Talk:Water World Lloret

Did you know nomination

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. You can locate your hook here. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 18:54, 26 November 2025 (UTC)

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• ... that the Water World water park is the oldest in Spain?

• Source: ProSlide’s article on Tornado King (opened 2025); mentioned that ‘Water World opened in 1985 as Spain’s first water park’.

• • Reviewed:
  • Comment: This is my first DYK nomination; thank you for taking the time to look at this!

Created by TwoGamer1000 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Thanks, TwoGamer1000 16:13, 22 October 2025 (UTC).

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

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook eligibility:

• Cited:
• Interesting: - ?

QPQ: None required.

Overall: Welcome to DYK! Thanks for this new article, many of the criteria look to be in good shape. I have two concerns: 1, I'm not convinced Facebook is a reliable source (and it also doesn't support the "Water World opened no more waterslides until 2014" part); and 2, DYK gives a lot of scrutiny to any claims to be the first/oldest/biggest/etc-est thing, and I don't think the current source is nearly enough to support "oldest in Spain".

I suggest looking for a published news source to replace the Facebook post, and proposing an alternative hook or two. The current article doesn't inspire me with any good hook ideas, but if you can find anything to add a "reception" section to the article, often reviews have fun quotes in them that make for good hooks. It would also be good to refer to the park by its specific name; I don't think we can say "the Water World water park" when there are several parks with that name. ~ L 🌸 (talk) 06:01, 26 October 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for the feedback. I understand Facebook is not a reliable source and will remove that. I will additionally search for reviews for a 'Reception' section and get a hook from there.

Thanks, TwoGamer1000 08:50, 26 October 2025 (UTC)

Alternative hook:

• ALT1: ... that Water World Lloret has been described as "a favourite of foreign tourists"?

This is another hook I've suggested from a review in the 'Reception' section.

Thanks, TwoGamer1000 17:34, 26 October 2025 (UTC)

Glad to see the quick improvements! With the Facebook source removed, my concerns about RS have been addressed. I took the liberty of adding a bold "ALT1" to your message above because I believe it is necessary for the gadgets to be able to spot it's a hook later on the in the process. ALT1 is fully verified and appropriate.

We just face the endless struggle of WP:DYKINT... I often work on topics from the 18thC where the reviews say very funny things like complaining a romance novel is "giving too much weight to the Passion of Love", but "a favourite of foreign touists" has less zest; it could be said about a lot of things. In this case, I found it somewhat interesting that more than half the visitors come from outside Spain -- maybe something with that?

As another DYK pointer, as long as you're the one proposing the exact wording of the hook options, I can sign off on them as reviewer, but once I propose a hook myself we'd need a third person to come in and sign off on it. So I'll ask you to give it another go. ~ L 🌸 (talk) 18:41, 26 October 2025 (UTC)

Here's an updated hook:

• ALT2: ... that Water World Lloret has been described as "a favourite of foreign tourists" with 60% of visitors coming from outside Spain?

Hopefully that should do it!

Thanks, TwoGamer1000 19:38, 26 October 2025 (UTC)

Looks good! ~ L 🌸 (talk) 20:05, 26 October 2025 (UTC)

Reliability of TripAdvisor

I am looking for sources to the ‘Reception’ section of the article, and I thought TripAdvisor reviews would be good to add to the article. Would anybody say it’s reliable enough to appear on Wikipedia?

Thanks, TwoGamer1000 09:16, 26 October 2025 (UTC)