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The WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter
Issue III — December 2, 2007
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- In Your House 1 is currently a Featured Article candidate. Its nomination page can be found here.
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- Amy Dumas, Briscoe Brothers, Don Kent (wrestler), Mickie James, Randy Orton, Royal Rumble (1994), and WrestleMania III are currently Good article candidates.
- New Year's Revolution (2007), No Way Out (2007), and SummerSlam (2007) have each been listed for peer review. Please review these articles and make suggestions for their improvement. Their respective peer reviews can be found here, here, and here.
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Welcome to the third edition of the WP:PW newsletter. We need people to begin contacting us with current events. If you can think of anything taking place in the wrestling world that you feel should be added to the newsletter, as well as any other suggestions, then please let us know. Thanks everyone,
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Delivered: 18:28, 2 December 2007 (UTC) by MiszaBote
Eli Manning
I apologize, as I was watching the Giants-Bears game, I was virtually certain that Eli Manning was blind. I will check my sources and will edit the page again if he is ever indeed proven to be blind. (joking) Bluefield 00:24, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
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- well, heckaroony. That's two weeks in a row that my new friend Eli has helped me out. First, he scores all the Vikings' points. Then, he somehow manages to fuddle his way to a win against the central division rivals. I'm liking mini-manny more and more. He has single-handedly made a playoff team out of the Minnesota Lackings! Unrelated, I'm proud of your efforts in
winning over earning receiving several supports in your ArbCom flirtation. Way to burn man. Fuego frio. Too bad you didn't get EndlessDan's vote though, thought you would have that one for sure. Happy edits, Keeper | 76 19:26, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
- Mr. Grossman, in my opinion, is a great QB to have as a division rival, and as much as I respect Kitna's ability to bounce off the turf like a "body opponent bag", he certainly doesn't have the support he needs. Also, the Wind of the Windy City sure was playing tricks on your kicker's mental state... Keeper | 76 19:45, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
- Ah, but we love hating our teams and hate loving them, don't we? I've been the fan that knows better for years and years. I've seen coaches, players, owners and stadiums come and go. Some good, some bad. Hang in there. Your boys have got a lock on a wildcard. I would take Eli Manning over many, many, many, many others. Keeper | 76 20:13, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
- Ok, now that was just hurtful, borderline vandalism. Citing SuperBowl victories to a Vikings fan is just cruel. Cruel, my friend. (just kidding). Like these poor saps, the eventual Vikings victory should prove as appreciated as a good-wine-in-the-cellar. Waiting, waiting, waiting, waiting. Keeper | 76 20:43, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
- Sorry to poor the salt there. I choose baseball over football any day. My two favorite baseball teams? 1. Piranhas. 2. Whoever is playing the most overpaid, undertalented, egotistical wannabes in baseball. Oops, that was supposed to link here. Basically I feel sorry for these guys who likely will never see October baseball again simply because of the size of their owners' checkbooks. And as a diehard AL-er, I'm sorry, but my farmboys and Venezuelan superstars don't have a chance, hence hate develops. Really, it's just jealousy. When we lose all our best players (coming soon) to bottomless East Coast pockets, it just festers out of control...Keeper | 76 21:35, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
- You are absolutely right about deep pockets. Our guys certainly aren't hurting for ching, they just don't spend it as well, IMO. There's nothing sweeter than a billioniare begging the taxpayers for money for a stadium. That's called Kahonies. Part of me wants them to loosen the strings, but there is definitely the martyr-ific allure of being a "small market" team and defying the odds. Keeper | 76 15:40, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
- Very bad news developing for both of us. My guy looks to be turning into your 19 games per season nightmare...so sorry. May it never be. We already lost three good ones. Makes me ill. Keeper | 76 15:37, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
- Yeah, it's still an if but looking more and more like a when. IMO, the Bo-sox need him. They're giving away Lester to get him. And being such an old park, I'm not sure the accessibility will be adequate to get the old-timers in the building, what with tennis-balled walkers and all. Roll the dice lacks consistency. Beckett is worrisome though, but not until late - only a matter of time before he becomes a new redirect. Whatever happens, I hope it's not the Tigers. Anybody but the freakin' Tigers. Sheesh. (at least one small market team knows how to spend it) Keeper | 76 17:56, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
- and congrats right back to you. All in all, a good weekend. 'Tis typical of my boys though. Just when you think you can stop the love, they pull a 4-game streak out their collective butts and get positive mention on ESPN. They will most certainly lose the next three. Callin' it. Playoffs? chya. I'm not a pessimist. Just a realist. They've done nothing in their existence to make me believe anything but heartache will follow... Keeper | 76 18:21, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
- I really just want April to get here. But really, I'm not a pessimist. Have you seen what the Vikings are capable of? And then a loss to the pre-Vicks on a field goal. Heartbreaking. Gary misses his one and only field goal and we lose by three in OT. Fast forward two years. Have another wonderteam. Then get blanked by your guys 41-0. Besides those two seasons, we have as many superbowl losses as the Upstate Baffoons. Besides my boys of summer in '87 and '91, no Minnesota team has ever won a national title. In any sport. ((Basketball isn't a sport). Ever. Not even Hockey. Pessimism? No. Martyrism? Perhaps. Realism? Definitely. Keeper | 76 16:28, 11 December 2007 (UTC) Ps. I hate Dallas too. They stole our hockey team.
Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2007/Vote/Endlessdan, a page you created, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2007/Vote/Endlessdan and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2007/Vote/Endlessdan during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Lurker (said · done) 19:19, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
- thanks for the calm demenor in the face of this disruption. it gives me hope. I also hope a few more folks take you seriously on the arb election. I actually found many of your responses to the questions to be thoughtful and conscise and fully appropriate for the commitee. --Rocksanddirt 19:32, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
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- And hey, you're not losing!. Cheers, Keeper | 76 19:07, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
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- Wow, that was the longest bit of Wiki-markup I've ever seen for a 12 word sentence. Kudos. I've purposely not included any here. Oh, damn, couldn't help myself. Keeper | 76 19:59, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
- I voted Meow at the ArbCom vote, but that is because I like you! Bearian (talk) 21:52, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
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You are a cool cat. Seriously. Kyaa the Catlord (talk) 11:14, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
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9W - 5L
Sorry 'bout that ridiculous wind, dude. The best statistic of the night? 34 incompletions. Most since 1967 (Joe Namath). Ouch. Of course, when a dozen of them are inexplicably dropped, you can't really blame the QB too much. Sorry about the broken leg. That sucks too. I actually hoped for a Giants win, Vikes get the 'Skins next and I was hoping that they would be out of the playoff picture before next Sunday's game. oh well. On another note...
- Well well. My boys tried there damnedest to lose. Mr. 3 picks, aka Butterfingers. We knocked out four teams though. Next team to be eliminated? Most likely the Self-Destructos.
Congratulations
You've made my quote page! About once a month (maybe twice), something in an AfD, talk page or otherwise, strikes me as entirely hilarious. When I find one, I add it to my quote page, forever preserved for posterity. Click here to see your quote! Keeper | 76 21:05, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
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Vandalism?
The information that I put in Hank Steinbrenner's page is true!
http://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/yankees/ny-sphank055488348dec05,0,6806637.story
why are you so quick to delete it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.17.215.235 (talk) 20:20, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
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Hi there,
I have seen multiple times on Wikipedia where there will be a popular culture reference made on a particular page and no reference is given. I am just trying to understand when it's acceptable and when it's not acceptable, when I need to make sure I have some kind of reference and when I don't need one.
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El Sombrero Barnstar Award
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