Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Newsletter/Issue 031

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The WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter
Issue XXXI — December 7, 2008

Featured content news

Lockdown (2008) (review page), Over the Edge (1999) (review page), and WrestleMania XXIV (review page) are current Featured article candidates.
List of ECW Television Champions (review page) is a current Featured list candidate.
List of WCW World Tag Team Champions (review page) was promoted to Featured list status.
CZW World Heavyweight Championship (review page) was removed as a Featured list.

Good content news

Hard Justice (2008), Hardy Boyz, Lisa Moretti (review page), Masa Saito, No Mercy (2004), No Mercy (2007) (review page), No Surrender (2008), Royal Rumble (1993), Slammiversary (2008), Survivor Series (1992), Taboo Tuesday (2004) (review page), Unforgiven (2008), and Velvet McIntyre are current Good article nominees.
Judgment Day (2008) (review page), King of the Ring (1993) (review page), No Mercy (2003) (review page), and Vince's Devils (review page) were promoted to Good article status.
Vince's Devils (review page) is a current Good topic candidate.

Reviews and additional project information

Judgment Day (2008) (review page) and WWE Divas Championship (review page) are currently under Peer Review. It has been requested that comments be added on the respective review pages.
It has been requested that feedback for the Money in the Bank ladder match and Night of Champions (2008) articles be added to their talk pages.
It has been proposed to merge Shooter (professional wrestling) into Shoot (professional wrestling); the discussion can be found here.
McMahon (documentary) was merged into Vince McMahon; the result of that discussion can be found here.
A fact from Survivor Series (1992) and List of ECW Television Champions appeared on the main page as a Did You Know? on November 24 and December 6.

Editing tips

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.
Please avoid adding rumors to articles. Most rumors cannot be sourced with a reliable source and go against the Biographies of Living Persons policy.
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.

Professional wrestling articles		Importance
Professional wrestling articles		Top	High	Mid	Low	Total
Quality
	FA			3	6	9
	FL			12	10	22
	GA		6	31	65	102
	B	1	16	66	205	288
	C		2	15	98	115
	Start	2	54	229	1768	2053
	Stub		1	24	560	585
	List		3	24	602	629
	Future			2	14	16
	Assessed	3	82	406	3328	3819
	Total	3	82	406	3328	3819

Member updates

Based on the members list, there are currently 200 members participating in WikiProject Professional wrestling.
On the calendar:
- For the month of December:
  - 7 - TNA presents Final Resolution
  - 11 - Urena198's birthday
  - 14 - WWE presents Armageddon
  - 21 - Hanukkah begins at sundown
  - 23 - Paulley's birthday
  - 24 - Racer38's birthday
  - 25 - Christmas Day
  - 26 - Kwanzaa
  - 27 - SRX's birthday
  - 28 - FamicomJL's birthday
  - 31 - NickSparrow's birthday
  - 31 - WWEFAN99's birthday

Recent deletion debates

Articles for Deletion
- Current: Dave Flores and Double chicken wing.
- Deleted: Connal Kelleher.
Images for Deletion
- Current: Image:Candice Michelle Ring.jpg.
- Deleted: Image:Barbie Candid.jpg.

Recent wrestling news

At Survivor Series:
- Edge returned and won the WWE Championship after SmackDown General Manager Vickie Guerrero added him to the match between then-champion Triple H and Vladimir Kozlov.
- John Cena returned after neck surgery, and won the World Heavyweight Championship, for the first time, by defeating Chris Jericho.
On the November 24 episode of Raw, Goldust, Melina and Mr. Kennedy made their television returns to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).
Steve Bradley died on December 4, 2008. His cause of death has not been determined.
On the December 5 episode of SmackDown, Hurricane Helms made his in-ring return after an absence of over a year due to a neck injury.

This fortnight in wrestling history

November 26, 1987 - Ric Flair defeated Ron Garvin to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship.
November 26, 1995 - Smoky Mountain Wrestling ceased operation.
November 26, 2000 - Scott Steiner defeated Booker T to win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship.
November 27, 1991 - The Undertaker defeated Hulk Hogan for the WWF Heavyweight Championship.
November 29, 2003 - Larry Lathman, better known as Moondog Spot, died of a heart attack in the ring.
November 30, 1997 - Shane Douglas defeated Bam Bam Bigelow to win the ECW Championship.
December 1, 1973 - Stan "The Man" Stasiak defeated Pedro Morales to win the WWWF Heavyweight Championship.
December 5, 2003 - Jerry Tuite died of a a heart attack aged 36.
December 7, 1996 - Raven defeated The Sandman to win the ECW Heavyweight Championship.

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