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Right, since the news has come to light that the ride is confirmed be open for the opening day of alton towers on 19 March, should we change from SBNO to Operating because technically, the only thing keeping the ride closed now is that the park is closed on a season basis and SBNO doesn't apply to that.
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-35694710 HiddenHerobrine ( talk) 17:32, 1 March 2016 (UTC)
There has been some controversy among editors on whether the incident of 1 September 2016 is notable despite citations from the local and national press and two major broadcasters. I would not normally consider a minor incident to be notable but this one was deemed newsworthy by multiple news sources. I do not have a single answer for this but it might be because of the similarity with the 2013 incidents, which are considered notable, especially the one in May that year, because a part of the ride came loose or most likely because it happened only months after it re-opened following the 2015 incident (the Independent's headline speaks for this). I have not seen any accepted criteria on what makes a ride incident notable but in the search for a guideline I found Wikipedia:Notability (events) but this seems to be about whether the event should have its own article. The incident might be better covered in Wikinews but there are currently no articles on the Smiler there and the only article mentioning Alton Towers is about the July 2006 incident on the Runaway Mine Train. Tk420 ( talk) 11:03, 2 October 2016 (UTC)
Per the previous "Track Elements" discussion above involving myself, McDoobAU93, and Sl3nderman3006, anyone that is trying to change the track elements inversion box in the article needs to back up those changes with a source. Right now, we have a reference to RCDB, which clearly lists the different inversions. While reliable, RCDB isn't the only possible source, and if there are others that disagree, then let's have a discussion about them and list them here for all to see. Personal opinions and other forms of original research will not be accepted. -- GoneIn60 ( talk) 04:34, 4 November 2019 (UTC)
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hi my request is can the smilers inversions be correct as I have rode it and it clearly has a batwing as seen if you look at the pov for the ride if you have done the ride you would know this aswel :) 86.171.1.204 ( talk) 16:52, 4 November 2019 (UTC)
Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. -- GoneIn60 ( talk) 18:57, 4 November 2019 (UTC)
The smiler runs with 5 trains AGAR-05 ( talk) 21:29, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
Detachio: Let's break down the list of changes you believe need to be made and address them one by one. A small portion of what you recently added can probably go back, but I do not believe that completely rearranging things the way you did was helpful. Also, we need to keep this as concise as possible, only including details that were widely published and necessary to summarize. The length of this section before your edits was already extensive, taking up a lot of real estate and a significant percentage of the article. You expanded it, of all things, and by a large margin I might add.
Also, phrases like "Contrary to popular belief" are best avoided, even if you believe there are sources for this. The tone on Wikipedia should be encyclopedic and not written like a newspaper or tabloid article. -- GoneIn60 ( talk) 08:12, 2 May 2020 (UTC)
The ride has experienced a number of structural and technical issues since its launch" is a definite improvement over the previous wording, which lacked a nearby inline citation. As long as we keep the length of coverage roughly the same and add both primary and secondary sources, I don't anticipate I'll need to get too involved here. Thanks for putting the effort in... -- GoneIn60 ( talk) 15:35, 2 June 2020 (UTC)
Should there be mention of the 2015 incident being shown on an episode of Fake Britian? The episode in question had a segment on fake tourniquets and the segment in question brought up the incident in question as the real thing was used in first aid at the incident. Visokor ( talk) 15:47, 15 August 2023 (UTC)
Location is alton towers not thorpe park 86.9.246.152 ( talk) 16:01, 29 October 2023 (UTC)
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Right, since the news has come to light that the ride is confirmed be open for the opening day of alton towers on 19 March, should we change from SBNO to Operating because technically, the only thing keeping the ride closed now is that the park is closed on a season basis and SBNO doesn't apply to that.
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-35694710 HiddenHerobrine ( talk) 17:32, 1 March 2016 (UTC)
There has been some controversy among editors on whether the incident of 1 September 2016 is notable despite citations from the local and national press and two major broadcasters. I would not normally consider a minor incident to be notable but this one was deemed newsworthy by multiple news sources. I do not have a single answer for this but it might be because of the similarity with the 2013 incidents, which are considered notable, especially the one in May that year, because a part of the ride came loose or most likely because it happened only months after it re-opened following the 2015 incident (the Independent's headline speaks for this). I have not seen any accepted criteria on what makes a ride incident notable but in the search for a guideline I found Wikipedia:Notability (events) but this seems to be about whether the event should have its own article. The incident might be better covered in Wikinews but there are currently no articles on the Smiler there and the only article mentioning Alton Towers is about the July 2006 incident on the Runaway Mine Train. Tk420 ( talk) 11:03, 2 October 2016 (UTC)
Per the previous "Track Elements" discussion above involving myself, McDoobAU93, and Sl3nderman3006, anyone that is trying to change the track elements inversion box in the article needs to back up those changes with a source. Right now, we have a reference to RCDB, which clearly lists the different inversions. While reliable, RCDB isn't the only possible source, and if there are others that disagree, then let's have a discussion about them and list them here for all to see. Personal opinions and other forms of original research will not be accepted. -- GoneIn60 ( talk) 04:34, 4 November 2019 (UTC)
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hi my request is can the smilers inversions be correct as I have rode it and it clearly has a batwing as seen if you look at the pov for the ride if you have done the ride you would know this aswel :) 86.171.1.204 ( talk) 16:52, 4 November 2019 (UTC)
Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. -- GoneIn60 ( talk) 18:57, 4 November 2019 (UTC)
The smiler runs with 5 trains AGAR-05 ( talk) 21:29, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
Detachio: Let's break down the list of changes you believe need to be made and address them one by one. A small portion of what you recently added can probably go back, but I do not believe that completely rearranging things the way you did was helpful. Also, we need to keep this as concise as possible, only including details that were widely published and necessary to summarize. The length of this section before your edits was already extensive, taking up a lot of real estate and a significant percentage of the article. You expanded it, of all things, and by a large margin I might add.
Also, phrases like "Contrary to popular belief" are best avoided, even if you believe there are sources for this. The tone on Wikipedia should be encyclopedic and not written like a newspaper or tabloid article. -- GoneIn60 ( talk) 08:12, 2 May 2020 (UTC)
The ride has experienced a number of structural and technical issues since its launch" is a definite improvement over the previous wording, which lacked a nearby inline citation. As long as we keep the length of coverage roughly the same and add both primary and secondary sources, I don't anticipate I'll need to get too involved here. Thanks for putting the effort in... -- GoneIn60 ( talk) 15:35, 2 June 2020 (UTC)
Should there be mention of the 2015 incident being shown on an episode of Fake Britian? The episode in question had a segment on fake tourniquets and the segment in question brought up the incident in question as the real thing was used in first aid at the incident. Visokor ( talk) 15:47, 15 August 2023 (UTC)
Location is alton towers not thorpe park 86.9.246.152 ( talk) 16:01, 29 October 2023 (UTC)