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Several wrestling news sites report that former Total Nonstop Action Wrestling stars Ron Killings and Chris Harris have been in talks with WWE. In addition The Big Show is said to be returning as well. Be on the look out for unsourced claims of these signing being added to their respective articles as well as the WWE Roster article.
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I thought I would explain why I changed the Kane note. This is only the 10th time Kane has been in the RR, the first two times Glen Jacobs appeared in the match were as Isaac Yankem (in 1996) and the fake Diesel (in 1997). So this was the 12th RR for Jacobs, but the 10th for Kane. TJSpyke 00:43, 30 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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Ron Killings and The Big Show are still being reported as to having signed WWE contracts. As there is no reliable source for anything of the sort, be prepared for their names to be continually added to the WWE Roster article and information about their returns being added to their own articles. There is also apparently an audio interview with Killings where he states he will be returning to WWE with his old K-Kwik gimmick.
Bobby Lashley is being reported to have been released by WWE. His profile has been removed from WWE.com. But again, there is no reliable source for his release, so be prepared to revert his removal from the roster article and edits to his own article.
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Please clarify how accusing me of edit warring is any of your business? When you become a moderator then you may tell me - until then mind your own business.
If you had read the facts you would see that the editing i do is mainly the Angel Williams page as i know her and i also remove external links that shouldn't be there. If you had read the facts properly you will have seen that i removed the link with a valid reason and it's the other guy that won't drop it. I asked him to stop re-posting it until i'd had a moderator look it over - which he blatantly ignored twice.
I run my own fan site so i know exactly what to be looking for and the tell-tale signs. The first is the affiliates. An official site will always be affiliated with another official site i.e. Traci Brooks or SoCal Val's website but no this one is affiliated with the 'official' websites of wrestlers such as Melina Perez (who has said via the wwe website that she has neither a website or a myspace - references can be provided), Kurt Angle (he has an official site but the one affiliated is a different site). There are many more similar ones. Read the content - the content is directly from Wikipedia - copy and pasted. The video's are from YouTube which anyone can add - there is no personal content as with most official websites. The legal disclaimer is the standard one found on any fan site template.
I originally removed that link until a moderator could give me his opinion - which he did today. The other person re-adding the links kept re-adding despite me asking him to wait a few days - sounds a little fishy to me that he is so desperate for this site to be added - a little like someone who has a vested interest wouldn't you say?
So in future i'd appreciate it if you minded your own business unless you know all the facts. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Talia madison (talk • contribs) 01:10, 19 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I did take it to discussion - i notice you didn't send him the same message - re-adding a link that has been deleted 3 times is the same thing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Talia madison (talk • contribs) 03:36, 19 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Well until you "do" have full internet access at home, or whenever, leave it he way it is. NimiTize 23:55, 19 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Well I dont really know, but you can ask one of the other Pro-Wrestling members, like LAX or ThinkBlue about this. NimiTize 01:58, 20 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hey thank's for helping me on the WWE talk page. hey will you let me put you on my Wiki user's i'm cool with on my user page? Steelerfan-94 00:51, 20 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
How is it original research putting Big Show on Raw?
If Raw is the only brand he appears on, then what other possibility is there.
If he doesn't step foot in ECW or Smackdown, but does appear on Raw, how is that not clear that he is a Raw wrestler?
Are you interested in having a custom made signature for yourself? I'd be happy to make it if you'd like. iMatthew2008 17:12, 24 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Here you go. Want anything changed? If not, you can choose either one. iMatthew2008 18:20, 24 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I know what you did. First of all, which number sig did you want? iMatthew2008 21:15, 24 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Go to the top right hand bar, and click on "my preferences". Then you'll be on "User profile." Then go shortly down to "Signature" and type this there. LessThanClippers. (To get the code, just click on "edit" in this discussion, and find it.) Then check off "Raw Signature". And save your preferences. iMatthew2008 21:25, 24 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Idk if it worked, since you didn't sign your last message. iMatthew2008 21:29, 24 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry to interfere, but this is how it will work. This is where your sig is, User:LessThanClippers/Signature. Now follow Matt's steps but instead of typing the signature type this in {{SUBST:User:LessThanClippers/Signature}}TrUCo9311 01:19, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Are you planning on using it? iMatthew2008 23:36, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Just follow my instructions and fill in what Truco said to write. iMatthew2008 01:28, 26 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Royal Rumble (2005) and Over the Edge (1998) have been listed for Peer review. Please review this article and make suggestions for how it can be improved in preparation for a Good article nomination. Their peer reviews can be found here and here.
Ron Killings is still being reported as having signed a WWE contract. As there is no reliable source for anything of the sort, be prepared for his name to be continually added to the WWE Roster article, and information about his return being added to his article. There is also, apparently, an audio interview with Killings where he states he will be returning to WWE with his old K-Kwik gimmick. Recent SmackDown! Taping spoilers indicate that he debuted under the name Kwik Killings in a Dark match. No reliable source has reported this as of now, however.
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LAX has been promoted to admin status. His RfA can be seen here.
Next week's interviewees are D.M.N. and 3bulletproof16. Submit a question to ask them here. 3bulletproof16 has confirmed that he will indeed be taking part in the interview, even though he has retired.
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Since the last newsletter, the number of stub articles has dropped by 45 while the total number of wrestling articles continues to grow. A list has been placed on the stub article subpage of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve. Please check it out and see what you can help with (even if you can only add a few details or a couple of references).
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I must have read the article wrong, I could have swore it started with "was a retired" but I was wrong. Oh well. Thanks for catching my error. :) In any case, he's no longer wrestling, so he has no current ring names anyway. Gavyn Sykes (talk) 02:16, 27 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I understand were yer are comin' from, but I figured it'd be easier to have a second option that alittle different, kinda like WCW and the WWF. But I'm lettin' anyone who has a good idea on how to make it better edit it. Who know's, be kinda nice to have a "Sandbox Infobox Template" that we can experement with and see what we can do to make it better. Just a thought. --Crash Underride 00:49, 28 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, your report to AIV hasn't formatted properly. Could you remove it and try again? I tried to paste the ip address, but it wasn't recognised so there is likely a fault in the report. Cheers. LessHeard vanU (talk) 20:09, 28 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Project member Moni3 has been working on the article for Barbara Gittings and noted that the Lambda Literary Foundation used the lead paragraph from Wikipedia, skillfully and lovingly written by Moni3, verbatim in the Lambda Literary Pioneers calendar. Moni3 contacted the Lambda Literary Foundation to let them know, and to ask if we could get a little write-up in the next Lambda Book Report. There is a preliminary text you can find here. Feel free to add to it. It should be no longer than 1,000 words, and it needs to be submitted by March 15.
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Ron Killings is still being reported as having signed a WWE contract. As there is no reliable source for anything of the sort, be prepared for his name to be continually added to the WWE Roster article, and information about his return being added to his article. There is also, apparently, an audio interview with Killings where he states he will be returning to WWE with his old K-Kwik gimmick. Recent SmackDown! taping spoilers indicate that Killings has already debuted under the name Kwik Killings in a Dark match. However, no reliable source for this information has been found yet.
The article collaboration for March 3 through March 16 is Ric Flair. Please help to improve it to match the quality of an ideal Wikipedia professional wrestling related article. The next article for collaboration will be chosen on Sunday, March 16.
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Since the last newsletter, the number of stub articles has dropped by 45 while the total number of wrestling articles continues to grow. A list has been placed on the stub article subpage of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve. Please check it out and see what you can help with (even if you can only add a few details or a couple of references).
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SummerSlam (2000) has been listed for Peer review. Please review this article and make suggestions for how it can be improved in preparation for a Good article nomination. It's peer reviews can be found here.
Jeff Hardy was suspended by WWE for 60 days on March 11 for violating WWE's Substance Abuse and Drug Policy. On March 14, he lost his home in, Cameron, North Carolina, late friday night due to a fire. Fire Department officials currently cannot confirm what was the cause of the fire. Reports also say that Jeff's brother, Matt Hardy, saw smoke coming out of Jeff's house. RAWCommentator, Jim Ross, reports on his blog, "He lost essentially every thing he had and most sadly his dog".
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Since the last newsletter, the number of stub articles has continued to drop, while the total number of wrestling articles continues to grow. A list has been placed on the stub article subpage of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve. Please check it out and see what you can help with (even if you can only add a few details or a couple of references).
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Backlash (2004) has been listed for Peer review. Please review these articles and make suggestions for how it can be improved in preparation for a Good article nomination. Its peer review can be found here.
At WrestleMania XXIV, Shawn Michaels defeated Ric Flair after executing the Sweet Chin Music, which as a result, meant that Ric Flair was forced to retire from professional wrestling. The next night, at Flair's retirement ceremony on Raw, Triple H congratulated Flair for his 35 year career, and brought out retired and current superstars to thank him. Michaels, and the whole WWE roster came out later to thank him as well.
The Undertaker defeated Edge to become the new World Heavyweight Champion forcing him to submit to the Gogoplata. During the pyro celebration for Undertaker's 16-0 streak, a freak accident occurred just before WrestleMania went off-air. During the pryo shooting to the entrance stage, a firework went to the upper-level section of the crowd on top. Forty-five fans were injured, and currently, WWE is trying to investigate what was the cause of the pyrotechnic malfunction
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Since the last newsletter, the number of stub articles has continued to drop, while the total number of wrestling articles continues to grow. A list has been placed on the stub article subpage of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve. Please check it out and see what you can help with (even if you can only add a few details or a couple of references).
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WWE has invited Democrats running for president, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, to Raw to settle their differences in a wrestling match. The invitation video can be found here.
On the April 21 edition of Raw, the King of the Ring tournament will return for one night only. The entire tournament will take place on Raw.
Since the last newsletter, the number of stub articles has continued to drop, while the total number of wrestling articles continues to grow. A list has been placed on the stub article subpage of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve. Please check it out and see what you can help with (even if you can only add a few details or a couple of references).
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Next week we will start the Editor of the Week. This will take the place of the Member Interviews. The EOTW will be given their own interview instead. To be fair, this week we will post all of the interviews that were on the schedule. Click the link next to the user's name to see their interview:
Since the last issue, the number of stub articles has decreased again. 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.
Based on the active members list, there are currently 37 members currently active in WikiProject Professional wrestling.
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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.
Based on the active members list, there are currently 38 members currently active in WikiProject Professional wrestling.
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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.
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Hello, members and friends of WP:LGBT! I'm not one to be writing newsletters, but I miss our cruise director, Miss Julie, and our project is drifting along with a few leaking plugs in the bottom of the boat. Hey, it happens. Every group we join goes through changes. If Wikipedia weren't so interesting it wouldn't also be so frustrating sometimes. And vice versa. More than one Wikiproject has tumbleweeds blowing through it, but this is one that can't afford to let that happen. Even if you pop in to the talk page of the project, you can let us know you're still around.
It wouldn't be a proper gay community without a li'l bit o' drama! That's right. If we aren't arguing about something, then we should be asking if we're still queer. Maybe that's for the best, since we know we're still kicking. Our most recent topic is how far the role of our project should go in dipping our toes into HIV/AIDS articles. The main AIDS article was delisted as a Featured Article last month, sadly. (Sending a swift kick to WP:Medicine.) A spirited discussion is available for your entertainment on the WP:LGBT talk page about just how much of HIV and AIDS should we take on. As ever, we'll take your opinions under advisement. We're going to have to, because it doesn't seem to have been settled.
We have a pretty cool sidebar that identifies core LGBT articles. Its symbol is the iconic gay pride flag, much like other Wikiprojects have iconic symbols denoting the topic is a core subject in a series of articles. However, a question recently arose asking if the symbol itself is not neutral. Should a pride flag show up at the top of the article on Conversion therapy? How else would anyone know the article is about queer issues? Is there another symbol that is as widely recognized and that includes all our many splintered facets? At what point do we stop asking ourselves all these questions and just go have a mint julep on the verandah and stop caring?
For the love of all that is holy, no Kool Aid jokes. However, an editor involved in pioneering San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk's article has included a section about the late supervisor's support of Jim Jones and the People's Temple. While it may be accurate, there is a Request for Comment regarding how much emphasis the section places on Milk's support in light of his overall political influence on the city, and indeed the rest of the United States. Milk's article is a sad one in more ways than one. It lacks the detail and heart that honors its subject. Anyone want to do a barter with me? I'll bring Harvey Milk to featured status (give me a month or two so I can read stuff), if you do something of equal value to WP:LGBT?? Make me an offer...
The established branch of study known as Queer studies was brought up as an category for deletion because an editor was offended by the use of "queer" in the title. It was overwhelmingly rejected mostly by the usernames I see here on our Wikiproject page. (A clue that I know you are out there, hiding...biding your time...) So, I wish I could congratulate you, but now I'm all confused by my sympathy for the editor who was offended. So, if you're reading this, Moni has a short memory and can't remember your username. Don't be put off by our demonstrative pushiness. Join us. We can always use involved editors.
What can you do to help the project out? Be a wiki-fairy, on many levels. There are all kinds of articles that need help. Why, just this morning I removed those ugly wikify and cleanup tags from four articles at random. If you can put [[ ]] around stuff, you can clean up articles. There's a list of articles that need attention at the top of the WP:LGBT talk page. Or you can start with the Lambda Literary Awards, where the goddess of my altar received a pioneering award, and was "reduced to rubble" by Katherine V. Forrest's wonderful speech. The 20th ceremony of the Lambda Literary Awards, which celebrates LGBT literature, took place in West Hollywood on May 29th [1]. The page needs to be updated with the new winners, to be found on the official website [2].
Why on earth would someone want to delete material about homosexuality? 'Tis truly a mystery. But these embattled articles have some random evil gnomes removing information that places these folks under our queer umbrella. Help us keep an eye out for the deletions. Take a peek at the articles, familiarize yourselves with the info, and be handy with the undo function in the article history. If tempers flare, take it to the Hall monitors and let them sort it out. Best solution is to make sure your sources are immaculate.
This is what I get for opening my big fat mouth and suggesting the newsletter should be revived. Here I am writing it. So, to pat self on back (*cough*) Mulholland Dr. became a featured article in May. This is A Good Thing since it is my personal declaration that there is no such thing as lesbian porn. I don't care what Benjiboi says about the video collection at goodvibes. Instead, we have hot women who connect on a deep, personal, soul-touching level, so this film should qualify as some of the skankiest porn available for lesbians. Plus, it's completely confusing and surreal! D'you think Laura Harring would care that the article is featured? I don't think so either... (Call me, Laura!)
Once I saw a harrowing episode of Animal Planet's Animal Cops where this guy had, like, 250 cats in his house and it freaked me right out. I'm drawing a parallel between 250 cats and, well...three, really, templates in articles involving LGBT issues. Can we stick to one, maybe? In the aforementioned Harvey Milk's article there's a core LGBT template, a link to the LGBT portal, and a sidebar for LGBT rights. Jiminy! You'd think we weren't the folk to set industrial grey carpeting and track lighting in vogue. An LGBT footer was designed to link to articles of interest that aren't the aforementioned core articles. What do you think, can we have either an LGBT template for core articles, a footer for LGBT articles that are high profile but not core, or an LGBT rights template? As ever, anything's up for discussion on the WP:LGBT talk page.
It's June, Pride month. Wear sunscreen, stay hydrated, get a designated driver, then go half-dressed in the streets find a girlfriend or boyfriend, or some homo who's standing there looking lonely and kiss 'em up real good. Remember, it all started 39 years ago when a bunch of drag queens just got fed the f*ck up by the cops raiding the bar and dragging them all out to the pokey again. Rock on, queens! Enjoy your celebrations. My town's is in October, and 200 people attend. I miss Denver.
It looks like we've picked up a lot of talent lately. We have no doubt you'll be making your indelible mark on LGBT knowledge as we know it, here at Wikipedia.
In the immortal words of Miss Julie, "May all your Wiki days be bright, and may your Love Boat never turn into a Poseidon."
We miss you, Miss Julie, as well as all the others who have graced our project and are on wiki-breaks or just got fed up with all the nuttiness and went to live their lives. Get your stupid houses built and hurry up and come back. --Moni3 (talk) 16:52, 9 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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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.
Hi, I would like you to please see this link on the Arena Football League WikiProject talk page. I would like everyone to read this one and the one right after it. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me. I will do my best to answer you in a timely manner. Thank you, Crash Underride 05:07, 5 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter[edit]
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.
The main reason I "proposed" the idea, was to see who was still active in the project and see who wasn't. As far as I've seen lately, it was just me and WeatherManNX01. lol. Crash Underride 22:09, 10 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I saw them, but as I said, I wasn't actually SERIOUS about it. Crash Underride 03:46, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I'll see what I can do about that. I'm not exactly sure, but I'll poke around and see what I can do to get it done. Crash Underride 03:52, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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.
An unfortunate effect of a group less active than in the past is that our articles lose integrity. This one is at Good Article Review for that reason. The talk page is quite active as a result. You have the opportunity to help. This is the corest of our core articles, and it needs some attention because it gets a lot of controversial input from many sides. If you can spare any time to edit the article, please do what you can.
Soon after we were informed that Homosexuality is being scrutinized, we heard the same for one of our few Featured Articles. As a participant of the Featured Article process, I think this is actually a good thing. The standards for Featured Articles are getting higher with time. But as a member of this project, that means that a few of ours may be de-listed unless someone can swoop in and save them. This one has to do with the designation of homosexuality as a crime in Germany. Most of this article's sources are in German. If anyone has any particular skill in this area, please lend a hand!
I know you folks think I have much experience in a gay bathhouse, and I hate to disappoint you, but I actually do not. I seem like the sort of person who likes to stroll about in a towel. Shocking, no? It appears that Ashleyvh is single-handedly addressing all the problems with this article at its GA Review. While that's pretty impressive, it's also no doubt exhausting. Can anyone help out there?
In what I hope will counter the jolt of re-evaluating three Good or Featured Articles, José Sarria and Janet Jackson as gay icon passed as Good Articles, and Black Cat Bar (famous San Francisco oft-raided gay bar) is nominated, all by Otto4711. Rock on, man. You're a machine. Good luck with your nominations. What is it about women that make them gay icons? And are there lesbian icons that aren't lesbians? How about bisexual icons? Am I the only lesbian who reacts with soul-trembling fear at the sight of Angelina Jolie?
New WP:LGBT studies member Pinkkeith has done this cool thing. If you click on that link, you'll see all the articles, categories, templates, and miscellany up for deletion. They're usually there because they're not considered to be not notable. That can be a relative concept, and sometimes it has to be argued that topics pertaining to gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender issues are notable.
It seems a recurring issue which articles to tag, and what to say about a topic that's tagged. Certainly, because an article falls under our scope doesn't necessarily make the person gay. Florida Governor Charlie Crist has been rumored to be gay in some newspaper accounts. Although we all know Fred Phelps is supergay, he won't admit it so instead he does the absolutely awfulest anti-gay things on the planet to deflect suspicion. NAMBLA, the red headed stepchild of the LGBT world, is tagged with an explanation we have yet to decide if we'll keep.
In the lurking I do around and about on Wiki, I've long been astounded at the forbearance Benjiboi has for the utterly insane. Perhaps not so much, since the message on Benji's talk page notes frequent absences due to homophobia and transphobia. But it takes some kind of ... something that I don't have to face the constant anti-gay POV Benji does.
Benjiboi is a a bit of a WikiFaerie, a WikiGnome and also a member of the Article Rescue Squadron in addition to being a LGBT project member. A few of Benjiboi's favorite links for making the wikiverse more fab are:
Becksguy didn’t start actively editing until May 2007. His most frequent tasks on Wiki include reverting vandalism to LGBT articles and creating new project-related articles. He comes from New York state, and to prove not all of us are teenagers (ha! I am so totally 15!) he's in his 60s and retired.
Becksguy considers his biggest triumph on Wikipedia so far was a DYK in December 2007 for the first-ever newspaper report on what became AIDS, in the New York Native. He's also helped save several project-related articles from deletion. His lowest moment here was getting involved in the discussion on a particular terrorism related article, thinking he could help calm the roiled waters on an extremely contentious subject with multiple edit wars and passionate editors.
Here at WP:LGBT, he creates and improves articles that present notable LGBT related subjects in a fair and balanced way, and tries to include more of the significant alternative sexuality related subjects without being an activist, and works to better source project-related articles.
On Wikipedia as a whole, he says, "I think we need to learn better what processes work for a massive collaborative project. Some of what worked well for a more informal small project doesn’t scale up well. Process is not as important when the participants know each other. We need to get more of the current members to be more active. If more members were energized, the project would be able to accomplish more. We should be, in effect, the smaller and included Wikipedia for LGBT related subjects. Overall, I wish we could focus more on content creation and improvement, and less on vandal fighting."
"A Supreme Court decision in 1958 reversed a 1956 ruling by a federal district court that U.S. postal authorities were correct in prohibiting the mailing of the Mattachine Society's ONE magazine. The lower court had ruled that ONE was not protected by the First Amendment because the magazine's contents 'may be vulgar, offensive, and indecent even though not regarded as such by a particular group ... because their own social or moral standards are far below those of the general community ... Social standards are fixed by and for the great majority and not by and for a hardened or weakened minority.'" - Michael Bronski in Pulp Friction, 2003
Thanks for being weak and having lowered standards with me. --Moni3 (talk) 00:10, 24 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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WikiProject Arena Football League Newsletter - August 2008[edit]
Arena Football League only infoboxes have been created and need to be added to ALL AFL players. This infobox is for active AFL players only. However, this one is for players who retired from the AFL and NOT another league.
A few new templates have been created and added to the appropriate articels, however if you have ideas for a template leave them here.
The assessment function has been added and the count is over 300 articles at the moment.
Articles for the more popular and "star" players of the league need to be expanded, have citations added to them and hopefully we can get some GA's out of them.
All articles on active players and coaches need to be updated with stats, news, and all things important. (Note: For stats it's best to use ArenaFan.)
Also, we NEED to get things done so we can take them off of the to do list.
It was reported by the Philadelphia Daily News that Philadelphia was still in the hunt to host the 2009 ArenaBowl, though it wasn't alone. In fact, interest has been shown by Hawaii to host the event.
Our goal is to get the number of Stub-Class articles down to 0, in due time. The current count is 185, and will probably be growing in the near future. It would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list is provided in the stub-class category of stub articles that need to be improved, and some should be fairly easy.
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
Is anyone other than myself workin' on the AFL project? Is it worth puttin' out a newsletter still? I mean this is just pathetic, I can't get anyone to work on the Collaboration of the Month, let alone nominate some. It looks like I'll have to start choosing the article myself. Crash Underride 16:44, 11 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter[edit]
The guidelines for writing pay-per-view articles has been updated, see here. The new guidelines should be followed in order for an article to be nominated for Good article or Featured article status.
The project has had a cleanup listing generated here. It details all the article within the project that are tagged as having problems. Please help to fix the problems outlined.
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.
The Future class rating has been incorporated into the project's assessment. It's intended use is for pay-per-views articles or video games that have not occurred or have been released, respectively.
We have now reached our goal of getting the number of Stub-Class articles below 600. The current count is 596. 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.
It was announced on the August 25 television episode of Raw that John Cena had suffered a herniated disc in his neck. Cena received successful surgery the following day, and will be inactive for 2-4 months.
Articles for the more popular and "star" players of the league need to be expanded, have citations added to them and hopefully we can get some GA's out of them.
All articles on active players and coaches need to be updated with stats, news, and all things important. (Note: For stats it's best to use ArenaFan.)
Also, we NEED to get things done so we can take them off of the to do list.
Project members are currently working to decide on a roster template to use on all arena football team pages.
The infobox that is for af2 players only is completed and working well. If anyone notices that colors are not correct, please find the hex code for the proper colors and let me (Crash Underride) know. I have currently place in the closest colors I could find.
Current Events
It has been confirmed that Pittsburgh is a strong candidate for a new Arena Football League team, along with Boston and South Florida, although there is no timeline on the league's expansion.
Mike Bawden and Friday Night Football Inc. transferred majority ownership of the Quad City Steamwheelers to Alan Millage and Joe Sisler and A&J Football Inc.
On September 2, 1966Joe Auer returns the opening kickoff 95 yards for a Miami Dolphins touchdown in the Dolphins' first regular-season game, but Oakland wins the game, 23-14 at the Orange Bowl before 26,776 spectators.
On September 4, 1994 Miami Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino throws five touchdown passes in the Dolphins' 39-35 win over New England to set an NFL record with his 18th game of four-or-more touchdown passes.
On September 5, 1994San Francisco wide receiver Jerry Rice caught two touchdown passes and ran for another in a 44-14 victory over the Raiders to surpass Jim Brown as the NFL's career touchdowns leader with 127.
Our goal is to get the number of Stub-Class articles down to 0, in due time. The current article count is listed below, I have placed the forumla that is on the project page that is updated everytime the bot is run and it tallies up our articles and where they are and lists them as seen below, so that no one has to worry about making sure it's updated manually before the newsletter is sent out. It would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list is provided in the stub-class category of stub articles that need to be improved, and some should be fairly easy.
We have now reached our goal of getting the number of Stub-Class articles below 600. The current count is 586. 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.
Nathan Jones was injured in Thailand, after he was hit by a truck. Jones had recently signed a deal with TNA, but will now be out for at least 3 months.
Collaboration of the Week
The Collaboration of the Week 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.
We have now reached our goal of getting the number of Stub-Class articles below 600. The current count is 586. 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.
Articles for the more popular and "star" players of the league need to be expanded, have citations added to them and hopefully we can get some GA's out of them.
All articles on active players and coaches need to be updated with stats, news, and all things important. (Note: For stats it's best to use ArenaFan.)
Also, we NEED to get things done so we can take them off of the to do list.
Current Events
The Kansas City Brigade will hold open tryouts on Sunday, October 12, beginning at 8a.m. at the Kansas City SoccerDome.
Darion Conner, a former member of the Tampa Bay Stormwon the right to a retrial in his DUIManslaughter case. He is currently serving the maximum sentence for the crime, 15 years in state prison. It was also his fifth DUI conviction since 1990, first since 1993.
On September 24, 2008 the VooDoo traded future considerations to the Philadelphia Soul for WR Michael Lewis.
This Month in Football History
October 1, 1955 - Baltimore ColtAlan Ameche became the first rookie in NFL history to rush for more than 100 yards in his first two games after totaling 153 yards against Detroit. He had 194 yards in his debut against Chicago.
Our goal is to get the number of Stub-Class articles down to 0, in due time. The current article count is listed below, I have placed the forumla that is on the project page that is updated everytime the bot is run and it tallies up our articles and where they are and lists them as seen below, so that no one has to worry about making sure it's updated manually before the newsletter is sent out. It would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list is provided in the stub-class category of stub articles that need to be improved, and some should be fairly easy.
Articles for the more popular and "star" players of the league need to be expanded, have citations added to them and hopefully we can get some GA's out of them.
All articles on active players and coaches need to be updated with stats, news, and all things important. (Note: For stats it's best to use ArenaFan.)
Also, we NEED to get things done so we can take them off of the to do list.
Current Events
The Kansas City Brigade will hold open tryouts on Sunday, October 12, beginning at 8a.m. at the Kansas City SoccerDome.
Darion Conner, a former member of the Tampa Bay Stormwon the right to a retrial in his DUIManslaughter case. He is currently serving the maximum sentence for the crime, 15 years in state prison. It was also his fifth DUI conviction since 1990, first since 1993.
On September 24, 2008 the VooDoo traded future considerations to the Philadelphia Soul for WR Michael Lewis.
This Month in Football History
October 1, 1955 - Baltimore ColtAlan Ameche became the first rookie in NFL history to rush for more than 100 yards in his first two games after totaling 153 yards against Detroit. He had 194 yards in his debut against Chicago.
Our goal is to get the number of Stub-Class articles down to 0, in due time. The current article count is listed below, I have placed the forumla that is on the project page that is updated everytime the bot is run and it tallies up our articles and where they are and lists them as seen below, so that no one has to worry about making sure it's updated manually before the newsletter is sent out. It would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list is provided in the stub-class category of stub articles that need to be improved, and some should be fairly easy.
Articles for the more popular and "star" players of the league need to be expanded, have citations added to them and hopefully we can get some GA's out of them.
All articles on active players and coaches need to be updated with stats, news, and all things important. (Note: For stats it's best to use ArenaFan.)
Also, we NEED to get things done so we can take them off of the to do list.
Current Events
The Kansas City Brigade will hold open tryouts on Sunday, October 12, beginning at 8a.m. at the Kansas City SoccerDome.
Darion Conner, a former member of the Tampa Bay Stormwon the right to a retrial in his DUIManslaughter case. He is currently serving the maximum sentence for the crime, 15 years in state prison. It was also his fifth DUI conviction since 1990, first since 1993.
On September 24, 2008 the VooDoo traded future considerations to the Philadelphia Soul for WR Michael Lewis.
This Month in Football History
October 1, 1955 - Baltimore ColtAlan Ameche became the first rookie in NFL history to rush for more than 100 yards in his first two games after totaling 153 yards against Detroit. He had 194 yards in his debut against Chicago.
Our goal is to get the number of Stub-Class articles down to 0, in due time. The current article count is listed below, I have placed the forumla that is on the project page that is updated everytime the bot is run and it tallies up our articles and where they are and lists them as seen below, so that no one has to worry about making sure it's updated manually before the newsletter is sent out. It would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list is provided in the stub-class category of stub articles that need to be improved, and some should be fairly easy.
Articles for the more popular and "star" players of the league need to be expanded, have citations added to them and hopefully we can get some GA's out of them.
All articles on active players and coaches need to be updated with stats, news, and all things important. (Note: For stats it's best to use ArenaFan.)
Also, we NEED to get things done so we can take them off of the to do list.
Current Events
The Kansas City Brigade will hold open tryouts on Sunday, October 12, beginning at 8a.m. at the Kansas City SoccerDome.
Darion Conner, a former member of the Tampa Bay Stormwon the right to a retrial in his DUIManslaughter case. He is currently serving the maximum sentence for the crime, 15 years in state prison. It was also his fifth DUI conviction since 1990, first since 1993.
On September 24, 2008 the VooDoo traded future considerations to the Philadelphia Soul for WR Michael Lewis.
This Month in Football History
October 1, 1955 - Baltimore ColtAlan Ameche became the first rookie in NFL history to rush for more than 100 yards in his first two games after totaling 153 yards against Detroit. He had 194 yards in his debut against Chicago.
Our goal is to get the number of Stub-Class articles down to 0, in due time. The current article count is listed below, I have placed the forumla that is on the project page that is updated everytime the bot is run and it tallies up our articles and where they are and lists them as seen below, so that no one has to worry about making sure it's updated manually before the newsletter is sent out. It would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list is provided in the stub-class category of stub articles that need to be improved, and some should be fairly easy.
Articles for the more popular and "star" players of the league need to be expanded, have citations added to them and hopefully we can get some GA's out of them.
All articles on active players and coaches need to be updated with stats, news, and all things important. (Note: For stats it's best to use ArenaFan.)
Also, we NEED to get things done so we can take them off of the to do list.
Current Events
The Kansas City Brigade will hold open tryouts on Sunday, October 12, beginning at 8a.m. at the Kansas City SoccerDome.
Darion Conner, a former member of the Tampa Bay Stormwon the right to a retrial in his DUIManslaughter case. He is currently serving the maximum sentence for the crime, 15 years in state prison. It was also his fifth DUI conviction since 1990, first since 1993.
On September 24, 2008 the VooDoo traded future considerations to the Philadelphia Soul for WR Michael Lewis.
This Month in Football History
October 1, 1955 - Baltimore ColtAlan Ameche became the first rookie in NFL history to rush for more than 100 yards in his first two games after totaling 153 yards against Detroit. He had 194 yards in his debut against Chicago.
Our goal is to get the number of Stub-Class articles down to 0, in due time. The current article count is listed below, I have placed the forumla that is on the project page that is updated everytime the bot is run and it tallies up our articles and where they are and lists them as seen below, so that no one has to worry about making sure it's updated manually before the newsletter is sent out. It would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list is provided in the stub-class category of stub articles that need to be improved, and some should be fairly easy.
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.
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.
Articles for the more popular and "star" players of the league need to be expanded, have citations added to them and hopefully we can get some GA's out of them.
All articles on active players and coaches need to be updated with stats, news, and all things important. (Note: For stats it's best to use ArenaFan.)
Also, we NEED to get things done so we can take them off of the to do list.
New tables have been added to each team article for coaches. It is broken down into six columns. Column one is for the name of the head coach. Column two is for the coachs tenure there. Column three is the coaches regular season win/loss record (ONLY while with THAT team). Column four is for the coaches post season win/loss record (ONLY while with THAT team). Column five is for the coaches most recent coaching staff (if the coach is no longer there, list the coaches last coaching staff), with years that the coaching staff members have been there, the term coaching staff ONLY applies to Offensive Coordinator (to be listed as OC), Defensive Coordinator (to be listed as DC), Special Teams Coordinator (to be listed as ST Coordinator), Fullbacks coach (to be listed as FB coach), Linebackers Coach (to be listed as LB coach), Offensive line coach (to be listed as OL coach), Defensive line coach (to be listed as DL), Wide receivers Coach (to be listed as WR coach), Defensive backs Coach (to be listed as DB coach). And coach that coaches multiple positions is to be listed as QB / FB coach, with a / between each position. Also, the list should start with Offensive Coordinator, then Defensive Coordinator. Place line break (<br>) after each coaching staff members name, and between coaching positions (should the column become wider than what looks good). Column six is for notes about the head coach during their tenure with that team only. Lastly, be sure not to make the columns too wide, if the column becomes wider than what looks good, place a line break (<br>) in the sentence/note.
Current Events
On November 22, the Georgia Force will host tryouts at their practice facility in Flowery Beach, Georgia.
Though Chris Vallozzi owns the Florida Firecats, the addition of the Milwaukee Iron in 2009, will in no way affect the Firecats. His older brother Drew, is behind the new Iron franchise.
On October 10, AFL owners approved a nonbinding letter of intent, that called for Los Angeles-based Platinum to invest $100 million into the league. A step that, as it stands, will dramatically alter the financial and managment structure of the two decade old league.
Tiffany Worsham, V.P. of Business Development for af2 has contradicted the claims made by D. J. Daniels, the investor interested in bringing a team back to Macon, Georgia. Claiming that there is "no reason for any optimism." She also went on to say that "serious conversations about the subject ended a few months ago."
Derek Stingley, it was announced, is a candidate for the head coaching position with the Albany Firebirds of af2.
Steve Clary, Jim Guy Tucker two owners of the Arkansas Twisters have decided to forego their shares of the team, as "they both were too busy with their other businesses."
Derek Stingley, has removed himself from the list of candidates for the head coaching position of the af2's Albany Firebirds, as he has "another coaching opportunity closer to his family's home in Baton Rouge, La."
Our goal is to get the number of Stub-Class articles down to 0, in due time. The current article count is listed below, I have placed the forumla that is on the project page that is updated everytime the bot is run and it tallies up our articles and where they are and lists them as seen below, so that no one has to worry about making sure it's updated manually before the newsletter is sent out. It would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list is provided in the stub-class category of stub articles that need to be improved, and some should be fairly easy.
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.
Wake up WP:LGBT! It's time to kick in gear and get some things done!
Project News
Wake up!
I say this to myself as much as I say it to all of us. I work a lot by myself or with individual editors who spend time at Featured Article Candidates. It seems on November 5 a fog was lifted off my brain that helped me realize that we have massive potential in this project to get things done. Take this allegory, for instance: On Wednesday, Nov. 5, 1980, my 10th-grade American history teacher started class by unfurling The New York Times. She pointed to its triple banner headline: “Reagan Easily Beats Carter; Republicans Gain in Congress; D’Amato and Dodd are Victors.” “Save this paper,” she told us. “This is the start of a whole new era.”Judith Warner from The New York Times
It definitely seems a start to a whole new era now. If planets align correctly to remind us that whatever advances we may have made in electing what appears to be an extraordinary president in the US, the moons that revolve around those planets also serve to illustrate it's not that simple. Florida, Arizona, and California all appear to have banned same sex marriage. As someone who was married in California and lives in Florida, this is particularly poignant. We seem to be at the juncture of two converging paths. If we maximize our efforts and take the right ones, we might just be able to affect some change for ourselves.
Though what we do is an interesting hobby for some, we have the power to make a difference. California's ballot initiative to ban gay marriage was a fierce fight. It's being challenged right now, but just look at how Wikipedia played a role in that: in October 2008, 360,238 people read its article. On November 5, an astounding 467,000 people read it. I commend the editors who work on that article—both those who support and oppose it. A look at the talk page shows a concerted effort to keep it civil and accurate.
What can we do?
How do you fight ignorance? With information. That's what Wikipedia is for. This project is overwhelming with 8,576 articles in its scope. We can continue to work piecemeal as we have in the past, or we can focus on goals. These are examples of areas we can concentrate on.
Current political events
LGBT Media and Literature
LGBT History
Sex and sexuality
Articles about political issues in the US and around the world that have been especially relevant within the past 5 years
Depictions of LGBT people and issues on television, film, newspapers, magazines
Topics about gay rights activism and the opposition to it
There are more than 8,000 articles to work on. Can we build a list of priorities? Can we build enough enthusiasm to work on these? What if we had editors who oversaw progress in these areas and reported to the talk page or in the newsletter? Surely someone here wants to report on the progress of sex articles.
Tony Perkins (irony) from the conservative Family Research Councilwas heartened by the recent passages of gay marriage bans. The Republican Party is without direction. What's going to take the place of a moderate voice will not be pleasant to our ears. Watching and improving articles of subjects that have opposed gay rights in the past will be of vital importance very soon, I predict.
But WP:LGBT is not a very active project
All we can do is start somewhere. The first step is answering this newsletter on the project talk page. Join in the discussion.
More things we can do
Give out more barnstars, and let each other know that what they're doing is valued.
Create a guide to stave off burnout, because editors in this project get burned out faster than others. There are many hills to climb.
Bring back the monthly collaboration project.
Participate in LGBT Peer reviews.
Get familiar with the characteristics of Good Articles and get our top priority articles to WP:GA.
Use the Newsletter, Moni3! You can suggest what to send out in the newsletter, too!
Offer research materials, copy editing, ideas, and support to your fellow editors.
Keep the project talk page informed of problems and discussions we should know about.
Proposal: Put Importance Levels on articles
If this was decided long before I was a member, maybe it's time to revisit it. Other WikiProjects, such as WP:Novels determine that some subjects have an importance category: Top, High, Mid, Low, or None (undetermined). If we decide that our most core articles, it might help to organize which articles to address first. Top importance, for example, would be Gay, Homosexual, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Sappho, Oscar Wilde, Stonewall riots, for example. High importance would be Homosexuality and psychology, Harvey Milk, Mattachine Society, Harry Hay, or Daughters of Bilitis, and so on. This can be a matter of discussion, or perhaps we could have someone in charge of determining these levels for all the articles we have tagged.
These are the editors I've seen working (and I know I'm forgetting a few). There's more of you out there I haven't seen. Some of you are new. We need all of you. Please help.
Miami, January 18, 1977 after the gay rights ordinance was passed: While Bryant and the others were creating the beginnings of the repeal effort, (gay activists) Basker, Campbell, Kunst, and the other (gay rights) ordinance supporters congratulated themselves on their success and then quickly disbanded... There was no organized recognition or celebration of the victory. As one activist remembered, "We just went home." They had little idea of the battle that was before them. - Fred Fejes in Gay Rights and Moral Panic, 2008
Don't go home yet, please. --Moni3 (talk) 00:10, 24 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter[edit]
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.
Articles for the more popular and "star" players of the league need to be expanded, have citations added to them and hopefully we can get some GA's out of them.
All articles on active players and coaches need to be updated with stats, news, and all things important. (Note: For stats it's best to use ArenaFan.)
Also, we NEED to get things done so we can take them off of the to do list.
The af2 schedule was released and the league's 10th anniversary season begins on March 20, 2009.
In November, the Louisville Firehave ceased operations as an af2 team. That is, for the 2009 season, atleast as one of the owners of the Fire, Will Wolford, and team General Manager Dave Berryman pitched to the Arena Football League the idea of Louiville joining the AFL.
The AFL announced that the 2009 disperal draft will take place Tuesday, December 2 at 1 p.m. ET. The league also annouced that the free agency period (which was pushed back) will begin at 12:01 a.m. ET on Thursday, December 4.
December 2, 1984 — Miami Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino breaks the NFL single-season touchdown pass record when he threw his 37th in a 45-34 loss to the Oakland Raiders. He finished the season with 48 touchdown passes.
December 8, 1940 — The Chicago Bears established an NFL record by defeating the Washington Redskins 73-0 in the championship game. Ten Bears players score touchdowns as Chicago won the title before 36,034 in Washington, D.C. Each player received $873.
December 18, 1932 — The Chicago Bears defeated the Portsmouth Spartans 9-0 in a playoff game for the NFL championship after both teams finished the season with six wins. The game was originally scheduled to be played at Wrigley Field, but was moved indoors to Chicago Stadium because of snow and extreme cold. Special ground rules were set up to keep the ball in the middle of the improvised 80-yard long dirt-covered field that was flanked by walls on both sides. (Sounds reminsent of arena football, don't you think?)
December 23, 1972 — Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Oakland Raiders 13-7 in an AFC Divisional Playoff Game when Franco Harris' made, what when down in the history of professional sports as one of the greatest plays of all time, the "Immaculate Reception." It was also the first playoff win in franchise history.
Our goal is to get the number of Stub-Class articles down to 0, in due time. The current article count is listed below, I have placed the forumla that is on the project page that is updated everytime the bot is run and it tallies up our articles and where they are and lists them as seen below, so that no one has to worry about making sure it's updated manually before the newsletter is sent out. It would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list is provided in the stub-class category of stub articles that need to be improved, and some should be fairly easy.
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.
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.
Articles for the more popular and "star" players of the league need to be expanded, have citations added to them and hopefully we can get some GA's out of them.
All articles on active players and coaches need to be updated with stats, news, and all things important. (Note: For stats it's best to use ArenaFan.)
Also, we NEED to get things done so we can take them off of the to do list.
The 2009 AFL Dispersal draft has been moved from December 2, to December 3. Then, on December 3, it was announced that the dates for the Dispersal Draft and the beginning of the free-agent signing period had been rescheduled for Tuesday, December 9 and Thursday, December 11, respectively.
It was announced on December 1, that all 17 AFL teams would be holding offseason player tryouts.
There are rumors circulating that the AFL could suspend operations for the 2009 season, or fold all together.
The 2009 AFL Dispersal Draft, as well as the start of the free agent signing period, have both been postponed "until further notice from the league." The Columbus Destroyers are the holders of the first overall pick in the draft.
On December 15, the AFL Board of Directors voted to cancel the 2009 AFL season.
ArenaFootball.com counted down the 20 best games in the history of the AFL, as voted by the 20th Season Historical Committee. They are presented as follows:
20: Denver 52, Chicago (Brusiers) 44 (June 20, 1987) - In the league’s second game, ever, a thrilling end of regulation leads to the first-ever overtime game. Denver’s Stuart Mitchell hits Durell Taylor with a 39-yard touchdown pass, and Denver’s defense holds Chicago to a stop for the win.
19: Chicago 64, Washington 61 (July 16, 1987) - In the AFL’s first season, Washington’s Dwayne Dixon catches an AFL record 20 passes in a loss to Chicago. The stands to this day.
18: Albany 61, Nashville 59 (July 9, 1999) - Eddie Brown’s last second 35-yard touchdown reception from Mike Pawlawski wins the game for the Firbirds.
January 2, 1982 — The San Diego Chargers beat the Miami Dolphins 41-38 in overtime in the highest scoring playoff game in NFL history. The Chargers jumped out to a 24-0 lead before the Dolphins rallied. Rolf Benirschke ended the game with a 29-yard field goal.
January 11, 1987 — Denver Broncos quarterback John Elway leads "The Drive." Losing to the Cleveland Browns 20-13 with 5:32 left in the AFC Championship Game, Elway leads the Broncos 98 yards on 15 plays to force overtime, then moves Denver 60 yards on nine plays on their first possession of overtime to set up Rich Karlis' game-winning 33-yard field goal in the Broncos' 23-20 victory.
Our goal is to get the number of Stub-Class articles down to 0, in due time. The current article count is listed below, I have placed the forumla that is on the project page that is updated everytime the bot is run and it tallies up our articles and where they are and lists them as seen below, so that no one has to worry about making sure it's updated manually before the newsletter is sent out. It would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list is provided in the stub-class category of stub articles that need to be improved, and some should be fairly easy.
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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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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.
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I have gone and assessed many of the projects unassessed articles. I would appreciate any help you could give me in doing this, there are many that need it. Thank you, Crash Underride
-Needs-
Articles for the more popular and "star" players of the league need to be expanded, have citations added to them and hopefully we can get some GA's out of them.
All articles on active players and coaches need to be updated with stats, news, and all things important. (Note: For stats it's best to use ArenaFan.)
Also, we NEED to get things done so we can take them off of the to do list.
On January 13, it was announced that the Peoria Pirates had reached a new agreement in which the team would be heard on WWCT FM 99.9 "The Buzz," which is part of the Independence Media Holdings.
On January 23, Kentucky HorsemenKicker Doug Daniel presented the "Kentucky Horsemen Financial Literacy Program" sponsored by Central Bank to students at Leestown Middle School.
The Mahoning Valley Thunder have formed the "Thunder Foundation." The foundation will attempt to help build better communities in the Mahoning Valley, through "collaborative activities that promote and encourage education, physical activity, high moral conduct and development of positive life skills."
On December 23, the Georgia Force placed DL Mike Bozeman on the Exempted list.
Mike Hohensee, along with seven assisstant coaches and all but four of the teams 30-person office staff, was released by the Chicago Rush.
FB/LBs Jason Berryman and Ben Brown, OL/DLs Charles Edwards and Dartangon Shack and WR/LB NJ Flowers have all been suspended by the league (af2).
The Albany Firebirds have been assigned QBs Stephen Wasil and Adam Bednarik, DS Patrick Horne, OL/DL James McDonald, WR/DB Mike Wall, WR/DB Thomas Arcidiacono, WR/LB Josh Kaltsas, DL Reggie Paramoure, WR/DB John Bugg, WR/LB, WR/DB Steven King, DS Edward Loscalzo, FB/LB Marques McFarlin, OL/DLs Terrell Black, Jon Leible, Jeremy Zollarcoffer and Ryan Warren.
The Amarillo Dusters have been assigned OL/DLs Brandon Hurd, Eugene Gant III, FB/LB Sean Raftery, WR/DB Richard Perkins, DS Ricky Wilson, OL/DL Clifton Pollard, DS Gerard Lewis and FB/LB Dantrell Gabriel.
The Arkansas Twisters have been assigned WR Steven Bergeski, WR/DB Brandon Freeman, FB/LB Dino Morales, OS Brandon Dixon, OL/DL Aaron Robbins and OS Christopher Miller. They have also placed QB Justin Rummell on Re-callable Re-assignment.
The Boise Burn have been assigned international player WR/DB Shadrach Okoebor, OL/DL Dennis Butler, DS Brandon Hampton, OL/DL Jesse Dee, DS Chris Clark, OL/DL Shannon Boatman and WR/DB Maurice Banks. On January 16, it was announced that the Burn had added 11 more players to the teams training camp roster. Those players being: WR/DB Terrance Sanders, OL Rich Seals, OL/DL Fred Amano, OL Samuel Bentley, FB/LB De’Angelo Bryant (cousin of Corey and Raymond Chavous), FB/LB Marcus Lawrence (former NFLpractice squad), DL Joe Lemma, OL Leo Sullivan, and DL/FB Chris White (former CFLer).
The Bossier-Shreveport Battle Wings have been assigned international player WR/DB Heath Decker (International status pending), OL/DL Lou Vega, FB/LB Jason Schule, OL/DL Ron Redmond.
The Central Valley Coyotes have been assigned WR/DB Steve Gonzalez, FB/LBs Marquese Bacon and Tyler Birkley, international player WR/DB Peter Plesa (International Status Pending), WR/LB Steve Allen, QB Jason Murrietta, OL/DL Donyell Booker, WR/DB James Finley, OL/DL Sean Finnerty, DS Nick Sanchez and WR/DB Vincent Joseph.
The Corpus Christi Sharks have been assigned Wide receiver Ashlan Davis, OL/DL John Cook, DS Scott Felando, FB/LBs Wallace House, Josh Mayfield, OL/DL Eze Ejelonu, WR/LB Cyrus Holiday and OL/DL Jarred Simmons.
The Florida Firecats have been assigned FB Colt Colletti, DS Jerrid Gaines, QB Omar Haugabook, WR/DB Joshua Hyman, WR/DB Tremaine McCollum, OL/DL Arthur Smith, QB Todd Spitzer, WR/DB Bryant Tisdale, OL/DL Mark Robinson and WR/LB Chris McKinney.
On January 21, the Green Bay Blizzardannounced roster additons, those being; Quarterback Collin Drafts, OL Raymond McNeil and FB/LB Jarrel Walker (all three returing from 2008), FB/LB Orlando Medlock (2008 with Lubbock Renegades), FB/LB David Ihedigbo (2008 with Amarillo Dusters), also two West Virginia alumni WR/DB Larry Williams and OL/DL Craig Wilson. They have also been assigned OL/DL Brandon Barnes and international player WR/DB Brad Black (International status pending), OL/DL Anthony Hoke, DS Terrell Lemon and OL/DL Stephen Williams.
The Iowa Barnstormers have been assigned OL/DL Mike Matthes and WR Everett Roberts.
The Kentucky Horsemen have been assigned OL Timothy Long, WR/DB Aaron Mason, FB/LB Demetrius Forney, WR/DB Harry Lewis II, FB/LB Warren Rhodes, FB/LB Bernard Jackson, OL/DL Joe Washington, DS Antoine Horton, FB Moise Paul, FB/LB TaVoris Horton, DS Dominic Ross and DS Quinton Griffin. They have placed WR/DBs Kyle Callahan and Cody Eubanks on the Reassignment list. And placed WR/DB Troy Perry, OL/DL Phillip Hibbard and QB James Frazier on Recallable Reassignment.
The Mahoning Valley Thunder have been assigned international player WR/DB Ray Williams (International status pending), WR/DB Clarence Curry, WR George Murray, OL/DL Larry Harrison, OL/DL Jerrick Jeffreys, WR/DB Jamar Landrum and WR/DB Quorey Payne. They have also claimed WR George "Sonny" Shackleford from Re-callable Re-assignment (from the Spokane Shock).
The Manchester Wolves have been assigned FB/LB Dwan Wilson, OL/DL Charles Manu, DB Alfred Phillips and WR/DB Jerome Touchstone.
The Milwaukee Iron have been assigned OS Kellen Allen, OS Scott Burnoski, QB Tyler Donovan, FB/LB Kellen Driscoll, DS James Griffin, WR/DB Malik Jackson, DS James McCoy DL Greg Mills, FB/LB Matthew Overton, OL/DL Quartez Vickerson, OL/DL Tyre Young, OL/DL Anthony Harris, WR/DB Bryan Pray, DS Hasan Stewart, QB Joe Micco, FB/LB Matt Overton, DS Brandon Payne, DL Brandon Kelly, WR/DB LaVar Stepter and FB/LB Gustavus Tyson.
The Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz have been assigned OL/DL Kelly Butler, WR/DB Agim Shabaj, OL/DL Mondre Dickerson and QB Jeffrey Taylor (and have since placed Taylor on Re-assignment).
The Peoria Pirates have been assigned WRs Brandon Golder and Michael Phillips and OL/DL Bobby Jones.
The Quad City Steamwheelers have been assigned OS Jarrett Brooks, OL Nick Codutti, Defensive specialist Andre Goines and DL Sydney Hayes.
The South Georgia Wildcats have been assigned OL/DL Ray Gant, Antwone Savage and Demetrie McCray.
The Spokane Shock have been assigned DS Aaron Williams, QB Blake Powers, DSs Stanley Franks and Herbert Cash. They have also placed OS Sonny Shackleford and WR/DB Jason Jones on Recallable Re-assignment. They have also placed WR/LB Louis Holmes on the Other league Exempt list.
The Stockton Lightning have been assigned WR/LB Carl Walker, as well as international player QB/LB Joseph Taula (International status pending), WR/DB Raul Vijil, OL/DL Stephen Bell and OL/DL Coleone Niusulu.
The South Georgia Wildcats have been assigned DS Quentin Burrell, WR/LB Kelvin Dickens, OS LeJuan Edwards, QB Darnell Kennedy, WR/DB Robert Kilow, DL Mike Lane, QB Cecil Lester, K Andrew Levers, WR/LB Mel Long, WR/DB Joshua Nesbitt, DS Justin Nester, WR/DB Troy Perry, FB/LB Kinny Spotwood, OL/DLs Steve Sutton and Kenneth Turner and DS Takashi Walker. They have also traded Future Considerations to the Spokane Shock for DL Richard Clebert and OS Tremaine Kirkland.
The Tennessee Valley Vipers, defending ArenaCup champions, have been assigned four members from last seasons team; WR Maurice Brown, OL Calvin Ousby, Travis Blanchard, and Alonzo Nix. They have also been assigned WR/LB Bradly Chavez, OL/DL Gary Jenkins and the 2008 JSL Ironman of the Year Bradly Chavez and OL/DL Geoff Rowson. They have also been assigned WR/DB Quorey Payne, George Murray, Jamar Landrom, DL Larry Harrison and OL Jerrick Jeffreys.
The Tri-Cities Fever have been assigned Defensive specialists Jamie Hattley, and Travis Motley, OL Clay Walker and DL Lance Broadus.
The Tulsa Talons have been assigned WR/DBs Delenell Reid, Jeff Hughley, OL/DL Yatarrie Brown, FB/LB Tim Murphy, WR/DB Zach Edwards, OL/DL Kamau Jackson, QB James Welker, WR/DB John Jefferson, WR/DB LaRico Stevenson, OL/DL Walter Boyd, FB/LB Jamar Ransom and OS Wilbur Hargrove. They have also placed WR/DB Grant Jones on the Recallable Reassignment list.
The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers have been assigned international player OL/DL Deon McPhee (International status pending), WR Irving Campbell, DB Clay Hamblen, OL/DL Joseph Villani, FB/LB Adam Lipski, WR/DB LaBrose Hedgemon and OL/DL Eugene Newsome. They have also placed WR/DB Joe Delsardo on the Reassignment list.
This Month in Football History
Source: NFL.com (Arena Football League moments needed.)
Nothing for this month.
Arena Football League Article Stats
Our goal is to get the number of Stub-Class articles down to 0, in due time. The current article count is listed below, I have placed the forumla that is on the project page that is updated everytime the bot is run and it tallies up our articles and where they are and lists them as seen below, so that no one has to worry about making sure it's updated manually before the newsletter is sent out. It would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list is provided in the stub-class category of stub articles that need to be improved, and some should be fairly easy.
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.
Articles for the more popular and "star" players of the league need to be expanded, have citations added to them and hopefully we can get some GA's out of them.
All articles on active players and coaches need to be updated with stats, news, and all things important. (Note: For stats it's best to use ArenaFan.)
Also, we NEED to get things done so we can take them off of the to do list.
Please help in re assessing articles, as well as expanding them. We need to get to work on it and get as much done as possible.
The Florida Firecats of af2 have announced that a group of local investors have purchased a minority share of the franchise. The group includes; Robert Germain Jr., Dr. John and Elizabeth Kagan, Berk Edwards, Richard Castiano, Joseph Viacava Sr., Joseph Viacava Jr. and former Firecats Quarterback Michael McQuagge.
A group of current and former af2 head coaches as well as members of the media and fans throughout the country selectedArenaCup IX as the league's greatest game of all-time.
The 2000Quad City Steamwheelers have been named the af2's all-time greatest team, by a group of af2 head coaches past and present, members of the media and fans throughout the country.
In February, AFL owners met in Chicago, Illionis along with iterm Comminsioner Ed Policy to begin working out details of a new operating model.
On February 11, it was mentioned by Blogcritics magazine sports blogger Matthew T. Sussman that a relegation system might help, and possibly save, the Arena Football League.
Rich Ingold has been named the all-time greatest head coach in af2 history, by a group of af2 head coaches past and present, members of the media and fans throughout the country.
af2 teams opened training camp on February 28 in preperation for the league's 10th anniversary season.
The af2 placed OL/DL Bobby Jones and QB Damon Dowdell on the League suspension list.
The Albany Firebirds were assigned OL/DLs Kevin Marchant, Lavon Ward, Aaron Meredith and Peter Martocci, DL Anton Lindsay and OL Brandon Walker. They also placed DS Larry Hutchins and WR/DB Steven King on Re-assignment.
The Amarillo Dusters were assigned FB/LBs Gregory Moore and Kyle Wilson, OL/DLs Lee Tibbs, Brandon Hurd and Jared Williams, QB Matt Bassuener, DSs Chandler Smith, Marquell Winn and Myron Newberry, OL/DLs Frinser Nelson, Rannoris Ray, Carlos Downey, and Harvey Joiner, Aaron Turner, WR/DB Brent Craft and WR/DB Anthony Richards. They also traded Future Considerations to the Green Bay Blizzard in exchange for QB Colin Drafts.
The Arkansas Twisters were assigned FB/LB Chad Cook, OL/DLs Vegas Franklin, Vinnie Olson and Chris Tucker, WR/DBs Lawrence Richardson and J.R. Bryant.
The Boise Burn were assigned WR/DBs Nichiren Flowers, Nate Kimbrough and Roshawn Marshall, QB Rudy Carlton, DL Gerard Lee, OL/DL Kenny Shane and FB/LB Damian Walker. They placed OL/DL Shannon Boatman on the Other league exempt list (Toronto of the CFL) and K Kenny Byrd (Winnipeg of the CFL).
The Corpus Christi Sharks were assigned OL/DLs Kirk Fields and Duane Hunter Jr., DL Jarrarcea Williams, WR/DBs Nathan Fricke and Bryan Langford, QB Dane King and LB Randy Chappell.
The Florida Firecats were assigned WR James Panui.
The Green Bay Blizzard were assigned DS Tracy Belton, WR/DB Phillip Brock (VOID), WR/DB Brian Hernandez, QBGino Guidugli and OL/DL Zarnell Fitch. They also traded QB Colin Drafts to the Amarillo Dusters for Future Considerations. They also placed DS William Oliver on Reassignment and OL/DL Reginald Hughes on Recallable Re-assignment.
The Iowa Barnstormers were assigned QB Bryan Lee-Lauduski, WR/DB Jason Simpson and WR/LB Ken Williams. They placed OL/DL David Harley on Re-assignment. OL/DL Charles Edwards has been activated from the League Suspension list.
The Kentucky Horsemen were assigned OSs Quinton Williams and Frank Green and QBs Justin Rascati and Jared Lorenzen, OL/DL Chris Terrell, DS Matt Forbes and DL Juan Underwood. They also traded Future Considerations to the Tulsa Talons for FB/LB La'Roi Johnson. They also placed WR/DB Andre Twine on Recallable Re-assignment.
The Mahoning Valley Thunder were assigned QB Richard Webster, FB/LBs Michael Alston and Maurice Smith, OL/DLs Frashon McGee and Jason Lewis, K Derek Schorejs, DL Tim Cheatwood and WR/DB Rob Carey. They placed K Ben Scott on Re-assignment. They also added two players from the teams February tryout, those players are: OL/DL Maurice Smith and Frashon McGee.
The Manchester Wolves were assigned WR/DB Carlton Brown, QBs James Pinkney and Mike Potts and OL/DLs Tyler King and Wesley Jones. They also traded Future Considerations to the Spokane Shock in exchange for DS Brandon Isaac.
The Milwaukee Iron were assigned OL/DL Chris Acevedo, Jerry Spencer and Brandon Kelly and DS Donnie Amadi. They also placed OL/DL Freddie Weinke on Re-assignment.
The Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz were assigned WR/DBs Davion Mitchell and Abimbola Jose (International status approved), FB/LB Marques Newman and OL/DL Barrett Allen.
The Peoria Pirates were assigned OL/DL Robert Powell and WR Brandon Copeland. They also placed OL/DL Devaul Neal on Re-assignment.
The Rio Grande Valley Dorados were assigned FB/LB Eric Cantu, OL/DLs Reginald Hargrove and Raushun Rowser, OSs Javid James and Rod Windsor, WR/DBs Littrele Jones and Craig Turner and K Tony Stevens.
The South Georgia Wildcats were assigned DS Mike Blackstone, OL/DLs Justin Delancy and Roderick Souder, K Jared Guberman, QB Ryan Porter, WR/DBs LeVance Richmond and Clenton Rafe, whom was just actived from the League Suspension list, FB/LBs Thomas Schmitt and Musa Nash. They also traded OS Tremayne Kirkland to the Tri-Cities Fever for Future Considerations.
The Spokane Shock were assigned DS Virgil Gray, QB Casey Hansen and International player OS Hans Batichon (International Status Pending). They traded DS Brandon Isaac to the Manchester Wolves in exchange for Future Considerations. They also placed WR/LB Chris Hemphill and WR/DB Jimmie Sutton on Recallable Reassignment and WR/DB Damon Morton on Reassignment. They then activated WR/LB Chris Hemphill and WR/DB Jimmie Sutton from Recallable Re-assignment.
The Stockton Lightning were assigned WR/DBs Alan Fleming and Andre Taylor, OL/DLs Braeden Gates, Jesse Sogelau, Alex Asi, Ma’ake Pole and Jake Forshey, FB/LB Jason Hunt, DS's Nathan Kenion, Shannon Sevor and Carlos Francies. WR/DB Rucshard Dodd-Masters was activated from the League Suspention list.
The Tennessee Valley Vipers were assigned QB Kevin Eakin, WR/LB Jeremy Grier and OL/DL Marcus While. They also placed WR/DB Reggie Sullivan on Recallable waivers.
The Tri-Cities Fever were assigned OS Bernie Lewis, OL/DL Cornealius Fuamatu, FB Baron Harrell, QB James Collins and DS's Raymond Little, Condrew Allen and Kwame Agyeman and FB/LB Ben Alexander. They also traded Future Considerations to the South Georgia Wildcats for OS Tremayne Kirkland.
The Tulsa Talons were assigned WR/DB Carlese Franklin, OL/DLs Terrance Carter, Anthony Bolden and Chris Wade, DSs Ian Pleasant, and Jermaine Hope, WR/DB Dustin Copeland. They also traded FB/LB La'Roi Johnson to the Kentucky Horsemen in exchange for Future considerations. They also placed FB/LB Roderick Johnson on the Other LeagueExempt list (Winnipeg of the CFL).
Arena Football League Article Stats
Our goal is to get the number of Stub-Class articles down to 0, in due time. The current article count is listed below, I have placed the forumla that is on the project page that is updated everytime the bot is run and it tallies up our articles and where they are and lists them as seen below, so that no one has to worry about making sure it's updated manually before the newsletter is sent out. It would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list is provided in the stub-class category of stub articles that need to be improved, and some should be fairly easy.
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.
AFL to return in 2010? (Will hopefully be updated next issue.)
Transactions
Notable af2 transactions
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Project News
Update
On March 26, 2009 an importance scale was added to the project's banner. The scale can be found here. It would be greatly appreciated if you went through and tagged AFL and af2 players with on the importance scale. Also, the option of |attention= (Yes or No) has been added. Please see Template:WikiProject Arena Football League if you have any questions.
Needs
Articles for the more popular and "star" players of the league need to be expanded, have citations added to them and hopefully we can get some GA's out of them.
All articles on active players and coaches need to be updated with stats, news, and all things important. (Note: For stats it's best to use ArenaFan.)
Please help in re-assessing articles, as well as expanding them. We need to get to work on it and get as much done as possible.
Newsletter news
As you may have noticed, there is a slightly modified look to the newsletter. I felt this would be helpful for those issues with alot of news headlines, etc. So I thought I'd tell you alittle bit about it. The top section is the "Table of Contents," as the name states. The ONLY time anything else is to be included is when there is a BIG headline, such as the League's possible return in 2010, as above. Those headlines get their own special subsection in the Current events section. That is how things will be organized, also in the order they happen. Hope you enjoy it. If you have any questions or comments pleae feel free to leave them here.
The af2 once again partnered up with Network Foundation Technologies (NFT) to broadcast "af2TV" a FREE-for-View online network that will showcase every game of the league's 10th anniversary season live over the Internet. The broadcasts began on Thursday March 12's exhibition game when the Milwaukee Iron played the New Zealand Overstayers.
An unnamed player source indicated, to ArenaFan.com, that there is a "98%" chance that the Arena Football League will return to action in 2010.
af2's Greatest of All-time
Kevin Prentiss was named the af2's all-time greatest Kick returner by a group of af2 head coaches past and present, members of the media and fans throughout the country.
Former FB/LB Frank Carter was named the af2's all-time greatest Linebacker by a group of af2 head coaches past and present, members of the media and fans throughout the country.
K A.J. Haglund was named the af2's all-time greatest Kicker by a group of af2 head coaches past and present, members of the media and fans throughout the country.
Former FB/LB Steve Gorrie was named the af2's all-time greatest Fullback by a group of af2 head coaches past and present, members of the media and fans throughout the country.
OL Will Rabatin was named the af2's all-time greatest Offensive linemen by a group of af2 head coaches past and present, members of the media and fans throughout the country.
DS Eddie Moten was named the af2's all-time greatest Defensive back by a group of af2 head coaches past and present, members of the media and fans throughout the country.
DL Khreem Smith was named the af2's all-time greatest Defensive lineman by a group of af2 head coaches past and present, members of the media and fans throughout the country.
WR Donovan Morgan was named the af2's all-time greatest Wide Receiver by a group of af2 head coaches past and present, members of the media and fans throughout the country.
QB Craig Strickland was named the af2's all-time greatest Quarterback by a group of af2 head coaches past and present, members of the media and fans throughout the country.
AFL to return in 2010?
On March 23, it was announced that the AFL plans to return to play in 2010 after the league and the players union reached an agreement to amend the Collective Bargaining Agreement.
Beginning with this issue, there will be NO transactions listed for the af2, as the list becomes too long, time consuming, cluttered and well, I just can't take doing it anymore. However, year, should the AFL in fact return, a transactions section will be up for them. I will still provide the section and links in every issue, just not a complete long list as before. Only notable players transactions will be included.
Our goal is to get the number of Stub-Class articles down to 0, in due time. The current article count is listed below, I have placed the forumla that is on the project page that is updated everytime the bot is run and it tallies up our articles and where they are and lists them as seen below, so that no one has to worry about making sure it's updated manually before the newsletter is sent out. It would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list is provided in the stub-class category of stub articles that need to be improved, and some should be fairly easy.
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.
The lead section of an article should introduce the subject and summarize the entire article's contents. The size of the lead will depend on the size of the article.
Over the past month, WP:PW hosted the first Professional Wrestling Stub Reduction Drive. In one month, the number of stub-class articles was reduced from 562 (13.84% of the project's total articles) to 477 (11.64%). More work expanding stubs is always appreciated. See here for more information.
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.
WWE signed April Jeanette, better known by her ring name Miss April, to a developmental contract.
On May 8, WWE signed Fred Sampson to a developmental contract.
TNA announced a new television show, TNA Epics, that will broadcast its inaugural show on May 15 on Bravo in the United Kingdom.
Editing Tips
This is a section in the newsletter devoted to help familiarize project members with the Manual of Style and general editing tips.
The project's New Year's Resolutions are listed here, and a list of topics that are close to Good topic status is listed here. Consider helping by achieving an aim listed or by improving an article on the Topics list to Good Article status.
Please familiarize yourself with the general notability policy of Wikipedia. Avoid creating new articles that do not satisfy the requirements.
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).
As part of the project's New Year's Reolutions, there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 10%. As of May 10, we are at 11.64%, with 483 articles currently in Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles. It still would be greatly appreciated if members would expand, source an improve stub articles, and 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 May and June.
The lead section of an article should introduce the subject and summarize the entire article's contents. The size of the lead will depend on the size of the article.
Avoid using bolding to emphasize text. See MOS:BOLD for appropriate uses of bold text.
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