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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.
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.
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.
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
This is a section in the newsletter devoted to help familiarize project members with the
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.
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
This is a section in the newsletter devoted to help familiarize project members with the
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.
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
This section is intended to warn users about potential targets of
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.
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