This page is an
archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the
current 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
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.
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.
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.
Refer to
WP:NC during the process of renaming an article, if a name does not adhere to these guidelines,
be bold and move the article to the correct target name. If there is a
naming conflict, follow the steps to a resolution or discuss the move on the project's talk page.
Trivia sections are discouraged in wikipedia articles. Information from such sections, if notable, should be merged into the main body of the article.
As part of
the project's New Year's Resolutions, there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 10%. As of August 16, we are at 12.09%, with 518 articles currently in
Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles. It still would be greatly appreciated if members would expand, source and improve stub articles, and a list has been placed on the
stub article subpage of stub articles of well-known wrestlers and tag teams that should be fairly easy to improve.
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
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.
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.
This page is an
archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the
current 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
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.
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.
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.
Refer to
WP:NC during the process of renaming an article, if a name does not adhere to these guidelines,
be bold and move the article to the correct target name. If there is a
naming conflict, follow the steps to a resolution or discuss the move on the project's talk page.
Trivia sections are discouraged in wikipedia articles. Information from such sections, if notable, should be merged into the main body of the article.
As part of
the project's New Year's Resolutions, there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 10%. As of August 16, we are at 12.09%, with 518 articles currently in
Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles. It still would be greatly appreciated if members would expand, source and improve stub articles, and a list has been placed on the
stub article subpage of stub articles of well-known wrestlers and tag teams that should be fairly easy to improve.
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
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.
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.
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