Template:Did you know nominations/Coney Island Cyclone

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:54, 9 September 2019 (UTC)

Coney Island Cyclone

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• ... that a mute coal miner is said to have spoken for the first time in several years after riding the Coney Island Cyclone in 1948? Source: NY Times
  • ALT1:... that pilot Charles Lindbergh said that riding the Coney Island Cyclone roller coaster was "greater than flying an airplane at top speed"? Source: NY Daily News
  • ALT2:... that seven copies of the Coney Island Cyclone roller coaster have been built around the world? Source: NY Daily News

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/mxmtoon
• Comment: For ALT0, the sources differ on whether the coal miner in question spoke for the first time ever, or regained his speech.

Improved to Good Article status by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 01:43, 26 August 2019 (UTC).

• (Good pending QPQ) New enough GA. The hooks are all in the article and mentioned in their respective citations. ALT0 and ALT1 are excellent. Please ping me when you have a QPQ complete so I can give you the tick. Raymie (t • c) 18:26, 2 September 2019 (UTC)

@Raymie: Thanks for the review. I did a QPQ. epicgenius (talk) 20:54, 4 September 2019 (UTC)

Then here you go! Raymie (t • c) 00:30, 5 September 2019 (UTC)