Talk:Howl-O-Scream (Busch Gardens Tampa Bay)

Clean-Up

This article is going to need a major clean-up if it's going to be kept. One example of it getting cleaned-up is that the info in the article should be revised and rearranged so it dosen't look sloppy. I really don't think rearranging the info by year was a good way for the creator of the article to start it. Also, Some typos are in the article, Which isn't good and should be corrected immediately. Article really needs a major tidy-up at once.--Universal Studios Number 1 Fan (talk) 23:59, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

There's also the fact that I worked for BGA in 2000, when it was still Busch Gardens Tampa, and the event was not named "Howl-O-Scream" until that year--I was a consultant on the project, and edited the Busch Bulletin employee newspaper. "Spooky Safari" ran in 1999, and while it was not a parkwide event, was publicized similarly, because it was all that was going on that year. The article as written makes it seem like it was part of a larger event. Reading it more closely, in fact, the whole thing reads remarkably similar to the style of the production idea notes written by one of my fellow consultants in 2000. I can't recommend merging, cleanup, and fact-checking strongly enough. P.F. Bruns (talk) 08:57, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Yes, this article does need clean up. I'm trying to help with it right now. Any help would be appreciated. It's a work in progress, and there's a lot left to do. It's really too big of a topic to be delted or merged with anything else. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.170.34.166 (talk) 04:04, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

I work at the park and worked every night of the 2007 event, so I was attempting to correct some misinformation and maybe add a little more regarding the 2007 and upcoming 2008 events, but one user keeps undoing my additions and changes without explanation. It's very frustrating when you're just trying to help improve the article. Is this his own personal article? I don't want to get into an undo-war with him, but some of the information is inaccurate. 71.180.139.228 (talk) 11:35, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

I've redone the blurbs for each attraction to reflect the fact that they all occurred in the past, and reworded them to remove second-person pronouns ("you," "your," "you're," and the like) in a vain effort to make them look less like they were copied out of the park guide maps and show programs. More rewriting to make them look less like advertising copy is still very much needed. A neutral standpoint is needed also, since several of us have actually worked the event itself. Ideally, there would be a paragraph or so on each event delivered by a non-employee of the park. P.F. Bruns (talk) 01:38, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

Siamese

This article uses the term "siamese" which should probably be changed to "conjoined". —Preceding unsigned comment added by Unimath (talk • contribs) 02:12, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

I'll fix it.--Snowman Guy (talk) 20:05, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

Split Proposal

I propose that the list of annual themes be split to another page. Unimath (talk) 02:14, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

I Agree.--Snowman Guy (talk) 05:06, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

That depends on why you're splitting it. Is it just because it's too long? That's a good reason, but a list article like the one you're proposing will receive a great deal of scrutiny if nominated for deletion, and it may just end up being merged back again because a list of the theme just might not be considered notable. Consider cutting the section down and summarizing as an alternative.--otherlleft^{No, really, other way . . .} 19:38, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

Standardization of Haunted Attraction articles

WikiProject Halloween is facilitating a discussion about the format and quality of articles about haunted attractions. If you would like to weigh in with ideas to improve these articles overall, please join the discussion and share your thoughts.--otherlleft^{No, really, other way . . .} 12:51, 2 December 2008 (UTC)