Talk:Wonder Mountain's Guardian

Guardian: Quest For Gold

According to Canada's Wonderland's latest email, the park has changed the name of WMG to Guardian: Quest For Gold. As soon as we get some sort of reliable source, this page should be moved to the new name...but not until a source is found.--Dom497 (talk) 04:10, 24 December 2013 (UTC)

Is WMG a roller coaster?

According to Wonderland officials, they consider WMG a roller coaster. There have been debate over WMG being a roller coaster or not. Johnny Au _{(talk/contributions)} 19:05, 29 May 2014 (UTC)

Absolutely not. There is no proof that Wonderland actually said it's a coaster (the fact that it was mentioned at the event isn't good enough...if there was a video him saying that, then that would be a different story). Got to follow Wiki rules/policies.--Dom497 (talk) 19:37, 29 May 2014 (UTC)

You posted this link in CW Mania: http://rcdb.com/12140.htm You should take back your words. Johnny Au _{(talk/contributions)} 19:31, 30 May 2014 (UTC)

I will not take back what I said....I said "absolutely not" to the fact that apparently Wonderland officials said it was a roller coaster (and this was before PCW_Nut posted the video). At the time, RCDB did not list that WMG was a coaster. I sent him the video LAST NIGHT from vortex and he said "That's the proof I've been waiting for". Therefore, the entry was added just over 12 hours ago.--Dom497 (talk) 20:31, 30 May 2014 (UTC)

Thank you very much. Johnny Au _{(talk/contributions)} 00:24, 1 June 2014 (UTC)

WMG POV

If anyone feels like interperting this video for the ride experience section go right ahead! I'll probably get to it eventually but it's hard enough just to understand what on earth is going on.--Dom497 (talk) 13:33, 7 June 2014 (UTC)

GA Review

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Reviewer: The Rambling Man (talk · contribs) 19:37, 29 August 2014 (UTC)

I'll take a look at this one. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:37, 29 August 2014 (UTC)

Comments

• "The idea of having a..." not great, perhaps something like "The concept of a..."?

  Done.--Dom497 (talk) 12:35, 30 August 2014 (UTC)

• "These animations are accompanied by other special effects such as wind." do you think you should explain that's how it becomes a 4D ride? It would help us non-experts....

Done.--Dom497 (talk) 12:35, 30 August 2014 (UTC)

• "Wonder Mountain's Guardian's lift hill outside its namesake mountain, Wonder Mountain" three "mountains" in one sentence... rephrase needed.

Done.--Dom497 (talk) 12:35, 30 August 2014 (UTC)

• Is it "interactive dark ride" or "Interactive Dark Ride" (per infobox)? I imagine the former, be consistent. Also, sometimes it's in quote marks, sometimes not.

Well, the model (by TrioTech) is IDR (Interactive....) so I put that instead.--Dom497 (talk) 12:35, 30 August 2014 (UTC)

I'm still unclear, there are still three variations of Interactive Dark Ride, interactive dark ride and "interactive dark ride". The Rambling Man (talk) 07:51, 31 August 2014 (UTC)

So here's what I did. In the infobox, I left it in capitals because that is the model of the ride. In the article, I put it in lowercase because, from a readers perspective, there could be confusion over the type of ride and model. It is much easier to explain the type of ride. Make sense?--Dom497 (talk) 20:43, 1 September 2014 (UTC)

I think it's ok, but understand, as a non-expert reader, it's a little anomalous to see the same phrase formatted in three different ways in the same article, regardless of what you're trying to express. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:47, 1 September 2014 (UTC)

Actually, its 2 now...I removed the quotations. :P --Dom497 (talk) 20:49, 1 September 2014 (UTC)

• "It wasn't until" avoid contractions.

Done.--Dom497 (talk) 12:35, 30 August 2014 (UTC)

• "began to be put in place." perhaps "built" rather than "put in place"? Just looking to tighten the prose a little.

Done.--Dom497 (talk) 12:35, 30 August 2014 (UTC)

• "ten contractors and over 47 workers" MOSNUM, so 10 and 47, and also "more than 47" not "over 47". Perhaps "at least 47" would be better.

Done.--Dom497 (talk) 12:35, 30 August 2014 (UTC)

• You wait until the third instance of Halloween Haunt before linking it...

Done.--Dom497 (talk) 12:35, 30 August 2014 (UTC)

• Drop in the infobox (30 ft (9.1 m)) probably doesn't need that decimal place.

• The infobox is preset so there is no way just to change the decimal on this article without effecting every other article that uses this template.--Dom497 (talk) 12:35, 30 August 2014 (UTC)

• No need to link common terms like "gold".

Done.--Dom497 (talk) 12:35, 30 August 2014 (UTC)

• Could you scatter those citations appropriately or is [6][12][24][25][26][27][28] the only way to do it?

Not really. Those refs support things mentioned all over that paragraph....so unless you want duplicates, I think it should stay as is.--Dom497 (talk) 00:22, 31 August 2014 (UTC)

• "back to back " normally hyphenated.

Done.--Dom497 (talk) 12:35, 30 August 2014 (UTC)

• "90-degrees." not hyphenated.

Done.--Dom497 (talk) 12:35, 30 August 2014 (UTC)

• "drop track. A drop track is a" merge, perhaps, "drop track, a roller coaster element which... " or something.

Done.--Dom497 (talk) 12:35, 30 August 2014 (UTC)

• No need to link common terms like "bat" or "sword" or "fish" or "reptile" etc...

Done.--Dom497 (talk) 12:35, 30 August 2014 (UTC)

• Several YouTube links, do they meet WP:RS?

They do. To save both of us time, I'll explain every YouTube ref.

REF 2: You can't get any better than a high ranking official from Wonderland and the guy who made all the interactive content giving you "insider" info.

REF 5: If you compare pictures from ref 4 to the video, you'll be able to tell that the POV is real/the right ride.

REF 24: This channel is the official YouTube channel for TrioTech. Also, Wonderland posted the exact same video on their facebook/youtube pages.

REF 25: POV matches POV from ref 26, just on the other side.

REF 26: There shouldn't be any question about this ref. :)

REF 27: Comes from the official City TV YouTube channel. And the video is the exact broadcast.--Dom497 (talk) 00:22, 31 August 2014 (UTC)

Just a few issues to cover, I'll place it on hold. The Rambling Man (talk) 08:28, 30 August 2014 (UTC)

@The Rambling Man: I have addressed all your issues.--Dom497 (talk) 00:22, 31 August 2014 (UTC)

One other thing I've just noticed, the overall cost is noted and referenced in the infobox but not mentioned at all in the prose which seems a little odd to me. The Rambling Man (talk) 07:52, 31 August 2014 (UTC)

@The Rambling Man: Done.--Dom497 (talk) 20:43, 1 September 2014 (UTC)

I'll try to get some time to take a final look tomorrow. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:47, 1 September 2014 (UTC)

Sorry, things got the better of me, too selfish. Will check in tomorrow as soon as I can to complete this review. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:31, 2 September 2014 (UTC)

No worries! :) --Dom497 (talk) 22:25, 2 September 2014 (UTC)

I can't see any major outstanding issues here, so I'm happy to pass it as GA. The Rambling Man (talk) 06:21, 3 September 2014 (UTC)

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