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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.
Delivered: 11:26, 23 November 2008 (UTC) by MiszaBot (talk)
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Article importance is an assessment of a topic's importance in understanding a specific higher level topic. Assessments are maintained by WikiProjects and reflect the project's view of what is essential to understanding their scope. In the VG Project's case, all importance scales are in terms of understanding video games.
Recent discussions at the VG Project's talk page have called for revisions to the practice of assigning article importance. The discussion began in mid-November with the goal of clarifying what level of importance should be assigned to certain type of articles. It eventually expanded to creating a standardized table of importance to serve as a guide for current and future editors.
The discussion has focused on and shifted to several topics including flaws of previous practices, new ways to view assessment, other project practices to emulate, and specific articles which are exceptions to proposed guidelines. A brief pole and discussion determined most editors felt that the bulk of some topics—specifically individual video game, series, and character articles—were not essential to understanding video games, making them ineligible for top importance. The discussion then shifted to tweaking the wording and layout of the table.
The current proposed table is being discussed on the project's talk page, and the issue of whether some topics—specifically character articles—should be allowed to be rated importance has also been brought up. As always, member are encouraged to voice their opinions and engage in discussion to determine consensus so the new assessment scale can be implemented.
Newsletter delivery by xenobot 20:12, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
Don't mean to but in...
Hey, SRS! Long time no see. Hey I saw your comment on Matt's page, IMO it would probably not get deleted now, but it really needs to get sourced. Like with it saying Eddie went there. DO you know how to cite? SteelersFan-94 06:09, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
The schools website should be good enough. Check his page here on wiki, and see if it say's anything about it. If it does use that ref. If you need help ask me. SteelersFan-94 06:22, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
Just create a section that say's "Ref list", once you do that, the template you use will put it there and number it. SteelersFan-94 06:31, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
I just copy'd this from a article and it works O.K, [1]. Now, just copy what ever source you have, and what you want the title to be. Do you understand? Let me know if you don't because citing can be a pain in the ass. SteelersFan-94 06:44, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
Here's what I did To fix it. all you need is the template "reflist", you don't need to put how many there are. SteelersFan-94 06:56, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
LI just got your latest message. What did you cite from here? I'll take a look at it and see if it's O.K. Odds are You could use the source from what Wiki does. If it has one. SteelersFan-94 06:58, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
It should be fine. SteelersFan-94 07:05, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
I'd go ahead and move it. You got refs, it's notable, it should stay. And if worst comes to worst, and it goes to WP:AFD, just move it back into your userspace. Then no one can delete it for not being notable. SteelersFan-94 07:10, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
Hey man I'm going to go to bed. I need my rest to watch my Steelers beat your Cowboy's tomorrow! ;) SteelersFan-94 07:15, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
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.
Delivered: 17:39, 7 December 2008 (UTC) by MiszaBot (talk)
Re: I barely noticed
Heh, that was several months ago. I still remember that. Well, no problem, and I'll be sure to reply on your talk page next time. I just prefer replying on my own talk page to keep conversations organized. (It says so in my talk page guidelines on the top of this page) I only reply on other user's talk pages upon request (or if they are new to Wikipedia and they aren't used to looking back on this page, or if I know beforehand that user wants me to reply on their talk page when they add a message here). – RyanCross (talk) 04:35, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas! It's that special time of the year again! The joy, the giving, the food, and most importantly, the PRESENTS! Remember, he checking the list twice. Yeah, and you thought you can get away with stealing that jar of cookies.;) Merry Christmas, and have fun opening your coa-I mean presents.
Spread the joy by adding User:SimonKSK/Sandbox/Christmas to their talk page with a friendly message.
I see you have ditched my sig. Oh well, I don't hate.SimonKSK 18:40, 13 December 2008 (UTC)
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.
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.
Delivered: 10:46, 21 December 2008 (UTC) by MiszaBot (talk)
Sup...
Listen, don't judge what I said in your review too harshly, okay? Second, I fixed your currrent sig a bit so it looked better. The thing is when you scroll over the sig, it shows the formula so I have to fix that.
no wiki format
[[User:The SRS|<math>\mathfrak{savior}</math>]] [[User talk:The SRS|<math>\mathfrak{self}</math>]][[Special:Contributions/The SRS|<math>\mathfrak{.}</math>]][[Special:EmailUser/The SRS|<math>\mathfrak{777}</math>]]
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.
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.
Delivered: 00:39, 5 January 2009 (UTC) by MiszaBot (talk)
Your signature
There is a policy against images or templates in signatures, and you are currently using images in your signature. I suggest you try and copy/paste a Wikipedia document into a word processor like Microsoft Word, and you'll see that your signature is pasted "mathfrak{s}\mathfrak{a}\mathfrak{v}\mathfrak{i}\mathfrak{o}\mathfrak{r} \mathfrak{s}\mathfrak{e}\mathfrak{l}\mathfrak{f}\mathfrak{.}\mathfrak{7}\mathfrak{7}\mathfrak{7}". To avoid confusion and misinterpretations it is proposed you change your signature. See WP:SIG#NT and Wikipedia:Signatures#Images. RaagioT/CGuest Book 16:10, 5 January 2009 (UTC)
A search bar has been added to the archive box on the VG project talk page. Searching the discussion archives is now much easier.
Feature: Video game notability
Video game related articles fall under niche categories on Wikipedia: "Culture and the arts" and "Everyday life". Because of this, they are often required to demonstrate notability more than other topics. Wikipedia defines notability as "worthy of notice", and considers it distinct from fame, importance, and popularity. Though it is acknowledge to be related to fame and the like, it is important understand that being famous, important, or popular does not mean a video game article should be on Wikipedia.
Being notable means that a topic has "received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." Wikipedia's policy also stipulates that this only presumes to "satisfy the inclusion criteria for a stand-alone article." This means that though an article may meet the criteria on paper, it is up to the community to decide if a topic truly is notable and/or violates other policies such as WP:NOT. In short, just because a video game, character, or related topic exists, does not mean it should also exist as a Wikipedia article.
Dealing with non-notable topics
Articles that do not meet the criteria are either deleted or merged into a relevant topic.
WP:Articles for deletion (AfD) handles the deletion of non-notable articles, among other types, and has an established process to begin discussions about reasons for deletion.
If an article is a subarticle of a larger topic, merging it into the larger topic article is a more desirable action. For example, the main character of a video may not be notable, but has received some mentions in reviews. It would benefit both topics, the character and its video game, to include the content into the article of the video game; essentially using a small, weaker article to strengthen a larger more notable article.
Things to remember
The best way to show notability is to provide reliable sources about the topic.
Notability is less about keeping articles out of Wikipedia and more about making sure readers are provided articles about significant, quality topics.
While you may think a topic is notable, others may disagree. Try to keep a clear perspective when assessing notability so discussions can reach a consensus.
AfD is more of a last resort and is not always the best course of action to take.
Consider starting a merger discussion first, as some editors may not fully understand why an article they started is not suitable for Wikipedia.
Newsletter delivery by xenobot 22:25, 7 January 2009 (UTC)
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