Don't bring up Wikieditor222/SexySeaClownfish anymore. The Hybrid 03:33, 17 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
That statement about Benoit was in horrible taste, BTW. Now, we make a point of not remembering him. Our policy for sockpuppeteers, and there is absolutely no sound logical argument to be made that he wasn't a sockpuppet, is to revert them (hence the deletion of his page), block them, and ignore them. Revert, block, and ignore. Deny recognition. This is how we treat sockpuppeteers. If you keep bringing him up you are asking for trouble. It may bother you that your friend got blocked, but you need to suck it up and deal with it. My best friend was blocked for months for copyright violations, and we both thought it would be forever. I did what I had to do; I never, ever brought it up again. I'm not being a jerk; I wouldn't ask you to do anything I haven't done/wouldn't do myself. Worry about yourself, not about your friend. You're in hot enough water as is. The Hybrid 03:56, 17 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I get the hint that we shouldn't be talking about this, but boy, it's a good idea that ya decided to lay low. And something still seems wrong, you say that someone else is using your account? Are you postive it's not him? I'm just saying, be careful. Cheers,SexySeaLionfish 13:01, 21 June 2008 (UTC)
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Are you serious? Are you kidding me? You are still talking about Clowfish to SimonKSK, even by e-mail!? Why can't you give it up that he is blocked, gone, finished. Why would you still be talking about the guy, when you're digging a deeper grave every time you do. -- iMatthewT.C. 00:33, 22 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
He isn't catching on to anything, you are only stirring up trouble. There is not much privacy on Wikipedia, especially when it comes to a situation like this, were we need to keep an eye on you, to see if you improve, and so far, I've need little to no improvement whatsoever. Hybrid's week was up a while ago, and he hasn't taken action yet, so I'm giving you two more days. If you don't pull your act together, I will report you, and it may result in a block. -- iMatthewT.C. 00:39, 22 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Let me tell you that it isn't helping to clean up your act by time and time again attacking me in various ways, including referring to me as a monkey. I think your acting very childish. I never said I was perfect, nobody is. -- iMatthewT.C. 01:04, 22 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
My patience is officially gone. If you aren't going to do anything in the next two days, don't waste our time. Just go ahead and retire. The Hybrid 03:10, 22 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter[edit]
A pay-per-view event chronology has been added as a feature to the Wrestling event infobox, please assist the project in adding this feature to professional wrestling pay-per-view event articles.
The C-Class rating has been introduced. The rating falls between articles that are more than Start class, but less than B-Class.
The number of stub articles has decreased to its lowest level since the project began its focus on improving them. The goal is to get the number below 600, and we're getting close. 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.
Vince McMahon was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Promax|BDA Conference for "for his remarkable accomplishments and innovations in global marketing, advertising and promotion."
WWE is currently holding "Million Dollar Mania", where they give out prize money totalling $1 million on Raw to viewers watching the show at home.
The C-Class rating has been introduced. The rating falls between articles that are more than Start-Class, but less than B-Class.
Immediately put into effect, our project has begun use of the List-Class rating. The List-Class rating is for list articles that are of less quality than B-Class articles.
Our goal is to get the number of Stub-Class articles below 600. The current count is 631. 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.
As I'm sure you noticed above, this is the 20th edition of the WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter! It has come a long way since the first issue, and I'm sure it will only improve from here. I'd like to thank everyone reading this for continuing to read the newsletter, biweekly.
Also, lastly I'd like to thank Misza13, for sending the newsletter out for us, though his bot. His bot has to be the most important part of the process, because without it, the newsletter would not get sent to project members.
I know that's a long list, but they all deserve recognition for their hard work towards the newsletter. So again, thank you to that list of people, and thank you to all of the newsletter's biweekly readers. If you have an questions, comments, or feedback about the newsletter, remember those links below.
In many video game articles, the Reception section is the last main section of prose. As its name suggests, within the section you should summarize the critical reaction to the game. The section should provide a high-level overview of what the critics liked and didn’t like about the game; it is a summary, not a repetition of what publications thought. Therefore, don’t put in excessive, long winded quotes or have a paragraph detailing IGN’s thoughts on the game. To prevent cluttering of the prose with scores, reviews table such as {{VG Reviews}} can be used to organize this kind of information.
A good way to lead off the section is a by-the-numbers or at a glance snapshot of the game’s reception; you can use aggregate scores to suggest an overall critical response to the game, and can provide sales figures (if you have them) for the game’s release. Commonly, the rest of the reception is broken into positive and negative paragraphs. Entirely separate ‘Praise’ and ‘Controversy’ or ‘Negative comments’ or the like are strongly discouraged as troll magnets. If the game has won any awards, then listing them at the bottom of the reception section is an option.
Other things to remember:
Don’t list every single review in the reviews table; likewise, don’t mention every award the game has ever gotten.
Generally, talk about what the reviewers say rather than speaking for them; for example, “Reviewer X of Publication Y took issue with elements of the game such as X, Y, and Z” instead of “Review X said that “I took issue with elements of the game such as X, Y, and Z.” If a reviewer has a good comment which sums up the positive/negative/overall reaction, or a particular sentiment common in many reviews, it might be more appropriate to use.
If adding sales data, make sure to provide context; did it sell those 4.2 million units within three months of release or three years? If possible, break down the sales by region; did the Japanese like the game, but Americans not buy it?
Use reviews whose scores are outliers from the average ratings to find key points that were liked or disliked about a game. If all reviews except for one average around a 9 out of 10, and the one is a 7 out of 10, there is probably some clear negative points to be found in it; the same works with very positive reviews.
Perhaps most importantly, give proper weight and keep a neutral point of view. If the game received mostly negative scores, having three paragraphs on positive aspects and glossing over the bad parts in a sentence or two conveys the wrong impression to readers.
Mysterious. But ok. I hope it doesn't take too long for you to fully come back though. :) ♥Nici♥Vampire♥Heart♥ 07:29, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the smile! Really appreciate it. Take your time to come back if ya need it. :) ♥Nici♥Vampire♥Heart♥ 07:36, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Yay, he's back!! Good to have ya back, even if it's only for a month or so. ;) ♥Nici♥Vampire♥Heart♥ 00:04, 12 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
It was July 10. Thank you for the belated birthday wishes! Don't worry about missing it, most of the people who left me birthday wishes were a day late! ♥Nici♥Vampire♥Heart♥ 00:40, 13 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I do like cookies!! ;) Thanks, appreciate it! ♥Nici♥Vampire♥Heart♥ 01:25, 13 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the birthday wishes, SRS. What questions do you have about the citations? I'm going to be off on my break for a little while longer, so you'll probably have the most luck emailing them to me. Cheers, The Hybrid 05:53, 14 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter[edit]
Per this edit and the discussion here, date linking is not mandatory in articles. This mainly applies to the project's pay-per-view expanded articles. Please take this regulation in notice and apply it to the project's expanded pay-per view articles.
New parameters have been added to the {{Infobox Wrestling event}} template, for the discussion explaining these parameters, see the discussion here
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.
