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Hi there! ...Based on your time here in wikipedia (with an established account), could you recomend me creating one? .- 189.216.137.0 (talk) 14:50, 15 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I don't think everyone hates you! On the contrary, I see that you've made some mistakes. But I also see that you've learned from them, and it looks like you're willing to learn even more. That, I think, is a really admirable trait. You've made some friends on Wikipedia, and if you start looking for them, I'm sure you'll find them everywhere. A little insignificantTalk to me!(I have candy!) 17:50, 26 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I don´t think no-one does. - ☩Damërung☩. -- 23:58, 24 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
If you go to User:Damërung/Secret, there is a list of people who found my secret page (just to mention it), and about a clue... Well: "The link to the secret page is as obvious as hidden"
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Hello BigPadresDUDE, I am going to revert your edits which unredirected Brooke Logan and Donna Logan from the page that they belong at. When Logan family was up for deletion, most of the keep "votes" suggested it was a good place to merge character articles that could not stand on their own. That's why I went through all the articles for the characters related to that family, looked them over and saw that not one of them contained anything with real world relevance (no Impact, Reception, Casting, Writing sections), then boldly redirected those articles to Logan family. I felt and still feel that the move was for the betterment of the soap opera articles in general. We soap opera editors already have a bad reputation here on Wikipedia, articles like the ones I redirected just compound that with their overly long plot summaries that are written in the past tense and with inuniverse perspective. All of the character's important storyline information (who their family is, who they marry, who they have children with, who their children are) is already mentioned in the Logan family, but the article has the benefit of not containing an overly long and detailed plot summary. To me, they were a perfect fit there and they can always be un-redirected when someone wants to expand the article.
I hope you are going to expand these articles, but I am going to redirect them until they are restored with notability. See you around. Rocksey (talk) 04:42, 25 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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I know you've had a number of people jump on you about the edits for the SF/NY Giants. Given what was happening there, I had a look at your other contributions, and it looks to me like you're doing the same sort of thing all over the place. Maybe not every article, but a lot of them are looked after by different projects, like WP:BASEBALL for the Giants, Pete Rose - two you've tried to work on. I know you've said in some of the talk pages that you've looked at what others have said and tried to follow it, but its hard to accept that when there's been as much discussion as there has about the types of edits you've made. Fair enough, the Giants one may not have ben easy to spot if you didn't know about the WP:BASEBALL, but the Pete Rose one had an ongoing discussion about the exact change you made on the corresponding talk page, as well as in WP:BASEBALL.
I've got a couple of suggestions that will help make it easier for you, and less likely to have people angry at you:
When you're writing on a talk page about anything, try to use the same spelling and punctuation that you would if you were writing the text of an article. (The odd mistake's fine, but it should be pretty close.) Writing in "ALL CAPS" is considered shouting, and fairly rude. Writing a paragraph worth of text all in lower case (with the exception of "shouting") and no periods or commas to break it up makes it difficult for others to read, and there's probably a tendancy for people trying to read it to either misunderstand you because they couldn't follow what you wrote properly, ignore what you wrote because it looked too hard to follow, make them think you're not very intelligent and assume you've got nothing useful to say, or some combination of all three. If you want to highlight a bit of text (use it wisely) you can make things bold by surrounding it with three apostraphes like this, italics with two apostraphes like this, or both with five like this.
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If there are topics you're interested in or think you can contribute to - I'm guessing baseball would be one - find the projects that match and join up with them. It'll help to give you an idea of what's expected for certain types of articles, and will help you to find some examples of articles on that topic that have been rated as being of good quality so you've got some ideas of what to work towards. (In case you're not aware yet, "Featured Article" is the top ranking, with "Good Article" sometimes considered to be a step or two away from being made a Featured Article.)
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In the case of The Hart Dynasty, when there's already info on here - either in a standalone article or as a section of another article - don't just copy it to somewhere else to create a new article. It's best in that case to expand on what's already there. If it gets to the point where an article gets too big, the section can be broken out into its own article, leaving a summary of the content behind in the old article, along with a links going between the two articles. An example from what I've been working on is Australia national baseball team, and splitting out the info from the Olympic Games and World Cup sections into Australia national baseball team at the Summer Olympics and Australia at the Baseball World Cup. Having said that, don't follow that example exactly, because all three articles are still works in progress, but it should help give you an idea about how its supposed to be done.
Hopefully I don't sound like too much of a nag or boring old fart, and hopefully I haven't scared you off from participating on here. Anyone who's willing to help out is always welcome in my opinion. New people joining are going to tend to make mistakes and step on people's toes without realising it. As long as you're willing to listen to advice, and to learn from the mistakes you make, you shouldn't have too much in the way of problems here. Afaber012 (talk) 07:07, 25 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Hey, The logo of the Padres is a copyrighted image and thus falls under WP:FAIRUSE, these images can only be used with fair use rationales in certain articles. For the template you wish to use it with you need to use an image that is free to use in any article, like the image File:Petco_Park_Interior.JPG. I'm not good with copyright law and such, so if you have any more concerns I'd suggest you leave a message on WT:BASEBALL and someone else with more experience in the area will be able to answer the question better. Borgarde (talk) 02:50, 31 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
While I am a New York Yankees fan first and foremost, I do enjoy the San Diego Padres (and really enjoyed their run to the '98 WS (Ken Caminiti was my fav RIP) before they went against my Yanks of course) and love a good casual project so I am here to help if I can! You can e-mail me at pmvgvt@yahoo.com if you have any questions about the Padres project or general Wikipedia questions as I have been doing this for a few years. -Phil5329 (talk) 03:00, 2 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Lets continue the discussion here so we dont overrun WP:Baseball with our conversation. Looking at your edits it seems your pretty good considering your a new editor and it looks like you did a good job with WikiProject San Diego Padres--Yankees10 02:10, 3 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
thanks man no one ever seems to be nice to me as i really dont have any friends here which makes me sad i do my best and hope to be good sometime and would you be interested in joining Wiki Project Padres and adopt me? BigPadresDUDE (talk) 02:17, 3 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
sure why not--Yankees10 02:17, 3 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I removed your first addition and second addition to the Téa Delgado article due to all the errors in spelling and punctuation, as you know. I will add it back once I have cleaned it up. But in the future...make sure that your additions are better presented. This is an encyclopedia, after all. Flyer22 (talk) 03:17, 3 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Hate to be a nag, but your formatting is a bit lazy as well. As the name of a series, "General Hospital" should have been italicized in this edit. You should also use sentence case (capitalizing the first letter of a sentence or phrase and any proper nouns, not every word) most of the time in all areas of Wikipedia, including headings and infoboxes, unlike you did here with "Dissolved by Death" and "Smashed Over The Head With A Bookend" (LOL). It's probably too much to as for you to actual refer to WP:MOS, but you've been very active and have clearly edited enough articles to have seen these sorts of things elsewhere by now.— TAnthonyTalk 03:46, 25 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Gigi Morasco. Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions on a single page within a 24 hour period. Additionally, users who perform several reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. When in dispute with another editor you should first try to discuss controversial changes to work towards wording and content that gains a consensus among editors. Should that prove unsuccessful, you are encouraged to seek dispute resolution, and in some cases it may be appropriate to request page protection. Please stop the disruption, otherwise you may be blocked from editing. — TAnthonyTalk 04:43, 5 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Hey, I just wanted to make sure that you understand what the terms "edit war" and "three revert rule" mean. Si quieres, hablo espanol, y te puedo explicar en espanol si necessites. Just let me know. I'll keep an eye on this page. :-) Killiondude (talk) 05:28, 6 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I just noticed that you got two warnings for edit warring in a 24 hour period (or so), and just wanted to make sure you understood the guidelines. I believe you're a good faith editor, so I just wanted to see if you understood. I'm not interested in baseball to much, but thanks for asking. :-) Killiondude (talk) 05:39, 6 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter[edit]
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.
This is a section in the newsletter devoted to help familiarize project members with the Manual of Style and general editing tips.
Trivia sections are discouraged in wikipedia articles. Information from such sections, if notable, should be merged into the main body of the article.
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Just letting you know I created a version of your requested barnstar, hopefully it's what you wanted. :P — raeky(talk | edits) 19:03, 13 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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I saw your query on Rocksey's talk page not too long ago. I am going to tell you what she should have told you: You should not create this article, unless it passes WP:Notability. For a quick layout, Wikipedia:WikiProject Soap Operas clearly displays what is needed in order to create a soap opera couple article here. Though winning a major award alone would not be enough for notability. I will go further and say that you should also not create this article...unless it has good or decent grammar/spelling. You have spelling and grammar issues. Your version of this article in your workspace is not anywhere close to being acceptable for Wikipedia. Even the headings are wrongly formatted (seeing as you capitalize the beginning of each word in them). See Wikipedia:Manual of Style#Article titles, headings, and sections.
Late breaking news→Australia national baseball team has passed its GA review! Its the first fully baseball article for the task force to get there, and the only article about a national baseball team to achieve that status!
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MLB: Trent Oeltjen became the 24th Australian-born player in Major League Baseball. Debuting for the Arizona Diamondbacks at PNC Park, he went 2 for 6 with a single, a solo home run, an RBI, 2 stolen bases, and even picked up an assist from left field.
Australian Baseball League: 5 teams are so far confirmed for the first season of the new league: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. Canberra has launched a bid for the sixth spot: Let's Do It Canberra
2009 AA World Cup: Australia finished 9th, beating the Czech Republic 15-0 and Russia 10-0 in their final classification games. Catcher Guy Edmonds was selected on the tournament's All Star team.
2009 World Cup: Australia has qualified for the final phase of the tournament for the third time, where they'll join CAN, CUB, NED, PUR, TPE, USA & VEN
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Recently a new barnstar has been created for WikiProject Baseball, as a substitute for the {{Running Man Barnstar}}: {{The Baseball Barnstar}}. This has given me an idea for the newsletter. If any task force member gives a barnstar to someone for any work that relates to Australian baseball, or if any member receives a barnstar for any work they do, let me know on my talk page. I'll check with the user to make sure they're happy to be listed here (because I know some people don't necessarily like that sort of attention) and assuming I get the green-light I'll put it in the next edition of the newsletter.
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Check out that policy. Skye Chandler is best known as Skye Chandler, not as Skye Chandler Quartermaine. In addition, cut-and-paste moves, which is what you did in this case, should not be done. Why not? Because it takes away the article history.
This article will soon be moved back. Think about Wikipedia's common name policy before moving any other articles. Flyer22 (talk) 13:19, 22 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
This is quite possibly the most moved soap opera article on Wikipedia. The long standing consensus has been that the article should remain at Carly Corinthos. A long time abuser and banned editor who desperately wants to edit here despite getting regularly blocked loves to move that article. You'd be amazed at the number of new, male soap opera editors who love to move that article. Please leave it where it is. AniMatedraw 03:27, 23 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
That was a really bad move on the Carly article. You moved it to Carly-Corinthos-Jacks. Please take a look at the archive at Talk:Carly_Corinthos/Archive_1. This has been discussed multiple times. Before moving at least initiate a talk page thread, and if you're going to go against consensus, don't do it with typos. AniMatedraw 04:12, 23 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, I noticed in another discussion you mentioned that your wife may be occasionally editing with your account. Please note that the sharing of accounts is prohibited by our policy (read WP:NOSHARE) and there is a chance your account could be blocked for doing so. I would encourage your wife to register her own account to edit with to avoid any further confusion or issues. Thanks, Shereth 15:31, 24 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
For your past contributions, in recognition, I´ll give you these surprise balloons:
☩Damërung☩. has given you balloons! Balloons are meant to uplift the morale of people with an illness, and has hopefully made your day a little better. Spread good health by giving someone else who is a bit ill a balloon. And keep up the good work.
Spread the good health by adding {{subst:Balloons}} to their talk page with a friendly message.
I hope you like them. - ☩Damërung☩. -- 12:38, 26 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
For your contributions, as small as they may be. Remember that minor edits are like rainbow sprinkles on the delicious ice cream sundae that is Wikipedia. :D A little insignificantTalk to me!(I have candy!) 17:51, 26 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
oh my god! my first real barnstar thanks alot man !!!! i guess my edits are appreciated i just can be a knuckle head sometimes LOL BigPadresDude 17:57, 26 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter[edit]
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.
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.
Be aware of words to avoid. Certain words, if chosen poorly, can subtly promote a point of view.
Different images aren't the problem. The fact is these are all non-free images, and part of Wikipedia's mission is that we use non-free content as sparingly as possible. All non-free images need to pass all ten criteria of our non-free image policy, and these don't (especially criteria 3a and 8). Merely "wanting to know what something looks like" isn't enough, unfortunately. If a non-free image is critical for the reader to understand part of an article which cannot be explained sufficiently in text, then it may be appropriate, but use outside those criteria is not allowed. Thanks, Black Kite 23:03, 28 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, your edits look mostly fine to me, apart from the bit I mentioned above. Thanks, Black Kite 23:26, 28 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
When titling sections we need to follow some basic rules. One is simpler is better. On Emily Quartermaine you changed Second Chances to The Begining and End Of Emily and Nikolas. That's way too long and detailed and not precisely correct. It wasn't the "beginning" of Emily and Nikolas, and you didn't spell beginning correctly. Secondly, your capitalization is wrong. Generally only the first word and proper nouns should be capitalized. You should have titled it The beginning and end of Emily and Nikolas. "Beginning", "end", and "of" are not proper nouns. AniMatedraw 02:49, 2 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Please read WP:Tone. The end of the road for Emily is quite poetic, but this isn't a fansite. It is an encyclopedia. Keep it simple and businesslike from now on. I'm fairly experienced here and have given you good advice, but you often revert me or change without discussing or taking the advice. Please, remember we are here to write an encyclopedia. AniMatedraw 05:24, 2 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Reading "The end of the road for Emily" heading and AniMate's response to it (calling it "quite poetic") humored me quite a bit. That is not meant to be humor at your expense, BigPadresDUDE. I always feel that you have good intentions here at Wikipedia, and are trying to improve; it is just that type of heading is so not how things are supposed to be done here and seeing that made me feel better during this crappy day I am having (particularly on Wikipedia). Keep your head up; you can become much better with more practice and familiarizing yourself with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Flyer22 (talk) 21:19, 3 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter[edit]
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.
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.
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.
This is a section in the newsletter devoted to help familiarize project members with the Manual of Style and general editing tips.
Please familiarize yourself with the general notability policy of Wikipedia. Avoid creating new articles that do not satisfy the requirements.
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.
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Since it has been well over 30 days since you requested to be reviewed, I've gone ahead and archived your request as part of my effort to cleanup Editor Review. You may view your review here. Thanks & happy editing. If you have any questions, please message me on my talk page. =D Netalarmtalk 05:03, 24 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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I hope you can contribute in this section. Happy editings! - ☩Damërung☩. -- 08:19, 25 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter[edit]
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.
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If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of "file" pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "File" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Skier Dude (talk) 03:37, 30 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
This section is intended to warn users about potential targets of vandalism and speculation: professional wrestling events from major promotions for the month of November.
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.
Is ur secret page the one where I asked "Is this your hidden page?" —Preceding unsigned comment added by RealityShowsRCool (talk • contribs) 21:55, 15 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I don't think it is. If a page is a red link, it doesn't exist, so there is no way to get a barnstar from it. Remenber: Any red links on the page is not a link to his hidden page. --Hadger 00:45, 16 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Nope. It's not. You'll know you've found it when if you see a barnstar and a list of people who've found it. If it's all right with Padres, I'm going to go remove the comment as that doesn't belong there. Good luck!--TwilightHelryx 02:34, 16 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Oh yes, and next time, please sign your comments. You can do so by typing four tildes (~~~~) at the end. Thank you.--TwilightHelryx 02:39, 16 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter[edit]
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
This is a section in the newsletter devoted to help familiarize project members with the Manual of Style and general editing tips.
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.
I've finally managed to get my adopting program written down. As soon as you are available, please choose which course you would like to take. Here it is:
Thank you for accepting me as your Adopter; I hope that my tutelage will benefit you and help you work to the best of your abilities. To get started, please tell me which of the following courses you would like to take:
Gnome Work: Choose this if you wish to primarily contribute by making small edits.
Vandal Fighting: Choose this to learn how to deal with vandals more efficiently.
Communication: Choose this to learn how to handle edit disputes, deal with biting editors, keep cool when the editing gets hot, and many others.
Articles: Choose this to learn what makes a good article, when and how to create an article, and how to edit one more efficiently.
Other: Choose this if the area you want me to help you with is not listed here. If you do choose this, please specify exactly what you want me to teach.
Once you've completed the course(s), I will consider you graduated. But if you think you need help in another area, you may choose to postpone your graduation. I hope that my courses will be useful and better prepare you for whatever may come at you on Wikipedia. Cheers! --TwilightHelryx 19:40, 29 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter[edit]
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!
Australian Baseball League: Canberra secures the 6th and final spot for the inaugural season of the reborn league, joining Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney. The ABF has also launched the "Name Your ABL Team" competition, offering fans the chance to nominate the names and colour schemes of the six franchises.
2009 World Cup: Australia completed their run in the World Cup with their best ever finish in the tournament: 5th. Despite this result, they failed to improve their IBAF World Ranking, staying in 11th position behind Puerto Rico
From the Editor
I just want to take this opportunity to wish everyone a (belated) Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, that the holiday season so far has been good for you, and that what remains will be just as good, if not better.
I'd also like to thank everyone who has been involved with the task force over the last year. I'd ask everyone to keep up the good work, and to invite anyone they can think of to join us: there's always room for more here.
This newsletter was composed by Afaber012 . If you would like to contribute to future newsletters, please leave a message on the newsletter talk page. If you don't wish to receive this newsletter anymore, please remove your name from the subscribers list on the mainnewsletter page.
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.
As part of the project's New Year's Resolutions, there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 5%. As of January 17, we are at 10.06%, with 466 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.
On January 8, Steven Lewington was released from his WWE contract.
On January 9:
It was reported that WWE had signed Asher Knight to a developmental contract.
It was reported that WWE had released developmental wrestler Sweet Papi Sanchez.
On January 10:
It was reported that WWE had released several developmental workers, including Dino Carter, Chris the BambiKiller, Lennox, Lift Swayner, Leroy Morgan, Max McGuirk, and Dylan Klein.
Former wrestler Tony Halme was found dead at the age of 47, in his apartment in Helsinki. No cause of death has been announced.
As part of the project's New Year's Resolutions, there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 5%. As of January 31, we are at 10.09%, with 470 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 January and February.
The all-female promotion, Wrestlicious, announced that they had signed a deal to air their television show Takedown with BiteTV in Canada and MavTV in the United States.
On January 22, it was reported that Alissa Flash had left TNA.
Rob Terry defeated Eric Young to win the TNA Global Championship at a house show in Cardiff, Wales, in TNA's first championship change at a house show. His win also made him the first Welsh champion in a major wrestling organisation, and was the first time a TNA championship had changed hands outside of the United States.
It was reported that former Stampede Wrestling mainstay, Nick Pacchiano had died.
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.
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.
As part of the project's New Year's Resolutions, there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 5%. As of February 14, we are at 10.07%, with 472 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 February.
On the February 2 episode of ECW, Vince McMahon announced that ECW will be coming to an end. It will be replaced with a program called WWE NXT, which will debut on March 2.
This section is devoted to helping project members become familiar with the Manual of Style and general editing tips.
The Biographies of living persons policy should be strictly adhered to when adding to information to biography articles.
Only add controversial, possibly contentious or libellous information if it comes from a reliable source and is verifiable.
Make sure that all information contained in biographies of living persons is written neutrally, from a non-point of view perspective.
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.
Please familiarize yourself with the general notability policy of Wikipedia. Avoid creating new articles that do not satisfy the requirements.
As part of the project's New Year's Resolutions, there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 5%. As of February 28, we have dipped below 10% for the first time at 9.93%, with 469 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 March.
John Cena won an Elimination Chamber match to win the WWE Championship. Immediately after the match, however, he was defeated by Batista for the championship.
This section is devoted to helping project members become familiar with the Manual of Style and general editing tips.
Please consider helping out with the project's 2010 New Year's Resolutions, and help achieve one of the goals listed.
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.
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 5%. As of March 14, we are at 9.78%, with 463 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 March.
This section is devoted to helping project members become familiar with the Manual of Style and general editing tips.
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.
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.
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.
Avoid adding statements that will date quickly, for example "soon" and "now".
As part of the project's New Year's Resolutions, there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 5%. As of March 28, we are at 7.85%, with 373 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 March and April.
On March 26, it was reported that Marco Corleone had officially left AAA.
Editing Tips
This section is devoted to helping project members become familiar with the Manual of Style and general editing tips.
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.
A list of unreferenced wrestling-related BLPs is generated here. Please help out by sourcing these articles.
Please consider helping out with the project's cleanup listing by fixing problems listed and removing the article from the listing.
Please familiarize yourself with the general notability policy of Wikipedia. Avoid creating new articles that do not satisfy the requirements.
The Biographies of living persons policy should be strictly adhered to when adding to information to biography articles.
Only add controversial, possibly contentious or libellous information if it comes from a reliable source and is verifiable.
Make sure that all information contained in biographies of living persons is written neutrally, from a non-point of view perspective.
As part of the project's New Year's Resolutions, there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 5%. As of April 11, we are at 7.62%, with 363 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 April.
This section is devoted to helping project members become familiar with the Manual of Style and general editing tips.
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.
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.
The lead section of an article should introduce the subject and summarize the entire article.
The Biographies of living persons policy should be strictly adhered to when adding to information to biography articles.
Only add controversial, possibly contentious or libellous information if it comes from a reliable source and is verifiable.
Make sure that all information contained in biographies of living persons is written neutrally, from a non-point of view perspective.
As part of the project's New Year's Resolutions, there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 5%. As of April 25, we are at 7.54%, with 361 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.
If you are actively editing and contributing to articles under the scope of WP:PW, it is suggested that you add your name to the list of active members.
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 April and May.
This section is devoted to helping project members become familiar with the Manual of Style and general editing tips.
Please consider helping out with the project's 2010 Resolutions, and help achieve one of the goals listed.
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.
Wikipedia is not a crystal ball, so please do not add speculation about future events to articles.
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.
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 5%. As of May 9, we are at 7.70%, with 370 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.
If you are actively editing and contributing to articles under the scope of WP:PW, it is suggested that you add your name to the list of active members.
This section is intended to warn users about potential targets of vandalism and speculation: professional wrestling events from major promotions for the month of May.
This section is devoted to helping project members become familiar with the Manual of Style and general editing tips.
A list of unreferenced wrestling-related BLPs is generated here. Please help out by sourcing these articles.
Be aware of words to avoid. Certain words, if chosen poorly, can subtly promote a point of view.
Please consider helping out with the project's 2010 New Year's Resolutions, and help achieve one of the goals listed.
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.
The Biographies of living persons policy should be strictly adhered to when adding to information to biography articles.
Only add controversial, possibly contentious or libellous information if it comes from a reliable source and is verifiable.
Make sure that all information contained in biographies of living persons is written neutrally, from a non-point of view perspective.
As part of the project's New Year's Resolutions, there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 5%. As of May 23, we are at 7.66%, with 370 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.
If you are actively editing and contributing to articles under the scope of WP:PW, it is suggested that you add your name to the list of active members.
This section is intended to warn users about potential targets of vandalism and speculation: professional wrestling events from major promotions for the months of May and June.
This section is devoted to helping project members become familiar with the Manual of Style and general editing tips.
The lead section of an article should introduce the subject and summarize the entire article.
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.
Please consider helping out with the project's cleanup listing by fixing problems listed and removing the article from the listing.
Please familiarize yourself with the general notability policy of Wikipedia. Avoid creating new articles that do not satisfy the requirements.
Avoid adding statements that will date quickly, for example "soon" and "now".
Current: Several requested moves are still being discussed at WT:PW#Proposed moves.
—Project
As part of the project's New Year's Resolutions, there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 5%. As of June 6, we are at 7.67%, with 375 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 June.
This section is devoted to helping project members become familiar with the Manual of Style and general editing tips.
A list of unreferenced wrestling-related BLPs is generated here. Please help out by sourcing these articles.
Be aware of words to avoid. Certain words, if chosen poorly, can subtly promote a point of view.
Please consider helping out with the project's 2010 Resolutions, and help achieve one of the goals listed.
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.
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.
As part of the project's New Year's Resolutions, there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 5%. As of June 20, we are at 7.52%, with 369 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 June and July.
As part of the project's New Year's Resolutions, there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 5%. As of , we are at 7.30%, with 358 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 July.
The GCW Tag Team Championship was declared vacant on June 26, when a time-limit draw occured between the champions, The Entourage (Joey Kings and Ethan Page) and The Heartbreakers (Joey Valentine and Mike Hart).
On June 29:
It was reported that CM Punk had undergone surgery on his arm the previous week.
As part of the project's New Year's Resolutions, there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 5%. As of July 18, we are at 7.29%, with 359 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 July and August.
This section is devoted to helping project members become familiar with the Manual of Style and general editing tips.
A list of unreferenced wrestling-related BLPs is generated here. Please help out by sourcing these articles.
Please consider helping out with the project's 2010 Resolutions, and help achieve one of the goals listed.
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.
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.
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.
As part of the project's New Year's Resolutions, there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 5%. As of August 1, we are at 7.22%, with 356 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 August.
Welcome to the newest member of the task force, baseballclarity. Though they haven't been active in recent days, its always good to see a fresh face round these parts.
This newsletter was composed by Afaber012 . If you would like to contribute to future newsletters, please leave a message on the newsletter talk page. If you don't wish to receive this newsletter anymore, please remove your name from the subscribers list on the main newsletter page.
News from the diamond
Claxton Shield: Congratulations to the Victoria Aces for winning the trophy once again, the state's 22nd title. Commiserations to the other teams, particularly to South Australia who made the finals series only to be beaten two games to nil. Though the new league will be commencing this summer, the Shield will still be awarded to the champions, as was the case during the previous incarnation of the ABL.
Australian Provincial Championships: The Australian Capital Territory beat teams representing Country New South Wales, Northern Territory, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia, as well as New Zealand in the Australian Provincial Championships held during April in Geelong.
Australia Women's Championships: Western Australia won their first title at the Women's Championships on the Gold Coast in April.
Australian Schools Championship: New South Wales took out their 11th title in the Schoolboys Championships, held during May in Perth.
World Junior Baseball Championship: Australia took out second place at the 2010 World Junior Baseball Championship in Thunder Bay, Canada. They went down to Chinese Taipei in the final, but not before beating tournament heavyweights Cuba and USA. It's the best result for an Australian team in the tournament's history, and the first Australian medal since 1995.
Australian Baseball League: On 19 May, the new league had its primary brand launch. Some of the details can be seen at the Australian Baseball Federation's website - www.baseball.com.au - or you can take a look at the brand spanking new website just for the new league: www.theabl.com.au. Earlier this month the new team's names and logos were announced, and work has already started on the new articles for the league and its teams.
As part of the project's New Year's Resolutions, there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 5%. As of August 15, we are at 7.15%, with 353 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 August and September.
Lance Cade died from apparent heart failure on August 13.
Editing Tips
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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.
Do not give undue weight to recent events in articles.
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.
The lead section of an article should introduce the subject and summarize the entire article.
As part of the project's New Year's Resolutions, there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 5%. As of August 29, we are at 7.07%, with 349 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 September.
Skip Sheffield suffered a compound fracture in his left ankle at a house show. He is expected to undergo surgery and to rehabilitating the injury for approximately four to six months.
It was reported that Becky Bayless had signed a contract with TNA.
WWE confirmed the release of Serena from her contract.
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Be aware of words to avoid. Certain words, if chosen poorly, can subtly promote a point of view.
Please consider helping out with the project's 2010 Resolutions, and help achieve one of the goals listed.
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.
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.
As part of the project's New Year's Resolutions, there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 5%. As of Sepember 12, we are at 6.98%, with 348 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 September.
It was reported that Joey Mercury had undergone surgery on a torn pectoral muscle during the previous weekend. He is expected to miss approximately six months.
It was reported that Alex Koslov had signed a developmental contract with WWE, and is expected to debut in October.
This section is devoted to helping project members become familiar with the Manual of Style and general editing tips.
Wikipedia is not a crystal ball, so please do not add speculation about future events to articles.
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.
Do not give undue weight to recent events in articles.
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.
As part of the project's New Year's Resolutions, there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 5%. As of September 26, we are at 6.96%, with 348 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 October.
As part of the project's New Year's Resolutions, there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 5%. As of October 10, we are at 6.98%, with 350 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 October.
On September 28, World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) announced that WWE NXT would be moving to their official website beginning with the October 5 episode.
This section is devoted to helping project members become familiar with the Manual of Style and general editing tips.
Do not give undue weight to recent events in articles.
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.
The lead section of an article should introduce the subject and summarize the entire article.
Please consider helping out with the project's cleanup listing by fixing problems listed and removing the article from the listing.
As part of the project's New Year's Resolutions, there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 5%. As of October 24, we are at 6.91%, with 347 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 October and November.
Evan Bourne was written off television due to a shoulder injury. He underwent surgery on October 12 and is expected to be inactive for approximately four months.
This section is devoted to helping project members become familiar with the Manual of Style and general editing tips.
A list of unreferenced wrestling-related BLPs is generated here. Please help out by sourcing these articles.
Be aware of words to avoid. Certain words, if chosen poorly, can subtly promote a point of view.
Please consider helping out with the project's 2010 Resolutions, and help achieve one of the goals listed.
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.
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.
Welcome to Qwertyqwas, the newest member of the task force. They've already made some great contributions, particularly to the various ABL roster templates and to the Sydney Blue Sox article. Keep up the good work!
The Bill Ponsford article has been selected for inclusion in Wikipedia:Version 0.8; a collection of articles packaged together for offline release.
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Congratulations to the Australian Women's Team, who finished in 2nd place at the 2010 Women's World Cup in Venezuela in August. It surpassed the 4th place finishes at all three previous World Cups. Congratulations especially go to Laura Neads, Christina Kreppold and Kim McMillan for their selections in the tournament All Star team, and to Katie Gaynor for leading the tournament with the most RBIs. As a result of this silver medal, the team is now ranked 3rd in the world behind Japan and United States.
The final edition of the the Intercontinental Cup was held in Chinese Taipei in October. Cuba won the tournament, beating Netherlands in the final for their 11th IC title. Italy took out the bronze for their first ever medal at an Intercontinental.
Just a suggestion, but you might want to think about archiving your talk page a bit; its up over 400K which makes it tough for browsers and bots to edit if they're trying to go through the whole thing. (The newsletter just above this had to be delivered manually when AutoWikiBrowser choked on the page and locked up.) If you check out WP:ARCHIVE, it'll tell you what you need to know about setting up an automatic process you can set and forget. Cheers Afaber012 (talk) 22:40, 14 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
"The Australian baseball public really deserve this."
— Comment from a fan at the ABL's opening night between Sydney and Canberra.
News and announcements
A belated Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all. Things have been a little quieter around hear, no doubt due to the holiday season. With the first ABL postseason coming up, let's see if we can get things going again.
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The regular season for the ABL has come to a close, and the Sydney Blue Sox have finished in first spot earning two guaranteed home finals series. They'll face the Perth Heat in the major semi, where the winner will go straight to the championship series and the loser will have a second chance. The Adelaide Bite will host the Melbourne Aces in the sudden death minor semi. Commiserations to the Brisbane Bandits and the Canberra Cavalry, both on missing out on the finals, and on not getting to play the makeup games from round 9, cancelled because of the Queensland floods.
Perth and Sydney split their season series 4–4, with the Heat sweeping 4–0 playing in Sydney. Adelaide convincingly won their season series with Melbourne 7–1, including a 4–0 sweep in Adelaide.
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"We did what you have to do to win. We got three very good starts, we played some outstanding defence and the bats came alive and we peaked at the right time."
New ABL-themed userboxes are now available to go on your user page. Each of the six teams have a standard one ready to go, while the Blue Sox have an additional one using the crowd chant as heard on Triple H FM. If fans of the other teams want a similarly adjusted userbox, let me know and I'll have it up as soon as I can.
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Congratulations to the Victoria Blue team, defeating New South Wales in the final at Narrabundah Ballpark in Canberra to claim the National Championship. Country New South Wales defeated Western Australia to claim the bronze medal.
Australian Provincial Championships:
After the finals were washed out at Blacktown Olympic Park in Sydney, Western Australia were declared champions at the conclusion of round robin play. They finished in a three-way tie with Country New South Wales and Victoria with a 3–1 record, but finished ahead having given up fewer runs. With its head-to-head win, Country New South Wales claimed silver and Victory bronze.
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Hi BPD. In case you are not aware, there is an upcoming campaign to improve coverage of LGBT-related topics on Wikipedia, culminating with an international edit-a-thon on June 21. See Wiki Loves Pride 2014 for more information. If you are interested, you might consider creating a page for a major city (or cities!) near you, with a list of LGBT-related articles that need to be created or improved. This would be a tremendous help to Wikipedia and coverage of LGBT culture and history. Thanks for your consideration, and please let me know if you have any questions! --Another Believer(Talk) 16:46, 9 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
What?Wiki Loves Pride, a campaign to document and photograph LGBT culture and history, including pride events
When?June 2015
How can you help?
1.) Create or improve LGBT-related articles and showcase the results of your work here
2.) Upload photographs or other media related to LGBT culture and history, including pride events, and add images to relevant Wikipedia articles; feel free to create a subpage with a gallery of your images (see examples from last year)
Or, view or update the current list of Tasks. This campaign is supported by the Wikimedia LGBT+ User Group, an officially recognized affiliate of the Wikimedia Foundation. Visit the group's page at Meta-Wiki for more information, or follow Wikimedia LGBT+ on Facebook. Remember, Wiki Loves Pride is about creating and improving LGBT-related content at Wikimedia projects, and content should have a neutral point of view. One does not need to identify as LGBT or any other gender or sexual minority to participate. This campaign is about adding accurate, reliable information to Wikipedia, plain and simple, and all are welcome!
Hi,
You appear to be eligible to vote in the current Arbitration Committee election. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate, you are welcome to review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. For the Election committee, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:06, 24 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
As a participant of WikiProject LGBT studies, you are invited to participate in the third annual Wiki Loves Pride campaign, which runs through the month of June. The purpose of the campaign is to create and improve content related to LGBT culture and history. How can you help?
Create or improve LGBT-related Wikipedia pages and showcase the results of your work here
Document local LGBT culture and history by taking pictures at pride events and uploading your images to Wikimedia Commons
Looking for topics? The Tasks page, which you are welcome to update, offers some ideas and wanted articles.
This campaign is supported by the Wikimedia LGBT+ User Group, an officially recognized affiliate of the Wikimedia Foundation. The group's mission is to develop LGBT-related content across all Wikimedia projects, in all languages. Visit the affiliate's page at Meta-Wiki for more information, or follow Wikimedia LGBT+ on Facebook. Remember, Wiki Loves Pride is about creating and improving LGBT-related content at Wikimedia projects, and content should have a neutral point of view. One does not need to identify as LGBT or any other gender or sexual minority to participate. This campaign is about adding accurate, reliable information to Wikipedia, plain and simple, and all are welcome! If you have any questions, please leave a message on the campaign's talk page.
Hi, Wikipedia:WikiProject Oceania/The 10,000 Challenge and Wikipedia:WikiProject Australia/The 5000 Challenge are up and running based on Wikipedia:The 10,000 Challenge which has currently produced over 2300 article improvements and creations. The Australia challenge would feed into the wider region one and potentially New Zealand could have a smaller challenge too. The main goal is content improvement, tackling stale old stubs and important content and improving sourcing/making more consistent but new articles are also welcome if sourced. I understand that this is a big goal for regular editors, especially being summertime where you are, but if you'd like to see large scale quality improvements happening for Oceania and Australia like The Africa Destubathon, which has produced over 1700 articles in 5 weeks, sign up on the page. The idea will be an ongoing national editathon/challenge for the region but fuelled by a series of contests to really get articles on every province and subject mass improved. The Africa contest scaled worldwide would naturally provide great benefits to Oceania countries, particularly Australia and attract new editors. I would like some support from existing editors here to get the Challenges off to a start with some articles to make doing a Destubathon worthwhile and potentially bring about hundreds of improvements in a few weeks through a contest! Cheers.♦ --MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:12, 24 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Hello BigPadresDUDE! Follow the Wikimedia LGBT user group on Twitter at @wikilgbt for news, photos, and other topics of interest to LGBT Wikipedans and allies. Use #wikiLGBT to share any Wiki Loves Pride stuff that you would like to share (whether this month or any day of the year) or to alert folks to things that the LGBT Wikipedan community should know. RachelWex (talk)
For more information about Wiki Loves Pride, → click here ←.
The Wikimedia LGBTQ+ User Group is holding online working days in May. As a member of WikiProject LGBT studies, editing on LGBTQ+ issues or if you identify as part of the LGBTQ+ community, come help us set goals, develop our organisation and structures, consider how to respond to issues faced by Queer editors, and plan for the next 12 months.
We will be meeting online for 3 half-days, 14–16 May at 1400–1730 UTC. While our working language is English, we are looking to accommodate users who would prefer to participate in other languages, including translation facilities.
A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Nikem.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for discussion. Please see the discussion to see why it has been listed (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry). Feel free to add your opinion on the matter below the nomination. Thank you. Hog FarmTalk 19:31, 27 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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