AFL to return in 2010? (Will hopefully be updated next issue.)
Transactions
Notable af2 transactions
Arena Football League Article Stats
Project News
Update
On March 26, 2009 an importance scale was added to the project's banner. The scale can be found here. It would be greatly appreciated if you went through and tagged AFL and af2 players with on the importance scale. Also, the option of |attention= (Yes or No) has been added. Please see Template:WikiProject Arena Football League if you have any questions.
Needs
Articles for the more popular and "star" players of the league need to be expanded, have citations added to them and hopefully we can get some GA's out of them.
All articles on active players and coaches need to be updated with stats, news, and all things important. (Note: For stats it's best to use ArenaFan.)
Please help in re-assessing articles, as well as expanding them. We need to get to work on it and get as much done as possible.
Newsletter news
As you may have noticed, there is a slightly modified look to the newsletter. I felt this would be helpful for those issues with alot of news headlines, etc. So I thought I'd tell you alittle bit about it. The top section is the "Table of Contents," as the name states. The ONLY time anything else is to be included is when there is a BIG headline, such as the League's possible return in 2010, as above. Those headlines get their own special subsection in the Current events section. That is how things will be organized, also in the order they happen. Hope you enjoy it. If you have any questions or comments pleae feel free to leave them here.
The af2 once again partnered up with Network Foundation Technologies (NFT) to broadcast "af2TV" a FREE-for-View online network that will showcase every game of the league's 10th anniversary season live over the Internet. The broadcasts began on Thursday March 12's exhibition game when the Milwaukee Iron played the New Zealand Overstayers.
An unnamed player source indicated, to ArenaFan.com, that there is a "98%" chance that the Arena Football League will return to action in 2010.
af2's Greatest of All-time
Kevin Prentiss was named the af2's all-time greatest Kick returner by a group of af2 head coaches past and present, members of the media and fans throughout the country.
Former FB/LB Frank Carter was named the af2's all-time greatest Linebacker by a group of af2 head coaches past and present, members of the media and fans throughout the country.
K A.J. Haglund was named the af2's all-time greatest Kicker by a group of af2 head coaches past and present, members of the media and fans throughout the country.
Former FB/LB Steve Gorrie was named the af2's all-time greatest Fullback by a group of af2 head coaches past and present, members of the media and fans throughout the country.
OL Will Rabatin was named the af2's all-time greatest Offensive linemen by a group of af2 head coaches past and present, members of the media and fans throughout the country.
DS Eddie Moten was named the af2's all-time greatest Defensive back by a group of af2 head coaches past and present, members of the media and fans throughout the country.
DL Khreem Smith was named the af2's all-time greatest Defensive lineman by a group of af2 head coaches past and present, members of the media and fans throughout the country.
WR Donovan Morgan was named the af2's all-time greatest Wide Receiver by a group of af2 head coaches past and present, members of the media and fans throughout the country.
QB Craig Strickland was named the af2's all-time greatest Quarterback by a group of af2 head coaches past and present, members of the media and fans throughout the country.
AFL to return in 2010?
On March 23, it was announced that the AFL plans to return to play in 2010 after the league and the players union reached an agreement to amend the Collective Bargaining Agreement.
Beginning with this issue, there will be NO transactions listed for the af2, as the list becomes too long, time consuming, cluttered and well, I just can't take doing it anymore. However, year, should the AFL in fact return, a transactions section will be up for them. I will still provide the section and links in every issue, just not a complete long list as before. Only notable players transactions will be included.
Our goal is to get the number of Stub-Class articles down to 0, in due time. The current article count is listed below, I have placed the forumla that is on the project page that is updated everytime the bot is run and it tallies up our articles and where they are and lists them as seen below, so that no one has to worry about making sure it's updated manually before the newsletter is sent out. It would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list is provided in the stub-class category of stub articles that need to be improved, and some should be fairly easy.
I appreciate the effort to improve this article, however, it's been necessary to revert your changes. Perhaps it would be best to discuss desired changes on the talk page first, in case there are certain aspects that may not be obvious to you. :) Thanks, لennavecia18:27, 9 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
From April 10 to May 10, WP:PW will be hosting the first Professional Wrestling Stub Reduction Drive. Details can be found here and all memebers are encouraged to get involved.
Events Calender
This section is intended to warn users about potential targets of vandalism and speculation: professional wrestling events from major promotions for the month of April.
I have nominated Solar System for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. HarryAlffa (talk) 18:22, 22 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
WP:PW is currently hosting the first Professional Wrestling Stub Reduction Drive. Details can be found here and all members are encouraged to get involved, with two weeks left to go.
This section is intended to warn users about potential targets of vandalism and speculation: professional wrestling events from major promotions for the months of April and May.
Refer to WP:NC during the process of renaming an article, if a name does not adhere to these guidelines, be bold and move the article to the correct target name. If there is a naming conflict, follow the steps to a resolution or discuss the move on the project's talk page.
Avoid overlinking in an article. If a subject has been linked once already in the body paragraphs, there is no need to link it again. Lists are the only exceptions to this policy.
The lead section of an article should introduce the subject and summarize the entire article's contents. The size of the lead will depend on the size of the article.
Articles for the more popular and "star" players of the league need to be expanded, have citations added to them and hopefully we can get some GA's out of them.
All articles on active players and coaches need to be updated with stats, news, and all things important. (Note: For stats it's best to use ArenaFan.)
Please help in re-assessing articles, as well as expanding them. We need to get to work on it and get as much done as possible.
On April 5, Ed Policy stepped down as acting AFLcommissioner. Policy said that the league's restructuring will require a CEO, "a job in which Policy has no interest."
The Wheelers' aren't fans of HoJos.
On April 13, the Quad City Steamwheelersexperienced a slight problem on "Victory Monday" when the "name" had to be changed to "Moving Monday" after the Howard Johnson's the team was staying at shut down for good and forced guests to leave.
No more football in L.A.
On April 19, Casey Wasserman, ceased operations of the Los Angeles Avengers, saying on the teams website; "The LA Avengers has terminated its participation in the Arena Football League...."
AFL returning in 2010.
On April 23, the Arena Football League announced that they had finalized a new business model that will enable the league to return in time for the 2010 season.
Our goal is to get the number of Stub-Class articles down to 0, in due time. The current article count is listed below, I have placed the forumla that is on the project page that is updated everytime the bot is run and it tallies up our articles and where they are and lists them as seen below, so that no one has to worry about making sure it's updated manually before the newsletter is sent out. It would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list is provided in the stub-class category of stub articles that need to be improved, and some should be fairly easy.
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Over the past month, WP:PW hosted the first Professional Wrestling Stub Reduction Drive. In one month, the number of stub-class articles was reduced from 562 (13.84% of the project's total articles) to 477 (11.64%). More work expanding stubs is always appreciated. See here for more information.
This section is intended to warn users about potential targets of vandalism and speculation: professional wrestling events from major promotions for the month of May.
WWE signed April Jeanette, better known by her ring name Miss April, to a developmental contract.
On May 8, WWE signed Fred Sampson to a developmental contract.
TNA announced a new television show, TNA Epics, that will broadcast its inaugural show on May 15 on Bravo in the United Kingdom.
Editing Tips
This is a section in the newsletter devoted to help familiarize project members with the Manual of Style and general editing tips.
The project's New Year's Resolutions are listed here, and a list of topics that are close to Good topic status is listed here. Consider helping by achieving an aim listed or by improving an article on the Topics list to Good Article status.
Please familiarize yourself with the general notability policy of Wikipedia. Avoid creating new articles that do not satisfy the requirements.
When the title of an refers to several things, it is necessary to provide links or disambiguate the page so that readers typing in that title can quickly navigate to the article that interests them. For example: World Heavyweight Championship (WWE).
As part of the project's New Year's Reolutions, there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 10%. As of May 10, we are at 11.64%, with 483 articles currently in Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles. It still would be greatly appreciated if members would expand, source an improve stub articles, and a list has been placed on the stub article subpage of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.
This section is intended to warn users about potential targets of vandalism and speculation: professional wrestling events from major promotions for the months of May and June.
The lead section of an article should introduce the subject and summarize the entire article's contents. The size of the lead will depend on the size of the article.
Avoid using bolding to emphasize text. See MOS:BOLD for appropriate uses of bold text.
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