Some Wikipedians have formed a project to aid in the creation and maintenance of articles related to amusement parks. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions. The focus of this project is to help standardize and channel the efforts of other Wikipedians interested in participating. If you would like to help, please see the Tasks listed below and consider adding your user name to the Participants list.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask for help on the project's talk page. Thanks for stopping by!
Project scope
The ultimate goal of this WikiProject is to improve the quality of articles relating to amusement parks and attractions. In order to accomplish this goal, Wikipedia will need to improve coverage on notable amusement parks around the world (past and present), as well as on other topics related to the amusement park industry. Articles covering types of rides (e.g., log flumes, roller coasters, carousels, etc.), actual rides themselves, ride manufacturers, and pioneers in the industry are just a few examples of the topics within the scope of this project.
Tasks
The task list below saw its last major update in 2017. While some items are still valid, it may be in dire need of updates.Feel free to add your suggestions and/or discuss on WT:WikiProject Amusement Parks.
To-do list for Wikipedia:WikiProject Amusement Parks:edit · history · watch · refresh · Updated 2022-11-12
Assessment
To assess amusement park-related articles, tag their talk pages with the following project template message:
{{WikiProject Amusement Parks |class= |importance= }}
Milestone!All current articles have been assessed!
Get out and visit the parks!
This is THE way to write great articles on a park. Go to the park, ride the rides, take great pictures of them, talk to the operators, and whatever else you can think—all to improve each park's article. Anyone can (and is encouraged to) create and improve articles on parks they've never visited, but it takes someone who visits a park regularly, and, most importantly, is enthusiastic about it, to turn a stub into a good theme park article!
Beverly Park Kiddieland, a theme park that played an important role in the founding of Disneyland
Increase Membership
You can invite others to participate in the project by putting {{subst:AP invite|~~~~}} on a prospective member's page. It will fill in that persons user name and your user name to look something like this:
Hello, WikiProject Amusement Parks! Thank you for your recent contributions on articles related to amusement parks. I'd like to invite you to become a part of WikiProject Amusement Parks, a WikiProject which aims to focus collaboration and improve the quality of amusement park articles across Wikipedia. Feel free to stop by to learn more and sign up at the Participants page. Hope to see you over there! --~~~~
Nominate a new Wikipedia amusement park article for DYK
If you start a new article (or promote one to Good Article status), and the article contains an interesting or unusual fact, suggest it for the Did you know? box on the Main Wikipedia page. DYK has a 7-day time limit from the creation of the article.
Clear backlog
These articles need coordinates. They can be taken from RCDB.
A number of WikiProjects that were marked as inactive have been revived and merged into this project as task forces. For a list visit the task forces page. Other related projects include:
