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The number of stub articles has decreased to its lowest level since the project began its focus on improving them. The goal is to get the number below 600, and we're getting close. It 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.
Vince McMahon was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Promax|BDA Conference for "for his remarkable accomplishments and innovations in global marketing, advertising and promotion."
WWE is currently holding "Million Dollar Mania", where they give out prize money totalling $1 million on Raw to viewers watching the show at home.
I was going to get your opinion first. Maybe it should be left to Beer Money Inc. Because we couldn't see what was wrote on the shirts. They were referred to as Beer Money Inc. Why does TNA do stupid crap like make shirts. I love TNA but come on. These segments they do: Angle on a date and Storm and Roode acting like idiots but doing entertaining promos.--WillC02:43, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
Its cool man :). Hey we've never talked before but maybe we could be friends like you are with the other ppl on your user page? We are part of the same project after all. Surprised we never met before. JakeDHS0705:33, 4 July 2008 (UTC)JakeDHS07
Yeah that sounds like a good idea. My name is William, I mainly just work on TNA stuff.--WillC05:43, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
WP:CFD for renaming, it's discussion page can be found here
.
The C-Class rating has been introduced. The rating falls between articles that are more than Start-Class, but less than B-Class.
Immediately put into effect, our project has begun use of the List-Class rating. The List-Class rating is for list articles that are of less quality than B-Class articles.
NWA World Tag Team Champions under the ownership of TNA
, via winning a tournament final.
Professional Wrestling Article Stats
Our goal is to get the number of Stub-Class articles below 600. The current count is 631. It 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.
As I'm sure you noticed above, this is the 20th edition of the WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter! It has come a long way since the first issue, and I'm sure it will only improve from here. I'd like to thank everyone reading this for continuing to read the newsletter, biweekly.
I'd like to especially thank those who have helped to get the newsletter to it's 20th edition;
. His bot has to be the most important part of the process, because without it, the newsletter would not get sent to project members.
I know that's a long list, but they all deserve recognition for their hard work towards the newsletter. So again, thank you to that list of people, and thank you to all of the newsletter's biweekly readers. If you have an questions, comments, or feedback about the newsletter, remember those links below.
, date linking is not mandatory in articles. This mainly applies to the project's pay-per-view expanded articles. Please take this regulation in notice and apply it to the project's expanded pay-per view articles.
Our goal is to get the number of Stub-Class articles below 600. The current count is 625. It 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.
Orphaned non-free media (Image:ECWtitleJuly2008.jpg)
You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that media for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media
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If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that all non-free media not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. BJBot (talk) 05:10, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
Our goal is to get the number of Stub-Class articles below 600. The current count is 625. It 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.
About a month or two back. The voting was pretty close and IIRC several people that supported it now dislike it. But the FA reviewers love it and it complies with WP policy. Check the archives of
No no, it was to add a talk page banner explaining the new format, instead of IP's and New Users always complaining about new things. But I will add your idea to the newsletter, I was going to originally add it, but I forgot to. Thanks.
I understand. Sure go ahead. No I am not, and don't plan to be one unless I am nominated, because issues with Users in the past would hurt my nomination, but thanks for your support :)
I saw your question to SRX about when you joined. I saw in your contributions that your first edit was April 8 2006. That is either the day you joined or close to it.--WillC06:59, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
It's kind of complicated, what you are going to have to do is go to
I have 3 granted rollback rights to your account; the reason for this is that after a review of some of your contributions, I believe I can trust you to use rollback correctly by using it for its intended usage of reverting
We have now reached our goal of getting the number of Stub-Class articles below 600. The current count is 588. 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.
Hey dude, watch Main Event Mafia. Some dude is ignoring my warnings and keeps placing in an image from TNA Wrestling.com which he said he made. Plus keeps thinking he is protecting the page which was decided to be kept as a redirect. Also I fixed the pictures you uploaded earlier today.--WillC07:35, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
Thanks, also look at the user's user page. It is full of copyrighted material. What do you think?--WillC07:38, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
Well mainly the Rey Mysterio video needs to go. I've seen that video on Youtube and I'm sure that should go. The Owen Hart picture is from Raw is Owen, I believe. Now the ones on his talk page I have on
WT:PW for someone to place them up for deletion. I've never placed any image up for deletion so I don't know how. Also I don't want to learn at 4 am.--WillC07:43, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
He technically has the right to remove the notices for image deletion. Now on the vandalism warns he loses those rights. If he removes the deletion discussion templates on the images then he should be nominated for a block.--WillC07:50, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
Okay, after I tell him that he should not remove the notices, if he removes them then he should be placed up for a block nom.--WillC07:53, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
Good job on the image deletion stuff. Well it looks like he has given up and got offline. Well I'll talk to you later, I'm going to bed. I have a big day later today. I need to go to bed earlier, the story of my life.--WillC08:01, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
The Main Event Mafia problem will not go away. I've given up, mainly because I don't give a shit and I want another recent article to work on to get to GA. Check out what I've done so far.--WillC08:41, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
We have now reached our goal of getting the number of Stub-Class articles below 600. The current count is 591. 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.
What do u want me to do? Point out the obvious and write down that the picture shows Jericho with the world title? No, wait... you want me to describe the old man's head? You don't write on my talk page informing me that there is no description. Obviously I know there is no description. If you have the time to write on my talk page, I am guessing you can write the description yourself. Uploading a pic is not my job, so don't harass. AlexT/CGuest Book19:20, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I'm curious why you restored User talk:Jkerl8 and what you meant by your edit summary, "Nope". Was that in response to my remark that had appeared on that page, that users are permitted to blank their talk pages?—Largo Plazo (talk) 13:42, 4 November 2008 (UTC)
We have now reached our goal of getting the number of Stub-Class articles below 600. The current count is 592. 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.
There are currently 601 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.
McMahon (documentary) was merged into Vince McMahon; the result of that discussion can be found here
.
A fact from
Did You Know?
on November 24 and December 6.
Editing tips
This is a new section in the newsletter to help familiarize project members with the
Manual of Style
, which should help them in editing not only professional wrestling articles, but all articles in general.
Avoid using bolding to emphasize text. See
MOS:BOLD
for appropriate uses of bold text.
If you do not want your information removed from articles, please use proper grammar and
cite your sources
.
Please avoid adding rumors to articles. Most rumors cannot be sourced with a
Biographies of Living Persons policy
.
Avoid jargon such as
WP:JARGON
for more information.
Professional wrestling article stats
There are currently 601 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.
Sorry about that, just i hate my real sources with real info being deleted when it takes me 4eva to do it, sorry anyway if you have a prob wif wat i write message me plz, thanks, p.s look at ref —Preceding unsigned comment added by Iounothing (talk • contribs) 09:46, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
Hey
I couldn't sleep. Also, Daniels is returning. Curry Man has the fired slipped. Hernandez has the World, while Homicide has the X.--WillC12:01, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
Did You Know? column on December 12, and a fact from No Mercy (2002)
was listed on December 13.
Editing tips
This is a new section in the newsletter to help familiarize project members with the
Manual of Style
and general editing tips.
There is a new consensus to remove notes such as most reigns, first reign, last reign, etc. in the championships and accomplishments section. See here for more information.
Our project has a cleanup listing. Please help by adding sources or expanding any articles listed here.
The television show RAW should now be written as Raw per
WP:MOSCAPS
.
Please familiarize yourself with the
general notability policy
of Wikipedia. Avoid creating new articles that do not satisfy the requirements.
If a sentence seems like it may not be true or is partially controversial, remove it or add {{fact}} directly after it.
Professional wrestling article stats
There are currently 616 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.
This is a new section in the newsletter to help familiarize project members with the
Manual of Style
and general editing tips.
When expanding
WP:PW/PPVG
.
Our project has a cleanup listing. Please help by adding sources or expanding any articles listed here.
Per
WP:MOSCAPS, television shows, such as RAW and iMPACT!
, should be written as Raw and Impact!.
Due to a new consensus formed by Wikipedia users, dates should be unlinked in all articles, per
WP:MOSNUM
.
Please familiarize yourself with the
general notability policy
of Wikipedia. Avoid creating new articles that do not satisfy the requirements.
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, unless the length of the article requires it to be linked a second time. Lists are the only exceptions to this policy.
Professional wrestling article stats
There are currently 617 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.
It is WP:PW policy to not list future events in wrestlers articles. This means don't mention Sewell's match at Genesis. TJSpyke04:50, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
There are currently 616 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.
A search bar has been added to the archive box on the
On January 16, Hardcore Holly was released from his WWE contract.
Editing tips
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Manual of Style
and general editing tips.
Do not
WP:LEDE
.
When expanding
WP:PW/PPVG
.
Our project has a cleanup listing. Please help by adding sources or expanding any articles listed here.
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).
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.
What about Adamle? Watch the YouTube video, the "Jeff Harvey" reference is what he was called a couple of times when he was first joined WWF. TJSpyke20:05, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
section I9 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the image appears to be a blatant copyright
infringement. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted images or text borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted.
If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on [[ Talk:File:ECWChampionship.jpg|the talk page]] explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. TRUCO04:08, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
There are currently 583 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.
After debating over a competitive role, it was announced on January 31 by WWE that Mickey Rourke, the star of The Wrestler, would appear at WrestleMania XXV as a guest and not as a competitor.
Editing tips
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Manual of Style
and general editing tips.
Good Article
status.
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.
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.
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).
Addition of content that is likely to be challenged in an article needs to be
reliable source
Do not
overlink
terms in an article, only make links where they are relevant to the context.
When creating an article that has an image, make sure the image is right-aligned in the lead or in the
There are currently 584 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 Broken external links and Dead links tools that assisted the project in fixing external links has not been updated for a period length of time, and as a result, it is not functioning any longer.
Events Calender
This section is intended to warn users about potential targets of
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.
Please familiarize yourself with the general notability policy of Wikipedia. Avoid creating new articles that do not satisfy the requirements.
Addition of content that is likely to be challenged in an article needs to be
reliable source
Avoid using bolding to emphasize text. See
MOS:BOLD
for appropriate uses of bold text.
When adding an image to an article, follow
MOS:IMAGES
and align the image based on the direction the subject of the image is facing.
You asked why section was deleted....
Seems 75.44.212.64 deleted it at 02:24, 24 February 2009, for no reason. There is a lot of editing on that page at present - and quite a few vandals - I reverted one 24h later, that deleted the college section and placed "hey went to college at mommy basebasment" - that was obvious, where just a small bit gets deleted (and nothing added), then it's hard to say (unless one is an expert on that page) if it is a vandal or a useful edit - Wikipedia rules say that one has to assume good faith unless proven otherwise. Just keep the page in your watched pages, then you can spot any editing. Ronhjones (talk) 20:23, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
There are currently 581 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
Good articles
are listed as having problems. Anyone who fixes an problem with an article should remove it from the listing, so we can accurately keep track of it. All members are encouraged to help out.
There is an ongoing discussion here regarding what constitutes a "World Championship". All members are encouraged to particpate in the discussion.
Events Calender
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It was announced on the February 16 episode of Raw that
Dusty Rhodes
.
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) announced on February 19 that their February 16 broadcast of Raw had gained a 4.1 television rating
, the largest since the February 26, 2007 episode of Raw.
On February 20:
HDNet announced that episode airings of Ring of Honor
would begin on March 31.
It was reported by a Nielsen Media Research ratings report that the February 19 broadcast of TNA's Impact earned a 1.3 television rating, the highest rounded number the promotion has ever drawn.
WWE announced the release of Scotty Goldman from the company.
On an episode of Friday Night SmackDown, WWE announced the return of Gail Kim to the promotion via a video promo.
It was reported on February 21 that Sonjay Dutt had been released from his TNA contract, and this was confirmed with the removal of his profile from TNA's official website.
for Friday Night SmackDown, had been released from his contract with WWE.
On February 23:
Afa Anoa'i, Jr.
, known by his ring name "Manu", was released from his WWE contract.
On Raw, it was announced that Ricky Steamboat will be the fourth inductee into the WWE Hall of Fame as a part of the Class of 2009; he will be inducted by Ric Flair.
WWE confirmed on February 24 that
University of Phoenix Stadium
on March 28, 2010.
On February 25, WWE announced that they had discontinued the WWE One Night Stand name, and that their 2009 event would be replaced with the name 'Extreme Rules'.
ROH taped the first episode airings of their television series for HDNet on February 28 from the
The Arena
.
Editing tips
This is a section in the newsletter devoted to help familiarize project members with the
Manual of Style
and general editing tips.
All Wikipedia articles should be written from a
neutral point-of-view
.
Do not
Tables
are the exception to this rule, e.g. the results table in pay-per-view articles.
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.
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
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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
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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
Asistencia Asesoría y Administración
promotion.
HDNet
.
On March 22:
"Abismo Negro" Andrés González was found dead in a river in El Rosario, Mexico.
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.
From April 10 to May 10, WP:PW will be hosting the first Professional Wrestling Stub Reduction Drive. Details can be found here and all memebers are encouraged to get involved.
Events Calender
This section is intended to warn users about potential targets of
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.