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{{AmusementParkProject}}

This template is located at Template:AmusementParkProject. I'm wondering if we should keep the castle graphic or replace it with something else (to avoid confusion with WikiProject Disney World and the likes). --WillMcC 18:10, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

I think it would be nice to use a more generic picture of an amusement park in the project template (like the stub picture). That is just my vote. I am assuming it is okay to put this template on any amusement park related article, right?--Tinned Elk 03:58, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

We've been discussing starting a WikiProject on amusement parks at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Roller Coasters, and WillMcC suggested the following userbox for members of the project:

I recommend changing the Theme Parks to Amusement Parks, per WillMcC's mention that not all amusement parks are theme parks. This should be done both in the project's title and in the userbox, to be self-consistent.

Also, thanks to Will for setting this up! --Idont Havaname (Talk) 03:06, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

The assessment unit is now fully operational at Wikipedia:WikiProject Amusement Parks/Assessment. John Carter 22:58, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

Hi, I have stumbled into various amusement park articles in the last day and then saw your template on one of the talk pages. Can I add your project template to pages as I find them, or put the article in the project category? I have just started finding projects in general and not sure how to proceed. I would also like to nominate for improvement the article Amusement parks as it seems that it should be a cornerstone for the project. --Tinned Elk 19:17, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

I just created the following barnstar for contributions to this wikiproject, the amusement parks wikiproject (cross-posted there) and related articles.

		The Coaster Star
		{{{1}}}

To use this template, add:

{{subst:Coaster Star|put your citation here ~~~~}} to the talk page of the user you wish to award it to, as with other barnstars. Free free to add any thoughts, changes or suggestions. IronGargoyle 18:26, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

I couldn't find if the other user box had ever been finished, so I took a stab at doing it. I have never done one of these before, so I might have screwed up.

See: {{User AP Project}}

I have also copied a navigation box from another project. Any thoughts? It makes it so much easier to get to other pages of the project (and can be added to any page in the project). I left in links to non-existent Collaboration and other pages, not knowing if we might want them. Are there other pages that could be added here? I will go ahead and add it to the main project page unless there are objections (probably tomorrow).--Tinned Elk 04:02, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

I made some organizational changes on the main project page, moving sections that we are not using yet to the end, grouping some of the sections so that the TOC was more user friendly. Added one of the articles I started as an example under new articles. Moved the members list up higher the page. --Tinned Elk 06:21, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

Okay, do we want to include articles about the people who developed amusement parks in this project? How do we go about deciding if the people articles should also be tagged? For example, Charles I. D. Looff made carousels, amusement parks, etc. Should his page be tagged? It has a great list of locations of his carousels, so is more than just a bio. Hmmm???--Tinned Elk 23:04, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

I found this info box on an amusement park page. Should we use it, encourage its use?--Tinned Elk 05:10, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

{{Infobox amusement park}}

Maywood Beach

Previously known as Lake Shahkoka
Location	Olive Branch, Mississippi
Opened	1931
Closed	2003
Slogan	The Beach within Reach
Operating season	Memorial Day to Labor Day
Attractions
Water rides	2

I created a new category:Amusement park images and category:Roller coaster park images to make it easier to keep track of any images we have here about amusement parks and roller coasters. --Tinned Elk 21:00, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

These categories appear to have been deleted a while back. Really, all pictures (except for fair use stuff like logos) should be on Wikimedia Commons, so I'm guessing that's why. -- Zanimum (talk) 20:24, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

Hi everyone, as this is the parent WikiProject I thought you might be interested to know I've set up a monthly newsletter for the roller coaster WikiProject, shown below. If anyone would like to receive a copy automatically to their talkpage each month, then just add your name to the members page.

The Roller Coaster WikiProject Newsletter
The WikiProject Roller Coasters Newsletter Issue I - December 2007 Got any suggestions? - Add them here
Welcome! Welcome to the new WikiProject Roller Coasters Newsletter! Until now, in spite of a decent number of members signed up to the WikiProject, we have had no regular progress updates or information as to how much of a difference our contributions are making. This monthly newsletter aims to provide an overview of all the work that is being done behind the scenes and to celebrate the successes that would otherwise pass by unseen. Any suggestions for future additions and general help with the newsletter will be greatly appreciated.
Articles and Assessment As can be seen on the assessment page, we are so close to finishing off assessment. If all current members of the WikiProject assessed just 2 articles, the backlog of unassessed-quality articles would be eliminated. The vast majority of articles are currently assessed as stubs, which is probably to be expected as many contain an infobox and nothing else. Getting these up to start-class is incredibly easy, many simply need references and tidying up. Even if you have very little knowledge on the article subject, this task should be fairly straightforward and is the first step in raising overall article quality. The following articles reached B-class quality during November: Speed Monster
Amusement Park Portal The Amusement Park Portal is now automatically linked to from the roller coaster infoboxes. It's important to remember that we need to integrate our articles with those covered by the Amusement Park WikiProject. When working on a roller coaster article, it's always a good idea to ensure that there is a wikilink from the relevant amusement park article, otherwise no-one will even know the article exists!
Membership News During November the WikiProject was joined by 3 new members, bringing the total number up to 49. The to do list continues to serve as a place for flagging up articles in need of attention, review or comments.
B-class Drive Just to get the idea out there, I'd like to propose a monthly article drive. With the poor state of most of the articles, it's unreasonable to suggest even a GA-drive, so a B-class drive would be more realistic. Any suggestions for January's article can be brought up on the WikiProject Talk Page. Suggested articles should be presently at start or stub class and have sufficient reliable sources available to work from.
...and finally... Thanks for reading, any feedback would be hugely appreciated! Have a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Delivered 12th December, 2007 by Seaserpent85. If you would rather not receive this newsletter, please place a * after your username on the members page.

Many thanks, Seaserpent⁸⁵ 12:23, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

Hi everyone, just to let you all know that I've had a big effort on the amusement parks portal and it's now become a featured portal! If anyone has any news updates or anything you feel would be appropraite then feel free to add it. Seaserpent⁸⁵ 14:13, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

{{helpme}}

Hey, everyone! Well, I was wondering if you could all come to my userpage to help contribute to my list of roller coasters from A-Z. It would be great if you would help, guys! Thanks, everyone! --CPGACoast (talk) 02:47, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Hey! Thanks for being eager to contribute, but please don't use the helpme template for this reason. Thank you, Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP!☺} 04:08, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

Hi. I came across and IP editor at 84.92.95.168 whose only contributions are to add external links to a group of websites about UK amusement parks (themeparkjunkies.co.uk alton-towers.net and thorpeparkinsider.co.uk). At least one of the additions was to add citations (see: [1]). I don't want to go stripping out useful info, but am loath to let spam sit in articles so wondered if the experts here could render an opinion as to whether this is an appropriate reliable source or not. Thanks -- SiobhanHansa 15:03, 28 February 2008 (UTC)Note similar messaage left at WT:WikiProject ‎Roller Coasters. No need to respond in both places.

Would anyone be interested in wandering over to the Luna Park Sydney article and having a look at it. I expanded it a far bit in the past, came across it today, and am wondering what needs to be done to drag it up to A for GA class.

Post any comments on the articles talk page, or alternately my own. -- saberwyn 03:30, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Hi - there is a proposal at Wikipedia:Stub types for deletion to rename and rescope {{ride-stub}}, to reduce the ambiguity of its name and make its difference from {{Amusement-park-stub}} more obvious. Please feel free to make any comments about this at WP:SFD. Grutness...wha? 23:36, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

I'm looking for additional feedback, regarding the article White Water Country Waterpark. White Water is not a separate park, but merely an attraction/area inside Valleyfair. That in and of itself doesn't dictate that the waterpark shouldn't have it's own article, but the existing article is very small and about half of it is information duplicated from the Valleyfair article. And the waterpark itself is very small and I don't see that there is much more information that can be added to the article. I had asked for commentary and, upon hearing none, went ahead and merged the articles [2]. Another user, though, is disagreeing, and, without clearly stating any reasons other than my logic is poor, has reverted the merge (twice). And I've been unsuccessful in getting anyone else to comment. Could someone here (particularly anyone familiar with Valleyfair) take a look and see if I'm totally off base, or what? Thanks! --Rehcsif (talk) 05:03, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

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I've noticed a handful of articles about amusement park attractions which aren't actually rides per se: e.g. Hollywood Stunt Driver, Marvin the Martian in 3D, Police Academy Stunt Show, The Official Matrix Exhibit. Would it be appropriate to include these articles in Category:Amusement rides, or should a new category be created - something like Category:Amusement park attractions? DH85868993 (talk) 15:01, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

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Now back to the question...

The Transhumanist 01:31, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

...I ask you??? —Preceding unsigned comment added by LogicallyCreative (talk • contribs) 08:45, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

Probably because the article is poorly written, poorly sourced, and in no way indicates that it was, as you claim, the first waterpark. SpikeJones (talk) 14:59, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

I finally found where I could complain.

At the very least, it's no longer start-class.Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 14:48, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

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(I originally posted this to Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Texas/San Antonio, but since that's a very, very small project, I'm posing this request here as well given the much larger membership here.)

Morgan's Wonderland is getting national attention. I think it really deserves an article on the project. At the time of this writing, it has one, but it is a blatant copyvio, based originally off of a cut&paste from the park's press release. This creates major issues, not the least being the copyvio itself, and the totally promotional nature of the text. I've tagged the page for G12 CSD deletion, as I don't really think there's much salvageable there, given the roots of the current article. But once the G12 CSD is processed, I think we do need an article in that place. Given all the current media attention, I would think there would be plenty of sourcing for a good, non-spammy article. But my skills do not lie in article writing. (I'm a Wiki-gnome by skill set.) So I'm asking if one of the other wiki-project folks would be willing/able to take on the task of, fairly quickly, getting a real, non-copyvio, non-spam, article written up to replace the current one. - TexasAndroid (talk) 14:20, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

I've submitted Crescent Park as a new article (to replace the one deleted in 2008) so feel free to add. Thanks!Stereorock (talk) 21:44, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

If there is enough interest to revive this WikiProject, I will be willing to work on it. Please post a comment here if you think it should be revived. Themeparkgc  Talk  01:36, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

I am not sure if Commons:File:El Dorado 1.jpg is correct in claiming to depict the "oldest working carousel in the world", but even if it is close it probably deserves an article, or at least a mention in an existing article, and I can find nothing. - Jmabel | Talk 19:12, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

I suggest you post a message on the Carousel talk page. In that article it states "the oldest existing carousel made in 1779 to 1780 stands in Germany at the Wilhelmsbad Park in Hanau". If you can find a source to state that the El Dorado is older than the one previously mentioned, or Melbourne Zoo's Carousel (built in 1978) - then yes it definitely justifies a mention in the Carousel article if not its own. Themeparkgc  Talk  22:55, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

Naah, the Eldorado one isn't nearly that old, so the contributor was wrong. Still, it's a very notable one: it was a centerpiece of Steeplechase Park on Coney Island, and I'd say it certainly merits an article, or at least discussion in either the Steeplechase article or the one on Toshimaen, where I've now used the image. - Jmabel | Talk 04:52, 25 October 2010 (UTC)

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I'm suggesting someone to do a rewrite up, for a shorter summary version for the section under Problems. The information given is too long and unnecessary.

These should be ones that supposed to be highlighted:

"Higher than anticipated stress and vibration levels caused fatigue cracks to develop in a welded component on the ride’s seat-post support. The redesigned component will eliminate the weld entirely and will also be installed with additional strength-reinforcement parts. Extensive ride testing cycles and inspections, commencing in September 2010, will be conducted before the ride can be re-certified."

"Daytime testing of the ride will begin from 20 December, 2010 onwards. The ride is expected to be ready by next year." — Preceding unsigned comment added by Iluvml93 (talk • contribs) 06:04, 25 December 2010 (UTC)

 Done Themeparkgc  Talk  23:42, 25 December 2010 (UTC)

Themeparkgc sent me an invitation to join the group. I would like to join the group to help fix or redo pages on here with accurate information about Theme Parks. I mostly know about Six Flags parks, and I can really contribute on those pages. Thanks, can't wait!. --Jpp858 (talk) 22:16, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

You can add your name to the list of Participants and have a read through the rest of the pages to see what you can help with (assessment of articles, items on the to-do lists, etc). Themeparkgc  Talk  23:23, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

List of former Universal Studios Florida attractions is in need of some serious attention. it is made up almost entirely of original research and has only 1 reference. For an article that has been rated high importance in this project, this is a bit surprising. Participants here may also want to weigh in on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Swamp Thing Set.--RadioFan (talk) 23:30, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

Recently, a mass deletion discussion was closed with the consensus to merge and redirect all articles to List of former Universal Studios Florida attractions. If you would like to assist please visit the destination article's talk page to discuss what needs to be done. Kind Regards Themeparkgc  Talk  23:20, 6 June 2011 (UTC)

I have rewritten Legoland Windsor on my sandbox at User:Adamiow/Sandbox. I would very much appreciate any feedback before I put it live, so if you have any comments, could you put them below? Thanks - much appreciated! Adamiow (talk) 21:27, 27 June 2011 (UTC)

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have a simple query: page states that all carousels rotate in a counterclockwise direction, yet some pictures on the page indicate that this may not be factual - just curious?? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.197.253.19 (talk) 22:37, 21 November 2011 (UTC)

 Fixed This is factually inaccurate. 98.190.232.2 (talk · contribs) vandalised the article about two weeks ago. This was missed by editors at the time. I've reverted those edits now. Themeparkgc  Talk  22:46, 21 November 2011 (UTC)

Hello, I've participated in different aspects of the amusement park WikiProject, and I've decided to start a task force that's related to Hersheypark. I've gone ahead and put everthing together at this point, as opposed to starting an independent or descendant Hersheypark WikiProject. Feel free to join the task force, but that'll be my primary focus now that I'm returning to some heavy editing on Wikipedia for the first time in quite a while! Regards! --Son (talk) 20:07, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

I've recently nominated close to 100 categories for renaming here. The rename affects all children categories of Category:Amusement rides by manufacturer, Category:Roller coasters by operating company, Category:Roller coasters by manufacturer and Category:Water rides by manufacturer. If you are interested in supporting or opposing this rename please join the discussion here. Kind regards Themeparkgc  Talk  23:45, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

I have started an article on North American Midway Entertainment. Perhaps members of this WikiProject could improve the article. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 02:42, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

I recently started the discussion on the merger of the Disney infobox into the other amusement park infoboxes. Please comment on the discussion here. Themeparkgc  Talk  00:00, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

There is an on-going discussion at Talk:Knott's Berry Farm as to whether to merge in History of Knott's Berry Farm. These pages were split some time ago and the proposal is to undo to split. Please comment at Talk:Knott's Berry Farm D O N D E groovily Talk to me 03:33, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

The colour used in all of the infoboxes for the status parameter is currently being debated here. Please comment on the discussion. Themeparkgc  Talk  23:27, 6 July 2012 (UTC)

Template:DLRP 15th has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. DH85868993 (talk) 14:08, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

Could I get some input as to what to do with Pinewood Indians? It has a merge tag proposal now suggesting a merge to Rivers of America (Disney), but would Audio-Animatronics be a better merge target? Please comment at Talk:Pinewood Indians. Ego White Tray (talk) 04:01, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

So it has been a while since this project has had any activity and I want to change that. I have come up with a few ideas and I would like some feedback before proceeding. I have split my ideas up into several subsections for easy streamlined discussion. Hopefully one or more of these proposals will be supported. Please comment on the sections below. Themeparkgc  Talk  23:13, 31 October 2012 (UTC)

Since there has been no opposition to any of the proposals, I am going to start to implement them over the coming days. Themeparkgc  Talk  02:06, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

Collaboration of the month

Merge Disney task forces

The new task force is located at Wikipedia:WikiProject Amusement Parks/Task Forces/Disney. Please feel free to contribute. All existing articles tagged under the Disneyland or Walt Disney World task force will be automatically re-categorised over the coming hours/days. The importance ratings may need updating so keep an eye out for those. Anyone with WP:AWB would you be willing to assist in tagging new articles such as those related to the Tokyo and Paris theme parks? Themeparkgc  Talk  03:19, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

I've started adding Category:Tokyo Disney Resort articles to the project. I've done about 50 thus far. I can send over a settings file for anyone with AWB. Just let me know. Themeparkgc  Talk  03:35, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

 Done Category:Tokyo Disney Resort. Themeparkgc  Talk  03:48, 9 November 2012 (UTC)

 Done Category:Disneyland Paris and Category:Hong Kong Disneyland Resort. Themeparkgc  Talk  05:18, 10 November 2012 (UTC)

Incorporate WikiProject Roller Coasters

Removal of smaller task forces

I could use some help with my article Eldorado Amusement Park--Wikipietime (talk) 20:28, 24 November 2012 (UTC)

The collaboration of the month has been up for a while now but I have had no feedback. I have suggested that Walt Disney Parks and Resorts be our first project. Please comment check it out here and add comments to that page. Hopefully we can get it up and running in December. Themeparkgc  Talk  01:09, 26 November 2012 (UTC)

Collaboration of the month has begun with Walt Disney Parks and Resorts as the focus article. Please contribute here. Themeparkgc  Talk  01:23, 2 December 2012 (UTC)

I'd be grateful for some input here. Many thanks, --Dweller (talk) 15:56, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

An article relating to this project Yukon Yahoo, has been nominated for deletion see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yukon Yahoo. Regards ★☆ DUCKISPEANUTBUTTER☆★ 17:20, 3 January 2013 (UTC)

Dive Pretzel Coaster has also been nominated for deletion see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dive Pretzel Coaster. ★☆ DUCKISPEANUTBUTTER☆★ 05:29, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

Shake (ride) likewise see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shake (ride). ★☆ DUCKISPEANUTBUTTER☆★ 11:29, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

Hi there WikiProject members! After closing an afd as KEEP for Zyklon_(Morey's_Piers) a few questions have come up about the notability of the article, which in my opinion is of very similar standard to many other roller coaster articles covered by the WikiProject. Please see comments here. What are every ones opinions on the notability and worth of articles in the roller coaster category that only really reference RCDB? ·Add§hore· ^{Talk To Me!} 19:23, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

I have always felt that any ride or roller coaster that is not mass produced is notable enough for it's own article. The majority of roller coasters aren't mass produced, that's why they're so many articles. I think a lot of people consider RCDB to be like IMDB which I guess is not considered notable.--Astros4477 (talk) 20:21, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

While multiple references would be preferred, if there is enough information to produce a substantial article, then I think using RCDB as the only reference should suffice. However, we also need to avoid creating articles just for the sake of creating articles. Not every coaster listed in RCDB needs to have an article on WIkipedia. Any coaster for which there is not enough information, historic significance, interesting tidbits or other notability to produce more than a paragraph or two does not need to be here. Articles such as Zyklon (Morey's Piers), Kiddie Coaster (Lake Compounce) or Katapult (roller coaster) do not need to stay, although I do think the Katapult article could be expanded. A coaster that is just one of many similar models would probably best be served by creating an article such as Shuttle Loop—JlACEer (talk) 20:59, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

I think it's important to note that the "number of reliable sources" and "significant coverage" (as defined by WP:GNG) are two separate things. Though it's preferred to have more than one reliable source for the sake of notability, the number doesn't really matter. You could have one source with significant coverage or ten sources without significant coverage. It really boils down to the level of detail provided by each source. RCDB would be considered a reliable source by consensus, in my opinion, but rarely does it provide enough detail to support an entire article. Since it is the only one available for Zyklon (Morey's Piers) and doesn't meet the "significant coverage" criteria, then the article should be deleted from Wikipedia. As JIACEer suggests, however, an article that covers the Zyklon model from a broader perspective might be a better place for it. --GoneIn60 (talk) 18:29, 16 January 2013 (UTC)

I should add that the same principles can be applied to other amusement ride articles (or any article for that matter). Any topics without current significant coverage should be considered for deletion. I also think it would be wise to debate each one on a case-by-case basis in its own AfD, instead of trying to group multiple articles together into one. --GoneIn60 (talk) 19:39, 16 January 2013 (UTC)

Category:ACE Coaster Landmarks and Category:ACE Coaster Classics have been proposed for deletion per WP:OC#AWARD at Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2013_February_8#Category:ACE_Coaster_Landmarks. DexDor (talk) 06:36, 8 February 2013 (UTC)

Any one else think that there should be a SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment task force?--Dom497 (talk) 15:38, 17 March 2013 (UTC)

I'd like that idea. Many of us are already involved with SeaWorld Parks so I think that would be a good idea.-- Astros4477 (Talk) 16:00, 17 March 2013 (UTC)

I'm all for it, but will there be enough members interested in that area to warrant a separate task force? Themeparkgc  Talk  22:54, 19 March 2013 (UTC)

Look at "Merlin Entertainments", there are two members and it's a task force. I would join 100%.--Dom497 (talk) 22:56, 19 March 2013 (UTC)

So go or no go?--Dom497 (talk) 19:43, 28 March 2013 (UTC)

I think that it's a good idea. User:Roller Coaster Rider (Jonathan) —Preceding undated comment added 21:11, 28 March 2013 (UTC)

I was just taking a look at the charts for the grading/imprtance levels of articles in the varies task forces and noticed that the Dinsey task force tables are pretty messed up. It seems like the task force is divided into three tables but the "main" (the most important one) doesn't exist and should be created (by what I assume is the WP:1.0 bot) so then all the WD articles get put into some sort of chart.--Dom497 (talk) 15:58, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

 Fixed. Some of the links were pointing to old redirects. Since the Disney task force is new, it didn't have that redirect. Themeparkgc  Talk  22:02, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

Hello WP Amusement Parks.

I created a custom barnstar for Themeparkgc that I put on their page in recognition of their continual work on amusement park-related articles and convincing me to keep a roller coaster article that I AfD'ed by completely building it from the ground up. I gave him/her the barnstar because I felt (s)he deserved it; however, I would like to make it a public barnstar so that anyone, in this project or otherwise, could use it. I saw someone had already given him/her a roller coaster-themed barnstar a few years back that also may have been custom, so I don't know if there is one that you already regularly use. However, the barnstar is below, for your consideration:

		The Roller Coaster Barnstar
		For outstanding contributions to the field of amusement park-related articles. Zoke (talk) 21:37, 30 March 2013 (UTC)

The discussion to make the award public is here, but seeing as how this would be mainly your award, I thought I'd hear from you about whether you would want it in the first place. Regards, Zoke (talk) 02:40, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

Disney Fab 50 Character Collection ---Another Believer _(Talk) 14:50, 10 October 2022 (UTC)