Talk:Wooden roller coaster

Hi, should we add 'Troy' at Toverland theme park in the Netherlands? It's billed as the largest wooden rollercoaster in the 3 Benelux countries... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ritchie C (talk • contribs) 10:52, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

New World Record Wooden Coaster

Sorry I'm not a great editor, but I just found this story and thought someone would like to update. http://online.thatsmags.com/post/record-breaking-wooden-roller-coaster-opens-in-eastern-china Springfinger (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 03:34, 14 July 2015 (UTC)

Examples of wooden coasters section

I vote for stopping the addition of further "examples of wooden roller coasters" unless an article already exists for the ride. A majority of the coasters in the list are uncreated articles and the list additions could keep going until all 706+ wooden coasters (according to rcdb.com) in the world are added.... Let's stop adding the wooden coasters unless there's a notable article for the ride already in existence. -- BrandonR July 4, 2005 22:44 (UTC)

What sections, if any, do you all think need to be added to round out this article more?

I added some more technical details about woodies, including some information on side friction and scenic railways. I also added a link to scenic railway pictures from Robb and Elissa Alvey's Europe tour, although the last picture of the page may be questionable. Another option is to create a separate article for scenic railways, or integrate it with the Side friction roller coaster article. If necessary, I could ask Robb if he would allow for his pictures to be posted directly on Wikipedia, provided he is credited. Also, maybe we could add some information about the Intamin pre-fab woodies (Colossos, Balder, El Toro) WillMcC 04:05, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

I removed Texas Cyclone as it was demolished. I added Colossus because there was an article for it and it is a racing coaster which is not represented here. iamscottevil 8:34, 15 June 2006 The ride operator of the Zippin Pippin advsed me that Elvis actually rode that Zippin Pippin eight days before he died. When Libertyland was closed, the Zippin Pippin was sold at auction for $2,500.00. The winners of that auction had bought the Zippin Pippin just to buy the rollercoster train that Elvis rode in. The Zippin Pippin had two trains. The last time that I was at Dollywood, sometime around 2005 the Zippin Pippin was only running one train. I am unsure if the winners of that auction ever sold that train. Perhaps one of them will go to WI, and the other to a museum. Dollywood looked into moving the Zippin Pippin to Dollywood, but that the terrn at Dollywood wasd too hilly to relocate the ride there. Dolly Parton' brother Randy Parton tried to move the Zippin Pippin to the now defunct Carolina Crossroads. The Zippin Pippin has now moved to Green Bay, WI. It seems that an entire new track has been built of the Zippin Pippin using the original plans. Although we in TN hate to see the Zippin Pippin leave TN, it could not be going to a more deserving park. The Zippin Pippin re-opens in May 2011.Tnpastor (talk) 23:35, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

Article does not cite its references tag

I removed this tag for a few reasons. First of all, there's not much information in the article that probably needs citing as most of it is common sense or general knowledge and history. None of its controversial, and if specific statements DO need to be cited, put the tag on those offending lines...

Otherwise, I think this article is quite sufficient at being rather encyclopedic. --BrandonR 19:34, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

I disagree. The article is slanted and full of bias and unverifiable claims. I think lines like "It is commonly considered one of the best wooden roller coasters in the world" definately need to be removed. If there's a magazine that reviews coasters or international prizes awarded, then by all means, include those references, but saying things like "people say" or "it is commonly believed" are weasel words and are generally forbidden by wikipedia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.84.161.212 (talk) 22:57, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

Proposal to move 'examples of wooden coasters' section to new article

The 'examples of wooden roller coasters' section is growing long and out of control... I propose we move it to a new topic called "List of wooden roller coasters" and link to it from this article, and perhaps only list 5-10 truly world-famous wooden roller coasters on this page. That'd clean up the article quite a bit. Any comments? -- BrandonR 16:33, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

I agree with removing all but a few notable ones on there. However, I think that a list of wooden roller coasters would never be complete and would open up the way for lots of pointless roller coaster lists. I'll flag this up on the roller coaster WikiProject, so hopefully you'll get a few more comments. :) Seaserpent⁸⁵_Talk 10:32, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

Agreed. Just keep a few, like The Beast and other notable ones. 76.240.206.29 20:29, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

I went ahead and trimmed the list down. We already have Category:Wooden roller coasters and if anyone still needs the list, it is still in the article history --WillMcC 18:21, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

I think there should be a comprehensive sortable list by drop, speed, length, and maybe year, state/country as a new article. This article should be the history, design, and engineering of. IMHO. I see some missing without thinking and I see two who claim to be the longest in the world. Maybe we can start on a sub page and move to main when ready. -- :- ) Don 00:45, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

Physics

I would expect to see a physics section with equations and comparison to steel coasters. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.111.42.34 (talk) 16:11, 18 June 2014 (UTC)

close-up picture of wooden coaster track

I think this article could really benefit with a close-up picture of a wooden coaster track, rather than far-away pictures. I would upload a general one from Google Images, but they're not my own images! EggsInMyPockets (talk) 07:41, 4 September 2015 (UTC)

Found a great picture from wikimedia. I have added it to the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by EggsInMyPockets (talk • contribs) 08:41, 4 September 2015 (UTC)

"Advantages" and "Disadvantages" sections?

Whenever an article I find has a comparison between other designs or different methods, or something else, it had both advantages and disadvantages in relation to the other things in separate sections, meaning one section showing the advantages, and another showing disadvantages. In this article, it clumps both advantages and disadvantages into one section (Wooden vs Steel). On top of this, said section isn't a bulleted list like how I've seen advantage and disadvantage sections formatted, and is a little harder to read as a result. EpicTyphlosion (talk) 02:14, 20 July 2019 (UTC)

I'm not sure I agree that separating this into two sections, each with bulleted lists, is an improvement. Prose is preferred on Wikipedia. Tables and lists should be used sparingly when it's beneficial, but neither typically replaces what's written in prose. If anything, it complements it. Can you describe exactly what change(s) you're proposing and what other articles you're comparing it to? --GoneIn60 (talk) 05:08, 20 July 2019 (UTC)