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Avoid using bolding to emphasize text. See
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If you do not want your information removed from articles, please use proper grammar and
cite your sources.
Avoid jargon such as
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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There are currently 616 articles in
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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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Consider expanding an article from the project's list of
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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
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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
verified with a
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
infobox, per
MOS:IMAGES.
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.
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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
verified with a
reliable source
Avoid using bolding to emphasize text. See
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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
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Featured lists,
Featured articles, and
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
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speculation: professional wrestling events from major
promotions for the month of March.
It was announced on the February 16 episode of Raw that
Terry and
Dory Funk, Jr. will be the second and third inductees, into the
WWE Hall of Fame as a part of the Class of 2009; they will be inducted by
Dusty Rhodes.
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.
On February 20, it was reported that
Freddie Prinze, Jr., a
scriptwriter 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.
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.
Do not
overlink terms in an article, only make links where they are relevant to the context, and only link each item once.
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.
Please remember to
sign your name on talk pages by clicking or using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your username and the date. Also, please do your best to always fill in the
edit summary field. Below are some useful links to facilitate your involvement.
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.
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.
Avoid jargon such as
face/babayface,
heel,
turn, etc. in articles. People unfamiliar with professional wrestling will not understand what these words mean. See
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.
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.
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
PW project talk page for easier navigation through the archives.
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.
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.
This section is intended to warn users about potential targets of
vandalism and
speculation: professional wrestling events from major
promotions for the months of January and February.
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.
This list is of topics that may be easy (or are fairly close) to
Good Topic status. Consider helping by improving an article on the list that is not yet at
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
verified with a
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
infobox, per
MOS:IMAGES.
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
vandalism and
speculation: professional wrestling events from major
promotions for the month of February.
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
verified with a
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
WP:PW Cleanup listing was updated this week by the bot for the first time since October. A number of
Featured lists,
Featured articles, and
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
vandalism and
speculation: professional wrestling events from major
promotions for the month of March.
It was announced on the February 16 episode of Raw that
Terry and
Dory Funk, Jr. will be the second and third inductees, into the
WWE Hall of Fame as a part of the Class of 2009; they will be inducted by
Dusty Rhodes.
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.
On February 20, it was reported that
Freddie Prinze, Jr., a
scriptwriter 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.
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.
Do not
overlink terms in an article, only make links where they are relevant to the context, and only link each item once.
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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