That big ferris wheel in Manchester

[Parrot of Doom]

Any commuters in Manchester around to tell me if it's still there? Someone just told me it's been moved to the People's Republic of Yorkshire.

[Heskey]

Last time I was in Mancs it was there... That was about 3 months ago though...

HTH

[TUS 373]

There are 2 wheels - in in Manc, other in York at the National Railway Museum.

HTH

[ettore]

There are quite a few down south too!

[Parrot of Doom]

Its just that someone has created a redirect on the Wikipedia page for it. Could be someone vandalising the article, so I wanted to check before I slapped their arse.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester_Wheel

[bigTee]

still there!

good pub next door too.

[BigBazza]

Saw it in action 2 weeks and 2 days ago - the night I got caught by a Gatso in Salford so remember it well!!

[Neil_H]

Parrot of Doom said:

Its just that someone has created a redirect on the Wikipedia page for it. Could be someone vandalising the article, so I wanted to check before I slapped their arse.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester_Wheel

Looks genuine to me given that there are pictures of it in front of York Minster, quite hard (and pointless) to go to that much trouble.

[Jonny671]

I'll ask the girlfriend tonight seeing as she works next to it.

Bloody better not have gone, I was going on that when i'm up there next!

[Seany88]

Come to think of it, I don't think it was there last night...I felt like something was different around there...

[rpguk]

http://www.worldtouristattractions.co.uk/wta_wheel... - seems to be open still. Hope so anyway as I'm in Manchester this weekend and it looks like it could be interesting.

[camgear]

Is that the one near the shambles?

[MK4 Slowride]

TUS 373 said:

There are 2 wheels - in in Manc, other in York at the National Railway Museum.

HTH

Most wheels are in Liverpool.

HTH

[Neil_H]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/manches...

[Parrot of Doom]

Another editor has dealt with it. Seems someone from Yorkshire created the redirect and edited the page for a bit of fun.

You'd be surprised how silly vandalism on Wikipedia can be. Someone edited an article of mine on a colliery that closed around the turn of the last century to include something about a Chinese bloke who created the coal mining industry in Britain. They then called me gay.

[Percy Flage]

Neil_H said:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/manches...

DatedJune?

You can still book tickets for it, http://www.worldtouristattractions.co.uk/bookings/... so I guess its there still.

I've not noticed that it isn't there, which is a bit odd given I work in an office that it is visible from, (although I'm not there today) and walk past it on my way there.

[Percy Flage]

Parrot of Doom said:

Another editor has dealt with it. Seems someone from Yorkshire created the redirect and edited the page for a bit of fun.

You'd be surprised how silly vandalism on Wikipedia can be. Someone edited an article of mine on a colliery that closed around the turn of the last century to include something about a Chinese bloke who created the coal mining industry in Britain. They then called me gay.

A relative of mine has a page on Wikipedia. She was said to have died at Aintree during the Grand National meeting in 2004, although the edit stopped short of saying she was trampled to death.

She's alive and well.

[Parrot of Doom]

Well I know it was there in August because it's in a picture I took here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/soundman/2764939261/s...

[Rollin]

The wheel is being moved at some point as the council have other plans for the site.

[Jonny671]

Rollin said:

The wheel is being moved at some point as the council have other plans for the site.

That's what I was going to say, read it on the MEN.

Hopefully it'll still be there in November, I want to go on it