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Hey, this is Kingrock, i am now Gears of War just wanted to update you, also I see you have moved to!Gears Of War 23:31, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
Congrats on it passing GA. ;) -- ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) 19:24, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
- It looks better now. But, didn't Owen Hart died after a car accident? -- ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) 02:17, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
- Really? Where the hell did I read that, then? -- ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) 02:20, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
- OMG, how terrible. Now, I feel bad that I didn't know what happened to him. -- ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) 02:31, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
- Not really, it sort of crashes my computer. -- ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) 20:06, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
- Hmm, I tried avoiding that, since there's a whole bunch of controversy with it. But, I do want to go by the Manual of Style. -- ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) 20:09, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
- If that's how SmackDown! will be searched on here, then yeah. Like I said, I don't want to be part of that discussion and yes I know, I'm a coward for ignoring the topic. -- ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) 20:15, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
- Well, I just want to be clear from the discussion and thanks for me not being a coward. ;) Hey, I want to apologize for not helping you with the WWF/E video game list, I've been busy with other stuff. -- ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) 20:21, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
- Really? I didn't know that, I though it was just a list. -- ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) 20:24, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
- Oh, well see, I learn something new everyday. ;) Do you think your going to expand it? -- ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) 20:33, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
- Sure. ;) -- ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) 02:52, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
- Wait, a list of the winners of the MITB? -- ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) 02:54, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
That makes sense. What do you want me to do? Outside question: Is there a limit when adding peer reviews to articles? -- ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) 02:58, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
- Yup, the sources I'll do. Yeah, is there a limit when it comes to peer reviews? The reason I ask, is cause I currently have two and I want to add one to an article, but I'm wondering if there's a limit or not. -- ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) 03:05, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
- Alright, I'll go with your word. ;) -- ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) 03:12, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
- Um, alright. What title list? -- ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) 03:23, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
- Count me in. ;) -- ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) 03:39, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
- Hey, do I unbold the teams that held the titles or what? -- ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) 21:57, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
- Will do. ;) -- ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) 19:21, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter
The WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter
Issue XVII — May 18, 2008
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Project News
- Brian Kendrick, Brock Lesnar, Stacy Keibler, Randy Orton, and Acolytes Protection Agency have been elevated to Good article status.
- Over the Edge (1999) failed its Good article nomination, but has been reassessed here.
- Backlash (2006), Backlash (2007), Insane Clown Posse, Judgment Day (2005), Judgment Day (2007), One Night Stand (2007), Royal Rumble (2005), Survivor Series (2005), The Great American Bash (2007), The Rock (entertainer) and Unforgiven (2006) are currently Good article candidates.
Current Events
Articles for Deletion
- Current: Africa Wrestling Alliance, International Wrestling Federation (South Africa), Joseph Carl Bailey, Junior.
- Kept: TNA 2005 Super X Cup Tournament, TNA 2006 World X Cup Tournament.
- Redirected: Deuces Wild Tournament, Meltdown: The Music of TNA Wrestling Vol.2.
- Deleted: Sean Creed, Giovanni picarazzi, Cf Turbo, Mother's Day Massacre (2008), Boerseun (wrestler), Nizaam Hartley, The Taxidriver (wrestler), Scorpion Kruger (wrestler), The Blacksmith (wrestler), RingDivas Womens Wrestling, Parrow Civic Centre, Nightmare (wrestler), Pro Wrestling Alliance: Africa, Steve Eden (wrestler).
Professional Wrestling Article Stats
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.
Professional wrestling
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13 |
55 |
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Member News
Collaboration of the Week
The article collaborations for May 11 through May 24 are Chris Benoit double murder and suicide and John Layfield. Please help to improve these articles to match the quality of an ideal Wikipedia professional wrestling related article. The next articles for collaboration will be chosen on Sunday, May 25.
Cast your vote to select the collaboration for next week! — Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!
Editor of the Week
- Our second editor of the week is GaryColemanFan, who won with 4 votes.
- The runner-up, D.M.N., came in second with 3 votes.
- GaryColemanFan's award page and interview can be found here. Congratulations!
- The interview portion of the award page was just recently added. To see Nikki311's interview, go to her award page here
From the Editors
Contributors to this Issue:
Discussion • Suggestions • Feedback
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[edit] Tasty!
King iMatthew 2008 has given you Brownies! Brownies promote WikiLove and hopefully this plate has made your day better, and made you less hungry! Spread the WikiLove to others, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Cheers, and Happy editing! Have a nice, delicious plate of chocolate brownies. You've been doing a great job in recent weeks, so I though you deserved a treat. Enjoy! King iMatthew 2008 21:21, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks as well! King iMatthew 2008 21:32, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
I think the article is going to need some more copyediting before it's ready for GA status. I'm not honestly sure if it will pass its reassessment (it seems like a much more difficult path to GA status), but I feel pretty confident that it would pass a GA review if it was relisted after a thorough copyedit. GaryColemanFan (talk) 05:02, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] RE: WrestleMania
I think the background/history part is pretty important to the article, so I don't think it should be removed. However, I think there is too much to make it an FL. If you want it to be an FL, I would suggest making two separate articles: List of WrestleMania dates and venues and keep the WrestleMania article as a history of the event type of thing. Nikki311 22:14, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
- The list article? The table with the dates, venues, and maybe list the main events (see SummerSlam). I'd ask on WT:PW first before creating any new articles, though, and get some other opinions. Nikki311 22:21, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Learn how to move pages dude.
It is...(I can't stress this enough...) HIGHLY DISCOURAGED to redirect pages in order to move them per WP:MOVE. The reason the page cannot be moved by normal users is because an admin blocked page moves to the article due to a number of users moving the page a few months ago. To move the page you must contact an admin to perform the task. Redirecting pages in order to move them disrupts history pages of articles, which is why it is frowned on to do so. Assume good faith next time Truco. -- bulletproof 3:16 07:17, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
 Y Done. BTW, since you requested that GCF review SummerSlam (2000), I was wondering if you could fix his concerns? –Cheers, LAX 14:42, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] My RfA
Hey SRX. I would like to thank you for your support in my RfA and the confidence expressed thereby. I appreciate your trust. :) Best wishes, —αἰτίας •discussion• 18:13, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
What do you think about putting this on peer review. It has a chance at FL. King iMatthew 2008 12:24, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
- Yeah, put both up. King iMatthew 2008 16:05, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
- You can even make this a featured topic. King iMatthew 2008 16:27, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
- Pretty much. Drafts 02, 04, 05, 06, 07. ? King iMatthew 2008 16:35, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
- Um, sure. I did the whole sorting thing that you asked me to do. -- ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) 01:59, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
- Well, I just clicked on it and it gave me these "hidden" notes. -- ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) 02:06, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
- Something about the titles being vacated. -- ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) 02:10, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
- It does the same for me. So, what do I do? -- ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) 02:15, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
- IDK, its sorta confusing. Can't we just do the same thing we did with the WCW Hardcore list? -- ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) 01:49, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
- Hey, I have finals too. ;) Um, I guess I can go with that and I use Firefox, you? -- ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) 02:25, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
- Totally. ;) Is it cool if I work on this this weekend? -- ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) 02:32, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
That works. I get out of school June 3rd, you? -- ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) 02:44, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
- That works fine. ;) -- ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) 02:54, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
- Are you bagging on my signature? -- ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) 00:45, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
- I totally forgot. I'll work on that today!!! -- ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) 21:13, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
Hey, I'm Cimmo, I put my self up for adoption and someone has offered but I declined that offer. LAX recommended that you are the one that should adopt me because you know alot of stuff about Wikipedia, but I only want help on wrestling articles. If you accept me that would be cool. Cheers.- Cimmo (talk) 3:39, 26 May (UTC)
How do I write a good wrestling article, with people helping me and also are you cool with me? Cheers.- Cimmo (talk) 7:31, 27 May (UTC)
No I don't. Can you teach me how. Cheers.- Cimmo (talk) 3:42, 27 May (UTC)
I dont want you to be my adopted person. So can you drop me as your adopter. Cheers.- Cimmo (talk), 8:17 31 May (UTC)
Nothing. I made a mistake I should of thought before I wrote that. Sorry. Do you still want to be my adopter. Cheers.- Cimmo (talk), 8:30, 31 May (UTC)
can you adopt me please. SexyAirEagle 01:09, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
- O.k I'm going to start the Pro Wrestling Ohio article, if you want to lend a hand it will be much apreciated! The link can be found at User: Steelerfan-94/PWO. also what infobox would you use for the article? 23:57, 30 May 2008 (UTC) ZACH 23:58, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
List of Harvest Moon titles made it to featured list. Thanks for all your help. Salavat (talk) 04:42, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Archive
Sure, thanks. - A Link to the Past (talk) 17:57, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Archive
Yes, please! Katharineamy (talk) 17:59, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
[edit] RE: Backlash
Yeah. I think so. Nikki311 19:51, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
[edit] WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter
Hello yet again. I regretfully inform you that the bot we were using to update the user status at Wikipedia:Highly Active Users, SoxBot V, was blocked for its constant updating. With this bot out of operation, a patch is in the works. Until that patch is reviewed and accepted by the developers, some options have been presented to use as workarounds: 1) Qui monobook (not available in Internet Explorer); 2) User:Hersfold/StatusTemplate; 3) Manually updating User:StatusBot/Status/USERNAME; or 4) Not worry about it and wait for the patch to go through, which hopefully won't take long. If you have another method, you can use that, too. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me. Useight (talk) 18:01, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Barnstar
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[edit] Question?
- Why are you adding new info to the info wrestling boxes? Just was wondering.--WillC (talk) 21:16, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
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- Does that include TNA articles or is it just for WWE?--WillC (talk) 21:19, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
- Okay because I don't pay attention to message boards. I just do the small things around here. I guess I'll change the TNA articles then.--WillC (talk) 21:32, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
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- The TNA articles are done. I don't think there is a reason to do ROH's because they only have a few ppvs.--WillC (talk) 00:40, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
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[edit] The WPVG Newsletter (June 2008)
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- Project at a Glance
As of 2008-06-04, the project has:
- Changes to Featured and Good articles, lists, and topics
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Promoted FA/FL:
 The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, List of acquisitions by Electronic Arts, List of Harvest Moon titles, Riven, Myst,
Topic:
 Characters of Halo, The Orange Box
Demoted FA/FL:
 Devil May Cry series (FT)
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Air (visual novel), Crash Boom Bang!, Driving Emotion Type-S, Einhänder, Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Metal Gear Solid, Off-Road Velociraptor Safari, Team Fortress 2, Grand Theft Auto (series), Kratos (God of War), History of video game consoles (seventh generation)
Demoted GA:
 Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Sonic the Hedgehog (character), Cloud Strife, Super Smash Bros.
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- News
There were 203 new articles in May 2008
Current proposals and discussions
- Well, gee, thanks 1up!
1UP.com has recently changed their rating scale. A list of affected articles can be found here. See discussion for details.
- About 28% of the articles on the list have been checked and updated.
- Inactive project cleanup
Proposal to consolidate inactive projects and taskforces. Project page can be found here.
- WikiProject Dragon Quest has been redirected to WP:VG.
- WikiProject Massively multiplayer online games Guild Wars task force has been deleted.
Interested in a specific video game series or company? Check out some of our task forces to help improve the related articles.
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Writing about Development
Development content is very important to include in an encyclopedic video game article. It provides a history of how the game came to be and provides real world information needed for an article to claim comprehensiveness. However, writing this section can be difficult because the amount and type of information available will vary for each game. One of the best sources for such information is a developer interview. These can provide insight into the thought process of the designers and give examples of influences and obstacles encountered. Previews can also be helpful by giving a snap shot of the game before it was released and may mention development issues that were still being addressed.
When writing about development, common sense should be used to organize content to maintain a sense of flow for the reader. Most times, it is best to give the information in a somewhat chronological order—though information can also be grouped by topics like audio, promotion, graphics, etc. If one such topic gets large enough, it can be split off into its own subsection or regular section. For example, Kingdom Hearts#Audio is a separate section from the rest of the development information because it focuses on the game's musical score and voice acting. Portal (video game)#Soundtrack, however, does not have as much content and is a subsection of the main development section.
- What to include about development
- Who are the developers? Which company or studio developed the game, and are there any prominent designers involved?
- When did development begin?
- When and where was the game first announced? (e.g. Tokyo Game Show, E3 Media and Business Summit, etc.)
- What influenced the game's story, characters, music, and/or gameplay ? (e.g. past games, movies, books, etc.)
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- Avoid proseline. Though maintaining a sense to chronology is important, this section should not read like an ordered list of events.
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Sorry but I don't assume good faith when the user didn't bother to read the discussion pages for that article to find what the conclusions were rather than to revise history for the page and try to claim his own. We already concluded on how the information should look on that page a while ago, why someone continues to try and say otherwise is beyond me. If you're going to tell me to not insult the guy, then tell him not to insult my intelligence and try to read through the talk pages and carefully read the reply that I made to his 5 page long ramble on how he sees the history going down. TonyFreakinAlmeida (talk) 18:47, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
[edit] New PPV Infobox details
I have been going through some of the WCW PPV articles, adding the new chronology information. If you get chance could you have a quick look and make sure I am doing them right, then I can press on with the rest. So far I have done Beach Blast, WCW Mayhem, Road Wild, Souled Out and The Great American Bash but before I start on the rest I just wanted to make sure that the information was correct.
Cheers --Apsouthern (talk) 13:31, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
- Cool, I'll look at getting the rest of them done over the next week --Apsouthern (talk) 15:09, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
- Actually, I don't think I'll worry about getting them done as the ones above have all been reverted by 13 of Diamonds so I will assume that they were deemed unnecessary. --Apsouthern (talk) 09:33, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
- You implemented that less than one day after you started that discussion. Please continue the discussion here. --13 of Diamonds (talk) 21:47, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
[edit] WWE Divas Championship
There should have been a discussion about this. The last time a new championship was supposedly announced before the draft, it's existence turned out to be unnecessary (SmackDown! Championship in 2005). I feel we should wait until at least an actual belt is seen or presented, much in the same way the TNA Knockout's title was treated. --UnquestionableTruth-- 02:35, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
- Well from the stuff that I've read online it seems highly likely. Still disregarding dirt sheets, there just isn't enough information to verify its existence at the moment. Only a mention of a Diva's title was made and the last time a Championship switched brands was only 3 years ago. If it happened before it can happen again. It's just that this close to the draft a number of things can be possible. At least when the Knockout's title was announced, images of the actual new belt had surfaced which confirmed and justified its existence. However, now that the page has been created, deleting it wouldn't do much good as I can guarantee I will be created again by others that just watched SmackDown. Keeping a close eye on it would be the best thing to do. --UnquestionableTruth-- 02:49, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
Here's the link I was talking about above. [1] Like I said, dirt sheets should be disregarded so take it for what it is. --UnquestionableTruth-- 03:15, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
Both the 2005 and 2007 drafts have received comments in their peer reviews. iMatthew T.C. 14:34, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Remember me?
Hey, what's up? It's been a while since we last met. Wow... you've done A LOT on Wikipedia since then; multiple good articles, the consistence in pro wrestling articles. You've made more edits than me! I remeber when you were just a novice, but then you grew into what you are today... :D (...blah...blah...blah....) So that's all. Here:
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- No problem. It's been a while, so might as well catch up on old times. Cheers, TheChronicX 20:18, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:UBX/The Kliq -- iMatthew T.C. 20:57, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
I have some free time to help now. Reply with a list of what I can do to speed this along. If I'm not no when you reply, don't worry, I'll get to it the next time I log on. :) I have loads of free time and lost of boredom of my hands. It will get done. Gavyn Sykes (talk) 17:21, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
- Oh, and it was my edit http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_WCW_World_Tag_Team_Champions&diff=217780177&oldid=217775798
that fucked up the WCW Tag team championship page. I was removing a load of redundant wikilinks and must have deleted part of the table or something. Sorry. :) Gavyn Sykes (talk) 17:24, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
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- Alrighty then. I've written a pargraph on GM mode. Not sure if it's exactly what you were looking for. Let me know. Gavyn Sykes (talk) 18:20, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
- Moved it the your sandbox and added some more info. I'm attempting to find a source for the ER bit as we speak. If I can't find one, I can look again later, and we can always remove it if a source can't be found. Gavyn Sykes (talk) 18:33, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
- Good job, man. ;) It looks good. -- ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) 23:04, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
- I'll try to dig up a source tomorrow. I've been out all day today and I'm going to bed soon. Sorry. Gavyn Sykes (talk) 03:04, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
- Gheez, you didn't even need my help, lol. You work far to fast for me to keep up with. Gavyn Sykes (talk)
- Sure, but it will have to be tomorrow. Any feedback I give you now will be really flawed. *yawns* Gavyn Sykes (talk) 03:16, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
[edit] SD Move From Friday Night SmackDown to WWE SmackDown
hey.... sry about the SD move but it isn't officially referred to as FRIDAY NIGHT as seen by the new HD logo. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Freddie1 (talk • contribs) 02:04, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
[edit] RE: copyedits
Done and done. Both look really good. Great work! Nikki311 04:36, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Sources
Yeah, some of those sources look a little debatable on the WP:RS front. Have a word with User:Ealdgyth, she's a stickler for good sources, and if she's happy then FLC will no doubt be happy! All the best, The Rambling Man (talk) 15:31, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
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