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This is a test. DoomsDay349 19:35, 15 September 2008 (UTC)
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Well I don't know nothing about him but I did find a source that is relable in my mind. It is from IMDB. They put him born in 1942. here.--WillC 20:56, 15 September 2008 (UTC)
Edit whatever you'd like, I won't mind. Wikipedia is supposed to be a joint effort. I just saw the article and almost wept so took the initiative to get it going. Probably should have nominated for COTW or something. Anyway, yeah some of the links just didn't seem legit. I have to cross-ref with the RS list because I don't believe onlineworldofwrestling or pwew are reliable sources. Plus, some of them were doubled, such as citing pwew for show results and immediately citing wwe.com for the same results. It seemed redundant. Thanks for the input, though! I'll keep working. Hazardous Matt 23:36, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the update. I usually work on articles when I'm at the office (between calls...I'm a slacker :)) so I'll add the refs and do some wikilinking on it tomorrow. Hazardous Matt 00:09, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
Re: Thanks
Thank you, and no problem - anytime! Superslammin (talk) 17:12, 20 September 2008 (UTC)
D&D articles for Wikipedia 0.7
Hi there! :)
As someone who's worked on D&D and/or RPG articles before, I'm inviting you to participate in our goal to both improve articles that have been selected to be placed in the next Wikipedia DVD release, as well as nominate more to be selected for this project. Please see the WikiProject D&D talk page for more details. :) BOZ (talk) 19:28, 25 September 2008 (UTC)
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.
The Collaboration has recently been revamped, and we will now have 6 collaborations at a time. The current collaborations will stand until they reach a certain goal, e.g. Good article status.
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Kandawayon
You deleted Kandawayon for lacking context just before I added that context. It's a village in Sabah, Malaysia. Could you please restore the article's history so that people can see who the original author is? Many thanks. --Eastmain (talk) 20:04, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
Sure,I will cleanup the article. - Chandra.20 (talk) 00:49, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
Let me tell you something: I'm sorry about that link, I've made a mistake and I'm trying my hardest to correct the problem. But, I'm not sorry for putting up those confirmed Divas. You take yourself to YouTube and type in "Official Diva Roster" and you will find a video in the search results and it will show you all the confirmed Divas in the game. The official roster was linked to the internet and you can see for yourself at [[2]]. Now, you need to leave me alone. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gamble973 (talk • contribs) 01:07, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
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PPVs
Hey, I saw you added Against All Odds 2005 to your project list. If you need any help with that let me know. I would love to help you get it to GA. I actually planned to make sure all TNA ppvs become GA.--WillC 20:10, 14 October 2008 (UTC)
Okay, since I recently started to expand most of the ppvs. I kind of feel I'm the watcher or director of TNA ppvs. I started expanding the 2008 ppvs and I've always thought to expand all of them. So when I saw you were going to work on Against All Odds I thought to offer my help and plus it made me excited since I haven't seen anyone else but one person actually say they are going to work on a TNA article and it takes a little stress off of me. If you want to know anything I'm working on look at Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/PPVs.--WillC 20:16, 14 October 2008 (UTC)
Yeah they can put on a good show. I thought Lockdown was a good one, an 8 in my book, but everyone said it sucked but all the web sites said it was great. Plus I loved it that everyone was saying Bound for Glory was going to suck and people are saying it was an 8.5 out of 10 now. TNA can put on some great shows. I'm hoping to get Unbreakable so I can do that. I have BFG 07, that is why I have it on the list. I just haven't got around to working on it. I have 11 other ppvs to finish before I can work on that and half of them are almost complete.--WillC 20:26, 14 October 2008 (UTC)
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.
The Collaboration has recently been revamped, and we will now have 6 collaborations at a time. The current collaborations will stand until they reach a certain goal, e.g. Good article status.
Delivered: 17:34, 17 October 2008 (UTC) by MiszaBot (talk)
Dropping by
Hey, I haven't talked to you since you went on a hiatus the first half of 2008. How you been? Glad to see you're up and about. bibliomaniac15 21:47, 17 October 2008 (UTC)
Nothing much, just gnoming around at what's available to be done. Out of a sudden masochistic sentiment though, I somehow managed to pass RFB. :P bibliomaniac15 21:59, 17 October 2008 (UTC)
Thanks so much. Hope you don't mind me asking you for all these moves.--SRX 22:45, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
Welcome
You know I must have forgotten but it is better late than never, Welcome to WikiProject Professional wrestling. I've seen you been working alot around here so I thought to say keep up the good work. You're a valuable addition to the project.--WillC 03:29, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
Okay, cool. Well talk to you later. I'm speechless.--WillC 20:14, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
Question: Why haven't you nominated No Mercy 03 for GA yet?--WillC 05:24, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
Either way it is going to sit there for a long time. Usually there is alot of wrestling articles on GAN. So waiting for the number to go down is like waiting for Jesus to come back. You're just going to wait and wait. I would go ahead and nominate it. You'll probably wait a month for the review so it is better to get that month started. I would nominate the ones I have on the waiting list but they still need work.--WillC 19:25, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
Yeah, I know what you mean. I've placed alot of attention on Lockdown. I've forgot about the other articles I'm working on. Sorry about your cut, maybe you can just type one letter at a time. Okay.--WillC 19:46, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
Stop adding Jeff Hardy to RAW 2's roster
Jeff Hardy is not in the game what so ever. If you ever bothered to play it, you would know that. So stop using that outdated IGN roster list as a source since it's not correct. DoomahX (talk) 00:05, 23 October 2008 (UTC)DoomahX
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.
The Collaboration has recently been revamped, and we will now have 6 collaborations at a time. The current collaborations will stand until they reach a certain goal, e.g. Good article status.
Hey I think I'm going to make the article in a sandbox. I bought TNA's Ultimate matches DVD the other day and the Full Metal Mayhem match is on it and I thought to start the article now and prepare it for when you are ready to start on it. I was going to fix the lead and reception sections and write the Full Metal Mayhem bout in the event. Nothing more since that will take all of an hour or less. If it is alright with you that is?—WillC 08:06, 2 November 2008 (UTC)
PWorch would be the best idea since it has alot of old stuff for TNA. WrestleView is a good source and should be good enough for a GA review. I'll pull some sources out when you're ready to start together.—WillC 18:03, 2 November 2008 (UTC)
Well TNA articles are kind of different than WWE's, TNA has some crazy crap to explain, plus TNA can't seem to keep articles on TNA wrestling.com. Wrestleview was found marginally reliable, that is what made Lockdown fail its FAC besides a few prose issues. I would mainly source the background with PWTorch and Slam, wrestleview can be used for smaller things. You never know we might decided to take it to FA, which I doubt but better to be prepared. I'll source the event. I'm actually working on it right now. I'll give you the link when I'm done.—WillC 18:36, 2 November 2008 (UTC)
Okay, though I don't thank double sourcing would matter. PWTorch is reliable. Wrestleview is alright for a GA review, I was just saying for FA. I tend to look at making everything FA. I don't know why, ever since I've went to hell and back with Lockdown, changing the article from in universe to out of universe and going through every little change from June to September I want to make sure everything is set before I nominate it because it is stressful.—WillC 18:43, 2 November 2008 (UTC)
You're singing to the choir. Nici thinks I'm insane with all the stuff I want to do. My list of projects to have done before Lockdown 09 is all of the 2008 TNA articles being FAs. Write an article about TNA's 2008 pay-per-view season and take it to FA. Then get a Featured Topic out of them. Also get the TNA roster to FL, AJ Styles and Samoa Joe to FA, Thank you for Smoking the film to FA. Victory Road 04, Turning Point 04, and Final Resolution 05 all to GA. BFG 07 to FA. Genesis 09 and Against All Odds 09 to GA. TNA Bound for Glory to FA. World X Cup 08 to FA. There is alot more as well. I aim high, extremely high and I just started expanding articles in May. So far I'm working on AAO 05 with you, Lockdown 08 and Sacrifice 08 to FA; Slammiversary 08, Hard Justice 08, Destination X 08, and No Surrender 08 to GA; and TNA Bound for Glory to GA. I'm getting there and I'm working on Final Resolution and AAO 08 in a sandbox. I also have the 2008 ppv article in a sandbox here.—WillC 19:15, 2 November 2008 (UTC)
I got the idea from iMatthew, he was working on it in a sandbox and I saw it. I asked if I could still his idea and he said I don't care. I was copying off of him a little but I've decided to go a different way. I was going to really just place the lead from the real article in there. That pretty much sums each event up. I'll make a template for it as well. Have a reception section that tells of each event rating and talk about what wrestling sites thought of the overall year in events for TNA. Make an average rating for the year and place it in there. A production section will explain anything new that TNA did at its events, like going HD and having sets. Probably explaining what happened after TNA's Slammiversary event. Not exactly sure, probably what I did with TNA Bound for Glory.—WillC 23:50, 2 November 2008 (UTC)
Hey, I'm almost done with my part. I'll give you the link as soon as I'm done with Full Metal Mayhem in the event section. Lets work on it in the subpage and then move it to the article after it is done. It just works better.—WillC 23:50, 2 November 2008 (UTC)
There won't be much to finish after you see what I've done. Here is the link User:Wrestlinglover/Against All Odds (2005). I'll get the sources for the Event section after you finish writing it.—WillC 00:47, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
Yeah, I'll do a good copyedit of it after you're finished and remember stuff I've learned from Lockdown's GA and FA review as well as Sacrifice's GA review and it will be ready. The length is the problem. Right now it is just a rough draft. I haven't really tried to make it GA quality, after I choose to it should be ready. What do you think of what I've done so far?—WillC 01:09, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
Okay, tell me when you're done. I'm off to finish all the other crap I need to finish. Also, I looked at the first match you wrote, don't explain like a play by play. Mainly say if they hit their finishers or anyone came out. Telling about Williams huricanrana isn't really notable.—WillC 01:19, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
Okay, but don't get mad if I remove a little bit of it. I use to want to explain alot in the event section, I use to have Lockdown at 60 kilobytes. FAC and GA review cut it done alot.—WillC 01:25, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
Alright and do whatever you think is best as well. I'm not always right. I could be hurting it more than improving it.—WillC 02:05, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
Okay, if you want I'll do a copyedit of it later?—WillC 20:37, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
Alright, I'll do it later.—WillC 21:24, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
Hey, will you delete Beer Money Inc.? It isn't notable at this time. It has went through two delete discussions that both turned out the same way. To delete it. Since you're an admin I thought to ask you.—WillC 22:59, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
Well I redirected it and then thought it should just be deleted or it will turn into Main Event Mafia with everyone removing the redirect. I can't get it fully protected and I can't get create protected so I'm not sure what to do with it. The project doesn't think the team reaches notability and I'm not done with the article in my sandbox. Not sure.—WillC 23:30, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
Okay, I only found it because someone placed the link to it on the roster page. Now the only problem is Main Event Mafia and I have no idea what to do there because I don't even want to edit it because I believe I've greatly violated the 3RR already.—WillC 00:04, 4 November 2008 (UTC)
Hey, whats up? I haven't seen you on in a while.--WillC 03:50, 20 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.
The Collaboration has recently been revamped, and we will now have 6 collaborations at a time. The current collaborations will stand until they reach a certain goal, e.g. Good article status.
Hello. :) If you hadn't heard, Gary Gygax and Wizards of the Coast have recently been promoted to "Good Article" status. I was also thinking of nominating Dragonlance and Forgotten Realms, and I figured I'd contact you since you've done some work on at least one of those. See the project talk page for discussion on that. BOZ (talk) 20:13, 10 November 2008 (UTC)
I can work on the background, lead, and aftermath if you'd like the event and reception. I went to see the event, (those are all my pictures) and I don't think I should write the event, as I may be biased to adding some non-notable info. ;) So as I was there, I'll check the event later on to make sure all is good. So, cool - lets go. iMatthew 16:53, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
No problem! I haven't gotten to it yet either. iMatthew 10:58, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
Time for a new section
Okay, sorry to hear. I hate it when everything just hits the fan and you got one thing after another to do. I've had one of those types of weeks that lasted for more than a damn week. It is going on about 7 years. So far it is going okay. I have alot of crap in real life to get done but I can't seem to get in my groove. On here I've got three articles now on GAN and two that will be done this week to be placed on there. I have Lockdown 08 back up on FAC. Created another article yesterday and trying to figure out how to get about 10 articles done in a week along with the crap I have to get done in real life. Short hand, everything is normal. Do you own Against All Odds 05 or have you seen it on the internet anywhere?--WillC 04:03, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
Yeah, oh I've been meaning to copyeidt No Mercy. I forgot, I'll get on that soon. Okay, so are we still working on AAO 05 or do you want me to take over? Just wondering. Yeah, there is alot of WWE articles that are GA. Hopefully I'll have just as many on the TNA side one day. There is alot of 2008 WWE articles that are not far from GA. RR and NWO would take a day to take out of universe and to fix. Backlash will take a bit longer. One Night Stand is an entire article. Vengeance is near an entire article. Good luck on whatever you choose.--WillC 20:23, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
Okay, hey don't worry about AAO. If you want to do something else it is cool with me. I was wondering since I had not seen anyone edit it for a while now. I'll have time to finish come next week or so. It isn't a big deal to me. I won't be on much come two weeks from now.--WillC 20:30, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
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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.
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No Mercy
Let me know when you are done with No Mercy (2007), and I'll drop the reviewer a line to let him know he can post the review. Thanks. :) Nikki♥311 19:38, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for working so hard on it! I don't think you have one of these yet, so here you go:
The Professional Wrestling Barnstar
For your great work in improving professional wrestling-related articles. :) Nikki♥311 22:43, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
No Mercy 03
Well, you might want to watch it because it is under review, from what it says at GAN. I did a copyedit on it tonight and fixed a few things. I'll try to finish it later. I removed redundancy and moved and removed links to certain things. Just following stuff I've learned through Lockdown and with other articles. Well good luck with the review.--WillC 05:37, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
Congrats on No Mercy. Good luck with Unforgiven.--WillC 02:29, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
Same here. I'm always busy. Hopefully soon I'll get a few days where I have nothing to do and I can get some of the crap I want to finish on here done. To tell you the truth, Unforgiven kind of goes too far in-depth. Cutting done the matches to only say who became interim champions and who won would be simpler, but I haven't read it fully yet. I use to like to kind of go play-by-play but it gets simpler after a while and you know what needs to be in the article and what doesn't.--WillC 02:38, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
Yeah, I'm kind of doing the same with Hard Justice (2008). I'm waiting for the review to fix somethings in the article. Oh, while I'm talking to you, can you delete Category:Genesis? I need it deleted before I can re-create it as Category:TNA Genesis, because it should have the TNA in its name. Genesis is too common a word. Yeah, No Mercy should be better but if I were you I would try to get Royal Rumble or No Way Out to GA before it. They are not out of universe and should be changed. They would probably be simpler than No Mercy, but that is your call. I only work on TNA stuff and soon I'm going to have all their 2008 ppvs done since I'm working on all of them. I just need to finish a few things. I guess we are all busy.
No that is it for now. I'll probably start coming to you for probelms from now on. LAX, Nikki, and me are not too friendly. We talk some but we don't say much, so I rarely ask for them to do something.--WillC 04:03, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
Alright. Hey, something I might need you to do is make sure no creates Final Resolution (January 2008) or Against All Odds (2008) since I'm working on them in a sandbox and probably will have them both done this week and I plan to move them from the subpage to keep the history and not copy and paste. That is all I'll probably need from you for a while now. It has always been a fear or mine since I started working on them that someone would create the pages. Also sorry I forgot to sign last time. I almost forgot. Have you seen the Genesis 09 poster? It sucks. Genesis (2009).--WillC 04:03, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
Yeah, I heard the samething. I would rather Foley fight Abyss in a hardcore match though. That would be epic. I tend to like to work on stuff it private. I use to work out in the open like with Hard Justice and No Surrender. Too many ips and users were changing stuff that should not be changed. I got tired of it. So I would rather work on stuff in private now.--WillC 22:19, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
Yeah, Angle/Foley could be pretty good, considering Angle is having match of the year candidates at every ppv. I'm looking at Monsters Ball Bound for Glory V; Mick Foley vs Abyss.--WillC 23:20, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
That is possible because I see an AJ vs Joe feud after the storyline is over. It is about time that Joe turns heel. I see more like Jarrett turning on the Frontline since Foley is fighting Angle at Genesis, when it should be Jarrett vs Angle. Jarrett would fit very well with the Mafia. I also see Cage returning and attacking Sting. They start setting up the Sting leaving the Mafia angle that TNA wants to do. I doubt AJ will win the belt right now.--WillC 00:47, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
Hey, if you don't mind me asking, what are all of your pro wrestling projects at the moment? I'm wondering so I can update the PPV list because I keep seeing you heavyly editing multiple articles and I'm trying to keep track of all of the TNA and WWE ppvs.--WillC 07:35, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
Okay, I'll update the list. Good luck with all of those.--WillC 16:40, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
Are you watching Final Resolution?--WillC 02:01, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
Okay, I never can get a stream to work for me. Plus the page is protected so no ips edits tonight. So, Curry Man, Hernandez, Homicide, and Lethal won fired. Interesting. Plus EY won the belt again. What did Curry Man do to get a case. I so hope he gets fired.--WillC 02:12, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
Ohai DoomsDay, I was wondering, to get this article (as well as Survivor Series (2007)) to GA, I'd like to try and split it up between four editors. Myself, you, SRX, and shall he have time, LAX. Would you like to help out, and take one out of the four sections (Background, Event, Aftermath, and Reception)? ayematthew✡ 13:48, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
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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.
Delivered: 17:07, 7 December 2008 (UTC) by MiszaBot (talk)
Re Final Resolution
First I think Curry Man will be fired, Daniels needs to return. Or he has the World Title shot and Curry Man defeats Sting for the World belt and then removes the mask to show he is the Daniels. Hernandez I believe has the Tag. Homicide has the X and Lethal has the world. I'm writing the Final Resolution article. I'll have it noted in it.--WillC 03:38, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
Okay, how did Christy win by DQ?--WillC 04:00, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
Alright, anything else happen? I know Suicide debuted. Exactly what happened?--WillC 04:13, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
Okay, Was the show any good?--WillC 04:30, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
Alright, what would you rate it out of ten?--WillC 23:23, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
Okay, that is weird. Everyone is rating it a 4. I can't imagine an event being a four. They said Lockdown was a 5. I watched it like 5 times I still think it is an 8. I don't want to buy it though. I never want to buy an event.--WillC 00:34, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
Yeah I agree. They are calling it the wrost PPV of the year. No way that is true. People just like to shit on TNA. Seeing that sometimes WWE have really bad shows and most people rate them high. TNA can have a good show with a few problems and people rant. One dude I saw said Lockdown was terrible and TNA built up Joe's win crappy. Which is completely wrong since TNA built up to Lockdown perfectly. Making it all about the belt and it being Joe's destiny. He said that when Joe won the belt TNA did not give a shit. Which is completely wrong since he is the longest reigning TNA Champion. He beat Kurt Angle in the middle of the ring in a great match. TNA then built on the win by selling placks. People just like to shit on TNA. Looking at Night of Champions when all I heard was that was a bad show but when people rated it, they gave it 6 and above. One thing I don't get is, Slammiversary was a good show but Lockdown was surely better. But Slammiversary gets a 7 while Lockdown gets a 5.5. Hard Justice was a good show and got an 8 when Lockdown was better because Hard Justice only had three or four really good matches and there was really no bad match on the card but two that were decent. People just love to hate on TNA.--WillC 00:49, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
TNA Roster
Hey, can you do a few fixes to the TNA Roster since it is protected? Reply back when you're on and I'll tell you the ones that are needed fixing without a consensus.--WillC 04:06, 17 December 2008 (UTC)
Well a few that are needed are: Curry Man moved to Unassigned talent. Suicide linked to Frankie Kazarian and he removed from unassigned talent. Nick Aldiz's named changed to Brutus Magnus, Akira Raijin ring name changed to Kiyoshi, and Jarrett moved to active roster.--WillC 22:51, 17 December 2008 (UTC)
Hello there! Today is your lucky day as you have an in-depth [read: painfully long] GAN review to respond to. I'll be available to help you along the way. This is almost GA quality as it is but surely you want to feel you've worked hard to get that second little green plus? Sillyfolkboy (talk) 03:16, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
FYI: I've just rewritten the signature move article I referred to in the review. Feel free to create a section discussing signature moves in professional wrestling. Take care. Sillyfolkboy (talk) 03:41, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
Hi there, I meant to say this earlier but – congrats on the GA! It was a pleasure to work things through with you. Take care. Sillyfolkboy (talk) 02:54, 22 December 2008 (UTC)
Hey DoomsDay, we need a few more spots to fill out this year's WikiCup. I think you'd be a good contestant. Basically, it a competition for editors where you gain points for mainspace edits and GAs, FAs, FSs, FTs, among other things. There's are rounds and eliminations during the competition, and it's just a lot of fun. Myself and User:Garden run the competition, if you have any questions. Cheers, ayematthew✡ 21:49, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
Place your name under the "Competitors for the 2009 cup" section. You can choose any country, city, state, providence...anything with a flag, but yes - you must choose one. ayematthew✡ 21:54, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
Haha, cool! See you there, ayematthew✡ 21:57, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
RE PPVs
To tell you the truth dude. I'm working on all of the TNA PPVS. I'm really soon about to write every background and aftermath to every TNA PPV. I was going to do your idea with Bound for Glory as well, though instead take them all to FA and get a Featured Topic. I know it sounds selfish or something but I actually have my hand on every TNA PPV. It would be better if you tried to do a good topic with WWE New Year's Revolution. Seeing that one of them is already GA and just follow my example with TNA Bound for Glory and the main article. Sorry dude. It has been a dream of mine to expand them all.--WillC 22:20, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
I'm sorry to be rude and but in, but DoomsDay may expand the articles as he wishes. This is an encyclopedia and nobody owns articles. You can help him Will, but he can expand what he'd like. ayematthew✡ 22:24, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
I know, I know people, would you let me explain? I just really want too do it by my self. I know there is alot of ppvs. I just want to do it by my self. I'm not saying I own them. I'm asking nicely. To allow me to do them. I wanted to do the Bound for Glory stuff. That is why I started working on the main article. I just want to expand them all, either by my self or with someone. If you want to help me out then go right ahead. We could start by finishing Against All Odds 05.--WillC 22:30, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
You cannot ask to work on articles alone. If a user is willing to help raise the quality of an article, they have every right. DoomsDay should not have to feel guilty about wanting to write articles... ayematthew✡ 22:32, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
I know that. Am I stoping him? no. I'm asjking him to let me work on them. If he wants to help me out, then he can. We together can take them to GA and then maybe FA. Not once have I said, "NO you can not work on them, they are mine". I'll take the help. I just like to work alone.--WillC 22:35, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
Okay, Doomsday. Would you like to work on all the TNA Bound for Glories together? I own the 07 edition on DVD. I got the event covered there and any special featured that are notable. I own and know where to find a few matches from 06 and almost entirely from 05. How would you like to work on this?--WillC 22:40, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
Well if you look at it, BFG has the main article almost finished. I've worked on it a little in a subpage. BFG 05 and 06 need to be expanded entirely. 07 and 08 do as well but will take me a day to get them almost finished. Turning Point 04 need to be re-written entirely. It is unreliably sourced and in-universe. Turning Point 07 needs an event and aftermath which will not be a problem after I finish writing the background for Final Resolution Janaury 08. 08 one take me a day to finish since it needs to be sourced and event needs to be finished. Turning Point does seem like it has less to work with but you have a new clean slate with BFG and they are more important than Turning Point. I will help you on either one now. Turning Point has just as many to finish as BFG. Though a better idea would be Victory Road. There is four articles there. I'll finish the 08 article this week if we work on it. Not as much work there as there is anywhere else. You are not getting rid of me. I feel guilty now.--WillC 22:58, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
What? You've lost me. Are we working together or alone? GAN is backed up. It would be better to work together to get them there quicker. We both get the same amount of points.--WillC 23:01, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
You might just want to look through my subpages. This pass week I've been creating subpages for every TNA ppv article. I'm up from Victory Road 04 to Slammiversary 05 now. I have from BFG 07 to Against All Odds 09. I also have a subpage for every TNA event article. I'm serious when I said I wanted to do them alone, but I'd rather work together with you now. It gets it done quicker.--WillC 23:05, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
See I have alot of time. I've really begun to think of myself as the over seer of the TNA stuff. I do not own it but want to make sure everything is good. So I ask to work with you on anything you choose to work on related to TNA ppv.--WillC 23:08, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
Okay, well since I have a plan to finsih all of the 2008 TNA ppvs, You work on Turning Point 05 and 06. I'll finish 08 and 07. Then we'll flip a coin to see who gets 04. You can have the main article. Since I've already begun on 07 and 08.--WillC 23:14, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
So we have a deal? You work on 3 of the Turning Point articles and I'll work on the ones I've already begun?--WillC 23:44, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
Are you online dude?--WillC 23:59, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
Patience, my friend :) ayematthew✡ 00:01, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
Turning Point is not long enough to be an FL. Six events is not really a list. You would have to ask SRX if it is long enough. Seeing that BFG is not long enough to be an FL.--WillC 00:06, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
Not sure if I ever pissed you off or something, but what the hell. Got something to say about me, go here: Wikipedia:Editor review/Wrestlinglover.--WillC 11:16, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
About two weeks left, now. To those of you in the back, don't give up. There is still enough time to get some more work done. To those of you in the front relaxing... don't. We've seen it happen before, where users in the back will jump ahead in the final weeks and make it though.
We'd also like to wave goodbye to Scorpion0422, and thank him for all of his hard work this round even though he knew he needed to withdraw at the end of it.
'weburiedoursecretsinthegarden, iMatthewtalk, and TheHelpfulOne
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Events Calendar
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On July 3, during a WWE live event in San Diego, California, Edge suffered a torn Achilles tendon while wrestling in a match. He underwent surgery on July 7, and will require rehabilitation which will sideline him from in-ring competition.
It was revealed that WWE had signed Nick Dinsmore to a contract.
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 on June 26.
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The round is over in about four days from now. Sit back, watch your nominations being reviewed, and hope for the best. In these four days, you don't have much control over your score. It's what you did prior to now, that's going to pile up your points (or not). We're very, very pleased with this round's results so far, and of course hoping to see some more submitted before the round ends.
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Delivered for the WikiCup by ROBOTIC GARDEN at 15:43, 26 July 2009 (UTC). To report errors see the talk page.
Right, last newsletter before the next round and it's a congratulations to eight of you lot. Unfortunately we say goodbye to a fair few users along the way but that is the competition. Next round, there will only be one pool which will see the lowest scoring users eliminated two months into the round. Should be good fun! Get your nominations in soon!
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Delivered for the WikiCup by ROBOTIC GARDEN at 21:42, 31 July 2009 (UTC). To report errors see the talk page.
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.
The style guide has been updated to reflect the new consensus on the formatting in the "In wrestling" sections of biographies, and the new format can be found at WP:PW/SG#In wrestling. Please help out in converting all biographies to the new format.
Events Calendar
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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.
The project's New Year's Resolutions are listed here, and a list of topics that are close to Good topic status is listed here. Consider helping by achieving an aim listed or by improving an article on the Topics list to Good Article status.
If you come across an article that fails notability requirements, you can tag it for speedy deletion if the criteria apply, propose it for deletion, or nominate it at 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.
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.
This section is intended to warn users about potential targets of vandalism and speculation: professional wrestling events from major promotions for the month of August.
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.
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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.
In this round of the WikiCup, the bottom four contestants of the top eight will be eliminated on September 30th, while the top four will continue with the same score for an additional month. On October 31, a winner will be announced.
Top 4
Durova (370)
Ottava Rima (281)
Theleftorium (281)
Sasata (200)
Bottom 4
Candlewicke (88)
Shoemaker's Holiday (81)
Mitchazenia (73)
Juliancolton (21)
All scores are accurate as of 15:22, 16 August 2009 (UTC).
Content Leaders
As of this newsletter, the following is a list of participants in this round with the most:
The difference between each contestant's point total from last week, and their point total from this week are:
Rank
User
LF
TF
D
1
Durova
0
370
370
2
Ottava Rima
0
281
281
3
Theleftorium
0
281
281
4
Sasata
0
200
200
LF = Last Week's score, TF = This Week's score, D = Difference between last week and this week's scores
From the Judges
Apologies for not getting a newsletter out before this, but all of the judges happened to be away at the same time. Very impressive start of the round. Only sixteen days in, and our top four are already completely above 200 points. By the way, this is light red, not pink! :P
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This section is intended to warn users about potential targets of vandalism and speculation: professional wrestling events from major promotions for the month of September.
On the August 20 episode of TNA Impact!, an eight-team tournament to crown the first TNA Women's Knockout Tag Team Champions was announced. The tournament will commence on the August 27 episode of Impact!.
On August 27, WWE announced that, effective of September 2, they will be suspending Rey Mysterio for a violation of the Wellness Program.
Editing Tips
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The project's New Year's Resolutions are listed here, and a list of topics that are close to Good topic status is listed here. Consider helping by achieving an aim listed or by improving an article on the Topics list to Good Article status.
If you come across an article that fails notability requirements, you can tag it for speedy deletion if the criteria apply, propose it for deletion, or nominate it at WP:AFD.
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 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.
Do not give undue weight to recent events in articles.
In this round of the WikiCup, the bottom four contestants of the top eight will be eliminated on September 30th, while the top four will continue with the same score for an additional month. On October 31, a winner will be announced.
Top 4
Durova (875)
Ottava Rima (650)
Theleftorium (618)
Shoemaker's Holiday (441)
Bottom 4
Sasata (426)
Candlewicke (277)
Mitchazenia (257)
Juliancolton (253)
All scores are accurate as of 18:57, 12 September 2009 (UTC).
Content Leaders
As of this newsletter, the following is a list of participants in this round with the most:
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Delivered for the WikiCup by ROBOTIC GARDEN at 19:23, 12 September 2009 (UTC). To report errors see the talk page.
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.
This section is intended to warn users about potential targets of vandalism and speculation: professional wrestling events from major promotions for the months of September.
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.
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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.
If making a controversial change, or one that will affect a wide range of article, please gain consensus from the project first.
Please familiarize yourself with the general notability policy of Wikipedia. Avoid creating new articles that do not satisfy the requirements.
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Avoid adding statements that will date quickly, for example "soon" and "now".
In this round of the WikiCup, the bottom four contestants of the top eight will be eliminated on September 30th, while the top four will continue with the same score for an additional month. On October 31, a winner will be announced.
Top 4
Theleftorium (938)
Durova (914)
Ottava Rima (910)
Sasata (849)
Bottom 4
Shoemaker's Holiday (679)
Candlewicke (370)
Mitchazenia (347)
Juliancolton (306)
All scores are accurate as of 20:05, 26 September 2009 (UTC).
Content Leaders
As of this newsletter, the following is a list of participants in this round with the most:
I can't image any way that something you nominate even as early as today will pass before Wednesday. If anything you've already nominated passes between now and Wednesday, or you still have things you haven't added to your submission pages, now is the time to do it! This half of the round ends this Wednesday (September 30) at 23:59 (UTC), and the bottom four contestants will be eliminated. The top four will keep their score from the first half, and continue competing through October 31. Good luck everyone!
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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.
This section is intended to warn users about potential targets of vandalism and speculation: professional wrestling events from major promotions for the month of October.
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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.
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The Perros del Mal promotion announced a television deal with Televisa Canal 9.
On the September 29 episode of ECW, William Regal was announced as the interim general manager, as Tiffany had been injured in a kayfabe car crash. This storyline was put in place as Tiffany suffered a broken humerus at the Florida Championship Wrestling television tapings on September 24, but she was able to return to television on the October 6 episode of ECW.
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Please familiarize yourself with the general notability policy of Wikipedia. Avoid creating new articles that do not satisfy the requirements.
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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.
In this round of the WikiCup, the bottom three contestants of the top eight were eliminated on September 30th, while the top five are continuing for an additional month. On October 31, a winner will be announced.
Top 5
Sasata (1153)
Ottava Rima (1148)
Theleftorium (1025)
Durova (1010)
Eliminated 3
Candlewicke (534)
Mitchazenia (352)
Juliancolton (314)
Withdrawn
Shoemaker's Holiday (1183)
All scores are accurate as of 18:28, 11 October 2009 (UTC).
Content Leaders
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Hi everyone! We're very sorry we didn't get this one out anytime sooner. We've all been pretty busy IRL. But down to business: Since the last newsletter, the first half of the round has ended. We said goodbye to Candlewicke, Juliancolton, and Mitchazenia. We'd like to thank them for all of their hard work getting this far. Shoemaker's Holiday has also withdrawn, so we'd like to thank him for his hard work too. Congratulations to Durova, Ottava Rima, Sasata, and Theleftorium for making the top 4! Good luck to you all.
You also may have seen from the WikiCup talk page that we have a new judge! J Milburn is joining our judging team effective immediately. J was assigned after Garden and Thehelpfulone announced they would be highly inactive throughout the remainder of the WikiCup. It is likely you will see J return as a judge next year as well.
Good luck again to the remaining four contestants! 20 days left in the Round, so make sure you get all your content nominated soon! You've all worked hard for this, since the beginning of January. I'm sure you're all tired by now, but you've come too far to just give up now. Congratulations Top 4!
GARDEN, iMatthewtalk, J Milburn, and TheHelpfulOne
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In this round of the WikiCup, the bottom three contestants of the top eight were eliminated on September 30th, while the top five are continued for an additional month. On October 31, a winner will be announced.
Top 4
Sasata (1332)
Durova (1259)
Ottava Rima (1242)
Theleftorium (1041)
Eliminated 3
Candlewicke (534)
Mitchazenia (352)
Juliancolton (314)
Withdrawn
Shoemaker's Holiday (1183)
All scores are accurate as of 20:45, 18 October 2009 (UTC).
Content Leaders
As of this newsletter, the following is a list of participants in this round with the most:
We have announced the intention to hire another new judge to cover for future judge absences. If you are interested please see the talk page for the WikiCup.
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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.
This section is intended to warn users about potential targets of vandalism and speculation: professional wrestling events from major promotions for the months of October and November.
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.
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.
In this round of the WikiCup, the bottom three contestants of the top eight were eliminated on September 30th, while the top five are continued for an additional month. On October 31, a winner will be announced.
Top 4
Durova (1546)
Sasata (1477)
Ottava Rima (1254)
Theleftorium (1092)
Eliminated 3
Candlewicke (534)
Mitchazenia (352)
Juliancolton (314)
Withdrawn
Shoemaker's Holiday (1183)
All scores are accurate as of 18:59, 25 October 2009 (UTC).
Content Leaders
As of this newsletter, the following is a list of participants in this round with the most:
It just came to me that multiple users have worked together on a bunch of content items, which means the newsletter counts are likely off. I'll try to put that all together and figure it out by the end of the round.
The end of the round, and the end of the 2009 WikiCup is this coming Saturday, October 31! To our top four: don't give up yet. Make sure that anything you have left to nominate is nominated today or tomorrow, for the slighted chance of it passing in time. The last day items will be accepted is Saturday, at 23:59 (UTC). It ain't over till the fat lady sings, of course!
GARDEN, iMatthewtalk, J Milburn, and TheHelpfulOne
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In this round of the WikiCup, the bottom three contestants of the top eight were eliminated on September 30th, while the top five continued for an additional month. On October 31, the WikiCup ended, and Durova was crowned winner!
Top 4
Durova (1830)
Ottava Rima (1720)
Sasata (1627)
Theleftorium (1149)
Eliminated 3
Candlewicke (586)
Mitchazenia (376)
Juliancolton (349)
Withdrawn
Shoemaker's Holiday (1224)
All scores are accurate as of the end of the WikiCup.
Content Leaders
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Well, it was a long, long ride, with plenty of ups as well as downs (but I'm sure you'll agree, definitely more ups). It's been ten long months since our kick-off in January, and the level of competition has intensified so much so quickly. It's a wonder there was any puff left in our final eight by the end, but they fought to the death and, eventually, Durova pulled through, making her proficiency with FPs count as the contest drew to a close. Special mentions must go to the other members of the last four, Ottava Rima, Sasata and Theleftorium, all of whom put in a astonishing shift in their efforts to peel Durova away from her victory. Congratulations again!
The announcement of the ed17 as the newest judge to the WikiCup panel was made today - I wish him all the best in his new role.
The article for the Signpost overall is now be readable in a Signpost near you!
Remember to sign up for next year if you haven't already!
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WikiCup Awards
The 2009 WikiCup Participant Award
This WikiCup Award is presented to DoomsDay349 for their participation in the 2009 WikiCup. Your contributions along the way have greatly improved the quality of many articles, pictures, and sounds on the English Wikipedia.
Congratulations! Hope to see you sign up for the 2010 WikiCup, here, if you haven't already! iMatthewtalk at 22:44, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
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Hulk Hogan held a press conference to announce that he has signed with TNA. It was later revealed that Eric Bischoff has also signed, and he and Hogan will be the new bookers.
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.
Help out with the project's cleanup listing by fixing problems listed and removing the article from the listing.
The lead section of an article should introduce the subject and summarize the entire article.
If you come across an article that fails notability requirements, you can tag it for speedy deletion if the criteria apply, propose it for deletion, or nominate it at WP:AFD.
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 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.
This section is intended to warn users about potential targets of vandalism and speculation: professional wrestling events from major promotions for the months of November and December.
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.
Sky Sports announced that it would begin to broadcast Superstars in Britain on December 11. It will also start broadcasting 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.
Editing Tips
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Please familiarize yourself with the general notability 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.
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.
This section is intended to warn users about potential targets of vandalism and speculation: professional wrestling events from major promotions for the month of December.
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 ring announcerLauren 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.
On November 30, British Sky Broadcasting 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 notability requirements, you can tag it for speedy deletion if the criteria apply, propose it for deletion, or nominate it at 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 section is intended to warn users about potential targets of vandalism and speculation: professional wrestling events from major promotions for the months of December and January.
The lead section of an article should introduce the subject and summarize the entire article.
Be aware of words to avoid. Certain words, if chosen poorly, can subtly promote a point of view.
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.
Contributors to this Issue
From all the newsletter contributors, have a happy holidays and a good new year!
You have listed yourself as a member of Wikiproject Cats. I would appreciate your help making Canadian Cat Association. Thank you. Brambleclawx 00:16, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
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.
This section is intended to warn users about potential targets of vandalism and speculation: professional wrestling events from major promotions for the month of January.
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.
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 2010 New Year's Reolutions have been announced. Please help out by achieving a goal listed.
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".
Avoid using dirtsheets as sources. Adhere to WP:RS when adding information with a source to articles. For a list of reliable and unreliable wrestling-related sources see WP:PW/SG#Sources.
Do not give undue weight to recent events in articles.
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