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We have now reached our goal of getting the number of Stub-Class articles below 600. The current count is 586. 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.
Nathan Jones was injured in Thailand, after he was hit by a truck. Jones had recently signed a deal with TNA, but will now be out for at least 3 months.
We have now reached our goal of getting the number of Stub-Class articles below 600. The current count is 586. 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.
"And suddenly the plane dropped to the right, then to the left, and the ground was right there. And all I could think was, Fuck, I didn’t finish "Fix You." That would have been my last thought: I didn’t get that chorus right."- Chris Martin
Project news
featured article status in the past month! Well done to NSR77 and WesleyDodds
.
Gary King
, who wrote all three featured lists.
David Lovering was featured on the Main Page on September 17.
Help us select good versions of WP:ALM articles for inclusion on the Wikipedia 0.7 release! Find out more about Wikipedia 0.7 selection on the project talk page and add your thoughts to the discussion. If you are personally responsible for a Featured or Good Article listed here, please the select a version to include in Wikipedia 0.7 on that page if you haven't already. Page versions must be selected by October 20.
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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.
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.
"When we were trying to sell 'This Corrosion' to Steinmen, we said it was like the high point of a Borgia disco evening and he went for it. Nobody makes gloriously stupid records anymore."- Andrew Eldritch
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.
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Did You Know? column on December 12, and a fact from No Mercy (2002)
was listed on December 13.
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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
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Please familiarize yourself with the
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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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"Anthony's a sex symbol. You see the thing is for the girls they're like 'oh Anthony he's so beautiful! And his muscles and his hair and oh golly he's so sexy!' but with me its like [with men] 'DUDE YOU'RE SO AWESOME...WOW DUDE. WOW!" - Flea
Project news
featured list status during the past month. Well done to JD554 and Cannibaloki
.
good topic status during the past month. Well done to ThinkBlue and Cavie78
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When expanding
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.
Our project has a cleanup listing. Please help by adding sources or expanding any articles listed here.
Per
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, should be written as Raw and Impact!.
Due to a new consensus formed by Wikipedia users, dates should be unlinked in all articles, per
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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.
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.
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Do not
WP:LEDE
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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.
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.
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All Wikipedia articles should be written from a
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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.
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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
.
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Do not
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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.
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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.
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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.
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"I got a lot of shit for the Rolling Stone review of Reckoning because the guy really likes my guitar style and he wrote, 'on this record, Pete Buck does everything.' We'd stop for gas and it would be, 'Pete Buck does everything. Why don't you go pump the gas, Pete?'" - Peter Buck
Project news
featured list status during the past month. Well done to Drewcifer3000
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.
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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.
"The other day I had these Jehovah's Witnesses come round to my house, and they tried to convince me that the Pope was the Devil's representative on Earth. So I told them that Jesus was the world's first communist. So they left. They were genuinely enraged.'" - Ian Brown
Over the past month, WP:PW hosted the first Professional Wrestling Stub Reduction Drive. In one month, the number of stub-class articles was reduced from 562 (13.84% of the project's total articles) to 477 (11.64%). More work expanding stubs is always appreciated. See here for more information.
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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
As part of the project's New Year's Reolutions, there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 10%. As of May 10, we are at 11.64%, with 483 articles currently in Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles. It still would be greatly appreciated if members would expand, source an improve stub articles, and a list has been placed on the stub article subpage of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.
"Well, I remember hearing girls behind me in English class talking about turning 18 and being old enough to strip. It wasn't that weird at the time.'" - Brandon Flowers
Project news
John Frusciante and U2 were featured on the Main Page on May 2 and 26.
As part of the project's New Year's Reolutions, there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 10%. As of June 7, we are at 11.76%, with 488 articles currently in Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles. It still would be greatly appreciated if members would expand, source and improve stub articles, and a list has been placed on the stub article subpage of stub articles of well-known wrestlers and tag teams that should be fairly easy to improve.
As part of the project's New Year's Resolutions, there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 10%. As of June 21, we are at 11.73%, with 488 articles currently in Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles. It still would be greatly appreciated if members would expand, source and improve stub articles, and a list has been placed on the stub article subpage of stub articles of well-known wrestlers and tag teams that should be fairly easy to improve.
The WP:PW cleanup listing was updated for the first time in three months. Please help out with fixing any of the problems listed, and removing them from the list.
There is an on-going discussion
here
regarding the "In wrestling" section of biographies, and what should and should not be included. All opinions are welcome.
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Referee Ted Tanabe died at the age of 46, after suffering a heart attack in the ring the previous night while officiating a match at a live event for Osaka Pro Wrestling.
"The only confusion was, I think we all thought they were women. Kim was obviously a woman, but they all had this shaved-headed, pretty, soft look. And there were lots of lesbian bands at the time, and we always got booked with them, so we just thought the Pixies were another, like maybe they were like angry divorcees or somthing that formed a band.'" - Kristin Hersh
Project news
featured article status in the past month! Well done to Rafablu88
.
Suede67
.
good topic status during the past month. Well done to Cavie78
.
In Utero was featured on the Main Page on June 20.
As part of the project's New Year's Resolutions, there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 10%. As of July 5, we are at 11.97%, with 499 articles currently in Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles. It still would be greatly appreciated if members would expand, source and improve stub articles, and a list has been placed on the stub article subpage of stub articles of well-known wrestlers and tag teams that should be fairly easy to improve.
WWE Friday Night SmackDown; the discussion can be found here
.
—Project
As part of the project's New Year's Resolutions, there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 10%. As of July 5, we are at 11.72%, with 492 articles currently in Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles. It still would be greatly appreciated if members would expand, source and improve stub articles, and a list has been placed on the stub article subpage of stub articles of well-known wrestlers and tag teams that should be fairly easy to improve.
Brian Lawler was jailed for 30 days after failing to attend an in-patient treatment center as part of his plea agreement, following his arrest for public intoxication
If a sentence seems to be untrue or does not have a source, add a {{fact}} tag directly after it. In the case of biographies of living persons, if the material is contentious and either unsourced or poorly sourced, it should be removed immediately.
Please remember that
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If making a controversial change, or one that will affect a wide range of article, please gain
As part of the project's New Year's Resolutions, there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 10%. As of August 2, we are at 11.96%, with 505 articles currently in Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles. It still would be greatly appreciated if members would expand, source and improve stub articles, and a list has been placed on the stub article subpage of stub articles of well-known wrestlers and tag teams that should be fairly easy to improve.
Mick Foley won the TNA Legends Championship from Kevin Nash.
New Japan Pro Wrestling
will recognize this title change.
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The project's New Year's Resolutions are listed
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If you come across an article that fails
WP:AFD
.
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.
Please avoid adding rumors to articles. Most rumors cannot be sourced with a
Biographies of living persons
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Be aware of the new format in the "In wrestling" sections of biographies, and apply the relevant section (
WP:PW/SG#In wrestling
) to new articles that you create, or previously created articls that have not yet been updated after the change.
As part of the project's New Year's Resolutions, there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 10%. As of August 16, we are at 12.13%, with 519 articles currently in Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles. It still would be greatly appreciated if members would expand, source and improve stub articles, and a list has been placed on the stub article subpage of stub articles of well-known wrestlers and tag teams that should be fairly easy to improve.
It was announced through various wrestling news sites that Jeff Jarrett had sold his final shares of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) to the Carter family and would be returning to the promotion as a wrestler only.
images and media can be only be used if no free equivalent is available or could be created. Fair use images uploaded when a free equivalent exists will be deleted.
Refer to
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Trivia sections
are discouraged in wikipedia articles. Information from such sections, if notable, should be merged into the main body of the article.
As part of the project's New Year's Resolutions, there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 10%. As of August 16, we are at 12.09%, with 518 articles currently in Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles. It still would be greatly appreciated if members would expand, source and improve stub articles, and a list has been placed on the stub article subpage of stub articles of well-known wrestlers and tag teams that should be fairly easy to improve.
On August 27, WWE announced that, effective of September 2, they will be suspending
Wellness Program
.
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The project's New Year's Resolutions are listed
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If you come across an article that fails
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.
If a sentence seems to be untrue or does not have a source, add a [citation needed] tag directly after it. In the case of biographies of living persons, if the material is contentious and either unsourced or poorly sourced, it should be removed immediately.
Avoid
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"We've been having lots of sex, and we're pregnant with the new baby already. It's vicious! It will have claws, like Freddy Kruger's lovechild.'" - Tom Meighan
As part of the project's New Year's Resolutions, there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 10%. As of August 16, we are at 12.24%, with 527 articles currently in Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles. It still would be greatly appreciated if members would expand, source and improve stub articles, and a list has been placed on the stub article subpage of stub articles of well-known wrestlers and tag teams that should be fairly easy to improve.
Bryan Danielson won the PWG World Championship by defeating Chris Hero, but immediately vacated it due to being unable to defend the title after signing with WWE. A tournament will be held to determine the new champion in November.
As part of the project's New Year's Resolutions, there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 10%. As of September 27, we are at 12.08%, with 525 articles currently in Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles. It still would be greatly appreciated if members would expand, source and improve stub articles, and a list has been placed on the stub article subpage of stub articles of well-known wrestlers and tag teams that should be fairly easy to improve.
images and media can be only be used if no free equivalent is available or could be created. Fair use images uploaded when a free equivalent exists will be deleted.
Be aware of
words to avoid
. Certain words, if chosen poorly, can subtly promote a point of view.
As part of the project's New Year's Resolutions, there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 10%. As of October 21, we are at 11.96%, with 524 articles currently in Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles. It still would be greatly appreciated if members would expand, source and improve stub articles, and a list has been placed on the stub article subpage of stub articles of well-known wrestlers and tag teams that should be fairly easy to improve.
On October 2, the project reached its goal of 150
DYKs
, and the number has continued to rise. Congratulations to everyone who helped in achieving this goal.
As part of the project's New Year's Resolutions, there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 10%. As of October 25, we are at 11.79%, with 520 articles currently in Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles. It still would be greatly appreciated if members would expand, source and improve stub articles, and a list has been placed on the stub article subpage of stub articles of well-known wrestlers and tag teams that should be fairly easy to improve.
images and media can be only be used if no free equivalent is available or could be created. Fair use images uploaded when a free equivalent exists will be deleted.
Trivia sections
are discouraged in wikipedia articles. Information from such sections, if notable, should be merged into the main body of the article.
Avoid adding statements that will
date
quickly, for example "soon" and "now".
When adding
headers
to articles, do not add wikilinks to them and only capitalize the first letter of the first word and any proper nouns.
As part of the project's New Year's Resolutions, there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 10%. As of November 8, we are at 11.76%, with 521 articles currently in Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles. It still would be greatly appreciated if members would expand, source and improve stub articles, and a list has been placed on the stub article subpage of stub articles of well-known wrestlers and tag teams that should be fairly easy to improve.
As part of the project's New Year's Resolutions, there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 10%. As of November 22, we are at 11.68%, with 558 articles currently in Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles. It still would be greatly appreciated if members would expand, source and improve stub articles, and a list of well-known wrestlers and tag teams that should be fairly easy to improve is included on the stub article subpage.
WWE's official website announced the retirement of Jamie Noble on November 10.
On November 11, it was announced that TNA had released
Sojournor Bolt
from her contract.
On November 12, BBC News reported that Welsh wrestler Orig Williams, better known as El Bandito, died at the age of 78.
Paul London won the NorthEast Wrestling Championship on November 13 by defeating Jason Blade.
Dragon Gate announced that they had released Cyber Kong from his contract. Kong suffered a neck injury in late October, and did not feel he was healing well enough to return to wrestling, and so requested his release.
This Week in WWE
, which will first air on January 3.
On November 20, it was reported that WWE had re-signed Mikey Batts to work as a referee.
It was reported on November 21 that TNA had signed British wrestler, "Sweet" Saraya Knight to a contract.
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policy of Wikipedia. Avoid creating new articles that do not satisfy the requirements.
Please remember that
fair use
images and media can be only be used if no free equivalent is available or could be created. Fair use images uploaded when a free equivalent exists will be deleted.
Do not give undue weight to
recent events
in articles.
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
verifiable
.
Make sure that all information contained in biographies of living persons is written neutrally, from a
As part of the project's New Year's Resolutions, there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 10%. As of December 6, we are at 12.63%, with 601 articles currently in Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles. It still would be greatly appreciated if members would expand, source and improve stub articles, and a list of well-known wrestlers and tag teams that should be fairly easy to improve is included on the stub article subpage.
As part of this, the project's second stub drive has been set up, and will run until the end of 2009. Please help out if you can.
On November 24, it was reported that British wrestler "Sweet" Saraya Knight had not signed a contract with TNA, despite earlier reports to the contrary.
On November 25, it was reported that
Lauren C. Mayhew
had left WWE to concentrate on her acting and music career.
On November 27, 2009, it was reported that wrestler "Sexy" Lexi Pillman (Alexa Pillman), Brian Pillman's step-daughter, had died due to injuries sustained in a car accident earlier that day.
announced they had signed a new five year contract with WWE.
On December 1, WWE and
Titan Publishing announced the creation of a comic book
, WWE Heroes, with the first issue set to be released in March 2010.
Eddie Fatu, better known as Umaga, died on December 4 due to a heart attack
. He had been rushed to the hospital earlier that day in a critical condition after his wife found him unresponsive with blood running from his nose.
On December 5, TNA announced that they would be holding a live, three-hour special Monday edition of TNA Impact! on Janauary 4, 2009 to compete against WWE Raw.
Editing Tips
This is a section in the newsletter devoted to help familiarize project members with the Manual of Style and general editing tips.
If you come across an article that fails
WP:AFD
.
Trivia sections
are discouraged in wikipedia articles. Information from such sections, if notable, should be merged into the main body of the article.
When adding
headers
to articles, do not add wikilinks to them and only capitalize the first letter of the first word and any proper nouns.
Avoid adding statements that will
date
quickly, for example "soon" and "now".
The project's New Year's Resolutions are listed here, and we only have short amount of time left to achieve them this year. Please consider helping out by achieving an aim listed.
As part of the project's New Year's Resolutions, there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 10%. As of December 20, we are at 11.29%, with 531 articles currently in Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles. It still would be greatly appreciated if members would expand, source and improve stub articles, and a list of well-known wrestlers and tag teams that should be fairly easy to improve is included on the stub article subpage.
As part of this, the project's second stub drive has been set up, and will run until the end of 2009. Please help out if you can.
This is a section in the newsletter devoted to help familiarize project members with the Manual of Style and general editing tips.
Help out with the project's cleanup listing by fixing problems listed and removing the article from the listing.
Wikipedia is not a crystal ball
, so do not add speculation about future events to articles.
The
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Contributors to this Issue
From all the newsletter contributors, have a happy holidays and a good new year!
As part of the project's 2009 New Year's Resolutions, there was an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 10%. As of January 2, we are at 10.14%, with 476 articles currently in Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles. It still would be greatly appreciated if members would expand, source and improve stub articles, and a list of well-known wrestlers and tag teams that should be fairly easy to improve is included on the stub article subpage.
Sheik Abdul Bashir won one of the Feast or Fired briefcases, which was revealed to have the pinkslip in it. This storyline was put in place so Bashir could legitimately leave TNA.
Roxxi broke her ankle in two places at the Impact!
taping on December 21.
On December 22, TNA announced they had signed a deal with Setanta Sports Africa to air Impact! and pay-per-views in several African countries.
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