Talk:Dogpatch USA

message: this might be useful to some one, scans of an old newspaper put out by the park.
http://www.undergroundozarks.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=116787
--130.184.100.112 (talk) 19:31, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Dogpatch dispatch

message: Josh a brewer 04:05, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: older entries

message: Dogpatch USA is sometimes italized, is there a reason? I do not think theme park names are put in italics. MechBrowman 01:13, 10 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Italics

message: There is a bit of an inconsistency in that the Conception section states that:
"Snow also assured Capp that the park would be quiet and dignified, and would not include roller coasters or thrill rides that would conflict with the rustic Li'l Abner theme. Capp, who had turned down other offers, accepted this one and became a partner, claiming he had once driven through the Ozarks and had pictured just such an area for the setting of his fictional Dogpatch town. Capp was apparently happy with Snow's concept and confident that his Li'l Abner creation would not be tainted."
And yet, under attractions we read:
"Frustratin' Flyer - a steel 'Monster Mouse' coaster created by Herschell. Installed in 1968 for the park's debut, its fate after that year is uncertain."
Why is it that Capp allowed a coaster to be built for the opening when the first quote leads one to believe that this is exactly what he and the park owners were trying to avoid?  Just curious.........DonaNobisPacem 08:53, 10 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Quiet and dignified......" 

message: Congratulations on being a featured article on the Main page. The main page description includes the line "...the following years would see a combination of characters and unforeseen events transform the high hopes of investors into a financial roller coaster ride which eventually ended in the park's demise." This is some of the most inspired writing I've seen on Wikipedia. It's unfortunate that this line is not included in the article itself! --malber 18:04, 10 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Someone went through and removed what they considered "weasel words" and "peacock terms", and I think those lines got changed. This isn't too uncommon on Wikipedia; one person's "inspired writing" is another's "non-encyclopedic tone". —Amcaja 18:35, 10 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: It's a shame. I felt the phrase met the criteria of "be bold" and even "the perfect article." But I didn't write the line; it's not for me to put it back in. --malber 19:12, 10 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks to all of you who support my writing style in this article (the bulk of the article was researched and written by my friend, Stuart, and I, in collaboration with him, edited and rephrased the bulk of the article). I spent a lot of time on the intro to this article, trying to find the right words to summarize the park's financial ups and downs throughout its years, and was eventually very satisfied with the sentence Malber refers to above. I was very dismayed to find it rephrased by some of my peers on November 10th, the day it was featured on the front page. Nevertheless, I'm relatively new here and I've accepted their decisions, though I disagree; I think a measure of creativity of expression is appropriate and desirable and stimulates the reader, and I've found that some of you, my peers, feel the same way. Perhaps some day our view will be accepted in Wikipedia. --RogerK 02:31, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  FAC Status 

message: There has been alot of work done on the park recently. I am trying to contact someone who can give me more details about it. All the edits I have made don't need citations (other than the bit about the train and the mill which is info I got from Here). Here are a few forum post from Ozarks Underground from a person who is involved with the project:
http://www.undergroundozarks.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=31762&highlight=#31762
http://www.undergroundozarks.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=13003&highlight=#13003
Hope this dosn't result in the article getting unfeatured...
--The_stuart 18:40, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  New Edits 6/1/06 

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replies: text: Rectified.  SchuminWeb (Talk) 19:13, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Dogpatch USA Ticket.jpg

message: This article failed good article nomination. This is how the article, as of February 18, 2008, compares against the  six good article criteria:
:1. Well written?: Pass
:2. Factually accurate?: Fail This is the main problem. There are very few references, and next to none in the history section.
:3. Broad in coverage?: Pass
:4. Neutral point of view?: Neutral
:5. Article stability? Pass
:6. Images?: Pass
The main problem is the major lack of references. There are very few, if any in the history section, which is what needs it the most, and there are very few elsewhere as well. Without references, I cannot verify much of the information in the article.
When these issues are addressed, the article can be renominated.  If you feel that this review is in error, feel free to take it have it reassessed.  Thank you for your work so far.</div>— Juliancolton (Talk) 21:34, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Failed "good article" nomination

message: I replaced an and with a who. Its on the section which talks about them changing the name of the town back to Marble Falls. Please double check this thanks. Magnum Serpentine (talk) 03:49, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Small Grammer Change 

message: Changed Pruett Nance's age to 17 as he had not yet turned 18 when the accident occurred. -Rhonk  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.55.135.30 (talk) 21:13, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pruett Nance's Age 

message: I don't really know how to do GA Reviews, so here are my suggestions. Three things: One, I used refill to fill in 2 of the references. Two, according to Earwig's Copyvio Detector, this article has a 15.3% chance of violating copyright (thought two sites may have copied this article, with a 95.1% copyright violation chance. Third, this article is a part of 9 hidden categories. 8 of those are things that it should not be a part of (:Category:Coordinates on Wikidata is ok). Elisfkc (talk) 19:08, 23 January 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Make that 11 categories, with :Category:Commons category with page title same as on Wikidata also being ok. I tagged Bell among new owners of Dogpatch USA park with Template:Citation not found because I cannot find any record of this citation ever existing. Elisfkc (talk) 21:44, 24 January 2016 (UTC)

text: I have edited this article quite a lot within the past year, so I do not think I am eligible to do a review, but I checked the report from Earwig's Copyvio Detector and reworded the sections citing the sources with the  15.3% and 13.0% copyvio ratings. This article is over 10 years old, and even early versions of it were fairly thorough (or at least, I suspect, more so than any other web source at the time), so it is likely that sites/pages about Dogpatch that have sprung up since this article's genesis have paraphrased or copied it.TallCorgi (talk) 22:17, 25 January 2016 (UTC)

text: I wrote the above to explain that I have removed the needs references banner from the page. I also removed much of the information with lingering citation needed tags. I've read a lot of news articles on Dogpatch and added a lot of references, but some of the information in this article just did not seem to be verifiable. Instead of waiting (since 2008!) for verifiable sources to emerge, I thought it better to remove the information. If it's ever found in a good source, it can of course be readded.TallCorgi (talk) 18:25, 25 February 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pre-GA Review 

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thread_title: Assessment comment

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message: Does the park's official name use the orthographic form Dogpatch USA or Dogpatch, USA (note that the first form uses no comma)?
Even the material published by the park's authority seems to have inconsistent usage. I shall endeavor to answer the question by means of further research. —catsmoke talk 08:55, 30 May 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Having looked closely at park publications—including brochures, maps, and admission tickets—as well as the various signs used both outside and inside the park, as well as merchandise sold by the park—including shirts, postcards, posters, and bumper stickers—I have found no uses of a comma when the park's name is in print. Therefore, I conclude that the official name of the park was Dogpatch USA and I will edit the article to align with this fact. —catsmoke talk 09:05, 30 May 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: All instances of name Dogpatch USA have been checked against original source material, and uses in article have been made consistent with the original usages. Note that there is at least one source which uses the form Dogpatch U.S.A. and it has been left as it appears in the cited reference.  —catsmoke talk 09:57, 30 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Does the park name use a comma? 

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