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The following is an archived discussion of a featured list nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured list candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The list was promoted by Scorpion0422 22:19, 4 April 2009 [1].

List of former championships in World Wrestling Entertainment[edit]

Nominator(s): Truco (talk)
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I am nominating this for featured list because... I feel that it meets the FL criteria, and in hopes of a future FT of the former titles. Yes I know the lead is a tag long, but that hasn't been a problem at FLC before. This is the first of this type of list at FLC, so I don't know what to expect. Happy reviewing ;)--Best, ₮RUCӨ 01:45, 16 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The paragraphs are not consistent, try to merge into two dense, or three that are proportional. While editing, hide temporarily the image (using <!-- Comment -->) and see how the paragraphs are divided. Cannibaloki 03:29, 16 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
That's because they all are about different topics. The first is mostly about the early history of the company and the first titles. The second is about the titles that were lent to other promotions, while the last is about titles that were retired as a result of the acquisition of WCW. Which is why they maybe disproportional.--Best, ₮RUCӨ 01:38, 17 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Support, all issues resolved. Dabomb87 (talk) 01:11, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved issues, Dabomb87 (talk)
Comments from Dabomb87 (talk · contribs)
  • "During the 1990s, the WWF ended its relationship with the UWA," comma should be a semicolon.
  • "This is the date the WWF acquired WCW, in which all of WCW's assets were also acquired by WW" Dabomb87 (talk) 15:29, 21 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Done.--Best, ₮RUCӨ 16:37, 21 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sources

Like the other sources, this information is from the Wrestling Title Histories by Royal Duncan and Gary Will book, which Solie.org publishes on their site. This has been done with other FLs as well.--Best, ₮RUCӨ 16:37, 21 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Why not use the book then as the source instead of a website replicating the same content? MPJ-DK (talk) 10:03, 22 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Because I like to link to a source that shows the info so it wont be speculative.--Best, ₮RUCӨ 14:22, 22 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Can you cite both? Dabomb87 (talk) 00:05, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Why when I placed Wrestling Title Histories by Royal Duncan and Gary Will as the work in the ref, it would be redundant to cite the book for the exact carbon-copy of information.--Best, ₮RUCӨ 00:16, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
But it would be good to see a definitely reliable source support a potentially questionable website. Dabomb87 (talk) 00:18, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
For every instance that Solie.org appears? --Best, ₮RUCӨ 00:20, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

(outdent) A general reference would be fine. Dabomb87 (talk) 00:21, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Done.--Best, ₮RUCӨ 00:28, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sources look good. Dabomb87 (talk) 01:11, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

  • With the addition of the wrestling title book you actually also have a source to say that this is as accurate a list as you're going to get, they did a LOT of research and if they don't mentione another WWWF/WWF/WWE title then there isn't one or it was too short lived to even matter. A problem a lot of "list of fomer" lists suffer from, excellent. MPJ-DK (talk) 08:11, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Considering the article sizes of each, I disagree.--Best, ₮RUCӨ 17:26, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Resolved comments from Giants2008
Comments -
  • Any reason why brackets are used in the first sentence instead of parentheses? I suppose it's not a big deal, but it's not what I'm used to seeing.
    • That's how I was taught in school to use them, versus parenthesis. --Best, ₮RUCӨ 21:51, 29 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Professional wrestling doesn't need two links in the first two sentences.
    • How did I miss that? Done.--Best, ₮RUCӨ 21:51, 29 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • "In 1963, CWC was renamed as the WWWF and ended their partnership with the NWA". Change "their" to "its" so the tense remains consistent in the article. Also, I'd just end the sentence here instead of using a semi-colon; I find it odd to have two semi-colons in a sentence.
    • I split them into three sentences. The their was also changed.--Best, ₮RUCӨ 21:51, 29 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Is there no reference avaliable for the WWF International Championship in the table?
    • Whoops, it was in the lead but I forgot to place it in the table.--Best, ₮RUCӨ 21:51, 29 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • In the note for the WCW World Tag Team Championship, remove the parentheses from the 2001 Survivor Series and pipe the link.
    • Well that is the article title, but done.--Best, ₮RUCӨ 21:51, 29 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • For the WWE European Championship, the references are out of order.
  • Another "their" in footnote A that can be changed to "its". Giants2008 (17-14) 21:38, 29 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Support - Looks like it meets FL standards after the changes. Giants2008 (17-14) 22:09, 30 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved comments from The Rambling Man (talk) 15:56, 1 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
*Comments
    • "Before it became WWE, the company was also known as the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) (1963–1979)[2] and the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) (1979–2002).[3]" seems a little out of place and somewhat unnecessary since you go on, in good chronological order to explain the various name transitions. Currently though, we head up to 2002 and then back to 1953...
      • I removed it since I do explain it later in the lead.--Best, ₮RUCӨ 20:34, 31 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    • While the lead is informative, it's really, really heavy on acronyms which makes for challenging reading. I know there's probably nothing much that can be done - anyone any ideas, or is it just me?
      • The thing is, the WWE has had titles which were under different acronyms (WWWF/WWF/WWE/WCW), and its hard to distinguish these since they are part of a complicated history.--Best, ₮RUCӨ 20:34, 31 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    • Would "inaugural champions" be more eloquent than "first" champions?
      • I think it would because saying 'which first champions Mark Lewin' sounds awkward while 'which inaugural champions Mark Lewin' sounds better IMO.--Best, ₮RUCӨ 20:34, 31 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Otherwise I can't see much else. The Rambling Man (talk) 16:37, 31 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak support - meets the criteria, still not keen on the acronym farm for a lead, but unavoidable I guess. The Rambling Man (talk) 15:56, 1 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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