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DYK for Derick Neikirk

On December 23, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Derick Neikirk, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Cirt (talk) 11:43, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Rafael Halperin

On December 27, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Rafael Halperin, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

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DYK for Learning the Ropes

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JamieS93 19:42, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Billy Sandow

On January 7, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Billy Sandow, which you recently nominated. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 12:00, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

changes made

User:Llorezca (Swede Hanson's daughter)

Hi, I did make changes to this article because all the facts aren't correct. His middle name wasn't even spelled right. It is Fort, not Ford. I am his daughter, Luana Hanson Lorezca. I think it's great that I can look up my dad and read such wonderful things about him, however, when I see something that is not right, of course I want the truth out there. I do not know how all of this works, as far as who all has a hand in this information. In addition to my dad's name, the amount of children and grandchildren were not correct. Also, my dad did not go into the hospital because of pneumonia, I had to have him admitted because of his dementia, and the whole ordeal was very painful to me. I was the one who took care of him, by taking him to doctors and finding out the source to his health issues. I was not sure about how to add any citations to what I have changed and added, being that my source is me. I am his daughter, and I know the truth. If you ever want to collaborate or have any questions, please feel free to ask me. I do want to say, that I appreciate everything you wrote, I just wanted to clear up the errors. Thank You! You can also find me on Facebook, which can make it easier to commute, if you want to talk. I hope I did not offend you, I just wanted the truth out there about my father. Luana Hanson Lorezca —Preceding unsigned comment added by Llorezca (talk • contribs) 10:46, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

A sincere thank you from Wikiproject Good Articles

On behalf of Wikiproject Good Articles, I would like to express our gratitude to you for your contributions to the Sweeps process, for which you completed 24 reviews. Completion of this monstrous task has proven to be a significant accomplishment not only for our project, but for Wikipedia. As a token of our sincere appreciation, please accept this ribbon. Lara 14:24, 27 March 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Eddie Quinn

Materialscientist (talk) 00:02, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Cueball Carmichael

The DYK project (nominate) 00:04, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

DYK for List of current champions in TNA Wrestling

— Rlevse • Talk • 06:03, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

Ted DiBiase GT

Hey Gary. I was scrolling through WT:PW today (ignoring the usual dramafests), and I saw your question about a GT for Ted DiBiase. It's an interesting idea - all of my GTs so far have been tag teams or stables, which obviously have pretty clearly defined articles that need to be included. I would suggest asking at Wikipedia talk:Featured topic questions what articles would need to be included. At lot of the people who frequent that page will be involved at WP:FTC in supporting/opposing/whatever, so they may be able to help. Something that came to my mind actually was his family - children and father. I doubt they'd be needed, but I thought I'd mention them.
Btw, how's Jerry Lawler going? Are you still planning on getting it up to GA standard? ♥Nici♥Vampire♥Heart♥ 01:09, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

10k+ Copy Edit

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Barnstars

		The Barnstar of Diligence
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		Leaderboard Award—5K Articles—4th Place
		This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to GaryColemanFan for copy editing 6 articles of 5,000 words or more during the WP:GOCE July 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive. Thank you so much for your contributions to the project. --Diannaa (Talk) 16:56, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

		Leaderboard Award—Number of Articles—3rd Place
		This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to GaryColemanFan for copy editing 101 articles during the WP:GOCE July 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive. Thank you so much for your contributions to the project. --Diannaa (Talk) 17:01, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Bloodymania

The DYK project (nominate) 06:03, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

DYK for King of the Ring (2000)

— Rlevse • Talk • 12:04, 4 September 2010 (UTC)

DYK for King of the Ring (1997)

— Rlevse • Talk • 18:03, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

DYK for King of the Ring (2008)

— Rlevse • Talk • 12:03, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

DYK for King of the Ring (2006)

-- Cirt (talk) 06:02, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

DYK for King of the Ring (1996)

— Rlevse • Talk • 12:05, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Unforgiven (1999)

— Rlevse • Talk • 06:04, 18 September 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Unforgiven (2000)

The DYK project (nominate) 06:02, 24 September 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Unforgiven (2001)

— Rlevse • Talk • 00:05, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

GOCE barnstars

		The Cleanup Barnstar
		For your copyediting efforts during the Guild of Copy Editors' September 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive, editing articles with a combined total of 10,947 words (16,503 with rollover), I hereby bestow GaryColemanFan with this award. Thank you so much for all your contributions to the project. – S Masters (talk) 06:39, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

		The 10k Copy Edit Barnstar
		I have great pleasure in awarding GaryColemanFan for copy editing the following article of 10K words or more: Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation‎ (10,947) during the Guild of Copy Editors September 2010 backlog elimination drive. Thank you for all your hard work and effort! – S Masters (talk) 06:39, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

DYK for No Mercy (2000)

The DYK project (nominate) 12:04, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

DYK for No Mercy (2001)

The DYK project (nominate) 06:04, 21 November 2010 (UTC)

DYK for SummerSlam (1990)

Materialscientist (talk) 00:03, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Swedes in Omaha, Nebraska

Materialscientist (talk) 00:10, 25 November 2010 (UTC)

GOCE Barnstar

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DYK for Royal Rumble (2004)

Materialscientist (talk) 12:03, 13 December 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Armageddon (1999)

Materialscientist (talk) 00:04, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Bobby Walker (wrestler)

Materialscientist (talk) 00:03, 24 December 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Fully Loaded (1999)

Materialscientist (talk) 14:06, 2 January 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Fully Loaded (2000)

... 10 years ago there was no DYK. Luckily that's changed, so thanks Victuallers (talk) 23:56, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

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Thank you

Gary, thanks so much. My heart is fairly broken at the moment, so I appreciate the kind words. María (habla conmigo) 19:50, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Survivor Series (2000)

The DYK project (nominate) 16:04, 15 April 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Sensational Sherri Memorial Cup Tournament

The DYK project (nominate) 06:03, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Shinya Hashimoto Memorial Legacy Cup Tournament

The DYK project (nominate) 06:03, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Hustle King Memorial Six Man Tag Team Tournament

The DYK project (nominate) 06:04, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Fred Ward Memorial Show

The DYK project (nominate) 06:04, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

Kamala Website Update

Thank you very much GaryColemanFan for updating the official website on the Kamala article. :) DrakeLuvenstein (talk) 11:37, 5 June 2011 (UTC)

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GOCE drive invitation

Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors The latest GOCE backlog elimination drive is under way! It began on 1 July and so far 18 people have signed up to help us reduce the number of articles in need of copyediting. This drive will give a 50% bonus for articles edited from the GOCE requests page. Although we have cleared the backlog of 2009 articles there are still 3,935 articles needing copyediting and any help, no matter how small, would be appreciated. We are appealing to all GOCE members, and any other editors who wish to participate, to come and help us reduce the number of articles needing copyediting, as well as the backlog of requests. If you have not signed up yet, why not take a look at the current signatories and help us by adding your name and copyediting a few articles. Barnstars will be given to anyone who edits more than 4,000 words, with special awards for the top 5 in the categories: "Number of articles", "Number of words", and "Number of articles of over 5,000 words". >>> Sign-up now <<<

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Talk:Tekno Team 2000/GA1

I have this article on hold, having finished the review. Hopefully you can address the issues soon. Wizardman _{Operation Big Bear} 18:18, 12 July 2011 (UTC)

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Guild of Copy Editors July 2011 backlog elimination drive update GOCE July 2011 backlog elimination drive progress graphs Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors July 2011 Backlog elimination drive! Here is your mid-drive newsletter. Participation So far, 45 people have signed up for the drive, of which 30 are actively participating, a very high participation rate. If you have not signed up for the drive yet, you can sign up now. If you have questions about getting started, feel free to talk to us. Progress report Progress has been less than that needed to meet our target for the drive (which would reduce the backlog by about 400 articles). Remember though, if everyone copy edits one or two articles every day, we will easily meet our goal. Many thanks to those editors who have been helping out at the Requests page. Reducing the number of articles on this list has been a major success of this drive. Thanks for participating! Your drive coordinators – Diannaa, Chaosdruid, The Utahraptor, Slon02 and SMasters

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Hogots monastery word count

Hi, I saw your annotation on the drive page. The tool did work for me, and the word count on the version before you edited it was 180. Hope this helps. --Stfg (talk) 08:52, 25 July 2011 (UTC)

GOCE drive report

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Interview with Wikimedia Foundation

Hi GaryColemanFan, I hope you're well. My name is Aaron and I'm one of the Storytellers working on the 2011 fundraiser for the Wikimedia Foundation. For this year's campaign, we're interviewing as many of the very active and productive Wikipedians as we can to broaden the range of appeals we run come November. I wonder if you would want to tell me more about your experiences editing and writing here? If so, I'll ask you your personal story and I'll ask you some general questions about Wikipedia. Please let me know if you're interesting by emailing amuszalskiwikimedia.org. Thanks! Aaron (WMF) (talk) 22:39, 23 September 2011 (UTC)

GOCE drive newsletter

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Mad Dog O'Malley DYK

Thanks for helping me out with the DYK. I'm not sure why she got so upset at me but I hope I didn't get you in to trouble (I notice she's an administrator). I created a few other articles, Steve Lawler (wrestler), Joe Thunder, Corporal Punishment (wrestler), and Mark Shrader (currently on AFC), if you want to look them over. 72.74.214.250 (talk) 10:31, 25 October 2011 (UTC)

Your DYK nom for Bob Starr (wrestler)

Hi Fan, I've reviewed your nomination at Template:Did you know nominations/Bob Starr (wrestler) and there are some issues with referencing. Could you see my comments and reply there? Thansk. Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:10, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

Tim Burke (but which)

As a side note, could you see if this gentlemen is actually the wrestler known as Lucifer? Looking at this they have a passing resemblance. Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:34, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

Deletion review for Death Valley Driver Video Review

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Death Valley Driver Video Review. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Goodvac (talk) 03:50, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Bob Starr (wrestler)

The DYK project (nominate) 12:11, 10 November 2011 (UTC)

Grand Parade

Thanks for improving the refs on this article. I suppose a good rule of thumb is that where there's a number there should be a reference. Tigerboy1966 (talk) 09:27, 11 November 2011 (UTC)

DYK question

Hello again. I recently submitted Death & Destruction and Count Grog and I was hoping to nominate either of these to DYK. I'd really like to use the following hook for the latter, ("...that Pro Wrestling Illustrated has called manager Count Grog the "least employee friendly boss around" due to frequently double-crossing his own wrestlers?"), but the only online source I can find is his official website. Is this good enough or do I need a third-party source?

I'm pretty sure I saw it in a past PWI magazine but I can't seem to find the issue in question. His website says it was in 1999 and this post indicates it was "in the late 1990's in the intro story to the [PWI] 500". I checked the PWI 500 issues between 1996 and 1999 but no luck. I suppose its a long shot but I don't suppose you or other members of the wrestling wikiproject might be able to help out?

Nevermind, I found it this morning. The problem was that I was looking for a photo caption. The nomination pages are here and here if you'd like to add better hooks.

72.74.223.52 (talk) 01:15, 24 November 2011 (UTC)

Replaceable fair use File:Moneyinc.jpg

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DYK for Grand Parade (horse)

Orlady (talk) 14:49, 29 November 2011 (UTC) 00:03, 30 November 2011 (UTC)

AFD repeat

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Death Valley Driver Video Review (6th nomination) An AFD you participated in last month is at AFD again. Dream Focus 23:58, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Mary Rountree

The DYK project (nominate) 00:03, 14 December 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Count Grog

It me again. :) I don't mean to keep bothering you but I'm having some problems on DYK with the Count Grog nomination. Apparently there is a BLP issue with the nomination. I provided a direct quote from the PWI article in addition to two online links (the ones I posted earlier on your talk page) confirming the hook. I think its pretty clear that he "betrayed" his wrestlers in a kayfabe sense (it is professional wrestling afterall!) but the sources don't "explicitly" say so according to the editor who removed it as a hook. Am I wrong in thinking that the hook could just be rewritten to be a more neutral statement? Thanks. 72.74.208.228 (talk) 02:36, 14 December 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Jeff Wright (politician)

Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:03, 14 December 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Tiffany Building (San Francisco)

Orlady (talk) 00:04, 19 December 2011 (UTC)

Help with a DYK?

This nomination has been on hold for the last month or so. At least two of the hooks were approved but it apparently needs to be looked at "by someone who knows and cares enough about wrestling". Don't suppose you could check this out if you have time? Thanks. 72.74.222.188 (talk) 02:41, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

Tag Team

Sorry, but I remember that the wikiproject has a rule against the tag team & stable section in the rosters. I remember that you discuss about it and that why WWE and TNA rosters haven't Tag team & Stable section. --HHH Pedrigree (talk) 19:59, 13 October 2012 (UTC)

Hi. It's strange, I don't found anything. I only have found this edition http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_WWE_personnel&diff=362377174&oldid=362376681 on May 16, 2010. Also, the fact that aren't the tag team-stable in WWE and TNA rosters. --HHH Pedrigree (talk) 11:47, 14 October 2012 (UTC)

Sports Entertainment article 'plagairism'

Hello! I followed the AfD discussion for the Sports Entertainment page, and noticed that someone had cited a source from a supposed PhD, yet the text was taken VERBATIM from what I had written in the Sports Entertainment article approximately four years ago. (Then noticed that it had been taken to this page as a serious concern.)

Upon Googling the book in question myself, I am convinced that this "Doctor" has compiled the text of several Wikipedia articles, turning them almost wholesale into individual chapters of his book. I believe that searching for any chunk of his text will bear this out. Also, I would like to point out that the supposed author of this text does not cite any sources anywhere in this book, which is not something a legitimate academic would produce.

Further, it is not published by any academic institution, but rather a vague, generic "SPORTS PUBLICATION" (see the title page). I would surmise, but have no proof, that this has been created by someone (not an actual academic) in New Delhi as a print-on-demand piece solely to cash in on ignorant individuals who would buy a print verison. I doubt the book's author has any connection to any of the "Dr. Anurag Saxena"s listed on LinkedIn. In short, I'm sure it's a fraudulent publication.

But as the text in question was largely published to Wikipedia by me, I will leave it for other editors, such as yourself, to decide.

Thank you. TravelingCat (talk) 18:31, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

• Added note: This edit includes the paragraph in question; dated March 11, 2008. The digital book states a copyright of 2011. TravelingCat (talk) 18:37, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

Help with a DYK nomination?

Mike Marino Memorial Shield was nominated to DYK about a month ago. It was finally reviewed this week but put on hold because it's short 218 characters. I've tried expanding it but I'm not having much luck. I was wondering if you'd be able to help? 72.74.199.179 (talk) 00:01, 29 November 2012 (UTC)

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WP:GOCE invitation

Hi there. I wanted to drop you a note to see if you'd be interested in joining the Guild of Copy Editors July 2013 backlog elimination drive. Three years ago, you participated in our biggest and most successful drive ever and were a huge help, copy editing over 100 articles with over 65,000 words! We've made lots of progress since then, but have stalled out a bit now. We need more help to keep pushing down the number of articles that still need copy editing. The current drive is already halfway over! Please consider joining it and chipping in a few articles. Thanks for reading this, and I hope to see you there. —Torchiest ^talk_edits 13:28, 15 July 2013 (UTC)

Banned user?

I noticed the activity at List of professional wrestling organisations in Australia. Who do you think you are reverting against? It isn't clear from the article history.—Kww(talk) 13:32, 7 May 2014 (UTC)

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Money in the Bank (2011) peer review

Hi GaryColemanFan, due to your experience in editing professional wrestling related articles, I'd like to invite you to comment on the peer review for Money in the Bank (2011), which I have an interest to eventually push for Featured Article status. Thank you very much. starship.paint ~ regal 03:54, 14 July 2014 (UTC)

Leonard Horowitz

Hi, I'm trying to improve the Leonard Horowitz article as it's up for deletion. This shouldn't even have made it to this stage. As you have some familiarity with the subject and possibly can help then ... over to you. Thanks (Boss Reality (talk) 10:51, 15 August 2014 (UTC))

I have no idea who Leonard Horowitz is. GaryColemanFan (talk) 16:29, 15 August 2014 (UTC)

AfD

Hi. Do you really think I mess up with the Advertising? As far as I know (I mean, I read when NYWC was deleted) "5(...) articles about very small "garage" or local companies are typically unacceptable". --HHH Pedrigree (talk) 11:16, 1 September 2014 (UTC)

Punk's done!

See my message on the SPI page. Curse of Fenric (talk) 03:12, 9 October 2014 (UTC)

Still active on the Vern Hughes AfD, FYI. Frickeg (talk) 10:58, 12 October 2014 (UTC)

That's not Punk. He never had an interest in politics. Curse of Fenric (talk) 00:53, 16 October 2014 (UTC)

Nasty Boys were never supposed to be Money Inc's partners at Survivor Series 1992

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGPBk5fJ8HQ Beverly brothers were always announced as Money Inc's partners\. nasty Boys only became involved when they replaced the Bushwhackers

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4 lost US title reigns

I found 4 errors in the United States title history on wwe.com Firstly, Paul Jones' 2nd reign ended November 28, 1976. That is recognized when clicking on the specific reign. But when clicking at the reign by Blackjack Mulligan, it states December 15. According to every wrestling site, Paul Jones is a 3-time US champ and there was no vacancy or anything to explain the gap between November 28 and December 15, so I think WWE forgot the 2 title changes between Paul and Blackjack. Same thing happened in 1980 with Greg Valentine, where they didn't recognize a 4-month title reign, beginning on July 26, which is the date where Flair lost his title according to wwe.com So in the end, these are 4 missing reigns.

Do you know anything about this? Do you think they forgot to add them? Do you know how to contact them to fix it?WrestlingLegendAS (talk) 11:48, 24 April 2015 (UTC)

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Money Inc.

Man good catch that's a typo on my part. I have the citation stored in my notes and copy it as need be and it has the typo in it. I will fix where I can right away. MPJ -US  22:40, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

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Pro Wrestling DYKs

Hi Gary. If you're interested, I submitted four pro wrestling articles to Wikipedia:Articles for creation that might make interesting DYKs. Curtis Comes Home was approved on July 7 (as was The Batten Twins on July 22, Mark Curtis Memorial Reunion on July 26, and Mark Curtis Memorial Weekend of Champions on July 26). 72.74.203.42 (talk) 01:45, 12 July 2015 (UTC)

• Is it too late for The Batten Twins? It was accepted on July 22 so am I right to assume it expires today? 72.74.201.149 (talk) 23:58, 29 July 2015 (UTC)

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I created a DYK page here so it doesn't expire. I think there's a few more interesting hooks (e.g. "Did you know that The Batten Twins were one of the first identical twins to wrestle as a tag team?") but I'll leave that for someone else to decide. 72.74.201.149 (talk) 04:11, 30 July 2015 (UTC)

Hi Gary. Superstars of Wrestling might be a good nominee for DYK if you feel like checking it out. 72.74.209.74 (talk) 00:36, 7 September 2015 (UTC)

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This source claims that Snuka used to be a bodyguard for celebrities such as Roy Orbison and Elvis. This seems dubious, I can't find this information anywhere else but if it is true it's probably worth mentioning. Have you read about this in any of the books you have access to?LM2000 (talk) 06:20, 12 August 2015 (UTC)

Do you think it would be worth nominating Snuka for WP:GA? It'll obviously take awhile for it to be reviewed, but I think it has a shot. Nikki♥311 08:59, 16 August 2015 (UTC)

Ok. There is a little bit more sourcing to do, and then I will nominate it. Nikki♥311 08:42, 17 August 2015 (UTC)

Ulf Herman

I don't own the books myself but All Or Nothing: The Story of Europe's Most Controversial Wrestling Company and Holy Grail: The True Story of British Wrestling's Revival have extensive coverage of Herman's career in the UK. I think he was part of The Wright Connection in ECW too if that's notable. 72.74.210.158 (talk) 22:25, 17 August 2015 (UTC)

Are you sure IMDB is right about Revival: The Search for the King of England being a television film? I ran across this FWA show at Cagematch.net that took place the same year. I did find a reliable source from Hildesheimer Allgemeine Zeitung (http://m.hildesheimer-allgemeine.de/index.php?id=2983&tx_ttnews[backPid]=2978&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=316488&cHash=5a710414a25796e3c7816d47e29b66a6) for his guest roles on two German tv series. It's a German language newspaper so I can only use it to cite the filmography section. 72.74.208.144 (talk) 17:29, 13 September 2015 (UTC)

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Thank you for pointing out the name mistake I did not even see that and yes that was a typo, I sometimes use a phone or Kindle Fire to edit and the keyboards can be a pain to use. I will make the corrections. Thank you.  MPJ-US  16:21, 26 August 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Riot City Wrestling

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Ditto for OUP. Nikkimaria (talk) 17:21, 16 November 2015 (UTC)

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Thanks

Hi Gary,

I appreciate the review for the Stampede Wrestling 50th Anniversary Show at AFC. Would you mind taking a look at Draft:Stu Hart 50th Anniversary Show? I added more sources after the last review but it's been sitting there for over a month and it doesn't look like anyone is interested in reviewing it.

I think it's even more notable than the 2003 show. Alberta Premier Ralph Klein made a public appearance and it was broadcast as a television special in Alberta (there's clips available on YouTube). It was also the first wrestling event to feature a "WCW vs. WWF" dream match during the Monday Night Wars era.

There's not too many Wikipedians who stick up for non-registered contributors so I'm grateful for the assistance. Thanks again. 72.74.211.2 (talk) 21:13, 18 January 2016 (UTC)

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Wrongly removed information

I found out from a highly reliable source that during the 1994 royal rumble that bastion booger had received food poisoning and therefore could not compete. You were wrong to remove that information because it was true so I would be grateful if you could put it back on and if u don't I will!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Abi25gail05 (talk) 13:28, 25 March 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply on my talk page but I received the information from the royal rumble records wikipedia page and also from the official 2016 wwe character information book thing!! Abi25gail05 (talk) 19:40, 27 March 2019 (UTC)

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Hi Gary,

I was wondering if you could give me some advice on a few articles I've submitted to WP:AFC. They definately still need some polishing but I'm still getting the hang of the formatting.

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• Draft:Big Time Wrestling (Boston)
• Draft:International Championship Wrestling (Mississippi)
• Draft:World Heavyweight Championship (Montreal version)
• Draft:National Wrestling Conference
• Draft:A Hot Summer Night II

Do you think any of these could become DYK or GA-class articles? I thought Superstars of Wrestling (Canadian TV series) might have some good ones. It was arguably the first wrestling promotion/tv program to use theme music and its feud with Maple Leaf Wrestling ended up in the Canadian Supreme Court.

Also one of the citations was removed as an unreliable source. Does that mean I should avoid citing Vern May (Vance Nevada)? I ask as he doesn't appear on WP:PW's approved sources page.

Thanks. 173.162.220.17 (talk) 16:47, 30 September 2020 (UTC)

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Doing stuff in the sources section of the wrestling Wikiproject, I came across a discussion you started questioning the unreliable section. It's good to question things. You never proposed any criteria that could be used in determining what sites are unreliable. Some obviously have been deemed as unreliable per the RS noticeboard ala Online World of Wrestling. It's one thing to question things, it's another to only question something without proposing any criteria. I would be all for criteria if necessary. Mr. C.C.^{Hey yo!}_{I didn't do it!} 10:15, 28 March 2021 (UTC)

The criteria are already found at WP:RS. I don't need to propose new criteria. All I'm saying is that we should determine a site's reliability according to WP:RS. Notes such as "Once reported X, which a different site disproved" have nothing to do with WP:RS. No WikiProject should be writing its own criteria for reliability based on factors like that. It's as simple as the author's credentials, the editorial oversight, and the absence of bias. GaryColemanFan (talk) 00:15, 29 March 2021 (UTC)

Moved your response to keep it one spot. I'm all for what your saying. This would reduce the list a bit. But some sources reports being incorrectly attributed to people like Dave Meltzer have refuted by Meltzer. We have to take that into consideration. If we did take sources to the RS noticeboard, how many would be able to discern if any of the sources listed are unreliable? I've seen some say they couldn't based them being a wrestling site. Mr. C.C.^{Hey yo!}_{I didn't do it!} 01:43, 29 March 2021 (UTC)

If a source was being considered, we would look at what makes the author an expert in the subject matter. If this can be established, the source will probably meet WP:RS or WP:RS/SPS. The wrestling WikiProject has a long history of thinking that they need to make things harder on themselves, almost as if people writing about wrestling should always do so apologetically. In reality, the same criteria are supposed to apply across the board. If someone presents a source about conical cylinders, the biggest consideration would be the expertise of the author in the source. If someone presents a source about the Winnebago Uprising, the same criteria are used. Professional wrestling is no different. GaryColemanFan (talk) 04:56, 29 March 2021 (UTC)

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Edit on the Royal Rumble wiki page

Why did you remove my edit on the Royal Rumble '93 page? What I put is true. The information that was shown on the page was simple incorrect. Saying that Yokozuna had broken a record for most eliminations in 1993 with 7 is simply contrary to the truth. Hulk Hogan eliminated 10 men in 1989. I added sources since you asked for them, including the most reliable source of all, the match itself, which is available on YouTube free of charge. Literally nothing could be a better source than that. Here is another source I've found listing Hogan has having 10 elimination in 1999. This source is actually used on the general Royal Rumble wiki page as well. Also how is the truth redundant? https://web.archive.org/web/20120307063529/http://www.mondaynightwarriors.com/other-royalrumblestats.php — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.191.36.228 (talk) 04:45, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Guy Lafleur

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Oh no please do

I was just looking into it before you removed it, that is absolutely ANI worthy. Or AN3R at least. FrederalBacon (talk) 06:10, 26 August 2022 (UTC)

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Stable timelines

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Your submission at ARCA

I have reverted it because WP:GS/Wrestling is not an ArbCom decision and is ineligible for clarification or amendment at WP:ARCA, which is for ArbCom decisions only. The correct venue for review of community-imposed topic restrictions is WP:VPR, following a notice at WP:AN, per Wikipedia:General sanctions § Community sanctions. It's probably advisable to talk to administrators who are active in enforcement of those restrictions before doing so. Best, KevinL (aka L235 · t · c) 05:28, 20 November 2023 (UTC)

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