No, you are a great editor. You just still have to learn some of Wiki's policies, but on the other hand you are a great help around here, especially in the WP:PW community.--3LVaK3r019:43, 1 April 2008 (UTC)Reply
Hey I have one more thing to say 'cause I know that some snooty admin will bust me but I saw your new's letter to all kliq members, and me and you lived like thirty minutes apart lol. CrymeTyme-9423:35, 5 April 2008 (UTC)Reply
There are currently 3,868 Good Articles listed at WP:GA.
The backlog at Good Article Nominations is 195 unreviewed articles. Out of 267 total nominations, 57 are on hold, 13 are under review, and 2 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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The GA Sweeps process is progressing nicely! During the month of March, a total of 92 articles were reviewed. Of that total, 74 were found to continue to meet the GA criteria, and 18 were delisted. There are currently 14 articles that are still on hold in this process, awaiting revisions. Congratulations to Nehrams2020 (talk·contribs), who sweeped a whopping 51 articles during the month! Jackyd101 (talk·contribs) also deserves congrats for sweeping a total of 26 articles!
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To delist or not to delist, that is the question
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This, in fact, provides a good starting point for the delisting process. Approach the article as though it has been nominated for GA review. Read it and the GA criteria carefully, and provide a full reassessment on the article talk page. Explain where and why the article no longer meets the criteria, and suggest remedies.
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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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Since the last newsletter, the number of stub articles has continued to drop, while the total number of wrestling articles continues to grow. A list has been placed on the stub article subpage of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve. Please check it out and see what you can help with (even if you can only add a few details or a couple of references).
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Latest comment: 16 years ago5 comments2 people in discussion
The Barnstar of Peace
I would like to thank you for your kind words when I retired. It is because of the efforts made by you and a few others that I have returned. I award you this barnstar for keeping the peace together, and for helping bring me back! iMatthew200819:56, 8 April 2008 (UTC)Reply
Oh, well not to say crap or whatever, but I noticed that you ended up replacing "RAW" with "Raw" on the refs. for HBK's article and you do realize that they didn't need to change. -- ThinkBlue (HitBLUE)02:10, 10 April 2008 (UTC)Reply
Latest comment: 16 years ago2 comments1 person in discussion
Four IP edits in the last three days? Of which only one possibly constituted actual vandalism? Semi-protection is used for heavy and persistent vandalism - this article in no way qualifies at this point in time. GBT/C14:06, 12 April 2008 (UTC)Reply
Only where that vandalism is so heavy it is causing considerable disruption to the article to fix it all the time. Again, that is not the case here - only one of the edits in the last week is actually clear cut vandalism. Semi-protection would be a completely over-the-top response to such a low level of vandalism. As a comparator, have a look at the history of an article that was semi-protected recently, and the large levels of vandalism it was experiencing. GBT/C16:40, 12 April 2008 (UTC)Reply
Latest comment: 16 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion
Hello! I see that you have a newsletter interview scheduled for a future edition of the newsletter. Due to the fact that we have started the Editor of the week, we will stop the interviews. The EOTW will be interviewed instead. To be fair, you have one week to answer the questions in your interview, as all of the interviews will go out in next week's newsletter. Cheers! iMatthew200816:44, 12 April 2008 (UTC)Reply
