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:*'''[[List of TNA World Tag Team Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of TNA World Tag Team Champions|(review page)]]}}
:*'''[[List of CMLL World Heavyweight Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of CMLL World Heavyweight Champions|(review page)]]}}
:*'''[[List of ROH World Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of ROH World Champions|(review page)]]}}
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*'''[[Over the Edge (1999)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:TFAR#May 23|(review page)]]}} has been [[WP:TFAR|requested as Today's Featured Article]] for May 23.
*'''[[2009 WWE Draft]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/2009 WWE Draft|(review page)]]}} and '''[[List of ROH World Tag Team Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of ROH World Tag Team Champions|(review page)]]}} are current [[WP:FLC|Featured list candidates]].
*'''[[List of Mexican National Trios Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Mexican National Trios Champions/archive1|(review page)]]}} has failed its Featured list nomination.
*'''[[IWGP Heavyweight Championship]]''' [[Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates/IWGP Heavyweight Championship|(review page)]] is a current [[WP:FLRC|Featured list removal candidate]].
*'''[[Adam Birch]]''', '''[[Against All Odds (2005)]]''', '''[[Armageddon (2008)]]''', '''[[Ashley Massaro]]''', '''[[Final Resolution (2005)]]''', '''[[MNM]]''', '''[[Paul London and Brian Kendrick]]''', '''[[Stephanie McMahon]]''', and the '''[[TNA X Division Championship]]''' are current [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|Good article nominees]].
*'''[[John Morrison and The Miz]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates/John Morrison and The Miz|(review page)]]}} is a current [[WP:GTC|Good topic candidate]].
*'''[[Abismo Negro]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Abismo Negro/archive1|(review page)]]}} is currently under [[WP:PR|Peer Review]].
*The following article appeared in the [[WP:DYK|Did You Know?]] column on the [[main page]]:
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:*April 12: '''[[Warriors 4 Christ Wrestling]]'''
:*April 14: '''List of TNA World Tag Team Champions'''
:*April 16: '''[[Great Canadian Wrestling]]'''
:*April 17: '''[[Dragón Rojo, Jr.]]'''
:*April 19: '''TNA X Division Championship'''
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:*April 21: '''[[La Lotería Letal]]''' and '''[[Poder Mexica]]'''
:*April 22: '''[[List of ROH World Champions]]''' and '''[[Midget professional wrestling]]'''
:*April 25: '''List of ROH World Tag Team Champions'''
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*[[WP:XFD|Deletion Discussions]]:
:*[[WP:AFD|Articles for Deletion]]
::*'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/UK Kid|UK Kid]]
::*'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dave Scherer|Dave Scherer]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Scott Van Raven|Scott Van Raven]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sean Kustom|Sean Kustom]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/World Tag Fighting Society|World Tag Fighting Society]].
:*[[WP:TFD|Templates for Deletion]]
::*'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2009 April 7#Template:Paul London and Brian Kendrick|Template:Paul London and Brian Kendrick]]
*A [[Talk:WrestleMania XXV#Requested move|discussion]] to move '''[[WrestleMania XXV]]''' to [[25th Anniversary of WrestleMania]] had no result. A [[Talk:Evan Bourne#Requested move|discussion]] resulted in [[Matt Sydal]] being moved to [[Evan Bourne]].
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*WP:PW is currently hosting the first Professional Wrestling Stub Reduction Drive. Details can be found [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stub drive|here]] and all members are encouraged to get involved, with two weeks left to go.
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''220''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
This section is intended to warn users about potential targets of [[WP:VANDALISM|vandalism]] and [[WP:SPECULATION|speculation]]: professional wrestling events from major [[Professional wrestling promotion|promotions]] for the months of '''[[April]]''' and '''[[May]]'''.
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*April:
**26 - [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) presents '''[[Backlash (2009)|Backlash]]'''
*May:
**17 - WWE presents '''[[Judgment Day (2009)|Judgment Day]]'''
<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Recent Professional Wrestling News</div>
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*WWE held it's [[2009 WWE Draft|seventh annual draft]] on the April 13 episode of ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]'', in which 12 wrestlers were drafted to different [[WWE Brand Extension|brands]].
*On April 15, the Japanese based [[Professional wrestling promotion|promotion]] [[Dragon Gate]] announced it was expanding into the United States, with it's first show scheduled for July 25 in [[Philadelphia|Philadelphia, Pennsylannia]].
*On April 15, WWE held it's [[2009 WWE Draft#Supplemental Draft|Supplemental Draft]] in which 24 wrestlers were drafted to different brands.
*On April 16:
:* [[Christopher Daniels|Daniel Covell]] returned to TNA television under his "Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels character on ''[[TNA Impact!|Impact!]]''.
:*''[[WWE Superstars|Superstars]]'', a new WWE television series, debuted on [[WGN America]] in the United States.
*At [[Lockdown (2009)|Lockdown]] on April 19:
:*[[Angel Williams|Angelina Love]] defeated [[Shantelle Malawski|Taylor Wilde]] and defending champion [[Kia Stevens|Awesome Kong]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic non-elimination matches|three way]] [[Professional wrestling match types#Cages|six sides of steel cage match]] to win the [[TNA Women's Knockout Championship]].
:*[[Dudley Boyz|Team 3D]] ([[Mark LoMonaco|Brother Ray]] and [[Devon Hughes|Brother Devon]]) defeated [[Beer Money, Inc.]] ([[Robert Roode]] and [[James Storm]]) to win the [[TNA World Tag Team Championship]] and retain the [[IWGP Tag Team Championship]] in a [[Philadelphia]] [[Hardcore wrestling|Street Fight]].
:*[[Mick Foley]] defeated defending champion [[Steve Borden|Sting]] in a six sides of steel cage match to win the [[TNA World Heavyweight Championship]].
:*[[Bobby Lashley]] made his TNA debut.
*On the April 23 episode of ''Impact!'', [[William Mueller]] made his TNA debut as "Jethro Holliday".
This is a section in the newsletter devoted to help familiarize project members with the [[WP:MOS|Manual of Style]] and general editing tips.
#Avoid using dirtsheets as sources. Adhere to [[WP:RS]] when adding information with a source to articles. For a list of reliable and unreliable wrestling-related sources see [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Style guide#Sources]].
#Refer to [[WP:NC]] during the process of renaming an article, if a name does not adhere to these guidelines, be [[WP:BOLD|bold]] and move the article to the correct target name. If there is a [[WP:Naming conflict|naming conflict]], follow the steps to a resolution or discuss the move on the project's talk page.
#Avoid [[WP:OVERLINK|overlinking]] in an article. If a subject has been linked once already in the body paragraphs, there is no need to link it again. [[Wikipedia:Lists|Lists]] are the only exceptions to this policy.
#The [[Wikipedia:Lead section|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.
#Adhere strictly to the [[Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons|Biographies of living persons]] policy when adding to information to biography articles.
:#Only add controversial, possibly contentious or libellous information if it comes from a reliable source and is [[WP:V|verifiable]].
:#Make sure that all information contained in biographies of living persons is written from a [[WP:NPOV|non-point of view]] perspective.
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<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Contributors to this Issue</div>
The reason the page wasn't created was because currently the film fails WP:NFF; the production has not been seen to be notable. The only things we have from reliable sources is a basic idea of what the writers want to do (which was well before they finished the script) and a list of the actors. There is no detail on the production itself, which we don't even have a reliable source confirming a start date, or one for the release date of the film. BIGNOLE (Contact me)01:50, 9 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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.
NOTICE: If you are actively editing and contributing to articles under the scope of WikiProject Professional Wrestling, we suggest you add your name to the list of active members.
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 37 members currently active in WikiProject Professional wrestling.
NOTICE: If you are actively editing and contributing to articles under the scope of WikiProject Professional Wrestling, we suggest you add your name to the list of active members.
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.
The C-Class rating has been introduced. The rating falls between articles that are more than Start-Class, but less than B-Class.
Immediately put into effect, our project has begun use of the List-Class rating. The List-Class rating is for list articles that are of less quality than B-Class articles.
Our goal is to get the number of Stub-Class articles below 600. The current count is 631. It would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the stub article subpage of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.
As I'm sure you noticed above, this is the 20th edition of the WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter! It has come a long way since the first issue, and I'm sure it will only improve from here. I'd like to thank everyone reading this for continuing to read the newsletter, biweekly.
Also, lastly I'd like to thank Misza13, for sending the newsletter out for us, though his bot. His bot has to be the most important part of the process, because without it, the newsletter would not get sent to project members.
I know that's a long list, but they all deserve recognition for their hard work towards the newsletter. So again, thank you to that list of people, and thank you to all of the newsletter's biweekly readers. If you have an questions, comments, or feedback about the newsletter, remember those links below.
Per this edit and the discussion here, date linking is not mandatory in articles. This mainly applies to the project's pay-per-view expanded articles. Please take this regulation in notice and apply it to the project's expanded pay-per view articles.
New parameters have been added to the {{Infobox Wrestling event}} template, for the discussion explaining these parameters, see the discussion here
Our goal is to get the number of Stub-Class articles below 600. The current count is 625. It would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the stub article subpage of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.
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
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.
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.
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.
Spike7000, could you in the future please provide edit summaries when undoing edits that are not pure vandalism, even if you immediately put up a notice at the talk page like you did at Talk:Wesley Holiday? It obviously helps understanding why a particular edit was undone, since many editors don't immediatlely check the talk pages. Thanks & Cheers, AmaltheaTalk22:21, 3 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
We have now reached our goal of getting the number of Stub-Class articles below 600. The current count is 592. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the stub article subpage of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.
The Collaboration has recently been revamped, and we will now have 6 collaborations at a time. The current collaborations will stand until they reach a certain goal, e.g. Good article status.
There are currently 601 articles in Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the stub article subpage of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.
This is a new section in the newsletter to help familiarize project members with the Manual of Style, which should help them in editing not only professional wrestling articles, but all articles in general.
Avoid using bolding to emphasize text. See MOS:BOLD for appropriate uses of bold text.
If you do not want your information removed from articles, please use proper grammar and cite your sources.
Avoid jargon such as face/babayface, heel, turn, etc. in articles. People unfamiliar with professional wrestling will not understand what these words mean. See WP:JARGON for more information.
Professional wrestling article stats
There are currently 601 articles in Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the stub article subpage of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.
This is a new section in the newsletter to help familiarize project members with the Manual of Style and general editing tips.
There is a new consensus to remove notes such as most reigns, first reign, last reign, etc. in the championships and accomplishments section. See here for more information.
Our project has a cleanup listing. Please help by adding sources or expanding any articles listed here.
The television show RAW should now be written as Raw per WP:MOSCAPS.
Please familiarize yourself with the general notability policy of Wikipedia. Avoid creating new articles that do not satisfy the requirements.
If a sentence seems like it may not be true or is partially controversial, remove it or add {{fact}} directly after it.
Professional wrestling article stats
There are currently 616 articles in Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the stub article subpage of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.
Our project has a cleanup listing. Please help by adding sources or expanding any articles listed here.
Per WP:MOSCAPS, television shows, such as RAW and iMPACT!, should be written as Raw and Impact!.
Due to a new consensus formed by Wikipedia users, dates should be unlinked in all articles, per WP:MOSNUM.
Please familiarize yourself with the general notability policy of Wikipedia. Avoid creating new articles that do not satisfy the requirements.
Avoid overlinking in an article. If a subject has been linked once already in the body paragraphs, there is no need to link it again, unless the length of the article requires it to be linked a second time. Lists are the only exceptions to this policy.
Professional wrestling article stats
There are currently 617 articles in Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the stub article subpage of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.
There are currently 616 articles in Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the stub article subpage of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.
A search bar has been added to the archive box on the PW project talk page for easier navigation through the archives.
This section is intended to warn users about potential targets of vandalism and speculation: professional wrestling events from major promotions for the month of January.
Our project has a cleanup listing. Please help by adding sources or expanding any articles listed here.
When the title of an refers to several things, it is necessary to provide links or disambiguate the page so that readers typing in that title can quickly navigate to the article that interests them. For example: World Heavyweight Championship (WWE).
When editing an article, use the edit summary to provide a brief summary of your edits; this helps users understand what was changed in the article.
There are currently 583 articles in Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the stub article subpage of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.
This section is intended to warn users about potential targets of vandalism and speculation: professional wrestling events from major promotions for the months of January and February.
After debating over a competitive role, it was announced on January 31 by WWE that Mickey Rourke, the star of The Wrestler, would appear at WrestleMania XXV as a guest and not as a competitor.
Editing tips
This is a section in the newsletter devoted to help familiarize project members with the Manual of Style and general editing tips.
This list is of topics that may be easy (or are fairly close) to Good Topic status. Consider helping by improving an article on the list that is not yet at Good Article status.
Consider expanding an article from the project's list of stub articles and nominating it at Did You Know?. The project's goal is to have 100 total DYKs by the end of the year.
All Wikipedia articles should be written from a neutral point-of-view, representing fairly, and as far as possible without bias, all significant views that have been published by reliable sources.
When the title of an refers to several things, it is necessary to provide links or disambiguate the page so that readers typing in that title can quickly navigate to the article that interests them. For example: World Heavyweight Championship (WWE).
Addition of content that is likely to be challenged in an article needs to be verified with a reliable source
Do not overlink terms in an article, only make links where they are relevant to the context.
When creating an article that has an image, make sure the image is right-aligned in the lead or in the infobox, per MOS:IMAGES.
There are currently 584 articles in Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the stub article subpage of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.
The Broken external links and Dead links tools that assisted the project in fixing external links has not been updated for a period length of time, and as a result, it is not functioning any longer.
Events Calender
This section is intended to warn users about potential targets of vandalism and speculation: professional wrestling events from major promotions for the month of February.
This is a section in the newsletter devoted to help familiarize project members with the Manual of Style and general editing tips.
Consider expanding an article from the project's list of stub articles and nominating it at Did You Know?. The project's goal is to have 100 total DYKs by the end of the year.
Please familiarize yourself with the general notability policy of Wikipedia. Avoid creating new articles that do not satisfy the requirements.
Addition of content that is likely to be challenged in an article needs to be verified with a reliable source
Avoid using bolding to emphasize text. See MOS:BOLD for appropriate uses of bold text.
When adding an image to an article, follow MOS:IMAGES and align the image based on the direction the subject of the image is facing.
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
This is a section in the newsletter devoted to help familiarize project members with the Manual of Style and general editing tips.
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.
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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.
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