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I'm sorry, but I have to "go" now, Wiki has been interfering in my life too much, and it's time to move on, I have left queries at WT:PW, and please take care of this place ;)--3LVaK3r000:34, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
Oh, I know. Anyway, would you like to help me with something (if you're not busy)? –LAX19:22, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
Not to my knowledge. Can you please expand the aftermath section of ONS '07 per GCF's comments on the talk page? I would really appreciate it. –LAX19:26, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
please stop deleting what other users are editing. This is a public online encyclopedia and it is not control by one user. Please be respectful of other users and don't delete information which is present unless its one hundred percent wrong. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Evie317 (talk • contribs) 21:41, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
this information is important and helps guide people to understanding the entire story. It doesn't make sense to put information there without no background information to understand it. Biographies are made this way and are useful for comprehension. You can't just leave random garbage without understanding from where it came from —Preceding unsigned comment added by Evie317 (talk • contribs) 21:48, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
what are you talking about? ????has participated in 8 WrestleMania's?????? holds the record, which he does for match of the year. Don't you know he has like the worse wrestlemania record —Preceding unsigned comment added by Evie317 (talk • contribs) 21:53, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
your hardcore dude. come on isn't this a bit amusing. Your kind of the scary protector of wikipedia for wrestling. the jeff hardy thing was a joke, although it's true. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Evie317 (talk • contribs) 22:12, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
also before the beginning paragraphs when simple and to the point. However they have been reworked and are way too detail. plus it mentions most of that information later which makes no sense. I know it provides a quicky summary but all that info is not neccessary and should be simplified —Preceding unsigned comment added by Evie317 (talk • contribs) 22:16, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
IDK. It doesn't sound too serious, but it's not just a "Hey, how you doing?" comment. If you know what I'm saying. –LAX01:37, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
O.K. There is really only one comment, questioning the sources. I have backed up PWH, OWW, and 411mania, but I am having trouble with LOP, hoffoc-inc (Complete WWE), and WrestleView. I would appreciate your help if you can. –LAX01:43, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
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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.
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
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Blazers v. Lakers
The Lakers supposedly have a higher record than the Blazers. However, the team with the lower record beat the team with the higher record. I wonder... TheChronic04:46, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
The Blazers have an NBA team, but an NCAA team... just fooling around. You know, I've come to notice that some Lakers players resemble some pro wrestlers: Ronny Turiaf resembles MVP, Sasha Vujacic resembles Paul London (pic not up-to-date), Kobe Bryant resembles Mr. McMahon, and Phil Jackson resembles Hornswoggle. (Probably exaggerated last two, but...) :P TheChronic02:56, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
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That was wrong with me, but the refs can be RAW, I just dont want to be pissed going back to the article and seeing RAW instead of Raw everywhere. RkORToN02:13, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
Actually I just fixed Michael's refs back to RAW, but the rest is Raw, also in other articles, so not to be confused. And thanks for volunteering anyways :) but my scrap is my work. RkORToN02:18, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
Whoa, I just looked over your page and noticed the "I despise the Boston Red Sox" userbox. Um, I'm a sox fan and I do like the yankees a little. Mostly Derek Jeter. Well, this is an encyclopedia so it doesn't matter what team someone likes.--RyRy5Talk to RyRy03:48, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
On Wikipedia, I take my work professionally, so anything I need to talk to you about not relating to improving articles, we can talk about in IM another time. What article do you need reviewed? iMatthew200823:18, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
Especially since I can tell you now, it's going to be a long review. Please look to see if you can find any more pictures, since it seems pretty picture-less right now. iMatthew200823:27, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
Oh, ok. I think the pictures are fine, only can you either move one picture into the aftermath, or take one off of the event? Another things that is very obvious is the paragraphs in the background really need to be trimmed down. iMatthew200823:52, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for getting the much needed tasks from the pre-Good article review. I really appreciate all the help I can get. :) ZenlaxTCS20:22, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
Exception: Wherever possible, images of faces should be placed so that the face or eyes look toward the text, because the reader's eye will tend to follow their direction. Portraits with the face looking to the reader's right should therefore be left-aligned, looking into the text of the article. Where this is the lead image, it may be appropriate to move the Table of Contents to the right by using {{TOCright}}. Since faces are not perfectly symmetrical, it is generally inadvisable to use photo-editing software to reverse a right-facing portrait image; however, some editors employ this controversial technique when it does not alter obvious non-symmetrical features, such as Mikhail Gorbachev's birthmark, or make text in the image unreadable.
Thanks, I just won't be writing PPV's anymore. Check it out, I nominated our list for featured list in June, hopefully it passes.--~SRS~02:24, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
Sure, but not right now. Too many projects, don't think I will commit myself 2 it, let me c if I can do it next weekend, cool?--~SRS~02:29, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!, sorry, haven't been on here as much, so not too updated with events.--~SRS~02:35, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
Yeah, I know. But, once I remove the "unreliable" sources, I'll renominate it. I'm sure it'll pass no problem then. –LAX02:38, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
Just dropped by your page and since you reveal your birthday to everyone this is your reward. Blue is a great color, ive always liked it and its the color of the sky and the ocean top to bottom. Have a happy day, i dont know too many girls who are into wrestling i guess your an exception or maybe i dont know enough girls. Its probably the latter. All the best also for your Lakers in the playoffs, in the Wild Wild West anything can happen. Thank ya
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WOOOO!! STYLE AND PROFILE with the champers. i.e. fall over drunk! ;)
Hey happy birthday Blue!! Since RoadRunnerz has revealed that you're 18 now, have some champagne! Hope you don't live in one of the states where the drinking age is 21!! ♥Nici♥Vampire♥Heart♥ 16:41, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
Not really tbh. I'm not in a strenous editing type of mood. I'm just randomy adding the {{WWEPPV}} template to PPV articles that don't have it. It's something that doesn't require a lot of brain power right now. Plus I am supposed to be expanding In Your House 13: Final Four. ♥Nici♥Vampire♥Heart♥ 18:20, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
Oh ok, remember when we tried sourcing wwe hardcore champs, took forever, I think that would work better if we made it a COTW.~SRS~00:15, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
Thanks, for the first time I actually did it by myself..lol ECW tag huh? sounds cool, i'll tell u wen i will be able 2, i doubt anytime soon..~SRS~21:48, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
Whether I help or not with the actual GA review, IMO, is irrelevant; because, if, for some reason, you didn't help with the GA review, you would still get credit since you are the one who actually wrote the article. And, since I helped in the pre-GA review and made significant contributions, I feel I would deserve credit, even if I didn't help in the actual GA review. You get what I'm saying? –LAX00:18, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
No offense, but I would have to say no. To me, you didn't significantly contribute, which is the reason why I took Unforgiven and NWO '04 off of my userpage (because I did not significantly contribute). Sorry! And, sorry for sounding really wonky. ;) –LAX00:28, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
Just to let you know, I think I have completed all of the points on the GAC hold, User:Xavexgoem did the copyedit. I would just like to take this chance to thank you for an extremely quick review, and it was also a really good one. ;) Sunderland06 (talk) 12:38, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
Yes, I've been helping Sunderland06 with the improvements and it's ready for a second look. Thank you for volunteering with reviews. :) DurovaCharge!22:12, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
Good-bye
Thanks Blue for the question, and I answered. By the way whats your favorite? Anyways, am gone for good, no more edits no nothing, have a great time!
Hey! While your waiting, do you mind giving me your opinion on Jackie Robinson? I would just like to know if you reviewed it, would you put it for GA status? If not, any suggestions?--RyRy5 (talk) 03:12, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
Well, I think I would pass it, but I'm not an expert at this, you should wait until someone else reviews it, sorry. Also, where does it say that you can't review Jackie Robinson because your part of WP:BASEBALL? I never read that anywhere.--RyRy5 (talk) 03:38, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
Can you reduce the event section of Survivor Series (2005)? Matt says it goes into too much detail, and I agree. If you cannot or do not want to, let me know and I'll just do it myself. –LAX21:51, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
Absolutely; I will work on the Fatal Four-Way feud, Cena and Carlito, The Big Show versus Mark Jindrak, Kurt Angle, and Luther Reigns and that's about the feuds I will cover. ZenlaxTCS20:05, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the very swift review. I think I've addressed all the points. Any questions, just get back to me on the Nix talk page, or on my own talk page. Peanut4 (talk) 22:04, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
You certainly didn't rush it. I only put it up for GA this evening, and was expecting a two week wait or so. I was pleasantly surprised to see the review today. I think I've addressed all your points now. Peanut4 (talk) 22:14, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
To be honest. It's not the longest article in the world, so I didn't expect it would take too long anyway. Thanks again for the review. Peanut4 (talk) 22:19, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
WWE has invited Democrats running for president, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, to Raw to settle their differences in a wrestling match. The invitation video can be found here.
On the April 21 edition of Raw, the King of the Ring tournament will return for one night only. The entire tournament will take place on Raw.
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Thanks for that very nice review. I started addressing your comments and objections. Im still working on the prose issues and citations. If yo have follow-up questions, please reflect it on the talk page. --Efe (talk) 03:24, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
hehe. That's why you cant see my name on the list of GA reviewers, for now. I started reviewing articles before but I decided to leave it to others for some reasons. --Efe (talk) 03:17, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
I will not withdraw the nomination. Someone already started copy editing it and if ever there are some grammatical errors, its fixable and could be done without failing it. Anyway, its up to them. If they fail it, I'll ask their specific comments. --Efe (talk) 03:41, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
yah. I really have no time roaming around Wiki because I'm preoccupied with lots of stub and start Beyonce-related articles. Thanks for informing me bout Jay-Z; he's one of my future projects now. Sure, I will. --Efe (talk) 11:17, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
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I notice you are reviewing the article now. I'll be watching the page for any comments you may have, so hopefully I can help pass the article :) Cheers! GaryKing(talk)21:41, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
I'm going to be working on a few more biographical articles, probably mostly entertainers, specifically musicians. If you're interested, feel free to check out User:Gary_King#Goals at the bottom of the Good Articles header, in the table to the right for newly added articles. The most recent one is Eminem. Cheers! GaryKing(talk)03:41, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
Sure, what article? I am much better at building articles than I am at reviewing them. I am currently working on a handful of Featured Articles, or future Featured Articles, right now :) Also, you can get an idea of what I am interested in working on by looking at my previously promoted articles. GaryKing(talk)03:07, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
Ah, excellent choice. They're my second-most-played artist in my music playlist, actually. How far do you want to bring the article? FA? :) Let's see how far we can go with this one! GaryKing(talk)03:13, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
I'll take a look at the article then I'll fix a few things and then maybe post a few notes on the article's talk page. GaryKing(talk)03:29, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
I usually just like to jump in and get my hands dirty, so I'll work on the article a bit and then add a few tags if I think they are necessary, to let editors know what needs to be improved, such as {{refimprove}}. GaryKing(talk)04:04, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for voting in my RfA, which passed with 194 supporting, 9 opposing, and 4 neutral. Your kindness and constructive criticism is very much appreciated. I look forward to using the tools you have granted me to aid the project. I would like to give special thanks to Tim Vickers, Anthony and Acalamari for their nominations. Thank you again, VanTucky
Hi ThinkBlue, Its Smashbrosboy
Just saying hi. Any news from my adopter? Brawl is going for FA!!! Super Smash Bros series is a GA!!! This is awesome!!!--Smashbrosboy03:34, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
2006 ACC Championship Game
Sorry to be late -- was coming off a one-month Wikibreak. Anyway, I've addressed most of your GA concerns. If you could take another look and let me know what I still need to fix, it'd be appreciated. JKBrooks85 (talk) 08:17, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
Figures why you always edit on the article. Your a cold play fan. Me too. Anyway, can I be added to your cool list?--RyRy5 (talk) 19:04, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
IDK, which one would you like to get to GA status?. I wish Randy Orton would get reviewed, since we both worked on it. –LAX20:22, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
IDK, maybe. You still want to work on it? I would like to work on a PPV, but Matt says that he'll only give pre-GA reviews for events that happened after 2003. –LAX20:30, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
Yup. And since pretty much all the PPVs past then are horribly written/not yet completed, not yet created, or already GAs, there really isn't one to work on. –LAX01:51, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
I have been using JavaScript (JS) to fix the "RAW" - "Raw" problems, and now that you tell me, I realize it has been doing that with the refs. However, I do not believe it's that big of a deal to go back and "fix" all the ones I've changed. Anyway, I'll take Orton vs. Benoit, JBL vs. Taker, Guerrero vs. Angle, and Cena vs. Booker, if that's cool with you. –LAX02:18, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
For all your hard work on editing professional wrestling articles such as biographies and pay per view events, I SRS (Truco) award Blue this Barnstar; your hard work is appreciated. ~SRS~14:49, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
As many of the existing feuds ended following the event, some did not. Notably, John Nitro continued to feud with Jeff Hardy, facing off against him for the WWE Intercontinental Championship throughout September. The feud between D-Generation X (DX) and Team McMahon ended after the event, as DX began an angle with Edge and Randy Orton, which would last throughout the year. Following his win against Edge, Cena began an angle with Kevin Federline, which started the proceeding month at Cyber Sunday and lasted throughout the year
Many of the existing feuds concluded following the event. The feud between The McMahons and Shawn Michaels, however, carried on, as Michaels teamed with Triple H to take on The Spirit Squad the following month. After losing the WWE Championship to Rob Van Dam at One Night Stand, Cena began an angle with the newly created ECW brand, which concluded in a match against Sabu at Vengeance. Following the conclusion of Backlash, Kane ended his feud with The Big Show and started feuding with an "Imposter Kane", which culminated the proceeding month at Vengeance.
I think the article might have a chance for Good article criteria. Also, I've removed somewhat not important information from the Raw feud; but, I did re-write somewhat of it. Feel free to revert, if necessary. And, I will put up Survivor Series up for a peer review, I hope that's alright with you. ZenlaxTCS19:36, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
Can i have your Triple H photo so i can put it onto my user page because Triple H is the WWE Champion and Randy Orton isn't. Cheers.- Orton80 (talk) 1:08, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
I'm very sorry. I thought the picture was your's. Please forgive me. One other thing. Are you cool with me. Cheers.-Cimmo (talk) 3:47, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
Yes, JBL. ;) Anyway, I'm cool with it, but I would still ask Matt. If you do help us, I'd like to finish the background myself (whenever I get the time). –LAX23:55, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
I don't really mind, but theres not much left, and I can't think of anything left to do except fixing spelling errors when you see them, if you can come up with something else feel free to tell me. But I'm not sure if four users on a project that is more than halfway done is necessary. iMatthew200800:06, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
Blue, the source PWWEW.net, seems to be down. Would it be best to replace the dead links with other sources or do you want to wait until the website is backed up and running? Also, yes I'm really glad that Vengeance passed the Good article criteria and maybe expanding it to Feature article would be the good way to go, what do you think? ZenlaxTCS19:26, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
Yes, JBL. I just wanted someone else a champion. Cena and Triple H have pretty much been in the picture since Orton won it. I know, I just wanted to hear it from you. Thanks. ;) –LAX01:18, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
I guess, but what about Armageddon? I think next time we expand a PPV, it should be in a sandbox. –LAX01:24, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
Alright, that sits fine by me. But, when it comes for the article being considered as a Good article and the website is still down, we will have no other choice but to replace them with other sources. I agree, time and effort will make the best of Vengeance to be able to reach Feature article criteria. But as you said it, getting Survivor Series to Good article would be more impressive. Also, I've sent you an e-mail. :) ZenlaxTCS20:15, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
Yeah, I'll start working on it now. And, before you ask, yes, I am cool with Truco helping us. –LAX22:41, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
The main feud heading into Armageddon was between Randy Orton and The Undertaker. The feud began at WrestleMania 21, where The Undertaker defeated Orton–a Raw superstar at the time–in an Interpromotional match. On the June 16 edition SmackDown!, Orton was drafted to the SmackDown! brand. Two months later, at SummerSlam, Orton defeated The Undertaker, pinning him after executing an RKO following interference from his father, "Cowboy" Bob Orton. This led to a Handicap Casket match between Undertaker and Orton & his father at No Mercy. At the event, Orton & his father defeated Undertaker, and set the casket, which Orton locked Undertaker in, on fire. The proceeding month, at Survivor Series, Undertaker returned and attacked several SmackDown! superstars following a 5-on-5 Survivor Series match between Raw and SmackDown!. Orton, who won the match for SmackDown!, was able to escape the attack.
ThinkBlue...Thank you for supporting my nomination for adminship. Through it I have become aware of a great many people who can help me in my future editing endeavors. Even though I was not promoted, your support shows that I still have something to contribute to Wikipedia, even if it is minor edits to fix spelling and grammar to working in WikiProjects to help others make great articles. If you wish to further discuss the nomination, please use its talk page. Stop by my talk page anytime, even if it is just to say hello. Have a wonderful day! - LA @ 04:25, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
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Congratulations! Based on the number and thoroughness of reviews, I have chosen you as the GAN Reviewer of the Week for the week ending 27 April 2008. Dr. Cash (talk) 19:04, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
Congratulations on being GAN Reviewer of the Week! One thing that I'd like to mention is, when you edit articles that I nominated for GAN, there is no need to say 'bold' in your edit summaries because I do appreciate when you edit those articles since I wouldn't mind if someone else helped out editing articles that I worked a lot on, especially if it's from a username that I recognize :) So, please either leave the summary blank or use it to actually say what you are changing in your edit ;) Thanks! GaryKing(talk)05:59, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
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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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!
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GA Topic
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:Good articles without topic parameter 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.
...that different languages have different symbols representing GA? (Alemannic uses , Bavarian uses , Czech and French use , Estonian, Icelandic, and Swedish use , Esperanto and German use , Polish, Spanish, and Turkish use , Portuguese uses , Russian uses , Ukrainian uses )
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.
Can you create a userbox for the EOTW? I don't have time right now. I should say "This userbox is awarded to Nikki311 for becoming WP:PW's first ever "Editor of the Week" from May 4 through May 18" with a party-look, if you know what I mean. Let me know if you can do it please. iMatthew200818:30, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
Useight and several other editors have been compiling a list of very active editors who would likely be available to help new editors in the event they have questions or concerns. As the list grew and the table became more detailed, it was determined that the best way to complete the table was to ask each potential candidate to fill in their own information, if they so desire. This list is sorted geographically in order to provide a better estimate as to whether the listed editor is likely to be active.
If you consider yourself a very active Wikipedian who is willing to help newcomers, please either complete your information in the table or add your entry. If you do not want to be on the list, either remove your name or just disregard this message and your entry will be removed within 48 hours. The table can be found at User:Useight/Highly Active, as it has yet to have been moved into the Wikipedia namespace. Thank you for your help. iMatthew200818:45, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
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I guess when the peer review gets archived, we might have a chance of nominating Survivor Series to the Good article nomination's page. Thoughts? ZenlaxTCS19:28, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
We can start now, but I think it will be better if we do it in a sandbox, because this will take a long time to complete.--~SRS~23:59, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
Okay, I created the first example. Does it look good, I modified it a bit from the Harvest Moon one. Also, on the left under the title will go the boxart, I think it will look cool like that.~SRS~00:33, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
Wat you can do (if you want) is source the release dates of the games, and source the console they are released on. Or do you want to make the tables?~SRS~00:42, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
Im cool with it. Use sources like, IGN, GAMESPOT, but don't only use those, try to find article on them, so the article could look more reliable. =)~SRS~00:45, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
Cool. Since the game is known as Exciting Pro Wrestling, in Japan, try finding sources for that as well.~SRS~00:55, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
I did the first 3, you can source it now, (to avoid edit conflicts), and I'll work on the rest, the rest of the week. =)~SRS~01:14, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
Can you source the thing soon? Not to sound rude, but I want to finish it soon, because my time here on Wiki will be cut down to state finals.--~SRS~01:52, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the birthday message! That's the second time today someone's noticed my birthday (though to be honest, I don't care if people don't notice). TheChronic03:40, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
Utah will finish off the Lakers. If they can't, New Orleans or San Antonio will finish them off. If they still can't, Boston or Detroit or Orlando or Cleveland will definitely finish them off! And I'm didn't mean to sound negative. All I've been doing on Wikipedia these days are checking new messages, replying to new messages and make minor edits here and there. Can't wait for school to end so I can get back on Wikipedia full time. Also, I just got GTA IV (so yay!). Other than that, I've got nothing else to say. Cheers, TheChronic00:33, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
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Hey, Blue. Listen, I wanted to give you a proposition on what next article we can get to Good article status; would you be interested in helping out? Also, I've sent you an e-mail. ZenlaxTCS19:03, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
Excellent, we should work on Chris Jericho's article and see if it can be elevated to Good article criteria. What do you think? ZenlaxTCS19:06, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
That is fine, but remember that I won't be editing some days next week, as to you-know-what. The reason I picked Jericho's article is because I can see the article passing the Good article criteria and due to the fact he's one of my favorites to watch on Raw. :) ZenlaxTCS20:15, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
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