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Image:Fakeeurovisioheart.JPG The WikiProject Eurovision Newsletter
Issue I - August 2008

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; Important Project News

• There is a discussion under way on what this project should include. Currently, the main topic is only the Eurovision Song Contest. Some believe that both the Junior Contest and Dance Contest should be included. Tell us your thoughts at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Eurovision#Project Scope.
• There is currently a backlog of assessments; the project's assessment rate stands at 35.1%. Please add {{tl|EurovisionNotice}} to the talk pages of all Eurovision related articles if it is missing and read Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment if you would like to help assess the articles as well.
• The project main page is the in middle of a major revamping. To get a sneak peak of the work in progress, see the draft.
• In the coming days/weeks, instructions for the use of all Eurovision templates and descriptions for the layouts of pages will be up and running. As of now, a few templates are already complete: see {{tl|ESC National Year}} and {{tl|Infobox ESC entry}}.
• Remember to source all information you add to pages or else it may be removed. [http://www.esctoday.com ESCToday] and [http://www.oikotimes.com Oikotimes] are great places to find information.

; Member News

• The project currently has 35 members, 16 of which are considered active. This means that 19 of our project's members have not edited a Eurovision article in the last two months.
• We now have a project invitation. Place our invitation template on the talk page of anyone you would like to invite to our project.

; Member Thank Yous

The Project says thank you to the following editors for doing an excellent job within the project during the past weeks. (alphabetical order)

• {{user|AnthonyUK}}
• {{user|Camaron}}
• {{user|Eurosong}}
• {{user|Greekboy}}
• {{user|Grk1011}}
• {{user|Sims2aholic8}}

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; From the Members

Welcome to the first issue of the WikiProject Eurovision newsletter! Use this newsletter as a mechanism to inform yourselves about progress at the project and please be inspired to take more active roles in what we do.

About two weeks ago, I was bold and decided that our entire WikiProject needed to be reorganized. I am seeking to put into effect new guidelines on page layouts, templates, and basically to make all related articles consistent. Part of this reorganization included improving our assessment department since one didn't really exist before and completely reformatting the main page.

Also, it is my opinion that the project be renamed "WikiProject Eurovision Song Contest" and that the Junior Eurovision Song Contest be officially included. I believe that the Eurovision Dance Contest should be separate since it shares nothing in common aside from the EBU.

We also need to work on bringing new members into this project; especially during these months when not much is going on in the Eurovision world. If you would like to invite someone to join the WikiProject, our invitation template on their talk page. Now is when we need to get our project's pages up to par for next year's contest and make everything as accurate and in depth as possible. Let me know if you have any comments or suggestions for the project on either my talk or the project's.

Happy Editing,

Grk1011 (talk)

• Featured news
• SummerSlam (2003) {{small|(link)}} is a current Featured Article candidate.
• December to Dismember (2006) {{small|(link)}} is currently under Featured Article review.
• 2008 WWE Draft {{small|(link)}}. has been elevated to Featured List status.
• IWGP Tag Team Championship {{small|(link)}} is a current Featured List removal candidate.

• Good article news
• Armageddon (2006) {{small|(link)}}, Bad Blood (2003), Chyna, In Your House 2: The Lumberjacks, Juggernaut (wrestler) {{small|(link)}}, Lockdown (2008) {{small|(link)}}, No Mercy (2005), SummerSlam (1992) and The Great American Bash (2005) are currently Good article candidates.
• Sarah Stock {{small|(link)}} has been elevated to good article status.

• Other project news
• Matt Sydal {{small|(link)}} is currently under Peer Review.
• A fact from SummerSlam (1992)‎, Armageddon (2003), and Bad Blood (2003) were featured on the Main Page in the Did you know? column on August 9, 11, and 14 respectively.
• Hell in a Cell has been proposed to be merged into Professional wrestling match types, the discussion can be found here.
• The guidelines for writing pay-per-view articles has been updated, see here. The new guidelines should be followed in order for an article to be nominated for Good article or Featured article status.
• The project has had a cleanup listing generated here. It details all the article within the project that are tagged as having problems. Please help to fix the problems outlined.

• August 3, 1997 - Bret Hart defeated The Undertaker for the WWF Heavyweight championship.
• August 4, 1997 - Lex Luger defeated Hulk Hogan to win the WCW Heavyweight title.
• August 7, 2002 - Ron Killings defeated Ken Shamrock for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship.
• August 8, 1963 - Verne Gagne defeated Fritz Von Erich for the AWA World Heavyweight Championship.
• August 9, 1999 - Jackie Sato died of stomach cancer at age 41.
• August 12, 1995 - Brad Armstrong defeated Buddy Landel for the Smokey Mountain Heavyweight Championship.
• August 15, 2004 - Randy Orton defeated Chris Benoit to win the World Heavyweight Championship and become the youngest World Champion in WWE history.
• August 16, 1992 - The Great Muta defeated Riki Chōshū for the IWGP Heavyweight title.

• Our goal is to get the number of Stub-Class articles below 600. The current count is 625. 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.

• Featured news
• SummerSlam (2003) {{small|(link)}} has been elevated to Featured Article status.
• The Great American Bash (2005) {{small|(link)}} is a current Featured Article candidate.
• December to Dismember (2006) {{small|(link)}} was under Featured Article review, the result was to keep it as a Featured Article.
• List of celebrities involved at WrestleMania {{small|(link)}} is a current Featured List candidate.
• IWGP Tag Team Championship {{small|(link)}} has been demoted from Featured List status.

• Good article news
• Bad Blood (2003), Bad Blood (2004), Chyna, Lockdown (2008) {{small|(link)}}, No Mercy (2005), Sacrifice (2008), SummerSlam (1992), Survivor Series (1993), and WrestleMania (1985) are currently Good article candidates.
• Armageddon (2006) {{small|(link)}}, Juggernaut (wrestler) {{small|(link)}}, and The Great American Bash (2005) {{small|(link)}} have passed their Good Article nominations.

• Other project news
• Matt Sydal {{small|(link)}}, Judgment Day (2005) {{small|(link)}}, and Unforgiven (2005) {{small|(link)}} are currently under Peer Review.
• Hell in a Cell has been proposed to be merged into Professional wrestling match types, the discussion can be found here.
• The Future class rating has been incorporated into the project's assessment. It's intended use is for pay-per-views articles or video games that have not occurred or have been released, respectively.
• A fact from List of celebrities at WrestleMania was featured on the Main Page in the Did you know? column on August 28.

• August 17, 1997 - Shane Douglas defeated Sabu and Terry Funk in a triangle match for the ECW Heavyweight title.
• August 19, 2001 - The Rock defeated Booker T to win the WCW Championship.
• August 21, 1979 - Dusty Rhodes defeated Harley Race for the NWA Heavyweight Wrestling title.
• August 22, 2000 - Lita defeated Stephanie MaMahon-Helmsley for the WWF Women's Championship.
• August 27, 1994 - "Eastern Championship Wrestling" was renamed "Extreme Championship Wrestling".
• August 31, 1997 - Kensuke Sasaki defeated Shinya Hashimoto for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.

• We have now reached our goal of getting the number of Stub-Class articles below 600. The current count is 596. 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.