Talk:Six Flags Over Texas

message: I removed the mention of the Six Flags Over Texas Fund Ltd including some of the heirs of Angus Wynne. That statement has been on this wiki page for some time but no citation has ever been found. Wynne was forced out of Six Flags by Penn Central, it seems very unlikely that any of his sons or heirs would invest in the fund that now owns that park. Shannon Wynne's investments in Arlington are well publicized  — mostly in area restaurants  — but involvement with any type of ownership in Six Flags has never been discussed. The only association with Six Flags that is mentioned is that he is the son of the founder.—JlACEer (talk) 19:26, 8 February 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Park ownership

message: The page for link ten can longer be found. Someone should remove it, but because of the way mobile works, I can’t get it without destroying the entire “references” page. Zackthemaf666 (talk) 17:09, 7 February 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Refs do not have to be online.  We don't remove refs just because they no longer work. We still need them to show where the information came from, and often we can recover the link from an archive. In this case https://www.sixflags.com/overtexas/attractions/ride-list no longer lists Tony Hawk's Big Spin as a ride so I don't know if we even need to bother mentioning this ride. Meters (talk) 21:31, 1 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Link rot 

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thread_title:  Commons files used on this page have been nominated for speedy deletion 

message: Proposal: Add the following chart to the article, a compact form of the previous chart that was recently removed.
Name                                 	Opened	Track	Type                   	Park section  	Height	Speed	Refs
Batman: The Ride                     	1999  	Steel	Inverted roller coaster	Gotham City   	      	     	
Judge Roy Scream                     	1980  	Wood 	Sit down               	Gotham City   	      	     	
La Vibora                            	1986  	Steel	Bobsled                	Mexico & Spain	      	     	
Mini Mine Train                      	1969  	Steel	Mine train             	Boomtown      	      	     	
Mr. Freeze Reverse Blast             	1998  	Steel	Launched Shuttle Loop  	Gotham City   	      	     	
New Texas Giant                      	2011  	Steel	I-Box custom           	Texas         	      	     	
Pandemonium                          	2008  	Steel	Spinning Coaster       	Boomtown      	      	     	
Runaway Mine Train                   	1966  	Steel	Mine Train             	Boomtown      	      	     	
Runaway Mountain                     	1996  	Steel	Sit down               	France        	      	     	
Shock Wave                           	1978  	Steel	Sit down looper        	Tower         	      	     	
The Joker                            	2017  	Steel	4th Dimension coaster  	Gotham City   	      	     	
Titan                                	2001  	Steel	Hypercoaster           	Texas         	      	     	
Wile E. Coyote's Grand Canyon Blaster	2001  	Steel	Sit down               	Boomtown      	      	     	
Points taken from the discussion above:
*Arguments for retaining: Improves the ability to quickly locate and identify roller coasters within the article, which would otherwise be scattered in prose. Doesn't have to be as descriptive as the ride charts in List of Six Flags Over Texas attractions, so its footprint can be minimal. Having a compact chart doesn't force readers to jump to the list article for basic information The current article is on the small side at only 1420-ish words, so clutter shouldn't be a major concern at this stage.
*Arguments for prose only: There is already a dedicated list article where all rides including coasters can be listed. Avoiding the chart here reduces clutter and unnecessary duplication between articles.
The goal is to gather feedback from WikiProject members first before considering an RfC (which may end up happening if there is no consensus). I have pinged the project's active editors in this edit. Thanks. --GoneIn60 (talk) 22:49, 6 August 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks, that's an excellent point. Even if the new chart gets added, we should still take the descriptions from the old chart and summarize them in prose as well. --GoneIn60 (talk) 00:12, 7 August 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with this. --Jpp858 (talk) 18:10, 17 August 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Fate of coaster chart: Retain or convert to prose

message: Please choose between "Chart and prose" or "Prose only" in your response.
*Chart and prose – There are good arguments on both sides, but I believe roller coasters are an integral part of amusement park articles, hence the reason parks heavily invest in their production and promotion. They are undoubtedly the biggest draw for non-Disney, non-Universal parks. It benefits the reader to have a short summary in the article contained in an easy-to-spot chart. Only having them in prose, while an acceptable alternative, makes it harder on the reader. They are forced to locate the hatnote link, jump to the list article, and hunt for the coaster chart there. There's nothing wrong with duplicating some of the list article content here; that qualifies as a "brief summary" per WP:SPINOFF, and it's the same concept applied in many music and film articles, where a portion of the filmography or discography still resides in a chart within main article. --GoneIn60 (talk) 22:49, 6 August 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks, that's an excellent point. Even if the new chart gets added, we should still take the descriptions from the old chart and summarize them in prose as well. --GoneIn60 (talk) 00:12, 7 August 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with this. --Jpp858 (talk) 18:10, 17 August 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Survey and comments