This is an archive of past discussions with User:JakeDHS07. 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.
A pay-per-view event chronology has been added as a feature to the Wrestling event infobox, please assist the project in adding this feature to professional wrestling pay-per-view event articles.
The C-Class rating has been introduced. The rating falls between articles that are more than Start class, but less than B-Class.
The number of stub articles has decreased to its lowest level since the project began its focus on improving them. The goal is to get the number below 600, and we're getting close. It 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.
Vince McMahon was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Promax|BDA Conference for "for his remarkable accomplishments and innovations in global marketing, advertising and promotion."
WWE is currently holding "Million Dollar Mania", where they give out prize money totalling $1 million on Raw to viewers watching the show at home.
Delivered: 17:15, 23 June 2008 (UTC) by MiszaBot (talk)
Hi
I was going to get your opinion first. Maybe it should be left to Beer Money Inc. Because we couldn't see what was wrote on the shirts. They were referred to as Beer Money Inc. Why does TNA do stupid crap like make shirts. I love TNA but come on. These segments they do: Angle on a date and Storm and Roode acting like idiots but doing entertaining promos.--WillC02:43, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
Its cool man :). Hey we've never talked before but maybe we could be friends like you are with the other ppl on your user page? We are part of the same project after all. Surprised we never met before. JakeDHS0705:33, 4 July 2008 (UTC)JakeDHS07
Yeah that sounds like a good idea. My name is William, I mainly just work on TNA stuff.--WillC05:43, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
The C-Class rating has been introduced. The rating falls between articles that are more than Start-Class, but less than B-Class.
Immediately put into effect, our project has begun use of the List-Class rating. The List-Class rating is for list articles that are of less quality than B-Class articles.
Our goal is to get the number of Stub-Class articles below 600. The current count is 631. It 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.
As I'm sure you noticed above, this is the 20th edition of the WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter! It has come a long way since the first issue, and I'm sure it will only improve from here. I'd like to thank everyone reading this for continuing to read the newsletter, biweekly.
Also, lastly I'd like to thank Misza13, for sending the newsletter out for us, though his bot. His bot has to be the most important part of the process, because without it, the newsletter would not get sent to project members.
I know that's a long list, but they all deserve recognition for their hard work towards the newsletter. So again, thank you to that list of people, and thank you to all of the newsletter's biweekly readers. If you have an questions, comments, or feedback about the newsletter, remember those links below.
Per this edit and the discussion here, date linking is not mandatory in articles. This mainly applies to the project's pay-per-view expanded articles. Please take this regulation in notice and apply it to the project's expanded pay-per view articles.
New parameters have been added to the {{Infobox Wrestling event}} template, for the discussion explaining these parameters, see the discussion here
Our goal is to get the number of Stub-Class articles below 600. The current count is 625. It would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the stub article subpage of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.
Delivered: 16:06, 20 July 2008 (UTC) by MiszaBot (talk)
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Our goal is to get the number of Stub-Class articles below 600. The current count is 625. It 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.
TNA has posted a notice on their official website detailing a release of wrestler Kaz. This has been reported to be kayfabe by numerous other sites, but be prepared to revert edits to Kaz's article regarding this as well as List of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling alumni
Delivered: 14:57, 3 August 2008 (UTC) by MiszaBot (talk)
New PPV format.
I agree with you. It looks like shit. But it's needed to achieve GA and FA status (and keep those that are already at it) for PPV articles. Check WT:PW and it's archives for more info. Gavyn Sykes (talk) 03:21, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
About a month or two back. The voting was pretty close and IIRC several people that supported it now dislike it. But the FA reviewers love it and it complies with WP policy. Check the archives of WT:PW. I don't have time to dig up a link right now. Gavyn Sykes (talk) 05:40, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
August 2008
You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on SummerSlam (2008). 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 a large number of reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring, even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing. Please do not repeatedly revert edits, but use the talk page to work towards wording and content that gains a consensus among editors. If necessary, pursue dispute resolution. You have reverted three edits with no consensus, if you have a problem with the new format, discuss it and do not make changes on your own without a community discussion. One more revert and you will be reported to WP:AIV.SRX03:23, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
It's okay, just watch the history page next time to see the history and reversions of the page to avoid edit wards and breaking the 3RR rule. It is not entirely your fault as you were unaware of the new format, which gives me an idea to discuss at WT:PW. Happy editing. :)--SRX03:29, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
No no, it was to add a talk page banner explaining the new format, instead of IP's and New Users always complaining about new things. But I will add your idea to the newsletter, I was going to originally add it, but I forgot to. Thanks.SRX03:37, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
For RfA, you need to have at least 10,000 edits and need to be aware of most of Wikipedia's policies.SRX03:46, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
Ha, well just contribute to Wikipedia more often, I got my 10,000 edits in half a year.SRX03:53, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
I understand. Sure go ahead. No I am not, and don't plan to be one unless I am nominated, because issues with Users in the past would hurt my nomination, but thanks for your support :)SRX04:04, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
I saw your question to SRX about when you joined. I saw in your contributions that your first edit was April 8 2006. That is either the day you joined or close to it.--WillC06:59, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
Don't worry about it. It's Wrestleview that is a reliable source. I get them mixed up sometimes and have to check. A list of reliable sources for WP:PW can be found here. Cheers, Gavyn Sykes (talk)
I have 3 granted rollback rights to your account; the reason for this is that after a review of some of your contributions, I believe I can trust you to use rollback correctly by using it for its intended usage of reverting vandalism, and that you will not abuse it by reverting good-faith edits or to revert-war. For information on rollback, see Wikipedia:New admin school/Rollback and Wikipedia:Rollback feature. If you do not want rollback, just let me know, and I'll remove it. Good luck and thanks. Hersfold(t/a/c)20:26, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
We have now reached our goal of getting the number of Stub-Class articles below 600. The current count is 588. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the stub article subpage of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.
The Collaboration has recently been revamped, and we will now have 6 collaborations at a time. The current collaborations will stand until they reach a certain goal, e.g. Good article status.
Hey dude, watch Main Event Mafia. Some dude is ignoring my warnings and keeps placing in an image from TNA Wrestling.com which he said he made. Plus keeps thinking he is protecting the page which was decided to be kept as a redirect. Also I fixed the pictures you uploaded earlier today.--WillC07:35, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
Thanks, also look at the user's user page. It is full of copyrighted material. What do you think?--WillC07:38, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
Well mainly the Rey Mysterio video needs to go. I've seen that video on Youtube and I'm sure that should go. The Owen Hart picture is from Raw is Owen, I believe. Now the ones on his talk page I have on WT:PW for someone to place them up for deletion. I've never placed any image up for deletion so I don't know how. Also I don't want to learn at 4 am.--WillC07:43, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
He technically has the right to remove the notices for image deletion. Now on the vandalism warns he loses those rights. If he removes the deletion discussion templates on the images then he should be nominated for a block.--WillC07:50, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
Okay, after I tell him that he should not remove the notices, if he removes them then he should be placed up for a block nom.--WillC07:53, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
Good job on the image deletion stuff. Well it looks like he has given up and got offline. Well I'll talk to you later, I'm going to bed. I have a big day later today. I need to go to bed earlier, the story of my life.--WillC08:01, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
The Main Event Mafia problem will not go away. I've given up, mainly because I don't give a shit and I want another recent article to work on to get to GA. Check out what I've done so far.--WillC08:41, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
We have now reached our goal of getting the number of Stub-Class articles below 600. The current count is 591. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the stub article subpage of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.
The Collaboration has recently been revamped, and we will now have 6 collaborations at a time. The current collaborations will stand until they reach a certain goal, e.g. Good article status.
Delivered: 20:55, 26 October 2008 (UTC) by MiszaBot (talk)
Jericho and title
What do u want me to do? Point out the obvious and write down that the picture shows Jericho with the world title? No, wait... you want me to describe the old man's head? You don't write on my talk page informing me that there is no description. Obviously I know there is no description. If you have the time to write on my talk page, I am guessing you can write the description yourself. Uploading a pic is not my job, so don't harass. AlexT/CGuest Book19:20, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I'm curious why you restored User talk:Jkerl8 and what you meant by your edit summary, "Nope". Was that in response to my remark that had appeared on that page, that users are permitted to blank their talk pages?—Largo Plazo (talk) 13:42, 4 November 2008 (UTC)
We have now reached our goal of getting the number of Stub-Class articles below 600. The current count is 592. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the stub article subpage of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.
The Collaboration has recently been revamped, and we will now have 6 collaborations at a time. The current collaborations will stand until they reach a certain goal, e.g. Good article status.
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.
Delivered: 17:16, 7 December 2008 (UTC) by MiszaBot (talk)
Sorry
Sorry about that, just i hate my real sources with real info being deleted when it takes me 4eva to do it, sorry anyway if you have a prob wif wat i write message me plz, thanks, p.s look at ref —Preceding unsigned comment added by Iounothing (talk • contribs) 09:46, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
Hey
I couldn't sleep. Also, Daniels is returning. Curry Man has the fired slipped. Hernandez has the World, while Homicide has the X.--WillC12:01, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
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.
Delivered: 00:13, 5 January 2009 (UTC) by MiszaBot (talk)
Shane Sewell
It is WP:PW policy to not list future events in wrestlers articles. This means don't mention Sewell's match at Genesis. TJSpyke04:50, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
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.
Delivered: 11:07, 18 January 2009 (UTC) by MiszaBot (talk)
Jeff Harvey
What about Adamle? Watch the YouTube video, the "Jeff Harvey" reference is what he was called a couple of times when he was first joined WWF. TJSpyke20:05, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
A tag has been placed on File:ECWChampionship.jpg requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section I9 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the image appears to be a blatant copyright infringement. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted images or text borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted.
If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on [[ Talk:File:ECWChampionship.jpg|the talk page]] explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. TRUCO04:08, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
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
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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.
Delivered: 11:47, 15 February 2009 (UTC) by MiszaBot (talk)
Glenn Jacobs
You asked why section was deleted....
Seems 75.44.212.64 deleted it at 02:24, 24 February 2009, for no reason. There is a lot of editing on that page at present - and quite a few vandals - I reverted one 24h later, that deleted the college section and placed "hey went to college at mommy basebasment" - that was obvious, where just a small bit gets deleted (and nothing added), then it's hard to say (unless one is an expert on that page) if it is a vandal or a useful edit - Wikipedia rules say that one has to assume good faith unless proven otherwise. Just keep the page in your watched pages, then you can spot any editing. Ronhjones (talk) 20:23, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
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
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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.
There are currently 559 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.
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.
There are currently 564 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 Article alerts for WP:PW is now up and running. This page lists recent changes that affect the status of an article in a variety of categories. Please use this in maintaining the articles of the project.
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 April.
It was reported by a Nielsen Media Research ratings report that the March 19 broadcast of TNA Impact! earned a 1.34 television rating, the highest number the promotion has ever drawn.
Howard Finkel was announced as the seventh inductee into the WWE Hall of Fame as a part of the Class of 2009 via WWE's official website.
Editing tips
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, and we are currently on 74.
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.
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.
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.
From April 10 to May 10, WP:PW will be hosting the first Professional Wrestling Stub Reduction Drive. Details can be found here and all memebers are encouraged to get involved.
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 April.
WP:PW is currently hosting the first Professional Wrestling Stub Reduction Drive. Details can be found here and all members are encouraged to get involved, with two weeks left to go.
This section is intended to warn users about potential targets of vandalism and speculation: professional wrestling events from major promotions for the months of April and May.
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.
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.
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