Talk:Dania Beach Hurricane

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by RoySmith (talk) 04:00, 10 September 2022 (UTC)

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• ... that a Playboy photo shoot once took place during a hurricane? Source: Kent, Cindy (April 16, 2013). "State's tallest wooden coaster is set to come down". The Orlando Sentinel. pp. A8. This one is a bit strange, as people usually say "on the Hurricane" when referring to the coaster, but this hook is meant to be a bit quirky.
  • ALT1: ... that a Playboy photo shoot once took place on the Dania Beach Hurricane roller coaster? Source: Kent, Cindy (April 16, 2013). "State's tallest wooden coaster is set to come down". The Orlando Sentinel. pp. A8
  • ALT2: ... that several weddings, numerous television commercials, and a Playboy photo shoot have taken place on the Dania Beach Hurricane roller coaster? Source: Burnett, James H., III (May 1, 2011). "Economy stopped the Dania Beach's Hurricane coaster in its wooden tracks". Sun Sentinel.
  • ALT3: ... that several couples have been married while enjoying a hurricane? Source: Burnett, James H., III (May 1, 2011). "Economy stopped the Dania Beach's Hurricane coaster in its wooden tracks". Sun Sentinel.
  • ALT4: ... that several couples have been married on the Dania Beach Hurricane roller coaster? Source: Burnett, James H., III (May 1, 2011). "Economy stopped the Dania Beach's Hurricane coaster in its wooden tracks". Sun Sentinel.
  • ALT5: ... that someone once paid $750 to enjoy a hurricane? Source: "South Floridians take a wild ride". The Orlando Sentinel. November 3, 2000. p. 86.
  • ALT6: ... that Dania Beach Hurricane, South Florida's only permanent roller coaster, operated for a decade before standing abandoned for another five years? Source: Hartogsohn, Mark (June 29, 2001). "For Something Different". South Florida Sun-Sentinel. p. 10; "Hurricane Roller Coaster in Dania Beach Being Dismantled". NBC 6 South Florida. March 16, 2016
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Haaland v. Brackeen
  • Comment: This is not a topic I usually write about, but there are probably some other interesting hooks available.

5x expanded by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 14:41, 29 August 2022 (UTC).

• Non-reviewer note: the lower-case "hurricane" formatting would only be acceptable for April Fools' Day.  MANdARAX  XAЯAbИAM  17:30, 30 August 2022 (UTC)
  • @Mandarax: That would be fine with me. If it turns out that this can't be used as an April Fools' DYK, I'm OK with changing "hurricane" to uppercase as well, e.g. "that someone once paid $750 to enjoy the Hurricane". Epicgenius (talk) 18:15, 30 August 2022 (UTC)

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy compliance:

• Adequate sourcing: - I'm concerned that Roller Coaster DataBase and the YouTube video aren't reliable enough to merit inclusion of the content they source?
• Neutral:
• Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook eligibility:

• Cited: - The Orlando Sentinel explicitly attributed the Playboy tidbit to Goodwin, a lawyer for the park. I'm not sure that's good enough to use unattributed in this article. The Sun-Sentinel source for ALTs 2–4 on the weddings/television episodes keeps redirecting me to their main page, so i'll accept it in good faith.
• Interesting: - dinging ALT6, the rest are good. My favourite is suggested below, but barring that, I like ALTs 3 and 5, especially for April Fools' :)

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Nice job, Epicgenius! just a couple of things to clear up :) as far as Mandarax's point about capitalization goes, "hurricane" should be left lowercase if used for DYK AFD, and capitalized otherwise. Also suggesting this ALT: theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 23:23, 30 August 2022 (UTC)

• ALT7: ... that the hurricane was damaged by a hurricane?
  • Did you​ mean to say "if used for AFD"? Because the only time we allow miscapitalizations is April Fools' Day.  MANdARAX  XAЯAbИAM  23:48, 30 August 2022 (UTC)
    • @Mandarax: Yep, that's my bad, thanks! theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 23:57, 30 August 2022 (UTC)
      • @Theleekycauldron: Thanks for the review. ALT7 sounds fine to me. I've removed the RCDB ref, even though it was only being used to cite basic statistics. Unfortunately, since the ride has been demolished, the YouTube ref (which is a front-row POV of the ride) is probably the only source that can be used to describe the ride experience. Ride POVs have been used as sources in multiple roller coaster GAs (e.g. Iron Gwazi, Tigris) and FAs (e.g. Millennium Force), so I thought a ride POV would also be acceptable as a source here. Epicgenius (talk) 01:30, 31 August 2022 (UTC)
        • ah, then I shall defer – ALTs 3, 4, and 5 are approved (in both April Fools' capacity and for regular use), and a review for ALT7 would be much appreciated :) theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 02:55, 31 August 2022 (UTC)