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style="background-color: #bfb1a3; text-align: center;" |The WikiProject Eurovision Newsletter
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valign="top" | colspan="2" valign="middle" style="width: 60%; background: #bfb1a3 solid; border: 0px; padding: 1em; background: #006600" | Project Talk Page Image:Fakeeurovisioheart.JPG The WikiProject Eurovision Newsletter Issue XVI - January and February 2010
valign="top" | valign="top" style="border: 0px; padding: 0em; width: 65%; " | {| valign="top" padding: 1em;" | | valign="top" style="border: 1px gray solid; padding: 1em; width: 65%; " | ; Project News The articles by quality table has been changed for all WikiProjects as a result of changes to the WP 1.0 bot. Due to these changes editors are encouraged to add the {{tlx|EurovisionNotice}} banner to the talk pages of categories, files, templates, portals, disambiguation pages, as well as articles and project pages. This has the benefit of making the table more complete and covering such pages under article alerts. An FAQ has been created for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 page in an attempt to mitigate repetitive discussions on the talk page about content in the article. This has not been previously done for a Eurovision article, though they are also used in other high profile areas such as Barack Obama and global warming. There has been persistent problems on Anna Vissi related articles with a disruptive IP hopping editor making repeated sweeping and unwanted changes to the articles despite being asked to stop. An account that displayed similar behaviour, {{user|JORJKIE.AV}}, has now been blocked indefinitely and some pages have had to be semi-protected for long periods. Disruption continues from sock puppets of banned user {{User|Xtinadbest}}, including on Eurovision related articles. Editors are advised to report suspicious activity from new accounts to Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Xtinadbest. ; Eurovision News On 7 February 2010 a draw was held to decide which semi-final of the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest each country will participate in. The draw also decided, for countries qualified straight to the final, which semi-final they will vote in. Notable confirmed changes to the format of the Eurovision Song Contest this year include that the semi-finals will now be divided into two halves, and that voting will be open throughout each show rather than only after all entries have preformed. Five countries have now confirmed participation in the 2010 Junior Eurovision Song Contest which is scheduled for 20 November 2010. The contest will be held in Minsk, Belarus. It was announced in January 2010 that the Third Eurovision Dance Contest has been postponed a second time. It was originally due to be held in 2009, but was then postponed till 2010, and may now not happen at all, at least within the next two years. The EBU have justified the decision by saying there has been a decline in the popularity of TV dance shows. Do you have news for the next issue? Submit it here!
valign="top" style="border: 1px gray solid; padding: 1em;" | ; Page Milestones Sandie Shaw was tagged as a possible copyright infringement, but problematic material has now been removed. It's All About You was moved to Nuk mundem pa ty following discussion. António Calvário, Ruslan Alekhno, and Spain in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest were proposed for deletion, however in all cases the proposals were contested. Pfuri Gorps & Kniri was nominated for deletion at articles for deletion (AfD) and deleted. Innocent Heart was nominated for deletion at AfD and was deleted. Due to disruption the page was also protected to prevent re-creation. Users may consult an administrator or make a nomination at deletion review if they wish to make a good faith attempt at re-writing the article. Je ne sais quoi (song) was nominated for deletion at AfD and kept. The participation of WikiProject Eurovision members was commented on during the discussion.

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valign="top" padding: 0em;" | | valign="top" style="border: 1px gray solid; padding: 1em;" | ; From the Members Welcome to the sixteenth edition of the WikiProject Eurovision Newsletter! We're in full swing now! Although the Eurovision Song Contest is around 2 months away, this is probably one of the busiest times of the year for the WikiProject, with a whole load of semi-finals, quarter finals, heats as well as national finals to see who the country chooses to represent them at this years Eurovision Song Contest. We now know which of the 35 countries will vote and perform in which semi-final. With the 'Big Four' and host country, Germany and Spain voting in the first semi-final and France, Norway and the United Kingdom in the second semi-final. With 22 out of the 39 countries decided, we are just about half way through, with a whole lot more to come! So when creating new articles about a performer or song, please remember to add sources either from Eurovision.tv, ESCToday or other reliable sources. Please get involved, and contribute anything to articles whether it's a little spelling mistake or a whole new paragraph, and remember to look at the talk pages and have your say on any discussions that may be present. Keep up the good work! -- [[ axg ◉ talk ]]

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If you are no longer interested in WikiProject Eurovision then please remove your name from this list. This Newsletter was delivered by xenobot 14:07, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

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:*Johnny Jeter {{small|(review page)}}

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• IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship {{small|(review page)}} and NWA World Middleweight Championship {{small|(review page)}} are current Featured list candidates.
• Debra Marshall, Kenny Dykstra, Nick Mitchell, and ROH World Television Championship are current Good article nominees.
• Deletion discussions:
• Articles for deletion:
• Current: High-flyer wrestler, List of CZW events, MXW Pro Wrestling, Sarona Snuka, T-bone Funk, and Tiger Raj Singh.
• Deleted: Johnny Rich, Lutta corsa, and Scott Hudson (announcer).
• Categories for discussion:
• Current: Category:Flagship professional wrestling pay-per-view events by promotion
• Deleted: Professional wrestlers by century
• Requested moves:
• Current: Matthew Kaye to Matt Striker (discussion).
• Moved: WWE The Bash to WWE The Great American Bash (discussion)

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• As part of the project's New Year's Resolutions, there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 5%. As of March 14, we are at 9.78%, with 463 articles currently in :Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles. It still would be greatly appreciated if members would expand, source and improve stub articles, and a list of well-known wrestlers and tag teams that should be fairly easy to improve is included on the stub article subpage.
• Based on the members list, there are currently 241 members participating in WikiProject Professional wrestling.

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This section is intended to warn users about potential targets of vandalism and speculation: professional wrestling events from major promotions for the month of March.

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• 21 - Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) presents Destination X
• 28 - World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) presents WrestleMania XXVI

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• On February 28, WWE announced that Charlie Haas had been released from his contract.
• The inaugural episode of Wrestlicious Takedown aired on March 1.
• On March 4:
• Angelo Poffo died at the age of 84.
• TNA released Traci Brooks from her contract.
• On March 5:
• Eddie Edwards became the inaugural ROH World Television Champion at the Ring of Honor Wrestling tapings, by defeating his tag team partner Davey Richards in a tournament final.
• It was reported that Sean Morley and Roxxi had been released from their TNA contracts.
• Tigre Cota and Tito Santana II defeated Angel Dorado, Jr. and Sky (c) to win the AAA Northern Tag Team Championship on March 7.
• On March 8:
• On TNA Impact!:
• The TNA Knockout Tag Team Championship was vacated. The Beautiful People (Madison Rayne and Velvet Sky) defeated Sarita and Taylor Wilde and Angelina Love and Tara in a triple threat tag team match to win the vacant championship.
• Rob Van Dam made his debut.
• Jillian Beyor was released from her World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) developmental contract.
• On March 10, Ring of Honor (ROH) announced the creation of a downloadable DVD website, which will allow fans to download out-of-stock DVD titles.
• On March 11:
• John Hill, better known as Jerry Valiant, died,
• Sandy Scott died at the age of 75 due to pancreatic cancer.
• On March 12, Women Superstars Uncensored announced a television deal with with The Fight Network and InASecTV.

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This section is devoted to helping project members become familiar with the Manual of Style and general editing tips.

1. When adding headers to articles, do not add wikilinks to them and only capitalize the first letter of the first word and any proper nouns.
2. Please remember that fair use images and media can be only be used if no free equivalent is available or could be created. Fair use images uploaded when a free equivalent exists will be deleted.
3. If you come across an article that fails notability requirements, you can tag it for speedy deletion if the criteria apply, propose it for deletion, or nominate it at WP:AFD.
4. The lead section of an article should introduce the subject and summarize the entire article.
5. Avoid adding statements that will date quickly, for example "soon" and "now".

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• IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship {{small|(review page)}} and NWA World Middleweight Championship {{small|(review page)}} are current Featured list candidates.
• Debra Marshall and Nick Mitchell are current Good article nominees.
• ROH World Television Championship {{small|(review page)}} was not promoted to Good article status.
• The following article appeared on the main page in the Did You Know? column:
• Tiger Raj Singh {{small|March 21, 2010}}
• Deletion discussions:
• Articles for deletion:
• Current: Mike Senica
• Kept: Edward Chastain and Tiger Raj Singh.
• Deleted: Alternative Wrestling Show, List of CZW events, Sarona Snuka, and T-bone Funk.
• No consensus: MXW Pro Wrestling
• Redirected: High-flyer wrestler
• Categories for discussion:
• Deleted: Category:Flagship professional wrestling pay-per-view events by promotion
• Requested moves:
• Moved: Matthew Kaye to Matt Striker (discussion).

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• As part of the project's New Year's Resolutions, there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 5%. As of March 28, we are at 7.85%, with 373 articles currently in :Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles. It still would be greatly appreciated if members would expand, source and improve stub articles, and a list of well-known wrestlers and tag teams that should be fairly easy to improve is included on the stub article subpage.
• Based on the members list, there are currently 242 members participating in WikiProject Professional wrestling.

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This section is intended to warn users about potential targets of vandalism and speculation: professional wrestling events from major promotions for the months of March and April.

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• March:
• 28 - World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) presents WrestleMania XXVI
• April:
• 3 - Ring of Honor (ROH) presents The Big Bang!
• 18 - Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) presents Lockdown
• 25 - WWE presents Extreme Rules

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• On March 14:
• Adam Pearce won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship by defeating the reigning champion Blue Demon, Jr. and Phil Shatter in a three-way elimination match.
• Corsica Joe died at the age of 90 in Nashville, Tennessee.
• On March 19:
• At Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre's Homenaje a Dos Leyendas show, La Sombra defeated El Felino in a Mask vs. Mask match, forcing El Felino to unmask.
• Takeshi Morishima and Taiji Ishimori won the AAA World Tag Team Championship from La Hermandad 187 (Nicho el Milionario and Joe Lider) at a television taping.
• On March 20:
• Mikel Scicluna died at the age of 80 due to cancer.
• Charlie Haas won the JAPW New Jersey State Championship by defeating Devon Moore.
• Bruderschaft des Kreuzes (Claudio Castagnoli and Ares) won the Chikara Campeonatos de Parejas by defeating The Colony (Fire Ant and Soldier Ant).
• On March 21:
• Shingo Takagi and Cyber Kong defeated Cima and Gamma to win the Dragon Gate Open the Twin Gate Championship.
• Yamato defeated Naruki Doi to become the new Open the Dream Gate Champion.
• On March 22:
• Wade Barrett broken his nose at the NXT tapings.
• Dixie Carter officially confirmed Awesome Kong's release from TNA.
• It was reported on March 24 that Florida Championship Wrestling competitor Richie Steamboat had suffered a torn PCL.
• On March 26, it was reported that Marco Corleone had officially left AAA.

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This section is devoted to helping project members become familiar with the Manual of Style and general editing tips.

1. Avoid using dirtsheets as sources. Adhere to WP:RS when adding information with a source to articles. For a list of reliable and unreliable wrestling-related sources see WP:PW/SG#Sources.
2. A list of unreferenced wrestling-related BLPs is generated here. Please help out by sourcing these articles.
3. Please consider helping out with the project's cleanup listing by fixing problems listed and removing the article from the listing.
4. Please familiarize yourself with the general notability policy of Wikipedia. Avoid creating new articles that do not satisfy the requirements.
5. The Biographies of living persons policy should be strictly adhered to when adding to information to biography articles.

:#Only add controversial, possibly contentious or libellous information if it comes from a reliable source and is verifiable.

:#Make sure that all information contained in biographies of living persons is written neutrally, from a non-point of view perspective.

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