[edit] Re:Leaving
I never said that..I dont even know what you are talking about..--3L VaK3r0 14:13, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
- No, you are a great editor. You just still have to learn some of Wiki's policies, but on the other hand you are a great help around here, especially in the WP:PW community.--3L VaK3r0 19:43, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
- Now I feel bad. Today, both you and Matt retired, and I am part of the reason why. =( –LAX 20:42, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
- I would rather talk about this via e-mail. Please mail me if you would like to talk. –LAX 20:47, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
- Yahoo IM. Use the online messenger. –LAX 20:51, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
- Done. So, do you want to talk via Yahoo! IM? Or.. –LAX 21:22, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
- 'kay. –LAX 21:27, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
- Do you IM? -- ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) 21:46, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
- Yahoo right? -- ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) 22:31, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
- Let's talk, shall we. -- ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) 22:37, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
- thinkblue_d. -- ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) 22:42, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
- Yes, I've also been thinking of this. And wiki is too much interference in my life. Lets Retire in Peace (R.I.P)3L VaK3r0 23:45, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
- And Zenlax,--3L VaK3r0 23:49, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
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I don'y have a im right now is there any for the web that are free lol? CrymeTyme-94 01:06, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
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- O.K so what's your im? O and I might get a 360 this summer maybe we can play together :) CrymeTyme-94 01:11, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
- If I get one i will get live!So what's your im? I'm trying to setup one on yahoo. CrymeTyme-94 01:16, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
- Sweet I made your wiki freinf list..So are you leveing for shure? CrymeTyme-94 01:44, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
- What link is red? –LAX 19:30, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
- Well, it doesn't appear red to me. BTW, would you like to talk via IM? –LAX 19:37, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
- You're back!? –LAX 14:56, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
- Damn. –LAX 15:17, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
- Gone... forever. It was just becoming way too series to exist. –LAX 22:30, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
- Hey I have one more thing to say 'cause I know that some snooty admin will bust me but I saw your new's letter to all kliq members, and me and you lived like thirty minutes apart lol. CrymeTyme-94 23:35, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
- It's gone for good?CrymeTyme-94 18:21, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] April GA Newsletter
The April issue of the WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter is now available. Dr. Cash (talk) 03:59, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
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- Project News
- There are currently 3,868 Good Articles listed at WP:GA.
- The backlog at Good Article Nominations is 195 unreviewed articles. Out of 267 total nominations, 57 are on hold, 13 are under review, and 2 are seeking a second opinion. Please go to WP:GAN and review an article or three as soon as you have a chance!
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- The backlog at Good Article Reassessment currently stands at 12 articles up for re-review.
- GA Sweeps Update
The GA Sweeps process is progressing nicely! During the month of March, a total of 92 articles were reviewed. Of that total, 74 were found to continue to meet the GA criteria, and 18 were delisted. There are currently 14 articles that are still on hold in this process, awaiting revisions. Congratulations to Nehrams2020 (talk · contribs), who sweeped a whopping 51 articles during the month! Jackyd101 (talk · contribs) also deserves congrats for sweeping a total of 26 articles!
- Reviewer of the Month
Dihydrogen monoxide is the GAN Reviewer of the Month for March, based on the assessments made by Dr. Cash on the number and thoroughness of the reviews made by individual reviewers each week. Dihydrogen monoxide hails from Brisbane in Queensland, Australia, and has been editing Wikipedia since April 6, 2007. He has contributed to 8 Featured articles and is an avid reviewer and contributor to the Good articles program. Other reviewers should check out his Noob's Guide to GA Reviewing. Congratulations to Dihydrogen monoxide!
Other outstanding reviewers during the month of March include:
- Member News
There are now 195 members of WikiProject Good Articles! Welcome to the 13 new members that joined during the month of March:
This WikiProject, and the Good Article program as a whole, would not be where it is today without each and every one of its members! Thank you to all!
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- To delist or not to delist, that is the question
So you’ve found an article that, on the face of it, does not merit its good article status. What next? Especially where there are many glaring issues that need addressing, it’s tempting to just revoke its GA status and remove it from the list, but although we are encouraged as editors to be bold, this approach (known to some as "bold delisting") is not recommended good practice. There are many reasons why a listed article might not meet the assessment criteria—it’s always possible that it never did, and was passed in error, but more likely the criteria have changed or the article quality has degraded since its original assessment. Either way, we should treat its reassessment with no less tact and patience than we would a fresh nomination.
This, in fact, provides a good starting point for the delisting process. Approach the article as though it has been nominated for GA review. Read it and the GA criteria carefully, and provide a full reassessment on the article talk page. Explain where and why the article no longer meets the criteria, and suggest remedies.
Having explained why the article no longer meets current GA criteria, allow its editors time to fix it! In keeping with the above approach, it may help to treat the article as on hold. There is no need to tag it as such, but give editors a reasonable deadline, and consider helping out with the repair work. Bear in mind that more flexibility may be required than for a normal hold—the editors did not request or expect your reassessment and will probably have other projects taking up their time. They may not have worked on the article for months or even years, and at worst the article may have been abandoned and its authors no longer active. As always, communication is the key. It sometimes helps to post messages to relevant WikiProjects (found at the top of the article talk page), or to contact editors directly (this tool is useful for identifying active editors for any given article).
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Article reassessment is perhaps the single most controversial function of our WikiProject, and the one with the most potential to upset and alienate editors. Yet it is one of the most necessary too, since without the ability to revoke an article’s status we would be unable to maintain quality within the project. However, if we approach reassessment sensitively and with the goal of improving articles to the point where sanctions are unnecessary, we will ensure that delisting is the last resort, not the first.
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[edit] WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter
The WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter
Issue XIV — April 6, 2008
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- SummerSlam (2007) (link) has been nominated for Featured Article status.
- Triple H has failed its Featured Article nomination. Its nom page can be found here.
- List of WCW Hardcore Champions has passed its Featured list nomination; its nomination can be found here.
- 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.
- Ion Croitoru, Jos LeDuc, New Year's Revolution (2007), No Way Out (2007), SummerSlam (2007), Unforgiven (2005), and WrestleMania X have been elevated to Good article status.
- Brian Kendrick, Brock Lesnar, Jeff Hardy, Matt Hardy, Randy Orton, Stacy Keibler, and Vengeance (2005) are currently Good article candidates.
Current Events
- 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
- Cryme Tyme returned to WWE on March 31, during Raw, defeating Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch.
- Matt Hardy also returned on Raw, attacking Randy Orton from behind, and later having a match with Orton.
Articles for Deletion
Collaboration of the Week
The article collaborations for March 30 through April 13 are Bash at the Beach (1996) and Mae Young. Please help to improve these articles to match the quality of an ideal Wikipedia professional wrestling related article. The next articles for collaboration will be chosen on Sunday, April 13.
Cast your vote to select the collaboration for next week! — Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!
Member Interview
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Professional Wrestling Article Stats
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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The Barnstar of Peace |
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- So, what's up with you and the craziness of fixing all the Raw's? -- ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) 02:03, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
- Oh, well not to say crap or whatever, but I noticed that you ended up replacing "RAW" with "Raw" on the refs. for HBK's article and you do realize that they didn't need to change. -- ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) 02:10, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
- Well, don't forget that Raw is also RAW. So, I'll fix it if you want. -- ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) 02:16, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
- Exactly what Bdve said, you don't need to change the ref. settings. -- ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) 02:21, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Re: I dont Know
First of all, RFCs should be put on the talk page of the article, and they should include more than just the template name. See Template:RFCpolicy list. MessedRocker (talk) 23:18, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
You don't change direct quotes.«»bd(talk stalk) 02:18, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
Four IP edits in the last three days? Of which only one possibly constituted actual vandalism? Semi-protection is used for heavy and persistent vandalism - this article in no way qualifies at this point in time. GBT/C 14:06, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
- Only where that vandalism is so heavy it is causing considerable disruption to the article to fix it all the time. Again, that is not the case here - only one of the edits in the last week is actually clear cut vandalism. Semi-protection would be a completely over-the-top response to such a low level of vandalism. As a comparator, have a look at the history of an article that was semi-protected recently, and the large levels of vandalism it was experiencing. GBT/C 16:40, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] WP:PW Newsletter
Hello! I see that you have a newsletter interview scheduled for a future edition of the newsletter. Due to the fact that we have started the Editor of the week, we will stop the interviews. The EOTW will be interviewed instead. To be fair, you have one week to answer the questions in your interview, as all of the interviews will go out in next week's newsletter. Cheers! iMatthew 2008 16:44, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
Small world...just a note to say I've declined your speedy on the above page, as the grounds you cited weren't appropriate. A7, which is about the only criteria I could see being relevant, wouldn't apply as the article asserted notability. Thanks! GBT/C 16:54, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Playstation Home
Please discuss the current dispute on the talk page, constantly reverting edits is counter productive. Remember WP:3RR. John.n-IRL 23:44, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] April 2008
 You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Hillary Rodham Clinton. Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions on a single page within a 24 hour period. Additionally, users who perform a large number of reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring, even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing. Please do not repeatedly revert edits, but use the talk page to work towards wording and content that gains a consensus among editors. If necessary, pursue dispute resolution. -- Scjessey (talk) 17:29, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
- "where should it be then" - As far as I'm concerned, in the WWE article or nowhere. It's not notable as far as her biography goes...unless she happens to accept the invitation. Please take it to the talk page. --Onorem♠Dil 17:30, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
- Officially, it's only 2 name changes.--~SRS~ 19:47, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
- I am talking about my username not the sig, the sig I always change, so that doesn't count. The name I changed twice, but SRS couldnt be passed, so its only 1.~SRS~ 21:44, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
Hi! I noticed your edit on Wikipedia:Searching and (due to my ignorance) was puzzled by it.
- Why did you do is as {{dablink|For test editing, go to [[WP:Sandbox]]}}?
- (i.e. :''For test editing, go to [[WP:Sandbox]]'' would have been visually identical - why use {{dablink| ... }}?
- Why do it at all? (i.e. I can't work out what value it is adding.)
I'm tempted to revert it, but I assume you did it for a reason.
However, your edit comment only says "add" - it only tells me what you did (which is blatantly obvious and doesn't require any comment at all), not why you did it.
So please, can you put me out of my misery and tell me why you did it?
Thanks in anticipation of an informative reply. Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 11:19, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
(P.S. If you have retired, why are you still making edits? Pdfpdf (talk) 11:19, 16 April 2008 (UTC))
- My comment was add, because I added something to the article. My reason is because, WP:S redirects there, but WP:Sandbox also starts with a S, so some users may find it helpful if there looking for the Sandbox. I'm still making edits because am officially retiring this Friday. RkOrToN 19:03, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
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- Good idea. However, it's not obvious that's what you've done, nor is it obvious that's why you did it. Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 22:40, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
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[edit] I thought...
...that you retired. iMatthew 2008 18:36, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
- Well, you've been editing a little bit too much to be retired... iMatthew 2008 19:45, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
- So you can be semi-retired. iMatthew 2008 19:47, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
- Idk why you changed it a while back, but it was supposed to go out last week, so I delayed it one week. April 27 would have been a two week delay. iMatthew 2008 19:51, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] WW Xbox
I see that you edit on Xbox and Xbox 360 and even our Portal page. If you like to you can join our WikiProject Xbox. BW21.--BlackWatch21 23:34, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
- If you don't mind, retired from what? Thanks.--BlackWatch21 01:48, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
- Thats a shame. Thanks.--BlackWatch21 20:00, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter
The WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter
Issue XV — April 20, 2008
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Events
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Professional Wrestling Article Stats
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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Collaboration of the Week
The article collaborations for April 13 through April 27 are World Wrestling Entertainment and Booker T. Please help to improve these articles to match the quality of an ideal Wikipedia professional wrestling related article. The next articles for collaboration will be chosen on Sunday, April 13.
Cast your vote to select the collaboration for next week! — Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!
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[edit] WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter
The WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter
Issue XV — April 20, 2008
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Project News
Events
Articles for Deletion
Professional Wrestling Article Stats
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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- Project at a Glance
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 Final Fantasy XI, Super Smash Bros. Melee, Defense of the Ancients, List of Halo media, Giants: Citizen Kabuto, Grim Fandango, Spyro: Year of the Dragon, List of songs in Guitar Hero
Demoted FA:
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Grim Fandango, Rise of Nations: Thrones and Patriots, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Metroid series, SimCity series, Characters of Halo
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The Importance of the Lead
The lead is one of the most important parts of any Wikipedia article; its job to summarize the article in 2 to 3 paragraphs in order to familiarize the reader with the structure of the content that you will providing them as well as to give a quick one-minute overview of the topic. Many articles that are processed through Good Article or Featured Article assessments will be heavily scrutinized for a poor lead section.
For articles dealing with video games, a common practice has developed for leads, being a 3-paragraph discussion.
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- Second paragraph
- The second paragraph should summarize the plot briefly in one or two sentences; a high level overview is only needed to set the stage for further discussion. One or two sentences should be included to discuss the gameplay, including any notable features of the game.
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- The third paragraph should cover the reception of the game, citing its general critical reaction and any significantly notable successful or failing elements in the game. If the game has won awards, this aspect can be noted, but specific mention of any award is discouraged.
This approach should help you to write a good lead for nearly any game, though this may need to be altered for other games. If there's not a lot of reception information for a game, it may be worthwhile to combine the listed first and third paragraphs into one paragraph. There may be need to talk more about an aspect not normally covered in video game articles (such as with E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (Atari 2600)) which should be noted in the lead.
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The reason I uploaded a new version of the Raw file is because it is usually frowned upon to upload a new file over an existing file that is for any other reason than to reduce resolution or increase quality. I also did it to remove any remnants of Hornetman in our project. The old one was uploaded by Hornetman and had a long history of him and his socks reverting the image to other versions. -- bulletproof 3:16 01:11, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
- I'm not sure I get what you are saying. By the way, now that you seem to be active again, you should remove the "retired" comments on your main page and talk page. iMatthew 2008 21:44, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
- Good idea, but that would not work because there is not a PPV every newsletter. And since its the Pro-Wrestling project and not the WWE Project, we would have to have results for every pro-wrestling PPV. iMatthew 2008 21:52, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
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- Project News
- There are currently 4,050 Good Articles listed at WP:GA.
- The backlog at Good Article Nominations is 195 unreviewed articles. Out of 227 total nominations, 16 are on hold, 14 are under review, and two are seeking a second opinion. Please go to WP:GAN and review an article or three as soon as you have a chance!
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- GAN Reviewer of the Month
Noble Story (talk · contribs) is the GAN Reviewer of the Month for April, based on the assessments made by Dr. Cash on the number and thoroughness of the reviews made by individual reviewers each week. Noble Story joined Wikipedia on May 16, 2007. He is a big fan of the Houston Rockets, and edits many related articles, as well as articles on basketball in general. Congratulations to Noble Story (talk · contribs) on being April's GAN Reviewer of the Month!
Other outstanding reviewers during the month of April include:
- Member News
There are now 212 members of WikiProject Good Articles! Welcome to the 17 new members that joined during the month of April:
This WikiProject, and the Good Article program as a whole, would not be where it is today without each and every one of its members! Thank you to all!
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Do you know what a GA topic is? If you are not nodding your head, or don't know what I'm talking about, then you should pay attention to this article.
There are ten GA top-level topics (but you will spot the eleventh as this article goes along). These topics are: Arts, Language and literature, Philosophy and religion, Everyday life, Social sciences and society, Geography and places, History, Engineering and technology, Mathematics, and Natural sciences. Each of these topics are further narrowed down to more specific topics. For example, Arts can be narrowed down to Art and architecture, Music, and Theatre, film and drama. But let's not get into sub-topics in this article because of its depth.
Now you will probably ask, "I already knew this, so what is your point?" What I want to illustrate is that some people often forget a step when they promote an article to GA. After they have posted their review in the article talk page, added the article name to the corresponding topic in the good article page, increased the GA count by 1, and added the {{GA}} to article talk page, many reviewers tend to forget to add the topic parameter in {{GA}} or {{ArticleHistory}}. You can browse the topic parameter abbreviations at on this page as well as what each top-level GA topic means, because sometimes it can be chaotic and confusing to pick a topic. For example, should On the Origin of Species be placed under the Natural Science topic (because it's related to evolution), or under the Language and Literature topic (because it is a book)? The correct answer is to place it under Language and literature topic, because its categorization as a proper title supercedes other categories.
Let's go back to the page that shows GA topics; does anyone spot the eleventh topic? Yes, Category:Uncategorized good articles is the 11th topic, only it shouldn't be there. Articles that do not have a topic parameter in either {{GA}} or {{ArticleHistory}} will be placed in this category. The topic "Uncategorized" is not very informative, is it? So if you have time, you can consider cleaning up the articles that are left in this category and move them to the appropriate category by adding a topic parameter.
That's it for this month, I hope you learned a little from it.
- GA Sweeps Update
The GA Sweeps process is progressing nicely! During the month of April, a total of 26 articles were reviewed. Of that total, 15 were found to continue to meet the GA criteria, and two were delisted. There are currently six articles that are still on hold in this process, awaiting revisions. One article was exempted from review because it was promoted to FA. Two articles were exempted from review because they were already delisted by another member in the community.
We are once again recruiting new sweeps participants. Candidates should be very strong and comfortable in reviewing GA and familiar with the GA processes and criteria. If you are interested, please contact OhanaUnited for details.
- Did You Know...
- ...that there are slightly less than twice as many Good Articles as Featured Articles?
- ...that the total number of Good Articles and Featured Articles combined is 6,085?
- ...that different languages have different symbols representing GA? (Alemannic uses
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Note: Lithuanian and Serbian have their own symbol but only uploaded locally. Other languages not listed above either have the same symbol as english or they don't have GA process.
- From the Editors
There is currently a debate on adding a small green dot to the top right corner of all Good Articles that pass the criteria, similar to the small bronze star that is added to the top right corner of Featured Articles. Members of WikiProject Good Articles are encouraged to participate in the debate on this page.
Please leave any comments or feedback regarding this issue here.
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[edit] WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter
The WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter
Issue XVI — May 4, 2008
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Project News
- Jeff Hardy, Matt Hardy, Money Inc., and Vengeance (2005) have been elevated to Good article status.
- Acolytes Protection Agency, Backlash (2006), Brian Kendrick, Brock Lesnar, Judgment Day (2005), Over the Edge (1999), Randy Orton, Royal Rumble (2005), Stacy Keibler, and Survivor Series (2005) are currently Good article candidates.
Current Events
Articles for Deletion
Professional Wrestling Article Stats
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.
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Member News
Collaboration of the Week
The article collaboration for April 27 through May 11 is National Wrestling Alliance. The featured article collaboration is Amy Dumas. Please help to improve these articles to match the quality of an ideal Wikipedia professional wrestling related article. The next articles for collaboration will be chosen on Sunday, May 11.
Cast your vote to select the collaboration for next week! — Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!
Editor of the Week
- Welcome to the Editor of the Week!
- Our first editor of the week is Nikki311, who won with 6 votes.
- The runner-up, LAX came in second with 3 votes.
- Nikki311's award page can be found here. Congratulations Nikki!
From the Editors
Contributors to this Issue:
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Issue XVI — May 4, 2008
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- Jeff Hardy, Matt Hardy, Money Inc., and Vengeance (2005) have been elevated to Good article status.
- Acolytes Protection Agency, Backlash (2006), Brian Kendrick, Brock Lesnar, Judgment Day (2005), Over the Edge (1999), Randy Orton, Royal Rumble (2005), Stacy Keibler, and Survivor Series (2005) are currently Good article candidates.
Current Events
Articles for Deletion
Professional Wrestling Article Stats
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.
Professional wrestling
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Member News
Collaboration of the Week
The article collaboration for April 27 through May 11 is National Wrestling Alliance. The featured article collaboration is Amy Dumas. Please help to improve these articles to match the quality of an ideal Wikipedia professional wrestling related article. The next articles for collaboration will be chosen on Sunday, May 11.
Cast your vote to select the collaboration for next week! — Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!
Editor of the Week
- Welcome to the Editor of the Week!
- Our first editor of the week is Nikki311, who won with 6 votes.
- The runner-up, LAX came in second with 3 votes.
- Nikki311's award page can be found here. Congratulations Nikki!
From the Editors
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[edit] The WPVG Newsletter (May 2008)
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- Project at a Glance
As of 2008-05-06, the project has:
- Changes to Featured and Good articles, lists, and topics in April
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Promoted FA/FL:
Guitar Hero, List of songs in Guitar Hero, List of songs in Guitar Hero II, Halo: Contact Harvest, Age of Empires
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Air (visual novel), SimCity (series)
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24: The Game, Chocobo Racing, Crackdown, Crush 40, Dynasty Warriors 4, Geneforge, Gravemind, Guitar Hero (series), Half-Life (video game), Martin O'Donnell, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, Music of Final Fantasy III, Music of Final Fantasy VI, Music of Final Fantasy X-2, Music of Final Fantasy XII, Resident Evil: Apocalypse, Resident Evil: Extinction, Sega Mega Drive, Super Smash Bros. (series), StarCraft: Ghost, System Shock 2, The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures, The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, Warhawk (PlayStation 3 game), Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, CD-i games from the Legend of Zelda series, Xbox 360, Voices of the Lifestream
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- News
There were 256 new articles in April 2008
Current proposals and discussions
- Well, gee, thanks 1up!
1UP.com has recently changed their rating scale. A list of affected articles can be found here. See discussion for details.
- About 14% of the articles on the list have been checked and updated.
- Inactive project cleanup
Proposal to consolidate inactive projects and taskforces. Project page can be found here.
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- Feature
Writing about Gameplay
The Gameplay section is a crucial component of a good video game article. Although it may be relatively easy for an experienced gamer to write such a section, care must be taken to maintain an appropriate focus and balance. The section should be written for readers with little or no knowledge of video gaming and should not be filled with detailed information about weapons, levels, or other such topics that are only of interest to the video gamer or that might be found in a game guide. Your goal for crafting a good section is to have people who have never picked up the game understand the basic mechanics. Do note, however, that it's safe to assume the reader has at least a minor knowledge of what a video game is.
This section often begins the body text after the lead, but is sometimes placed after the Plot section. Games with little or no story can cover the plot in the Gameplay section. When writing about a game, use your head and common sense about the ordering. Generally, start off with a broad stroke—is the game a RTS or an FPS, etc. Don't talk about why the gameplay is like it is; generally, that is better placed in the 'Development' section later on in the article.
Images can be added to better illustrate some aspects of gameplay. Generally, a single screenshot will suffice. Because of screenshots are non-free content, usage should be minimalised. Multiple images can be used, but all images should add something to the article beyond what the prose states. All non-free images require a fair use rationale to be used on Wikipedia.
Things to remember
- Don't add in cruft about weapons, levels, and minute details of trivia; gameplay sections should serve as a primer to the game, not an exhaustive list of every facet of the game.
- Don't use gaming jargon which can be confusing to readers, such as "NPC" or "MMORPG". If you use these terms, state the full name and the abbreviation the first time it appears. For example, "Halo is a first-person shooter, or FPS."
- Wikilink! So you don't have to describe what a god game is, link it.
- Talk about what makes the game different from others; if you only talk about why StarCraft is a real-time strategy game, then readers could just visit the article about the game genre and be better served.
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Issue XVII — May 18, 2008
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- Brian Kendrick, Brock Lesnar, Stacy Keibler, Randy Orton, and Acolytes Protection Agency have been elevated to Good article status.
- Over the Edge (1999) failed its Good article nomination, but has been reassessed here.
- Backlash (2006), Backlash (2007), Insane Clown Posse, Judgment Day (2005), Judgment Day (2007), One Night Stand (2007), Royal Rumble (2005), Survivor Series (2005), The Great American Bash (2007), The Rock (entertainer) and Unforgiven (2006) are currently Good article candidates.
Current Events
Articles for Deletion
- Current: Africa Wrestling Alliance, International Wrestling Federation (South Africa), Joseph Carl Bailey, Junior.
- Kept: TNA 2005 Super X Cup Tournament, TNA 2006 World X Cup Tournament.
- Redirected: Deuces Wild Tournament, Meltdown: The Music of TNA Wrestling Vol.2.
- Deleted: Sean Creed, Giovanni picarazzi, Cf Turbo, Mother's Day Massacre (2008), Boerseun (wrestler), Nizaam Hartley, The Taxidriver (wrestler), Scorpion Kruger (wrestler), The Blacksmith (wrestler), RingDivas Womens Wrestling, Parrow Civic Centre, Nightmare (wrestler), Pro Wrestling Alliance: Africa, Steve Eden (wrestler).
Professional Wrestling Article Stats
The number of stub articles has decreased to its lowest level since the project began its focus on improving them. The goal is to get the number below 600, and we're getting close. It would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the stub article subpage of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.
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Member News
Collaboration of the Week
The article collaborations for May 11 through May 24 are Chris Benoit double murder and suicide and John Layfield. Please help to improve these articles to match the quality of an ideal Wikipedia professional wrestling related article. The next articles for collaboration will be chosen on Sunday, May 25.
Cast your vote to select the collaboration for next week! — Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!
Editor of the Week
- Our second editor of the week is GaryColemanFan, who won with 4 votes.
- The runner-up, D.M.N., came in second with 3 votes.
- GaryColemanFan's award page and interview can be found here. Congratulations!
- The interview portion of the award page was just recently added. To see Nikki311's interview, go to her award page here
From the Editors
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[edit] WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter
The WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter
Issue XVII — May 18, 2008
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Project News
- Brian Kendrick, Brock Lesnar, Stacy Keibler, Randy Orton, and Acolytes Protection Agency have been elevated to Good article status.
- Over the Edge (1999) failed its Good article nomination, but has been reassessed here.
- Backlash (2006), Backlash (2007), Insane Clown Posse, Judgment Day (2005), Judgment Day (2007), One Night Stand (2007), Royal Rumble (2005), Survivor Series (2005), The Great American Bash (2007), The Rock (entertainer) and Unforgiven (2006) are currently Good article candidates.
Current Events
Articles for Deletion
- Current: Africa Wrestling Alliance, International Wrestling Federation (South Africa), Joseph Carl Bailey, Junior.
- Kept: TNA 2005 Super X Cup Tournament, TNA 2006 World X Cup Tournament.
- Redirected: Deuces Wild Tournament, Meltdown: The Music of TNA Wrestling Vol.2.
- Deleted: Sean Creed, Giovanni picarazzi, Cf Turbo, Mother's Day Massacre (2008), Boerseun (wrestler), Nizaam Hartley, The Taxidriver (wrestler), Scorpion Kruger (wrestler), The Blacksmith (wrestler), RingDivas Womens Wrestling, Parrow Civic Centre, Nightmare (wrestler), Pro Wrestling Alliance: Africa, Steve Eden (wrestler).
Professional Wrestling Article Stats
The number of stub articles has decreased to its lowest level since the project began its focus on improving them. The goal is to get the number below 600, and we're getting close. It would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the stub article subpage of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.
Professional wrestling
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Member News
Collaboration of the Week
The article collaborations for May 11 through May 24 are Chris Benoit double murder and suicide and John Layfield. Please help to improve these articles to match the quality of an ideal Wikipedia professional wrestling related article. The next articles for collaboration will be chosen on Sunday, May 25.
Cast your vote to select the collaboration for next week! — Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!
Editor of the Week
- Our second editor of the week is GaryColemanFan, who won with 4 votes.
- The runner-up, D.M.N., came in second with 3 votes.
- GaryColemanFan's award page and interview can be found here. Congratulations!
- The interview portion of the award page was just recently added. To see Nikki311's interview, go to her award page here
From the Editors
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- Project at a Glance
As of 2008-06-04, the project has:
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Promoted FA/FL:
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, List of acquisitions by Electronic Arts, List of Harvest Moon titles, Riven, Myst,
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Characters of Halo, The Orange Box
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Devil May Cry series (FT)
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Air (visual novel), Crash Boom Bang!, Driving Emotion Type-S, Einhänder, Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Metal Gear Solid, Off-Road Velociraptor Safari, Team Fortress 2, Grand Theft Auto (series), Kratos (God of War), History of video game consoles (seventh generation)
Demoted GA:
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Sonic the Hedgehog (character), Cloud Strife, Super Smash Bros.
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- News
There were 203 new articles in May 2008
Current proposals and discussions
- Well, gee, thanks 1up!
1UP.com has recently changed their rating scale. A list of affected articles can be found here. See discussion for details.
- About 28% of the articles on the list have been checked and updated.
- Inactive project cleanup
Proposal to consolidate inactive projects and taskforces. Project page can be found here.
- WikiProject Dragon Quest has been redirected to WP:VG.
- WikiProject Massively multiplayer online games Guild Wars task force has been deleted.
Interested in a specific video game series or company? Check out some of our task forces to help improve the related articles.
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Writing about Development
Development content is very important to include in an encyclopedic video game article. It provides a history of how the game came to be and provides real world information needed for an article to claim comprehensiveness. However, writing this section can be difficult because the amount and type of information available will vary for each game. One of the best sources for such information is a developer interview. These can provide insight into the thought process of the designers and give examples of influences and obstacles encountered. Previews can also be helpful by giving a snap shot of the game before it was released and may mention development issues that were still being addressed.
When writing about development, common sense should be used to organize content to maintain a sense of flow for the reader. Most times, it is best to give the information in a somewhat chronological order—though information can also be grouped by topics like audio, promotion, graphics, etc. If one such topic gets large enough, it can be split off into its own subsection or regular section. For example, Kingdom Hearts#Audio is a separate section from the rest of the development information because it focuses on the game's musical score and voice acting. Portal (video game)#Soundtrack, however, does not have as much content and is a subsection of the main development section.
- What to include about development
- Who are the developers? Which company or studio developed the game, and are there any prominent designers involved?
- When did development begin?
- When and where was the game first announced? (e.g. Tokyo Game Show, E3 Media and Business Summit, etc.)
- What influenced the game's story, characters, music, and/or gameplay ? (e.g. past games, movies, books, etc.)
- Were there any delays?
- Was anything excluded because of time or technological constraints? (e.g. extra levels, game modes, characters, story arcs, etc.)
- Things to remember
- Avoid proseline. Though maintaining a sense to chronology is important, this section should not read like an ordered list of events.
- Images in this section should be relevant to the information given and should add on to it.
- Source everything to avoid information being tagged as original research.
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