Talk:Dollywood

RFD discussion: April–August 2023
Encyclopedic; are theme parks really dictionary material? &mdash; S URJECTION / T / C / L / 19:39, 11 April 2023 (UTC)


 * It was redlinked in the Hollywood entry, so I figured I'd create it. There's already an entry for Disneyland, after all. Wikilackey (talk) 20:24, 11 April 2023 (UTC)
 * My policy so far has been to exclude theme parks. DonnanZ (talk) 23:32, 11 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Disneyland has a lexicalized meaning "a place resembling the Disneyland theme park", which can be supported by quotes. Does ? &mdash; S URJECTION / T / C / L / 04:46, 12 April 2023 (UTC)
 * I can't find any evidence of anyone using the name "Dollywood" other than to reference the theme park itself; for some reason I thought there would be. If no one else can find anything either, I suppose we can delete it. Wikilackey (talk) 04:12, 13 April 2023 (UTC)


 * I would not include this because it's the actual official name of the park, thus an encyclopaedic proper noun (and not as famous as Eiffel Tower etc. which we might include for sheer fame). It's not a separately invented nickname like for the Wii game console remote controller. Equinox ◑ 07:11, 12 April 2023 (UTC)
 * I remember rejecting, named after the stately pile. But for some reason I included , I think because of the business park in Leeds. Maybe we should exclude business parks too. DonnanZ (talk) 09:55, 12 April 2023 (UTC)
 * What about 'Drayton Manor'? It's not only a theme park in Staffordshire (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drayton_Manor_Resort) but apparently also a school in London (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drayton_Manor_High_School). --Overlordnat1 (talk) 01:33, 13 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Theme parks maybe, I don't think we include schools. That school is in Drayton Bridge Road, ; is in the same road, named after the local green. Drayton isn't used as a place name there nowadays, but there is  further west. DonnanZ (talk) 09:17, 13 April 2023 (UTC)
 * I'm abstaining on this one as I'm not sure exactly what our policy is, or should be, but I note that we do have Eton and Harrow (but not, oddly enough). --Overlordnat1 (talk) 09:49, 13 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Nobody seems to know what the policy is re theme parks. There is Category:en:Parks, which includes parks, including national parks, and Category:en:Schools, which is about the topic rather than individual schools. I guess Eton and Harrow schools got included because they are in settlements with the name. And yes, you could add an entry for "Eton crop", which resembles a (!) DonnanZ (talk) 12:31, 13 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Now added. Overlordnat1 (talk) 23:54, 15 April 2023 (UTC)


 * Yes, like castles and malls. I am not sure that the wording “gardens, parks, and beaches may only be attested through figurative use” in Criteria for inclusion excludes theme parks. Due to the environment, it seems more about those that aren’t more relevant than gardens, or beaches, where one can have fun within palms but which are like streets. Also it says “Most manmade structures, including”, so if the group of most manmade includes these things no statement is made about when they are forbidden. Apparently the construction must be relevant enough to have region-constituting relevance. For this reason, biomes like forests and coral reefs are included as they “constitute geographical regions”. Fay Freak (talk) 11:55, 24 May 2023 (UTC)


 * RFD failed. Pious Eterino (talk) 19:45, 17 August 2023 (UTC)