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WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter
The WikiProject Professional wrestling Newsletter
Project in Review
As of February 2009:
Professional wrestling articles
Importance
Top
High
Mid
Low
None
Total
Quality
FA
7
4
11
FL
12
15
27
GA
6
37
82
125
B
1
18
74
211
304
C
3
25
119
147
Start
2
53
240
1858
2153
Stub
2
22
535
559
List
3
31
591
1
624
Future
4
15
19
Assessed
3
85
448
3415
1
3948
Total
3
85
448
3415
1
3952
Changes to Featured and Good Content
Promoted Featured articles
:
Promoted Featured lists
:
Promoted Featured topics
:
Reassessed Featured content:
Promoted Good articles
:
Promoted Good topics
:
Reassessed Good content:
Other Project News
Featured list candidate
.
.
(review page)
failed its Good article nomination.
The following articles appeared on the main page
:
Deletion Discussions
Articles for Deletion
Templates for Deletion
.
Based on the members list , there are currently 214 members participating in WikiProject Professional wrestling .
There are currently 559 articles in Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles . It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the stub article subpage of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.
Events Calender
This section is intended to warn users about potential targets of
promotions for the month of
March .
Recent Professional Wrestling News
On March 1, Pro Wrestling Noah announced that they had signed a new television deal with Samurai Television.
On March 2:
Friday Night SmackDown
across Turkey.
On Raw :
at WrestleMania XXV.
at WrestleMania XXV, in the process ending the near-eleven-month undefeated streak of Kozlov in televised singles competition.
Bill Watts was announced as the fifth inductee into the WWE Hall of Fame as a part of the Class of 2009 .
"The Boogeyman" Marty Wright
was released from his WWE contract on March 4.
On March 6, Sonjay Dutt officially announced his contract release from TNA.
It was reported on March 7 that Kaleb O'Neal had been released from his WWE developmental contract.
On March 9:
"Ryan Braddock" Nick Cvjetkovich
were released from their WWE contracts.
On Raw :
Editing tips
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Manual of Style
and general editing tips.
Addition of content that is likely to be challenged in an article needs to be reliable source
.
When creating a new article, use one of the templates found here to help, if it's applicable.
Our project has a cleanup listing. Please help by adding sources or expanding any articles listed here .
Dates should be unlinked in all articles per WP:MOSNUM
.
If a sentence seems like it may not be true or is partially controversial, remove it or add {{fact}} directly after it.
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WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter
The WikiProject Professional wrestling Newsletter
Project in Review
As of March 2009:
Professional wrestling articles
Importance
Top
High
Mid
Low
None
Total
Quality
FA
8
3
11
FL
12
15
27
GA
6
38
81
125
B
1
19
76
213
309
C
4
26
129
159
Start
2
53
248
1850
2153
Stub
2
21
543
566
List
3
35
606
1
645
Future
4
13
17
Assessed
3
87
468
3453
1
4012
Total
3
87
468
3453
1
4012
Changes to Featured and Good Content
Promoted Featured articles
:
Promoted Featured lists
:
Promoted Featured topics
:
Reassessed Featured content:
Promoted Good articles
:
Promoted Good topics
:
Reassessed Good content:
Other Project News
Featured list candidates
.
Featured list removal candidate
.
.
The following articles appeared in the main page
:
March 20: List of former championships in World Wrestling Entertainment
March 24: Mark Starr
March 25: Against All Odds (2005)
March 28: Johnny Valentine
Deletion Discussions
Based on the members list , there are currently 216 members participating in WikiProject Professional wrestling .
There are currently 564 articles in Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles . It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the stub article subpage of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.
The Article alerts for WP:PW is now up and running. This page lists recent changes that affect the status of an article in a variety of categories. Please use this in maintaining the articles of the project.
Events Calender
This section is intended to warn users about potential targets of
promotions for the month of
April .
Recent Professional Wrestling News
On March 15 at Destination X
.
Suicide defeated defending to win the title.
On March 17:
It was confirmed via WWE.com that .
At a set of :
It was reported by a Nielsen Media Research ratings report that the March 19 broadcast of TNA Impact! earned a 1.34 television rating, the highest number the promotion has ever drawn.
On March 21
On March 22:
Howard Finkel was announced as the seventh inductee into the WWE Hall of Fame as a part of the Class of 2009 via WWE's official website.
Editing tips
This is a section in the newsletter devoted to help familiarize project members with the
Manual of Style
and general editing tips.
Consider expanding an article from the project's list of stub articles and nominating it at Did You Know? . The project's goal is to have 100 total DYKs by the end of the year, and we are currently on 74.
Avoid using dirtsheets as sources. Adhere to .
When editing an article, use the edit summary to provide a brief summary of your edits; this helps users understand what was changed in the article.
All Wikipedia articles should be written from a neutral point-of-view
, representing fairly, and as far as possible without bias, all significant views that have been published by reliable sources.
The project's New Year's Resolutions are listed Good Article
status.
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The WikiProject Professional wrestling Newsletter
Project in Review
As of April 2009:
Professional wrestling articles
Importance
Top
High
Mid
Low
None
Total
Quality
FA
8
3
11
FL
14
16
30
GA
6
39
85
130
B
1
20
75
217
313
C
4
29
142
175
Start
2
53
252
1875
2182
Stub
1
22
513
536
List
4
35
627
1
667
Future
3
14
17
Assessed
3
88
477
3492
1
4061
Total
3
88
477
3492
1
4061
Changes to Featured and Good Content
Promoted Featured articles
:
Promoted Featured lists
:
(review page)
(review page)
Promoted Featured topics
:
Reassessed Featured content:
Promoted Good articles
:
Promoted Good topics
:
Reassessed Good content:
Other Project News
Events Calender
This section is intended to warn users about potential targets of
promotions for the month of
April .
Recent Professional Wrestling News
On April 1, WrestleMania XXV
.
The April 2 episode of (TNA) record attendance rating for the program, with 1.97 million viewers.
Tazz
's departure from WWE was confirmed on April 3, when his profile on the official website was moved to the alumni section.
On April 4, Jerry Lynn won the ROH World Championship at Supercard of Honor IV , by defeating Nigel McGuinness .
At WrestleMania XXV
on April 5:
both titles.
to become the first Miss WrestleMania .
.
The Undertaker defeated Shawn Michaels to elevate his "WrestleMania winning streak" to 17-0.
.
On the April 6 episode of Raw
Ayako Hamada announced on April 9 that she had signed a deal with TNA.
Editing tips
This is a section in the newsletter devoted to help familiarize project members with the
Manual of Style
and general editing tips.
Consider expanding an article from Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles as part of the Stub Reduction Drive and nominating it at Did You Know? .
Per WP:MOSCAPS, television shows, such as
RAW and
iMPACT! , should be written as Raw and Impact! .
Avoid using bolding to emphasize text. See MOS:BOLD
for appropriate uses of bold text.
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WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter
The WikiProject Professional wrestling Newsletter
Project in Review
As of April 2009:
Professional wrestling articles
Importance
Top
High
Mid
Low
Total
Quality
FA
8
3
11
FL
16
17
33
GA
6
39
86
131
B
1
22
74
219
316
C
4
30
144
178
Start
2
53
254
1902
2211
Stub
1
22
491
514
List
4
34
632
671
Future
2
13
15
Assessed
3
90
479
3507
4080
Total
3
90
479
3507
4080
Changes to Featured and Good Content
Promoted Featured articles
:
Promoted Featured lists
:
(review page)
(review page)
(review page)
Promoted Featured topics
:
Reassessed Featured content:
Promoted Good articles
:
Promoted Good topics
:
Reassessed Good content:
Other Project News
—Articles
requested as Today's Featured Article
for May 23.
Featured list candidates
.
List of Mexican National Trios Champions (review page) has failed its Featured list nomination.
Featured list removal candidate
.
.
Good topic candidate
.
Peer Review
.
The following article appeared in the main page
:
—Project
WP:PW is currently hosting the first Professional Wrestling Stub Reduction Drive. Details can be found here and all members are encouraged to get involved, with two weeks left to go.
Based on the members list , there are currently 220 members participating in WikiProject Professional wrestling .
Events Calendar
This section is intended to warn users about potential targets of
promotions for the months of
April and
May .
April:
26 - World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) presents
Backlash
May:
Recent Professional Wrestling News
WWE held it's brands
.
On April 15, the Japanese based .
On April 15, WWE held it's Supplemental Draft in which 24 wrestlers were drafted to different brands.
On April 16:
On the April 23 episode of Impact! , William Mueller made his TNA debut as "Jethro Holliday".
Editing Tips
This is a section in the newsletter devoted to help familiarize project members with the
Manual of Style
and general editing tips.
Avoid using dirtsheets as sources. Adhere to .
Refer to naming conflict
, follow the steps to a resolution or discuss the move on the project's talk page.
Avoid overlinking in an article. If a subject has been linked once already in the body paragraphs, there is no need to link it again.
Lists are the only exceptions to this policy.
The lead section
of an article should introduce the subject and summarize the entire article's contents. The size of the lead will depend on the size of the article.
Adhere strictly to the Biographies of living persons policy when adding to information to biography articles.
Only add controversial, possibly contentious or libellous information if it comes from a reliable source and is verifiable
.
Make sure that all information contained in biographies of living persons is written from a non-point of view
perspective.
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The WikiProject Professional wrestling Newsletter
Project in Review
As of May 2009:
Professional wrestling articles
Importance
Top
High
Mid
Low
Total
Quality
FA
8
3
11
FL
17
17
34
GA
6
42
85
133
B
1
22
72
218
313
C
5
34
145
184
Start
2
53
259
1944
2258
Stub
1
22
455
478
List
4
32
637
674
Future
2
11
13
Assessed
3
91
488
3515
4098
Total
3
91
488
3515
4098
Changes to Featured and Good Content
Promoted Featured articles
:
Promoted Featured lists
:
(review page)
(review page)
Promoted Featured topics
:
Reassessed Featured content:
Promoted Good articles
:
Promoted Good topics
:
Reassessed Good content:
Other Project News
—Articles
requested as Today's Featured Article
for May 23.
Featured list removal candidate
.
.
The following article appeared in the main page
:
May 3: 2009 WWE Draft
May 5: Max Bauer (wrestler)
May 6: Stephen Cepello
May 8:
—Project
Events Calendar
This section is intended to warn users about potential targets of
promotions for the month of
May .
Recent Professional Wrestling News
On April 28, "Playboy" Buddy Rose was found dead in his home in Vancouver, Washington . His death was later attributed to natural causes.
On the April 30 episode of Hernandez
was written off television to undergo neck surgery.
On May 2, Davey Richards won the Full Impact Pro World Heavyweight Championship , after the defending champion, Tyler Black , forfeited the title match due to an injury.
On May 3, The Canadian Ninjas (Nicole Matthews and Portia Perez ) won the Shimmer Tag Team Championship by defeating Ashley Lane and Nevaeh ; this match will be released on Shimmer Volume 26 .
On May 5:
On May 8, WWE signed Fred Sampson
to a developmental contract.
TNA announced a new television show, TNA Epics , that will broadcast its inaugural show on May 15 on .
Editing Tips
This is a section in the newsletter devoted to help familiarize project members with the
Manual of Style
and general editing tips.
The project's New Year's Resolutions are listed Good Article
status.
Please familiarize yourself with the general notability
policy of Wikipedia. Avoid creating new articles that do not satisfy the requirements.
When the title of an refers to several things, it is necessary to provide links or disambiguate the page so that readers typing in that title can quickly navigate to the article that interests them. For example: World Heavyweight Championship (WWE) .
Please avoid adding rumors to articles. Most rumors cannot be sourced with a Biographies of living persons
policy.
Be aware of point of view
.
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