brake run. Compare it to this one. —JlACEer ( talk) 21:16, 1 November 2020 (UTC)
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This coaster has historical significance (credited with sparking a new Golden Age in wooden coasters) so I'm upping its importance to high. -- Skylights76 ( talk) 07:21, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
I was born and raised in Cincinnati and spent a lot of summers arguing with neighborhood kids which Racer was better, backward or forward. Perhaps the article can be expanded slightly to include the park's rationale for recently setting them both forward again. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.28.179.6 ( talk) 14:18, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
I understand the name was eventually changed from Philadelphia Toboggan Company to Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters. I also understand that the category is automatically created/linked based on this entry. However, it seems that the name listed here should be the name of the company at the time when the roller coaster was built. That's what readers expect to see. What if tomorrow the company's name changed to Pittsburgh Coasters? See my point? Of course, most readers can just click the link to discover the company's history, but Wikipedia's MOS recommends that information be included without assuming that readers can or should click the link. Details like this should be presented in encyclopedic fashion (supporting the use of the old name, not the current name). I tend to agree with that. What are everyone else's thoughts on this? GoneIn60 ( talk) 20:26, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
{{{manufacturer_category}}}
with similar usage to the {{{location_article}}}
parameter. If this was to be implemented you would set {{{manufacturer}}}
to Philadelphia Toboggan Company with {{{manufacturer_category}}}
set to Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters. I'll post a link on the infobox page to this discussion so we can get some more thoughts.
Themeparkgc
Talk 23:34, 4 April 2012 (UTC)Is there anything we should do to promote it to B-class since it does not have issues with? -- Starship9000 ( talk) 23:35, 10 February 2013 (UTC)
Not moved. There is a clear absence of consensus to move the article. bd2412 T 13:37, 11 August 2017 (UTC)
The Racer (Kings Island) → The Racer – The redirect has trivial edit history and should be overwritten. There is no other topic on Wikipedia with the exact title "The Racer", and therefore the parenthetical disambiguation "Kings Island" is unnecessary. Currently, the redirect points to Racer, but I believe this should be changed. For example, look at Matrix and The Matrix. The former leads to the disambiguation page while the latter goes straight to the film article, which is the primary topic with "The" in the title. The same holds true for Joker versus The Joker, and based on this reasoning, I believe we should do the same for the roller coaster. I plan to add a "For other uses" hatnote at the top that links to the disambiguation page. -- GoneIn60 ( talk) 05:30, 3 August 2017 (UTC)
...several other ride including The Racer (Kennywood), often named with "The"
Despite popular belief (and KI's blog) the final dip on Racer was not removed to accommodate a walkway to Outer Limits: Flight of Fear. The walkway was able to go under the tracks without changing the hills. In 1996 only the left side had the dip removed. The right side was done during the 1996-1997 off-season, a full year after the walkway was installed. The walkway underneath is before the old final dip. If you look closely enough, you can still see evidence of where the ledgers existed between the walkway and the covered brake run. That section is over a grassy area — not the walkway. Here's a pretty good photo showing the original dip. Note how close it is to the brake run. Compare it to this one. —JlACEer ( talk) 21:16, 1 November 2020 (UTC)