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.)
Also, we NEED to get things done so we can take them off of the to do list.
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.
The Florida Firecats of af2 have announced that a group of local investors have purchased a minority share of the franchise. The group includes; Robert Germain Jr., Dr. John and Elizabeth Kagan, Berk Edwards, Richard Castiano, Joseph Viacava Sr., Joseph Viacava Jr. and former Firecats Quarterback Michael McQuagge.
A group of current and former af2 head coaches as well as members of the media and fans throughout the country selectedArenaCup IX as the league's greatest game of all-time.
The 2000Quad City Steamwheelers have been named the af2's all-time greatest team, by a group of af2 head coaches past and present, members of the media and fans throughout the country.
In February, AFL owners met in Chicago, Illionis along with iterm Comminsioner Ed Policy to begin working out details of a new operating model.
On February 11, it was mentioned by Blogcritics magazine sports blogger Matthew T. Sussman that a relegation system might help, and possibly save, the Arena Football League.
Rich Ingold has been named the all-time greatest head coach in af2 history, by a group of af2 head coaches past and present, members of the media and fans throughout the country.
af2 teams opened training camp on February 28 in preperation for the league's 10th anniversary season.
The af2 placed OL/DL Bobby Jones and QB Damon Dowdell on the League suspension list.
The Albany Firebirds were assigned OL/DLs Kevin Marchant, Lavon Ward, Aaron Meredith and Peter Martocci, DL Anton Lindsay and OL Brandon Walker. They also placed DS Larry Hutchins and WR/DB Steven King on Re-assignment.
The Amarillo Dusters were assigned FB/LBs Gregory Moore and Kyle Wilson, OL/DLs Lee Tibbs, Brandon Hurd and Jared Williams, QB Matt Bassuener, DSs Chandler Smith, Marquell Winn and Myron Newberry, OL/DLs Frinser Nelson, Rannoris Ray, Carlos Downey, and Harvey Joiner, Aaron Turner, WR/DB Brent Craft and WR/DB Anthony Richards. They also traded Future Considerations to the Green Bay Blizzard in exchange for QB Colin Drafts.
The Arkansas Twisters were assigned FB/LB Chad Cook, OL/DLs Vegas Franklin, Vinnie Olson and Chris Tucker, WR/DBs Lawrence Richardson and J.R. Bryant.
The Boise Burn were assigned WR/DBs Nichiren Flowers, Nate Kimbrough and Roshawn Marshall, QB Rudy Carlton, DL Gerard Lee, OL/DL Kenny Shane and FB/LB Damian Walker. They placed OL/DL Shannon Boatman on the Other league exempt list (Toronto of the CFL) and K Kenny Byrd (Winnipeg of the CFL).
The Corpus Christi Sharks were assigned OL/DLs Kirk Fields and Duane Hunter Jr., DL Jarrarcea Williams, WR/DBs Nathan Fricke and Bryan Langford, QB Dane King and LB Randy Chappell.
The Florida Firecats were assigned WR James Panui.
The Green Bay Blizzard were assigned DS Tracy Belton, WR/DB Phillip Brock (VOID), WR/DB Brian Hernandez, QBGino Guidugli and OL/DL Zarnell Fitch. They also traded QB Colin Drafts to the Amarillo Dusters for Future Considerations. They also placed DS William Oliver on Reassignment and OL/DL Reginald Hughes on Recallable Re-assignment.
The Iowa Barnstormers were assigned QB Bryan Lee-Lauduski, WR/DB Jason Simpson and WR/LB Ken Williams. They placed OL/DL David Harley on Re-assignment. OL/DL Charles Edwards has been activated from the League Suspension list.
The Kentucky Horsemen were assigned OSs Quinton Williams and Frank Green and QBs Justin Rascati and Jared Lorenzen, OL/DL Chris Terrell, DS Matt Forbes and DL Juan Underwood. They also traded Future Considerations to the Tulsa Talons for FB/LB La'Roi Johnson. They also placed WR/DB Andre Twine on Recallable Re-assignment.
The Mahoning Valley Thunder were assigned QB Richard Webster, FB/LBs Michael Alston and Maurice Smith, OL/DLs Frashon McGee and Jason Lewis, K Derek Schorejs, DL Tim Cheatwood and WR/DB Rob Carey. They placed K Ben Scott on Re-assignment. They also added two players from the teams February tryout, those players are: OL/DL Maurice Smith and Frashon McGee.
The Manchester Wolves were assigned WR/DB Carlton Brown, QBs James Pinkney and Mike Potts and OL/DLs Tyler King and Wesley Jones. They also traded Future Considerations to the Spokane Shock in exchange for DS Brandon Isaac.
The Milwaukee Iron were assigned OL/DL Chris Acevedo, Jerry Spencer and Brandon Kelly and DS Donnie Amadi. They also placed OL/DL Freddie Weinke on Re-assignment.
The Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz were assigned WR/DBs Davion Mitchell and Abimbola Jose (International status approved), FB/LB Marques Newman and OL/DL Barrett Allen.
The Peoria Pirates were assigned OL/DL Robert Powell and WR Brandon Copeland. They also placed OL/DL Devaul Neal on Re-assignment.
The Rio Grande Valley Dorados were assigned FB/LB Eric Cantu, OL/DLs Reginald Hargrove and Raushun Rowser, OSs Javid James and Rod Windsor, WR/DBs Littrele Jones and Craig Turner and K Tony Stevens.
The South Georgia Wildcats were assigned DS Mike Blackstone, OL/DLs Justin Delancy and Roderick Souder, K Jared Guberman, QB Ryan Porter, WR/DBs LeVance Richmond and Clenton Rafe, whom was just actived from the League Suspension list, FB/LBs Thomas Schmitt and Musa Nash. They also traded OS Tremayne Kirkland to the Tri-Cities Fever for Future Considerations.
The Spokane Shock were assigned DS Virgil Gray, QB Casey Hansen and International player OS Hans Batichon (International Status Pending). They traded DS Brandon Isaac to the Manchester Wolves in exchange for Future Considerations. They also placed WR/LB Chris Hemphill and WR/DB Jimmie Sutton on Recallable Reassignment and WR/DB Damon Morton on Reassignment. They then activated WR/LB Chris Hemphill and WR/DB Jimmie Sutton from Recallable Re-assignment.
The Stockton Lightning were assigned WR/DBs Alan Fleming and Andre Taylor, OL/DLs Braeden Gates, Jesse Sogelau, Alex Asi, Ma’ake Pole and Jake Forshey, FB/LB Jason Hunt, DS's Nathan Kenion, Shannon Sevor and Carlos Francies. WR/DB Rucshard Dodd-Masters was activated from the League Suspention list.
The Tennessee Valley Vipers were assigned QB Kevin Eakin, WR/LB Jeremy Grier and OL/DL Marcus While. They also placed WR/DB Reggie Sullivan on Recallable waivers.
The Tri-Cities Fever were assigned OS Bernie Lewis, OL/DL Cornealius Fuamatu, FB Baron Harrell, QB James Collins and DS's Raymond Little, Condrew Allen and Kwame Agyeman and FB/LB Ben Alexander. They also traded Future Considerations to the South Georgia Wildcats for OS Tremayne Kirkland.
The Tulsa Talons were assigned WR/DB Carlese Franklin, OL/DLs Terrance Carter, Anthony Bolden and Chris Wade, DSs Ian Pleasant, and Jermaine Hope, WR/DB Dustin Copeland. They also traded FB/LB La'Roi Johnson to the Kentucky Horsemen in exchange for Future considerations. They also placed FB/LB Roderick Johnson on the Other LeagueExempt list (Winnipeg of the CFL).
Arena Football League Article Stats
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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.
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Delivered: 11:10, 1 March 2009 (UTC) by MiszaBot (talk)
Slaton
Yeah, that was my thought too. I'm thinking about shortening his season articles up so it just includes a summary and highlights only the big games or big performances.
Oh alright, thanks alot! By the way, I've summarized the article really quickly. It was just a quick run through, so feel free to touch it up more. John (talk) 21:09, 13 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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.
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Delivered: 11:30, 15 March 2009 (UTC) by MiszaBot (talk)
FEAR 2 Edits
A series of very good edits; however, could you please leave an edit summary, even just at the beginning and end of a series of edits? A string of 10 small changes with no summary tends to make watchers nervous. --Kingoomieiii ♣Talk19:29, 16 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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.
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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.
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