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==Jewish Encyclopedia==
If you are coming to tell me i violated copyright laws concerning Jewishencyclopedia.com then please read what Jewishencyclopedia.com says it says the following "This website contains the complete contents of the 12-volume Jewish Encyclopedia, which was originally published between 1901-1906. The Jewish Encyclopedia, which recently became part of the public domain, contains over 15,000 articles and illustrations.
This online version contains the unedited contents of the original encyclopedia. Since the original work was completed almost 100 years ago, it does not cover a significant portion of modern Jewish History (e.g., the creation of Israel, the Holocaust, etc.). However, it does contain an incredible amount of information that is remarkably relevant today."

== sup ==

hey Maurice this is my wiki account btw its Jaime {{unsigned|Jnc8651|19:28, 11 March 2007}}

== NEW MESSAGE ==
<big>[[User talk:Java7837/userboxing/acim|<font color="red">A message is awaiting!]]</big> {{unsigned|The WikiWhippet|06:56, 15 April 2007}}

== In response to "[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Digiku&oldid=121255498 User box creator with template]" ==

Thanks. I appreciate the tip. :) --[[User:Digiku|Digiku]] 00:17, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

== Edit to Abraham Lincoln ==

Um, what was [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abraham_Lincoln&diff=prev&oldid=124907316 this] about? Normally I'd warn you for vandalism, but you seem to be an otherwise sound user. Care to explain yourself? [[User talk:Picaroon9288|Picaroon]]!

==Editing Wikipedia:Revert-only sandbox==
=== Warning ===
This is a warning! Stop vandalizing or else the F.B.I. and the LAPD will get you. WARNING. Do NOT touch my user or talk page and stop vandalizing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Maybe I wasn't clear.
{{{icon|[[Image:Stop hand nuvola.svg|30px]] }}}This is the '''only warning''' you will receive for your disruptive edits. If you [[Wikipedia:Vandalism|vandalize]] Wikipedia again{{{{{subst|}}}#if:{{{1|}}}|, as you did to [[:{{{1}}}]]}}, you will be [[Wikipedia:Blocking policy|blocked]] from editing. {{{{{subst|}}}#if:{{{2|}}}|{{{2}}}|}}
== Userpage... ==

hey. I was just on my watchlist, and it said that you edited something on my userpage. I was jsut wondering what you edited, cause i couldnt find anything different. Thanks!
~[[User: Sophiakorichi]]

ahhh, got it. what userbox was it? out of curiousoty, how did you come across my userpage? (oh, probably by just looking at the catagory that userbox put me in...?)
~SK

== VOTE! ==

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== oy ****er ==

hey man its jaime, wat u been up 2? {{unsigned|65.205.112.130|10:36, 7 August 2007}}

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==Note for self 2==
[[Samson]], [[Moses]], [[Ezra]], [[Joseph (Hebrew Bible)]], [[List of converts to Judaism]], [[List of converts to Islam]], [[List of converts to Christianity]]

==Tools==
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[http://tools.wikimedia.de/~interiot/cgi-bin/count_edits?user=Java7837&dbname=enwiki_p edit count]
[http://ccgi.thepaty.plus.com/cgi-bin/PockBot.cgi Pock Bot]
[http://tools.wikimedia.de/~bryan/stats/dbquery/enwiki_page_creation.txt number of articles created by users]
note for the number of articles created by user list it is accurate as of 30 hours ago at the least and you appear on the list if you have created at least 5 articles

== Userboxes ==

Are you an expert on userboxes? If you are, can you help me? I'm ''hopeless'' in the department of userboxes. [[User:Basketball110|Basketball]][[User talk:Basketball110|110]] 15:46, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

== Input with Saudi Arabian Jewish history ==

Hi Java, hope all goes well. Maybe you can help improve the [[History of the Jews in Saudi Arabia]] article. It links to smaller articles about Jewish tribes in the areas of present-day Saudi Arabia, such as [[Banu Awf]], [[Banu Harith]], [[Banu Jusham]], [[Banu Najjar]], [[Banu Sa'ida]], [[Banu Shutayba]] and they all cited sources. Now [[User:Bless sins]] is requesting "sources" for the same information about the tribes in the [[History of the Jews in Saudi Arabia]] article, as well as making other requests for sources and whatnot. (If you like, and have a minute or two, see the discussions that have been taking place at [[Category talk:Jewish Saudi Arabian history]].) Please help out in the [[History of the Jews in Saudi Arabia]] article. Thanks, [[User:IZAK|IZAK]] ([[User talk:IZAK|talk]]) 14:35, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

==CfD nomination of [[:Category:Neo-Pagan texts]]==
I have nominated {{lc|Neo-Pagan texts}} for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at [[Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2008 January 4#Category:Neo-Pagan texts|the discussion page]]. Thank you. [[User:Kim Dent-Brown|<font face="century gothic" color="#0E6E2D">Kim Dent-Brown</font>]] [[User talk:Kim Dent-Brown|<font face="century gothic" size="1" color="#0E6E2D"><sup>(Talk)</sup></font>]] 08:46, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

== [[Samson]] GA candidacy ==

As you have been a primary editor and the nominator of [[Samson]], I thought I would drop you a message informing you that the article has been placed on hold, and notes have been left on the talk page. Please make some of the requested edits. The article will be reviewed again shortly. Thank you for all of your hard work. -- [[User:Pepsi2786|<font color="blue"><b>PEPSI2786</b></font>]]<sup>[[User talk:Pepsi2786|<font color="000000"><b>talk</b></font>]]</sup> 13:25, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

== First Edit ==

{{First Edit Day}}
*'''FROM YOUR FRIEND''':
--<span style="font-family:Times New Roman">[[User:ThinkBlue|'''<span style="background:Blue;color:White">  ThinkBlue </span>''']] </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman">[[User_talk:ThinkBlue|(Hit]]</span> <span style="font-family:Times New Roman">[[User:ThinkBlue/Autograph book|'''BLUE''')]]</span> 00:10, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

== Review:Aaron ==

Hi, Unfortunately the article has some problems. Most of the sources are [[Wikipedia:No_original_research#Primary.2C_secondary.2C_and_tertiary_sources|primary]]. The primary sources are good for clarification but there should be some reliable sources for [[Wikipedia:Verifiability|verification]]. Also there isn't enough information about Aaron in Islamic sources. You can use [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Aaron&diff=183371386&oldid=183369864 this] to complete it. I would write a complete review if I had time. But I advise you to renominate it after solving these problems. God bless you.--<font face="monospace">[[User:Sa.vakilian|Seyyed]]([[User talk:Sa.vakilian|t]]-[[Special:Contributions/Sa.vakilian|c]])</font> 10:56, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

== Idea for Talmud articles ==

Hi Java7837: I am reposting the following request from User {{User|Sh76us}} on my user talk page for wider notification:

:I was thinking of trying to stimulate development of a series of articles on [[Gemara]] concepts and doctrines, maybe to help children or newcomers to Gemara with explanations of some fundamental concepts that recur throughout the Gemara. Some examples might be articles on Yiush, Chazakah, Ta'aninun (as in "Ta'aninun L'Yoresh"), Eidim Zomemin (forgive my awful transliterations), Migu, etc., etc. Maybe we could even create a category or subcategory for it. I created [[Breira]] in this vein. As I don't have the experience or expertise in Wikipedia to know what to do to best develop this idea, I figured I'd come to you for your opinions on: (1) whether it's a good idea; and (2) How to best go about implementing it. Thanks [[User:Sh76us|Sh76us]] ([[User talk:Sh76us|talk]]) 15:56, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Centralized discussion at: [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Judaism#Idea for Talmud articles]]. Thank you. [[User:IZAK|IZAK]] ([[User talk:IZAK|talk]]) 03:33, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

==This is your life?==
Please! Don't rely so heavily on wikipedia to teach you about Judaism. There is valuable info here, but it's not it all! Go to a shiur! [[User:Chesdovi|Chesdovi]] ([[User talk:Chesdovi|talk]]) 20:25, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

== Updating the barnstar template ==

Hi Java: I have now put the basic original {{tl|Jewishbarnstar}} template you created into [[Wikipedia:Barnstars/Category]] and it now joins the list of all [[Wikipedia:Barnstars]]. However, to keep in line with the word formatting of all the other barnstars I had to use your old one to start a new {{tl|The Jewish Barnstar}} template. I gave you full credit, as did User:Yahel Guhan when he had placed it into [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism]]. Please make sure the older template is no longer used. Thanks, [[User:IZAK|IZAK]] ([[User talk:IZAK|talk]])
*'''Very important''': From now on, please ''only'' use the template this way to grant the Jewish barnstar: <nowiki>{{subst:The Jewish Barnstar|message ~~~~}}</nowiki> (the "subst:" is crucial). Thanks a lot! [[User:IZAK|IZAK]] ([[User talk:IZAK|talk]]) 14:56, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

== Template:SOTD nav ==

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== Problematic new Christian/Jewish template ==

Hi Java: Please see the discussions at [[Template talk:Books of the Bible]] concerning the new troubled and troubling {{tl|Books of the Bible}} template. Your attention to this matter would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, [[User:IZAK|IZAK]] ([[User talk:IZAK|talk]]) 05:28, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

== AGF ==

[[Image:Information.svg|25px]] Please remember to [[Wikipedia:Assume good faith|assume good faith]] when dealing with other editors{{#if:|, which you did not on [[:{{{1}}}]]}}. {{#if:|{{{2}}}|Thank you.}} [[User:Divamia|Divamia]] ([[User talk:Divamia|talk]]) 05:48, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

==Thanks==

Thanks for helping with the vandalism problem. I'm open to suggestions, if you have any. Right now the options are to 1) survive edit warring, 2) give up and allow the vandalism to stick, or 3) create waste of space articles for people like [[Abraham the Monk]] who ARE notable, but only because they converted. Is there a fourth option? I don't feel like edit warring, I don't have time to research a book's worth of bio information right now, and I don't think it's good stewardship of Wiki server space to create 30 bio pages for people who are only notable BECAUSE of their conversion to Judaism when 1 subsection of a page is sufficient.[[User:Teclontz|Tim]] ([[User talk:Teclontz|talk]]) 10:56, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Agreed. Only problem is that some of these people are only documented in books. I'd like to minimize the amount of money we'll have to shelve out on research.[[User:Teclontz|Tim]] ([[User talk:Teclontz|talk]]) 14:34, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

PS -- I also noticed the anti-Jewish slant. He/She is requiring each person have separate articles, and trying to delete those articles at the same time.[[User:Teclontz|Tim]] ([[User talk:Teclontz|talk]]) 14:35, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
:Ah yes. People who apply precedents used at all other articles to Jewish-related articles must be anti-Jewish. [[User:Divamia|Divamia]] ([[User talk:Divamia|talk]]) 15:08, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

J, after reading through all of the notability guidelines, the clergy who convert definitely merit an article on that basis alone. Although I personally prefer one line to an article, Wikipedia seems to have lower standards than I would for brevity -- probably because they are a computer based resource and my instincts are still driven by old time "book" size contraints. Accordingly, I'll start adding the articles. I've saved a link to the older edit of the page so I won't lose those names. Also, I'll help you keep the page current so that other people will know which names to research. The next question is, how can we get some help? I don't have all of these books, and although I may actually get them, I don't have the time or the money to buy and read them all right now. But I'm certainly willing to play a part.[[User:Teclontz|Tim]] ([[User talk:Teclontz|talk]]) 15:23, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Convert and Baal Teshuvah Biography Project -- how's that?[[User:Teclontz|Tim]] ([[User talk:Teclontz|talk]]) 15:43, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

I've never set up a project before -- but I'll catch up with you Sunday. Time to hit the road. The sun is chasing.[[User:Teclontz|Tim]] ([[User talk:Teclontz|talk]]) 20:01, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

== Asher Wade ==

The article's length meets the minimum criteria, but I still think it's a bit short for DYK. Also, there's only one in-line citation in the article. Could you possibly expand the article and use more in-line citations? <span style="background:#E0FFFF;color:#007FFF;font-family:Georgia;">[[User:Nishkid64|Nishkid64]] ([[User talk:Nishkid64|talk]])</span> 20:33, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
:Hmm...I guess it's fine for DYK. I would accept it for DYK, but I'm not sure what others may think. However, I think the article's expired now, so it can't be featured on DYK. <span style="background:#E0FFFF;color:#007FFF;font-family:Georgia;">[[User:Nishkid64|Nishkid64]] ([[User talk:Nishkid64|talk]])</span> 03:38, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

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== Maimonides orthodox? ==

I'm really not sure why you put the Rambam in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maimonides&diff=193053784&oldid=191980088 Sephardi Orthodox rabbis] category. Orthodoxy as a movement did not exist before the 19th century, and I can imagine that many people thought of him as rather unorthodox in his day! [[User:Jfdwolff|JFW]] | [[User_talk:Jfdwolff|<small>T@lk</small>]] 18:13, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

:Could you urgently clarify why you are separating ALL rabbis, even before the 19th century, into Orthodox categories. [[User:Jfdwolff|JFW]] | [[User_talk:Jfdwolff|<small>T@lk</small>]] 18:19, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

:In response to your message on my talkpage: the term "Orthodox" was not used before the 19th century. Before that time, it was just "Judaism" because no other term was applied to it. There was Karaism, and Sadduceism, and other branches that left the mainstream - but they did not apply the term "Orthodox" to the mainsteam either. Incidentally, Hirsch doesn't seem to have had problems with the term "Orthodox", so I cannot see why you think the term was purely derogatory.
:My point about Maimonides is that in his day, many regarded him as deviating from the mainstream. Why else would they have burnt copies of his work?
:I think your use of "Orthodox" for pre-19th century rabbis is a form of POV. I also think we need to discuss on [[WT:JEW]] whether you should continue categorising pre-19th century rabbis as "Orthodox". [[User:Jfdwolff|JFW]] | [[User_talk:Jfdwolff|<small>T@lk</small>]] 09:12, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
::I agree with JFW, as requested below, Java7837 please join the unfolding discussions at [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Judaism#Orthodox rabbis]]. This is very important. Thanks a lot. [[User:IZAK|IZAK]] ([[User talk:IZAK|talk]]) 10:20, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

== New category additions on Breslov rabbi pages ==

Hi, I saw your category additions to [[Michel Dorfman]] and [[Eliyahu Chaim Rosen]] and was wondering why they're both not under "Hasidic rabbis in Israel"? Rosen was a teacher and role model who certainly fits this category description, which you added him to, but Dorfman, an honorary [[rosh yeshiva]] (more like an administrator) for the Breslov yeshiva in [[Jerusalem]], is known as the quintessential Breslover chassid. I don't think he belongs in a catch-all category like "Israeli Orthodox rabbis." Thanks, [[User:Yoninah|Yoninah]] ([[User talk:Yoninah|talk]]) 21:27, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
:Thanks for the quick editing work. But what's this new category, "Russian Orthodox rabbis"? Sounds like an oxymoron. And why is [[Michel Dorfman]] the only name in the category? He wasn't a rabbi in Russia. Thanks, [[User:Yoninah|Yoninah]] ([[User talk:Yoninah|talk]]) 21:54, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
::A Russian rabbi can mean a rabbi in russia or rabbi who's ancestors were from Russia--[[User:Java7837|Java7837]] ([[User talk:Java7837|talk]]) 21:56, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
:::Okay, but Dorfman wasn't a rabbi — he was a [[shochet]] and a bookbinder. He was an honorary rosh yeshiva (read: administrator). He is not notable enough to have a category just for him! [[User:Yoninah|Yoninah]] ([[User talk:Yoninah|talk]]) 22:37, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

== Discussions about your rabbis categorizations ==

Hi Java: Please join the discussions about your new "Orthodox rabbis" categorizations at [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Judaism#Orthodox rabbis]] so that you can explain your moves and discuss it with others who have some concerns about it. Thanks a lot! ''[[Shabbat]] [[Shalom]]''! [[User:IZAK|IZAK]] ([[User talk:IZAK|talk]]) 10:17, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

== orthodox==
You are adding the category Orthodox to people who eat non-kosher and do not keep the Sabbath.
Just because someone is respectful of the tradition does not make them Orthodox, nor do people who grew up orthodox and then become famous necessarily still keep Kosher and sabbath. I do not want to discuss this on the individual pages of the people or be a witch hunt of observance, but many of the people that you added Orthodox to their bios are not observant at all. --[[User:Jayrav|Jayrav]] ([[User talk:Jayrav|talk]]) 04:20, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Agnon was Orthodox until age 25 and then stopped for a few years and returned to his original practice by 32. He was only non-observant between 1913-1920. Not exactly a BT, he was only non-religious between schooling and marriage. He retained his Orthodox and Rabbinic connections throughout.
The article had originally, mistakenly placed his return in the 1950's, but he was raised orthodox and married orthodox by 1920. --[[User:Jayrav|Jayrav]]16:49, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

There are several known gedolim who sowed wild oats in their youth during the difficult years of WWI and Turkish Palestine, but that does not make them BT's.--[[User:Jayrav|Jayrav]] ([[User talk:Jayrav|talk]]) 16:49, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

== Jewish Renewal==
The name of the movement is "Jewish Renewal" - there is no such thing as "american renewal" - Jewish in the name of the movement is not an adj like Jewish reform or Jewish orthodox. The very name of the movement is "Jewish renewal". It would be nice if you switched those back. --[[User:Jayrav|Jayrav]] ([[User talk:Jayrav|talk]]) 04:20, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

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**Feb. 17 - WWE presents '''[[No Way Out (2008)|No Way Out]]'''
**Feb. 24 - [[User:Steelerfan-94|Steelerfan-94]]'s birthday
**Feb. 28 - [[User:Zenlax|Zenlax]]'s birthday
**Mar. 9 - TNA presents '''[[TNA Destination X#2008|Destination X]]'''
**Mar. 25 - [[User:Kelan|Kelan]]'s birthday
**Mar. 26 - [[User:Govvy|Govvy]]'s birthday
**Mar. 30 - WWE presents '''[[WrestleMania XXIV]]'''

<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Member Interview</div>
This week's interviewees are '''[[User:Kris Classic|Kris Classic]]''' ([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter/Issue 011/Interview 1|link]]) and '''[[User:Alex Roggio|Alex Roggio]]''' ([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter/Issue 011/Interview 2|link]]).

*Next week's interviewees are '''[[User:D.M.N.|D.M.N.]]''' and '''[[User:3bulletproof16|3bulletproof16]]'''. Submit a question to ask them [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter#Interview segment|here]]. 3bulletproof16 has confirmed that he will indeed be taking part in the interview, even though he has retired.

<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional Wrestling Article Stats</div>

Since the last newsletter, the number of stub articles has dropped by 45 while the total number of wrestling articles continues to grow. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|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).

{{Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Professional wrestling articles by quality statistics}}

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'''Contributors to this Issue:'''
*{{User|Alex Roggio}}
*{{User|GaryColemanFan}}
*{{User|Gavyn Sykes}}
*{{User|iMatthew}}
*{{User|LAX}}
*{{User|Nahallac Silverwinds}}
*{{User|NiciVampireHeart}}
*{{User|S-pac54}}
*{{User|The Chronic}}
*{{User|The Hybrid}}
*{{User|ThinkBlue}}
*{{User|TJ Spyke}}
*{{User|Truco9311}}
*{{User|Zenlax}}
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==Speedy deletion of [[:American Jewish Renewal rabbis]]==
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If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding <code>{{tl|hangon}}</code> to '''the top of [[:American Jewish Renewal rabbis|the page]]''' (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on '''[[ Talk:American Jewish Renewal rabbis|the talk page]]''' explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for ''speedy'' deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. [[User:Excirial|<font color="191970">'''Excirial''']]</font><sup> ([[User talk:Excirial|<font color="FF8C00">Talk</font>]],[[Special:Contributions/Excirial|<font color="FF8C00">Contribs</font>]])</sup> 18:04, 26 February 2008 (UTC) 

== Orthodox rabbis ==

Hi Java: I see that the issue of how to create, name and organize rabbis and Orthodox rabbis articles is causing friction. Perhaps this can be discussed at greater length if you are able to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Emailuser/IZAK contact me] so that we can discuss this at greater length. Thanks, and ''Shavua Tov''. Sincerely, [[User:IZAK|IZAK]] ([[User talk:IZAK|talk]]) 04:27, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

== [[User:Java7837/israel]] ==

I fixed up some errant coding in the border-c field. It should mesh well now. '''[[User:Octane|<font color=#FF6600>Oc</font>]][[User_talk:Octane|<font color=#FBCF03>t</font>]][[User:Octane|<font color=#FF6600>ane</font>]]''' <sup><nowiki>[</nowiki>[[User:Octane/improvement|improve me]]<nowiki>]</nowiki></sup> <small> 07.03.08 0750 (UTC)</small>

== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==

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*'''[[No Way Out (2004)]]''' failed its nomination for [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|Featured Article status]]; its nomination can be found [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/No Way Out (2004)/archive1|here]].
*'''[[List of WCW Hardcore Champions]]''' has been nominated for [[Wikipedia:Featured lists|Featured list status]]; its nomination can be found [[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of WCW Hardcore Champions|here]].
*'''[[Royal Rumble (2005)]]''', '''[[Over the Edge (1998)]]''', and '''[[Vengeance (2005)]]''' have been listed for [[Wikipedia:Peer review|Peer review]]. Please review these articles and make suggestions for how they can be improved in preparation for a Good article nomination. Their peer reviews can be found [[Wikipedia:Peer review/Royal Rumble (2005)|here]], [[Wikipedia:Peer review/Over the Edge (1998)/archive1|here]] and [[Wikipedia:Peer review/Vengeance (2005)/archive1|here]].
*'''[[Dawn Marie Psaltis]]''', '''[[Lisa Marie Varon]]''', and '''[[Unforgiven (2004)]]''' have been elevated to [[Wikipedia:Good articles|Good article]] status.
*'''[[Don Kent (wrestler)]]''', '''[[Jos LeDuc]]''', '''[[New Year's Revolution (2007)]]''', '''[[Ricky Banderas]]''', '''[[SummerSlam (1994)]]''', '''[[SummerSlam (2007)]]''', '''[[No Way Out (2007)]]''' and '''[[Unforgiven (2005)]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Good article candidates|Good article candidates]].
*'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]]''' will be the Featured Wikiproject in next week's edition of the '''[[WP:Signpost|Signpost]]'''. [[User:LAX|LAX]], [[User:IMatthew|iMatthew]], and [[User:Nikki311|Nikki311]] will answer questions relating to the project [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2008-03-10/WikiProject report|here]].
<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Current Events</div>

*[[Ron Killings]] is still being reported as having signed a WWE contract. As there is no reliable source for anything of the sort, be prepared for his name to be continually added to the [[World Wrestling Entertainment roster|WWE Roster]] article, and information about his return being added to his article. There is also, apparently, an audio interview with Killings where he states he will be returning to WWE with his old '''K-Kwik''' gimmick. Recent ''SmackDown!'' taping spoilers indicate that Killings has already debuted under the name '''Kwik Killings''' in a [[List of professional wrestling slang#D|Dark match]]. However, no reliable source for this information has been found yet.

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*'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia: Articles for deletion/NWA Australian Championship|NWA Australian Championship]].
*'''Kept:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lena Yada|Lena Yada]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Vicious and Delicious|Vicious and Delicious]].
*'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Callum Sprit|Callum Sprit]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2009|WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2009]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Road to WrestleMania Tournament|Road to WrestleMania Tournament]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gary Mei|Gary Mei]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Collaboration of the Week</div>

The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|article collaboration]] for March 3 through March 16 is '''[[Ric Flair]]'''. Please help to improve it to match the quality of an [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|ideal]] Wikipedia [[professional wrestling]] related article. The next article for collaboration will be chosen on Sunday, March 16.<br>
<center><small>[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Cast your vote to select the collaboration for next week!]] — [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!]]</small></center>

<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Member Interview</div>
This week's interviewees are '''[[User:D.M.N.|D.M.N.]]''' ([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter/Issue 012/Interview 1|link]]) and '''[[User:3bulletproof16|3bulletproof16]]''' ([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter/Issue 012/Interview 2|link]]).
*Next week's interviewees are [[User:FamicomJL|FamicomJL]] and [[User:Nahallac Silverwinds|Naha]]. Submit a question to ask them [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter#Interview segment|here]].

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<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Member News</div>

*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''351''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list/Active|active members list]], there are currently '''40''' members currently active in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
**'''NOTICE:''' If you are actively editing and contributing to articles under the scope of WikiProject Professional Wrestling, we suggest you add your name to the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list/Active|list of active members]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
**Mar. 9 - TNA presents '''[[TNA Destination X#2008|Destination X]]'''
**Mar. 25 - [[User:Kelan|Kelan]]'s birthday
**Mar. 26 - [[User:Govvy|Govvy]]'s birthday
**Mar. 30 - WWE presents '''[[WrestleMania XXIV]]'''

<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional Wrestling Article Stats</div>

Since the last newsletter, the number of stub articles has dropped by 45 while the total number of wrestling articles continues to grow. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|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).

{{Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Professional wrestling articles by quality statistics}}

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'''Contributors to this Issue:'''
*{{User|iMatthew}}
*{{User|LAX}}
*{{User|Nahallac Silverwinds}}
*{{User|NiciVampireHeart}}
*{{User|NimiTize}}
*{{User|ThinkBlue}}
*{{user|Truco9311}}
*{{User|Zenlax}}

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== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==

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*'''[[No Way Out (2004)]]''' has been renominated for [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|Featured Article status]]; its nomination can be found [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/No Way Out (2004)|here]].
*'''[[List of WCW Hardcore Champions]]''' has been nominated for [[Wikipedia:Featured lists|Featured list status]]; its nomination can be found [[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of WCW Hardcore Champions|here]].
*'''[[SummerSlam (2000)]]''' has been listed for [[Wikipedia:Peer review|Peer review]]. Please review this article and make suggestions for how it can be improved in preparation for a Good article nomination. It's peer reviews can be found [[Wikipedia:Peer review/SummerSlam (2000)/archive1|here]].
*'''[[Ricky Banderas]]''' and '''[[SummerSlam (1994)]]''' have been elevated to [[WP:GA|Good article]] status.
*'''[[Ion Croitoru]]''', '''[[Jos LeDuc]]''', '''[[New Year's Revolution (2007)]]''', '''[[SummerSlam (2007)]]''', '''[[No Way Out (2007)]]''', '''[[Unforgiven (2005)]]''', '''[[WrestleMania X]]''', '''[[Jeff Hardy]]''', and '''[[Matt Hardy]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Good article candidates|Good article candidates]].
*'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]]''' was the Featured Wikiproject in last week's edition of the '''[[WP:Signpost|Signpost]]'''. [[User:TJ Spyke|TJ Spyke]], [[User:IMatthew|iMatthew]], and [[User:Nikki311|Nikki311]] have answered questions relating to the project [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2008-03-10/WikiProject report|here]].
<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Current Events</div>

*[[Jeff Hardy]] was suspended by [[WWE]] for 60 days on [[March 11]] for violating WWE's Substance Abuse and Drug Policy. On [[March 14]], he lost his home in, [[Cameron, North Carolina]], late friday night due to a [[fire]]. Fire Department officials currently cannot confirm what was the cause of the fire. Reports also say that Jeff's brother, [[Matt Hardy]], saw smoke coming out of Jeff's house. [[WWE RAW|RAW]] [[Commentator]], [[Jim Ross]], reports on his blog, "''He lost essentially every thing he had and most sadly his dog''".
*On [[March 14]], [[Vince McMahon]] was honored into the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]].
*Triple H: King of Kings-There is Only One, a [[WWE Home Video]] [[DVD]], will be released on [[March 25]] [[2008]].
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*'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Steven Galvan|Steven Galvan]]
*'''Kept:'''
*'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bryant Balmaceda|Bryant Balmaceda]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/NWA Australian Championship|NWA Australian Championship]], [[Wikipedia: Articles for deletion/List of professional wrestling stables and tag teams|List of professional wrestling stables and tag teams]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Collaboration of the Week</div>

The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|article collaboration]] for March 16 through March 30 is '''[[Paul Wight|Big Show]]'''. The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|featured article collaboration]] is '''[[Kurt Angle]]'''. Please help to improve these articles to match the quality of an [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|ideal]] Wikipedia [[professional wrestling]] related article. The next articles for collaboration will be chosen on Sunday, March 30.<br>
<center><small>[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Cast your vote to select the collaboration for next week!]] — Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!</small></center>

<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Member Interview</div>
This week's interviewees are '''[[User:FamicomJL|FamicomJL]]''' ([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter/Issue 013/Interview 1|link]]) and '''[[User:Nahallac Silverwinds|Naha]]''' ([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter/Issue 013/Interview 2|link]]).
*Next week's interviewees are [[User:Endlessdan|Endlessdan]] and [[User:S-pac54|S-pac54]]. Submit a question to ask them [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter#Interview segment|here]].

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<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Member News</div>

*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''356''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list/Active|active members list]], there are currently '''37''' members currently active in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
**'''NOTICE:''' If you are actively editing and contributing to articles under the scope of WikiProject Professional Wrestling, we suggest you add your name to the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list/Active|list of active members]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
**Mar. 25 - [[User:Kelan|Kelan]]'s birthday
**Mar. 26 - [[User:Govvy|Govvy]]'s birthday
**Mar. 29 - [[User:NimiTize|NimiTize]]'s birthday
**Mar. 30 - WWE presents '''[[WrestleMania XXIV]]'''

<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional Wrestling Article Stats</div>

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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|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).

{{Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Professional wrestling articles by quality statistics}}

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'''Contributors to this Issue:'''
*{{User|iMatthew}}
*{{User|NiciVampireHeart}}
*{{User|NimiTize}}
*{{User|ThinkBlue}}

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== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==

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*'''[[SummerSlam (2007)]]''' ([[WP:Featured article candidates/SummerSlam (2007)|<small>link</small>]]) has been nominated for [[WP:FA|Featured Article]] status.
*[[Triple H]] has failed its [[WP:FA|Featured Article]] nomination. Its nom page can be found [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Triple H/archive1|here]].
*'''[[List of WCW Hardcore Champions]]''' has passed its [[Wikipedia:Featured lists|Featured list]] nomination; its nomination can be found [[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of WCW Hardcore Champions|here]].
*'''[[Backlash (2004)]]''' has been listed for [[Wikipedia:Peer review|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 [[Wikipedia:Peer review/Backlash (2004)/archive1|here]].
*'''[[Ion Croitoru]]''', '''[[Jos LeDuc]]''', '''[[New Year's Revolution (2007)]]''', '''[[No Way Out (2007)]]''', '''[[SummerSlam (2007)]]''', '''[[Unforgiven (2005)]]''', and '''[[WrestleMania X]]''' have been elevated to [[WP:GA|Good article]] status.
*'''[[Brian Kendrick]]''', '''[[Brock Lesnar]]''', '''[[Jeff Hardy]]''', '''[[Matt Hardy]]''', '''[[Randy Orton]]''', '''[[Stacy Keibler]]''', and '''[[Vengeance (2005)]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Good article candidates|Good article candidates]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Current Events</div>
*At [[WrestleMania XXIV]], [[Shawn Michaels]] defeated [[Ric Flair]] after executing the [[Superkick|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 [[WWE Raw|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
*[[Cryme Tyme]] returned to [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] on March 31, during [[WWE Raw|Raw]], defeating [[Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch]].
*[[Matt Hardy]] also returned on Raw, attacking Randy Orton from behind, and later having a match with Orton.
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*'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/World Wrestling Professionals|World Wrestling Professionals]]
*'''Kept:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dark Angel (wrestler)|Dark Angel (wrestler)]]
*'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Steven Galvan|Steven Galvan]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/A.W. Bulldog (wrestler)|A.W. Bulldog (wrestler)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Big Shemi|The Big Shemi]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ananzi (wrestler)|Ananzi (wrestler)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Akilah (wrestler)|Akilah (wrestler)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Crybaby (wrestler)|Crybaby (wrestler)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dont Question My Heart|Don't Question My Heart]]

<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Collaboration of the Week</div>

The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|article collaborations]] for March 30 through April 13 are '''[[Bash at the Beach (1996)]]''' and '''[[Mae Young]].''' Please help to improve these articles to match the quality of an [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|ideal]] Wikipedia [[professional wrestling]] related article. The next articles for collaboration will be chosen on Sunday, April 13.<br>
<center><small>[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Cast your vote to select the collaboration for next week!]] — Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!</small></center>

<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Member Interview</div>
This week's interviewees are '''[[User:Endlessdan|Endlessdan]]''' ([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter/Issue 014/Interview 1|link]]) and '''[[User:S-pac54|S-pac54]]''' ([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter/Issue 014/Interview 2|link]]).
*Next week's interviewees are [[User:Straight Edge PXK|Straight Edge PXK]] and [[User:IMatthew|iMatthew]]. Submit a question to ask them [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter#Interview segment|here]].

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<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Member News</div>

*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''363''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list/Active|active members list]], there are currently '''39''' members currently active in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
**'''NOTICE:''' If you are actively editing and contributing to articles under the scope of WikiProject Professional Wrestling, we suggest you add your name to the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list/Active|list of active members]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
*13 - TNA presents '''[[Lockdown (2008)|Lockdown]]'''
*14 - [[User:ThinkBlue|ThinkBlue]]'s birthday
*20 - [[User:Adamaniac|Adamaniac]]'s and [[User:Killswitch Engage|Killswitch Engage]]'s birthdays
*27 - WWE presents '''[[WWE Backlash#2008|Backlash]]'''

<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional Wrestling Article Stats</div>

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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|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).

{{Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Professional wrestling articles by quality statistics}}

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'''Contributors to this Issue:'''
*{{User|iMatthew}}
*{{User|LAX}}
*{{User|NiciVampireHeart}}
*{{User|RkOrton}}
*{{User|ThinkBlue}}
*{{User|Zenlax}}

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== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==

{{Wikipedia:WikiProject The Beatles/Outreach/Newsletter/Issue-nav|015}}</noinclude>
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! colspan="2" valign="middle" style="width: 60%; border: 3px black solid; background-color: #EEEEEE; padding: 1em;" | [[Image:Barnstar-pro-wrestling.png|30px|left]]<center><font size="5">'''The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Newsletter|newsletter]]'''</font><br>Issue XV — April 20, 2008</center>
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<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Project News</div>

*'''[[SummerSlam (2007)]]''' has failed its [[WP:FA|Featured Article]] nomination; the discussion can be found [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/SummerSlam (2007)/archive1|here]].
*'''[[Jeff Hardy]]''' has been elevated to [[WP:GA|Good article]] status.
*'''[[Acolytes Protection Agency]]''', '''[[Brian Kendrick]]''', '''[[Brock Lesnar]]''', '''[[Matt Hardy]]''', '''[[Money Inc.]]''', '''[[Over the Edge (1999)]]''', '''[[Randy Orton]]''', '''[[Stacy Keibler]]''', and '''[[Vengeance (2005)]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Good article candidates|Good article candidates]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Events</div>
*WWE has invited Democrats running for president, [[Hillary Clinton]] and [[Barack Obama]], to [[WWE Raw|Raw]] to settle their differences in a wrestling match. The invitation video can be found <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.wwe.com/content/media/video/vms/none/2008/april8-14/6835006?zone=_index here]</span>.
*On the [[April 21]] edition of ''Raw'', the [[King of the Ring]] tournament will return for one night only. The entire tournament will take place on ''Raw''.
*[[Mick Foley]] made a appearance in the new film, [[Anamorph (film)|''Anamorph'']].
<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Articles for Deletion</div>
*'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/PJ Black (wrestler) (2nd nomination)|PJ Black (wrestler)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Lizard (wrestler) (2nd nomination)|The Lizard (wrestler)]].
*'''Kept:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Juggernaut (wrestler)|Juggernaut (wrestler)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/World Wrestling Professionals|World Wrestling Professionals]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of TNA tournaments|List of TNA tournaments]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shaun Simpson|Shaun Simpson]]
*'''Deleted:'''

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional Wrestling Article Stats</div>

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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|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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! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Professional wrestling<br>articles !! colspan="6" | Importance
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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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! rowspan="10" | Quality
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! {{FA-Class|category=Category:FA-Class Professional wrestling articles|FA}}
| || 1 || 6 || 5 || '''12'''
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! {{FL-Class|category=Category:FL-Class Professional wrestling articles|FL}}
| || || 1 || 13 || '''14'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 4 || 9 || 30 || '''43'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 11 || 49 || 199 || '''260'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 51 || 217 || 2300 || '''2570'''
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! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 1 || 24 || 604 || '''629'''
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! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 3 || 68 || 306 || 3151 || '''3528'''
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! Total
| '''3''' || '''68''' || '''306''' || '''3152''' || '''3533'''
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<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Member News</div>

*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''374''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list/Active|active members list]], there are currently '''41''' members currently active in WikiProject Professional wrestling.
**'''NOTICE:''' If you are actively editing and contributing to articles under the scope of WikiProject Professional Wrestling, we suggest you add your name to the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list/Active|list of active members]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
*Apr. 27 - WWE presents '''[[Backlash (2008)]]'''
*May 4 - [[User:S-pac54|S-pac54]]'s birthday
*May 8 - [[User:The Chronic|The Chronic]]'s birthday
*May 11 - [[User:Stevenplunkett|Stevenplunkett]]'s birthday and TNA presents '''[[TNA Sacrifice#2008|Sacrifice]]'''

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Collaboration of the Week</div>

The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|article collaborations]] for April 13 through April 27 are '''[[World Wrestling Entertainment]]''' and '''[[Booker Huffman|Booker T]]'''. Please help to improve these articles to match the quality of an [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|ideal]] Wikipedia [[professional wrestling]] related article. The next articles for collaboration will be chosen on Sunday, April 13.<br>
<center><small>[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Cast your vote to select the collaboration for next week!]] — Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!</small></center>

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Member Interview</div>
Next week we will start the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Editor of the week|Editor of the Week]]. This will take the place of the Member Interviews. The EOTW will be given their own interview instead. To be fair, this week we will post all of the interviews that were on the schedule. Click the link next to the user's name to see their interview:
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*'''[[User:Straight Edge PXK|Straight Edge PXK]]''' ([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter/Issue 015/Interview 1|link]])
*'''[[User:IMatthew|iMatthew]]''' ([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter/Issue 015/Interview 2|link]])
*'''[[User:Truco-X|Truco-X]]''' ([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter/Issue 017/Interview 1|link]])
*'''[[User:Derrty2033|Derrty2033]]''' ([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter/Issue 017/Interview 2|link]])
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*'''[[User:MarcK|MarcK]]''' ([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter/Issue 018/Interview 2|link]])
*'''[[User:Technogreek43|Technogreek43]]''' ([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter/Issue 021/Interview 1|link]])
*'''[[User:RkOrton|RkOrton]]''' ([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter/Issue 021/Interview 2|link]])
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'''Contributors to this Issue:'''
*{{User|GaryColemanFan}}
*{{User|iMatthew}}
*{{User|LAX}}
*{{User|NiciVampireHeart}}
*{{User|RkOrton}}
*{{User|ThinkBlue}}

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! colspan="2" valign="middle" style="width: 60%; border: 3px black solid; background-color: #EEEEEE; padding: 1em;" | [[Image:Barnstar-pro-wrestling.png|30px|left]]<center><font size="5">'''The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Newsletter|newsletter]]'''</font><br>Issue XVI — May 4, 2008</center>
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*'''[[Jeff Hardy]]''', '''[[Matt Hardy]]''', '''[[Money Inc.]]''', and '''[[Vengeance (2005)]]''' have been elevated to [[WP:GA|Good article]] status.
*'''[[Acolytes Protection Agency]]''', '''[[Backlash (2006)]]''', '''[[Brian Kendrick]]''', '''[[Brock Lesnar]]''', '''[[Judgment Day (2005)]]''', '''[[Over the Edge (1999)]]''', '''[[Randy Orton]]''', '''[[Royal Rumble (2005)]]''', '''[[Stacy Keibler]]''', and '''[[Survivor Series (2005)]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Good article candidates|Good article candidates]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Current Events</div>
*[[Darren Matthews|William Regal]] won the [[King of the Ring]] tournament on the [[April 21]] edition of [[WWE Raw|''Raw'']].
*Senators [[Hillary Rodham Clinton|Hillary Clinton]], [[Barack Obama]], and [[John McCain]], made special appearance on ''Raw'', via the titantron to address the ''Raw'' fans.
*During [[Backlash (2008)|Backlash]], [[Triple H]] became the new [[WWE Championship|WWE Champion]] by defeating [[Randy Orton]].
*[[Matt Hardy]] defeated [[Alvin Burke, Jr.|MVP]] and became the new [[WWE United States Championship|United States Champion]].
*[[The Undertaker]] had the [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]] taken from him on the [[May 2]] episode of [[WWE Friday Night SmackDown!|SmackDown!]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Articles for Deletion</div>
*'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Giovanni picarazzi|Giovanni picarazzi]].
*'''Kept:'''
*'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/PJ Black (wrestler) (2nd nomination)|PJ Black (wrestler)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Lizard (wrestler) (2nd nomination)|The Lizard (wrestler)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Xterminator (wrestler)|Xterminator (wrestler)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Playa (wrestler) (2nd nomination)|The Playa (wrestler)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kalahari Boerboel (wrestler) (2nd nomination)|Kalahari Boerboel (wrestler)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/InterMat|InterMat]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional Wrestling Article Stats</div>

Since the last issue, the number of stub articles has decreased again. It would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
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! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Professional wrestling<br>articles !! colspan="6" | Importance
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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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! rowspan="10" | Quality
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! {{FA-Class|category=Category:FA-Class Professional wrestling articles|FA}}
| || || 2 || 3 || '''5'''
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! {{FL-Class|category=Category:FL-Class Professional wrestling articles|FL}}
| || 1 || 5 || 15 || '''21'''
|-
! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 4 || 11 || 31 || '''47'''
|-
! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 12 || 51 || 199 || '''265'''
|-
! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 51 || 220 || 2316 || '''2593'''
|-
! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 1 || 23 || 609 || '''629'''
|-
! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 3 || 69 || 313 || 3175 || '''3559'''
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! Total
| '''3''' || '''69''' || '''312''' || '''3173''' || '''3559'''
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<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Member News</div>

*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''377''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list/Active|active members list]], there are currently '''37''' members currently active in WikiProject Professional wrestling.
**'''NOTICE:''' If you are actively editing and contributing to articles under the scope of WikiProject Professional Wrestling, we suggest you add your name to the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list/Active|list of active members]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
*4 - [[User:S-pac54|S-pac54]]'s birthday
*8 - [[User:The Chronic|The Chronic]]'s birthday
*11 - [[User:Stevenplunkett|Stevenplunkett]]'s birthday and TNA presents '''[[TNA Sacrifice#2008|Sacrifice]]'''
*18 - WWE presents '''[[WWE Judgment Day#2008|Judgment Day]]'''
*18 - [[User:Self Preteder|Self Preteder]]'s birthday
*19 - [[User:Frenchbreadpizza|Frenchbreadpizza]]'s birthday
*24 - [[User:Unopeneddoor|Unopeneddoor]]'s birthday

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Collaboration of the Week</div>

The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|article collaboration]] for April 27 through May 11 is '''[[National Wrestling Alliance]]'''. The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|featured article collaboration]] is '''[[Amy Dumas]]'''. Please help to improve these articles to match the quality of an [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|ideal]] Wikipedia [[professional wrestling]] related article. The next articles for collaboration will be chosen on Sunday, May 11.<br>
<center><small>[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Cast your vote to select the collaboration for next week!]] — Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!</small></center>

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Editor of the Week</div>
*Welcome to the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Editor of the week|Editor of the Week]]!<br>
*Our first editor of the week is [[User:Nikki311|Nikki311]], who won with '''6''' votes.<br>
*The runner-up, [[User:LAX|LAX]] came in second with '''3''' votes.<br>
*Nikki311's award page can be found [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Editor of the week/Nikki311|here]]. Congratulations Nikki!

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'''Contributors to this Issue:'''
*{{User|GaryColemanFan}}
*{{User|iMatthew}}
*{{User|LAX}}
*{{User|NiciVampireHeart}}
*{{User|RkOrton}}
*{{User|ThinkBlue}}
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! colspan="2" valign="middle" style="width: 60%; border: 3px black solid; background-color: #EEEEEE; padding: 1em;" | [[Image:Barnstar-pro-wrestling.png|30px|left]]<center><font size="5">'''The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Newsletter|newsletter]]'''</font><br>Issue XVII — May 18, 2008</center>
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*'''[[Brian Kendrick]]''', '''[[Brock Lesnar]]''', '''[[Stacy Keibler]]''', '''[[Randy Orton]]''', and '''[[Acolytes Protection Agency]]''' have been elevated to [[WP:GA|Good article]] status.
*'''[[Over the Edge (1999)]]''' failed its [[WP:GAN|Good article nomination]], but has been [[Wikipedia:Good article reassessment|reassessed]] [[Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Over the Edge (1999)/1|here]].
*'''[[Backlash (2006)]]''', '''[[Backlash (2007)]]''', '''[[Insane Clown Posse]]''', '''[[Judgment Day (2005)]]''', '''[[Judgment Day (2007)]]''', '''[[One Night Stand (2007)]]''', '''[[Royal Rumble (2005)]]''', '''[[Survivor Series (2005)]]''', '''[[The Great American Bash (2007)]]''', '''[[The Rock (entertainer)]]''' and '''[[Unforgiven (2006)]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Good article candidates|Good article candidates]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Current Events</div>
*[[Torrie Wilson]] was released by WWE on May 8.
*[[Latin American Exchange|L.A.X.]] won the vacated [[TNA World Tag Team Championship]] as a result of defeating [[Dudley Boyz|Team 3D]] in the Deuces Wild tournament final at TNA [[TNA Sacrifice#2008|Sacrifice]].
**Also at TNA [[TNA Sacrifice#2008|Sacrifice]], [[Samoa Joe]] defeated [[Scott Steiner]] and [[Frankie Kazarian|Kaz]] to retain the [[TNA World Heavyweight Championship]].
*During WWE [[Backlash (2008)|Backlash]], [[Triple H]], [[Mike Mizanin|The Miz]] and [[John Hennigan|John Morrison]], and [[Mickie James]] retained the [[WWE Championship]], [[WWE Tag Team Championship]], and [[WWE Women's Championship]], respectively.

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*'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Africa Wrestling Alliance|Africa Wrestling Alliance]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/International Wrestling Federation (South Africa)|International Wrestling Federation (South Africa)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Joseph Carl Bailey, Junior|Joseph Carl Bailey, Junior]].
*'''Kept:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/TNA 2005 Super X Cup Tournament|TNA 2005 Super X Cup Tournament]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/TNA 2006 World X Cup Tournament (2nd nomination)|TNA 2006 World X Cup Tournament]].
*'''Redirected:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Deuces Wild Tournament|Deuces Wild Tournament]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Meltdown: The Music of TNA Wrestling Vol. 2|Meltdown: The Music of TNA Wrestling Vol.2]].
*'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sean Creed|Sean Creed]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Giovanni picarazzi|Giovanni picarazzi]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cf Turbo|Cf Turbo]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mother's Day Massacre (2008)|Mother's Day Massacre (2008)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Boerseun (wrestler)|Boerseun (wrestler)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nizaam Hartley|Nizaam Hartley]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Taxidriver (wrestler)|The Taxidriver (wrestler)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Scorpion Kruger (wrestler)|Scorpion Kruger (wrestler)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Blacksmith (wrestler)|The Blacksmith (wrestler)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/RingDivas Womens Wrestling|RingDivas Womens Wrestling]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Parow Civic Centre|Parrow Civic Centre]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nightmare (wrestler)|Nightmare (wrestler)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pro Wrestling Alliance: Africa|Pro Wrestling Alliance: Africa]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Steve Eden (wrestler)|Steve Eden (wrestler)]].
<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional Wrestling Article Stats</div>

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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
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! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Professional wrestling<br>articles !! colspan="6" | Importance
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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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! rowspan="9" | Quality
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! {{FA-Class|category=Category:FA-Class Professional wrestling articles|FA}}
| || || 2 || 3 || '''5'''
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! {{FL-Class|category=Category:FL-Class Professional wrestling articles|FL}}
| || 1 || 5 || 15 || '''21'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 4 || 12 || 34 || '''50'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 13 || 55 || 203 || '''272'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 52 || 220 || 2328 || '''2604'''
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! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 1 || 23 || 606 || '''628'''
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! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 3 || 71 || 317 || 3189 || '''3580'''
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! Total
| '''3''' || '''71''' || '''317''' || '''3189''' || '''3580'''
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<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Member News</div>

*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''385''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list/Active|active members list]], there are currently '''38''' members currently active in WikiProject Professional wrestling.
**'''NOTICE:''' If you are actively editing and contributing to articles under the scope of WikiProject Professional Wrestling, we suggest you add your name to the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list/Active|list of active members]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
*18 - WWE presents '''[[WWE Judgment Day#2008|Judgment Day]]'''; [[User:Self Preteder|Self Preteder]]'s birthday
*19 - [[User:Frenchbreadpizza|Frenchbreadpizza]]'s birthday
*24 - [[User:Unopeneddoor|Unopeneddoor]]'s birthday
*1 - WWE presents '''[[One Night Stand (2008)|One Night Stand]]'''
*8 - TNA presents '''[[TNA Slammiversary#2008|Slammiversary]]'''

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Collaboration of the Week</div>

The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|article collaborations]] for May 11 through May 24 are '''[[Chris Benoit double murder and suicide]]''' and '''[[John Layfield]]'''. Please help to improve these articles to match the quality of an [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|ideal]] Wikipedia [[professional wrestling]] related article. The next articles for collaboration will be chosen on Sunday, May 25.<br>
<center><small>[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Cast your vote to select the collaboration for next week!]] — Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!</small></center>

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Editor of the Week</div>
*Our second editor of the week is [[User:GaryColemanFan|GaryColemanFan]], who won with '''4''' votes.<br>
*The runner-up, [[User:D.M.N.|D.M.N.]], came in second with '''3''' votes.<br>
*GaryColemanFan's award page and interview can be found [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Editor of the week/GaryColemanFan|here]]. Congratulations!
*The interview portion of the award page was just recently added. To see [[User:Nikki311|Nikki311]]'s interview, go to her award page [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Editor of the week/Nikki311|here]]

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">From the Editors</div>

'''Contributors to this Issue:'''
*{{User|IMatthew}}
*{{User|LAX}}
*{{User|NiciVampireHeart}}
*{{User|ThinkBlue}}
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== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==

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! colspan="2" valign="middle" style="width: 60%; border: 3px black solid; background-color: #EEEEEE; padding: 1em;" | [[Image:Barnstar-pro-wrestling.png|30px|left]]<center><font size="5">'''The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Newsletter|newsletter]]'''</font><br>Issue XVIII — June 1, 2008</center>
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<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:lefts; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Project News</div>
*'''[[Backlash (2006)]]''', '''[[Insane Clown Posse]]''', '''[[Judgment Day (2005)]]''', '''[[Judgment Day (2007)]]''', '''[[Royal Rumble (2005)]]''', and '''[[Survivor Series (2005)]]''' have been elevated to [[WP:GA|Good Article]] status.

*'''[[SummerSlam (2007)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/SummerSlam (2007)|(link)]]}} and '''[[SummerSlam (1988)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/SummerSlam (1988)|(link)]]}} have been nominated for [[WP:FA|Featured Article]] status.

*'''[[Backlash (2007)]]''', '''[[One Night Stand (2007)]]''', '''[[Paul London]]''', '''[[Royal Rumble (2005)]]''', '''[[The Great American Bash (2007)]]''', '''[[The Rock (entertainer)]]''' and '''[[Unforgiven (2006)]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Good article candidates|Good article candidates]].

*'''[[Over the Edge (1999)]]''' failed it's Good article nomination, though, it has been reassessed [[Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Over the Edge (1999)/1|here]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Current Events</div>
*[[Darren Matthews]] (William Regal) was suspended by WWE for 60 days for breaching the [[World Wrestling Entertainment#Wellness Program|Substance Abuse and Drug Testing Policy]].

*The [[2008 WWE Draft]] was announced by [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] [[List of World Wrestling Entertainment employees#Executive officers|chairman]], [[Vince McMahon]], to take place on [[June 23]] [[2008]].

*At [[One Night Stand (2008)|One Night Stand]], [[Randy Orton]] suffered a broken [[Clavicle|collarbone]] during his [[Professional wrestling match types#Last Man Standing match|Last man standing match]] with [[Triple H]].

*Also, at One Night Stand, [[Adam Copeland|Edge]] won the [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]] in a [[Tables, Ladders and Chairs match]] defeating [[The Undertaker]]. Per the pre-match stipulation, Undertaker was [[kayfabe]] forced to leave WWE.

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">The Month in Wrestling History</div>
*[[May 23]], [[1999]] - [[Owen Hart]] died in a tragic fall during [[Over the Edge (1999)|Over the Edge]].
*[[May 21]], [[2000]] - [[Triple H]] defeated [[The Rock (entertainer)|The Rock]] for the [[WWE Championship|WWF Heavyweight title]].
*[[May 22]], [[2000]] - [[Vince Russo]] stripped [[Ric Flair]] of the [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship]], and awarded it to [[Jeff Jarret]].
*[[May 17]], [[2002]] - "The British Bulldog" [[Davey Boy Smith]] died of a heart attack.
*[[May 19]], [[2004]] - [[Ron Killings]] won the [[NWA World Heavyweight Championship]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional Wrestling Article Stats</div>

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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
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! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Professional wrestling<br>articles !! colspan="6" | Importance
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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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! rowspan="9" | Quality
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! {{FA-Class|category=Category:FA-Class Professional wrestling articles|FA}}
| || || 2 || 3 || '''5'''
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! {{FL-Class|category=Category:FL-Class Professional wrestling articles|FL}}
| || 1 || 5 || 15 || '''21'''
|-
! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 4 || 15 || 39 || '''58'''
|-
! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 13 || 57 || 203 || '''274'''
|-
! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 52 || 221 || 2331 || '''2606'''
|-
! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 1 || 23 || 600 || '''624'''
|-
! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 3 || 71 || 323 || 3191 || '''3588'''
|-
! Total
| '''3''' || '''71''' || '''323''' || '''3191''' || '''3588'''
|-
|}

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<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Member News</div>

*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''389''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list/Active|active members list]], there are currently '''37''' members currently active in WikiProject Professional wrestling.
**'''NOTICE:''' If you are actively editing and contributing to articles under the scope of WikiProject Professional Wrestling, we suggest you add your name to the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list/Active|list of active members]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
**19 - [[User:Frenchbreadpizza|Frenchbreadpizza]]'s birthday
**24 - [[User:Unopeneddoor|Unopeneddoor]]'s birthday
**29 - [[User:CJMiller|CJMiller]]'s birthday
**1 - WWE presents '''[[One Night Stand (2008)|One Night Stand]]'''
**8 - TNA presents '''[[TNA Slammiversary#2008|Slammiversary]]'''

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Collaboration of the Week</div>

The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|article collaboration]] for May 25 through June 7 is '''[[Rick Rude]]'''. The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Featured article collaboration]] is '''[[Carly Colón]]'''. Please help to improve these articles to match the quality of an [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|ideal]] Wikipedia [[professional wrestling]] related article. The next articles for collaboration will be chosen on Sunday, June 8.<br>
<center><small>[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Cast your vote to select the collaboration for next week!]] — Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!</small></center>

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Articles for Deletion</div>
*'''Current:'''
*'''Kept:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Africa Wrestling Alliance|Africa Wrestling Alliance]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Blood sweat and ears|Blood sweat and ears]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Ring of Honor events|List of Ring of Honor events]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Fingerpoke of Doom (2nd nomination)|The Fingerpoke of Doom]].
*'''Redirected:'''
*'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/International Wrestling Federation (South Africa)|International Wrestling Federation (South Africa)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Joseph Carl Bailey, Junior|Joseph Carl Bailey, Junior]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Independent Pro Wrestling Association|Independent Pro Wrestling Association]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Crash TV|Crash TV]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Drew Roode|Drew Roode]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/WWE wins top 10|WWE wins top 10]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">From the Editors</div>

'''Contributors to this Issue:'''
*{{User|IMatthew}}
*{{User|NiciVampireHeart}}
*{{User|SRX}}
*{{User|ThinkBlue}}

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Hello there. I noticed your little template thing on someone's user page (having the USA flag in the top left), and set about creating my own one for Ireland. Anyway, it turns out you had it too far over, it was -180, but it should only have been -155 (you were clipping out 25 pixels). The top was -40, but should have been -36. I changed both the values so I think it fits a bit more snugly into the corner now. Hope that's all ok =) [[User:Falcon9x5|Fin]][[Special:Contributions/Falcon9x5|©]][[User talk:Falcon9x5|™]] 17:32, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==

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! colspan="2" valign="middle" style="width: 60%; border: 3px black solid; background-color: #EEEEEE; padding: 1em;" | [[Image:Barnstar-pro-wrestling.png|30px|left]]<center><font size="5">'''The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Newsletter|newsletter]]'''</font><br>Issue XIV — June 22, 2008</center>
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*'''[[SummerSlam (1988)]]''' and '''[[SummerSlam (2007)]]''' have both failed their Featured Article Candidacy's, their review pages can be found [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/SummerSlam (1988)|here]] and [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/SummerSlam (2007)|here]], respectively.

*'''[[List of WWE SmackDown video game titles]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of WWE SmackDown video game titles|(link)]]}} has been nominated for [[WP:FL|Featured List]] status.

*'''[[IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates/IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship|(link)]]}} has been nominated for removal as a [[WP:FL|Featured List]].

*'''[[Paul London]]''', '''[[SummerSlam (2004)]]''', '''[[Survivor Series (1994)]]''', and '''[[WWE SmackDown (video game series)]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Good article candidates|Good article candidates]].

*'''[[Backlash (2007)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Backlash (2007)#GA Review|(link)]]}}, '''[[Unforgiven (2006)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Unforgiven (2006)/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[The Rock (entertainer)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:The Rock (entertainer)/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[One Night Stand (2007)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:One Night Stand (2007)/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[The Great American Bash (2007)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:The Great American Bash (2007)/GA1|(link)]]}} and '''[[Royal Rumble (2005)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Royal Rumble (2005)#GA Review|(link)]]}} have been elevated to [[WP:Good article|Good article]] status.

*'''[[Over the Edge (1999)]]''' has passed its reassessment and is now a [[WP:Good Article|good article]]! The article's reassessment can be found [[Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Over the Edge (1999)/1|here]].

*A pay-per-view event chronology has been added as a feature to the [[Template:Infobox wrestling event|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.

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">The Month in Wrestling History</div>
*[[June 1]], [[1998]] - [[Junkyard Dog]] died at the age of forty-five in an automobile accident.
*[[June 2]], [[2003]] - [[Freddie Blassie]] died at the age of eighty-five from natural causes.
*[[June 10]], [[1983]] - [[Harley Race]] defeated [[Ric Flair]] for the [[NWA World Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[June 13]], [[1982]]- "High Chief" [[Peter Maivia]] died of cancer at forty-seven.
*[[June 13]], [[1993]] - [[Yokozuna]] defeated [[Hulk Hogan]] for the [[WWE Championship|WWF Heavyweight title]].
*[[June 19]] [[2002]] - [[AJ Styles]] became the first [[TNA X Division Championship|TNA X Division Champion]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional Wrestling Article Stats</div>

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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Professional wrestling<br>articles !! colspan="6" | Importance
|-
!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
|-
! rowspan="10" | Quality
|-
! {{FA-Class|category=Category:FA-Class Professional wrestling articles|FA}}
| || || 2 || 3 || '''5'''
|-
! {{FL-Class|category=Category:FL-Class Professional wrestling articles|FL}}
| || 1 || 5 || 15 || '''21'''
|-
! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 5 || 17 || 42 || '''64'''
|-
! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 13 || 67 || 206 || '''287'''
|-
! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| || 1 || 7 || 36 || '''44'''
|-
! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 53 || 211 || 2312 || '''2578'''
|-
! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 1 || 24 || 604 || '''629'''
|-
! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 3 || 74 || 333 || 3218 || '''3628'''
|-
! Total
| '''3''' || '''74''' || '''333''' || '''3218''' || '''3628'''
|-
|}

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<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Member News</div>

*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''389''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
**8 - TNA presents '''[[TNA Slammiversary#2008|Slammiversary]]'''
**10 - [[User:Chandlerjoeyross|Chandlerjoeyross]]'s birthday
**10 - [[User:King Gemini|King Gemini]]'s birthday
**11 - [[User:Wweisreal|Wweisreal]]'s birthday
**20 - [[User:Umdunno|Umdunno]]'s birthday

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Current Events</div>
*[[James Yun]] was suspended for 30 days for violating [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE's]] [[World Wrestling Entertainment#Wellness Program|Wellness Policy]].

*[[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 [[WWE Raw|Raw]] to viewers watching the show at home.

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Collaboration of the Week</div>

The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|article collaboration]] for June 22 through July 5 is '''[[James Yun]]'''. The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Featured article collaboration]] is '''[[Candice Michelle]]''' . Please help to improve these articles to match the quality of an [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|ideal]] Wikipedia [[professional wrestling]] related article. The next articles for collaboration will be chosen on Sunday, July 5.<br>
<center><small>[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Cast your vote to select the collaboration for next week!]] — Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!</small></center>

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Articles for Deletion</div>
*'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mark Beale|Mark Beale]].
*'''Kept:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Triplemania|Triplemania]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Antonio Peña|Antonio Peña]].
*'''Redirected:'''
*'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/All Action Wrestling|All Action Wrestling]].
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<big>'''What's This?'''</big><br>
''Shalom aleichem'' sports fans, and welcome to the first of what I hope will be a monthly newsletter with the need-to-know information about our fair WikiProject. If you have any questions or comments, or would like to recommend a story for the newsletter, click [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:L%27Aquatique&action=edit&section=new here] to leave a message on the Newsletter Coordinator's talk page.<br>
<big>'''In the News'''</big>
*WikiProject Good Articles is doing sweeps over all our current good articles to ensure they still meet criteria. For more information and how you can help, check out [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Project quality task force/Sweeps|WikiProject Good Articles Sweeps]].
*GA status for the article [[Jew]] has been put on hold pending a few minor revisions. A list of things that need to be done to return this top importance article to its proper status can be found [[Talk:Jew#GA Sweeps_Review: On Hold|here]].
*[[Jerusalem]] is a Featured Article Candidate! Go forth, my people, and [[WP:VOTE|!vote]]!
<big>'''To Do'''</big>
*One new Judaism-related article was created this month, the long requested [[Hebrew Punctuation]]. Thanks to [[User:Epson291|Epson291]] for creating it. Remember, folks, there are over forty [[Wikipedia:Requested_articles/Social_sciences#Judaism|standing requests for Judaism articles]], so whenever you get the opportunity make sure to go create a few.
*In the right column you will see a listing of our most popular articles. All of these articles got 170,000+ page hits in the past month, and they should be on everyone's watchlist so we can keep them vandalism-free.
*Spread the word! No, not the ''[[Divine revelation|Word]]''... <small>(well, you can do that too)</small> I'm talking about inviting knowledgeable users to join the project. You can proclaim your undying love of WikiProject Judaism in methods mild to wild, check the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism/Templates|project template page]] and [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism/Members|member list]] for examples. We also now have a flashy advertisement, to use it add <nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:Wikipedia ads|Wikipedia ads]]|ad=148<nowiki>}}</nowiki> to your userpage.
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== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==

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*'''[[December to Dismember (2006)]]''' is currently under [[WP:FAR|Featured Article review]] [[Wikipedia:Featured article review/December to Dismember (2006)|(link)]].

*'''[[Starrcade (1983)]]''' has failed its [[WP:FAC|Featured Article nomination]] [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Starrcade (1983)/archive1|(link)]].

*'''[[List of WWE SmackDown video game titles]]''' has been elevated to [[Wikipedia:Featured list|Featured List]] status [[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of WWE SmackDown video game titles|(link)]].

*'''[[IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship]]''' has been removed as a [[WP:FL|Featured List]] [[Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates/IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship/archive1|(link)]].

*'''[[Faces of Fear]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Faces of Fear/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Maria Kanellis]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Maria Kanellis/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Paul London]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Paul London/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Survivor Series (1994)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Survivor Series (1994)|(link)]]}}, '''[[The Mega Bucks]]''' {{small|[[Talk:The Mega Bucks/GA1|(link)]]}} and '''[[WWE SmackDown (video game series)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:WWE SmackDown (video game series)/GA1|(link)]]}} have been elevated to [[WP:Good article|Good article]] status.

*'''[[Backlash (2003)]]''', '''[[Dark Angel (wrestler)]]''', '''[[Juggernaut (wrestler)]]''', '''[[SummerSlam (1988)]]''', '''[[SummerSlam (2004)]]''', and '''[[Survivor Series (2004)]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Good article candidates|Good article candidates]].

*'''[[Lockdown (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Lockdown (2008)/archive1|(link)]]}} and '''[[Survivor Series (2007)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Survivor Series (2007)/archive1|(link)]]}} are currently under [[WP:PR|Peer Review]].

*[[:Category:Vengeance]] is being discussed at [[WP:CFD]] for renaming, it's discussion page can be found [[Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2008 June 3#Category:Vengeance|here]].

*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.

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Current Events</div>
*At [[Night of Champions (2008)|Night of Champions]]:
**[[Mark Henry]] became the new [[ECW Championship|ECW Champion]].
**[[Kofi Kingston]] won the [[WWE Intercontinental Championship]].
**[[Cody Rhodes]] turned on [[Hardcore Holly]] to capture the [[World Tag Team Championship (WWE)|World Tag Team Championship]] with [[Ted DiBiase, Jr.|Ted DiBiase]].
*On [[June 30]], [[CM Punk]] won the [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]] on [[WWE Raw|Raw]].
*[[Trevor Rhodes|Trevor Murdoch]] was released from [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] on [[July 3]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">The Month in Wrestling History</div>
*[[June 24]], [[2001]] - [[Adam Copeland|Edge]] defeated [[Kurt Angle]] in the finals of the [[King of the Ring#2001|2001 King of the Ring]].
*[[June 26]], [[1992]] - [[Buddy Rogers]] died of a stroke at age 71.
*[[June 28]], [[1999]] - [[Steve Austin]] defeated [[The Undertaker]] for the [[WWE Championship|WWF Heavyweight title]].
*[[July 2]], [[1969]] - [[Michael DiBiase|"Iron" Mike DiBiase]] died of a heart attack in the ring.
*[[July 3]], [[2001]] - [[AJ Styles]] and [[Jerry Lynn]] become the first [[NWA World Tag Team Champions]] under the ownership of [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|TNA]], via winning a tournament final.

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional Wrestling Article Stats</div>

*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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

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*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''397''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
**29 - [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] presents '''[[Night of Champions (2008)|Night of Champions]]'''
**1 - [[User:D.M.N.|D.M.N.]]'s birthday
**7 - [[User:Alex Roggio|Alex Roggio]]'s and [[User:The Hybrid|The Hybrid]]'s birthdays
**13 - [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|TNA]] presents '''[[Victory Road (2008)|Victory Road]]'''

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Collaboration of the Week</div>

*The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|article collaborations]] for July 6 through July 19 are '''[[Sean Waltman]]''' and '''[[The Attitude Era]]'''.

*Please help to improve these articles to match the quality of an [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|ideal]] Wikipedia [[professional wrestling]] related article.

*The next articles for collaboration will be chosen on [[July 20]].<br>
<center><small>[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Cast your vote to select the collaboration for next week!]] — Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!</small></center>

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Articles for Deletion</div>
*'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jack Korpela|Jack Korpela]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Ring of Honor events (2nd nomination)|List of Ring of Honor events]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of World Wrestling Entertainment championships|List of World Wrestling Entertainment championships]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Beer Money Inc.|Beer Money Inc.]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Badd guys|The Badd guys]].
*'''Kept:'''
*'''Redirected/Merged:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mark Beale|Mark Beale]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Eric Mastrocola|Eric Mastrocola]].
*'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of ECW events|List of ECW events]].
<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">From the Editors</div>

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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Newsletter/Issue 001|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.

I'd like to especially thank those who have helped to get the newsletter to it's 20th edition; [[User:The Hybrid|The Hybrid]], [[User:The Chronic|The Chronic]], [[User:TJ Spyke|TJ Spyke]], [[User:Alex Roggio|Alex Roggio]], [[User:LAX|LAX]], [[User:ThinkBlue|ThinkBlue]], [[User:Nikki311|Nikki311]], [[User:GaryColemanFan|GaryColemanFan]], [[User:Gavyn Sykes|Gavyn Sykes]], [[User:D.M.N.|D.M.N.]], [[User:Nahallac Silverwinds|Naha]], [[User:NiciVampireHeart|NiciVampireHeart]], [[User:SRX|SRX]], [[User:Zenlax|Zenlax]] and, [[User:RkOrton|RkOrton]].

Also, lastly I'd like to thank [[User:Misza13|Misza13]], for sending the newsletter out for us, though his [[Wikipedia:Bot|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.

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*A fact from '''[[Porkchop Cash]]''' and '''[[Armageddon (2006)]]''' were featured on the [[Main Page]] in the [[WP:DYK|Did you know?]] column on July 11, 2008 and July 17, 2008, respectively.

*'''[[December to Dismember (2006)]]''' is currently under [[WP:FAR|Featured Article review]] [[Wikipedia:Featured article review/December to Dismember (2006)|(link)]].

*'''[[WWE No Way Out]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/WWE No Way Out|(link)]]}} and '''[[2008 WWE Draft]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/2008 WWE Draft|(link)]]}} are current [[WP:FLC|Featured List candidates]]

*'''[[Backlash (2003)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Backlash (2003)/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Backlash (2004)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Backlash (2004)/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Survivor Series (2004)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Survivor Series (2004)/GA1|(link)]]}}, and '''[[Unforgiven (2007)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Unforgiven (2007)/GA1|(link)]]}} have been elevated to [[WP:Good article|Good article]] status.

*'''[[Cyber Sunday (2007)]]''', '''[[Dark Angel (wrestler)]]''', '''[[Juggernaut (wrestler)]]''', '''[[Royal Rumble (2007)]]''', '''[[SummerSlam (1988)]]''', '''[[SummerSlam (2004)]]''', and '''[[Vengeance: Night of Champions]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Good article candidates|Good article candidates]].

*'''[[SummerSlam (2003)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/SummerSlam (2003)/archive1|(link)]]}} and '''[[Survivor Series (2007)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Survivor Series (2007)/archive1|(link)]]}} are currently under [[WP:PR|Peer Review]].

*Per [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=December_to_Dismember_%282006%29&diff=prev&oldid=224449487 this edit] and the discussion [[WT:PW#Date linking|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 {{tl|Infobox Wrestling event}} template, for the discussion explaining these parameters, see the discussion [[WT:PW#Another suggested PPV change|here]]

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Current Events</div>
*[[Ashley Massaro]] was released from [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] on July 9.

*[[Shantelle Malawski|Taylor Wilde]] won the [[TNA Women's Knockout Championship|TNA Women's Championship]] on the July 10 edition of [[TNA Impact!]], defeating [[Kia Stevens|Awesome Kong]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">This Month in Wrestling History</div>
*[[July 9]], [[2000]] - [[Booker Huffman|Booker T]] defeated [[Jeff Jarrett]] for the [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[July 11]], [[1961]] - [[Gene Kiniski]] defeated [[Verne Gagne]] for the [[AWA World Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[July 12]], [[1992]] - [[Jimmy Snuka]] defeated [[Johnny Weiss|Johnny Hot Body]] for the [[ECW Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[July 12]], [[1999]] - [[Hulk Hogan]] defeated [[Randy Savage]] for the WCW World Heavyweight title.
*[[July 16]], [[2001]] - [[Terry Gordy]] died of a heart attack at age 40.
*[[July 17]], [[1988]] - [[Bruiser Brody]] died in Puerto Rica after being stabbed, aged 42.

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional Wrestling Article Stats</div>

*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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

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| || 1 || 6 || 14 || '''21'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 5 || 18 || 51 || '''74'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 14 || 66 || 203 || '''284'''
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| 2 || 50 || 202 || 1734 || '''1988'''
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*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''401''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
*7 - [[User:Alex Roggio|Alex Roggio]]'s and [[User:The Hybrid|The Hybrid]]'s birthdays
*13 - TNA presents '''[[Victory Road (2008)|Victory Road]]'''
*19 - [[User:ProtoWolf|ProtoWolf]]'s & [[User:The Founders Intent|The Founders Intent]]'s birthday
*20 - WWE presents '''[[The Great American Bash (2008)|The Great American Bash]]'''
*22 - [[User:Darrenhusted|Darrenhusted]]'s birthday
*27 - [[User:Sundogs|Sundogs]]' birthday
*29 - [[User:Kris Classic|Kris Classic]]'s birthday
*31 - [[User talk:Normy132|Normy]]'s birthday

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Collaboration of the Week</div>

*The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|article collaboration]] for July 20 through August 2 is '''[[Chris Jericho]]'''. The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Featured article collaboration]] is '''[[Torrie Wilson]]'''.

*Please help to improve these articles to match the quality of an [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|ideal]] Wikipedia [[professional wrestling]] related article.

*The next articles for collaboration will be chosen on [[August 3]].<br>
<center><small>[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Cast your vote to select the collaboration for next week!]] — Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!</small></center>

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*'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Taryn Terrell (wrestler)|Taryn Terrell (wrestler)]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of wrestling championships|List of wrestling championships]].
*'''Kept:'''
*'''Redirected/Merged:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of World Wrestling Entertainment championships|List of World Wrestling Entertainment championships]].
*'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jack Korpela|Jack Korpela]] [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jack Korpela (2nd nomination)|(2)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Velocity Championship Wrestling (VCW)|Velocity Championship Wrestling (VCW)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Ring of Honor events (2nd nomination)|List of Ring of Honor events]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Marc Loyd|Marc Loyd]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tna Wrestlers Payroll|Tna Wrestlers Payroll]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/TNA INCOME|TNA INCOME]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/TNA payroll|TNA payroll]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Beer Money Inc.|Beer Money Inc.]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Badd guys|The Badd guys]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cryme Tyme Cenation|Cyme Tyme Cenation]].

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'''Contributors to this Issue:'''
*{{User|IMatthew}}
*{{User|NiciVampireHeart}}
*{{User|SRX}}
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== [[Blank Rome]] and [[Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi]] ==

Is there any particular reason you deleted the [[Sourcewatch]] links on these two articles? --[[User:Eastlaw|Eastlaw]] ([[User talk:Eastlaw|talk]]) 00:01, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
:OK, fair enough, but that doesn't mean that ''all'' links to Sourcewatch must be removed. Yes, it is unquestionably biased toward the Left, but it often has some inside information about certain companies and law firms, which can occasionally be useful. I have been writing a lot of late about law firms, and I occasionally use Sourcewatch as one source to find out what political connections a firm may have. --[[User:Eastlaw|Eastlaw]] ([[User talk:Eastlaw|talk]]) 21:54, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Also look at http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Common_sense_conservative and http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Right-wing --[[User:Java7837|Java7837]] ([[User talk:Java7837#top|talk]]) 20:53, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

== [[WP:MOTD]] needs your help! ==

You're listed as one of our [[:Category:Wikipedians who contribute to Motto of the day|contributors]], but recent inactivity in the project has led us to be rather short on mottos. Currently, the [[Wikipedia:Motto of the day/Schedule|schedule]] only has mottos up to August 12th, and that's only because I just spent half an hour or so filling them in! In order to make sure the project doesn't fold in, we need your help coming up with [[WP:MOTD/N|ideas for new mottos]], commenting on active proposals, closing finished submissions, and your input on a [[WT:MOTD#Schedule is running dry, and there aren't many suggestions.|new proposal]] to re-use some of our older mottos when we run out of new ones. Hundreds of editors see our mottos every day; if you can, please take some time out of your normal editing and drop by to help the project out. Thanks for your time. [[User:Hersfold|'''''<em style="font-family:Bradley Hand ITC;color:blue">Hers</em><em style="font-family:Bradley Hand ITC;color:gold">fold</em>''''']] <sup>([[User:Hersfold/t|t]]/[[User:Hersfold/a|a]]/[[Special:Contributions/Hersfold|c]])</sup> 05:03, 31 July 2008 (UTC) ''<small>P.S. - You're getting this because you're using {{tl|User MOTD}}. If you don't want to participate any more, please remove the userbox. Thanks.</small>''

==WikiProject Judaism Newsletter==

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<big>'''Now with 200% ''more'' Jewishness!'''</big><br>
Yes, folks, we're moving on up. This newsletter is now the newsletter for both WikiProject Judaism, WikiProject Jewish History, ''and'' WikiProject Kabbalah. In the future, I may split them, but for now I think we'll be just fine with one. As always, any questions or comments should be directed to me, [[User:L'Aquatique|L'Aquatique]].

<big>'''A Special Dispatch'''</big><br>
Just a note, not aimed at anyone in particular. By order of the administrative cabal, it is officially not cool (and possibly [[WP:DICK|dickish]]) to call someone an anti-semite ''when'' they aren't being anti-semitic. Anti-semitic is a very charged word, and it's important only to use it when you're absolutely sure it applies, lest it become the subject of a [[Godwin's Law|Godwin-esque law]]. Remember Hanlon's Razor: never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.<br>
<big>'''In the News'''</big>
*A new class on the importance scale has been added- C Class- which covers articles better than start but not quite to B Class yet. It is up to the WikiProjects to decide whether to adopt them or not. Currently, there has been little discussion within our Projects, so if you feel strongly either way be sure to note so at your Project[s].
*There is a proposal to reword the section on NPOV regarding religious articles. Please see [[Wikipedia_talk:NPOV#Religion section - Disputes between historians or scientists and religious_views]] to weigh in.
*Thanks largely to the efforts of [[User:Xyz7890|Xyz7890]], a new navbox has come into being featuring Halakha topics. See: [[Template talk:Halakha]] to join in the conversation about how it can best be improved.
<big>'''To Do'''</big>
* The [[:Simple:Main Page|Simple English Wikipedia]] is beginning a project of creating and improving articles related to religion, including Judaism. At the present time, volunteers are needed to propose our most important subjects for articles to be created. The official working list is [[:Simple:User:Eptalon/Religion-related_worklist#Judaism|here]] and a more extended list is [[User:John_Carter/Simple_English_wikipedia#Judaism|here]]. If you are unsure of proper topics, you might try checking our lists of top importance level articles: [[:Category:Top-importance Judaism articles|Judaism]] and [[:Category:Top-importance Jewish history-related articles|Jewish History]]. (WikiProject Kabbalah currently doesn't have such a list)
:*[Simple English] WikiProject Christianity is considering running a monthly drive wherein two or three top importance articles from English Wikipedia are simplified and moved over to S.E. They have extended an offer to work with us in creating a similar project for Judaism related articles. For questions or volunteer opportunities, please contact [[User:John Carter]].
*WikiProject Kabbalah is in dire need of an article rating system for quality and importance. If you are familiar with that system and have some time on your hands, please create one. It could also use some infoboxes...
<big>'''New Members'''</big>
*'''Judaism:''' [[User:Big maybe|Big maybe]], [[User:Janirai|Janirai]], [[User:Jfdwolff|Jfdwolff]], [[User:Joseph.mahal|Joseph.mahal]], [[User:Joshua_Weiss|Joshua Weiss]], [[User:LisaLiel|LisaLiel]], [[User:Rcjavid|Rcjavid]], [[User:Yehudi|Yehudi]], [[User:Yidisheryid|YY]], [[user:Agent204.15|Agent204.15]], [[User:Gilad73|Gilad73]], [[User:Joseph.mahal|Joseph.mahal]], [[User:Noah03|Noah03]]
*'''Jewish History:''' [[User:Noah03|Noah03]]
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<big>'''New Articles'''</big>
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*There are some 40 odd standing requests for Judaism related articles. Please make them! I would, but I'm too busy writing this. [[Image:Face-grin.svg|25px|Grin]].

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== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==

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*Featured news
**'''[[SummerSlam (2003)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/SummerSlam (2003)|(link)]]}} is a current [[WP:FAC|Featured Article candidate]]
**'''[[December to Dismember (2006)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article review/December to Dismember (2006)|(link)]]}} is currently under [[WP:FAR|Featured Article review]].
**'''[[WWE No Way Out]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/WWE No Way Out|(link)]]}} has been elevated to [[WP:FL|Featured List]] status.
**'''[[2008 WWE Draft]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/2008 WWE Draft/archive1|(link)]]}} was not promoted to [[WP:FL|Featured List]] status, though it has been renominated as a [[WP:FLC|Featured List candidate]], [[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/2008 WWE Draft|here]]
**'''[[IWGP Tag Team Championship]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates/IWGP Tag Team Championship|(link)]]}} is a current [[WP:FLRC|Featured List removal candidate]].

*Good article news
**'''[[Armageddon (2006)]]''', '''[[Dark Angel (wrestler)]]''', '''[[Juggernaut (wrestler)]]''', and '''[[Lockdown (2008)]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Good article candidates|Good article candidates]].
**'''[[Cyber Sunday (2007)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Cyber Sunday (2007)/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Lipstick and Dynamite, Piss and Vinegar: The First Ladies of Wrestling]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Lipstick and Dynamite, Piss and Vinegar: The First Ladies of Wrestling/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Royal Rumble (2007)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Royal Rumble (2007)/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Stacy Carter]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Stacy Carter/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[SummerSlam (1988)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:SummerSlam (1988)/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[The Great American Bash (2004)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:The Great American Bash (2004)/GA1|(link)]]}} and '''[[Vengeance: Night of Champions]] ''' {{small|[[Talk:Vengeance: Night of Champions/GA1|(link)]]}} have been elevated to [[WP:GA|Good Article]] status.
**'''[[SummerSlam (2004)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:SummerSlam (2004)/GA1|(link)]]}} failed its [[WP:GA|Good Article]] nomination.

*Other project news
**'''[[Sacrifice (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Sacrifice (2008)/archive1|(link)]]}} and '''[[The Great American Bash (2005)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/The Great American Bash (2005)/archive1|(link)]]}} are currently under [[WP:PR|Peer Review]].
**A fact from '''[[Lipstick and Dynamite, Piss and Vinegar: The First Ladies of Wrestling]]''' (July 20), '''[[The Great American Bash (2004)]]''' (July 21), '''[[C.W. Bergstrom]]''' (July 22), '''[[Survivor Series (1993)]]''' (July 23), '''[[The Great American Bash (2005)]]''' (July 25), '''[[No Mercy (2005)]]''' (July 30) and '''[[New Year's Revolution (2005)]]''' (August 1) were featured on the [[Main Page]] in the [[WP:DYK|Did you know?]] column.
**'''[[Hell in a Cell]]''' has been proposed to be merged into '''[[Professional wrestling match types]]''', the discussion can be found [[Talk:Hell in a Cell#Merger proposal|here]].
**'''[[WWE World Tag Team chamiopship]]''', a current redirect to '''[[World Tag Team Championship (WWE)]]''' is currently a [[WP:RFD|RfD]]. It's deletion page can be found [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2008 July 30#WWE World Tag Team chamiopship → World Tag Team Championship (WWE)|here]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">This Month in Wrestling History</div>
*[[July 23]], [[1984]] - [[Wendi Richter]] defeated [[The Fabulous Moolah]] for the [[WWE Women's Championship|WWF Women's Championship]].
*[[June 26]], [[1992]] - [[Buddy Rogers]] died of a stroke aged 71.
*[[July 27]], [[1963]] - [[Fritz Von Erich]] defeated [[Verne Gagne]] for the [[AWA World Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[July 27]], [[2002]] - [[Low-Ki]] defeated [[Christopher Daniels]], [[Brian Kendrick|Spanky]], and [[Doug Williams]] to become the inaugural [[ROH World Heavyweight Championship|ROH World Heavyweight Champion]].
*[[July 27]], [[2002]] - [[Eddie Guerrero]] defeated [[Chris Benoit]] in a tournament final to win the reinstated [[WWE United States Championship]].
*[[August 3]], [[1997]] - [[Bret Hart]] defeated [[The Undertaker]] for the [[WWE Championship|WWF Heavyweight title]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional Wrestling Article Stats</div>

*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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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| || 1 || 6 || 15 || '''22'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 5 || 20 || 56 || '''81'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 15 || 67 || 203 || '''286'''
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| || 1 || 10 || 60 || '''71'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 49 || 203 || 1735 || '''1989'''
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| || 1 || 23 || 601 || '''625'''
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! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 2 || 20 || 573 || '''595'''
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! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 3 || 74 || 351 || 3246 || '''3674'''
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*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''406''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
**For the month of '''[[July]]''':
***1 - [[User:D.M.N.|D.M.N.]]'s birthday
***7 - [[User:Alex Roggio|Alex Roggio]]'s and [[User:The Hybrid|The Hybrid]]'s birthdays
***13 - TNA presents '''[[Victory Road (2008)|Victory Road]]'''
***19 - [[User:ProtoWolf|ProtoWolf]]'s and [[User:The Founders Intent|The Founders Intent]]'s birthday
***20 - WWE presents '''[[The Great American Bash (2008)|The Great American Bash]]'''
***22 - [[User:Darrenhusted|Darrenhusted]]'s birthday
***27 - [[User:Sundogs|Sundogs]]' birthday
***29 - [[User:Kris Classic|Kris Classic]]'s birthday
***31 - [[User talk:Normy132|Normy]]'s birthday
**For the month of '''[[August]]''':
***10 - TNA presents '''[[Hard Justice (2008)|Hard Justice]]'''
***12 - [[User:NickSentowski|NickSentowski]]'s birthday
***16 - [[User:Lakers244805|Lakers244805]]'s birthday
***17 - [[User:IMatthew|iMatthew]]'s birthday; WWE presents '''[[SummerSlam (2008)|SummerSlam]]'''
***18 - [[User:Crash Underride|Crash Underride]]'s and [[User:Wrestlinglover|Wrestlinglover's]] birthdays
***19 - [[User:Darren Jowalsen|Darren Jowalsen]]'s birthday
***22 - [[User:HeartBurn Kid|HeartBurn Kid]]'s birthday

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Recent News</div>
*At [[The Great American Bash (2008)|The Great American Bash]]:
**[[Curt Hawkins and Zach Ryder]] won the [[WWE Tag Team Championship]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic non-elimination matches|Fatal Four-Way match]].
**[[Shelton Benjamin]] won the [[WWE United States Championship]], defeating [[Matt Hardy]].
**[[Michelle McCool]] defeated [[Natalya Neidhart|Natalya]] to become the inaugural [[WWE Divas Championship|WWE Divas Champion]].
*[[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|TNA]] has posted a notice on their official website detailing a release of wrestler [[Frankie Kazarian|Kaz]]. This has been reported to be kayfabe by numerous other sites, but be prepared to revert edits to Kaz's article regarding this as well as [[List of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling alumni]]
*A redesigned [[ECW Championship]] belt was introduced on [[July 22]] during an episode of ''[[Extreme Championship Wrestling (WWE)|ECW]]''.
*[[Mike Adamle]] was appointed the new [[Professional wrestling authority figures#General managers|General Manager]] of ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]''. [[Todd Grisham]] has now taken over as the commentator for ''[[Extreme Championship Wrestling (WWE)|ECW]]''.

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Collaboration of the Week</div>

*The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|article collaboration]]s for August 3 through August 16 are '''[[Gail Kim]]''' and '''[[The Kliq]]'''.
*Please help to improve these articles to match the quality of an [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|ideal]] Wikipedia [[professional wrestling]] related article.

*The next articles for collaboration will be chosen on [[August 17]].<br>
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*'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Between the Ropes|Between the Ropes]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rycklon Stephens|Rycklon Stephens]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Taryn Terrell (wrestler)|Taryn Terrell (wrestler)]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ted DiBiase and Cody Rhodes|Ted DiBiase and Cody Rhodes]].
*'''Kept:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mark Madden|Mark Madden]].
*'''Redirected/Merged:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of wrestling championships|List of wrestling championships]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ranjin Singh|Ranjin Singh]].
*'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Anastacia Rose McPherson|Anastacia Rose McPherson]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dollar Store Wrestling|Dollar Store Wrestling]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jake Hardy|Jake Hardy]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Current World Champions|List of Current World Champions]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Simply Priceless|Simply Pricelss]].

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== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==

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*Featured news
**'''[[SummerSlam (2003)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/SummerSlam (2003)|(link)]]}} is a current [[WP:FAC|Featured Article candidate]].
**'''[[December to Dismember (2006)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article review/December to Dismember (2006)|(link)]]}} is currently under [[WP:FAR|Featured Article review]].
**'''[[2008 WWE Draft]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/2008 WWE Draft|(link)]]}}. has been elevated to [[WP:FL|Featured List]] status.
**'''[[IWGP Tag Team Championship]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates/IWGP Tag Team Championship|(link)]]}} is a current [[WP:FLRC|Featured List removal candidate]].

*Good article news
**'''[[Armageddon (2006)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Armageddon (2006)/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Bad Blood (2003)]]''', '''[[Chyna]]''', '''[[In Your House 2: The Lumberjacks]]''', '''[[Juggernaut (wrestler)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Juggernaut (wrestler)/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Lockdown (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Lockdown (2008)/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[No Mercy (2005)]]''', '''[[SummerSlam (1992)]]''' and '''[[The Great American Bash (2005)]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Good article candidates|Good article candidates]].
**'''[[Sarah Stock]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Sarah Stock/GA1|(link)]]}} has been elevated to [[WP:GA|good article]] status.

*Other project news
**'''[[Matt Sydal]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Matt Sydal/archive1|(link)]]}} is currently under [[WP:PR|Peer Review]].
**A fact from '''[[SummerSlam (1992)‎]]''', '''[[Armageddon (2003)]]''', and '''[[Bad Blood (2003)]]''' were featured on the [[Main Page]] in the [[WP:DYK|Did you know?]] column on August 9, 11, and 14 respectively.
**'''[[Hell in a Cell]]''' has been proposed to be merged into '''[[Professional wrestling match types]]''', the discussion can be found [[Talk:Hell in a Cell#Merger proposal|here]].
**The guidelines for writing [[WP:PW/PPV|pay-per-view articles]] has been updated, see [[WP:PW/MOS#PPV Guidelines|here]]. The new guidelines should be followed in order for an article to be nominated for Good article or Featured article status.
**The project has had a cleanup listing generated [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Cleanup listing|here]]. It details all the article within the project that are tagged as having problems. Please help to fix the problems outlined.

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">This Month in Wrestling History</div>
*[[August 3]], [[1997]] - [[Bret Hart]] defeated [[The Undertaker]] for the [[WWE Championship|WWF Heavyweight championship]].
*[[August 4]], [[1997]] - [[Lex Luger]] defeated [[Hulk Hogan]] to win the [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship|WCW Heavyweight title]].
*[[August 7]], [[2002]] - [[Ron Killings]] defeated [[Ken Shamrock]] for the [[NWA World Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[August 8]], [[1963]] - [[Verne Gagne]] defeated [[Fritz Von Erich]] for the [[AWA World Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[August 9]], [[1999]] - [[Jackie Sato]] died of stomach cancer at age 41.
*[[August 12]], [[1995]] - [[Brad Armstrong (wrestler)|Brad Armstrong]] defeated [[Buddy Landel]] for the [[SMW Heavyweight Championship|Smokey Mountain Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[August 15]], [[2004]] - [[Randy Orton]] defeated [[Chris Benoit]] to win the [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]] and become the youngest World Champion in WWE history.
*[[August 16]], [[1992]] - [[Keiji Mutoh|The Great Muta]] defeated [[Riki Chōshū]] for the [[IWGP Heavyweight Championship|IWGP Heavyweight title]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional Wrestling Article Stats</div>

*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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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! rowspan="11" | Quality
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! {{FA-Class|category=Category:FA-Class Professional wrestling articles|FA}}
| || || 2 || 3 || '''5'''
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! {{FL-Class|category=Category:FL-Class Professional wrestling articles|FL}}
| || 1 || 7 || 15 || '''23'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 5 || 20 || 57 || '''82'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 15 || 68 || 203 || '''287'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| || 1 || 10 || 63 || '''74'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 49 || 203 || 1751 || '''2005'''
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! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 1 || 23 || 595 || '''619'''
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! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 2 || 20 || 573 || '''595'''
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! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 3 || 74 || 353 || 3260 || '''3690'''
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<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Member News</div>

*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''414''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
**For the month of '''[[August]]''':
***10 - TNA presents '''[[Hard Justice (2008)|Hard Justice]]'''
***12 - [[User:NickSentowski|NickSentowski]]'s birthday
***16 - [[User:Lakers244805|Lakers244805]]'s birthday
***17 - [[User:IMatthew|iMatthew]]'s birthday; WWE presents '''[[SummerSlam (2008)|SummerSlam]]'''
***18 - [[User:Crash Underride|Crash Underride]]'s and [[User:Wrestlinglover|Wrestlinglover's]] birthdays
***19 - [[User:Darren Jowalsen|Darren Jowalsen]]'s birthday
***22 - [[User:HeartBurn Kid|HeartBurn Kid]]'s birthday

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Recent News</div>
*At [[WWE Saturday Night's Main Event]], [[Jenny McCarthy]] appeared on the television program to promote funding for the prevention of [[autism]] in children.
*On [[August 3]], [[World Wrestling Entertainment]]'s official website announced that [[Ric Flair]] and the WWE would part ways.
*On the [[August 4]] edition of ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]'', [[Dave Batista|Batista]] and [[John Cena]] defeated [[Cody Rhodes]] and [[Ted DiBiase, Jr.|Ted DiBiase]] to win the [[World Tag Team Championship (WWE)|World Tag Team Championship]]; however, the following week DiBiase and Rhodes regained the titles.
*[[Chris Harris (wrestler)|Braden Wlker]] was released from [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] on August 7.
*On August 8, WWE released [[Shannon Moore]], [[Nick Hamilton|Nick Patrick]], [[Kasey James|James Curtis]], [[Cliff Compton|Domino]], [[James Maritato|Nunzio]] and [[Nelson Frazier, Jr.|Big Daddy V]].
*On August 10, [[Randy Orton]] reinjured his shoulder in a motorcycle accident.
*Beer Money Inc ([[James Storm]] and [[Robert Roode]]) won the [[TNA World Tag Team Championship]] at [[Hard Justice (2008)|Hard Justice]], defeating the [[Latin American Xchange]].
*WWE released [[Kara Drew|Cherry]], [[Colin Delaney]], [[Stevie Richards]], [[The Highlanders (professional wrestling)|The Highlanders]] and referee Wes Adams on August 15.

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Collaboration of the Week</div>

*The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|article collaboration]] for August 17 through August 29 is '''[[A.J. Styles]]'''. The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|featured article collaboration]] is '''[[Randy Orton]]'''.
*Please help to improve these articles to match the quality of an [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|ideal]] Wikipedia [[professional wrestling]] related article.

*The next articles for collaboration will be chosen on [[August 30]].<br>
<center><small>[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Cast your vote to select the collaboration for next week!]] — Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!</small></center>

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Articles for Deletion</div>
*'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/National Wrestling Coalition|National Wrestling Coalition]] and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yogeshwar Dutt|Yogeshwar Dutt]].
*'''Kept:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rycklon Stephens|Rycklon Stephens]] and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/WWE Saturday Night's Main Event results (2nd nomination)|WWE Saturday Night's Main Event results]].
*'''Redirected/Merged:'''
*'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bad Guys (professional wrestling)|Bad Guys (professional wrestling)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Beer Money (professional wrestling)|Beer Money (professsional wrestling)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Between the Ropes|Between the Ropes]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Finlay and Hornswoggle|Finlay and Horsnwoggle]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Taryn Terrell (wrestler)|Taryn Terrell (wrestler)]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ted DiBiase and Cody Rhodes|Ted DiBiase and Cody Rhodes]].
*'''[[WP:RfD|Redirects for Deletion]]:''' [[WWE World Tag Team chamiopship]] ([[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2008 July 30#WWE World Tag Team chamiopship → World Tag Team Championship (WWE)|kept]]).

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'''Contributors to this Issue:'''
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*{{User|IMatthew}}
*{{User|NiciVampireHeart}}
*{{User|RkOrton}}
*{{User|SRX}}

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== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==

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*Featured news
**'''[[SummerSlam (2003)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/SummerSlam (2003)|(link)]]}} has been elevated to [[WP:FA|Featured Article status]].
**'''[[The Great American Bash (2005)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/The Great American Bash (2005)|(link)]]}} is a current [[WP:FAC|Featured Article candidate]].
**'''[[December to Dismember (2006)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article review/December to Dismember (2006)|(link)]]}} was under [[WP:FAR|Featured Article review]], the result was to keep it as a Featured Article.
**'''[[List of celebrities involved at WrestleMania]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of celebrities involved at WrestleMania|(link)]]}} is a current [[WP:FLC|Featured List candidate]].
**'''[[IWGP Tag Team Championship]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates/IWGP Tag Team Championship/archive1|(link)]]}} has been demoted from [[WP:FL|Featured List status]].

*Good article news
**'''[[Bad Blood (2003)]]''', '''[[Bad Blood (2004)]]''', '''[[Chyna]]''', '''[[Lockdown (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Lockdown (2008)/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[No Mercy (2005)]]''', '''[[Sacrifice (2008)]]''', '''[[SummerSlam (1992)]]''', '''[[Survivor Series (1993)]]''', and '''[[WrestleMania (1985)]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Good article candidates|Good article candidates]].
**'''[[Armageddon (2006)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Armageddon (2006)/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Juggernaut (wrestler)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Juggernaut (wrestler)/GA1|(link)]]}}, and '''[[The Great American Bash (2005)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:The Great American Bash (2005)/GA1|(link)]]}} have passed their [[WP:GAN|Good Article nomination]]s.

*Other project news
**'''[[Matt Sydal]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Matt Sydal/archive1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Judgment Day (2005)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Judgment Day (2005)/archive1|(link)]]}}, and '''[[Unforgiven (2005)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Unforgiven (2005)/archive1|(link)]]}} are currently under [[WP:PR|Peer Review]].
**'''[[Hell in a Cell]]''' has been proposed to be merged into '''[[Professional wrestling match types]]''', the discussion can be found [[Talk:Hell in a Cell#Merger proposal|here]].
**The [[Template:Future-Class|Future class]] rating has been incorporated into the project's assessment. It's intended use is for [[WP:PW/PPV|pay-per-views articles]] or video games that have not occurred or have been released, respectively.
**A fact from '''[[List of celebrities at WrestleMania]]''' was featured on the [[Main Page]] in the [[WP:DYK|Did you know?]] column on August 28.

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">This Month in Wrestling History</div>
*[[August 17]], [[1997]] - [[Shane Douglas]] defeated [[Sabu (wrestler)|Sabu]] and [[Terry Funk]] in a triangle match for the [[ECW Championship|ECW Heavyweight title]].
*[[August 19]], [[2001]] - [[Dwayne Johnson|The Rock]] defeated [[Booker Huffman|Booker T]] to win the [[WCW Championship]].
*[[August 21]], [[1979]] - [[Dusty Rhodes (wrestler)|Dusty Rhodes]] defeated [[Harley]] Race for the [[NWA World Heavyweight Championship|NWA Heavyweight Wrestling title]].
*[[August 22]], [[2000]] - [[Amy Dumas|Lita]] defeated [[Stephanie McMahon|Stephanie MaMahon-Helmsley]] for the [[WWE Women's Championship|WWF Women's Championship]].
*[[August 27]], [[1994]] - "Eastern Championship Wrestling" was renamed "[[Extreme Championship Wrestling]]".
*[[August 31]], [[1997]] - [[Kensuke Sasaki]] defeated [[Shinya Hashimoto]] for the [[IWGP Heavyweight Championship]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional Wrestling Article Stats</div>

*We have now reached our goal of getting the number of Stub-Class articles below 600. The current count is '''596'''. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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! rowspan="12" | Quality
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! {{FA-Class|category=Category:FA-Class Professional wrestling articles|FA}}
| || || 2 || 5 || '''7'''
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! {{FL-Class|category=Category:FL-Class Professional wrestling articles|FL}}
| || 1 || 7 || 14 || '''22'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 5 || 22 || 57 || '''84'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 16 || 67 || 201 || '''285'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| || 1 || 11 || 72 || '''84'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 49 || 204 || 1768 || '''2023'''
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! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 1 || 22 || 574 || '''597'''
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! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 2 || 21 || 574 || '''597'''
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! {{Future-Class|category=Category:Future-Class Professional wrestling articles|Future}}
| 0 || 0 || 1 || 11 || '''12'''
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! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 3 || 75 || 357 || 3276 || '''3711'''
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| '''3''' || '''75''' || '''356''' || '''3276''' || '''3711'''
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<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Member News</div>

*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''420''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
**For the month of '''[[August]]''':
***10 - TNA presents '''[[Hard Justice (2008)|Hard Justice]]'''
***12 - [[User:NickSentowski|NickSentowski]]'s birthday
***16 - [[User:Lakers244805|Lakers244805]]'s birthday
***17 - [[User:IMatthew|iMatthew]]'s birthday; WWE presents '''[[SummerSlam (2008)|SummerSlam]]'''
***18 - [[User:Crash Underride|Crash Underride's]] and [[User:Wrestlinglover|Wrestlinglover's]] birthdays
***19 - [[User:Darren Jowalsen|Darren Jowalsen's]] birthday
***22 - [[User:HeartBurn Kid|HeartBurn Kid's]] birthday

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Recent News</div>
*At [[SummerSlam (2008)|SummerSlam]], [[Beth Phoenix]] and [[Santino Marella]] defeated [[Mickie James]] and [[Kofi Kingston]] to win the [[WWE Women's Championship|WWE Women's]] and [[WWE Intercontinental Championship|Intercontinental Championships]], respectively.
*[[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|TNA Wrestling]] released [[Gail Kim]] from her contract on August 20.
*It was announced on the August 25 television episode of ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]'' that [[John Cena]] had suffered a [[herniated disc]] in his neck. Cena received successful surgery the following day, and will be inactive for 2-4 months.
*[[Killer Kowalski]] passed away on [[August 30]] after suffering a [[heart attack]] two weeks prior.

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Collaboration of the Week</div>

*The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|article collaborations]] for August 31 through September 13 are '''[[Sting (wrestler)]]''' and '''[[Killer Kowalski]]'''.
*Please help to improve these articles to match the quality of an [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|ideal]] Wikipedia [[professional wrestling]] related article.

*The next articles for collaboration will be chosen on [[September 14]].<br>
<center><small>[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Cast your vote to select the collaboration for next week!]] — Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!</small></center>

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*'''[[WP:AFD|Articles for Deletion]]'''
**'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Smackdown vs Raw 2009 Roster|Smackdown vs Raw 2009]].
**'''Kept:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/La Familia (professional wrestling)|La Familia (professional wrestling)]] and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yogeshwar Dutt|Yogeshwar Dutt]].
**'''Redirected/Merged:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Intercontinental Champion|Intercontinental Champion]].
**'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Glamarella|Glamarella]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/National Wrestling Coalition|National Wrestling Coalition]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Robert Johnston (English Professional Wrestler)|Robert Johnston (English Professional Wrestler)]].
*'''[[WP:IFD|Images for Deletion]]
**'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion#Image:Cheerleadermelissa5yw.jpg|Image:Cheerleadermelissa5yw.jpg]]

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'''Contributors to this Issue:'''
*{{User|Altenhofen}}
*{{User|IMatthew}}
*{{User|NiciVampireHeart}}
*{{User|SRX}}
*{{User|Wrestlinglover}}

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[[Image:Montefiore100.jpg|200px|right|Sir Moses Montefore, a Jewish activist who died 123 years ago this month]]
<big>'''"Censorship" of names of G-d'''</big><br>
There is an interesting discussion currently taking place regarding whether or not it is acceptable to censor (i.e. G-d, HaShem->YodHey) names of G-d in articles to protect Jews who may be reading or editing the article. You can weigh in here: [[Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Judaism#Yahweh]].

<big>'''Article Cleanup Lists'''</big><br>
[[User:B. Wolterding]] has generously offered us use of his bot to generate lists that show which articles of ours are tagged for cleanup. You can read more about this service here: [[User:B._Wolterding/Cleanup_listings]] and if you would like to take him up on his offer, contact him on [[User talk:B._Wolterding|his talk page]].

<big>'''In the News'''</big>
[[Image:Wikipro.JPG|75px|left|The Jewish Barnstar]]
[[Image:The_Jewish_Barnstar.png|85px|left|The New Jewish Barnstar]]
*There is a collaboration drive to get [[Holocaust in Lithuania]] to [[WP:GA|good article]] status. For information about how you can help, see the talk page or [[User talk:Piotrus|contact User:Piotrus]].
*WikiProject Kabbalah's only Featured and Good articles have been removed from the WikiProject, on the grounds that neither article ([[Diane Keaton]] and [[David Beckham]], respectively) actually mention the subject's affiliation with [[Kabbalah]]. If you have sourced information linking either of these people to Kabbalah, please add it so the articles can be returned to the WikiProject.
*After a rather heated discussion, there are now ''two'' barnstars for use by the Jewish WikiProjects, {{tl|The Jewish Barnstar}} and {{tl|The New Jewish Barnstar}}, and you can choose which one you would like to use.. Remember: barnstars are for rewarding users who are doing good work on the project or on Judaism, Jewish History, or Kabbalah articles, and anyone can give anyone else a barnstar. If you see a user who you thinks deserves a thank you, give them a barnstar!
<big>'''To Do/Help Requests'''</big>
*If you have some spare time on your hands, we could use an article about a Kabbalah scholar named [[Moshe Idel]]. According to [[User:HG|HG]] there are quite a few sources easily available, you can contact him if you have questions. Be sure to nominate it for [[WP:DYK|DYK]] if the finished article is eligible.
*The folks at [[Shimon Peres]] need some assistance from someone familiar with both the Hebrew calendar and language to help them figure out the subject's birthday. If you can help, please see [[Talk:Shimon_Peres#Birthday]].
<big>'''New Members'''</big>
*'''Judaism:''' [[User:Arigont|Arigont]], [[User:Avi15|Avi]], [[User:CheskiChips|CheskiChips]], [[User:Pini00001|Pini00001]], [[User:Shirulashem|Shirulashem]], [[User:TaliaNadel|TaliaNadel]], [[User:Tyciol|Tyciol]], [[User:Yehoshuafriedla|yehoshuafriedla]]
*'''Jewish History:''' [[User:5768altalena|5768altalena]], [[User:AniMate|AniMate]], [[User:Yosef.garibaldi.gmail]], [[User:Pinnecco|Pinnecco]], [[User:Shirulashem|Shirulashem]], [[User:Tyciol|Tyciol]]
*'''Kabbalah:''' [[User:Shaul avrom|Shuliavrumi]]

<big>'''New Articles'''</big>
* [[Bezalel Rudinsky]] (thanks [[User:Shirulashem|Shirulashem]]!}, [[Jewish tartan]] (thanks [[User:Briangotts|Briangotts]]!), [[Hebrew spelling]] (thanks [[User:Epson291|Epson291]])
*We get a lot of articles that are being created and not announced! By announcing new articles, you attract attention to them, and the more people looking and editing the better they will get. If you would like your new article to appear in the newsletter, add it [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Judaism/New_articles|here]] for Judaism and Kabbalah and [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Jewish_history/New_article_announcements|here]] for Jewish History.
*There are some 40 odd standing requests for Judaism related articles. Please make them! I would, but I'm too busy writing this. [[Image:Face-grin.svg|25px|Grin]].

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== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==

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*Featured news
**'''[[The Great American Bash (2005)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/The Great American Bash (2005)|(link)]]}} and '''[[No Mercy (2005)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/No Mercy (2005)|(link)]]}} are current [[WP:FAC|Featured Article candidates]].
**'''[[List of celebrities involved at WrestleMania]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of celebrities involved at WrestleMania|(link)]]}} has been elevated to [[WP:FL|Featured List]] status.

*Good article news
**'''[[Chyna]]''', '''[[No Mercy (2007)]]''', '''[[Rhonda Sing]]''', '''[[Sacrifice (2008)]]''', '''[[Survivor Series (1993)]]''', '''[[WrestleMania (1985)]]''', and '''[[WrestleMania XXIV]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Good article candidates|Good article candidates]].
**'''[[No Mercy (2005)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:No Mercy (2005)/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Bad Blood (2003)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Bad Blood (2003)/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Bad Blood (2004)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Bad Blood (2004)/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Lockdown (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Lockdown (2008)/GA1|(link)]]}}, and '''[[SummerSlam (1992)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:SummerSlam (1992)/GA1|(link)]]}} have been elevated to [[WP:GA|Good article status]].

*Other project news
**'''[[Judgment Day (2005)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Judgment Day (2005)/archive1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Lockdown (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Lockdown (2008)/archive2|(link)]]}}, and '''[[Shawn Michaels]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Shawn Michaels/archive1|(link)]]}} are currently under [[WP:PR|Peer Review]].
**'''[[Hell in a Cell]]''' has been proposed to be merged into '''[[Professional wrestling match types]]''', the discussion can be found [[Talk:Hell in a Cell#Merger proposal|here]]; and it has been proposed to merge [[Road agent (professional wrestling)]] into [[List of professional wrestling terms]]. The discussion can be found [[Talk:Road agent (professional wrestling)#Merger|here]].
**Facts from [[Antonio Pugliese]] and [[Millennium Wrestling Federation]] were featured on the [[Main Page]] in the [[WP:DYK|Did You Know?]] column on [[September 4]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">This Month in Wrestling History</div>
*[[September 1]], [[1992]] - [[Ric Flair]] defeated [[Randy Savage]] for the [[WWE Championship|WWF Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[September 2]], [[2002]] - [[Eric Bischoff]] created the [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]] and awarded it to [[Triple H]].
*[[September 6]], [[2000]] - [[Rob Conway]] defeated [[Nick Dinsmore]] for the [[OVW Heavyweight Championship|Ohio Valley Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[September 9]], [[1993]] - [[Shane Douglas]] won the [[ECW Championship|ECW Heavyweight title]] by forfeit from [[Tito Santana]].
*[[September 10]], [[1997]] - [[Fritz Von Erich]] died of cancer at age 68.
*[[September 12]], [[1991]] - [[Chris Von Erich]] died in a suicide shooting at 21.
*[[September 12]], [[1999]] - [[Sting (wrestler)|Sting]] defeated [[Hulk Hogan]] to win the [[WCW Championship|WCW Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[September 14]], [[1999]] - [[Vince McMahon]] defeated [[Triple H]] for the [[WWE Championship|WWF Heavyweight title]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional Wrestling Article Stats</div>

*We have now reached our goal of getting the number of Stub-Class articles below 600. The current count is '''586'''. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

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! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Professional wrestling<br>articles !! colspan="6" | Importance
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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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! {{FA-Class|category=Category:FA-Class Professional wrestling articles|FA}}
| || || 2 || 5 || '''7'''
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! {{FL-Class|category=Category:FL-Class Professional wrestling articles|FL}}
| || 1 || 12 || 10 || '''23'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 5 || 24 || 59 || '''88'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 17 || 65 || 201 || '''284'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| || 1 || 14 || 76 || '''91'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 50 || 213 || 1767 || '''2032'''
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! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 1 || 22 || 564 || '''587'''
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! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 2 || 23 || 575 || '''600'''
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! {{Future-Class|category=Category:Future-Class Professional wrestling articles|Future}}
| || || 2 || 16 || '''18'''
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! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 3 || 77 || 377 || 3273 || '''3730'''
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| '''3''' || '''77''' || '''377''' || '''3273''' || '''3731'''
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*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''198''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
**For the month of '''[[September]]''':
***2 - [[User:TJ Spyke|TJ Spyke's]] birthday
***8 - [[User:Perry8331|Perry8331's]] birthday; [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] presents '''[[Unforgiven (2008)|Unforgiven]]'''
***12 - [[User:Altenhofen|Altenhofen's]] birthday
***14 - TNA presents '''[[No Surrender (2008)|No Surrender]]'''
***15 - [[User:Gavyn Sykes|Gavyn Sykes's]] birthday
***16 - [[User:Bmg916|Bmg916's]] birthdays
***21 - [[User:BionicWilliam|BionicWilliam's]] and [[User:Rossyboy10|Rossyboy10's]] birthdays
***30 - [[User:LBMixPro|LBMixPro's]] birthday

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Recent News</div>
*[[Mick Foley]]'s [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] contract expired on [[September 1]], and he has signed a short-term deal with [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|TNA]].
*At [[Unforgiven (2008)|Unforgiven]]:
**[[Matt Hardy]] won the [[ECW Championship]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic non-elimination matches|Championship scramble match]].
**[[Chris Jericho]] won the [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]], in a Championship scramble match also.
**[[Afa Anoa'i, Jr.]] made his debut as "Manu".
*[[Nathan Jones (wrestler)|Nathan Jones]] was injured in [[Thailand]], after he was hit by a truck. Jones had recently signed a deal with [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|TNA]], but will now be out for at least 3 months.

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Collaboration of the Week</div>
*The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Collaboration of the Week]] has recently been revamped, and we will now have 6 collaborations at a time. The current collaborations will stand until they reach a certain [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week#How it works|goal]], e.g. [[WP:GA|Good article status]].
**Wrestling Legend: '''[[Kamala (wrestler)]]
**Current wrestler: '''[[Samoa Joe]]'''
**Tag team or stable: '''[[Dudley Boyz]]'''
**Stub article: '''[[Gino Brito]]'''
**Pay-per-view: '''[[WrestleMania 23]]'''
**List: '''[[List of professional wrestling terms]]'''

<center>{{small|[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Cast your vote to select the collaboration for next week!]] — Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!}}</center>

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Deletion Debates</div>
*'''[[WP:AFD|Articles for Deletion]]'''
**'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of WWE Intercontinental Championship tournaments|List of WWE Intercontinental Championship tournaments]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Total Combat Wrestling|Total Combat Wrestling]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wrestlemania win loss records|Wrestlemania win loss records]].
**'''Kept:'''
**'''Redirected/Merged:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Intercontinental Champion|Intercontinental Champion]]
**'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Beer Money Inc (professional wrestling)|Beer Money Inc (professional wrestling)]] and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Smackdown vs Raw 2009 Roster|Smackdown vs Raw 2009 Roster]].
*'''[[WP:IFD|Images for Deletion]]
**'''Current:'''
**'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion#Image:Cheerleadermelissa5yw.jpg|Image:Cheerleadermelissa5yw.jpg]], [[Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images/2008 September 8#Image:Spike_Piledriver1.gif|Image:Spike_Piledriver1.gif]], and [[Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images/2008 September 8#Image:Royal_Butterfly5.gif|Image:Royal_Butterfly5.gif]]

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'''Contributors to this Issue:'''
*{{User|IMatthew}}
*{{User|NiciVampireHeart}}
*{{User|SRX}}
*{{User|Wrestlinglover}}

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==Scuba diving userboxes==
Good job creating all the Userboxes for various levels of certification.

A quick suggestion, if I may: there are dedicated articles for [[Advanced Open Water Diver]], [[Rescue Diver]], [[Master SCUBA Diver]], [[CMAS* SCUBA Diver]] and [[Divemaster]]. It might be worth having the relevant userboxes link directly to those pages.

Good job though!

--'''[[User:Legis|Legis]]''' <small>([[User talk:Legis|talk]] - [[Special:Contributions/Legis|contribs]])</small> 18:09, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

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*Featured news
**'''[[The Great American Bash (2005)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/The Great American Bash (2005)|(link)]]}} was promoted to [[WP:FA|Featured Article]] status.
** '''[[No Mercy (2005)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/No Mercy (2005)|(link)]]}} is a current [[WP:FAC|Featured Article candidate]].

*Good article news
**'''[[Antonio Pugliese]]''', '''[[Hornswoggle]]''', '''[[No Mercy (2007)]]''', '''[[Rhonda Sing]]''', '''[[Sacrifice (2008)]]''', '''[[WrestleMania IX]]''', and '''[[WrestleMania XXIV]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Good article candidates|Good article candidates]].
**'''[[Chyna]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Chyna/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Survivor Series (1993)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Survivor Series (1993)/GA1|(link)]]}}, and '''[[WrestleMania (1985)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:WrestleMania (1985)/GA1|(link)]]}} have been elevated to [[WP:GA|Good Article]] status.

*Other project news
**'''[[Armageddon (2006)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Armageddon (2006)/archive1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Bad Blood (2003)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Bad Blood (2003)/archive1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Bad Blood (2004)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Bad Blood (2004)/archive1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Hard Justice (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Hard Justice (2008)/archive1|(link)]]}}, '''[[List of WWE pay-per-view events]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/List of WWE pay-per-view events/archive1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Lockdown (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Lockdown (2008)/archive2|(link)]]}}, and '''[[No Way Out (2004)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/No Way Out (2004)/archive2|(link)]]}} are currently under [[WP:PR|Peer Review]].
**'''[[Hell in a Cell]]''' has been proposed to be merged into '''[[Professional wrestling match types]]''', the discussion can be found [[Talk:Hell in a Cell#Merger proposal|here]]; and it has been proposed to merge '''[[Road agent (professional wrestling)]]''' into '''[[List of professional wrestling terms]]'''. The discussion can be found [[Talk:Road agent (professional wrestling)#Merger|here]]. Likewise it has been proposed to merge '''[[McMahon (documentary)]]''' to '''[[Vince McMahon]]''', that discussion can be found [[Talk:Vince McMahon#Merge Vince McMahon (Documentary) article...|here]].
**A fact from [[WrestleMania IX]] was listed on the [[Main Page]] in the [[WP:DYK|Did You Know?]] colum on September 15.

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">This Fortnight in Wrestling History</div>
*[[September 15]], [[1998]] - [[Jacquelyn]] defeated [[Rena Mero|Sable]] for the vacant [[WWE Women's Championship|WWF Women's Championship]].
*[[September 17]], [[1981]] - [[Ric Flair]] defeated [[Dusty Rhodes (wrestler)|Dusty Rhodes]] for the [[NWA World Heavyweight Championship|NWA World Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[September 17]], [[2000]] - [[Booker Huffman|Booker T]] defeated [[Kevin Nash]] for the [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship|WCW Heavyweight Championship]]
*[[September 17]], [[2003]] - [[Brock Lesnar]] defeated Kurt Angle for the [[WWE Championship|WWE Championship]].
*[[September 19]], [[1999]] - [[Mike Awesome]] defeated [[Tazz|Taz]] and [[Masato Tanaka]] for the [[ECW Championship|ECW World Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[September 21]], [[2003]] - [[Bill Goldberg|Goldberg]] defeated [[Triple H]] for the [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[September 22]], [[1967]] - [[Stanislaus Zbyszko]] died at age 88.
*[[September 23]], [[2001]] - Kurt Angle defeated [[Stone Cold Steve Austin|Steve Austin]] to win the [[WWE Championship|WWF Championship]].
*[[September 24]], [[1992]] - [[Roy Heffernan]] died of a heart attack at age 67.
*[[September 25]], [[2000]] - [[Vince Russo]] defeated [[Booker Huffman|Booker T]] for the [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship|WCW Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[September 25]], [[2000]] - [[WWE Raw|Raw Is War]] debuts on [[Spike (TV channel)|TNN]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional Wrestling Article Stats</div>

*We have now reached our goal of getting the number of Stub-Class articles below 600. The current count is '''586'''. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

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! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Professional wrestling<br>articles !! colspan="6" | Importance
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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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! rowspan="13" | Quality
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! {{FA-Class|category=Category:FA-Class Professional wrestling articles|FA}}
| || || 3 || 5 || '''8'''
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! {{FL-Class|category=Category:FL-Class Professional wrestling articles|FL}}
| || 1 || 12 || 10 || '''23'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 6 || 25 || 60 || '''91'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 16 || 64 || 203 || '''284'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| || 1 || 14 || 84 || '''99'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 50 || 214 || 1766 || '''2032'''
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! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 1 || 21 || 564 || '''586'''
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! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 2 || 23 || 576 || '''601'''
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! {{Future-Class|category=Category:Future-Class Professional wrestling articles|Future}}
| || || 2 || 17 || '''19'''
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! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 3 || 77 || 378 || 3285 || '''3743'''
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! {{Unassessed-Class|category=Category:Unassessed Professional wrestling articles|Unassessed}}
| || || || 1 || '''1'''
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! Total
| '''3''' || '''77''' || '''378''' || '''3286''' || '''3744'''
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*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''198''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
**For the month of '''[[September]]''':
***2 - [[User:TJ Spyke|TJ Spyke's]] birthday
***8 - [[User:Perry8331|Perry8331's]] birthday; [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] presents '''[[Unforgiven (2008)|Unforgiven]]'''
***12 - [[User:Altenhofen|Altenhofen's]] birthday
***14 - TNA presents '''[[No Surrender (2008)|No Surrender]]'''
***15 - [[User:Gavyn Sykes|Gavyn Sykes's]] birthday
***16 - [[User:Bmg916|Bmg916's]] birthdays
***21 - [[User:BionicWilliam|BionicWilliam's]] and [[User:Rossyboy10|Rossyboy10's]] birthdays
***30 - [[User:LBMixPro|LBMixPro's]] birthday

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Recent Wrestling News</div>
*At [[No Surrender (2008)|No Surrender]], [[Shawn Daivari|Sheik Abdul Bashir]] won the [[TNA X Division Championship]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic non-elimination matches|3-way dance]] by defeating [[Petey Williams]] and [[Consequences Creed]].
*On September 14, [[Shelly Martinez]] was released from her contract by TNA.
*[[Sheamus O'Shaunessy|Sheamus]] won the [[FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship]] on [[September 18]], beating [[Jake Hager|Jack Swagger]].
*On [[September 21]], at the [[WWE Friday Night SmackDown|SmackDown]] taping, [[Eddie Colón|Primo Colón]] and [[Carly Colón|Carlito]] won the [[WWE Tag Team Championship]], defeating reigning champions [[Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Collaboration</div>
*The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration|Collaboration]] has recently been revamped, and we will now have 6 collaborations at a time. The current collaborations will stand until they reach a certain [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration#How it works|goal]], e.g. [[WP:GA|Good article status]].
**Wrestling Legend: '''[[Kamala (wrestler)]]'''
**Current wrestler: '''[[Samoa Joe]]'''
**Tag team or stable: '''[[Dudley Boyz]]'''
**Stub article: '''[[Gino Brito]]'''
**Pay-per-view: '''[[WrestleMania 23]]'''
**List: '''[[List of professional wrestling terms]]'''

<center>{{small|[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration|Cast your vote to select the next collaborations]] — Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!}}</center>

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Recent Deletion Debates</div>
*'''[[WP:AFD|Articles for Deletion]]'''
**'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Christopher Rombola|Christopher Rombola]] and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ranjin Singh (Dave Kapoor)|Ranjin Singh (Dave Kapoor)]]
**'''Kept:'''
**'''Redirected/Merged:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of WWE Intercontinental Championship tournaments|List of WWE Intercontinental Championship tournaments]].
**'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Total Combat Wrestling|Total Combat Wrestling]] and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wrestlemania win loss records|Wrestlemania win loss records]].
*'''[[WP:IFD|Images for Deletion]]
**'''Current:'''
**'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion/2008 September 18#Image:Bobby roode ncw.jpg|Image:Bobby roode ncw.jpg]], [[Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion/2008 September 18#Image:Lance storm ncw.jpg|Image:Lance storm ncw.jpg]], and [[Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion/2008 September 18#Image:Sly ncw 2002.jpg|Image:Sly nca 2002.jpg]].

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*{{User|IMatthew}}
*{{User|NiciVampireHeart}}
*{{User|SRX}}
*{{User|ThinkBlue}}
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== List of Converts to Judaism ==

I'm running out of patience in the RfC on this. Have any ideas? I'd appreciate someone else putting in some input. Thanks. [[User:SkyWriter|SkyWriter (Tim)]] ([[User talk:SkyWriter|talk]]) 18:26, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

PS -- to answer your earlier question, the missing person is "me." I'm looking for a different kind of notability and have stayed under the official radar. It's no secret in shul, but I'm not making a to do about it either (although the Rabbi does have me as a guest preacher occasionally). I want to be known for the things I've given instead of what I've given up, and being a poster boy isn't the way to do it. [[User:SkyWriter|SkyWriter (Tim)]] ([[User talk:SkyWriter|talk]]) 18:32, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==

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*Featured news
**'''[[Armageddon (2006)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Armageddon (2006)|(link)]]}}, '''[[Lockdown (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Lockdown (2008)|(link)]]}}, and '''[[No Way Out (2004)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/No Way Out (2004)|(link)]]}} are current [[WP:FAC|Featured article candidates]].
**'''[[No Mercy (2005)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/No Mercy (2005)/archive1|(link)]]}} was was not promoted to [[WP:FA|Featured Article]] status.
**'''[[AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship]]''' has been nominated for removal as a [[WP:FA|Featured Article]]. The discussion can be found [[Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates/AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship|here]].

*Good article news
**'''[[Antonio Pugliese]]''', '''[[Hornswoggle]]''', '''[[King of the Ring (1993)]]''', '''[[Lisa Moretti]]''', '''[[Mike Lockwood]]''', '''[[No Mercy (2007)]]''', '''[[Rhonda Sing]]''', '''[[Royal Rumble (1995)]]''', '''[[WrestleMania XI]]''', and '''[[WrestleMania XXIV]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|Good article nominees]].
**'''[[WrestleMania IX]]''' {{small|[[Talk:WrestleMania IX/GA1|(link)]]}} and '''[[Sacrifice (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Sacrifice (2008)/GA1|(link)]]}} have been elevated to [[WP:GA|Good Article]] status.

*Other project news
**'''[[Bad Blood (2004)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Bad Blood (2004)/archive1|(link)]]}} and '''[[TNA Bound for Glory]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/TNA Bound for Glory/archive1|(link)]]}} are currently under [[WP:PR|Peer Review]].
**'''[[McMahon (documentary)]]''' has been proposed to be merged with '''[[Vince McMahon]]''', the discussion can be found [[Talk:Vince McMahon#Merge Vince McMahon (Documentary) article...|here]].
**Facts from [[Royal Rumble (1995)]], [[WrestleMania XI]] and [[King of the Ring (1993)]] were listed on the [[Main Page]] in the [[WP:DYK|Did You Know?]] column on [[October 3]], [[October 5]] and [[October 10]] respectively.

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">This Fortnight in Wrestling History</div>
*[[September 29]], [[1997]] - [[Ric Flair]] officially disbands the [[Four Horsemen (professional wrestling)|Four Horsemen]].
*[[October 1]], [[2000]] - [[Jerry Lynn]] defeated [[Peter Polaco|Justin Credible]] for the [[ECW Championship|ECW Heavyweight title]].
*[[October 2]], [[2000]] - [[Vince Russo]] vacated the [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship]] and [[Booker Huffman|Booker T]] defeated [[Jeff Jarrett]] to win it.
*[[October 3]], [[1999]] - [[Vince Russo]] and [[Ed Ferrara]] leave the [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWF]] for [[World Championship Wrestling|WCW]]
*[[October 5]], [[1997]] - [[Brian Pillman]] died of arteriosclerotic heart disease aged 35.
*[[October 6]], [[1999]] - [[Gorilla Monsoon]] died following a heart attack, aged 62.
*[[October 7]], [[1957]] - [[Lou Thesz]] wrestled [[Rikidōzan]] to a one hour time limit draw in first ever [[NWA World Heavyweight Championship|NWA World Title]] match held in Japan.
*[[October 7]], [[2000]] - [[Juventud Guerrera]] arrested following a drug induced rage in Australia and is fired by WCW
*[[October 8]], [[2001]] - [[Stone Cold Steve Austin|Steve Austin]] defeated [[Kurt Angle]] for the [[WWE Championship|WWF Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[October 9]], [[2002]] - [[Sean Waltman|Syxx-Pac]] won a seven-man [[ladder match]] for the vacant [[TNA X Division Championship|NWA-TNA X Divsion Championship]].
*[[October 12]], [[1992]] - [[Bret Hart]] defeated [[Ric Flair]] for the [[WWE Championship|WWF Heavyweight Championship]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional Wrestling Article Stats</div>

*We have now reached our goal of getting the number of Stub-Class articles below 600. The current count is '''588'''. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
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! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Professional wrestling articles !! colspan="6" | Importance
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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
|-
! rowspan="13" | Quality
|-
! {{FA-Class|category=Category:FA-Class Professional wrestling articles|FA}}
| || || 3 || 5 || '''8'''
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! {{FL-Class|category=Category:FL-Class Professional wrestling articles|FL}}
| || 1 || 12 || 10 || '''23'''
|-
! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 6 || 27 || 60 || '''93'''
|-
! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 16 || 64 || 203 || '''284'''
|-
! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| || 1 || 15 || 86 || '''102'''
|-
! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 50 || 213 || 1774 || '''2039'''
|-
! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 1 || 20 || 566 || '''587'''
|-
! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 2 || 22 || 581 || '''605'''
|-
! {{Future-Class|category=Category:Future-Class Professional wrestling articles|Future}}
| || || 2 || 15 || '''17'''
|-
! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 3 || 77 || 378 || 3300 || '''3758'''
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! Total
| '''3''' || '''77''' || '''378''' || '''3300''' || '''3758'''
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<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Member Updates</div>
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''194''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
**For the month of '''[[October]]''':
***1 - [[User:Derrty2033|Derrty2033]]'s birthday
***5 - '''[[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]]''' presents '''[[No Mercy (2008)|No Mercy]]'''
***6 - [[User:Gwalla|Gwalla]]'s birthday
***7 - [[User:Nikki311|Nikki311]]'s birthday
***10 - [[User:Edraf|Edraf]]'s birthday
***12 - '''[[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|TNA]]''' presents '''[[Bound for Glory IV]]'''
***17 - [[User:Hardcore Hak|Hardcore Hak]]'s birthday
***18 - [[User:Mas0playa|mrMASO]]'s birthday
***24 - [[User:Kaiba|Kaiba]]'s birthday
***26 - '''[[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]]''' presents '''[[Cyber Sunday (2008)|Cyber Sunday]]'''

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Recent Wrestling News</div>
*[[WWE Friday Night SmackDown|SmackDown]] debuted on [[myNetworkTV]] on October 3.
*At [[No Mercy (2008)|No Mercy]], [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Champion]] [[Chris Jericho]] lost a tooth during his [[ladder match]] title defense against [[Shawn Michaels]].
*On October 10, "Dolph Ziggler" ([[Nick Nemeth]]) was suspended for 30 days for breaching [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE's]] [[World Wrestling Entertainment#Wellness Program|Wellness Program]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Collaboration</div>
*The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration|Collaboration]] has recently been revamped, and we will now have 6 collaborations at a time. The current collaborations will stand until they reach a certain [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration#How it works|goal]], e.g. [[WP:GA|Good article status]].
**Wrestling Legend: '''[[Kamala (wrestler)]]'''
**Current wrestler: '''[[Samoa Joe]]'''
**Tag team or stable: '''[[Dudley Boyz]]'''
**Stub article: '''[[Gino Brito]]'''
**Pay-per-view: '''[[WrestleMania 23]]'''
**List: '''[[List of professional wrestling terms]]'''

<center>{{small|[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration|Cast your vote to select the next collaborations]] — Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!}}</center>

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Recent Deletion Debates</div>
*'''[[WP:AFD|Articles for Deletion]]'''
**'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Eurocontinental champion|Eurocontinental champion]]
**'''Kept:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Christopher Rombola|Christopher Rombola]] {{small|(no consensus)}} and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Genesis (2008)|Genesis (2008)]].
**'''Redirected/Merged:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ranjin Singh (Dave Kapoor)|Ranjin Singh (Dave Kapoor)]].
**'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Adrian Cortez|Adrian Cortez]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chris Bullock|Chris Bullock]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/McMahon Stables|McMahon Stables]].
*'''[[WP:IFD|Images for Deletion]]
**'''Current:'''
**'''Deleted:'''

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*{{User|NiciVampireHeart}}
*{{User|SRX}}
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== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==

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*Featured news
** '''[[No Way Out (2004)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/No Way Out (2004)|(review page)]]}} is a current [[WP:FAC|Featured article candidate]].
**'''[[Armageddon (2006)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Armageddon (2006)/archive1|(review page)]]}} and '''[[Lockdown (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Lockdown (2008)/archive1|(review page)]]}} were not promoted as [[WP:FA|Featured Articles]].
**'''[[AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship]]''' has been nominated for removal as a [[WP:FL|Featured list]]. The discussion can be found [[Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates/AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship|here]].

*Good article news
**'''[[Antonio Pugliese]]''', '''[[Hard Justice (2008)]]''', '''[[Hardy Boyz]]''', '''[[Hornswoggle]]''', '''[[King of the Ring (1993)]]''', '''[[Lisa Moretti]]''', '''[[Mike Lockwood]]''', '''[[No Mercy (2003)]]''', '''[[No Mercy (2007)]]''', '''[[Rhonda Sing]]''', '''[[Royal Rumble (1995)]]''', '''[[WrestleMania XI]]''', and '''[[WrestleMania XXIV]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|Good article nominees]].

*Other project news
**'''[[TNA Bound for Glory]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/TNA Bound for Glory/archive1|(review page)]]}} is currently under [[WP:PR|Peer Review]].
**'''[[McMahon (documentary)]]''' has been proposed to be merged with '''[[Vince McMahon]]''', the discussion can be found [[Talk:Vince McMahon#Merge Vince McMahon (Documentary) article...|here]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">This Fortnight in Wrestling History</div>
*[[October 15]], [[2003]] - Mark Magnus ([[Mark Copani]]) defeated [[Johnny Jeter]] to win the [[OVW Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[October 16]], [[1997]] - Bam Bam Bigelow ([[Bam Bam Bigelow|Scott Bigelow]]) defeated Shane Douglas ([[Shane Douglas|Troy Martin]]) for the [[ECW Heavyweight Championship|ECW Heavyweight title]].
*[[October 16]], [[2003]] - [[Stu Hart]] died of [[pneumonia]] at the age of 88.
*[[October 19]], [[2003]] - Road Warrior Hawk ([[Michael Hegstrand]]) died of a [[heart attack]] at the age of 46.
*[[October 20]], [[1964]] - Mad Dog Vachon ([[Mad Dog Vachon|Maurice Vachon]]) defeated [[Verne Gagne]] for the [[AWA World Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[October 20]], [[2000]] - [[World Championship Wrestling]], in [[narrative thread|storyline]], fired [[Bret Hart]] due to his incapacitating injury and his announced retirement.
*[[October 20]], [[2002]] - Triple H ([[Paul Levesque]]) defeated Kane ([[Glen Jacobs]]) to [[Championship unification|unify]] the [[WWE Championship|WWE]] and [[WWE Intercontinental Championship|Intercontinental titles]].
*[[October 21]], [[2001]] - [[Chris Jericho]] defeated The Rock ([[Dwayne Johnson]]) to win the [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[October 22]], [[2000]] - [[Kurt Angle]] defeated The Rock to win the WWF Championship.
*[[October 23]], [[2000]] - Yokozuna ([[Rodney Anoa'i]]) died of a heart attack at the age of 34.

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional Wrestling Article Stats</div>

*We have now reached our goal of getting the number of Stub-Class articles below 600. The current count is '''591'''. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

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! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Professional wrestling articles !! colspan="6" | Importance
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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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! rowspan="13" | Quality
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| || || 3 || 5 || '''8'''
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! {{FL-Class|category=Category:FL-Class Professional wrestling articles|FL}}
| || 1 || 12 || 10 || '''23'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 6 || 27 || 60 || '''93'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 16 || 64 || 207 || '''288'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| || 1 || 14 || 96 || '''111'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 50 || 219 || 1759 || '''2030'''
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! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 1 || 20 || 565 || '''586'''
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! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 2 || 21 || 580 || '''603'''
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! {{Future-Class|category=Category:Future-Class Professional wrestling articles|Future}}
| || || 2 || 16 || '''18'''
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! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 3 || 77 || 382 || 3297 || '''3760'''
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! Total
| '''3''' || '''77''' || '''382''' || '''3297''' || '''3760'''
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*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''194''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
**For the month of '''[[October]]''':
***1 - [[User:Derrty2033|Derrty2033]]'s birthday
***5 - '''[[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]]''' presents '''[[No Mercy (2008)|No Mercy]]'''
***6 - [[User:Gwalla|Gwalla]]'s birthday
***7 - [[User:Nikki311|Nikki311]]'s birthday
***10 - [[User:Edraf|Edraf]]'s birthday
***12 - '''[[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|TNA]]''' presents '''[[Bound for Glory IV]]'''
***17 - [[User:Hardcore Hak|Hardcore Hak]]'s birthday
***18 - [[User:Mas0playa|mrMASO]]'s birthday
***24 - [[User:Kaiba|Kaiba]]'s birthday
***26 - '''[[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]]''' presents '''[[Cyber Sunday (2008)|Cyber Sunday]]'''

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Recent Wrestling News</div>
*On October 12 at [[Bound for Glory IV]], Sting ([[Steve Borden]]) won the [[TNA World Heavyweight Championship]] in [[Chicago, Illinois]].
*On October 13, Johnny Devine ([[Johnny Devine|John Parsonage]]) was released from his [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA) contract.
*On October 14, Lance Cade ([[Lance Cade|Lance McNaught]]) was released from his [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) contract.
*On October 21, [[Peter Maivia|High Chief Peter Maivia's]] widow, Leah, died aged 81.
*On October 23:
**TNA broadcasted ''[[TNA Impact!|Impact!]]'' [[live broadcast|live]] in [[high definition]]; it also held ''Impact!'' in a different arena other than the [[TNA Impact! Zone]].
**Also on ''Impact!'', Booker T ([[Booker Huffman|Robert Huffman]]) debuted the newly established [[TNA Legends Championship|Legends Championship]] into TNA and, in storyline, awarded himself the title.
**Awesome Kong ([[Kia Stevens]]) defeated Taylor Wilde ([[Shantelle Malawski]]) to win the [[TNA Women's Knockout Championship]] on ''Impact!''.

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Collaboration</div>
*The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration|Collaboration]] has recently been revamped, and we will now have 6 collaborations at a time. The current collaborations will stand until they reach a certain [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration#How it works|goal]], e.g. [[WP:GA|Good article status]].
**Wrestling Legend: '''[[Kamala (wrestler)]]'''
**Current wrestler: '''[[Samoa Joe]]'''
**Tag team or stable: '''[[Dudley Boyz]]'''
**Stub article: '''[[Gino Brito]]'''
**Pay-per-view: '''[[WrestleMania 23]]'''
**List: '''[[List of professional wrestling terms]]'''

<center>{{small|[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration|Cast your vote to select the next collaborations]] — Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!}}</center>

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Recent Deletion Debates</div>
*'''[[WP:AFD|Articles for Deletion]]'''
**'''Current:'''[[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/SPRY Wrestling|SPRY Wrestling]].
**'''Kept:'''
**'''Redirected/Merged:'''
**'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Eurocontinental champion|Eurocontinental champion]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of current Pro Wrestling Unplugged employees|List of Pro Wrestling Unplugged employees]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/PWF Light Heavyweight Championship|PWF Light Heavyweight Championship]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Republic pro wrestling|Republic pro wrestling]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/World Stars of Wrestling|World Stars of Wrestling]].
*'''[[WP:IFD|Images for Deletion]]
**'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images/2008 October 24#Image:TNAlegendschampionship.jpg|TNAlegendschampionship.jpg]]
**'''Deleted:'''

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== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==

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*Featured news:
** '''[[No Way Out (2004)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/No Way Out (2004)|(review page)]]}} was promoted to [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|Featured article]] status.
**'''[[AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship]]''' {{small|([[Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates/AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship/archive1|review page]])}} was removed as a [[WP:FL|Featured list]].
**'''[[CZW World Heavyweight Championship]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates/CZW World Heavyweight Championship|(review page)]]}} has been nominated for removal as a [[WP:FL|Featured list]].

*Good article news:
**'''[[Antonio Pugliese]]''', '''[[Hard Justice (2008)]]''', '''[[Hardy Boyz]]''', '''[[King of the Ring (1993)]]''', '''[[Lisa Moretti]]''', '''[[Mike Lockwood]]''', '''[[No Mercy (2003)]]''', '''[[No Mercy (2007)]]''', '''[[Rhonda Sing]]''', '''[[Royal Rumble (1993)]]''', '''[[Taboo Tuesday]]''', '''[[Unforgiven (2008)]]''', '''[[Velvet McIntyre]]''', '''[[Vince's Devils]]''', and '''[[WrestleMania XXIV]]''' are current [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|Good article nominees]].
**'''[[Royal Rumble (1995)]]''' {{small|([[Talk:Royal Rumble (1995)/GA1|link]])}} and '''[[WrestleMania XI]]''' {{small|([[Talk:WrestleMania XI/GA1|link]])}} have been promoted to [[WP:GA|Good Article]] status.

*Other project news:
**It has been propsed to merge '''[[McMahon (documentary)]]''' into '''[[Vince McMahon]]''', the discussion can be found [[Talk:Vince McMahon#Merge Vince McMahon (Documentary) article...|here]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">This Fortnight in Wrestling History</div>
*[[October 27]], [[1991]] - [[Brian Pillman]] defeated [[Ricky Morton|Richard Morton]] in a tournament final to become the inaugural [[WWE Cruiserweight Championship|WCW World Light Heavyweight Champion]].
*[[October 31]], [[2000]] - [[Lisa Moretti|Ivory]] defeated [[Amy Dumas|Lita]] to win the [[WWE Women's Championship|WWF Women's title]].
*[[November 2]], [[1998]] - [[Mick Foley|Mankind]] was awarded the newly established [[WWE Hardcore Championship|WWF Hardcore Championship]] by [[Chairperson|WWF Chairman]] [[Vince McMahon]].
*[[November 5]], [[2001]] - [[Dwayne Johnson|The Rock]] defeated [[Chris Jericho]] for the [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship|WCW World Heavyweight title]].
*[[November 6]], [[2003]] - [[Mike Lockwood]], known professionally as Crash Holly, committed suicide at the age of 32.
*[[November 7]], [[2000]] - The [[World Wrestling Entertainment|World Wrestling Federation]] (WWF) agreed to pay [[USD|US$]]18 million to the [[Hart wrestling family|Hart family]] as a settlement in the [[Over the Edge (1999)#Aftermath|court case]] for [[Owen Hart]]'s death at [[Over the Edge (1999)]].
*[[November 9]], [[1997]] - The [[Montreal Screwjob]] occurred, in which [[Shawn Michaels]] defeated [[Bret Hart]] to win the [[WWE Championship|WWF World Heavyweight Championship]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional Wrestling Article Stats</div>

*We have now reached our goal of getting the number of Stub-Class articles below 600. The current count is '''592'''. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
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! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Professional wrestling<br>articles !! colspan="6" | Importance
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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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! rowspan="12" | Quality
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! {{FA-Class|category=Category:FA-Class Professional wrestling articles|FA}}
| || || 3 || 5 || '''8'''
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! {{FL-Class|category=Category:FL-Class Professional wrestling articles|FL}}
| || 1 || 12 || 10 || '''23'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 6 || 27 || 60 || '''93'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 16 || 65 || 207 || '''289'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| || 1 || 14 || 96 || '''111'''
|-
! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 50 || 219 || 1759 || '''2030'''
|-
! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 1 || 21 || 566 || '''588'''
|-
! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 2 || 21 || 581 || '''604'''
|-
! {{Future-Class|category=Category:Future-Class Professional wrestling articles|Future}}
| || || 3 || 14 || '''17'''
|-
! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 3 || 77 || 385 || 3298 || '''3763'''
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! Total
| '''3''' || '''77''' || '''385''' || '''3298''' || '''3763'''
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*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''197''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
**For the month of '''[[November]]''':
***9 - '''[[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|TNA]]''' presents '''[[Turning Point (2008)|Turning Point]]'''
***15 - [[User:Rakez|Rakez]]'s birthday
***15 - [[User:Ericystephi|Ericystephi]]'s birthday
***20 - [[User:Batmanrules677|Batmanrules677]]'s birthday
***23 - '''[[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]]''' presents '''[[Survivor Series (2008)|Survivor Series]]'''

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Recent Wrestling News</div>
*[[Conrad Efraim]], better known as "Special Delivery Jones", died in Antigua on October 26, 2008, following a stroke he suffered two days prior.
*At [[Cyber Sunday (2008)|Cyber Sunday]], [[Dave Batista|Batista]] defeated [[Chris Jericho]] to win the [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]].
*On the October 27 episode of ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]'' [[CM Punk]] and [[Kofi Kingston]] won the [[World Tag Team Championship (WWE)|World Tag Team titles]] by defeating [[Ted DiBiase, Jr.|Ted DiBiase]] and [[Cody Rhodes]].
*[[Harry Smith (wrestler)|DH Smith]] and [[TJ Wilson]] won the [[FCW Florida Tag Team Championship]] on October 30.
*On the November 3 episode of ''Raw'':
**[[Mike Adamle]] resigned from his position as [[Professional wrestling authority figures#General managers|General Manager]] of the Raw brand.
**[[Chris Jericho]] defeated [[Dave Batista|Batista]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Cages|Steel cage match]] to win the [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]] for the second time.
*[[Super Crazy]] was released from [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) on November 5.
*On November 7, WWE released [[WWE Raw|Raw]] wrestlers [[Paul London]] and [[Chuck Palumbo]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Collaboration</div>
*The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration|Collaboration]] has recently been revamped, and we will now have 6 collaborations at a time. The current collaborations will stand until they reach a certain [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration#How it works|goal]], e.g. [[WP:GA|Good article status]].
**Wrestling Legend: '''[[Kamala (wrestler)]]'''
**Current wrestler: '''[[Samoa Joe]]'''
**Tag team or stable: '''[[Dudley Boyz]]'''
**Stub article: '''[[Gino Brito]]'''
**Pay-per-view: '''[[WrestleMania 23]]'''
**List: '''[[List of professional wrestling terms]]'''

<center>{{small|[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration|Cast your vote to select the next collaborations]] — Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!}}</center>

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Recent Deletion Debates</div>
*'''[[WP:AFD|Articles for Deletion]]'''
**'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Experience (professional wrestling)|The Experience (professional wrestling)]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Volador Jr.|Volador Jr.]]

**'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dann Read|Dann Read]] and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/SPRY Wrestling|SPRY Wrestling]].
*'''[[WP:IFD|Images for Deletion]]
**'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images/2008 October 24#Image:TNAlegendschampionship.jpg|TNAlegendschampionship.jpg]].

*'''[[WP:MFD|Miscalleneous for Deletion]]'''
**'''Redirected:''' [[Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Article name changes|Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Article name changes]]
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== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==

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*'''[[Lockdown (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Lockdown (2008)|(review page)]]}} is a current [[WP:FAC|Featured article candidate]].
*'''[[List of WCW World Tag Team Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of WCW World Tag Team Champions|(review page)]]}} is a current [[WP:FLC|Featured list candidate]].
*'''[[CZW World Heavyweight Championship]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates/CZW World Heavyweight Championship|(review page)]]}} is a current [[WP:FLRC|Featured list removal candidate]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #009; text-align:lefts; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Good content news</div>
*'''[[Hard Justice (2008)]]''', '''[[Hardy Boyz]]''', '''[[Judgment Day (2008)]]''', '''[[King of the Ring (1993)]]''', '''[[Lisa Moretti]]''', '''[[Masa Saito]]''', '''[[No Mercy (2003)]]''', '''[[No Mercy (2004)]]''', '''[[No Mercy (2007)]]''', '''[[No Surrender (2008)]]''', '''[[Royal Rumble (1993)]]''', '''[[Slammiversary (2008)]]''', '''[[Survivor Series (1992)]]''', '''[[Taboo Tuesday (2004)]]''', '''[[Unforgiven (2008)]]''', '''[[Velvet McIntyre]]''', and '''[[Vince's Devils]]''' are current [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|Good article nominees]].
*'''[[Antonio Pugliese]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Antonio Pugliese/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Mike Lockwood]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Mike Lockwood/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Rhonda Sing]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Rhonda Sing/GA1|(link)]]}}, and '''[[WrestleMania XXIV]]''' {{small|[[Talk:WrestleMania XXIV/GA1|(link)]]}} have been promoted to [[WP:GA|Good Article]] status.

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #009; text-align:lefts; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Reviews and additional project information</div>
*'''[[WrestleMania XXIV]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/WrestleMania XXIV/archive1|(review page)]]}} and '''[[Over the Edge (1999)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Over the Edge (1999)/archive2|(review page)]]}} are currently under [[WP:PR|Peer Review]]. Comments have been requested to be added on the respective review pages.
*It has been requested that feedback for the [[Money in the Bank ladder match]] article be added to its [[Talk:Money in the Bank ladder match|talk page]].
*Facts from '''[[Royal Rumble (1993)]]''' and '''[[List of King of the Ring winners]]''' were listed on the [[Main Page]] in the [[WP:DYK|Did You Know?]] column on November 10 and 13, respectively.
*It has been proposed to introduce the [[Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment#Grades|A-Class]] assessment for [[WP:PW]]; the discussion can be found [[WT:PW#New class|here]].
*It has been proposed to merge [[Shooter (professional wrestling)]] into [[Shoot (professional wrestling)]]; the discussion can be found [[Talk:Shooter (professional wrestling)#Merge request|here]].
<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional wrestling article stats</div>
*There are currently '''601''' articles in [[:Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles]]. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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! {{FA-Class|category=Category:FA-Class Professional wrestling articles|FA}}
| || || 3 || 6 || '''9'''
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! {{FL-Class|category=Category:FL-Class Professional wrestling articles|FL}}
| || || 12 || 10 || '''22'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 6 || 30 || 62 || '''98'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 16 || 64 || 207 || '''288'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| || 1 || 14 || 99 || '''114'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 54 || 227 || 1764 || '''2047'''
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! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 1 || 24 || 569 || '''594'''
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! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 3 || 23 || 595 || '''621'''
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! {{Future-Class|category=Category:Future-Class Professional wrestling articles|Future}}
| || || 3 || 14 || '''17'''
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! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 3 || 81 || 397 || 3312 || '''3793'''
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! Total
| '''3''' || '''81''' || '''397''' || '''3312''' || '''3793'''
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*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
**For the month of '''[[November]]''':
***9 - '''[[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|TNA]]''' presents '''[[Turning Point (2008)|Turning Point]]'''
***15 - [[User:Rakez|Rakez]]'s birthday
***15 - [[User:Ericystephi|Ericystephi]]'s birthday
***20 - [[User:Batmanrules677|Batmanrules677]]'s birthday
***23 - '''[[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]]''' presents '''[[Survivor Series (2008)|Survivor Series]]'''

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Recent deletion debates</div>
*'''[[WP:AFD|Articles for Deletion]]'''

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**'''Redirected/Merged:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Experience (professional wrestling)|The Experience (professional wrestling)]] and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rebecca Michaels|Rebecca Michaels]].
**'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alfonso Sharp|Alfonso Sharp]]
*'''[[WP:IFD|Images for Deletion]]
**'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images/2008 October 24#Image:TNAlegendschampionship.jpg|TNAlegendschampionship.jpg]]


<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Recent wrestling news</div>
*On November 9, [[THQ]] and [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) released the fifth installment in the [[WWE SmackDown (video game series)|WWE SmackDown vs. Raw]] series, ''[[WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009]]''.
*On November 10, WWE released [[Elijah Burke]], [[Kenny Dykstra]], and [[Lena Yada]] from their contracts.
*[[Darren Matthews|William Regal]] defeated [[Santino Marella]] to win the [[WWE Intercontinental Championship]] on the November 10 episode of ''Raw''.
*On November 18, WWE released [[Armando Estrada]] from his contract.

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">This fortnight in wrestling history</div>
*[[November 10]], [[1991]] - [[William Afflis|Dick the Bruiser]] died at the age of 62 from [[internal bleeding]]
*[[November 14]], [[1999]] - [[Paul Wight|The Big Show]] defeated [[Triple H]] to win the [[WWE Championship|WWF Championship]].
*[[November 15]], [[1998]] - [[Dwayne Johnson|The Rock]] defeated [[Mick Foley|Mankind]] in a tournament final for the [[WWE Championship|WWF Championship]].
*[[November 16]], [[1992]] - [[Jim Fullington|The Sandman]] defeated [[Don Muraco]] for the [[ECW Championship|ECW Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[November 17]], [[2002]] - [[Shawn Michaels]] defeated [[Triple H]], [[Glen Jacobs|Kane]], [[Chris Jericho]], [[Booker Huffman|Booker T]], and [[Rob Van Dam]] to win the [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]] in the first [[Elimination Chamber]].
*[[November 18]], [[2000]] - [[Nelson Erazo|Homicide]] defeated Jay Lover for the vacant [[JAPW Heavyweight Championship|Jersey All Pro Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[November 18]], [[2001]] - [[Adam Copeland|Edge]] [[championship unification|unified]] the [[WWE Intercontinental Championship|WWF Intercontinental]] and [[WWE United States Championship|United States]] championships.
*[[November 18]], [[2001]] - [[The Dudley Boyz]] unified the [[World Tag Team Championship (WWE)|WWF]] and [[WCW Tag Team Championship|WCW Tag Team]] championships.
*[[November 20]], [[2002]] - [[Jeff Jarrett]] defeated [[Ron Killings]] for the [[NWA World Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[November 21]], [[1999]] - [[Bret Hart]] defeated [[Chris Benoit]] in a tournament final for the [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[November 22]], [[1954]] - Promoter [[Roderick McMahon|Roderick "Jess" McMahon]] died at age 72.

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*'''[[Lockdown (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Lockdown (2008)|(review page)]]}}, '''[[Over the Edge (1999)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Over the Edge (1999)|(review page)]]}}, and '''[[WrestleMania XXIV]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/WrestleMania XXIV|(review page)]]}} are current [[WP:FAC|Featured article candidates]].
*'''[[List of ECW Television Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of ECW Television Champions|(review page)]]}} is a current [[WP:FLC|Featured list candidate]].
*'''[[List of WCW World Tag Team Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of WCW World Tag Team Champions|(review page)]]}} was promoted to [[WP:FL|Featured list]] status.
*'''[[CZW World Heavyweight Championship]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates/CZW World Heavyweight Championship/archive2|(review page)]]}} was removed as a [[WP:FL|Featured list]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #009; text-align:lefts; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Good content news</div>
*'''[[Hard Justice (2008)]]''', '''[[Hardy Boyz]]''', '''[[Lisa Moretti]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Lisa Moretti/GA1|(review page)]]}}, '''[[Masa Saito]]''', '''[[No Mercy (2004)]]''', '''[[No Mercy (2007)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:No Mercy (2007)/GA1|(review page)]]}}, '''[[No Surrender (2008)]]''', '''[[Royal Rumble (1993)]]''', '''[[Slammiversary (2008)]]''', '''[[Survivor Series (1992)]]''', '''[[Taboo Tuesday (2004)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Taboo Tuesday (2004)/GA1|(review page)]]}}, '''[[Unforgiven (2008)]]''', and '''[[Velvet McIntyre]]''' are current [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|Good article nominees]].
*'''[[Judgment Day (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Judgment Day (2008)/GA1|(review page)]]}}, '''[[King of the Ring (1993)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:King of the Ring (1993)/GA1|(review page)]]}}, '''[[No Mercy (2003)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:No Mercy (2003)/GA1|(review page)]]}}, and '''[[Vince's Devils]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Vince's Devils/GA1|(review page)]]}} were promoted to [[WP:GA|Good article]] status.
*'''[[Vince's Devils]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates/Vince's Devils|(review page)]]}} is a current [[Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates#Good topic nominations|Good topic candidate]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #009; text-align:lefts; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Reviews and additional project information</div>
*'''[[Judgment Day (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Judgment Day (2008)/archive1|(review page)]]}} and '''[[WWE Divas Championship]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/WWE Divas Championship/archive1|(review page)]]}} are currently under [[WP:PR|Peer Review]]. It has been requested that comments be added on the respective review pages.
*It has been requested that feedback for the '''[[Money in the Bank ladder match]]''' and '''[[Night of Champions (2008)]]''' articles be added to their talk pages.
*It has been proposed to [[WP:MERGE|merge]] '''[[Shooter (professional wrestling)]]''' into '''[[Shoot (professional wrestling)]]'''; the discussion can be found [[Talk:Shooter (professional wrestling)#Merge request|here]].
*'''[[McMahon (documentary)]]''' was merged into '''[[Vince McMahon]]'''; the result of that discussion can be found [[Talk:Vince McMahon#Merge Vince McMahon (Documentary) article...|here]].
*A fact from '''[[Survivor Series (1992)]]''' and '''[[List of ECW Television Champions]]''' appeared on the [[main page]] as a [[WP:DYK|Did You Know?]] on November 24 and December 6.
<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #009; text-align:lefts; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Editing tips</div>
This is a new section in the newsletter to help familiarize project members with the [[WP:MOS|Manual of Style]], which should help them in editing not only professional wrestling articles, but all articles in general.
#Avoid using bolding to emphasize text. See [[MOS:BOLD]] for appropriate uses of bold text.
#If you do not want your information removed from articles, please use proper grammar and [[WP:CITE|cite your sources]].
#Please avoid adding rumors to articles. Most rumors cannot be sourced with a [[WP:RS|reliable source]] and go against the [[WP:BLP|Biographies of Living Persons policy]].
#Avoid jargon such as [[Face (professional wrestling)|face/babayface]], [[Heel (professional wrestling)|heel]], [[List of professional wrestling terms#T|turn]], etc. in articles. People unfamiliar with professional wrestling will not understand what these words mean. See [[WP:JARGON]] for more information.

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional wrestling article stats</div>
*There are currently '''601''' articles in [[:Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles]]. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

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! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Professional wrestling<br>articles !! colspan="6" | Importance
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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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! rowspan="12" | Quality
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! {{FA-Class|category=Category:FA-Class Professional wrestling articles|FA}}
| || || 3 || 6 || '''9'''
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! {{FL-Class|category=Category:FL-Class Professional wrestling articles|FL}}
| || || 12 || 10 || '''22'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 6 || 31 || 65 || '''102'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 16 || 66 || 205 || '''288'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| || 2 || 15 || 98 || '''115'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 54 || 229 || 1768 || '''2053'''
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! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 1 || 24 || 560 || '''585'''
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! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 3 || 24 || 602 || '''629'''
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! {{Future-Class|category=Category:Future-Class Professional wrestling articles|Future}}
| || || 2 || 14 || '''16'''
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! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 3 || 82 || 406 || 3328 || '''3819'''
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! Total
| '''3''' || '''82''' || '''406''' || '''3328''' || '''3819'''
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*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''200''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
**For the month of '''[[December]]''':
***7 - '''[[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|TNA]]''' presents '''[[Final Resolution (December 2008)|Final Resolution]]'''
***11 - [[User:Urena198|Urena198]]'s birthday
***14 - '''[[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]]''' presents '''[[Armageddon (2008)|Armageddon]]'''
***21 - [[Hanukkah]] begins at sundown
***23 - [[User:Paulley|Paulley]]'s birthday
***24 - [[User:Racer38|Racer38]]'s birthday
***25 - [[Christmas]] Day
***26 - [[Kwanzaa]]
***27 - [[User:SRX|SRX]]'s birthday
***28 - [[User:FamicomJL|FamicomJL]]'s birthday
***31 - [[User:NickSparrow|NickSparrow]]'s birthday
***31 - [[User:WWEFAN99|WWEFAN99]]'s birthday

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Recent deletion debates</div>
*'''[[WP:AFD|Articles for Deletion]]'''
**'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dave Flores|Dave Flores]] and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Double chicken wing|Double chicken wing]].
**'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Connal Kelleher|Connal Kelleher]].
*'''[[WP:IFD|Images for Deletion]]
**'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images/2008 November 19#Image:Candice Michelle Ring.jpg|Image:Candice Michelle Ring.jpg]].
**'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images/2008 November 19#Image:Barbie Candid.jpg|Image:Barbie Candid.jpg]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Recent wrestling news</div>
*At [[Survivor Series (2008)|Survivor Series]]:
**[[Adam Copeland|Edge]] returned and won the [[WWE Championship]] after [[Professional wrestling authority figures#General managers 2|SmackDown General Manager]] [[Vickie Guerrero]] added him to the match between then-champion [[Triple H]] and [[Oleg Prudius|Vladimir Kozlov]].
**[[John Cena]] returned after neck surgery, and won the [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]], for the first time, by defeating [[Chris Jericho]].
*On the November 24 episode of ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]'', [[Dustin Runnels|Goldust]], [[Melina Perez|Melina]] and [[Mr. Kennedy]] made their television returns to [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE).
*[[Steve Bradley]] died on December 4, 2008. His cause of death has not been determined.
*On the December 5 episode of ''[[WWE Friday Night SmackDown|SmackDown]]'', [[Gregory Helms|Hurricane Helms]] made his in-ring return after an absence of over a year due to a neck injury.

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">This fortnight in wrestling history</div>
*[[November 26]], [[1987]] - [[Ric Flair]] defeated [[Ron Garvin]] to win the [[NWA World Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[November 26]], [[1995]] - [[Smoky Mountain Wrestling]] ceased operation.
*[[November 26]], [[2000]] - [[Scott Steiner]] defeated [[Booker Huffman|Booker T]] to win the [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[November 27]], [[1991]] - [[The Undertaker]] defeated [[Hulk Hogan]] for the [[WWE Championship|WWF Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[November 29]], [[2003]] - [[Larry Latham (wrestler)|Larry Lathman]], better known as Moondog Spot, died of a [[Myocardial infarction|heart attack]] in the ring.
*[[November 30]], [[1997]] - [[Shane Douglas]] defeated [[Bam Bam Bigelow]] to win the [[ECW Championship]].
*[[December 1]], [[1973]] - [[Stan Stasiak|Stan "The Man" Stasiak]] defeated [[Pedro Morales]] to win the [[WWE Championship|WWWF Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[December 5]], [[2003]] - [[Jerry Tuite]] died of a a [[Myocardial infarction|heart attack]] aged 36.
*[[December 7]], [[1996]] - [[Scott Levy|Raven]] defeated [[Jim Fullington|The Sandman]] to win the [[ECW Championship|ECW Heavyweight Championship]].

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== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==

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*'''[[Lockdown (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Lockdown (2008)|(review page)]]}} and '''[[Over the Edge (1999)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Over the Edge (1999)|(review page)]]}} are current [[WP:FAC|Featured article candidates]].
*'''[[WrestleMania XXIV]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/WrestleMania XXIV/archive1|(review page)]]}} was not promoted as a [[WP:FA|Featured Article]].
*'''[[List of WWF Light Heavyweight Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of WWF Light Heavyweight Champions|(review page)]]}} is a current [[WP:FLC|Featured list candidate]].
*'''[[List of ECW Television Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of ECW Television Champions|(review page)]]}} was promoted to [[WP:FL|Featured list]] status.
*'''[[List of WWE Divas Champions]]''' and '''[[List of WWE Cruiserweight Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates/Lists of World Wrestling Entertainment champions/addition1|(review page)]]}} have been nominated as an addition and withdrawal, respectively, to the [[Wikipedia:Featured topics/Lists of World Wrestling Entertainment champions|Lists of World Wrestling Entertainment champions]] [[WP:FT|Featured topic]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #009; text-align:lefts; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Good content news</div>
*'''[[Masa Saito]]''', '''[[Night of Champions (2008)]]''', '''[[No Mercy (2004)]]''', '''[[Royal Rumble (1993)]]''', '''[[Slammiversary (2008)]]''', and '''[[Survivor Series (1992)]]''' are current [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|Good article nominees]].
*'''[[Hard Justice (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Hard Justice (2008)/GA1|(review page)]]}}, '''[[Hardy Boyz]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Hardy Boyz/GA1|(review page)]]}}, '''[[Lisa Moretti]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Lisa Moretti/GA1|(review page)]]}}, '''[[No Mercy (2007)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:No Mercy (2007)/GA1|(review page)]]}}, '''[[No Surrender (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:No Surrender (2008)/GA1|(review page)]]}}, '''[[Taboo Tuesday (2004)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Taboo Tuesday (2004)/GA1|(review page)]]}}, '''[[Unforgiven (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Unforgiven (2008)/GA1|(review page)]]}} and '''[[Velvet McIntyre]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Velvet McIntyre/GA1|(review page)]]}} were promoted to [[WP:GA|Good article]] status.
*'''[[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)]]''' was not promoted to [[WP:GA|Good article]] status.
*'''[[Wikipedia:Featured topics/Vince's Devils|Vince's Devils]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates/Vince's Devils|(review page)]]}} was promoted to [[Wikipedia:Good topics|Good topic]] status.
*'''[[Hardy Boyz]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates/Hardy Boyz|(review page)]]}} is a current [[Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates#Good topic nominations|Good topic candidate]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #009; text-align:lefts; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Reviews and additional project information</div>
*'''[[Judgment Day (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Judgment Day (2008)/archive1|(review page)]]}} is currently under [[WP:PR|Peer review]]. It has been requested that comments be added on the review page.
*'''[[Shooter (professional wrestling)]]''' has been [[WP:MERGE|merged]] into '''[[Shoot (professional wrestling)]]'''; the discussion can be found [[Talk:Shoot (professional wrestling)#Merge request|here]].
*Facts from '''[[Judgment Day (2003)]]''', '''[[Armageddon (2000)]]''', and '''[[Unforgiven (2002)]]''' were all listed on the [[Main Page]] in the [[WP:DYK|Did You Know?]] column on December 12, and a fact from '''[[No Mercy (2002)]]''' was listed on December 13.

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #009; text-align:lefts; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Editing tips</div>
This is a new section in the newsletter to help familiarize project members with the [[WP:MOS|Manual of Style]] and general editing tips.
#There is a new consensus to remove notes such as most reigns, first reign, last reign, etc. in the championships and accomplishments section. See [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Archive 60#First.2Flast.2Fmost_reigns.2C_etc.|here]] for more information.
#Our project has a cleanup listing. Please help by adding sources or expanding any articles listed [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Cleanup listing|here]].
#The television show ''RAW'' should now be written as ''Raw'' per [[WP:MOSCAPS]].
#Please familiarize yourself with the [[WP:N|general notability policy]] of Wikipedia. Avoid creating new articles that do not satisfy the requirements.
#If a sentence seems like it may not be true or is partially controversial, remove it or add <nowiki>{{fact}}</nowiki> directly after it.

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional wrestling article stats</div>
*There are currently '''616''' articles in [[:Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles]]. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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| || || 3 || 6 || '''9'''
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| || || 12 || 11 || '''23'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 6 || 33 || 71 || '''110'''
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| 1 || 16 || 65 || 200 || '''282'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| || 2 || 15 || 98 || '''115'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 54 || 227 || 1789 || '''2072'''
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! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 1 || 25 || 580 || '''606'''
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! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 3 || 23 || 601 || '''627'''
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! {{Future-Class|category=Category:Future-Class Professional wrestling articles|Future}}
| || || 2 || 13 || '''15'''
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! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 3 || 82 || 405 || 3369 || '''3859'''
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| '''3''' || '''82''' || '''405''' || '''3369''' || '''3859'''
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*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''208''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
**For the month of '''[[December]]''':
***7 - '''[[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|TNA]]''' presents '''[[Final Resolution (December 2008)|Final Resolution]]'''
***11 - [[User:Urena198|Urena198]]'s birthday
***14 - '''[[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]]''' presents '''[[Armageddon (2008)|Armageddon]]'''
***21 - [[Hanukkah]] begins at sundown
***23 - [[User:Paulley|Paulley]]'s birthday
***24 - [[User:Racer38|Racer38]]'s birthday
***25 - [[Christmas]] Day
***26 - [[Kwanzaa]]
***27 - [[User:SRX|SRX]]'s birthday
***28 - [[User:FamicomJL|FamicomJL]]'s birthday
***31 - [[User:NickSparrow|NickSparrow]]'s birthday
***31 - [[User:WWEFAN99|WWEFAN99]]'s birthday

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Recent deletion debates</div>
*'''[[WP:AFD|Articles for Deletion]]'''
**'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chris Glidden|Chris Glidden]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dave Flores|Dave Flores]] and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Zade McClurg|Zade McClurg]].
**'''Redirected/Merged''': [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Double chicken wing|Double chicken wing]] and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of World Heavyweight Championship (WWE) reigns by length|List of World Heavyweight Championship (WWE) reigns by length]]
*'''[[WP:IFD|Images for Deletion]]
**'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images/2008 November 19#Image:Candice Michelle Ring.jpg|Image:Candice Michelle Ring.jpg]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Recent wrestling news</div>
*At [[Final Resolution (December 2008)|Final Resolution]]
**[[Eric Young (wrestler)|Eric Young]] defeated [[Shawn Daivari|Sheik Abdul Bashir]] to win the [[TNA X Division Championship]]. The [[Professional wrestling authority figures#Management Director|Management Director]] of [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA), [[Jim Cornette]], stripped Young of the title after the event concluded due to interference from referee [[Shane Sewell]]. Cornette immediately set up a tournament afterwards for the X Division Championship to begin on the December 11 episode of ''[[TNA Impact!]]''.
**Suicide, played by [[Frankie Kazarian]], a character from [[TNA Impact! (video game)|TNA Impact the video game]], debuted after weeks of promotion.
*On the December 8 episode of ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]'', [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) held the [[Slammy Award]]s for the first time in eleven years.
*[[Gene Snitsky]] was released from his WWE contract on December 11.
*[[John Morrison and The Miz]] defeated [[CM Punk]] and [[Kofi Kingston]] at a WWE [[house show|live event]] on December 13 to win the [[World Tag Team Championship (WWE)|World Tag Team Championship]].
*At [[Armageddon (2008)|Armageddon]], [[Jeff Hardy]] defeated [[Adam Copeland|Edge]] and [[Triple H]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic non-elimination matches|Triple threat match]] to win the [[WWE Championship]], his first [[World Heavyweight Championship (professional wrestling)|World Heavyweight Championship]] reign in WWE.

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">This fortnight in wrestling history</div>
*[[December 9]], [[1974]] - [[Jack Brisco]] defeated [[Shohei Baba]] for the [[NWA World Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[December 9]], [[2001]] - [[Chris Jericho]] became the first [[WWE Championship|WWF Undisputed Champion]] after beating [[Stone Cold Steve Austin|Steve Austin]] to win the [[WWE Championship|WWF Championship]] and defeating [[Dwayne Johnson|The Rock]] to win the [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[December 10]], [[1973]] - [[Bruno Sammartino]] defeated [[Stan Stasiak]] for the [[WWE Championship|WWWF Heavyweight Chamspionship]].
*[[December 13]], [[2003]] - [[Dan Lopez|Danny Maff]] defeated [[Jerry Lawler]] to win the [[JAPW Heavyweight Championship|Jersey All Pro Wrestling Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[December 14]], [[1963]] - [[Verne Gagne]] defeated [[Reginald Lisowski|The Crusher]] for the [[AWA World Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[December 14]], [[2001]] - [[Russ Haas]] died of a [[heart attack]] at age 27.
*[[December 15]], [[2002]] - [[Kurt Angle]] defeated [[Paul Wight|The Big Show]] for the [[WWE Championship]].
*[[December 17]], [[1999]] - [[Masato Tanaka]] defeated [[Mike Awesome]] to win the [[ECW Championship|ECW World Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[December 20]], [[1999]] - [[Bret Hart]] won the [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship]] by defeating [[Bill Goldberg|Goldberg]].

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== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==

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*'''[[Lockdown (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Lockdown (2008)|(review page)]]}} and '''[[Over the Edge (1999)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Over the Edge (1999)|(review page)]]}} were promoted to [[WP:FA|Featured article]] status.
*'''[[List of WWF Light Heavyweight Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of WWF Light Heavyweight Champions|(review page)]]}} was promoted to [[WP:FL|Featured list]] status.
*'''[[List of WWE Divas Champions]]''' and '''[[List of WWE Cruiserweight Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates/Lists of World Wrestling Entertainment champions/addition1|(review page)]]}} were added and removed, respectively, from the [[Wikipedia:Featured topics/Lists of World Wrestling Entertainment champions|Lists of World Wrestling Entertainment champions]] [[WP:FT|Featured topic]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #009; text-align:lefts; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Good content news</div>
*'''[[Masa Saito]]''', '''[[No Mercy (2004)]]''', '''[[Slammiversary (2008)]]''', '''[[Survivor Series (1992)]]''', '''[[Survivor Series (2007)]]''', '''[[The Undertaker]]''', and '''[[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)]]''' are current [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|Good article nominees]].
*'''[[Night of Champions (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Night of Champions (2008)/GA1|(review page)]]}}, '''[[Royal Rumble (1993)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Royal Rumble (1993)/GA1|(review page)]]}}, and '''[[The Simpsons Wrestling]]''' {{small|[[Talk:The Simpsons Wrestling/GA1|(review page)]]}} were promoted to [[WP:GA|Good article]] status.
*'''[[Hardy Boyz]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates/Hardy Boyz|(review page)]]}} was promoted to [[Wikipedia:Good topics|Good topic]] status.

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #009; text-align:lefts; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Reviews and additional project information</div>
*'''[[Darren Matthews]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Darren Matthews/archive1|(review page)]]}} is currently under [[WP:PR|Peer review]].
*The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration|WikiProject Professional wrestling collaboration]] has been archived as a historical project assessment.

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #009; text-align:lefts; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Editing tips</div>
This is a new section in the newsletter to help familiarize project members with the [[WP:MOS|Manual of Style]] and general editing tips.
#When expanding [[WP:PW/PPV|pay-per-view articles]], avoid using [[Professional wrestling terms|wrestling jargon]] without an explanation, per [[WP:JARGON]], maintain an out-of-universe perspective of the article, per [[WP:IN-U]], and avoid writing in excess detail, per [[WP:PLOT]]. For further information see [[WP:PW/PPVG]].
#Our project has a cleanup listing. Please help by adding sources or expanding any articles listed [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Cleanup listing|here]].
#Per [[WP:MOSCAPS]], television shows, such as ''[[WWE Raw|RAW]]'' and [[TNA Impact!|iMPACT!]], should be written as ''Raw'' and ''Impact!''.
#Due to a new consensus formed by Wikipedia users, dates should be unlinked in all articles, per [[WP:MOSNUM]].
#Please familiarize yourself with the [[WP:N|general notability policy]] of Wikipedia. Avoid creating new articles that do not satisfy the requirements.
#Avoid [[WP:OVERLINK|overlinking]] in an article. If a subject has been linked once already in the body paragraphs, there is no need to link it again, unless the length of the article requires it to be linked a second time. Lists are the only exceptions to this policy.

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional wrestling article stats</div>
*There are currently '''617''' articles in [[:Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles]]. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

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! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Professional wrestling<br>articles !! colspan="6" | Importance
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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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! {{FL-Class|category=Category:FL-Class Professional wrestling articles|FL}}
| || || 12 || 12 || '''24'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 6 || 31 || 73 || '''110'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 17 || 68 || 199 || '''285'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| || 2 || 16 || 100 || '''118'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 53 || 226 || 1791 || '''2072'''
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! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 2 || 25 || 579 || '''606'''
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! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 2 || 22 || 592 || '''616'''
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! {{Future-Class|category=Category:Future-Class Professional wrestling articles|Future}}
| || || 4 || 14 || '''18'''
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| 3 || 82 || 409 || 3366 || '''3860'''
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<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Member updates</div>
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''208''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
**For the month of '''[[January]]''':
*11 - [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|TNA]] presents '''[[Genesis (2009)|Genesis]]'''
*12 - [[User:inuyasha73036|Inuyasha73036]]'s birthday
*16 - [[Ring of Honor|ROH]] presents '''[[Rising Above (2009)|Rising Above]]'''
*21 - [[User:Suriel1981|Suriel1981]]'s birthday
*25 - [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] presents '''[[Royal Rumble (2009)|Royal Rumble]]'''
*29 - [[User:3bulletproof16|3bulletproof16]]'s birthday
*31 - [[User:Nahallac Silverwinds|Nahallac]]'s birthday

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Recent deletion debates</div>
*'''[[WP:AFD|Articles for Deletion]]'''
**'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chris Bang|Chris Bang]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Blackjack Parsons|Blackjack Parsons]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Vince Verhei (2nd nomination)|Vince Verhei]].
**'''Kept:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/TNA Weekly PPV|TNA Weekly PPV]]
*'''[[WP:IFD|Images for Deletion]]
**'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images/2008 December 28#File:Jillian Hall about to use Samoan Drop on Candice Michelle.jpg|File:Jillian Hall about to use Samoan Drop on Candice Michelle.jpg]] and [[Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images/2008 December 28#File:Jillian Hall doing cartwheel into an elbow drop.jpg|File:Jillian Hall doing cartwheel into an elbow drop.jpg]].
*'''[[WP:MFD|Miscellany for Deletion]]
**'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|Wikiproject Professional wrestling/Calender]]

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Recent wrestling news</div>
*On December 22:
**On ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]'', [[Trish Stratus]] wrestled her first match in over two years in her native [[Toronto, Ontario|Toronto, Canada]]. She and [[John Cena]] defeated [[Santino Marella]] and [[Beth Phoenix]] in a [[Tag team#Tag team match rules|Tag team match]].
**It was reported by [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] that [[Dave Batista|Batista]] was sidelined with a [[hamstring]] tear that required surgery.
**[[Maryse Ouellet|Maryse]] defeated [[Michelle McCool]] to win the [[WWE Divas Championship]] on an episode of ''[[WWE Friday Night SmackDown|Friday Night SmackDown]]'', which aired on December 26.
*On December 26:
**Independent Wrestling Association's Roland Montgomery, known as Rollin' Hard, died at his home in [[Louisville, Kentucky]].
**WWE Divas Champion Maryse dislocated her kneecap at a WWE [[house show|live event]]; it is unknown how long the injury will sideline her from in-ring competition.
*[[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) moved [[Paul Burchill]] and [[Katie Lea]] from the Raw brand to the [[Extreme Championship Wrestling (WWE)|ECW]] brand on December 30.
*On January 2, [[United States senate|U.S. Senator]] [[Henry Waxman]] filed a letter to the [[Office of National Drug Control Policy]] requesting a review of [[professional wrestling]]'s [[steroid]] testing and usage.

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">This fortnight in wrestling history</div>
*December 22, 2000 - [[Mike Rapada]] defeated [[Terry Brunk|Sabu]] to win the [[NWA World Heavyweight Championship]].
*December 23, 1999 - [[Mike Awesome]] defeated [[Masato Tanaka]] to win the [[ECW Championship|ECW World Heavyweight Championship]].
*December 26, 1983 - The [[Iron Sheik]] defeated [[Bob Backlund]] for the [[WWE Championship|WWF Heavyweight Championship]].
*December 28, 1997 - [[Steve Borden|Sting]] defeated [[Hulk Hogan]] to win the [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship|WCW Heavyweight Championship]]
*December 29, 1998 - [[Mick Foley|Mankind]] defeated [[Dwayne Johnson|The Rock]] to win the [[WWE Championship|WWF World Heavyweight Championship]].
*January 3, 2000 - [[Triple H]] defeated [[Paul Wight|The Big Show]] for the [[WWE Championship|WWF Heavyweight Championship]].
*January 4, 1999 - [[Keiji Mutoh]] defeated [[Scott Norton]] for the [[IWGP Heavyweight Championship]].

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==WP:MOTD==
Please see [[Wikipedia_talk:Motto_of_the_day/Nominations#Running_dry]] [[User:Simply south|Simply south]] <small>[[User talk:Simply south|not SS, sorry]]</small> 18:33, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

== Nom for speedy deletion ==

I have nominated a page you created, [[Moses ben Avraham]], for [[Wikipedia:Criteria_for_speedy_deletion#A3|speedy deletion under A3]]. It seems to be a duplicate of [[Moses ben Avraham Avinu]]. Regards. <font color="#461B7E">[[User:FangedFaerie|FangedFaerie]]</font> <small>(<font color="#153E7E">[[User Talk:FangedFaerie|Talk]]</font> | <font color= "#307D7E">[[Special:Contributions/FangedFaerie|Edits]]</font>)</small> 20:34, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==

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'''The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]] Newsletter'''</big><br /> Issue XXXIV - January 18, 2009 <br />
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As of January 2009:
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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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! rowspan="12" | Quality
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! {{FA-Class|category=Category:FA-Class Professional wrestling articles|FA}}
| || || 5 || 6 || '''11'''
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! {{FL-Class|category=Category:FL-Class Professional wrestling articles|FL}}
| || || 12 || 12 || '''24'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 6 || 32 || 75 || '''113'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 18 || 66 || 197 || '''282'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| || 3 || 18 || 104 || '''125'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 54 || 224 || 1827 || '''2107'''
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! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 2 || 22 || 562 || '''586'''
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! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 2 || 23 || 593 || '''618'''
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! {{Future-Class|category=Category:Future-Class Professional wrestling articles|Future}}
| || || 4 || 13 || '''17'''
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| 3 || 85 || 406 || 3386 || '''3880'''
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*The [[WP:FAC|Featured article candidacy]] of '''[[Sacrifice (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Sacrifice (2008)/archive1|(review page)]]}} was withdrawn by the nominator.
*'''[[WCW Hall of Fame]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/WCW Hall of Fame|(review page)]]}} and '''[[List of ECW Tag Team Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of ECW Tag Team Champions|(review page)]]}} are current [[WP:FLC|Featured list candidate]]s.
*'''[[Masa Saito]]''', '''[[No Mercy (2004)]]''', '''[[Survivor Series (2007)]]''', '''[[Taboo Tuesday (2005)]]''', '''[[Terri Runnels]]''', '''[[Vengeance (2006)]]''', '''[[Victory Road (2004)]]''', and '''[[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)]]''' are current [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|Good article nominees]].
*The following articles appeared in the [[WP:DYK|Did You Know?]] column on the [[main page]]:
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:*January 8: '''[[Stan Frazier]]''' and '''[[Dan Marsh]]'''
:*January 11: '''[[John Hill (wrestler)]]'''
:*January 12: '''[[George Cannon (wrestler)]]'''
:*January 15: '''[[Melvin Nelson]]'''
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:*January 16: '''[[Pat O'Connor (wrestler)]]''', '''[[Mario Milano]]''', and '''[[Dan Kroffat]]'''
:*January 17: '''[[Ray Gunkel]]''', '''[[Paul LeDuc (wrestler)]]''' and '''[[Alberto Madril]]'''
:*January 18: '''[[Gene Petit]]''' and '''[[Rufus R. Jones]]'''
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*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''210''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*There are currently '''616''' articles in [[:Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles]]. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.
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*4 - [[New Japan Pro Wrestling]] presents '''[[January 4 Dome Show#Wrestle Kingdom III in Tokyo Dome|Wrestle Kingdom III]]'''
*11 - [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] presents '''[[Genesis (2009)|Genesis]]'''
*16 - [[Ring of Honor]] presents '''[[Rising Above (2009)|Rising Above]]'''
*25 - [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] presents '''[[Royal Rumble (2009)|Royal Rumble]]'''

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*On the December 16, 2008 [[broadcast delay|taping]] of [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]]'s (TNA) ''[[TNA Impact!|Impact!]]'', [[Consequences Creed]] and [[Jay Lethal]] cashed in Lethal's [[Final Resolution (December 2008)|Feast or Fired World Tag Team Title opportunity]] and defeated Beer Money, Inc ([[Robert Roode]] and [[James Storm]]) for the [[TNA World Tag Team Championship]], which aired on January 8, 2009.
*[[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) released [[Justin LaRouche|Bam Neely]], [[D'Lo Brown|D-Lo Brown]], [[Ronnie Arniell|Gavin Spears]], [[Jim Korderas]], [[Kevin Fertig|Kevin Thorn]], [[Matt Cappotelli]], [[Mike Kruel]], [[Mickie Henson]], [[Ron Simmons]], [[Sgt. Slaughter]], [[Tim White (referee)|Tim White]], and [[Val Venis]] from their contracts on January 9 as part of a [[budget]] cut.
*TNA reported on January 10 that [[Christy Hemme]] had injured her neck, and that she would require surgery. She was scheduled to face [[Kia Stevens|Awesome Kong]] for the [[TNA Women's Knockout Championship]] at [[Genesis (2009)|Genesis]]; this match was replaced by a [[Professional wrestling tag team match types#Multiple man teamed matches|Six-woman tag team match]].
*At TNA [[Genesis (2009)|Genesis]] on January 11:
**[[Alex Shelly]] defeated [[Chris Sabin]] in a tournament final [[professional wrestling match types#Variations of singles matches|singles match]] to win the [[TNA X Division Championship]]
**Beer Money, Inc. ([[James Storm]] and [[Robert Roode]]) won the [[TNA World Tag Team Championship]] by defeating defending champions, [[Consequences Creed]] and [[Jay Lethal]], and the team of [[Chris Parks|Abyss]] and [[Matt Morgan (wrestler)|Matt Morgan]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic non-elimination matches|tag team 3-Way Dance]].
**[[Mick Foley]] wrestled his first match in TNA; he teamed with [[Devon Hughes|Brother Devon]] and [[A.J. Styles]] to defeat [[Monty Sopp|Cute Kip]] and [[The Main Event Mafia]] ([[Booker Huffman|Booker T]] and [[Scott Steiner]]) in a Six-man tag team [[Hardcore wrestling|hardcore match]].
*On January 12:
**WWE announced that [[Stone Cold Steve Austin|"Stone Cold" Steve Austin]]'s induction into the [[WWE Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] would lead the [[List of members of the WWE Hall of Fame#To be inducted in 2009|Class of 2009]].
**[[Jake Hager|Jack Swagger]] defeated [[Matt Hardy]] to win the [[ECW Championship]], and his first title in WWE; this title change aired on January 13.
*[[Lisa Marie Varon|Victoria]] announced her retirement from [[professional wrestling]], after wrestling her final match in WWE on the January 13 episode of ''[[WWE Friday Night SmackDown|Friday Night SmackDown]]'' against [[Michelle McCool]]; this episode aired on January 16.
*On January 16, [[Hardcore Holly]] was released from his WWE contract.
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== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==

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As of February 2009:
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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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! {{FL-Class|category=Category:FL-Class Professional wrestling articles|FL}}
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 6 || 33 || 77 || '''116'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 17 || 66 || 197 || '''281'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| || 3 || 19 || 110 || '''132'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 54 || 226 || 1847 || '''2129'''
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! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 2 || 21 || 537 || '''560'''
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! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 3 || 23 || 596 || '''622'''
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! {{Future-Class|category=Category:Future-Class Professional wrestling articles|Future}}
| || || 3 || 13 || '''16'''
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| 3 || 85 || 408 || 3395 || '''3891'''
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:*'''[[Victory Road (2004)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Victory Road (2004)/GA1|(review page)]]}}
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*The [[WP:FA|Featured article]] '''[[No Way Out (2004)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests#February 15|(review page)]]}} was withdrawn as a request to appear on the [[main page]] as [[WP:TFA|Today's featured article]] for February 15 by the nominator.
*'''[[NWA Hall of Fame]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/NWA Hall of Fame|(review page)]]}} and '''[[List of ECW Tag Team Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of ECW Tag Team Champions|(review page)]]}} are current [[WP:FLC|Featured list candidate]]s. '''[[WCW Hall of Fame]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/WCW Hall of Fame/archive1|(review page)]]}} was not promoted to Featured list status; however, it has been renominated [[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/WCW Hall of Fame|here]].
*'''[[Bob Holly]]''', '''[[Rip Hawk]]''', '''[[Swede Hanson (wrestler)]]''', '''[[Taboo Tuesday (2005)]]''', '''[[Terri Runnels]]''', '''[[Vengeance (2006)]]''', and '''[[Wendi Richter]]''' are current [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|Good article nominees]].
*'''[[Brian Adams (wrestler)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Brian Adams (wrestler)/GA1|(review page)]]}} is currently under [[WP:GAR|Good article reassessment]].
*It has been proposed to merge the '''[[WWE Hall of Fame]]''' and the '''[[List of members of the WWE Hall of Fame]]''' articles. The discussion can be found [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling#Merge WWE Hall of Fame and List of members of the WWE Hall of Fame|here]].
*The following articles appeared on the [[WP:DYK|Did You Know?]] column on the main page:
:*January 19: '''[[Mighty Igor Vodic]]''' and '''[[Tiger Conway, Sr.]]'''
:*January 21: '''[[Sue Green]]'''
:*January 22: '''[[Donn Lewin]]''' and '''[[Danny McShain]]'''
:*January 23: '''[[Lanny Kean]]'''
:*January 24: '''[[The Brawl to End it All]]''' and '''[[The War to Settle the Score]]'''
:*January 26: '''[[George "Two Ton" Harris]]'''
:*January 28: '''[[Jean Gagné]]'''
:*February 1: '''[[St. Louis Wrestling Hall of Fame]]'''
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''212''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*There are currently '''583''' articles in [[:Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles]]. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.
*[[WP:XFD|Deletion Discussions]]
:*[[WP:AFD|Articles for Deletion]]
::*'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Irish Whip Wrestling International Heavyweight Championship|Irish Whip Wrestling International Heavyweight Championship]] and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Face Lift|The Face Lift]].
::*'''Kept:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kim Neilson (2nd)|Kim Neilson]] and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/LeRoy Gardner III|LeRoy Gardner III]].

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This section is intended to warn users about potential targets of [[WP:VANDALISM|vandalism]] and [[WP:SPECULATION|speculation]]: professional wrestling events from major [[professional wrestling promotion|promotions]] for the months of '''[[January]]''' and '''[[February]]'''.
*4 - [[New Japan Pro Wrestling]] presents '''[[January 4 Dome Show#Wrestle Kingdom III in Tokyo Dome|Wrestle Kingdom III]]'''
*11 - [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] presents '''[[Genesis (2009)|Genesis]]'''
*16 - [[Ring of Honor]] presents '''[[Rising Above (2009)|Rising Above]]'''
*25 - [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] presents '''[[Royal Rumble (2009)|Royal Rumble]]'''
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*8 - [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] presents '''[[Against All Odds (2009)|Against All Odds]]'''
*15 - [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] presents '''[[No Way Out (2009)|No Way Out]]'''
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*On the January 19 episode of ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]'':
:*[[CM Punk]] defeated [[Darren Matthews|William Regal]] to win the [[WWE Intercontinental Championship]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Hardcore-based variations|No Disqualification match]]; this win made Punk the nineteenth [[Triple Crown Championship|Triple Crown Champion]].
:*[[Vince McMahon]] made his WWE television return after suffering an injury in a scripted accident during his ''[[Vince McMahon#Million Dollar Mania accident and return|Million Dollar Mania]]'' in mid-2008.
*After being temporarily sidelined with a knee injury, [[WWE Diva's Championship|WWE Diva's Champion]] [[Maryse Ouellet|Maryse]] made her return to WWE television on the January 23 episode of ''[[WWE Friday Night SmackDown|Friday Night SmackDown]].
*At the [[Royal Rumble (2009)|Royal Rumble]] on January 25:
:*[[Melina Perez|Melina]] defeated [[Beth Phoenix]] to win her third [[WWE Women's Championship]].
:*[[Adam Copeland|Edge]] won his fourth [[WWE Championship]] by defeating [[Jeff Hardy]].
:*During the [[Royal Rumble#Match|Royal Rumble match]]:
::*[[Rob Van Dam]] returned to WWE for one night only by entering at number 25.
::*[[Randy Orton]], who entered at number 8, last eliminated [[Triple H]] to win the match and a WWE, [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight]], or [[ECW Championship]] match at [[WrestleMania XXV]].
*On January 26, [[Ring of Honor]] announced that they had signed a long-term television deal with the [[HDNet Fights]] broadcast network.
*[[Extreme Championship Wrestling (WWE)|ECW]] [[Professional wrestling authority figures#General managers 3|General manager]] [[Theodore Long]] announced on the January 27 episode of ''ECW on Sci Fi'' that [[Matt Hardy]] had been released from his ECW contract and had signed with the [[WWE Friday Night SmackDown|SmackDown]] [[WWE Brand Extension|brand]].
*On the January 29 episode of ''[[TNA Impact!|Impact!]]'', [[Kevin Nash]] made his TNA television return after being sidelined with a [[Staphylococcus aureus|Staph infection]].
*After debating over a competitive role, it was announced on January 31 by WWE that [[Mickey Rourke]], the star of ''[[The Wrestler (2008 film)|The Wrestler]]'', would appear at WrestleMania XXV as a guest and not as a competitor.
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== [[:Category:Jewish Christians]] ==
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== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==

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'''The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]] Newsletter'''</big><br /> Issue XXXVI - February 15, 2009 <br />
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[[File:Arrow Blue Left 001.svg|30px]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Newsletter/Issue 035|Issue XXXV]] | [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Newsletter/Issue 037|Issue XXXVII]] [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|30px]]
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As of February 2009:
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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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*'''[[Backlash (2006)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Backlash (2006)|(review page)]]}} is a current [[WP:FAC|Featured article candidate]].
*'''[[Bob Holly]]''', '''[[Rip Hawk]]''', '''[[Vengeance (2006)]]''', and '''[[Wendi Richter]]''' are current [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|Good article nominees]].
*'''[[Swede Hanson (wrestler)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Swede Hanson (wrestler)/GA1|(review page)]]}} failed its Good article nomination.
*The following articles appeared on the [[WP:DYK|Did You Know?]] column on the [[main page]]:
:*February 2: '''[[Maurice Catarcio]]''', '''[[Blond Bombers]]''', '''[[Rip Hawk]]''', '''[[Swede Hanson (wrestler)]]''', '''[[Brute Bernard]]''', and '''[[Skull Murphy]]'''.
*[[WP:XFD|Deletion Discussions]]
:*[[WP:AFD|Articles for Deletion]]
::*'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chris bullock|Chris bullock]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hexagon Crown Champion|Hexagon Crown Champion]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Face Lift|The Face Lift]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/WWE title history since Draft (2008)|WWE title history since Draft (2008)]].
::*'''Kept:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Irish Whip Wrestling International Heavyweight Championship|Irish Whip Wrestling International Heavyweight Championship]].
::*'''Redirected:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/SmackDown All-Star Kick-Off|SmackDown All-Star Kick-Off]].
*'''[[WWE Hall of Fame]]''' and the '''[[List of members of the WWE Hall of Fame]]''' articles have been merged.
*It has been proposed to merge the '''[[History of World Wrestling Federation]]''' back into '''[[History of World Wrestling Entertainment]]''' after they were split.
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''211''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*There are currently '''584''' articles in [[:Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles]]. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.
*The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Broken external links|Broken external links]] and [[tools:~dispenser/links/WikiProject_Professional_wrestling|Dead links]] tools that assisted the project in fixing external links has not been updated for a period length of time, and as a result, it is not functioning any longer.

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*8 - [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] presents '''[[Against All Odds (2009)|Against All Odds]]'''
*15 - [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] presents '''[[No Way Out (2009)|No Way Out]]'''

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*On February 2:
:*It was announced by [[Ring of Honor]] (ROH) that they would [[broadcast delay|tape]] their first episode of ROH for [[HDNet]] on February 28 in [[Philadelphia]], Pennsylvannia.
:*Former [[professional wrestler]] and [[American football|football player]] [[Jim Wilson (wrestler)|Jim Wilson]] died at the age of 67 after a lengthy battle with [[cancer]].
*On the February 6 episode of ''[[WWE Friday Night SmackDown|Friday Night SmackDown]]'', [[Eve Torres]] made her [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) in-ring television debut in [[Professional wrestling match types#Variations of singles matches|singles competition]] in a losing effort to [[Michelle McCool]].
*On February 7:
:*[[D'Lo Brown]] made his debut with ROH at a [[House show|live event]].
:*[[Chris Jericho]] was involved in an altercation with a fan while leaving a live event in Victoria, British Columbia.
:*At a live event in [[Naguabo, Puerto Rico]], [[Steve Corino]] won the [[WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship]].
*On February 9:
:*WWE announced the naming of a new Executive Vice President in Marketing, Michelle D. Wilson.
:*On ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]'', [[Ric Flair]] made his first appearance in WWE since June 2008.
*On February 10:
:*On ''[[Extreme Championship Wrestling (WWE)|ECW on Sci Fi]]'':
::*[[Jason Reso|Christian]] returned to WWE after a near four year absence.
::*[[TJ Wilson]] debuted under the name "Tyson Kidd".
:*[[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA) released [[Petey Williams]] and [[Lance Hoyt|Lance Rock]].
*[[Stevie Richards]] was featured in a video promo with [[Chris Parks|Abyss]] on the February 12 episode of ''[[TNA Impact!|Impact!]]''.

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#Please familiarize yourself with the general notability policy of Wikipedia. Avoid creating new articles that do not satisfy the requirements.
#Addition of content that is likely to be challenged in an article needs to be [[WP:VERIFY|verified]] with a [[WP:RS|reliable source]]
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*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/PPVs|Pay-Per-View Expansion]] – [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/PPVs|talk]]
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'''The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]] Newsletter'''</big><br /> Issue XXXVII - March 1, 2009 <br />
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| || 3 || 23 || 113 || '''139'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 53 || 233 || 1855 || '''2143'''
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! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 3 || 23 || 594 || '''620'''
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! {{Future-Class|category=Category:Future-Class Professional wrestling articles|Future}}
| || || 4 || 15 || '''19'''
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! {{Assessed-Class}}
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:*'''[[Vengeance (2006)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Vengeance (2006)/GA1|(review page)]]}}

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*'''[[Backlash (2006)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Backlash (2006)/archive1|(review page)]]}} was not promoted to [[WP:FA|Featured article status]].
*'''[[Blond Bombers]]''', '''[[Bob Holly]]''', '''[[Darren Matthews]]''', '''[[John Hennigan]]''', '''[[John Morrison and The Miz]]''', '''[[Mike Mizanin]]''', '''[[Montel Vontavious Porter]]''', '''[[Mr. Kennedy]]''', '''[[Rip Hawk]]''', '''[[Swede Hanson (wrestler)]]''', and '''[[Turning Point (2004)]]''' are current [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|Good article nominees]].
*'''[[Triplemanía]]''' appeared on the [[WP:DYK|Did You Know?]] column on the [[main page]] On February 26.
*'''[[History of World Wrestling Federation]]''' was merged back into '''[[History of World Wrestling Entertainment]]'''.
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''212''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*There are currently '''581''' articles in [[:Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles]]. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.
*The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Cleanup listing|WP:PW Cleanup listing]] was updated this week by the bot for the first time since October. A number of [[WP:FL|Featured lists]], [[WP:FA|Featured articles]], and [[WP:GA|Good articles]] are listed as having problems. Anyone who fixes an problem with an article should remove it from the listing, so we can accurately keep track of it. All members are encouraged to help out.
*There is an ongoing discussion [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling#NWA title status|here]] regarding what constitutes a "World Championship". All members are encouraged to particpate in the discussion.

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*8 - [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] presents '''[[Destination X (2009)|Destination X]]'''
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*At [[No Way Out (2009)|No Way Out]]
:*[[Triple H]] won his record eighth [[WWE Championship]] by winning the [[WWE Friday Night SmackDown|SmackDown]] [[Elimination Chamber]] match; this win surpassed [[Dwayne Johnson|The Rock]]'s original record of seven reigns.
:*[[Adam Copeland|Edge]] won the [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]] by winning the [[WWE Raw|Raw]] Elimination Chamber match.
*It was announced on the February 16 episode of ''Raw'' that [[Terry Funk|Terry]] and [[Dory Funk, Jr.]] will be the second and third inductees, into the [[WWE Hall of Fame]] as a part of the Class of 2009; they will be inducted by [[Dusty Rhodes (wrestler)|Dusty Rhodes]].
*[[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) announced on February 19 that their February 16 broadcast of ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]'' had gained a 4.1 [[Audience measurement|television rating]], the largest since the February 26, 2007 episode of ''Raw''.
*On February 20:
:*[[HDNet]] announced that episode airings of [[Ring of Honor]] would begin on March 31.
:*It was reported by a [[Nielsen Media Research]] ratings report that the February 19 broadcast of TNA's ''[[TNA Impact!|Impact]]'' earned a 1.3 television rating, the highest rounded number the promotion has ever drawn.
:*WWE announced the release of [[Colt Cabana|Scotty Goldman]] from the company.
:*On an episode of ''Friday Night SmackDown'', WWE announced the return of [[Gail Kim]] to the promotion via a video [[promotion (marketing)|promo]].
*It was reported on February 21 that [[Sonjay Dutt]] had been released from his TNA contract, and this was confirmed with the removal of his profile from TNA's official website.
*On February 20, it was reported that [[Freddie Prinze, Jr.]], a [[Screenwriter|scriptwriter]] for ''Friday Night SmackDown'', had been released from his contract with WWE.
*On February 23:
:*[[Afa Anoa'i, Jr.]], known by his ring name "Manu", was released from his WWE contract.
:*On ''Raw'', it was announced that [[Ricky Steamboat]] will be the fourth inductee into the WWE Hall of Fame as a part of the Class of 2009; he will be inducted by [[Ric Flair]].
*WWE confirmed on February 24 that [[WrestleMania XXVI]] would be held in [[Glendale, Arizona]] at the [[University of Phoenix Stadium]] on March 28, 2010.
*On February 25, WWE announced that they had discontinued the [[WWE One Night Stand]] name, and that their 2009 event would be replaced with the name 'Extreme Rules'.
*ROH taped the first episode airings of their television series for HDNet on February 28 from the [[The Arena (Philadelphia)|The Arena]].

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#When editing an article, use the [[Help:Edit summary|edit summary]] to provide a brief summary of your edits; this helps users understand what was changed in the article.
#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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Style guide#Sources]].
#Per [[WP:MOSCAPS]], television shows, such as ''[[WWE Raw|RAW]]'' and ''[[TNA Impact!|iMPACT!]]'', should be written as ''Raw'' and ''Impact!''.

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*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Cleanup listing|Cleanup listing]] – [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Cleanup listing|talk]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/PPVs|Pay-Per-View Expansion]] – [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/PPVs|talk]]
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'''The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]] Newsletter'''</big><br /> Issue XXXVIII - March 15, 2009 <br />
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[[File:Arrow Blue Left 001.svg|30px]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Newsletter/Issue 037|Issue XXXVII]] | [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Newsletter/Issue 039|Issue XXXIX]] [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|30px]]
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As of February 2009:
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! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Professional wrestling<br>articles !! colspan="6" | Importance
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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! {{No-Class|category=Category:Unknown-importance Professional wrestling articles|No}} !! Total
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! {{FA-Class|category=Category:FA-Class Professional wrestling articles|FA}}
| || || 7 || 4 || || '''11'''
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! {{FL-Class|category=Category:FL-Class Professional wrestling articles|FL}}
| || || 12 || 15 || || '''27'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 6 || 37 || 82 || || '''125'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 18 || 74 || 211 || || '''304'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| || 3 || 25 || 119 || || '''147'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 53 || 240 || 1858 || || '''2153'''
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! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 2 || 22 || 535 || || '''559'''
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! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 3 || 31 || 591 || 1 || '''624'''
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! {{Future-Class|category=Category:Future-Class Professional wrestling articles|Future}}
| || || 4 || 15 || || '''19'''
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! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 3 || 85 || 448 || 3415 || 1 || '''3948'''
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| '''3''' || '''85''' || '''448''' || '''3415''' || '''1''' || '''3952'''
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*'''[[List of Mexican National Heavyweight Champions]]''' [[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Mexican National Heavyweight Champions|(review page)]] is a current [[WP:FLC|Featured list candidate]].
*'''[[Blond Bombers]]''', '''[[John Hennigan]]''', '''[[John Morrison and The Miz]]''', '''[[Mike Mizanin]]''', and '''[[Turning Point (2004)]]''' are current [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|Good article nominees]].
*'''[[Darren Matthews]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Darren Matthews/GA1|(review page)]]}} failed its Good article nomination.
*The following articles appeared on the [[WP:DYK|Did You Know?]] column on the [[main page]]:
**March 10: '''[[Robert Bruce (wrestler)]]'''
**March 14: '''[[Octagón]]
*[[WP:XFD|Deletion Discussions]]
**[[WP:AFD|Articles for Deletion]]
***'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Local Championship Wrestling|Local Championship Wrestling]] and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Original ECW|Original ECW]]
**[[WP:TFD|Templates for Deletion]].
***'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2009 March 12#Template:World Champions in TNA|Template:World Champions in TNA]] and [[Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2009 March 12#Template:X Division|Template:X Division]].
***'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2009 March 6#Template:Hardy Boyz|Template:Hardy Boyz]] and [[Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2009 March 6#Template:John Morrison and The Miz|Template:John Morrison and The Miz]].
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''214''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*There are currently '''559''' articles in [[:Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles]]. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

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*15 - [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] presents '''[[Destination X (2009)|Destination X]]'''

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*On March 1, [[Pro Wrestling Noah]] announced that they had signed a new television deal with Samurai Television.
*On March 2:
:*[[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) announced that they had signed an agreement with [[Fox Turkey]] to broadcast ''[[WWE Friday Night SmackDown|Friday Night SmackDown]]'' across Turkey.
:*On ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]'':
::*[[Randy Orton]] announced that he would use his opportunity to challenge for a [[World Heavyweight Championship (professional wrestling)|World Championship]] that he won at the [[Royal Rumble (2009)|Royal Rumble]] to face [[Triple H]] for his [[WWE Championship]] at WrestleMania XXV.
::*[[Shawn Michaels]] defeated [[Oleg Prudius|Vladimir Kozlov]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Variations of singles matches|singles match]] to face [[The Undertaker]] at WrestleMania XXV, in the process ending the near-eleven-month undefeated streak of Kozlov in televised singles competition.
::*[[Bill Watts]] was announced as the fifth inductee into the [[WWE Hall of Fame]] as a part of the [[WWE Hall of Fame#To be inducted in 2009|Class of 2009]].
*"The Boogeyman" [[Marty Wright]] was released from his WWE contract on March 4.
*On March 6, [[Sonjay Dutt]] officially announced his contract release from TNA.
*It was reported on March 7 that Kaleb O'Neal had been released from his WWE developmental contract.
*On March 9:
:*"Ryan Braddock" [[Brad Bradley]] and "Kizarny" [[Nick Cvjetkovich]] were released from their WWE contracts.
:*On ''Raw'':
::*[[John Layfield|John "Bradshaw" Layfield]] defeated [[WWE Intercontinental Championship|WWE Intercontinental Champion]] [[CM Punk]] to win the title; this win also made Layfield the tenth [[Grand Slam Championship|Grand Slam Champion]] and twentieth [[Triple Crown Championship|Triple Crown Champion]].
::*[[Koko B. Ware]] was announced as the sixth inductee into the WWE Hall of Fame as a part of the Class of 2009.
*On March 13:
:*[[Andrew Martin|Andrew "Test" Martin]] was found dead in his apartment in [[Tampa, Florida]]. His cause of death is currently unknown.
:*[[Ric Flair]] made his [[Ring of Honor]] debut at a [[house show|live event]] in [[St. Louis, Missouri]].

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#Addition of content that is likely to be challenged in an article needs to be [[WP:VERIFY|verified]] with a [[WP:RS|reliable source]].
#When creating a new article, use one of the templates found [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Templates|here]] to help, if it's applicable.
#Our project has a cleanup listing. Please help by adding sources or expanding any articles listed [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Cleanup listing|here]].
#Dates should be unlinked in all articles per [[WP:MOSNUM]].
#If a sentence seems like it may not be true or is partially controversial, remove it or add <nowiki>{{fact}}</nowiki> directly after it.

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|} <div style="float:right; font-size:60%;">Delivered: 11:46, 15 March 2009 (UTC) by [[User:MiszaBot|MiszaBot]] ([[User talk:MiszaBot|talk]])</div>

== Frequently used idea and approved areas ==

The Frequently used idea are needs updating seriously and now the future of the approved area is questioned. Please see the discussions at [[Wikipedia talk:Motto of the day/Nominations#Help with FUI and Approved area discussion]].

Is the practical joke meaning that at first you believe you have no new messages from the warning and then reading the links you think you do have new messages and then clicking the links you realise you have no new messages after all?
[[User:Simply south|Simply south]] ([[User talk:Simply south|talk]]) 22:49, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

== thanks ==

hi....I just wanted to thank you for being so outgoing with your beliefs. I find it really refreshing. So thanks.
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== thanks ==

hi....I just wanted to thank you for being so outgoing with your beliefs. I find it really refreshing. So thanks.
`Sophiakorichi <small><span class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Sophiakorichi|Sophiakorichi]] ([[User talk:Sophiakorichi|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Sophiakorichi|contribs]]) 03:12, 16 March 2009 (UTC)</span></small> 

== [[List of Jews in the African diaspora]] ==

Hi. Thank you very much for adding people to the list. Do you know whether there are [[WP:RS|reliable sources]] that say the people in question are Black and Jewish? This is a requirement for adding people to the list, especially living people. Thank you. — [[::User:Malik Shabazz|Malik Shabazz]] ([[::User talk:Malik Shabazz|talk]] '''·''' [[::Special:Contributions/Malik Shabazz|contribs]]) 18:26, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

==Proposed deletion of Elizabeth Jane Caulfield==
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A [[Wikipedia:Proposed deletion|proposed deletion]] template has been added to the article [[Elizabeth Jane Caulfield]], suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process  because of the following concern:
:<b>Genealogical entry, with no indication of historical noteworthiness nor impact.</b>

All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Wikipedia's [[Wikipedia:Criteria for inclusion|criteria for inclusion]], and the deletion notice should explain why (see also "[[Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not|What Wikipedia is not]]" and [[Wikipedia:Deletion policy|Wikipedia's deletion policy]]). You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the <code>{{tl|dated prod}}</code> notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on [[Talk:Elizabeth Jane Caulfield|its talk page]].

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised because, even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the [[WP:PROD|proposed deletion process]], the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the [[Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion|speedy deletion criteria]] or it can be sent to [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion|Articles for Deletion]], where it may be deleted if [[Wikipedia:Consensus|consensus]] to delete is reached. [[User:CalendarWatcher|CalendarWatcher]] ([[User talk:CalendarWatcher|talk]]) 11:41, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==

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'''The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]] Newsletter'''</big><br /> Issue XXXIX - March 29, 2009 <br />
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[[File:Arrow Blue Left 001.svg|30px]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Newsletter/Issue 038|Issue XXXVIII]] | [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Newsletter/Issue 040|Issue XXXX]] [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|30px]]
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As of March 2009:
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! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Professional wrestling<br>articles !! colspan="6" | Importance
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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! {{No-Class|category=Category:Unknown-importance Professional wrestling articles|No}} !! Total
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! rowspan="11" | Quality
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! {{FA-Class|category=Category:FA-Class Professional wrestling articles|FA}}
| || || 8 || 3 || || '''11'''
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! {{FL-Class|category=Category:FL-Class Professional wrestling articles|FL}}
| || || 12 || 15 || || '''27'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 6 || 38 || 81 || || '''125'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 19 || 76 || 213 || || '''309'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| || 4 || 26 || 129 || || '''159'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 53 || 248 || 1850 || || '''2153'''
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! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 2 || 21 || 543 || || '''566'''
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! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 3 || 35 || 606 || 1 || '''645'''
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! {{Future-Class|category=Category:Future-Class Professional wrestling articles|Future}}
| || || 4 || 13 || || '''17'''
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! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 3 || 87 || 468 || 3453 || 1 || '''4012'''
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! Total
| '''3''' || '''87''' || '''468''' || '''3453''' || '''1''' || '''4012'''
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*'''[[List of former championships in World Wrestling Entertainment]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of former championships in World Wrestling Entertainment|(review page)]]}}, '''[[List of Mexican National Heavyweight Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Mexican National Heavyweight Champions|(review page)]]}}, and '''[[List of TNA X Division Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of TNA X Division Champions|(review page)]]}} are current [[WP:FLC|Featured list candidate]]s.
*'''[[IWGP Heavyweight Championship]]''' [[Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates/IWGP Heavyweight Championship|(review page)]] is a current [[WP:FLRC|Featured list removal candidate]].
*'''[[Against All Odds (2005)]]''', '''[[Ashley Massaro]]''', '''[[Blond Bombers]]''', '''[[Final Resolution (2005)]]''', '''[[John Hennigan]]''', '''[[John Morrison and The Miz]]''', '''[[Mike Mizanin]]''', '''[[Paul London and Brian Kendrick]]''', '''[[Stephanie McMahon]]''', and '''[[Turning Point (2004)]]''' are current [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|Good article nominees]].
*The following articles appeared in the [[WP:DYK|Did You Know?]] column on the [[main page]]:
**March 20: '''List of former championships in World Wrestling Entertainment'''
**March 24: '''[[Mark Starr]]'''
**March 25: '''Against All Odds (2005)'''
**March 28: '''[[Johnny Valentine]]'''
*[[WP:XFD|Deletion Discussions]]
**[[WP:TFD|Templates for Deletion]].
***'''Kept:''' [[Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2009 March 12#Template:X Division|Template:X Division]]
***'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2009 March 12#Template:World Champions in TNA|Template:World Champions in TNA]]
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''216''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*There are currently '''564''' articles in [[:Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles]]. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.
*The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Article alerts|Article alerts]] for WP:PW is now up and running. This page lists recent changes that affect the status of an article in a variety of categories. Please use this in maintaining the articles of the project.

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*5 - [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) presents '''[[WrestleMania XXV]]'''
*19 - [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA) presents '''[[Lockdown (2009)|Lockdown]]'''

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*On March 15 at [[Destination X (2009)|Destination X]]
**[[A.J. Styles]] won the [[TNA Legends Championship]] by defeating defending champion [[Booker Huffman|Booker T]], and by doing so becoming TNA's first ever [[Grand Slam Championship|Grand Slam Champion]].
**Suicide defeated defending [[TNA X Division Championship|TNA X Division Champion]] [[Alex Shelley]], [[Chris Sabin]], [[Consequences Creed]] and [[Jay Lethal]] in an [[Ultimate X match]] to win the title.
*On March 17:
:*It was confirmed via WWE.com that [[The Von Erichs]] were the sixth inductees into the [[WWE Hall of Fame]] as a part of the [[WWE Hall of Fame#To be inducted in 2009|Class of 2009]].
:*At a set of ''[[WWE Friday Night SmackDown|Friday Night SmackDown]]'' [[broadcast delay|taping]]s:
::*[[Montel Vontavious Porter]] defeated [[Shelton Benjamin]] to win the [[WWE United States Championship]]; this match aired on March 20.
::*[[Gail Kim]] made her return to WWE by attacking [[Maryse Ouellet|Maryse]] and [[Michelle McCool]]; this segment aired on March 27.
*It was reported by a [[Nielsen Media Research]] ratings report that the March 19 broadcast of ''[[TNA Impact!]]'' earned a 1.34 television rating, the highest number the promotion has ever drawn.
*On March 21
**[[Elizabeth Miklosi]] (Lizzy Valentine) announced that she had quit the ''[[Asistencia Asesoría y Administración]]'' promotion.
**[[Ring of Honor]] aired their first television show, ''[[Ring of Honor Wrestling]]'', on [[HDNet]].
*On March 22:
:*"Abismo Negro" [[Abismo Negro|Andrés González]] was found dead in a river in El Rosario, Mexico.
:*[[Steve Doll]] died from [[heart]] and [[kidney]] failure caused by a [[Thrombus|blood clot]] in his lung.
*[[Howard Finkel]] was announced as the seventh inductee into the WWE Hall of Fame as a part of the Class of 2009 via WWE's official website.

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#Consider expanding an article from the project's list of [[:Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|stub articles]] and nominating it at [[Template talk:Did you know|Did You Know?]]. The project's goal is to have 100 total DYKs by the end of the year, and we are currently on 74.
#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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Style guide#Sources]].
#When editing an article, use the [[Help:Edit summary|edit summary]] to provide a brief summary of your edits; this helps users understand what was changed in the article.
#All Wikipedia articles should be written from a [[WP:NPOV|neutral point-of-view]], representing fairly, and as far as possible without bias, all significant views that have been published by reliable sources.
#The project's New Year's Resolutions are listed [[User:Nikki311/NYR|here]], and a list of topics that are close to [[WP:GT|Good topic]] status is listed [[User:IMatthew/Featured topics|here]]. Consider helping by achieving an aim listed or by improving an article on the Topics list to [[WP:GA|Good Article]] status.

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== List of Converts ==

Have any idea what's motivating this? I've seen some weird things on Wikipedia, but there's some kind of hidden agenda here. It smacks me of antisemitism (and I'm normally the last person to think such a thing).[[User:SkyWriter|SkyWriter (Tim)]] ([[User talk:SkyWriter|talk]]) 23:38, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
:I'd think long and hard about the fact that four people oppose the inclusion of this material, and only two people support it. [[User:Jayjg|Jayjg ]]<sup><small><font color="DarkGreen">[[User_talk:Jayjg|(talk)]]</font></small></sup> 23:46, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

::Relying on numbers -- eh? There's always more of you folks around than us. But that doesn't change the Wikipedia principle that you don't need an entire article on someone before mentioning them in ANY article. That's completely absurd -- and you know it. [[User:SkyWriter|SkyWriter (Tim)]] ([[User talk:SkyWriter|talk]]) 00:01, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

The vandal is back. I'm still trying to pin down the motivation going on here so we can figure out how to deal with it. The vandal keeps citing a principle of needing additional articles, against contrary evidence from Wikipedia principle that I've cited to him several times. But a responsible editor who believed that other articles were needed would simply begin to create those articles. The fact that he refuses to do so leaves him as a simple vandal -- but no vandal is ever simple -- there has to be some kind of underlying motivation that we can appeal to. I always get flummoxed by insincerity, but I don't want to keep up some ridiculous edit war. The person seemed upset by the term vandal, but continued the vandalism. Again, I'm stumped. If he doesn't want to be called a vandal, why keep vandalizing? I'd suspect self-deception here, but there's something else involved. In any case, if we don't want to edit war against a vandal, are there any other processes to follow? We can't keep babysitting sourced information all the time. What of administrative help? Have you tried that?[[User:SkyWriter|SkyWriter (Tim)]] ([[User talk:SkyWriter|talk]]) 15:16, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

Also, I just did some checking. He's, somehow, an Admin!!! That I really can't figure. What's worse is that he seems to have a preoccupation with Jewish subjects. This could be a lot more serious a problem than I had previously guessed. There's some kind of unstated motive driving toward Jewish (and anti-Jewish) subjects. I don't have the time to do battle with an administrative vandal over a host of pages.[[User:SkyWriter|SkyWriter (Tim)]] ([[User talk:SkyWriter|talk]]) 15:35, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

== Jews and Judaism in the African diaspora ==

Hello. The paragraphs you keep inserting concerning Beta Israel consist of portions that have been [[WP:COPYVIO|copied and pasted]] from your sources and other sections that are [[WP:NOR|original research]]. Please do not continue to restore material that violates Wikipedia's policies. Thank you. — [[::User:Malik Shabazz|Malik Shabazz]] {{toolbar|separator=dot|[[::User talk:Malik Shabazz|talk]] | [[::Special:Contributions/Malik Shabazz|contribs]] }} 18:16, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

:Please stop copying and pasting sentences from sources or they will be reverted. [[Wikipedia:Copyright violations]] is a '''non-negotiable''' Wikipedia policy. "Contributors who repeatedly post copyrighted material despite appropriate warnings may be blocked from editing by any administrator to prevent further problems." — [[::User:Malik Shabazz|Malik Shabazz]] {{toolbar|separator=dot|[[::User talk:Malik Shabazz|talk]] | [[::Special:Contributions/Malik Shabazz|contribs]] }} 22:54, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

::You're expected to rewrite what a source says. But what you've been doing is copying and pasting what the source says ''using exactly the same words the source uses''. That's a copyright violation and it's not permitted. — [[::User:Malik Shabazz|Malik Shabazz]] {{toolbar|separator=dot|[[::User talk:Malik Shabazz|talk]] | [[::Special:Contributions/Malik Shabazz|contribs]] }} 23:06, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

==AfD nomination of Elizabeth Jane Caulfield==
<div class="floatleft" style="margin-bottom:0">[[File:Ambox warning pn.svg|42px]]</div>I have nominated [[Elizabeth Jane Caulfield]], an article that you created, for [[Wikipedia:Deletion policy|deletion]]. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Elizabeth Jane Caulfield]]. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time.{{-}}Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message.  [[User:CalendarWatcher|CalendarWatcher]] ([[User talk:CalendarWatcher|talk]]) 10:08, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==

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'''The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]] Newsletter'''</big><br /> Issue XXXX - April 12, 2009 <br />
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[[File:Arrow Blue Left 001.svg|30px]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Newsletter/Issue 039|Issue XXXIX]] | [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Newsletter/Issue 041|Issue XXXXI]] [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|30px]]
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As of April 2009:
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! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Professional wrestling<br>articles !! colspan="6" | Importance
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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! {{No-Class|category=Category:Unknown-importance Professional wrestling articles|No}} !! Total
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! {{FA-Class|category=Category:FA-Class Professional wrestling articles|FA}}
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! {{FL-Class|category=Category:FL-Class Professional wrestling articles|FL}}
| || || 14 || 16 || || '''30'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 6 || 39 || 85 || || '''130'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 20 || 75 || 217 || || '''313'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| || 4 || 29 || 142 || || '''175'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 53 || 252 || 1875 || || '''2182'''
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! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 1 || 22 || 513 || || '''536'''
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! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 4 || 35 || 627 || 1 || '''667'''
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! {{Future-Class|category=Category:Future-Class Professional wrestling articles|Future}}
| || || 3 || 14 || || '''17'''
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| 3 || 88 || 477 || 3492 || 1 || '''4061'''
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:*'''[[List of Mexican National Heavyweight Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Mexican National Heavyweight Champions|(review page)]]}}
:*'''[[List of former championships in World Wrestling Entertainment]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of former championships in World Wrestling Entertainment|(review page)]]}}
:*'''[[List of TNA X Division Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of TNA X Division Champions|(review page)]]}}

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:*'''[[Blond Bombers]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Blond Bombers/GA1|(review page)]]}}
:*'''[[Mike Mizanin]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Mike Mizanin/GA1|(review page)]]}}
:*'''[[John Morrison and The Miz]]''' {{small|[[Talk:John Morrison and The Miz/GA1|(review page)]]}}
:*'''[[John Hennigan]]''' {{small|[[Talk:John Hennigan/GA1|(review page)]]}}
:*'''[[Turning Point (2004)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Turning Point (2004)/GA1|(review page)]]}}
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*'''[[List of CMLL World Heavyweight Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of CMLL World Heavyweight Champions|(review page)]]}}, '''[[List of ROH World Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of ROH World Champions|(review page)]]}}, and '''[[List of TNA World Tag Team Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of TNA World Tag Team Champions|(review page)]]}} are current [[WP:FLC|Featured list candidate]]s.
*'''[[IWGP Heavyweight Championship]]''' [[Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates/IWGP Heavyweight Championship|(review page)]] is a current [[WP:FLRC|Featured list removal candidate]].
*'''[[Against All Odds (2005)]]''', '''[[Ashley Massaro]]''', '''[[The Bella Twins]]''', '''[[Final Resolution (2005)]]''', '''[[Paul London and Brian Kendrick]]''', and '''[[Stephanie McMahon]]''' are current [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|Good article nominees]].
*The following article appeared in the [[WP:DYK|Did You Know?]] column on the [[main page]]:
**April 3: '''[[Aurelian Smith]]'''
**April 4: '''[[Jonny Storm]]'''
**April 7: '''[[Jimmy Cicero]]'''
*[[WP:XFD|Deletion Discussions]]:
**[[WP:AFD|Articles for Deletion]]:
***'''Kept:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The American Males|The American Males]]
**[[Wikipedia:CFD|Categories for discussion]]:
***'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2009 March 28#Category:WrestleCrap|Category:WrestleCrap]]
**[[WP:TFD|Templates for Deletion]]
***'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2009 April 7#Template:Paul London and Brian Kendrick|Template:Paul London and Brian Kendrick]]
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''217''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*There is a [[Talk:WrestleMania XXV#Requested move|current discussion]] to move '''[[WrestleMania XXV]]''' to [[25th Anniversary of WrestleMania]].
*'''[[Percy Pringle]]''' was moved to [[Paul Bearer]] as a result of [[Talk:Percy Pringle#Requested move|this discussion]].
*From April 10 to May 10, WP:PW will be hosting the first Professional Wrestling Stub Reduction Drive. Details can be found [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stub drive|here]] and all memebers are encouraged to get involved.

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This section is intended to warn users about potential targets of [[WP:VANDALISM|vandalism]] and [[WP:SPECULATION|speculation]]: professional wrestling events from major [[Professional wrestling promotion|promotions]] for the month of '''[[April]]'''.
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*19 - [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA) presents '''[[Lockdown (2009)|Lockdown]]'''
*26 - [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) presents '''[[Backlash (2009)|Backlash]]'''
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*On April 1, [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) announced that it had signed a television agreement with [[Cablevision]] to broadcast the very-first WWE pay-per-view in [[Mexico City]]: [[WrestleMania XXV]].
*The April 2 episode of ''[[TNA Impact|Impact!]]'' drew a [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA) record attendance rating for the program, with 1.97 million viewers.
*[[Tazz]]'s departure from WWE was confirmed on April 3, when his profile on the official website was moved to the alumni section.
*On April 4, [[Jerry Lynn]] won the [[ROH World Championship]] at ''Supercard of Honor IV'', by defeating [[Nigel McGuinness]].
*At [[WrestleMania XXV]] on April 5:
:*[[WWE Tag Team Championship|WWE Tag Team Champions]] [[The Colóns]] ([[Carly Colón|Carlito]] and [[Eddie Colón|Primo]]) defeated [[World Tag Team Championship (WWE)|World Tag Team Champions]] [[John Morrison and The Miz]] in a [[Tag team#Tag team match rules|tag team]] [[Professional wrestling match types#Lumberjack match|lumberjack match]] to [[Championship unification#Professional wrestling|unify]] both titles.
:*[[Santino Marella]], competing in [[Drag (clothing)|drag]] as "Santina", won the 25 Diva [[Battle royal (professional wrestling)|battle royal]] to become the first ''Miss WrestleMania''.
:*[[Rey Mysterio, Jr.|Rey Mysterio]] defeated [[John Layfield]] to win the [[WWE Intercontinental Championship]] and become the 21st [[Triple Crown Championship#List of WWE Triple Crown Champions|WWE Triple Crown Champion]]. After the match, Layfield retired from [[Professional wrestling|wrestling]].
:*[[The Undertaker]] defeated [[Shawn Michaels]] to elevate his "WrestleMania winning streak" to 17-0.
:*[[John Cena]] defeated [[Paul Wight|Big Show]] and [[Adam Copeland|Edge]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic non-elimination matches|triple threat match]] to win the [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]].
*On the April 6 episode of ''Raw''
:*[[Vickie Guerrero]] announced her resignation as [[Professional wrestling authority figures#General managers 2|SmackDown general manager]], and her permanent position as [[Professional wrestling authority figures#General managers|Raw general manager]]. It was later announced that [[Theodore Long]] would replace her on SmackDown, while [[Taryn Terrell|Tiffany]] became the new interim [[Professional wrestling authority figures#General managers|ECW general manager]].
:*[[Dave Batista|Batista]] made his WWE television return from a legitimate [[hamstring]] injury.
*[[Ayako Hamada]] announced on April 9 that she had signed a deal with TNA.

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This is a section in the newsletter devoted to help familiarize project members with the [[WP:MOS|Manual of Style]] and general editing tips.
#Consider expanding an article from [[:Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles]] as part of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stub drive|Stub Reduction Drive]] and nominating it at [[Template talk:Did you know|Did You Know?]].
#Per [[WP:MOSCAPS]], television shows, such as ''[[WWE Raw|RAW]]'' and ''[[TNA Impact!|iMPACT!]]'', should be written as ''Raw'' and ''Impact!''.
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*{{User|NiciVampireHeart}}
*{{User|Truco}}
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:At one time I did I make some socks to effect the result of an AFD, I didn't know we weren't allowed to do such. See [[Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Joseph3333/Archive]] but it should be noted that the end result was for Java7837 account to be blocked for 31 hours. I have never done such behavior after that incident. It also seems to odd that me and User:SkyWriter were both blocked at around the same time, since me and him were both advocates of keeping a large amount of material on the, Converts to Judaism article, while none of the supporters of deleting the large section of material were indefed blocked. I think him and me were blocked so as to prevent us from expressing our opinion on the Converts to Judaism, talk page--[[User:Java7837|Java7837]] ([[User talk:Java7837#top|talk]]) 21:13, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

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==Jewish Encyclopedia==
If you are coming to tell me i violated copyright laws concerning Jewishencyclopedia.com then please read what Jewishencyclopedia.com says it says the following "This website contains the complete contents of the 12-volume Jewish Encyclopedia, which was originally published between 1901-1906. The Jewish Encyclopedia, which recently became part of the public domain, contains over 15,000 articles and illustrations.
This online version contains the unedited contents of the original encyclopedia. Since the original work was completed almost 100 years ago, it does not cover a significant portion of modern Jewish History (e.g., the creation of Israel, the Holocaust, etc.). However, it does contain an incredible amount of information that is remarkably relevant today."

== sup ==

hey Maurice this is my wiki account btw its Jaime {{unsigned|Jnc8651|19:28, 11 March 2007}}

== NEW MESSAGE ==
<big>[[User talk:Java7837/userboxing/acim|<font color="red">A message is awaiting!]]</big> {{unsigned|The WikiWhippet|06:56, 15 April 2007}}

== In response to "[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Digiku&oldid=121255498 User box creator with template]" ==

Thanks. I appreciate the tip. :) --[[User:Digiku|Digiku]] 00:17, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

== Edit to Abraham Lincoln ==

Um, what was [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abraham_Lincoln&diff=prev&oldid=124907316 this] about? Normally I'd warn you for vandalism, but you seem to be an otherwise sound user. Care to explain yourself? [[User talk:Picaroon9288|Picaroon]]!

==Editing Wikipedia:Revert-only sandbox==
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This is a warning! Stop vandalizing or else the F.B.I. and the LAPD will get you. WARNING. Do NOT touch my user or talk page and stop vandalizing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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== Userpage... ==

hey. I was just on my watchlist, and it said that you edited something on my userpage. I was jsut wondering what you edited, cause i couldnt find anything different. Thanks!
~[[User: Sophiakorichi]]

ahhh, got it. what userbox was it? out of curiousoty, how did you come across my userpage? (oh, probably by just looking at the catagory that userbox put me in...?)
~SK

== VOTE! ==

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== oy ****er ==

hey man its jaime, wat u been up 2? {{unsigned|65.205.112.130|10:36, 7 August 2007}}

==Note to self==
[[Rastafarianism]], [[Mormonism]], [[Raelism]], [[Chrislam]], [[Manichaeism]], [[Mandaeism]], [[Yezidi]], [[Donmeh]], [[Azali]], [[Frankism]], [[Samaritanism]], [[Black Hebrew Israelites]], [[Makuya]], [[Seicho-No-Ie]], [[Din-i-Ilahi]], [[Sky Kingdom]], [[Mama Tata]], [[Tenrikyo]], [[Bwiti]], [[Santo Daime]], [[Modekngei]], [[Vale do Amanhecer]], [[União do Vegetal]], [[Nuwaubianism]]

==Note for self 2==
[[Samson]], [[Moses]], [[Ezra]], [[Joseph (Hebrew Bible)]], [[List of converts to Judaism]], [[List of converts to Islam]], [[List of converts to Christianity]]

==Tools==
[[Wikipedia:List of Wikipedians by number of edits/latest |edit count rank]]
[http://tools.wikimedia.de/~interiot/cgi-bin/count_edits?user=Java7837&dbname=enwiki_p edit count]
[http://ccgi.thepaty.plus.com/cgi-bin/PockBot.cgi Pock Bot]
[http://tools.wikimedia.de/~bryan/stats/dbquery/enwiki_page_creation.txt number of articles created by users]
note for the number of articles created by user list it is accurate as of 30 hours ago at the least and you appear on the list if you have created at least 5 articles

== Userboxes ==

Are you an expert on userboxes? If you are, can you help me? I'm ''hopeless'' in the department of userboxes. [[User:Basketball110|Basketball]][[User talk:Basketball110|110]] 15:46, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

== Input with Saudi Arabian Jewish history ==

Hi Java, hope all goes well. Maybe you can help improve the [[History of the Jews in Saudi Arabia]] article. It links to smaller articles about Jewish tribes in the areas of present-day Saudi Arabia, such as [[Banu Awf]], [[Banu Harith]], [[Banu Jusham]], [[Banu Najjar]], [[Banu Sa'ida]], [[Banu Shutayba]] and they all cited sources. Now [[User:Bless sins]] is requesting "sources" for the same information about the tribes in the [[History of the Jews in Saudi Arabia]] article, as well as making other requests for sources and whatnot. (If you like, and have a minute or two, see the discussions that have been taking place at [[Category talk:Jewish Saudi Arabian history]].) Please help out in the [[History of the Jews in Saudi Arabia]] article. Thanks, [[User:IZAK|IZAK]] ([[User talk:IZAK|talk]]) 14:35, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

==CfD nomination of [[:Category:Neo-Pagan texts]]==
I have nominated {{lc|Neo-Pagan texts}} for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at [[Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2008 January 4#Category:Neo-Pagan texts|the discussion page]]. Thank you. [[User:Kim Dent-Brown|<font face="century gothic" color="#0E6E2D">Kim Dent-Brown</font>]] [[User talk:Kim Dent-Brown|<font face="century gothic" size="1" color="#0E6E2D"><sup>(Talk)</sup></font>]] 08:46, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

== [[Samson]] GA candidacy ==

As you have been a primary editor and the nominator of [[Samson]], I thought I would drop you a message informing you that the article has been placed on hold, and notes have been left on the talk page. Please make some of the requested edits. The article will be reviewed again shortly. Thank you for all of your hard work. -- [[User:Pepsi2786|<font color="blue"><b>PEPSI2786</b></font>]]<sup>[[User talk:Pepsi2786|<font color="000000"><b>talk</b></font>]]</sup> 13:25, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

== First Edit ==

{{First Edit Day}}
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== Review:Aaron ==

Hi, Unfortunately the article has some problems. Most of the sources are [[Wikipedia:No_original_research#Primary.2C_secondary.2C_and_tertiary_sources|primary]]. The primary sources are good for clarification but there should be some reliable sources for [[Wikipedia:Verifiability|verification]]. Also there isn't enough information about Aaron in Islamic sources. You can use [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Aaron&diff=183371386&oldid=183369864 this] to complete it. I would write a complete review if I had time. But I advise you to renominate it after solving these problems. God bless you.--<font face="monospace">[[User:Sa.vakilian|Seyyed]]([[User talk:Sa.vakilian|t]]-[[Special:Contributions/Sa.vakilian|c]])</font> 10:56, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

== Idea for Talmud articles ==

Hi Java7837: I am reposting the following request from User {{User|Sh76us}} on my user talk page for wider notification:

:I was thinking of trying to stimulate development of a series of articles on [[Gemara]] concepts and doctrines, maybe to help children or newcomers to Gemara with explanations of some fundamental concepts that recur throughout the Gemara. Some examples might be articles on Yiush, Chazakah, Ta'aninun (as in "Ta'aninun L'Yoresh"), Eidim Zomemin (forgive my awful transliterations), Migu, etc., etc. Maybe we could even create a category or subcategory for it. I created [[Breira]] in this vein. As I don't have the experience or expertise in Wikipedia to know what to do to best develop this idea, I figured I'd come to you for your opinions on: (1) whether it's a good idea; and (2) How to best go about implementing it. Thanks [[User:Sh76us|Sh76us]] ([[User talk:Sh76us|talk]]) 15:56, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Centralized discussion at: [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Judaism#Idea for Talmud articles]]. Thank you. [[User:IZAK|IZAK]] ([[User talk:IZAK|talk]]) 03:33, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

==This is your life?==
Please! Don't rely so heavily on wikipedia to teach you about Judaism. There is valuable info here, but it's not it all! Go to a shiur! [[User:Chesdovi|Chesdovi]] ([[User talk:Chesdovi|talk]]) 20:25, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

== Updating the barnstar template ==

Hi Java: I have now put the basic original {{tl|Jewishbarnstar}} template you created into [[Wikipedia:Barnstars/Category]] and it now joins the list of all [[Wikipedia:Barnstars]]. However, to keep in line with the word formatting of all the other barnstars I had to use your old one to start a new {{tl|The Jewish Barnstar}} template. I gave you full credit, as did User:Yahel Guhan when he had placed it into [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism]]. Please make sure the older template is no longer used. Thanks, [[User:IZAK|IZAK]] ([[User talk:IZAK|talk]])
*'''Very important''': From now on, please ''only'' use the template this way to grant the Jewish barnstar: <nowiki>{{subst:The Jewish Barnstar|message ~~~~}}</nowiki> (the "subst:" is crucial). Thanks a lot! [[User:IZAK|IZAK]] ([[User talk:IZAK|talk]]) 14:56, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

== Template:SOTD nav ==

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== Problematic new Christian/Jewish template ==

Hi Java: Please see the discussions at [[Template talk:Books of the Bible]] concerning the new troubled and troubling {{tl|Books of the Bible}} template. Your attention to this matter would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, [[User:IZAK|IZAK]] ([[User talk:IZAK|talk]]) 05:28, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

== AGF ==

[[Image:Information.svg|25px]] Please remember to [[Wikipedia:Assume good faith|assume good faith]] when dealing with other editors{{#if:|, which you did not on [[:{{{1}}}]]}}. {{#if:|{{{2}}}|Thank you.}} [[User:Divamia|Divamia]] ([[User talk:Divamia|talk]]) 05:48, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

==Thanks==

Thanks for helping with the vandalism problem. I'm open to suggestions, if you have any. Right now the options are to 1) survive edit warring, 2) give up and allow the vandalism to stick, or 3) create waste of space articles for people like [[Abraham the Monk]] who ARE notable, but only because they converted. Is there a fourth option? I don't feel like edit warring, I don't have time to research a book's worth of bio information right now, and I don't think it's good stewardship of Wiki server space to create 30 bio pages for people who are only notable BECAUSE of their conversion to Judaism when 1 subsection of a page is sufficient.[[User:Teclontz|Tim]] ([[User talk:Teclontz|talk]]) 10:56, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Agreed. Only problem is that some of these people are only documented in books. I'd like to minimize the amount of money we'll have to shelve out on research.[[User:Teclontz|Tim]] ([[User talk:Teclontz|talk]]) 14:34, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

PS -- I also noticed the anti-Jewish slant. He/She is requiring each person have separate articles, and trying to delete those articles at the same time.[[User:Teclontz|Tim]] ([[User talk:Teclontz|talk]]) 14:35, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
:Ah yes. People who apply precedents used at all other articles to Jewish-related articles must be anti-Jewish. [[User:Divamia|Divamia]] ([[User talk:Divamia|talk]]) 15:08, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

J, after reading through all of the notability guidelines, the clergy who convert definitely merit an article on that basis alone. Although I personally prefer one line to an article, Wikipedia seems to have lower standards than I would for brevity -- probably because they are a computer based resource and my instincts are still driven by old time "book" size contraints. Accordingly, I'll start adding the articles. I've saved a link to the older edit of the page so I won't lose those names. Also, I'll help you keep the page current so that other people will know which names to research. The next question is, how can we get some help? I don't have all of these books, and although I may actually get them, I don't have the time or the money to buy and read them all right now. But I'm certainly willing to play a part.[[User:Teclontz|Tim]] ([[User talk:Teclontz|talk]]) 15:23, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Convert and Baal Teshuvah Biography Project -- how's that?[[User:Teclontz|Tim]] ([[User talk:Teclontz|talk]]) 15:43, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

I've never set up a project before -- but I'll catch up with you Sunday. Time to hit the road. The sun is chasing.[[User:Teclontz|Tim]] ([[User talk:Teclontz|talk]]) 20:01, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

== Asher Wade ==

The article's length meets the minimum criteria, but I still think it's a bit short for DYK. Also, there's only one in-line citation in the article. Could you possibly expand the article and use more in-line citations? <span style="background:#E0FFFF;color:#007FFF;font-family:Georgia;">[[User:Nishkid64|Nishkid64]] ([[User talk:Nishkid64|talk]])</span> 20:33, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
:Hmm...I guess it's fine for DYK. I would accept it for DYK, but I'm not sure what others may think. However, I think the article's expired now, so it can't be featured on DYK. <span style="background:#E0FFFF;color:#007FFF;font-family:Georgia;">[[User:Nishkid64|Nishkid64]] ([[User talk:Nishkid64|talk]])</span> 03:38, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

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== Maimonides orthodox? ==

I'm really not sure why you put the Rambam in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maimonides&diff=193053784&oldid=191980088 Sephardi Orthodox rabbis] category. Orthodoxy as a movement did not exist before the 19th century, and I can imagine that many people thought of him as rather unorthodox in his day! [[User:Jfdwolff|JFW]] | [[User_talk:Jfdwolff|<small>T@lk</small>]] 18:13, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

:Could you urgently clarify why you are separating ALL rabbis, even before the 19th century, into Orthodox categories. [[User:Jfdwolff|JFW]] | [[User_talk:Jfdwolff|<small>T@lk</small>]] 18:19, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

:In response to your message on my talkpage: the term "Orthodox" was not used before the 19th century. Before that time, it was just "Judaism" because no other term was applied to it. There was Karaism, and Sadduceism, and other branches that left the mainstream - but they did not apply the term "Orthodox" to the mainsteam either. Incidentally, Hirsch doesn't seem to have had problems with the term "Orthodox", so I cannot see why you think the term was purely derogatory.
:My point about Maimonides is that in his day, many regarded him as deviating from the mainstream. Why else would they have burnt copies of his work?
:I think your use of "Orthodox" for pre-19th century rabbis is a form of POV. I also think we need to discuss on [[WT:JEW]] whether you should continue categorising pre-19th century rabbis as "Orthodox". [[User:Jfdwolff|JFW]] | [[User_talk:Jfdwolff|<small>T@lk</small>]] 09:12, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
::I agree with JFW, as requested below, Java7837 please join the unfolding discussions at [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Judaism#Orthodox rabbis]]. This is very important. Thanks a lot. [[User:IZAK|IZAK]] ([[User talk:IZAK|talk]]) 10:20, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

== New category additions on Breslov rabbi pages ==

Hi, I saw your category additions to [[Michel Dorfman]] and [[Eliyahu Chaim Rosen]] and was wondering why they're both not under "Hasidic rabbis in Israel"? Rosen was a teacher and role model who certainly fits this category description, which you added him to, but Dorfman, an honorary [[rosh yeshiva]] (more like an administrator) for the Breslov yeshiva in [[Jerusalem]], is known as the quintessential Breslover chassid. I don't think he belongs in a catch-all category like "Israeli Orthodox rabbis." Thanks, [[User:Yoninah|Yoninah]] ([[User talk:Yoninah|talk]]) 21:27, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
:Thanks for the quick editing work. But what's this new category, "Russian Orthodox rabbis"? Sounds like an oxymoron. And why is [[Michel Dorfman]] the only name in the category? He wasn't a rabbi in Russia. Thanks, [[User:Yoninah|Yoninah]] ([[User talk:Yoninah|talk]]) 21:54, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
::A Russian rabbi can mean a rabbi in russia or rabbi who's ancestors were from Russia--[[User:Java7837|Java7837]] ([[User talk:Java7837|talk]]) 21:56, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
:::Okay, but Dorfman wasn't a rabbi — he was a [[shochet]] and a bookbinder. He was an honorary rosh yeshiva (read: administrator). He is not notable enough to have a category just for him! [[User:Yoninah|Yoninah]] ([[User talk:Yoninah|talk]]) 22:37, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

== Discussions about your rabbis categorizations ==

Hi Java: Please join the discussions about your new "Orthodox rabbis" categorizations at [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Judaism#Orthodox rabbis]] so that you can explain your moves and discuss it with others who have some concerns about it. Thanks a lot! ''[[Shabbat]] [[Shalom]]''! [[User:IZAK|IZAK]] ([[User talk:IZAK|talk]]) 10:17, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

== orthodox==
You are adding the category Orthodox to people who eat non-kosher and do not keep the Sabbath.
Just because someone is respectful of the tradition does not make them Orthodox, nor do people who grew up orthodox and then become famous necessarily still keep Kosher and sabbath. I do not want to discuss this on the individual pages of the people or be a witch hunt of observance, but many of the people that you added Orthodox to their bios are not observant at all. --[[User:Jayrav|Jayrav]] ([[User talk:Jayrav|talk]]) 04:20, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Agnon was Orthodox until age 25 and then stopped for a few years and returned to his original practice by 32. He was only non-observant between 1913-1920. Not exactly a BT, he was only non-religious between schooling and marriage. He retained his Orthodox and Rabbinic connections throughout.
The article had originally, mistakenly placed his return in the 1950's, but he was raised orthodox and married orthodox by 1920. --[[User:Jayrav|Jayrav]]16:49, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

There are several known gedolim who sowed wild oats in their youth during the difficult years of WWI and Turkish Palestine, but that does not make them BT's.--[[User:Jayrav|Jayrav]] ([[User talk:Jayrav|talk]]) 16:49, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

== Jewish Renewal==
The name of the movement is "Jewish Renewal" - there is no such thing as "american renewal" - Jewish in the name of the movement is not an adj like Jewish reform or Jewish orthodox. The very name of the movement is "Jewish renewal". It would be nice if you switched those back. --[[User:Jayrav|Jayrav]] ([[User talk:Jayrav|talk]]) 04:20, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

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== Orthodox rabbis ==

Hi Java: I see that the issue of how to create, name and organize rabbis and Orthodox rabbis articles is causing friction. Perhaps this can be discussed at greater length if you are able to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Emailuser/IZAK contact me] so that we can discuss this at greater length. Thanks, and ''Shavua Tov''. Sincerely, [[User:IZAK|IZAK]] ([[User talk:IZAK|talk]]) 04:27, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

== [[User:Java7837/israel]] ==

I fixed up some errant coding in the border-c field. It should mesh well now. '''[[User:Octane|<font color=#FF6600>Oc</font>]][[User_talk:Octane|<font color=#FBCF03>t</font>]][[User:Octane|<font color=#FF6600>ane</font>]]''' <sup><nowiki>[</nowiki>[[User:Octane/improvement|improve me]]<nowiki>]</nowiki></sup> <small> 07.03.08 0750 (UTC)</small>

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*'''[[No Way Out (2004)]]''' failed its nomination for [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|Featured Article status]]; its nomination can be found [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/No Way Out (2004)/archive1|here]].
*'''[[List of WCW Hardcore Champions]]''' has been nominated for [[Wikipedia:Featured lists|Featured list status]]; its nomination can be found [[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of WCW Hardcore Champions|here]].
*'''[[Royal Rumble (2005)]]''', '''[[Over the Edge (1998)]]''', and '''[[Vengeance (2005)]]''' have been listed for [[Wikipedia:Peer review|Peer review]]. Please review these articles and make suggestions for how they can be improved in preparation for a Good article nomination. Their peer reviews can be found [[Wikipedia:Peer review/Royal Rumble (2005)|here]], [[Wikipedia:Peer review/Over the Edge (1998)/archive1|here]] and [[Wikipedia:Peer review/Vengeance (2005)/archive1|here]].
*'''[[Dawn Marie Psaltis]]''', '''[[Lisa Marie Varon]]''', and '''[[Unforgiven (2004)]]''' have been elevated to [[Wikipedia:Good articles|Good article]] status.
*'''[[Don Kent (wrestler)]]''', '''[[Jos LeDuc]]''', '''[[New Year's Revolution (2007)]]''', '''[[Ricky Banderas]]''', '''[[SummerSlam (1994)]]''', '''[[SummerSlam (2007)]]''', '''[[No Way Out (2007)]]''' and '''[[Unforgiven (2005)]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Good article candidates|Good article candidates]].
*'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]]''' will be the Featured Wikiproject in next week's edition of the '''[[WP:Signpost|Signpost]]'''. [[User:LAX|LAX]], [[User:IMatthew|iMatthew]], and [[User:Nikki311|Nikki311]] will answer questions relating to the project [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2008-03-10/WikiProject report|here]].
<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Current Events</div>

*[[Ron Killings]] is still being reported as having signed a WWE contract. As there is no reliable source for anything of the sort, be prepared for his name to be continually added to the [[World Wrestling Entertainment roster|WWE Roster]] article, and information about his return being added to his article. There is also, apparently, an audio interview with Killings where he states he will be returning to WWE with his old '''K-Kwik''' gimmick. Recent ''SmackDown!'' taping spoilers indicate that Killings has already debuted under the name '''Kwik Killings''' in a [[List of professional wrestling slang#D|Dark match]]. However, no reliable source for this information has been found yet.

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*'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia: Articles for deletion/NWA Australian Championship|NWA Australian Championship]].
*'''Kept:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lena Yada|Lena Yada]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Vicious and Delicious|Vicious and Delicious]].
*'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Callum Sprit|Callum Sprit]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2009|WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2009]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Road to WrestleMania Tournament|Road to WrestleMania Tournament]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gary Mei|Gary Mei]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Collaboration of the Week</div>

The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|article collaboration]] for March 3 through March 16 is '''[[Ric Flair]]'''. Please help to improve it to match the quality of an [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|ideal]] Wikipedia [[professional wrestling]] related article. The next article for collaboration will be chosen on Sunday, March 16.<br>
<center><small>[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Cast your vote to select the collaboration for next week!]] — [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!]]</small></center>

<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Member Interview</div>
This week's interviewees are '''[[User:D.M.N.|D.M.N.]]''' ([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter/Issue 012/Interview 1|link]]) and '''[[User:3bulletproof16|3bulletproof16]]''' ([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter/Issue 012/Interview 2|link]]).
*Next week's interviewees are [[User:FamicomJL|FamicomJL]] and [[User:Nahallac Silverwinds|Naha]]. Submit a question to ask them [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter#Interview segment|here]].

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<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Member News</div>

*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''351''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list/Active|active members list]], there are currently '''40''' members currently active in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
**'''NOTICE:''' If you are actively editing and contributing to articles under the scope of WikiProject Professional Wrestling, we suggest you add your name to the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list/Active|list of active members]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
**Mar. 9 - TNA presents '''[[TNA Destination X#2008|Destination X]]'''
**Mar. 25 - [[User:Kelan|Kelan]]'s birthday
**Mar. 26 - [[User:Govvy|Govvy]]'s birthday
**Mar. 30 - WWE presents '''[[WrestleMania XXIV]]'''

<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional Wrestling Article Stats</div>

Since the last newsletter, the number of stub articles has dropped by 45 while the total number of wrestling articles continues to grow. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|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).

{{Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Professional wrestling articles by quality statistics}}

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'''Contributors to this Issue:'''
*{{User|iMatthew}}
*{{User|LAX}}
*{{User|Nahallac Silverwinds}}
*{{User|NiciVampireHeart}}
*{{User|NimiTize}}
*{{User|ThinkBlue}}
*{{user|Truco9311}}
*{{User|Zenlax}}

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<center>'''[[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter#General discussion|Discussion]] • [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter#Suggestions|Suggestions]] • [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter#Feedback|Feedback]]'''</center>
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*'''[[No Way Out (2004)]]''' has been renominated for [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|Featured Article status]]; its nomination can be found [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/No Way Out (2004)|here]].
*'''[[List of WCW Hardcore Champions]]''' has been nominated for [[Wikipedia:Featured lists|Featured list status]]; its nomination can be found [[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of WCW Hardcore Champions|here]].
*'''[[SummerSlam (2000)]]''' has been listed for [[Wikipedia:Peer review|Peer review]]. Please review this article and make suggestions for how it can be improved in preparation for a Good article nomination. It's peer reviews can be found [[Wikipedia:Peer review/SummerSlam (2000)/archive1|here]].
*'''[[Ricky Banderas]]''' and '''[[SummerSlam (1994)]]''' have been elevated to [[WP:GA|Good article]] status.
*'''[[Ion Croitoru]]''', '''[[Jos LeDuc]]''', '''[[New Year's Revolution (2007)]]''', '''[[SummerSlam (2007)]]''', '''[[No Way Out (2007)]]''', '''[[Unforgiven (2005)]]''', '''[[WrestleMania X]]''', '''[[Jeff Hardy]]''', and '''[[Matt Hardy]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Good article candidates|Good article candidates]].
*'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]]''' was the Featured Wikiproject in last week's edition of the '''[[WP:Signpost|Signpost]]'''. [[User:TJ Spyke|TJ Spyke]], [[User:IMatthew|iMatthew]], and [[User:Nikki311|Nikki311]] have answered questions relating to the project [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2008-03-10/WikiProject report|here]].
<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Current Events</div>

*[[Jeff Hardy]] was suspended by [[WWE]] for 60 days on [[March 11]] for violating WWE's Substance Abuse and Drug Policy. On [[March 14]], he lost his home in, [[Cameron, North Carolina]], late friday night due to a [[fire]]. Fire Department officials currently cannot confirm what was the cause of the fire. Reports also say that Jeff's brother, [[Matt Hardy]], saw smoke coming out of Jeff's house. [[WWE RAW|RAW]] [[Commentator]], [[Jim Ross]], reports on his blog, "''He lost essentially every thing he had and most sadly his dog''".
*On [[March 14]], [[Vince McMahon]] was honored into the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]].
*Triple H: King of Kings-There is Only One, a [[WWE Home Video]] [[DVD]], will be released on [[March 25]] [[2008]].
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*'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Steven Galvan|Steven Galvan]]
*'''Kept:'''
*'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bryant Balmaceda|Bryant Balmaceda]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/NWA Australian Championship|NWA Australian Championship]], [[Wikipedia: Articles for deletion/List of professional wrestling stables and tag teams|List of professional wrestling stables and tag teams]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Collaboration of the Week</div>

The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|article collaboration]] for March 16 through March 30 is '''[[Paul Wight|Big Show]]'''. The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|featured article collaboration]] is '''[[Kurt Angle]]'''. Please help to improve these articles to match the quality of an [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|ideal]] Wikipedia [[professional wrestling]] related article. The next articles for collaboration will be chosen on Sunday, March 30.<br>
<center><small>[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Cast your vote to select the collaboration for next week!]] — Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!</small></center>

<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Member Interview</div>
This week's interviewees are '''[[User:FamicomJL|FamicomJL]]''' ([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter/Issue 013/Interview 1|link]]) and '''[[User:Nahallac Silverwinds|Naha]]''' ([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter/Issue 013/Interview 2|link]]).
*Next week's interviewees are [[User:Endlessdan|Endlessdan]] and [[User:S-pac54|S-pac54]]. Submit a question to ask them [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter#Interview segment|here]].

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<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Member News</div>

*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''356''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list/Active|active members list]], there are currently '''37''' members currently active in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
**'''NOTICE:''' If you are actively editing and contributing to articles under the scope of WikiProject Professional Wrestling, we suggest you add your name to the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list/Active|list of active members]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
**Mar. 25 - [[User:Kelan|Kelan]]'s birthday
**Mar. 26 - [[User:Govvy|Govvy]]'s birthday
**Mar. 29 - [[User:NimiTize|NimiTize]]'s birthday
**Mar. 30 - WWE presents '''[[WrestleMania XXIV]]'''

<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional Wrestling Article Stats</div>

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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|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).

{{Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Professional wrestling articles by quality statistics}}

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'''Contributors to this Issue:'''
*{{User|iMatthew}}
*{{User|NiciVampireHeart}}
*{{User|NimiTize}}
*{{User|ThinkBlue}}

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== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==

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*'''[[SummerSlam (2007)]]''' ([[WP:Featured article candidates/SummerSlam (2007)|<small>link</small>]]) has been nominated for [[WP:FA|Featured Article]] status.
*[[Triple H]] has failed its [[WP:FA|Featured Article]] nomination. Its nom page can be found [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Triple H/archive1|here]].
*'''[[List of WCW Hardcore Champions]]''' has passed its [[Wikipedia:Featured lists|Featured list]] nomination; its nomination can be found [[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of WCW Hardcore Champions|here]].
*'''[[Backlash (2004)]]''' has been listed for [[Wikipedia:Peer review|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 [[Wikipedia:Peer review/Backlash (2004)/archive1|here]].
*'''[[Ion Croitoru]]''', '''[[Jos LeDuc]]''', '''[[New Year's Revolution (2007)]]''', '''[[No Way Out (2007)]]''', '''[[SummerSlam (2007)]]''', '''[[Unforgiven (2005)]]''', and '''[[WrestleMania X]]''' have been elevated to [[WP:GA|Good article]] status.
*'''[[Brian Kendrick]]''', '''[[Brock Lesnar]]''', '''[[Jeff Hardy]]''', '''[[Matt Hardy]]''', '''[[Randy Orton]]''', '''[[Stacy Keibler]]''', and '''[[Vengeance (2005)]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Good article candidates|Good article candidates]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Current Events</div>
*At [[WrestleMania XXIV]], [[Shawn Michaels]] defeated [[Ric Flair]] after executing the [[Superkick|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 [[WWE Raw|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
*[[Cryme Tyme]] returned to [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] on March 31, during [[WWE Raw|Raw]], defeating [[Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch]].
*[[Matt Hardy]] also returned on Raw, attacking Randy Orton from behind, and later having a match with Orton.
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*'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/World Wrestling Professionals|World Wrestling Professionals]]
*'''Kept:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dark Angel (wrestler)|Dark Angel (wrestler)]]
*'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Steven Galvan|Steven Galvan]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/A.W. Bulldog (wrestler)|A.W. Bulldog (wrestler)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Big Shemi|The Big Shemi]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ananzi (wrestler)|Ananzi (wrestler)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Akilah (wrestler)|Akilah (wrestler)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Crybaby (wrestler)|Crybaby (wrestler)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dont Question My Heart|Don't Question My Heart]]

<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Collaboration of the Week</div>

The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|article collaborations]] for March 30 through April 13 are '''[[Bash at the Beach (1996)]]''' and '''[[Mae Young]].''' Please help to improve these articles to match the quality of an [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|ideal]] Wikipedia [[professional wrestling]] related article. The next articles for collaboration will be chosen on Sunday, April 13.<br>
<center><small>[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Cast your vote to select the collaboration for next week!]] — Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!</small></center>

<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Member Interview</div>
This week's interviewees are '''[[User:Endlessdan|Endlessdan]]''' ([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter/Issue 014/Interview 1|link]]) and '''[[User:S-pac54|S-pac54]]''' ([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter/Issue 014/Interview 2|link]]).
*Next week's interviewees are [[User:Straight Edge PXK|Straight Edge PXK]] and [[User:IMatthew|iMatthew]]. Submit a question to ask them [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter#Interview segment|here]].

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*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''363''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list/Active|active members list]], there are currently '''39''' members currently active in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
**'''NOTICE:''' If you are actively editing and contributing to articles under the scope of WikiProject Professional Wrestling, we suggest you add your name to the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list/Active|list of active members]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
*13 - TNA presents '''[[Lockdown (2008)|Lockdown]]'''
*14 - [[User:ThinkBlue|ThinkBlue]]'s birthday
*20 - [[User:Adamaniac|Adamaniac]]'s and [[User:Killswitch Engage|Killswitch Engage]]'s birthdays
*27 - WWE presents '''[[WWE Backlash#2008|Backlash]]'''

<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional Wrestling Article Stats</div>

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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|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).

{{Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Professional wrestling articles by quality statistics}}

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'''Contributors to this Issue:'''
*{{User|iMatthew}}
*{{User|LAX}}
*{{User|NiciVampireHeart}}
*{{User|RkOrton}}
*{{User|ThinkBlue}}
*{{User|Zenlax}}

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*'''[[SummerSlam (2007)]]''' has failed its [[WP:FA|Featured Article]] nomination; the discussion can be found [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/SummerSlam (2007)/archive1|here]].
*'''[[Jeff Hardy]]''' has been elevated to [[WP:GA|Good article]] status.
*'''[[Acolytes Protection Agency]]''', '''[[Brian Kendrick]]''', '''[[Brock Lesnar]]''', '''[[Matt Hardy]]''', '''[[Money Inc.]]''', '''[[Over the Edge (1999)]]''', '''[[Randy Orton]]''', '''[[Stacy Keibler]]''', and '''[[Vengeance (2005)]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Good article candidates|Good article candidates]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Events</div>
*WWE has invited Democrats running for president, [[Hillary Clinton]] and [[Barack Obama]], to [[WWE Raw|Raw]] to settle their differences in a wrestling match. The invitation video can be found <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.wwe.com/content/media/video/vms/none/2008/april8-14/6835006?zone=_index here]</span>.
*On the [[April 21]] edition of ''Raw'', the [[King of the Ring]] tournament will return for one night only. The entire tournament will take place on ''Raw''.
*[[Mick Foley]] made a appearance in the new film, [[Anamorph (film)|''Anamorph'']].
<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Articles for Deletion</div>
*'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/PJ Black (wrestler) (2nd nomination)|PJ Black (wrestler)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Lizard (wrestler) (2nd nomination)|The Lizard (wrestler)]].
*'''Kept:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Juggernaut (wrestler)|Juggernaut (wrestler)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/World Wrestling Professionals|World Wrestling Professionals]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of TNA tournaments|List of TNA tournaments]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shaun Simpson|Shaun Simpson]]
*'''Deleted:'''

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional Wrestling Article Stats</div>

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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|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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! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Professional wrestling<br>articles !! colspan="6" | Importance
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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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! rowspan="10" | Quality
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! {{FA-Class|category=Category:FA-Class Professional wrestling articles|FA}}
| || 1 || 6 || 5 || '''12'''
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! {{FL-Class|category=Category:FL-Class Professional wrestling articles|FL}}
| || || 1 || 13 || '''14'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 4 || 9 || 30 || '''43'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 11 || 49 || 199 || '''260'''
|-
! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 51 || 217 || 2300 || '''2570'''
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! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 1 || 24 || 604 || '''629'''
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! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 3 || 68 || 306 || 3151 || '''3528'''
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! Total
| '''3''' || '''68''' || '''306''' || '''3152''' || '''3533'''
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<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Member News</div>

*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''374''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list/Active|active members list]], there are currently '''41''' members currently active in WikiProject Professional wrestling.
**'''NOTICE:''' If you are actively editing and contributing to articles under the scope of WikiProject Professional Wrestling, we suggest you add your name to the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list/Active|list of active members]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
*Apr. 27 - WWE presents '''[[Backlash (2008)]]'''
*May 4 - [[User:S-pac54|S-pac54]]'s birthday
*May 8 - [[User:The Chronic|The Chronic]]'s birthday
*May 11 - [[User:Stevenplunkett|Stevenplunkett]]'s birthday and TNA presents '''[[TNA Sacrifice#2008|Sacrifice]]'''

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Collaboration of the Week</div>

The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|article collaborations]] for April 13 through April 27 are '''[[World Wrestling Entertainment]]''' and '''[[Booker Huffman|Booker T]]'''. Please help to improve these articles to match the quality of an [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|ideal]] Wikipedia [[professional wrestling]] related article. The next articles for collaboration will be chosen on Sunday, April 13.<br>
<center><small>[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Cast your vote to select the collaboration for next week!]] — Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!</small></center>

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Member Interview</div>
Next week we will start the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Editor of the week|Editor of the Week]]. This will take the place of the Member Interviews. The EOTW will be given their own interview instead. To be fair, this week we will post all of the interviews that were on the schedule. Click the link next to the user's name to see their interview:
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*'''[[User:Straight Edge PXK|Straight Edge PXK]]''' ([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter/Issue 015/Interview 1|link]])
*'''[[User:IMatthew|iMatthew]]''' ([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter/Issue 015/Interview 2|link]])
*'''[[User:Truco-X|Truco-X]]''' ([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter/Issue 017/Interview 1|link]])
*'''[[User:Derrty2033|Derrty2033]]''' ([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter/Issue 017/Interview 2|link]])
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*'''[[User:MarcK|MarcK]]''' ([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter/Issue 018/Interview 2|link]])
*'''[[User:Technogreek43|Technogreek43]]''' ([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter/Issue 021/Interview 1|link]])
*'''[[User:RkOrton|RkOrton]]''' ([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter/Issue 021/Interview 2|link]])
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'''Contributors to this Issue:'''
*{{User|GaryColemanFan}}
*{{User|iMatthew}}
*{{User|LAX}}
*{{User|NiciVampireHeart}}
*{{User|RkOrton}}
*{{User|ThinkBlue}}

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== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==

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! colspan="2" valign="middle" style="width: 60%; border: 3px black solid; background-color: #EEEEEE; padding: 1em;" | [[Image:Barnstar-pro-wrestling.png|30px|left]]<center><font size="5">'''The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Newsletter|newsletter]]'''</font><br>Issue XVI — May 4, 2008</center>
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<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Project News</div>

*'''[[Jeff Hardy]]''', '''[[Matt Hardy]]''', '''[[Money Inc.]]''', and '''[[Vengeance (2005)]]''' have been elevated to [[WP:GA|Good article]] status.
*'''[[Acolytes Protection Agency]]''', '''[[Backlash (2006)]]''', '''[[Brian Kendrick]]''', '''[[Brock Lesnar]]''', '''[[Judgment Day (2005)]]''', '''[[Over the Edge (1999)]]''', '''[[Randy Orton]]''', '''[[Royal Rumble (2005)]]''', '''[[Stacy Keibler]]''', and '''[[Survivor Series (2005)]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Good article candidates|Good article candidates]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Current Events</div>
*[[Darren Matthews|William Regal]] won the [[King of the Ring]] tournament on the [[April 21]] edition of [[WWE Raw|''Raw'']].
*Senators [[Hillary Rodham Clinton|Hillary Clinton]], [[Barack Obama]], and [[John McCain]], made special appearance on ''Raw'', via the titantron to address the ''Raw'' fans.
*During [[Backlash (2008)|Backlash]], [[Triple H]] became the new [[WWE Championship|WWE Champion]] by defeating [[Randy Orton]].
*[[Matt Hardy]] defeated [[Alvin Burke, Jr.|MVP]] and became the new [[WWE United States Championship|United States Champion]].
*[[The Undertaker]] had the [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]] taken from him on the [[May 2]] episode of [[WWE Friday Night SmackDown!|SmackDown!]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Articles for Deletion</div>
*'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Giovanni picarazzi|Giovanni picarazzi]].
*'''Kept:'''
*'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/PJ Black (wrestler) (2nd nomination)|PJ Black (wrestler)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Lizard (wrestler) (2nd nomination)|The Lizard (wrestler)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Xterminator (wrestler)|Xterminator (wrestler)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Playa (wrestler) (2nd nomination)|The Playa (wrestler)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kalahari Boerboel (wrestler) (2nd nomination)|Kalahari Boerboel (wrestler)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/InterMat|InterMat]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional Wrestling Article Stats</div>

Since the last issue, the number of stub articles has decreased again. It would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
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! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Professional wrestling<br>articles !! colspan="6" | Importance
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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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! rowspan="10" | Quality
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! {{FA-Class|category=Category:FA-Class Professional wrestling articles|FA}}
| || || 2 || 3 || '''5'''
|-
! {{FL-Class|category=Category:FL-Class Professional wrestling articles|FL}}
| || 1 || 5 || 15 || '''21'''
|-
! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 4 || 11 || 31 || '''47'''
|-
! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 12 || 51 || 199 || '''265'''
|-
! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 51 || 220 || 2316 || '''2593'''
|-
! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 1 || 23 || 609 || '''629'''
|-
! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 3 || 69 || 313 || 3175 || '''3559'''
|-
! Total
| '''3''' || '''69''' || '''312''' || '''3173''' || '''3559'''
|-
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<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Member News</div>

*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''377''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list/Active|active members list]], there are currently '''37''' members currently active in WikiProject Professional wrestling.
**'''NOTICE:''' If you are actively editing and contributing to articles under the scope of WikiProject Professional Wrestling, we suggest you add your name to the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list/Active|list of active members]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
*4 - [[User:S-pac54|S-pac54]]'s birthday
*8 - [[User:The Chronic|The Chronic]]'s birthday
*11 - [[User:Stevenplunkett|Stevenplunkett]]'s birthday and TNA presents '''[[TNA Sacrifice#2008|Sacrifice]]'''
*18 - WWE presents '''[[WWE Judgment Day#2008|Judgment Day]]'''
*18 - [[User:Self Preteder|Self Preteder]]'s birthday
*19 - [[User:Frenchbreadpizza|Frenchbreadpizza]]'s birthday
*24 - [[User:Unopeneddoor|Unopeneddoor]]'s birthday

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Collaboration of the Week</div>

The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|article collaboration]] for April 27 through May 11 is '''[[National Wrestling Alliance]]'''. The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|featured article collaboration]] is '''[[Amy Dumas]]'''. Please help to improve these articles to match the quality of an [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|ideal]] Wikipedia [[professional wrestling]] related article. The next articles for collaboration will be chosen on Sunday, May 11.<br>
<center><small>[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Cast your vote to select the collaboration for next week!]] — Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!</small></center>

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Editor of the Week</div>
*Welcome to the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Editor of the week|Editor of the Week]]!<br>
*Our first editor of the week is [[User:Nikki311|Nikki311]], who won with '''6''' votes.<br>
*The runner-up, [[User:LAX|LAX]] came in second with '''3''' votes.<br>
*Nikki311's award page can be found [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Editor of the week/Nikki311|here]]. Congratulations Nikki!

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'''Contributors to this Issue:'''
*{{User|GaryColemanFan}}
*{{User|iMatthew}}
*{{User|LAX}}
*{{User|NiciVampireHeart}}
*{{User|RkOrton}}
*{{User|ThinkBlue}}
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== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==

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! colspan="2" valign="middle" style="width: 60%; border: 3px black solid; background-color: #EEEEEE; padding: 1em;" | [[Image:Barnstar-pro-wrestling.png|30px|left]]<center><font size="5">'''The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Newsletter|newsletter]]'''</font><br>Issue XVII — May 18, 2008</center>
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<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:lefts; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Project News</div>

*'''[[Brian Kendrick]]''', '''[[Brock Lesnar]]''', '''[[Stacy Keibler]]''', '''[[Randy Orton]]''', and '''[[Acolytes Protection Agency]]''' have been elevated to [[WP:GA|Good article]] status.
*'''[[Over the Edge (1999)]]''' failed its [[WP:GAN|Good article nomination]], but has been [[Wikipedia:Good article reassessment|reassessed]] [[Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Over the Edge (1999)/1|here]].
*'''[[Backlash (2006)]]''', '''[[Backlash (2007)]]''', '''[[Insane Clown Posse]]''', '''[[Judgment Day (2005)]]''', '''[[Judgment Day (2007)]]''', '''[[One Night Stand (2007)]]''', '''[[Royal Rumble (2005)]]''', '''[[Survivor Series (2005)]]''', '''[[The Great American Bash (2007)]]''', '''[[The Rock (entertainer)]]''' and '''[[Unforgiven (2006)]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Good article candidates|Good article candidates]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Current Events</div>
*[[Torrie Wilson]] was released by WWE on May 8.
*[[Latin American Exchange|L.A.X.]] won the vacated [[TNA World Tag Team Championship]] as a result of defeating [[Dudley Boyz|Team 3D]] in the Deuces Wild tournament final at TNA [[TNA Sacrifice#2008|Sacrifice]].
**Also at TNA [[TNA Sacrifice#2008|Sacrifice]], [[Samoa Joe]] defeated [[Scott Steiner]] and [[Frankie Kazarian|Kaz]] to retain the [[TNA World Heavyweight Championship]].
*During WWE [[Backlash (2008)|Backlash]], [[Triple H]], [[Mike Mizanin|The Miz]] and [[John Hennigan|John Morrison]], and [[Mickie James]] retained the [[WWE Championship]], [[WWE Tag Team Championship]], and [[WWE Women's Championship]], respectively.

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Articles for Deletion</div>
*'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Africa Wrestling Alliance|Africa Wrestling Alliance]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/International Wrestling Federation (South Africa)|International Wrestling Federation (South Africa)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Joseph Carl Bailey, Junior|Joseph Carl Bailey, Junior]].
*'''Kept:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/TNA 2005 Super X Cup Tournament|TNA 2005 Super X Cup Tournament]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/TNA 2006 World X Cup Tournament (2nd nomination)|TNA 2006 World X Cup Tournament]].
*'''Redirected:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Deuces Wild Tournament|Deuces Wild Tournament]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Meltdown: The Music of TNA Wrestling Vol. 2|Meltdown: The Music of TNA Wrestling Vol.2]].
*'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sean Creed|Sean Creed]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Giovanni picarazzi|Giovanni picarazzi]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cf Turbo|Cf Turbo]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mother's Day Massacre (2008)|Mother's Day Massacre (2008)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Boerseun (wrestler)|Boerseun (wrestler)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nizaam Hartley|Nizaam Hartley]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Taxidriver (wrestler)|The Taxidriver (wrestler)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Scorpion Kruger (wrestler)|Scorpion Kruger (wrestler)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Blacksmith (wrestler)|The Blacksmith (wrestler)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/RingDivas Womens Wrestling|RingDivas Womens Wrestling]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Parow Civic Centre|Parrow Civic Centre]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nightmare (wrestler)|Nightmare (wrestler)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pro Wrestling Alliance: Africa|Pro Wrestling Alliance: Africa]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Steve Eden (wrestler)|Steve Eden (wrestler)]].
<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional Wrestling Article Stats</div>

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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
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! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Professional wrestling<br>articles !! colspan="6" | Importance
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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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! rowspan="9" | Quality
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! {{FA-Class|category=Category:FA-Class Professional wrestling articles|FA}}
| || || 2 || 3 || '''5'''
|-
! {{FL-Class|category=Category:FL-Class Professional wrestling articles|FL}}
| || 1 || 5 || 15 || '''21'''
|-
! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 4 || 12 || 34 || '''50'''
|-
! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 13 || 55 || 203 || '''272'''
|-
! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 52 || 220 || 2328 || '''2604'''
|-
! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 1 || 23 || 606 || '''628'''
|-
! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 3 || 71 || 317 || 3189 || '''3580'''
|-
! Total
| '''3''' || '''71''' || '''317''' || '''3189''' || '''3580'''
|-
|}

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<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Member News</div>

*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''385''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list/Active|active members list]], there are currently '''38''' members currently active in WikiProject Professional wrestling.
**'''NOTICE:''' If you are actively editing and contributing to articles under the scope of WikiProject Professional Wrestling, we suggest you add your name to the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list/Active|list of active members]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
*18 - WWE presents '''[[WWE Judgment Day#2008|Judgment Day]]'''; [[User:Self Preteder|Self Preteder]]'s birthday
*19 - [[User:Frenchbreadpizza|Frenchbreadpizza]]'s birthday
*24 - [[User:Unopeneddoor|Unopeneddoor]]'s birthday
*1 - WWE presents '''[[One Night Stand (2008)|One Night Stand]]'''
*8 - TNA presents '''[[TNA Slammiversary#2008|Slammiversary]]'''

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Collaboration of the Week</div>

The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|article collaborations]] for May 11 through May 24 are '''[[Chris Benoit double murder and suicide]]''' and '''[[John Layfield]]'''. Please help to improve these articles to match the quality of an [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|ideal]] Wikipedia [[professional wrestling]] related article. The next articles for collaboration will be chosen on Sunday, May 25.<br>
<center><small>[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Cast your vote to select the collaboration for next week!]] — Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!</small></center>

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Editor of the Week</div>
*Our second editor of the week is [[User:GaryColemanFan|GaryColemanFan]], who won with '''4''' votes.<br>
*The runner-up, [[User:D.M.N.|D.M.N.]], came in second with '''3''' votes.<br>
*GaryColemanFan's award page and interview can be found [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Editor of the week/GaryColemanFan|here]]. Congratulations!
*The interview portion of the award page was just recently added. To see [[User:Nikki311|Nikki311]]'s interview, go to her award page [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Editor of the week/Nikki311|here]]

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'''Contributors to this Issue:'''
*{{User|IMatthew}}
*{{User|LAX}}
*{{User|NiciVampireHeart}}
*{{User|ThinkBlue}}
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== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==

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*'''[[Backlash (2006)]]''', '''[[Insane Clown Posse]]''', '''[[Judgment Day (2005)]]''', '''[[Judgment Day (2007)]]''', '''[[Royal Rumble (2005)]]''', and '''[[Survivor Series (2005)]]''' have been elevated to [[WP:GA|Good Article]] status.

*'''[[SummerSlam (2007)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/SummerSlam (2007)|(link)]]}} and '''[[SummerSlam (1988)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/SummerSlam (1988)|(link)]]}} have been nominated for [[WP:FA|Featured Article]] status.

*'''[[Backlash (2007)]]''', '''[[One Night Stand (2007)]]''', '''[[Paul London]]''', '''[[Royal Rumble (2005)]]''', '''[[The Great American Bash (2007)]]''', '''[[The Rock (entertainer)]]''' and '''[[Unforgiven (2006)]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Good article candidates|Good article candidates]].

*'''[[Over the Edge (1999)]]''' failed it's Good article nomination, though, it has been reassessed [[Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Over the Edge (1999)/1|here]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Current Events</div>
*[[Darren Matthews]] (William Regal) was suspended by WWE for 60 days for breaching the [[World Wrestling Entertainment#Wellness Program|Substance Abuse and Drug Testing Policy]].

*The [[2008 WWE Draft]] was announced by [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] [[List of World Wrestling Entertainment employees#Executive officers|chairman]], [[Vince McMahon]], to take place on [[June 23]] [[2008]].

*At [[One Night Stand (2008)|One Night Stand]], [[Randy Orton]] suffered a broken [[Clavicle|collarbone]] during his [[Professional wrestling match types#Last Man Standing match|Last man standing match]] with [[Triple H]].

*Also, at One Night Stand, [[Adam Copeland|Edge]] won the [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]] in a [[Tables, Ladders and Chairs match]] defeating [[The Undertaker]]. Per the pre-match stipulation, Undertaker was [[kayfabe]] forced to leave WWE.

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">The Month in Wrestling History</div>
*[[May 23]], [[1999]] - [[Owen Hart]] died in a tragic fall during [[Over the Edge (1999)|Over the Edge]].
*[[May 21]], [[2000]] - [[Triple H]] defeated [[The Rock (entertainer)|The Rock]] for the [[WWE Championship|WWF Heavyweight title]].
*[[May 22]], [[2000]] - [[Vince Russo]] stripped [[Ric Flair]] of the [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship]], and awarded it to [[Jeff Jarret]].
*[[May 17]], [[2002]] - "The British Bulldog" [[Davey Boy Smith]] died of a heart attack.
*[[May 19]], [[2004]] - [[Ron Killings]] won the [[NWA World Heavyweight Championship]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional Wrestling Article Stats</div>

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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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| || 1 || 5 || 15 || '''21'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 4 || 15 || 39 || '''58'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 13 || 57 || 203 || '''274'''
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| 2 || 52 || 221 || 2331 || '''2606'''
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*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''389''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list/Active|active members list]], there are currently '''37''' members currently active in WikiProject Professional wrestling.
**'''NOTICE:''' If you are actively editing and contributing to articles under the scope of WikiProject Professional Wrestling, we suggest you add your name to the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list/Active|list of active members]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
**19 - [[User:Frenchbreadpizza|Frenchbreadpizza]]'s birthday
**24 - [[User:Unopeneddoor|Unopeneddoor]]'s birthday
**29 - [[User:CJMiller|CJMiller]]'s birthday
**1 - WWE presents '''[[One Night Stand (2008)|One Night Stand]]'''
**8 - TNA presents '''[[TNA Slammiversary#2008|Slammiversary]]'''

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Collaboration of the Week</div>

The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|article collaboration]] for May 25 through June 7 is '''[[Rick Rude]]'''. The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Featured article collaboration]] is '''[[Carly Colón]]'''. Please help to improve these articles to match the quality of an [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|ideal]] Wikipedia [[professional wrestling]] related article. The next articles for collaboration will be chosen on Sunday, June 8.<br>
<center><small>[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Cast your vote to select the collaboration for next week!]] — Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!</small></center>

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*'''Current:'''
*'''Kept:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Africa Wrestling Alliance|Africa Wrestling Alliance]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Blood sweat and ears|Blood sweat and ears]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Ring of Honor events|List of Ring of Honor events]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Fingerpoke of Doom (2nd nomination)|The Fingerpoke of Doom]].
*'''Redirected:'''
*'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/International Wrestling Federation (South Africa)|International Wrestling Federation (South Africa)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Joseph Carl Bailey, Junior|Joseph Carl Bailey, Junior]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Independent Pro Wrestling Association|Independent Pro Wrestling Association]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Crash TV|Crash TV]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Drew Roode|Drew Roode]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/WWE wins top 10|WWE wins top 10]].

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'''Contributors to this Issue:'''
*{{User|IMatthew}}
*{{User|NiciVampireHeart}}
*{{User|SRX}}
*{{User|ThinkBlue}}

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Hello there. I noticed your little template thing on someone's user page (having the USA flag in the top left), and set about creating my own one for Ireland. Anyway, it turns out you had it too far over, it was -180, but it should only have been -155 (you were clipping out 25 pixels). The top was -40, but should have been -36. I changed both the values so I think it fits a bit more snugly into the corner now. Hope that's all ok =) [[User:Falcon9x5|Fin]][[Special:Contributions/Falcon9x5|©]][[User talk:Falcon9x5|™]] 17:32, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==

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*'''[[SummerSlam (1988)]]''' and '''[[SummerSlam (2007)]]''' have both failed their Featured Article Candidacy's, their review pages can be found [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/SummerSlam (1988)|here]] and [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/SummerSlam (2007)|here]], respectively.

*'''[[List of WWE SmackDown video game titles]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of WWE SmackDown video game titles|(link)]]}} has been nominated for [[WP:FL|Featured List]] status.

*'''[[IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates/IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship|(link)]]}} has been nominated for removal as a [[WP:FL|Featured List]].

*'''[[Paul London]]''', '''[[SummerSlam (2004)]]''', '''[[Survivor Series (1994)]]''', and '''[[WWE SmackDown (video game series)]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Good article candidates|Good article candidates]].

*'''[[Backlash (2007)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Backlash (2007)#GA Review|(link)]]}}, '''[[Unforgiven (2006)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Unforgiven (2006)/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[The Rock (entertainer)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:The Rock (entertainer)/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[One Night Stand (2007)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:One Night Stand (2007)/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[The Great American Bash (2007)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:The Great American Bash (2007)/GA1|(link)]]}} and '''[[Royal Rumble (2005)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Royal Rumble (2005)#GA Review|(link)]]}} have been elevated to [[WP:Good article|Good article]] status.

*'''[[Over the Edge (1999)]]''' has passed its reassessment and is now a [[WP:Good Article|good article]]! The article's reassessment can be found [[Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Over the Edge (1999)/1|here]].

*A pay-per-view event chronology has been added as a feature to the [[Template:Infobox wrestling event|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.

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">The Month in Wrestling History</div>
*[[June 1]], [[1998]] - [[Junkyard Dog]] died at the age of forty-five in an automobile accident.
*[[June 2]], [[2003]] - [[Freddie Blassie]] died at the age of eighty-five from natural causes.
*[[June 10]], [[1983]] - [[Harley Race]] defeated [[Ric Flair]] for the [[NWA World Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[June 13]], [[1982]]- "High Chief" [[Peter Maivia]] died of cancer at forty-seven.
*[[June 13]], [[1993]] - [[Yokozuna]] defeated [[Hulk Hogan]] for the [[WWE Championship|WWF Heavyweight title]].
*[[June 19]] [[2002]] - [[AJ Styles]] became the first [[TNA X Division Championship|TNA X Division Champion]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional Wrestling Article Stats</div>

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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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| || || 2 || 3 || '''5'''
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| || 1 || 5 || 15 || '''21'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 5 || 17 || 42 || '''64'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 13 || 67 || 206 || '''287'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| || 1 || 7 || 36 || '''44'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 53 || 211 || 2312 || '''2578'''
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! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 1 || 24 || 604 || '''629'''
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! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 3 || 74 || 333 || 3218 || '''3628'''
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| '''3''' || '''74''' || '''333''' || '''3218''' || '''3628'''
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*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''389''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
**8 - TNA presents '''[[TNA Slammiversary#2008|Slammiversary]]'''
**10 - [[User:Chandlerjoeyross|Chandlerjoeyross]]'s birthday
**10 - [[User:King Gemini|King Gemini]]'s birthday
**11 - [[User:Wweisreal|Wweisreal]]'s birthday
**20 - [[User:Umdunno|Umdunno]]'s birthday

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Current Events</div>
*[[James Yun]] was suspended for 30 days for violating [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE's]] [[World Wrestling Entertainment#Wellness Program|Wellness Policy]].

*[[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 [[WWE Raw|Raw]] to viewers watching the show at home.

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Collaboration of the Week</div>

The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|article collaboration]] for June 22 through July 5 is '''[[James Yun]]'''. The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Featured article collaboration]] is '''[[Candice Michelle]]''' . Please help to improve these articles to match the quality of an [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|ideal]] Wikipedia [[professional wrestling]] related article. The next articles for collaboration will be chosen on Sunday, July 5.<br>
<center><small>[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Cast your vote to select the collaboration for next week!]] — Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!</small></center>

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*'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mark Beale|Mark Beale]].
*'''Kept:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Triplemania|Triplemania]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Antonio Peña|Antonio Peña]].
*'''Redirected:'''
*'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/All Action Wrestling|All Action Wrestling]].
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'''Contributors to this Issue:'''
*{{User|iMatthew}}
*{{User|NiciVampireHeart}}
*{{User|SRX}}

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<big>'''What's This?'''</big><br>
''Shalom aleichem'' sports fans, and welcome to the first of what I hope will be a monthly newsletter with the need-to-know information about our fair WikiProject. If you have any questions or comments, or would like to recommend a story for the newsletter, click [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:L%27Aquatique&action=edit&section=new here] to leave a message on the Newsletter Coordinator's talk page.<br>
<big>'''In the News'''</big>
*WikiProject Good Articles is doing sweeps over all our current good articles to ensure they still meet criteria. For more information and how you can help, check out [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Project quality task force/Sweeps|WikiProject Good Articles Sweeps]].
*GA status for the article [[Jew]] has been put on hold pending a few minor revisions. A list of things that need to be done to return this top importance article to its proper status can be found [[Talk:Jew#GA Sweeps_Review: On Hold|here]].
*[[Jerusalem]] is a Featured Article Candidate! Go forth, my people, and [[WP:VOTE|!vote]]!
<big>'''To Do'''</big>
*One new Judaism-related article was created this month, the long requested [[Hebrew Punctuation]]. Thanks to [[User:Epson291|Epson291]] for creating it. Remember, folks, there are over forty [[Wikipedia:Requested_articles/Social_sciences#Judaism|standing requests for Judaism articles]], so whenever you get the opportunity make sure to go create a few.
*In the right column you will see a listing of our most popular articles. All of these articles got 170,000+ page hits in the past month, and they should be on everyone's watchlist so we can keep them vandalism-free.
*Spread the word! No, not the ''[[Divine revelation|Word]]''... <small>(well, you can do that too)</small> I'm talking about inviting knowledgeable users to join the project. You can proclaim your undying love of WikiProject Judaism in methods mild to wild, check the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism/Templates|project template page]] and [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism/Members|member list]] for examples. We also now have a flashy advertisement, to use it add <nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:Wikipedia ads|Wikipedia ads]]|ad=148<nowiki>}}</nowiki> to your userpage.
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== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==

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*'''[[December to Dismember (2006)]]''' is currently under [[WP:FAR|Featured Article review]] [[Wikipedia:Featured article review/December to Dismember (2006)|(link)]].

*'''[[Starrcade (1983)]]''' has failed its [[WP:FAC|Featured Article nomination]] [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Starrcade (1983)/archive1|(link)]].

*'''[[List of WWE SmackDown video game titles]]''' has been elevated to [[Wikipedia:Featured list|Featured List]] status [[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of WWE SmackDown video game titles|(link)]].

*'''[[IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship]]''' has been removed as a [[WP:FL|Featured List]] [[Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates/IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship/archive1|(link)]].

*'''[[Faces of Fear]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Faces of Fear/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Maria Kanellis]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Maria Kanellis/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Paul London]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Paul London/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Survivor Series (1994)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Survivor Series (1994)|(link)]]}}, '''[[The Mega Bucks]]''' {{small|[[Talk:The Mega Bucks/GA1|(link)]]}} and '''[[WWE SmackDown (video game series)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:WWE SmackDown (video game series)/GA1|(link)]]}} have been elevated to [[WP:Good article|Good article]] status.

*'''[[Backlash (2003)]]''', '''[[Dark Angel (wrestler)]]''', '''[[Juggernaut (wrestler)]]''', '''[[SummerSlam (1988)]]''', '''[[SummerSlam (2004)]]''', and '''[[Survivor Series (2004)]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Good article candidates|Good article candidates]].

*'''[[Lockdown (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Lockdown (2008)/archive1|(link)]]}} and '''[[Survivor Series (2007)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Survivor Series (2007)/archive1|(link)]]}} are currently under [[WP:PR|Peer Review]].

*[[:Category:Vengeance]] is being discussed at [[WP:CFD]] for renaming, it's discussion page can be found [[Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2008 June 3#Category:Vengeance|here]].

*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.

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Current Events</div>
*At [[Night of Champions (2008)|Night of Champions]]:
**[[Mark Henry]] became the new [[ECW Championship|ECW Champion]].
**[[Kofi Kingston]] won the [[WWE Intercontinental Championship]].
**[[Cody Rhodes]] turned on [[Hardcore Holly]] to capture the [[World Tag Team Championship (WWE)|World Tag Team Championship]] with [[Ted DiBiase, Jr.|Ted DiBiase]].
*On [[June 30]], [[CM Punk]] won the [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]] on [[WWE Raw|Raw]].
*[[Trevor Rhodes|Trevor Murdoch]] was released from [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] on [[July 3]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">The Month in Wrestling History</div>
*[[June 24]], [[2001]] - [[Adam Copeland|Edge]] defeated [[Kurt Angle]] in the finals of the [[King of the Ring#2001|2001 King of the Ring]].
*[[June 26]], [[1992]] - [[Buddy Rogers]] died of a stroke at age 71.
*[[June 28]], [[1999]] - [[Steve Austin]] defeated [[The Undertaker]] for the [[WWE Championship|WWF Heavyweight title]].
*[[July 2]], [[1969]] - [[Michael DiBiase|"Iron" Mike DiBiase]] died of a heart attack in the ring.
*[[July 3]], [[2001]] - [[AJ Styles]] and [[Jerry Lynn]] become the first [[NWA World Tag Team Champions]] under the ownership of [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|TNA]], via winning a tournament final.

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional Wrestling Article Stats</div>

*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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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! {{FA-Class|category=Category:FA-Class Professional wrestling articles|FA}}
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 5 || 17 || 45 || '''67'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 14 || 65 || 202 || '''282'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| || 1 || 10 || 44 || '''55'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 52 || 211 || 2310 || '''2575'''
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| || 1 || 24 || 602 || '''627'''
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*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''397''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
**29 - [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] presents '''[[Night of Champions (2008)|Night of Champions]]'''
**1 - [[User:D.M.N.|D.M.N.]]'s birthday
**7 - [[User:Alex Roggio|Alex Roggio]]'s and [[User:The Hybrid|The Hybrid]]'s birthdays
**13 - [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|TNA]] presents '''[[Victory Road (2008)|Victory Road]]'''

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Collaboration of the Week</div>

*The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|article collaborations]] for July 6 through July 19 are '''[[Sean Waltman]]''' and '''[[The Attitude Era]]'''.

*Please help to improve these articles to match the quality of an [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|ideal]] Wikipedia [[professional wrestling]] related article.

*The next articles for collaboration will be chosen on [[July 20]].<br>
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*'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jack Korpela|Jack Korpela]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Ring of Honor events (2nd nomination)|List of Ring of Honor events]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of World Wrestling Entertainment championships|List of World Wrestling Entertainment championships]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Beer Money Inc.|Beer Money Inc.]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Badd guys|The Badd guys]].
*'''Kept:'''
*'''Redirected/Merged:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mark Beale|Mark Beale]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Eric Mastrocola|Eric Mastrocola]].
*'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of ECW events|List of ECW events]].
<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">From the Editors</div>

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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Newsletter/Issue 001|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.

I'd like to especially thank those who have helped to get the newsletter to it's 20th edition; [[User:The Hybrid|The Hybrid]], [[User:The Chronic|The Chronic]], [[User:TJ Spyke|TJ Spyke]], [[User:Alex Roggio|Alex Roggio]], [[User:LAX|LAX]], [[User:ThinkBlue|ThinkBlue]], [[User:Nikki311|Nikki311]], [[User:GaryColemanFan|GaryColemanFan]], [[User:Gavyn Sykes|Gavyn Sykes]], [[User:D.M.N.|D.M.N.]], [[User:Nahallac Silverwinds|Naha]], [[User:NiciVampireHeart|NiciVampireHeart]], [[User:SRX|SRX]], [[User:Zenlax|Zenlax]] and, [[User:RkOrton|RkOrton]].

Also, lastly I'd like to thank [[User:Misza13|Misza13]], for sending the newsletter out for us, though his [[Wikipedia:Bot|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.

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*A fact from '''[[Porkchop Cash]]''' and '''[[Armageddon (2006)]]''' were featured on the [[Main Page]] in the [[WP:DYK|Did you know?]] column on July 11, 2008 and July 17, 2008, respectively.

*'''[[December to Dismember (2006)]]''' is currently under [[WP:FAR|Featured Article review]] [[Wikipedia:Featured article review/December to Dismember (2006)|(link)]].

*'''[[WWE No Way Out]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/WWE No Way Out|(link)]]}} and '''[[2008 WWE Draft]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/2008 WWE Draft|(link)]]}} are current [[WP:FLC|Featured List candidates]]

*'''[[Backlash (2003)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Backlash (2003)/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Backlash (2004)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Backlash (2004)/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Survivor Series (2004)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Survivor Series (2004)/GA1|(link)]]}}, and '''[[Unforgiven (2007)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Unforgiven (2007)/GA1|(link)]]}} have been elevated to [[WP:Good article|Good article]] status.

*'''[[Cyber Sunday (2007)]]''', '''[[Dark Angel (wrestler)]]''', '''[[Juggernaut (wrestler)]]''', '''[[Royal Rumble (2007)]]''', '''[[SummerSlam (1988)]]''', '''[[SummerSlam (2004)]]''', and '''[[Vengeance: Night of Champions]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Good article candidates|Good article candidates]].

*'''[[SummerSlam (2003)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/SummerSlam (2003)/archive1|(link)]]}} and '''[[Survivor Series (2007)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Survivor Series (2007)/archive1|(link)]]}} are currently under [[WP:PR|Peer Review]].

*Per [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=December_to_Dismember_%282006%29&diff=prev&oldid=224449487 this edit] and the discussion [[WT:PW#Date linking|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 {{tl|Infobox Wrestling event}} template, for the discussion explaining these parameters, see the discussion [[WT:PW#Another suggested PPV change|here]]

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Current Events</div>
*[[Ashley Massaro]] was released from [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] on July 9.

*[[Shantelle Malawski|Taylor Wilde]] won the [[TNA Women's Knockout Championship|TNA Women's Championship]] on the July 10 edition of [[TNA Impact!]], defeating [[Kia Stevens|Awesome Kong]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">This Month in Wrestling History</div>
*[[July 9]], [[2000]] - [[Booker Huffman|Booker T]] defeated [[Jeff Jarrett]] for the [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[July 11]], [[1961]] - [[Gene Kiniski]] defeated [[Verne Gagne]] for the [[AWA World Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[July 12]], [[1992]] - [[Jimmy Snuka]] defeated [[Johnny Weiss|Johnny Hot Body]] for the [[ECW Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[July 12]], [[1999]] - [[Hulk Hogan]] defeated [[Randy Savage]] for the WCW World Heavyweight title.
*[[July 16]], [[2001]] - [[Terry Gordy]] died of a heart attack at age 40.
*[[July 17]], [[1988]] - [[Bruiser Brody]] died in Puerto Rica after being stabbed, aged 42.

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional Wrestling Article Stats</div>

*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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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! {{FA-Class|category=Category:FA-Class Professional wrestling articles|FA}}
| || || 2 || 3 || '''5'''
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! {{FL-Class|category=Category:FL-Class Professional wrestling articles|FL}}
| || 1 || 6 || 14 || '''21'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 5 || 18 || 51 || '''74'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 14 || 66 || 203 || '''284'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| || 1 || 9 || 56 || '''66'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 50 || 202 || 1734 || '''1988'''
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! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 1 || 23 || 601 || '''625'''
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! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 2 || 20 || 572 || '''594'''
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! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 3 || 74 || 346 || 3234 || '''3657'''
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! Total
| '''3''' || '''74''' || '''346''' || '''3234''' || '''3657'''
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*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''401''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
*7 - [[User:Alex Roggio|Alex Roggio]]'s and [[User:The Hybrid|The Hybrid]]'s birthdays
*13 - TNA presents '''[[Victory Road (2008)|Victory Road]]'''
*19 - [[User:ProtoWolf|ProtoWolf]]'s & [[User:The Founders Intent|The Founders Intent]]'s birthday
*20 - WWE presents '''[[The Great American Bash (2008)|The Great American Bash]]'''
*22 - [[User:Darrenhusted|Darrenhusted]]'s birthday
*27 - [[User:Sundogs|Sundogs]]' birthday
*29 - [[User:Kris Classic|Kris Classic]]'s birthday
*31 - [[User talk:Normy132|Normy]]'s birthday

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Collaboration of the Week</div>

*The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|article collaboration]] for July 20 through August 2 is '''[[Chris Jericho]]'''. The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Featured article collaboration]] is '''[[Torrie Wilson]]'''.

*Please help to improve these articles to match the quality of an [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|ideal]] Wikipedia [[professional wrestling]] related article.

*The next articles for collaboration will be chosen on [[August 3]].<br>
<center><small>[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Cast your vote to select the collaboration for next week!]] — Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!</small></center>

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*'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Taryn Terrell (wrestler)|Taryn Terrell (wrestler)]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of wrestling championships|List of wrestling championships]].
*'''Kept:'''
*'''Redirected/Merged:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of World Wrestling Entertainment championships|List of World Wrestling Entertainment championships]].
*'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jack Korpela|Jack Korpela]] [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jack Korpela (2nd nomination)|(2)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Velocity Championship Wrestling (VCW)|Velocity Championship Wrestling (VCW)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Ring of Honor events (2nd nomination)|List of Ring of Honor events]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Marc Loyd|Marc Loyd]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tna Wrestlers Payroll|Tna Wrestlers Payroll]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/TNA INCOME|TNA INCOME]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/TNA payroll|TNA payroll]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Beer Money Inc.|Beer Money Inc.]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Badd guys|The Badd guys]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cryme Tyme Cenation|Cyme Tyme Cenation]].

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'''Contributors to this Issue:'''
*{{User|IMatthew}}
*{{User|NiciVampireHeart}}
*{{User|SRX}}
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== [[Blank Rome]] and [[Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi]] ==

Is there any particular reason you deleted the [[Sourcewatch]] links on these two articles? --[[User:Eastlaw|Eastlaw]] ([[User talk:Eastlaw|talk]]) 00:01, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
:OK, fair enough, but that doesn't mean that ''all'' links to Sourcewatch must be removed. Yes, it is unquestionably biased toward the Left, but it often has some inside information about certain companies and law firms, which can occasionally be useful. I have been writing a lot of late about law firms, and I occasionally use Sourcewatch as one source to find out what political connections a firm may have. --[[User:Eastlaw|Eastlaw]] ([[User talk:Eastlaw|talk]]) 21:54, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Also look at http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Common_sense_conservative and http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Right-wing --[[User:Java7837|Java7837]] ([[User talk:Java7837#top|talk]]) 20:53, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

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==WikiProject Judaism Newsletter==

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<big>'''Now with 200% ''more'' Jewishness!'''</big><br>
Yes, folks, we're moving on up. This newsletter is now the newsletter for both WikiProject Judaism, WikiProject Jewish History, ''and'' WikiProject Kabbalah. In the future, I may split them, but for now I think we'll be just fine with one. As always, any questions or comments should be directed to me, [[User:L'Aquatique|L'Aquatique]].

<big>'''A Special Dispatch'''</big><br>
Just a note, not aimed at anyone in particular. By order of the administrative cabal, it is officially not cool (and possibly [[WP:DICK|dickish]]) to call someone an anti-semite ''when'' they aren't being anti-semitic. Anti-semitic is a very charged word, and it's important only to use it when you're absolutely sure it applies, lest it become the subject of a [[Godwin's Law|Godwin-esque law]]. Remember Hanlon's Razor: never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.<br>
<big>'''In the News'''</big>
*A new class on the importance scale has been added- C Class- which covers articles better than start but not quite to B Class yet. It is up to the WikiProjects to decide whether to adopt them or not. Currently, there has been little discussion within our Projects, so if you feel strongly either way be sure to note so at your Project[s].
*There is a proposal to reword the section on NPOV regarding religious articles. Please see [[Wikipedia_talk:NPOV#Religion section - Disputes between historians or scientists and religious_views]] to weigh in.
*Thanks largely to the efforts of [[User:Xyz7890|Xyz7890]], a new navbox has come into being featuring Halakha topics. See: [[Template talk:Halakha]] to join in the conversation about how it can best be improved.
<big>'''To Do'''</big>
* The [[:Simple:Main Page|Simple English Wikipedia]] is beginning a project of creating and improving articles related to religion, including Judaism. At the present time, volunteers are needed to propose our most important subjects for articles to be created. The official working list is [[:Simple:User:Eptalon/Religion-related_worklist#Judaism|here]] and a more extended list is [[User:John_Carter/Simple_English_wikipedia#Judaism|here]]. If you are unsure of proper topics, you might try checking our lists of top importance level articles: [[:Category:Top-importance Judaism articles|Judaism]] and [[:Category:Top-importance Jewish history-related articles|Jewish History]]. (WikiProject Kabbalah currently doesn't have such a list)
:*[Simple English] WikiProject Christianity is considering running a monthly drive wherein two or three top importance articles from English Wikipedia are simplified and moved over to S.E. They have extended an offer to work with us in creating a similar project for Judaism related articles. For questions or volunteer opportunities, please contact [[User:John Carter]].
*WikiProject Kabbalah is in dire need of an article rating system for quality and importance. If you are familiar with that system and have some time on your hands, please create one. It could also use some infoboxes...
<big>'''New Members'''</big>
*'''Judaism:''' [[User:Big maybe|Big maybe]], [[User:Janirai|Janirai]], [[User:Jfdwolff|Jfdwolff]], [[User:Joseph.mahal|Joseph.mahal]], [[User:Joshua_Weiss|Joshua Weiss]], [[User:LisaLiel|LisaLiel]], [[User:Rcjavid|Rcjavid]], [[User:Yehudi|Yehudi]], [[User:Yidisheryid|YY]], [[user:Agent204.15|Agent204.15]], [[User:Gilad73|Gilad73]], [[User:Joseph.mahal|Joseph.mahal]], [[User:Noah03|Noah03]]
*'''Jewish History:''' [[User:Noah03|Noah03]]
*'''Kabbalah:''' None. Won't you [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Kabbalah&action=edit&section=2 join]?

<big>'''New Articles'''</big>
*[[Habib ben Elisha Faturechi]] (Thanks [[User:PhatJew|PhatJew]]!)
*There are some 40 odd standing requests for Judaism related articles. Please make them! I would, but I'm too busy writing this. [[Image:Face-grin.svg|25px|Grin]].

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'''WikiProject Judaism Stats'''<br>
*281 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism/Members|Project Members]]
*6155 articles
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:*15 of which are [[:Category:GA-Class Judaism articles|Good]]
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'''WikiProject Jewish History Stats'''<br>
*69 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Jewish History#Members|Project Members]]
*1124 articles
:*241 of which are [[:Category:Stub-Class_Jewish_history-related_articles|Stubs]]
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*12 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Kabbalah#Participants|Project Members]]
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== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==

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*Featured news
**'''[[SummerSlam (2003)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/SummerSlam (2003)|(link)]]}} is a current [[WP:FAC|Featured Article candidate]]
**'''[[December to Dismember (2006)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article review/December to Dismember (2006)|(link)]]}} is currently under [[WP:FAR|Featured Article review]].
**'''[[WWE No Way Out]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/WWE No Way Out|(link)]]}} has been elevated to [[WP:FL|Featured List]] status.
**'''[[2008 WWE Draft]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/2008 WWE Draft/archive1|(link)]]}} was not promoted to [[WP:FL|Featured List]] status, though it has been renominated as a [[WP:FLC|Featured List candidate]], [[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/2008 WWE Draft|here]]
**'''[[IWGP Tag Team Championship]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates/IWGP Tag Team Championship|(link)]]}} is a current [[WP:FLRC|Featured List removal candidate]].

*Good article news
**'''[[Armageddon (2006)]]''', '''[[Dark Angel (wrestler)]]''', '''[[Juggernaut (wrestler)]]''', and '''[[Lockdown (2008)]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Good article candidates|Good article candidates]].
**'''[[Cyber Sunday (2007)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Cyber Sunday (2007)/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Lipstick and Dynamite, Piss and Vinegar: The First Ladies of Wrestling]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Lipstick and Dynamite, Piss and Vinegar: The First Ladies of Wrestling/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Royal Rumble (2007)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Royal Rumble (2007)/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Stacy Carter]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Stacy Carter/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[SummerSlam (1988)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:SummerSlam (1988)/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[The Great American Bash (2004)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:The Great American Bash (2004)/GA1|(link)]]}} and '''[[Vengeance: Night of Champions]] ''' {{small|[[Talk:Vengeance: Night of Champions/GA1|(link)]]}} have been elevated to [[WP:GA|Good Article]] status.
**'''[[SummerSlam (2004)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:SummerSlam (2004)/GA1|(link)]]}} failed its [[WP:GA|Good Article]] nomination.

*Other project news
**'''[[Sacrifice (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Sacrifice (2008)/archive1|(link)]]}} and '''[[The Great American Bash (2005)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/The Great American Bash (2005)/archive1|(link)]]}} are currently under [[WP:PR|Peer Review]].
**A fact from '''[[Lipstick and Dynamite, Piss and Vinegar: The First Ladies of Wrestling]]''' (July 20), '''[[The Great American Bash (2004)]]''' (July 21), '''[[C.W. Bergstrom]]''' (July 22), '''[[Survivor Series (1993)]]''' (July 23), '''[[The Great American Bash (2005)]]''' (July 25), '''[[No Mercy (2005)]]''' (July 30) and '''[[New Year's Revolution (2005)]]''' (August 1) were featured on the [[Main Page]] in the [[WP:DYK|Did you know?]] column.
**'''[[Hell in a Cell]]''' has been proposed to be merged into '''[[Professional wrestling match types]]''', the discussion can be found [[Talk:Hell in a Cell#Merger proposal|here]].
**'''[[WWE World Tag Team chamiopship]]''', a current redirect to '''[[World Tag Team Championship (WWE)]]''' is currently a [[WP:RFD|RfD]]. It's deletion page can be found [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2008 July 30#WWE World Tag Team chamiopship → World Tag Team Championship (WWE)|here]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">This Month in Wrestling History</div>
*[[July 23]], [[1984]] - [[Wendi Richter]] defeated [[The Fabulous Moolah]] for the [[WWE Women's Championship|WWF Women's Championship]].
*[[June 26]], [[1992]] - [[Buddy Rogers]] died of a stroke aged 71.
*[[July 27]], [[1963]] - [[Fritz Von Erich]] defeated [[Verne Gagne]] for the [[AWA World Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[July 27]], [[2002]] - [[Low-Ki]] defeated [[Christopher Daniels]], [[Brian Kendrick|Spanky]], and [[Doug Williams]] to become the inaugural [[ROH World Heavyweight Championship|ROH World Heavyweight Champion]].
*[[July 27]], [[2002]] - [[Eddie Guerrero]] defeated [[Chris Benoit]] in a tournament final to win the reinstated [[WWE United States Championship]].
*[[August 3]], [[1997]] - [[Bret Hart]] defeated [[The Undertaker]] for the [[WWE Championship|WWF Heavyweight title]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional Wrestling Article Stats</div>

*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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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! {{FL-Class|category=Category:FL-Class Professional wrestling articles|FL}}
| || 1 || 6 || 15 || '''22'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 5 || 20 || 56 || '''81'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 15 || 67 || 203 || '''286'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| || 1 || 10 || 60 || '''71'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 49 || 203 || 1735 || '''1989'''
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| || 1 || 23 || 601 || '''625'''
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! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 2 || 20 || 573 || '''595'''
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! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 3 || 74 || 351 || 3246 || '''3674'''
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*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''406''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
**For the month of '''[[July]]''':
***1 - [[User:D.M.N.|D.M.N.]]'s birthday
***7 - [[User:Alex Roggio|Alex Roggio]]'s and [[User:The Hybrid|The Hybrid]]'s birthdays
***13 - TNA presents '''[[Victory Road (2008)|Victory Road]]'''
***19 - [[User:ProtoWolf|ProtoWolf]]'s and [[User:The Founders Intent|The Founders Intent]]'s birthday
***20 - WWE presents '''[[The Great American Bash (2008)|The Great American Bash]]'''
***22 - [[User:Darrenhusted|Darrenhusted]]'s birthday
***27 - [[User:Sundogs|Sundogs]]' birthday
***29 - [[User:Kris Classic|Kris Classic]]'s birthday
***31 - [[User talk:Normy132|Normy]]'s birthday
**For the month of '''[[August]]''':
***10 - TNA presents '''[[Hard Justice (2008)|Hard Justice]]'''
***12 - [[User:NickSentowski|NickSentowski]]'s birthday
***16 - [[User:Lakers244805|Lakers244805]]'s birthday
***17 - [[User:IMatthew|iMatthew]]'s birthday; WWE presents '''[[SummerSlam (2008)|SummerSlam]]'''
***18 - [[User:Crash Underride|Crash Underride]]'s and [[User:Wrestlinglover|Wrestlinglover's]] birthdays
***19 - [[User:Darren Jowalsen|Darren Jowalsen]]'s birthday
***22 - [[User:HeartBurn Kid|HeartBurn Kid]]'s birthday

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Recent News</div>
*At [[The Great American Bash (2008)|The Great American Bash]]:
**[[Curt Hawkins and Zach Ryder]] won the [[WWE Tag Team Championship]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic non-elimination matches|Fatal Four-Way match]].
**[[Shelton Benjamin]] won the [[WWE United States Championship]], defeating [[Matt Hardy]].
**[[Michelle McCool]] defeated [[Natalya Neidhart|Natalya]] to become the inaugural [[WWE Divas Championship|WWE Divas Champion]].
*[[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|TNA]] has posted a notice on their official website detailing a release of wrestler [[Frankie Kazarian|Kaz]]. This has been reported to be kayfabe by numerous other sites, but be prepared to revert edits to Kaz's article regarding this as well as [[List of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling alumni]]
*A redesigned [[ECW Championship]] belt was introduced on [[July 22]] during an episode of ''[[Extreme Championship Wrestling (WWE)|ECW]]''.
*[[Mike Adamle]] was appointed the new [[Professional wrestling authority figures#General managers|General Manager]] of ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]''. [[Todd Grisham]] has now taken over as the commentator for ''[[Extreme Championship Wrestling (WWE)|ECW]]''.

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Collaboration of the Week</div>

*The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|article collaboration]]s for August 3 through August 16 are '''[[Gail Kim]]''' and '''[[The Kliq]]'''.
*Please help to improve these articles to match the quality of an [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|ideal]] Wikipedia [[professional wrestling]] related article.

*The next articles for collaboration will be chosen on [[August 17]].<br>
<center><small>[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Cast your vote to select the collaboration for next week!]] — Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!</small></center>

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Articles for Deletion</div>
*'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Between the Ropes|Between the Ropes]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rycklon Stephens|Rycklon Stephens]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Taryn Terrell (wrestler)|Taryn Terrell (wrestler)]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ted DiBiase and Cody Rhodes|Ted DiBiase and Cody Rhodes]].
*'''Kept:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mark Madden|Mark Madden]].
*'''Redirected/Merged:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of wrestling championships|List of wrestling championships]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ranjin Singh|Ranjin Singh]].
*'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Anastacia Rose McPherson|Anastacia Rose McPherson]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dollar Store Wrestling|Dollar Store Wrestling]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jake Hardy|Jake Hardy]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Current World Champions|List of Current World Champions]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Simply Priceless|Simply Pricelss]].

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'''Contributors to this Issue:'''
*{{User|IMatthew}}
*{{User|NiciVampireHeart}}
*{{User|SRX}}

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== The "star" in the Jewish Barnstar ==

Hi Java: Since you were involved in creating the image in [[Template:Jewishbarnstar]] later Wikified as [[Template:The Jewish Barnstar]], your input would be appreciated at the discussions at [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Judaism#The Jewish Barnstar]] concerning what type of [[Star of David]] is best for the [[Template:The Jewish Barnstar]]. Thanks, [[User:IZAK|IZAK]] ([[User talk:IZAK|talk]]) 16:53, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

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== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==

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*Featured news
**'''[[SummerSlam (2003)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/SummerSlam (2003)|(link)]]}} is a current [[WP:FAC|Featured Article candidate]].
**'''[[December to Dismember (2006)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article review/December to Dismember (2006)|(link)]]}} is currently under [[WP:FAR|Featured Article review]].
**'''[[2008 WWE Draft]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/2008 WWE Draft|(link)]]}}. has been elevated to [[WP:FL|Featured List]] status.
**'''[[IWGP Tag Team Championship]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates/IWGP Tag Team Championship|(link)]]}} is a current [[WP:FLRC|Featured List removal candidate]].

*Good article news
**'''[[Armageddon (2006)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Armageddon (2006)/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Bad Blood (2003)]]''', '''[[Chyna]]''', '''[[In Your House 2: The Lumberjacks]]''', '''[[Juggernaut (wrestler)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Juggernaut (wrestler)/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Lockdown (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Lockdown (2008)/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[No Mercy (2005)]]''', '''[[SummerSlam (1992)]]''' and '''[[The Great American Bash (2005)]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Good article candidates|Good article candidates]].
**'''[[Sarah Stock]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Sarah Stock/GA1|(link)]]}} has been elevated to [[WP:GA|good article]] status.

*Other project news
**'''[[Matt Sydal]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Matt Sydal/archive1|(link)]]}} is currently under [[WP:PR|Peer Review]].
**A fact from '''[[SummerSlam (1992)‎]]''', '''[[Armageddon (2003)]]''', and '''[[Bad Blood (2003)]]''' were featured on the [[Main Page]] in the [[WP:DYK|Did you know?]] column on August 9, 11, and 14 respectively.
**'''[[Hell in a Cell]]''' has been proposed to be merged into '''[[Professional wrestling match types]]''', the discussion can be found [[Talk:Hell in a Cell#Merger proposal|here]].
**The guidelines for writing [[WP:PW/PPV|pay-per-view articles]] has been updated, see [[WP:PW/MOS#PPV Guidelines|here]]. The new guidelines should be followed in order for an article to be nominated for Good article or Featured article status.
**The project has had a cleanup listing generated [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Cleanup listing|here]]. It details all the article within the project that are tagged as having problems. Please help to fix the problems outlined.

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">This Month in Wrestling History</div>
*[[August 3]], [[1997]] - [[Bret Hart]] defeated [[The Undertaker]] for the [[WWE Championship|WWF Heavyweight championship]].
*[[August 4]], [[1997]] - [[Lex Luger]] defeated [[Hulk Hogan]] to win the [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship|WCW Heavyweight title]].
*[[August 7]], [[2002]] - [[Ron Killings]] defeated [[Ken Shamrock]] for the [[NWA World Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[August 8]], [[1963]] - [[Verne Gagne]] defeated [[Fritz Von Erich]] for the [[AWA World Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[August 9]], [[1999]] - [[Jackie Sato]] died of stomach cancer at age 41.
*[[August 12]], [[1995]] - [[Brad Armstrong (wrestler)|Brad Armstrong]] defeated [[Buddy Landel]] for the [[SMW Heavyweight Championship|Smokey Mountain Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[August 15]], [[2004]] - [[Randy Orton]] defeated [[Chris Benoit]] to win the [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]] and become the youngest World Champion in WWE history.
*[[August 16]], [[1992]] - [[Keiji Mutoh|The Great Muta]] defeated [[Riki Chōshū]] for the [[IWGP Heavyweight Championship|IWGP Heavyweight title]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional Wrestling Article Stats</div>

*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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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! rowspan="11" | Quality
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! {{FA-Class|category=Category:FA-Class Professional wrestling articles|FA}}
| || || 2 || 3 || '''5'''
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! {{FL-Class|category=Category:FL-Class Professional wrestling articles|FL}}
| || 1 || 7 || 15 || '''23'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 5 || 20 || 57 || '''82'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 15 || 68 || 203 || '''287'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| || 1 || 10 || 63 || '''74'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 49 || 203 || 1751 || '''2005'''
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! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 1 || 23 || 595 || '''619'''
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! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 2 || 20 || 573 || '''595'''
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! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 3 || 74 || 353 || 3260 || '''3690'''
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| '''3''' || '''74''' || '''353''' || '''3260''' || '''3690'''
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*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''414''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
**For the month of '''[[August]]''':
***10 - TNA presents '''[[Hard Justice (2008)|Hard Justice]]'''
***12 - [[User:NickSentowski|NickSentowski]]'s birthday
***16 - [[User:Lakers244805|Lakers244805]]'s birthday
***17 - [[User:IMatthew|iMatthew]]'s birthday; WWE presents '''[[SummerSlam (2008)|SummerSlam]]'''
***18 - [[User:Crash Underride|Crash Underride]]'s and [[User:Wrestlinglover|Wrestlinglover's]] birthdays
***19 - [[User:Darren Jowalsen|Darren Jowalsen]]'s birthday
***22 - [[User:HeartBurn Kid|HeartBurn Kid]]'s birthday

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Recent News</div>
*At [[WWE Saturday Night's Main Event]], [[Jenny McCarthy]] appeared on the television program to promote funding for the prevention of [[autism]] in children.
*On [[August 3]], [[World Wrestling Entertainment]]'s official website announced that [[Ric Flair]] and the WWE would part ways.
*On the [[August 4]] edition of ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]'', [[Dave Batista|Batista]] and [[John Cena]] defeated [[Cody Rhodes]] and [[Ted DiBiase, Jr.|Ted DiBiase]] to win the [[World Tag Team Championship (WWE)|World Tag Team Championship]]; however, the following week DiBiase and Rhodes regained the titles.
*[[Chris Harris (wrestler)|Braden Wlker]] was released from [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] on August 7.
*On August 8, WWE released [[Shannon Moore]], [[Nick Hamilton|Nick Patrick]], [[Kasey James|James Curtis]], [[Cliff Compton|Domino]], [[James Maritato|Nunzio]] and [[Nelson Frazier, Jr.|Big Daddy V]].
*On August 10, [[Randy Orton]] reinjured his shoulder in a motorcycle accident.
*Beer Money Inc ([[James Storm]] and [[Robert Roode]]) won the [[TNA World Tag Team Championship]] at [[Hard Justice (2008)|Hard Justice]], defeating the [[Latin American Xchange]].
*WWE released [[Kara Drew|Cherry]], [[Colin Delaney]], [[Stevie Richards]], [[The Highlanders (professional wrestling)|The Highlanders]] and referee Wes Adams on August 15.

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Collaboration of the Week</div>

*The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|article collaboration]] for August 17 through August 29 is '''[[A.J. Styles]]'''. The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|featured article collaboration]] is '''[[Randy Orton]]'''.
*Please help to improve these articles to match the quality of an [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|ideal]] Wikipedia [[professional wrestling]] related article.

*The next articles for collaboration will be chosen on [[August 30]].<br>
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*'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/National Wrestling Coalition|National Wrestling Coalition]] and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yogeshwar Dutt|Yogeshwar Dutt]].
*'''Kept:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rycklon Stephens|Rycklon Stephens]] and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/WWE Saturday Night's Main Event results (2nd nomination)|WWE Saturday Night's Main Event results]].
*'''Redirected/Merged:'''
*'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bad Guys (professional wrestling)|Bad Guys (professional wrestling)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Beer Money (professional wrestling)|Beer Money (professsional wrestling)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Between the Ropes|Between the Ropes]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Finlay and Hornswoggle|Finlay and Horsnwoggle]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Taryn Terrell (wrestler)|Taryn Terrell (wrestler)]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ted DiBiase and Cody Rhodes|Ted DiBiase and Cody Rhodes]].
*'''[[WP:RfD|Redirects for Deletion]]:''' [[WWE World Tag Team chamiopship]] ([[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2008 July 30#WWE World Tag Team chamiopship → World Tag Team Championship (WWE)|kept]]).

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== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==

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<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:lefts; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Project Updates</div>

*Featured news
**'''[[SummerSlam (2003)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/SummerSlam (2003)|(link)]]}} has been elevated to [[WP:FA|Featured Article status]].
**'''[[The Great American Bash (2005)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/The Great American Bash (2005)|(link)]]}} is a current [[WP:FAC|Featured Article candidate]].
**'''[[December to Dismember (2006)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article review/December to Dismember (2006)|(link)]]}} was under [[WP:FAR|Featured Article review]], the result was to keep it as a Featured Article.
**'''[[List of celebrities involved at WrestleMania]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of celebrities involved at WrestleMania|(link)]]}} is a current [[WP:FLC|Featured List candidate]].
**'''[[IWGP Tag Team Championship]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates/IWGP Tag Team Championship/archive1|(link)]]}} has been demoted from [[WP:FL|Featured List status]].

*Good article news
**'''[[Bad Blood (2003)]]''', '''[[Bad Blood (2004)]]''', '''[[Chyna]]''', '''[[Lockdown (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Lockdown (2008)/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[No Mercy (2005)]]''', '''[[Sacrifice (2008)]]''', '''[[SummerSlam (1992)]]''', '''[[Survivor Series (1993)]]''', and '''[[WrestleMania (1985)]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Good article candidates|Good article candidates]].
**'''[[Armageddon (2006)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Armageddon (2006)/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Juggernaut (wrestler)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Juggernaut (wrestler)/GA1|(link)]]}}, and '''[[The Great American Bash (2005)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:The Great American Bash (2005)/GA1|(link)]]}} have passed their [[WP:GAN|Good Article nomination]]s.

*Other project news
**'''[[Matt Sydal]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Matt Sydal/archive1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Judgment Day (2005)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Judgment Day (2005)/archive1|(link)]]}}, and '''[[Unforgiven (2005)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Unforgiven (2005)/archive1|(link)]]}} are currently under [[WP:PR|Peer Review]].
**'''[[Hell in a Cell]]''' has been proposed to be merged into '''[[Professional wrestling match types]]''', the discussion can be found [[Talk:Hell in a Cell#Merger proposal|here]].
**The [[Template:Future-Class|Future class]] rating has been incorporated into the project's assessment. It's intended use is for [[WP:PW/PPV|pay-per-views articles]] or video games that have not occurred or have been released, respectively.
**A fact from '''[[List of celebrities at WrestleMania]]''' was featured on the [[Main Page]] in the [[WP:DYK|Did you know?]] column on August 28.

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">This Month in Wrestling History</div>
*[[August 17]], [[1997]] - [[Shane Douglas]] defeated [[Sabu (wrestler)|Sabu]] and [[Terry Funk]] in a triangle match for the [[ECW Championship|ECW Heavyweight title]].
*[[August 19]], [[2001]] - [[Dwayne Johnson|The Rock]] defeated [[Booker Huffman|Booker T]] to win the [[WCW Championship]].
*[[August 21]], [[1979]] - [[Dusty Rhodes (wrestler)|Dusty Rhodes]] defeated [[Harley]] Race for the [[NWA World Heavyweight Championship|NWA Heavyweight Wrestling title]].
*[[August 22]], [[2000]] - [[Amy Dumas|Lita]] defeated [[Stephanie McMahon|Stephanie MaMahon-Helmsley]] for the [[WWE Women's Championship|WWF Women's Championship]].
*[[August 27]], [[1994]] - "Eastern Championship Wrestling" was renamed "[[Extreme Championship Wrestling]]".
*[[August 31]], [[1997]] - [[Kensuke Sasaki]] defeated [[Shinya Hashimoto]] for the [[IWGP Heavyweight Championship]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional Wrestling Article Stats</div>

*We have now reached our goal of getting the number of Stub-Class articles below 600. The current count is '''596'''. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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! {{FA-Class|category=Category:FA-Class Professional wrestling articles|FA}}
| || || 2 || 5 || '''7'''
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! {{FL-Class|category=Category:FL-Class Professional wrestling articles|FL}}
| || 1 || 7 || 14 || '''22'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 5 || 22 || 57 || '''84'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 16 || 67 || 201 || '''285'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| || 1 || 11 || 72 || '''84'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 49 || 204 || 1768 || '''2023'''
|-
! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 1 || 22 || 574 || '''597'''
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! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 2 || 21 || 574 || '''597'''
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! {{Future-Class|category=Category:Future-Class Professional wrestling articles|Future}}
| 0 || 0 || 1 || 11 || '''12'''
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! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 3 || 75 || 357 || 3276 || '''3711'''
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| '''3''' || '''75''' || '''356''' || '''3276''' || '''3711'''
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<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Member News</div>

*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''420''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
**For the month of '''[[August]]''':
***10 - TNA presents '''[[Hard Justice (2008)|Hard Justice]]'''
***12 - [[User:NickSentowski|NickSentowski]]'s birthday
***16 - [[User:Lakers244805|Lakers244805]]'s birthday
***17 - [[User:IMatthew|iMatthew]]'s birthday; WWE presents '''[[SummerSlam (2008)|SummerSlam]]'''
***18 - [[User:Crash Underride|Crash Underride's]] and [[User:Wrestlinglover|Wrestlinglover's]] birthdays
***19 - [[User:Darren Jowalsen|Darren Jowalsen's]] birthday
***22 - [[User:HeartBurn Kid|HeartBurn Kid's]] birthday

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Recent News</div>
*At [[SummerSlam (2008)|SummerSlam]], [[Beth Phoenix]] and [[Santino Marella]] defeated [[Mickie James]] and [[Kofi Kingston]] to win the [[WWE Women's Championship|WWE Women's]] and [[WWE Intercontinental Championship|Intercontinental Championships]], respectively.
*[[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|TNA Wrestling]] released [[Gail Kim]] from her contract on August 20.
*It was announced on the August 25 television episode of ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]'' that [[John Cena]] had suffered a [[herniated disc]] in his neck. Cena received successful surgery the following day, and will be inactive for 2-4 months.
*[[Killer Kowalski]] passed away on [[August 30]] after suffering a [[heart attack]] two weeks prior.

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Collaboration of the Week</div>

*The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|article collaborations]] for August 31 through September 13 are '''[[Sting (wrestler)]]''' and '''[[Killer Kowalski]]'''.
*Please help to improve these articles to match the quality of an [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|ideal]] Wikipedia [[professional wrestling]] related article.

*The next articles for collaboration will be chosen on [[September 14]].<br>
<center><small>[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Cast your vote to select the collaboration for next week!]] — Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!</small></center>

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Deletion Debates</div>
*'''[[WP:AFD|Articles for Deletion]]'''
**'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Smackdown vs Raw 2009 Roster|Smackdown vs Raw 2009]].
**'''Kept:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/La Familia (professional wrestling)|La Familia (professional wrestling)]] and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yogeshwar Dutt|Yogeshwar Dutt]].
**'''Redirected/Merged:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Intercontinental Champion|Intercontinental Champion]].
**'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Glamarella|Glamarella]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/National Wrestling Coalition|National Wrestling Coalition]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Robert Johnston (English Professional Wrestler)|Robert Johnston (English Professional Wrestler)]].
*'''[[WP:IFD|Images for Deletion]]
**'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion#Image:Cheerleadermelissa5yw.jpg|Image:Cheerleadermelissa5yw.jpg]]

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'''Contributors to this Issue:'''
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==The Judaism Newsletter==

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[[Image:Montefiore100.jpg|200px|right|Sir Moses Montefore, a Jewish activist who died 123 years ago this month]]
<big>'''"Censorship" of names of G-d'''</big><br>
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<big>'''Article Cleanup Lists'''</big><br>
[[User:B. Wolterding]] has generously offered us use of his bot to generate lists that show which articles of ours are tagged for cleanup. You can read more about this service here: [[User:B._Wolterding/Cleanup_listings]] and if you would like to take him up on his offer, contact him on [[User talk:B._Wolterding|his talk page]].

<big>'''In the News'''</big>
[[Image:Wikipro.JPG|75px|left|The Jewish Barnstar]]
[[Image:The_Jewish_Barnstar.png|85px|left|The New Jewish Barnstar]]
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*WikiProject Kabbalah's only Featured and Good articles have been removed from the WikiProject, on the grounds that neither article ([[Diane Keaton]] and [[David Beckham]], respectively) actually mention the subject's affiliation with [[Kabbalah]]. If you have sourced information linking either of these people to Kabbalah, please add it so the articles can be returned to the WikiProject.
*After a rather heated discussion, there are now ''two'' barnstars for use by the Jewish WikiProjects, {{tl|The Jewish Barnstar}} and {{tl|The New Jewish Barnstar}}, and you can choose which one you would like to use.. Remember: barnstars are for rewarding users who are doing good work on the project or on Judaism, Jewish History, or Kabbalah articles, and anyone can give anyone else a barnstar. If you see a user who you thinks deserves a thank you, give them a barnstar!
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*If you have some spare time on your hands, we could use an article about a Kabbalah scholar named [[Moshe Idel]]. According to [[User:HG|HG]] there are quite a few sources easily available, you can contact him if you have questions. Be sure to nominate it for [[WP:DYK|DYK]] if the finished article is eligible.
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<big>'''New Articles'''</big>
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== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==

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! colspan="2" valign="middle" style="width: 60%; border: 3px black solid; background-color: #EEEEEE; padding: 1em;" | [[Image:Barnstar-pro-wrestling.png|30px|left]]<center><font size="5">'''The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Newsletter|newsletter]]'''</font><br>Issue XXV — September 14, 2008</center>
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<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:lefts; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Project Updates</div>
*Featured news
**'''[[The Great American Bash (2005)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/The Great American Bash (2005)|(link)]]}} and '''[[No Mercy (2005)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/No Mercy (2005)|(link)]]}} are current [[WP:FAC|Featured Article candidates]].
**'''[[List of celebrities involved at WrestleMania]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of celebrities involved at WrestleMania|(link)]]}} has been elevated to [[WP:FL|Featured List]] status.

*Good article news
**'''[[Chyna]]''', '''[[No Mercy (2007)]]''', '''[[Rhonda Sing]]''', '''[[Sacrifice (2008)]]''', '''[[Survivor Series (1993)]]''', '''[[WrestleMania (1985)]]''', and '''[[WrestleMania XXIV]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Good article candidates|Good article candidates]].
**'''[[No Mercy (2005)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:No Mercy (2005)/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Bad Blood (2003)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Bad Blood (2003)/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Bad Blood (2004)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Bad Blood (2004)/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Lockdown (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Lockdown (2008)/GA1|(link)]]}}, and '''[[SummerSlam (1992)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:SummerSlam (1992)/GA1|(link)]]}} have been elevated to [[WP:GA|Good article status]].

*Other project news
**'''[[Judgment Day (2005)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Judgment Day (2005)/archive1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Lockdown (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Lockdown (2008)/archive2|(link)]]}}, and '''[[Shawn Michaels]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Shawn Michaels/archive1|(link)]]}} are currently under [[WP:PR|Peer Review]].
**'''[[Hell in a Cell]]''' has been proposed to be merged into '''[[Professional wrestling match types]]''', the discussion can be found [[Talk:Hell in a Cell#Merger proposal|here]]; and it has been proposed to merge [[Road agent (professional wrestling)]] into [[List of professional wrestling terms]]. The discussion can be found [[Talk:Road agent (professional wrestling)#Merger|here]].
**Facts from [[Antonio Pugliese]] and [[Millennium Wrestling Federation]] were featured on the [[Main Page]] in the [[WP:DYK|Did You Know?]] column on [[September 4]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">This Month in Wrestling History</div>
*[[September 1]], [[1992]] - [[Ric Flair]] defeated [[Randy Savage]] for the [[WWE Championship|WWF Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[September 2]], [[2002]] - [[Eric Bischoff]] created the [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]] and awarded it to [[Triple H]].
*[[September 6]], [[2000]] - [[Rob Conway]] defeated [[Nick Dinsmore]] for the [[OVW Heavyweight Championship|Ohio Valley Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[September 9]], [[1993]] - [[Shane Douglas]] won the [[ECW Championship|ECW Heavyweight title]] by forfeit from [[Tito Santana]].
*[[September 10]], [[1997]] - [[Fritz Von Erich]] died of cancer at age 68.
*[[September 12]], [[1991]] - [[Chris Von Erich]] died in a suicide shooting at 21.
*[[September 12]], [[1999]] - [[Sting (wrestler)|Sting]] defeated [[Hulk Hogan]] to win the [[WCW Championship|WCW Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[September 14]], [[1999]] - [[Vince McMahon]] defeated [[Triple H]] for the [[WWE Championship|WWF Heavyweight title]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional Wrestling Article Stats</div>

*We have now reached our goal of getting the number of Stub-Class articles below 600. The current count is '''586'''. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

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! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Professional wrestling<br>articles !! colspan="6" | Importance
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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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! rowspan="12" | Quality
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! {{FA-Class|category=Category:FA-Class Professional wrestling articles|FA}}
| || || 2 || 5 || '''7'''
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! {{FL-Class|category=Category:FL-Class Professional wrestling articles|FL}}
| || 1 || 12 || 10 || '''23'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 5 || 24 || 59 || '''88'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 17 || 65 || 201 || '''284'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| || 1 || 14 || 76 || '''91'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 50 || 213 || 1767 || '''2032'''
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! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 1 || 22 || 564 || '''587'''
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! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 2 || 23 || 575 || '''600'''
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! {{Future-Class|category=Category:Future-Class Professional wrestling articles|Future}}
| || || 2 || 16 || '''18'''
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! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 3 || 77 || 377 || 3273 || '''3730'''
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| '''3''' || '''77''' || '''377''' || '''3273''' || '''3731'''
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<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Member News</div>
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''198''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
**For the month of '''[[September]]''':
***2 - [[User:TJ Spyke|TJ Spyke's]] birthday
***8 - [[User:Perry8331|Perry8331's]] birthday; [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] presents '''[[Unforgiven (2008)|Unforgiven]]'''
***12 - [[User:Altenhofen|Altenhofen's]] birthday
***14 - TNA presents '''[[No Surrender (2008)|No Surrender]]'''
***15 - [[User:Gavyn Sykes|Gavyn Sykes's]] birthday
***16 - [[User:Bmg916|Bmg916's]] birthdays
***21 - [[User:BionicWilliam|BionicWilliam's]] and [[User:Rossyboy10|Rossyboy10's]] birthdays
***30 - [[User:LBMixPro|LBMixPro's]] birthday

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Recent News</div>
*[[Mick Foley]]'s [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] contract expired on [[September 1]], and he has signed a short-term deal with [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|TNA]].
*At [[Unforgiven (2008)|Unforgiven]]:
**[[Matt Hardy]] won the [[ECW Championship]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic non-elimination matches|Championship scramble match]].
**[[Chris Jericho]] won the [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]], in a Championship scramble match also.
**[[Afa Anoa'i, Jr.]] made his debut as "Manu".
*[[Nathan Jones (wrestler)|Nathan Jones]] was injured in [[Thailand]], after he was hit by a truck. Jones had recently signed a deal with [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|TNA]], but will now be out for at least 3 months.

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Collaboration of the Week</div>
*The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Collaboration of the Week]] has recently been revamped, and we will now have 6 collaborations at a time. The current collaborations will stand until they reach a certain [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week#How it works|goal]], e.g. [[WP:GA|Good article status]].
**Wrestling Legend: '''[[Kamala (wrestler)]]
**Current wrestler: '''[[Samoa Joe]]'''
**Tag team or stable: '''[[Dudley Boyz]]'''
**Stub article: '''[[Gino Brito]]'''
**Pay-per-view: '''[[WrestleMania 23]]'''
**List: '''[[List of professional wrestling terms]]'''

<center>{{small|[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Cast your vote to select the collaboration for next week!]] — Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!}}</center>

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Deletion Debates</div>
*'''[[WP:AFD|Articles for Deletion]]'''
**'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of WWE Intercontinental Championship tournaments|List of WWE Intercontinental Championship tournaments]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Total Combat Wrestling|Total Combat Wrestling]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wrestlemania win loss records|Wrestlemania win loss records]].
**'''Kept:'''
**'''Redirected/Merged:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Intercontinental Champion|Intercontinental Champion]]
**'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Beer Money Inc (professional wrestling)|Beer Money Inc (professional wrestling)]] and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Smackdown vs Raw 2009 Roster|Smackdown vs Raw 2009 Roster]].
*'''[[WP:IFD|Images for Deletion]]
**'''Current:'''
**'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion#Image:Cheerleadermelissa5yw.jpg|Image:Cheerleadermelissa5yw.jpg]], [[Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images/2008 September 8#Image:Spike_Piledriver1.gif|Image:Spike_Piledriver1.gif]], and [[Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images/2008 September 8#Image:Royal_Butterfly5.gif|Image:Royal_Butterfly5.gif]]

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'''Contributors to this Issue:'''
*{{User|IMatthew}}
*{{User|NiciVampireHeart}}
*{{User|SRX}}
*{{User|Wrestlinglover}}

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|} <div style="float:right; font-size:60%;">Delivered: 14:54, 14 September 2008 (UTC) by [[User:MiszaBot|MiszaBot]] ([[User talk:MiszaBot|talk]])</div>

==Scuba diving userboxes==
Good job creating all the Userboxes for various levels of certification.

A quick suggestion, if I may: there are dedicated articles for [[Advanced Open Water Diver]], [[Rescue Diver]], [[Master SCUBA Diver]], [[CMAS* SCUBA Diver]] and [[Divemaster]]. It might be worth having the relevant userboxes link directly to those pages.

Good job though!

--'''[[User:Legis|Legis]]''' <small>([[User talk:Legis|talk]] - [[Special:Contributions/Legis|contribs]])</small> 18:09, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==

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*Featured news
**'''[[The Great American Bash (2005)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/The Great American Bash (2005)|(link)]]}} was promoted to [[WP:FA|Featured Article]] status.
** '''[[No Mercy (2005)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/No Mercy (2005)|(link)]]}} is a current [[WP:FAC|Featured Article candidate]].

*Good article news
**'''[[Antonio Pugliese]]''', '''[[Hornswoggle]]''', '''[[No Mercy (2007)]]''', '''[[Rhonda Sing]]''', '''[[Sacrifice (2008)]]''', '''[[WrestleMania IX]]''', and '''[[WrestleMania XXIV]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Good article candidates|Good article candidates]].
**'''[[Chyna]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Chyna/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Survivor Series (1993)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Survivor Series (1993)/GA1|(link)]]}}, and '''[[WrestleMania (1985)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:WrestleMania (1985)/GA1|(link)]]}} have been elevated to [[WP:GA|Good Article]] status.

*Other project news
**'''[[Armageddon (2006)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Armageddon (2006)/archive1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Bad Blood (2003)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Bad Blood (2003)/archive1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Bad Blood (2004)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Bad Blood (2004)/archive1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Hard Justice (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Hard Justice (2008)/archive1|(link)]]}}, '''[[List of WWE pay-per-view events]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/List of WWE pay-per-view events/archive1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Lockdown (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Lockdown (2008)/archive2|(link)]]}}, and '''[[No Way Out (2004)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/No Way Out (2004)/archive2|(link)]]}} are currently under [[WP:PR|Peer Review]].
**'''[[Hell in a Cell]]''' has been proposed to be merged into '''[[Professional wrestling match types]]''', the discussion can be found [[Talk:Hell in a Cell#Merger proposal|here]]; and it has been proposed to merge '''[[Road agent (professional wrestling)]]''' into '''[[List of professional wrestling terms]]'''. The discussion can be found [[Talk:Road agent (professional wrestling)#Merger|here]]. Likewise it has been proposed to merge '''[[McMahon (documentary)]]''' to '''[[Vince McMahon]]''', that discussion can be found [[Talk:Vince McMahon#Merge Vince McMahon (Documentary) article...|here]].
**A fact from [[WrestleMania IX]] was listed on the [[Main Page]] in the [[WP:DYK|Did You Know?]] colum on September 15.

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">This Fortnight in Wrestling History</div>
*[[September 15]], [[1998]] - [[Jacquelyn]] defeated [[Rena Mero|Sable]] for the vacant [[WWE Women's Championship|WWF Women's Championship]].
*[[September 17]], [[1981]] - [[Ric Flair]] defeated [[Dusty Rhodes (wrestler)|Dusty Rhodes]] for the [[NWA World Heavyweight Championship|NWA World Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[September 17]], [[2000]] - [[Booker Huffman|Booker T]] defeated [[Kevin Nash]] for the [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship|WCW Heavyweight Championship]]
*[[September 17]], [[2003]] - [[Brock Lesnar]] defeated Kurt Angle for the [[WWE Championship|WWE Championship]].
*[[September 19]], [[1999]] - [[Mike Awesome]] defeated [[Tazz|Taz]] and [[Masato Tanaka]] for the [[ECW Championship|ECW World Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[September 21]], [[2003]] - [[Bill Goldberg|Goldberg]] defeated [[Triple H]] for the [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[September 22]], [[1967]] - [[Stanislaus Zbyszko]] died at age 88.
*[[September 23]], [[2001]] - Kurt Angle defeated [[Stone Cold Steve Austin|Steve Austin]] to win the [[WWE Championship|WWF Championship]].
*[[September 24]], [[1992]] - [[Roy Heffernan]] died of a heart attack at age 67.
*[[September 25]], [[2000]] - [[Vince Russo]] defeated [[Booker Huffman|Booker T]] for the [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship|WCW Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[September 25]], [[2000]] - [[WWE Raw|Raw Is War]] debuts on [[Spike (TV channel)|TNN]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional Wrestling Article Stats</div>

*We have now reached our goal of getting the number of Stub-Class articles below 600. The current count is '''586'''. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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! rowspan="13" | Quality
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! {{FA-Class|category=Category:FA-Class Professional wrestling articles|FA}}
| || || 3 || 5 || '''8'''
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! {{FL-Class|category=Category:FL-Class Professional wrestling articles|FL}}
| || 1 || 12 || 10 || '''23'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 6 || 25 || 60 || '''91'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 16 || 64 || 203 || '''284'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| || 1 || 14 || 84 || '''99'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 50 || 214 || 1766 || '''2032'''
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! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 1 || 21 || 564 || '''586'''
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! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 2 || 23 || 576 || '''601'''
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! {{Future-Class|category=Category:Future-Class Professional wrestling articles|Future}}
| || || 2 || 17 || '''19'''
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! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 3 || 77 || 378 || 3285 || '''3743'''
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! {{Unassessed-Class|category=Category:Unassessed Professional wrestling articles|Unassessed}}
| || || || 1 || '''1'''
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! Total
| '''3''' || '''77''' || '''378''' || '''3286''' || '''3744'''
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*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''198''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
**For the month of '''[[September]]''':
***2 - [[User:TJ Spyke|TJ Spyke's]] birthday
***8 - [[User:Perry8331|Perry8331's]] birthday; [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] presents '''[[Unforgiven (2008)|Unforgiven]]'''
***12 - [[User:Altenhofen|Altenhofen's]] birthday
***14 - TNA presents '''[[No Surrender (2008)|No Surrender]]'''
***15 - [[User:Gavyn Sykes|Gavyn Sykes's]] birthday
***16 - [[User:Bmg916|Bmg916's]] birthdays
***21 - [[User:BionicWilliam|BionicWilliam's]] and [[User:Rossyboy10|Rossyboy10's]] birthdays
***30 - [[User:LBMixPro|LBMixPro's]] birthday

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Recent Wrestling News</div>
*At [[No Surrender (2008)|No Surrender]], [[Shawn Daivari|Sheik Abdul Bashir]] won the [[TNA X Division Championship]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic non-elimination matches|3-way dance]] by defeating [[Petey Williams]] and [[Consequences Creed]].
*On September 14, [[Shelly Martinez]] was released from her contract by TNA.
*[[Sheamus O'Shaunessy|Sheamus]] won the [[FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship]] on [[September 18]], beating [[Jake Hager|Jack Swagger]].
*On [[September 21]], at the [[WWE Friday Night SmackDown|SmackDown]] taping, [[Eddie Colón|Primo Colón]] and [[Carly Colón|Carlito]] won the [[WWE Tag Team Championship]], defeating reigning champions [[Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Collaboration</div>
*The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration|Collaboration]] has recently been revamped, and we will now have 6 collaborations at a time. The current collaborations will stand until they reach a certain [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration#How it works|goal]], e.g. [[WP:GA|Good article status]].
**Wrestling Legend: '''[[Kamala (wrestler)]]'''
**Current wrestler: '''[[Samoa Joe]]'''
**Tag team or stable: '''[[Dudley Boyz]]'''
**Stub article: '''[[Gino Brito]]'''
**Pay-per-view: '''[[WrestleMania 23]]'''
**List: '''[[List of professional wrestling terms]]'''

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*'''[[WP:AFD|Articles for Deletion]]'''
**'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Christopher Rombola|Christopher Rombola]] and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ranjin Singh (Dave Kapoor)|Ranjin Singh (Dave Kapoor)]]
**'''Kept:'''
**'''Redirected/Merged:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of WWE Intercontinental Championship tournaments|List of WWE Intercontinental Championship tournaments]].
**'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Total Combat Wrestling|Total Combat Wrestling]] and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wrestlemania win loss records|Wrestlemania win loss records]].
*'''[[WP:IFD|Images for Deletion]]
**'''Current:'''
**'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion/2008 September 18#Image:Bobby roode ncw.jpg|Image:Bobby roode ncw.jpg]], [[Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion/2008 September 18#Image:Lance storm ncw.jpg|Image:Lance storm ncw.jpg]], and [[Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion/2008 September 18#Image:Sly ncw 2002.jpg|Image:Sly nca 2002.jpg]].

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== List of Converts to Judaism ==

I'm running out of patience in the RfC on this. Have any ideas? I'd appreciate someone else putting in some input. Thanks. [[User:SkyWriter|SkyWriter (Tim)]] ([[User talk:SkyWriter|talk]]) 18:26, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

PS -- to answer your earlier question, the missing person is "me." I'm looking for a different kind of notability and have stayed under the official radar. It's no secret in shul, but I'm not making a to do about it either (although the Rabbi does have me as a guest preacher occasionally). I want to be known for the things I've given instead of what I've given up, and being a poster boy isn't the way to do it. [[User:SkyWriter|SkyWriter (Tim)]] ([[User talk:SkyWriter|talk]]) 18:32, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==

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*Featured news
**'''[[Armageddon (2006)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Armageddon (2006)|(link)]]}}, '''[[Lockdown (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Lockdown (2008)|(link)]]}}, and '''[[No Way Out (2004)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/No Way Out (2004)|(link)]]}} are current [[WP:FAC|Featured article candidates]].
**'''[[No Mercy (2005)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/No Mercy (2005)/archive1|(link)]]}} was was not promoted to [[WP:FA|Featured Article]] status.
**'''[[AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship]]''' has been nominated for removal as a [[WP:FA|Featured Article]]. The discussion can be found [[Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates/AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship|here]].

*Good article news
**'''[[Antonio Pugliese]]''', '''[[Hornswoggle]]''', '''[[King of the Ring (1993)]]''', '''[[Lisa Moretti]]''', '''[[Mike Lockwood]]''', '''[[No Mercy (2007)]]''', '''[[Rhonda Sing]]''', '''[[Royal Rumble (1995)]]''', '''[[WrestleMania XI]]''', and '''[[WrestleMania XXIV]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|Good article nominees]].
**'''[[WrestleMania IX]]''' {{small|[[Talk:WrestleMania IX/GA1|(link)]]}} and '''[[Sacrifice (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Sacrifice (2008)/GA1|(link)]]}} have been elevated to [[WP:GA|Good Article]] status.

*Other project news
**'''[[Bad Blood (2004)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Bad Blood (2004)/archive1|(link)]]}} and '''[[TNA Bound for Glory]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/TNA Bound for Glory/archive1|(link)]]}} are currently under [[WP:PR|Peer Review]].
**'''[[McMahon (documentary)]]''' has been proposed to be merged with '''[[Vince McMahon]]''', the discussion can be found [[Talk:Vince McMahon#Merge Vince McMahon (Documentary) article...|here]].
**Facts from [[Royal Rumble (1995)]], [[WrestleMania XI]] and [[King of the Ring (1993)]] were listed on the [[Main Page]] in the [[WP:DYK|Did You Know?]] column on [[October 3]], [[October 5]] and [[October 10]] respectively.

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">This Fortnight in Wrestling History</div>
*[[September 29]], [[1997]] - [[Ric Flair]] officially disbands the [[Four Horsemen (professional wrestling)|Four Horsemen]].
*[[October 1]], [[2000]] - [[Jerry Lynn]] defeated [[Peter Polaco|Justin Credible]] for the [[ECW Championship|ECW Heavyweight title]].
*[[October 2]], [[2000]] - [[Vince Russo]] vacated the [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship]] and [[Booker Huffman|Booker T]] defeated [[Jeff Jarrett]] to win it.
*[[October 3]], [[1999]] - [[Vince Russo]] and [[Ed Ferrara]] leave the [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWF]] for [[World Championship Wrestling|WCW]]
*[[October 5]], [[1997]] - [[Brian Pillman]] died of arteriosclerotic heart disease aged 35.
*[[October 6]], [[1999]] - [[Gorilla Monsoon]] died following a heart attack, aged 62.
*[[October 7]], [[1957]] - [[Lou Thesz]] wrestled [[Rikidōzan]] to a one hour time limit draw in first ever [[NWA World Heavyweight Championship|NWA World Title]] match held in Japan.
*[[October 7]], [[2000]] - [[Juventud Guerrera]] arrested following a drug induced rage in Australia and is fired by WCW
*[[October 8]], [[2001]] - [[Stone Cold Steve Austin|Steve Austin]] defeated [[Kurt Angle]] for the [[WWE Championship|WWF Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[October 9]], [[2002]] - [[Sean Waltman|Syxx-Pac]] won a seven-man [[ladder match]] for the vacant [[TNA X Division Championship|NWA-TNA X Divsion Championship]].
*[[October 12]], [[1992]] - [[Bret Hart]] defeated [[Ric Flair]] for the [[WWE Championship|WWF Heavyweight Championship]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional Wrestling Article Stats</div>

*We have now reached our goal of getting the number of Stub-Class articles below 600. The current count is '''588'''. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
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! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Professional wrestling articles !! colspan="6" | Importance
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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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! rowspan="13" | Quality
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! {{FA-Class|category=Category:FA-Class Professional wrestling articles|FA}}
| || || 3 || 5 || '''8'''
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! {{FL-Class|category=Category:FL-Class Professional wrestling articles|FL}}
| || 1 || 12 || 10 || '''23'''
|-
! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 6 || 27 || 60 || '''93'''
|-
! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 16 || 64 || 203 || '''284'''
|-
! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| || 1 || 15 || 86 || '''102'''
|-
! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 50 || 213 || 1774 || '''2039'''
|-
! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 1 || 20 || 566 || '''587'''
|-
! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 2 || 22 || 581 || '''605'''
|-
! {{Future-Class|category=Category:Future-Class Professional wrestling articles|Future}}
| || || 2 || 15 || '''17'''
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! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 3 || 77 || 378 || 3300 || '''3758'''
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! Total
| '''3''' || '''77''' || '''378''' || '''3300''' || '''3758'''
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<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Member Updates</div>
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''194''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
**For the month of '''[[October]]''':
***1 - [[User:Derrty2033|Derrty2033]]'s birthday
***5 - '''[[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]]''' presents '''[[No Mercy (2008)|No Mercy]]'''
***6 - [[User:Gwalla|Gwalla]]'s birthday
***7 - [[User:Nikki311|Nikki311]]'s birthday
***10 - [[User:Edraf|Edraf]]'s birthday
***12 - '''[[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|TNA]]''' presents '''[[Bound for Glory IV]]'''
***17 - [[User:Hardcore Hak|Hardcore Hak]]'s birthday
***18 - [[User:Mas0playa|mrMASO]]'s birthday
***24 - [[User:Kaiba|Kaiba]]'s birthday
***26 - '''[[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]]''' presents '''[[Cyber Sunday (2008)|Cyber Sunday]]'''

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Recent Wrestling News</div>
*[[WWE Friday Night SmackDown|SmackDown]] debuted on [[myNetworkTV]] on October 3.
*At [[No Mercy (2008)|No Mercy]], [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Champion]] [[Chris Jericho]] lost a tooth during his [[ladder match]] title defense against [[Shawn Michaels]].
*On October 10, "Dolph Ziggler" ([[Nick Nemeth]]) was suspended for 30 days for breaching [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE's]] [[World Wrestling Entertainment#Wellness Program|Wellness Program]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Collaboration</div>
*The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration|Collaboration]] has recently been revamped, and we will now have 6 collaborations at a time. The current collaborations will stand until they reach a certain [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration#How it works|goal]], e.g. [[WP:GA|Good article status]].
**Wrestling Legend: '''[[Kamala (wrestler)]]'''
**Current wrestler: '''[[Samoa Joe]]'''
**Tag team or stable: '''[[Dudley Boyz]]'''
**Stub article: '''[[Gino Brito]]'''
**Pay-per-view: '''[[WrestleMania 23]]'''
**List: '''[[List of professional wrestling terms]]'''

<center>{{small|[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration|Cast your vote to select the next collaborations]] — Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!}}</center>

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Recent Deletion Debates</div>
*'''[[WP:AFD|Articles for Deletion]]'''
**'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Eurocontinental champion|Eurocontinental champion]]
**'''Kept:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Christopher Rombola|Christopher Rombola]] {{small|(no consensus)}} and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Genesis (2008)|Genesis (2008)]].
**'''Redirected/Merged:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ranjin Singh (Dave Kapoor)|Ranjin Singh (Dave Kapoor)]].
**'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Adrian Cortez|Adrian Cortez]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chris Bullock|Chris Bullock]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/McMahon Stables|McMahon Stables]].
*'''[[WP:IFD|Images for Deletion]]
**'''Current:'''
**'''Deleted:'''

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*{{User|NiciVampireHeart}}
*{{User|SRX}}
*{{User|Wrestlinglover}}

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== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==

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! colspan="2" valign="middle" style="width: 60%; border: 3px #039 solid; background-color: #FFFFFF; padding: 1em;" | [[Image:Barnstar-pro-wrestling.png|30px|left]]<center><font size="5">'''The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Newsletter|newsletter]]'''</font><br>Issue XXVIII — October 26, 2008</center>
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*Featured news
** '''[[No Way Out (2004)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/No Way Out (2004)|(review page)]]}} is a current [[WP:FAC|Featured article candidate]].
**'''[[Armageddon (2006)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Armageddon (2006)/archive1|(review page)]]}} and '''[[Lockdown (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Lockdown (2008)/archive1|(review page)]]}} were not promoted as [[WP:FA|Featured Articles]].
**'''[[AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship]]''' has been nominated for removal as a [[WP:FL|Featured list]]. The discussion can be found [[Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates/AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship|here]].

*Good article news
**'''[[Antonio Pugliese]]''', '''[[Hard Justice (2008)]]''', '''[[Hardy Boyz]]''', '''[[Hornswoggle]]''', '''[[King of the Ring (1993)]]''', '''[[Lisa Moretti]]''', '''[[Mike Lockwood]]''', '''[[No Mercy (2003)]]''', '''[[No Mercy (2007)]]''', '''[[Rhonda Sing]]''', '''[[Royal Rumble (1995)]]''', '''[[WrestleMania XI]]''', and '''[[WrestleMania XXIV]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|Good article nominees]].

*Other project news
**'''[[TNA Bound for Glory]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/TNA Bound for Glory/archive1|(review page)]]}} is currently under [[WP:PR|Peer Review]].
**'''[[McMahon (documentary)]]''' has been proposed to be merged with '''[[Vince McMahon]]''', the discussion can be found [[Talk:Vince McMahon#Merge Vince McMahon (Documentary) article...|here]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">This Fortnight in Wrestling History</div>
*[[October 15]], [[2003]] - Mark Magnus ([[Mark Copani]]) defeated [[Johnny Jeter]] to win the [[OVW Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[October 16]], [[1997]] - Bam Bam Bigelow ([[Bam Bam Bigelow|Scott Bigelow]]) defeated Shane Douglas ([[Shane Douglas|Troy Martin]]) for the [[ECW Heavyweight Championship|ECW Heavyweight title]].
*[[October 16]], [[2003]] - [[Stu Hart]] died of [[pneumonia]] at the age of 88.
*[[October 19]], [[2003]] - Road Warrior Hawk ([[Michael Hegstrand]]) died of a [[heart attack]] at the age of 46.
*[[October 20]], [[1964]] - Mad Dog Vachon ([[Mad Dog Vachon|Maurice Vachon]]) defeated [[Verne Gagne]] for the [[AWA World Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[October 20]], [[2000]] - [[World Championship Wrestling]], in [[narrative thread|storyline]], fired [[Bret Hart]] due to his incapacitating injury and his announced retirement.
*[[October 20]], [[2002]] - Triple H ([[Paul Levesque]]) defeated Kane ([[Glen Jacobs]]) to [[Championship unification|unify]] the [[WWE Championship|WWE]] and [[WWE Intercontinental Championship|Intercontinental titles]].
*[[October 21]], [[2001]] - [[Chris Jericho]] defeated The Rock ([[Dwayne Johnson]]) to win the [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[October 22]], [[2000]] - [[Kurt Angle]] defeated The Rock to win the WWF Championship.
*[[October 23]], [[2000]] - Yokozuna ([[Rodney Anoa'i]]) died of a heart attack at the age of 34.

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional Wrestling Article Stats</div>

*We have now reached our goal of getting the number of Stub-Class articles below 600. The current count is '''591'''. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
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! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Professional wrestling articles !! colspan="6" | Importance
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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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! rowspan="13" | Quality
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! {{FA-Class|category=Category:FA-Class Professional wrestling articles|FA}}
| || || 3 || 5 || '''8'''
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! {{FL-Class|category=Category:FL-Class Professional wrestling articles|FL}}
| || 1 || 12 || 10 || '''23'''
|-
! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 6 || 27 || 60 || '''93'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 16 || 64 || 207 || '''288'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| || 1 || 14 || 96 || '''111'''
|-
! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 50 || 219 || 1759 || '''2030'''
|-
! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 1 || 20 || 565 || '''586'''
|-
! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 2 || 21 || 580 || '''603'''
|-
! {{Future-Class|category=Category:Future-Class Professional wrestling articles|Future}}
| || || 2 || 16 || '''18'''
|-
! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 3 || 77 || 382 || 3297 || '''3760'''
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! Total
| '''3''' || '''77''' || '''382''' || '''3297''' || '''3760'''
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*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''194''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
**For the month of '''[[October]]''':
***1 - [[User:Derrty2033|Derrty2033]]'s birthday
***5 - '''[[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]]''' presents '''[[No Mercy (2008)|No Mercy]]'''
***6 - [[User:Gwalla|Gwalla]]'s birthday
***7 - [[User:Nikki311|Nikki311]]'s birthday
***10 - [[User:Edraf|Edraf]]'s birthday
***12 - '''[[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|TNA]]''' presents '''[[Bound for Glory IV]]'''
***17 - [[User:Hardcore Hak|Hardcore Hak]]'s birthday
***18 - [[User:Mas0playa|mrMASO]]'s birthday
***24 - [[User:Kaiba|Kaiba]]'s birthday
***26 - '''[[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]]''' presents '''[[Cyber Sunday (2008)|Cyber Sunday]]'''

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Recent Wrestling News</div>
*On October 12 at [[Bound for Glory IV]], Sting ([[Steve Borden]]) won the [[TNA World Heavyweight Championship]] in [[Chicago, Illinois]].
*On October 13, Johnny Devine ([[Johnny Devine|John Parsonage]]) was released from his [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA) contract.
*On October 14, Lance Cade ([[Lance Cade|Lance McNaught]]) was released from his [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) contract.
*On October 21, [[Peter Maivia|High Chief Peter Maivia's]] widow, Leah, died aged 81.
*On October 23:
**TNA broadcasted ''[[TNA Impact!|Impact!]]'' [[live broadcast|live]] in [[high definition]]; it also held ''Impact!'' in a different arena other than the [[TNA Impact! Zone]].
**Also on ''Impact!'', Booker T ([[Booker Huffman|Robert Huffman]]) debuted the newly established [[TNA Legends Championship|Legends Championship]] into TNA and, in storyline, awarded himself the title.
**Awesome Kong ([[Kia Stevens]]) defeated Taylor Wilde ([[Shantelle Malawski]]) to win the [[TNA Women's Knockout Championship]] on ''Impact!''.

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Collaboration</div>
*The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration|Collaboration]] has recently been revamped, and we will now have 6 collaborations at a time. The current collaborations will stand until they reach a certain [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration#How it works|goal]], e.g. [[WP:GA|Good article status]].
**Wrestling Legend: '''[[Kamala (wrestler)]]'''
**Current wrestler: '''[[Samoa Joe]]'''
**Tag team or stable: '''[[Dudley Boyz]]'''
**Stub article: '''[[Gino Brito]]'''
**Pay-per-view: '''[[WrestleMania 23]]'''
**List: '''[[List of professional wrestling terms]]'''

<center>{{small|[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration|Cast your vote to select the next collaborations]] — Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!}}</center>

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Recent Deletion Debates</div>
*'''[[WP:AFD|Articles for Deletion]]'''
**'''Current:'''[[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/SPRY Wrestling|SPRY Wrestling]].
**'''Kept:'''
**'''Redirected/Merged:'''
**'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Eurocontinental champion|Eurocontinental champion]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of current Pro Wrestling Unplugged employees|List of Pro Wrestling Unplugged employees]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/PWF Light Heavyweight Championship|PWF Light Heavyweight Championship]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Republic pro wrestling|Republic pro wrestling]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/World Stars of Wrestling|World Stars of Wrestling]].
*'''[[WP:IFD|Images for Deletion]]
**'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images/2008 October 24#Image:TNAlegendschampionship.jpg|TNAlegendschampionship.jpg]]
**'''Deleted:'''

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*Featured news:
** '''[[No Way Out (2004)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/No Way Out (2004)|(review page)]]}} was promoted to [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|Featured article]] status.
**'''[[AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship]]''' {{small|([[Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates/AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship/archive1|review page]])}} was removed as a [[WP:FL|Featured list]].
**'''[[CZW World Heavyweight Championship]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates/CZW World Heavyweight Championship|(review page)]]}} has been nominated for removal as a [[WP:FL|Featured list]].

*Good article news:
**'''[[Antonio Pugliese]]''', '''[[Hard Justice (2008)]]''', '''[[Hardy Boyz]]''', '''[[King of the Ring (1993)]]''', '''[[Lisa Moretti]]''', '''[[Mike Lockwood]]''', '''[[No Mercy (2003)]]''', '''[[No Mercy (2007)]]''', '''[[Rhonda Sing]]''', '''[[Royal Rumble (1993)]]''', '''[[Taboo Tuesday]]''', '''[[Unforgiven (2008)]]''', '''[[Velvet McIntyre]]''', '''[[Vince's Devils]]''', and '''[[WrestleMania XXIV]]''' are current [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|Good article nominees]].
**'''[[Royal Rumble (1995)]]''' {{small|([[Talk:Royal Rumble (1995)/GA1|link]])}} and '''[[WrestleMania XI]]''' {{small|([[Talk:WrestleMania XI/GA1|link]])}} have been promoted to [[WP:GA|Good Article]] status.

*Other project news:
**It has been propsed to merge '''[[McMahon (documentary)]]''' into '''[[Vince McMahon]]''', the discussion can be found [[Talk:Vince McMahon#Merge Vince McMahon (Documentary) article...|here]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">This Fortnight in Wrestling History</div>
*[[October 27]], [[1991]] - [[Brian Pillman]] defeated [[Ricky Morton|Richard Morton]] in a tournament final to become the inaugural [[WWE Cruiserweight Championship|WCW World Light Heavyweight Champion]].
*[[October 31]], [[2000]] - [[Lisa Moretti|Ivory]] defeated [[Amy Dumas|Lita]] to win the [[WWE Women's Championship|WWF Women's title]].
*[[November 2]], [[1998]] - [[Mick Foley|Mankind]] was awarded the newly established [[WWE Hardcore Championship|WWF Hardcore Championship]] by [[Chairperson|WWF Chairman]] [[Vince McMahon]].
*[[November 5]], [[2001]] - [[Dwayne Johnson|The Rock]] defeated [[Chris Jericho]] for the [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship|WCW World Heavyweight title]].
*[[November 6]], [[2003]] - [[Mike Lockwood]], known professionally as Crash Holly, committed suicide at the age of 32.
*[[November 7]], [[2000]] - The [[World Wrestling Entertainment|World Wrestling Federation]] (WWF) agreed to pay [[USD|US$]]18 million to the [[Hart wrestling family|Hart family]] as a settlement in the [[Over the Edge (1999)#Aftermath|court case]] for [[Owen Hart]]'s death at [[Over the Edge (1999)]].
*[[November 9]], [[1997]] - The [[Montreal Screwjob]] occurred, in which [[Shawn Michaels]] defeated [[Bret Hart]] to win the [[WWE Championship|WWF World Heavyweight Championship]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional Wrestling Article Stats</div>

*We have now reached our goal of getting the number of Stub-Class articles below 600. The current count is '''592'''. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

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! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Professional wrestling<br>articles !! colspan="6" | Importance
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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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! {{FA-Class|category=Category:FA-Class Professional wrestling articles|FA}}
| || || 3 || 5 || '''8'''
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! {{FL-Class|category=Category:FL-Class Professional wrestling articles|FL}}
| || 1 || 12 || 10 || '''23'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 6 || 27 || 60 || '''93'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 16 || 65 || 207 || '''289'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| || 1 || 14 || 96 || '''111'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 50 || 219 || 1759 || '''2030'''
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! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 1 || 21 || 566 || '''588'''
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! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 2 || 21 || 581 || '''604'''
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! {{Future-Class|category=Category:Future-Class Professional wrestling articles|Future}}
| || || 3 || 14 || '''17'''
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! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 3 || 77 || 385 || 3298 || '''3763'''
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| '''3''' || '''77''' || '''385''' || '''3298''' || '''3763'''
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*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''197''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
**For the month of '''[[November]]''':
***9 - '''[[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|TNA]]''' presents '''[[Turning Point (2008)|Turning Point]]'''
***15 - [[User:Rakez|Rakez]]'s birthday
***15 - [[User:Ericystephi|Ericystephi]]'s birthday
***20 - [[User:Batmanrules677|Batmanrules677]]'s birthday
***23 - '''[[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]]''' presents '''[[Survivor Series (2008)|Survivor Series]]'''

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Recent Wrestling News</div>
*[[Conrad Efraim]], better known as "Special Delivery Jones", died in Antigua on October 26, 2008, following a stroke he suffered two days prior.
*At [[Cyber Sunday (2008)|Cyber Sunday]], [[Dave Batista|Batista]] defeated [[Chris Jericho]] to win the [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]].
*On the October 27 episode of ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]'' [[CM Punk]] and [[Kofi Kingston]] won the [[World Tag Team Championship (WWE)|World Tag Team titles]] by defeating [[Ted DiBiase, Jr.|Ted DiBiase]] and [[Cody Rhodes]].
*[[Harry Smith (wrestler)|DH Smith]] and [[TJ Wilson]] won the [[FCW Florida Tag Team Championship]] on October 30.
*On the November 3 episode of ''Raw'':
**[[Mike Adamle]] resigned from his position as [[Professional wrestling authority figures#General managers|General Manager]] of the Raw brand.
**[[Chris Jericho]] defeated [[Dave Batista|Batista]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Cages|Steel cage match]] to win the [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]] for the second time.
*[[Super Crazy]] was released from [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) on November 5.
*On November 7, WWE released [[WWE Raw|Raw]] wrestlers [[Paul London]] and [[Chuck Palumbo]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Collaboration</div>
*The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration|Collaboration]] has recently been revamped, and we will now have 6 collaborations at a time. The current collaborations will stand until they reach a certain [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration#How it works|goal]], e.g. [[WP:GA|Good article status]].
**Wrestling Legend: '''[[Kamala (wrestler)]]'''
**Current wrestler: '''[[Samoa Joe]]'''
**Tag team or stable: '''[[Dudley Boyz]]'''
**Stub article: '''[[Gino Brito]]'''
**Pay-per-view: '''[[WrestleMania 23]]'''
**List: '''[[List of professional wrestling terms]]'''

<center>{{small|[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration|Cast your vote to select the next collaborations]] — Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!}}</center>

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Recent Deletion Debates</div>
*'''[[WP:AFD|Articles for Deletion]]'''
**'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Experience (professional wrestling)|The Experience (professional wrestling)]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Volador Jr.|Volador Jr.]]

**'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dann Read|Dann Read]] and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/SPRY Wrestling|SPRY Wrestling]].
*'''[[WP:IFD|Images for Deletion]]
**'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images/2008 October 24#Image:TNAlegendschampionship.jpg|TNAlegendschampionship.jpg]].

*'''[[WP:MFD|Miscalleneous for Deletion]]'''
**'''Redirected:''' [[Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Article name changes|Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Article name changes]]
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== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==

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*'''[[Lockdown (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Lockdown (2008)|(review page)]]}} is a current [[WP:FAC|Featured article candidate]].
*'''[[List of WCW World Tag Team Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of WCW World Tag Team Champions|(review page)]]}} is a current [[WP:FLC|Featured list candidate]].
*'''[[CZW World Heavyweight Championship]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates/CZW World Heavyweight Championship|(review page)]]}} is a current [[WP:FLRC|Featured list removal candidate]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #009; text-align:lefts; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Good content news</div>
*'''[[Hard Justice (2008)]]''', '''[[Hardy Boyz]]''', '''[[Judgment Day (2008)]]''', '''[[King of the Ring (1993)]]''', '''[[Lisa Moretti]]''', '''[[Masa Saito]]''', '''[[No Mercy (2003)]]''', '''[[No Mercy (2004)]]''', '''[[No Mercy (2007)]]''', '''[[No Surrender (2008)]]''', '''[[Royal Rumble (1993)]]''', '''[[Slammiversary (2008)]]''', '''[[Survivor Series (1992)]]''', '''[[Taboo Tuesday (2004)]]''', '''[[Unforgiven (2008)]]''', '''[[Velvet McIntyre]]''', and '''[[Vince's Devils]]''' are current [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|Good article nominees]].
*'''[[Antonio Pugliese]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Antonio Pugliese/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Mike Lockwood]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Mike Lockwood/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Rhonda Sing]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Rhonda Sing/GA1|(link)]]}}, and '''[[WrestleMania XXIV]]''' {{small|[[Talk:WrestleMania XXIV/GA1|(link)]]}} have been promoted to [[WP:GA|Good Article]] status.

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #009; text-align:lefts; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Reviews and additional project information</div>
*'''[[WrestleMania XXIV]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/WrestleMania XXIV/archive1|(review page)]]}} and '''[[Over the Edge (1999)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Over the Edge (1999)/archive2|(review page)]]}} are currently under [[WP:PR|Peer Review]]. Comments have been requested to be added on the respective review pages.
*It has been requested that feedback for the [[Money in the Bank ladder match]] article be added to its [[Talk:Money in the Bank ladder match|talk page]].
*Facts from '''[[Royal Rumble (1993)]]''' and '''[[List of King of the Ring winners]]''' were listed on the [[Main Page]] in the [[WP:DYK|Did You Know?]] column on November 10 and 13, respectively.
*It has been proposed to introduce the [[Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment#Grades|A-Class]] assessment for [[WP:PW]]; the discussion can be found [[WT:PW#New class|here]].
*It has been proposed to merge [[Shooter (professional wrestling)]] into [[Shoot (professional wrestling)]]; the discussion can be found [[Talk:Shooter (professional wrestling)#Merge request|here]].
<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional wrestling article stats</div>
*There are currently '''601''' articles in [[:Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles]]. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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| || || 3 || 6 || '''9'''
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| || || 12 || 10 || '''22'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 6 || 30 || 62 || '''98'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 16 || 64 || 207 || '''288'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| || 1 || 14 || 99 || '''114'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 54 || 227 || 1764 || '''2047'''
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! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 1 || 24 || 569 || '''594'''
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! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 3 || 23 || 595 || '''621'''
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! {{Future-Class|category=Category:Future-Class Professional wrestling articles|Future}}
| || || 3 || 14 || '''17'''
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*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''197''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
**For the month of '''[[November]]''':
***9 - '''[[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|TNA]]''' presents '''[[Turning Point (2008)|Turning Point]]'''
***15 - [[User:Rakez|Rakez]]'s birthday
***15 - [[User:Ericystephi|Ericystephi]]'s birthday
***20 - [[User:Batmanrules677|Batmanrules677]]'s birthday
***23 - '''[[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]]''' presents '''[[Survivor Series (2008)|Survivor Series]]'''

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Recent deletion debates</div>
*'''[[WP:AFD|Articles for Deletion]]'''

**'''Kept:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Volador Jr.|Volador Jr.]]
**'''Redirected/Merged:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Experience (professional wrestling)|The Experience (professional wrestling)]] and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rebecca Michaels|Rebecca Michaels]].
**'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alfonso Sharp|Alfonso Sharp]]
*'''[[WP:IFD|Images for Deletion]]
**'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images/2008 October 24#Image:TNAlegendschampionship.jpg|TNAlegendschampionship.jpg]]


<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Recent wrestling news</div>
*On November 9, [[THQ]] and [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) released the fifth installment in the [[WWE SmackDown (video game series)|WWE SmackDown vs. Raw]] series, ''[[WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009]]''.
*On November 10, WWE released [[Elijah Burke]], [[Kenny Dykstra]], and [[Lena Yada]] from their contracts.
*[[Darren Matthews|William Regal]] defeated [[Santino Marella]] to win the [[WWE Intercontinental Championship]] on the November 10 episode of ''Raw''.
*On November 18, WWE released [[Armando Estrada]] from his contract.

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">This fortnight in wrestling history</div>
*[[November 10]], [[1991]] - [[William Afflis|Dick the Bruiser]] died at the age of 62 from [[internal bleeding]]
*[[November 14]], [[1999]] - [[Paul Wight|The Big Show]] defeated [[Triple H]] to win the [[WWE Championship|WWF Championship]].
*[[November 15]], [[1998]] - [[Dwayne Johnson|The Rock]] defeated [[Mick Foley|Mankind]] in a tournament final for the [[WWE Championship|WWF Championship]].
*[[November 16]], [[1992]] - [[Jim Fullington|The Sandman]] defeated [[Don Muraco]] for the [[ECW Championship|ECW Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[November 17]], [[2002]] - [[Shawn Michaels]] defeated [[Triple H]], [[Glen Jacobs|Kane]], [[Chris Jericho]], [[Booker Huffman|Booker T]], and [[Rob Van Dam]] to win the [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]] in the first [[Elimination Chamber]].
*[[November 18]], [[2000]] - [[Nelson Erazo|Homicide]] defeated Jay Lover for the vacant [[JAPW Heavyweight Championship|Jersey All Pro Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[November 18]], [[2001]] - [[Adam Copeland|Edge]] [[championship unification|unified]] the [[WWE Intercontinental Championship|WWF Intercontinental]] and [[WWE United States Championship|United States]] championships.
*[[November 18]], [[2001]] - [[The Dudley Boyz]] unified the [[World Tag Team Championship (WWE)|WWF]] and [[WCW Tag Team Championship|WCW Tag Team]] championships.
*[[November 20]], [[2002]] - [[Jeff Jarrett]] defeated [[Ron Killings]] for the [[NWA World Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[November 21]], [[1999]] - [[Bret Hart]] defeated [[Chris Benoit]] in a tournament final for the [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[November 22]], [[1954]] - Promoter [[Roderick McMahon|Roderick "Jess" McMahon]] died at age 72.

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*'''[[Lockdown (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Lockdown (2008)|(review page)]]}}, '''[[Over the Edge (1999)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Over the Edge (1999)|(review page)]]}}, and '''[[WrestleMania XXIV]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/WrestleMania XXIV|(review page)]]}} are current [[WP:FAC|Featured article candidates]].
*'''[[List of ECW Television Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of ECW Television Champions|(review page)]]}} is a current [[WP:FLC|Featured list candidate]].
*'''[[List of WCW World Tag Team Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of WCW World Tag Team Champions|(review page)]]}} was promoted to [[WP:FL|Featured list]] status.
*'''[[CZW World Heavyweight Championship]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates/CZW World Heavyweight Championship/archive2|(review page)]]}} was removed as a [[WP:FL|Featured list]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #009; text-align:lefts; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Good content news</div>
*'''[[Hard Justice (2008)]]''', '''[[Hardy Boyz]]''', '''[[Lisa Moretti]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Lisa Moretti/GA1|(review page)]]}}, '''[[Masa Saito]]''', '''[[No Mercy (2004)]]''', '''[[No Mercy (2007)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:No Mercy (2007)/GA1|(review page)]]}}, '''[[No Surrender (2008)]]''', '''[[Royal Rumble (1993)]]''', '''[[Slammiversary (2008)]]''', '''[[Survivor Series (1992)]]''', '''[[Taboo Tuesday (2004)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Taboo Tuesday (2004)/GA1|(review page)]]}}, '''[[Unforgiven (2008)]]''', and '''[[Velvet McIntyre]]''' are current [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|Good article nominees]].
*'''[[Judgment Day (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Judgment Day (2008)/GA1|(review page)]]}}, '''[[King of the Ring (1993)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:King of the Ring (1993)/GA1|(review page)]]}}, '''[[No Mercy (2003)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:No Mercy (2003)/GA1|(review page)]]}}, and '''[[Vince's Devils]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Vince's Devils/GA1|(review page)]]}} were promoted to [[WP:GA|Good article]] status.
*'''[[Vince's Devils]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates/Vince's Devils|(review page)]]}} is a current [[Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates#Good topic nominations|Good topic candidate]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #009; text-align:lefts; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Reviews and additional project information</div>
*'''[[Judgment Day (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Judgment Day (2008)/archive1|(review page)]]}} and '''[[WWE Divas Championship]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/WWE Divas Championship/archive1|(review page)]]}} are currently under [[WP:PR|Peer Review]]. It has been requested that comments be added on the respective review pages.
*It has been requested that feedback for the '''[[Money in the Bank ladder match]]''' and '''[[Night of Champions (2008)]]''' articles be added to their talk pages.
*It has been proposed to [[WP:MERGE|merge]] '''[[Shooter (professional wrestling)]]''' into '''[[Shoot (professional wrestling)]]'''; the discussion can be found [[Talk:Shooter (professional wrestling)#Merge request|here]].
*'''[[McMahon (documentary)]]''' was merged into '''[[Vince McMahon]]'''; the result of that discussion can be found [[Talk:Vince McMahon#Merge Vince McMahon (Documentary) article...|here]].
*A fact from '''[[Survivor Series (1992)]]''' and '''[[List of ECW Television Champions]]''' appeared on the [[main page]] as a [[WP:DYK|Did You Know?]] on November 24 and December 6.
<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #009; text-align:lefts; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Editing tips</div>
This is a new section in the newsletter to help familiarize project members with the [[WP:MOS|Manual of Style]], which should help them in editing not only professional wrestling articles, but all articles in general.
#Avoid using bolding to emphasize text. See [[MOS:BOLD]] for appropriate uses of bold text.
#If you do not want your information removed from articles, please use proper grammar and [[WP:CITE|cite your sources]].
#Please avoid adding rumors to articles. Most rumors cannot be sourced with a [[WP:RS|reliable source]] and go against the [[WP:BLP|Biographies of Living Persons policy]].
#Avoid jargon such as [[Face (professional wrestling)|face/babayface]], [[Heel (professional wrestling)|heel]], [[List of professional wrestling terms#T|turn]], etc. in articles. People unfamiliar with professional wrestling will not understand what these words mean. See [[WP:JARGON]] for more information.

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional wrestling article stats</div>
*There are currently '''601''' articles in [[:Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles]]. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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| || 2 || 15 || 98 || '''115'''
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| 2 || 54 || 229 || 1768 || '''2053'''
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| || 1 || 24 || 560 || '''585'''
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! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
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! {{Future-Class|category=Category:Future-Class Professional wrestling articles|Future}}
| || || 2 || 14 || '''16'''
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! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 3 || 82 || 406 || 3328 || '''3819'''
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| '''3''' || '''82''' || '''406''' || '''3328''' || '''3819'''
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**For the month of '''[[December]]''':
***7 - '''[[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|TNA]]''' presents '''[[Final Resolution (December 2008)|Final Resolution]]'''
***11 - [[User:Urena198|Urena198]]'s birthday
***14 - '''[[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]]''' presents '''[[Armageddon (2008)|Armageddon]]'''
***21 - [[Hanukkah]] begins at sundown
***23 - [[User:Paulley|Paulley]]'s birthday
***24 - [[User:Racer38|Racer38]]'s birthday
***25 - [[Christmas]] Day
***26 - [[Kwanzaa]]
***27 - [[User:SRX|SRX]]'s birthday
***28 - [[User:FamicomJL|FamicomJL]]'s birthday
***31 - [[User:NickSparrow|NickSparrow]]'s birthday
***31 - [[User:WWEFAN99|WWEFAN99]]'s birthday

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Recent deletion debates</div>
*'''[[WP:AFD|Articles for Deletion]]'''
**'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dave Flores|Dave Flores]] and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Double chicken wing|Double chicken wing]].
**'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Connal Kelleher|Connal Kelleher]].
*'''[[WP:IFD|Images for Deletion]]
**'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images/2008 November 19#Image:Candice Michelle Ring.jpg|Image:Candice Michelle Ring.jpg]].
**'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images/2008 November 19#Image:Barbie Candid.jpg|Image:Barbie Candid.jpg]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Recent wrestling news</div>
*At [[Survivor Series (2008)|Survivor Series]]:
**[[Adam Copeland|Edge]] returned and won the [[WWE Championship]] after [[Professional wrestling authority figures#General managers 2|SmackDown General Manager]] [[Vickie Guerrero]] added him to the match between then-champion [[Triple H]] and [[Oleg Prudius|Vladimir Kozlov]].
**[[John Cena]] returned after neck surgery, and won the [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]], for the first time, by defeating [[Chris Jericho]].
*On the November 24 episode of ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]'', [[Dustin Runnels|Goldust]], [[Melina Perez|Melina]] and [[Mr. Kennedy]] made their television returns to [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE).
*[[Steve Bradley]] died on December 4, 2008. His cause of death has not been determined.
*On the December 5 episode of ''[[WWE Friday Night SmackDown|SmackDown]]'', [[Gregory Helms|Hurricane Helms]] made his in-ring return after an absence of over a year due to a neck injury.

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">This fortnight in wrestling history</div>
*[[November 26]], [[1987]] - [[Ric Flair]] defeated [[Ron Garvin]] to win the [[NWA World Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[November 26]], [[1995]] - [[Smoky Mountain Wrestling]] ceased operation.
*[[November 26]], [[2000]] - [[Scott Steiner]] defeated [[Booker Huffman|Booker T]] to win the [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[November 27]], [[1991]] - [[The Undertaker]] defeated [[Hulk Hogan]] for the [[WWE Championship|WWF Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[November 29]], [[2003]] - [[Larry Latham (wrestler)|Larry Lathman]], better known as Moondog Spot, died of a [[Myocardial infarction|heart attack]] in the ring.
*[[November 30]], [[1997]] - [[Shane Douglas]] defeated [[Bam Bam Bigelow]] to win the [[ECW Championship]].
*[[December 1]], [[1973]] - [[Stan Stasiak|Stan "The Man" Stasiak]] defeated [[Pedro Morales]] to win the [[WWE Championship|WWWF Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[December 5]], [[2003]] - [[Jerry Tuite]] died of a a [[Myocardial infarction|heart attack]] aged 36.
*[[December 7]], [[1996]] - [[Scott Levy|Raven]] defeated [[Jim Fullington|The Sandman]] to win the [[ECW Championship|ECW Heavyweight Championship]].

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== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==

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*'''[[Lockdown (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Lockdown (2008)|(review page)]]}} and '''[[Over the Edge (1999)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Over the Edge (1999)|(review page)]]}} are current [[WP:FAC|Featured article candidates]].
*'''[[WrestleMania XXIV]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/WrestleMania XXIV/archive1|(review page)]]}} was not promoted as a [[WP:FA|Featured Article]].
*'''[[List of WWF Light Heavyweight Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of WWF Light Heavyweight Champions|(review page)]]}} is a current [[WP:FLC|Featured list candidate]].
*'''[[List of ECW Television Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of ECW Television Champions|(review page)]]}} was promoted to [[WP:FL|Featured list]] status.
*'''[[List of WWE Divas Champions]]''' and '''[[List of WWE Cruiserweight Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates/Lists of World Wrestling Entertainment champions/addition1|(review page)]]}} have been nominated as an addition and withdrawal, respectively, to the [[Wikipedia:Featured topics/Lists of World Wrestling Entertainment champions|Lists of World Wrestling Entertainment champions]] [[WP:FT|Featured topic]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #009; text-align:lefts; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Good content news</div>
*'''[[Masa Saito]]''', '''[[Night of Champions (2008)]]''', '''[[No Mercy (2004)]]''', '''[[Royal Rumble (1993)]]''', '''[[Slammiversary (2008)]]''', and '''[[Survivor Series (1992)]]''' are current [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|Good article nominees]].
*'''[[Hard Justice (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Hard Justice (2008)/GA1|(review page)]]}}, '''[[Hardy Boyz]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Hardy Boyz/GA1|(review page)]]}}, '''[[Lisa Moretti]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Lisa Moretti/GA1|(review page)]]}}, '''[[No Mercy (2007)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:No Mercy (2007)/GA1|(review page)]]}}, '''[[No Surrender (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:No Surrender (2008)/GA1|(review page)]]}}, '''[[Taboo Tuesday (2004)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Taboo Tuesday (2004)/GA1|(review page)]]}}, '''[[Unforgiven (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Unforgiven (2008)/GA1|(review page)]]}} and '''[[Velvet McIntyre]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Velvet McIntyre/GA1|(review page)]]}} were promoted to [[WP:GA|Good article]] status.
*'''[[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)]]''' was not promoted to [[WP:GA|Good article]] status.
*'''[[Wikipedia:Featured topics/Vince's Devils|Vince's Devils]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates/Vince's Devils|(review page)]]}} was promoted to [[Wikipedia:Good topics|Good topic]] status.
*'''[[Hardy Boyz]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates/Hardy Boyz|(review page)]]}} is a current [[Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates#Good topic nominations|Good topic candidate]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #009; text-align:lefts; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Reviews and additional project information</div>
*'''[[Judgment Day (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Judgment Day (2008)/archive1|(review page)]]}} is currently under [[WP:PR|Peer review]]. It has been requested that comments be added on the review page.
*'''[[Shooter (professional wrestling)]]''' has been [[WP:MERGE|merged]] into '''[[Shoot (professional wrestling)]]'''; the discussion can be found [[Talk:Shoot (professional wrestling)#Merge request|here]].
*Facts from '''[[Judgment Day (2003)]]''', '''[[Armageddon (2000)]]''', and '''[[Unforgiven (2002)]]''' were all listed on the [[Main Page]] in the [[WP:DYK|Did You Know?]] column on December 12, and a fact from '''[[No Mercy (2002)]]''' was listed on December 13.

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #009; text-align:lefts; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Editing tips</div>
This is a new section in the newsletter to help familiarize project members with the [[WP:MOS|Manual of Style]] and general editing tips.
#There is a new consensus to remove notes such as most reigns, first reign, last reign, etc. in the championships and accomplishments section. See [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Archive 60#First.2Flast.2Fmost_reigns.2C_etc.|here]] for more information.
#Our project has a cleanup listing. Please help by adding sources or expanding any articles listed [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Cleanup listing|here]].
#The television show ''RAW'' should now be written as ''Raw'' per [[WP:MOSCAPS]].
#Please familiarize yourself with the [[WP:N|general notability policy]] of Wikipedia. Avoid creating new articles that do not satisfy the requirements.
#If a sentence seems like it may not be true or is partially controversial, remove it or add <nowiki>{{fact}}</nowiki> directly after it.

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional wrestling article stats</div>
*There are currently '''616''' articles in [[:Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles]]. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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| || || 12 || 11 || '''23'''
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| || 6 || 33 || 71 || '''110'''
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| 1 || 16 || 65 || 200 || '''282'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| || 2 || 15 || 98 || '''115'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 54 || 227 || 1789 || '''2072'''
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! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 1 || 25 || 580 || '''606'''
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! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
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! {{Future-Class|category=Category:Future-Class Professional wrestling articles|Future}}
| || || 2 || 13 || '''15'''
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*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''208''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
**For the month of '''[[December]]''':
***7 - '''[[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|TNA]]''' presents '''[[Final Resolution (December 2008)|Final Resolution]]'''
***11 - [[User:Urena198|Urena198]]'s birthday
***14 - '''[[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]]''' presents '''[[Armageddon (2008)|Armageddon]]'''
***21 - [[Hanukkah]] begins at sundown
***23 - [[User:Paulley|Paulley]]'s birthday
***24 - [[User:Racer38|Racer38]]'s birthday
***25 - [[Christmas]] Day
***26 - [[Kwanzaa]]
***27 - [[User:SRX|SRX]]'s birthday
***28 - [[User:FamicomJL|FamicomJL]]'s birthday
***31 - [[User:NickSparrow|NickSparrow]]'s birthday
***31 - [[User:WWEFAN99|WWEFAN99]]'s birthday

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Recent deletion debates</div>
*'''[[WP:AFD|Articles for Deletion]]'''
**'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chris Glidden|Chris Glidden]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dave Flores|Dave Flores]] and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Zade McClurg|Zade McClurg]].
**'''Redirected/Merged''': [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Double chicken wing|Double chicken wing]] and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of World Heavyweight Championship (WWE) reigns by length|List of World Heavyweight Championship (WWE) reigns by length]]
*'''[[WP:IFD|Images for Deletion]]
**'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images/2008 November 19#Image:Candice Michelle Ring.jpg|Image:Candice Michelle Ring.jpg]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Recent wrestling news</div>
*At [[Final Resolution (December 2008)|Final Resolution]]
**[[Eric Young (wrestler)|Eric Young]] defeated [[Shawn Daivari|Sheik Abdul Bashir]] to win the [[TNA X Division Championship]]. The [[Professional wrestling authority figures#Management Director|Management Director]] of [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA), [[Jim Cornette]], stripped Young of the title after the event concluded due to interference from referee [[Shane Sewell]]. Cornette immediately set up a tournament afterwards for the X Division Championship to begin on the December 11 episode of ''[[TNA Impact!]]''.
**Suicide, played by [[Frankie Kazarian]], a character from [[TNA Impact! (video game)|TNA Impact the video game]], debuted after weeks of promotion.
*On the December 8 episode of ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]'', [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) held the [[Slammy Award]]s for the first time in eleven years.
*[[Gene Snitsky]] was released from his WWE contract on December 11.
*[[John Morrison and The Miz]] defeated [[CM Punk]] and [[Kofi Kingston]] at a WWE [[house show|live event]] on December 13 to win the [[World Tag Team Championship (WWE)|World Tag Team Championship]].
*At [[Armageddon (2008)|Armageddon]], [[Jeff Hardy]] defeated [[Adam Copeland|Edge]] and [[Triple H]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic non-elimination matches|Triple threat match]] to win the [[WWE Championship]], his first [[World Heavyweight Championship (professional wrestling)|World Heavyweight Championship]] reign in WWE.

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">This fortnight in wrestling history</div>
*[[December 9]], [[1974]] - [[Jack Brisco]] defeated [[Shohei Baba]] for the [[NWA World Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[December 9]], [[2001]] - [[Chris Jericho]] became the first [[WWE Championship|WWF Undisputed Champion]] after beating [[Stone Cold Steve Austin|Steve Austin]] to win the [[WWE Championship|WWF Championship]] and defeating [[Dwayne Johnson|The Rock]] to win the [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[December 10]], [[1973]] - [[Bruno Sammartino]] defeated [[Stan Stasiak]] for the [[WWE Championship|WWWF Heavyweight Chamspionship]].
*[[December 13]], [[2003]] - [[Dan Lopez|Danny Maff]] defeated [[Jerry Lawler]] to win the [[JAPW Heavyweight Championship|Jersey All Pro Wrestling Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[December 14]], [[1963]] - [[Verne Gagne]] defeated [[Reginald Lisowski|The Crusher]] for the [[AWA World Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[December 14]], [[2001]] - [[Russ Haas]] died of a [[heart attack]] at age 27.
*[[December 15]], [[2002]] - [[Kurt Angle]] defeated [[Paul Wight|The Big Show]] for the [[WWE Championship]].
*[[December 17]], [[1999]] - [[Masato Tanaka]] defeated [[Mike Awesome]] to win the [[ECW Championship|ECW World Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[December 20]], [[1999]] - [[Bret Hart]] won the [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship]] by defeating [[Bill Goldberg|Goldberg]].

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== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==

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<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #009; text-align:lefts; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Featured content news</div>
*'''[[Lockdown (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Lockdown (2008)|(review page)]]}} and '''[[Over the Edge (1999)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Over the Edge (1999)|(review page)]]}} were promoted to [[WP:FA|Featured article]] status.
*'''[[List of WWF Light Heavyweight Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of WWF Light Heavyweight Champions|(review page)]]}} was promoted to [[WP:FL|Featured list]] status.
*'''[[List of WWE Divas Champions]]''' and '''[[List of WWE Cruiserweight Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates/Lists of World Wrestling Entertainment champions/addition1|(review page)]]}} were added and removed, respectively, from the [[Wikipedia:Featured topics/Lists of World Wrestling Entertainment champions|Lists of World Wrestling Entertainment champions]] [[WP:FT|Featured topic]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #009; text-align:lefts; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Good content news</div>
*'''[[Masa Saito]]''', '''[[No Mercy (2004)]]''', '''[[Slammiversary (2008)]]''', '''[[Survivor Series (1992)]]''', '''[[Survivor Series (2007)]]''', '''[[The Undertaker]]''', and '''[[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)]]''' are current [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|Good article nominees]].
*'''[[Night of Champions (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Night of Champions (2008)/GA1|(review page)]]}}, '''[[Royal Rumble (1993)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Royal Rumble (1993)/GA1|(review page)]]}}, and '''[[The Simpsons Wrestling]]''' {{small|[[Talk:The Simpsons Wrestling/GA1|(review page)]]}} were promoted to [[WP:GA|Good article]] status.
*'''[[Hardy Boyz]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates/Hardy Boyz|(review page)]]}} was promoted to [[Wikipedia:Good topics|Good topic]] status.

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #009; text-align:lefts; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Reviews and additional project information</div>
*'''[[Darren Matthews]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Darren Matthews/archive1|(review page)]]}} is currently under [[WP:PR|Peer review]].
*The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration|WikiProject Professional wrestling collaboration]] has been archived as a historical project assessment.

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #009; text-align:lefts; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Editing tips</div>
This is a new section in the newsletter to help familiarize project members with the [[WP:MOS|Manual of Style]] and general editing tips.
#When expanding [[WP:PW/PPV|pay-per-view articles]], avoid using [[Professional wrestling terms|wrestling jargon]] without an explanation, per [[WP:JARGON]], maintain an out-of-universe perspective of the article, per [[WP:IN-U]], and avoid writing in excess detail, per [[WP:PLOT]]. For further information see [[WP:PW/PPVG]].
#Our project has a cleanup listing. Please help by adding sources or expanding any articles listed [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Cleanup listing|here]].
#Per [[WP:MOSCAPS]], television shows, such as ''[[WWE Raw|RAW]]'' and [[TNA Impact!|iMPACT!]], should be written as ''Raw'' and ''Impact!''.
#Due to a new consensus formed by Wikipedia users, dates should be unlinked in all articles, per [[WP:MOSNUM]].
#Please familiarize yourself with the [[WP:N|general notability policy]] of Wikipedia. Avoid creating new articles that do not satisfy the requirements.
#Avoid [[WP:OVERLINK|overlinking]] in an article. If a subject has been linked once already in the body paragraphs, there is no need to link it again, unless the length of the article requires it to be linked a second time. Lists are the only exceptions to this policy.

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional wrestling article stats</div>
*There are currently '''617''' articles in [[:Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles]]. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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| || 6 || 31 || 73 || '''110'''
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| 1 || 17 || 68 || 199 || '''285'''
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| || 2 || 16 || 100 || '''118'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 53 || 226 || 1791 || '''2072'''
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| || 2 || 25 || 579 || '''606'''
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| 3 || 82 || 409 || 3366 || '''3860'''
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*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''208''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
**For the month of '''[[January]]''':
*11 - [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|TNA]] presents '''[[Genesis (2009)|Genesis]]'''
*12 - [[User:inuyasha73036|Inuyasha73036]]'s birthday
*16 - [[Ring of Honor|ROH]] presents '''[[Rising Above (2009)|Rising Above]]'''
*21 - [[User:Suriel1981|Suriel1981]]'s birthday
*25 - [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] presents '''[[Royal Rumble (2009)|Royal Rumble]]'''
*29 - [[User:3bulletproof16|3bulletproof16]]'s birthday
*31 - [[User:Nahallac Silverwinds|Nahallac]]'s birthday

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Recent deletion debates</div>
*'''[[WP:AFD|Articles for Deletion]]'''
**'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chris Bang|Chris Bang]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Blackjack Parsons|Blackjack Parsons]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Vince Verhei (2nd nomination)|Vince Verhei]].
**'''Kept:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/TNA Weekly PPV|TNA Weekly PPV]]
*'''[[WP:IFD|Images for Deletion]]
**'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images/2008 December 28#File:Jillian Hall about to use Samoan Drop on Candice Michelle.jpg|File:Jillian Hall about to use Samoan Drop on Candice Michelle.jpg]] and [[Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images/2008 December 28#File:Jillian Hall doing cartwheel into an elbow drop.jpg|File:Jillian Hall doing cartwheel into an elbow drop.jpg]].
*'''[[WP:MFD|Miscellany for Deletion]]
**'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|Wikiproject Professional wrestling/Calender]]

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Recent wrestling news</div>
*On December 22:
**On ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]'', [[Trish Stratus]] wrestled her first match in over two years in her native [[Toronto, Ontario|Toronto, Canada]]. She and [[John Cena]] defeated [[Santino Marella]] and [[Beth Phoenix]] in a [[Tag team#Tag team match rules|Tag team match]].
**It was reported by [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] that [[Dave Batista|Batista]] was sidelined with a [[hamstring]] tear that required surgery.
**[[Maryse Ouellet|Maryse]] defeated [[Michelle McCool]] to win the [[WWE Divas Championship]] on an episode of ''[[WWE Friday Night SmackDown|Friday Night SmackDown]]'', which aired on December 26.
*On December 26:
**Independent Wrestling Association's Roland Montgomery, known as Rollin' Hard, died at his home in [[Louisville, Kentucky]].
**WWE Divas Champion Maryse dislocated her kneecap at a WWE [[house show|live event]]; it is unknown how long the injury will sideline her from in-ring competition.
*[[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) moved [[Paul Burchill]] and [[Katie Lea]] from the Raw brand to the [[Extreme Championship Wrestling (WWE)|ECW]] brand on December 30.
*On January 2, [[United States senate|U.S. Senator]] [[Henry Waxman]] filed a letter to the [[Office of National Drug Control Policy]] requesting a review of [[professional wrestling]]'s [[steroid]] testing and usage.

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">This fortnight in wrestling history</div>
*December 22, 2000 - [[Mike Rapada]] defeated [[Terry Brunk|Sabu]] to win the [[NWA World Heavyweight Championship]].
*December 23, 1999 - [[Mike Awesome]] defeated [[Masato Tanaka]] to win the [[ECW Championship|ECW World Heavyweight Championship]].
*December 26, 1983 - The [[Iron Sheik]] defeated [[Bob Backlund]] for the [[WWE Championship|WWF Heavyweight Championship]].
*December 28, 1997 - [[Steve Borden|Sting]] defeated [[Hulk Hogan]] to win the [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship|WCW Heavyweight Championship]]
*December 29, 1998 - [[Mick Foley|Mankind]] defeated [[Dwayne Johnson|The Rock]] to win the [[WWE Championship|WWF World Heavyweight Championship]].
*January 3, 2000 - [[Triple H]] defeated [[Paul Wight|The Big Show]] for the [[WWE Championship|WWF Heavyweight Championship]].
*January 4, 1999 - [[Keiji Mutoh]] defeated [[Scott Norton]] for the [[IWGP Heavyweight Championship]].

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==WP:MOTD==
Please see [[Wikipedia_talk:Motto_of_the_day/Nominations#Running_dry]] [[User:Simply south|Simply south]] <small>[[User talk:Simply south|not SS, sorry]]</small> 18:33, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

== Nom for speedy deletion ==

I have nominated a page you created, [[Moses ben Avraham]], for [[Wikipedia:Criteria_for_speedy_deletion#A3|speedy deletion under A3]]. It seems to be a duplicate of [[Moses ben Avraham Avinu]]. Regards. <font color="#461B7E">[[User:FangedFaerie|FangedFaerie]]</font> <small>(<font color="#153E7E">[[User Talk:FangedFaerie|Talk]]</font> | <font color= "#307D7E">[[Special:Contributions/FangedFaerie|Edits]]</font>)</small> 20:34, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==

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'''The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]] Newsletter'''</big><br /> Issue XXXIV - January 18, 2009 <br />
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As of January 2009:
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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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| || || 12 || 12 || '''24'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 6 || 32 || 75 || '''113'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 18 || 66 || 197 || '''282'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| || 3 || 18 || 104 || '''125'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 54 || 224 || 1827 || '''2107'''
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! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 2 || 22 || 562 || '''586'''
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! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 2 || 23 || 593 || '''618'''
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! {{Future-Class|category=Category:Future-Class Professional wrestling articles|Future}}
| || || 4 || 13 || '''17'''
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| 3 || 85 || 406 || 3386 || '''3880'''
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*The [[WP:FAC|Featured article candidacy]] of '''[[Sacrifice (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Sacrifice (2008)/archive1|(review page)]]}} was withdrawn by the nominator.
*'''[[WCW Hall of Fame]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/WCW Hall of Fame|(review page)]]}} and '''[[List of ECW Tag Team Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of ECW Tag Team Champions|(review page)]]}} are current [[WP:FLC|Featured list candidate]]s.
*'''[[Masa Saito]]''', '''[[No Mercy (2004)]]''', '''[[Survivor Series (2007)]]''', '''[[Taboo Tuesday (2005)]]''', '''[[Terri Runnels]]''', '''[[Vengeance (2006)]]''', '''[[Victory Road (2004)]]''', and '''[[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)]]''' are current [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|Good article nominees]].
*The following articles appeared in the [[WP:DYK|Did You Know?]] column on the [[main page]]:
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:*January 8: '''[[Stan Frazier]]''' and '''[[Dan Marsh]]'''
:*January 11: '''[[John Hill (wrestler)]]'''
:*January 12: '''[[George Cannon (wrestler)]]'''
:*January 15: '''[[Melvin Nelson]]'''
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:*January 16: '''[[Pat O'Connor (wrestler)]]''', '''[[Mario Milano]]''', and '''[[Dan Kroffat]]'''
:*January 17: '''[[Ray Gunkel]]''', '''[[Paul LeDuc (wrestler)]]''' and '''[[Alberto Madril]]'''
:*January 18: '''[[Gene Petit]]''' and '''[[Rufus R. Jones]]'''
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*'''[[Darren Matthews]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Darren Matthews/archive1|(review page)]]}} is currently under [[WP:PR|Peer review]].
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''210''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*There are currently '''616''' articles in [[:Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles]]. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.
*A search bar has been added to the archive box on the [[WT:VG|PW project talk page]] for easier navigation through the archives.
*[[WP:XFD|Deletion Discussions]]
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:**'''Kept:''' '''[[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Diana La Cazadora|Diana La Cazadora]]'''
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:**'''Deleted:''' '''[[Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|Wikiproject Professional wrestling/Calender]]'''
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This section is intended to warn users about potential targets of [[WP:VANDALISM|vandalism]] and [[WP:SPECULATION|speculation]]: professional wrestling events from major [[professional wrestling promotion|promotions]] for the month of '''[[January]]'''.
*4 - [[New Japan Pro Wrestling]] presents '''[[January 4 Dome Show#Wrestle Kingdom III in Tokyo Dome|Wrestle Kingdom III]]'''
*11 - [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] presents '''[[Genesis (2009)|Genesis]]'''
*16 - [[Ring of Honor]] presents '''[[Rising Above (2009)|Rising Above]]'''
*25 - [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] presents '''[[Royal Rumble (2009)|Royal Rumble]]'''

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*On the December 16, 2008 [[broadcast delay|taping]] of [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]]'s (TNA) ''[[TNA Impact!|Impact!]]'', [[Consequences Creed]] and [[Jay Lethal]] cashed in Lethal's [[Final Resolution (December 2008)|Feast or Fired World Tag Team Title opportunity]] and defeated Beer Money, Inc ([[Robert Roode]] and [[James Storm]]) for the [[TNA World Tag Team Championship]], which aired on January 8, 2009.
*[[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) released [[Justin LaRouche|Bam Neely]], [[D'Lo Brown|D-Lo Brown]], [[Ronnie Arniell|Gavin Spears]], [[Jim Korderas]], [[Kevin Fertig|Kevin Thorn]], [[Matt Cappotelli]], [[Mike Kruel]], [[Mickie Henson]], [[Ron Simmons]], [[Sgt. Slaughter]], [[Tim White (referee)|Tim White]], and [[Val Venis]] from their contracts on January 9 as part of a [[budget]] cut.
*TNA reported on January 10 that [[Christy Hemme]] had injured her neck, and that she would require surgery. She was scheduled to face [[Kia Stevens|Awesome Kong]] for the [[TNA Women's Knockout Championship]] at [[Genesis (2009)|Genesis]]; this match was replaced by a [[Professional wrestling tag team match types#Multiple man teamed matches|Six-woman tag team match]].
*At TNA [[Genesis (2009)|Genesis]] on January 11:
**[[Alex Shelly]] defeated [[Chris Sabin]] in a tournament final [[professional wrestling match types#Variations of singles matches|singles match]] to win the [[TNA X Division Championship]]
**Beer Money, Inc. ([[James Storm]] and [[Robert Roode]]) won the [[TNA World Tag Team Championship]] by defeating defending champions, [[Consequences Creed]] and [[Jay Lethal]], and the team of [[Chris Parks|Abyss]] and [[Matt Morgan (wrestler)|Matt Morgan]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic non-elimination matches|tag team 3-Way Dance]].
**[[Mick Foley]] wrestled his first match in TNA; he teamed with [[Devon Hughes|Brother Devon]] and [[A.J. Styles]] to defeat [[Monty Sopp|Cute Kip]] and [[The Main Event Mafia]] ([[Booker Huffman|Booker T]] and [[Scott Steiner]]) in a Six-man tag team [[Hardcore wrestling|hardcore match]].
*On January 12:
**WWE announced that [[Stone Cold Steve Austin|"Stone Cold" Steve Austin]]'s induction into the [[WWE Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] would lead the [[List of members of the WWE Hall of Fame#To be inducted in 2009|Class of 2009]].
**[[Jake Hager|Jack Swagger]] defeated [[Matt Hardy]] to win the [[ECW Championship]], and his first title in WWE; this title change aired on January 13.
*[[Lisa Marie Varon|Victoria]] announced her retirement from [[professional wrestling]], after wrestling her final match in WWE on the January 13 episode of ''[[WWE Friday Night SmackDown|Friday Night SmackDown]]'' against [[Michelle McCool]]; this episode aired on January 16.
*On January 16, [[Hardcore Holly]] was released from his WWE contract.
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This is a section in the newsletter devoted to help familiarize project members with the [[WP:MOS|Manual of Style]] and general editing tips.
#Do not [[WP:LINK|link]] the [[WP:TITLE|title]] of an article in its lead section if the title is already in [[MOS:BOLD|bold]], per [[WP:LEDE]].
#When expanding [[WP:PW/PPV|pay-per-view articles]], avoid using [[Professional wrestling terms|wrestling jargon]] without an explanation, per [[WP:JARGON]], maintain an out-of-universe perspective of the article, per [[WP:IN-U]], and avoid writing in excess detail, per [[WP:PLOT]]. For further information see [[WP:PW/PPVG]].
#Our project has a cleanup listing. Please help by adding sources or expanding any articles listed [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Cleanup listing|here]].
#When the title of an refers to several things, it is necessary to provide links or disambiguate the page so that readers typing in that title can quickly navigate to the article that interests them. For example: [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)]].
#When editing an article, use the [[Help:Edit summary|edit summary]] to provide a brief summary of your edits; this helps users understand what was changed in the article.

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==AfD nomination of Ahuva Gray==
[[Image:Ambox warning pn.svg|48px|left]]I have nominated [[Ahuva Gray]], an article that you created, for [[Wikipedia:Deletion policy|deletion]]. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ahuva Gray]]. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time.  [[User:JaGa|<b><font color="#990000">Ja</font><font color="#000099">Ga</font></b>]][[User_talk:JaGa|<font color="#000000" size="-1"><sup>talk</sup></font>]] 06:28, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==

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'''The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]] Newsletter'''</big><br /> Issue XXXV - February 1, 2009 <br />
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[[File:Arrow Blue Left 001.svg|30px]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Newsletter/Issue 034|Issue XXXIV]] | [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Newsletter/Issue 036|Issue XXXVI]] [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|30px]]
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As of February 2009:
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! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Professional wrestling<br />articles !! colspan="6" | Importance
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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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! rowspan="12" | Quality
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! {{FA-Class|category=Category:FA-Class Professional wrestling articles|FA}}
| || || 5 || 6 || '''11'''
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! {{FL-Class|category=Category:FL-Class Professional wrestling articles|FL}}
| || || 12 || 12 || '''24'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 6 || 33 || 77 || '''116'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 17 || 66 || 197 || '''281'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| || 3 || 19 || 110 || '''132'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 54 || 226 || 1847 || '''2129'''
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! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 2 || 21 || 537 || '''560'''
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! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 3 || 23 || 596 || '''622'''
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! {{Future-Class|category=Category:Future-Class Professional wrestling articles|Future}}
| || || 3 || 13 || '''16'''
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! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 3 || 85 || 408 || 3395 || '''3891'''
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| '''3''' || '''85''' || '''408''' || '''3395''' || '''3891'''
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:*'''[[No Mercy (2004)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:No Mercy (2004)/GA1|(review page)]]}}
:*'''[[Survivor Series (2007)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Survivor Series (2007)/GA1|(review page)]]}}
:*'''[[Victory Road (2004)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Victory Road (2004)/GA1|(review page)]]}}
:*'''[[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)/GA1|(review page)]]}}
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*The [[WP:FA|Featured article]] '''[[No Way Out (2004)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests#February 15|(review page)]]}} was withdrawn as a request to appear on the [[main page]] as [[WP:TFA|Today's featured article]] for February 15 by the nominator.
*'''[[NWA Hall of Fame]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/NWA Hall of Fame|(review page)]]}} and '''[[List of ECW Tag Team Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of ECW Tag Team Champions|(review page)]]}} are current [[WP:FLC|Featured list candidate]]s. '''[[WCW Hall of Fame]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/WCW Hall of Fame/archive1|(review page)]]}} was not promoted to Featured list status; however, it has been renominated [[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/WCW Hall of Fame|here]].
*'''[[Bob Holly]]''', '''[[Rip Hawk]]''', '''[[Swede Hanson (wrestler)]]''', '''[[Taboo Tuesday (2005)]]''', '''[[Terri Runnels]]''', '''[[Vengeance (2006)]]''', and '''[[Wendi Richter]]''' are current [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|Good article nominees]].
*'''[[Brian Adams (wrestler)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Brian Adams (wrestler)/GA1|(review page)]]}} is currently under [[WP:GAR|Good article reassessment]].
*It has been proposed to merge the '''[[WWE Hall of Fame]]''' and the '''[[List of members of the WWE Hall of Fame]]''' articles. The discussion can be found [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling#Merge WWE Hall of Fame and List of members of the WWE Hall of Fame|here]].
*The following articles appeared on the [[WP:DYK|Did You Know?]] column on the main page:
:*January 19: '''[[Mighty Igor Vodic]]''' and '''[[Tiger Conway, Sr.]]'''
:*January 21: '''[[Sue Green]]'''
:*January 22: '''[[Donn Lewin]]''' and '''[[Danny McShain]]'''
:*January 23: '''[[Lanny Kean]]'''
:*January 24: '''[[The Brawl to End it All]]''' and '''[[The War to Settle the Score]]'''
:*January 26: '''[[George "Two Ton" Harris]]'''
:*January 28: '''[[Jean Gagné]]'''
:*February 1: '''[[St. Louis Wrestling Hall of Fame]]'''
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''212''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*There are currently '''583''' articles in [[:Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles]]. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.
*[[WP:XFD|Deletion Discussions]]
:*[[WP:AFD|Articles for Deletion]]
::*'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Irish Whip Wrestling International Heavyweight Championship|Irish Whip Wrestling International Heavyweight Championship]] and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Face Lift|The Face Lift]].
::*'''Kept:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kim Neilson (2nd)|Kim Neilson]] and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/LeRoy Gardner III|LeRoy Gardner III]].

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This section is intended to warn users about potential targets of [[WP:VANDALISM|vandalism]] and [[WP:SPECULATION|speculation]]: professional wrestling events from major [[professional wrestling promotion|promotions]] for the months of '''[[January]]''' and '''[[February]]'''.
*4 - [[New Japan Pro Wrestling]] presents '''[[January 4 Dome Show#Wrestle Kingdom III in Tokyo Dome|Wrestle Kingdom III]]'''
*11 - [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] presents '''[[Genesis (2009)|Genesis]]'''
*16 - [[Ring of Honor]] presents '''[[Rising Above (2009)|Rising Above]]'''
*25 - [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] presents '''[[Royal Rumble (2009)|Royal Rumble]]'''
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*8 - [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] presents '''[[Against All Odds (2009)|Against All Odds]]'''
*15 - [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] presents '''[[No Way Out (2009)|No Way Out]]'''
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*On the January 19 episode of ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]'':
:*[[CM Punk]] defeated [[Darren Matthews|William Regal]] to win the [[WWE Intercontinental Championship]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Hardcore-based variations|No Disqualification match]]; this win made Punk the nineteenth [[Triple Crown Championship|Triple Crown Champion]].
:*[[Vince McMahon]] made his WWE television return after suffering an injury in a scripted accident during his ''[[Vince McMahon#Million Dollar Mania accident and return|Million Dollar Mania]]'' in mid-2008.
*After being temporarily sidelined with a knee injury, [[WWE Diva's Championship|WWE Diva's Champion]] [[Maryse Ouellet|Maryse]] made her return to WWE television on the January 23 episode of ''[[WWE Friday Night SmackDown|Friday Night SmackDown]].
*At the [[Royal Rumble (2009)|Royal Rumble]] on January 25:
:*[[Melina Perez|Melina]] defeated [[Beth Phoenix]] to win her third [[WWE Women's Championship]].
:*[[Adam Copeland|Edge]] won his fourth [[WWE Championship]] by defeating [[Jeff Hardy]].
:*During the [[Royal Rumble#Match|Royal Rumble match]]:
::*[[Rob Van Dam]] returned to WWE for one night only by entering at number 25.
::*[[Randy Orton]], who entered at number 8, last eliminated [[Triple H]] to win the match and a WWE, [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight]], or [[ECW Championship]] match at [[WrestleMania XXV]].
*On January 26, [[Ring of Honor]] announced that they had signed a long-term television deal with the [[HDNet Fights]] broadcast network.
*[[Extreme Championship Wrestling (WWE)|ECW]] [[Professional wrestling authority figures#General managers 3|General manager]] [[Theodore Long]] announced on the January 27 episode of ''ECW on Sci Fi'' that [[Matt Hardy]] had been released from his ECW contract and had signed with the [[WWE Friday Night SmackDown|SmackDown]] [[WWE Brand Extension|brand]].
*On the January 29 episode of ''[[TNA Impact!|Impact!]]'', [[Kevin Nash]] made his TNA television return after being sidelined with a [[Staphylococcus aureus|Staph infection]].
*After debating over a competitive role, it was announced on January 31 by WWE that [[Mickey Rourke]], the star of ''[[The Wrestler (2008 film)|The Wrestler]]'', would appear at WrestleMania XXV as a guest and not as a competitor.
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This is a section in the newsletter devoted to help familiarize project members with the [[WP:MOS|Manual of Style]] and general editing tips.
#[[User:IMatthew/Featured topics|This list]] is of topics that may be easy (or are fairly close) to [[WP:GT|Good Topic]] status. Consider helping by improving an article on the list that is not yet at [[WP:GA|Good Article]] status.
#Consider expanding an article from the project's list of [[:Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|stub articles]] and nominating it at [[Template talk:Did you know|Did You Know?]]. The project's goal is to have 100 total DYKs by the end of the year.
#All Wikipedia articles should be written from a [[WP:NPOV|neutral point-of-view]], representing fairly, and as far as possible without bias, all significant views that have been published by reliable sources.
#When the title of an refers to several things, it is necessary to provide links or disambiguate the page so that readers typing in that title can quickly navigate to the article that interests them. For example: [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)]].
#Addition of content that is likely to be challenged in an article needs to be [[WP:VERIFY|verified]] with a [[WP:RS|reliable source]]
#Do not [[WP:OVERLINK|overlink]] terms in an article, only make links where they are relevant to the context.
#When creating an article that has an image, make sure the image is right-aligned in the lead or in the [[WP:INFOBOX|infobox]], per [[MOS:IMAGES]].

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*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Cleanup listing|Cleanup listing]] – [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Cleanup listing|talk]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/PPVs|Pay-Per-View Expansion]] – [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/PPVs|talk]]
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== [[:Category:Jewish Christians]] ==
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== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==

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As of February 2009:
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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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! {{FA-Class|category=Category:FA-Class Professional wrestling articles|FA}}
| || || 6 || 5 || '''11'''
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! {{FL-Class|category=Category:FL-Class Professional wrestling articles|FL}}
| || || 12 || 14 || '''26'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 6 || 33 || 78 || '''117'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 17 || 66 || 195 || '''279'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| || 3 || 20 || 112 || '''135'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 54 || 226 || 1860 || '''2142'''
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! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 2 || 21 || 539 || '''562'''
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! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 3 || 23 || 597 || '''623'''
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! {{Future-Class|category=Category:Future-Class Professional wrestling articles|Future}}
| || || 3 || 14 || '''17'''
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| 3 || 85 || 410 || 3414 || '''3912'''
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:*'''[[NWA Hall of Fame]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/NWA Hall of Fame|(review page)]]}}
:*'''[[List of ECW Tag Team Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of ECW Tag Team Champions|(review page)]]}}
:*'''[[WCW Hall of Fame]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/WCW Hall of Fame/archive1|(review page)]]}}

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:*'''[[Taboo Tuesday (2005)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Taboo Tuesday (2005)/GA1|(review page)]]}}

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*'''[[Backlash (2006)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Backlash (2006)|(review page)]]}} is a current [[WP:FAC|Featured article candidate]].
*'''[[Bob Holly]]''', '''[[Rip Hawk]]''', '''[[Vengeance (2006)]]''', and '''[[Wendi Richter]]''' are current [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|Good article nominees]].
*'''[[Swede Hanson (wrestler)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Swede Hanson (wrestler)/GA1|(review page)]]}} failed its Good article nomination.
*The following articles appeared on the [[WP:DYK|Did You Know?]] column on the [[main page]]:
:*February 2: '''[[Maurice Catarcio]]''', '''[[Blond Bombers]]''', '''[[Rip Hawk]]''', '''[[Swede Hanson (wrestler)]]''', '''[[Brute Bernard]]''', and '''[[Skull Murphy]]'''.
*[[WP:XFD|Deletion Discussions]]
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::*'''Kept:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Irish Whip Wrestling International Heavyweight Championship|Irish Whip Wrestling International Heavyweight Championship]].
::*'''Redirected:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/SmackDown All-Star Kick-Off|SmackDown All-Star Kick-Off]].
*'''[[WWE Hall of Fame]]''' and the '''[[List of members of the WWE Hall of Fame]]''' articles have been merged.
*It has been proposed to merge the '''[[History of World Wrestling Federation]]''' back into '''[[History of World Wrestling Entertainment]]''' after they were split.
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''211''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*There are currently '''584''' articles in [[:Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles]]. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.
*The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Broken external links|Broken external links]] and [[tools:~dispenser/links/WikiProject_Professional_wrestling|Dead links]] tools that assisted the project in fixing external links has not been updated for a period length of time, and as a result, it is not functioning any longer.

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*8 - [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] presents '''[[Against All Odds (2009)|Against All Odds]]'''
*15 - [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] presents '''[[No Way Out (2009)|No Way Out]]'''

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*On February 2:
:*It was announced by [[Ring of Honor]] (ROH) that they would [[broadcast delay|tape]] their first episode of ROH for [[HDNet]] on February 28 in [[Philadelphia]], Pennsylvannia.
:*Former [[professional wrestler]] and [[American football|football player]] [[Jim Wilson (wrestler)|Jim Wilson]] died at the age of 67 after a lengthy battle with [[cancer]].
*On the February 6 episode of ''[[WWE Friday Night SmackDown|Friday Night SmackDown]]'', [[Eve Torres]] made her [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) in-ring television debut in [[Professional wrestling match types#Variations of singles matches|singles competition]] in a losing effort to [[Michelle McCool]].
*On February 7:
:*[[D'Lo Brown]] made his debut with ROH at a [[House show|live event]].
:*[[Chris Jericho]] was involved in an altercation with a fan while leaving a live event in Victoria, British Columbia.
:*At a live event in [[Naguabo, Puerto Rico]], [[Steve Corino]] won the [[WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship]].
*On February 9:
:*WWE announced the naming of a new Executive Vice President in Marketing, Michelle D. Wilson.
:*On ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]'', [[Ric Flair]] made his first appearance in WWE since June 2008.
*On February 10:
:*On ''[[Extreme Championship Wrestling (WWE)|ECW on Sci Fi]]'':
::*[[Jason Reso|Christian]] returned to WWE after a near four year absence.
::*[[TJ Wilson]] debuted under the name "Tyson Kidd".
:*[[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA) released [[Petey Williams]] and [[Lance Hoyt|Lance Rock]].
*[[Stevie Richards]] was featured in a video promo with [[Chris Parks|Abyss]] on the February 12 episode of ''[[TNA Impact!|Impact!]]''.

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#Please familiarize yourself with the general notability policy of Wikipedia. Avoid creating new articles that do not satisfy the requirements.
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*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/PPVs|Pay-Per-View Expansion]] – [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/PPVs|talk]]
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'''The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]] Newsletter'''</big><br /> Issue XXXVII - March 1, 2009 <br />
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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 6 || 35 || 79 || '''120'''
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| 1 || 18 || 65 || 207 || '''291'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| || 3 || 23 || 113 || '''139'''
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| 2 || 53 || 233 || 1855 || '''2143'''
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| || 2 || 21 || 534 || '''557'''
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| || || 4 || 15 || '''19'''
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*'''[[Backlash (2006)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Backlash (2006)/archive1|(review page)]]}} was not promoted to [[WP:FA|Featured article status]].
*'''[[Blond Bombers]]''', '''[[Bob Holly]]''', '''[[Darren Matthews]]''', '''[[John Hennigan]]''', '''[[John Morrison and The Miz]]''', '''[[Mike Mizanin]]''', '''[[Montel Vontavious Porter]]''', '''[[Mr. Kennedy]]''', '''[[Rip Hawk]]''', '''[[Swede Hanson (wrestler)]]''', and '''[[Turning Point (2004)]]''' are current [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|Good article nominees]].
*'''[[Triplemanía]]''' appeared on the [[WP:DYK|Did You Know?]] column on the [[main page]] On February 26.
*'''[[History of World Wrestling Federation]]''' was merged back into '''[[History of World Wrestling Entertainment]]'''.
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''212''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*There are currently '''581''' articles in [[:Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles]]. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.
*The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Cleanup listing|WP:PW Cleanup listing]] was updated this week by the bot for the first time since October. A number of [[WP:FL|Featured lists]], [[WP:FA|Featured articles]], and [[WP:GA|Good articles]] are listed as having problems. Anyone who fixes an problem with an article should remove it from the listing, so we can accurately keep track of it. All members are encouraged to help out.
*There is an ongoing discussion [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling#NWA title status|here]] regarding what constitutes a "World Championship". All members are encouraged to particpate in the discussion.

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*At [[No Way Out (2009)|No Way Out]]
:*[[Triple H]] won his record eighth [[WWE Championship]] by winning the [[WWE Friday Night SmackDown|SmackDown]] [[Elimination Chamber]] match; this win surpassed [[Dwayne Johnson|The Rock]]'s original record of seven reigns.
:*[[Adam Copeland|Edge]] won the [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]] by winning the [[WWE Raw|Raw]] Elimination Chamber match.
*It was announced on the February 16 episode of ''Raw'' that [[Terry Funk|Terry]] and [[Dory Funk, Jr.]] will be the second and third inductees, into the [[WWE Hall of Fame]] as a part of the Class of 2009; they will be inducted by [[Dusty Rhodes (wrestler)|Dusty Rhodes]].
*[[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) announced on February 19 that their February 16 broadcast of ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]'' had gained a 4.1 [[Audience measurement|television rating]], the largest since the February 26, 2007 episode of ''Raw''.
*On February 20:
:*[[HDNet]] announced that episode airings of [[Ring of Honor]] would begin on March 31.
:*It was reported by a [[Nielsen Media Research]] ratings report that the February 19 broadcast of TNA's ''[[TNA Impact!|Impact]]'' earned a 1.3 television rating, the highest rounded number the promotion has ever drawn.
:*WWE announced the release of [[Colt Cabana|Scotty Goldman]] from the company.
:*On an episode of ''Friday Night SmackDown'', WWE announced the return of [[Gail Kim]] to the promotion via a video [[promotion (marketing)|promo]].
*It was reported on February 21 that [[Sonjay Dutt]] had been released from his TNA contract, and this was confirmed with the removal of his profile from TNA's official website.
*On February 20, it was reported that [[Freddie Prinze, Jr.]], a [[Screenwriter|scriptwriter]] for ''Friday Night SmackDown'', had been released from his contract with WWE.
*On February 23:
:*[[Afa Anoa'i, Jr.]], known by his ring name "Manu", was released from his WWE contract.
:*On ''Raw'', it was announced that [[Ricky Steamboat]] will be the fourth inductee into the WWE Hall of Fame as a part of the Class of 2009; he will be inducted by [[Ric Flair]].
*WWE confirmed on February 24 that [[WrestleMania XXVI]] would be held in [[Glendale, Arizona]] at the [[University of Phoenix Stadium]] on March 28, 2010.
*On February 25, WWE announced that they had discontinued the [[WWE One Night Stand]] name, and that their 2009 event would be replaced with the name 'Extreme Rules'.
*ROH taped the first episode airings of their television series for HDNet on February 28 from the [[The Arena (Philadelphia)|The Arena]].

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#Do not [[WP:OVERLINK|overlink]] terms in an article, only make links where they are relevant to the context, and only link each item once. [[WP:Wikitable|Tables]] are the exception to this rule, e.g. the results table in pay-per-view articles.
#When editing an article, use the [[Help:Edit summary|edit summary]] to provide a brief summary of your edits; this helps users understand what was changed in the article.
#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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Style guide#Sources]].
#Per [[WP:MOSCAPS]], television shows, such as ''[[WWE Raw|RAW]]'' and ''[[TNA Impact!|iMPACT!]]'', should be written as ''Raw'' and ''Impact!''.

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*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Cleanup listing|Cleanup listing]] – [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Cleanup listing|talk]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/PPVs|Pay-Per-View Expansion]] – [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/PPVs|talk]]
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'''The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]] Newsletter'''</big><br /> Issue XXXVIII - March 15, 2009 <br />
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| || || 4 || 15 || || '''19'''
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:*'''[[Rip Hawk]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Rip Hawk/GA1|(review page)]]}}
:*'''[[Bob Holly]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Bob Holly/GA1‎|(review page)]]}}
:*'''[[Montel Vontavious Porter]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Montel Vontavious Porter/GA1|(review page)]]}}
:*'''[[Mr. Kennedy]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Mr. Kennedy/GA1|(review page)]]}}

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*'''[[List of Mexican National Heavyweight Champions]]''' [[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Mexican National Heavyweight Champions|(review page)]] is a current [[WP:FLC|Featured list candidate]].
*'''[[Blond Bombers]]''', '''[[John Hennigan]]''', '''[[John Morrison and The Miz]]''', '''[[Mike Mizanin]]''', and '''[[Turning Point (2004)]]''' are current [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|Good article nominees]].
*'''[[Darren Matthews]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Darren Matthews/GA1|(review page)]]}} failed its Good article nomination.
*The following articles appeared on the [[WP:DYK|Did You Know?]] column on the [[main page]]:
**March 10: '''[[Robert Bruce (wrestler)]]'''
**March 14: '''[[Octagón]]
*[[WP:XFD|Deletion Discussions]]
**[[WP:AFD|Articles for Deletion]]
***'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Local Championship Wrestling|Local Championship Wrestling]] and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Original ECW|Original ECW]]
**[[WP:TFD|Templates for Deletion]].
***'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2009 March 12#Template:World Champions in TNA|Template:World Champions in TNA]] and [[Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2009 March 12#Template:X Division|Template:X Division]].
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*There are currently '''559''' articles in [[:Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles]]. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

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*15 - [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] presents '''[[Destination X (2009)|Destination X]]'''

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*On March 1, [[Pro Wrestling Noah]] announced that they had signed a new television deal with Samurai Television.
*On March 2:
:*[[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) announced that they had signed an agreement with [[Fox Turkey]] to broadcast ''[[WWE Friday Night SmackDown|Friday Night SmackDown]]'' across Turkey.
:*On ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]'':
::*[[Randy Orton]] announced that he would use his opportunity to challenge for a [[World Heavyweight Championship (professional wrestling)|World Championship]] that he won at the [[Royal Rumble (2009)|Royal Rumble]] to face [[Triple H]] for his [[WWE Championship]] at WrestleMania XXV.
::*[[Shawn Michaels]] defeated [[Oleg Prudius|Vladimir Kozlov]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Variations of singles matches|singles match]] to face [[The Undertaker]] at WrestleMania XXV, in the process ending the near-eleven-month undefeated streak of Kozlov in televised singles competition.
::*[[Bill Watts]] was announced as the fifth inductee into the [[WWE Hall of Fame]] as a part of the [[WWE Hall of Fame#To be inducted in 2009|Class of 2009]].
*"The Boogeyman" [[Marty Wright]] was released from his WWE contract on March 4.
*On March 6, [[Sonjay Dutt]] officially announced his contract release from TNA.
*It was reported on March 7 that Kaleb O'Neal had been released from his WWE developmental contract.
*On March 9:
:*"Ryan Braddock" [[Brad Bradley]] and "Kizarny" [[Nick Cvjetkovich]] were released from their WWE contracts.
:*On ''Raw'':
::*[[John Layfield|John "Bradshaw" Layfield]] defeated [[WWE Intercontinental Championship|WWE Intercontinental Champion]] [[CM Punk]] to win the title; this win also made Layfield the tenth [[Grand Slam Championship|Grand Slam Champion]] and twentieth [[Triple Crown Championship|Triple Crown Champion]].
::*[[Koko B. Ware]] was announced as the sixth inductee into the WWE Hall of Fame as a part of the Class of 2009.
*On March 13:
:*[[Andrew Martin|Andrew "Test" Martin]] was found dead in his apartment in [[Tampa, Florida]]. His cause of death is currently unknown.
:*[[Ric Flair]] made his [[Ring of Honor]] debut at a [[house show|live event]] in [[St. Louis, Missouri]].

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== Frequently used idea and approved areas ==

The Frequently used idea are needs updating seriously and now the future of the approved area is questioned. Please see the discussions at [[Wikipedia talk:Motto of the day/Nominations#Help with FUI and Approved area discussion]].

Is the practical joke meaning that at first you believe you have no new messages from the warning and then reading the links you think you do have new messages and then clicking the links you realise you have no new messages after all?
[[User:Simply south|Simply south]] ([[User talk:Simply south|talk]]) 22:49, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

== thanks ==

hi....I just wanted to thank you for being so outgoing with your beliefs. I find it really refreshing. So thanks.
`Sophiakorichi

== thanks ==

hi....I just wanted to thank you for being so outgoing with your beliefs. I find it really refreshing. So thanks.
`Sophiakorichi <small><span class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Sophiakorichi|Sophiakorichi]] ([[User talk:Sophiakorichi|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Sophiakorichi|contribs]]) 03:12, 16 March 2009 (UTC)</span></small> 

== [[List of Jews in the African diaspora]] ==

Hi. Thank you very much for adding people to the list. Do you know whether there are [[WP:RS|reliable sources]] that say the people in question are Black and Jewish? This is a requirement for adding people to the list, especially living people. Thank you. — [[::User:Malik Shabazz|Malik Shabazz]] ([[::User talk:Malik Shabazz|talk]] '''·''' [[::Special:Contributions/Malik Shabazz|contribs]]) 18:26, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

==Proposed deletion of Elizabeth Jane Caulfield==
[[Image:Ambox warning yellow.svg|left|48px|]]
A [[Wikipedia:Proposed deletion|proposed deletion]] template has been added to the article [[Elizabeth Jane Caulfield]], suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process  because of the following concern:
:<b>Genealogical entry, with no indication of historical noteworthiness nor impact.</b>

All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Wikipedia's [[Wikipedia:Criteria for inclusion|criteria for inclusion]], and the deletion notice should explain why (see also "[[Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not|What Wikipedia is not]]" and [[Wikipedia:Deletion policy|Wikipedia's deletion policy]]). You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the <code>{{tl|dated prod}}</code> notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on [[Talk:Elizabeth Jane Caulfield|its talk page]].

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised because, even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the [[WP:PROD|proposed deletion process]], the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the [[Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion|speedy deletion criteria]] or it can be sent to [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion|Articles for Deletion]], where it may be deleted if [[Wikipedia:Consensus|consensus]] to delete is reached. [[User:CalendarWatcher|CalendarWatcher]] ([[User talk:CalendarWatcher|talk]]) 11:41, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==

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As of March 2009:
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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! {{No-Class|category=Category:Unknown-importance Professional wrestling articles|No}} !! Total
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*'''[[List of former championships in World Wrestling Entertainment]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of former championships in World Wrestling Entertainment|(review page)]]}}, '''[[List of Mexican National Heavyweight Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Mexican National Heavyweight Champions|(review page)]]}}, and '''[[List of TNA X Division Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of TNA X Division Champions|(review page)]]}} are current [[WP:FLC|Featured list candidate]]s.
*'''[[IWGP Heavyweight Championship]]''' [[Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates/IWGP Heavyweight Championship|(review page)]] is a current [[WP:FLRC|Featured list removal candidate]].
*'''[[Against All Odds (2005)]]''', '''[[Ashley Massaro]]''', '''[[Blond Bombers]]''', '''[[Final Resolution (2005)]]''', '''[[John Hennigan]]''', '''[[John Morrison and The Miz]]''', '''[[Mike Mizanin]]''', '''[[Paul London and Brian Kendrick]]''', '''[[Stephanie McMahon]]''', and '''[[Turning Point (2004)]]''' are current [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|Good article nominees]].
*The following articles appeared in the [[WP:DYK|Did You Know?]] column on the [[main page]]:
**March 20: '''List of former championships in World Wrestling Entertainment'''
**March 24: '''[[Mark Starr]]'''
**March 25: '''Against All Odds (2005)'''
**March 28: '''[[Johnny Valentine]]'''
*[[WP:XFD|Deletion Discussions]]
**[[WP:TFD|Templates for Deletion]].
***'''Kept:''' [[Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2009 March 12#Template:X Division|Template:X Division]]
***'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2009 March 12#Template:World Champions in TNA|Template:World Champions in TNA]]
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''216''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*There are currently '''564''' articles in [[:Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles]]. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.
*The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Article alerts|Article alerts]] for WP:PW is now up and running. This page lists recent changes that affect the status of an article in a variety of categories. Please use this in maintaining the articles of the project.

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*5 - [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) presents '''[[WrestleMania XXV]]'''
*19 - [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA) presents '''[[Lockdown (2009)|Lockdown]]'''

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*On March 15 at [[Destination X (2009)|Destination X]]
**[[A.J. Styles]] won the [[TNA Legends Championship]] by defeating defending champion [[Booker Huffman|Booker T]], and by doing so becoming TNA's first ever [[Grand Slam Championship|Grand Slam Champion]].
**Suicide defeated defending [[TNA X Division Championship|TNA X Division Champion]] [[Alex Shelley]], [[Chris Sabin]], [[Consequences Creed]] and [[Jay Lethal]] in an [[Ultimate X match]] to win the title.
*On March 17:
:*It was confirmed via WWE.com that [[The Von Erichs]] were the sixth inductees into the [[WWE Hall of Fame]] as a part of the [[WWE Hall of Fame#To be inducted in 2009|Class of 2009]].
:*At a set of ''[[WWE Friday Night SmackDown|Friday Night SmackDown]]'' [[broadcast delay|taping]]s:
::*[[Montel Vontavious Porter]] defeated [[Shelton Benjamin]] to win the [[WWE United States Championship]]; this match aired on March 20.
::*[[Gail Kim]] made her return to WWE by attacking [[Maryse Ouellet|Maryse]] and [[Michelle McCool]]; this segment aired on March 27.
*It was reported by a [[Nielsen Media Research]] ratings report that the March 19 broadcast of ''[[TNA Impact!]]'' earned a 1.34 television rating, the highest number the promotion has ever drawn.
*On March 21
**[[Elizabeth Miklosi]] (Lizzy Valentine) announced that she had quit the ''[[Asistencia Asesoría y Administración]]'' promotion.
**[[Ring of Honor]] aired their first television show, ''[[Ring of Honor Wrestling]]'', on [[HDNet]].
*On March 22:
:*"Abismo Negro" [[Abismo Negro|Andrés González]] was found dead in a river in El Rosario, Mexico.
:*[[Steve Doll]] died from [[heart]] and [[kidney]] failure caused by a [[Thrombus|blood clot]] in his lung.
*[[Howard Finkel]] was announced as the seventh inductee into the WWE Hall of Fame as a part of the Class of 2009 via WWE's official website.

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== List of Converts ==

Have any idea what's motivating this? I've seen some weird things on Wikipedia, but there's some kind of hidden agenda here. It smacks me of antisemitism (and I'm normally the last person to think such a thing).[[User:SkyWriter|SkyWriter (Tim)]] ([[User talk:SkyWriter|talk]]) 23:38, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
:I'd think long and hard about the fact that four people oppose the inclusion of this material, and only two people support it. [[User:Jayjg|Jayjg ]]<sup><small><font color="DarkGreen">[[User_talk:Jayjg|(talk)]]</font></small></sup> 23:46, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

::Relying on numbers -- eh? There's always more of you folks around than us. But that doesn't change the Wikipedia principle that you don't need an entire article on someone before mentioning them in ANY article. That's completely absurd -- and you know it. [[User:SkyWriter|SkyWriter (Tim)]] ([[User talk:SkyWriter|talk]]) 00:01, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

The vandal is back. I'm still trying to pin down the motivation going on here so we can figure out how to deal with it. The vandal keeps citing a principle of needing additional articles, against contrary evidence from Wikipedia principle that I've cited to him several times. But a responsible editor who believed that other articles were needed would simply begin to create those articles. The fact that he refuses to do so leaves him as a simple vandal -- but no vandal is ever simple -- there has to be some kind of underlying motivation that we can appeal to. I always get flummoxed by insincerity, but I don't want to keep up some ridiculous edit war. The person seemed upset by the term vandal, but continued the vandalism. Again, I'm stumped. If he doesn't want to be called a vandal, why keep vandalizing? I'd suspect self-deception here, but there's something else involved. In any case, if we don't want to edit war against a vandal, are there any other processes to follow? We can't keep babysitting sourced information all the time. What of administrative help? Have you tried that?[[User:SkyWriter|SkyWriter (Tim)]] ([[User talk:SkyWriter|talk]]) 15:16, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

Also, I just did some checking. He's, somehow, an Admin!!! That I really can't figure. What's worse is that he seems to have a preoccupation with Jewish subjects. This could be a lot more serious a problem than I had previously guessed. There's some kind of unstated motive driving toward Jewish (and anti-Jewish) subjects. I don't have the time to do battle with an administrative vandal over a host of pages.[[User:SkyWriter|SkyWriter (Tim)]] ([[User talk:SkyWriter|talk]]) 15:35, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

== Jews and Judaism in the African diaspora ==

Hello. The paragraphs you keep inserting concerning Beta Israel consist of portions that have been [[WP:COPYVIO|copied and pasted]] from your sources and other sections that are [[WP:NOR|original research]]. Please do not continue to restore material that violates Wikipedia's policies. Thank you. — [[::User:Malik Shabazz|Malik Shabazz]] {{toolbar|separator=dot|[[::User talk:Malik Shabazz|talk]] | [[::Special:Contributions/Malik Shabazz|contribs]] }} 18:16, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

:Please stop copying and pasting sentences from sources or they will be reverted. [[Wikipedia:Copyright violations]] is a '''non-negotiable''' Wikipedia policy. "Contributors who repeatedly post copyrighted material despite appropriate warnings may be blocked from editing by any administrator to prevent further problems." — [[::User:Malik Shabazz|Malik Shabazz]] {{toolbar|separator=dot|[[::User talk:Malik Shabazz|talk]] | [[::Special:Contributions/Malik Shabazz|contribs]] }} 22:54, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

::You're expected to rewrite what a source says. But what you've been doing is copying and pasting what the source says ''using exactly the same words the source uses''. That's a copyright violation and it's not permitted. — [[::User:Malik Shabazz|Malik Shabazz]] {{toolbar|separator=dot|[[::User talk:Malik Shabazz|talk]] | [[::Special:Contributions/Malik Shabazz|contribs]] }} 23:06, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

==AfD nomination of Elizabeth Jane Caulfield==
<div class="floatleft" style="margin-bottom:0">[[File:Ambox warning pn.svg|42px]]</div>I have nominated [[Elizabeth Jane Caulfield]], an article that you created, for [[Wikipedia:Deletion policy|deletion]]. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Elizabeth Jane Caulfield]]. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time.{{-}}Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message.  [[User:CalendarWatcher|CalendarWatcher]] ([[User talk:CalendarWatcher|talk]]) 10:08, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

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As of April 2009:
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! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Professional wrestling<br>articles !! colspan="6" | Importance
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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! {{No-Class|category=Category:Unknown-importance Professional wrestling articles|No}} !! Total
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! rowspan="12" | Quality
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! {{FA-Class|category=Category:FA-Class Professional wrestling articles|FA}}
| || || 8 || 3 || || '''11'''
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! {{FL-Class|category=Category:FL-Class Professional wrestling articles|FL}}
| || || 14 || 16 || || '''30'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 6 || 39 || 85 || || '''130'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 20 || 75 || 217 || || '''313'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| || 4 || 29 || 142 || || '''175'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 53 || 252 || 1875 || || '''2182'''
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! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 1 || 22 || 513 || || '''536'''
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! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 4 || 35 || 627 || 1 || '''667'''
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! {{Future-Class|category=Category:Future-Class Professional wrestling articles|Future}}
| || || 3 || 14 || || '''17'''
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! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 3 || 88 || 477 || 3492 || 1 || '''4061'''
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! Total
| '''3''' || '''88''' || '''477''' || '''3492''' || '''1''' || '''4061'''
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[[Image:LinkFA-star.png]] [[WP:FA|Promoted Featured lists]]:
:*'''[[List of Mexican National Heavyweight Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Mexican National Heavyweight Champions|(review page)]]}}
:*'''[[List of former championships in World Wrestling Entertainment]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of former championships in World Wrestling Entertainment|(review page)]]}}
:*'''[[List of TNA X Division Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of TNA X Division Champions|(review page)]]}}

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:*'''[[Blond Bombers]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Blond Bombers/GA1|(review page)]]}}
:*'''[[Mike Mizanin]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Mike Mizanin/GA1|(review page)]]}}
:*'''[[John Morrison and The Miz]]''' {{small|[[Talk:John Morrison and The Miz/GA1|(review page)]]}}
:*'''[[John Hennigan]]''' {{small|[[Talk:John Hennigan/GA1|(review page)]]}}
:*'''[[Turning Point (2004)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Turning Point (2004)/GA1|(review page)]]}}
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*'''[[List of CMLL World Heavyweight Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of CMLL World Heavyweight Champions|(review page)]]}}, '''[[List of ROH World Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of ROH World Champions|(review page)]]}}, and '''[[List of TNA World Tag Team Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of TNA World Tag Team Champions|(review page)]]}} are current [[WP:FLC|Featured list candidate]]s.
*'''[[IWGP Heavyweight Championship]]''' [[Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates/IWGP Heavyweight Championship|(review page)]] is a current [[WP:FLRC|Featured list removal candidate]].
*'''[[Against All Odds (2005)]]''', '''[[Ashley Massaro]]''', '''[[The Bella Twins]]''', '''[[Final Resolution (2005)]]''', '''[[Paul London and Brian Kendrick]]''', and '''[[Stephanie McMahon]]''' are current [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|Good article nominees]].
*The following article appeared in the [[WP:DYK|Did You Know?]] column on the [[main page]]:
**April 3: '''[[Aurelian Smith]]'''
**April 4: '''[[Jonny Storm]]'''
**April 7: '''[[Jimmy Cicero]]'''
*[[WP:XFD|Deletion Discussions]]:
**[[WP:AFD|Articles for Deletion]]:
***'''Kept:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The American Males|The American Males]]
**[[Wikipedia:CFD|Categories for discussion]]:
***'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2009 March 28#Category:WrestleCrap|Category:WrestleCrap]]
**[[WP:TFD|Templates for Deletion]]
***'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2009 April 7#Template:Paul London and Brian Kendrick|Template:Paul London and Brian Kendrick]]
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''217''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*There is a [[Talk:WrestleMania XXV#Requested move|current discussion]] to move '''[[WrestleMania XXV]]''' to [[25th Anniversary of WrestleMania]].
*'''[[Percy Pringle]]''' was moved to [[Paul Bearer]] as a result of [[Talk:Percy Pringle#Requested move|this discussion]].
*From April 10 to May 10, WP:PW will be hosting the first Professional Wrestling Stub Reduction Drive. Details can be found [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stub drive|here]] and all memebers are encouraged to get involved.

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This section is intended to warn users about potential targets of [[WP:VANDALISM|vandalism]] and [[WP:SPECULATION|speculation]]: professional wrestling events from major [[Professional wrestling promotion|promotions]] for the month of '''[[April]]'''.
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*19 - [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA) presents '''[[Lockdown (2009)|Lockdown]]'''
*26 - [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) presents '''[[Backlash (2009)|Backlash]]'''
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*On April 1, [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) announced that it had signed a television agreement with [[Cablevision]] to broadcast the very-first WWE pay-per-view in [[Mexico City]]: [[WrestleMania XXV]].
*The April 2 episode of ''[[TNA Impact|Impact!]]'' drew a [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA) record attendance rating for the program, with 1.97 million viewers.
*[[Tazz]]'s departure from WWE was confirmed on April 3, when his profile on the official website was moved to the alumni section.
*On April 4, [[Jerry Lynn]] won the [[ROH World Championship]] at ''Supercard of Honor IV'', by defeating [[Nigel McGuinness]].
*At [[WrestleMania XXV]] on April 5:
:*[[WWE Tag Team Championship|WWE Tag Team Champions]] [[The Colóns]] ([[Carly Colón|Carlito]] and [[Eddie Colón|Primo]]) defeated [[World Tag Team Championship (WWE)|World Tag Team Champions]] [[John Morrison and The Miz]] in a [[Tag team#Tag team match rules|tag team]] [[Professional wrestling match types#Lumberjack match|lumberjack match]] to [[Championship unification#Professional wrestling|unify]] both titles.
:*[[Santino Marella]], competing in [[Drag (clothing)|drag]] as "Santina", won the 25 Diva [[Battle royal (professional wrestling)|battle royal]] to become the first ''Miss WrestleMania''.
:*[[Rey Mysterio, Jr.|Rey Mysterio]] defeated [[John Layfield]] to win the [[WWE Intercontinental Championship]] and become the 21st [[Triple Crown Championship#List of WWE Triple Crown Champions|WWE Triple Crown Champion]]. After the match, Layfield retired from [[Professional wrestling|wrestling]].
:*[[The Undertaker]] defeated [[Shawn Michaels]] to elevate his "WrestleMania winning streak" to 17-0.
:*[[John Cena]] defeated [[Paul Wight|Big Show]] and [[Adam Copeland|Edge]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic non-elimination matches|triple threat match]] to win the [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]].
*On the April 6 episode of ''Raw''
:*[[Vickie Guerrero]] announced her resignation as [[Professional wrestling authority figures#General managers 2|SmackDown general manager]], and her permanent position as [[Professional wrestling authority figures#General managers|Raw general manager]]. It was later announced that [[Theodore Long]] would replace her on SmackDown, while [[Taryn Terrell|Tiffany]] became the new interim [[Professional wrestling authority figures#General managers|ECW general manager]].
:*[[Dave Batista|Batista]] made his WWE television return from a legitimate [[hamstring]] injury.
*[[Ayako Hamada]] announced on April 9 that she had signed a deal with TNA.

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This is a section in the newsletter devoted to help familiarize project members with the [[WP:MOS|Manual of Style]] and general editing tips.
#Consider expanding an article from [[:Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles]] as part of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stub drive|Stub Reduction Drive]] and nominating it at [[Template talk:Did you know|Did You Know?]].
#Per [[WP:MOSCAPS]], television shows, such as ''[[WWE Raw|RAW]]'' and ''[[TNA Impact!|iMPACT!]]'', should be written as ''Raw'' and ''Impact!''.
#Avoid using bolding to emphasize text. See [[MOS:BOLD]] for appropriate uses of bold text.

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*{{User|GaryColemanFan}}
*{{User|NiciVampireHeart}}
*{{User|Truco}}
*{{User|Wrestlinglover}}

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{{unblock reviewed|1=if you look at the accounts that nishkid64 claim to be socks, they were simply accounts all created on April 9 in which I was trying to remove uncited categories, they never did anything wrong. For example look at the one edit done by [[User:Jacobson Phillip]], or the other alleged socks like [[User:Williamson 1957]]. I have done 10,000+ edits to wikipedia and have created more than 40 articles.|decline=[[WP:CheckUser|Technical evidence]] confirms that you are abusing multiple accounts. [[User:Hersfold|'''''<em style="font-family:Bradley Hand ITC;color:blue">Hers</em><em style="font-family:Bradley Hand ITC;color:gold">fold</em>''''']] <sup>([[User:Hersfold/t|t]]/[[User:Hersfold/a|a]]/[[Special:Contributions/Hersfold|c]])</sup> 21:06, 13 April 2009 (UTC)}}

:At one time I did I make some socks to effect the result of an AFD, I didn't know we weren't allowed to do such. See [[Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Joseph3333/Archive]] but it should be noted that the end result was for Java7837 account to be blocked for 31 hours. It also seems to odd that me and User:SkyWriter were both blocked at around the same time, since me and him were both advocates of keeping a large amount of material on the, Converts to Judaism article, while none of the supporters of deleting the large section of material were indefed blocked. --[[User:Java7837|Java7837]] ([[User talk:Java7837#top|talk]]) 21:13, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

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==Jewish Encyclopedia==
If you are coming to tell me i violated copyright laws concerning Jewishencyclopedia.com then please read what Jewishencyclopedia.com says it says the following "This website contains the complete contents of the 12-volume Jewish Encyclopedia, which was originally published between 1901-1906. The Jewish Encyclopedia, which recently became part of the public domain, contains over 15,000 articles and illustrations.
This online version contains the unedited contents of the original encyclopedia. Since the original work was completed almost 100 years ago, it does not cover a significant portion of modern Jewish History (e.g., the creation of Israel, the Holocaust, etc.). However, it does contain an incredible amount of information that is remarkably relevant today."

== sup ==

hey Maurice this is my wiki account btw its Jaime {{unsigned|Jnc8651|19:28, 11 March 2007}}

== NEW MESSAGE ==
<big>[[User talk:Java7837/userboxing/acim|<font color="red">A message is awaiting!]]</big> {{unsigned|The WikiWhippet|06:56, 15 April 2007}}

== In response to "[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Digiku&oldid=121255498 User box creator with template]" ==

Thanks. I appreciate the tip. :) --[[User:Digiku|Digiku]] 00:17, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

== Edit to Abraham Lincoln ==

Um, what was [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abraham_Lincoln&diff=prev&oldid=124907316 this] about? Normally I'd warn you for vandalism, but you seem to be an otherwise sound user. Care to explain yourself? [[User talk:Picaroon9288|Picaroon]]!

==Editing Wikipedia:Revert-only sandbox==
=== Warning ===
This is a warning! Stop vandalizing or else the F.B.I. and the LAPD will get you. WARNING. Do NOT touch my user or talk page and stop vandalizing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Maybe I wasn't clear.
{{{icon|[[Image:Stop hand nuvola.svg|30px]] }}}This is the '''only warning''' you will receive for your disruptive edits. If you [[Wikipedia:Vandalism|vandalize]] Wikipedia again{{{{{subst|}}}#if:{{{1|}}}|, as you did to [[:{{{1}}}]]}}, you will be [[Wikipedia:Blocking policy|blocked]] from editing. {{{{{subst|}}}#if:{{{2|}}}|{{{2}}}|}}
== Userpage... ==

hey. I was just on my watchlist, and it said that you edited something on my userpage. I was jsut wondering what you edited, cause i couldnt find anything different. Thanks!
~[[User: Sophiakorichi]]

ahhh, got it. what userbox was it? out of curiousoty, how did you come across my userpage? (oh, probably by just looking at the catagory that userbox put me in...?)
~SK

== VOTE! ==

Go here:[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals#WikiResource Center]]

== oy ****er ==

hey man its jaime, wat u been up 2? {{unsigned|65.205.112.130|10:36, 7 August 2007}}

==Note to self==
[[Rastafarianism]], [[Mormonism]], [[Raelism]], [[Chrislam]], [[Manichaeism]], [[Mandaeism]], [[Yezidi]], [[Donmeh]], [[Azali]], [[Frankism]], [[Samaritanism]], [[Black Hebrew Israelites]], [[Makuya]], [[Seicho-No-Ie]], [[Din-i-Ilahi]], [[Sky Kingdom]], [[Mama Tata]], [[Tenrikyo]], [[Bwiti]], [[Santo Daime]], [[Modekngei]], [[Vale do Amanhecer]], [[União do Vegetal]], [[Nuwaubianism]]

==Note for self 2==
[[Samson]], [[Moses]], [[Ezra]], [[Joseph (Hebrew Bible)]], [[List of converts to Judaism]], [[List of converts to Islam]], [[List of converts to Christianity]]

==Tools==
[[Wikipedia:List of Wikipedians by number of edits/latest |edit count rank]]
[http://tools.wikimedia.de/~interiot/cgi-bin/count_edits?user=Java7837&dbname=enwiki_p edit count]
[http://ccgi.thepaty.plus.com/cgi-bin/PockBot.cgi Pock Bot]
[http://tools.wikimedia.de/~bryan/stats/dbquery/enwiki_page_creation.txt number of articles created by users]
note for the number of articles created by user list it is accurate as of 30 hours ago at the least and you appear on the list if you have created at least 5 articles

== Userboxes ==

Are you an expert on userboxes? If you are, can you help me? I'm ''hopeless'' in the department of userboxes. [[User:Basketball110|Basketball]][[User talk:Basketball110|110]] 15:46, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

== Input with Saudi Arabian Jewish history ==

Hi Java, hope all goes well. Maybe you can help improve the [[History of the Jews in Saudi Arabia]] article. It links to smaller articles about Jewish tribes in the areas of present-day Saudi Arabia, such as [[Banu Awf]], [[Banu Harith]], [[Banu Jusham]], [[Banu Najjar]], [[Banu Sa'ida]], [[Banu Shutayba]] and they all cited sources. Now [[User:Bless sins]] is requesting "sources" for the same information about the tribes in the [[History of the Jews in Saudi Arabia]] article, as well as making other requests for sources and whatnot. (If you like, and have a minute or two, see the discussions that have been taking place at [[Category talk:Jewish Saudi Arabian history]].) Please help out in the [[History of the Jews in Saudi Arabia]] article. Thanks, [[User:IZAK|IZAK]] ([[User talk:IZAK|talk]]) 14:35, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

==CfD nomination of [[:Category:Neo-Pagan texts]]==
I have nominated {{lc|Neo-Pagan texts}} for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at [[Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2008 January 4#Category:Neo-Pagan texts|the discussion page]]. Thank you. [[User:Kim Dent-Brown|<font face="century gothic" color="#0E6E2D">Kim Dent-Brown</font>]] [[User talk:Kim Dent-Brown|<font face="century gothic" size="1" color="#0E6E2D"><sup>(Talk)</sup></font>]] 08:46, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

== [[Samson]] GA candidacy ==

As you have been a primary editor and the nominator of [[Samson]], I thought I would drop you a message informing you that the article has been placed on hold, and notes have been left on the talk page. Please make some of the requested edits. The article will be reviewed again shortly. Thank you for all of your hard work. -- [[User:Pepsi2786|<font color="blue"><b>PEPSI2786</b></font>]]<sup>[[User talk:Pepsi2786|<font color="000000"><b>talk</b></font>]]</sup> 13:25, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

== First Edit ==

{{First Edit Day}}
*'''FROM YOUR FRIEND''':
--<span style="font-family:Times New Roman">[[User:ThinkBlue|'''<span style="background:Blue;color:White">  ThinkBlue </span>''']] </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman">[[User_talk:ThinkBlue|(Hit]]</span> <span style="font-family:Times New Roman">[[User:ThinkBlue/Autograph book|'''BLUE''')]]</span> 00:10, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

== Review:Aaron ==

Hi, Unfortunately the article has some problems. Most of the sources are [[Wikipedia:No_original_research#Primary.2C_secondary.2C_and_tertiary_sources|primary]]. The primary sources are good for clarification but there should be some reliable sources for [[Wikipedia:Verifiability|verification]]. Also there isn't enough information about Aaron in Islamic sources. You can use [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Aaron&diff=183371386&oldid=183369864 this] to complete it. I would write a complete review if I had time. But I advise you to renominate it after solving these problems. God bless you.--<font face="monospace">[[User:Sa.vakilian|Seyyed]]([[User talk:Sa.vakilian|t]]-[[Special:Contributions/Sa.vakilian|c]])</font> 10:56, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

== Idea for Talmud articles ==

Hi Java7837: I am reposting the following request from User {{User|Sh76us}} on my user talk page for wider notification:

:I was thinking of trying to stimulate development of a series of articles on [[Gemara]] concepts and doctrines, maybe to help children or newcomers to Gemara with explanations of some fundamental concepts that recur throughout the Gemara. Some examples might be articles on Yiush, Chazakah, Ta'aninun (as in "Ta'aninun L'Yoresh"), Eidim Zomemin (forgive my awful transliterations), Migu, etc., etc. Maybe we could even create a category or subcategory for it. I created [[Breira]] in this vein. As I don't have the experience or expertise in Wikipedia to know what to do to best develop this idea, I figured I'd come to you for your opinions on: (1) whether it's a good idea; and (2) How to best go about implementing it. Thanks [[User:Sh76us|Sh76us]] ([[User talk:Sh76us|talk]]) 15:56, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Centralized discussion at: [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Judaism#Idea for Talmud articles]]. Thank you. [[User:IZAK|IZAK]] ([[User talk:IZAK|talk]]) 03:33, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

==This is your life?==
Please! Don't rely so heavily on wikipedia to teach you about Judaism. There is valuable info here, but it's not it all! Go to a shiur! [[User:Chesdovi|Chesdovi]] ([[User talk:Chesdovi|talk]]) 20:25, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

== Updating the barnstar template ==

Hi Java: I have now put the basic original {{tl|Jewishbarnstar}} template you created into [[Wikipedia:Barnstars/Category]] and it now joins the list of all [[Wikipedia:Barnstars]]. However, to keep in line with the word formatting of all the other barnstars I had to use your old one to start a new {{tl|The Jewish Barnstar}} template. I gave you full credit, as did User:Yahel Guhan when he had placed it into [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism]]. Please make sure the older template is no longer used. Thanks, [[User:IZAK|IZAK]] ([[User talk:IZAK|talk]])
*'''Very important''': From now on, please ''only'' use the template this way to grant the Jewish barnstar: <nowiki>{{subst:The Jewish Barnstar|message ~~~~}}</nowiki> (the "subst:" is crucial). Thanks a lot! [[User:IZAK|IZAK]] ([[User talk:IZAK|talk]]) 14:56, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

== Template:SOTD nav ==

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}}, {{#if:|have|has}} been marked for deletion as {{#if:||a}} deprecated and orphaned template{{#if:|s}}. If, after 14 days, there {{#if:|have|has}} been no objection{{#if:|s}}, the template{{#if:|s}} will be deleted. If you wish to object to {{#if:|their|its}} deletion, please list your objection{{#if:|s}} [[Wikipedia talk:Deprecated and orphaned templates#Objections|here]] and feel free to remove the {{tlx|deprecated}} tag from the template{{#if:|s}}. If you feel the deletion{{#if:|s}} {{#if:|are|is}} appropriate, no further action is necessary. Thanks for your attention. [[User:Bryan Derksen|Bryan Derksen]] ([[User talk:Bryan Derksen|talk]]) 06:33, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

== Problematic new Christian/Jewish template ==

Hi Java: Please see the discussions at [[Template talk:Books of the Bible]] concerning the new troubled and troubling {{tl|Books of the Bible}} template. Your attention to this matter would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, [[User:IZAK|IZAK]] ([[User talk:IZAK|talk]]) 05:28, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

== AGF ==

[[Image:Information.svg|25px]] Please remember to [[Wikipedia:Assume good faith|assume good faith]] when dealing with other editors{{#if:|, which you did not on [[:{{{1}}}]]}}. {{#if:|{{{2}}}|Thank you.}} [[User:Divamia|Divamia]] ([[User talk:Divamia|talk]]) 05:48, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

==Thanks==

Thanks for helping with the vandalism problem. I'm open to suggestions, if you have any. Right now the options are to 1) survive edit warring, 2) give up and allow the vandalism to stick, or 3) create waste of space articles for people like [[Abraham the Monk]] who ARE notable, but only because they converted. Is there a fourth option? I don't feel like edit warring, I don't have time to research a book's worth of bio information right now, and I don't think it's good stewardship of Wiki server space to create 30 bio pages for people who are only notable BECAUSE of their conversion to Judaism when 1 subsection of a page is sufficient.[[User:Teclontz|Tim]] ([[User talk:Teclontz|talk]]) 10:56, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Agreed. Only problem is that some of these people are only documented in books. I'd like to minimize the amount of money we'll have to shelve out on research.[[User:Teclontz|Tim]] ([[User talk:Teclontz|talk]]) 14:34, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

PS -- I also noticed the anti-Jewish slant. He/She is requiring each person have separate articles, and trying to delete those articles at the same time.[[User:Teclontz|Tim]] ([[User talk:Teclontz|talk]]) 14:35, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
:Ah yes. People who apply precedents used at all other articles to Jewish-related articles must be anti-Jewish. [[User:Divamia|Divamia]] ([[User talk:Divamia|talk]]) 15:08, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

J, after reading through all of the notability guidelines, the clergy who convert definitely merit an article on that basis alone. Although I personally prefer one line to an article, Wikipedia seems to have lower standards than I would for brevity -- probably because they are a computer based resource and my instincts are still driven by old time "book" size contraints. Accordingly, I'll start adding the articles. I've saved a link to the older edit of the page so I won't lose those names. Also, I'll help you keep the page current so that other people will know which names to research. The next question is, how can we get some help? I don't have all of these books, and although I may actually get them, I don't have the time or the money to buy and read them all right now. But I'm certainly willing to play a part.[[User:Teclontz|Tim]] ([[User talk:Teclontz|talk]]) 15:23, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Convert and Baal Teshuvah Biography Project -- how's that?[[User:Teclontz|Tim]] ([[User talk:Teclontz|talk]]) 15:43, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

I've never set up a project before -- but I'll catch up with you Sunday. Time to hit the road. The sun is chasing.[[User:Teclontz|Tim]] ([[User talk:Teclontz|talk]]) 20:01, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

== Asher Wade ==

The article's length meets the minimum criteria, but I still think it's a bit short for DYK. Also, there's only one in-line citation in the article. Could you possibly expand the article and use more in-line citations? <span style="background:#E0FFFF;color:#007FFF;font-family:Georgia;">[[User:Nishkid64|Nishkid64]] ([[User talk:Nishkid64|talk]])</span> 20:33, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
:Hmm...I guess it's fine for DYK. I would accept it for DYK, but I'm not sure what others may think. However, I think the article's expired now, so it can't be featured on DYK. <span style="background:#E0FFFF;color:#007FFF;font-family:Georgia;">[[User:Nishkid64|Nishkid64]] ([[User talk:Nishkid64|talk]])</span> 03:38, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

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== Maimonides orthodox? ==

I'm really not sure why you put the Rambam in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maimonides&diff=193053784&oldid=191980088 Sephardi Orthodox rabbis] category. Orthodoxy as a movement did not exist before the 19th century, and I can imagine that many people thought of him as rather unorthodox in his day! [[User:Jfdwolff|JFW]] | [[User_talk:Jfdwolff|<small>T@lk</small>]] 18:13, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

:Could you urgently clarify why you are separating ALL rabbis, even before the 19th century, into Orthodox categories. [[User:Jfdwolff|JFW]] | [[User_talk:Jfdwolff|<small>T@lk</small>]] 18:19, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

:In response to your message on my talkpage: the term "Orthodox" was not used before the 19th century. Before that time, it was just "Judaism" because no other term was applied to it. There was Karaism, and Sadduceism, and other branches that left the mainstream - but they did not apply the term "Orthodox" to the mainsteam either. Incidentally, Hirsch doesn't seem to have had problems with the term "Orthodox", so I cannot see why you think the term was purely derogatory.
:My point about Maimonides is that in his day, many regarded him as deviating from the mainstream. Why else would they have burnt copies of his work?
:I think your use of "Orthodox" for pre-19th century rabbis is a form of POV. I also think we need to discuss on [[WT:JEW]] whether you should continue categorising pre-19th century rabbis as "Orthodox". [[User:Jfdwolff|JFW]] | [[User_talk:Jfdwolff|<small>T@lk</small>]] 09:12, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
::I agree with JFW, as requested below, Java7837 please join the unfolding discussions at [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Judaism#Orthodox rabbis]]. This is very important. Thanks a lot. [[User:IZAK|IZAK]] ([[User talk:IZAK|talk]]) 10:20, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

== New category additions on Breslov rabbi pages ==

Hi, I saw your category additions to [[Michel Dorfman]] and [[Eliyahu Chaim Rosen]] and was wondering why they're both not under "Hasidic rabbis in Israel"? Rosen was a teacher and role model who certainly fits this category description, which you added him to, but Dorfman, an honorary [[rosh yeshiva]] (more like an administrator) for the Breslov yeshiva in [[Jerusalem]], is known as the quintessential Breslover chassid. I don't think he belongs in a catch-all category like "Israeli Orthodox rabbis." Thanks, [[User:Yoninah|Yoninah]] ([[User talk:Yoninah|talk]]) 21:27, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
:Thanks for the quick editing work. But what's this new category, "Russian Orthodox rabbis"? Sounds like an oxymoron. And why is [[Michel Dorfman]] the only name in the category? He wasn't a rabbi in Russia. Thanks, [[User:Yoninah|Yoninah]] ([[User talk:Yoninah|talk]]) 21:54, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
::A Russian rabbi can mean a rabbi in russia or rabbi who's ancestors were from Russia--[[User:Java7837|Java7837]] ([[User talk:Java7837|talk]]) 21:56, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
:::Okay, but Dorfman wasn't a rabbi — he was a [[shochet]] and a bookbinder. He was an honorary rosh yeshiva (read: administrator). He is not notable enough to have a category just for him! [[User:Yoninah|Yoninah]] ([[User talk:Yoninah|talk]]) 22:37, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

== Discussions about your rabbis categorizations ==

Hi Java: Please join the discussions about your new "Orthodox rabbis" categorizations at [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Judaism#Orthodox rabbis]] so that you can explain your moves and discuss it with others who have some concerns about it. Thanks a lot! ''[[Shabbat]] [[Shalom]]''! [[User:IZAK|IZAK]] ([[User talk:IZAK|talk]]) 10:17, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

== orthodox==
You are adding the category Orthodox to people who eat non-kosher and do not keep the Sabbath.
Just because someone is respectful of the tradition does not make them Orthodox, nor do people who grew up orthodox and then become famous necessarily still keep Kosher and sabbath. I do not want to discuss this on the individual pages of the people or be a witch hunt of observance, but many of the people that you added Orthodox to their bios are not observant at all. --[[User:Jayrav|Jayrav]] ([[User talk:Jayrav|talk]]) 04:20, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Agnon was Orthodox until age 25 and then stopped for a few years and returned to his original practice by 32. He was only non-observant between 1913-1920. Not exactly a BT, he was only non-religious between schooling and marriage. He retained his Orthodox and Rabbinic connections throughout.
The article had originally, mistakenly placed his return in the 1950's, but he was raised orthodox and married orthodox by 1920. --[[User:Jayrav|Jayrav]]16:49, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

There are several known gedolim who sowed wild oats in their youth during the difficult years of WWI and Turkish Palestine, but that does not make them BT's.--[[User:Jayrav|Jayrav]] ([[User talk:Jayrav|talk]]) 16:49, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

== Jewish Renewal==
The name of the movement is "Jewish Renewal" - there is no such thing as "american renewal" - Jewish in the name of the movement is not an adj like Jewish reform or Jewish orthodox. The very name of the movement is "Jewish renewal". It would be nice if you switched those back. --[[User:Jayrav|Jayrav]] ([[User talk:Jayrav|talk]]) 04:20, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==

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*Former [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|TNA]] professional wrestler [[Chris Harris (wrestler)|Chris Harris]] has officially signed with [[World Wrestling Entertainment]], as confirmed by himself in <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.wildcatchrisharris.com/ his personal website]</span>.
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== Orthodox rabbis ==

Hi Java: I see that the issue of how to create, name and organize rabbis and Orthodox rabbis articles is causing friction. Perhaps this can be discussed at greater length if you are able to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Emailuser/IZAK contact me] so that we can discuss this at greater length. Thanks, and ''Shavua Tov''. Sincerely, [[User:IZAK|IZAK]] ([[User talk:IZAK|talk]]) 04:27, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

== [[User:Java7837/israel]] ==

I fixed up some errant coding in the border-c field. It should mesh well now. '''[[User:Octane|<font color=#FF6600>Oc</font>]][[User_talk:Octane|<font color=#FBCF03>t</font>]][[User:Octane|<font color=#FF6600>ane</font>]]''' <sup><nowiki>[</nowiki>[[User:Octane/improvement|improve me]]<nowiki>]</nowiki></sup> <small> 07.03.08 0750 (UTC)</small>

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*'''[[No Way Out (2004)]]''' failed its nomination for [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|Featured Article status]]; its nomination can be found [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/No Way Out (2004)/archive1|here]].
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*[[Ron Killings]] is still being reported as having signed a WWE contract. As there is no reliable source for anything of the sort, be prepared for his name to be continually added to the [[World Wrestling Entertainment roster|WWE Roster]] article, and information about his return being added to his article. There is also, apparently, an audio interview with Killings where he states he will be returning to WWE with his old '''K-Kwik''' gimmick. Recent ''SmackDown!'' taping spoilers indicate that Killings has already debuted under the name '''Kwik Killings''' in a [[List of professional wrestling slang#D|Dark match]]. However, no reliable source for this information has been found yet.

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*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''351''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
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**'''NOTICE:''' If you are actively editing and contributing to articles under the scope of WikiProject Professional Wrestling, we suggest you add your name to the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list/Active|list of active members]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
**Mar. 9 - TNA presents '''[[TNA Destination X#2008|Destination X]]'''
**Mar. 25 - [[User:Kelan|Kelan]]'s birthday
**Mar. 26 - [[User:Govvy|Govvy]]'s birthday
**Mar. 30 - WWE presents '''[[WrestleMania XXIV]]'''

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Since the last newsletter, the number of stub articles has dropped by 45 while the total number of wrestling articles continues to grow. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|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).

{{Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Professional wrestling articles by quality statistics}}

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'''Contributors to this Issue:'''
*{{User|iMatthew}}
*{{User|LAX}}
*{{User|Nahallac Silverwinds}}
*{{User|NiciVampireHeart}}
*{{User|NimiTize}}
*{{User|ThinkBlue}}
*{{user|Truco9311}}
*{{User|Zenlax}}

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<center>'''[[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter#General discussion|Discussion]] • [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter#Suggestions|Suggestions]] • [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter#Feedback|Feedback]]'''</center>
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*'''[[No Way Out (2004)]]''' has been renominated for [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|Featured Article status]]; its nomination can be found [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/No Way Out (2004)|here]].
*'''[[List of WCW Hardcore Champions]]''' has been nominated for [[Wikipedia:Featured lists|Featured list status]]; its nomination can be found [[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of WCW Hardcore Champions|here]].
*'''[[SummerSlam (2000)]]''' has been listed for [[Wikipedia:Peer review|Peer review]]. Please review this article and make suggestions for how it can be improved in preparation for a Good article nomination. It's peer reviews can be found [[Wikipedia:Peer review/SummerSlam (2000)/archive1|here]].
*'''[[Ricky Banderas]]''' and '''[[SummerSlam (1994)]]''' have been elevated to [[WP:GA|Good article]] status.
*'''[[Ion Croitoru]]''', '''[[Jos LeDuc]]''', '''[[New Year's Revolution (2007)]]''', '''[[SummerSlam (2007)]]''', '''[[No Way Out (2007)]]''', '''[[Unforgiven (2005)]]''', '''[[WrestleMania X]]''', '''[[Jeff Hardy]]''', and '''[[Matt Hardy]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Good article candidates|Good article candidates]].
*'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]]''' was the Featured Wikiproject in last week's edition of the '''[[WP:Signpost|Signpost]]'''. [[User:TJ Spyke|TJ Spyke]], [[User:IMatthew|iMatthew]], and [[User:Nikki311|Nikki311]] have answered questions relating to the project [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2008-03-10/WikiProject report|here]].
<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Current Events</div>

*[[Jeff Hardy]] was suspended by [[WWE]] for 60 days on [[March 11]] for violating WWE's Substance Abuse and Drug Policy. On [[March 14]], he lost his home in, [[Cameron, North Carolina]], late friday night due to a [[fire]]. Fire Department officials currently cannot confirm what was the cause of the fire. Reports also say that Jeff's brother, [[Matt Hardy]], saw smoke coming out of Jeff's house. [[WWE RAW|RAW]] [[Commentator]], [[Jim Ross]], reports on his blog, "''He lost essentially every thing he had and most sadly his dog''".
*On [[March 14]], [[Vince McMahon]] was honored into the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]].
*Triple H: King of Kings-There is Only One, a [[WWE Home Video]] [[DVD]], will be released on [[March 25]] [[2008]].
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*'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Steven Galvan|Steven Galvan]]
*'''Kept:'''
*'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bryant Balmaceda|Bryant Balmaceda]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/NWA Australian Championship|NWA Australian Championship]], [[Wikipedia: Articles for deletion/List of professional wrestling stables and tag teams|List of professional wrestling stables and tag teams]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Collaboration of the Week</div>

The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|article collaboration]] for March 16 through March 30 is '''[[Paul Wight|Big Show]]'''. The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|featured article collaboration]] is '''[[Kurt Angle]]'''. Please help to improve these articles to match the quality of an [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|ideal]] Wikipedia [[professional wrestling]] related article. The next articles for collaboration will be chosen on Sunday, March 30.<br>
<center><small>[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Cast your vote to select the collaboration for next week!]] — Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!</small></center>

<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Member Interview</div>
This week's interviewees are '''[[User:FamicomJL|FamicomJL]]''' ([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter/Issue 013/Interview 1|link]]) and '''[[User:Nahallac Silverwinds|Naha]]''' ([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter/Issue 013/Interview 2|link]]).
*Next week's interviewees are [[User:Endlessdan|Endlessdan]] and [[User:S-pac54|S-pac54]]. Submit a question to ask them [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter#Interview segment|here]].

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*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''356''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list/Active|active members list]], there are currently '''37''' members currently active in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
**'''NOTICE:''' If you are actively editing and contributing to articles under the scope of WikiProject Professional Wrestling, we suggest you add your name to the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list/Active|list of active members]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
**Mar. 25 - [[User:Kelan|Kelan]]'s birthday
**Mar. 26 - [[User:Govvy|Govvy]]'s birthday
**Mar. 29 - [[User:NimiTize|NimiTize]]'s birthday
**Mar. 30 - WWE presents '''[[WrestleMania XXIV]]'''

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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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|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).

{{Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Professional wrestling articles by quality statistics}}

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'''Contributors to this Issue:'''
*{{User|iMatthew}}
*{{User|NiciVampireHeart}}
*{{User|NimiTize}}
*{{User|ThinkBlue}}

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== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==

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*'''[[SummerSlam (2007)]]''' ([[WP:Featured article candidates/SummerSlam (2007)|<small>link</small>]]) has been nominated for [[WP:FA|Featured Article]] status.
*[[Triple H]] has failed its [[WP:FA|Featured Article]] nomination. Its nom page can be found [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Triple H/archive1|here]].
*'''[[List of WCW Hardcore Champions]]''' has passed its [[Wikipedia:Featured lists|Featured list]] nomination; its nomination can be found [[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of WCW Hardcore Champions|here]].
*'''[[Backlash (2004)]]''' has been listed for [[Wikipedia:Peer review|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 [[Wikipedia:Peer review/Backlash (2004)/archive1|here]].
*'''[[Ion Croitoru]]''', '''[[Jos LeDuc]]''', '''[[New Year's Revolution (2007)]]''', '''[[No Way Out (2007)]]''', '''[[SummerSlam (2007)]]''', '''[[Unforgiven (2005)]]''', and '''[[WrestleMania X]]''' have been elevated to [[WP:GA|Good article]] status.
*'''[[Brian Kendrick]]''', '''[[Brock Lesnar]]''', '''[[Jeff Hardy]]''', '''[[Matt Hardy]]''', '''[[Randy Orton]]''', '''[[Stacy Keibler]]''', and '''[[Vengeance (2005)]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Good article candidates|Good article candidates]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Current Events</div>
*At [[WrestleMania XXIV]], [[Shawn Michaels]] defeated [[Ric Flair]] after executing the [[Superkick|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 [[WWE Raw|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
*[[Cryme Tyme]] returned to [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] on March 31, during [[WWE Raw|Raw]], defeating [[Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch]].
*[[Matt Hardy]] also returned on Raw, attacking Randy Orton from behind, and later having a match with Orton.
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*'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/World Wrestling Professionals|World Wrestling Professionals]]
*'''Kept:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dark Angel (wrestler)|Dark Angel (wrestler)]]
*'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Steven Galvan|Steven Galvan]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/A.W. Bulldog (wrestler)|A.W. Bulldog (wrestler)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Big Shemi|The Big Shemi]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ananzi (wrestler)|Ananzi (wrestler)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Akilah (wrestler)|Akilah (wrestler)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Crybaby (wrestler)|Crybaby (wrestler)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dont Question My Heart|Don't Question My Heart]]

<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Collaboration of the Week</div>

The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|article collaborations]] for March 30 through April 13 are '''[[Bash at the Beach (1996)]]''' and '''[[Mae Young]].''' Please help to improve these articles to match the quality of an [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|ideal]] Wikipedia [[professional wrestling]] related article. The next articles for collaboration will be chosen on Sunday, April 13.<br>
<center><small>[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Cast your vote to select the collaboration for next week!]] — Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!</small></center>

<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Member Interview</div>
This week's interviewees are '''[[User:Endlessdan|Endlessdan]]''' ([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter/Issue 014/Interview 1|link]]) and '''[[User:S-pac54|S-pac54]]''' ([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter/Issue 014/Interview 2|link]]).
*Next week's interviewees are [[User:Straight Edge PXK|Straight Edge PXK]] and [[User:IMatthew|iMatthew]]. Submit a question to ask them [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter#Interview segment|here]].

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*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''363''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list/Active|active members list]], there are currently '''39''' members currently active in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
**'''NOTICE:''' If you are actively editing and contributing to articles under the scope of WikiProject Professional Wrestling, we suggest you add your name to the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list/Active|list of active members]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
*13 - TNA presents '''[[Lockdown (2008)|Lockdown]]'''
*14 - [[User:ThinkBlue|ThinkBlue]]'s birthday
*20 - [[User:Adamaniac|Adamaniac]]'s and [[User:Killswitch Engage|Killswitch Engage]]'s birthdays
*27 - WWE presents '''[[WWE Backlash#2008|Backlash]]'''

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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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|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).

{{Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Professional wrestling articles by quality statistics}}

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'''Contributors to this Issue:'''
*{{User|iMatthew}}
*{{User|LAX}}
*{{User|NiciVampireHeart}}
*{{User|RkOrton}}
*{{User|ThinkBlue}}
*{{User|Zenlax}}

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*'''[[SummerSlam (2007)]]''' has failed its [[WP:FA|Featured Article]] nomination; the discussion can be found [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/SummerSlam (2007)/archive1|here]].
*'''[[Jeff Hardy]]''' has been elevated to [[WP:GA|Good article]] status.
*'''[[Acolytes Protection Agency]]''', '''[[Brian Kendrick]]''', '''[[Brock Lesnar]]''', '''[[Matt Hardy]]''', '''[[Money Inc.]]''', '''[[Over the Edge (1999)]]''', '''[[Randy Orton]]''', '''[[Stacy Keibler]]''', and '''[[Vengeance (2005)]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Good article candidates|Good article candidates]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Events</div>
*WWE has invited Democrats running for president, [[Hillary Clinton]] and [[Barack Obama]], to [[WWE Raw|Raw]] to settle their differences in a wrestling match. The invitation video can be found <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.wwe.com/content/media/video/vms/none/2008/april8-14/6835006?zone=_index here]</span>.
*On the [[April 21]] edition of ''Raw'', the [[King of the Ring]] tournament will return for one night only. The entire tournament will take place on ''Raw''.
*[[Mick Foley]] made a appearance in the new film, [[Anamorph (film)|''Anamorph'']].
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*'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/PJ Black (wrestler) (2nd nomination)|PJ Black (wrestler)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Lizard (wrestler) (2nd nomination)|The Lizard (wrestler)]].
*'''Kept:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Juggernaut (wrestler)|Juggernaut (wrestler)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/World Wrestling Professionals|World Wrestling Professionals]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of TNA tournaments|List of TNA tournaments]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shaun Simpson|Shaun Simpson]]
*'''Deleted:'''

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional Wrestling Article Stats</div>

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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|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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! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Professional wrestling<br>articles !! colspan="6" | Importance
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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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! {{FA-Class|category=Category:FA-Class Professional wrestling articles|FA}}
| || 1 || 6 || 5 || '''12'''
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! {{FL-Class|category=Category:FL-Class Professional wrestling articles|FL}}
| || || 1 || 13 || '''14'''
|-
! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 4 || 9 || 30 || '''43'''
|-
! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 11 || 49 || 199 || '''260'''
|-
! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 51 || 217 || 2300 || '''2570'''
|-
! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 1 || 24 || 604 || '''629'''
|-
! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 3 || 68 || 306 || 3151 || '''3528'''
|-
! Total
| '''3''' || '''68''' || '''306''' || '''3152''' || '''3533'''
|-
|}

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<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Member News</div>

*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''374''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list/Active|active members list]], there are currently '''41''' members currently active in WikiProject Professional wrestling.
**'''NOTICE:''' If you are actively editing and contributing to articles under the scope of WikiProject Professional Wrestling, we suggest you add your name to the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list/Active|list of active members]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
*Apr. 27 - WWE presents '''[[Backlash (2008)]]'''
*May 4 - [[User:S-pac54|S-pac54]]'s birthday
*May 8 - [[User:The Chronic|The Chronic]]'s birthday
*May 11 - [[User:Stevenplunkett|Stevenplunkett]]'s birthday and TNA presents '''[[TNA Sacrifice#2008|Sacrifice]]'''

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Collaboration of the Week</div>

The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|article collaborations]] for April 13 through April 27 are '''[[World Wrestling Entertainment]]''' and '''[[Booker Huffman|Booker T]]'''. Please help to improve these articles to match the quality of an [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|ideal]] Wikipedia [[professional wrestling]] related article. The next articles for collaboration will be chosen on Sunday, April 13.<br>
<center><small>[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Cast your vote to select the collaboration for next week!]] — Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!</small></center>

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Member Interview</div>
Next week we will start the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Editor of the week|Editor of the Week]]. This will take the place of the Member Interviews. The EOTW will be given their own interview instead. To be fair, this week we will post all of the interviews that were on the schedule. Click the link next to the user's name to see their interview:
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*'''[[User:Straight Edge PXK|Straight Edge PXK]]''' ([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter/Issue 015/Interview 1|link]])
*'''[[User:IMatthew|iMatthew]]''' ([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter/Issue 015/Interview 2|link]])
*'''[[User:Truco-X|Truco-X]]''' ([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter/Issue 017/Interview 1|link]])
*'''[[User:Derrty2033|Derrty2033]]''' ([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter/Issue 017/Interview 2|link]])
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*'''[[User:MarcK|MarcK]]''' ([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter/Issue 018/Interview 2|link]])
*'''[[User:Technogreek43|Technogreek43]]''' ([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter/Issue 021/Interview 1|link]])
*'''[[User:RkOrton|RkOrton]]''' ([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter/Issue 021/Interview 2|link]])
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'''Contributors to this Issue:'''
*{{User|GaryColemanFan}}
*{{User|iMatthew}}
*{{User|LAX}}
*{{User|NiciVampireHeart}}
*{{User|RkOrton}}
*{{User|ThinkBlue}}

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== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==

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*'''[[Jeff Hardy]]''', '''[[Matt Hardy]]''', '''[[Money Inc.]]''', and '''[[Vengeance (2005)]]''' have been elevated to [[WP:GA|Good article]] status.
*'''[[Acolytes Protection Agency]]''', '''[[Backlash (2006)]]''', '''[[Brian Kendrick]]''', '''[[Brock Lesnar]]''', '''[[Judgment Day (2005)]]''', '''[[Over the Edge (1999)]]''', '''[[Randy Orton]]''', '''[[Royal Rumble (2005)]]''', '''[[Stacy Keibler]]''', and '''[[Survivor Series (2005)]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Good article candidates|Good article candidates]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Current Events</div>
*[[Darren Matthews|William Regal]] won the [[King of the Ring]] tournament on the [[April 21]] edition of [[WWE Raw|''Raw'']].
*Senators [[Hillary Rodham Clinton|Hillary Clinton]], [[Barack Obama]], and [[John McCain]], made special appearance on ''Raw'', via the titantron to address the ''Raw'' fans.
*During [[Backlash (2008)|Backlash]], [[Triple H]] became the new [[WWE Championship|WWE Champion]] by defeating [[Randy Orton]].
*[[Matt Hardy]] defeated [[Alvin Burke, Jr.|MVP]] and became the new [[WWE United States Championship|United States Champion]].
*[[The Undertaker]] had the [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]] taken from him on the [[May 2]] episode of [[WWE Friday Night SmackDown!|SmackDown!]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Articles for Deletion</div>
*'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Giovanni picarazzi|Giovanni picarazzi]].
*'''Kept:'''
*'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/PJ Black (wrestler) (2nd nomination)|PJ Black (wrestler)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Lizard (wrestler) (2nd nomination)|The Lizard (wrestler)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Xterminator (wrestler)|Xterminator (wrestler)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Playa (wrestler) (2nd nomination)|The Playa (wrestler)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kalahari Boerboel (wrestler) (2nd nomination)|Kalahari Boerboel (wrestler)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/InterMat|InterMat]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional Wrestling Article Stats</div>

Since the last issue, the number of stub articles has decreased again. It would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

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! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Professional wrestling<br>articles !! colspan="6" | Importance
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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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! rowspan="10" | Quality
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! {{FA-Class|category=Category:FA-Class Professional wrestling articles|FA}}
| || || 2 || 3 || '''5'''
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! {{FL-Class|category=Category:FL-Class Professional wrestling articles|FL}}
| || 1 || 5 || 15 || '''21'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 4 || 11 || 31 || '''47'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 12 || 51 || 199 || '''265'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 51 || 220 || 2316 || '''2593'''
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! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 1 || 23 || 609 || '''629'''
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! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 3 || 69 || 313 || 3175 || '''3559'''
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! Total
| '''3''' || '''69''' || '''312''' || '''3173''' || '''3559'''
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<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Member News</div>

*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''377''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list/Active|active members list]], there are currently '''37''' members currently active in WikiProject Professional wrestling.
**'''NOTICE:''' If you are actively editing and contributing to articles under the scope of WikiProject Professional Wrestling, we suggest you add your name to the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list/Active|list of active members]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
*4 - [[User:S-pac54|S-pac54]]'s birthday
*8 - [[User:The Chronic|The Chronic]]'s birthday
*11 - [[User:Stevenplunkett|Stevenplunkett]]'s birthday and TNA presents '''[[TNA Sacrifice#2008|Sacrifice]]'''
*18 - WWE presents '''[[WWE Judgment Day#2008|Judgment Day]]'''
*18 - [[User:Self Preteder|Self Preteder]]'s birthday
*19 - [[User:Frenchbreadpizza|Frenchbreadpizza]]'s birthday
*24 - [[User:Unopeneddoor|Unopeneddoor]]'s birthday

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Collaboration of the Week</div>

The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|article collaboration]] for April 27 through May 11 is '''[[National Wrestling Alliance]]'''. The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|featured article collaboration]] is '''[[Amy Dumas]]'''. Please help to improve these articles to match the quality of an [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|ideal]] Wikipedia [[professional wrestling]] related article. The next articles for collaboration will be chosen on Sunday, May 11.<br>
<center><small>[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Cast your vote to select the collaboration for next week!]] — Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!</small></center>

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Editor of the Week</div>
*Welcome to the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Editor of the week|Editor of the Week]]!<br>
*Our first editor of the week is [[User:Nikki311|Nikki311]], who won with '''6''' votes.<br>
*The runner-up, [[User:LAX|LAX]] came in second with '''3''' votes.<br>
*Nikki311's award page can be found [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Editor of the week/Nikki311|here]]. Congratulations Nikki!

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'''Contributors to this Issue:'''
*{{User|GaryColemanFan}}
*{{User|iMatthew}}
*{{User|LAX}}
*{{User|NiciVampireHeart}}
*{{User|RkOrton}}
*{{User|ThinkBlue}}
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== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==

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! colspan="2" valign="middle" style="width: 60%; border: 3px black solid; background-color: #EEEEEE; padding: 1em;" | [[Image:Barnstar-pro-wrestling.png|30px|left]]<center><font size="5">'''The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Newsletter|newsletter]]'''</font><br>Issue XVII — May 18, 2008</center>
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*'''[[Brian Kendrick]]''', '''[[Brock Lesnar]]''', '''[[Stacy Keibler]]''', '''[[Randy Orton]]''', and '''[[Acolytes Protection Agency]]''' have been elevated to [[WP:GA|Good article]] status.
*'''[[Over the Edge (1999)]]''' failed its [[WP:GAN|Good article nomination]], but has been [[Wikipedia:Good article reassessment|reassessed]] [[Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Over the Edge (1999)/1|here]].
*'''[[Backlash (2006)]]''', '''[[Backlash (2007)]]''', '''[[Insane Clown Posse]]''', '''[[Judgment Day (2005)]]''', '''[[Judgment Day (2007)]]''', '''[[One Night Stand (2007)]]''', '''[[Royal Rumble (2005)]]''', '''[[Survivor Series (2005)]]''', '''[[The Great American Bash (2007)]]''', '''[[The Rock (entertainer)]]''' and '''[[Unforgiven (2006)]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Good article candidates|Good article candidates]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Current Events</div>
*[[Torrie Wilson]] was released by WWE on May 8.
*[[Latin American Exchange|L.A.X.]] won the vacated [[TNA World Tag Team Championship]] as a result of defeating [[Dudley Boyz|Team 3D]] in the Deuces Wild tournament final at TNA [[TNA Sacrifice#2008|Sacrifice]].
**Also at TNA [[TNA Sacrifice#2008|Sacrifice]], [[Samoa Joe]] defeated [[Scott Steiner]] and [[Frankie Kazarian|Kaz]] to retain the [[TNA World Heavyweight Championship]].
*During WWE [[Backlash (2008)|Backlash]], [[Triple H]], [[Mike Mizanin|The Miz]] and [[John Hennigan|John Morrison]], and [[Mickie James]] retained the [[WWE Championship]], [[WWE Tag Team Championship]], and [[WWE Women's Championship]], respectively.

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Articles for Deletion</div>
*'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Africa Wrestling Alliance|Africa Wrestling Alliance]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/International Wrestling Federation (South Africa)|International Wrestling Federation (South Africa)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Joseph Carl Bailey, Junior|Joseph Carl Bailey, Junior]].
*'''Kept:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/TNA 2005 Super X Cup Tournament|TNA 2005 Super X Cup Tournament]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/TNA 2006 World X Cup Tournament (2nd nomination)|TNA 2006 World X Cup Tournament]].
*'''Redirected:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Deuces Wild Tournament|Deuces Wild Tournament]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Meltdown: The Music of TNA Wrestling Vol. 2|Meltdown: The Music of TNA Wrestling Vol.2]].
*'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sean Creed|Sean Creed]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Giovanni picarazzi|Giovanni picarazzi]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cf Turbo|Cf Turbo]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mother's Day Massacre (2008)|Mother's Day Massacre (2008)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Boerseun (wrestler)|Boerseun (wrestler)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nizaam Hartley|Nizaam Hartley]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Taxidriver (wrestler)|The Taxidriver (wrestler)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Scorpion Kruger (wrestler)|Scorpion Kruger (wrestler)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Blacksmith (wrestler)|The Blacksmith (wrestler)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/RingDivas Womens Wrestling|RingDivas Womens Wrestling]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Parow Civic Centre|Parrow Civic Centre]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nightmare (wrestler)|Nightmare (wrestler)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pro Wrestling Alliance: Africa|Pro Wrestling Alliance: Africa]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Steve Eden (wrestler)|Steve Eden (wrestler)]].
<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional Wrestling Article Stats</div>

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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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! rowspan="9" | Quality
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! {{FA-Class|category=Category:FA-Class Professional wrestling articles|FA}}
| || || 2 || 3 || '''5'''
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! {{FL-Class|category=Category:FL-Class Professional wrestling articles|FL}}
| || 1 || 5 || 15 || '''21'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 4 || 12 || 34 || '''50'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 13 || 55 || 203 || '''272'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 52 || 220 || 2328 || '''2604'''
|-
! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 1 || 23 || 606 || '''628'''
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! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 3 || 71 || 317 || 3189 || '''3580'''
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! Total
| '''3''' || '''71''' || '''317''' || '''3189''' || '''3580'''
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*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''385''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list/Active|active members list]], there are currently '''38''' members currently active in WikiProject Professional wrestling.
**'''NOTICE:''' If you are actively editing and contributing to articles under the scope of WikiProject Professional Wrestling, we suggest you add your name to the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list/Active|list of active members]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
*18 - WWE presents '''[[WWE Judgment Day#2008|Judgment Day]]'''; [[User:Self Preteder|Self Preteder]]'s birthday
*19 - [[User:Frenchbreadpizza|Frenchbreadpizza]]'s birthday
*24 - [[User:Unopeneddoor|Unopeneddoor]]'s birthday
*1 - WWE presents '''[[One Night Stand (2008)|One Night Stand]]'''
*8 - TNA presents '''[[TNA Slammiversary#2008|Slammiversary]]'''

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Collaboration of the Week</div>

The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|article collaborations]] for May 11 through May 24 are '''[[Chris Benoit double murder and suicide]]''' and '''[[John Layfield]]'''. Please help to improve these articles to match the quality of an [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|ideal]] Wikipedia [[professional wrestling]] related article. The next articles for collaboration will be chosen on Sunday, May 25.<br>
<center><small>[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Cast your vote to select the collaboration for next week!]] — Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!</small></center>

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Editor of the Week</div>
*Our second editor of the week is [[User:GaryColemanFan|GaryColemanFan]], who won with '''4''' votes.<br>
*The runner-up, [[User:D.M.N.|D.M.N.]], came in second with '''3''' votes.<br>
*GaryColemanFan's award page and interview can be found [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Editor of the week/GaryColemanFan|here]]. Congratulations!
*The interview portion of the award page was just recently added. To see [[User:Nikki311|Nikki311]]'s interview, go to her award page [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Editor of the week/Nikki311|here]]

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'''Contributors to this Issue:'''
*{{User|IMatthew}}
*{{User|LAX}}
*{{User|NiciVampireHeart}}
*{{User|ThinkBlue}}
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== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==

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! colspan="2" valign="middle" style="width: 60%; border: 3px black solid; background-color: #EEEEEE; padding: 1em;" | [[Image:Barnstar-pro-wrestling.png|30px|left]]<center><font size="5">'''The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Newsletter|newsletter]]'''</font><br>Issue XVIII — June 1, 2008</center>
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*'''[[Backlash (2006)]]''', '''[[Insane Clown Posse]]''', '''[[Judgment Day (2005)]]''', '''[[Judgment Day (2007)]]''', '''[[Royal Rumble (2005)]]''', and '''[[Survivor Series (2005)]]''' have been elevated to [[WP:GA|Good Article]] status.

*'''[[SummerSlam (2007)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/SummerSlam (2007)|(link)]]}} and '''[[SummerSlam (1988)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/SummerSlam (1988)|(link)]]}} have been nominated for [[WP:FA|Featured Article]] status.

*'''[[Backlash (2007)]]''', '''[[One Night Stand (2007)]]''', '''[[Paul London]]''', '''[[Royal Rumble (2005)]]''', '''[[The Great American Bash (2007)]]''', '''[[The Rock (entertainer)]]''' and '''[[Unforgiven (2006)]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Good article candidates|Good article candidates]].

*'''[[Over the Edge (1999)]]''' failed it's Good article nomination, though, it has been reassessed [[Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Over the Edge (1999)/1|here]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Current Events</div>
*[[Darren Matthews]] (William Regal) was suspended by WWE for 60 days for breaching the [[World Wrestling Entertainment#Wellness Program|Substance Abuse and Drug Testing Policy]].

*The [[2008 WWE Draft]] was announced by [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] [[List of World Wrestling Entertainment employees#Executive officers|chairman]], [[Vince McMahon]], to take place on [[June 23]] [[2008]].

*At [[One Night Stand (2008)|One Night Stand]], [[Randy Orton]] suffered a broken [[Clavicle|collarbone]] during his [[Professional wrestling match types#Last Man Standing match|Last man standing match]] with [[Triple H]].

*Also, at One Night Stand, [[Adam Copeland|Edge]] won the [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]] in a [[Tables, Ladders and Chairs match]] defeating [[The Undertaker]]. Per the pre-match stipulation, Undertaker was [[kayfabe]] forced to leave WWE.

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">The Month in Wrestling History</div>
*[[May 23]], [[1999]] - [[Owen Hart]] died in a tragic fall during [[Over the Edge (1999)|Over the Edge]].
*[[May 21]], [[2000]] - [[Triple H]] defeated [[The Rock (entertainer)|The Rock]] for the [[WWE Championship|WWF Heavyweight title]].
*[[May 22]], [[2000]] - [[Vince Russo]] stripped [[Ric Flair]] of the [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship]], and awarded it to [[Jeff Jarret]].
*[[May 17]], [[2002]] - "The British Bulldog" [[Davey Boy Smith]] died of a heart attack.
*[[May 19]], [[2004]] - [[Ron Killings]] won the [[NWA World Heavyweight Championship]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional Wrestling Article Stats</div>

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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
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! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Professional wrestling<br>articles !! colspan="6" | Importance
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| || 1 || 5 || 15 || '''21'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 4 || 15 || 39 || '''58'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 13 || 57 || 203 || '''274'''
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| 2 || 52 || 221 || 2331 || '''2606'''
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*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''389''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list/Active|active members list]], there are currently '''37''' members currently active in WikiProject Professional wrestling.
**'''NOTICE:''' If you are actively editing and contributing to articles under the scope of WikiProject Professional Wrestling, we suggest you add your name to the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list/Active|list of active members]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
**19 - [[User:Frenchbreadpizza|Frenchbreadpizza]]'s birthday
**24 - [[User:Unopeneddoor|Unopeneddoor]]'s birthday
**29 - [[User:CJMiller|CJMiller]]'s birthday
**1 - WWE presents '''[[One Night Stand (2008)|One Night Stand]]'''
**8 - TNA presents '''[[TNA Slammiversary#2008|Slammiversary]]'''

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Collaboration of the Week</div>

The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|article collaboration]] for May 25 through June 7 is '''[[Rick Rude]]'''. The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Featured article collaboration]] is '''[[Carly Colón]]'''. Please help to improve these articles to match the quality of an [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|ideal]] Wikipedia [[professional wrestling]] related article. The next articles for collaboration will be chosen on Sunday, June 8.<br>
<center><small>[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Cast your vote to select the collaboration for next week!]] — Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!</small></center>

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*'''Current:'''
*'''Kept:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Africa Wrestling Alliance|Africa Wrestling Alliance]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Blood sweat and ears|Blood sweat and ears]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Ring of Honor events|List of Ring of Honor events]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Fingerpoke of Doom (2nd nomination)|The Fingerpoke of Doom]].
*'''Redirected:'''
*'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/International Wrestling Federation (South Africa)|International Wrestling Federation (South Africa)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Joseph Carl Bailey, Junior|Joseph Carl Bailey, Junior]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Independent Pro Wrestling Association|Independent Pro Wrestling Association]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Crash TV|Crash TV]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Drew Roode|Drew Roode]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/WWE wins top 10|WWE wins top 10]].

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'''Contributors to this Issue:'''
*{{User|IMatthew}}
*{{User|NiciVampireHeart}}
*{{User|SRX}}
*{{User|ThinkBlue}}

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Hello there. I noticed your little template thing on someone's user page (having the USA flag in the top left), and set about creating my own one for Ireland. Anyway, it turns out you had it too far over, it was -180, but it should only have been -155 (you were clipping out 25 pixels). The top was -40, but should have been -36. I changed both the values so I think it fits a bit more snugly into the corner now. Hope that's all ok =) [[User:Falcon9x5|Fin]][[Special:Contributions/Falcon9x5|©]][[User talk:Falcon9x5|™]] 17:32, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==

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*'''[[SummerSlam (1988)]]''' and '''[[SummerSlam (2007)]]''' have both failed their Featured Article Candidacy's, their review pages can be found [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/SummerSlam (1988)|here]] and [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/SummerSlam (2007)|here]], respectively.

*'''[[List of WWE SmackDown video game titles]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of WWE SmackDown video game titles|(link)]]}} has been nominated for [[WP:FL|Featured List]] status.

*'''[[IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates/IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship|(link)]]}} has been nominated for removal as a [[WP:FL|Featured List]].

*'''[[Paul London]]''', '''[[SummerSlam (2004)]]''', '''[[Survivor Series (1994)]]''', and '''[[WWE SmackDown (video game series)]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Good article candidates|Good article candidates]].

*'''[[Backlash (2007)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Backlash (2007)#GA Review|(link)]]}}, '''[[Unforgiven (2006)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Unforgiven (2006)/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[The Rock (entertainer)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:The Rock (entertainer)/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[One Night Stand (2007)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:One Night Stand (2007)/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[The Great American Bash (2007)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:The Great American Bash (2007)/GA1|(link)]]}} and '''[[Royal Rumble (2005)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Royal Rumble (2005)#GA Review|(link)]]}} have been elevated to [[WP:Good article|Good article]] status.

*'''[[Over the Edge (1999)]]''' has passed its reassessment and is now a [[WP:Good Article|good article]]! The article's reassessment can be found [[Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Over the Edge (1999)/1|here]].

*A pay-per-view event chronology has been added as a feature to the [[Template:Infobox wrestling event|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.

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">The Month in Wrestling History</div>
*[[June 1]], [[1998]] - [[Junkyard Dog]] died at the age of forty-five in an automobile accident.
*[[June 2]], [[2003]] - [[Freddie Blassie]] died at the age of eighty-five from natural causes.
*[[June 10]], [[1983]] - [[Harley Race]] defeated [[Ric Flair]] for the [[NWA World Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[June 13]], [[1982]]- "High Chief" [[Peter Maivia]] died of cancer at forty-seven.
*[[June 13]], [[1993]] - [[Yokozuna]] defeated [[Hulk Hogan]] for the [[WWE Championship|WWF Heavyweight title]].
*[[June 19]] [[2002]] - [[AJ Styles]] became the first [[TNA X Division Championship|TNA X Division Champion]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional Wrestling Article Stats</div>

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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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! {{FA-Class|category=Category:FA-Class Professional wrestling articles|FA}}
| || || 2 || 3 || '''5'''
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| || 1 || 5 || 15 || '''21'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 5 || 17 || 42 || '''64'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 13 || 67 || 206 || '''287'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| || 1 || 7 || 36 || '''44'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 53 || 211 || 2312 || '''2578'''
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*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''389''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
**8 - TNA presents '''[[TNA Slammiversary#2008|Slammiversary]]'''
**10 - [[User:Chandlerjoeyross|Chandlerjoeyross]]'s birthday
**10 - [[User:King Gemini|King Gemini]]'s birthday
**11 - [[User:Wweisreal|Wweisreal]]'s birthday
**20 - [[User:Umdunno|Umdunno]]'s birthday

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Current Events</div>
*[[James Yun]] was suspended for 30 days for violating [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE's]] [[World Wrestling Entertainment#Wellness Program|Wellness Policy]].

*[[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 [[WWE Raw|Raw]] to viewers watching the show at home.

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Collaboration of the Week</div>

The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|article collaboration]] for June 22 through July 5 is '''[[James Yun]]'''. The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Featured article collaboration]] is '''[[Candice Michelle]]''' . Please help to improve these articles to match the quality of an [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|ideal]] Wikipedia [[professional wrestling]] related article. The next articles for collaboration will be chosen on Sunday, July 5.<br>
<center><small>[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Cast your vote to select the collaboration for next week!]] — Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!</small></center>

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Articles for Deletion</div>
*'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mark Beale|Mark Beale]].
*'''Kept:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Triplemania|Triplemania]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Antonio Peña|Antonio Peña]].
*'''Redirected:'''
*'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/All Action Wrestling|All Action Wrestling]].
<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">From the Editors</div>

'''Contributors to this Issue:'''
*{{User|iMatthew}}
*{{User|NiciVampireHeart}}
*{{User|SRX}}

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==WikiProject Judaism Newsletter==
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<big>'''What's This?'''</big><br>
''Shalom aleichem'' sports fans, and welcome to the first of what I hope will be a monthly newsletter with the need-to-know information about our fair WikiProject. If you have any questions or comments, or would like to recommend a story for the newsletter, click [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:L%27Aquatique&action=edit&section=new here] to leave a message on the Newsletter Coordinator's talk page.<br>
<big>'''In the News'''</big>
*WikiProject Good Articles is doing sweeps over all our current good articles to ensure they still meet criteria. For more information and how you can help, check out [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Project quality task force/Sweeps|WikiProject Good Articles Sweeps]].
*GA status for the article [[Jew]] has been put on hold pending a few minor revisions. A list of things that need to be done to return this top importance article to its proper status can be found [[Talk:Jew#GA Sweeps_Review: On Hold|here]].
*[[Jerusalem]] is a Featured Article Candidate! Go forth, my people, and [[WP:VOTE|!vote]]!
<big>'''To Do'''</big>
*One new Judaism-related article was created this month, the long requested [[Hebrew Punctuation]]. Thanks to [[User:Epson291|Epson291]] for creating it. Remember, folks, there are over forty [[Wikipedia:Requested_articles/Social_sciences#Judaism|standing requests for Judaism articles]], so whenever you get the opportunity make sure to go create a few.
*In the right column you will see a listing of our most popular articles. All of these articles got 170,000+ page hits in the past month, and they should be on everyone's watchlist so we can keep them vandalism-free.
*Spread the word! No, not the ''[[Divine revelation|Word]]''... <small>(well, you can do that too)</small> I'm talking about inviting knowledgeable users to join the project. You can proclaim your undying love of WikiProject Judaism in methods mild to wild, check the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism/Templates|project template page]] and [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism/Members|member list]] for examples. We also now have a flashy advertisement, to use it add <nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:Wikipedia ads|Wikipedia ads]]|ad=148<nowiki>}}</nowiki> to your userpage.
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*[[User:Shevashalosh|Shevashalosh]]
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== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==

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*'''[[December to Dismember (2006)]]''' is currently under [[WP:FAR|Featured Article review]] [[Wikipedia:Featured article review/December to Dismember (2006)|(link)]].

*'''[[Starrcade (1983)]]''' has failed its [[WP:FAC|Featured Article nomination]] [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Starrcade (1983)/archive1|(link)]].

*'''[[List of WWE SmackDown video game titles]]''' has been elevated to [[Wikipedia:Featured list|Featured List]] status [[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of WWE SmackDown video game titles|(link)]].

*'''[[IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship]]''' has been removed as a [[WP:FL|Featured List]] [[Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates/IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship/archive1|(link)]].

*'''[[Faces of Fear]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Faces of Fear/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Maria Kanellis]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Maria Kanellis/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Paul London]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Paul London/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Survivor Series (1994)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Survivor Series (1994)|(link)]]}}, '''[[The Mega Bucks]]''' {{small|[[Talk:The Mega Bucks/GA1|(link)]]}} and '''[[WWE SmackDown (video game series)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:WWE SmackDown (video game series)/GA1|(link)]]}} have been elevated to [[WP:Good article|Good article]] status.

*'''[[Backlash (2003)]]''', '''[[Dark Angel (wrestler)]]''', '''[[Juggernaut (wrestler)]]''', '''[[SummerSlam (1988)]]''', '''[[SummerSlam (2004)]]''', and '''[[Survivor Series (2004)]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Good article candidates|Good article candidates]].

*'''[[Lockdown (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Lockdown (2008)/archive1|(link)]]}} and '''[[Survivor Series (2007)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Survivor Series (2007)/archive1|(link)]]}} are currently under [[WP:PR|Peer Review]].

*[[:Category:Vengeance]] is being discussed at [[WP:CFD]] for renaming, it's discussion page can be found [[Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2008 June 3#Category:Vengeance|here]].

*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.

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Current Events</div>
*At [[Night of Champions (2008)|Night of Champions]]:
**[[Mark Henry]] became the new [[ECW Championship|ECW Champion]].
**[[Kofi Kingston]] won the [[WWE Intercontinental Championship]].
**[[Cody Rhodes]] turned on [[Hardcore Holly]] to capture the [[World Tag Team Championship (WWE)|World Tag Team Championship]] with [[Ted DiBiase, Jr.|Ted DiBiase]].
*On [[June 30]], [[CM Punk]] won the [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]] on [[WWE Raw|Raw]].
*[[Trevor Rhodes|Trevor Murdoch]] was released from [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] on [[July 3]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">The Month in Wrestling History</div>
*[[June 24]], [[2001]] - [[Adam Copeland|Edge]] defeated [[Kurt Angle]] in the finals of the [[King of the Ring#2001|2001 King of the Ring]].
*[[June 26]], [[1992]] - [[Buddy Rogers]] died of a stroke at age 71.
*[[June 28]], [[1999]] - [[Steve Austin]] defeated [[The Undertaker]] for the [[WWE Championship|WWF Heavyweight title]].
*[[July 2]], [[1969]] - [[Michael DiBiase|"Iron" Mike DiBiase]] died of a heart attack in the ring.
*[[July 3]], [[2001]] - [[AJ Styles]] and [[Jerry Lynn]] become the first [[NWA World Tag Team Champions]] under the ownership of [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|TNA]], via winning a tournament final.

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional Wrestling Article Stats</div>

*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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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| || 1 || 6 || 14 || '''21'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 5 || 17 || 45 || '''67'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 14 || 65 || 202 || '''282'''
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| || 1 || 10 || 44 || '''55'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 52 || 211 || 2310 || '''2575'''
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| || 1 || 7 || 39 || '''46'''
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! {{Assessed-Class}}
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*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''397''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
**29 - [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] presents '''[[Night of Champions (2008)|Night of Champions]]'''
**1 - [[User:D.M.N.|D.M.N.]]'s birthday
**7 - [[User:Alex Roggio|Alex Roggio]]'s and [[User:The Hybrid|The Hybrid]]'s birthdays
**13 - [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|TNA]] presents '''[[Victory Road (2008)|Victory Road]]'''

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Collaboration of the Week</div>

*The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|article collaborations]] for July 6 through July 19 are '''[[Sean Waltman]]''' and '''[[The Attitude Era]]'''.

*Please help to improve these articles to match the quality of an [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|ideal]] Wikipedia [[professional wrestling]] related article.

*The next articles for collaboration will be chosen on [[July 20]].<br>
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*'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jack Korpela|Jack Korpela]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Ring of Honor events (2nd nomination)|List of Ring of Honor events]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of World Wrestling Entertainment championships|List of World Wrestling Entertainment championships]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Beer Money Inc.|Beer Money Inc.]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Badd guys|The Badd guys]].
*'''Kept:'''
*'''Redirected/Merged:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mark Beale|Mark Beale]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Eric Mastrocola|Eric Mastrocola]].
*'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of ECW events|List of ECW events]].
<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">From the Editors</div>

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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Newsletter/Issue 001|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.

I'd like to especially thank those who have helped to get the newsletter to it's 20th edition; [[User:The Hybrid|The Hybrid]], [[User:The Chronic|The Chronic]], [[User:TJ Spyke|TJ Spyke]], [[User:Alex Roggio|Alex Roggio]], [[User:LAX|LAX]], [[User:ThinkBlue|ThinkBlue]], [[User:Nikki311|Nikki311]], [[User:GaryColemanFan|GaryColemanFan]], [[User:Gavyn Sykes|Gavyn Sykes]], [[User:D.M.N.|D.M.N.]], [[User:Nahallac Silverwinds|Naha]], [[User:NiciVampireHeart|NiciVampireHeart]], [[User:SRX|SRX]], [[User:Zenlax|Zenlax]] and, [[User:RkOrton|RkOrton]].

Also, lastly I'd like to thank [[User:Misza13|Misza13]], for sending the newsletter out for us, though his [[Wikipedia:Bot|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.

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== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==

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<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:lefts; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Project News</div>

*A fact from '''[[Porkchop Cash]]''' and '''[[Armageddon (2006)]]''' were featured on the [[Main Page]] in the [[WP:DYK|Did you know?]] column on July 11, 2008 and July 17, 2008, respectively.

*'''[[December to Dismember (2006)]]''' is currently under [[WP:FAR|Featured Article review]] [[Wikipedia:Featured article review/December to Dismember (2006)|(link)]].

*'''[[WWE No Way Out]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/WWE No Way Out|(link)]]}} and '''[[2008 WWE Draft]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/2008 WWE Draft|(link)]]}} are current [[WP:FLC|Featured List candidates]]

*'''[[Backlash (2003)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Backlash (2003)/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Backlash (2004)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Backlash (2004)/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Survivor Series (2004)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Survivor Series (2004)/GA1|(link)]]}}, and '''[[Unforgiven (2007)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Unforgiven (2007)/GA1|(link)]]}} have been elevated to [[WP:Good article|Good article]] status.

*'''[[Cyber Sunday (2007)]]''', '''[[Dark Angel (wrestler)]]''', '''[[Juggernaut (wrestler)]]''', '''[[Royal Rumble (2007)]]''', '''[[SummerSlam (1988)]]''', '''[[SummerSlam (2004)]]''', and '''[[Vengeance: Night of Champions]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Good article candidates|Good article candidates]].

*'''[[SummerSlam (2003)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/SummerSlam (2003)/archive1|(link)]]}} and '''[[Survivor Series (2007)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Survivor Series (2007)/archive1|(link)]]}} are currently under [[WP:PR|Peer Review]].

*Per [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=December_to_Dismember_%282006%29&diff=prev&oldid=224449487 this edit] and the discussion [[WT:PW#Date linking|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 {{tl|Infobox Wrestling event}} template, for the discussion explaining these parameters, see the discussion [[WT:PW#Another suggested PPV change|here]]

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Current Events</div>
*[[Ashley Massaro]] was released from [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] on July 9.

*[[Shantelle Malawski|Taylor Wilde]] won the [[TNA Women's Knockout Championship|TNA Women's Championship]] on the July 10 edition of [[TNA Impact!]], defeating [[Kia Stevens|Awesome Kong]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">This Month in Wrestling History</div>
*[[July 9]], [[2000]] - [[Booker Huffman|Booker T]] defeated [[Jeff Jarrett]] for the [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[July 11]], [[1961]] - [[Gene Kiniski]] defeated [[Verne Gagne]] for the [[AWA World Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[July 12]], [[1992]] - [[Jimmy Snuka]] defeated [[Johnny Weiss|Johnny Hot Body]] for the [[ECW Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[July 12]], [[1999]] - [[Hulk Hogan]] defeated [[Randy Savage]] for the WCW World Heavyweight title.
*[[July 16]], [[2001]] - [[Terry Gordy]] died of a heart attack at age 40.
*[[July 17]], [[1988]] - [[Bruiser Brody]] died in Puerto Rica after being stabbed, aged 42.

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional Wrestling Article Stats</div>

*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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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! {{FA-Class|category=Category:FA-Class Professional wrestling articles|FA}}
| || || 2 || 3 || '''5'''
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! {{FL-Class|category=Category:FL-Class Professional wrestling articles|FL}}
| || 1 || 6 || 14 || '''21'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 5 || 18 || 51 || '''74'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 14 || 66 || 203 || '''284'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| || 1 || 9 || 56 || '''66'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 50 || 202 || 1734 || '''1988'''
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| || 1 || 23 || 601 || '''625'''
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| || 2 || 20 || 572 || '''594'''
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! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 3 || 74 || 346 || 3234 || '''3657'''
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*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''401''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
*7 - [[User:Alex Roggio|Alex Roggio]]'s and [[User:The Hybrid|The Hybrid]]'s birthdays
*13 - TNA presents '''[[Victory Road (2008)|Victory Road]]'''
*19 - [[User:ProtoWolf|ProtoWolf]]'s & [[User:The Founders Intent|The Founders Intent]]'s birthday
*20 - WWE presents '''[[The Great American Bash (2008)|The Great American Bash]]'''
*22 - [[User:Darrenhusted|Darrenhusted]]'s birthday
*27 - [[User:Sundogs|Sundogs]]' birthday
*29 - [[User:Kris Classic|Kris Classic]]'s birthday
*31 - [[User talk:Normy132|Normy]]'s birthday

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Collaboration of the Week</div>

*The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|article collaboration]] for July 20 through August 2 is '''[[Chris Jericho]]'''. The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Featured article collaboration]] is '''[[Torrie Wilson]]'''.

*Please help to improve these articles to match the quality of an [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|ideal]] Wikipedia [[professional wrestling]] related article.

*The next articles for collaboration will be chosen on [[August 3]].<br>
<center><small>[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Cast your vote to select the collaboration for next week!]] — Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!</small></center>

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*'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Taryn Terrell (wrestler)|Taryn Terrell (wrestler)]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of wrestling championships|List of wrestling championships]].
*'''Kept:'''
*'''Redirected/Merged:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of World Wrestling Entertainment championships|List of World Wrestling Entertainment championships]].
*'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jack Korpela|Jack Korpela]] [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jack Korpela (2nd nomination)|(2)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Velocity Championship Wrestling (VCW)|Velocity Championship Wrestling (VCW)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Ring of Honor events (2nd nomination)|List of Ring of Honor events]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Marc Loyd|Marc Loyd]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tna Wrestlers Payroll|Tna Wrestlers Payroll]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/TNA INCOME|TNA INCOME]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/TNA payroll|TNA payroll]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Beer Money Inc.|Beer Money Inc.]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Badd guys|The Badd guys]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cryme Tyme Cenation|Cyme Tyme Cenation]].

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'''Contributors to this Issue:'''
*{{User|IMatthew}}
*{{User|NiciVampireHeart}}
*{{User|SRX}}
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== [[Blank Rome]] and [[Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi]] ==

Is there any particular reason you deleted the [[Sourcewatch]] links on these two articles? --[[User:Eastlaw|Eastlaw]] ([[User talk:Eastlaw|talk]]) 00:01, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
:OK, fair enough, but that doesn't mean that ''all'' links to Sourcewatch must be removed. Yes, it is unquestionably biased toward the Left, but it often has some inside information about certain companies and law firms, which can occasionally be useful. I have been writing a lot of late about law firms, and I occasionally use Sourcewatch as one source to find out what political connections a firm may have. --[[User:Eastlaw|Eastlaw]] ([[User talk:Eastlaw|talk]]) 21:54, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Also look at http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Common_sense_conservative and http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Right-wing --[[User:Java7837|Java7837]] ([[User talk:Java7837#top|talk]]) 20:53, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

== [[WP:MOTD]] needs your help! ==

You're listed as one of our [[:Category:Wikipedians who contribute to Motto of the day|contributors]], but recent inactivity in the project has led us to be rather short on mottos. Currently, the [[Wikipedia:Motto of the day/Schedule|schedule]] only has mottos up to August 12th, and that's only because I just spent half an hour or so filling them in! In order to make sure the project doesn't fold in, we need your help coming up with [[WP:MOTD/N|ideas for new mottos]], commenting on active proposals, closing finished submissions, and your input on a [[WT:MOTD#Schedule is running dry, and there aren't many suggestions.|new proposal]] to re-use some of our older mottos when we run out of new ones. Hundreds of editors see our mottos every day; if you can, please take some time out of your normal editing and drop by to help the project out. Thanks for your time. [[User:Hersfold|'''''<em style="font-family:Bradley Hand ITC;color:blue">Hers</em><em style="font-family:Bradley Hand ITC;color:gold">fold</em>''''']] <sup>([[User:Hersfold/t|t]]/[[User:Hersfold/a|a]]/[[Special:Contributions/Hersfold|c]])</sup> 05:03, 31 July 2008 (UTC) ''<small>P.S. - You're getting this because you're using {{tl|User MOTD}}. If you don't want to participate any more, please remove the userbox. Thanks.</small>''

==WikiProject Judaism Newsletter==

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<big>'''Now with 200% ''more'' Jewishness!'''</big><br>
Yes, folks, we're moving on up. This newsletter is now the newsletter for both WikiProject Judaism, WikiProject Jewish History, ''and'' WikiProject Kabbalah. In the future, I may split them, but for now I think we'll be just fine with one. As always, any questions or comments should be directed to me, [[User:L'Aquatique|L'Aquatique]].

<big>'''A Special Dispatch'''</big><br>
Just a note, not aimed at anyone in particular. By order of the administrative cabal, it is officially not cool (and possibly [[WP:DICK|dickish]]) to call someone an anti-semite ''when'' they aren't being anti-semitic. Anti-semitic is a very charged word, and it's important only to use it when you're absolutely sure it applies, lest it become the subject of a [[Godwin's Law|Godwin-esque law]]. Remember Hanlon's Razor: never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.<br>
<big>'''In the News'''</big>
*A new class on the importance scale has been added- C Class- which covers articles better than start but not quite to B Class yet. It is up to the WikiProjects to decide whether to adopt them or not. Currently, there has been little discussion within our Projects, so if you feel strongly either way be sure to note so at your Project[s].
*There is a proposal to reword the section on NPOV regarding religious articles. Please see [[Wikipedia_talk:NPOV#Religion section - Disputes between historians or scientists and religious_views]] to weigh in.
*Thanks largely to the efforts of [[User:Xyz7890|Xyz7890]], a new navbox has come into being featuring Halakha topics. See: [[Template talk:Halakha]] to join in the conversation about how it can best be improved.
<big>'''To Do'''</big>
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== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==

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*Featured news
**'''[[SummerSlam (2003)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/SummerSlam (2003)|(link)]]}} is a current [[WP:FAC|Featured Article candidate]]
**'''[[December to Dismember (2006)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article review/December to Dismember (2006)|(link)]]}} is currently under [[WP:FAR|Featured Article review]].
**'''[[WWE No Way Out]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/WWE No Way Out|(link)]]}} has been elevated to [[WP:FL|Featured List]] status.
**'''[[2008 WWE Draft]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/2008 WWE Draft/archive1|(link)]]}} was not promoted to [[WP:FL|Featured List]] status, though it has been renominated as a [[WP:FLC|Featured List candidate]], [[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/2008 WWE Draft|here]]
**'''[[IWGP Tag Team Championship]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates/IWGP Tag Team Championship|(link)]]}} is a current [[WP:FLRC|Featured List removal candidate]].

*Good article news
**'''[[Armageddon (2006)]]''', '''[[Dark Angel (wrestler)]]''', '''[[Juggernaut (wrestler)]]''', and '''[[Lockdown (2008)]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Good article candidates|Good article candidates]].
**'''[[Cyber Sunday (2007)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Cyber Sunday (2007)/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Lipstick and Dynamite, Piss and Vinegar: The First Ladies of Wrestling]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Lipstick and Dynamite, Piss and Vinegar: The First Ladies of Wrestling/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Royal Rumble (2007)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Royal Rumble (2007)/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Stacy Carter]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Stacy Carter/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[SummerSlam (1988)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:SummerSlam (1988)/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[The Great American Bash (2004)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:The Great American Bash (2004)/GA1|(link)]]}} and '''[[Vengeance: Night of Champions]] ''' {{small|[[Talk:Vengeance: Night of Champions/GA1|(link)]]}} have been elevated to [[WP:GA|Good Article]] status.
**'''[[SummerSlam (2004)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:SummerSlam (2004)/GA1|(link)]]}} failed its [[WP:GA|Good Article]] nomination.

*Other project news
**'''[[Sacrifice (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Sacrifice (2008)/archive1|(link)]]}} and '''[[The Great American Bash (2005)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/The Great American Bash (2005)/archive1|(link)]]}} are currently under [[WP:PR|Peer Review]].
**A fact from '''[[Lipstick and Dynamite, Piss and Vinegar: The First Ladies of Wrestling]]''' (July 20), '''[[The Great American Bash (2004)]]''' (July 21), '''[[C.W. Bergstrom]]''' (July 22), '''[[Survivor Series (1993)]]''' (July 23), '''[[The Great American Bash (2005)]]''' (July 25), '''[[No Mercy (2005)]]''' (July 30) and '''[[New Year's Revolution (2005)]]''' (August 1) were featured on the [[Main Page]] in the [[WP:DYK|Did you know?]] column.
**'''[[Hell in a Cell]]''' has been proposed to be merged into '''[[Professional wrestling match types]]''', the discussion can be found [[Talk:Hell in a Cell#Merger proposal|here]].
**'''[[WWE World Tag Team chamiopship]]''', a current redirect to '''[[World Tag Team Championship (WWE)]]''' is currently a [[WP:RFD|RfD]]. It's deletion page can be found [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2008 July 30#WWE World Tag Team chamiopship → World Tag Team Championship (WWE)|here]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">This Month in Wrestling History</div>
*[[July 23]], [[1984]] - [[Wendi Richter]] defeated [[The Fabulous Moolah]] for the [[WWE Women's Championship|WWF Women's Championship]].
*[[June 26]], [[1992]] - [[Buddy Rogers]] died of a stroke aged 71.
*[[July 27]], [[1963]] - [[Fritz Von Erich]] defeated [[Verne Gagne]] for the [[AWA World Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[July 27]], [[2002]] - [[Low-Ki]] defeated [[Christopher Daniels]], [[Brian Kendrick|Spanky]], and [[Doug Williams]] to become the inaugural [[ROH World Heavyweight Championship|ROH World Heavyweight Champion]].
*[[July 27]], [[2002]] - [[Eddie Guerrero]] defeated [[Chris Benoit]] in a tournament final to win the reinstated [[WWE United States Championship]].
*[[August 3]], [[1997]] - [[Bret Hart]] defeated [[The Undertaker]] for the [[WWE Championship|WWF Heavyweight title]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional Wrestling Article Stats</div>

*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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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| || 1 || 6 || 15 || '''22'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 5 || 20 || 56 || '''81'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 15 || 67 || 203 || '''286'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| || 1 || 10 || 60 || '''71'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 49 || 203 || 1735 || '''1989'''
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! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 1 || 23 || 601 || '''625'''
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! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 2 || 20 || 573 || '''595'''
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! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 3 || 74 || 351 || 3246 || '''3674'''
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*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''406''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
**For the month of '''[[July]]''':
***1 - [[User:D.M.N.|D.M.N.]]'s birthday
***7 - [[User:Alex Roggio|Alex Roggio]]'s and [[User:The Hybrid|The Hybrid]]'s birthdays
***13 - TNA presents '''[[Victory Road (2008)|Victory Road]]'''
***19 - [[User:ProtoWolf|ProtoWolf]]'s and [[User:The Founders Intent|The Founders Intent]]'s birthday
***20 - WWE presents '''[[The Great American Bash (2008)|The Great American Bash]]'''
***22 - [[User:Darrenhusted|Darrenhusted]]'s birthday
***27 - [[User:Sundogs|Sundogs]]' birthday
***29 - [[User:Kris Classic|Kris Classic]]'s birthday
***31 - [[User talk:Normy132|Normy]]'s birthday
**For the month of '''[[August]]''':
***10 - TNA presents '''[[Hard Justice (2008)|Hard Justice]]'''
***12 - [[User:NickSentowski|NickSentowski]]'s birthday
***16 - [[User:Lakers244805|Lakers244805]]'s birthday
***17 - [[User:IMatthew|iMatthew]]'s birthday; WWE presents '''[[SummerSlam (2008)|SummerSlam]]'''
***18 - [[User:Crash Underride|Crash Underride]]'s and [[User:Wrestlinglover|Wrestlinglover's]] birthdays
***19 - [[User:Darren Jowalsen|Darren Jowalsen]]'s birthday
***22 - [[User:HeartBurn Kid|HeartBurn Kid]]'s birthday

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Recent News</div>
*At [[The Great American Bash (2008)|The Great American Bash]]:
**[[Curt Hawkins and Zach Ryder]] won the [[WWE Tag Team Championship]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic non-elimination matches|Fatal Four-Way match]].
**[[Shelton Benjamin]] won the [[WWE United States Championship]], defeating [[Matt Hardy]].
**[[Michelle McCool]] defeated [[Natalya Neidhart|Natalya]] to become the inaugural [[WWE Divas Championship|WWE Divas Champion]].
*[[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|TNA]] has posted a notice on their official website detailing a release of wrestler [[Frankie Kazarian|Kaz]]. This has been reported to be kayfabe by numerous other sites, but be prepared to revert edits to Kaz's article regarding this as well as [[List of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling alumni]]
*A redesigned [[ECW Championship]] belt was introduced on [[July 22]] during an episode of ''[[Extreme Championship Wrestling (WWE)|ECW]]''.
*[[Mike Adamle]] was appointed the new [[Professional wrestling authority figures#General managers|General Manager]] of ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]''. [[Todd Grisham]] has now taken over as the commentator for ''[[Extreme Championship Wrestling (WWE)|ECW]]''.

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Collaboration of the Week</div>

*The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|article collaboration]]s for August 3 through August 16 are '''[[Gail Kim]]''' and '''[[The Kliq]]'''.
*Please help to improve these articles to match the quality of an [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|ideal]] Wikipedia [[professional wrestling]] related article.

*The next articles for collaboration will be chosen on [[August 17]].<br>
<center><small>[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Cast your vote to select the collaboration for next week!]] — Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!</small></center>

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Articles for Deletion</div>
*'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Between the Ropes|Between the Ropes]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rycklon Stephens|Rycklon Stephens]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Taryn Terrell (wrestler)|Taryn Terrell (wrestler)]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ted DiBiase and Cody Rhodes|Ted DiBiase and Cody Rhodes]].
*'''Kept:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mark Madden|Mark Madden]].
*'''Redirected/Merged:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of wrestling championships|List of wrestling championships]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ranjin Singh|Ranjin Singh]].
*'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Anastacia Rose McPherson|Anastacia Rose McPherson]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dollar Store Wrestling|Dollar Store Wrestling]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jake Hardy|Jake Hardy]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Current World Champions|List of Current World Champions]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Simply Priceless|Simply Pricelss]].

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'''Contributors to this Issue:'''
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*{{User|SRX}}

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== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==

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*Featured news
**'''[[SummerSlam (2003)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/SummerSlam (2003)|(link)]]}} is a current [[WP:FAC|Featured Article candidate]].
**'''[[December to Dismember (2006)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article review/December to Dismember (2006)|(link)]]}} is currently under [[WP:FAR|Featured Article review]].
**'''[[2008 WWE Draft]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/2008 WWE Draft|(link)]]}}. has been elevated to [[WP:FL|Featured List]] status.
**'''[[IWGP Tag Team Championship]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates/IWGP Tag Team Championship|(link)]]}} is a current [[WP:FLRC|Featured List removal candidate]].

*Good article news
**'''[[Armageddon (2006)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Armageddon (2006)/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Bad Blood (2003)]]''', '''[[Chyna]]''', '''[[In Your House 2: The Lumberjacks]]''', '''[[Juggernaut (wrestler)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Juggernaut (wrestler)/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Lockdown (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Lockdown (2008)/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[No Mercy (2005)]]''', '''[[SummerSlam (1992)]]''' and '''[[The Great American Bash (2005)]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Good article candidates|Good article candidates]].
**'''[[Sarah Stock]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Sarah Stock/GA1|(link)]]}} has been elevated to [[WP:GA|good article]] status.

*Other project news
**'''[[Matt Sydal]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Matt Sydal/archive1|(link)]]}} is currently under [[WP:PR|Peer Review]].
**A fact from '''[[SummerSlam (1992)‎]]''', '''[[Armageddon (2003)]]''', and '''[[Bad Blood (2003)]]''' were featured on the [[Main Page]] in the [[WP:DYK|Did you know?]] column on August 9, 11, and 14 respectively.
**'''[[Hell in a Cell]]''' has been proposed to be merged into '''[[Professional wrestling match types]]''', the discussion can be found [[Talk:Hell in a Cell#Merger proposal|here]].
**The guidelines for writing [[WP:PW/PPV|pay-per-view articles]] has been updated, see [[WP:PW/MOS#PPV Guidelines|here]]. The new guidelines should be followed in order for an article to be nominated for Good article or Featured article status.
**The project has had a cleanup listing generated [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Cleanup listing|here]]. It details all the article within the project that are tagged as having problems. Please help to fix the problems outlined.

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">This Month in Wrestling History</div>
*[[August 3]], [[1997]] - [[Bret Hart]] defeated [[The Undertaker]] for the [[WWE Championship|WWF Heavyweight championship]].
*[[August 4]], [[1997]] - [[Lex Luger]] defeated [[Hulk Hogan]] to win the [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship|WCW Heavyweight title]].
*[[August 7]], [[2002]] - [[Ron Killings]] defeated [[Ken Shamrock]] for the [[NWA World Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[August 8]], [[1963]] - [[Verne Gagne]] defeated [[Fritz Von Erich]] for the [[AWA World Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[August 9]], [[1999]] - [[Jackie Sato]] died of stomach cancer at age 41.
*[[August 12]], [[1995]] - [[Brad Armstrong (wrestler)|Brad Armstrong]] defeated [[Buddy Landel]] for the [[SMW Heavyweight Championship|Smokey Mountain Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[August 15]], [[2004]] - [[Randy Orton]] defeated [[Chris Benoit]] to win the [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]] and become the youngest World Champion in WWE history.
*[[August 16]], [[1992]] - [[Keiji Mutoh|The Great Muta]] defeated [[Riki Chōshū]] for the [[IWGP Heavyweight Championship|IWGP Heavyweight title]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional Wrestling Article Stats</div>

*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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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! {{FA-Class|category=Category:FA-Class Professional wrestling articles|FA}}
| || || 2 || 3 || '''5'''
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| || 1 || 7 || 15 || '''23'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 5 || 20 || 57 || '''82'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 15 || 68 || 203 || '''287'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| || 1 || 10 || 63 || '''74'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 49 || 203 || 1751 || '''2005'''
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! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 1 || 23 || 595 || '''619'''
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! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 2 || 20 || 573 || '''595'''
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| 3 || 74 || 353 || 3260 || '''3690'''
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*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''414''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
**For the month of '''[[August]]''':
***10 - TNA presents '''[[Hard Justice (2008)|Hard Justice]]'''
***12 - [[User:NickSentowski|NickSentowski]]'s birthday
***16 - [[User:Lakers244805|Lakers244805]]'s birthday
***17 - [[User:IMatthew|iMatthew]]'s birthday; WWE presents '''[[SummerSlam (2008)|SummerSlam]]'''
***18 - [[User:Crash Underride|Crash Underride]]'s and [[User:Wrestlinglover|Wrestlinglover's]] birthdays
***19 - [[User:Darren Jowalsen|Darren Jowalsen]]'s birthday
***22 - [[User:HeartBurn Kid|HeartBurn Kid]]'s birthday

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Recent News</div>
*At [[WWE Saturday Night's Main Event]], [[Jenny McCarthy]] appeared on the television program to promote funding for the prevention of [[autism]] in children.
*On [[August 3]], [[World Wrestling Entertainment]]'s official website announced that [[Ric Flair]] and the WWE would part ways.
*On the [[August 4]] edition of ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]'', [[Dave Batista|Batista]] and [[John Cena]] defeated [[Cody Rhodes]] and [[Ted DiBiase, Jr.|Ted DiBiase]] to win the [[World Tag Team Championship (WWE)|World Tag Team Championship]]; however, the following week DiBiase and Rhodes regained the titles.
*[[Chris Harris (wrestler)|Braden Wlker]] was released from [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] on August 7.
*On August 8, WWE released [[Shannon Moore]], [[Nick Hamilton|Nick Patrick]], [[Kasey James|James Curtis]], [[Cliff Compton|Domino]], [[James Maritato|Nunzio]] and [[Nelson Frazier, Jr.|Big Daddy V]].
*On August 10, [[Randy Orton]] reinjured his shoulder in a motorcycle accident.
*Beer Money Inc ([[James Storm]] and [[Robert Roode]]) won the [[TNA World Tag Team Championship]] at [[Hard Justice (2008)|Hard Justice]], defeating the [[Latin American Xchange]].
*WWE released [[Kara Drew|Cherry]], [[Colin Delaney]], [[Stevie Richards]], [[The Highlanders (professional wrestling)|The Highlanders]] and referee Wes Adams on August 15.

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Collaboration of the Week</div>

*The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|article collaboration]] for August 17 through August 29 is '''[[A.J. Styles]]'''. The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|featured article collaboration]] is '''[[Randy Orton]]'''.
*Please help to improve these articles to match the quality of an [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|ideal]] Wikipedia [[professional wrestling]] related article.

*The next articles for collaboration will be chosen on [[August 30]].<br>
<center><small>[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Cast your vote to select the collaboration for next week!]] — Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!</small></center>

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*'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/National Wrestling Coalition|National Wrestling Coalition]] and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yogeshwar Dutt|Yogeshwar Dutt]].
*'''Kept:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rycklon Stephens|Rycklon Stephens]] and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/WWE Saturday Night's Main Event results (2nd nomination)|WWE Saturday Night's Main Event results]].
*'''Redirected/Merged:'''
*'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bad Guys (professional wrestling)|Bad Guys (professional wrestling)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Beer Money (professional wrestling)|Beer Money (professsional wrestling)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Between the Ropes|Between the Ropes]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Finlay and Hornswoggle|Finlay and Horsnwoggle]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Taryn Terrell (wrestler)|Taryn Terrell (wrestler)]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ted DiBiase and Cody Rhodes|Ted DiBiase and Cody Rhodes]].
*'''[[WP:RfD|Redirects for Deletion]]:''' [[WWE World Tag Team chamiopship]] ([[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2008 July 30#WWE World Tag Team chamiopship → World Tag Team Championship (WWE)|kept]]).

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== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==

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*Featured news
**'''[[SummerSlam (2003)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/SummerSlam (2003)|(link)]]}} has been elevated to [[WP:FA|Featured Article status]].
**'''[[The Great American Bash (2005)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/The Great American Bash (2005)|(link)]]}} is a current [[WP:FAC|Featured Article candidate]].
**'''[[December to Dismember (2006)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article review/December to Dismember (2006)|(link)]]}} was under [[WP:FAR|Featured Article review]], the result was to keep it as a Featured Article.
**'''[[List of celebrities involved at WrestleMania]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of celebrities involved at WrestleMania|(link)]]}} is a current [[WP:FLC|Featured List candidate]].
**'''[[IWGP Tag Team Championship]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates/IWGP Tag Team Championship/archive1|(link)]]}} has been demoted from [[WP:FL|Featured List status]].

*Good article news
**'''[[Bad Blood (2003)]]''', '''[[Bad Blood (2004)]]''', '''[[Chyna]]''', '''[[Lockdown (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Lockdown (2008)/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[No Mercy (2005)]]''', '''[[Sacrifice (2008)]]''', '''[[SummerSlam (1992)]]''', '''[[Survivor Series (1993)]]''', and '''[[WrestleMania (1985)]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Good article candidates|Good article candidates]].
**'''[[Armageddon (2006)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Armageddon (2006)/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Juggernaut (wrestler)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Juggernaut (wrestler)/GA1|(link)]]}}, and '''[[The Great American Bash (2005)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:The Great American Bash (2005)/GA1|(link)]]}} have passed their [[WP:GAN|Good Article nomination]]s.

*Other project news
**'''[[Matt Sydal]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Matt Sydal/archive1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Judgment Day (2005)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Judgment Day (2005)/archive1|(link)]]}}, and '''[[Unforgiven (2005)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Unforgiven (2005)/archive1|(link)]]}} are currently under [[WP:PR|Peer Review]].
**'''[[Hell in a Cell]]''' has been proposed to be merged into '''[[Professional wrestling match types]]''', the discussion can be found [[Talk:Hell in a Cell#Merger proposal|here]].
**The [[Template:Future-Class|Future class]] rating has been incorporated into the project's assessment. It's intended use is for [[WP:PW/PPV|pay-per-views articles]] or video games that have not occurred or have been released, respectively.
**A fact from '''[[List of celebrities at WrestleMania]]''' was featured on the [[Main Page]] in the [[WP:DYK|Did you know?]] column on August 28.

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">This Month in Wrestling History</div>
*[[August 17]], [[1997]] - [[Shane Douglas]] defeated [[Sabu (wrestler)|Sabu]] and [[Terry Funk]] in a triangle match for the [[ECW Championship|ECW Heavyweight title]].
*[[August 19]], [[2001]] - [[Dwayne Johnson|The Rock]] defeated [[Booker Huffman|Booker T]] to win the [[WCW Championship]].
*[[August 21]], [[1979]] - [[Dusty Rhodes (wrestler)|Dusty Rhodes]] defeated [[Harley]] Race for the [[NWA World Heavyweight Championship|NWA Heavyweight Wrestling title]].
*[[August 22]], [[2000]] - [[Amy Dumas|Lita]] defeated [[Stephanie McMahon|Stephanie MaMahon-Helmsley]] for the [[WWE Women's Championship|WWF Women's Championship]].
*[[August 27]], [[1994]] - "Eastern Championship Wrestling" was renamed "[[Extreme Championship Wrestling]]".
*[[August 31]], [[1997]] - [[Kensuke Sasaki]] defeated [[Shinya Hashimoto]] for the [[IWGP Heavyweight Championship]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional Wrestling Article Stats</div>

*We have now reached our goal of getting the number of Stub-Class articles below 600. The current count is '''596'''. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

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! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Professional wrestling<br>articles !! colspan="6" | Importance
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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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! {{FA-Class|category=Category:FA-Class Professional wrestling articles|FA}}
| || || 2 || 5 || '''7'''
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! {{FL-Class|category=Category:FL-Class Professional wrestling articles|FL}}
| || 1 || 7 || 14 || '''22'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 5 || 22 || 57 || '''84'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 16 || 67 || 201 || '''285'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| || 1 || 11 || 72 || '''84'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 49 || 204 || 1768 || '''2023'''
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! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 1 || 22 || 574 || '''597'''
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! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 2 || 21 || 574 || '''597'''
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! {{Future-Class|category=Category:Future-Class Professional wrestling articles|Future}}
| 0 || 0 || 1 || 11 || '''12'''
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! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 3 || 75 || 357 || 3276 || '''3711'''
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*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''420''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
**For the month of '''[[August]]''':
***10 - TNA presents '''[[Hard Justice (2008)|Hard Justice]]'''
***12 - [[User:NickSentowski|NickSentowski]]'s birthday
***16 - [[User:Lakers244805|Lakers244805]]'s birthday
***17 - [[User:IMatthew|iMatthew]]'s birthday; WWE presents '''[[SummerSlam (2008)|SummerSlam]]'''
***18 - [[User:Crash Underride|Crash Underride's]] and [[User:Wrestlinglover|Wrestlinglover's]] birthdays
***19 - [[User:Darren Jowalsen|Darren Jowalsen's]] birthday
***22 - [[User:HeartBurn Kid|HeartBurn Kid's]] birthday

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Recent News</div>
*At [[SummerSlam (2008)|SummerSlam]], [[Beth Phoenix]] and [[Santino Marella]] defeated [[Mickie James]] and [[Kofi Kingston]] to win the [[WWE Women's Championship|WWE Women's]] and [[WWE Intercontinental Championship|Intercontinental Championships]], respectively.
*[[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|TNA Wrestling]] released [[Gail Kim]] from her contract on August 20.
*It was announced on the August 25 television episode of ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]'' that [[John Cena]] had suffered a [[herniated disc]] in his neck. Cena received successful surgery the following day, and will be inactive for 2-4 months.
*[[Killer Kowalski]] passed away on [[August 30]] after suffering a [[heart attack]] two weeks prior.

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Collaboration of the Week</div>

*The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|article collaborations]] for August 31 through September 13 are '''[[Sting (wrestler)]]''' and '''[[Killer Kowalski]]'''.
*Please help to improve these articles to match the quality of an [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|ideal]] Wikipedia [[professional wrestling]] related article.

*The next articles for collaboration will be chosen on [[September 14]].<br>
<center><small>[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Cast your vote to select the collaboration for next week!]] — Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!</small></center>

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Deletion Debates</div>
*'''[[WP:AFD|Articles for Deletion]]'''
**'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Smackdown vs Raw 2009 Roster|Smackdown vs Raw 2009]].
**'''Kept:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/La Familia (professional wrestling)|La Familia (professional wrestling)]] and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yogeshwar Dutt|Yogeshwar Dutt]].
**'''Redirected/Merged:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Intercontinental Champion|Intercontinental Champion]].
**'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Glamarella|Glamarella]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/National Wrestling Coalition|National Wrestling Coalition]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Robert Johnston (English Professional Wrestler)|Robert Johnston (English Professional Wrestler)]].
*'''[[WP:IFD|Images for Deletion]]
**'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion#Image:Cheerleadermelissa5yw.jpg|Image:Cheerleadermelissa5yw.jpg]]

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'''Contributors to this Issue:'''
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*{{User|IMatthew}}
*{{User|NiciVampireHeart}}
*{{User|SRX}}
*{{User|Wrestlinglover}}

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==The Judaism Newsletter==

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<center><font face="Georgia"><font size="4">Issue III -- </font></font>[[Av (month)|<font face="Georgia"><font size="4">Av</font></font>]], [[5768 (Hebrew year)|<font face="Georgia"><font size="4">5768</font></font>]]</center>
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[[Image:Montefiore100.jpg|200px|right|Sir Moses Montefore, a Jewish activist who died 123 years ago this month]]
<big>'''"Censorship" of names of G-d'''</big><br>
There is an interesting discussion currently taking place regarding whether or not it is acceptable to censor (i.e. G-d, HaShem->YodHey) names of G-d in articles to protect Jews who may be reading or editing the article. You can weigh in here: [[Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Judaism#Yahweh]].

<big>'''Article Cleanup Lists'''</big><br>
[[User:B. Wolterding]] has generously offered us use of his bot to generate lists that show which articles of ours are tagged for cleanup. You can read more about this service here: [[User:B._Wolterding/Cleanup_listings]] and if you would like to take him up on his offer, contact him on [[User talk:B._Wolterding|his talk page]].

<big>'''In the News'''</big>
[[Image:Wikipro.JPG|75px|left|The Jewish Barnstar]]
[[Image:The_Jewish_Barnstar.png|85px|left|The New Jewish Barnstar]]
*There is a collaboration drive to get [[Holocaust in Lithuania]] to [[WP:GA|good article]] status. For information about how you can help, see the talk page or [[User talk:Piotrus|contact User:Piotrus]].
*WikiProject Kabbalah's only Featured and Good articles have been removed from the WikiProject, on the grounds that neither article ([[Diane Keaton]] and [[David Beckham]], respectively) actually mention the subject's affiliation with [[Kabbalah]]. If you have sourced information linking either of these people to Kabbalah, please add it so the articles can be returned to the WikiProject.
*After a rather heated discussion, there are now ''two'' barnstars for use by the Jewish WikiProjects, {{tl|The Jewish Barnstar}} and {{tl|The New Jewish Barnstar}}, and you can choose which one you would like to use.. Remember: barnstars are for rewarding users who are doing good work on the project or on Judaism, Jewish History, or Kabbalah articles, and anyone can give anyone else a barnstar. If you see a user who you thinks deserves a thank you, give them a barnstar!
<big>'''To Do/Help Requests'''</big>
*If you have some spare time on your hands, we could use an article about a Kabbalah scholar named [[Moshe Idel]]. According to [[User:HG|HG]] there are quite a few sources easily available, you can contact him if you have questions. Be sure to nominate it for [[WP:DYK|DYK]] if the finished article is eligible.
*The folks at [[Shimon Peres]] need some assistance from someone familiar with both the Hebrew calendar and language to help them figure out the subject's birthday. If you can help, please see [[Talk:Shimon_Peres#Birthday]].
<big>'''New Members'''</big>
*'''Judaism:''' [[User:Arigont|Arigont]], [[User:Avi15|Avi]], [[User:CheskiChips|CheskiChips]], [[User:Pini00001|Pini00001]], [[User:Shirulashem|Shirulashem]], [[User:TaliaNadel|TaliaNadel]], [[User:Tyciol|Tyciol]], [[User:Yehoshuafriedla|yehoshuafriedla]]
*'''Jewish History:''' [[User:5768altalena|5768altalena]], [[User:AniMate|AniMate]], [[User:Yosef.garibaldi.gmail]], [[User:Pinnecco|Pinnecco]], [[User:Shirulashem|Shirulashem]], [[User:Tyciol|Tyciol]]
*'''Kabbalah:''' [[User:Shaul avrom|Shuliavrumi]]

<big>'''New Articles'''</big>
* [[Bezalel Rudinsky]] (thanks [[User:Shirulashem|Shirulashem]]!}, [[Jewish tartan]] (thanks [[User:Briangotts|Briangotts]]!), [[Hebrew spelling]] (thanks [[User:Epson291|Epson291]])
*We get a lot of articles that are being created and not announced! By announcing new articles, you attract attention to them, and the more people looking and editing the better they will get. If you would like your new article to appear in the newsletter, add it [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Judaism/New_articles|here]] for Judaism and Kabbalah and [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Jewish_history/New_article_announcements|here]] for Jewish History.
*There are some 40 odd standing requests for Judaism related articles. Please make them! I would, but I'm too busy writing this. [[Image:Face-grin.svg|25px|Grin]].

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== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==

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! colspan="2" valign="middle" style="width: 60%; border: 3px black solid; background-color: #EEEEEE; padding: 1em;" | [[Image:Barnstar-pro-wrestling.png|30px|left]]<center><font size="5">'''The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Newsletter|newsletter]]'''</font><br>Issue XXV — September 14, 2008</center>
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<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:lefts; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Project Updates</div>
*Featured news
**'''[[The Great American Bash (2005)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/The Great American Bash (2005)|(link)]]}} and '''[[No Mercy (2005)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/No Mercy (2005)|(link)]]}} are current [[WP:FAC|Featured Article candidates]].
**'''[[List of celebrities involved at WrestleMania]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of celebrities involved at WrestleMania|(link)]]}} has been elevated to [[WP:FL|Featured List]] status.

*Good article news
**'''[[Chyna]]''', '''[[No Mercy (2007)]]''', '''[[Rhonda Sing]]''', '''[[Sacrifice (2008)]]''', '''[[Survivor Series (1993)]]''', '''[[WrestleMania (1985)]]''', and '''[[WrestleMania XXIV]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Good article candidates|Good article candidates]].
**'''[[No Mercy (2005)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:No Mercy (2005)/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Bad Blood (2003)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Bad Blood (2003)/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Bad Blood (2004)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Bad Blood (2004)/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Lockdown (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Lockdown (2008)/GA1|(link)]]}}, and '''[[SummerSlam (1992)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:SummerSlam (1992)/GA1|(link)]]}} have been elevated to [[WP:GA|Good article status]].

*Other project news
**'''[[Judgment Day (2005)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Judgment Day (2005)/archive1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Lockdown (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Lockdown (2008)/archive2|(link)]]}}, and '''[[Shawn Michaels]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Shawn Michaels/archive1|(link)]]}} are currently under [[WP:PR|Peer Review]].
**'''[[Hell in a Cell]]''' has been proposed to be merged into '''[[Professional wrestling match types]]''', the discussion can be found [[Talk:Hell in a Cell#Merger proposal|here]]; and it has been proposed to merge [[Road agent (professional wrestling)]] into [[List of professional wrestling terms]]. The discussion can be found [[Talk:Road agent (professional wrestling)#Merger|here]].
**Facts from [[Antonio Pugliese]] and [[Millennium Wrestling Federation]] were featured on the [[Main Page]] in the [[WP:DYK|Did You Know?]] column on [[September 4]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">This Month in Wrestling History</div>
*[[September 1]], [[1992]] - [[Ric Flair]] defeated [[Randy Savage]] for the [[WWE Championship|WWF Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[September 2]], [[2002]] - [[Eric Bischoff]] created the [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]] and awarded it to [[Triple H]].
*[[September 6]], [[2000]] - [[Rob Conway]] defeated [[Nick Dinsmore]] for the [[OVW Heavyweight Championship|Ohio Valley Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[September 9]], [[1993]] - [[Shane Douglas]] won the [[ECW Championship|ECW Heavyweight title]] by forfeit from [[Tito Santana]].
*[[September 10]], [[1997]] - [[Fritz Von Erich]] died of cancer at age 68.
*[[September 12]], [[1991]] - [[Chris Von Erich]] died in a suicide shooting at 21.
*[[September 12]], [[1999]] - [[Sting (wrestler)|Sting]] defeated [[Hulk Hogan]] to win the [[WCW Championship|WCW Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[September 14]], [[1999]] - [[Vince McMahon]] defeated [[Triple H]] for the [[WWE Championship|WWF Heavyweight title]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional Wrestling Article Stats</div>

*We have now reached our goal of getting the number of Stub-Class articles below 600. The current count is '''586'''. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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! rowspan="12" | Quality
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! {{FA-Class|category=Category:FA-Class Professional wrestling articles|FA}}
| || || 2 || 5 || '''7'''
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! {{FL-Class|category=Category:FL-Class Professional wrestling articles|FL}}
| || 1 || 12 || 10 || '''23'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 5 || 24 || 59 || '''88'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 17 || 65 || 201 || '''284'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| || 1 || 14 || 76 || '''91'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 50 || 213 || 1767 || '''2032'''
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! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 1 || 22 || 564 || '''587'''
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! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 2 || 23 || 575 || '''600'''
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! {{Future-Class|category=Category:Future-Class Professional wrestling articles|Future}}
| || || 2 || 16 || '''18'''
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! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 3 || 77 || 377 || 3273 || '''3730'''
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! Total
| '''3''' || '''77''' || '''377''' || '''3273''' || '''3731'''
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<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Member News</div>
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''198''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
**For the month of '''[[September]]''':
***2 - [[User:TJ Spyke|TJ Spyke's]] birthday
***8 - [[User:Perry8331|Perry8331's]] birthday; [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] presents '''[[Unforgiven (2008)|Unforgiven]]'''
***12 - [[User:Altenhofen|Altenhofen's]] birthday
***14 - TNA presents '''[[No Surrender (2008)|No Surrender]]'''
***15 - [[User:Gavyn Sykes|Gavyn Sykes's]] birthday
***16 - [[User:Bmg916|Bmg916's]] birthdays
***21 - [[User:BionicWilliam|BionicWilliam's]] and [[User:Rossyboy10|Rossyboy10's]] birthdays
***30 - [[User:LBMixPro|LBMixPro's]] birthday

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Recent News</div>
*[[Mick Foley]]'s [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] contract expired on [[September 1]], and he has signed a short-term deal with [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|TNA]].
*At [[Unforgiven (2008)|Unforgiven]]:
**[[Matt Hardy]] won the [[ECW Championship]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic non-elimination matches|Championship scramble match]].
**[[Chris Jericho]] won the [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]], in a Championship scramble match also.
**[[Afa Anoa'i, Jr.]] made his debut as "Manu".
*[[Nathan Jones (wrestler)|Nathan Jones]] was injured in [[Thailand]], after he was hit by a truck. Jones had recently signed a deal with [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|TNA]], but will now be out for at least 3 months.

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Collaboration of the Week</div>
*The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Collaboration of the Week]] has recently been revamped, and we will now have 6 collaborations at a time. The current collaborations will stand until they reach a certain [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week#How it works|goal]], e.g. [[WP:GA|Good article status]].
**Wrestling Legend: '''[[Kamala (wrestler)]]
**Current wrestler: '''[[Samoa Joe]]'''
**Tag team or stable: '''[[Dudley Boyz]]'''
**Stub article: '''[[Gino Brito]]'''
**Pay-per-view: '''[[WrestleMania 23]]'''
**List: '''[[List of professional wrestling terms]]'''

<center>{{small|[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Cast your vote to select the collaboration for next week!]] — Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!}}</center>

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Deletion Debates</div>
*'''[[WP:AFD|Articles for Deletion]]'''
**'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of WWE Intercontinental Championship tournaments|List of WWE Intercontinental Championship tournaments]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Total Combat Wrestling|Total Combat Wrestling]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wrestlemania win loss records|Wrestlemania win loss records]].
**'''Kept:'''
**'''Redirected/Merged:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Intercontinental Champion|Intercontinental Champion]]
**'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Beer Money Inc (professional wrestling)|Beer Money Inc (professional wrestling)]] and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Smackdown vs Raw 2009 Roster|Smackdown vs Raw 2009 Roster]].
*'''[[WP:IFD|Images for Deletion]]
**'''Current:'''
**'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion#Image:Cheerleadermelissa5yw.jpg|Image:Cheerleadermelissa5yw.jpg]], [[Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images/2008 September 8#Image:Spike_Piledriver1.gif|Image:Spike_Piledriver1.gif]], and [[Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images/2008 September 8#Image:Royal_Butterfly5.gif|Image:Royal_Butterfly5.gif]]

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">From the Editors</div>
'''Contributors to this Issue:'''
*{{User|IMatthew}}
*{{User|NiciVampireHeart}}
*{{User|SRX}}
*{{User|Wrestlinglover}}

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==Scuba diving userboxes==
Good job creating all the Userboxes for various levels of certification.

A quick suggestion, if I may: there are dedicated articles for [[Advanced Open Water Diver]], [[Rescue Diver]], [[Master SCUBA Diver]], [[CMAS* SCUBA Diver]] and [[Divemaster]]. It might be worth having the relevant userboxes link directly to those pages.

Good job though!

--'''[[User:Legis|Legis]]''' <small>([[User talk:Legis|talk]] - [[Special:Contributions/Legis|contribs]])</small> 18:09, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==

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<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:lefts; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Recent Project News</div>
*Featured news
**'''[[The Great American Bash (2005)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/The Great American Bash (2005)|(link)]]}} was promoted to [[WP:FA|Featured Article]] status.
** '''[[No Mercy (2005)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/No Mercy (2005)|(link)]]}} is a current [[WP:FAC|Featured Article candidate]].

*Good article news
**'''[[Antonio Pugliese]]''', '''[[Hornswoggle]]''', '''[[No Mercy (2007)]]''', '''[[Rhonda Sing]]''', '''[[Sacrifice (2008)]]''', '''[[WrestleMania IX]]''', and '''[[WrestleMania XXIV]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Good article candidates|Good article candidates]].
**'''[[Chyna]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Chyna/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Survivor Series (1993)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Survivor Series (1993)/GA1|(link)]]}}, and '''[[WrestleMania (1985)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:WrestleMania (1985)/GA1|(link)]]}} have been elevated to [[WP:GA|Good Article]] status.

*Other project news
**'''[[Armageddon (2006)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Armageddon (2006)/archive1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Bad Blood (2003)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Bad Blood (2003)/archive1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Bad Blood (2004)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Bad Blood (2004)/archive1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Hard Justice (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Hard Justice (2008)/archive1|(link)]]}}, '''[[List of WWE pay-per-view events]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/List of WWE pay-per-view events/archive1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Lockdown (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Lockdown (2008)/archive2|(link)]]}}, and '''[[No Way Out (2004)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/No Way Out (2004)/archive2|(link)]]}} are currently under [[WP:PR|Peer Review]].
**'''[[Hell in a Cell]]''' has been proposed to be merged into '''[[Professional wrestling match types]]''', the discussion can be found [[Talk:Hell in a Cell#Merger proposal|here]]; and it has been proposed to merge '''[[Road agent (professional wrestling)]]''' into '''[[List of professional wrestling terms]]'''. The discussion can be found [[Talk:Road agent (professional wrestling)#Merger|here]]. Likewise it has been proposed to merge '''[[McMahon (documentary)]]''' to '''[[Vince McMahon]]''', that discussion can be found [[Talk:Vince McMahon#Merge Vince McMahon (Documentary) article...|here]].
**A fact from [[WrestleMania IX]] was listed on the [[Main Page]] in the [[WP:DYK|Did You Know?]] colum on September 15.

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">This Fortnight in Wrestling History</div>
*[[September 15]], [[1998]] - [[Jacquelyn]] defeated [[Rena Mero|Sable]] for the vacant [[WWE Women's Championship|WWF Women's Championship]].
*[[September 17]], [[1981]] - [[Ric Flair]] defeated [[Dusty Rhodes (wrestler)|Dusty Rhodes]] for the [[NWA World Heavyweight Championship|NWA World Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[September 17]], [[2000]] - [[Booker Huffman|Booker T]] defeated [[Kevin Nash]] for the [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship|WCW Heavyweight Championship]]
*[[September 17]], [[2003]] - [[Brock Lesnar]] defeated Kurt Angle for the [[WWE Championship|WWE Championship]].
*[[September 19]], [[1999]] - [[Mike Awesome]] defeated [[Tazz|Taz]] and [[Masato Tanaka]] for the [[ECW Championship|ECW World Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[September 21]], [[2003]] - [[Bill Goldberg|Goldberg]] defeated [[Triple H]] for the [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[September 22]], [[1967]] - [[Stanislaus Zbyszko]] died at age 88.
*[[September 23]], [[2001]] - Kurt Angle defeated [[Stone Cold Steve Austin|Steve Austin]] to win the [[WWE Championship|WWF Championship]].
*[[September 24]], [[1992]] - [[Roy Heffernan]] died of a heart attack at age 67.
*[[September 25]], [[2000]] - [[Vince Russo]] defeated [[Booker Huffman|Booker T]] for the [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship|WCW Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[September 25]], [[2000]] - [[WWE Raw|Raw Is War]] debuts on [[Spike (TV channel)|TNN]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional Wrestling Article Stats</div>

*We have now reached our goal of getting the number of Stub-Class articles below 600. The current count is '''586'''. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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! rowspan="13" | Quality
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! {{FA-Class|category=Category:FA-Class Professional wrestling articles|FA}}
| || || 3 || 5 || '''8'''
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! {{FL-Class|category=Category:FL-Class Professional wrestling articles|FL}}
| || 1 || 12 || 10 || '''23'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 6 || 25 || 60 || '''91'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 16 || 64 || 203 || '''284'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| || 1 || 14 || 84 || '''99'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 50 || 214 || 1766 || '''2032'''
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! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 1 || 21 || 564 || '''586'''
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! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 2 || 23 || 576 || '''601'''
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! {{Future-Class|category=Category:Future-Class Professional wrestling articles|Future}}
| || || 2 || 17 || '''19'''
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! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 3 || 77 || 378 || 3285 || '''3743'''
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! {{Unassessed-Class|category=Category:Unassessed Professional wrestling articles|Unassessed}}
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| '''3''' || '''77''' || '''378''' || '''3286''' || '''3744'''
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<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Member Updates</div>
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''198''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
**For the month of '''[[September]]''':
***2 - [[User:TJ Spyke|TJ Spyke's]] birthday
***8 - [[User:Perry8331|Perry8331's]] birthday; [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] presents '''[[Unforgiven (2008)|Unforgiven]]'''
***12 - [[User:Altenhofen|Altenhofen's]] birthday
***14 - TNA presents '''[[No Surrender (2008)|No Surrender]]'''
***15 - [[User:Gavyn Sykes|Gavyn Sykes's]] birthday
***16 - [[User:Bmg916|Bmg916's]] birthdays
***21 - [[User:BionicWilliam|BionicWilliam's]] and [[User:Rossyboy10|Rossyboy10's]] birthdays
***30 - [[User:LBMixPro|LBMixPro's]] birthday

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Recent Wrestling News</div>
*At [[No Surrender (2008)|No Surrender]], [[Shawn Daivari|Sheik Abdul Bashir]] won the [[TNA X Division Championship]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic non-elimination matches|3-way dance]] by defeating [[Petey Williams]] and [[Consequences Creed]].
*On September 14, [[Shelly Martinez]] was released from her contract by TNA.
*[[Sheamus O'Shaunessy|Sheamus]] won the [[FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship]] on [[September 18]], beating [[Jake Hager|Jack Swagger]].
*On [[September 21]], at the [[WWE Friday Night SmackDown|SmackDown]] taping, [[Eddie Colón|Primo Colón]] and [[Carly Colón|Carlito]] won the [[WWE Tag Team Championship]], defeating reigning champions [[Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Collaboration</div>
*The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration|Collaboration]] has recently been revamped, and we will now have 6 collaborations at a time. The current collaborations will stand until they reach a certain [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration#How it works|goal]], e.g. [[WP:GA|Good article status]].
**Wrestling Legend: '''[[Kamala (wrestler)]]'''
**Current wrestler: '''[[Samoa Joe]]'''
**Tag team or stable: '''[[Dudley Boyz]]'''
**Stub article: '''[[Gino Brito]]'''
**Pay-per-view: '''[[WrestleMania 23]]'''
**List: '''[[List of professional wrestling terms]]'''

<center>{{small|[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration|Cast your vote to select the next collaborations]] — Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!}}</center>

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Recent Deletion Debates</div>
*'''[[WP:AFD|Articles for Deletion]]'''
**'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Christopher Rombola|Christopher Rombola]] and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ranjin Singh (Dave Kapoor)|Ranjin Singh (Dave Kapoor)]]
**'''Kept:'''
**'''Redirected/Merged:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of WWE Intercontinental Championship tournaments|List of WWE Intercontinental Championship tournaments]].
**'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Total Combat Wrestling|Total Combat Wrestling]] and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wrestlemania win loss records|Wrestlemania win loss records]].
*'''[[WP:IFD|Images for Deletion]]
**'''Current:'''
**'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion/2008 September 18#Image:Bobby roode ncw.jpg|Image:Bobby roode ncw.jpg]], [[Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion/2008 September 18#Image:Lance storm ncw.jpg|Image:Lance storm ncw.jpg]], and [[Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion/2008 September 18#Image:Sly ncw 2002.jpg|Image:Sly nca 2002.jpg]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Contributors to this Issue</div>
*{{User|IMatthew}}
*{{User|NiciVampireHeart}}
*{{User|SRX}}
*{{User|ThinkBlue}}
*{{User|Wrestlinglover}}

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== List of Converts to Judaism ==

I'm running out of patience in the RfC on this. Have any ideas? I'd appreciate someone else putting in some input. Thanks. [[User:SkyWriter|SkyWriter (Tim)]] ([[User talk:SkyWriter|talk]]) 18:26, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

PS -- to answer your earlier question, the missing person is "me." I'm looking for a different kind of notability and have stayed under the official radar. It's no secret in shul, but I'm not making a to do about it either (although the Rabbi does have me as a guest preacher occasionally). I want to be known for the things I've given instead of what I've given up, and being a poster boy isn't the way to do it. [[User:SkyWriter|SkyWriter (Tim)]] ([[User talk:SkyWriter|talk]]) 18:32, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==

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*Featured news
**'''[[Armageddon (2006)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Armageddon (2006)|(link)]]}}, '''[[Lockdown (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Lockdown (2008)|(link)]]}}, and '''[[No Way Out (2004)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/No Way Out (2004)|(link)]]}} are current [[WP:FAC|Featured article candidates]].
**'''[[No Mercy (2005)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/No Mercy (2005)/archive1|(link)]]}} was was not promoted to [[WP:FA|Featured Article]] status.
**'''[[AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship]]''' has been nominated for removal as a [[WP:FA|Featured Article]]. The discussion can be found [[Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates/AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship|here]].

*Good article news
**'''[[Antonio Pugliese]]''', '''[[Hornswoggle]]''', '''[[King of the Ring (1993)]]''', '''[[Lisa Moretti]]''', '''[[Mike Lockwood]]''', '''[[No Mercy (2007)]]''', '''[[Rhonda Sing]]''', '''[[Royal Rumble (1995)]]''', '''[[WrestleMania XI]]''', and '''[[WrestleMania XXIV]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|Good article nominees]].
**'''[[WrestleMania IX]]''' {{small|[[Talk:WrestleMania IX/GA1|(link)]]}} and '''[[Sacrifice (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Sacrifice (2008)/GA1|(link)]]}} have been elevated to [[WP:GA|Good Article]] status.

*Other project news
**'''[[Bad Blood (2004)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Bad Blood (2004)/archive1|(link)]]}} and '''[[TNA Bound for Glory]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/TNA Bound for Glory/archive1|(link)]]}} are currently under [[WP:PR|Peer Review]].
**'''[[McMahon (documentary)]]''' has been proposed to be merged with '''[[Vince McMahon]]''', the discussion can be found [[Talk:Vince McMahon#Merge Vince McMahon (Documentary) article...|here]].
**Facts from [[Royal Rumble (1995)]], [[WrestleMania XI]] and [[King of the Ring (1993)]] were listed on the [[Main Page]] in the [[WP:DYK|Did You Know?]] column on [[October 3]], [[October 5]] and [[October 10]] respectively.

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">This Fortnight in Wrestling History</div>
*[[September 29]], [[1997]] - [[Ric Flair]] officially disbands the [[Four Horsemen (professional wrestling)|Four Horsemen]].
*[[October 1]], [[2000]] - [[Jerry Lynn]] defeated [[Peter Polaco|Justin Credible]] for the [[ECW Championship|ECW Heavyweight title]].
*[[October 2]], [[2000]] - [[Vince Russo]] vacated the [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship]] and [[Booker Huffman|Booker T]] defeated [[Jeff Jarrett]] to win it.
*[[October 3]], [[1999]] - [[Vince Russo]] and [[Ed Ferrara]] leave the [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWF]] for [[World Championship Wrestling|WCW]]
*[[October 5]], [[1997]] - [[Brian Pillman]] died of arteriosclerotic heart disease aged 35.
*[[October 6]], [[1999]] - [[Gorilla Monsoon]] died following a heart attack, aged 62.
*[[October 7]], [[1957]] - [[Lou Thesz]] wrestled [[Rikidōzan]] to a one hour time limit draw in first ever [[NWA World Heavyweight Championship|NWA World Title]] match held in Japan.
*[[October 7]], [[2000]] - [[Juventud Guerrera]] arrested following a drug induced rage in Australia and is fired by WCW
*[[October 8]], [[2001]] - [[Stone Cold Steve Austin|Steve Austin]] defeated [[Kurt Angle]] for the [[WWE Championship|WWF Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[October 9]], [[2002]] - [[Sean Waltman|Syxx-Pac]] won a seven-man [[ladder match]] for the vacant [[TNA X Division Championship|NWA-TNA X Divsion Championship]].
*[[October 12]], [[1992]] - [[Bret Hart]] defeated [[Ric Flair]] for the [[WWE Championship|WWF Heavyweight Championship]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional Wrestling Article Stats</div>

*We have now reached our goal of getting the number of Stub-Class articles below 600. The current count is '''588'''. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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! {{FL-Class|category=Category:FL-Class Professional wrestling articles|FL}}
| || 1 || 12 || 10 || '''23'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 6 || 27 || 60 || '''93'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 16 || 64 || 203 || '''284'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| || 1 || 15 || 86 || '''102'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 50 || 213 || 1774 || '''2039'''
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! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 1 || 20 || 566 || '''587'''
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! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 2 || 22 || 581 || '''605'''
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! {{Future-Class|category=Category:Future-Class Professional wrestling articles|Future}}
| || || 2 || 15 || '''17'''
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! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 3 || 77 || 378 || 3300 || '''3758'''
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| '''3''' || '''77''' || '''378''' || '''3300''' || '''3758'''
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<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Member Updates</div>
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''194''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
**For the month of '''[[October]]''':
***1 - [[User:Derrty2033|Derrty2033]]'s birthday
***5 - '''[[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]]''' presents '''[[No Mercy (2008)|No Mercy]]'''
***6 - [[User:Gwalla|Gwalla]]'s birthday
***7 - [[User:Nikki311|Nikki311]]'s birthday
***10 - [[User:Edraf|Edraf]]'s birthday
***12 - '''[[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|TNA]]''' presents '''[[Bound for Glory IV]]'''
***17 - [[User:Hardcore Hak|Hardcore Hak]]'s birthday
***18 - [[User:Mas0playa|mrMASO]]'s birthday
***24 - [[User:Kaiba|Kaiba]]'s birthday
***26 - '''[[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]]''' presents '''[[Cyber Sunday (2008)|Cyber Sunday]]'''

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Recent Wrestling News</div>
*[[WWE Friday Night SmackDown|SmackDown]] debuted on [[myNetworkTV]] on October 3.
*At [[No Mercy (2008)|No Mercy]], [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Champion]] [[Chris Jericho]] lost a tooth during his [[ladder match]] title defense against [[Shawn Michaels]].
*On October 10, "Dolph Ziggler" ([[Nick Nemeth]]) was suspended for 30 days for breaching [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE's]] [[World Wrestling Entertainment#Wellness Program|Wellness Program]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Collaboration</div>
*The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration|Collaboration]] has recently been revamped, and we will now have 6 collaborations at a time. The current collaborations will stand until they reach a certain [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration#How it works|goal]], e.g. [[WP:GA|Good article status]].
**Wrestling Legend: '''[[Kamala (wrestler)]]'''
**Current wrestler: '''[[Samoa Joe]]'''
**Tag team or stable: '''[[Dudley Boyz]]'''
**Stub article: '''[[Gino Brito]]'''
**Pay-per-view: '''[[WrestleMania 23]]'''
**List: '''[[List of professional wrestling terms]]'''

<center>{{small|[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration|Cast your vote to select the next collaborations]] — Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!}}</center>

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Recent Deletion Debates</div>
*'''[[WP:AFD|Articles for Deletion]]'''
**'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Eurocontinental champion|Eurocontinental champion]]
**'''Kept:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Christopher Rombola|Christopher Rombola]] {{small|(no consensus)}} and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Genesis (2008)|Genesis (2008)]].
**'''Redirected/Merged:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ranjin Singh (Dave Kapoor)|Ranjin Singh (Dave Kapoor)]].
**'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Adrian Cortez|Adrian Cortez]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chris Bullock|Chris Bullock]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/McMahon Stables|McMahon Stables]].
*'''[[WP:IFD|Images for Deletion]]
**'''Current:'''
**'''Deleted:'''

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== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==

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*Featured news
** '''[[No Way Out (2004)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/No Way Out (2004)|(review page)]]}} is a current [[WP:FAC|Featured article candidate]].
**'''[[Armageddon (2006)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Armageddon (2006)/archive1|(review page)]]}} and '''[[Lockdown (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Lockdown (2008)/archive1|(review page)]]}} were not promoted as [[WP:FA|Featured Articles]].
**'''[[AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship]]''' has been nominated for removal as a [[WP:FL|Featured list]]. The discussion can be found [[Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates/AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship|here]].

*Good article news
**'''[[Antonio Pugliese]]''', '''[[Hard Justice (2008)]]''', '''[[Hardy Boyz]]''', '''[[Hornswoggle]]''', '''[[King of the Ring (1993)]]''', '''[[Lisa Moretti]]''', '''[[Mike Lockwood]]''', '''[[No Mercy (2003)]]''', '''[[No Mercy (2007)]]''', '''[[Rhonda Sing]]''', '''[[Royal Rumble (1995)]]''', '''[[WrestleMania XI]]''', and '''[[WrestleMania XXIV]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|Good article nominees]].

*Other project news
**'''[[TNA Bound for Glory]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/TNA Bound for Glory/archive1|(review page)]]}} is currently under [[WP:PR|Peer Review]].
**'''[[McMahon (documentary)]]''' has been proposed to be merged with '''[[Vince McMahon]]''', the discussion can be found [[Talk:Vince McMahon#Merge Vince McMahon (Documentary) article...|here]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">This Fortnight in Wrestling History</div>
*[[October 15]], [[2003]] - Mark Magnus ([[Mark Copani]]) defeated [[Johnny Jeter]] to win the [[OVW Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[October 16]], [[1997]] - Bam Bam Bigelow ([[Bam Bam Bigelow|Scott Bigelow]]) defeated Shane Douglas ([[Shane Douglas|Troy Martin]]) for the [[ECW Heavyweight Championship|ECW Heavyweight title]].
*[[October 16]], [[2003]] - [[Stu Hart]] died of [[pneumonia]] at the age of 88.
*[[October 19]], [[2003]] - Road Warrior Hawk ([[Michael Hegstrand]]) died of a [[heart attack]] at the age of 46.
*[[October 20]], [[1964]] - Mad Dog Vachon ([[Mad Dog Vachon|Maurice Vachon]]) defeated [[Verne Gagne]] for the [[AWA World Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[October 20]], [[2000]] - [[World Championship Wrestling]], in [[narrative thread|storyline]], fired [[Bret Hart]] due to his incapacitating injury and his announced retirement.
*[[October 20]], [[2002]] - Triple H ([[Paul Levesque]]) defeated Kane ([[Glen Jacobs]]) to [[Championship unification|unify]] the [[WWE Championship|WWE]] and [[WWE Intercontinental Championship|Intercontinental titles]].
*[[October 21]], [[2001]] - [[Chris Jericho]] defeated The Rock ([[Dwayne Johnson]]) to win the [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[October 22]], [[2000]] - [[Kurt Angle]] defeated The Rock to win the WWF Championship.
*[[October 23]], [[2000]] - Yokozuna ([[Rodney Anoa'i]]) died of a heart attack at the age of 34.

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional Wrestling Article Stats</div>

*We have now reached our goal of getting the number of Stub-Class articles below 600. The current count is '''591'''. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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! rowspan="13" | Quality
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! {{FA-Class|category=Category:FA-Class Professional wrestling articles|FA}}
| || || 3 || 5 || '''8'''
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! {{FL-Class|category=Category:FL-Class Professional wrestling articles|FL}}
| || 1 || 12 || 10 || '''23'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 6 || 27 || 60 || '''93'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 16 || 64 || 207 || '''288'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| || 1 || 14 || 96 || '''111'''
|-
! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 50 || 219 || 1759 || '''2030'''
|-
! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 1 || 20 || 565 || '''586'''
|-
! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 2 || 21 || 580 || '''603'''
|-
! {{Future-Class|category=Category:Future-Class Professional wrestling articles|Future}}
| || || 2 || 16 || '''18'''
|-
! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 3 || 77 || 382 || 3297 || '''3760'''
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| '''3''' || '''77''' || '''382''' || '''3297''' || '''3760'''
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*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''194''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
**For the month of '''[[October]]''':
***1 - [[User:Derrty2033|Derrty2033]]'s birthday
***5 - '''[[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]]''' presents '''[[No Mercy (2008)|No Mercy]]'''
***6 - [[User:Gwalla|Gwalla]]'s birthday
***7 - [[User:Nikki311|Nikki311]]'s birthday
***10 - [[User:Edraf|Edraf]]'s birthday
***12 - '''[[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|TNA]]''' presents '''[[Bound for Glory IV]]'''
***17 - [[User:Hardcore Hak|Hardcore Hak]]'s birthday
***18 - [[User:Mas0playa|mrMASO]]'s birthday
***24 - [[User:Kaiba|Kaiba]]'s birthday
***26 - '''[[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]]''' presents '''[[Cyber Sunday (2008)|Cyber Sunday]]'''

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Recent Wrestling News</div>
*On October 12 at [[Bound for Glory IV]], Sting ([[Steve Borden]]) won the [[TNA World Heavyweight Championship]] in [[Chicago, Illinois]].
*On October 13, Johnny Devine ([[Johnny Devine|John Parsonage]]) was released from his [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA) contract.
*On October 14, Lance Cade ([[Lance Cade|Lance McNaught]]) was released from his [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) contract.
*On October 21, [[Peter Maivia|High Chief Peter Maivia's]] widow, Leah, died aged 81.
*On October 23:
**TNA broadcasted ''[[TNA Impact!|Impact!]]'' [[live broadcast|live]] in [[high definition]]; it also held ''Impact!'' in a different arena other than the [[TNA Impact! Zone]].
**Also on ''Impact!'', Booker T ([[Booker Huffman|Robert Huffman]]) debuted the newly established [[TNA Legends Championship|Legends Championship]] into TNA and, in storyline, awarded himself the title.
**Awesome Kong ([[Kia Stevens]]) defeated Taylor Wilde ([[Shantelle Malawski]]) to win the [[TNA Women's Knockout Championship]] on ''Impact!''.

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Collaboration</div>
*The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration|Collaboration]] has recently been revamped, and we will now have 6 collaborations at a time. The current collaborations will stand until they reach a certain [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration#How it works|goal]], e.g. [[WP:GA|Good article status]].
**Wrestling Legend: '''[[Kamala (wrestler)]]'''
**Current wrestler: '''[[Samoa Joe]]'''
**Tag team or stable: '''[[Dudley Boyz]]'''
**Stub article: '''[[Gino Brito]]'''
**Pay-per-view: '''[[WrestleMania 23]]'''
**List: '''[[List of professional wrestling terms]]'''

<center>{{small|[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration|Cast your vote to select the next collaborations]] — Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!}}</center>

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Recent Deletion Debates</div>
*'''[[WP:AFD|Articles for Deletion]]'''
**'''Current:'''[[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/SPRY Wrestling|SPRY Wrestling]].
**'''Kept:'''
**'''Redirected/Merged:'''
**'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Eurocontinental champion|Eurocontinental champion]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of current Pro Wrestling Unplugged employees|List of Pro Wrestling Unplugged employees]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/PWF Light Heavyweight Championship|PWF Light Heavyweight Championship]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Republic pro wrestling|Republic pro wrestling]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/World Stars of Wrestling|World Stars of Wrestling]].
*'''[[WP:IFD|Images for Deletion]]
**'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images/2008 October 24#Image:TNAlegendschampionship.jpg|TNAlegendschampionship.jpg]]
**'''Deleted:'''

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Contributors to this Issue</div>
*{{User|NiciVampireHeart}}
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*Featured news:
** '''[[No Way Out (2004)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/No Way Out (2004)|(review page)]]}} was promoted to [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|Featured article]] status.
**'''[[AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship]]''' {{small|([[Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates/AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship/archive1|review page]])}} was removed as a [[WP:FL|Featured list]].
**'''[[CZW World Heavyweight Championship]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates/CZW World Heavyweight Championship|(review page)]]}} has been nominated for removal as a [[WP:FL|Featured list]].

*Good article news:
**'''[[Antonio Pugliese]]''', '''[[Hard Justice (2008)]]''', '''[[Hardy Boyz]]''', '''[[King of the Ring (1993)]]''', '''[[Lisa Moretti]]''', '''[[Mike Lockwood]]''', '''[[No Mercy (2003)]]''', '''[[No Mercy (2007)]]''', '''[[Rhonda Sing]]''', '''[[Royal Rumble (1993)]]''', '''[[Taboo Tuesday]]''', '''[[Unforgiven (2008)]]''', '''[[Velvet McIntyre]]''', '''[[Vince's Devils]]''', and '''[[WrestleMania XXIV]]''' are current [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|Good article nominees]].
**'''[[Royal Rumble (1995)]]''' {{small|([[Talk:Royal Rumble (1995)/GA1|link]])}} and '''[[WrestleMania XI]]''' {{small|([[Talk:WrestleMania XI/GA1|link]])}} have been promoted to [[WP:GA|Good Article]] status.

*Other project news:
**It has been propsed to merge '''[[McMahon (documentary)]]''' into '''[[Vince McMahon]]''', the discussion can be found [[Talk:Vince McMahon#Merge Vince McMahon (Documentary) article...|here]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">This Fortnight in Wrestling History</div>
*[[October 27]], [[1991]] - [[Brian Pillman]] defeated [[Ricky Morton|Richard Morton]] in a tournament final to become the inaugural [[WWE Cruiserweight Championship|WCW World Light Heavyweight Champion]].
*[[October 31]], [[2000]] - [[Lisa Moretti|Ivory]] defeated [[Amy Dumas|Lita]] to win the [[WWE Women's Championship|WWF Women's title]].
*[[November 2]], [[1998]] - [[Mick Foley|Mankind]] was awarded the newly established [[WWE Hardcore Championship|WWF Hardcore Championship]] by [[Chairperson|WWF Chairman]] [[Vince McMahon]].
*[[November 5]], [[2001]] - [[Dwayne Johnson|The Rock]] defeated [[Chris Jericho]] for the [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship|WCW World Heavyweight title]].
*[[November 6]], [[2003]] - [[Mike Lockwood]], known professionally as Crash Holly, committed suicide at the age of 32.
*[[November 7]], [[2000]] - The [[World Wrestling Entertainment|World Wrestling Federation]] (WWF) agreed to pay [[USD|US$]]18 million to the [[Hart wrestling family|Hart family]] as a settlement in the [[Over the Edge (1999)#Aftermath|court case]] for [[Owen Hart]]'s death at [[Over the Edge (1999)]].
*[[November 9]], [[1997]] - The [[Montreal Screwjob]] occurred, in which [[Shawn Michaels]] defeated [[Bret Hart]] to win the [[WWE Championship|WWF World Heavyweight Championship]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional Wrestling Article Stats</div>

*We have now reached our goal of getting the number of Stub-Class articles below 600. The current count is '''592'''. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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| || 1 || 12 || 10 || '''23'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 6 || 27 || 60 || '''93'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 16 || 65 || 207 || '''289'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| || 1 || 14 || 96 || '''111'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 50 || 219 || 1759 || '''2030'''
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! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 1 || 21 || 566 || '''588'''
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! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 2 || 21 || 581 || '''604'''
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! {{Future-Class|category=Category:Future-Class Professional wrestling articles|Future}}
| || || 3 || 14 || '''17'''
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! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 3 || 77 || 385 || 3298 || '''3763'''
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| '''3''' || '''77''' || '''385''' || '''3298''' || '''3763'''
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*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''197''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
**For the month of '''[[November]]''':
***9 - '''[[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|TNA]]''' presents '''[[Turning Point (2008)|Turning Point]]'''
***15 - [[User:Rakez|Rakez]]'s birthday
***15 - [[User:Ericystephi|Ericystephi]]'s birthday
***20 - [[User:Batmanrules677|Batmanrules677]]'s birthday
***23 - '''[[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]]''' presents '''[[Survivor Series (2008)|Survivor Series]]'''

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Recent Wrestling News</div>
*[[Conrad Efraim]], better known as "Special Delivery Jones", died in Antigua on October 26, 2008, following a stroke he suffered two days prior.
*At [[Cyber Sunday (2008)|Cyber Sunday]], [[Dave Batista|Batista]] defeated [[Chris Jericho]] to win the [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]].
*On the October 27 episode of ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]'' [[CM Punk]] and [[Kofi Kingston]] won the [[World Tag Team Championship (WWE)|World Tag Team titles]] by defeating [[Ted DiBiase, Jr.|Ted DiBiase]] and [[Cody Rhodes]].
*[[Harry Smith (wrestler)|DH Smith]] and [[TJ Wilson]] won the [[FCW Florida Tag Team Championship]] on October 30.
*On the November 3 episode of ''Raw'':
**[[Mike Adamle]] resigned from his position as [[Professional wrestling authority figures#General managers|General Manager]] of the Raw brand.
**[[Chris Jericho]] defeated [[Dave Batista|Batista]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Cages|Steel cage match]] to win the [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]] for the second time.
*[[Super Crazy]] was released from [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) on November 5.
*On November 7, WWE released [[WWE Raw|Raw]] wrestlers [[Paul London]] and [[Chuck Palumbo]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Collaboration</div>
*The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration|Collaboration]] has recently been revamped, and we will now have 6 collaborations at a time. The current collaborations will stand until they reach a certain [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration#How it works|goal]], e.g. [[WP:GA|Good article status]].
**Wrestling Legend: '''[[Kamala (wrestler)]]'''
**Current wrestler: '''[[Samoa Joe]]'''
**Tag team or stable: '''[[Dudley Boyz]]'''
**Stub article: '''[[Gino Brito]]'''
**Pay-per-view: '''[[WrestleMania 23]]'''
**List: '''[[List of professional wrestling terms]]'''

<center>{{small|[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration|Cast your vote to select the next collaborations]] — Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!}}</center>

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Recent Deletion Debates</div>
*'''[[WP:AFD|Articles for Deletion]]'''
**'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Experience (professional wrestling)|The Experience (professional wrestling)]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Volador Jr.|Volador Jr.]]

**'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dann Read|Dann Read]] and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/SPRY Wrestling|SPRY Wrestling]].
*'''[[WP:IFD|Images for Deletion]]
**'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images/2008 October 24#Image:TNAlegendschampionship.jpg|TNAlegendschampionship.jpg]].

*'''[[WP:MFD|Miscalleneous for Deletion]]'''
**'''Redirected:''' [[Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Article name changes|Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Article name changes]]
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== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==

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*'''[[Lockdown (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Lockdown (2008)|(review page)]]}} is a current [[WP:FAC|Featured article candidate]].
*'''[[List of WCW World Tag Team Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of WCW World Tag Team Champions|(review page)]]}} is a current [[WP:FLC|Featured list candidate]].
*'''[[CZW World Heavyweight Championship]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates/CZW World Heavyweight Championship|(review page)]]}} is a current [[WP:FLRC|Featured list removal candidate]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #009; text-align:lefts; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Good content news</div>
*'''[[Hard Justice (2008)]]''', '''[[Hardy Boyz]]''', '''[[Judgment Day (2008)]]''', '''[[King of the Ring (1993)]]''', '''[[Lisa Moretti]]''', '''[[Masa Saito]]''', '''[[No Mercy (2003)]]''', '''[[No Mercy (2004)]]''', '''[[No Mercy (2007)]]''', '''[[No Surrender (2008)]]''', '''[[Royal Rumble (1993)]]''', '''[[Slammiversary (2008)]]''', '''[[Survivor Series (1992)]]''', '''[[Taboo Tuesday (2004)]]''', '''[[Unforgiven (2008)]]''', '''[[Velvet McIntyre]]''', and '''[[Vince's Devils]]''' are current [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|Good article nominees]].
*'''[[Antonio Pugliese]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Antonio Pugliese/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Mike Lockwood]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Mike Lockwood/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Rhonda Sing]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Rhonda Sing/GA1|(link)]]}}, and '''[[WrestleMania XXIV]]''' {{small|[[Talk:WrestleMania XXIV/GA1|(link)]]}} have been promoted to [[WP:GA|Good Article]] status.

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #009; text-align:lefts; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Reviews and additional project information</div>
*'''[[WrestleMania XXIV]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/WrestleMania XXIV/archive1|(review page)]]}} and '''[[Over the Edge (1999)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Over the Edge (1999)/archive2|(review page)]]}} are currently under [[WP:PR|Peer Review]]. Comments have been requested to be added on the respective review pages.
*It has been requested that feedback for the [[Money in the Bank ladder match]] article be added to its [[Talk:Money in the Bank ladder match|talk page]].
*Facts from '''[[Royal Rumble (1993)]]''' and '''[[List of King of the Ring winners]]''' were listed on the [[Main Page]] in the [[WP:DYK|Did You Know?]] column on November 10 and 13, respectively.
*It has been proposed to introduce the [[Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment#Grades|A-Class]] assessment for [[WP:PW]]; the discussion can be found [[WT:PW#New class|here]].
*It has been proposed to merge [[Shooter (professional wrestling)]] into [[Shoot (professional wrestling)]]; the discussion can be found [[Talk:Shooter (professional wrestling)#Merge request|here]].
<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional wrestling article stats</div>
*There are currently '''601''' articles in [[:Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles]]. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
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! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Professional wrestling<br>articles !! colspan="6" | Importance
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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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! rowspan="11" | Quality
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! {{FA-Class|category=Category:FA-Class Professional wrestling articles|FA}}
| || || 3 || 6 || '''9'''
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! {{FL-Class|category=Category:FL-Class Professional wrestling articles|FL}}
| || || 12 || 10 || '''22'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 6 || 30 || 62 || '''98'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 16 || 64 || 207 || '''288'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| || 1 || 14 || 99 || '''114'''
|-
! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 54 || 227 || 1764 || '''2047'''
|-
! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 1 || 24 || 569 || '''594'''
|-
! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 3 || 23 || 595 || '''621'''
|-
! {{Future-Class|category=Category:Future-Class Professional wrestling articles|Future}}
| || || 3 || 14 || '''17'''
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! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 3 || 81 || 397 || 3312 || '''3793'''
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| '''3''' || '''81''' || '''397''' || '''3312''' || '''3793'''
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*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''197''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
**For the month of '''[[November]]''':
***9 - '''[[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|TNA]]''' presents '''[[Turning Point (2008)|Turning Point]]'''
***15 - [[User:Rakez|Rakez]]'s birthday
***15 - [[User:Ericystephi|Ericystephi]]'s birthday
***20 - [[User:Batmanrules677|Batmanrules677]]'s birthday
***23 - '''[[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]]''' presents '''[[Survivor Series (2008)|Survivor Series]]'''

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Recent deletion debates</div>
*'''[[WP:AFD|Articles for Deletion]]'''

**'''Kept:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Volador Jr.|Volador Jr.]]
**'''Redirected/Merged:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Experience (professional wrestling)|The Experience (professional wrestling)]] and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rebecca Michaels|Rebecca Michaels]].
**'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alfonso Sharp|Alfonso Sharp]]
*'''[[WP:IFD|Images for Deletion]]
**'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images/2008 October 24#Image:TNAlegendschampionship.jpg|TNAlegendschampionship.jpg]]


<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Recent wrestling news</div>
*On November 9, [[THQ]] and [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) released the fifth installment in the [[WWE SmackDown (video game series)|WWE SmackDown vs. Raw]] series, ''[[WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009]]''.
*On November 10, WWE released [[Elijah Burke]], [[Kenny Dykstra]], and [[Lena Yada]] from their contracts.
*[[Darren Matthews|William Regal]] defeated [[Santino Marella]] to win the [[WWE Intercontinental Championship]] on the November 10 episode of ''Raw''.
*On November 18, WWE released [[Armando Estrada]] from his contract.

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">This fortnight in wrestling history</div>
*[[November 10]], [[1991]] - [[William Afflis|Dick the Bruiser]] died at the age of 62 from [[internal bleeding]]
*[[November 14]], [[1999]] - [[Paul Wight|The Big Show]] defeated [[Triple H]] to win the [[WWE Championship|WWF Championship]].
*[[November 15]], [[1998]] - [[Dwayne Johnson|The Rock]] defeated [[Mick Foley|Mankind]] in a tournament final for the [[WWE Championship|WWF Championship]].
*[[November 16]], [[1992]] - [[Jim Fullington|The Sandman]] defeated [[Don Muraco]] for the [[ECW Championship|ECW Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[November 17]], [[2002]] - [[Shawn Michaels]] defeated [[Triple H]], [[Glen Jacobs|Kane]], [[Chris Jericho]], [[Booker Huffman|Booker T]], and [[Rob Van Dam]] to win the [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]] in the first [[Elimination Chamber]].
*[[November 18]], [[2000]] - [[Nelson Erazo|Homicide]] defeated Jay Lover for the vacant [[JAPW Heavyweight Championship|Jersey All Pro Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[November 18]], [[2001]] - [[Adam Copeland|Edge]] [[championship unification|unified]] the [[WWE Intercontinental Championship|WWF Intercontinental]] and [[WWE United States Championship|United States]] championships.
*[[November 18]], [[2001]] - [[The Dudley Boyz]] unified the [[World Tag Team Championship (WWE)|WWF]] and [[WCW Tag Team Championship|WCW Tag Team]] championships.
*[[November 20]], [[2002]] - [[Jeff Jarrett]] defeated [[Ron Killings]] for the [[NWA World Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[November 21]], [[1999]] - [[Bret Hart]] defeated [[Chris Benoit]] in a tournament final for the [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[November 22]], [[1954]] - Promoter [[Roderick McMahon|Roderick "Jess" McMahon]] died at age 72.

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== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==

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*'''[[Lockdown (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Lockdown (2008)|(review page)]]}}, '''[[Over the Edge (1999)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Over the Edge (1999)|(review page)]]}}, and '''[[WrestleMania XXIV]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/WrestleMania XXIV|(review page)]]}} are current [[WP:FAC|Featured article candidates]].
*'''[[List of ECW Television Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of ECW Television Champions|(review page)]]}} is a current [[WP:FLC|Featured list candidate]].
*'''[[List of WCW World Tag Team Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of WCW World Tag Team Champions|(review page)]]}} was promoted to [[WP:FL|Featured list]] status.
*'''[[CZW World Heavyweight Championship]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates/CZW World Heavyweight Championship/archive2|(review page)]]}} was removed as a [[WP:FL|Featured list]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #009; text-align:lefts; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Good content news</div>
*'''[[Hard Justice (2008)]]''', '''[[Hardy Boyz]]''', '''[[Lisa Moretti]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Lisa Moretti/GA1|(review page)]]}}, '''[[Masa Saito]]''', '''[[No Mercy (2004)]]''', '''[[No Mercy (2007)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:No Mercy (2007)/GA1|(review page)]]}}, '''[[No Surrender (2008)]]''', '''[[Royal Rumble (1993)]]''', '''[[Slammiversary (2008)]]''', '''[[Survivor Series (1992)]]''', '''[[Taboo Tuesday (2004)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Taboo Tuesday (2004)/GA1|(review page)]]}}, '''[[Unforgiven (2008)]]''', and '''[[Velvet McIntyre]]''' are current [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|Good article nominees]].
*'''[[Judgment Day (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Judgment Day (2008)/GA1|(review page)]]}}, '''[[King of the Ring (1993)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:King of the Ring (1993)/GA1|(review page)]]}}, '''[[No Mercy (2003)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:No Mercy (2003)/GA1|(review page)]]}}, and '''[[Vince's Devils]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Vince's Devils/GA1|(review page)]]}} were promoted to [[WP:GA|Good article]] status.
*'''[[Vince's Devils]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates/Vince's Devils|(review page)]]}} is a current [[Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates#Good topic nominations|Good topic candidate]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #009; text-align:lefts; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Reviews and additional project information</div>
*'''[[Judgment Day (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Judgment Day (2008)/archive1|(review page)]]}} and '''[[WWE Divas Championship]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/WWE Divas Championship/archive1|(review page)]]}} are currently under [[WP:PR|Peer Review]]. It has been requested that comments be added on the respective review pages.
*It has been requested that feedback for the '''[[Money in the Bank ladder match]]''' and '''[[Night of Champions (2008)]]''' articles be added to their talk pages.
*It has been proposed to [[WP:MERGE|merge]] '''[[Shooter (professional wrestling)]]''' into '''[[Shoot (professional wrestling)]]'''; the discussion can be found [[Talk:Shooter (professional wrestling)#Merge request|here]].
*'''[[McMahon (documentary)]]''' was merged into '''[[Vince McMahon]]'''; the result of that discussion can be found [[Talk:Vince McMahon#Merge Vince McMahon (Documentary) article...|here]].
*A fact from '''[[Survivor Series (1992)]]''' and '''[[List of ECW Television Champions]]''' appeared on the [[main page]] as a [[WP:DYK|Did You Know?]] on November 24 and December 6.
<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #009; text-align:lefts; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Editing tips</div>
This is a new section in the newsletter to help familiarize project members with the [[WP:MOS|Manual of Style]], which should help them in editing not only professional wrestling articles, but all articles in general.
#Avoid using bolding to emphasize text. See [[MOS:BOLD]] for appropriate uses of bold text.
#If you do not want your information removed from articles, please use proper grammar and [[WP:CITE|cite your sources]].
#Please avoid adding rumors to articles. Most rumors cannot be sourced with a [[WP:RS|reliable source]] and go against the [[WP:BLP|Biographies of Living Persons policy]].
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<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional wrestling article stats</div>
*There are currently '''601''' articles in [[:Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles]]. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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! rowspan="12" | Quality
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| || || 3 || 6 || '''9'''
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! {{FL-Class|category=Category:FL-Class Professional wrestling articles|FL}}
| || || 12 || 10 || '''22'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 6 || 31 || 65 || '''102'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 16 || 66 || 205 || '''288'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| || 2 || 15 || 98 || '''115'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 54 || 229 || 1768 || '''2053'''
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! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 1 || 24 || 560 || '''585'''
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! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 3 || 24 || 602 || '''629'''
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! {{Future-Class|category=Category:Future-Class Professional wrestling articles|Future}}
| || || 2 || 14 || '''16'''
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! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 3 || 82 || 406 || 3328 || '''3819'''
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! Total
| '''3''' || '''82''' || '''406''' || '''3328''' || '''3819'''
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**For the month of '''[[December]]''':
***7 - '''[[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|TNA]]''' presents '''[[Final Resolution (December 2008)|Final Resolution]]'''
***11 - [[User:Urena198|Urena198]]'s birthday
***14 - '''[[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]]''' presents '''[[Armageddon (2008)|Armageddon]]'''
***21 - [[Hanukkah]] begins at sundown
***23 - [[User:Paulley|Paulley]]'s birthday
***24 - [[User:Racer38|Racer38]]'s birthday
***25 - [[Christmas]] Day
***26 - [[Kwanzaa]]
***27 - [[User:SRX|SRX]]'s birthday
***28 - [[User:FamicomJL|FamicomJL]]'s birthday
***31 - [[User:NickSparrow|NickSparrow]]'s birthday
***31 - [[User:WWEFAN99|WWEFAN99]]'s birthday

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*'''[[WP:AFD|Articles for Deletion]]'''
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**'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Connal Kelleher|Connal Kelleher]].
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**'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images/2008 November 19#Image:Candice Michelle Ring.jpg|Image:Candice Michelle Ring.jpg]].
**'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images/2008 November 19#Image:Barbie Candid.jpg|Image:Barbie Candid.jpg]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Recent wrestling news</div>
*At [[Survivor Series (2008)|Survivor Series]]:
**[[Adam Copeland|Edge]] returned and won the [[WWE Championship]] after [[Professional wrestling authority figures#General managers 2|SmackDown General Manager]] [[Vickie Guerrero]] added him to the match between then-champion [[Triple H]] and [[Oleg Prudius|Vladimir Kozlov]].
**[[John Cena]] returned after neck surgery, and won the [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]], for the first time, by defeating [[Chris Jericho]].
*On the November 24 episode of ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]'', [[Dustin Runnels|Goldust]], [[Melina Perez|Melina]] and [[Mr. Kennedy]] made their television returns to [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE).
*[[Steve Bradley]] died on December 4, 2008. His cause of death has not been determined.
*On the December 5 episode of ''[[WWE Friday Night SmackDown|SmackDown]]'', [[Gregory Helms|Hurricane Helms]] made his in-ring return after an absence of over a year due to a neck injury.

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">This fortnight in wrestling history</div>
*[[November 26]], [[1987]] - [[Ric Flair]] defeated [[Ron Garvin]] to win the [[NWA World Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[November 26]], [[1995]] - [[Smoky Mountain Wrestling]] ceased operation.
*[[November 26]], [[2000]] - [[Scott Steiner]] defeated [[Booker Huffman|Booker T]] to win the [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[November 27]], [[1991]] - [[The Undertaker]] defeated [[Hulk Hogan]] for the [[WWE Championship|WWF Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[November 29]], [[2003]] - [[Larry Latham (wrestler)|Larry Lathman]], better known as Moondog Spot, died of a [[Myocardial infarction|heart attack]] in the ring.
*[[November 30]], [[1997]] - [[Shane Douglas]] defeated [[Bam Bam Bigelow]] to win the [[ECW Championship]].
*[[December 1]], [[1973]] - [[Stan Stasiak|Stan "The Man" Stasiak]] defeated [[Pedro Morales]] to win the [[WWE Championship|WWWF Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[December 5]], [[2003]] - [[Jerry Tuite]] died of a a [[Myocardial infarction|heart attack]] aged 36.
*[[December 7]], [[1996]] - [[Scott Levy|Raven]] defeated [[Jim Fullington|The Sandman]] to win the [[ECW Championship|ECW Heavyweight Championship]].

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== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==

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*'''[[Lockdown (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Lockdown (2008)|(review page)]]}} and '''[[Over the Edge (1999)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Over the Edge (1999)|(review page)]]}} are current [[WP:FAC|Featured article candidates]].
*'''[[WrestleMania XXIV]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/WrestleMania XXIV/archive1|(review page)]]}} was not promoted as a [[WP:FA|Featured Article]].
*'''[[List of WWF Light Heavyweight Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of WWF Light Heavyweight Champions|(review page)]]}} is a current [[WP:FLC|Featured list candidate]].
*'''[[List of ECW Television Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of ECW Television Champions|(review page)]]}} was promoted to [[WP:FL|Featured list]] status.
*'''[[List of WWE Divas Champions]]''' and '''[[List of WWE Cruiserweight Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates/Lists of World Wrestling Entertainment champions/addition1|(review page)]]}} have been nominated as an addition and withdrawal, respectively, to the [[Wikipedia:Featured topics/Lists of World Wrestling Entertainment champions|Lists of World Wrestling Entertainment champions]] [[WP:FT|Featured topic]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #009; text-align:lefts; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Good content news</div>
*'''[[Masa Saito]]''', '''[[Night of Champions (2008)]]''', '''[[No Mercy (2004)]]''', '''[[Royal Rumble (1993)]]''', '''[[Slammiversary (2008)]]''', and '''[[Survivor Series (1992)]]''' are current [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|Good article nominees]].
*'''[[Hard Justice (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Hard Justice (2008)/GA1|(review page)]]}}, '''[[Hardy Boyz]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Hardy Boyz/GA1|(review page)]]}}, '''[[Lisa Moretti]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Lisa Moretti/GA1|(review page)]]}}, '''[[No Mercy (2007)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:No Mercy (2007)/GA1|(review page)]]}}, '''[[No Surrender (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:No Surrender (2008)/GA1|(review page)]]}}, '''[[Taboo Tuesday (2004)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Taboo Tuesday (2004)/GA1|(review page)]]}}, '''[[Unforgiven (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Unforgiven (2008)/GA1|(review page)]]}} and '''[[Velvet McIntyre]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Velvet McIntyre/GA1|(review page)]]}} were promoted to [[WP:GA|Good article]] status.
*'''[[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)]]''' was not promoted to [[WP:GA|Good article]] status.
*'''[[Wikipedia:Featured topics/Vince's Devils|Vince's Devils]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates/Vince's Devils|(review page)]]}} was promoted to [[Wikipedia:Good topics|Good topic]] status.
*'''[[Hardy Boyz]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates/Hardy Boyz|(review page)]]}} is a current [[Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates#Good topic nominations|Good topic candidate]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #009; text-align:lefts; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Reviews and additional project information</div>
*'''[[Judgment Day (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Judgment Day (2008)/archive1|(review page)]]}} is currently under [[WP:PR|Peer review]]. It has been requested that comments be added on the review page.
*'''[[Shooter (professional wrestling)]]''' has been [[WP:MERGE|merged]] into '''[[Shoot (professional wrestling)]]'''; the discussion can be found [[Talk:Shoot (professional wrestling)#Merge request|here]].
*Facts from '''[[Judgment Day (2003)]]''', '''[[Armageddon (2000)]]''', and '''[[Unforgiven (2002)]]''' were all listed on the [[Main Page]] in the [[WP:DYK|Did You Know?]] column on December 12, and a fact from '''[[No Mercy (2002)]]''' was listed on December 13.

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #009; text-align:lefts; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Editing tips</div>
This is a new section in the newsletter to help familiarize project members with the [[WP:MOS|Manual of Style]] and general editing tips.
#There is a new consensus to remove notes such as most reigns, first reign, last reign, etc. in the championships and accomplishments section. See [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Archive 60#First.2Flast.2Fmost_reigns.2C_etc.|here]] for more information.
#Our project has a cleanup listing. Please help by adding sources or expanding any articles listed [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Cleanup listing|here]].
#The television show ''RAW'' should now be written as ''Raw'' per [[WP:MOSCAPS]].
#Please familiarize yourself with the [[WP:N|general notability policy]] of Wikipedia. Avoid creating new articles that do not satisfy the requirements.
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<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional wrestling article stats</div>
*There are currently '''616''' articles in [[:Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles]]. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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| || || 3 || 6 || '''9'''
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! {{FL-Class|category=Category:FL-Class Professional wrestling articles|FL}}
| || || 12 || 11 || '''23'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 6 || 33 || 71 || '''110'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 16 || 65 || 200 || '''282'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| || 2 || 15 || 98 || '''115'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 54 || 227 || 1789 || '''2072'''
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! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 1 || 25 || 580 || '''606'''
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! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 3 || 23 || 601 || '''627'''
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! {{Future-Class|category=Category:Future-Class Professional wrestling articles|Future}}
| || || 2 || 13 || '''15'''
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! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 3 || 82 || 405 || 3369 || '''3859'''
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! Total
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*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''208''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
**For the month of '''[[December]]''':
***7 - '''[[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|TNA]]''' presents '''[[Final Resolution (December 2008)|Final Resolution]]'''
***11 - [[User:Urena198|Urena198]]'s birthday
***14 - '''[[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]]''' presents '''[[Armageddon (2008)|Armageddon]]'''
***21 - [[Hanukkah]] begins at sundown
***23 - [[User:Paulley|Paulley]]'s birthday
***24 - [[User:Racer38|Racer38]]'s birthday
***25 - [[Christmas]] Day
***26 - [[Kwanzaa]]
***27 - [[User:SRX|SRX]]'s birthday
***28 - [[User:FamicomJL|FamicomJL]]'s birthday
***31 - [[User:NickSparrow|NickSparrow]]'s birthday
***31 - [[User:WWEFAN99|WWEFAN99]]'s birthday

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Recent deletion debates</div>
*'''[[WP:AFD|Articles for Deletion]]'''
**'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chris Glidden|Chris Glidden]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dave Flores|Dave Flores]] and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Zade McClurg|Zade McClurg]].
**'''Redirected/Merged''': [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Double chicken wing|Double chicken wing]] and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of World Heavyweight Championship (WWE) reigns by length|List of World Heavyweight Championship (WWE) reigns by length]]
*'''[[WP:IFD|Images for Deletion]]
**'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images/2008 November 19#Image:Candice Michelle Ring.jpg|Image:Candice Michelle Ring.jpg]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Recent wrestling news</div>
*At [[Final Resolution (December 2008)|Final Resolution]]
**[[Eric Young (wrestler)|Eric Young]] defeated [[Shawn Daivari|Sheik Abdul Bashir]] to win the [[TNA X Division Championship]]. The [[Professional wrestling authority figures#Management Director|Management Director]] of [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA), [[Jim Cornette]], stripped Young of the title after the event concluded due to interference from referee [[Shane Sewell]]. Cornette immediately set up a tournament afterwards for the X Division Championship to begin on the December 11 episode of ''[[TNA Impact!]]''.
**Suicide, played by [[Frankie Kazarian]], a character from [[TNA Impact! (video game)|TNA Impact the video game]], debuted after weeks of promotion.
*On the December 8 episode of ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]'', [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) held the [[Slammy Award]]s for the first time in eleven years.
*[[Gene Snitsky]] was released from his WWE contract on December 11.
*[[John Morrison and The Miz]] defeated [[CM Punk]] and [[Kofi Kingston]] at a WWE [[house show|live event]] on December 13 to win the [[World Tag Team Championship (WWE)|World Tag Team Championship]].
*At [[Armageddon (2008)|Armageddon]], [[Jeff Hardy]] defeated [[Adam Copeland|Edge]] and [[Triple H]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic non-elimination matches|Triple threat match]] to win the [[WWE Championship]], his first [[World Heavyweight Championship (professional wrestling)|World Heavyweight Championship]] reign in WWE.

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">This fortnight in wrestling history</div>
*[[December 9]], [[1974]] - [[Jack Brisco]] defeated [[Shohei Baba]] for the [[NWA World Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[December 9]], [[2001]] - [[Chris Jericho]] became the first [[WWE Championship|WWF Undisputed Champion]] after beating [[Stone Cold Steve Austin|Steve Austin]] to win the [[WWE Championship|WWF Championship]] and defeating [[Dwayne Johnson|The Rock]] to win the [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[December 10]], [[1973]] - [[Bruno Sammartino]] defeated [[Stan Stasiak]] for the [[WWE Championship|WWWF Heavyweight Chamspionship]].
*[[December 13]], [[2003]] - [[Dan Lopez|Danny Maff]] defeated [[Jerry Lawler]] to win the [[JAPW Heavyweight Championship|Jersey All Pro Wrestling Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[December 14]], [[1963]] - [[Verne Gagne]] defeated [[Reginald Lisowski|The Crusher]] for the [[AWA World Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[December 14]], [[2001]] - [[Russ Haas]] died of a [[heart attack]] at age 27.
*[[December 15]], [[2002]] - [[Kurt Angle]] defeated [[Paul Wight|The Big Show]] for the [[WWE Championship]].
*[[December 17]], [[1999]] - [[Masato Tanaka]] defeated [[Mike Awesome]] to win the [[ECW Championship|ECW World Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[December 20]], [[1999]] - [[Bret Hart]] won the [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship]] by defeating [[Bill Goldberg|Goldberg]].

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== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==

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*'''[[Lockdown (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Lockdown (2008)|(review page)]]}} and '''[[Over the Edge (1999)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Over the Edge (1999)|(review page)]]}} were promoted to [[WP:FA|Featured article]] status.
*'''[[List of WWF Light Heavyweight Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of WWF Light Heavyweight Champions|(review page)]]}} was promoted to [[WP:FL|Featured list]] status.
*'''[[List of WWE Divas Champions]]''' and '''[[List of WWE Cruiserweight Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates/Lists of World Wrestling Entertainment champions/addition1|(review page)]]}} were added and removed, respectively, from the [[Wikipedia:Featured topics/Lists of World Wrestling Entertainment champions|Lists of World Wrestling Entertainment champions]] [[WP:FT|Featured topic]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #009; text-align:lefts; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Good content news</div>
*'''[[Masa Saito]]''', '''[[No Mercy (2004)]]''', '''[[Slammiversary (2008)]]''', '''[[Survivor Series (1992)]]''', '''[[Survivor Series (2007)]]''', '''[[The Undertaker]]''', and '''[[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)]]''' are current [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|Good article nominees]].
*'''[[Night of Champions (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Night of Champions (2008)/GA1|(review page)]]}}, '''[[Royal Rumble (1993)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Royal Rumble (1993)/GA1|(review page)]]}}, and '''[[The Simpsons Wrestling]]''' {{small|[[Talk:The Simpsons Wrestling/GA1|(review page)]]}} were promoted to [[WP:GA|Good article]] status.
*'''[[Hardy Boyz]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates/Hardy Boyz|(review page)]]}} was promoted to [[Wikipedia:Good topics|Good topic]] status.

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #009; text-align:lefts; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Reviews and additional project information</div>
*'''[[Darren Matthews]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Darren Matthews/archive1|(review page)]]}} is currently under [[WP:PR|Peer review]].
*The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration|WikiProject Professional wrestling collaboration]] has been archived as a historical project assessment.

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #009; text-align:lefts; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Editing tips</div>
This is a new section in the newsletter to help familiarize project members with the [[WP:MOS|Manual of Style]] and general editing tips.
#When expanding [[WP:PW/PPV|pay-per-view articles]], avoid using [[Professional wrestling terms|wrestling jargon]] without an explanation, per [[WP:JARGON]], maintain an out-of-universe perspective of the article, per [[WP:IN-U]], and avoid writing in excess detail, per [[WP:PLOT]]. For further information see [[WP:PW/PPVG]].
#Our project has a cleanup listing. Please help by adding sources or expanding any articles listed [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Cleanup listing|here]].
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<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional wrestling article stats</div>
*There are currently '''617''' articles in [[:Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles]]. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

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| 1 || 17 || 68 || 199 || '''285'''
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| || 2 || 16 || 100 || '''118'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 53 || 226 || 1791 || '''2072'''
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| || 2 || 25 || 579 || '''606'''
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*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
**For the month of '''[[January]]''':
*11 - [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|TNA]] presents '''[[Genesis (2009)|Genesis]]'''
*12 - [[User:inuyasha73036|Inuyasha73036]]'s birthday
*16 - [[Ring of Honor|ROH]] presents '''[[Rising Above (2009)|Rising Above]]'''
*21 - [[User:Suriel1981|Suriel1981]]'s birthday
*25 - [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] presents '''[[Royal Rumble (2009)|Royal Rumble]]'''
*29 - [[User:3bulletproof16|3bulletproof16]]'s birthday
*31 - [[User:Nahallac Silverwinds|Nahallac]]'s birthday

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*'''[[WP:AFD|Articles for Deletion]]'''
**'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chris Bang|Chris Bang]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Blackjack Parsons|Blackjack Parsons]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Vince Verhei (2nd nomination)|Vince Verhei]].
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*'''[[WP:IFD|Images for Deletion]]
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*'''[[WP:MFD|Miscellany for Deletion]]
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<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Recent wrestling news</div>
*On December 22:
**On ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]'', [[Trish Stratus]] wrestled her first match in over two years in her native [[Toronto, Ontario|Toronto, Canada]]. She and [[John Cena]] defeated [[Santino Marella]] and [[Beth Phoenix]] in a [[Tag team#Tag team match rules|Tag team match]].
**It was reported by [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] that [[Dave Batista|Batista]] was sidelined with a [[hamstring]] tear that required surgery.
**[[Maryse Ouellet|Maryse]] defeated [[Michelle McCool]] to win the [[WWE Divas Championship]] on an episode of ''[[WWE Friday Night SmackDown|Friday Night SmackDown]]'', which aired on December 26.
*On December 26:
**Independent Wrestling Association's Roland Montgomery, known as Rollin' Hard, died at his home in [[Louisville, Kentucky]].
**WWE Divas Champion Maryse dislocated her kneecap at a WWE [[house show|live event]]; it is unknown how long the injury will sideline her from in-ring competition.
*[[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) moved [[Paul Burchill]] and [[Katie Lea]] from the Raw brand to the [[Extreme Championship Wrestling (WWE)|ECW]] brand on December 30.
*On January 2, [[United States senate|U.S. Senator]] [[Henry Waxman]] filed a letter to the [[Office of National Drug Control Policy]] requesting a review of [[professional wrestling]]'s [[steroid]] testing and usage.

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">This fortnight in wrestling history</div>
*December 22, 2000 - [[Mike Rapada]] defeated [[Terry Brunk|Sabu]] to win the [[NWA World Heavyweight Championship]].
*December 23, 1999 - [[Mike Awesome]] defeated [[Masato Tanaka]] to win the [[ECW Championship|ECW World Heavyweight Championship]].
*December 26, 1983 - The [[Iron Sheik]] defeated [[Bob Backlund]] for the [[WWE Championship|WWF Heavyweight Championship]].
*December 28, 1997 - [[Steve Borden|Sting]] defeated [[Hulk Hogan]] to win the [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship|WCW Heavyweight Championship]]
*December 29, 1998 - [[Mick Foley|Mankind]] defeated [[Dwayne Johnson|The Rock]] to win the [[WWE Championship|WWF World Heavyweight Championship]].
*January 3, 2000 - [[Triple H]] defeated [[Paul Wight|The Big Show]] for the [[WWE Championship|WWF Heavyweight Championship]].
*January 4, 1999 - [[Keiji Mutoh]] defeated [[Scott Norton]] for the [[IWGP Heavyweight Championship]].

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==WP:MOTD==
Please see [[Wikipedia_talk:Motto_of_the_day/Nominations#Running_dry]] [[User:Simply south|Simply south]] <small>[[User talk:Simply south|not SS, sorry]]</small> 18:33, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

== Nom for speedy deletion ==

I have nominated a page you created, [[Moses ben Avraham]], for [[Wikipedia:Criteria_for_speedy_deletion#A3|speedy deletion under A3]]. It seems to be a duplicate of [[Moses ben Avraham Avinu]]. Regards. <font color="#461B7E">[[User:FangedFaerie|FangedFaerie]]</font> <small>(<font color="#153E7E">[[User Talk:FangedFaerie|Talk]]</font> | <font color= "#307D7E">[[Special:Contributions/FangedFaerie|Edits]]</font>)</small> 20:34, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==

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[[Image:Fairytale left.png|30px]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Newsletter/Issue 033|Issue XXXIII]] | [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Newsletter/Issue 035|Issue XXV]] [[Image:Fairytale right.png|30px]]
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As of January 2009:
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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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! rowspan="12" | Quality
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! {{FA-Class|category=Category:FA-Class Professional wrestling articles|FA}}
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| || || 12 || 12 || '''24'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 6 || 32 || 75 || '''113'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 18 || 66 || 197 || '''282'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| || 3 || 18 || 104 || '''125'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 54 || 224 || 1827 || '''2107'''
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| || 2 || 22 || 562 || '''586'''
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! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
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! {{Future-Class|category=Category:Future-Class Professional wrestling articles|Future}}
| || || 4 || 13 || '''17'''
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| 3 || 85 || 406 || 3386 || '''3880'''
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*The [[WP:FAC|Featured article candidacy]] of '''[[Sacrifice (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Sacrifice (2008)/archive1|(review page)]]}} was withdrawn by the nominator.
*'''[[WCW Hall of Fame]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/WCW Hall of Fame|(review page)]]}} and '''[[List of ECW Tag Team Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of ECW Tag Team Champions|(review page)]]}} are current [[WP:FLC|Featured list candidate]]s.
*'''[[Masa Saito]]''', '''[[No Mercy (2004)]]''', '''[[Survivor Series (2007)]]''', '''[[Taboo Tuesday (2005)]]''', '''[[Terri Runnels]]''', '''[[Vengeance (2006)]]''', '''[[Victory Road (2004)]]''', and '''[[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)]]''' are current [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|Good article nominees]].
*The following articles appeared in the [[WP:DYK|Did You Know?]] column on the [[main page]]:
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:*January 12: '''[[George Cannon (wrestler)]]'''
:*January 15: '''[[Melvin Nelson]]'''
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:*January 16: '''[[Pat O'Connor (wrestler)]]''', '''[[Mario Milano]]''', and '''[[Dan Kroffat]]'''
:*January 17: '''[[Ray Gunkel]]''', '''[[Paul LeDuc (wrestler)]]''' and '''[[Alberto Madril]]'''
:*January 18: '''[[Gene Petit]]''' and '''[[Rufus R. Jones]]'''
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*'''[[Darren Matthews]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Darren Matthews/archive1|(review page)]]}} is currently under [[WP:PR|Peer review]].
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''210''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*There are currently '''616''' articles in [[:Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles]]. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.
*A search bar has been added to the archive box on the [[WT:VG|PW project talk page]] for easier navigation through the archives.
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:**'''Deleted:''' '''[[Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|Wikiproject Professional wrestling/Calender]]'''
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This section is intended to warn users about potential targets of [[WP:VANDALISM|vandalism]] and [[WP:SPECULATION|speculation]]: professional wrestling events from major [[professional wrestling promotion|promotions]] for the month of '''[[January]]'''.
*4 - [[New Japan Pro Wrestling]] presents '''[[January 4 Dome Show#Wrestle Kingdom III in Tokyo Dome|Wrestle Kingdom III]]'''
*11 - [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] presents '''[[Genesis (2009)|Genesis]]'''
*16 - [[Ring of Honor]] presents '''[[Rising Above (2009)|Rising Above]]'''
*25 - [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] presents '''[[Royal Rumble (2009)|Royal Rumble]]'''

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*On the December 16, 2008 [[broadcast delay|taping]] of [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]]'s (TNA) ''[[TNA Impact!|Impact!]]'', [[Consequences Creed]] and [[Jay Lethal]] cashed in Lethal's [[Final Resolution (December 2008)|Feast or Fired World Tag Team Title opportunity]] and defeated Beer Money, Inc ([[Robert Roode]] and [[James Storm]]) for the [[TNA World Tag Team Championship]], which aired on January 8, 2009.
*[[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) released [[Justin LaRouche|Bam Neely]], [[D'Lo Brown|D-Lo Brown]], [[Ronnie Arniell|Gavin Spears]], [[Jim Korderas]], [[Kevin Fertig|Kevin Thorn]], [[Matt Cappotelli]], [[Mike Kruel]], [[Mickie Henson]], [[Ron Simmons]], [[Sgt. Slaughter]], [[Tim White (referee)|Tim White]], and [[Val Venis]] from their contracts on January 9 as part of a [[budget]] cut.
*TNA reported on January 10 that [[Christy Hemme]] had injured her neck, and that she would require surgery. She was scheduled to face [[Kia Stevens|Awesome Kong]] for the [[TNA Women's Knockout Championship]] at [[Genesis (2009)|Genesis]]; this match was replaced by a [[Professional wrestling tag team match types#Multiple man teamed matches|Six-woman tag team match]].
*At TNA [[Genesis (2009)|Genesis]] on January 11:
**[[Alex Shelly]] defeated [[Chris Sabin]] in a tournament final [[professional wrestling match types#Variations of singles matches|singles match]] to win the [[TNA X Division Championship]]
**Beer Money, Inc. ([[James Storm]] and [[Robert Roode]]) won the [[TNA World Tag Team Championship]] by defeating defending champions, [[Consequences Creed]] and [[Jay Lethal]], and the team of [[Chris Parks|Abyss]] and [[Matt Morgan (wrestler)|Matt Morgan]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic non-elimination matches|tag team 3-Way Dance]].
**[[Mick Foley]] wrestled his first match in TNA; he teamed with [[Devon Hughes|Brother Devon]] and [[A.J. Styles]] to defeat [[Monty Sopp|Cute Kip]] and [[The Main Event Mafia]] ([[Booker Huffman|Booker T]] and [[Scott Steiner]]) in a Six-man tag team [[Hardcore wrestling|hardcore match]].
*On January 12:
**WWE announced that [[Stone Cold Steve Austin|"Stone Cold" Steve Austin]]'s induction into the [[WWE Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] would lead the [[List of members of the WWE Hall of Fame#To be inducted in 2009|Class of 2009]].
**[[Jake Hager|Jack Swagger]] defeated [[Matt Hardy]] to win the [[ECW Championship]], and his first title in WWE; this title change aired on January 13.
*[[Lisa Marie Varon|Victoria]] announced her retirement from [[professional wrestling]], after wrestling her final match in WWE on the January 13 episode of ''[[WWE Friday Night SmackDown|Friday Night SmackDown]]'' against [[Michelle McCool]]; this episode aired on January 16.
*On January 16, [[Hardcore Holly]] was released from his WWE contract.
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This is a section in the newsletter devoted to help familiarize project members with the [[WP:MOS|Manual of Style]] and general editing tips.
#Do not [[WP:LINK|link]] the [[WP:TITLE|title]] of an article in its lead section if the title is already in [[MOS:BOLD|bold]], per [[WP:LEDE]].
#When expanding [[WP:PW/PPV|pay-per-view articles]], avoid using [[Professional wrestling terms|wrestling jargon]] without an explanation, per [[WP:JARGON]], maintain an out-of-universe perspective of the article, per [[WP:IN-U]], and avoid writing in excess detail, per [[WP:PLOT]]. For further information see [[WP:PW/PPVG]].
#Our project has a cleanup listing. Please help by adding sources or expanding any articles listed [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Cleanup listing|here]].
#When the title of an refers to several things, it is necessary to provide links or disambiguate the page so that readers typing in that title can quickly navigate to the article that interests them. For example: [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)]].
#When editing an article, use the [[Help:Edit summary|edit summary]] to provide a brief summary of your edits; this helps users understand what was changed in the article.

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==AfD nomination of Ahuva Gray==
[[Image:Ambox warning pn.svg|48px|left]]I have nominated [[Ahuva Gray]], an article that you created, for [[Wikipedia:Deletion policy|deletion]]. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ahuva Gray]]. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time.  [[User:JaGa|<b><font color="#990000">Ja</font><font color="#000099">Ga</font></b>]][[User_talk:JaGa|<font color="#000000" size="-1"><sup>talk</sup></font>]] 06:28, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 6 || 33 || 77 || '''116'''
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| 1 || 17 || 66 || 197 || '''281'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| || 3 || 19 || 110 || '''132'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 54 || 226 || 1847 || '''2129'''
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! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 2 || 21 || 537 || '''560'''
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! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
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! {{Future-Class|category=Category:Future-Class Professional wrestling articles|Future}}
| || || 3 || 13 || '''16'''
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:*'''[[Survivor Series (2007)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Survivor Series (2007)/GA1|(review page)]]}}
:*'''[[Victory Road (2004)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Victory Road (2004)/GA1|(review page)]]}}
:*'''[[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)/GA1|(review page)]]}}
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*The [[WP:FA|Featured article]] '''[[No Way Out (2004)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests#February 15|(review page)]]}} was withdrawn as a request to appear on the [[main page]] as [[WP:TFA|Today's featured article]] for February 15 by the nominator.
*'''[[NWA Hall of Fame]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/NWA Hall of Fame|(review page)]]}} and '''[[List of ECW Tag Team Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of ECW Tag Team Champions|(review page)]]}} are current [[WP:FLC|Featured list candidate]]s. '''[[WCW Hall of Fame]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/WCW Hall of Fame/archive1|(review page)]]}} was not promoted to Featured list status; however, it has been renominated [[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/WCW Hall of Fame|here]].
*'''[[Bob Holly]]''', '''[[Rip Hawk]]''', '''[[Swede Hanson (wrestler)]]''', '''[[Taboo Tuesday (2005)]]''', '''[[Terri Runnels]]''', '''[[Vengeance (2006)]]''', and '''[[Wendi Richter]]''' are current [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|Good article nominees]].
*'''[[Brian Adams (wrestler)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Brian Adams (wrestler)/GA1|(review page)]]}} is currently under [[WP:GAR|Good article reassessment]].
*It has been proposed to merge the '''[[WWE Hall of Fame]]''' and the '''[[List of members of the WWE Hall of Fame]]''' articles. The discussion can be found [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling#Merge WWE Hall of Fame and List of members of the WWE Hall of Fame|here]].
*The following articles appeared on the [[WP:DYK|Did You Know?]] column on the main page:
:*January 19: '''[[Mighty Igor Vodic]]''' and '''[[Tiger Conway, Sr.]]'''
:*January 21: '''[[Sue Green]]'''
:*January 22: '''[[Donn Lewin]]''' and '''[[Danny McShain]]'''
:*January 23: '''[[Lanny Kean]]'''
:*January 24: '''[[The Brawl to End it All]]''' and '''[[The War to Settle the Score]]'''
:*January 26: '''[[George "Two Ton" Harris]]'''
:*January 28: '''[[Jean Gagné]]'''
:*February 1: '''[[St. Louis Wrestling Hall of Fame]]'''
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''212''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*There are currently '''583''' articles in [[:Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles]]. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.
*[[WP:XFD|Deletion Discussions]]
:*[[WP:AFD|Articles for Deletion]]
::*'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Irish Whip Wrestling International Heavyweight Championship|Irish Whip Wrestling International Heavyweight Championship]] and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Face Lift|The Face Lift]].
::*'''Kept:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kim Neilson (2nd)|Kim Neilson]] and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/LeRoy Gardner III|LeRoy Gardner III]].

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This section is intended to warn users about potential targets of [[WP:VANDALISM|vandalism]] and [[WP:SPECULATION|speculation]]: professional wrestling events from major [[professional wrestling promotion|promotions]] for the months of '''[[January]]''' and '''[[February]]'''.
*4 - [[New Japan Pro Wrestling]] presents '''[[January 4 Dome Show#Wrestle Kingdom III in Tokyo Dome|Wrestle Kingdom III]]'''
*11 - [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] presents '''[[Genesis (2009)|Genesis]]'''
*16 - [[Ring of Honor]] presents '''[[Rising Above (2009)|Rising Above]]'''
*25 - [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] presents '''[[Royal Rumble (2009)|Royal Rumble]]'''
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*8 - [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] presents '''[[Against All Odds (2009)|Against All Odds]]'''
*15 - [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] presents '''[[No Way Out (2009)|No Way Out]]'''
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*On the January 19 episode of ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]'':
:*[[CM Punk]] defeated [[Darren Matthews|William Regal]] to win the [[WWE Intercontinental Championship]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Hardcore-based variations|No Disqualification match]]; this win made Punk the nineteenth [[Triple Crown Championship|Triple Crown Champion]].
:*[[Vince McMahon]] made his WWE television return after suffering an injury in a scripted accident during his ''[[Vince McMahon#Million Dollar Mania accident and return|Million Dollar Mania]]'' in mid-2008.
*After being temporarily sidelined with a knee injury, [[WWE Diva's Championship|WWE Diva's Champion]] [[Maryse Ouellet|Maryse]] made her return to WWE television on the January 23 episode of ''[[WWE Friday Night SmackDown|Friday Night SmackDown]].
*At the [[Royal Rumble (2009)|Royal Rumble]] on January 25:
:*[[Melina Perez|Melina]] defeated [[Beth Phoenix]] to win her third [[WWE Women's Championship]].
:*[[Adam Copeland|Edge]] won his fourth [[WWE Championship]] by defeating [[Jeff Hardy]].
:*During the [[Royal Rumble#Match|Royal Rumble match]]:
::*[[Rob Van Dam]] returned to WWE for one night only by entering at number 25.
::*[[Randy Orton]], who entered at number 8, last eliminated [[Triple H]] to win the match and a WWE, [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight]], or [[ECW Championship]] match at [[WrestleMania XXV]].
*On January 26, [[Ring of Honor]] announced that they had signed a long-term television deal with the [[HDNet Fights]] broadcast network.
*[[Extreme Championship Wrestling (WWE)|ECW]] [[Professional wrestling authority figures#General managers 3|General manager]] [[Theodore Long]] announced on the January 27 episode of ''ECW on Sci Fi'' that [[Matt Hardy]] had been released from his ECW contract and had signed with the [[WWE Friday Night SmackDown|SmackDown]] [[WWE Brand Extension|brand]].
*On the January 29 episode of ''[[TNA Impact!|Impact!]]'', [[Kevin Nash]] made his TNA television return after being sidelined with a [[Staphylococcus aureus|Staph infection]].
*After debating over a competitive role, it was announced on January 31 by WWE that [[Mickey Rourke]], the star of ''[[The Wrestler (2008 film)|The Wrestler]]'', would appear at WrestleMania XXV as a guest and not as a competitor.
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This is a section in the newsletter devoted to help familiarize project members with the [[WP:MOS|Manual of Style]] and general editing tips.
#[[User:IMatthew/Featured topics|This list]] is of topics that may be easy (or are fairly close) to [[WP:GT|Good Topic]] status. Consider helping by improving an article on the list that is not yet at [[WP:GA|Good Article]] status.
#Consider expanding an article from the project's list of [[:Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|stub articles]] and nominating it at [[Template talk:Did you know|Did You Know?]]. The project's goal is to have 100 total DYKs by the end of the year.
#All Wikipedia articles should be written from a [[WP:NPOV|neutral point-of-view]], representing fairly, and as far as possible without bias, all significant views that have been published by reliable sources.
#When the title of an refers to several things, it is necessary to provide links or disambiguate the page so that readers typing in that title can quickly navigate to the article that interests them. For example: [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)]].
#Addition of content that is likely to be challenged in an article needs to be [[WP:VERIFY|verified]] with a [[WP:RS|reliable source]]
#Do not [[WP:OVERLINK|overlink]] terms in an article, only make links where they are relevant to the context.
#When creating an article that has an image, make sure the image is right-aligned in the lead or in the [[WP:INFOBOX|infobox]], per [[MOS:IMAGES]].

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*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Cleanup listing|Cleanup listing]] – [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Cleanup listing|talk]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/PPVs|Pay-Per-View Expansion]] – [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/PPVs|talk]]
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== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==

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'''The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]] Newsletter'''</big><br /> Issue XXXVI - February 15, 2009 <br />
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As of February 2009:
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! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Professional wrestling<br>articles !! colspan="6" | Importance
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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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! rowspan="11" | Quality
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! {{FA-Class|category=Category:FA-Class Professional wrestling articles|FA}}
| || || 6 || 5 || '''11'''
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! {{FL-Class|category=Category:FL-Class Professional wrestling articles|FL}}
| || || 12 || 14 || '''26'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 6 || 33 || 78 || '''117'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 17 || 66 || 195 || '''279'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| || 3 || 20 || 112 || '''135'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 54 || 226 || 1860 || '''2142'''
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! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 2 || 21 || 539 || '''562'''
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! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 3 || 23 || 597 || '''623'''
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! {{Future-Class|category=Category:Future-Class Professional wrestling articles|Future}}
| || || 3 || 14 || '''17'''
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! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 3 || 85 || 410 || 3414 || '''3912'''
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:*'''[[NWA Hall of Fame]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/NWA Hall of Fame|(review page)]]}}
:*'''[[List of ECW Tag Team Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of ECW Tag Team Champions|(review page)]]}}
:*'''[[WCW Hall of Fame]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/WCW Hall of Fame/archive1|(review page)]]}}

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:*'''[[Terri Runnels]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Terri Runnels/GA1|(review page)]]}}
:*'''[[Taboo Tuesday (2005)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Taboo Tuesday (2005)/GA1|(review page)]]}}

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:*'''[[Brian Adams (wrestler)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Brian Adams (wrestler)/GA1|(review page)]]}}

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*'''[[Backlash (2006)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Backlash (2006)|(review page)]]}} is a current [[WP:FAC|Featured article candidate]].
*'''[[Bob Holly]]''', '''[[Rip Hawk]]''', '''[[Vengeance (2006)]]''', and '''[[Wendi Richter]]''' are current [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|Good article nominees]].
*'''[[Swede Hanson (wrestler)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Swede Hanson (wrestler)/GA1|(review page)]]}} failed its Good article nomination.
*The following articles appeared on the [[WP:DYK|Did You Know?]] column on the [[main page]]:
:*February 2: '''[[Maurice Catarcio]]''', '''[[Blond Bombers]]''', '''[[Rip Hawk]]''', '''[[Swede Hanson (wrestler)]]''', '''[[Brute Bernard]]''', and '''[[Skull Murphy]]'''.
*[[WP:XFD|Deletion Discussions]]
:*[[WP:AFD|Articles for Deletion]]
::*'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chris bullock|Chris bullock]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hexagon Crown Champion|Hexagon Crown Champion]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Face Lift|The Face Lift]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/WWE title history since Draft (2008)|WWE title history since Draft (2008)]].
::*'''Kept:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Irish Whip Wrestling International Heavyweight Championship|Irish Whip Wrestling International Heavyweight Championship]].
::*'''Redirected:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/SmackDown All-Star Kick-Off|SmackDown All-Star Kick-Off]].
*'''[[WWE Hall of Fame]]''' and the '''[[List of members of the WWE Hall of Fame]]''' articles have been merged.
*It has been proposed to merge the '''[[History of World Wrestling Federation]]''' back into '''[[History of World Wrestling Entertainment]]''' after they were split.
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''211''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*There are currently '''584''' articles in [[:Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles]]. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.
*The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Broken external links|Broken external links]] and [[tools:~dispenser/links/WikiProject_Professional_wrestling|Dead links]] tools that assisted the project in fixing external links has not been updated for a period length of time, and as a result, it is not functioning any longer.

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This section is intended to warn users about potential targets of [[WP:VANDALISM|vandalism]] and [[WP:SPECULATION|speculation]]: professional wrestling events from major [[professional wrestling promotion|promotions]] for the month of '''[[February]]'''.
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*8 - [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] presents '''[[Against All Odds (2009)|Against All Odds]]'''
*15 - [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] presents '''[[No Way Out (2009)|No Way Out]]'''

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*On February 2:
:*It was announced by [[Ring of Honor]] (ROH) that they would [[broadcast delay|tape]] their first episode of ROH for [[HDNet]] on February 28 in [[Philadelphia]], Pennsylvannia.
:*Former [[professional wrestler]] and [[American football|football player]] [[Jim Wilson (wrestler)|Jim Wilson]] died at the age of 67 after a lengthy battle with [[cancer]].
*On the February 6 episode of ''[[WWE Friday Night SmackDown|Friday Night SmackDown]]'', [[Eve Torres]] made her [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) in-ring television debut in [[Professional wrestling match types#Variations of singles matches|singles competition]] in a losing effort to [[Michelle McCool]].
*On February 7:
:*[[D'Lo Brown]] made his debut with ROH at a [[House show|live event]].
:*[[Chris Jericho]] was involved in an altercation with a fan while leaving a live event in Victoria, British Columbia.
:*At a live event in [[Naguabo, Puerto Rico]], [[Steve Corino]] won the [[WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship]].
*On February 9:
:*WWE announced the naming of a new Executive Vice President in Marketing, Michelle D. Wilson.
:*On ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]'', [[Ric Flair]] made his first appearance in WWE since June 2008.
*On February 10:
:*On ''[[Extreme Championship Wrestling (WWE)|ECW on Sci Fi]]'':
::*[[Jason Reso|Christian]] returned to WWE after a near four year absence.
::*[[TJ Wilson]] debuted under the name "Tyson Kidd".
:*[[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA) released [[Petey Williams]] and [[Lance Hoyt|Lance Rock]].
*[[Stevie Richards]] was featured in a video promo with [[Chris Parks|Abyss]] on the February 12 episode of ''[[TNA Impact!|Impact!]]''.

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#Please familiarize yourself with the general notability policy of Wikipedia. Avoid creating new articles that do not satisfy the requirements.
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*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Cleanup listing|Cleanup listing]] – [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Cleanup listing|talk]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/PPVs|Pay-Per-View Expansion]] – [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/PPVs|talk]]
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== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==

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'''The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]] Newsletter'''</big><br /> Issue XXXVII - March 1, 2009 <br />
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As of February 2009:
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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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| || || 12 || 15 || '''27'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 6 || 35 || 79 || '''120'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 18 || 65 || 207 || '''291'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| || 3 || 23 || 113 || '''139'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 53 || 233 || 1855 || '''2143'''
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| || 2 || 21 || 534 || '''557'''
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! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 3 || 23 || 594 || '''620'''
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| || || 4 || 15 || '''19'''
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| 3 || 85 || 422 || 3417 || '''3927'''
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*'''[[Backlash (2006)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Backlash (2006)/archive1|(review page)]]}} was not promoted to [[WP:FA|Featured article status]].
*'''[[Blond Bombers]]''', '''[[Bob Holly]]''', '''[[Darren Matthews]]''', '''[[John Hennigan]]''', '''[[John Morrison and The Miz]]''', '''[[Mike Mizanin]]''', '''[[Montel Vontavious Porter]]''', '''[[Mr. Kennedy]]''', '''[[Rip Hawk]]''', '''[[Swede Hanson (wrestler)]]''', and '''[[Turning Point (2004)]]''' are current [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|Good article nominees]].
*'''[[Triplemanía]]''' appeared on the [[WP:DYK|Did You Know?]] column on the [[main page]] On February 26.
*'''[[History of World Wrestling Federation]]''' was merged back into '''[[History of World Wrestling Entertainment]]'''.
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''212''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*There are currently '''581''' articles in [[:Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles]]. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.
*The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Cleanup listing|WP:PW Cleanup listing]] was updated this week by the bot for the first time since October. A number of [[WP:FL|Featured lists]], [[WP:FA|Featured articles]], and [[WP:GA|Good articles]] are listed as having problems. Anyone who fixes an problem with an article should remove it from the listing, so we can accurately keep track of it. All members are encouraged to help out.
*There is an ongoing discussion [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling#NWA title status|here]] regarding what constitutes a "World Championship". All members are encouraged to particpate in the discussion.

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*8 - [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] presents '''[[Destination X (2009)|Destination X]]'''
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*At [[No Way Out (2009)|No Way Out]]
:*[[Triple H]] won his record eighth [[WWE Championship]] by winning the [[WWE Friday Night SmackDown|SmackDown]] [[Elimination Chamber]] match; this win surpassed [[Dwayne Johnson|The Rock]]'s original record of seven reigns.
:*[[Adam Copeland|Edge]] won the [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]] by winning the [[WWE Raw|Raw]] Elimination Chamber match.
*It was announced on the February 16 episode of ''Raw'' that [[Terry Funk|Terry]] and [[Dory Funk, Jr.]] will be the second and third inductees, into the [[WWE Hall of Fame]] as a part of the Class of 2009; they will be inducted by [[Dusty Rhodes (wrestler)|Dusty Rhodes]].
*[[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) announced on February 19 that their February 16 broadcast of ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]'' had gained a 4.1 [[Audience measurement|television rating]], the largest since the February 26, 2007 episode of ''Raw''.
*On February 20:
:*[[HDNet]] announced that episode airings of [[Ring of Honor]] would begin on March 31.
:*It was reported by a [[Nielsen Media Research]] ratings report that the February 19 broadcast of TNA's ''[[TNA Impact!|Impact]]'' earned a 1.3 television rating, the highest rounded number the promotion has ever drawn.
:*WWE announced the release of [[Colt Cabana|Scotty Goldman]] from the company.
:*On an episode of ''Friday Night SmackDown'', WWE announced the return of [[Gail Kim]] to the promotion via a video [[promotion (marketing)|promo]].
*It was reported on February 21 that [[Sonjay Dutt]] had been released from his TNA contract, and this was confirmed with the removal of his profile from TNA's official website.
*On February 20, it was reported that [[Freddie Prinze, Jr.]], a [[Screenwriter|scriptwriter]] for ''Friday Night SmackDown'', had been released from his contract with WWE.
*On February 23:
:*[[Afa Anoa'i, Jr.]], known by his ring name "Manu", was released from his WWE contract.
:*On ''Raw'', it was announced that [[Ricky Steamboat]] will be the fourth inductee into the WWE Hall of Fame as a part of the Class of 2009; he will be inducted by [[Ric Flair]].
*WWE confirmed on February 24 that [[WrestleMania XXVI]] would be held in [[Glendale, Arizona]] at the [[University of Phoenix Stadium]] on March 28, 2010.
*On February 25, WWE announced that they had discontinued the [[WWE One Night Stand]] name, and that their 2009 event would be replaced with the name 'Extreme Rules'.
*ROH taped the first episode airings of their television series for HDNet on February 28 from the [[The Arena (Philadelphia)|The Arena]].

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#Do not [[WP:OVERLINK|overlink]] terms in an article, only make links where they are relevant to the context, and only link each item once. [[WP:Wikitable|Tables]] are the exception to this rule, e.g. the results table in pay-per-view articles.
#When editing an article, use the [[Help:Edit summary|edit summary]] to provide a brief summary of your edits; this helps users understand what was changed in the article.
#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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Style guide#Sources]].
#Per [[WP:MOSCAPS]], television shows, such as ''[[WWE Raw|RAW]]'' and ''[[TNA Impact!|iMPACT!]]'', should be written as ''Raw'' and ''Impact!''.

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*{{User|NiciVampireHeart}}
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*{{User|Truco}}
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*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Assessment|Assessment]] – [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Assessment|talk]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Cleanup listing|Cleanup listing]] – [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Cleanup listing|talk]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/PPVs|Pay-Per-View Expansion]] – [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/PPVs|talk]]
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== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==

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'''The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]] Newsletter'''</big><br /> Issue XXXVIII - March 15, 2009 <br />
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As of February 2009:
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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! {{No-Class|category=Category:Unknown-importance Professional wrestling articles|No}} !! Total
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| || || 12 || 15 || || '''27'''
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| || 2 || 22 || 535 || || '''559'''
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! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 3 || 31 || 591 || 1 || '''624'''
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! {{Future-Class|category=Category:Future-Class Professional wrestling articles|Future}}
| || || 4 || 15 || || '''19'''
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! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 3 || 85 || 448 || 3415 || 1 || '''3948'''
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:*'''[[Rip Hawk]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Rip Hawk/GA1|(review page)]]}}
:*'''[[Bob Holly]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Bob Holly/GA1‎|(review page)]]}}
:*'''[[Montel Vontavious Porter]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Montel Vontavious Porter/GA1|(review page)]]}}
:*'''[[Mr. Kennedy]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Mr. Kennedy/GA1|(review page)]]}}

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*'''[[List of Mexican National Heavyweight Champions]]''' [[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Mexican National Heavyweight Champions|(review page)]] is a current [[WP:FLC|Featured list candidate]].
*'''[[Blond Bombers]]''', '''[[John Hennigan]]''', '''[[John Morrison and The Miz]]''', '''[[Mike Mizanin]]''', and '''[[Turning Point (2004)]]''' are current [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|Good article nominees]].
*'''[[Darren Matthews]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Darren Matthews/GA1|(review page)]]}} failed its Good article nomination.
*The following articles appeared on the [[WP:DYK|Did You Know?]] column on the [[main page]]:
**March 10: '''[[Robert Bruce (wrestler)]]'''
**March 14: '''[[Octagón]]
*[[WP:XFD|Deletion Discussions]]
**[[WP:AFD|Articles for Deletion]]
***'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Local Championship Wrestling|Local Championship Wrestling]] and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Original ECW|Original ECW]]
**[[WP:TFD|Templates for Deletion]].
***'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2009 March 12#Template:World Champions in TNA|Template:World Champions in TNA]] and [[Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2009 March 12#Template:X Division|Template:X Division]].
***'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2009 March 6#Template:Hardy Boyz|Template:Hardy Boyz]] and [[Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2009 March 6#Template:John Morrison and The Miz|Template:John Morrison and The Miz]].
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''214''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*There are currently '''559''' articles in [[:Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles]]. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

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*15 - [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] presents '''[[Destination X (2009)|Destination X]]'''

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*On March 1, [[Pro Wrestling Noah]] announced that they had signed a new television deal with Samurai Television.
*On March 2:
:*[[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) announced that they had signed an agreement with [[Fox Turkey]] to broadcast ''[[WWE Friday Night SmackDown|Friday Night SmackDown]]'' across Turkey.
:*On ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]'':
::*[[Randy Orton]] announced that he would use his opportunity to challenge for a [[World Heavyweight Championship (professional wrestling)|World Championship]] that he won at the [[Royal Rumble (2009)|Royal Rumble]] to face [[Triple H]] for his [[WWE Championship]] at WrestleMania XXV.
::*[[Shawn Michaels]] defeated [[Oleg Prudius|Vladimir Kozlov]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Variations of singles matches|singles match]] to face [[The Undertaker]] at WrestleMania XXV, in the process ending the near-eleven-month undefeated streak of Kozlov in televised singles competition.
::*[[Bill Watts]] was announced as the fifth inductee into the [[WWE Hall of Fame]] as a part of the [[WWE Hall of Fame#To be inducted in 2009|Class of 2009]].
*"The Boogeyman" [[Marty Wright]] was released from his WWE contract on March 4.
*On March 6, [[Sonjay Dutt]] officially announced his contract release from TNA.
*It was reported on March 7 that Kaleb O'Neal had been released from his WWE developmental contract.
*On March 9:
:*"Ryan Braddock" [[Brad Bradley]] and "Kizarny" [[Nick Cvjetkovich]] were released from their WWE contracts.
:*On ''Raw'':
::*[[John Layfield|John "Bradshaw" Layfield]] defeated [[WWE Intercontinental Championship|WWE Intercontinental Champion]] [[CM Punk]] to win the title; this win also made Layfield the tenth [[Grand Slam Championship|Grand Slam Champion]] and twentieth [[Triple Crown Championship|Triple Crown Champion]].
::*[[Koko B. Ware]] was announced as the sixth inductee into the WWE Hall of Fame as a part of the Class of 2009.
*On March 13:
:*[[Andrew Martin|Andrew "Test" Martin]] was found dead in his apartment in [[Tampa, Florida]]. His cause of death is currently unknown.
:*[[Ric Flair]] made his [[Ring of Honor]] debut at a [[house show|live event]] in [[St. Louis, Missouri]].

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This is a section in the newsletter devoted to help familiarize project members with the [[WP:MOS|Manual of Style]] and general editing tips.
#Addition of content that is likely to be challenged in an article needs to be [[WP:VERIFY|verified]] with a [[WP:RS|reliable source]].
#When creating a new article, use one of the templates found [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Templates|here]] to help, if it's applicable.
#Our project has a cleanup listing. Please help by adding sources or expanding any articles listed [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Cleanup listing|here]].
#Dates should be unlinked in all articles per [[WP:MOSNUM]].
#If a sentence seems like it may not be true or is partially controversial, remove it or add <nowiki>{{fact}}</nowiki> directly after it.

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== Frequently used idea and approved areas ==

The Frequently used idea are needs updating seriously and now the future of the approved area is questioned. Please see the discussions at [[Wikipedia talk:Motto of the day/Nominations#Help with FUI and Approved area discussion]].

Is the practical joke meaning that at first you believe you have no new messages from the warning and then reading the links you think you do have new messages and then clicking the links you realise you have no new messages after all?
[[User:Simply south|Simply south]] ([[User talk:Simply south|talk]]) 22:49, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

== thanks ==

hi....I just wanted to thank you for being so outgoing with your beliefs. I find it really refreshing. So thanks.
`Sophiakorichi

== thanks ==

hi....I just wanted to thank you for being so outgoing with your beliefs. I find it really refreshing. So thanks.
`Sophiakorichi <small><span class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Sophiakorichi|Sophiakorichi]] ([[User talk:Sophiakorichi|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Sophiakorichi|contribs]]) 03:12, 16 March 2009 (UTC)</span></small> 

== [[List of Jews in the African diaspora]] ==

Hi. Thank you very much for adding people to the list. Do you know whether there are [[WP:RS|reliable sources]] that say the people in question are Black and Jewish? This is a requirement for adding people to the list, especially living people. Thank you. — [[::User:Malik Shabazz|Malik Shabazz]] ([[::User talk:Malik Shabazz|talk]] '''·''' [[::Special:Contributions/Malik Shabazz|contribs]]) 18:26, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

==Proposed deletion of Elizabeth Jane Caulfield==
[[Image:Ambox warning yellow.svg|left|48px|]]
A [[Wikipedia:Proposed deletion|proposed deletion]] template has been added to the article [[Elizabeth Jane Caulfield]], suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process  because of the following concern:
:<b>Genealogical entry, with no indication of historical noteworthiness nor impact.</b>

All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Wikipedia's [[Wikipedia:Criteria for inclusion|criteria for inclusion]], and the deletion notice should explain why (see also "[[Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not|What Wikipedia is not]]" and [[Wikipedia:Deletion policy|Wikipedia's deletion policy]]). You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the <code>{{tl|dated prod}}</code> notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on [[Talk:Elizabeth Jane Caulfield|its talk page]].

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised because, even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the [[WP:PROD|proposed deletion process]], the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the [[Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion|speedy deletion criteria]] or it can be sent to [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion|Articles for Deletion]], where it may be deleted if [[Wikipedia:Consensus|consensus]] to delete is reached. [[User:CalendarWatcher|CalendarWatcher]] ([[User talk:CalendarWatcher|talk]]) 11:41, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==

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'''The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]] Newsletter'''</big><br /> Issue XXXIX - March 29, 2009 <br />
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[[File:Arrow Blue Left 001.svg|30px]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Newsletter/Issue 038|Issue XXXVIII]] | [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Newsletter/Issue 040|Issue XXXX]] [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|30px]]
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As of March 2009:
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! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Professional wrestling<br>articles !! colspan="6" | Importance
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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! {{No-Class|category=Category:Unknown-importance Professional wrestling articles|No}} !! Total
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! {{FA-Class|category=Category:FA-Class Professional wrestling articles|FA}}
| || || 8 || 3 || || '''11'''
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! {{FL-Class|category=Category:FL-Class Professional wrestling articles|FL}}
| || || 12 || 15 || || '''27'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 6 || 38 || 81 || || '''125'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 19 || 76 || 213 || || '''309'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| || 4 || 26 || 129 || || '''159'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 53 || 248 || 1850 || || '''2153'''
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! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 2 || 21 || 543 || || '''566'''
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! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 3 || 35 || 606 || 1 || '''645'''
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! {{Future-Class|category=Category:Future-Class Professional wrestling articles|Future}}
| || || 4 || 13 || || '''17'''
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! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 3 || 87 || 468 || 3453 || 1 || '''4012'''
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| '''3''' || '''87''' || '''468''' || '''3453''' || '''1''' || '''4012'''
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*'''[[List of former championships in World Wrestling Entertainment]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of former championships in World Wrestling Entertainment|(review page)]]}}, '''[[List of Mexican National Heavyweight Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Mexican National Heavyweight Champions|(review page)]]}}, and '''[[List of TNA X Division Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of TNA X Division Champions|(review page)]]}} are current [[WP:FLC|Featured list candidate]]s.
*'''[[IWGP Heavyweight Championship]]''' [[Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates/IWGP Heavyweight Championship|(review page)]] is a current [[WP:FLRC|Featured list removal candidate]].
*'''[[Against All Odds (2005)]]''', '''[[Ashley Massaro]]''', '''[[Blond Bombers]]''', '''[[Final Resolution (2005)]]''', '''[[John Hennigan]]''', '''[[John Morrison and The Miz]]''', '''[[Mike Mizanin]]''', '''[[Paul London and Brian Kendrick]]''', '''[[Stephanie McMahon]]''', and '''[[Turning Point (2004)]]''' are current [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|Good article nominees]].
*The following articles appeared in the [[WP:DYK|Did You Know?]] column on the [[main page]]:
**March 20: '''List of former championships in World Wrestling Entertainment'''
**March 24: '''[[Mark Starr]]'''
**March 25: '''Against All Odds (2005)'''
**March 28: '''[[Johnny Valentine]]'''
*[[WP:XFD|Deletion Discussions]]
**[[WP:TFD|Templates for Deletion]].
***'''Kept:''' [[Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2009 March 12#Template:X Division|Template:X Division]]
***'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2009 March 12#Template:World Champions in TNA|Template:World Champions in TNA]]
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''216''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*There are currently '''564''' articles in [[:Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles]]. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.
*The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Article alerts|Article alerts]] for WP:PW is now up and running. This page lists recent changes that affect the status of an article in a variety of categories. Please use this in maintaining the articles of the project.

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*5 - [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) presents '''[[WrestleMania XXV]]'''
*19 - [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA) presents '''[[Lockdown (2009)|Lockdown]]'''

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*On March 15 at [[Destination X (2009)|Destination X]]
**[[A.J. Styles]] won the [[TNA Legends Championship]] by defeating defending champion [[Booker Huffman|Booker T]], and by doing so becoming TNA's first ever [[Grand Slam Championship|Grand Slam Champion]].
**Suicide defeated defending [[TNA X Division Championship|TNA X Division Champion]] [[Alex Shelley]], [[Chris Sabin]], [[Consequences Creed]] and [[Jay Lethal]] in an [[Ultimate X match]] to win the title.
*On March 17:
:*It was confirmed via WWE.com that [[The Von Erichs]] were the sixth inductees into the [[WWE Hall of Fame]] as a part of the [[WWE Hall of Fame#To be inducted in 2009|Class of 2009]].
:*At a set of ''[[WWE Friday Night SmackDown|Friday Night SmackDown]]'' [[broadcast delay|taping]]s:
::*[[Montel Vontavious Porter]] defeated [[Shelton Benjamin]] to win the [[WWE United States Championship]]; this match aired on March 20.
::*[[Gail Kim]] made her return to WWE by attacking [[Maryse Ouellet|Maryse]] and [[Michelle McCool]]; this segment aired on March 27.
*It was reported by a [[Nielsen Media Research]] ratings report that the March 19 broadcast of ''[[TNA Impact!]]'' earned a 1.34 television rating, the highest number the promotion has ever drawn.
*On March 21
**[[Elizabeth Miklosi]] (Lizzy Valentine) announced that she had quit the ''[[Asistencia Asesoría y Administración]]'' promotion.
**[[Ring of Honor]] aired their first television show, ''[[Ring of Honor Wrestling]]'', on [[HDNet]].
*On March 22:
:*"Abismo Negro" [[Abismo Negro|Andrés González]] was found dead in a river in El Rosario, Mexico.
:*[[Steve Doll]] died from [[heart]] and [[kidney]] failure caused by a [[Thrombus|blood clot]] in his lung.
*[[Howard Finkel]] was announced as the seventh inductee into the WWE Hall of Fame as a part of the Class of 2009 via WWE's official website.

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This is a section in the newsletter devoted to help familiarize project members with the [[WP:MOS|Manual of Style]] and general editing tips.
#Consider expanding an article from the project's list of [[:Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|stub articles]] and nominating it at [[Template talk:Did you know|Did You Know?]]. The project's goal is to have 100 total DYKs by the end of the year, and we are currently on 74.
#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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Style guide#Sources]].
#When editing an article, use the [[Help:Edit summary|edit summary]] to provide a brief summary of your edits; this helps users understand what was changed in the article.
#All Wikipedia articles should be written from a [[WP:NPOV|neutral point-of-view]], representing fairly, and as far as possible without bias, all significant views that have been published by reliable sources.
#The project's New Year's Resolutions are listed [[User:Nikki311/NYR|here]], and a list of topics that are close to [[WP:GT|Good topic]] status is listed [[User:IMatthew/Featured topics|here]]. Consider helping by achieving an aim listed or by improving an article on the Topics list to [[WP:GA|Good Article]] status.

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*{{User|NiciVampireHeart}}
*{{User|Truco}}
*{{User|Wrestlinglover}}

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== List of Converts ==

Have any idea what's motivating this? I've seen some weird things on Wikipedia, but there's some kind of hidden agenda here. It smacks me of antisemitism (and I'm normally the last person to think such a thing).[[User:SkyWriter|SkyWriter (Tim)]] ([[User talk:SkyWriter|talk]]) 23:38, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
:I'd think long and hard about the fact that four people oppose the inclusion of this material, and only two people support it. [[User:Jayjg|Jayjg ]]<sup><small><font color="DarkGreen">[[User_talk:Jayjg|(talk)]]</font></small></sup> 23:46, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

::Relying on numbers -- eh? There's always more of you folks around than us. But that doesn't change the Wikipedia principle that you don't need an entire article on someone before mentioning them in ANY article. That's completely absurd -- and you know it. [[User:SkyWriter|SkyWriter (Tim)]] ([[User talk:SkyWriter|talk]]) 00:01, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

The vandal is back. I'm still trying to pin down the motivation going on here so we can figure out how to deal with it. The vandal keeps citing a principle of needing additional articles, against contrary evidence from Wikipedia principle that I've cited to him several times. But a responsible editor who believed that other articles were needed would simply begin to create those articles. The fact that he refuses to do so leaves him as a simple vandal -- but no vandal is ever simple -- there has to be some kind of underlying motivation that we can appeal to. I always get flummoxed by insincerity, but I don't want to keep up some ridiculous edit war. The person seemed upset by the term vandal, but continued the vandalism. Again, I'm stumped. If he doesn't want to be called a vandal, why keep vandalizing? I'd suspect self-deception here, but there's something else involved. In any case, if we don't want to edit war against a vandal, are there any other processes to follow? We can't keep babysitting sourced information all the time. What of administrative help? Have you tried that?[[User:SkyWriter|SkyWriter (Tim)]] ([[User talk:SkyWriter|talk]]) 15:16, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

Also, I just did some checking. He's, somehow, an Admin!!! That I really can't figure. What's worse is that he seems to have a preoccupation with Jewish subjects. This could be a lot more serious a problem than I had previously guessed. There's some kind of unstated motive driving toward Jewish (and anti-Jewish) subjects. I don't have the time to do battle with an administrative vandal over a host of pages.[[User:SkyWriter|SkyWriter (Tim)]] ([[User talk:SkyWriter|talk]]) 15:35, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

== Jews and Judaism in the African diaspora ==

Hello. The paragraphs you keep inserting concerning Beta Israel consist of portions that have been [[WP:COPYVIO|copied and pasted]] from your sources and other sections that are [[WP:NOR|original research]]. Please do not continue to restore material that violates Wikipedia's policies. Thank you. — [[::User:Malik Shabazz|Malik Shabazz]] {{toolbar|separator=dot|[[::User talk:Malik Shabazz|talk]] | [[::Special:Contributions/Malik Shabazz|contribs]] }} 18:16, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

:Please stop copying and pasting sentences from sources or they will be reverted. [[Wikipedia:Copyright violations]] is a '''non-negotiable''' Wikipedia policy. "Contributors who repeatedly post copyrighted material despite appropriate warnings may be blocked from editing by any administrator to prevent further problems." — [[::User:Malik Shabazz|Malik Shabazz]] {{toolbar|separator=dot|[[::User talk:Malik Shabazz|talk]] | [[::Special:Contributions/Malik Shabazz|contribs]] }} 22:54, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

::You're expected to rewrite what a source says. But what you've been doing is copying and pasting what the source says ''using exactly the same words the source uses''. That's a copyright violation and it's not permitted. — [[::User:Malik Shabazz|Malik Shabazz]] {{toolbar|separator=dot|[[::User talk:Malik Shabazz|talk]] | [[::Special:Contributions/Malik Shabazz|contribs]] }} 23:06, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

==AfD nomination of Elizabeth Jane Caulfield==
<div class="floatleft" style="margin-bottom:0">[[File:Ambox warning pn.svg|42px]]</div>I have nominated [[Elizabeth Jane Caulfield]], an article that you created, for [[Wikipedia:Deletion policy|deletion]]. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Elizabeth Jane Caulfield]]. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time.{{-}}Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message.  [[User:CalendarWatcher|CalendarWatcher]] ([[User talk:CalendarWatcher|talk]]) 10:08, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==

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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! {{No-Class|category=Category:Unknown-importance Professional wrestling articles|No}} !! Total
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! {{FA-Class|category=Category:FA-Class Professional wrestling articles|FA}}
| || || 8 || 3 || || '''11'''
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! {{FL-Class|category=Category:FL-Class Professional wrestling articles|FL}}
| || || 14 || 16 || || '''30'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 6 || 39 || 85 || || '''130'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 20 || 75 || 217 || || '''313'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| || 4 || 29 || 142 || || '''175'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 53 || 252 || 1875 || || '''2182'''
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! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 1 || 22 || 513 || || '''536'''
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! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 4 || 35 || 627 || 1 || '''667'''
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! {{Future-Class|category=Category:Future-Class Professional wrestling articles|Future}}
| || || 3 || 14 || || '''17'''
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! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 3 || 88 || 477 || 3492 || 1 || '''4061'''
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'''Isaiah 53''', taken from the [[Book of Isaiah]], is the last of the four [[Songs of the Suffering Servant]], and tells the story of "'''The Suffering Servant'''". The passage is known for its interpretation by many [[Christians]] to be prophesy of the [[Ministry of Jesus|coming of Jesus]], being written over 700 years before His birth. This interpretation is rejected by [[Jewish]] theologians, most of whom believe the servant to be the nation of Israel.<ref name="Jewish viewpoint 1">{{cite web | title=Jewish viewpoint #1 | work=Jews for Judaism | url=http://www.geocities.com/logic_faith/prophecies_files/suffering_servant.htm | accessdate=2006-07-05}}</ref><ref name="Jewish viewpoint 3">{{cite web | title=Messianic Jews' viewpoint #3 | work=Truthnet.org: The Messiah | url=http://www.truthnet.org/TheMessiah/8_Messiah_Objection_Isaiah53_1/ | accessdate=2007-03-14}}</ref>
Many Christians view the entire chapter, and particularly this passage to refer to the [[Passion (Christianity)|suffering Jesus faced]] as well as the [[Atonement|absolution of sins]] believed to be made possible by his death.<ref name="Christian viewpoint 2">{{cite web | title=Christian viewpoint 2 | work=grebeweb | url=http://www.grebeweb.com/linden/suffer.html | accessdate=2006-07-06}}</ref>
:<sup>8</sup>From imprisonment and from judgement he was taken, and his generation who shall tell?''
:''For he was cut off from the land of the living; because of''
:''the transgression of my people, a plague came upon them.''
<small>-- Hebrew translation of Isaiah 53:8 from Judaica Press Complete Tanach </small>

Jewish and Christian scholars both agree that 52:13 is the natural beginning of the section, which is reasonable when one considers that the original Hebrew does not have the modern chapter breaks.<ref>[http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Agora/4229/isaih.html Is Isaiah 53: referring to Jesus ?]</ref> The speaker from 52:13 to the end of chapter 52 is God Himself, whereas from the beginning of 53:1 through 53:9 the gentile kings of nations are speaking in their numbed astonishment. This narrative expressed by the surprised leaders of the surrounding gentile nations is referred to in 52:15. This alternation in speakers is evident in that verses 52:13 and 53:11 speak of "My [i.e. God's] servant," while the intervening verses refer to "our transgressions" (i.e., in the Jewish view of this chapter, the transgressions committed by the gentile nations against God's servant, Israel, or, in the Christian view of this chapter, the sins of individuals against God).

==Isaiah 53 in Jewish literature==
Influential Jewish commentator [[Rashi]], as have all other rabbis have believed Isaiah 53 referred to Israel.<ref>Isaiah 53 - Who is the prophet talking about? [http://www.tmtestimony.org.uk/library/2000_3.htm]</ref> Rashi, writing in the 11th century, did have some historical precedent for this interpretation, as his commentary became one of the best popular commentaries on the Tanakh. In Christian church father [[Origen]]'s [[Contra Celsus]], written in the year 248, he writes of Isaiah 53:
:Now I remember that, on one occasion, at a disputation held with certain Jews, who were reckoned wise men, I quoted these prophecies; to which my Jewish opponent replied, that these predictions bore reference to the whole people, regarded as one individual, and as being in a state of dispersion and suffering, in order that many proselytes might be gained, on account of the dispersion of the Jews among numerous heathen nations. <ref>Origen, ''[[Contra Celsum]]'', Book 1.Chapter 55 [http://gnosis.org/library/orig_cc1.htm]</ref>

The first book of the Talmud Berachoth page 5a states "If the Holy One, blessed be He, is pleased with a man, He crushes him with painful sufferings. For it is said: And the Lord was pleased with [him, hence] He crushed him by disease (Isa. 53:10, an exegetical reading). Now, you might think that this is so even if he did not accept them with love. Therefore it is said: To see if his soul would offer itself in restitution. Even as the trespass-offering must be brought by consent, so also the sufferings must be endured with consent. And if he did accept them, what is his reward? He will see his seed, prolong his days. And more than that, his knowledge [of the Torah] will endure with him. For it is said: The purpose of the Lord will prosper in his hand.,...It has been taught: R. Simeon b. Yohai says: The Holy One, blessed be He, gave Israel three precious gifts, and all of them were given only through sufferings.. These are: The Torah, the Land of Israel and the world to come."

The Mahari Kara (R' Yosef Kara, a contemporary of Rashi 11th century C.E.) on Isaiah 52:13: Quote: "Behold My servant shall prosper: Israel My servant shall be exalted and lifted up, and shall be very high. And [according to] the teachings of our Rabbis: He shall be more exalted than Abraham, as it is written: "I have raised my hand toward the Lord…" [Gen 14:22]. He shall be more lifted up than Moses, as it is written: "…as the nurse lifts up the suckling…". And he [Israel] shall be higher than the ministering angels, as it is written: "And they had backs, and they were very high…" [Ezek 1:18].

The Midrash Rabba on Deuteronomy says, "The Israelites poured out their soul to die in the captivity, as it is said, 'Because he poured out his soul to die.' (Isaiah 53:12)"<ref>http://www.judaismsanswer.com/lies2.htm</ref>

Furthermore, The Midrash known as Tana Devei Eliyahu contains three references to Isaiah 53, applying
them to the righteous of Israel (chapters 6,13,27).<ref name="contra">Contra Brown - Answering Dr. Brown's Objections to Judaism by Rabbi Yisroel C. Blumenthal [http://jewsforjudaism.org/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=51&Itemid=47]</ref>

Another Midrash, Aleph Beitot (final chapter) quotes
Isaiah 53 in reference to the nation of Israel as a whole.<ref name="contra"/>

[[Kuzari]] also identifies Isaiah 53 as the nation of Israel.<ref name="contra"/>

[[Chovot ha-Levavot]] also identifies Isaiah 53 as the nation of Israel.<ref name="contra"/>

==Isaiah 53 in the New Testament==
One of the first claims in the New Testament of Isaiah 53 to be a prophecy of Jesus comes from the [[Book of Acts]], in which its author, [[Luke the Evangelist|Luke]], describes a scene in which God commands [[Philip the Apostle]] to approach an [[Ethiopian]] [[eunuch]] who is sitting in a chariot, reading aloud to himself from the Book of Isaiah. The eunuch comments that he does not understand what he is reading (Isaiah 53), and Philip explains to him that the passage refers to Jesus. ''"And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? Of himself, or of some other man? Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus."''<ref>[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts%208:34-8:35;&version=9; Acts 8:34-35]</ref>

==Isaiah 53 as Israel==
Citing a number of Biblical verses that refer to Israel as the "servant", many of them from the Book of Isaiah,<ref>[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2041:8;&version=31; Isaiah 41:8]-[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2041:9;&version=31 9], [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2044:1;&version=31; Isaiah 44:1], [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2044:21;&version=31; Isaiah 44:21], and [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2049:3;&version=31; Isaiah 49:3]</ref> many Jewish scholars, and several Christian scholarly books, like Revised Standard Version Oxford Study Edition Bible, The Revised Standard Version tell us that Isaiah 53 is about national Israel. New Revised Standard Version and New English Bible echo this analysis.<ref>http://www.messiahtruth.com/isai53c.html</ref> Judaism, teaches that the "servant" in question is actually the nation of [[Israelites|Israel]].<ref name="Jewish viewpoint 1" /> These scholars also argue that verse 10 cannot be describing Jesus. The verse states:

:<sup>10</sup>he shall see [his] seed, he shall prolong [his] days

This description, is inconsistent with the short, childless life of Jesus.<ref name="Jewish viewpoint 1" /> Christian theologians contend that verse 10 is not to be taken literally: the "children" referred to is the [[Christian|Church]], and the "long life" refers to the [[Resurrection of Christ|Resurrection]].<ref name="Christian viewpoint 1" />

The reason that the Servant is referred to in the third person may be that these verses are written from the point of view of [[Gentile]] nations amazed at Israel's restoration, or it may simply be a method of figurative description.<ref> as in [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2052:15;&version=31; Isaiah 52:15]</ref><ref name="Jewish viewpoint 1" /> Supporters of this theory argue that the reason for the use of past tense is based on the differences between [[Proto-Isaiah]] and [[Deutero-Isaiah]]. Chapters 40-55 of Isaiah are referred to as "Deutero-Isaiah" because the themes and language are different from the rest of the book, leading some scholars to believe it was written by [[Book of Isaiah#Authorship issues|another author]]. Deutero-Isaiah differs from Proto-Isaiah in that it refers to Israel as already restored, which could account for the past-tense of the passage.<ref name="Jewish viewpoint 1" />

The Servant passages in Isaiah, and especially Isaiah 53, has to be compared with Psalm 44. Psalm 44 directly parallels the Servant Songs, it is probably the best defense for reading Isaiah 53 as applicable to the nation of Israel.

==Isaiah 53 as Jesus==

Many Christians argue that the "servant" could not have been the nation of Israel because of scriptural contradictions that would arise. Primarily, the servant is described as "innocent and guiltless," but Isaiah 1:4 declares the nation of Israel to be "...a people laden with iniquity. A brood of evildoers, children who are corrupters!"<ref name="Christian viewpoint 1">{{cite web | title=Christian viewpoint 1] | work=Chaim | url=http://www.chaim.org/nation.htm | accessdate=2006-07-05}}</ref>, along with countless other verses that declare Israel's iniquity including Isaiah 64:6. Many Jews see no contradiction and view the descriptions of Israel's iniquity as being hyperbolic. This is in contrast to the Christian doctrine of [[Supersessionism]].

In addition, Christians argue that if the "servant" ''were'' Israel, verse 10 ("It '''pleased''' the LORD to bruise him") would thereby be illogical because it entails God enjoying the sufferings of His elect people, which would seem to have no purpose, whereas the suffering of Jesus would ultimately mean an absolution of sin and victory for mankind.<ref name="Christian viewpoint 1" /> It has also been argued that the nation of Israel, even through all of its suffering and torment can not have "atoned" for the sins of mankind because they were not guiltless.<ref name="Christian viewpoint 1" />

Most Jewish scholars equate the phrase "It pleased..." with the concept of divine kingship. All royal acts in an absolute kingdom take place at the "pleasure" of the king, regardless of whether they bring the king actual joy or not. Additionally, Jewish theologians contend that one need not be guiltless for his suffering to have meaning.

Another Christian argument is that, although Isaiah does elsewhere refer to "my servant Israel," it is reasonable to argue that ''this'' "Israel" is not in fact the nation of Israel, but the Messiah. Just as the Messiah is sometimes referred to as "David," after his progenitor (cf. [[Ezekiel]] 34:23-24, 37:24), it is not unreasonable that he might be referred to as "Israel."

As a proof to this idea, in Isaiah 49:3 KJV, the LORD states, "Thou art My servant, O' Israel, in whom I will be glorified." Shortly thereafter, the scripture reveals that this servant called "Israel" would be responsible "to bring '''Jacob''' again to Him (the LORD), though '''Israel''' be not gathered..." (Isa. 49:5), and the LORD declares that the servant called "Israel" should be "My servant to raise up '''the tribes of Jacob''', and to restore '''the preserved of Israel'''..." Furthermore, the LORD states, "...I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth" (Isa. 49:6). This "Israel" could be seen as the Messiah, who is to be responsible for raising Jacob and re-gathering Israel ([[Daniel]]. 7:13; Isa. 27:13; [[1 Thessalonians]] 4:14-17; [[1 Corinthians]] 15:52-55; [[Gospel of Matthew]] 24:29-31).

On the other hand, many Jewish scholars view this text as referring to the righteous among Israel bringing all of Israel back to Him, after which the entire nation would serve as an example for other nations to follow. Furthermore, if the verse in question is punctuated differently, it is not the servant who will gather Israel, but God.

Critics, including Jews for Judaism founder Rabbi Bentzion Kravitz in his book "The Jewish Response To Missionaries," of the Christian viewpoint demonstrates that the Isaiah 53 passage is purposely mistranslated in Christian Bibles to support theological concepts. The original Hebrew, portrays a different picture. For example, the preposition "mi" in Isaiah 53:5 and 53:8 is commonly translated as "for." The meaning of "mi" is not "for" but rather "from" or "because of". Thus the Judaica Press Tanach translates Isaiah 53:5 as: "But he was pained because of our transgressions, crushed because of our iniquities; the chastisement of our welfare was upon him, and with his wound we were healed." Other examples of translation errors are Isaiah 53:8 where the Hebrew phrase "mi-pesha’ ‘ami niga’ lamo" is translated as "for the transgression of my people was he stricken". The word "lamo" is the poetic form of the Hebrew "lahem" which means their/them not him and is used as such throughout the Hebrew Bible. The Jewish rendition of Isaiah 53:8 then is: "because of the transgression of my people, a plague befell them." Based on this, the servant is argued to be a collective entity not a person. This claim is supported by the fact that the Hebrew word for "death" in the following verse of Isaiah 53:9, "And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death;" is plural.

Furthermore Rabbi Yisroel C. Blumenthal in Contra Brown Answering Dr. Brown’s Objections to Judaism, writes, "The prophet describes the servant;
“his visage is disfigured in a manner that marked him as less than human,
and his form is marred from that of men” (52:14).
The prophet continues to tell us that the servant;
"has no form or comeliness that we should look at him and no
countenance that we should desire him" (53:2)
Did anyone ever associate unsightliness with Jesus? Was Jesus ever put
into a class of creatures that is less than human? There are countless
pieces of art that demonstrate that the European mind saw the Jew as a
repulsive creature whose appearance set them apart from the rest of
humanity." Despised, isolated from men”
How was Jesus “isolated from men”? Was he confined to Ghettoes as
were the Jews for centuries upon centuries? Was he barred from
interacting freely with the citizenry in dozens of countries as were the
Jews? How many places of habitation were “off-limits” to Jesus?
“a man of pains and acquainted with sickness”
The Christian scriptures report that Jesus was crucified, but does that
make him stand out as - “a man of pains and acquainted with sickness”?
Many people were crucified and many individuals suffered so much more
than Jesus. But the suffering of the Jewish people sets them apart from
any other national entity.
“we hid our faces from him and we esteemed him not" (53:3)
When did mankind hide their faces from Jesus? Mankind certainly did hide
their faces from the Jews while the most horrid crimes were being
committed against them.
"we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God and afflicted" (53:4)
Did the suffering of Jesus ever play a role in the theology of those who
rejected his mission? But both Christianity and Islam focus on the
suffering of the Jewish people in their theological assessment of the Jew.
According to both of these belief systems, the suffering of the Jewish
people is the evidence of their lowly status in God’s eyes.
“His grave is with the wicked, and his deaths are with the rich.” (53:9)
The servant of God is buried with the wicked, but the Christian scriptures
tell us that Jesus was buried with the rich and not with the wicked. God’s
servant is to die with the rich, yet the Christian scriptures tell us that Jesus
did not die with the rich, but with the wicked. It is obvious that Isaiah did
not have Jesus in mind when he uttered these words.
The prophetic description clearly applies to the persecution of the Jewish
people. Throughout the generations, the enemies of the Jew characterized
the Jew as both rich and wicked. They justified the murder of the Jews
because they believed that the Jew swindled the world of its wealth. The
imagined wealth of the Jew triggered many pogroms and massacres. The
preconception of the Jew as a criminal served as the basis for the
disrespect that the killers showed for the Jewish dead.
When we focus on those verses which describe the servant’s physical
attributes, it becomes clear that the prophet foresaw the suffering of the
Jewish people. The suffering servant is the persecuted Jew."

==Debate about Isaiah 53 in Jewish/Christian relations and their consequences==
===Before 1000===
The earliest known example of a Jew and a Christian debating the meaning of Isaiah 53 is the example from 248 cited by Origen stated above. The discourse between Origen and his Jewish counterpart does not seem to have had any consequences for either party. This was not the case for the majority of centuries that have passed since that time. In [[Ecclesiastes Rabbah]] 1:24, written in the 700s, a debate about a much less controversial topic results in the arrest of the Jew engaging in the debate.<ref> Ecclesiastes Rabbah 1:24 translated by Christopher P. Benton "In Search of Kohelet" http://www.maqom.com/journal/paper9.pdf p 13)</ref>

===1000–1500===
In 1263 at the [[Disputation of Barcelona]], [[Nahmanides]] expressed the Jewish viewpoint of Isaiah 53 and other matters regarding Christian belief about Jesus's role in Hebrew Scripture. The disputation was awarded in his favor, and as a result the [[Dominican Order]] compelled him to flee from his home country for the remainder of his life. Passages of Talmud were also censored. In a number of other [[disputation]]s, debate about this passage resulted in forced conversions, deportations, and the burning of Jewish religious texts.<ref> Jewish Encyclopedia http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=386&letter=D </ref>

===Modern era===
The use of Isaiah 53 in debates between Jews and Christians still often occurs in the context of Christian missionary work among Jews, and the topic is a source of frequent discussion that is often repetitive and heated. Some devout Christians view the use of the Christian interpretation of Isaiah 53 in [[proselytization]] efforts as an act of love. A common view among Jews today is that, while the persecutions of the Middle Ages that resulted from disputations are in the past, Jews still suffer under the threat that their children will be drawn into Christian groups that engage in active proselytization.

Many Jews view the suffering of their people that often results from Jewish/Christian debates when the Jews debeated the Christians about this particular passage as a historical verification of their interpretation of the passage itself. For example after King James I of Aragon declared Rabbi [[Nachmanides]], a winner in a debate with Dominicans, a type of Roman Catholic clergy, over the meaning of Isaiah 53. The King said after Nachmanides defeated the Roman Catholic clergy he was debating, that he never heard "an unjust cause so nobly defended." After the debate the Dominicans, the Roman Catholic clergy, seeked to have Nachmanides executed, claiming that by arguing against them, even though the King gave Nachmanides, freedom of speech, he had committed blasphemy. The King found the punishment too strict, so he had Nachmanides be banished for 2 years. The Dominicans though had the banishment be extended to perpetual exile via through an act of the Pope. This incident is a mild case, there have been many cases of whole Jewish communities being executed as a result of forced debates in which a rabbi was brought, who was ordered to debae with Roman Catholic clergy on what Isaiah 53 meant. In the debates when the rabbis did make the Roman Clergy look foolish by winning, over the meaning of Isaiah 53, often times his community was executed.

==See also==
*[[Messianic prophecies of Jesus]]
*[[New Covenant]]
*[[Christianity and Judaism]]
*[[Messiah (Handel)]]

==Notes and references==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.outreachjudaism.org/sin.html Rabbinic Interpretation of Isaiah 53]
*[http://jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=495&letter=S&search=Suffering%20Servant Jewish Encyclopedia: Servant of God]
*[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10212c.htm Catholic Encyclopedia: Messiah]
*{{bibleverse||Isaiah|52:13-53:12}}
*[http://www.jewsforjudaism.org/web/handbook/s_faq.html The Jewish Response To Missionaries by Jews for Judaism founder Rabbi Bentzion Kravitz]
*[http://www.messiahtruth.com/isai53a.html Messiah Truth]
*[http://www.outreachjudaism.org/isaiah2.html Isaiah 53 by Rabbi Tovia Singer]
*[http://www.outreachjudaism.org/biblical.html Audio Downloads of Judaism’s response to Isaiah 53 available at Outreach Judaism]
*[http://www.uhcg.org/suffering-servant/The-Servant-vs-jc.html A Jewish refutation of Christian interpretation]
*[http://www.christiancourier.com/articles/read/was_jesus_the_suffering_servant_of_isaiah_53 One Christian's interpretation of Isaiah 53]
*[http://www.bible.org/page.asp?page_id=2553 A Christian examination of Isaiah 53]
*[http://experts.about.com/q/Conservative-Judaism-951/isiah-53.htm A Jewish explanation of the text from Rabbi Dov]
*[http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/63255/jewish/The-Bible-with-Rashi.htm Text of Tanach, Judica Press]

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'''Isaiah 53''', taken from the [[Book of Isaiah]], is the last of the four [[Songs of the Suffering Servant]], and tells the story of "'''The Suffering Servant'''". The passage is known for its interpretation by many [[Christians]] to be prophesy of the [[Ministry of Jesus|coming of Jesus]], being written over 700 years before His birth. This interpretation is rejected by [[Jewish]] theologians, most of whom believe the servant to be the nation of Israel.<ref name="Jewish viewpoint 1">{{cite web | title=Jewish viewpoint #1 | work=Jews for Judaism | url=http://www.geocities.com/logic_faith/prophecies_files/suffering_servant.htm | accessdate=2006-07-05}}</ref><ref name="Jewish viewpoint 3">{{cite web | title=Messianic Jews' viewpoint #3 | work=Truthnet.org: The Messiah | url=http://www.truthnet.org/TheMessiah/8_Messiah_Objection_Isaiah53_1/ | accessdate=2007-03-14}}</ref>
Many Christians view the entire chapter, and particularly this passage to refer to the [[Passion (Christianity)|suffering Jesus faced]] as well as the [[Atonement|absolution of sins]] believed to be made possible by his death.<ref name="Christian viewpoint 2">{{cite web | title=Christian viewpoint 2 | work=grebeweb | url=http://www.grebeweb.com/linden/suffer.html | accessdate=2006-07-06}}</ref>
:<sup>8</sup>From imprisonment and from judgement he was taken, and his generation who shall tell?''
:''For he was cut off from the land of the living; because of''
:''the transgression of my people, a plague came upon them.''
<small>-- Hebrew translation of Isaiah 53:8 from Judaica Press Complete Tanach </small>

Jewish and Christian scholars both agree that 52:13 is the natural beginning of the section, which is reasonable when one considers that the original Hebrew does not have the modern chapter breaks.<ref>[http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Agora/4229/isaih.html Is Isaiah 53: referring to Jesus ?]</ref> The speaker from 52:13 to the end of chapter 52 is God Himself, whereas from the beginning of 53:1 through 53:9 the gentile kings of nations are speaking in their numbed astonishment. This narrative expressed by the surprised leaders of the surrounding gentile nations is referred to in 52:15. This alternation in speakers is evident in that verses 52:13 and 53:11 speak of "My [i.e. God's] servant," while the intervening verses refer to "our transgressions" (i.e., in the Jewish view of this chapter, the transgressions committed by the gentile nations against God's servant, Israel, or, in the Christian view of this chapter, the sins of individuals against God).

==Isaiah 53 in Jewish literature==
Influential Jewish commentator [[Rashi]], as have all other rabbis have believed Isaiah 53 referred to Israel.<ref>Isaiah 53 - Who is the prophet talking about? [http://www.tmtestimony.org.uk/library/2000_3.htm]</ref> Rashi, writing in the 11th century, did have some historical precedent for this interpretation, as his commentary became one of the best popular commentaries on the Tanakh. In Christian church father [[Origen]]'s [[Contra Celsus]], written in the year 248, he writes of Isaiah 53:
:Now I remember that, on one occasion, at a disputation held with certain Jews, who were reckoned wise men, I quoted these prophecies; to which my Jewish opponent replied, that these predictions bore reference to the whole people, regarded as one individual, and as being in a state of dispersion and suffering, in order that many proselytes might be gained, on account of the dispersion of the Jews among numerous heathen nations. <ref>Origen, ''[[Contra Celsum]]'', Book 1.Chapter 55 [http://gnosis.org/library/orig_cc1.htm]</ref>

The first book of the Talmud Berachoth page 5a states "If the Holy One, blessed be He, is pleased with a man, He crushes him with painful sufferings. For it is said: And the Lord was pleased with [him, hence] He crushed him by disease (Isa. 53:10, an exegetical reading). Now, you might think that this is so even if he did not accept them with love. Therefore it is said: To see if his soul would offer itself in restitution. Even as the trespass-offering must be brought by consent, so also the sufferings must be endured with consent. And if he did accept them, what is his reward? He will see his seed, prolong his days. And more than that, his knowledge [of the Torah] will endure with him. For it is said: The purpose of the Lord will prosper in his hand.,...It has been taught: R. Simeon b. Yohai says: The Holy One, blessed be He, gave Israel three precious gifts, and all of them were given only through sufferings.. These are: The Torah, the Land of Israel and the world to come."

The Mahari Kara (R' Yosef Kara, a contemporary of Rashi 11th century C.E.) on Isaiah 52:13: Quote: "Behold My servant shall prosper: Israel My servant shall be exalted and lifted up, and shall be very high. And [according to] the teachings of our Rabbis: He shall be more exalted than Abraham, as it is written: "I have raised my hand toward the Lord…" [Gen 14:22]. He shall be more lifted up than Moses, as it is written: "…as the nurse lifts up the suckling…". And he [Israel] shall be higher than the ministering angels, as it is written: "And they had backs, and they were very high…" [Ezek 1:18].

The Midrash Rabba on Deuteronomy says, "The Israelites poured out their soul to die in the captivity, as it is said, 'Because he poured out his soul to die.' (Isaiah 53:12)"<ref>http://www.judaismsanswer.com/lies2.htm</ref>

Furthermore, The Midrash known as Tana Devei Eliyahu contains three references to Isaiah 53, applying
them to the righteous of Israel (chapters 6,13,27).<ref name="contra">Contra Brown - Answering Dr. Brown's Objections to Judaism by Rabbi Yisroel C. Blumenthal [http://jewsforjudaism.org/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=51&Itemid=47]</ref>

Another Midrash, Aleph Beitot (final chapter) quotes
Isaiah 53 in reference to the nation of Israel as a whole.<ref name="contra"/>

[[Kuzari]] also identifies Isaiah 53 as the nation of Israel.<ref name="contra"/>

[[Chovot ha-Levavot]] also identifies Isaiah 53 as the nation of Israel.<ref name="contra"/>

==Isaiah 53 in the New Testament==
One of the first claims in the New Testament of Isaiah 53 to be a prophecy of Jesus comes from the [[Book of Acts]], in which its author, [[Luke the Evangelist|Luke]], describes a scene in which God commands [[Philip the Apostle]] to approach an [[Ethiopian]] [[eunuch]] who is sitting in a chariot, reading aloud to himself from the Book of Isaiah. The eunuch comments that he does not understand what he is reading (Isaiah 53), and Philip explains to him that the passage refers to Jesus. ''"And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? Of himself, or of some other man? Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus."''<ref>[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts%208:34-8:35;&version=9; Acts 8:34-35]</ref>

==Isaiah 53 as Israel==
Citing a number of Biblical verses that refer to Israel as the "servant", many of them from the Book of Isaiah,<ref>[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2041:8;&version=31; Isaiah 41:8]-[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2041:9;&version=31 9], [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2044:1;&version=31; Isaiah 44:1], [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2044:21;&version=31; Isaiah 44:21], and [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2049:3;&version=31; Isaiah 49:3]</ref> many Jewish scholars, and several Christian scholarly books, like Revised Standard Version Oxford Study Edition Bible, The Revised Standard Version tell us that Isaiah 53 is about national Israel. New Revised Standard Version and New English Bible echo this analysis.<ref>http://www.messiahtruth.com/isai53c.html</ref> Judaism, teaches that the "servant" in question is actually the nation of [[Israelites|Israel]].<ref name="Jewish viewpoint 1" /> These scholars also argue that verse 10 cannot be describing Jesus. The verse states:

:<sup>10</sup>he shall see [his] seed, he shall prolong [his] days

This description, is inconsistent with the short, childless life of Jesus.<ref name="Jewish viewpoint 1" /> Christian theologians contend that verse 10 is not to be taken literally: the "children" referred to is the [[Christian|Church]], and the "long life" refers to the [[Resurrection of Christ|Resurrection]].<ref name="Christian viewpoint 1" />

The reason that the Servant is referred to in the third person may be that these verses are written from the point of view of [[Gentile]] nations amazed at Israel's restoration, or it may simply be a method of figurative description.<ref> as in [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2052:15;&version=31; Isaiah 52:15]</ref><ref name="Jewish viewpoint 1" /> Supporters of this theory argue that the reason for the use of past tense is based on the differences between [[Proto-Isaiah]] and [[Deutero-Isaiah]]. Chapters 40-55 of Isaiah are referred to as "Deutero-Isaiah" because the themes and language are different from the rest of the book, leading some scholars to believe it was written by [[Book of Isaiah#Authorship issues|another author]]. Deutero-Isaiah differs from Proto-Isaiah in that it refers to Israel as already restored, which could account for the past-tense of the passage.<ref name="Jewish viewpoint 1" />

The Servant passages in Isaiah, and especially Isaiah 53, has to be compared with Psalm 44. Psalm 44 directly parallels the Servant Songs, it is probably the best defense for reading Isaiah 53 as applicable to the nation of Israel.

==Isaiah 53 as Jesus==

Many Christians argue that the "servant" could not have been the nation of Israel because of scriptural contradictions that would arise. Primarily, the servant is described as "innocent and guiltless," but Isaiah 1:4 declares the nation of Israel to be "...a people laden with iniquity. A brood of evildoers, children who are corrupters!"<ref name="Christian viewpoint 1">{{cite web | title=Christian viewpoint 1] | work=Chaim | url=http://www.chaim.org/nation.htm | accessdate=2006-07-05}}</ref>, along with countless other verses that declare Israel's iniquity including Isaiah 64:6. Many Jews see no contradiction and view the descriptions of Israel's iniquity as being hyperbolic. This is in contrast to the Christian doctrine of [[Supersessionism]].

In addition, Christians argue that if the "servant" ''were'' Israel, verse 10 ("It '''pleased''' the LORD to bruise him") would thereby be illogical because it entails God enjoying the sufferings of His elect people, which would seem to have no purpose, whereas the suffering of Jesus would ultimately mean an absolution of sin and victory for mankind.<ref name="Christian viewpoint 1" /> It has also been argued that the nation of Israel, even through all of its suffering and torment can not have "atoned" for the sins of mankind because they were not guiltless.<ref name="Christian viewpoint 1" />

Most Jewish scholars equate the phrase "It pleased..." with the concept of divine kingship. All royal acts in an absolute kingdom take place at the "pleasure" of the king, regardless of whether they bring the king actual joy or not. Additionally, Jewish theologians contend that one need not be guiltless for his suffering to have meaning.

Another Christian argument is that, although Isaiah does elsewhere refer to "my servant Israel," it is reasonable to argue that ''this'' "Israel" is not in fact the nation of Israel, but the Messiah. Just as the Messiah is sometimes referred to as "David," after his progenitor (cf. [[Ezekiel]] 34:23-24, 37:24), it is not unreasonable that he might be referred to as "Israel."

As a proof to this idea, in Isaiah 49:3 KJV, the LORD states, "Thou art My servant, O' Israel, in whom I will be glorified." Shortly thereafter, the scripture reveals that this servant called "Israel" would be responsible "to bring '''Jacob''' again to Him (the LORD), though '''Israel''' be not gathered..." (Isa. 49:5), and the LORD declares that the servant called "Israel" should be "My servant to raise up '''the tribes of Jacob''', and to restore '''the preserved of Israel'''..." Furthermore, the LORD states, "...I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth" (Isa. 49:6). This "Israel" could be seen as the Messiah, who is to be responsible for raising Jacob and re-gathering Israel ([[Daniel]]. 7:13; Isa. 27:13; [[1 Thessalonians]] 4:14-17; [[1 Corinthians]] 15:52-55; [[Gospel of Matthew]] 24:29-31).

On the other hand, many Jewish scholars view this text as referring to the righteous among Israel bringing all of Israel back to Him, after which the entire nation would serve as an example for other nations to follow. Furthermore, if the verse in question is punctuated differently, it is not the servant who will gather Israel, but God.

Critics, including Jews for Judaism founder Rabbi Bentzion Kravitz in his book "The Jewish Response To Missionaries," of the Christian viewpoint demonstrates that the Isaiah 53 passage is purposely mistranslated in Christian Bibles to support theological concepts. The original Hebrew, portrays a different picture. For example, the preposition "mi" in Isaiah 53:5 and 53:8 is commonly translated as "for." The meaning of "mi" is not "for" but rather "from" or "because of". Thus the Judaica Press Tanach translates Isaiah 53:5 as: "But he was pained because of our transgressions, crushed because of our iniquities; the chastisement of our welfare was upon him, and with his wound we were healed." Other examples of translation errors are Isaiah 53:8 where the Hebrew phrase "mi-pesha’ ‘ami niga’ lamo" is translated as "for the transgression of my people was he stricken". The word "lamo" is the poetic form of the Hebrew "lahem" which means their/them not him and is used as such throughout the Hebrew Bible. The Jewish rendition of Isaiah 53:8 then is: "because of the transgression of my people, a plague befell them." Based on this, the servant is argued to be a collective entity not a person. This claim is supported by the fact that the Hebrew word for "death" in the following verse of Isaiah 53:9, "And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death;" is plural.

Furthermore Rabbi Yisroel C. Blumenthal in Contra Brown Answering Dr. Brown’s Objections to Judaism, writes, "The prophet describes the servant;
“his visage is disfigured in a manner that marked him as less than human,
and his form is marred from that of men” (52:14).
The prophet continues to tell us that the servant;
"has no form or comeliness that we should look at him and no
countenance that we should desire him" (53:2)
Did anyone ever associate unsightliness with Jesus? Was Jesus ever put
into a class of creatures that is less than human? There are countless
pieces of art that demonstrate that the European mind saw the Jew as a
repulsive creature whose appearance set them apart from the rest of
humanity." Despised, isolated from men”
How was Jesus “isolated from men”? Was he confined to Ghettoes as
were the Jews for centuries upon centuries? Was he barred from
interacting freely with the citizenry in dozens of countries as were the
Jews? How many places of habitation were “off-limits” to Jesus?
“a man of pains and acquainted with sickness”
The Christian scriptures report that Jesus was crucified, but does that
make him stand out as - “a man of pains and acquainted with sickness”?
Many people were crucified and many individuals suffered so much more
than Jesus. But the suffering of the Jewish people sets them apart from
any other national entity.
“we hid our faces from him and we esteemed him not" (53:3)
When did mankind hide their faces from Jesus? Mankind certainly did hide
their faces from the Jews while the most horrid crimes were being
committed against them.
"we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God and afflicted" (53:4)
Did the suffering of Jesus ever play a role in the theology of those who
rejected his mission? But both Christianity and Islam focus on the
suffering of the Jewish people in their theological assessment of the Jew.
According to both of these belief systems, the suffering of the Jewish
people is the evidence of their lowly status in God’s eyes.
“His grave is with the wicked, and his deaths are with the rich.” (53:9)
The servant of God is buried with the wicked, but the Christian scriptures
tell us that Jesus was buried with the rich and not with the wicked. God’s
servant is to die with the rich, yet the Christian scriptures tell us that Jesus
did not die with the rich, but with the wicked. It is obvious that Isaiah did
not have Jesus in mind when he uttered these words.
The prophetic description clearly applies to the persecution of the Jewish
people. Throughout the generations, the enemies of the Jew characterized
the Jew as both rich and wicked. They justified the murder of the Jews
because they believed that the Jew swindled the world of its wealth. The
imagined wealth of the Jew triggered many pogroms and massacres. The
preconception of the Jew as a criminal served as the basis for the
disrespect that the killers showed for the Jewish dead.
When we focus on those verses which describe the servant’s physical
attributes, it becomes clear that the prophet foresaw the suffering of the
Jewish people. The suffering servant is the persecuted Jew."

==Debate about Isaiah 53 in Jewish/Christian relations and their consequences==
===Before 1000===
The earliest known example of a Jew and a Christian debating the meaning of Isaiah 53 is the example from 248 cited by Origen stated above. The discourse between Origen and his Jewish counterpart does not seem to have had any consequences for either party. This was not the case for the majority of centuries that have passed since that time. In [[Ecclesiastes Rabbah]] 1:24, written in the 700s, a debate about a much less controversial topic results in the arrest of the Jew engaging in the debate.<ref> Ecclesiastes Rabbah 1:24 translated by Christopher P. Benton "In Search of Kohelet" http://www.maqom.com/journal/paper9.pdf p 13)</ref>

===1000–1500===
In 1263 at the [[Disputation of Barcelona]], [[Nahmanides]] expressed the Jewish viewpoint of Isaiah 53 and other matters regarding Christian belief about Jesus's role in Hebrew Scripture. The disputation was awarded in his favor, and as a result the [[Dominican Order]] compelled him to flee from his home country for the remainder of his life. Passages of Talmud were also censored. In a number of other [[disputation]]s, debate about this passage resulted in forced conversions, deportations, and the burning of Jewish religious texts.<ref> Jewish Encyclopedia http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=386&letter=D </ref>

===Modern era===
The use of Isaiah 53 in debates between Jews and Christians still often occurs in the context of Christian missionary work among Jews, and the topic is a source of frequent discussion that is often repetitive and heated. Some devout Christians view the use of the Christian interpretation of Isaiah 53 in [[proselytization]] efforts as an act of love. A common view among Jews today is that, while the persecutions of the Middle Ages that resulted from disputations are in the past, Jews still suffer under the threat that their children will be drawn into Christian groups that engage in active proselytization.

Many Jews view the suffering of their people that often results from Jewish/Christian debates when the Jews debeated the Christians about this particular passage as a historical verification of their interpretation of the passage itself. For example after King James I of Aragon declared Rabbi [[Nachmanides]], a winner in a debate with Dominicans, a type of Roman Catholic clergy, over the meaning of Isaiah 53. The King said after Nachmanides defeated the Roman Catholic clergy he was debating, that he never heard "an unjust cause so nobly defended." After the debate the Dominicans, the Roman Catholic clergy, seeked to have Nachmanides executed, claiming that by arguing against them, even though the King gave Nachmanides, freedom of speech, he had committed blasphemy. The King found the punishment too strict, so he had Nachmanides be banished for 2 years. The Dominicans though had the banishment be extended to perpetual exile via through an act of the Pope. This incident is a mild case, there have been many cases of whole Jewish communities being executed as a result of forced debates in which a rabbi was brought, who was ordered to debae with Roman Catholic clergy on what Isaiah 53 meant. The rabbi was often told his community would be executed if he lost. Despite this in the debates when the rabbis made the Roman Clergy look foolish by winning, over the meaning of Isaiah 53, as a result his community was executed anyways.

==See also==
*[[Messianic prophecies of Jesus]]
*[[New Covenant]]
*[[Christianity and Judaism]]
*[[Messiah (Handel)]]

==Notes and references==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.outreachjudaism.org/sin.html Rabbinic Interpretation of Isaiah 53]
*[http://jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=495&letter=S&search=Suffering%20Servant Jewish Encyclopedia: Servant of God]
*[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10212c.htm Catholic Encyclopedia: Messiah]
*{{bibleverse||Isaiah|52:13-53:12}}
*[http://www.jewsforjudaism.org/web/handbook/s_faq.html The Jewish Response To Missionaries by Jews for Judaism founder Rabbi Bentzion Kravitz]
*[http://www.messiahtruth.com/isai53a.html Messiah Truth]
*[http://www.outreachjudaism.org/isaiah2.html Isaiah 53 by Rabbi Tovia Singer]
*[http://www.outreachjudaism.org/biblical.html Audio Downloads of Judaism’s response to Isaiah 53 available at Outreach Judaism]
*[http://www.uhcg.org/suffering-servant/The-Servant-vs-jc.html A Jewish refutation of Christian interpretation]
*[http://www.christiancourier.com/articles/read/was_jesus_the_suffering_servant_of_isaiah_53 One Christian's interpretation of Isaiah 53]
*[http://www.bible.org/page.asp?page_id=2553 A Christian examination of Isaiah 53]
*[http://experts.about.com/q/Conservative-Judaism-951/isiah-53.htm A Jewish explanation of the text from Rabbi Dov]
*[http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/63255/jewish/The-Bible-with-Rashi.htm Text of Tanach, Judica Press]

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Isaiah 53

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'''Isaiah 53''', taken from the [[Book of Isaiah]], is the last of the four [[Songs of the Suffering Servant]], and tells the story of "'''The Suffering Servant'''". The passage is known for its interpretation by many [[Christians]] to be prophesy of the [[Ministry of Jesus|coming of Jesus]], being written over 700 years before His birth. This interpretation is rejected by [[Jewish]] theologians, most of whom believe the servant to be the nation of Israel.<ref name="Jewish viewpoint 1">{{cite web | title=Jewish viewpoint #1 | work=Jews for Judaism | url=http://www.geocities.com/logic_faith/prophecies_files/suffering_servant.htm | accessdate=2006-07-05}}</ref><ref name="Jewish viewpoint 3">{{cite web | title=Messianic Jews' viewpoint #3 | work=Truthnet.org: The Messiah | url=http://www.truthnet.org/TheMessiah/8_Messiah_Objection_Isaiah53_1/ | accessdate=2007-03-14}}</ref>
Many Christians view the entire chapter, and particularly this passage to refer to the [[Passion (Christianity)|suffering Jesus faced]] as well as the [[Atonement|absolution of sins]] believed to be made possible by his death.<ref name="Christian viewpoint 2">{{cite web | title=Christian viewpoint 2 | work=grebeweb | url=http://www.grebeweb.com/linden/suffer.html | accessdate=2006-07-06}}</ref>
:<sup>8</sup>From imprisonment and from judgement he was taken, and his generation who shall tell?''
:''For he was cut off from the land of the living; because of''
:''the transgression of my people, a plague came upon them.''
<small>-- Hebrew translation of Isaiah 53:8 from Judaica Press Complete Tanach </small>

Jewish and Christian scholars both agree that 52:13 is the natural beginning of the section, which is reasonable when one considers that the original Hebrew does not have the modern chapter breaks.<ref>[http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Agora/4229/isaih.html Is Isaiah 53: referring to Jesus ?]</ref> The speaker from 52:13 to the end of chapter 52 is God Himself, whereas from the beginning of 53:1 through 53:9 the gentile kings of nations are speaking in their numbed astonishment. This narrative expressed by the surprised leaders of the surrounding gentile nations is referred to in 52:15. This alternation in speakers is evident in that verses 52:13 and 53:11 speak of "My [i.e. God's] servant," while the intervening verses refer to "our transgressions" (i.e., in the Jewish view of this chapter, the transgressions committed by the gentile nations against God's servant, Israel, or, in the Christian view of this chapter, the sins of individuals against God).

==Isaiah 53 in Jewish literature==
Influential Jewish commentator [[Rashi]], as have all other rabbis have believed Isaiah 53 referred to Israel.<ref>Isaiah 53 - Who is the prophet talking about? [http://www.tmtestimony.org.uk/library/2000_3.htm]</ref> Rashi, writing in the 11th century, did have some historical precedent for this interpretation, as his commentary became one of the best popular commentaries on the Tanakh. In Christian church father [[Origen]]'s [[Contra Celsus]], written in the year 248, he writes of Isaiah 53:
:Now I remember that, on one occasion, at a disputation held with certain Jews, who were reckoned wise men, I quoted these prophecies; to which my Jewish opponent replied, that these predictions bore reference to the whole people, regarded as one individual, and as being in a state of dispersion and suffering, in order that many proselytes might be gained, on account of the dispersion of the Jews among numerous heathen nations. <ref>Origen, ''[[Contra Celsum]]'', Book 1.Chapter 55 [http://gnosis.org/library/orig_cc1.htm]</ref>

The first book of the Talmud Berachoth page 5a states "If the Holy One, blessed be He, is pleased with a man, He crushes him with painful sufferings. For it is said: And the Lord was pleased with [him, hence] He crushed him by disease (Isa. 53:10, an exegetical reading). Now, you might think that this is so even if he did not accept them with love. Therefore it is said: To see if his soul would offer itself in restitution. Even as the trespass-offering must be brought by consent, so also the sufferings must be endured with consent. And if he did accept them, what is his reward? He will see his seed, prolong his days. And more than that, his knowledge [of the Torah] will endure with him. For it is said: The purpose of the Lord will prosper in his hand.,...It has been taught: R. Simeon b. Yohai says: The Holy One, blessed be He, gave Israel three precious gifts, and all of them were given only through sufferings.. These are: The Torah, the Land of Israel and the world to come."

The Mahari Kara (R' Yosef Kara, a contemporary of Rashi 11th century C.E.) on Isaiah 52:13: Quote: "Behold My servant shall prosper: Israel My servant shall be exalted and lifted up, and shall be very high. And [according to] the teachings of our Rabbis: He shall be more exalted than Abraham, as it is written: "I have raised my hand toward the Lord…" [Gen 14:22]. He shall be more lifted up than Moses, as it is written: "…as the nurse lifts up the suckling…". And he [Israel] shall be higher than the ministering angels, as it is written: "And they had backs, and they were very high…" [Ezek 1:18].

The Midrash Rabba on Deuteronomy says, "The Israelites poured out their soul to die in the captivity, as it is said, 'Because he poured out his soul to die.' (Isaiah 53:12)"<ref>http://www.judaismsanswer.com/lies2.htm</ref>

Furthermore, The Midrash known as Tana Devei Eliyahu contains three references to Isaiah 53, applying
them to the righteous of Israel (chapters 6,13,27).<ref name="contra">Contra Brown - Answering Dr. Brown's Objections to Judaism by Rabbi Yisroel C. Blumenthal [http://jewsforjudaism.org/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=51&Itemid=47]</ref>

Another Midrash, Aleph Beitot (final chapter) quotes
Isaiah 53 in reference to the nation of Israel as a whole.<ref name="contra"/>

[[Kuzari]] also identifies Isaiah 53 as the nation of Israel.<ref name="contra"/>

[[Chovot ha-Levavot]] also identifies Isaiah 53 as the nation of Israel.<ref name="contra"/>

==Isaiah 53 in the New Testament==
One of the first claims in the New Testament of Isaiah 53 to be a prophecy of Jesus comes from the [[Book of Acts]], in which its author, [[Luke the Evangelist|Luke]], describes a scene in which God commands [[Philip the Apostle]] to approach an [[Ethiopian]] [[eunuch]] who is sitting in a chariot, reading aloud to himself from the Book of Isaiah. The eunuch comments that he does not understand what he is reading (Isaiah 53), and Philip explains to him that the passage refers to Jesus. ''"And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? Of himself, or of some other man? Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus."''<ref>[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts%208:34-8:35;&version=9; Acts 8:34-35]</ref>

==Isaiah 53 as Israel==
Citing a number of Biblical verses that refer to Israel as the "servant", many of them from the Book of Isaiah,<ref>[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2041:8;&version=31; Isaiah 41:8]-[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2041:9;&version=31 9], [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2044:1;&version=31; Isaiah 44:1], [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2044:21;&version=31; Isaiah 44:21], and [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2049:3;&version=31; Isaiah 49:3]</ref> many Jewish scholars, and several Christian scholarly books, like Revised Standard Version Oxford Study Edition Bible, The Revised Standard Version tell us that Isaiah 53 is about national Israel. New Revised Standard Version and New English Bible echo this analysis.<ref>http://www.messiahtruth.com/isai53c.html</ref> Judaism, teaches that the "servant" in question is actually the nation of [[Israelites|Israel]].<ref name="Jewish viewpoint 1" /> These scholars also argue that verse 10 cannot be describing Jesus. The verse states:

:<sup>10</sup>he shall see [his] seed, he shall prolong [his] days

This description, is inconsistent with the short, childless life of Jesus.<ref name="Jewish viewpoint 1" /> Christian theologians contend that verse 10 is not to be taken literally: the "children" referred to is the [[Christian|Church]], and the "long life" refers to the [[Resurrection of Christ|Resurrection]].<ref name="Christian viewpoint 1" />

The reason that the Servant is referred to in the third person may be that these verses are written from the point of view of [[Gentile]] nations amazed at Israel's restoration, or it may simply be a method of figurative description.<ref> as in [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2052:15;&version=31; Isaiah 52:15]</ref><ref name="Jewish viewpoint 1" /> Supporters of this theory argue that the reason for the use of past tense is based on the differences between [[Proto-Isaiah]] and [[Deutero-Isaiah]]. Chapters 40-55 of Isaiah are referred to as "Deutero-Isaiah" because the themes and language are different from the rest of the book, leading some scholars to believe it was written by [[Book of Isaiah#Authorship issues|another author]]. Deutero-Isaiah differs from Proto-Isaiah in that it refers to Israel as already restored, which could account for the past-tense of the passage.<ref name="Jewish viewpoint 1" />

The Servant passages in Isaiah, and especially Isaiah 53, has to be compared with Psalm 44. Psalm 44 directly parallels the Servant Songs, it is probably the best defense for reading Isaiah 53 as applicable to the nation of Israel.

==Isaiah 53 as Jesus==

Many Christians argue that the "servant" could not have been the nation of Israel because of scriptural contradictions that would arise. Primarily, the servant is described as "innocent and guiltless," but Isaiah 1:4 declares the nation of Israel to be "...a people laden with iniquity. A brood of evildoers, children who are corrupters!"<ref name="Christian viewpoint 1">{{cite web | title=Christian viewpoint 1] | work=Chaim | url=http://www.chaim.org/nation.htm | accessdate=2006-07-05}}</ref>, along with countless other verses that declare Israel's iniquity including Isaiah 64:6. Many Jews see no contradiction and view the descriptions of Israel's iniquity as being hyperbolic. This is in contrast to the Christian doctrine of [[Supersessionism]].

In addition, Christians argue that if the "servant" ''were'' Israel, verse 10 ("It '''pleased''' the LORD to bruise him") would thereby be illogical because it entails God enjoying the sufferings of His elect people, which would seem to have no purpose, whereas the suffering of Jesus would ultimately mean an absolution of sin and victory for mankind.<ref name="Christian viewpoint 1" /> It has also been argued that the nation of Israel, even through all of its suffering and torment can not have "atoned" for the sins of mankind because they were not guiltless.<ref name="Christian viewpoint 1" />

Most Jewish scholars equate the phrase "It pleased..." with the concept of divine kingship. All royal acts in an absolute kingdom take place at the "pleasure" of the king, regardless of whether they bring the king actual joy or not. Additionally, Jewish theologians contend that one need not be guiltless for his suffering to have meaning.

Another Christian argument is that, although Isaiah does elsewhere refer to "my servant Israel," it is reasonable to argue that ''this'' "Israel" is not in fact the nation of Israel, but the Messiah. Just as the Messiah is sometimes referred to as "David," after his progenitor (cf. [[Ezekiel]] 34:23-24, 37:24), it is not unreasonable that he might be referred to as "Israel."

As a proof to this idea, in Isaiah 49:3 KJV, the LORD states, "Thou art My servant, O' Israel, in whom I will be glorified." Shortly thereafter, the scripture reveals that this servant called "Israel" would be responsible "to bring '''Jacob''' again to Him (the LORD), though '''Israel''' be not gathered..." (Isa. 49:5), and the LORD declares that the servant called "Israel" should be "My servant to raise up '''the tribes of Jacob''', and to restore '''the preserved of Israel'''..." Furthermore, the LORD states, "...I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth" (Isa. 49:6). This "Israel" could be seen as the Messiah, who is to be responsible for raising Jacob and re-gathering Israel ([[Daniel]]. 7:13; Isa. 27:13; [[1 Thessalonians]] 4:14-17; [[1 Corinthians]] 15:52-55; [[Gospel of Matthew]] 24:29-31).

On the other hand, many Jewish scholars view this text as referring to the righteous among Israel bringing all of Israel back to Him, after which the entire nation would serve as an example for other nations to follow. Furthermore, if the verse in question is punctuated differently, it is not the servant who will gather Israel, but God.

Critics, including Jews for Judaism founder Rabbi Bentzion Kravitz in his book "The Jewish Response To Missionaries," of the Christian viewpoint demonstrates that the Isaiah 53 passage is purposely mistranslated in Christian Bibles to support theological concepts. The original Hebrew, portrays a different picture. For example, the preposition "mi" in Isaiah 53:5 and 53:8 is commonly translated as "for." The meaning of "mi" is not "for" but rather "from" or "because of". Thus the Judaica Press Tanach translates Isaiah 53:5 as: "But he was pained because of our transgressions, crushed because of our iniquities; the chastisement of our welfare was upon him, and with his wound we were healed." Other examples of translation errors are Isaiah 53:8 where the Hebrew phrase "mi-pesha’ ‘ami niga’ lamo" is translated as "for the transgression of my people was he stricken". The word "lamo" is the poetic form of the Hebrew "lahem" which means their/them not him and is used as such throughout the Hebrew Bible. The Jewish rendition of Isaiah 53:8 then is: "because of the transgression of my people, a plague befell them." Based on this, the servant is argued to be a collective entity not a person. This claim is supported by the fact that the Hebrew word for "death" in the following verse of Isaiah 53:9, "And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death;" is plural.

Furthermore Rabbi Yisroel C. Blumenthal in Contra Brown Answering Dr. Brown’s Objections to Judaism, writes, "The prophet describes the servant;
“his visage is disfigured in a manner that marked him as less than human,
and his form is marred from that of men” (52:14).
The prophet continues to tell us that the servant;
"has no form or comeliness that we should look at him and no
countenance that we should desire him" (53:2)
Did anyone ever associate unsightliness with Jesus? Was Jesus ever put
into a class of creatures that is less than human? There are countless
pieces of art that demonstrate that the European mind saw the Jew as a
repulsive creature whose appearance set them apart from the rest of
humanity." Despised, isolated from men”
How was Jesus “isolated from men”? Was he confined to Ghettoes as
were the Jews for centuries upon centuries? Was he barred from
interacting freely with the citizenry in dozens of countries as were the
Jews? How many places of habitation were “off-limits” to Jesus?
“a man of pains and acquainted with sickness”
The Christian scriptures report that Jesus was crucified, but does that
make him stand out as - “a man of pains and acquainted with sickness”?
Many people were crucified and many individuals suffered so much more
than Jesus. But the suffering of the Jewish people sets them apart from
any other national entity.
“we hid our faces from him and we esteemed him not" (53:3)
When did mankind hide their faces from Jesus? Mankind certainly did hide
their faces from the Jews while the most horrid crimes were being
committed against them.
"we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God and afflicted" (53:4)
Did the suffering of Jesus ever play a role in the theology of those who
rejected his mission? But both Christianity and Islam focus on the
suffering of the Jewish people in their theological assessment of the Jew.
According to both of these belief systems, the suffering of the Jewish
people is the evidence of their lowly status in God’s eyes.
“His grave is with the wicked, and his deaths are with the rich.” (53:9)
The servant of God is buried with the wicked, but the Christian scriptures
tell us that Jesus was buried with the rich and not with the wicked. God’s
servant is to die with the rich, yet the Christian scriptures tell us that Jesus
did not die with the rich, but with the wicked. It is obvious that Isaiah did
not have Jesus in mind when he uttered these words.
The prophetic description clearly applies to the persecution of the Jewish
people. Throughout the generations, the enemies of the Jew characterized
the Jew as both rich and wicked. They justified the murder of the Jews
because they believed that the Jew swindled the world of its wealth. The
imagined wealth of the Jew triggered many pogroms and massacres. The
preconception of the Jew as a criminal served as the basis for the
disrespect that the killers showed for the Jewish dead.
When we focus on those verses which describe the servant’s physical
attributes, it becomes clear that the prophet foresaw the suffering of the
Jewish people. The suffering servant is the persecuted Jew."

==Debate about Isaiah 53 in Jewish/Christian relations and their consequences==
===Before 1000===
The earliest known example of a Jew and a Christian debating the meaning of Isaiah 53 is the example from 248 cited by Origen stated above. The discourse between Origen and his Jewish counterpart does not seem to have had any consequences for either party. This was not the case for the majority of centuries that have passed since that time. In [[Ecclesiastes Rabbah]] 1:24, written in the 700s, a debate about a much less controversial topic results in the arrest of the Jew engaging in the debate.<ref> Ecclesiastes Rabbah 1:24 translated by Christopher P. Benton "In Search of Kohelet" http://www.maqom.com/journal/paper9.pdf p 13)</ref>

===1000–1500===
In 1263 at the [[Disputation of Barcelona]], [[Nahmanides]] expressed the Jewish viewpoint of Isaiah 53 and other matters regarding Christian belief about Jesus's role in Hebrew Scripture. The disputation was awarded in his favor, and as a result the [[Dominican Order]] compelled him to flee from his home country for the remainder of his life. Passages of Talmud were also censored. In a number of other [[disputation]]s, debate about this passage resulted in forced conversions, deportations, and the burning of Jewish religious texts.<ref> Jewish Encyclopedia http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=386&letter=D </ref>

===Modern era===
The use of Isaiah 53 in debates between Jews and Christians still often occurs in the context of Christian missionary work among Jews, and the topic is a source of frequent discussion that is often repetitive and heated. Some devout Christians view the use of the Christian interpretation of Isaiah 53 in [[proselytization]] efforts as an act of love. A common view among Jews today is that, while the persecutions of the Middle Ages that resulted from disputations are in the past, Jews still suffer under the threat that their children will be drawn into Christian groups that engage in active proselytization.

Many Jews view the suffering of their people that often results from Jewish/Christian debates when the Jews debeated the Christians about this particular passage as a historical verification of their interpretation of the passage itself. For example after King James I of Aragon declared Rabbi [[Nachmanides]], a winner in a debate with Dominicans, a type of Roman Catholic clergy, over the meaning of Isaiah 53. The King said after Nachmanides defeated the Roman Catholic clergy he was debating, that he never heard "an unjust cause so nobly defended." After the debate the Dominicans, the Roman Catholic clergy, seeked to have Nachmanides executed, claiming that by arguing against them, even though the King gave Nachmanides, freedom of speech, he had committed blasphemy. The King found the punishment too strict, so he had Nachmanides be banished for 2 years. The Dominicans though had the banishment be perpetual exile via through an act of the Pope.

==See also==
*[[Messianic prophecies of Jesus]]
*[[New Covenant]]
*[[Christianity and Judaism]]
*[[Messiah (Handel)]]

==Notes and references==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.outreachjudaism.org/sin.html Rabbinic Interpretation of Isaiah 53]
*[http://jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=495&letter=S&search=Suffering%20Servant Jewish Encyclopedia: Servant of God]
*[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10212c.htm Catholic Encyclopedia: Messiah]
*{{bibleverse||Isaiah|52:13-53:12}}
*[http://www.jewsforjudaism.org/web/handbook/s_faq.html The Jewish Response To Missionaries by Jews for Judaism founder Rabbi Bentzion Kravitz]
*[http://www.messiahtruth.com/isai53a.html Messiah Truth]
*[http://www.outreachjudaism.org/isaiah2.html Isaiah 53 by Rabbi Tovia Singer]
*[http://www.outreachjudaism.org/biblical.html Audio Downloads of Judaism’s response to Isaiah 53 available at Outreach Judaism]
*[http://www.uhcg.org/suffering-servant/The-Servant-vs-jc.html A Jewish refutation of Christian interpretation]
*[http://www.christiancourier.com/articles/read/was_jesus_the_suffering_servant_of_isaiah_53 One Christian's interpretation of Isaiah 53]
*[http://www.bible.org/page.asp?page_id=2553 A Christian examination of Isaiah 53]
*[http://experts.about.com/q/Conservative-Judaism-951/isiah-53.htm A Jewish explanation of the text from Rabbi Dov]
*[http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/63255/jewish/The-Bible-with-Rashi.htm Text of Tanach, Judica Press]

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I Know you want to delete the text. But first, we should figure out a way to effectively link to wikisource. Any ideas? [[User:Adambiswanger1|AdamBiswanger1]] 20:51, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

Bob, I hate to keep bothering you and I appreciate everything you are doing, but I gotta disagree with you about removing the text from Isaiah 53. Not only does it make it infinetly easier to understand the article by having a side-by-side comparison, [[WP:NPS]] states "Some short texts such as short poems and national anthems are usually included in their article, e.g. Ozymandias". I think this is a short text, or at least borderline. I'm going to put it back. [[User:Adambiswanger1|AdamBiswanger1]] 18:11, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

I am Jewish, and I viewed this page for the first time yesterday. As one may expect, I think the quality of this article is quite poor indeed. I plan to post a very different version within the next few days; I am declaring my intention to do so now.
[[User:Big Mac|Big Mac]]
:See http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Isaiah_53&diff=114320650&oldid=114320576 Do what you can, but be careful. Any contradiction of the Christian missionary lunatics will just get reverted within 2 minutes. Obviously, as Jews online, we must continue to suffer at the hands of Christians when we try to serve as a light unto nations and bring the truth of G_d's word to them. [[User:72.74.110.248|72.74.110.248]] 16:27, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

This page presents the Jewish position very poorly. It reminds of a passage I once read from the New Testament where Jesus "proves" to the Rabbis that one may shuck grain on Shabbat because David was once allowed to eat the Showbread. I'm not surprised that the Rabbis weren't allowed to answer in the new Testament, but I would think it might be different on Wikipedia. I'll see what I can do to make things better. --[[user:Eliyak|Eliyak]] <small>[[User_talk:Eliyak|T]]</small>·<small>[[Special:Contributions/Eliyak|C]]</small> 14:36, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

I disagree with the statement that "The earliest known example of a Jew and a Christian debating the meaning of Isaiah 53 is the example from 248 cited by Origen stated above." In actuality, the first such discussion that I am aware of occured between Justin Martyr and a Jewish man named Trypho, in approximately 161 AD. Examples include Chapters XIII and XXXII within his 'Dialogue With Trypho.' On that account, I believe this line should be corrected. [[User:207.239.111.117|207.239.111.117]] 12:51, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

====My Answer to the discussion above====
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Dannyza1981/Sandbox
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Dannyza1981/Sandbox
[[User:Dannyza1981|Dannyza1981]] ([[User talk:Dannyza1981|talk]]) 20:57, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

It`s useful to have the texts next to the dicussion.[[User:Andycjp|Andycjp]] ([[User talk:Andycjp|talk]]) 01:05, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

:I believe Dannyza1981 made other edits besides removing the text. If your only objection was the chapter removal, then your revert undid neutral edits. As for the specific issue of the text, wikipedia is [[WP:NOT|not]] a primary source. We have wikitext for that (where we have various free bible translations). I would support removing the full text on the basis that it is not encyclopedic, and goes against [[WP:NOT]] to include such large quotations of primary sources. -[[User:Andrew c|Andrew c]] [[User talk:Andrew c|<sup>[talk]</sup>]] 01:43, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

== Redo the article ==
I propose the following amendments:

1. Take out the quote of Isaiah 53 in the KJV and Judaica Press. This is an Encyclopedia, not a Christian Missionary debate. You don't need to have the full text, glaring at people if they want to research further, they can, in references and links. (This is also Andycjp's point.

2. The statement that reads: "Jewish and Christian scholars both agree that 52:13 is the natural beginning of the section...."

Is simply not true. http://www.betemunah.org/letters.html:
The scroll is not divided into verses; but it has two kinds of divisions into chapters ("parashiyyot"), distinguished respectively as "petuchah" (open) and "setumah" (closed), the former being a larger division than the latter (Men. 32a). Maimonides describes the spaces to be left between successive chapters as follows: "The text preceding the Petuchah ends in the middle of the line, leaving a space of nine letters at the end of the line, and the petuchah commences at the beginning of the second line. If a space of nine letters can not be left in the preceding line, the petuchah commences at the beginning of the third line, the intervening line being left blank. The text preceding the setumah or closed parashah ends in the middle of the line, a space of nine letters being left, and the setumah commencing at the end of the same line. If there is no such space on the same line, leave a small space at the beginning of the second line, making together a space equal to nine letters, and then commence the setumah. In other words, always commence the petuchah at the beginning of a line and the setumah in the middle of a line" ("Yad," l.c. viii. 1, 2). Maimonides gives a list of all the petuchah and setumah parashiyyot as copied by him from an old manuscript in Egypt written by Ben Asher (ib. viii., end). Asheri explains the petuchah and setumah differently, almost reversing the method. The general practise is a compromise: the petuchah is preceded by a line between the end of which and the left margin a space of nine letters is left, and commences at the beginning of the following line; the setumah is preceded by a line closing at the edge of the column and commences at the middle of the next line, an intervening space of nine letters being left (Shulchan 'Aruch).

I propose that the paragraph be left as is, and the following paragraph added, to present the JEWISH position:

From a Jewish perspective, the Hebrew text itself comprises of open and closed spaces that mark of sections. The major section is the Petucha which starts at Isaiah 52:1 and ends at Isa 53:12 <ref>Babylonian Talmud, Menachos 32a</ref>. There are intervening Setuma breaks throughout. These divide up the text. The servant song begins at 52:13 (following a Setuma break), again there is a break after Isaiah 52:15. From this alone, it is evident that Isaiah's overarching theme is expressed in Isaiah 52:1, and maybe extended until the end of Isaiah 53:12. This suggests that the servant song, is contextually placed as a reference to Israel. It should be noted that chapter numbering is a much more recent phenomenon, and has gone some alteration, since its conception. These were done firstly by Christians, and then later tentatively adopted by Jews. With this in mind, it is clear that if the whole of Isaiah 52-53 be regarded as a single chapter, rather than two individual chapters, the reference to a suffering Messiah is not at all contextual, or clearcut.

3. Judaism agrees that Isaiah 52:13 and 53:6 COULD refer to a Messiah - this Messiah is not a suffering Messiah, but is exalted. (Cf. 52:14-15).

Therefore I think the Jewish part of this article should be thus amended to:
====Isaiah 53 in Rabbinic Sources====
Technically, Isaiah 52:13 has been viewed as both Messianic and a reference to Israel. Given the overall context and comparison to the other servant songs, the simple meaning of the verses refers to Israel. More interpretative and esoteric interpretations that are midrashic in nature, consider its Messianic theme (see Targum Yonatan, for example). This is specifically on Isaiah 52:13, and possibly Isaiah 53:6. However, the simple meaning of the verses, is clearly a reference to Israel. Even Targum Yonatan agrees, in Isaiah 52:14-15. The Talmud<ref>Babylonian Talmud, Sanhedrin 98</ref> and Medrashim are replete with allusions and references to the Messianic themes that are hinted to in these verses. The Talmud and Medrashic sources, do not reject the plain meaning, and the plain meaning does not reject the Messianic themes and elements portrayed here. The plain meaning is however, built on the simple meaning of the verses, and this, always has a preference in normative interpretation. This is not to deny the Messianic interpretation, but rather to place it as secondary to the main thrust of the interpretation.
Rabbi Moshe Alshich said of the passage, "I may remark then, that our Rabbis with one voice accept and affirm the opinion that the prophet is speaking of the King Messiah, and we ourselves shall adhere to the same view." In Christian church father Origen's Contra Celsus, written in the year 248, he writes of Isaiah 53:

Now I remember that, on one occasion, at a disputation held with certain Jews, who were reckoned wise men, I quoted these prophecies; to which my Jewish opponent replied, that these predictions bore reference to the whole people, regarded as one individual, and as being in a state of dispersion and suffering, in order that many proselytes might be gained, on account of the dispersion of the Jews among numerous heathen nations.<ref>Origen, ''[[Contra Celsum]]'', Book 1.Chapter 55 [http://gnosis.org/library/orig_cc1.htm]</ref>

The Mahari Kara (R' Yosef Kara, a contemporary of Rashi in the 11th century C.E.) says the following on Isaiah 52:13 Behold My servant shall prosper: Israel My servant shall be exalted and lifted up, and shall be very high. And [according to] the teachings of our Rabbis: He [Israel] shall be more exalted than Abraham, as it is written: "I have raised my hand toward the L-rd..." [Gen 14:22]. He [Israel] shall be more lifted up than Moses, as it is written: "... as the nurse lifts up the suckling..." [Num 11:12]. And he [Israel] shall be higher than the ministering angels, as it is written: "And they had backs, and they were very high..." [Ezek 1:18].<ref>Judaica Press NACH Series, Isaiah Volume Two, p. 422;</ref>

The important point here is that Mahari Kara, a contemporary of Rashi, referred to "the teachings of our Rabbis", showing this idea of Israel being the servant in Isaiah 53.

Also, In the very first volume of the Talmud<ref>[[Babylonian Talmud]] Berachos 5a</ref>, Isaiah 53 is clearly assigned to Israel and the suffering of those involved with Torah, written close to 1000 years before Rashi, these ideas are said to be handed down orally from the Prophets themselves "If the Holy One, blessed be He, is pleased with a man, he crushes him with painful sufferings. For it is said: And the Lord was pleased with [him, hence] he crushed him by disease. Now, you might think that this is so even if he did not accept them with love. Therefore it is said: To see if his soul would offer itself in restitution. Even as the trespass-offering must be brought by consent, so also the sufferings must be endured with consent. And if he did accept them, what is his reward? He will see his seed, prolong his days. And more than that, his knowledge [of the Torah] will endure with him. For it is said: The purpose of the Lord will prosper in his hand.,...It has been taught: R. Simeon b. Yohai says: The Holy One, blessed be He, gave Israel three precious gifts, and all of them were given only through sufferings.. These are: The Torah, the Land of Israel and the world to come."

4. My citation to http://www.virtualyeshiva.com/counter/isaiah53a.swf and http://www.virtualyeshiva.com/counter/isaiah53b.swf Should help to clarify these points.

5. Mainstream Judaism understands that Isaiah 53 refers to the Nation of Israel because that is the simple meaning of the verses, based on context. Its not like Jews dreamed up this theory in the 11th Century, It is based solidly on the text. (this was cited above: Targum Yonatan, the Talmud (Berachos 5a) and Origen's statements all point to this.

6. This is evident from the Context (Isaiah 46, 48), and references in the Talmud (Berachos 5a)

7. I want to add the following two links at the end as additional external links:
http://www.virtualyeshiva.com/counter/isaiah53a.swf
http://www.virtualyeshiva.com/counter/isaiah53b.swf

[[User:Dannyza1981|Dannyza1981]] ([[User talk:Dannyza1981|talk]]) 20:27, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for the information on the divisions. As for the current article I would remove the text and do a re-write of the information on the divisions, as a self-published muslim-apologist's site does not meet the standards for citations (though neither does a Jewish site). As for Isaiah 53 being about Israel, I would also present the other interpretations in the Talmud, not just the one which Reformed Judaism adheres to, as Reformed Judaism is in the minority, historically, of what the more ancient interpreters said about this secion; Jewish sources backing this up and affirming this (non-messianic) include, among others, the Babylonian Talmud (Sanhedrin 98b), the Midrash Ruth Rabbah, Targum Jonathan (explicitly translates it to mean Messiah), Zohar, Moses Maimonides, Rabbi Mosheh Kohen Ibn Crispin (who said "having forsaken the knowledge of our Teachers, and inclined after the `stubbornness of their own hearts,' and of their own opinion, I am pleased to interpret it, in accordance with the teaching of our Rabbis, of the King Messiah....This prophecy was delivered by Isaiah at the divine command for the purpose of making known to us something about the nature of the future Messiah, who is to come and deliver Israel, and his life from the day when he arrives at discretion until his advent as a redeemer, in order that if anyone should arise claiming to be himself the Messiah, we may reflect, and look to see whether we can observe in him any resemblance to the traits described here; if there is any such resemblance, then we may believe that he is the Messiah our righteousness; but if not, we cannot do so."); those are just a few. There are also some great Medieval sources of Rabbis rebuking the modernistic interpretations which contradict the older Jewish interpretative history, besides the fact that saying this passage is of Israel contradicts the other scriptures in the Tanakh: it’s just poor scholarship, or perhaps I should say inattentive reading. No offense. Whenever studies are done by reading this passage to kids in Israel, or in public, the Jews themselves say "it's of Jesus"...till you tell them it's from the TANAKH.

And so it’s in the open I am a Christian…but one who appreciate the Jewish history and heritage (being myself of that stock and thankful for it).

And just so I'm not putting-out unbacked claims of "poor scholarship", if this passage was of Israel it could not say the suffering servant said nothing: Israel has always groaned under oppression and persecution--why not? The suffering servant is sinless...Judah is as Sodom and Jerusalem as a harlot (Isaiah). The sufferer not only is a sin-offering (Heb., English is usually "atoned for") but does this for "my people" (the prophet's), who are "my [the prophet's] people"? Israel: the passage is not about Israel, which is plain by just reading the thing in its own context. The list goes on and on.

I propose this article should show the ancient interpretations from Jewish sources, being considerate of the literary devices and references as well, first, before the apologetic-polemic: the older interpretations are more consistent and better adhere to the text, not what polemicists try to read into it. I think it should also, then, present the other views, (NPOV). It's just more honest, and balanced. [note the four tildes never give my screen name, "The Research Persona", only : <p>tooMuchData</p> 21:51, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
::I know this was posted a long time ago, but I would like to comment on this, one Ibn Crispin, did not identify Isaiah 53 as the Christian missionaries say, and too he is in fact not notable in Judiaism. Ibn Crispin said the following about Isaiah 53, '
::::I have here transcribed an exposition of this Parsha; perhaps an answer may be found in it against the heretics who interpret it of Jsus. It is my intention to keep myself continually at the doors of the learned; and so far as my ability can command, I shall follow the saying of our Rabbis, '"And know how to answer the Apikorus." though it does not seem to me to be right or permissible to apply the prophecy to the King Messiah... it must, in fact, be referred either to Israel as a whole, or to Jeremiah.'<ref>http://messiahtruth.yuku.com/reply/33030/t/Concerning-unblemished-animals.html#reply-33030</ref>
::Also your claim that Sanhedrin 98b identifies Isaiah 53 as refering to the Messiah is wrong. Sanhedrin 98b discusses the "leper scholar" and it makes a JOKE about the messiah (quoting Isaiah 53). Again, Sanhedrin 98b is one of those "quotes" the Chrstians USE to prove the rabbis said Isaiah 53 was about the messiah.

The rabbis ask each other what is the messiahs name? And they have various answer. The one that gets the apologists all excited is the one that jokingly says:

The Rabbis said: His name is 'the leper scholar,' as it is written, Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him a leper, smitten of G-d, and afflicted.

The leper scholar was a real person who shows up time and again in Talmud. This statement is a joke where the rebbes are saying hey, maybe it was THIS guy. Read 'Margulious HaYom' by Rabbi Reuven Margolious. 2 page 81 paragraph #16 where he says:

Rebbi had a exceptional student who taught a chapter of the work of the chariot without the permission of his Rabbi, and he was stricken with leprosy. This student who was stricken with leprosy was called 'the leper of the house of Rebbi'"

The discussion continues beyond this point with one rabbi saying this will be the name of the messiah and another saying, no THIS is the name of the messiah. The bandy about David, Daniel, Moses, Haninah and others. The leper scholar is just another in a long laundry list and again is aggudah. . . NOT something to be taken literally.

In the preceding paragraph R' Hillel says that the Messiah has already came, and it was Hezekiah !

So in Sanhedrin 98b the reference of Isaiah 53 is simply part of a speculative discussion among the Ravs. Shabbat Shalom. <ref>http://messiahtruth.yuku.com/reply/33192/t/THE-COLLECTIVE-MESSIAH.html#reply-33192</ref>

::Rabbis have never identified Isaiah 53 as refering to the Messiah read Messiahtruth.yuku.com
::Christian apologists argue such by misquoting rabbis, taking a small sections of texts out of its context, or by simply fabricating quotes.

--13:54, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

I have to agree with tooMuchData. I only want to add that the standard Christian interpretation of the Suffering Servant is that he is Jesus Christ, as we find in Acts 8:32-35, where the authority is apostolic. Acts 8:32-33 is a direct quote of Isaiah 53:7-8. Dannyza1981's reference to the opinion of a well-known Christian apostate like Origen about Isaiah 53 is a straw-man argument and thus without merit; it is comparable to relying upon a mere rabbi's opinion for support and ignoring the published, contradictory opinion of Moses.

One cannot avoid controversy with this article. It should therefore include a dialogue between those who maintain that the Suffering Servant is Israel and those who maintain that the Suffering Servant is Jesus Christ. The polemics should be respectful and allow development of the two views. There probably needs to be a separate discussion area for each of the two views so that consensus can be achieved for each polemic. <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/65.30.125.232|65.30.125.232]] ([[User talk:65.30.125.232|talk]]) 05:24, 19 January 2009 (UTC)</span> 

== Wikitexts ==
The Chapter Isaiah 53, needs to be in wikitexts I took it out. Also, technically, the issue begins at Isaiah 52:13 for Christians and for Jews Isaiah 52 and ends at the end of Isaiah 53. Readers should be referred to wikitexts to form their own conclusions.
[[User:Dannyza1981|Dannyza1981]] ([[User talk:Dannyza1981|talk]]) 13:42, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

== New Changes ==
I think the citation of Christian Scholars about the earliest reference to their position in the Talmud, needs to go in the section entitled theories against the nation of Israel.

Also I added in a reference to Psalm 44, which adds weight to the Israel theory.

I want to change the reference to the Talmud as being neither against or for....

[[User:Dannyza1981|Dannyza1981]] ([[User talk:Dannyza1981|talk]]) 21:15, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

:I've moved your post to the bottom. Do you have a citation you could add to a scholar who uses Ps. 44 to support the Israel theory? Thanks.-[[User:Andrew c|Andrew c]] [[User talk:Andrew c|<sup>[talk]</sup>]] 02:00, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

== POV Tag ==

*I added the POV tag because this article doesn't seem very objective to me. For instance, there is a lot of Jewish rebuttal of Christian perspectives. Also the Jewish scholars "tell us" while the Christian "argue". It seems more reasonable to have a section titled "Jewish Interpretation" and a section titled "Christian Interpretation". All the rebuttal arguments should be left out as they develop into spiritual tit-for-tat and leads to a lower quality article. Wikipedia is not the place for either Christian or Jewish proselytizing. It also seem unlikely that either the Christian or Jewish interpretations are monolithic and there may be more interpretations available in each of those traditions. [[User:Kevin Rector|Kevin Rector]] ([[User talk:Kevin Rector|talk]]) 05:06, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

*Wrong, Jews have always identified Isaiah 53 as Israel, just by looking at the fact that Jeremiah, the Psalms, and Isaiah all use the same formula of referring to Israel as the servant, also there are grammatical issues if one identifies Isaiah 53 as the messiah and not Israel. The article is not POV, the articles shows why most Christians think Isaiah 53 isn't Israel and the messiah, and why all Jews think Isaiah can't be the messiah and must be Israel. That is reasonable. An article should show both sides, which it does. --[[User:Java7837|Java7837]] ([[User talk:Java7837|talk]]) 14:01, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

*I'm not arguing against what Jews teach. There are also Christians who believe this. The point isn't what one group or person says or the other. The article does show both sides but in an imbalanced way that's why it has the POV tag. [[User:Kevin Rector|Kevin Rector]] ([[User talk:Kevin Rector|talk]]) 14:44, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

*Also your criticism to rebuttals I think makes no sense, if a Christian, members of religion dating almost 2,000 years after the birth of Judaism, says ... is what a Jewish prophet meant, it makes sense to show why Jews do not accept that interpretation. I think you are not thinking this true, if a Mormon says a certain verse in the NT predicts Joseph Smith, it would be reasonable to show why Christians do not accept the Mormon's interpretation because of say grammatical problems, and the same formula appearing in the NT meaning say the Holy Spirit, or John the Baptist. --[[User:Java7837|Java7837]] ([[User talk:Java7837|talk]]) 02:55, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

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'''Isaiah 53''', taken from the [[Book of Isaiah]], is the last of the four [[Songs of the Suffering Servant]], and tells the story of "'''The Suffering Servant'''". The passage is famous for its interpretation by many [[Christians]] to be prophesy of the [[Ministry of Jesus|coming of Jesus]], being written over 700 years before his birth. This interpretation is rejected by [[Jewish]] theologians, most of whom believe the servant to be the nation of Israel.<ref name="Jewish viewpoint 1">{{cite web | title=Jewish viewpoint #1 | work=Jews for Judaism | url=http://www.geocities.com/logic_faith/prophecies_files/suffering_servant.htm | accessdate=2006-07-05}}</ref><ref name="Jewish viewpoint 3">{{cite web | title=Messianic Jews' viewpoint #3 | work=Truthnet.org: The Messiah | url=http://www.truthnet.org/TheMessiah/8_Messiah_Objection_Isaiah53_1/ | accessdate=2007-03-14}}</ref>
Many Christians view the entire chapter, and particularly this passage to refer to the [[Passion (Christianity)|suffering Jesus faced]] as well as the [[Atonement|absolution of sins]] believed to be made possible by his death.<ref name="Christian viewpoint 2">{{cite web | title=Christian viewpoint 2 | work=grebeweb | url=http://www.grebeweb.com/linden/suffer.html | accessdate=2006-07-06}}</ref>
:<sup>8</sup>From imprisonment and from judgment he was taken, and his generation who shall tell?''
:''For he was cut off from the land of the living; because of''
:''the transgression of my people, a plague came upon them.''
<small>-- Hebrew translation of Isaiah 53:8 from Judaica Press Complete Tanach </small>

Jewish and Christian scholars both agree that 52:13 is the natural beginning of the section, which is reasonable when one considers that the original Hebrew does not have the modern chapter breaks.<ref>[http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Agora/4229/isaih.html Is Isaiah 53: refering to Jesus ?]</ref> The speaker from 52:13 to the end of chapter 52 is God himself, whereas from the beginning of 53:1 through 53:9 the gentile kings of nations are speaking in their numbed astonishment. This narrative expressed by the surprised leaders of the surrounding gentile nations is referred to in 52:15. This alternation in speakers is evident in that verses 52:13 and 53:11 speak of "My [i.e. God's] servant," while the intervening verses refer to "our transgressions" (i.e., in the Jewish view of this chapter, the transgressions committed by the gentile nations against God's servant, Israel, or, in the Christian view of this chapter, the sins of individuals against God).

==Isaiah 53 in Jewish literature==
Influential Jewish commentator [[Rashi]], as have all other rabbis have believed Isaiah 53 referred to Israel.<ref>Isaiah 53 - Who is the prophet talking about? [http://www.tmtestimony.org.uk/library/2000_3.htm]</ref> Rashi, writing in the 11th century, did have some historical precedent for this interpretation, as his commentary became one of the best popular commentaries on the Tanakh. In Christian church father [[Origen]]'s [[Contra Celsus]], written in the year 248, he writes of Isaiah 53:
:Now I remember that, on one occasion, at a disputation held with certain Jews, who were reckoned wise men, I quoted these prophecies; to which my Jewish opponent replied, that these predictions bore reference to the whole people, regarded as one individual, and as being in a state of dispersion and suffering, in order that many proselytes might be gained, on account of the dispersion of the Jews among numerous heathen nations. <ref>Origen, ''[[Contra Celsum]]'', Book 1.Chapter 55 [http://gnosis.org/library/orig_cc1.htm]</ref>

The first book of the Talmud Berachoth page 5a states "If the Holy One, blessed be He, is pleased with a man, He crushes him with painful sufferings. For it is said: And the Lord was pleased with [him, hence] He crushed him by disease (Isa. 53:10, an exegetical reading). Now, you might think that this is so even if he did not accept them with love. Therefore it is said: To see if his soul would offer itself in restitution. Even as the trespass-offering must be brought by consent, so also the sufferings must be endured with consent. And if he did accept them, what is his reward? He will see his seed, prolong his days. And more than that, his knowledge [of the Torah] will endure with him. For it is said: The purpose of the Lord will prosper in his hand.,...It has been taught: R. Simeon b. Yohai says: The Holy One, blessed be He, gave Israel three precious gifts, and all of them were given only through sufferings.. These are: The Torah, the Land of Israel and the world to come."

The Mahari Kara (R' Yosef Kara, a contemporary of Rashi 11th century C.E.) on Isaiah 52:13: Quote: "Behold My servant shall prosper: Israel My servant shall be exalted and lifted up, and shall be very high. And [according to] the teachings of our Rabbis: He shall be more exalted than Abraham, as it is written: "I have raised my hand toward the Lord…" [Gen 14:22]. He shall be more lifted up than Moses, as it is written: "…as the nurse lifts up the suckling…". And he [Israel] shall be higher than the ministering angels, as it is written: "And they had backs, and they were very high…" [Ezek 1:18].

The Midrash Rabba on Deuteronomy says, "The Israelites poured out their soul to die in the captivity, as it is said, 'Because he poured out his soul to die.' (Isaiah 53:12)"<ref>http://www.judaismsanswer.com/lies2.htm</ref>

Furthermore, The Midrash known as Tana Devei Eliyahu contains three references to Isaiah 53, applying
them to the righteous of Israel (chapters 6,13,27).<ref name="contra">Contra Brown - Answering Dr. Brown's Objections to Judaism by Rabbi Yisroel C. Blumenthal [http://jewsforjudaism.org/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=51&Itemid=47]</ref>

Another Midrash, Aleph Beitot (final chapter) quotes
Isaiah 53 in reference to the nation of Israel as a whole.<ref name="contra"/>

[[Kuzari]] also identifies Isaiah 53 as the nation of Israel.<ref name="contra"/>

[[Chovot ha-Levavot]] also identifies Isaiah 53 as the nation of Israel.<ref name="contra"/>

==Isaiah 53 in the New Testament==
One of the first claims in the New Testament of Isaiah 53 to be a prophecy of Jesus comes from the [[Book of Acts]], in which its author, [[Luke the Evangelist|Luke]], describes a scene in which God commands [[Philip the Apostle]] to approach an [[Ethiopian]] [[eunuch]] who is sitting in a chariot, reading aloud to himself from the Book of Isaiah. The eunuch comments that he does not understand what he is reading (Isaiah 53), and Philip explains to him that the passage refers to Jesus. ''"And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? Of himself, or of some other man? Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus."''<ref>[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts%208:34-8:35;&version=9; Acts 8:34-35]</ref>

==Isaiah 53 as Israel==
Citing a number of Biblical verses that refer to Israel as the "servant", many of them from the Book of Isaiah,<ref>[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2041:8;&version=31; Isaiah 41:8]-[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2041:9;&version=31 9], [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2044:1;&version=31; Isaiah 44:1], [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2044:21;&version=31; Isaiah 44:21], and [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2049:3;&version=31; Isaiah 49:3]</ref> many Jewish scholars, and several Christian scholarly books, like Revised Standard Version Oxford Study Edition Bible, The Revised Standard Version tell us that Isaiah 53 is about national Israel. New Revised Standard Version and New English Bible echo this analysis.<ref>http://www.messiahtruth.com/isai53c.html</ref> Judaism, teaches that the "servant" in question is actually the nation of [[Israelites|Israel]].<ref name="Jewish viewpoint 1" /> These scholars also argue that verse 10 cannot be describing Jesus. The verse states:

:<sup>10</sup>he shall see [his] seed, he shall prolong [his] days

This description, is inconsistent with the short, childless life of Jesus.<ref name="Jewish viewpoint 1" /> Christian theologians contend that verse 10 is not to be taken literally: the "children" referred to is the [[Christian|Church]], and the "long life" refers to the [[Resurrection of Christ|Resurrection]].<ref name="Christian viewpoint 1" />

The reason that the Servant is referred to in the third person may be that these verses are written from the point of view of [[Gentile]] nations amazed at Israel's restoration, or it may simply be a method of figurative description.<ref> as in [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2052:15;&version=31; Isaiah 52:15]</ref><ref name="Jewish viewpoint 1" /> Supporters of this theory argue that the reason for the use of past tense is based on the differences between [[Proto-Isaiah]] and [[Deutero-Isaiah]]. Chapters 40-55 of Isaiah are referred to as "Deutero-Isaiah" because the themes and language are different from the rest of the book, leading some scholars to believe it was written by [[Book of Isaiah#Authorship issues|another author]]. Deutero-Isaiah differs from Proto-Isaiah in that it refers to Israel as already restored, which could account for the past-tense of the passage.<ref name="Jewish viewpoint 1" />

The Servant passages in Isaiah, and especially Isaiah 53, has to be compared with Psalm 44. Psalm 44 directly parallels the Servant Songs, it is probably the best defense for reading Isaiah 53 as applicable to the nation of Israel.

==Isaiah 53 as Jesus==

Many Christians argue that the "servant" could not have been the nation of Israel because of scriptural contradictions that would arise. Primarily, the servant is described as "innocent and guiltless," but Isaiah 1:4 declares the nation of Israel to be "...a people laden with iniquity. A brood of evildoers, children who are corrupters!"<ref name="Christian viewpoint 1">{{cite web | title=Christian viewpoint 1] | work=Chaim | url=http://www.chaim.org/nation.htm | accessdate=2006-07-05}}</ref>, along with countless other verses that declare Israel's iniquity including Isaiah 64:6. Many Jews see no contradiction and view the descriptions of Israel's iniquity as being hyperbolic. This is in contrast to the Christian doctrine of [[Supersessionism]].

In addition, Christians argue that if the "servant" ''were'' Israel, verse 10 ("It '''pleased''' the LORD to bruise him") would thereby be illogical because it entails God enjoying the sufferings of His elect people, which would seem to have no purpose, whereas the suffering of Jesus would ultimately mean an absolution of sin and victory for mankind.<ref name="Christian viewpoint 1" /> It has also been argued that the nation of Israel, even through all of its suffering and torment can not have "atoned" for the sins of mankind because they were not guiltless.<ref name="Christian viewpoint 1" />

Most Jewish scholars equate the phrase "It pleased..." with the concept of divine kingship. All royal acts in an absolute kingdom take place at the "pleasure" of the king, regardless of whether they bring the king actual joy or not. Additionally, Jewish theologians contend that one need not be guiltless for his suffering to have meaning.

Another Christian argument is that, although Isaiah does elsewhere refer to "my servant Israel," it is reasonable to argue that ''this'' "Israel" is not in fact the nation of Israel, but the Messiah. Just as the Messiah is sometimes referred to as "David," after his progenitor (cf. [[Ezekiel]] 34:23-24, 37:24), it is not unreasonable that he might be referred to as "Israel."

As a proof to this idea, in Isaiah 49:3 KJV, the LORD states, "Thou art My servant, O' Israel, in whom I will be glorified." Shortly thereafter, the scripture reveals that this servant called "Israel" would be responsible "to bring '''Jacob''' again to Him (the LORD), though '''Israel''' be not gathered..." (Isa. 49:5), and the LORD declares that the servant called "Israel" should be "My servant to raise up '''the tribes of Jacob''', and to restore '''the preserved of Israel'''..." Furthermore, the LORD states, "...I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth" (Isa. 49:6). This "Israel" could be seen as the Messiah, who is to be responsible for raising Jacob and re-gathering Israel ([[Daniel]]. 7:13; Isa. 27:13; [[1 Thessalonians]] 4:14-17; [[1 Corinthians]] 15:52-55; [[Gospel of Matthew]] 24:29-31).

On the other hand, many Jewish scholars view this text as referring to the righteous among Israel bringing all of Israel back to Him, after which the entire nation would serve as an example for other nations to follow. Furthermore, if the verse in question is punctuated differently, it is not the servant who will gather Israel, but God.

Critics, including Jews for Judaism founder Rabbi Bentzion Kravitz in his book "The Jewish Response To Missionaries," of the Christian viewpoint demonstrates that the Isaiah 53 passage is purposely mistranslated in Christian Bibles to support theological concepts. The original Hebrew, portrays a different picture. For example, the preposition "mi" in Isaiah 53:5 and 53:8 is commonly translated as "for." The meaning of "mi" is not "for" but rather "from" or "because of". Thus the Judaica Press Tanach translates Isaiah 53:5 as: "But he was pained because of our transgressions, crushed because of our iniquities; the chastisement of our welfare was upon him, and with his wound we were healed." Other examples of translation errors are Isaiah 53:8 where the Hebrew phrase "mi-pesha’ ‘ami niga’ lamo" is translated as "for the transgression of my people was he stricken". The word "lamo" is the poetic form of the Hebrew "lahem" which means their/them not him and is used as such throughout the Hebrew Bible. The Jewish rendition of Isaiah 53:8 then is: "because of the transgression of my people, a plague befell them." Based on this, the servant is argued to be a collective entity not a person. This claim is supported by the fact that the Hebrew word for "death" in the following verse of Isaiah 53:9, "And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death;" is plural.

Furthermore Rabbi Yisroel C. Blumenthal in Contra Brown Answering Dr. Brown’s Objections to Judaism, writes, "The prophet describes the servant;
“his visage is disfigured in a manner that marked him as less than human,
and his form is marred from that of men” (52:14).
The prophet continues to tell us that the servant;
"has no form or comeliness that we should look at him and no
countenance that we should desire him" (53:2)
Did anyone ever associate unsightliness with Jesus? Was Jesus ever put
into a class of creatures that is less than human? There are countless
pieces of art that demonstrate that the European mind saw the Jew as a
repulsive creature whose appearance set them apart from the rest of
humanity." Despised, isolated from men”
How was Jesus “isolated from men”? Was he confined to Ghettoes as
were the Jews for centuries upon centuries? Was he barred from
interacting freely with the citizenry in dozens of countries as were the
Jews? How many places of habitation were “off-limits” to Jesus?
“a man of pains and acquainted with sickness”
The Christian scriptures report that Jesus was crucified, but does that
make him stand out as - “a man of pains and acquainted with sickness”?
Many people were crucified and many individuals suffered so much more
than Jesus. But the suffering of the Jewish people sets them apart from
any other national entity.
“we hid our faces from him and we esteemed him not" (53:3)
When did mankind hide their faces from Jesus? Mankind certainly did hide
their faces from the Jews while the most horrid crimes were being
committed against them.
"we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God and afflicted" (53:4)
Did the suffering of Jesus ever play a role in the theology of those who
rejected his mission? But both Christianity and Islam focus on the
suffering of the Jewish people in their theological assessment of the Jew.
According to both of these belief systems, the suffering of the Jewish
people is the evidence of their lowly status in God’s eyes.
“His grave is with the wicked, and his deaths are with the rich.” (53:9)
The servant of God is buried with the wicked, but the Christian scriptures
tell us that Jesus was buried with the rich and not with the wicked. God’s
servant is to die with the rich, yet the Christian scriptures tell us that Jesus
did not die with the rich, but with the wicked. It is obvious that Isaiah did
not have Jesus in mind when he uttered these words.
The prophetic description clearly applies to the persecution of the Jewish
people. Throughout the generations, the enemies of the Jew characterized
the Jew as both rich and wicked. They justified the murder of the Jews
because they believed that the Jew swindled the world of its wealth. The
imagined wealth of the Jew triggered many pogroms and massacres. The
preconception of the Jew as a criminal served as the basis for the
disrespect that the killers showed for the Jewish dead.
When we focus on those verses which describe the servant’s physical
attributes, it becomes clear that the prophet foresaw the suffering of the
Jewish people. The suffering servant is the persecuted Jew."

==Debate about Isaiah 53 in Jewish/Christian relations and their consequences==
===Before 1000===
The earliest known example of a Jew and a Christian debating the meaning of Isaiah 53 is the example from 248 cited by Origen stated above. The discourse between Origen and his Jewish counterpart does not seem to have had any consequences for either party. This was not the case for the majority of centuries that have passed since that time. In [[Ecclesiastes Rabbah]] 1:24, written in the 700s, a debate about a much less controversial topic results in the arrest of the Jew engaging in the debate.<ref> Ecclesiastes Rabbah 1:24 translated by Christopher P. Benton "In Search of Kohelet" http://www.maqom.com/journal/paper9.pdf p 13)</ref>

===1000–1500===
In 1263 at the [[Disputation of Barcelona]], [[Nahmanides]] expressed the Jewish viewpoint of Isaiah 53 and other matters regarding Christian belief about Jesus's role in Hebrew Scripture. The disputation was awarded in his favor, and as a result the [[Dominican Order]] compelled him to flee from his home country for the remainder of his life. Passages of Talmud were also censored. In a number of other [[disputation]]s, debate about this passage resulted in forced conversions, deportations, and the burning of Jewish religious texts.<ref> Jewish Encyclopedia http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=386&letter=D </ref>

===Modern era===
The use of Isaiah 53 in debates between Jews and Christians still often occurs in the context of Christian missionary work among Jews, and the topic is a source of frequent discussion that is often repetitive and heated. Some devout Christians view the use of the Christian interpretation of Isaiah 53 in [[proselytization]] efforts as an act of love. A common view among Jews today is that, while the persecutions of the Middle Ages that resulted from disputations are in the past, Jews still suffer under the threat that their children will be drawn into Christian groups that engage in active proselytization.

==See also==
*[[Messianic prophecies of Jesus]]
*[[New Covenant]]
*[[Christianity and Judaism]]
*[[Messiah (Handel)]]

==Notes and references==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.outreachjudaism.org/sin.html Rabbinic Interpretation of Isaiah 53]
*[http://jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=495&letter=S&search=Suffering%20Servant Jewish Encyclopedia: Servant of God]
*[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10212c.htm Catholic Encyclopedia: Messiah]
*{{bibleverse||Isaiah|52:13-53:12}}
*[http://www.jewsforjudaism.org/web/handbook/s_faq.html The Jewish Response To Missionaries by Jews for Judaism founder Rabbi Bentzion Kravitz]
*[http://www.messiahtruth.com/isai53a.html Messiah Truth]
*[http://www.outreachjudaism.org/isaiah2.html Isaiah 53 by Rabbi Tovia Singer]
*[http://www.outreachjudaism.org/biblical.html Audio Downloads of Judaism’s response to Isaiah 53 available at Outreach Judaism]
*[http://www.uhcg.org/suffering-servant/The-Servant-vs-jc.html A Jewish refutation of Christian interpretation]
*[http://www.christiancourier.com/articles/read/was_jesus_the_suffering_servant_of_isaiah_53 One Christian's interpretation of Isaiah 53]
*[http://www.bible.org/page.asp?page_id=2553 A Christian examination of Isaiah 53]
*[http://experts.about.com/q/Conservative-Judaism-951/isiah-53.htm A Jewish explanation of the text from Rabbi Dov]
*[http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/63255/jewish/The-Bible-with-Rashi.htm Text of Tanach, Judica Press]

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'''Isaiah 53''', taken from the [[Book of Isaiah]], is the last of the four [[Songs of the Suffering Servant]], and tells the story of "'''The Suffering Servant'''". The passage is famous for its interpretation by many [[Christians]] to be prophesy of the [[Ministry of Jesus|coming of Jesus]], being written over 700 years before his birth. This interpretation is rejected by [[Jewish]] theologians, most of whom believe the servant to be the nation of Israel.<ref name="Jewish viewpoint 1">{{cite web | title=Jewish viewpoint #1 | work=Jews for Judaism | url=http://www.geocities.com/logic_faith/prophecies_files/suffering_servant.htm | accessdate=2006-07-05}}</ref><ref name="Jewish viewpoint 3">{{cite web | title=Messianic Jews' viewpoint #3 | work=Truthnet.org: The Messiah | url=http://www.truthnet.org/TheMessiah/8_Messiah_Objection_Isaiah53_1/ | accessdate=2007-03-14}}</ref>
Many Christians view the entire chapter, and particularly this passage to refer to the [[Passion (Christianity)|suffering Jesus faced]] as well as the [[Atonement|absolution of sins]] believed to be made possible by his death.<ref name="Christian viewpoint 2">{{cite web | title=Christian viewpoint 2 | work=grebeweb | url=http://www.grebeweb.com/linden/suffer.html | accessdate=2006-07-06}}</ref>
:<sup>8</sup>From imprisonment and from judgment he was taken, and his generation who shall tell?''
:''For he was cut off from the land of the living; because of''
:''the transgression of my people, a plague came upon them.''
<small>-- Hebrew translation of Isaiah 53:8 from Judaica Press Complete Tanach </small>

Jewish and Christian scholars both agree that 52:13 is the natural beginning of the section, which is reasonable when one considers that the original Hebrew does not have the modern chapter breaks.<ref>[http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Agora/4229/isaih.html Is Isaiah 53: refering to Jesus ?]</ref> The speaker from 52:13 to the end of chapter 52 is God himself, whereas from the beginning of 53:1 through 53:9 the gentile kings of nations are speaking in their numbed astonishment. This narrative expressed by the surprised leaders of the surrounding gentile nations is referred to in 52:15. This alternation in speakers is evident in that verses 52:13 and 53:11 speak of "My [i.e. God's] servant," while the intervening verses refer to "our transgressions" (i.e., in the Jewish view of this chapter, the transgressions committed by the gentile nations against God's servant, Israel, or, in the Christian view of this chapter, the sins of individuals against God).

==Isaiah 53 in Jewish literature==
Influential Jewish commentator [[Rashi]], as have other rabbis have believed Isaiah 53 referred to Israel.<ref>Isaiah 53 - Who is the prophet talking about? [http://www.tmtestimony.org.uk/library/2000_3.htm]</ref> Rashi, writing in the 11th century, did have some historical precedent for this interpretation, as his commentary became one of the best popular commentaries on the Tanakh. In Christian church father [[Origen]]'s [[Contra Celsus]], written in the year 248, he writes of Isaiah 53:
:Now I remember that, on one occasion, at a disputation held with certain Jews, who were reckoned wise men, I quoted these prophecies; to which my Jewish opponent replied, that these predictions bore reference to the whole people, regarded as one individual, and as being in a state of dispersion and suffering, in order that many proselytes might be gained, on account of the dispersion of the Jews among numerous heathen nations. <ref>Origen, ''[[Contra Celsum]]'', Book 1.Chapter 55 [http://gnosis.org/library/orig_cc1.htm]</ref>

The first book of the Talmud Berachoth page 5a states "If the Holy One, blessed be He, is pleased with a man, He crushes him with painful sufferings. For it is said: And the Lord was pleased with [him, hence] He crushed him by disease (Isa. 53:10, an exegetical reading). Now, you might think that this is so even if he did not accept them with love. Therefore it is said: To see if his soul would offer itself in restitution. Even as the trespass-offering must be brought by consent, so also the sufferings must be endured with consent. And if he did accept them, what is his reward? He will see his seed, prolong his days. And more than that, his knowledge [of the Torah] will endure with him. For it is said: The purpose of the Lord will prosper in his hand.,...It has been taught: R. Simeon b. Yohai says: The Holy One, blessed be He, gave Israel three precious gifts, and all of them were given only through sufferings.. These are: The Torah, the Land of Israel and the world to come."

The Mahari Kara (R' Yosef Kara, a contemporary of Rashi 11th century C.E.) on Isaiah 52:13: Quote: "Behold My servant shall prosper: Israel My servant shall be exalted and lifted up, and shall be very high. And [according to] the teachings of our Rabbis: He shall be more exalted than Abraham, as it is written: "I have raised my hand toward the Lord…" [Gen 14:22]. He shall be more lifted up than Moses, as it is written: "…as the nurse lifts up the suckling…". And he [Israel] shall be higher than the ministering angels, as it is written: "And they had backs, and they were very high…" [Ezek 1:18].

The Midrash Rabba on Deuteronomy says, "The Israelites poured out their soul to die in the captivity, as it is said, 'Because he poured out his soul to die.' (Isaiah 53:12)"<ref>http://www.judaismsanswer.com/lies2.htm</ref>

Furthermore, The Midrash known as Tana Devei Eliyahu contains three references to Isaiah 53, applying
them to the righteous of Israel (chapters 6,13,27).<ref name="contra">Contra Brown - Answering Dr. Brown's Objections to Judaism by Rabbi Yisroel C. Blumenthal [http://jewsforjudaism.org/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=51&Itemid=47]</ref>

Another Midrash, Aleph Beitot (final chapter) quotes
Isaiah 53 in reference to the nation of Israel as a whole.<ref name="contra"/>

[[Kuzari]] also identifies Isaiah 53 as the nation of Israel.<ref name="contra"/>

[[Chovot ha-Levavot]] also identifies Isaiah 53 as the nation of Israel.<ref name="contra"/>

==Isaiah 53 in the New Testament==
One of the first claims in the New Testament of Isaiah 53 to be a prophecy of Jesus comes from the [[Book of Acts]], in which its author, [[Luke the Evangelist|Luke]], describes a scene in which God commands [[Philip the Apostle]] to approach an [[Ethiopian]] [[eunuch]] who is sitting in a chariot, reading aloud to himself from the Book of Isaiah. The eunuch comments that he does not understand what he is reading (Isaiah 53), and Philip explains to him that the passage refers to Jesus. ''"And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? Of himself, or of some other man? Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus."''<ref>[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts%208:34-8:35;&version=9; Acts 8:34-35]</ref>

==Isaiah 53 as Israel==
Citing a number of Biblical verses that refer to Israel as the "servant", many of them from the Book of Isaiah,<ref>[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2041:8;&version=31; Isaiah 41:8]-[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2041:9;&version=31 9], [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2044:1;&version=31; Isaiah 44:1], [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2044:21;&version=31; Isaiah 44:21], and [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2049:3;&version=31; Isaiah 49:3]</ref> many Jewish scholars, and several Christian scholarly books, like Revised Standard Version Oxford Study Edition Bible, The Revised Standard Version tell us that Isaiah 53 is about national Israel. New Revised Standard Version and New English Bible echo this analysis.<ref>http://www.messiahtruth.com/isai53c.html</ref> Judaism, teaches that the "servant" in question is actually the nation of [[Israelites|Israel]].<ref name="Jewish viewpoint 1" /> These scholars also argue that verse 10 cannot be describing Jesus. The verse states:

:<sup>10</sup>he shall see [his] seed, he shall prolong [his] days

This description, is inconsistent with the short, childless life of Jesus.<ref name="Jewish viewpoint 1" /> Christian theologians contend that verse 10 is not to be taken literally: the "children" referred to is the [[Christian|Church]], and the "long life" refers to the [[Resurrection of Christ|Resurrection]].<ref name="Christian viewpoint 1" />

The reason that the Servant is referred to in the third person may be that these verses are written from the point of view of [[Gentile]] nations amazed at Israel's restoration, or it may simply be a method of figurative description.<ref> as in [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2052:15;&version=31; Isaiah 52:15]</ref><ref name="Jewish viewpoint 1" /> Supporters of this theory argue that the reason for the use of past tense is based on the differences between [[Proto-Isaiah]] and [[Deutero-Isaiah]]. Chapters 40-55 of Isaiah are referred to as "Deutero-Isaiah" because the themes and language are different from the rest of the book, leading some scholars to believe it was written by [[Book of Isaiah#Authorship issues|another author]]. Deutero-Isaiah differs from Proto-Isaiah in that it refers to Israel as already restored, which could account for the past-tense of the passage.<ref name="Jewish viewpoint 1" />

The Servant passages in Isaiah, and especially Isaiah 53, has to be compared with Psalm 44. Psalm 44 directly parallels the Servant Songs, it is probably the best defense for reading Isaiah 53 as applicable to the nation of Israel.

==Isaiah 53 as Jesus==

Many Christians argue that the "servant" could not have been the nation of Israel because of scriptural contradictions that would arise. Primarily, the servant is described as "innocent and guiltless," but Isaiah 1:4 declares the nation of Israel to be "...a people laden with iniquity. A brood of evildoers, children who are corrupters!"<ref name="Christian viewpoint 1">{{cite web | title=Christian viewpoint 1] | work=Chaim | url=http://www.chaim.org/nation.htm | accessdate=2006-07-05}}</ref>, along with countless other verses that declare Israel's iniquity including Isaiah 64:6. Many Jews see no contradiction and view the descriptions of Israel's iniquity as being hyperbolic. This is in contrast to the Christian doctrine of [[Supersessionism]].

In addition, Christians argue that if the "servant" ''were'' Israel, verse 10 ("It '''pleased''' the LORD to bruise him") would thereby be illogical because it entails God enjoying the sufferings of His elect people, which would seem to have no purpose, whereas the suffering of Jesus would ultimately mean an absolution of sin and victory for mankind.<ref name="Christian viewpoint 1" /> It has also been argued that the nation of Israel, even through all of its suffering and torment can not have "atoned" for the sins of mankind because they were not guiltless.<ref name="Christian viewpoint 1" />

Most Jewish scholars equate the phrase "It pleased..." with the concept of divine kingship. All royal acts in an absolute kingdom take place at the "pleasure" of the king, regardless of whether they bring the king actual joy or not. Additionally, Jewish theologians contend that one need not be guiltless for his suffering to have meaning.

Another Christian argument is that, although Isaiah does elsewhere refer to "my servant Israel," it is reasonable to argue that ''this'' "Israel" is not in fact the nation of Israel, but the Messiah. Just as the Messiah is sometimes referred to as "David," after his progenitor (cf. [[Ezekiel]] 34:23-24, 37:24), it is not unreasonable that he might be referred to as "Israel."

As a proof to this idea, in Isaiah 49:3 KJV, the LORD states, "Thou art My servant, O' Israel, in whom I will be glorified." Shortly thereafter, the scripture reveals that this servant called "Israel" would be responsible "to bring '''Jacob''' again to Him (the LORD), though '''Israel''' be not gathered..." (Isa. 49:5), and the LORD declares that the servant called "Israel" should be "My servant to raise up '''the tribes of Jacob''', and to restore '''the preserved of Israel'''..." Furthermore, the LORD states, "...I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth" (Isa. 49:6). This "Israel" could be seen as the Messiah, who is to be responsible for raising Jacob and re-gathering Israel ([[Daniel]]. 7:13; Isa. 27:13; [[1 Thessalonians]] 4:14-17; [[1 Corinthians]] 15:52-55; [[Gospel of Matthew]] 24:29-31).

On the other hand, many Jewish scholars view this text as referring to the righteous among Israel bringing all of Israel back to Him, after which the entire nation would serve as an example for other nations to follow. Furthermore, if the verse in question is punctuated differently, it is not the servant who will gather Israel, but God.

Critics, including Jews for Judaism founder Rabbi Bentzion Kravitz in his book "The Jewish Response To Missionaries," of the Christian viewpoint demonstrates that the Isaiah 53 passage is purposely mistranslated in Christian Bibles to support theological concepts. The original Hebrew, portrays a different picture. For example, the preposition "mi" in Isaiah 53:5 and 53:8 is commonly translated as "for." The meaning of "mi" is not "for" but rather "from" or "because of". Thus the Judaica Press Tanach translates Isaiah 53:5 as: "But he was pained because of our transgressions, crushed because of our iniquities; the chastisement of our welfare was upon him, and with his wound we were healed." Other examples of translation errors are Isaiah 53:8 where the Hebrew phrase "mi-pesha’ ‘ami niga’ lamo" is translated as "for the transgression of my people was he stricken". The word "lamo" is the poetic form of the Hebrew "lahem" which means their/them not him and is used as such throughout the Hebrew Bible. The Jewish rendition of Isaiah 53:8 then is: "because of the transgression of my people, a plague befell them." Based on this, the servant is argued to be a collective entity not a person. This claim is supported by the fact that the Hebrew word for "death" in the following verse of Isaiah 53:9, "And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death;" is plural.

Furthermore Rabbi Yisroel C. Blumenthal in Contra Brown Answering Dr. Brown’s Objections to Judaism, writes, "The prophet describes the servant;
“his visage is disfigured in a manner that marked him as less than human,
and his form is marred from that of men” (52:14).
The prophet continues to tell us that the servant;
"has no form or comeliness that we should look at him and no
countenance that we should desire him" (53:2)
Did anyone ever associate unsightliness with Jesus? Was Jesus ever put
into a class of creatures that is less than human? There are countless
pieces of art that demonstrate that the European mind saw the Jew as a
repulsive creature whose appearance set them apart from the rest of
humanity." Despised, isolated from men”
How was Jesus “isolated from men”? Was he confined to Ghettoes as
were the Jews for centuries upon centuries? Was he barred from
interacting freely with the citizenry in dozens of countries as were the
Jews? How many places of habitation were “off-limits” to Jesus?
“a man of pains and acquainted with sickness”
The Christian scriptures report that Jesus was crucified, but does that
make him stand out as - “a man of pains and acquainted with sickness”?
Many people were crucified and many individuals suffered so much more
than Jesus. But the suffering of the Jewish people sets them apart from
any other national entity.
“we hid our faces from him and we esteemed him not" (53:3)
When did mankind hide their faces from Jesus? Mankind certainly did hide
their faces from the Jews while the most horrid crimes were being
committed against them.
"we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God and afflicted" (53:4)
Did the suffering of Jesus ever play a role in the theology of those who
rejected his mission? But both Christianity and Islam focus on the
suffering of the Jewish people in their theological assessment of the Jew.
According to both of these belief systems, the suffering of the Jewish
people is the evidence of their lowly status in God’s eyes.
“His grave is with the wicked, and his deaths are with the rich.” (53:9)
The servant of God is buried with the wicked, but the Christian scriptures
tell us that Jesus was buried with the rich and not with the wicked. God’s
servant is to die with the rich, yet the Christian scriptures tell us that Jesus
did not die with the rich, but with the wicked. It is obvious that Isaiah did
not have Jesus in mind when he uttered these words.
The prophetic description clearly applies to the persecution of the Jewish
people. Throughout the generations, the enemies of the Jew characterized
the Jew as both rich and wicked. They justified the murder of the Jews
because they believed that the Jew swindled the world of its wealth. The
imagined wealth of the Jew triggered many pogroms and massacres. The
preconception of the Jew as a criminal served as the basis for the
disrespect that the killers showed for the Jewish dead.
When we focus on those verses which describe the servant’s physical
attributes, it becomes clear that the prophet foresaw the suffering of the
Jewish people. The suffering servant is the persecuted Jew."

==Debate about Isaiah 53 in Jewish/Christian relations and their consequences==
===Before 1000===
The earliest known example of a Jew and a Christian debating the meaning of Isaiah 53 is the example from 248 cited by Origen stated above. The discourse between Origen and his Jewish counterpart does not seem to have had any consequences for either party. This was not the case for the majority of centuries that have passed since that time. In [[Ecclesiastes Rabbah]] 1:24, written in the 700s, a debate about a much less controversial topic results in the arrest of the Jew engaging in the debate.<ref> Ecclesiastes Rabbah 1:24 translated by Christopher P. Benton "In Search of Kohelet" http://www.maqom.com/journal/paper9.pdf p 13)</ref>

===1000–1500===
In 1263 at the [[Disputation of Barcelona]], [[Nahmanides]] expressed the Jewish viewpoint of Isaiah 53 and other matters regarding Christian belief about Jesus's role in Hebrew Scripture. The disputation was awarded in his favor, and as a result the [[Dominican Order]] compelled him to flee from his home country for the remainder of his life. Passages of Talmud were also censored. In a number of other [[disputation]]s, debate about this passage resulted in forced conversions, deportations, and the burning of Jewish religious texts.<ref> Jewish Encyclopedia http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=386&letter=D </ref>

===Modern era===
The use of Isaiah 53 in debates between Jews and Christians still often occurs in the context of Christian missionary work among Jews, and the topic is a source of frequent discussion that is often repetitive and heated. Some devout Christians view the use of the Christian interpretation of Isaiah 53 in [[proselytization]] efforts as an act of love. A common view among Jews today is that, while the persecutions of the Middle Ages that resulted from disputations are in the past, Jews still suffer under the threat that their children will be drawn into Christian groups that engage in active proselytization.

==See also==
*[[Messianic prophecies of Jesus]]
*[[New Covenant]]
*[[Christianity and Judaism]]
*[[Messiah (Handel)]]

==Notes and references==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.outreachjudaism.org/sin.html Rabbinic Interpretation of Isaiah 53]
*[http://jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=495&letter=S&search=Suffering%20Servant Jewish Encyclopedia: Servant of God]
*[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10212c.htm Catholic Encyclopedia: Messiah]
*{{bibleverse||Isaiah|52:13-53:12}}
*[http://www.jewsforjudaism.org/web/handbook/s_faq.html The Jewish Response To Missionaries by Jews for Judaism founder Rabbi Bentzion Kravitz]
*[http://www.messiahtruth.com/isai53a.html Messiah Truth]
*[http://www.outreachjudaism.org/isaiah2.html Isaiah 53 by Rabbi Tovia Singer]
*[http://www.outreachjudaism.org/biblical.html Audio Downloads of Judaism’s response to Isaiah 53 available at Outreach Judaism]
*[http://www.uhcg.org/suffering-servant/The-Servant-vs-jc.html A Jewish refutation of Christian interpretation]
*[http://www.christiancourier.com/articles/read/was_jesus_the_suffering_servant_of_isaiah_53 One Christian's interpretation of Isaiah 53]
*[http://www.bible.org/page.asp?page_id=2553 A Christian examination of Isaiah 53]
*[http://experts.about.com/q/Conservative-Judaism-951/isiah-53.htm A Jewish explanation of the text from Rabbi Dov]
*[http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/63255/jewish/The-Bible-with-Rashi.htm Text of Tanach, Judica Press]

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I Know you want to delete the text. But first, we should figure out a way to effectively link to wikisource. Any ideas? [[User:Adambiswanger1|AdamBiswanger1]] 20:51, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

Bob, I hate to keep bothering you and I appreciate everything you are doing, but I gotta disagree with you about removing the text from Isaiah 53. Not only does it make it infinetly easier to understand the article by having a side-by-side comparison, [[WP:NPS]] states "Some short texts such as short poems and national anthems are usually included in their article, e.g. Ozymandias". I think this is a short text, or at least borderline. I'm going to put it back. [[User:Adambiswanger1|AdamBiswanger1]] 18:11, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

I am Jewish, and I viewed this page for the first time yesterday. As one may expect, I think the quality of this article is quite poor indeed. I plan to post a very different version within the next few days; I am declaring my intention to do so now.
[[User:Big Mac|Big Mac]]
:See http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Isaiah_53&diff=114320650&oldid=114320576 Do what you can, but be careful. Any contradiction of the Christian missionary lunatics will just get reverted within 2 minutes. Obviously, as Jews online, we must continue to suffer at the hands of Christians when we try to serve as a light unto nations and bring the truth of G_d's word to them. [[User:72.74.110.248|72.74.110.248]] 16:27, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

This page presents the Jewish position very poorly. It reminds of a passage I once read from the New Testament where Jesus "proves" to the Rabbis that one may shuck grain on Shabbat because David was once allowed to eat the Showbread. I'm not surprised that the Rabbis weren't allowed to answer in the new Testament, but I would think it might be different on Wikipedia. I'll see what I can do to make things better. --[[user:Eliyak|Eliyak]] <small>[[User_talk:Eliyak|T]]</small>·<small>[[Special:Contributions/Eliyak|C]]</small> 14:36, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

I disagree with the statement that "The earliest known example of a Jew and a Christian debating the meaning of Isaiah 53 is the example from 248 cited by Origen stated above." In actuality, the first such discussion that I am aware of occured between Justin Martyr and a Jewish man named Trypho, in approximately 161 AD. Examples include Chapters XIII and XXXII within his 'Dialogue With Trypho.' On that account, I believe this line should be corrected. [[User:207.239.111.117|207.239.111.117]] 12:51, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

====My Answer to the discussion above====
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Dannyza1981/Sandbox
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Dannyza1981/Sandbox
[[User:Dannyza1981|Dannyza1981]] ([[User talk:Dannyza1981|talk]]) 20:57, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

It`s useful to have the texts next to the dicussion.[[User:Andycjp|Andycjp]] ([[User talk:Andycjp|talk]]) 01:05, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

:I believe Dannyza1981 made other edits besides removing the text. If your only objection was the chapter removal, then your revert undid neutral edits. As for the specific issue of the text, wikipedia is [[WP:NOT|not]] a primary source. We have wikitext for that (where we have various free bible translations). I would support removing the full text on the basis that it is not encyclopedic, and goes against [[WP:NOT]] to include such large quotations of primary sources. -[[User:Andrew c|Andrew c]] [[User talk:Andrew c|<sup>[talk]</sup>]] 01:43, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

== Redo the article ==
I propose the following amendments:

1. Take out the quote of Isaiah 53 in the KJV and Judaica Press. This is an Encyclopedia, not a Christian Missionary debate. You don't need to have the full text, glaring at people if they want to research further, they can, in references and links. (This is also Andycjp's point.

2. The statement that reads: "Jewish and Christian scholars both agree that 52:13 is the natural beginning of the section...."

Is simply not true. http://www.betemunah.org/letters.html:
The scroll is not divided into verses; but it has two kinds of divisions into chapters ("parashiyyot"), distinguished respectively as "petuchah" (open) and "setumah" (closed), the former being a larger division than the latter (Men. 32a). Maimonides describes the spaces to be left between successive chapters as follows: "The text preceding the Petuchah ends in the middle of the line, leaving a space of nine letters at the end of the line, and the petuchah commences at the beginning of the second line. If a space of nine letters can not be left in the preceding line, the petuchah commences at the beginning of the third line, the intervening line being left blank. The text preceding the setumah or closed parashah ends in the middle of the line, a space of nine letters being left, and the setumah commencing at the end of the same line. If there is no such space on the same line, leave a small space at the beginning of the second line, making together a space equal to nine letters, and then commence the setumah. In other words, always commence the petuchah at the beginning of a line and the setumah in the middle of a line" ("Yad," l.c. viii. 1, 2). Maimonides gives a list of all the petuchah and setumah parashiyyot as copied by him from an old manuscript in Egypt written by Ben Asher (ib. viii., end). Asheri explains the petuchah and setumah differently, almost reversing the method. The general practise is a compromise: the petuchah is preceded by a line between the end of which and the left margin a space of nine letters is left, and commences at the beginning of the following line; the setumah is preceded by a line closing at the edge of the column and commences at the middle of the next line, an intervening space of nine letters being left (Shulchan 'Aruch).

I propose that the paragraph be left as is, and the following paragraph added, to present the JEWISH position:

From a Jewish perspective, the Hebrew text itself comprises of open and closed spaces that mark of sections. The major section is the Petucha which starts at Isaiah 52:1 and ends at Isa 53:12 <ref>Babylonian Talmud, Menachos 32a</ref>. There are intervening Setuma breaks throughout. These divide up the text. The servant song begins at 52:13 (following a Setuma break), again there is a break after Isaiah 52:15. From this alone, it is evident that Isaiah's overarching theme is expressed in Isaiah 52:1, and maybe extended until the end of Isaiah 53:12. This suggests that the servant song, is contextually placed as a reference to Israel. It should be noted that chapter numbering is a much more recent phenomenon, and has gone some alteration, since its conception. These were done firstly by Christians, and then later tentatively adopted by Jews. With this in mind, it is clear that if the whole of Isaiah 52-53 be regarded as a single chapter, rather than two individual chapters, the reference to a suffering Messiah is not at all contextual, or clearcut.

3. Judaism agrees that Isaiah 52:13 and 53:6 COULD refer to a Messiah - this Messiah is not a suffering Messiah, but is exalted. (Cf. 52:14-15).

Therefore I think the Jewish part of this article should be thus amended to:
====Isaiah 53 in Rabbinic Sources====
Technically, Isaiah 52:13 has been viewed as both Messianic and a reference to Israel. Given the overall context and comparison to the other servant songs, the simple meaning of the verses refers to Israel. More interpretative and esoteric interpretations that are midrashic in nature, consider its Messianic theme (see Targum Yonatan, for example). This is specifically on Isaiah 52:13, and possibly Isaiah 53:6. However, the simple meaning of the verses, is clearly a reference to Israel. Even Targum Yonatan agrees, in Isaiah 52:14-15. The Talmud<ref>Babylonian Talmud, Sanhedrin 98</ref> and Medrashim are replete with allusions and references to the Messianic themes that are hinted to in these verses. The Talmud and Medrashic sources, do not reject the plain meaning, and the plain meaning does not reject the Messianic themes and elements portrayed here. The plain meaning is however, built on the simple meaning of the verses, and this, always has a preference in normative interpretation. This is not to deny the Messianic interpretation, but rather to place it as secondary to the main thrust of the interpretation.
Rabbi Moshe Alshich said of the passage, "I may remark then, that our Rabbis with one voice accept and affirm the opinion that the prophet is speaking of the King Messiah, and we ourselves shall adhere to the same view." In Christian church father Origen's Contra Celsus, written in the year 248, he writes of Isaiah 53:

Now I remember that, on one occasion, at a disputation held with certain Jews, who were reckoned wise men, I quoted these prophecies; to which my Jewish opponent replied, that these predictions bore reference to the whole people, regarded as one individual, and as being in a state of dispersion and suffering, in order that many proselytes might be gained, on account of the dispersion of the Jews among numerous heathen nations.<ref>Origen, ''[[Contra Celsum]]'', Book 1.Chapter 55 [http://gnosis.org/library/orig_cc1.htm]</ref>

The Mahari Kara (R' Yosef Kara, a contemporary of Rashi in the 11th century C.E.) says the following on Isaiah 52:13 Behold My servant shall prosper: Israel My servant shall be exalted and lifted up, and shall be very high. And [according to] the teachings of our Rabbis: He [Israel] shall be more exalted than Abraham, as it is written: "I have raised my hand toward the L-rd..." [Gen 14:22]. He [Israel] shall be more lifted up than Moses, as it is written: "... as the nurse lifts up the suckling..." [Num 11:12]. And he [Israel] shall be higher than the ministering angels, as it is written: "And they had backs, and they were very high..." [Ezek 1:18].<ref>Judaica Press NACH Series, Isaiah Volume Two, p. 422;</ref>

The important point here is that Mahari Kara, a contemporary of Rashi, referred to "the teachings of our Rabbis", showing this idea of Israel being the servant in Isaiah 53.

Also, In the very first volume of the Talmud<ref>[[Babylonian Talmud]] Berachos 5a</ref>, Isaiah 53 is clearly assigned to Israel and the suffering of those involved with Torah, written close to 1000 years before Rashi, these ideas are said to be handed down orally from the Prophets themselves "If the Holy One, blessed be He, is pleased with a man, he crushes him with painful sufferings. For it is said: And the Lord was pleased with [him, hence] he crushed him by disease. Now, you might think that this is so even if he did not accept them with love. Therefore it is said: To see if his soul would offer itself in restitution. Even as the trespass-offering must be brought by consent, so also the sufferings must be endured with consent. And if he did accept them, what is his reward? He will see his seed, prolong his days. And more than that, his knowledge [of the Torah] will endure with him. For it is said: The purpose of the Lord will prosper in his hand.,...It has been taught: R. Simeon b. Yohai says: The Holy One, blessed be He, gave Israel three precious gifts, and all of them were given only through sufferings.. These are: The Torah, the Land of Israel and the world to come."

4. My citation to http://www.virtualyeshiva.com/counter/isaiah53a.swf and http://www.virtualyeshiva.com/counter/isaiah53b.swf Should help to clarify these points.

5. Mainstream Judaism understands that Isaiah 53 refers to the Nation of Israel because that is the simple meaning of the verses, based on context. Its not like Jews dreamed up this theory in the 11th Century, It is based solidly on the text. (this was cited above: Targum Yonatan, the Talmud (Berachos 5a) and Origen's statements all point to this.

6. This is evident from the Context (Isaiah 46, 48), and references in the Talmud (Berachos 5a)

7. I want to add the following two links at the end as additional external links:
http://www.virtualyeshiva.com/counter/isaiah53a.swf
http://www.virtualyeshiva.com/counter/isaiah53b.swf

[[User:Dannyza1981|Dannyza1981]] ([[User talk:Dannyza1981|talk]]) 20:27, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for the information on the divisions. As for the current article I would remove the text and do a re-write of the information on the divisions, as a self-published muslim-apologist's site does not meet the standards for citations (though neither does a Jewish site). As for Isaiah 53 being about Israel, I would also present the other interpretations in the Talmud, not just the one which Reformed Judaism adheres to, as Reformed Judaism is in the minority, historically, of what the more ancient interpreters said about this secion; Jewish sources backing this up and affirming this (non-messianic) include, among others, the Babylonian Talmud (Sanhedrin 98b), the Midrash Ruth Rabbah, Targum Jonathan (explicitly translates it to mean Messiah), Zohar, Moses Maimonides, Rabbi Mosheh Kohen Ibn Crispin (who said "having forsaken the knowledge of our Teachers, and inclined after the `stubbornness of their own hearts,' and of their own opinion, I am pleased to interpret it, in accordance with the teaching of our Rabbis, of the King Messiah....This prophecy was delivered by Isaiah at the divine command for the purpose of making known to us something about the nature of the future Messiah, who is to come and deliver Israel, and his life from the day when he arrives at discretion until his advent as a redeemer, in order that if anyone should arise claiming to be himself the Messiah, we may reflect, and look to see whether we can observe in him any resemblance to the traits described here; if there is any such resemblance, then we may believe that he is the Messiah our righteousness; but if not, we cannot do so."); those are just a few. There are also some great Medieval sources of Rabbis rebuking the modernistic interpretations which contradict the older Jewish interpretative history, besides the fact that saying this passage is of Israel contradicts the other scriptures in the Tanakh: it’s just poor scholarship, or perhaps I should say inattentive reading. No offense. Whenever studies are done by reading this passage to kids in Israel, or in public, the Jews themselves say "it's of Jesus"...till you tell them it's from the TANAKH.

And so it’s in the open I am a Christian…but one who appreciate the Jewish history and heritage (being myself of that stock and thankful for it).

And just so I'm not putting-out unbacked claims of "poor scholarship", if this passage was of Israel it could not say the suffering servant said nothing: Israel has always groaned under oppression and persecution--why not? The suffering servant is sinless...Judah is as Sodom and Jerusalem as a harlot (Isaiah). The sufferer not only is a sin-offering (Heb., English is usually "atoned for") but does this for "my people" (the prophet's), who are "my [the prophet's] people"? Israel: the passage is not about Israel, which is plain by just reading the thing in its own context. The list goes on and on.

I propose this article should show the ancient interpretations from Jewish sources, being considerate of the literary devices and references as well, first, before the apologetic-polemic: the older interpretations are more consistent and better adhere to the text, not what polemicists try to read into it. I think it should also, then, present the other views, (NPOV). It's just more honest, and balanced. [note the four tildes never give my screen name, "The Research Persona", only : <p>tooMuchData</p> 21:51, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
::I know this was posted a long time ago, but I would like to comment on this, one Ibn Crispin, did not identify Isaiah 53 as the Christian missionaries say, and too he is in fact not notable in Judiaism. Ibn Crispin said the following about Isaiah 53, '
::::I have here transcribed an exposition of this Parsha; perhaps an answer may be found in it against the heretics who interpret it of Jsus. It is my intention to keep myself continually at the doors of the learned; and so far as my ability can command, I shall follow the saying of our Rabbis, '"And know how to answer the Apikorus." though it does not seem to me to be right or permissible to apply the prophecy to the King Messiah... it must, in fact, be referred either to Israel as a whole, or to Jeremiah.'<ref>http://messiahtruth.yuku.com/reply/33030/t/Concerning-unblemished-animals.html#reply-33030</ref>
::Also your claim that Sanhedrin 98b identifies Isaiah 53 as refering to the Messiah is wrong. Sanhedrin 98b discusses the "leper scholar" and it makes a JOKE about the messiah (quoting Isaiah 53). Again, Sanhedrin 98b is one of those "quotes" the Chrstians USE to prove the rabbis said Isaiah 53 was about the messiah.

The rabbis ask each other what is the messiahs name? And they have various answer. The one that gets the apologists all excited is the one that jokingly says:

The Rabbis said: His name is 'the leper scholar,' as it is written, Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him a leper, smitten of G-d, and afflicted.

The leper scholar was a real person who shows up time and again in Talmud. This statement is a joke where the rebbes are saying hey, maybe it was THIS guy. Read 'Margulious HaYom' by Rabbi Reuven Margolious. 2 page 81 paragraph #16 where he says:

Rebbi had a exceptional student who taught a chapter of the work of the chariot without the permission of his Rabbi, and he was stricken with leprosy. This student who was stricken with leprosy was called 'the leper of the house of Rebbi'"

The discussion continues beyond this point with one rabbi saying this will be the name of the messiah and another saying, no THIS is the name of the messiah. The bandy about David, Daniel, Moses, Haninah and others. The leper scholar is just another in a long laundry list and again is aggudah. . . NOT something to be taken literally.

In the preceding paragraph R' Hillel says that the Messiah has already came, and it was Hezekiah !

So in Sanhedrin 98b the reference of Isaiah 53 is simply part of a speculative discussion among the Ravs. Shabbat Shalom. <ref>http://messiahtruth.yuku.com/reply/33192/t/THE-COLLECTIVE-MESSIAH.html#reply-33192</ref>

::Rabbis have never identified Isaiah 53 as refering to the Messiah read Messiahtruth.yuku.com
::Christian apologists argue such by misquoting rabbis, taking a small sections of texts out of its context, or by simply fabricating quotes.

--13:54, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

I have to agree with tooMuchData. I only want to add that the standard Christian interpretation of the Suffering Servant is that he is Jesus Christ, as we find in Acts 8:32-35, where the authority is apostolic. Acts 8:32-33 is a direct quote of Isaiah 53:7-8. Dannyza1981's reference to the opinion of a well-known Christian apostate like Origen about Isaiah 53 is a straw-man argument and thus without merit; it is comparable to relying upon a mere rabbi's opinion for support and ignoring the published, contradictory opinion of Moses.

One cannot avoid controversy with this article. It should therefore include a dialogue between those who maintain that the Suffering Servant is Israel and those who maintain that the Suffering Servant is Jesus Christ. The polemics should be respectful and allow development of the two views. There probably needs to be a separate discussion area for each of the two views so that consensus can be achieved for each polemic. <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/65.30.125.232|65.30.125.232]] ([[User talk:65.30.125.232|talk]]) 05:24, 19 January 2009 (UTC)</span> 

== Wikitexts ==
The Chapter Isaiah 53, needs to be in wikitexts I took it out. Also, technically, the issue begins at Isaiah 52:13 for Christians and for Jews Isaiah 52 and ends at the end of Isaiah 53. Readers should be referred to wikitexts to form their own conclusions.
[[User:Dannyza1981|Dannyza1981]] ([[User talk:Dannyza1981|talk]]) 13:42, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

== New Changes ==
I think the citation of Christian Scholars about the earliest reference to their position in the Talmud, needs to go in the section entitled theories against the nation of Israel.

Also I added in a reference to Psalm 44, which adds weight to the Israel theory.

I want to change the reference to the Talmud as being neither against or for....

[[User:Dannyza1981|Dannyza1981]] ([[User talk:Dannyza1981|talk]]) 21:15, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

:I've moved your post to the bottom. Do you have a citation you could add to a scholar who uses Ps. 44 to support the Israel theory? Thanks.-[[User:Andrew c|Andrew c]] [[User talk:Andrew c|<sup>[talk]</sup>]] 02:00, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

== POV Tag ==

I added the POV tag because this article doesn't seem very objective to me. For instance, there is a lot of Jewish rebuttal of Christian perspectives. Also the Jewish scholars "tell us" while the Christian "argue". It seems more reasonable to have a section titled "Jewish Interpretation" and a section titled "Christian Interpretation". All the rebuttal arguments should be left out as they develop into spiritual tit-for-tat and leads to a lower quality article. Wikipedia is not the place for either Christian or Jewish proselytizing. It also seem unlikely that either the Christian or Jewish interpretations are monolithic and there may be more interpretations available in each of those traditions. [[User:Kevin Rector|Kevin Rector]] ([[User talk:Kevin Rector|talk]]) 05:06, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Wrong, Jews have always identified Isaiah 53 as Israel, just by looking at the fact that Jeremiah, the Psalms, and Isaiah all use the same formula of referring to Israel as the servant, also there are grammatical issues if one identifies Isaiah 53 as the messiah and not Israel. The article is not POV, the articles shows why most Christians think Isaiah 53 isn't Israel and the messiah, and why all Jews think Isaiah can't be the messiah and must be Israel. That is reasonable. An article should show both sides, which it does. --[[User:Java7837|Java7837]] ([[User talk:Java7837|talk]]) 14:01, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

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I Know you want to delete the text. But first, we should figure out a way to effectively link to wikisource. Any ideas? [[User:Adambiswanger1|AdamBiswanger1]] 20:51, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

Bob, I hate to keep bothering you and I appreciate everything you are doing, but I gotta disagree with you about removing the text from Isaiah 53. Not only does it make it infinetly easier to understand the article by having a side-by-side comparison, [[WP:NPS]] states "Some short texts such as short poems and national anthems are usually included in their article, e.g. Ozymandias". I think this is a short text, or at least borderline. I'm going to put it back. [[User:Adambiswanger1|AdamBiswanger1]] 18:11, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

I am Jewish, and I viewed this page for the first time yesterday. As one may expect, I think the quality of this article is quite poor indeed. I plan to post a very different version within the next few days; I am declaring my intention to do so now.
[[User:Big Mac|Big Mac]]
:See http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Isaiah_53&diff=114320650&oldid=114320576 Do what you can, but be careful. Any contradiction of the Christian missionary lunatics will just get reverted within 2 minutes. Obviously, as Jews online, we must continue to suffer at the hands of Christians when we try to serve as a light unto nations and bring the truth of G_d's word to them. [[User:72.74.110.248|72.74.110.248]] 16:27, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

This page presents the Jewish position very poorly. It reminds of a passage I once read from the New Testament where Jesus "proves" to the Rabbis that one may shuck grain on Shabbat because David was once allowed to eat the Showbread. I'm not surprised that the Rabbis weren't allowed to answer in the new Testament, but I would think it might be different on Wikipedia. I'll see what I can do to make things better. --[[user:Eliyak|Eliyak]] <small>[[User_talk:Eliyak|T]]</small>·<small>[[Special:Contributions/Eliyak|C]]</small> 14:36, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

I disagree with the statement that "The earliest known example of a Jew and a Christian debating the meaning of Isaiah 53 is the example from 248 cited by Origen stated above." In actuality, the first such discussion that I am aware of occured between Justin Martyr and a Jewish man named Trypho, in approximately 161 AD. Examples include Chapters XIII and XXXII within his 'Dialogue With Trypho.' On that account, I believe this line should be corrected. [[User:207.239.111.117|207.239.111.117]] 12:51, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

====My Answer to the discussion above====
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Dannyza1981/Sandbox
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Dannyza1981/Sandbox
[[User:Dannyza1981|Dannyza1981]] ([[User talk:Dannyza1981|talk]]) 20:57, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

It`s useful to have the texts next to the dicussion.[[User:Andycjp|Andycjp]] ([[User talk:Andycjp|talk]]) 01:05, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

:I believe Dannyza1981 made other edits besides removing the text. If your only objection was the chapter removal, then your revert undid neutral edits. As for the specific issue of the text, wikipedia is [[WP:NOT|not]] a primary source. We have wikitext for that (where we have various free bible translations). I would support removing the full text on the basis that it is not encyclopedic, and goes against [[WP:NOT]] to include such large quotations of primary sources. -[[User:Andrew c|Andrew c]] [[User talk:Andrew c|<sup>[talk]</sup>]] 01:43, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

== Redo the article ==
I propose the following amendments:

1. Take out the quote of Isaiah 53 in the KJV and Judaica Press. This is an Encyclopedia, not a Christian Missionary debate. You don't need to have the full text, glaring at people if they want to research further, they can, in references and links. (This is also Andycjp's point.

2. The statement that reads: "Jewish and Christian scholars both agree that 52:13 is the natural beginning of the section...."

Is simply not true. http://www.betemunah.org/letters.html:
The scroll is not divided into verses; but it has two kinds of divisions into chapters ("parashiyyot"), distinguished respectively as "petuchah" (open) and "setumah" (closed), the former being a larger division than the latter (Men. 32a). Maimonides describes the spaces to be left between successive chapters as follows: "The text preceding the Petuchah ends in the middle of the line, leaving a space of nine letters at the end of the line, and the petuchah commences at the beginning of the second line. If a space of nine letters can not be left in the preceding line, the petuchah commences at the beginning of the third line, the intervening line being left blank. The text preceding the setumah or closed parashah ends in the middle of the line, a space of nine letters being left, and the setumah commencing at the end of the same line. If there is no such space on the same line, leave a small space at the beginning of the second line, making together a space equal to nine letters, and then commence the setumah. In other words, always commence the petuchah at the beginning of a line and the setumah in the middle of a line" ("Yad," l.c. viii. 1, 2). Maimonides gives a list of all the petuchah and setumah parashiyyot as copied by him from an old manuscript in Egypt written by Ben Asher (ib. viii., end). Asheri explains the petuchah and setumah differently, almost reversing the method. The general practise is a compromise: the petuchah is preceded by a line between the end of which and the left margin a space of nine letters is left, and commences at the beginning of the following line; the setumah is preceded by a line closing at the edge of the column and commences at the middle of the next line, an intervening space of nine letters being left (Shulchan 'Aruch).

I propose that the paragraph be left as is, and the following paragraph added, to present the JEWISH position:

From a Jewish perspective, the Hebrew text itself comprises of open and closed spaces that mark of sections. The major section is the Petucha which starts at Isaiah 52:1 and ends at Isa 53:12 <ref>Babylonian Talmud, Menachos 32a</ref>. There are intervening Setuma breaks throughout. These divide up the text. The servant song begins at 52:13 (following a Setuma break), again there is a break after Isaiah 52:15. From this alone, it is evident that Isaiah's overarching theme is expressed in Isaiah 52:1, and maybe extended until the end of Isaiah 53:12. This suggests that the servant song, is contextually placed as a reference to Israel. It should be noted that chapter numbering is a much more recent phenomenon, and has gone some alteration, since its conception. These were done firstly by Christians, and then later tentatively adopted by Jews. With this in mind, it is clear that if the whole of Isaiah 52-53 be regarded as a single chapter, rather than two individual chapters, the reference to a suffering Messiah is not at all contextual, or clearcut.

3. Judaism agrees that Isaiah 52:13 and 53:6 COULD refer to a Messiah - this Messiah is not a suffering Messiah, but is exalted. (Cf. 52:14-15).

Therefore I think the Jewish part of this article should be thus amended to:
====Isaiah 53 in Rabbinic Sources====
Technically, Isaiah 52:13 has been viewed as both Messianic and a reference to Israel. Given the overall context and comparison to the other servant songs, the simple meaning of the verses refers to Israel. More interpretative and esoteric interpretations that are midrashic in nature, consider its Messianic theme (see Targum Yonatan, for example). This is specifically on Isaiah 52:13, and possibly Isaiah 53:6. However, the simple meaning of the verses, is clearly a reference to Israel. Even Targum Yonatan agrees, in Isaiah 52:14-15. The Talmud<ref>Babylonian Talmud, Sanhedrin 98</ref> and Medrashim are replete with allusions and references to the Messianic themes that are hinted to in these verses. The Talmud and Medrashic sources, do not reject the plain meaning, and the plain meaning does not reject the Messianic themes and elements portrayed here. The plain meaning is however, built on the simple meaning of the verses, and this, always has a preference in normative interpretation. This is not to deny the Messianic interpretation, but rather to place it as secondary to the main thrust of the interpretation.
Rabbi Moshe Alshich said of the passage, "I may remark then, that our Rabbis with one voice accept and affirm the opinion that the prophet is speaking of the King Messiah, and we ourselves shall adhere to the same view." In Christian church father Origen's Contra Celsus, written in the year 248, he writes of Isaiah 53:

Now I remember that, on one occasion, at a disputation held with certain Jews, who were reckoned wise men, I quoted these prophecies; to which my Jewish opponent replied, that these predictions bore reference to the whole people, regarded as one individual, and as being in a state of dispersion and suffering, in order that many proselytes might be gained, on account of the dispersion of the Jews among numerous heathen nations.<ref>Origen, ''[[Contra Celsum]]'', Book 1.Chapter 55 [http://gnosis.org/library/orig_cc1.htm]</ref>

The Mahari Kara (R' Yosef Kara, a contemporary of Rashi in the 11th century C.E.) says the following on Isaiah 52:13 Behold My servant shall prosper: Israel My servant shall be exalted and lifted up, and shall be very high. And [according to] the teachings of our Rabbis: He [Israel] shall be more exalted than Abraham, as it is written: "I have raised my hand toward the L-rd..." [Gen 14:22]. He [Israel] shall be more lifted up than Moses, as it is written: "... as the nurse lifts up the suckling..." [Num 11:12]. And he [Israel] shall be higher than the ministering angels, as it is written: "And they had backs, and they were very high..." [Ezek 1:18].<ref>Judaica Press NACH Series, Isaiah Volume Two, p. 422;</ref>

The important point here is that Mahari Kara, a contemporary of Rashi, referred to "the teachings of our Rabbis", showing this idea of Israel being the servant in Isaiah 53.

Also, In the very first volume of the Talmud<ref>[[Babylonian Talmud]] Berachos 5a</ref>, Isaiah 53 is clearly assigned to Israel and the suffering of those involved with Torah, written close to 1000 years before Rashi, these ideas are said to be handed down orally from the Prophets themselves "If the Holy One, blessed be He, is pleased with a man, he crushes him with painful sufferings. For it is said: And the Lord was pleased with [him, hence] he crushed him by disease. Now, you might think that this is so even if he did not accept them with love. Therefore it is said: To see if his soul would offer itself in restitution. Even as the trespass-offering must be brought by consent, so also the sufferings must be endured with consent. And if he did accept them, what is his reward? He will see his seed, prolong his days. And more than that, his knowledge [of the Torah] will endure with him. For it is said: The purpose of the Lord will prosper in his hand.,...It has been taught: R. Simeon b. Yohai says: The Holy One, blessed be He, gave Israel three precious gifts, and all of them were given only through sufferings.. These are: The Torah, the Land of Israel and the world to come."

4. My citation to http://www.virtualyeshiva.com/counter/isaiah53a.swf and http://www.virtualyeshiva.com/counter/isaiah53b.swf Should help to clarify these points.

5. Mainstream Judaism understands that Isaiah 53 refers to the Nation of Israel because that is the simple meaning of the verses, based on context. Its not like Jews dreamed up this theory in the 11th Century, It is based solidly on the text. (this was cited above: Targum Yonatan, the Talmud (Berachos 5a) and Origen's statements all point to this.

6. This is evident from the Context (Isaiah 46, 48), and references in the Talmud (Berachos 5a)

7. I want to add the following two links at the end as additional external links:
http://www.virtualyeshiva.com/counter/isaiah53a.swf
http://www.virtualyeshiva.com/counter/isaiah53b.swf

[[User:Dannyza1981|Dannyza1981]] ([[User talk:Dannyza1981|talk]]) 20:27, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for the information on the divisions. As for the current article I would remove the text and do a re-write of the information on the divisions, as a self-published muslim-apologist's site does not meet the standards for citations (though neither does a Jewish site). As for Isaiah 53 being about Israel, I would also present the other interpretations in the Talmud, not just the one which Reformed Judaism adheres to, as Reformed Judaism is in the minority, historically, of what the more ancient interpreters said about this secion; Jewish sources backing this up and affirming this (non-messianic) include, among others, the Babylonian Talmud (Sanhedrin 98b), the Midrash Ruth Rabbah, Targum Jonathan (explicitly translates it to mean Messiah), Zohar, Moses Maimonides, Rabbi Mosheh Kohen Ibn Crispin (who said "having forsaken the knowledge of our Teachers, and inclined after the `stubbornness of their own hearts,' and of their own opinion, I am pleased to interpret it, in accordance with the teaching of our Rabbis, of the King Messiah....This prophecy was delivered by Isaiah at the divine command for the purpose of making known to us something about the nature of the future Messiah, who is to come and deliver Israel, and his life from the day when he arrives at discretion until his advent as a redeemer, in order that if anyone should arise claiming to be himself the Messiah, we may reflect, and look to see whether we can observe in him any resemblance to the traits described here; if there is any such resemblance, then we may believe that he is the Messiah our righteousness; but if not, we cannot do so."); those are just a few. There are also some great Medieval sources of Rabbis rebuking the modernistic interpretations which contradict the older Jewish interpretative history, besides the fact that saying this passage is of Israel contradicts the other scriptures in the Tanakh: it’s just poor scholarship, or perhaps I should say inattentive reading. No offense. Whenever studies are done by reading this passage to kids in Israel, or in public, the Jews themselves say "it's of Jesus"...till you tell them it's from the TANAKH.

And so it’s in the open I am a Christian…but one who appreciate the Jewish history and heritage (being myself of that stock and thankful for it).

And just so I'm not putting-out unbacked claims of "poor scholarship", if this passage was of Israel it could not say the suffering servant said nothing: Israel has always groaned under oppression and persecution--why not? The suffering servant is sinless...Judah is as Sodom and Jerusalem as a harlot (Isaiah). The sufferer not only is a sin-offering (Heb., English is usually "atoned for") but does this for "my people" (the prophet's), who are "my [the prophet's] people"? Israel: the passage is not about Israel, which is plain by just reading the thing in its own context. The list goes on and on.

I propose this article should show the ancient interpretations from Jewish sources, being considerate of the literary devices and references as well, first, before the apologetic-polemic: the older interpretations are more consistent and better adhere to the text, not what polemicists try to read into it. I think it should also, then, present the other views, (NPOV). It's just more honest, and balanced. [note the four tildes never give my screen name, "The Research Persona", only : <p>tooMuchData</p> 21:51, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
::I know this was posted a long time ago, but I would like to comment on this, one Ibn Crispin, did not identify Isaiah 53 as the Christian missionaries say, and too he is in fact not notable in Judiaism. Ibn Crispin said the following about Isaiah 53, '
::::I have here transcribed an exposition of this Parsha; perhaps an answer may be found in it against the heretics who interpret it of Jsus. It is my intention to keep myself continually at the doors of the learned; and so far as my ability can command, I shall follow the saying of our Rabbis, '"And know how to answer the Apikorus." though it does not seem to me to be right or permissible to apply the prophecy to the King Messiah... it must, in fact, be referred either to Israel as a whole, or to Jeremiah.'<ref>http://messiahtruth.yuku.com/reply/33030/t/Concerning-unblemished-animals.html#reply-33030</ref>
::Also your claim that Sanhedrin 98b identifies Isaiah 53 as refering to the Messiah is wrong. Sanhedrin 98b discusses the "leper scholar" and it makes a JOKE about the messiah (quoting Isaiah 53). Again, Sanhedrin 98b is one of those "quotes" the Chrstians USE to prove the rabbis said Isaiah 53 was about the messiah.

The rabbis ask each other what is the messiahs name? And they have various answer. The one that gets the apologists all excited is the one that jokingly says:

The Rabbis said: His name is 'the leper scholar,' as it is written, Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him a leper, smitten of G-d, and afflicted.

The leper scholar was a real person who shows up time and again in Talmud. This statement is a joke where the rebbes are saying hey, maybe it was THIS guy. Read 'Margulious HaYom' by Rabbi Reuven Margolious. 2 page 81 paragraph #16 where he says:

Rebbi had a exceptional student who taught a chapter of the work of the chariot without the permission of his Rabbi, and he was stricken with leprosy. This student who was stricken with leprosy was called 'the leper of the house of Rebbi'"

The discussion continues beyond this point with one rabbi saying this will be the name of the messiah and another saying, no THIS is the name of the messiah. The bandy about David, Daniel, Moses, Haninah and others. The leper scholar is just another in a long laundry list and again is aggudah. . . NOT something to be taken literally.

In the preceding paragraph R' Hillel says that the Messiah has already came, and it was Hezekiah !

So in Sanhedrin 98b the reference of Isaiah 53 is simply part of a speculative discussion among the Ravs. Shabbat Shalom. <ref>http://messiahtruth.yuku.com/reply/33192/t/THE-COLLECTIVE-MESSIAH.html#reply-33192</ref>

::Rabbis have never identified Isaiah 53 as refering to the Messiah read Messiahtruth.yuku.com
::Christian apologists argue such by misquoting rabbis, taking a small sections of texts out of its context, or by simply fabricating quotes.

--13:54, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

I have to agree with tooMuchData. I only want to add that the standard Christian interpretation of the Suffering Servant is that he is Jesus Christ, as we find in Acts 8:32-35, where the authority is apostolic. Acts 8:32-33 is a direct quote of Isaiah 53:7-8. Dannyza1981's reference to the opinion of a well-known Christian apostate like Origen about Isaiah 53 is a straw-man argument and thus without merit; it is comparable to relying upon a mere rabbi's opinion for support and ignoring the published, contradictory opinion of Moses.

One cannot avoid controversy with this article. It should therefore include a dialogue between those who maintain that the Suffering Servant is Israel and those who maintain that the Suffering Servant is Jesus Christ. The polemics should be respectful and allow development of the two views. There probably needs to be a separate discussion area for each of the two views so that consensus can be achieved for each polemic. <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/65.30.125.232|65.30.125.232]] ([[User talk:65.30.125.232|talk]]) 05:24, 19 January 2009 (UTC)</span> 

== Wikitexts ==
The Chapter Isaiah 53, needs to be in wikitexts I took it out. Also, technically, the issue begins at Isaiah 52:13 for Christians and for Jews Isaiah 52 and ends at the end of Isaiah 53. Readers should be referred to wikitexts to form their own conclusions.
[[User:Dannyza1981|Dannyza1981]] ([[User talk:Dannyza1981|talk]]) 13:42, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

== New Changes ==
I think the citation of Christian Scholars about the earliest reference to their position in the Talmud, needs to go in the section entitled theories against the nation of Israel.

Also I added in a reference to Psalm 44, which adds weight to the Israel theory.

I want to change the reference to the Talmud as being neither against or for....

[[User:Dannyza1981|Dannyza1981]] ([[User talk:Dannyza1981|talk]]) 21:15, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

:I've moved your post to the bottom. Do you have a citation you could add to a scholar who uses Ps. 44 to support the Israel theory? Thanks.-[[User:Andrew c|Andrew c]] [[User talk:Andrew c|<sup>[talk]</sup>]] 02:00, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

== POV Tag ==

I added the POV tag because this article doesn't seem very objective to me. For instance, there is a lot of Jewish rebuttal of Christian perspectives. Also the Jewish scholars "tell us" while the Christian "argue". It seems more reasonable to have a section titled "Jewish Interpretation" and a section titled "Christian Interpretation". All the rebuttal arguments should be left out as they develop into spiritual tit-for-tat and leads to a lower quality article. Wikipedia is not the place for either Christian or Jewish proselytizing. It also seem unlikely that either the Christian or Jewish interpretations are monolithic and there may be more interpretations available in each of those traditions. [[User:Kevin Rector|Kevin Rector]] ([[User talk:Kevin Rector|talk]]) 05:06, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Wrong, Jews have always identified Isaiah 53 as Israel, just by looking at the fact that Jeremiah, the Psalms, and Isaiah all use the same formula of referring to Israel as the servant, also there are grammatical issues if one identifies Isaiah 53 as Israel. The article is not POV, the articles shows why most Christians think Isaiah 53 isn't Israel, and why all Jews think Isaiah can't be the messiah and must be Israel. That is reasonable. An article should show both sides, which it does. --[[User:Java7837|Java7837]] ([[User talk:Java7837|talk]]) 14:01, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Isaiah 53

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'''Isaiah 53''', taken from the [[Book of Isaiah]], is the last of the four [[Songs of the Suffering Servant]], and tells the story of "'''The Suffering Servant'''". The passage is famous for its interpretation by many [[Christians]] to be prophesy of the [[Ministry of Jesus|coming of Jesus]], being written over 700 years before his birth. This interpretation is rejected by [[Jewish]] theologians, most of whom believe the servant to be the nation of Israel.<ref name="Jewish viewpoint 1">{{cite web | title=Jewish viewpoint #1 | work=Jews for Judaism | url=http://www.geocities.com/logic_faith/prophecies_files/suffering_servant.htm | accessdate=2006-07-05}}</ref><ref name="Jewish viewpoint 3">{{cite web | title=Messianic Jews' viewpoint #3 | work=Truthnet.org: The Messiah | url=http://www.truthnet.org/TheMessiah/8_Messiah_Objection_Isaiah53_1/ | accessdate=2007-03-14}}</ref>
Many Christians view the entire chapter, and particularly this passage to refer to the [[Passion (Christianity)|suffering Jesus faced]] as well as the [[Atonement|absolution of sins]] believed to be made possible by his death.<ref name="Christian viewpoint 2">{{cite web | title=Christian viewpoint 2 | work=grebeweb | url=http://www.grebeweb.com/linden/suffer.html | accessdate=2006-07-06}}</ref>
:<sup>8</sup>From imprisonment and from judgment he was taken, and his generation who shall tell?''
:''For he was cut off from the land of the living; because of''
:''the transgression of my people, a plague came upon them.''
<small>-- Hebrew translation of Isaiah 53:8 from Judaica Press Complete Tanach </small>

Jewish and Christian scholars both agree that 52:13 is the natural beginning of the section, which is reasonable when one considers that the original Hebrew does not have the modern chapter breaks.<ref>[http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Agora/4229/isaih.html Is Isaiah 53: refering to Jesus ?]</ref> The speaker from 52:13 to the end of chapter 52 is God himself, whereas from the beginning of 53:1 through 53:9 the gentile kings of nations are speaking in their numbed astonishment. This narrative expressed by the surprised leaders of the surrounding gentile nations is referred to in 52:15. This alternation in speakers is evident in that verses 52:13 and 53:11 speak of "My [i.e. God's] servant," while the intervening verses refer to "our transgressions" (i.e., in the Jewish view of this chapter, the transgressions committed by the gentile nations against God's servant, Israel, or, in the Christian view of this chapter, the sins of individuals against God).

==Isaiah 53 in Rabbinic Sources==
Influential Jewish commentator [[Rashi]], as have other rabbis have believed Isaiah 53 referred to Israel.<ref>Isaiah 53 - Who is the prophet talking about? [http://www.tmtestimony.org.uk/library/2000_3.htm]</ref> Rashi, writing in the 11th century, did have some historical precedent for this interpretation, as his commentary became one of the best popular commentaries on the Tanakh. In Christian church father [[Origen]]'s [[Contra Celsus]], written in the year 248, he writes of Isaiah 53:
:Now I remember that, on one occasion, at a disputation held with certain Jews, who were reckoned wise men, I quoted these prophecies; to which my Jewish opponent replied, that these predictions bore reference to the whole people, regarded as one individual, and as being in a state of dispersion and suffering, in order that many proselytes might be gained, on account of the dispersion of the Jews among numerous heathen nations. <ref>Origen, ''[[Contra Celsum]]'', Book 1.Chapter 55 [http://gnosis.org/library/orig_cc1.htm]</ref>

The first book of the Talmud Berachoth page 5a states "If the Holy One, blessed be He, is pleased with a man, He crushes him with painful sufferings. For it is said: And the Lord was pleased with [him, hence] He crushed him by disease (Isa. 53:10, an exegetical reading). Now, you might think that this is so even if he did not accept them with love. Therefore it is said: To see if his soul would offer itself in restitution. Even as the trespass-offering must be brought by consent, so also the sufferings must be endured with consent. And if he did accept them, what is his reward? He will see his seed, prolong his days. And more than that, his knowledge [of the Torah] will endure with him. For it is said: The purpose of the Lord will prosper in his hand.,...It has been taught: R. Simeon b. Yohai says: The Holy One, blessed be He, gave Israel three precious gifts, and all of them were given only through sufferings.. These are: The Torah, the Land of Israel and the world to come."

The Mahari Kara (R' Yosef Kara, a contemporary of Rashi 11th century C.E.) on Isaiah 52:13: Quote: "Behold My servant shall prosper: Israel My servant shall be exalted and lifted up, and shall be very high. And [according to] the teachings of our Rabbis: He shall be more exalted than Abraham, as it is written: "I have raised my hand toward the Lord…" [Gen 14:22]. He shall be more lifted up than Moses, as it is written: "…as the nurse lifts up the suckling…". And he [Israel] shall be higher than the ministering angels, as it is written: "And they had backs, and they were very high…" [Ezek 1:18].

The Midrash Rabba on Deuteronomy says, "The Israelites poured out their soul to die in the captivity, as it is said, 'Because he poured out his soul to die.' (Isaiah 53:12)"<ref>http://www.judaismsanswer.com/lies2.htm</ref>

Furthermore, The Midrash known as Tana Devei Eliyahu contains three references to Isaiah 53, applying
them to the righteous of Israel (chapters 6,13,27).<ref name="contra">Contra Brown - Answering Dr. Brown's Objections to Judaism by Rabbi Yisroel C. Blumenthal [http://jewsforjudaism.org/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=51&Itemid=47]</ref>

Another Midrash, Aleph Beitot (final chapter) quotes
Isaiah 53 in reference to the nation of Israel as a whole.<ref name="contra"/>

[[Kuzari]] also identifies Isaiah 53 as the nation of Israel.<ref name="contra"/>

[[Chovot ha-Levavot]] also identifies Isaiah 53 as the nation of Israel.<ref name="contra"/>

==Isaiah 53 in the New Testament==
One of the first claims in the New Testament of Isaiah 53 to be a prophecy of Jesus comes from the [[Book of Acts]], in which its author, [[Luke the Evangelist|Luke]], describes a scene in which God commands [[Philip the Apostle]] to approach an [[Ethiopian]] [[eunuch]] who is sitting in a chariot, reading aloud to himself from the Book of Isaiah. The eunuch comments that he does not understand what he is reading (Isaiah 53), and Philip explains to him that the passage refers to Jesus. ''"And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? Of himself, or of some other man? Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus."''<ref>[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts%208:34-8:35;&version=9; Acts 8:34-35]</ref>

==Isaiah 53 as Israel==
Citing a number of Biblical verses that refer to Israel as the "servant", many of them from the Book of Isaiah,<ref>[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2041:8;&version=31; Isaiah 41:8]-[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2041:9;&version=31 9], [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2044:1;&version=31; Isaiah 44:1], [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2044:21;&version=31; Isaiah 44:21], and [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2049:3;&version=31; Isaiah 49:3]</ref> many Jewish scholars, and several Christian scholarly books, like Revised Standard Version Oxford Study Edition Bible, The Revised Standard Version tell us that Isaiah 53 is about national Israel. New Revised Standard Version and New English Bible echo this analysis.<ref>http://www.messiahtruth.com/isai53c.html</ref> Judaism, teaches that the "servant" in question is actually the nation of [[Israelites|Israel]].<ref name="Jewish viewpoint 1" /> These scholars also argue that verse 10 cannot be describing Jesus. The verse states:

:<sup>10</sup>he shall see [his] seed, he shall prolong [his] days

This description, is inconsistent with the short, childless life of Jesus.<ref name="Jewish viewpoint 1" /> Christian theologians contend that verse 10 is not to be taken literally: the "children" referred to is the [[Christian|Church]], and the "long life" refers to the [[Resurrection of Christ|Resurrection]].<ref name="Christian viewpoint 1" />

The reason that the Servant is referred to in the third person may be that these verses are written from the point of view of [[Gentile]] nations amazed at Israel's restoration, or it may simply be a method of figurative description.<ref> as in [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2052:15;&version=31; Isaiah 52:15]</ref><ref name="Jewish viewpoint 1" /> Supporters of this theory argue that the reason for the use of past tense is based on the differences between [[Proto-Isaiah]] and [[Deutero-Isaiah]]. Chapters 40-55 of Isaiah are referred to as "Deutero-Isaiah" because the themes and language are different from the rest of the book, leading some scholars to believe it was written by [[Book of Isaiah#Authorship issues|another author]]. Deutero-Isaiah differs from Proto-Isaiah in that it refers to Israel as already restored, which could account for the past-tense of the passage.<ref name="Jewish viewpoint 1" />

The Servant passages in Isaiah, and especially Isaiah 53, has to be compared with Psalm 44. Psalm 44 directly parallels the Servant Songs, it is probably the best defense for reading Isaiah 53 as applicable to the nation of Israel.

==Isaiah 53 as Jesus==

Many Christians argue that the "servant" could not have been the nation of Israel because of scriptural contradictions that would arise. Primarily, the servant is described as "innocent and guiltless," but Isaiah 1:4 declares the nation of Israel to be "...a people laden with iniquity. A brood of evildoers, children who are corrupters!"<ref name="Christian viewpoint 1">{{cite web | title=Christian viewpoint 1] | work=Chaim | url=http://www.chaim.org/nation.htm | accessdate=2006-07-05}}</ref>, along with countless other verses that declare Israel's iniquity including Isaiah 64:6. Many Jews see no contradiction and view the descriptions of Israel's iniquity as being hyperbolic. This is in contrast to the Christian doctrine of [[Supersessionism]].

In addition, Christians argue that if the "servant" ''were'' Israel, verse 10 ("It '''pleased''' the LORD to bruise him") would thereby be illogical because it entails God enjoying the sufferings of His elect people, which would seem to have no purpose, whereas the suffering of Jesus would ultimately mean an absolution of sin and victory for mankind.<ref name="Christian viewpoint 1" /> It has also been argued that the nation of Israel, even through all of its suffering and torment can not have "atoned" for the sins of mankind because they were not guiltless.<ref name="Christian viewpoint 1" />

Most Jewish scholars equate the phrase "It pleased..." with the concept of divine kingship. All royal acts in an absolute kingdom take place at the "pleasure" of the king, regardless of whether they bring the king actual joy or not. Additionally, Jewish theologians contend that one need not be guiltless for his suffering to have meaning.

Another Christian argument is that, although Isaiah does elsewhere refer to "my servant Israel," it is reasonable to argue that ''this'' "Israel" is not in fact the nation of Israel, but the Messiah. Just as the Messiah is sometimes referred to as "David," after his progenitor (cf. [[Ezekiel]] 34:23-24, 37:24), it is not unreasonable that he might be referred to as "Israel."

As a proof to this idea, in Isaiah 49:3 KJV, the LORD states, "Thou art My servant, O' Israel, in whom I will be glorified." Shortly thereafter, the scripture reveals that this servant called "Israel" would be responsible "to bring '''Jacob''' again to Him (the LORD), though '''Israel''' be not gathered..." (Isa. 49:5), and the LORD declares that the servant called "Israel" should be "My servant to raise up '''the tribes of Jacob''', and to restore '''the preserved of Israel'''..." Furthermore, the LORD states, "...I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth" (Isa. 49:6). This "Israel" could be seen as the Messiah, who is to be responsible for raising Jacob and re-gathering Israel ([[Daniel]]. 7:13; Isa. 27:13; [[1 Thessalonians]] 4:14-17; [[1 Corinthians]] 15:52-55; [[Gospel of Matthew]] 24:29-31).

On the other hand, many Jewish scholars view this text as referring to the righteous among Israel bringing all of Israel back to Him, after which the entire nation would serve as an example for other nations to follow. Furthermore, if the verse in question is punctuated differently, it is not the servant who will gather Israel, but God.

Critics, including Jews for Judaism founder Rabbi Bentzion Kravitz in his book "The Jewish Response To Missionaries," of the Christian viewpoint demonstrates that the Isaiah 53 passage is purposely mistranslated in Christian Bibles to support theological concepts. The original Hebrew, portrays a different picture. For example, the preposition "mi" in Isaiah 53:5 and 53:8 is commonly translated as "for." The meaning of "mi" is not "for" but rather "from" or "because of". Thus the Judaica Press Tanach translates Isaiah 53:5 as: "But he was pained because of our transgressions, crushed because of our iniquities; the chastisement of our welfare was upon him, and with his wound we were healed." Other examples of translation errors are Isaiah 53:8 where the Hebrew phrase "mi-pesha’ ‘ami niga’ lamo" is translated as "for the transgression of my people was he stricken". The word "lamo" is the poetic form of the Hebrew "lahem" which means their/them not him and is used as such throughout the Hebrew Bible. The Jewish rendition of Isaiah 53:8 then is: "because of the transgression of my people, a plague befell them." Based on this, the servant is argued to be a collective entity not a person. This claim is supported by the fact that the Hebrew word for "death" in the following verse of Isaiah 53:9, "And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death;" is plural.

Furthermore Rabbi Yisroel C. Blumenthal in Contra Brown Answering Dr. Brown’s Objections to Judaism, writes, "The prophet describes the servant;
“his visage is disfigured in a manner that marked him as less than human,
and his form is marred from that of men” (52:14).
The prophet continues to tell us that the servant;
"has no form or comeliness that we should look at him and no
countenance that we should desire him" (53:2)
Did anyone ever associate unsightliness with Jesus? Was Jesus ever put
into a class of creatures that is less than human? There are countless
pieces of art that demonstrate that the European mind saw the Jew as a
repulsive creature whose appearance set them apart from the rest of
humanity." Despised, isolated from men”
How was Jesus “isolated from men”? Was he confined to Ghettoes as
were the Jews for centuries upon centuries? Was he barred from
interacting freely with the citizenry in dozens of countries as were the
Jews? How many places of habitation were “off-limits” to Jesus?
“a man of pains and acquainted with sickness”
The Christian scriptures report that Jesus was crucified, but does that
make him stand out as - “a man of pains and acquainted with sickness”?
Many people were crucified and many individuals suffered so much more
than Jesus. But the suffering of the Jewish people sets them apart from
any other national entity.
“we hid our faces from him and we esteemed him not" (53:3)
When did mankind hide their faces from Jesus? Mankind certainly did hide
their faces from the Jews while the most horrid crimes were being
committed against them.
"we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God and afflicted" (53:4)
Did the suffering of Jesus ever play a role in the theology of those who
rejected his mission? But both Christianity and Islam focus on the
suffering of the Jewish people in their theological assessment of the Jew.
According to both of these belief systems, the suffering of the Jewish
people is the evidence of their lowly status in God’s eyes.
“His grave is with the wicked, and his deaths are with the rich.” (53:9)
The servant of God is buried with the wicked, but the Christian scriptures
tell us that Jesus was buried with the rich and not with the wicked. God’s
servant is to die with the rich, yet the Christian scriptures tell us that Jesus
did not die with the rich, but with the wicked. It is obvious that Isaiah did
not have Jesus in mind when he uttered these words.
The prophetic description clearly applies to the persecution of the Jewish
people. Throughout the generations, the enemies of the Jew characterized
the Jew as both rich and wicked. They justified the murder of the Jews
because they believed that the Jew swindled the world of its wealth. The
imagined wealth of the Jew triggered many pogroms and massacres. The
preconception of the Jew as a criminal served as the basis for the
disrespect that the killers showed for the Jewish dead.
When we focus on those verses which describe the servant’s physical
attributes, it becomes clear that the prophet foresaw the suffering of the
Jewish people. The suffering servant is the persecuted Jew."

==Debate about Isaiah 53 in Jewish/Christian relations and their consequences==
===Before 1000===
The earliest known example of a Jew and a Christian debating the meaning of Isaiah 53 is the example from 248 cited by Origen stated above. The discourse between Origen and his Jewish counterpart does not seem to have had any consequences for either party. This was not the case for the majority of centuries that have passed since that time. In [[Ecclesiastes Rabbah]] 1:24, written in the 700s, a debate about a much less controversial topic results in the arrest of the Jew engaging in the debate.<ref> Ecclesiastes Rabbah 1:24 translated by Christopher P. Benton "In Search of Kohelet" http://www.maqom.com/journal/paper9.pdf p 13)</ref>

===1000–1500===
In 1263 at the [[Disputation of Barcelona]], [[Nahmanides]] expressed the Jewish viewpoint of Isaiah 53 and other matters regarding Christian belief about Jesus's role in Hebrew Scripture. The disputation was awarded in his favor, and as a result the [[Dominican Order]] compelled him to flee from his home country for the remainder of his life. Passages of Talmud were also censored. In a number of other [[disputation]]s, debate about this passage resulted in forced conversions, deportations, and the burning of Jewish religious texts.<ref> Jewish Encyclopedia http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=386&letter=D </ref>

===Modern era===
The use of Isaiah 53 in debates between Jews and Christians still often occurs in the context of Christian missionary work among Jews, and the topic is a source of frequent discussion that is often repetitive and heated. Some devout Christians view the use of the Christian interpretation of Isaiah 53 in [[proselytization]] efforts as an act of love. A common view among Jews today is that, while the persecutions of the Middle Ages that resulted from disputations are in the past, Jews still suffer under the threat that their children will be drawn into Christian groups that engage in active proselytization.

==See also==
*[[Messianic prophecies of Jesus]]
*[[New Covenant]]
*[[Christianity and Judaism]]
*[[Messiah (Handel)]]

==Notes and references==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.outreachjudaism.org/sin.html Rabbinic Interpretation of Isaiah 53]
*[http://jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=495&letter=S&search=Suffering%20Servant Jewish Encyclopedia: Servant of God]
*[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10212c.htm Catholic Encyclopedia: Messiah]
*{{bibleverse||Isaiah|52:13-53:12}}
*[http://www.jewsforjudaism.org/web/handbook/s_faq.html The Jewish Response To Missionaries by Jews for Judaism founder Rabbi Bentzion Kravitz]
*[http://www.messiahtruth.com/isai53a.html Messiah Truth]
*[http://www.outreachjudaism.org/isaiah2.html Isaiah 53 by Rabbi Tovia Singer]
*[http://www.outreachjudaism.org/biblical.html Audio Downloads of Judaism’s response to Isaiah 53 available at Outreach Judaism]
*[http://www.uhcg.org/suffering-servant/The-Servant-vs-jc.html A Jewish refutation of Christian interpretation]
*[http://www.christiancourier.com/articles/read/was_jesus_the_suffering_servant_of_isaiah_53 One Christian's interpretation of Isaiah 53]
*[http://www.bible.org/page.asp?page_id=2553 A Christian examination of Isaiah 53]
*[http://experts.about.com/q/Conservative-Judaism-951/isiah-53.htm A Jewish explanation of the text from Rabbi Dov]
*[http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/63255/jewish/The-Bible-with-Rashi.htm Text of Tanach, Judica Press]

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'''Bodo''' (c. 814<ref>"Assuming a difference of no more than five years, we may suppose that Bodo was born about the time of Charlemagne's death and the accession of Louis the Pious."[http://www.jstor.org/pss/1453233]</ref>–876) was the palace [[deacon]] to [[Louis the Pious]], Emperor and King of the [[Franks]] from 814 to 840. In early 838, Bodo intended to make a [[pilgrimage]] to [[Rome]] but instead converted to [[Judaism]], allegedly selling his fellow pilgrims into slavery in Muslim Spain.{{Fact|date=August 2007}} His conversion was regarded as a rejection of the [[Carolingian Renaissance|Carolingian]] culture and the Christian faith. Bodo left the Frankish Kingdom for [[Muslim Spain]] in 839. He took the Jewish name ''[[Eleazar]]'', had himself circumcised and married a Jewish woman. In 840 Bodo moved to [[Zaragoza|Saragossa]], where he incited the Moorish government and the people to persecute the Spanish Christians.

== Correspondence with Álvaro ==
In 840 Bodo began a correspondence with a Christian intellectual [[Pablo Alvaro]] of [[Córdoba, Spain|Cordova]] (Cordova was also a Muslim area of Spain). Alvaro was possibly born a Jew, but had converted to Christianity. Because Bodo and Alvaro were both converts, they began a dialogue to try to convince each other to go back to their old faith. Some of their letters have been preserved.

The source of the following letter is disputed, but it is attributed to Bodo:

<blockquote>As for your assertion that Christ is God, joined with the Holy Spirit, and you worship him because he had no human father, then along with him you ought to worship [[Adam (Bible)|Adam]] the father of the human race, who had neither father nor mother, whose flesh, blood, bones and skin were created from clay. Breath was put in him by the [[Holy Spirit]], and he became an intelligent being. Then too, Eve was created from Adam's rib without a father or mother, and breath came into her and she became intelligent. So worship them too![http://www.uwm.edu/People/corre/arab/bishop2.html]</blockquote>

== See also ==
* [[Pablo Alvaro]]
* [[La Convivencia]]
* [[Golden age of Jewish culture in Spain]]

== Footnotes ==
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== References ==
* [[Alan D. Corré|Corré, Alan D.]] [http://www.uwm.edu/People/corre/arab/bishop2.html The Bishop's Letter]
* [[Lawrence Epstein|Epstein, Lawrence]] [http://www.convert.org/book2.htm The Theory and Practice of Welcoming Converts to Judaism]
* [[Richard Gottheil|Gottheil, Richard]] & [[Hermann Vogelstein|Vogelstein, Hermann]], ''[http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=1229&letter=B Bodo]'' ~ ''Jewish Encyclopedia''
* [[Franklin Ress|Ress, Franklin]] [http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1468-0254.2005.00152.x?cookieSet=1 ''From Aachen to Al-Andalus: the journey of Deacon Bodo'']

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Bene Ephraim

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The '''Bene Ephraim''', ([[Hebrew language|Hebrew]]: "Sons of Ephraim") also called '''Telugu Jews''' because they speak [[Telugu language|Telugu]], are a small community of [[Jew]]s living primarily in [[Kottareddipalem]], a village outside [[Guntur]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]], near the [[river delta|delta]] of the [[River Krishna]].<ref name=pop /><ref name=Yacobi> Yacobi, Sadok. [http://www.kulanu.org/india/bneiephraim.php Bene Ephraim of Andhra Pradesh, South India]</ref><ref>[http://nextyearinmumbai.blogspot.com/2008/03/last-week-we-followed-one-of-our-main.html A week with the Bene Ephraim of Andra Pradesh] entry in blog "Next Year In Mumbai : The Blog" March 18, 2008.</ref>

The Bene Ephraim claim to trace their observance of [[Judaism]] back to ancient times, and recount a history similar to that of the [[Bnei Menashe]] in the northeastern Indian states of [[Mizoram]] and [[Manipur]]: adoption of [[Christianity]] upon the arrival of [[Baptist]] [[missionaries]] around the beginning of the 19th century.

Since 1981<ref name=Yacobi>Yacobi, Sadok. [http://www.kulanu.org/india/bneiephraim.php Bene Ephraim of Andhra Pradesh, South India]</ref>, about fifty families around Kottareddipalem and [[Ongole]] ([[Capital (political)|capital]] of the nearby district of [[Prakasham]]) have studied [[Judaism]], learned [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]], and sought recognition from other Jewish communities around the world. Because of the very recent emergence of this community, and the current overwhelming emphasis on the use of Hebrew as a living language, rather than merely a [[liturgical language]], the impact of Hebrew on the daily speech of this community has not led to the development, as yet, of a distinctly identifiable "Judæo-Telugu" language or dialect. (''See [[Jewish languages]]''.)

The community has been visited over the years, by several groups of [[rabbi]]s, who have thus far not seen fit to extend the same recognition to this community as that recently extended to the Bnei Menashe.

==See also==
*[[Andhra Pradesh]]
*[[History of the Jews in India]]
*[[Bnei Menashe]]
*[[Shavei Israel]]

==References==
<references/>

* Francisco, Jason L., [http://www.kulanu.org/india/telugu_jews.php Meet the Telugu Jews of India] ([http://www.kulanu.org kulanu.org])
* Sussman, Bonita & Gerald., [http://www.kulanu.org/india/indiajournal07.php India Journal], 2007 ([http://www.kulanu.org kulanu.org])
*Kulanu's [http://www.kulanu.org/india/ Indian Jews] index.

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Bnei Menashe

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{{Ethnic group
|group = Bnei Menashe
|poptime = '''12,000''' (estimate)<ref>[http://www.asianews.it/index.php?art=4148&l=en INDIA Indian converts to Judaism: lost tribes of Israel or economic migrants? - Asia News]</ref>
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The '''Bnei Menashe''' ("Children of [[Tribe of Manasseh|Menasseh]]", [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] בני מנשה) are a group of more than 9,000 people from [[India]]'s [[Seven Sister States|North-Eastern border states]] of [[Manipur]] and [[Mizoram]] who claim descent from one of the [[Ten Lost Tribes|Lost Tribes of Israel]]. Linguistically, they are [[Tibeto-Burman languages|Tibeto-Burmans]] and belong to the [[Mizo people|Mizo]], [[Kuki people|Kuki]] and [[Chin people]]s (the terms are virtually interchangeable)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.languageinindia.com/july2005/morphologynortheast1.html |title=Issues in Morphological Analysis of North-East Indian Languages |date=2005-07-07 |accessdate=2007-03-04 |work=Language in India |author=Vijayanand Kommaluri, R. Subramanian, and Anand Sagar K}}</ref>.
They are called Chin in Burma.

Depending upon their affiliations, each tribe refers to itself as Kuki, Mizo,
[http://www.zogam.org/history.asp Zomi] or Chin. It is however more common for people to identify themselves by their subtribe, each of which has its own distinct dialect and identity.

The breakaway Judaic group was named Bnei Menashe by Eliyahu Avichail <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.grassrootsoptions.org/index.php?module=Pagesetter&func=viewpub&tid=2&pid=1 |title=The politics of ‘Lost Tribe’ |accessdate=2007-03-04 |work=GrassrootsOptions }}</ref> because they believe that the legendary Kuki-Mizo ancestor Manmasi<ref> {{cite web |url=http://www.manipuronline.com/Features/January2003/israeliteorigin26_3.htm |date=2003-07-26 |title=Kuki, Chin, Mizo-Hmar's Israelite Origin; Myth or Reality? |accessdate=2007-03-04 |author=Lal Dena |work=The Weather Channel }}</ref> is one and the same with [[Menasseh]], son of Joseph.

==History and legends==
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Prior to their conversion to [[Christianity]] in the 19th Century, the Chin-Kuki-Mizo were [[headhunter]]s and [[Animism|animists]] <ref> {{cite web |url=http://www.chro.org/updir/dynamicPDFcache/BE-Description-scholar_section-the_role_of_christia-1173049576.pdf |title=The Role of Christianity in Chin Society |accessdate=2007-03-04 |format=PDF |author=Salai Za Uk Ling |work=Chin Human Rights Organization }}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nccindia.in/resources/c3.htm |title=Churches in North East India |author=Ms. Awala Longkumer |accessdate=2007-03-04 |work=National Council of Churches in India}}</ref> who migrated in waves from East Asia until they settled in northeastern India. They have no written history but their legends refer to a beloved homeland they were driven away from called Sinlung/Chhinlung<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mizoram.nic.in/about/history.htm |title=Mizoram History |accessdate=2007-03-04 |work=Mizoram State Centre }}</ref>. Anthropologists and historians believe that it was located in China's [[Yunnan]] province and that the Tibeto-Burman migration from there began about 6000 years ago. [[National Geographic]]'s [[The Genographic Project|Genographic Project]] plans to sample the gene pool of northeastern Indian tribes which may shed definitive light on their origins <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www3.nationalgeographic.com/genographic/pi/pitchappan_profile.html |title=Ramasamy Pitchappan Investigator Profile |accessdate=2007-03-04 |work=The Genographic Project }}</ref>.

The Bnei Menashe believe that the traditional Mizo-Kuki harvest festival song "Sikpui Hla (Sikpui Song)" which features events paralleled in the [[Book of Exodus]], such as enemies chasing them over a red-coloured sea<ref name="epao">{{cite web |url=http://www.e-pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=leisure.Essays.Mizo-Kukis_Claim_Of_Their_Jewish_Origin |author=Isaac L. Hmar |title=Mizo-Kuki's Claim Of Their Jewish Origin: Its impact on Mizo society |accessdate=2007-03-04 |work=E-Pao |date=2005-08-08 }}</ref>, quails <ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/5125244.stm |title='Extinct' quail sighted in India |accessdate=2007-03-04 |work=BBC News |date=2006-06-28 }}</ref>, and a pillar of cloud <ref name="epao" />is clear evidence of their Israelite ancestry. Translation of the lyrics:

''While we are preparing for the Sikpui Feast,
''The big red sea becomes divided;
''As we march along fighting our foes,''
''We are being led by pillar of cloud by day,''''
''And pillar of fire by night.
''Our enemies, O ye folks, are thick with fury,''
''Come out with your shields and arrows.''
''Fighting our enemies all day long,''
''We march forward as cloud-fire goes before us.''
''The enemies we fought all day long,''
''The big sea swallowed them like wild beast.''
''Collect the quails,''
''And draw the water that springs out of the rock.''''''
[http://www.zoram.com/index.php?module=pagesetter&func=viewpub&tid=7&pid=42&comments_startnum=11]

'''1 April 2007''': Michael Freund reports in the Jerusalem Post that the Bnei Menashe claim to have a chant they call Miriam's Prayer[http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1173879224395&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull]. The words of the chant are identical to that of the Sikpui Song and this article is the first known print reference to Miriam's Prayer aka Sikpui Hla.

Freund goes on to report that according to the Bnei Menashe "a century ago, when British missionaries first arrived in India's North-East, they were astonished to find that the local tribesmen worshipped one god, were familiar with many of the stories of the Bible, and were practicing a form of biblical Judaism".

By all empirical accounts, the entire tribe were animists at the time of the arrival of the missionaries.

==Revivalism==
During the first Welsh missionary-led Christian Revivalism movement which swept through the Mizo Hills in 1906, indigenous festivals, feasts and traditional songs and chants were strictly prohibited by the missionaries. This policy was abandoned during the 1919-24 Revival and the Mizos began writing their own hymns and incorporating indigenous elements thereby creating their own distinct form of worship <ref> {{cite web |url=http://www1.pcts.ac.kr/wwwroot2/jboard/skin/zBoard/pds/zboard01/(1)%EA%B9%80%EC%B0%BD%ED%99%98(%EC%98%81%EB%AC%B8).pdf |title='Showers of Blessing': Revival Movements in the Khassia Hilss and Mukti Mission in Early Tewentieth-Century India |accessdate=2007-03-04 |format=PDF |author=Sebastian Chang-Hwan Kim }}</ref>.

Dr. Shalva Weil[http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs/beirat/weil-e.htm], a senior researcher and noted anthropologist at [[Hebrew University]], quotes Steven Fuchs in her paper ''Dual Conversion Among the Shinlung of North-East'':"Revivalism (among the Mizo) is a recurrent phenomenon distinctive of the Welsh form of [[Presbyterianism]]. Certain members of the congregation who easily fall into ecstasy are believed to be visited by the Holy Ghost and the utterings are received as prophecies" (1965: 16). McCall (1949) records several incidents of revivalism including the "Kelkang incident" in which three men "spoke in tongues" claiming to be the medium through which God spoke to men. Their following was large and widespread until they clashed with the colonial Superintendent who put down the movement and removed the "sorcery" (1949: 220-223)"[http://www.krepublishers.com/02-Journals/T%20&%20T/T%20&%20T-01-0-000-000-2003-Web/T%20&%20T-01-1-001-090-2003-Abst-PDF/T%20&%20T-01-1-043-057-2003-Weil/T%20&%20T-01-1-043-057-2003-Weil.pdf].

==Chalianthanga's vision==
According to the Bnei Menashe, in 1951, a Pentecostalist called Chalianthanga or Mela Chala (the name varies) from Buallawn village dreamt that God instructed him to direct his people to return to their pre-Christian religion, which he determined to be [[Judaism]], and to return to their original homeland, [[Israel]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.time.com/time/asia/magazine/99/0906/mizos.html |title=Lost Tribe of Israel? |author=Michael Fathers |accessdate=2007-03-04 |date=1999-09-06 |work=Time Asia }}</ref>. The Bnei Menashe believe that Chalianthanga/MC and several followers set out on foot through the hilly jungles of North East India towards Israel but had to give up due to the sheer distance and terrain.

Despite this setback, the number of believers rose steadily (estimated to have risen by 50% in recent years) and their claims gained wider credence in the 1980s when a self-taught researcher, Zaithanchhungi, purported to have discovered similarities between their ancient [[animism|animist]] rituals and those of Biblical Judaism, such as sacrifices<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.shavei.org/article.php?id=506 |title=Mizoram, Manipur believe they are lost tribes of Israel |accessdate=2007-03-04 |date=2005-04-24 |work=The Navhind Times on-line }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kulanu.org/india/indiatribe.html |title=Long-lost Jews |date=2002-03-27 |accessdate=2007-03-04 |author=Michael Freund |work=The Jerusalem Post Magazine }}</ref>.

Shalva Weil writes that "although there is no documentary evidence linking the tribal peoples in North-East India with the myth of the Lost Israelites, it appears likely that, as with revivalism, the concept was introduced by the missionaries as part of their general millenarian leanings .<ref>Samra, 1991</ref> This was certainly the case in other countries, where Christian missionaries "discovered" Lost Tribes in far-flung places, in order to speed up the messianic era and bring on the Redemption. In China, for example, the Scottish missionary Rev. T. F. Torrance entitled his 1937 book "China’s Ancient Israelites" expounding the theory that the [[Qiang people]] are really Lost Israelites".<ref>{{citebook|author=Rev. T. F. Torrance|date=1937|title=China’s Ancient Israelites}}</ref>

==Amishav and Shavei Israel==
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'''1979''': Amishav (Hebrew for "My People Return"), an Israeli organisation founded by Rabbi Eliyahu Avichail and dedicated to locating the lost tribes of Israel, heard about a group in India claiming descent from Israelites. The Rabbi traveled to India several times during the 1980s to investigate the claims. Convinced that the Bnei Menashe were indeed descendants of Israelites, he dedicated himself to converting them to Orthodox Judaism and facilitating their [[aliya]] with funds provided by benefactors such as the [[International Fellowship of Christians and Jews]], a US-Israeli organisation which raises funds from evangelical Christians for Jewish causes.

'''1998''': US-Israeli translator and New York Sun columnist [[Hillel Halkin]] travels to India with Rabbi Avichail to meet the Bnei Menashe and writes a widely-reviewed book about it entitled ''Across The Sabbath River'' (2002).

The Rabbi eventually steps aside as leader of Amishav in favour of Michael Freund, a Jerusalem Post columnist and former deputy director of communications & policy planning in the Prime Minister's office. Freund goes on to found Shavei Israel.

'''July 2006''': In an interview with North-East Indian magazine Grassroots Options, Hillel Halkin explains the background: "Avichail is today a man in his seventies, and several years ago, persuaded that Amishav needed younger leadership, he ceded his position to an American-Israeli journalist, Michael Freund. The two (Avichail and Freund) ultimately quarreled over organisational matters, and Freund left Amishav and founded a new organization called Shavei Israel. Both men have their supporters within the B’nei Menashe community in Israel, although Avichail continues to be the more influential and admired figure.

"Kuki-Mizo tribal rivalries and clans have also played a role in the split, with some groups supporting one man and some the other. Because Freund is independently wealthy, Shavei Israel is the better funded of the two organisations and has been able to conduct more activities, particularly in the area of supporting Jewish education for the B'nei Menashe in Aizawl and Imphal". <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.grassrootsoptions.org/index.php?module=Pagesetter&func=viewpub&tid=4&pid=0 |title=Interview with Hillel Halkin |accessdate=2007-03-03 |work=grassrootsoptions |author=Linda Chhakchhuak }}</ref>

Freund says that the Bnei Menashe "are a blessing to the State of Israel. They have proved themselves to be dedicated Jews and committed Zionists, and I see no reason why they should not be allowed to immigrate to Israel” <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/sep10/n18.asp |title=NE Jews pine for ‘Promised Land’ |author=Anirban Bhaumik |accessdate=2007-03-03 |work=Deccan Herald |date=2003-09-10 }}</ref>

'''July 2005''': Bnei Menashe complete building a [[mikvah]], or a Jewish ritual bath, in Mizoram under the supervision of Israeli rabbis in order to begin the process of [[conversion to Judaism]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/09/17/windia17.xml |title=India's lost tribe recognised as Jews after 2,700 years |accessdate=2007-03-03 |format=XML |work=Telegraph.co.uk |author=Peter Foster |date=2005-09-17 }}</ref> Shortly after, a similar Mikvah was built in Manipur. In mid-2005, with the help of Shavei Israel and the local council of [[Kiryat Arba]], the Bnei Menashe opened its first community centre in the [[Land of Israel]].

== Acceptance ==

'''1 April 2005''': [[Sephardi Jews|Sephardi]] Rabbi [[Shlomo Amar]], one of Israel's two [[Chief Rabbi|chief rabbis]], accepts the Bnei Menashe's claim because of their exemplary devotion to Judaism.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4400957.stm |title=Rabbi backs India's 'lost Jews' |accessdate=2007-03-03 |work=BBC News |date=2005-04-01 }}</ref> His decision is significant because it paves the way for all Bnei Menashe to enter Israel under Israel's [[Law of Return]].

Although the claims of Israelite descent are rejected by most Mizo-Kuki-Chin and called into serious question by Jewish academics, the Bnei Menashe are unshakable in their belief. Indeed, Bnei Menashe who wish to affirm their connection to the Jewish people are required to undergo Orthodox conversions, and every effort is made to ensure that they are accepted according to the strictest interpretation of Jewish law.

In the past two decades, some 1,700 Bnei Menashe have moved to Israel, mostly to settlements in [[West Bank]] [http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/123481] and [[Gaza strip]] (before disengagement). Learning Hebrew has been a great challenge, especially for the older generation, for whom the phonology of their native languages makes Hebrew especially challenging, both phonologically and morphologically. Younger members have more opportunities to learn Hebrew and gain employment as soldiers and nurses aides for the elderly and infirm.<ref name="exodus">{{cite web |url=http://in.rediff.com/news/2006/nov/21jews.htm |title=Exodus of Indian Jews from north-east to Israel |accessdate=2007-03-03 |work=rediff news |author=Harinder Mishra |date=2006-11-21 }}</ref>

== Israeli Disengagement from Gaza and the Bnei Menashe ==
When Prime Minister [[Ariel Sharon]] announced his plan for the [[History of Israel#Disengagement from Gaza (southern Coastal Plain of Israel)|disengagement]] of [[Gush Katif]] and some Jewish settlements in [[Judea and Samaria]] ([[West Bank]]), the Bnei Menashe community were especially affected because many had decided to settle in these territories. Prior to Israel's subsequent withdrawal, the Bnei Menashe were the largest immigrant community in Gaza <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=607909 |title=Indians make up largest immigrant group in Gaza |accessdate=2007-03-03 |work=Haaretz.com |date=03/08/2005 |author=Amiram Barkat}}</ref>.

Bnei Menashe in India were concerned about family members who they feared were in the middle of violent confrontations between settlers and IDF soldiers. They were also concerned because they had thought of Gaza as their future home once they made [[aliyah]] to Israel. Although a group of Bnei Menashe left Gaza before the deadline, others stayed with their fellow settlers during the expulsion.<ref name="withdrawal">{{cite web |url=http://www.metimes.com/articles/normal.php?StoryID=20050829-051546-1650r |title='Lost Tribe' Jews move again with Gaza withdrawal |accessdate=2007-03-03 |date=2005-08-25 |author=Amelia Thomas |work=Middle East Times }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArtDisengagement.jhtml?itemNo=613885&contrassID=23&subContrassID=4&sbSubContrassID=0 |title=Back to an ancient home |accessdate=2007-03-03 |author=Eli Ashkenazi |work=Haaretz.com }}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050823/asp/nation/story_5144609.asp |title=Gaza Strip jitters for Mizoram Jews - families fear for relatives |accessdate=2007-03-03 |author=Samir K. Purkayastha |work=The Telegraph |date=2005-08-22 }}</ref>

==Controversy in Israel==
'''June 2003''': Interior Minister [[Avraham Poraz]] halts Bnei Menashe immigration to Israel following charges by [[Ofir Pines-Paz]] (Minister of Science and Technology, 2006) that the Bnei Menashe are “being cynically exploited for political purposes" because they are being settled in Israel's Southern Coastal Plain a.k.a.Gaza and Judea and Samaria. Rabbi [[Eliyahu Birnbaum]], a rabbinical judge dealing with the conversion of Bnei Menashe, says that the [[Knesset]] Absorption Committee's decision is one based on "ignorance, racism, and unjustifiable hate"<ref name="deadlink">[http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news.php3?id=45241 Arutz Sheva]</ref>.

Rabbi Birnbaum says that the Bnei Menashe who move to Israel in fact suffer financially because their move is motivated by a desire to return to the [[Holy Land]] rather than material gain<ref name="deadlink" />.

Michael Freund believes that the Bnei Menashe could help with Israel's demographic problem saying: "I believe that groups like the Bnei Menashe constitute a large, untapped demographic and spiritual reservoir for Israel and the Jewish people." <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jewishaz.com/jewishnews/021227/tribe.shtml |title='Lost Tribe' makes aliyah |author=Jessica Steinberg |date=2002-12-27 |accessdate=2007-03-03 |work=Jewish News of Greater Phoenix}}</ref>

With the March 2005 decision by Rabbi Amar, the immigration issue seems to have been rendered moot. The Bnei Menashe's Orthodox conversion would in the future be conducted in India, and they would be recognized as wholly Jewish prior to their arrival in Israel. However, this solution is short-lived because the government of India, under pressure from Mizo-Kuki churches, objects formally to the conversion of its citizens.

==Controversy in India==
The rapid rise in conversions alarms the staunchly evangelical Mizo-Kuki churches and ignites a furious controversy in Mizoram, culminating in top-rated television debates.

[[Aizawl]] Christian Research Centre's Dr Biaksiama says “the mass conversion by foreign priests will pose a threat not only to social stability in the region, but also to national security. A large number of people will forsake loyalty to the Union of India, as they all will become eligible for a foreign citizenship”. He is the author of a book ''Mizo Nge Israel?'' (Mizo or Israeli?) which he says "tells us our real identity, the identity with which we are recognised by God and the world"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://farshores.org/a04mizo2.htm |title=New Book X-Rays 'Baseless' Mizo Israel Identity |date=2004-10-26 |author=David M. Thangliana |accessdate=2007-03-03 |work=farshores.org }}</ref>.

'''March 2004''': Dr Biaksiama has a showdown on television with [[Lalchanhima Sailo]], founder of Chhinlung Israel People's Convention (CIPC), a secessionist Mizo organization.
<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/blog-4257.html |title=Mizoram: A State of Israel in South East Asia |accessdate=2007-03-03 |date=2004-02-15 |author=Simon Says |work=TravelBlog }}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/blog-4468.html |title=An emerging Israel in Mizoram |author=Simon Says |date=2004-12-19 |accessdate=2007-03-03 |work=TravelBlog }}</ref> [[Lalchanhima Sailo]] says that CIPC's aim is not migration to Israel but to have the United Nations declare the areas inhabited by Mizo tribes an independent nation for Mizo Israelites[http://www.northeastvigil.in/archives/?p=3140]

'''April 2005''': Aizawl Theological College's Rev Chuauthuama tells the Deccan Herald "There may be some similarities between the customs of any two communities of the world. Some customs of the Mizos may resemble those of the Israelites. But that doesn’t mean that our ancestors were Israelites and Jews"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/apr222005/national154442005421.asp |title=Judaism threatens Church in Mizoram, Manipur |date=2005-04-22 |accessdate=2007-03-04 |work=Deccan Herald }}</ref>.

==Israel halts conversions==
'''November 2005''': the Israeli government halts all conversions of the Bnei Menashe in India, citing strained relations between the two countries after Indian officials express concern about the conversions; they indicate that mass conversions are considered illegal in India. Concern may have been triggered after a task force from the Rabbinic Court travelled to India in September 2005 to complete the conversion process for 218 Bnei Menashe.

The decision by the Israeli government leads to criticism from Bnei Menashe supporters who say that Israeli officials have failed to explain to the Indian government that the rabbis were not [[proselytising]], but rather formalizing the conversions of Bnei Menashe who had already accepted Judaism.

The Indian government's complaint is also criticized by some [[Hindu]] groups in India, who claim that the Indian government takes Christian complaints more seriously than theirs, and that Hindus have complained for years about Christian proselytizing without receiving any governmental response. <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.organiser.org/dynamic/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=113&page=14 |title=UPA Government goes out to help conversion |author=Surya Narain Saxena |date=2006-01-15 |accessdate=2007-03-03 |work=Organiser.org }}</ref>

'''July 2006''': Israeli Immigration Absorption Minister Zeev Boim says that the 218 Bnei Menashe will "be allowed to come here, but first the government must decide what its policy will be towards those who have yet to (formally) convert" <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1150885896057&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull |title=Bnei Menashe aliya, conversions halted pending government review |accessdate=2007-03-03 |author=Hilary Leila Kreiger |work=Jerusalem Post |date=2006-07-02 }}</ref> .

Freund threatens to take the minister to the Supreme Court if he does not immediately facilitate the arrival of the Bnei Menashe.

'''November 2006''': 218 Bnei Menashe arrive in Israel and are resettled in Upper [[Nazareth]] and [[Karmiel]]. Michael Freund gives the Jerusalem Post several reasons for settling the newcomers in the North including the fact that the government has encouraged more people to settle in the Galilee and the Negev. "And after what the North went through this summer during the Lebanon war, it is especially meaningful that the Bnei Menashe will help to strengthen and revitalize this part of Israel".

'''September 2007''': 230 Bnei Menashe arrive in Israel.

'''October 2007''': Signalling a major change in policy, the Israeli government says that entry into Israel for the purpose of mass conversion and citizenship will in future have to be considered by the full Cabinet, rather than by the Interior Minister alone. A government source is reported as saying "After all, when the whole government meets to vote on something, it can't decide on anything."

This decision is expected to be a major obstacle in Shavei Israel's endeavours to bring all Bnei Menashe to Israel. This is because the immigration of the Bnei Menashe has previously been managed by bringing in large groups of up to 230, rather than by bringing in individuals. [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1191257286204&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull]
[http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1192380584624&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull]

Michael Freund promises to fight against the decision [http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/123987].

== Controversial DNA tests ==

'''2003''': Hillel Halkin initiates a collection of 350 genetic samples from Mizo-Kuki which are tested at Haifa's Technion - Israel Institute of Technology under the auspices of Prof. Karl Skorecki. According to the late Mizo research scholar [http://www.siphro.org/press-releases/siphro-condemns-the-inhumane-torture-and-murder-of-isaac-hmar/ Isaac Hmar Intoate ] who helped collect the samples, no evidence was found which would indicate a Middle-Eastern origin for Mizo-Chin-Kuki[http://www.e-pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=leisure.essays.Isaac_Hmar.The_Jewish_Connection_Myth_or_Reality][http://www.e-pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=leisure.essays.Isaac_Hmar.The_lost_and_found_Jews_in_Manipur_and_Mizoram].
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'''2004''': DNA test at Kolkota's Central Forensic Science Laboratory then claimed to have discovered evidence of Middle Eastern genes among a sample of Mizo-Kuki-Chin in an internet paper titled [http://genomebiology.com/content/pdf/gb-2004-6-1-p1.pdf Tracking the genetic imprints of lost Jewish tribes among the gene pool of Kuki-Chin-Mizo population of India].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.the-week.com/24sep12/currentevents_article1.htm |title=DNA tests prove that Mizo people are descendants of a lost Israeli tribe |author=Tathagata Bhattacharya |accessdate=2007-03-03 |date=2004-09-12 |work=This Week }}</ref> The paper remains unreviewed as of February 2007.

'''1 April 2005''': In a Haaretz article ''In Search of Jewish Chromosomes in India'', Professor Skorecki is quoted as saying the Kolkota geneticists "did not do a complete `genetic sequencing' of all the DNA and therefore it is hard to rely on the conclusions derived from a `partial sequencing, and they themselves admit this". He added that "the absence of a genetic match still does not say that the Kuki do not have origins in the Jewish people, as it is possible that after thousands of years it is difficult to identify the traces of the common genetic origin. However, a positive answer can give a significant indication"[http://www.amren.com/mtnews/archives/2005/04/in_search_of_je.php].

A BBC News article on the same day, entitled ''Rabbi backs India's lost Jews'' reports that "the Central Forensic Institute in Calcutta suggests that while the masculine side of the tribes bears no links to Israel, the feminine side suggests a genetic profile with Middle Eastern people that may have arisen through inter-marriage". The same article states that Israeli social scientist Lev Grinberg told the BBC that "right wing Jewish groups wanted such conversions of distant people to boost the population in areas disputed by the Palestinians."[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4400957.stm]

Hillel Halkin: "I contacted two of its authors, V.K. Kashyap and Bhaswar Maity, with a request for additional information that would enable us to evaluate their findings more scientifically. Unfortunately, this information was never given us, nor have Kashyap and Maity taken the next step of publishing their paper in a scientific journal, which would have required it to pass peer review and to display a higher level of scientific argumentation than that of the Internet paper. Why they have behaved this way is a mystery".

'''July 2006''': Hillel Halkin says "laboratory analysis has shown that, with one or two possible exceptions, they fail to demonstrate any link between Kuki-Mizo haplotypes, or DNA profiles, and haplotypes typical of the eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East such as are common among Jews. In plain language, the study has so far come up with no clear evidence that the Kuki-Mizos, or any part of them, have a biblical “lost tribe” past". He says that in any case, Jewish DNA testing has never been and can never be a requirement in applications for Israeli citizenship. "My conclusions from my research, expounded at length in my book Across The Sabbath River, are that, although the overwhelming majority of Kuki-Mizos are not descended from the “lost tribe” of Manasseh, small numbers of them probably are. It is this small group that has transmitted certain biblical memories, traditions, and customs to the Kuki-Mizo people as a whole [33].

'''November 2006''': In a Jerusalem Post article about an Indian historian's claims of finding a genetic link between his Northern Indian Pathan clan and the Lost Tribe of Ephraim, Hillel Halkin says that "there's no such thing as Jewish DNA. There is a [genetic] pattern which is very common in the Middle East, and 40% of Jews worldwide have it. But many non-Jews and people in the Middle East have it also"[http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?apage=2&cid=1162378397742&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull].

==Timeline (modern)==
* 1894: Christian missionaries commence work among the tribal populations in the territories now known as Manipur and Mizoram. By the 1980s, almost all the population of Mizoram had accepted Christianity; In Manipur, around 30% (this being essentially the proportion of the tribal population of the state)
* 1951: A tribal leader named Challianthanga had a dream in which his people returned to Israel, and shared it with his community, which led some members of the tribe to adopt Jewish traditions, combined with faith in Jesus as the Messiah.
* 1975: Several hundred Bnei Menashe begin practicing Judaism rejecting the faith in Jesus.
* 1980's: First contact with Israel made.
* 1994-2003: with the help of Jewish organizations, 800 Bnei Menashe make Aliyah to Israel, most settle in Jewish settlements.
* 2003: Israeli Interior Minister Avraham Poraz freezes their immigration indefinitely.
* August 2004: In response to the Israeli government decision to stop their immigration, Israeli Chief Sephardi Rabbi Shlomo Amar sends a rabbinical fact-finding committee to investigate the Jewish roots of the Bnei Menashe.
* March 2005: Historic decision is made by Israeli Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amar, announcing the state of Israel’s recognition of the Bnei Menashe as part of the lost tribe of Menashe, and therefore they can now immigrate to Israel under the Law of Return, but only after a complete Jewish conversion, because they have been separated from Judaism for millennia.
* August 2005: 146 Bnei Menashe are forced to evacuate the Gaza Strip as part of Ariel Sharon's disengagement plan. [22]
* September 2005: A [[beth din]] fully converts 700 Bnei Menashe to Judaism (219 from Mizoram) [23]. An estimated 9,000 people still await conversion.
* November 2005: Israel agrees to halt converting the Bnei Menashe after pressure from the Indian government. The entire rabbinical team is pulled out of the country.
* November 2006 - First group of 100 Mizoram’s ‘lost Jews’ leave for Israel <ref>{{cite web |url=http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=14331822 |title=Mizoram’s ‘lost Jews’ leave for Israel |accessdate=2007-03-04 |work=Sify}}</ref><ref name="exodus"/><ref> {{cite web |url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/11/22/stories/2006112208452200.htm |title=Indian Jews immigrate to Israel |accessdate=2007-03-04 |work=The Hindu }}</ref>
*August 2007 - More than 200 Bnei Menasche arrive in Israel <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/123481 |title=More Than 200 Bnei Menashe Arriving in Israel |accessdate=2007-08-27 |work=Arutz Sheva}}</ref>

==References and notes==
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==Films==
*''Quest for the Lost Tribes''. Directed by [[Simcha Jacobovici]]. The stills for this film were done by Stephen Epstein [http://www.bigdipperphotos.com]

*''Return of the Lost Tribe''. Directed by Phillipe Stroun

== See also ==
* [[Amishav]]
* [[Shavei Israel]]
* [[Jews in India]]
* [[Mizoram]]
* [[Bene Ephraim]]
* [[Biblical zionism]]
* [[Gathering of Israel]]

== External links ==
*[http://www.shavei.org// Shavei Israel webpage]
*[http://www.bneimenashe.com// Original Bnei Menashe webpage]
*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3228054.stm BBCNews: Mizo 'Jews' seek Israel visas]
*[http://newswww.bbc.net.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/3575716.stm BBCNews: India's 'lost Jews' wait in hope]
*[http://www.israelnn.com/news.php3?id=79370 Arutz Sheva: Rabbinate Accepts Bnei Menashe as Lost Tribe]
*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4143106.stm BBC: Israeli 'tribe' faces another move]
*[http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3168455,00.html 'Lost tribe' still dreaming of Israel] at [[Ynetnews]]
*[http://www.ifcj.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=13771 Israel set to welcome Indian 'lost' Jewish tribe] -- September 2006
*[http://www.kulanu.org/ Kulanu - Lost Tribes]
*[http://www.hindu.com/2006/11/22/stories/2006112208452200.htm Indian Jews immigrate to Israel] ''[[The Hindu]]'', Nov 22, 2006
*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6218168.stm BBCNews: 'Lost Tribe' returns to Israel], Dec 11, 2006
*[http://menasheyouthmizoram.blogspot.com/ The Blog of the Bnei Menashe Youth in Aizawl]
*[http://cgis.jpost.com/Blogs/india/ The Ten Lost Tribes Challenge Expedition: The Jerusalem Post News Editor Blogs about the Bnei Menashe in northeast India]
*[http://forecasthighs.com/2009/01/20/jews-lost-and-found-in-india/ Forecast Highs: Jews Lost and Found in India]

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Aquila of Sinope

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'''Aquila of Sinope''' was a 2nd Century AD native of [[Pontus]] in [[Anatolia]] known for producing an exceedingly literal translation of the [[Hebrew Bible]] into [[Greek language|Greek]] around 130 AD.<ref name=ewert>{{cite book
|title=A General Introduction to the Bible: From Ancient Tablets to Modern Translations
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|page=108}}</ref> He was a [[proselyte]] to [[Judaism]] and a disciple of [[Rabbi Akiba]]<ref name=ewert/> (d. circa 135 AD). He is generally regarded as being he who was named Onkelos, the writer of Targum Onkelos.

[[Epiphanius]] (''De Pond. et Mens.'' c. 15) preserves a tradition that he was a kinsman of the emperor [[Hadrian]], who employed him in rebuilding Jerusalem ([[Aelia Capitolina]]), and that he was converted to [[Christianity]], but, on being reproved for practising [[pagan]] [[astrology]], [[Conversion to Judaism|converted to Judaism]]. He seems to be referred to in Jewish writings as עקילס. Aquila's version is said to have been used in place of the [[Septuagint]] in the synagogues. The Christians generally disliked it, alleging without due grounds that it rendered the Messianic passages, such as [[Isaiah 7:14]],<ref name=ewert/> incorrectly, but [[Jerome]] and [[Origen]] speak in its praise. Origen incorporated it in his ''[[Hexapla]]''.

It was thought that this was the only copy extant, but in 1897 fragments of two codices were brought to the Cambridge University Library. These have been published—the fragments containing [[1 Kings]] 20:7–17; [[2 Kings]] 23:12–27 by [[F. C. Burkitt]] in 1897, and those containing parts of [[Psalms]] 90–103 by C. Taylor in 1899. See F. C. Burkitt's article in the [http://jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=1674&letter=A&search=Aquila%20of%20Sinope ''Jewish Encyclopaedia''].

==See also==
*[[Symmachus the Ebionite]]
*[[Theodotion]]

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Nicolas Antoine

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'''Nicolas Antoine''' (c. 1602 [[Briey]] – [[April 20]], [[1632]] [[Geneva]]) was a French-Christian Protestant theologian and pastor who [[list of converts to Judaism|converted to Judaism]], though he was never officially admitted in [[Judaism]], because of fears by the Jewish community that persecutions would happen if it became known that he was an apostate of Christianity; he was advised instead to live the life of a crypto-Jew, he suffered martyrdom at the stake in Geneva, April 20, 1632.

== Refused Admission to Judaism ==
Nicolas Antoine was born of Catholic parents in 1602 or 1603 at Briey, a small town of [[Duchy of Lorraine|Lorraine]]; For five years he attended the college at Luxemburg, and was then sent to Pont-à-Mousson, Treves, and Cologne for higher instruction under the Jesuits. Their influence, however, seems to have been nil; for when Antoine returned to Briey, at the age of twenty, he was no longer an ardent Catholic.

The doctrines of [[Protestantism]] attracted him, and he allowed himself to be converted by the fervent eloquence of Ferri, a preacher of reputation, and pastor of the Reformed Church in Metz. The young convert then attended the academies of Sedan and Geneva in order to study the Reformed faith, but the deeper he delved into the study of Protestantism the less fervent became his enthusiasm; and he very soon arrived at the most unexpected conclusion; namely, that the Old Testament alone contained the truth.

The rabbinate of [[Metz]] refused to receive the young man into [[Judaism]], offering as an excuse the fear of reprisals on the part of the authorities; and Antoine was advised to go to the [[Netherlands]] or to [[Italy]], where Jews enjoyed more liberty. Accompanied by a Christian clergyman whom he had known in Sedan, and whom he attempted to convert to Judaism on the way, he repaired to [[Venice]]. There he found that the prevailing conditions had been too favorably depicted. The Jews were tolerated by the Venetian republic merely for commercial reasons; they were huddled into a gloomy ghetto, and were obliged to wear a yellow disk, which exposed them to the wanton raillery of the populace. The Venetian Jews could offer Antoine no more encouragement than their brethren of Metz. At Padua he met with a similar check. According to the documents produced at his trial, the Italian Jews gave him the "diabolical advice" to pursue the life of a pious Jew under the cloak of the Church. Antoine proceeded to Geneva, where he accepted a position as tutor in the family of the pastor and professor Diodati. For some time he also taught the upper class of the college, but, being an apostate from Catholicism, he was not considered sufficiently orthodox to be entrusted with the chair of philosophy at the Academy of Geneva.

==Protestant Pastor, Though a Jew==
Antoine, desiring to marry, sought another appointment. A new Protestant parish had just been formed at Divonne, a little village of the district of Gex, which had belonged to France since 1602, but was now under the religious jurisdiction of Geneva; and there Antoine obtained the position of pastor.

Once installed, he sought to pacify his conscience. Revealing his inmost convictions to no one, he secretly observed a thoroughly Jewish mode of life, saying his prayers in Hebrew and observing all the Mosaic rites. In his public services he pronounced the name of Jesus as seldom as possible. He was never known to read the apostolic confession audibly. In the communion service, instead of the words "This is my body, this is my blood," he was once heard to say, "Your Savior remembers you." His sermons, the texts for which were taken exclusively from [[Book of Isaiah|Isaiah]] and the other prophets, became celebrated far and wide; yet they lacked any peculiarly Christian characteristics. The peasants of Divonne were perfectly satisfied with their pastor, who was eloquent in the extreme and full of kindness toward them; they were not shocked by the vague form of his sermons. But the lord of the adjoining manor was outraged. One Sunday, Antoine preached on the second Psalm, which, according to orthodox Christian theology, announces the coming of the son of God. Antoine, on the contrary, permitted himself to declare that God had no son and that there was but the one God. This was too much for the lord; he remonstrated loudly with the heretical pastor and threatened to denounce him to the synod.

Antoine fell into gloomy despair; a nervous attack deprived him of his reason. To several colleagues from Geneva who had come to see him he began to chant the seventy-fourth Psalm; then he suddenly stopped, and, exclaiming that he was a Jew, blasphemed Christianity. His condition was recognized at once, and he was put to bed; but he escaped his watchers, passed the night wandering through the country, and was found the next morning in Geneva in a most pitiable condition, kneeling in the streets and calling loudly upon the God of Israel. He was placed in an asylum for the insane Feb. 11, 1632. Medical treatment accomplished but little for him. His clerical colleagues did all they could to induce him to change his religion; but he never ceased to proclaim that he was a Jew and desired to remain a Jew.

==His Imprisonment and Execution==
A charge of [[heresy]] could no longer be avoided; the chief of the Geneva police arrested Antoine, and instituted proceedings. While he was in prison the clergy were tireless in seeking his reconversion, trying in vain to make him sign a declaration of orthodox faith. Bidden to formulate his religious belief, he drew up twelve articles, which were submitted to an ecclesiastical court. In them he gave the tenets of Judaism in the style of [[Maimonides]]' thirteen articles of faith, and added "eleven philosophical objections against the dogma of the [[Trinity (theology)|Trinity]]." At the same time he addressed to the judges three memorials, two of which have been preserved. In spite of the exertions of Metrezat, a pastor of Paris, and others, the judges were immovable.

The trial commenced April 11; Antoine's attitude, full of dignity, aroused much sympathy. The threats of the judges were of no more avail than the persuasions of his colleagues. He repeated constantly: "I am a Jew; and all I ask of God's grace is to die for Judaism." The court sought to show that he had promulgated his heretical doctrines at Geneva: this he contradicted most forcibly. All the efforts of the judges were met with the unchanging reply, "With the help of God I am determined to die in my present belief." Fifteen clergymen or professors of theology were summoned as witnesses. Several of them begged for a light sentence, since, in their opinion, Antoine had committed no sin by becoming a Jew,though for his hypocrisy he deserved unfrocking or banishment, or, at the worst, [[excommunication]]. Furthermore, they said that the matter ought not to be hastened, and that the advice of the various churches and academies should be sought. A fanatical majority, however, insisted that the judges should seize the present opportunity to demonstrate their faith, since it was most dangerous to absolve one who had professed Judaism while wearing the garb of a Christian priest. For some days longer the judges waited for Antoine to recant. As his recantation was not forthcoming, they pronounced sentence April 20, 1632; condemning him to be loaded with chains, placed upon a pyre, to be there strangled, and then burned. In vain the clergy petitioned for a respite; Antoine was executed the same day. He went to his death serenely, and died imploring the mercy of the God of Abraham.

==References==
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Abraham ben Abraham

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'''Abraham ben Abraham''', also known as [[Count]] '''Valentine (Valentin, Walentyn) Potocki (Pototzki''' or '''Pototski)''', is a legendary figure who is claimed to have been a [[Szlachta|Polish nobleman]] of the [[Potocki]] family who [[Conversion to Judaism|converted]] to [[Judaism]] and was [[Execution by burning|burned at the stake]] by the [[Roman Catholic Church]] because he had renounced [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholicism]] and had become an [[613 mitzvot|observant]] [[Jew]]. According to [[Jew]]ish traditions he is regarded as someone known even to the revered [[Jew]]ish [[Talmud]]ic sage, the [[Vilna Gaon]] ([[Rabbi]] Elijah (Eliyahu) Ben Shlomo Zalman (1720-1797)). However historians who have studied his story have stated that surprisingly little evidence of Potocki's existence has yet been discovered other than several 19th century sources citing earlier oral histories, and therefore consider that he most likely did not exist.

==Jewish legend==

There are several versions of this story, especially among the Jews of [[History of the Jews in Lithuania|Lithuania]], [[History of the Jews in Poland|Poland]] and [[History of the Jews in Russia|Russia]], who know and still refer to Potocki as the ''[[ger tzedek|Ger Tzedek]]'' ("[[Religious conversion#Conversion to Judaism|righteous proselyte]]") of Vilna. Virtually all Jewish sources agree that he was a [[Szlachta|Polish nobleman]], who converted to [[Judaism]] and was [[Execution by burning|burned at the stake]] by the Roman Catholic Church at [[Vilna]] (Vilnius) on [[May 24]], [[1749]] (7 Sivan 5509) because he had renounced Catholicism and had become an observant Jew.

Multiple oral histories, backed up by several 19th century and later printed versions of the story, from many Jewish communities over the past two hundred and fifty years, serve as evidence of Potocki's story. Jewish oral tradition teaches some most interesting details as well as outcome of Avraham ben Avraham's life and death.

Polish author [[Józef Ignacy Kraszewski]], who is acknowledged as the oldest verified source citing this story (and thus perhaps its creator) relates that young Potocki and his friend Zaremba, who went from [[Poland]] to study in [[Paris]], became interested in an old Jew whom they found poring over a large volume when they entered his wine-shop. This Jew might have been their own countryman Menahem Man ben Aryeh Löb of Visun, who was tortured and executed in Vilna at the age of seventy (July 3, 1749). Tradition has brought this Jewish martyr into close connection with the ''Ger Tzedek'', but fear of the censor has prevented writers in Russia from saying anything explicit on the subject. His teachings and explanations of the [[Old Testament]], to which they, as [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholics]], were total strangers, so impressed them that they prevailed upon him to instruct them in [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]]. In six months they acquired proficiency in the Biblical language and a strong inclination toward [[Judaism]]. They resolved to go to [[Amsterdam]], which was one of the few places in [[Europe]] at that time where a Christian could openly embrace Judaism. But Potocki first went to [[Rome]], whence, after convincing himself that he could no longer remain a Catholic, he went to Amsterdam and took upon himself the covenant of Abraham, assuming the name of Abraham ben Abraham.

[[Image:Vilna Gaon portrait.gif|right|framed|Elijah Ben Solomon, the [[Vilna Gaon]] (1720-1797) was, according to the Jewish tradition, a mentor to Abraham ben Abraham]]
After residing a short time in [[Germany]], a country he disliked, he returned to Poland, and for a time lived among the Jews of the town of [[Ilye]] ([[Vilna Governorate]]), some of whom seemed to be aware of his identity. He has become close to the revered Gaon me'Vilna. While in the synagogue of Ilye one day he was irritated into commenting severely upon the conduct of a boy who was disturbing those occupied in prayer and study. The boy's father was so enraged that he informed the authorities that the long-sought ''[[Ger Tzedek]]'' was in Ilye. Potocki was arrested. When finally apprehended by the authorities, and placed in prison awaiting his death - it was decreed he would burn alive at the stake - the Vilna Gaon sent message offering to rescue him using Kabbala. Avraham ben Avraham refused, preferring instead to die 'al kiddish Hashem' and inquired of the Vilna Gaon which blessing he should make immediately before his passing. The Vilna Gaon answered "...M'Kadesh es Shimcha be'rabim" and sent an emissary to hear and answer "amen.". The entreaties of his mother and friends failed to induce him to return to [[Christianity]]; and after a long imprisonment and a trial for [[heresy]] he was burned alive in Vilna, on the second day of [[Shavuot]]. It was unsafe for a Jew to witness the burning; nevertheless one Jew, Leiser Zhiskes, who had no beard, went among the crowd and succeeded by bribery in securing some of the ashes of the martyr, which were later buried in the Jewish cemetery. A letter of pardon from the king arrived too late to save the victim.

Potocki's comrade Zaremba returned to Poland several years before him, married the daughter of a great nobleman, and had a son. He remained true to the promise to embrace Judaism and took his wife and child to Amsterdam, where, after he and his son had been circumcised, his wife also converted to Judaism; they then went to [[Land of Israel|Palestine]] (''Eretz Yisrael'').

It is Jewish tradition that following Avraham ben Avraham's death, the Vilna believed that the spiritual constitution of the world had become altered in such a way that a Jew was no longer bound to wash his hands in the morning within four amos, as explicitly taught in the Mishna Brura and other [[halachic]] works. Rather, a Jew's entire house would be considered as though four amos for this regard. This minhag, born from Avraham ben Avraham's death, commenced with the Vilna Gaon and later became the practice of the [[Slobodka yeshiva]] in Europe becoming today the routine of many leading Rabbonim in Eretz Israel who follow the Slobodka tradition. This story was related by Rabbi Ostroff, posek and talmid of Rav Sternbuch in Jerusalem, as well as Rabbi Hadar Margolin and the Artscroll biography of the Vilna Gaon.

As to why there are few full sources, the Jewish view is reflected as in the views published on the [[Shema Yisrael Torah Network]] website:

:''There are a few reasons why there are so few contemporary sources about the ger tzedek story. It can be assumed that the noble Pototzki family, which was a religious Polish- Catholic family, was not happy that one of their sons defected to Judaism. The Pototzki family was said to have generally dealt kindly with the Jews living on its lands. Mentioning the conversion would have been interpreted as an open provocation of the area's ruler, which would have not resulted in any good. In addition, undoubtedly the conversion of one of the upper- class gentiles aroused great interest among the populace, and his refusal to return to their faith caused them great embarrassment...Nevertheless, we believe the words of our [[rabbi|rabbonim]], which clearly indicate that there was a connection between the Gra (i.e. the [[Vilna Gaon]]) and the Ger Tzedek.''<ref>[http://chareidi.shemayisrael.com/archives5760/nasso/features.htm Dei'ah veDibur - Information & Insight - IN-DEPTH FEATURES]</ref>

== Historical evidence ==
Many [[secondary source]]s - encyclopaedias of Jewish culture, history and religion - include an entry on Potocki, a Polish [[magnate]] and member of the powerful [[Potocki]] family, who converted to [[Orthodox Judaism]] in 18th century Netherlands and who, after his return to [[Vilna]], he was tried by an [[Inquisition]] court which sentenced him to [[burning at the stake]].<ref name="Tazbir">[[Janusz Tazbir]], ''The Mystery of Walentyn Potocki'', Kwartalnik Historyczny, 3/2003, [http://semper.rubikon.pl/kh/3_03str.html online abstracts from that issue]</ref> Polish (ex. [[Janusz Tazbir]]<ref name="Tazbir"/> and [[Jacek Moskwa]]<ref name="Moskwa"/>), Lithuanian ([[Rimantas Miknys]]<ref name="Moskwa"/>) and Western ([[Magda Teter]]<ref name="Teter"/>) historians who have studied the story of Potocki however believe it to be invented,<ref name="Tazbir"/><ref name="Moskwa">{{pl icon}} [[Jacek Moskwa]], ''Legenda Sprawiedliwie Nawróconego: Historia zatajona czy zmyslona?'', Zwoje 3/31, 2002, [http://www.zwoje-scrolls.com/zwoje31/text03.htm online original in Polish]</ref><ref name="Teter">Magda Teter, ''The Legend of Ger [Zdotu ]edek of Wilno as Polemic and Reassurance'', AJS Review (2005), 29: 237-263 Cambridge University Press</ref> although it is unknown when or by whom (Moskwa points to a possibility that the author was Kraszewski himself, who is known to have invented some tales he claimed were true<ref name="Moskwa"/>). Teter mentioned that the story ("a carefully crafted tale of conversion") was likely created and developed as a "response to a number of challenges that the Polish Jewish community faced from the mid-eighteenth century".<ref name="Teter"/>

Polish historian [[Janusz Tazbir]] notes that the story - he uses the term "legend" - originated at the turn of the eighteenth century, was published in a Jewish periodical issued in London as "The Jewish Expositor and Friend of Israel" (vol. 8, 1822).<ref name="Tazbir"/> He notes that the literary version of the legend was created by [[Józef Ignacy Kraszewski]], a well known Polish writer of the 19th century, author of numerous historical novels, who included the story about Potocki in the third volume of the history of Vilna (1841), ''Wilno od początków jego do roku 1750'' (1840-1842),<ref name="Tazbir"/> in which he claims to have followed a [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] original, thought by some to be from ''Ammudei Beit Yehudah'' (Hurwitz, Amsterdam 1766). The very existence of this book has been questioned.<ref name="Moskwa"/> The story was then popularised through Russian translations, and there is evidence that a cult of Potocki's grave in Vilna has existed until the [[Jewish Cemetery, Vilnius|Jewish graveyard]] (at [[Žirmūnai|Pióromont]] also known as [[Šnipiškės|Snipiszki]] quarter) was destroyed by [[Nazism|Nazis]] during [[World War II]] and later by the [[Soviet]]s.<ref name="Moskwa"/> Some sources claim his remains were rescued along with those of [[Vilna Gaon]], though there is no modern monument or grave clearly identified as Potocki's in Vilna or elsewhere.<ref name="Moskwa"/>

Tazbir notes that the tragic fate of Potocki, passed through Jewish oral tradition, remains unconfirmed by eighteenth–century Polish or Jewish [[primary source]]s and that there is no evidence in any archives or genealogy tree that Potocki existed.<ref name="Tazbir"/> He also notes that Polish ''szlachta'' was guaranteed the freedom of faith (by acts like [[Neminem captivabimus]] and the [[Warsaw Confederation]]), and [[capital punishment]] was extremely rare.<ref name="Tazbir"/> He argues that the described fate should have caused an uproar among ''szlachta'' (consider, for example, the case of [[Samuel Zborowski]]), and would be the only historical example of [[execution by burning]] of szlachta member - yet no contemporary source from the [[Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth]] mentions this event in even a passing reference.<ref name="Tazbir"/> In addition, it is difficult to believe that the death at the stake of a Polish aristocrat, from [[Potocki|one of the most powerful Polish magnate families]], charged with a religious crime, was not echoed in any of the diaries or polemical writings concerning religion and tolerance, topics in which the ''szlachta'', and the entire European [[Age of Enlightenment|Enlightenment]] were particularly interested.<ref name="Tazbir"/> Tazbir has concluded that "the court trial and death of Walentyn Potocki should be recognised as an historical legend deprived of all source–material foundations".<ref name="Tazbir"/>

==Name==

[[Gerim]] (Jewish converts) often feel a close identity with [[Abraham]], in Jewish law a convert to Judaism receives the name ".... son of Abraham" seen by many as the first convert. As all converts are considered the children of Avraham, a convert who chooses the first name "Abraham" as well, would become Avraham ben Avraham. There are several semi-famous converts with the same name, including one from Japan and one from Germany{{Fact|date=September 2007}}.

== References ==
<references />
*{{JewishEncyclopedia}}

===Jewish===
*[http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=482&letter=P Potocki (Pototzki), Count Valentine, (Abraham B. Abraham)] ''This article is based on article by Herman Rosenthal and Peter Wiernik from the Jewish Encyclopedia (published circa 1906) . The original text is now in the [[public domain]].''
*[http://chareidi.shemayisrael.com/archives5760/nasso/features.htm Al Kiddush Hashem: R' Avrohom Ben Avrohom] (article by Rabbi Dov Eliach)
*[http://www.ou.org/publications/ja/5759winter/leiman.htm Who is buried in the Vilna Gaon's tomb?] (By Professor [[Sidney Z. Leiman|S.Z. Leiman]])
*[http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/15921 The Haskalah Movement in Russia, by Jacob S. Raisin, 1913] (2005 Project Gutenberg eBook)
*Joseph H. Prouser, ''Noble Soul: The Life and Legend of the Vilna Ger Tzedek Count Walenty Potocki'', Gorgias Press LLC, 2004, ISBN 1593330979

===Modern===
* [[Janusz Tazbir]], ''The Mystery of Walentyn Potocki'', Kwartalnik Historyczny, 3/2003, [http://semper.rubikon.pl/kh/3_03str.html online abstracts from that issue]
* {{pl icon}} [[Jacek Moskwa]], ''Legenda Sprawiedliwie Nawróconego: Historia zatajona czy zmyslona?'', Zwoje 3/31, 2002, [http://www.zwoje-scrolls.com/zwoje31/text03.htm online original in Polish]
* [http://mteter.web.wesleyan.edu Magda Teter], "The Legend of Ger Zedek of Wilno as Polemic and Reasurance," AJS Review 29 no. 2(2005), 237-263 [http://cojs.org/jews_in_the_early_modern_period/pdfs/Teter-Ger%20Zedek.pdf full text article at www.COJS.org]

===Historic===
* Fuenn, Kiryah Ne'emanah, p. 120, Wilna. 1860
* Gersoni, The Converted Nobleman, in Sketches of Jewish, Life and History, pp. 187-224, New York, 1873
* [[Judah ben Mordecai Ha-Levi Hurwitz]], 'Ammude bet Yehudah, p. 46a, Amsterdam, 1766 
* [[Józef Ignacy Kraszewski|Kraszewski, Józef Ignacy]], 'Wilno od poczatkow jego do roku 1750', 1841 (Russian transltion: Yevreyskaya Biblioteka, iii., pages 228-236')hy
* B. Mandelstamm, Chazon la-Mo'ed, p. 15, Vienna, 1877

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List of converts to Judaism

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This article endeavours to list some notable people who have converted, or are believed to have converted, to Judaism. Their notability is based either on outside endeavors for otherwise famous people, or on circumstances which would make their conversion itself to be notable -- such as professional clergy from other religions. The article does not differentiate between the different branches of Judaism. See also [[Who is a Jew?]] on issues related to the acceptance of conversions throughout the Jewish community.

(A number of prominent figures, such as [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]], have recently become followers of "new age" version of [[Kabbalah]], derived from the body of Jewish [[mysticism|mystical]] teaching also called Kabbalah, but do not consider themselves – and are not considered – Jewish.)

== List of converts to Judaism from Christianity ==
Although some people notable for arts or sciences have happened to convert to Judaism, there is a small group of people who are notable ''because'' they have converted to Judaism: professional clergy from other religions. In some cases conversion meant persecution or even death. In other cases conversion simply meant a change in career.

=== Christian Proselyte Communities ===
* [[Abayudaya]]<ref>[http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/uganda1.html A History of the Abuyudaya Jews of Uganda]</ref>
* [[Bnei Menashe]]<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4400957.stm BBC NEWS | World | South Asia | Rabbi backs India's 'lost Jews']</ref>
* [[Bene Ephraim]] Claim to be Jews who converted to Christianity, then converted back to Judaism <ref>[http://www.kulanu.org/india/bneiephraim.html Kulanu: Bene Ephraim of Andhra Pradesh, South India]</ref>
* B'nai Moshe ([[Inca Jews]]) <ref>[http://www.kulanu.org/peru/peru.html Converting Inca Indians in Peru]</ref>
* [[Jews of San Nicandro|San Nicandro Jews]] <ref>[http://www.bet-debora.de/2001/jewish-family/baaden.htm Judaism - Reflections on Giur]</ref>
* [[Subbotniks]]
* [[Veracruz Jews]] <ref>[http://www.kulanu.org/mexico/losttribemexico.html Kulanu: Claim Mexico playing host to a Lost Tribe]</ref>

=== Former Christian clergy and Christian theologians ===
* [[Abraham the Monk]] converted to Judaism in the 600's<ref>http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=527&letter=A&search=Abraham%20the%20Monk</ref>
* [[Bishop Bodo]], confessor to [[Louis the Pious]]<ref>[http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=1229&letter=B Jewish Encyclopedia]</ref>
* [[Obadiah the Proselyte (musician)]] or [[Obadiah the Proselyte (priest)]] (né Johannes), priest and composer <ref name = "iii">[http://magazine.uchicago.edu/0408/research/music.shtml The University of Chicago Magazine: August 2004], [http://books.google.com/books?id=SFazbG_b6ysC&pg=PT149&dq=catholic+priest+convert+judaism&ei=-a5LR5LpKI706gLG0uTzBg&sig=X-fhSpE-lO
eivXyAWeFf5xMfMSs], [http://www.ucalgary.ca/~elsegal/Shokel/920617_Obadiah.html University of Calgary], The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2nd ed 2001), art. Obadiah the Proselyte</ref>
* [[Robert Reddinge]] English preaching [[Dominican friar|friar]], of the Dominican order; converted to Judaism about 1275<ref>http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?letter=R&artid=159</ref>
* [[Nicolas Antoine]] <ref>http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=1608&letter=A&search=Nicolas%20Antoine</ref>
* [[Aleksei (former Russian archpriest)|Aleksei]] (former archpriest) <ref name=autogenerated1>[http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=1109&letter=A&search=Aleksei JewishEncyclopedia.com - ALEKSEI:]</ref>
*[[Abba Sabra]], former Archbishop of Ethiopian Christianity
*[[Abba Saga]], son of the Ethiopian king [[Zara Yaqob]], and a monk of Ethiopian Christianity.
*[[Juan Carrasco]] (former Augustin friar) <ref>[http://jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=45&letter=D&search=converted%20to%20judaism JewishEncyclopedia.com - DANIELILLO OF LEGHORN]</ref><ref>[http://jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=197&letter=C&search=Carrasco JewishEncyclopedia.com - CARRASCO]</ref>
* [[Johann Peter Spaeth]], German theologian<ref>[http://www.commentarymagazine.com/Summaries/V17I5P94-1.htm Commentary Magazine] </ref> "Johann Peter Spaeth (about 1642-1701), author of an attack on Spinoza's Tractatus Theologico-politicus, finally became a Jewish convert, called himself "Moses Germanus," and was even circumcised a few years before his death in 1697"
*Andrew/Andreas, the [[Archbishop of Bari]], a city in Southern Italy, declared himself a Jew upon a journey to Constantinople in 1066 and subsequentally fled to Egypt.<ref>http://books.google.com/books?id=RB5aWgr7l-gC&pg=PA298&lpg=PA298&dq=1066+andrew+the+archbishop+of+bari+judaism&source=web&ots=gaMjqgYwb3&sig=QwULvssrSZQTTiGDXErqzaA_bz4</ref><ref name="cv">[http://www.convert.org/book2.htm Part Two]</ref><ref name="iii"/>
* [[Wecelin]], a cleric who worked for Duke [[Conrad of Carinthia]], the nephew of Emperor Conrad II, accepted Judaism sometime about 1005. There is written evidence that Wecelin published a brief tract against Christianity. Wecelin, who may have fled to Egypt, is only one of many 11th century converts described in the [[Cairo Genizah]].<ref name="cv"/>
* [[Cornelio Da Montalcino]], (a Franciscan friar who had embraced Judaism, and was burned alive on the [[Campo dei Fiori]].)<ref>[http://www.bh.org.il/Communities/Archive/rome.asp The Jewish Community of Rome]</ref><ref>[http://www.wzo.org.il/en/resources/view.asp?id=266 This Month in Jewish History: September]</ref><ref>[http://www.jewishhistory.org.il/history.php?startyear=1550&endyear=1559 Jewish History 1550 - 1559]</ref><ref>http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=it&u=http://www.morasha.it/ebrei_italia/ebrei_italia04.html&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=7&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3DCornelio%2Bof%2BMontalcino%26hl%3Den</ref><ref>[http://sunray22b.net/expulsions.htm Jewish Expulsions]</ref><ref>[http://vwt.d2g.com:8081/2006/04/same_day_any_year_any_milleniu.html Same day any year, any millenium Any Yom Hashoah - Villagers with Torches]</ref><ref>[http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=352&letter=R JewishEncyclopedia.com - ROME:]</ref>
* Dionis (former priest) <ref name=autogenerated1 />
* [[Diego de Assumpcao]], 16th to 17th century Fransiscan friar.<ref>http://books.google.com/books?id=Xt7f6WBEP0EC&pg=PA76&dq=Diego+de+assumpcao The Myth of the Jewish Race page 76</ref>
==== Former Christian clergy and Christian theologians (1970s to present)====
* [[Asher Wade]] an ex-Methodist pastor; he converted after studying the history of the holocaust in 1978 to Orthodox Judaism. [http://www.Asherwade.com Official Website]
* [[Shlomo Ben Avraham "Ole" Brunell]], former [[Lutheran]] minister from Finland and Australia. Along with him, his wife Ruth (formerly Runa), two adult daughters, two teenage daughters, and a former son-in-law also converted to Orthodox Judaism. [http://www.amazon.com/dp/9652293040 Official book]<ref>[http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1132053873725&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Jerusalem Post]</ref><ref>[http://www.amazon.com/dp/9652293040 Amazon.com: Strangers No More: One Family's Exceptional Journey from Christianity to Judaism: Books: Shlomo Ben Avraham Brunell]</ref>
* [[Geza Vermes]], expert on the Dead Sea Scrolls and former Catholic priest, he reverted to Judaism. <ref>[http://www.buy.com/prod/providential-accidents-an-autobiography/q/loc/106/30499666.html Buy.com - Providential Accidents: An Autobiography : Geza Vermes : ISBN 9780847693405]</ref>
* [[JoAnn Fay]], a nun converted to Orthodox Judaism in 1980.<ref>http://www.bejewish.org/index.php?option=com_jd-wp&Itemid=31&p=21</ref>
* [[John David Scalamonti]], a former Roman Catholic priest, he converted in 1972 to Orthodox Judaism [http://www.amazon.com/dp/0881254126 Official book at Amazon.com][http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&isbn=0881254126&itm=6 Official book at Barnes and Noble]<ref>[http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/8718/edition_id/165/format/html/displaystory.html] ,[http://www.convert.org/stories.htm] ,
[http://www.amazon.com/dp/0881254126]
[http://www.bejewish.org/index.php?option=com_jd-wp&Itemid=31&p=16]
and [http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&isbn=0881254126&itm=6]</ref>
* [[John Hove]], a former Lutheran pastor, he converted to Orthodox Judaism in 1988.<ref>http://www.derechemet.org/english/cgi-bin/show.cgi?27&luth http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/8718/edition_id/165/format/html/displaystory.html http://www.youngisrael.org/speakers/hove.htm http://www.bejewish.org/index.php?option=com_jd-wp&Itemid=31&p=2 http://www.torahjudaism.org/?p=113</ref>
* [[Yaakov Parisi]], Former Christian Minister from Oklahoma (who was born Roman Catholic).<ref>[http://www.chabadhouston.org/news/article_cdo/aid/625991/jewish/A-Taste-of-Yeshiva.htm Students and Adults Immerse in Yeshiva Experience - Stories - Chabad-Lubavitch News]</ref>
* [[Sheldon Christopher Smith]], a former Pentecostal Pastor converted to Judaism in 1987<ref>http://www.bejewish.org/index.php?option=com_jd-wp&Itemid=31&p=51</ref>
* [[Thomas Roper]], an ex-Baptist minister, he converted to Orthodox Judaism.<ref>[http://jdstone.org/cr/files/thomasropersstory.html Thomas Roper’S Story]</ref>
* [http://www.Gavrielsanders.com Gavriel Sanders] former Pentecostal minister and missionary in Israel, he converted to Orthodox Judaism.<ref>[http://www.gavrielsanders.com Home Page for the Gavriel Sanders radio show]</ref> He served on staff with [[Jews for Judaism]] before moving to the East Coast.
* [[Tonica Marlow]], a former female evangelical minister and daughter of a Pentecostal preacher. She converted to Orthodox Judaism.[http://www.amazon.com/dp/9657108357 Official book]<ref>[http://www.amazon.com/dp/9657108357 Amazon.com: To Play With Fire: One Woman's Remarkable Odyssey: Books: Tova Mordechai]</ref>
* [[Aharón Calderón]], a former monk of a Catholic monastery in South America, he converted to Orthodox Judaism.<ref>[http://shavei.web.aplus.net/article.php?id=761 From the Monastery to Meah Shearim: the story of an unlikely Chassid]</ref>
* [[Armando Quiros]], a former catholic priest, he converted to Orthodox Judaism. [http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&isbn=156474356X&itm=5 Official book]<ref>[http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&isbn=156474356X&itm=5 Barnes & Noble.com - Books: Spiritual Homecoming, by Armando Quiros, Paperback]</ref>
* [[Julie Galambush]], a former American Baptist Minister, she converted to Judaism.<ref>[http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/27450/Julie_Galambush/index.aspx Julie Galambush from HarperCollins Publishers]</ref>
* [[Michael Flanagan (former Minister)|Michael Flanagan]], a former Baptist minister, his mother-in-law, wife and their two adult sons, grandchildren, daughter-in-law also converted to Orthodox Judaism.<ref>http://www.bejewish.org/index.php?option=com_jd-wp&Itemid=31&p=7</ref>
* [[Ahuva Gray]] served as a Christian minister in the African American community both in Chicago and Los Angeles for fourteen years. She left that world in 1996 to fulfill her spiritual yearnings and become an Orthodox Jew.[http://www.mysisterthejew.com Official Website] [http://www.amazon.com/dp/1568712766 Official book]<ref>[http://www.mysisterthejew.com/pages/bio.htm Biography]</ref>
* [[Nobutaka Hattori]], a former Protestant Minister of Japan, he converted to Orthodox Judaism.<ref>[http://www.ou.org/pdf/ja/5766/summer66/24_27.pdf untitled]</ref>
* [[Carlos Samuel Salas]], a former Methodist minister, he converted to Orthodox Judaism.<ref>[http://www.jewishresearch.org/BL_archives/12_16_04BL.htm#rabbi JCR: Be'Chol Lashon Update 12_17_04]</ref><ref>[http://www.kosherjudaism.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=955]</ref>
* [[David N. Weiss]] Former Presbyterian lay minister David Weiss (born Jewish) returned to Judaism and is now a successful writer living in Los Angeles. <ref>http://www.ikehillah.org/shrekonjudaism1/</ref>
* [[Abraham Carmel]], a former Anglican and Roman Catholic priest, he converted to Orthodox Judaism.[http://www.amazon.com/dp/0819700401 Official book]<ref>[http://www.amazon.com/dp/0819700401 Amazon.com: So Strange My Path: A Spiritual Pilgrimage: Books: Abraham Carmel]</ref><ref>http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20073218,00.html</ref>
* [[Mariano Otero (convert to Judaism)|Mariano Otero]], a former South Florida-based former Pentecostal minister is now a [[counter-missionary]]<ref>http://www.bejewish.org/index.php?option=com_jd-wp&Itemid=31&p=49</ref>
* [[Timothy Olivieri]] Former Catholic Deacon to Reform Judaism
* [[Jack Saunders (former minister)|Jack Saunders]], a former minister <ref>[http://www.rainbowcovenant.org/pages/BNhistory2.htm <BNhistory2>]</ref>
*[[Carole Le Faivre-Rochester]], a former Domican nun, she converted to Judaism in 1989<ref>[http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/14015/ Stars of David | The Jewish Exponent]</ref>
*[[William G. Dever]], a former evangelical minister, he converted to Judaism and became a world-renowned Biblical scholar<ref>Moment Magazine 21:1 (Feb 28, 1996), pg. 32ff.</ref>
*[[Yaakov Ephraim Parisi]], former Pentecostal minister<ref>http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/126736</ref><ref>http://www.thesunchronicle.com/articles/2009/02/07/faith/4334541.txt</ref>
*[[Ary'el Tsion]], formerly known as Bert Woudwijk, a Messianic pastor from Holland<ref>http://www.shalomgemeente.nl/Joods.htm</ref>
*[[Leon Fundo]], former Seventh Day Adventist preacher <ref>[http://www.jewsforhashem.com/MoreTestimonies.html]</ref>
*[[Moriya Webster]], former Worldwide Church of God pastor <ref>http://www.njjewishnews.com/njjn.com/122508/njBlackAndJewish.html</ref>
*[[Dov Heller]], former Minister and missionary<ref>The Jewish People's Almanac</ref>
*[[Benjamin Klugger]], former Pentecostal missionary, now Orthodox Jew and head of counter-missionary organization [http://www.religionnewsblog.com/11108/a-matter-of-faith]
*[[Paul Tan (former Minister)|Paul Tan]], a former evangelical minister in Singapore, is moving towards Judaism with members of his congregation [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8716244390104982891]
*[[Julius Ciss]], former messianic Jewish missionary [http://jewsforjudaism.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=23&Itemid=228]
*[[Hector Flores (former Minister)|Hector Flores]], a former evangelical minister, converted with 100 members of his Houston church [http://www.aish.com/spirituality/odysseys/The_Torah_in_Our_Church.asp]
*[[George Belloni]], former editor of Messianic Times, returned to Judaism [http://www.kosherjudaism.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=1120]
*[[Samuel Golding]], former Christian minister [http://www.kosherjudaism.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=975]
*[[Kenneth Cox]], former Catholic Priest [http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20073218,00.html]
*[[Skipp Porteous]], former Pentecostal minister [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skipp_Porteous]
*[[Penina Taylor]], a former messianic Jewish leader [http://www.peninataylor.com/nutshell.php]
*[[Shmuel Yakobi]], a former Indian preacher <ref>http://www.kulanu.org/india/telugu_jews.php</ref>
*[[Barrie Wilson (biblical scholar)|Barrie Wilson]], biblical scholar, author and educator [http://www.barriewilson.com/index.html]
*[[Lawrence Hamilton]], former Lutheran minister <ref>http://www.religion-online.org/showarticle.asp?title=3241</ref>
*[[Celia Futch-Rogow]], former Methodist minister <ref> THE JEWISH NEWS of Detroit, March 5, 2004 p.41</ref>
*[[Efraim Uba]], was raised Catholic, later became a Messianic cleric in Nigeria, and then later left that Christian sect to convert to Judaism.<ref>http://www.forward.com/articles/14317/</ref>

=== Of Jewish descent ===
This section is for people who had Jewish ancestry though not matrilineally as is required by Jewish law to be considered Jewish, and so converted to Judaism, to be recognized as Jews.
* [[Reuben Greenberg]], police chief of Charleston, South Carolina.<ref>The movie [[Shalom y'all]]</ref>

=== Other Christians who converted to Judaism===
* [[Abraham ben Abraham]] Potacki, Polish count, the famed "Ger Tzedek." (ex-Roman Catholic)
* [[Moses ben Abraham]]
* [[Moses ben Avraham Avinu]]
* [[Aquila of Sinope]], Bible translator <ref>[[Encyclopædia Britannica]] Eleventh Edition, art. ''Aquila of Sinope''</ref>
* [[Tom Arnold (actor)|Tom Arnold]], actor<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000792/bio IMDB]</ref>
* [[Rafael Cansinos Assens]], was a Spanish poet, essayist, literary critic and translator
* [[Abraham of Augsburg]]
* [[Carroll Baker]], an American Emmy Award-winning actress, singer, and entrepreneur
* [[Elizabeth Banks]], an American Emmy Award-winning actress, singer, and entrepreneur
* [[Steve Bedwell]], a comedian and a comedy writer in [[Melbourne]]
* [[Polly Bergen]], an American Emmy Award-winning actress, singer, and entrepreneur
* [[Dany Boon]], French comedian<ref>[http://www.lefigaro.fr/lefigaromagazine/2008/04/05/01006-20080405ARTFIG00521-dany-roots.php Le Figaro Magazine] which states "as though his conversion to Judaism in 2002 had paradoxically made him closer to his Pas-de-Calais roots".</ref>
* [[Ralph Michael Brekan]], international pop artist<ref> [http://www.brekanarts.com/brekan/]Contemplating the Infinate, Jewish art at Paulina Miller Gallery</ref>
* [[Elizabeth Brewster]], Canadian poet<ref>[http://www.arcpoetry.ca/logentries/reviews/000106_elizabeth_brewsters_jacobs_dream.php Arc Poetry review of "Jacob's Dream"] which states "Brewster is fascinated with her newly-adopted faith of Judaism—poems about Jewish holy days and heritage are sprinkled throughout"</ref>
* [[May Britt]], actress<ref>"May Britt Joins Jewish Faith", ''The New York Times'', 18 October 1960, p. 46</ref>
*[[Geraldine Brooks]] ,a Pulitzer Prize-winner, Australian-American journalist and author.
* [[Campbell Brown]], an American television news reporter, currently an anchor and political pundit for CNN and a former co-anchor of NBC's Weekend Today. (ex-Roman Catholic)
* [[Drew Bundini Brown]], assistant trainer of former heavyweight boxing champion, [[Muhammad Ali]]
* [[Sarah Brown (actress)|Sarah Brown]], actress<ref>[http://members.shaw.ca/almosthuman73/soaparticle17.html Q&A with Sarah Brown] "Judaism, for me, is more a spiritual thing than a religion, but I feel that I have a Jewish soul. I didn't convert because of my marriage; I just always felt like there was a Jewish soul inside of me just dying to get out."</ref>
* [[Eddie Butler (singer)|Eddie Butler]], Israeli singer
* [[Yisrael Campbell]], comedian (ex-Roman Catholic)
* [[Kate Capshaw]], actress (ex-Methodist)<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/movies/bestpictures/schindler-ar1.html New York Times]</ref>
* [[Nell Carter]], singer and actress<ref>[http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4155/is_20030124/ai_n9615132 Chicago Sun Times via "Find Articles."]: Said of her conversion "I needed to know where God was, and I went back to the basics."</ref>
* [[Cristian Castro]], a Grammy Award-nominated Mexican pop singer.<ref>[http://www.esmas.com/espectaculos/farandula/439874.html EsMas.com]</ref>
* [[Elizabeth Jane Caulfield]], was a linguist and musician
* [[Connie Chung]], an American journalist who has been an anchor and reporter for several U.S. television news networks, including [[National Broadcasting Company|NBC]], [[CBS]], [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], [[Cable News Network|CNN]], and [[MSNBC]] <ref name="nndb"/><ref>http://www.findingdulcinea.com/features/happy-birthday/2008/Aug/Connie-Chung.html</ref>
* [[Warder Cresson]], was a politician
* [[Jim Croce]], singer/songwriter<ref>Interview with Croce's Cousin http://www.netporch.com/sa/</ref>
* [[William Holmes Crosby, Jr.]], considered by many to be one of the founding fathers of modern hematology. He published more than 450 peer-reviewed papers in the field, as well as those of oncology, gastroenterology, iron metabolism, nutrition and general medical practice. In addition he was an inventor and published translator of poetry.
* [[Sammy Davis, Jr.]], entertainer<ref>
[http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/sammydavis.html Jewish Virtual Library]</ref>[[Image:Sammy Davis 1956.jpg|thumb|right|120px|Sammy Davis, Jr., entertainer who converted during recovery from an automobile accident]]
* [[William G. Dever]], archaeologist.<ref>Shanks, Hershel. "Losing Faith: How Scholarship Affects Scholars". ''Biblical Archaeology Review'', March/April 2007.</ref>
* [[Jacqueline du Pré]], musician<ref> A [[Publishers Weekly]] review of '''Jacqueline Du Pre: A Biography''' by Carol Easton[http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&EAN=9780306809767] states she was "the daughter of anti-Semitic parents who herself converted to Judaism and at age 21 married Jewish pianist-conductor Daniel Barenboim."</ref>
* [[Patricia Duff]], a political activist and a United States Democratic Party fundraiser
*[[Hank Eng]], New York born Chinese-American. He is a candidate for Colorado's 6th District in the U.S House of Representatives in the 2008 race. <ref>[http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1015065.html]</ref>
* [[Miss Elizabeth]], also known as Elizabeth Ann Hulette, was a [[United States|U.S.]] [[professional wrestling]] [[Manager (professional wrestling)|manager]]. She gained international fame during the late-1980s and early-1990s in the [[World Wrestling Entertainment|World Wrestling Federation]], and the mid-1990s in [[World Championship Wrestling]] in her role as the [[manager (professional wrestling)|manager]] to [[Randy Savage|"Macho Man" Randy Savage]].
* [[Isla Fisher]], model and actress<ref name="fisher1">{{cite news | last =Gensler| first =Howard| coauthors=| title ='Borat' to wed Aussie actress Isla Fisher| pages=| publisher =| date =[[2006-11-27]] | url =http://www.philly.com/mld/dailynews/living/16105670.htm| accessdate =2006-11-29 }}</ref> (ex-Methodist)<ref>http://www.sofeminine.co.uk/w/star/n485343/news/Isla-Fisher-s-wife-wish.html</ref>
* [[Luke Ford]], journalist.<ref>Luke Ford, XXX-Communicated: A Rebel Without a Shul. iUniverse, Inc., 2004. ISBN 0-595-66441-5</ref>
* [[Aaron Freeman]], journalist and comedian (ex-Roman Catholic)<ref>[http://aaronfreeman.com/about/about.html Aaron Freeman's website]</ref>
*[[Soleil Moon Frye]], American actress, director and screenwriter. Frye is best known for her childhood role as the title character in Punky Brewster, a television sitcom.<ref>http://adrianasassoon.wordpress.com/category/style/</ref><ref>http://www.bittenandbound.com/2008/09/15/soleil-moon-frye-aka-punky-brewster-photos-bio/</ref>
* [[Capers Funnye]] (ex-Methodist)
* [[Steve Furness]] <ref>http://jewsinsports.org/profile.asp?sport=football&ID=311</ref>
* [[Lord George Gordon]], nobleman and politician<ref>[http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=368&letter=G&search=judaism Jewish Encyclopedia]</ref>
*[[Carolivia Herron]], author (ex-Baptist)<ref>[http://www.adherents.com/lit/sf_conv.html Convert Authors]</ref>
* [[Natan Gamedze]], former Protestant Christian, linguist and a [[Swazi]] royal, now a black [[Haredi]] [[rabbi]].<ref>[http://www.natangamedze.com/ Natan Gamedze's website]</ref><ref>http://www.abc.net.au/compass/s2269904.htm</ref>
* [[Sacha Gironde]], French philosopher and cognitive scientist.
* [[Lars Gustafsson]], served as a professor of Philosophy at the University of Texas <ref>http://www.swedishenglishtranslation.com/jwriting/gustafsson-b.htm</ref>
* [[Mary Hart (TV personality)|Mary Hart]] (* [[1950]]) American television personality, long-time host of the entertainment program Entertainment ''Tonight''<ref>'''Hart''' - [http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/22272/edition_id/449/format/html/displaystory.html] "Thought there are no Jewish Republicans in show biz? Well, Bush contributors include... host Mary Hart, who’s a convert to Judaism..."</ref>
* [[Carolivia Herron]], writer of children's and adult literature.<ref>[http://www.carolivia.org/ Her website]</ref>
* [[Monica Horan]], actress <ref name="nndb"/>
* [[Joel Horlen]]<ref>http://www.jewsinsports.org/profile.asp?sport=baseball&ID=143</ref><ref>The Big Book of Jewish Sports People by Peter Horvitz page 53</ref>
* [[Carolyn Jones]], actress<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0427700/news IMDB]</ref><ref name="nndb"/>
* [[Thomas Jones (English publisher)|Thomas Jones]] (ex-Roman Catholic)
* [[Yitzchak Jordan]], rapper converted to [[Orthodox Judaism]], (ex-Baptist)
* [[Jon Juaristi]], Spanish writer <ref>[http://www.elmundo.es/cronica/2002/372/1038817318.html El Mundo]</ref>
* [[Skip Jutze]] <ref>http://jewsinsports.org/profile.asp?sport=baseball&ID=147</ref>
* [[Semei Kakungulu]]
* [[Felicity Kendal]], actress<ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,8127-2434811,00.html Times Online interview]: She says in the interview "I converted to Judaism in 1983. I am not a deeply religious person but it is a vital part of my life. It shapes my beliefs, and how I look at the world."</ref>
* [[Cameron Kerry]], politician, brother of [[John Kerry]] (ex-Roman Catholic)<ref>[http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002010597_cam20m.html Seattle Times]</ref>
* [[Jamaica Kincaid]], author<ref>[www.bethisrael-om.org/pdf/bignews2.pdf Beth Israel]</ref>
*[[John King (journalist)|John King]], an American journalist and, beginning on January 18, 2009, the anchor of CNN's still-unnamed Sunday midday newsblock (ex-Roman Catholic)
*[[Mathilde Krim]], Ph.D. is most famous for her role as the founding Chairman of [[amfAR]], a well-known association for [[AIDS]] research.
*[[Lenny Kuhr]], a Dutch singer-songwriter
*[[Anthony Lake]], American diplomat, political figure, and academic. He has been a foreign policy advisor to many Democratic U.S. presidents and presidential candidates, and served as National Security Advisor under U.S. President Bill Clinton from 1993 to 1997.
*[[Dr. Laura]], Radio Personality <ref name="nndb"/>
* [[Nahida Lazarus]], a German author, essayist, scholar, and literary critic
* [[John Lehr]], an American film and television actor and comedian
* [[Julius Lester]], son of a Methodist minister and a children's author (ex-Methodist)<ref>[http://members.authorsguild.net/juliuslester/ Julis Lester's Home Page]</ref>
* [[Elliott Maddox]], a former [[right-handed]] [[Major League Baseball]] American player from 1970 to 1980 for the [[Detroit Tigers]], [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Washington Senators/Texas Rangers]], [[New York Yankees]], [[Baltimore Orioles]], and [[New York Mets]]. <ref>[http://www.baseball-almanac.com/legendary/Jewish_baseball_players.shtml Baseball Almanac.com]</ref>
* [[Richard Marceau]], Canadian politician
*[[Sam McCullum]] <ref>http://jewsinsports.org/profile.asp?sport=football&ID=343</ref>
*[[Anne Meara]] (* [[1929]]) American comedienne and actress, partner and wife of [[Jerry Stiller]] (ex-Roman Catholic)<ref name="Meara1">{{cite news | last =O'Toole| first =Lesley| coauthors=| title =Ben Stiller : 'Doing comedy is scary'| pages=| publisher =The Independent| date =[[2006-12-22]] | url =http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/film/features/article2092609.ece| accessdate =2006-12-22 }}</ref>
* [[Adah Isaacs Menken]], stage actress<ref>[http://www.sfmuseum.org/bio/adah.html Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco] states of her marriage, "Adah was not at all interested in home or family; in fact, the only thing she shared sincerely with him was his religion–she adopted the Jewish faith and remained steadfast in it until her death."</ref>
* [[Marilyn Monroe]], actress (ex-Christian Scientist)<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/24/newsid_4588000/4588212.stm "BBC On this Day"]</ref>
* [[Santa Montefiore]], novelist<ref>''[[The Independent]]'' Feb 7, 2005; online here [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20050207/ai_n9500063 Findarticles] accessed 11 Dec 2006</ref>
* [[Tommy Motolla]] <ref name="nndb"/>
*[[Françoise Mouly]] is a [[Paris]]-born [[France|French]] artist and designer best known for her work with ''[[RAW (magazine)|RAW]]'', a showcase publication for cutting edge comic art, and as art editor of ''[[The New Yorker]]'', a position she has held since 1993.
* [[Michael Netzer]], an American artist best known for his comic book work for industry leaders [[DC Comics]] and [[Marvel Comics]]
* [[ Jeff Newman (baseball) ‎| Jeff Newman ]], a [[right-handed]] former utility player in [[major league baseball]] with a 9-year career from 1976 to 1984, and a manager in 1986. He played for the [[Oakland A's]] and [[Boston Red Sox]]. <ref>The Big Book of Jewish Sports Heroes by Peter Horvits page 100</ref>
* [[Martha Nussbaum]], is an [[United States|American]] [[philosophy|philosopher]] with a particular interest in [[Greek philosophy|ancient Greek]] and [[Roman philosophy]], [[political philosophy]] and [[ethics]]. She has been a professor at [[Harvard University|Harvard]] and [[Brown University|Brown]]. She is currently a professor at [[University of Chicago]]<ref>[http://www.thenation.com/doc/20020805/nussbaum The Nation]</ref>
* [[Bob Nystrom]], former NHL player<ref> [http://www.thehockeynews.com/features/judaism_on_ice.pdf]</ref>
* [[Rebecca Pidgeon]], a Scottish-American actress, singer and songwriter
* [[Lorna Patterson]], an American film, stage and television actress.
* [[Bob Plager]] <ref>http://jewsinsports.org/profile.asp?sport=hockey&ID=30</ref>
* [[Moses Prado]], was the professor of the classic languages at the University of Marburg
*[[Roger Rees]], actor
* [[Mary Doria Russell]], American author. (ex-Roman Catholic)<ref> [http://www.bookbrowse.com/author_interviews/full/index.cfm?author_number=1096 Interview at Book Browse] "I am a Jew by choice and Italian by heritage. Shortly after I converted to Judaism, I came across a book by Alexander Stille called Benevolence and Betrayal: Five Italian Jewish Families Under Fascism."</ref>
* [[Jackie Sandler]], an American actress
* [[Jean-Paul Sartre]], philosopher <ref name="nndb"/>
* [[Norma Shearer]], actress
* [[Shyne]], a Belizean–American rapper <ref>http://57thave.wordpress.com/2009/02/18/shyne-to-be-released-in-april/</ref>
* [[Karol Sidon]], a Czech Orthodox Rabbi, writer and playwright
* [[Daniel Silva]], the best-selling American author of ten thriller and espionage novels <ref>http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/20338/edition_id/415/format/html/displaystory.html</ref>
* [[Dubrovin Stanislav]]
* Kim Stanley (February 11, 1925 – August 20, 2001) from biography "Female Brando: The Legend of Kim Stanley" by Jon Krampner, 2006
* [[Venetia Stanley (1887-1948)|Venetia Stanley]], socialite <ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9504EED61039F930A35757C0A965948260&sec=&pagewanted=2 New York Times book review]</ref>
* [[Joseph Abraham Steblicki]] (ex-Roman Catholic)
* [[Margo Stilley]] American film actress<ref>'''Stilley''' - [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2092-2309811,00.html] "...the former model, raised a Christian in Conway, S.C., recently announced that she is converting to Judaism. Even her rabbi is befuddled.... "The first thing that attracted me to Judaism was the undeniable family strength that has held Jewish people and culture together for 3,000 years. . . Jews, whether religious or not, know where they have come from and what they would wish for their future, and this certainty is based on fact, not faith.... "I will not be a perfect Jew, nor will Judaism make me perfect. But I know that Judaism will give me faith, support, knowledge, and history. I am not Jewish because I choose to be. I am Jewish because there is no other choice for me.""</ref>
* [[Annette Taddeo]], businesswoman and is the Democratic candidate in the 2008 congressional elections for the 18th Congressional District of Florida
* [[Elizabeth Taylor]], actress (ex-Christian Scientist)<ref>In her book ''Elizabeth Takes Off'', Taylor writes, "[Conversion to Judaism] had absolutely nothing to do with my past marriage to Mike [Todd] or my upcoming marriage to Eddie Fisher, both of whom were Jewish. It was something I had wanted to do for a long time." [http://www.adherents.com/people/pt/Elizabeth_Taylor.html]</ref>
* [[Karen Tintori]], an American author of fiction and nonfiction (ex-Roman Catholic)
*[[Andre Bernard Tippett]], a former American football linebacker who played for the New England Patriots of the NFL. Currently he is the Patriots' Executive Director of Community Affairs. He was enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2008. (ex-Baptist)<ref>[http://www.jewishsports.com/profiles/tippett.htm Profile at Jewishsports.com]</ref>
* [[Jacob Tirado]]
* [[Ivanka Trump]]
* [[Bob Tufts]] <ref>http://www.njjewishnews.com/njjn.com/041907/njExBigLeaguer.html</ref>
* [[Ike Turner]], was an American musician, bandleader, talent scout, and record producer, and the son of a Baptist minister
* [[Chris Van Allsburg]], children's writer<ref>[http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/24143/edition_id/476/format/html/displaystory.html Jewish Bulletin of Northern California]:On being asked about [[Christmas]], because of the [[Santa Claus]] related [[The Polar Express]], he stated "We have a Jewish household. I converted when I married Lisa."</ref>
* [[Conrad Veidt]], German actor <ref name="nndb">http://www.nndb.com/event/931/000084679/</ref>
* [[Grace Lee Whitney]], Actress (ex-Methodist) <ref name="nndb"/><ref>http://www.amazon.com/dp/1884956033</ref>
* [[Mare Winningham]], actress-singer (ex-Roman Catholic)<ref>[http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/23590/edition_id/468/format/html/displaystory.html Jewish Bulletin of Northern California]: "After Winningham observed her first [[Yom Kippur]] that year, she knew she had to convert, and did so March 3, 2003, accompanied by an entourage of friends and relatives."</ref>
*[[Jackie Wilson]], was an [[United States|American]] singer. Wilson was important in the transition of [[rhythm and blues]] into [[soul music|soul]]. Gaining fame in his early years as a member of the [[R&B]] vocal group, [[The Dominoes]], after going solo in 1957 he went on to record over fifty hit singles over a repertoire that included [[R&B]], [[pop music|pop]], [[soul music|soul]], [[doo-wop]] and [[adult contemporary|easy listening]] before lapsing into a [[coma]] following a collapse on stage during a 1975 benefit concert. By the time of his death in 1984, he had become one of the most influential [[soul music|soul]] artists of his generation.
*[[Steve Yeager]]
* [[Catherine Zelazowska]], Polish martyr
* [[Nikki Ziering]], model <ref>[http://www.ew.com/ew/report/0,6115,1134569_7_0_,00.html Entertainment Weekly]</ref>

==List of converts to Judaism not from Christianity==
===From [[Atheism]] or [[Agnosticism]]===
* [[Christian B. Anfinsen]], Nobel prize-winning chemist (Orthodox Judaism)<ref>[http://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/KK/Views/Exhibit/narrative/biographical.html NIH Profile]</ref>
* [[Will Herberg]], known as a social philosopher and sociologist of religion, as well as a Jewish theologian, he is also former atheist and Marxist of Jewish ancestry who was raised atheist<ref>http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0748-0814(1989)7%3A1%3C247%3AFMTJCE%3E2.0.CO%3B2-5</ref>
*[[Benny Lévy]] - Philosopher and last personal secretary of Jean-Paul Sartre
*[[Suzy Menkes]], fashion journalist
*[[Hilary Putnam]] - Philosopher raised in a Jewish-atheist home
*[[Eliyahu Rips]] - he is a member of the Department of Mathematics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Rips received the Erdős prize from the Israel Mathematical Society in 1979 and was a sectional speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians in 1994. He embraced [[Orthodox Judaism]].
* [[Mary Doria Russell]]<ref>http://books.google.com/books?id=SdwbFx9Dz8EC&pg=PA70&lpg=PA70&dq=Mary+Doria+Russell+atheist+convert+to+judaism&source=
web&ots=B3k3Y1x-zr&sig=V-x23lDfFw5fBjbJIhLQb1jJsEs</ref>
* [[Mare Winningham]]<ref>[http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/23590/edition_id/468/format/html/displaystory.html j. - Actress-singer Mare Winningham an unlikely Jewish soul]</ref><ref>http://www.hillel.org/TemplatesHillel/Templates/news.aspx?NRMODE=Published&NRNODEGUID={072CF0C6-A8D1-496E-B652-AE4916E495F6}&NRORIGINALURL=%2Fabout%2Fnews%2F2007%2Fmar%2Fwinningham_2007Mar16.htm&NRCACHEHINT=NoModifyGuest</ref>

===From [[Black Hebrew Israelitism]]===
*[[Eddie Butler (singer)|Eddie Butler]], Israeli singer converted to Orthodox Judaism

===From Buddhism===
*[[Yitzhak Fanger]], a former Secular Jew, who was also a Buddhist Priest and Monk underwent the act of repentance and is now a Haredi rabbi.<ref>[http://www.israelnationalnews.com/SendMail.aspx?print=print&type=6&item=2294 Arutz Sheva - IsraelNationalNews.com]</ref>

===From [[Islam]]===
* [[Reza Jabari]] - Iranian pilot.<ref>[http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007/03/03/story_3-3-2007_pg4_15 Iranian Muslim converts to Judaism]</ref>
*[[Avraham Sinai]], former Lebanese Shiite, now an orthodox Jew [http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3303838,00.html]

===From [[Paganism]]===
* [[Aquila of Sinope]] (Acylas), from Greek [[paganism]]<ref>[http://jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=1674&letter=A&search=Aquila%20of%20Sinope Jewish Encyclopedia] "He was by birth a Gentile from Pontus, and is said by Epiphanius to have been a connection by marriage of the emperor Hadrian and to have been appointed by him about the year 128 to an office concerned with the rebuilding of Jerusalem as "Ælia Capitolina." At some unknown age he joined the Christians, but afterward left them and became a proselyte to Judaism."</ref>
* [[Bithiah]]
* [[Bulan (Khazar)|Bulan]], king of the [[Khazars]], from Khazar paganism <ref>[http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/khazars1.html Fordham University]</ref>
* [[Jethro (Bible)|Jethro]], priest of [[Midian]] and father-in-law of [[Moses]] [http://www.usareligiousnews.com/get-article.php?ID=2790]
* [[Queen of Sheba|Makeda]], queen of [[Sheba]] <ref>[http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=566&letter=S Jewish Encyclopedia]</ref>
* [[Dhu Nuwas]], king of [[Yemen]] <ref>[http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=319&letter=D Jewish Encyclopedia] "If the contradictory and sometimes legendary accounts of the personality of Dhu Nuwas given by the Arabian writers can be trusted, he was not a Jew by birth, but embraced Judaism after ascending the throne, taking the name of "Joseph."</ref>
* [[Obadiah]] the prophet<ref>[http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=4&letter=O Jewish Encyclopedia] "Obadiah was a proselyte of Edomite origin."</ref>
* [[Sh'maya (Mishnah)|Sh'maya]], Sage and President of the [[Sanhedrin]]<ref>[http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=602&letter=S&search=Shemaiah Jewish Encyclopedia]</ref>
* [[Avtalyon]], Sage and Vice-President of the [[Sanhedrin]]<ref>[http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=645&letter=A Jewish Encyclopedia]</ref>
* [[Onkelos]], Hebrew scholar and translator<ref>[http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=75&letter=O Jewish Encyclopedia]</ref>
* [[Book of Ruth|Ruth]], great-grandmother of [[King David]]. <ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/judaism/beliefs/conversion.shtml BBC]</ref>
* [[Helena of Adiabene|Helena]], queen of [[Adiabene]]. [http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=384&letter=I&search=Izates]
* [[Izates bar Monobaz]], king of [[Adiabene]]. [http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=384&letter=I&search=Izates]
* [[Symacho]], wife of Izates bar Monobaz. [http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=1468&letter=A&search=Symacho]
* [[Monobaz II]], king of [[Adiabene]]. [http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=384&letter=I&search=Izates]
* [[Khazars]], a semi-nomadic Turkic people from Central Asia (historical [[Khazaria]]), many of whom converted to Judaism en masse in the 8th and 9th Centuries CE. [http://www.khazaria.com/khazar-quotes.html]
* [[Puah]]
* [[Shiphrah]]
* [[Obadiah]]
* [[Osenath]]
* [[Zipporah]]
* [[Yael]]
* [[Flavia Domitilla (saint)|Flavia Domitilla]]
* [[Titus Flavius Clemens (consul)]], great-nephew of the Roman Emperor Vespasian
* [[Fulvia (wife of Saturninus)]], wife of Emperor Tiberius' close friend, Saturninus.
* [[Tub'a Abu Kariba As'ad]], was the Himyarite king of Yemen. He ruled Yemen from 390-420 CE.
* [[Paulina Beturia]]
* [[Nero]]<ref>Talmud</ref>

===From [[Samaritanism]]===
*[[Sofi Tzadka]]

===From Shinto===
*[[Setzuso Kotsuji]], son of a Shinto priest, and a professor in Japan
==Undetermined former religion==
*[[Joseph Bánóczi]]
*[[Salem Shaloam David]]
*[[József Eisenhoffer]]
*[[Jamaica Kincaid]], author
*[[Dara Torres]], an American swimmer. She is the first swimmer from the United States to compete in five Olympics: 1984, 1988, 1992, 2000, and 2008. She competed in the 2008 Olympic Games in the 50 meter freestyle, 4×100 medley relay, and 4×100 freestyle relay and won the silver medal in all three of these events.
*[[Desmond Wilcox]]
*[[Andre Williams]]

==Converts who later left the faith or were expelled==

*[[Polemon (Cilicia)|Polemon II]], king of Cilicia converted to marry the Jewish princess [[Berenice of Cilicia|Berenice]]; later relapsed. <ref>([[Josephus]], ''[[Jewish Antiquities]]'' xx. 7, § 3</ref>
*[[Uriel da Costa]], philosopher [[cherem|shunned]] for heresy.<ref>[http://www1.bartleby.com/65/ac/Acosta-U.html Columbia Encyclopedia]</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of people by belief]]
* [[List of Jews]]
* [[List of converts to Christianity]]
* [[List of people who converted to Catholicism]]
* [[List of converts to Hinduism]]
* [[List of converts to Islam]]
* [[List of converts to Sikhism]]

==References==
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[[Category:Lists of Jews|Converts to Judaism]]
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[[Image:Ibnmyatt.png|right|frame|Abdul-Aziz ibn Myatt after his conversion to [[Islam]] in 1998, wearing a [[Salwar kameez]] and a [[Taqiyah (cap)]].]]

'''Abdul-Aziz ibn Myatt''',<ref>Myatt originally changed his name to Abdul-Aziz (which he has penned articles under) but has been accused that he was trying to hide his identity so on the advice of an Imaam he added the ibn Myatt so people would know who he was.[http://forums.islamicawakening.com/showpost.php?p=7269&postcount=9]</ref> (born 1950) - formerly known as '''David Myatt''' and '''David Wulstan'''<ref>Some accounts give Myatt's middle name as William, such as the 1998 edition of Searchlight magazine [http://www.declarepeace.org.uk/captain/murder_inc/site/nazi.html] and Black Sun: Chapter "Nazi satanism and the new Aeon", Goodrick-Clarke, 2002. But, these accounts are seen as unreliable as the authors have allegedly never corresponded with Myatt. However, several authors did and confirm his middle name as Wulstan, namely [[george Michael|Michael, George]]. (2006) [[The Enemy of My Enemy]] and [[Jeffrey Kaplan|Kaplan, Jeffrey]]. (1998) ''[[Nation and Race]]: The Developing Euro-American Racist Subculture'', Northeastern University Press, 1998, ISBN 1-55553-331-0. Additionally, there is Myatt himself (qv his poetry and Greek translations).</ref> '''Myatt''' - is a [[Islam in the United Kingdom|British Muslim]] and a former [[neo-nazi]].

Before his [[Religious_conversion#Conversion_to_Islam|conversion to Islam]] in 1998,<ref name=Global>Greven, Thomas (ed) (2006) ''Globalisierter Rechtsextremismus? Rechtsextremismus in der Ära der Globalisierung''. VS Verlag, p.62</ref><ref name=Michael147>Michael, George. (2006) ''[[The Enemy of My Enemy]]: The Alarming Convergence of Militant Islam and the Extreme Right''. University Press of Kansas, p. 147.</ref><ref name=times2006>Woolcock, Nicola & Kennedy, Dominic. [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2149297,00.html "What the neo-Nazi fanatic did next: switched to Islam"], ''The Times'', April 24, 2006.</ref>, Myatt was the first leader of the British [[National Socialist Movement]] (NSM),<ref
name="panorama">[http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/audio_video/programmes/panorama/transcripts/transcript_30_06_00.txt|accessdate=2006-05-01|title=Panorama Program Transcript: 'The Nailbomber'"], BBC Panorama, June 30, 2000.</ref><ref name=Langenohl>Langenohl, Andreas Langenohl & Westphal, Kirsten. (eds.) "Comparing and Inter-Relating the European Union and the Russian Federation," Zentrum für internationale Entwicklungs- und Umweltforschung der Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, November 2006, p.84.</ref> and was identified by the British newspaper, ''[[The Observer]]'', as the "ideological heavyweight" behind [[Combat 18]].<ref name="observer">Barnett, Antony. [http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,6903,891761,00.html "Right here, right now"], ''The Observer'', February 9, 2003.</ref>

Following his conversion to Islam, Myatt dissociated himself from nationalism and racialism, and has spoken openly about his contempt for racism<ref>ibn Myatt, [http://www.davidmyatt.info/convert2.html David Myatt: From Neo-Nazi to Muslim]
2 Shaban 1428</ref><ref>ibn Myatt, [http://www.davidmyatt.info/islam_race.html Nationalism, Race, Culture and Islam] 28 Jumaadi Al-Thaani 1425</ref><ref>ibn Myatt, [http://www.davidmyatt.info/questions-dm.html Questions for David Myatt (Part 1)] Yaumul Ithnain 25 Jumaada al-Awal 1428</ref><ref>ibn Myatt, [http://www.davidmyatt.info/questions2_ibnmyatt.html Islam, The Numinous Way, and Zionist Rumours] 26 Zhul al-Hijjah 1428</ref>, and wrote that the only distinction that mattered was that between [[Muslims]] ([[Mumin]]) and the Unbelievers ([[Kuffar]])<ref>ibn Myatt [http://www.davidmyatt.info/ibnmyatt_questions1.html Questions For Abdul-Aziz ibn Myatt] question and answer session posted on an Islamic Internet forum between 3 Shaban 1427 and 16 Ramadan 1427</ref>.

Additionally, and subsequently following his conversion, he also became an advocate of [[Martyrdom in Islam|Islamic martyrdom operations (Shaheed)]],<ref name=operations>Myatt, David. [http://web.archive.org/web/20050524194900/http://website.lineone.net/~davidmyatt/operations.html "Are Martyrdom Operations Lawful (According to Quran and Sunnah)?"], retrieved May 1, 2006 from Abdul-Aziz ibn Myatt's website, now removed.</ref><ref>[http://www.davidmyatt.info/questions_operations_jannah.html Questions Regarding Martyrdom Operations, Jannah and Jizya] retrieved April 30, 2008 from Abdul-Aziz ibn Myatt's.</ref><ref>[http://forums.islamicawakening.com/showpost.php?p=9375&postcount=15 where he states:] ''"In respect of Sheikh Abu Baseer at-Tartusi, I incline toward the view that he might be mistaken in some of the things he has said, especially in relation to martyrdom operations in Dar al-Harb. For instance, he has spoken about some such operations being haram because they can or might or have resulted in the death of "innocent" people, and involve the Mujahid in "suicide". I have written several articles striving to express the view that I myself incline toward - such as "Thinking Like a Muslim" and "Are Martyrdom Operations Lawful According to Quran and Sunnah?" (the publication of which on the muslimcreed website was, I believe, one of causes which led the kuffar to close down that site) - which view of mine is that such operations are legitimate, according to Quran and Sunnah, and that it is an error to apply the terms and concepts of the kuffar, such as "innocent" and "civilian", to Deen Al-Islam, and that using such terms amounts to an imitation of the kuffar."''</ref>, expressed support for [[Osama bin Laden]]<ref>ibn Myatt, Abdul-Aziz - "[http://www.geocities.com/abdulazizibnmyatt/WhyISupportOBL.htm Why I Support Sheikh Usama bin Laden (Hafidhaullah)]", 18 Thul-Hujja 1423</ref>, the [[Taliban]],<ref name=Michael147/>, referred to [[the Holocaust]] as a "hoax."<ref name=times2006/>, and supported the killing of 'civilians' or non-combatants.<ref>ibn Myatt [http://forums.islamicawakening.com/showthread.php?t=762 Thinking Like A Muslim], [http://forums.islamicawakening.com/showthread.php?t=7233 In Reply to Sheikh Salman b. Fahd al-Oadah], [http://forums.islamicawakening.com/showthread.php?p=112787#post112787 Concerning Al Aqd Al Amaan: Covenants of Security], [http://www.geocities.com/abdulazizibnmyatt/kaffirerrorofideology.htm The Kaffir Errors of Ideology & Islamo-Fascism] and in particular ''Deen Al-Islam and The Question of Civilians''. (See also 'The Kaffir Errors of Ideology & Extremism' in [http://www.geocities.com/abdulazizibnmyatt/FromNeoNazitoMuslim.htm 'From Neo-Nazi to Muslim'])]</ref>

An April 2005 [[NATO]] workshop heard that Myatt had called on "all enemies of the [[Zionism|Zionists]] to embrace the [[Jihad]]" against Jews and the United States.<ref name="ict_middleeast">Karmon, Ely. [http://www.ict.org.il/apage/5208.php "The Middle East, Iran, Palestine: Arenas for Radical and Anti-Globalization Groups Activity"].</ref> Political scientist [[George Michael (professor)|George Michael]] writes that Myatt has ''"arguably done more than any other theorist to develop a synthesis of the extreme right and Islam."''<ref name=Michael142>Michael, George. (2006) ''[[The Enemy of My Enemy]]: The Alarming Convergence of Militant Islam and the Extreme Right''. University Press of Kansas, p. 142.</ref>

Myatt came to public attention in 1999, a year after his Islamic conversion, when a pamphlet he wrote many years earlier, ''A Practical Guide to Aryan Revolution'', described as a ''"detailed step-by-step guide for terrorist insurrection,"''<ref name="ict_cyberspace">Whine, Michael. [http://www.ict.org.il/articles/cyberspace.htm "Cyberspace: A New Medium for Communication, Command and Control by Extremists"]</ref> was said to have inspired [[David Copeland]], who left nailbombs in areas frequented by London's black, Asian, and [[gay]] communities. <ref name="panorama2">[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/events/panorama/811720.stm "Panorama Special: The Nailbomber"], BBC, June 30, 2000.</ref> Three people died and 129 were injured in the explosions, several of them losing limbs.

In addition to writing about Islam and National Socialism, Myatt has translated works by [[Sophocles]],<ref name=Walton>J. Michael Walton: ''Found in Translation: Greek Drama in English'', Cambridge University Press, 2006, pp.206, 221, 227</ref> [[Sappho]],<ref name=Canedo>Gary Daher Canedo: ''Safo y Catulo: poesía amorosa de la antigüedad'', Universidad Nur, 2005.</ref> [[Aeschylus]], and [[Homer]], and has written several collections of poems<ref name="plink">[http://www.geocities.com/davidmyatt/plink.html "The Poetry of D.W. Myatt"].</ref> and some [[science fiction]], using the name D.W. Myatt.<ref>[http://www.amazon.co.uk/s?keywords=D.W.%20Myatt&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3AD.W.%20Myatt%2Ci%3Astripbooks D.W. Myatt's publications at Amazon.co.uk].</ref>

==Personal life==
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Myatt grew up in [[Tanzania]], where his father worked as a civil servant for the British government, and later in the [[Far East]], where he studied the [[martial arts]]. <ref name=Michael142/> He moved to [[England]] in 1967 to complete his schooling, and has said that he began a degree in [[physics]] but did not complete it, leaving his studies to focus on his political activism. <ref name="notes1">Myatt, David. [http://www.geocities.com/davidmyatt/notes1.html "Towards Identity and the Galactic Empire"].</ref> He is reported to live in the [[Midlands]] and to have been married three times.

British anti-fascist magazine ''[[Searchlight (magazine)|Searchlight]]'' has written of him: "He does not have the appearance of a Nazi [[Ideology|ideologue]] ... [S]porting a long ginger beard, [[J. Barbour & Sons|Barbour]] jacket, cords and a tweed flat cap, he resembles an eccentric country gentleman out for a Sunday ramble. But Myatt is anything but the country [[squire]], for beneath this seemingly innocuous exterior is a man of extreme and calculated hatred." <ref name=search2000>''Searchlight'', July 2000.</ref>

Political scientist George Michael has written that Myatt is an "intriguing theorist," <ref name=Michael142/> with a reported IQ of 187, <ref name=Michael142/> who has embarked over the years on a series of "[[Faust]]ian quests." <ref name=Michael142/> He studied [[Taoism]] and spent time in a [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] and later a [[Christianity|Christian monastery]], <ref name=Michael43>Michael, George. (2006) ''[[The Enemy of My Enemy]]: The Alarming Convergence of Militant Islam and the Extreme Right''. University Press of Kansas, p. 143.</ref> and is alleged to have explored the [[occult]], as well as [[Paganism]] and what Michael calls "quasi-Satanic" secret societies, while remaining a committed National Socialist. <ref name=Michael43/>

==Political activism==
Myatt joined [[Colin Jordan]]'s [[British Movement]], a neo-Nazi group, in 1968, where he sometimes acted as Jordan's bodyguard at meetings and rallies. <ref> Goodrick-Clarke, Nicholas. "Hitler's Priestess: Savitri Devi, the Hindu-Aryan Myth and Neo-Nazism", NYU Press, 2000, p.215</ref> From the 1970s until the 1990s, he remained involved with [[paramilitary]] and neo-Nazi organizations such as [[Column 88]] and [[Combat 18]], <ref>Goodrick-Clark, N. (2001) pp.215-217 ''[[Black Sun (book by Goodrick-Clarke)|Black Sun: Aryan Cults, Esoteric Nazism and the Politics of Identity]]''. (chapter 11 in particular) </ref> <ref>Lowles, N. (2001) ''White Riot: The Violent Story of Combat 18''. Milo Books, England; this edition 2003</ref> and was imprisoned twice for violent offenses in connection with his political activism. <ref name=Michael142/>

Myatt was the founder and first leader of the [[National Socialist Movement]] <ref>Goodrick-Clark, N. (2001) p.50 ''[[Black Sun (book by Goodrick-Clarke)|Black Sun: Aryan Cults, Esoteric Nazism and the Politics of Identity]]'' </ref> of which [[David Copeland]] was a member. He also co-founded, with Eddy Morrison, the neo-Nazi organization the NDFM (National Democratic Freedom Movement) which was active in Leeds, England, in the early 1970s, <ref>Goodrick-Clark, N. (2001) p.217 ''[[Black Sun (book by Goodrick-Clarke)|Black Sun: Aryan Cults, Esoteric Nazism and the Politics of Identity]]'' </ref> and the neo-Nazi [[Reichsfolk]] group. <ref> Kaplan, Jeffrey. ''Encyclopedia of White Power: A Sourcebook on the Radical Racist Right'', Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc., 2000, pp. 216ff; pp. 512ff</ref>.

It is also alleged that he tried to establish a Nazi-occultist commune in [[Shropshire]].<ref>"[http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,6903,891761,00.html Right here, right now]", The Observer, February 9, 2003</ref><ref>[http://www.geocities.com/davidmyatt/biog.html David Myatt Biog]</ref>

Michael writes that Myatt took over the leadership of Combat 18 in 1998, when [[Charlie Sargent]], the previous leader, was jailed for murder. <ref name=Michael142/>

===Alleged influence on David Copeland===

In November 1997, Myatt posted an allegedly [[Racism|racist]] and [[Anti-Semitism|anti-Semitic]] pamphlet he had written called ''Practical Guide to Aryan Revolution'' on a website run out of British Columbia, Canada by Bernard Klatt. The pamphlet included chapter titles such as "[[Assassination]]," "Terror Bombing," and "Racial War."
<ref>Vacca, John R. "Computer Forensics: Computer Crime Scene Investigation", Charles River Media, 2005, p.420 ISBN 1-58450-389-0</ref> According to Michael Whine of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, "[t]he contents provided a detailed step-by-step guide for terrorist insurrection with advice on assassination targets, rationale for bombing and sabotage campaigns, and [[rules of engagement]]."<ref name="ict_cyberspace"/>

In February 1998, British police raided Myatt's home in [[Worcestershire]] and removed his computers and files. He was subsequently charged with publishing hate material, but the case was dropped because the evidence supplied by the Canadian authorities was not enough to secure a conviction.
<ref>Vacca, John R. "Computer Forensics: Computer Crime Scene Investigation", Charles River Media, 2005, p.420 ISBN 1-58450-389-0</ref>

It was this pamphlet that, in 1999, allegedly influenced David Copeland, the London nailbomber — also a member of Myatt's National Socialist Movement — who planted homemade bombs in [[Brixton]], [[Brick Lane]], and inside the [[Admiral Duncan pub]] on [[Old Compton Street]] in London, frequented by the black, Asian, and gay communities respectively. Friends John Light, Nick Moore, and Andrea Dykes and her unborn child died in the Admiral Duncan pub. Copeland told police he had been trying to spark a "racial war."<ref name="panorama"/>

According to the ''BBC's'' ''[[Panorama (TV series)|Panorama]]'', in 1998 when Myatt was leader of the NSM, he called for "the creation of racial terror with bombs."<ref name="">{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/audio_video/programmes/panorama/transcripts/transcript_30_06_00.txt|accessdate=2006-05-01|title=Insert title here}}</ref> Myatt is also quoted by ''Searchlight'' as having stated that "[t]he primary duty of all National Socialists is to change the world. National Socialism means revolution: the overthrow of the existing System and its replacement with a National-Socialist society. Revolution means struggle: it means war. It means certain tactics have to be employed, and a great revolutionary movement organised which is primarily composed of those prepared to fight, prepared to get their hands dirty and perhaps spill some blood" (''Searchlight'', July 2000).

==Conversion to Islam==
Myatt converted to [[Islam]] in 1998. He told writer George Michael that his decision to convert began when he took a job on a farm in England. He was working long hours in the fields and felt an affinity with nature, concluding that the sense of harmony he felt had not come about by chance. He told Michael that he was also impressed by the militancy of Islamist groups, and believed that he shared common enemies with Islam, namely "the capitalist-consumer West and international finance." <ref name=Michael144>Michael, George. (2006) ''[[The Enemy of My Enemy]]: The Alarming Convergence of Militant Islam and the Extreme Right''. University Press of Kansas, p. 144.</ref><ref>ibn Myatt, Abdul-Aziz "[http://www.geocities.com/abdulazizibnmyatt/autobiographicalnotes.htm Autobiographical Notes]", Revised Yaumul Ahad 3 Jumaada al-Awal 1428</ref>

Some critics and observers have suggested that Myatt's conversion is insincere and "may be just a political ploy to advance his own failing anti-establishment agenda." <ref name="icbirmingham_midland">{{cite news|url=http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100localnews/page.cfm?objectid=12645580&method=full&siteid=50002|accessdate=2006-05-01|title=Midland Nazi turns to Islam|date=2003-02-16|author=Amardeep Bassey|publisher=Birmingham Mail}}</ref> Others, however, accept his conversion as genuine <ref name=Covenant>Miller, Rory (2007). British Anti-Zionism Then and Now. ''Covenant'', Volume 1, Issue 2 (April 2007 / Iyar 5767), Herzliya, Israel.</ref> <ref name=NATO>{{cite web|url=http://www.thecst.org.uk/docs/NATO%20advanced%20research%20workshop%2021%2008%2006.doc|accessdate=2007-03-23|title=Common Motifs on Jihadi and Far Right Websites}}</ref> <ref name=Steyn> Steyn, Mark (2006). ''American Alone'', Regnery Publishing, USA, p.92. ISBN 0895260786</ref>.

According to Fionnuala Bourke, Myatt wrote to [[Nick Griffin]], leader of the [[British National Party]], in August 2004 urging him to embrace Islam <ref name="griffin_letter">{{cite web|url=http://www.davidmyatt.info/griffin.html|accessdate=2007-05-02|title=An Open Letter To Nick Griffin of the BNP}}</ref>. [[Gerry Gable]], editor of ''Searchlight'', dismissed the letter as a ploy: "Myatt is a self-publicist who has claimed to have taken up many guises, including being a monk. Satanism is probably his overriding inspiration. He still supports neo-Nazi groups and contributes to their websites. This letter is probably some kind of bluff in their favour." <ref name="icbirmingham_come">{{cite news|url=http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/printable_version.cfm?objectid=14485106&siteid=50002|accessdate=2006-05-01|title=Come and be a Muslim, Nick|date=2004-08-01|author=Fionnuala Bourke|publisher=Sunday Mercury}}</ref> Myatt has always strenuously denied such allegations about Satanism: "For over twenty years, journalists, and [others] have been circulating rumours and making allegations about my personal involvement with Occultism and Satanism. This is despite the fact that I have denied and do deny ever having been a 'Satanist'... These rumours and allegations were started by, and are still circulated by, my enemies for one simple reason — to try and discredit me personally." <ref name="Myatt:The National-Socialist">''The National-Socialist'' (March 1998, Thormynd Press, York, England).</ref>.

In addition, Myatt has repeatedly challenged anyone to provide any evidence of such malicious allegations, and even challenged two journalists - Nick Lowles (from ''Searchlight'') and Nick Ryan - to a duel for repeating such allegations, a challenge which they both declined. <ref name="myatt_statement">{{cite web|url=http://www.dwmyatt.info/jstatement_new.html|accessdate=2007-03-23|title=A Statement for Journalists}}</ref> <ref name="myatt_letter">{{cite web|url=http://www.geocities.com/davidmyatt/machinations1.html|accessdate=2007-03-21|title=The Machinations of Journalists}}</ref>

According to an article in ''[[The Times]]'' published on [[April 24]], [[2006]], Myatt believes that: "The pure authentic Islam of the revival, which recognises practical jihad as a duty, is the only force that is capable of fighting and destroying the dishonour, the arrogance, the materialism of the West ... For the West, nothing is sacred, except perhaps Zionists, Zionism, the hoax of the so-called Holocaust, and the idols which the West and its lackeys worship, or pretend to worship, such as democracy... Jihad is our duty. If nationalists, or some of them, desire to aid us, to help us, they can do the right thing, the honourable thing, and convert, revert, to Islam — accepting the superiority of Islam over and above each and every way of the West." <ref name=times2006/>

Michael writes that Myatt's initial euphoria about Islam after his conversion did not last long, and he has recommitted himself to National Socialism, although he still admires Islam, and still uses his Muslim name on occasion. <ref name=Michael146>Michael, George. (2006) ''[[The Enemy of My Enemy]]: The Alarming Convergence of Militant Islam and the Extreme Right''. University Press of Kansas, p. 146.</ref>. Myatt denies this, and says he is still a Muslim.
<ref name="islamic_forum">{{cite web|url=http://forums.islamicawakening.com/showthread.php?t=1826|accessdate=2007-05-05|title=An Interview with Abdul-Aziz ibn Myatt - IA Forums}}</ref> <ref name="ibnmyatt_questions">{{cite web|url=http://www.dwmyatt.info/ibnmyatt_questions1.html|accessdate=2007-05-05|title=Questions for Abdul-Aziz ibn Myatt}}</ref> <ref name="ibnmyatt_online">{{cite web|url=http://www.islamonline.net/livedialogue/english/Browse.asp?hGuestID=61ud64|accessdate=2007-05-05|title=Islam OnLine}}</ref>

There has been some discussion on some Internet forums regarding whether some articles attributed to ibn Myatt were in fact written by him, or whether the dates given on some of those articles were genuine. Myatt has responded to this.<ref>[http://forums.islamicawakening.com/showthread.php?t=1838 Omnipitus2006's obsession with Ibn Myatt - IA Forums]</ref><ref>[http://www.geocities.com/abdulazizibnmyatt/islam_honour_duty.htm Islam, Honour and Duty]</ref> These rumours have brought some to question whether Myatt still is a Muslim. Myatt has responded to these allegations many times.<ref>[http://www.geocities.com/abdulazizibnmyatt/ibnMyattinMedia.htm Myatt in the media]</ref>

==="The Numinous Way"===
Myatt has written of what he calls "The [[Numinous]] Way" that "[o]ne way of effectively combating the New World Order is by creating new rural communities inspired by honourable, rational pagan/heathen beliefs — and the Numinous Way of Folk Culture is a step toward this.<ref name="interview">{{cite web|url=http://www.geocities.com/davidmyatt/dm_interview.html|accessdate=2006-05-01|title=An Interview with David Myatt}}</ref></blockquote>

He describes the "Numinous Way" as a new form of "[[paganism|heathenism]]" based on respect for the natural world and the principles of personal honour, compassion,<ref name="compassion">{{cite web|url=http://www.cosmicbeing.info/compassion.html|accessdate=2009-03-14|title=Compassion, Empathy, and Honour}}</ref> cosmic ethics, and empathy, <ref name="question_suffering">{{cite web|url=http://www.cosmicbeing.info/honour_question_suffering.html|accessdate=2007-05-05|title=Honour, Empathy and The Question of Suffering}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cosmicbeing.info/jstatement.html|accessdate=2007-05-05|title=A Statement for Journalists}}</ref>. According to more recent writings, he developed it to be an apolitical, and individual, way of life <ref name="development">{{cite web|url=http://www.cosmicbeing.info/numinous_creation.html|accessdate=2009-03-15|title= The Development of The Numinous Way}}</ref> <ref name="overview">{{cite web|url=http://www.cosmicbeing.info/introduction_numinous_way.html|accessdate=2009-03-15|title=An Overview of The Numinous Way of Life}}</ref> where race and the concept of the folk not only have have no place <ref name="numinous-future">{{cite web|url=http://www.cosmicbeing.info/beyond_nation.html|accessdate=2009-03-14|title=A Numinous Future}}</ref> but are regarded as unethical abstractions <ref name="development">{{cite web|url=http://www.cosmicbeing.info/numinous_creation.html|accessdate=2009-03-15|title=The Development of The Numinous Way}}</ref> <ref name="abstractions">{{cite web|url=http://www.cosmicbeing.info/immorality_of_abstraction.html|accessdate=2009-03-15|title=Immorality of Abstraction}}</ref> <ref name="race-folk">{{cite web|url=http://www.cosmicbeing.info/race_and_folk.html|accessdate=2009-03-15|title=Race, The Folk, and The Numinous Way}}</ref>.

Myatt has since stated: "As a Muslim, I regard my earlier philosophy, which I first called "Folk Culture" and then ''The Numinous Way'', as kufr - a concealment of the reality, the truth, of Tawheed, and thus as a manifestation of [[Jahiliyyah]]." <ref name="questions-dm">{{cite web|url=http://www.davidmyatt.info/questions-dm.html|accessdate=2009-03-20|title=Questions for David Myatt}}</ref>

==See also==
===British islamists===
* [[Khalid Kelly]]
* [[Abu Izzadeen]]
* [[Anjem Choudary]]
* [[Abu Uzair]]
* [[Hassan Butt]]
* [[Andrew Ibrahim]]
* [[Sulayman Keeler]]
* [[Abu Hamza al-Masri]]
* [[Omar Bakri Muhammad]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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*Barnett, Antony. [http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,6903,891761,00.html "Right here, right now"], ''[[The Observer]]'', February 9, 2003
*Bassey, Amardeep. [http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100localnews/page.cfm?objectid=12645580&method=full&siteid=50002 "Midland Nazi turns to Islam"], ''[[Sunday Mercury]]'', February 16, 2003
*BBC Panorama. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/events/panorama/811720.stm "The Nailbomber"], broadcast June 30, 2000
*BBC Panorama. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/audio_video/programmes/panorama/transcripts/transcript_30_06_00.txt "The Nailbomber" transcript]
*Bourke, Fionnuala. "[http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/printable_version.cfm?objectid=14485106&siteid=50002 Come and be a Muslim, Nick]", ''Sunday Mercury'', 1 August 2004
*Goodrick-Clark, N. (2001) ''[[Black Sun (book by Goodrick-Clarke)|Black Sun: Aryan Cults, Esoteric Nazism and the Politics of Identity]]''. ISBN 0-8147-3155-4
*Karmon, Ely. [http://www.ict.org.il/articles/articledet.cfm?articleid=543 "Arenas for Radical and Anti-Globalization Groups Activity"], NATO Workshop On Terrorism and Communications, Slovakia, April 2005
*Lowles, N. (2001) ''White Riot: The Violent Story of Combat 18''. Milo Books, England; this edition 2003 ISBN 1-903854-00-8
*Michael, George. (2006) ''[[The Enemy of My Enemy]]: The Alarming Convergence of Militant Islam and the Extreme Right''. University Press of Kansas
*Myatt, David. [http://www.geocities.com/davidmyatt/ A personal website about Myatt]
*Tel Aviv University. [http://www.tau.ac.il/Anti-Semitism/asw98-9/uk.html "Anti-Semitism Worldwide 1998/9 United Kingdom"], retrieved August 17, 2005
*Woolcock, Nicola & and Kennedy, Dominic. [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2149297,00.html "What the Neo Nazi Fanatic Did Next: Switched to Islam"] ''[[The Times]]'' April 24, 2006
*Gary Daher Canedo: ''Safo y Catulo: poesía amorosa de la antigüedad'', Universidad Nur, 2005
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==Further reading==
<div class="references-small">
*Goodrick-Clarke, Nicholas. (2001) ''Black Sun: Aryan Cults, Esoteric Nazism and the Politics of Identity''. New York University Press ISBN 0-8147-3124-4 ISBN 0-8147-3155-4 (Paperback)
*Greven, Thomas (ed) (2006) ''Globalisierter Rechtsextremismus? Rechtsextremismus in der Ära der Globalisierung''. VS Verlag. ISBN 3-531-14514-2
*Kaplan, J. (1998) "Religiosity and the Radical Right: Toward the Creation of a New Ethnic Identity" in Kaplan and Tore Bjørgo (eds.) ''[[Nation and Race]]: The Developing Euro-American Racist Subculture'', Northeastern University Press, 1998, ISBN 1-55553-331-0.
*Kaplan, J. (ed) (2000) ''[[Encyclopedia of White Power]]: A Sourcebook on the Radical Racist Right''. Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc., 2000; AltaMira Press. ISBN 0-7425-0340-2 pp.216ff; pp.235ff; pp.512ff
*Lowles, Nick. (2003) ''White Riot: The Violent Story of Combat 18''. Milo Books ISBN 1-903854-00-8 *McLagan, Graeme. (2003) ''Killer on the Streets''. John Blake Publishing. ISBN 1-904034-33-0
*Michael, George. (2006) ''[[The Enemy of My Enemy]]: The Alarming Convergence of Militant Islam and the Extreme Right''. University Press of Kansas
*Ryan, Nick. (2003) ''Homeland: Into A World of Hate''. Mainstream Publishing Company Ltd. ISBN 1-84018-465-5
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==External links==
*[http://www.davidmyatt.info/ Official site]
*[http://forums.islamicawakening.com/member.php?u=879 Official Islamic-Awakening Forum profile]

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David Myatt

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[[Image:Ibnmyatt.png|right|frame|Abdul-Aziz ibn Myatt after his conversion to [[Islam]] in 1998, wearing a [[Salwar kameez]] and a [[Taqiyah (cap)]].]]

'''Abdul-Aziz ibn Myatt''',<ref>Myatt originally changed his name to Abdul-Aziz (which he has penned articles under) but has been accused that he was trying to hide his identity so on the advice of an Imaam he added the ibn Myatt so people would know who he was.[http://forums.islamicawakening.com/showpost.php?p=7269&postcount=9]</ref> (born 1950) - formerly known as '''David Myatt''' and '''David Wulstan'''<ref>Some accounts give Myatt's middle name as William, such as the 1998 edition of Searchlight magazine [http://www.declarepeace.org.uk/captain/murder_inc/site/nazi.html] and Black Sun: Chapter "Nazi satanism and the new Aeon", Goodrick-Clarke, 2002. But, these accounts are seen as unreliable as the authors have allegedly never corresponded with Myatt. However, several authors did and confirm his middle name as Wulstan, namely [[george Michael|Michael, George]]. (2006) [[The Enemy of My Enemy]] and [[Jeffrey Kaplan|Kaplan, Jeffrey]]. (1998) ''[[Nation and Race]]: The Developing Euro-American Racist Subculture'', Northeastern University Press, 1998, ISBN 1-55553-331-0. Additionally, there is Myatt himself (qv his poetry and Greek translations).</ref> '''Myatt''' - is a [[Islam in the United Kingdom|British Muslim]] and a former [[neo-nazi]].

Before his [[Religious_conversion#Conversion_to_Islam|conversion to Islam]] in 1998,<ref name=Global>Greven, Thomas (ed) (2006) ''Globalisierter Rechtsextremismus? Rechtsextremismus in der Ära der Globalisierung''. VS Verlag, p.62</ref><ref name=Michael147>Michael, George. (2006) ''[[The Enemy of My Enemy]]: The Alarming Convergence of Militant Islam and the Extreme Right''. University Press of Kansas, p. 147.</ref><ref name=times2006>Woolcock, Nicola & Kennedy, Dominic. [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2149297,00.html "What the neo-Nazi fanatic did next: switched to Islam"], ''The Times'', April 24, 2006.</ref>, Myatt was the first leader of the British [[National Socialist Movement]] (NSM),<ref
name="panorama">[http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/audio_video/programmes/panorama/transcripts/transcript_30_06_00.txt|accessdate=2006-05-01|title=Panorama Program Transcript: 'The Nailbomber'"], BBC Panorama, June 30, 2000.</ref><ref name=Langenohl>Langenohl, Andreas Langenohl & Westphal, Kirsten. (eds.) "Comparing and Inter-Relating the European Union and the Russian Federation," Zentrum für internationale Entwicklungs- und Umweltforschung der Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, November 2006, p.84.</ref> and was identified by the British newspaper, ''[[The Observer]]'', as the "ideological heavyweight" behind [[Combat 18]].<ref name="observer">Barnett, Antony. [http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,6903,891761,00.html "Right here, right now"], ''The Observer'', February 9, 2003.</ref>

Following his conversion to Islam, Myatt dissociated himself from nationalism and racialism, and has spoken openly about his contempt for racism<ref>ibn Myatt, [http://www.davidmyatt.info/convert2.html David Myatt: From Neo-Nazi to Muslim]
2 Shaban 1428</ref><ref>ibn Myatt, [http://www.davidmyatt.info/islam_race.html Nationalism, Race, Culture and Islam] 28 Jumaadi Al-Thaani 1425</ref><ref>ibn Myatt, [http://www.davidmyatt.info/questions-dm.html Questions for David Myatt (Part 1)] Yaumul Ithnain 25 Jumaada al-Awal 1428</ref><ref>ibn Myatt, [http://www.davidmyatt.info/questions2_ibnmyatt.html Islam, The Numinous Way, and Zionist Rumours] 26 Zhul al-Hijjah 1428</ref>, and wrote that the only distinction that mattered was that between [[Muslims]] ([[Mumin]]) and the Unbelievers ([[Kuffar]])<ref>ibn Myatt [http://www.davidmyatt.info/ibnmyatt_questions1.html Questions For Abdul-Aziz ibn Myatt] question and answer session posted on an Islamic Internet forum between 3 Shaban 1427 and 16 Ramadan 1427</ref>.

Additionally, and subsequently following his conversion, he also became an advocate of [[Martyrdom in Islam|Islamic martyrdom operations (Shaheed)]],<ref name=operations>Myatt, David. [http://web.archive.org/web/20050524194900/http://website.lineone.net/~davidmyatt/operations.html "Are Martyrdom Operations Lawful (According to Quran and Sunnah)?"], retrieved May 1, 2006 from Abdul-Aziz ibn Myatt's website, now removed.</ref><ref>[http://www.davidmyatt.info/questions_operations_jannah.html Questions Regarding Martyrdom Operations, Jannah and Jizya] retrieved April 30, 2008 from Abdul-Aziz ibn Myatt's.</ref><ref>[http://forums.islamicawakening.com/showpost.php?p=9375&postcount=15 where he states:] ''"In respect of Sheikh Abu Baseer at-Tartusi, I incline toward the view that he might be mistaken in some of the things he has said, especially in relation to martyrdom operations in Dar al-Harb. For instance, he has spoken about some such operations being haram because they can or might or have resulted in the death of "innocent" people, and involve the Mujahid in "suicide". I have written several articles striving to express the view that I myself incline toward - such as "Thinking Like a Muslim" and "Are Martyrdom Operations Lawful According to Quran and Sunnah?" (the publication of which on the muslimcreed website was, I believe, one of causes which led the kuffar to close down that site) - which view of mine is that such operations are legitimate, according to Quran and Sunnah, and that it is an error to apply the terms and concepts of the kuffar, such as "innocent" and "civilian", to Deen Al-Islam, and that using such terms amounts to an imitation of the kuffar."''</ref>, expressed support for [[Osama bin Laden]]<ref>ibn Myatt, Abdul-Aziz - "[http://www.geocities.com/abdulazizibnmyatt/WhyISupportOBL.htm Why I Support Sheikh Usama bin Laden (Hafidhaullah)]", 18 Thul-Hujja 1423</ref>, the [[Taliban]],<ref name=Michael147/>, referred to [[the Holocaust]] as a "hoax."<ref name=times2006/>, and supported the killing of 'civilians' or non-combatants.<ref>ibn Myatt [http://forums.islamicawakening.com/showthread.php?t=762 Thinking Like A Muslim], [http://forums.islamicawakening.com/showthread.php?t=7233 In Reply to Sheikh Salman b. Fahd al-Oadah], [http://forums.islamicawakening.com/showthread.php?p=112787#post112787 Concerning Al Aqd Al Amaan: Covenants of Security], [http://www.geocities.com/abdulazizibnmyatt/kaffirerrorofideology.htm The Kaffir Errors of Ideology & Islamo-Fascism] and in particular ''Deen Al-Islam and The Question of Civilians''. (See also 'The Kaffir Errors of Ideology & Extremism' in [http://www.geocities.com/abdulazizibnmyatt/FromNeoNazitoMuslim.htm 'From Neo-Nazi to Muslim'])]</ref>

An April 2005 [[NATO]] workshop heard that Myatt had called on "all enemies of the [[Zionism|Zionists]] to embrace the [[Jihad]]" against Jews and the United States.<ref name="ict_middleeast">Karmon, Ely. [http://www.ict.org.il/apage/5208.php "The Middle East, Iran, Palestine: Arenas for Radical and Anti-Globalization Groups Activity"].</ref> Political scientist [[George Michael (professor)|George Michael]] writes that Myatt has ''"arguably done more than any other theorist to develop a synthesis of the extreme right and Islam."''<ref name=Michael142>Michael, George. (2006) ''[[The Enemy of My Enemy]]: The Alarming Convergence of Militant Islam and the Extreme Right''. University Press of Kansas, p. 142.</ref>

Myatt came to public attention in 1999, a year after his Islamic conversion, when a pamphlet he wrote many years earlier, ''A Practical Guide to Aryan Revolution'', described as a ''"detailed step-by-step guide for terrorist insurrection,"''<ref name="ict_cyberspace">Whine, Michael. [http://www.ict.org.il/articles/cyberspace.htm "Cyberspace: A New Medium for Communication, Command and Control by Extremists"]</ref> was said to have inspired [[David Copeland]], who left nailbombs in areas frequented by London's black, Asian, and [[gay]] communities. <ref name="panorama2">[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/events/panorama/811720.stm "Panorama Special: The Nailbomber"], BBC, June 30, 2000.</ref> Three people died and 129 were injured in the explosions, several of them losing limbs.

In addition to writing about Islam and National Socialism, Myatt has translated works by [[Sophocles]],<ref name=Walton>J. Michael Walton: ''Found in Translation: Greek Drama in English'', Cambridge University Press, 2006, pp.206, 221, 227</ref> [[Sappho]],<ref name=Canedo>Gary Daher Canedo: ''Safo y Catulo: poesía amorosa de la antigüedad'', Universidad Nur, 2005.</ref> [[Aeschylus]], and [[Homer]], and has written several collections of poems<ref name="plink">[http://www.geocities.com/davidmyatt/plink.html "The Poetry of D.W. Myatt"].</ref> and some [[science fiction]], using the name D.W. Myatt.<ref>[http://www.amazon.co.uk/s?keywords=D.W.%20Myatt&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3AD.W.%20Myatt%2Ci%3Astripbooks D.W. Myatt's publications at Amazon.co.uk].</ref>

==Personal life==
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Myatt grew up in [[Tanzania]], where his father worked as a civil servant for the British government, and later in the [[Far East]], where he studied the [[martial arts]]. <ref name=Michael142/> He moved to [[England]] in 1967 to complete his schooling, and has said that he began a degree in [[physics]] but did not complete it, leaving his studies to focus on his political activism. <ref name="notes1">Myatt, David. [http://www.geocities.com/davidmyatt/notes1.html "Towards Identity and the Galactic Empire"].</ref> He is reported to live in the [[Midlands]] and to have been married three times.

British anti-fascist magazine ''[[Searchlight (magazine)|Searchlight]]'' has written of him: "He does not have the appearance of a Nazi [[Ideology|ideologue]] ... [S]porting a long ginger beard, [[J. Barbour & Sons|Barbour]] jacket, cords and a tweed flat cap, he resembles an eccentric country gentleman out for a Sunday ramble. But Myatt is anything but the country [[squire]], for beneath this seemingly innocuous exterior is a man of extreme and calculated hatred." <ref name=search2000>''Searchlight'', July 2000.</ref>

Political scientist George Michael has written that Myatt is an "intriguing theorist," <ref name=Michael142/> with a reported IQ of 187, <ref name=Michael142/> who has embarked over the years on a series of "[[Faust]]ian quests." <ref name=Michael142/> He studied [[Taoism]] and spent time in a [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] and later a [[Christianity|Christian monastery]], <ref name=Michael43>Michael, George. (2006) ''[[The Enemy of My Enemy]]: The Alarming Convergence of Militant Islam and the Extreme Right''. University Press of Kansas, p. 143.</ref> and is alleged to have explored the [[occult]], as well as [[Paganism]] and what Michael calls "quasi-Satanic" secret societies, while remaining a committed National Socialist. <ref name=Michael43/>

==Political activism==
Myatt joined [[Colin Jordan]]'s [[British Movement]], a neo-Nazi group, in 1968, where he sometimes acted as Jordan's bodyguard at meetings and rallies. <ref> Goodrick-Clarke, Nicholas. "Hitler's Priestess: Savitri Devi, the Hindu-Aryan Myth and Neo-Nazism", NYU Press, 2000, p.215</ref> From the 1970s until the 1990s, he remained involved with [[paramilitary]] and neo-Nazi organizations such as [[Column 88]] and [[Combat 18]], <ref>Goodrick-Clark, N. (2001) pp.215-217 ''[[Black Sun (book by Goodrick-Clarke)|Black Sun: Aryan Cults, Esoteric Nazism and the Politics of Identity]]''. (chapter 11 in particular) </ref> <ref>Lowles, N. (2001) ''White Riot: The Violent Story of Combat 18''. Milo Books, England; this edition 2003</ref> and was imprisoned twice for violent offenses in connection with his political activism. <ref name=Michael142/>

Myatt was the founder and first leader of the [[National Socialist Movement]] <ref>Goodrick-Clark, N. (2001) p.50 ''[[Black Sun (book by Goodrick-Clarke)|Black Sun: Aryan Cults, Esoteric Nazism and the Politics of Identity]]'' </ref> of which [[David Copeland]] was a member. He also co-founded, with Eddy Morrison, the neo-Nazi organization the NDFM (National Democratic Freedom Movement) which was active in Leeds, England, in the early 1970s, <ref>Goodrick-Clark, N. (2001) p.217 ''[[Black Sun (book by Goodrick-Clarke)|Black Sun: Aryan Cults, Esoteric Nazism and the Politics of Identity]]'' </ref> and the neo-Nazi [[Reichsfolk]] group. <ref> Kaplan, Jeffrey. ''Encyclopedia of White Power: A Sourcebook on the Radical Racist Right'', Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc., 2000, pp. 216ff; pp. 512ff</ref>.

It is also alleged that he tried to establish a Nazi-occultist commune in [[Shropshire]].<ref>"[http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,6903,891761,00.html Right here, right now]", The Observer, February 9, 2003</ref><ref>[http://www.geocities.com/davidmyatt/biog.html David Myatt Biog]</ref>

Michael writes that Myatt took over the leadership of Combat 18 in 1998, when [[Charlie Sargent]], the previous leader, was jailed for murder. <ref name=Michael142/>

===Alleged influence on David Copeland===

In November 1997, Myatt posted an allegedly [[Racism|racist]] and [[Anti-Semitism|anti-Semitic]] pamphlet he had written called ''Practical Guide to Aryan Revolution'' on a website run out of British Columbia, Canada by Bernard Klatt. The pamphlet included chapter titles such as "[[Assassination]]," "Terror Bombing," and "Racial War."
<ref>Vacca, John R. "Computer Forensics: Computer Crime Scene Investigation", Charles River Media, 2005, p.420 ISBN 1-58450-389-0</ref> According to Michael Whine of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, "[t]he contents provided a detailed step-by-step guide for terrorist insurrection with advice on assassination targets, rationale for bombing and sabotage campaigns, and [[rules of engagement]]."<ref name="ict_cyberspace"/>

In February 1998, British police raided Myatt's home in [[Worcestershire]] and removed his computers and files. He was subsequently charged with publishing hate material, but the case was dropped because the evidence supplied by the Canadian authorities was not enough to secure a conviction.
<ref>Vacca, John R. "Computer Forensics: Computer Crime Scene Investigation", Charles River Media, 2005, p.420 ISBN 1-58450-389-0</ref>

It was this pamphlet that, in 1999, allegedly influenced David Copeland, the London nailbomber — also a member of Myatt's National Socialist Movement — who planted homemade bombs in [[Brixton]], [[Brick Lane]], and inside the [[Admiral Duncan pub]] on [[Old Compton Street]] in London, frequented by the black, Asian, and gay communities respectively. Friends John Light, Nick Moore, and Andrea Dykes and her unborn child died in the Admiral Duncan pub. Copeland told police he had been trying to spark a "racial war."<ref name="panorama"/>

According to the ''BBC's'' ''[[Panorama (TV series)|Panorama]]'', in 1998 when Myatt was leader of the NSM, he called for "the creation of racial terror with bombs."<ref name="">{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/audio_video/programmes/panorama/transcripts/transcript_30_06_00.txt|accessdate=2006-05-01|title=Insert title here}}</ref> Myatt is also quoted by ''Searchlight'' as having stated that "[t]he primary duty of all National Socialists is to change the world. National Socialism means revolution: the overthrow of the existing System and its replacement with a National-Socialist society. Revolution means struggle: it means war. It means certain tactics have to be employed, and a great revolutionary movement organised which is primarily composed of those prepared to fight, prepared to get their hands dirty and perhaps spill some blood" (''Searchlight'', July 2000).

==Conversion to Islam==
Myatt converted to [[Islam]] in 1998. He told writer George Michael that his decision to convert began when he took a job on a farm in England. He was working long hours in the fields and felt an affinity with nature, concluding that the sense of harmony he felt had not come about by chance. He told Michael that he was also impressed by the militancy of Islamist groups, and believed that he shared common enemies with Islam, namely "the capitalist-consumer West and international finance." <ref name=Michael144>Michael, George. (2006) ''[[The Enemy of My Enemy]]: The Alarming Convergence of Militant Islam and the Extreme Right''. University Press of Kansas, p. 144.</ref><ref>ibn Myatt, Abdul-Aziz "[http://www.geocities.com/abdulazizibnmyatt/autobiographicalnotes.htm Autobiographical Notes]", Revised Yaumul Ahad 3 Jumaada al-Awal 1428</ref>

Some critics and observers have suggested that Myatt's conversion is insincere and "may be just a political ploy to advance his own failing anti-establishment agenda." <ref name="icbirmingham_midland">{{cite news|url=http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100localnews/page.cfm?objectid=12645580&method=full&siteid=50002|accessdate=2006-05-01|title=Midland Nazi turns to Islam|date=2003-02-16|author=Amardeep Bassey|publisher=Birmingham Mail}}</ref> Others, however, accept his conversion as genuine <ref name=Covenant>Miller, Rory (2007). British Anti-Zionism Then and Now. ''Covenant'', Volume 1, Issue 2 (April 2007 / Iyar 5767), Herzliya, Israel.</ref> <ref name=NATO>{{cite web|url=http://www.thecst.org.uk/docs/NATO%20advanced%20research%20workshop%2021%2008%2006.doc|accessdate=2007-03-23|title=Common Motifs on Jihadi and Far Right Websites}}</ref> <ref name=Steyn> Steyn, Mark (2006). ''American Alone'', Regnery Publishing, USA, p.92. ISBN 0895260786</ref>.

According to Fionnuala Bourke, Myatt wrote to [[Nick Griffin]], leader of the [[British National Party]], in August 2004 urging him to embrace Islam <ref name="griffin_letter">{{cite web|url=http://www.davidmyatt.info/griffin.html|accessdate=2007-05-02|title=An Open Letter To Nick Griffin of the BNP}}</ref>. [[Gerry Gable]], editor of ''Searchlight'', dismissed the letter as a ploy: "Myatt is a self-publicist who has claimed to have taken up many guises, including being a monk. Satanism is probably his overriding inspiration. He still supports neo-Nazi groups and contributes to their websites. This letter is probably some kind of bluff in their favour." <ref name="icbirmingham_come">{{cite news|url=http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/printable_version.cfm?objectid=14485106&siteid=50002|accessdate=2006-05-01|title=Come and be a Muslim, Nick|date=2004-08-01|author=Fionnuala Bourke|publisher=Sunday Mercury}}</ref> Myatt has always strenuously denied such allegations about Satanism: "For over twenty years, journalists, and [others] have been circulating rumours and making allegations about my personal involvement with Occultism and Satanism. This is despite the fact that I have denied and do deny ever having been a 'Satanist'... These rumours and allegations were started by, and are still circulated by, my enemies for one simple reason — to try and discredit me personally." <ref name="Myatt:The National-Socialist">''The National-Socialist'' (March 1998, Thormynd Press, York, England).</ref>.

In addition, Myatt has repeatedly challenged anyone to provide any evidence of such malicious allegations, and even challenged two journalists - Nick Lowles (from ''Searchlight'') and Nick Ryan - to a duel for repeating such allegations, a challenge which they both declined. <ref name="myatt_statement">{{cite web|url=http://www.dwmyatt.info/jstatement_new.html|accessdate=2007-03-23|title=A Statement for Journalists}}</ref> <ref name="myatt_letter">{{cite web|url=http://www.geocities.com/davidmyatt/machinations1.html|accessdate=2007-03-21|title=The Machinations of Journalists}}</ref>

According to an article in ''[[The Times]]'' published on [[April 24]], [[2006]], Myatt believes that: "The pure authentic Islam of the revival, which recognises practical jihad as a duty, is the only force that is capable of fighting and destroying the dishonour, the arrogance, the materialism of the West ... For the West, nothing is sacred, except perhaps Zionists, Zionism, the hoax of the so-called Holocaust, and the idols which the West and its lackeys worship, or pretend to worship, such as democracy... Jihad is our duty. If nationalists, or some of them, desire to aid us, to help us, they can do the right thing, the honourable thing, and convert, revert, to Islam — accepting the superiority of Islam over and above each and every way of the West." <ref name=times2006/>

Michael writes that Myatt's initial euphoria about Islam after his conversion did not last long, and he has recommitted himself to National Socialism, although he still admires Islam, and still uses his Muslim name on occasion. <ref name=Michael146>Michael, George. (2006) ''[[The Enemy of My Enemy]]: The Alarming Convergence of Militant Islam and the Extreme Right''. University Press of Kansas, p. 146.</ref>. Myatt denies this, and says he is still a Muslim.
<ref name="islamic_forum">{{cite web|url=http://forums.islamicawakening.com/showthread.php?t=1826|accessdate=2007-05-05|title=An Interview with Abdul-Aziz ibn Myatt - IA Forums}}</ref> <ref name="ibnmyatt_questions">{{cite web|url=http://www.dwmyatt.info/ibnmyatt_questions1.html|accessdate=2007-05-05|title=Questions for Abdul-Aziz ibn Myatt}}</ref> <ref name="ibnmyatt_online">{{cite web|url=http://www.islamonline.net/livedialogue/english/Browse.asp?hGuestID=61ud64|accessdate=2007-05-05|title=Islam OnLine}}</ref>

There has been some discussion on some Internet forums regarding whether some articles attributed to ibn Myatt were in fact written by him, or whether the dates given on some of those articles were genuine. Myatt has responded to this.<ref>[http://forums.islamicawakening.com/showthread.php?t=1838 Omnipitus2006's obsession with Ibn Myatt - IA Forums]</ref><ref>[http://www.geocities.com/abdulazizibnmyatt/islam_honour_duty.htm Islam, Honour and Duty]</ref> These rumours have brought some to question whether Myatt still is a Muslim. Myatt has responded to these allegations many times.<ref>[http://www.geocities.com/abdulazizibnmyatt/ibnMyattinMedia.htm Myatt in the media]</ref>

==="The Numinous Way"===
Myatt has written of what he calls "The [[Numinous]] Way" that "[o]ne way of effectively combating the New World Order is by creating new rural communities inspired by honourable, rational pagan/heathen beliefs — and the Numinous Way of Folk Culture is a step toward this.<ref name="interview">{{cite web|url=http://www.geocities.com/davidmyatt/dm_interview.html|accessdate=2006-05-01|title=An Interview with David Myatt}}</ref></blockquote>

He describes the "Numinous Way" as a new form of "[[paganism|heathenism]]" based on respect for the natural world and the principles of personal honour, compassion,<ref name="compassion">{{cite web|url=http://www.cosmicbeing.info/compassion.html|accessdate=2009-03-14|title=Compassion, Empathy, and Honour}}</ref> cosmic ethics, and empathy, <ref name="question_suffering">{{cite web|url=http://www.cosmicbeing.info/honour_question_suffering.html|accessdate=2007-05-05|title=Honour, Empathy and The Question of Suffering}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cosmicbeing.info/jstatement.html|accessdate=2007-05-05|title=A Statement for Journalists}}</ref>. According to more recent writings, he developed it to be an apolitical, and individual, way of life <ref name="development">{{cite web|url=http://www.cosmicbeing.info/numinous_creation.html|accessdate=2009-03-15|title= The Development of The Numinous Way}}</ref> <ref name="overview">{{cite web|url=http://www.cosmicbeing.info/introduction_numinous_way.html|accessdate=2009-03-15|title=An Overview of The Numinous Way of Life}}</ref> where race and the concept of the folk not only have have no place <ref name="numinous-future">{{cite web|url=http://www.cosmicbeing.info/beyond_nation.html|accessdate=2009-03-14|title=A Numinous Future}}</ref> but are regarded as unethical abstractions <ref name="development">{{cite web|url=http://www.cosmicbeing.info/numinous_creation.html|accessdate=2009-03-15|title=The Development of The Numinous Way}}</ref> <ref name="abstractions">{{cite web|url=http://www.cosmicbeing.info/immorality_of_abstraction.html|accessdate=2009-03-15|title=Immorality of Abstraction}}</ref> <ref name="race-folk">{{cite web|url=http://www.cosmicbeing.info/race_and_folk.html|accessdate=2009-03-15|title=Race, The Folk, and The Numinous Way}}</ref>.

Myatt has since stated: "As a Muslim, I regard my earlier philosophy, which I first called "Folk Culture" and then ''The Numinous Way'', as kufr - a concealment of the reality, the truth, of Tawheed, and thus as a manifestation of [[Jahiliyyah]]." <ref name="questions-dm">{{cite web|url=http://www.davidmyatt.info/questions-dm.html|accessdate=2009-03-20|title=Questions for David Myatt}}</ref>

==See also==
===British islamists===
* [[Khalid Kelly]]
* [[Abu Izzadeen]]
* [[Anjem Choudary]]
* [[Abu Uzair]]
* [[Hassan Butt]]
* [[Andrew Ibrahim]]
* [[Sulayman Keeler]]
* [[Abu Hamza al-Masri]]
* [[Omar Bakri Muhammad]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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*Barnett, Antony. [http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,6903,891761,00.html "Right here, right now"], ''[[The Observer]]'', February 9, 2003
*Bassey, Amardeep. [http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100localnews/page.cfm?objectid=12645580&method=full&siteid=50002 "Midland Nazi turns to Islam"], ''[[Sunday Mercury]]'', February 16, 2003
*BBC Panorama. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/events/panorama/811720.stm "The Nailbomber"], broadcast June 30, 2000
*BBC Panorama. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/audio_video/programmes/panorama/transcripts/transcript_30_06_00.txt "The Nailbomber" transcript]
*Bourke, Fionnuala. "[http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/printable_version.cfm?objectid=14485106&siteid=50002 Come and be a Muslim, Nick]", ''Sunday Mercury'', 1 August 2004
*Goodrick-Clark, N. (2001) ''[[Black Sun (book by Goodrick-Clarke)|Black Sun: Aryan Cults, Esoteric Nazism and the Politics of Identity]]''. ISBN 0-8147-3155-4
*Karmon, Ely. [http://www.ict.org.il/articles/articledet.cfm?articleid=543 "Arenas for Radical and Anti-Globalization Groups Activity"], NATO Workshop On Terrorism and Communications, Slovakia, April 2005
*Lowles, N. (2001) ''White Riot: The Violent Story of Combat 18''. Milo Books, England; this edition 2003 ISBN 1-903854-00-8
*Michael, George. (2006) ''[[The Enemy of My Enemy]]: The Alarming Convergence of Militant Islam and the Extreme Right''. University Press of Kansas
*Myatt, David. [http://www.geocities.com/davidmyatt/ A personal website about Myatt]
*Tel Aviv University. [http://www.tau.ac.il/Anti-Semitism/asw98-9/uk.html "Anti-Semitism Worldwide 1998/9 United Kingdom"], retrieved August 17, 2005
*Woolcock, Nicola & and Kennedy, Dominic. [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2149297,00.html "What the Neo Nazi Fanatic Did Next: Switched to Islam"] ''[[The Times]]'' April 24, 2006
*Gary Daher Canedo: ''Safo y Catulo: poesía amorosa de la antigüedad'', Universidad Nur, 2005
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==Further reading==
<div class="references-small">
*Goodrick-Clarke, Nicholas. (2001) ''Black Sun: Aryan Cults, Esoteric Nazism and the Politics of Identity''. New York University Press ISBN 0-8147-3124-4 ISBN 0-8147-3155-4 (Paperback)
*Greven, Thomas (ed) (2006) ''Globalisierter Rechtsextremismus? Rechtsextremismus in der Ära der Globalisierung''. VS Verlag. ISBN 3-531-14514-2
*Kaplan, J. (1998) "Religiosity and the Radical Right: Toward the Creation of a New Ethnic Identity" in Kaplan and Tore Bjørgo (eds.) ''[[Nation and Race]]: The Developing Euro-American Racist Subculture'', Northeastern University Press, 1998, ISBN 1-55553-331-0.
*Kaplan, J. (ed) (2000) ''[[Encyclopedia of White Power]]: A Sourcebook on the Radical Racist Right''. Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc., 2000; AltaMira Press. ISBN 0-7425-0340-2 pp.216ff; pp.235ff; pp.512ff
*Lowles, Nick. (2003) ''White Riot: The Violent Story of Combat 18''. Milo Books ISBN 1-903854-00-8 *McLagan, Graeme. (2003) ''Killer on the Streets''. John Blake Publishing. ISBN 1-904034-33-0
*Michael, George. (2006) ''[[The Enemy of My Enemy]]: The Alarming Convergence of Militant Islam and the Extreme Right''. University Press of Kansas
*Ryan, Nick. (2003) ''Homeland: Into A World of Hate''. Mainstream Publishing Company Ltd. ISBN 1-84018-465-5
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==External links==
*[http://www.davidmyatt.info/ Official site]
*[http://forums.islamicawakening.com/member.php?u=879 Official Islamic-Awakening Forum profile]

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'''Radio Islam''' was a [[Sweden|Swedish]] radio channel, now a website, which is dedicated to "the liberation struggle of the [[Palestinian]] people against [[Israel]]". The EU's racism monitoring organization has called it "one of the most radical right wing [[Antisemitism|antisemitic]] homepages on the net." It bears no relationship to RadioIslam.com, a website and radio program based in Chicago.

==History==
In September 1973 [[Ahmed Rami (Holocaust denier)|Ahmed Rami]], a former [[Morocco|Moroccan]] army officer, came to [[Sweden]] from [[Paris]]. He gained political asylum by claiming that he took part in the failed coup attempt against [[King of Morocco|King]] [[Hassan II of Morocco|Hassan II]] in August 1972. In 1987 Rami began using a public access Swedish radio station to broadcast "Radio Islam", ostensibly a [[public relations]] program for Sweden's [[Muslim]]s. However, the content of the shows focused on [[Jew]]s, and the station was accused of being a vehicle for [[anti-Semitism]]. In 1990 Rami was sentenced to 6 months in prison for [[Hate speech|"incitement against a group of people"]], and Radio Islam's transmission permit was revoked for a year. The station resumed broadcasting in 1991 under the direction of the Swedish [[Nazism|Nazi]] [[David Janzon]]; however, in 1993 Janzon was convicted of the same crime. Radio Islam was off the air from 1993 to 1995, but the program returned in 1996 under Rami's direction, the same year that he established the Radio Islam [[website]]. Rami was again convicted and fined by the Swedish court in October 2000. Rami has been investigated for [[hate crime]]s in France and Sweden for his role in maintaining the ''Radio Islam'' website. The latest investigation ended in 2004 when the Swedish prosecutor was unable to prove that Rami was responsible for the content.

==Mission==

The Radio Islam [[website]] states that it "is working to promote better relations between the West and the [[Muslim]] World". It also states that it is "against [[racism]] of all forms, against all kinds of discrimination of people based on their colour of skin, faith or ethnical background". As a "consequence", Radio Islam states that it is "against [[Jew]]ish racism towards non-Jews". It asserts that "World Jewish [[Zionism]]" constitutes "the last racist ideology still surviving" and that [[Israel]] is "the last outpost of [[Apartheid]] in the World", which, "by its mere existence" demonstrates "a complete defiance to all international laws, rules and principles". As well, it insists that "the open racism manifested in the Jewish State is a violation of all ethics and morals known to Man".

==Contents==

The focus of the Radio Islam [[website]] is the alleged influence of [[Jew]]s and "Zionists" on society, and in particular on politics in Western countries and in the [[Middle East]]. It proposes that there are [[conspiracy theory|conspiracies]] of Jews/"Zionists" to control [[Western world|Western society]] and oppress and/or kill [[Muslim]]s (among other groups), and that these actions are a historic feature of both Jews and Judaism (which it describes as ''the Jewish "Religion"''). It considers [[the Holocaust]] to be a fraudulent "Zionist" attempt to turn attention away from "the ongoing [[Zionism|Zionist]] war waged against the peoples of [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]] and the Middle East". Major topics of the website include "Zionist massacres", "Zionist terrorism", "Jewish Power", "Jewish racism", "Jewish racism against Blacks", [[Holocaust denial]], "Jewish hypocrisy", "Jewish propaganda", "Jewish war against [[Iraq]]", and "Jewish war against [[Lebanon]]". Radio Islam's online library contains several complete works, including ''[[The Protocols of the Elders of Zion]]'' (which ''[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]'' describes as a "[[fraud]]ulent document that served as a pretext and rationale for [[anti-Semitism]] in the early 20th century"), [[Adolf Hitler]]'s ''[[Mein Kampf]]'', [[Henry Ford]]'s ''The International Jew'', [[Arthur Koestler]]'s ''The Thirteenth Tribe'' (a book whose thesis has been disproven through the field of genetics), [[Israel Shahak]]'s ''[[Jewish History, Jewish Religion]]'', and [[Roger Garaudy]]'s ''The Founding Myths of Israeli Politics'' (which a French court found guilty of Holocaust denial and racial defamation).

==Holocaust denial==
*[[Radio Islam]], denies the view of all scholars relating to the Holocaust, and claims that the people who died weren't even Jewish, but victims of typhus, and that much less people died than what mainstream scholars say. <ref name="hdenial">http://www.radioislam.net/sindi/typic.htm</ref> It says on their site, "Most people in the West generally accept the last Jewish/Zionist claim about the so-called "holocaust" without any challenge as if it were a "divine truth". This holocaust hoax has been bought and sold by educated and uneducated Westerners alike, whether they are from the far right (such as Christian fundamentalists), or from the so-called "moderates", or even from the far left (such as socialists and communists). "<ref name="hdenial"/>
They criticize while the general public is okay with people expressing criticism of political mistakes of the President, that the general public is not okay with them denying the systematic rounding-up and murdering of 6,000,000 Jews, resulting in about 10 years, the death of 1/3 of all Jews worldwide, and the death of 2/3 of all Jews in Europe.<ref name="hdenial"/> They even claim the whole Holocaust was fabriacted by Zionists, people who believe(d) Jews ought to be allowed to go to Israel, because it is their ancestral home, and that it could during a time of massive anti-Semitism, be the only safe haven for Jews.<ref name="hdenial"/> They try to claim there is actual debate by historians over the Holocaust by citing [[Arthur Butz]], as if he is a historian, when in fact he is a professor of Electrical Engineering, who after becoming tenured (meaning he can't be fired except under rare conditions) started claiming the Holocaust was made up by the Zionists. NorthWestern University, has even issued a message, in which he says,

"Northwestern University Associate Professor Arthur Butz recently issued a statement commending Iranian President Ahmadinejad's assertion that the Holocaust never happened. Butz is a Holocaust denier who has made similar assertions previously. His latest statement, like his earlier writings and pronouncements, is a contemptible insult to all decent and feeling people. While I hope everyone understands that Butz's opinions are his own and in no way represent the views of the University or me personally, his reprehensible opinions on this issue are an embarrassment to Northwestern.

There is no question that the Holocaust is a well-documented historical fact. The University has a professorship in Holocaust Studies endowed by the Holocaust Educational Foundation. Northwestern offers courses in Holocaust Studies and organizes conferences of academic scholars who teach in areas relating to the Holocaust. In addition, Northwestern hosts a summer Institute for Holocaust and Jewish Civilization. And most recently, a fellowship in the political science department has been established in my name by the Holocaust Educational Foundation. In short, Northwestern University has contributed significantly to the scholarly research of the Holocaust and remains committed to doing so.

Butz is a tenured associate professor in electrical engineering. Like all faculty members, he is entitled to express his personal views, including on his personal web pages, as long as he does not represent such opinions as the views of the University. Butz has made clear that his opinions are his own and at no time has he discussed those views in class or made them part of his class curriculum. Therefore, we cannot take action based on the content of what Butz says regarding the Holocaust - however odious it may be - without undermining the vital principle of intellectual freedom that all academic institutions serve to protect.

Henry S. Bienen
President"<ref>http://www.northwestern.edu/president/arthurbutz.html</ref>

Radio Islam, even tries to downplay the Holocaust by making seem as though even if the Holocaust happened against the Jews, it doesn't mean anything by making it seem the number of soldiers who died in WW2, were in fact victims of the Holocaust, which was systematic murder of innocent Jewish children, and citizens of European countries, by very careful wording.<ref name="hdenial"/>

They claim that the number of people died during the Holocaust is 240,000 non-Jewish victims of typhus, despite it completely contradicting all evidence, they claim instead of innocent Jews being burnt alive at concentration camps, they were dead non-Jewish victims of typhus. <ref name="hdenial"/> They even say that Anne Frank's diary, a eye-witness account, written by a innocent young Jewish girl, is a hoax. <ref name="hdenial"/>

==Criticism==

A 2003 report commissioned by the [http://eumc.eu.int/eumc/index.php E.U. Monitoring Center on Racism and Xenophobia] described Radio Islam as "one of the most radical right wing [[Anti-Semitism|anti-Semitic]] homepages on the net with close links to [[radical Islam]] groups",[http://www.winsomegifts.com/win/Archive/114_eu_anti_semitism_report.pdf][http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/anti-semitism/report_sweden.html] one of a number of "racist and xenophobic sites"[http://eumc.eu.int/eumc/as/PDF04/AS-Country-IT-PDF04.pdf] which "utilis[e] the [[Holocaust denial|denial]] of the [[Holocaust]] as a component of anti-Semitic agitation" and "make use of the entire
spectrum of anti-Semitic [[stereotype]]s". The [[Southern Poverty Law Center]] has described Radio Islam as "a [[Stockholm]]-based [[neo-Nazi]] [[propaganda]] outfit" which "contains a treasure trove of antisemitica" and Ahmed Rami as a "key IHR ([[Institute for Historical Review]]) ally" and "a key promoter of anti-Semitism worldwide".[http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=181&printable=1] The [[Stephen Roth Institute]] lists it among a number of "Holocaust denial and/or neo-Nazi pages".[http://www.tau.ac.il/Anti-Semitism/asw99-2000/belgium.htm] The [[Anti-Defamation League]] notes that the site "promotes a myriad of anti-Semitic works", and states that it "demonstrates the implicit connection between [[Holocaust denial]] and other forms of anti-Semitism". [[Per Ahlmark]], co-founder of the [[Swedish Committee Against Antisemitism]], has described Radio Islam as "the most vicious anti-Jewish campaign in [[Europe]] since [[the Third Reich]]."{{fn|1}}

==Footnotes==
{{fnb|1}} "Reflections on Combating Anti-Semitism," in Yaffa Zilbershats, ed., ''The Rising Tide of Anti-Semitism'' (Ramat Gan: Bar-Ilan University, n.d.), pp. 59-66.[http://www.ajc.org/InTheMedia/Publications.asp?did=503&pid=1205]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.radioislam.org Radio Islam]
* [http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=27731 ''The mother of all anti-Jew sites''], [[World Net Daily]], [[27 May]] [[2002]]
* [http://www.adl.org/poisoning_web/rami.asp ''Holocaust Denial: Ahmed Rami'']. [[Anti-Defamation League]]
* [http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?sid=83 ''Between Friends: U.S. Holocaust deniers help unite neo-Nazis, Arab extremists''] [[Southern Poverty Law Center]]
* [http://www.ajc.org/atf/cf/%7B42D75369-D582-4380-8395-D25925B85EAF%7D/WistrichAntisemitism.pdf Muslim anti-Semitism: A clear and present danger]. (pdf)
* [http://www.radioislam.co.za Radio Islam South Africa]

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| birth_date = 1956
| birth_place = [[Giza]], [[Egypt]]
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'''Muhammad Hussein Yacoub '''({{lang-ar|محمد حسين يعقوب}})
Yacoub is one of the most recognized [[salafi]] [[Sheikh]]s/[[islamic]] [[scholar]]s in [[Egypt]]{{Fact|date=February 2007}}. He has given hundreds of [[lecture]]s in [[Da’wah]]. A number of his [[book]]s are currently being [[publish]]ed.

==Birth and Family==

He was born in 1956 in the Matimdiyah area of Imbaba, in the [[Al Jizah Governorate]] in Egypt.
His father was one of the founders of The Matimdiyah Islamic Association for Muslims to Unite Efforts to Act according to the [[Qur’an]] and the [[Prophet]] [[Muhammad]]’s [[Sunnah]]. He continued to give the Friday [[Khutbah]] (sermon) in the different the governorates of Egypt for fifty years and gave a regular class in [[Fiqh]].

Sheikh Yaqcoub is the oldest of four brothers and has one older sister.
He obtained a Teaching Diploma in 1967 and married before he was twenty years of age.

==Seeking Islamic knowledge==
Sheikh Yaqcoub memorized the whole Qur’an at an early age in the local Kutaab .He participated in the entering the data of the Prophet’s [[Hadith]] onto computers which increased greatly his religious knowledge.

He then traveled to [[Saudi Arabia]] from 1980 to 1985. This period was the time when the Sheikh truly started seeking Islamic knowledge.

==Call of Genocide of [[Jews]]==
In a speech delivered by Yaqoub, which aired on Al-Rahma TV on January 17, 2009, he stated (as translated by [[MEMRI]]) that:

<blockquote>
"We must believe that our fighting with the Jews is eternal, and it will not end until the final battle...You must believe that we will fight, defeat, and annihilate them, until not a single Jew remains on the face of the Earth...As for you Jews - the curse of Allah upon you. The curse of Allah upon you, whose ancestors were apes and pigs. You Jews have sown hatred in our hearts, and we have bequeathed it to our children and grandchildren. You will not survive as long as a single one of us remains...Oh Jews, may the curse of Allah be upon you. Oh Jews... Oh Allah, bring Your wrath, punishment, and torment down upon them. Allah, we pray that you transform them again, and make the Muslims rejoice again in seeing them as apes and pigs. You pigs of the earth! You pigs of the earth! You kill the Muslims with that cold pig [blood] of yours."<ref>[http://www.memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD227809 Egyptian Cleric Muhammad Hussein Ya'qoub: The Jews are the Enemies of Muslims Regardless of the Occupation of Palestine; 'Believe That We Will Fight, Defeat, and Annihilate Them, Until Not a Single Jew Remains on the Face of the Earth'], Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) - Special Dispatch 2278, March 12, 2009.</ref>
</blockquote>

==Certifications==
1)Sheikh Yaqcoub gained an Islamic [[Ijazah]] in the Six Books of the Sunnah from Sheikh Hassan Abu Al-Ashbal Al-Zuhayri.

2)Also in the Six Books of the Sunnah, from Sheikh Muhammad Abu Khubzah Al-Tattwani

3)A third certificate in the Qur’an and the Six Books of Sunnah from Sheikh Abu Khalid Al-Wakil Al-Makki.

==His Sheikhs==

*[[Abd-al-Aziz ibn Abd-Allah ibn Baaz|‘Abdul ‘Aziz ibn Baaz]]
*[[Muhammad ibn al Uthaymeen]]
*‘Abdallah ibn Qa’ud
*‘Abdallah ibn Ghudayyan
*‘Abdallah ibn ‘Abdul Rahman Al-Jibrin
*Muhammad Al-Mukhtar Al-Shanqiti
*‘Abdallah ibn Muhammad Al-Amin Al-Shanqiti
*‘Atiyah Salim
*Abu Bakr Al-Jaza’iri
*‘Abd Al-Muhsin Al-Aba’d
*Raja’i Al-Masri Al-Makki
*‘Usamah Muhammad ‘Abd Al-‘Athim
*‘Abd Al-Qadir Shaybat Al-Hamad

==Academic Writings and Efforts==

*How do I Repent? A group of lectures
*Nasa’ih lil-Shabab Tahtheeb Ghatha’ Al-Albab Lisafareni. book
*Ila Al-Huda I’tinah. A collection of lectures
*The Brotherhood, O Brothers.
*The Sure Remedy for Discarding the Secret Habit.
*The War against [[tobacco smoking|Smoking]].
*The Qualities of a Righteous Sister. (Book)
*To Those who Abandoned the [[Prayer]]. (These lessons were given in the 1990s)
*Seriously Devoted (Book)
*From Inside the Grave.
*Khutbah.
*The Basics for a Student of Knowledge. (The methodology is about obtaining knowledge and filtering out a group of the most important works in each area.)
*Diseases of the Ummah. (Paper)
*Basics of Getting Closer to [[Allah]].
*A Story of Steadfastness and Dispensing with the Residue of [[Jahiliyah]].
*The Loved One’s Secrets in [[Ramadan]].

Over 3,000 of the Sheikh’s lessons have been recorded on cassette and many of them are on CD and video.
The Sheikh regularly calls for the killing of jews and nonbelievers in his sermons.

==Sheikh’s Travels==
The Sheikh has traveled to all the Arab countries, without exception, and also to many European and western countries.
The Sheikh attended the first Salafi conference in [[Sweden]] and many conferences in [[Americas|America]], [[Spain]], and other countries.

==See also==
* [[Islamic science]].
* [[Islamic studies]].
* [[Ulema]]

==External links==
* [http://www.yaqob.com Official Website]
* [http://www.islamway.com/?iw_s=Scholar&iw_a=lessons&scholar_id=76 Yacoub page on Islamway]
* [http://www.ashefaa.com/files/sharit/yakoub.htm some lectures ]
* [http://www.islamway.com/?iw_s=Scholar&iw_a=info&scholar_id=76 Biography of Muhammad Hussein Yacoub]

==References==
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'''[[Uzair]]''' is a figure mentioned in the Quran, in the verse {{cite quran|9|30|style=nosup|expand=no}}, this verse claims he is

worshiped by Jews as "the son of God".<ref name="EoI"/> He is often identified with [[Ezra]] ({{lang-ar|'}}{{lang|ar|عزير}}''', ''{{lang|ar-Latn|'Uzair}}'', {{lang-tr|''}}{{lang|tr|Üzeyir}}'') a biblical priest.

Although not explicitly mentioned in [[Quran]] among the prophets, Ezra is considered as one of the prophets by some Muslim scholars, based on Islamic traditions. Ezra lived between the times of King [[Solomon]] and the time of [[Islamic view of Zechariah|Zachariah]], father of [[Yahya ibn Zakariyya|John the Baptist]].<ref name="shahid"> {{cite book
| last = Ashraf
| first = Shahid
| title = Encyclopaedia of Holy Prophet and Companions
| url = http://books.google.com/books?id=5GiZqe3tI1gC&pg=PP1&dq=Encyclopaedia+of+Holy+Prophet+and+Companions&as_brr=3&ei=0spDR97FL4fe7QLF3MmEBw&sig=icbDI0cBzODcG9sZrrh-ToMbo6Q
| format = [[Google Book Search|Google Books]]
| accessdate = 2007-11-20
| year = 2005
| publisher = [http://www.anmolpublications.com/ Anmol Publications Pvt. Ltd.]
| location = [[Daryaganj]], [[New Delhi]]
| isbn = 8126119403
| pages = 199–200
| chapter = Prophets ’Uzair, Zakariya and Yahya (PBUT)
| chapterurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=2UqxApJT4JAC&pg=PA199&dq=uzair+was+a+prophet&as_brr=3&ei=RJ4qR8eBN5nKiQGl3py1DA&ie=ISO-8859-1&sig=z2JJi_4OVbBJcni08qyCMP5wu2I
}}
</ref><ref name="kathir">{{cite web
|url = http://www.islambasics.com/view.php?bkID=80&chapter=12
|title = `Uzair(Ezra)
|accessdate = 2007-11-21
|author = Ibn Kathir
|authorlink = Ibn Kathir
|coauthors = Ali As-Sayed Al- Halawani (trans.)
|work = Stories Of The Quran
|publisher = [http://www.islambasics.com/ Islambasics.com]
}}
</ref> On the other hand, Muslim scholars such as Mutahhar al-Maqdisi and [[Al-Juwayni|Djuwayni]] and notably [[Ibn Hazm]] and [[Ibn Yahyā al-Maghribī al-Samaw'al|al-Samaw'al]] accused Ezra (or one of his disciples) of falsification of the Scriptures.<ref name="EoI"/> The claim that of the Quran, that the Jews believed Ezra was the son of God, has never collaborated with any evidence. In fact, the Book of Ezra, which dates more than thousand years before the Quran explicitly says Ezra is the son of Seraiah. Many scholars believe Muhammad made this assertion so as to claim pure [[monotheism]] for the Muslims alone, in his day.<ref name = "CCT"/> According to Kate Zebiri, a senior lecturer at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the [[University of London]], "No Jewish or extra-Qur'anic sources available to us mention worshiping of Ezra as the “son of God” by Jews."<ref> Kate Zebiri, Encyclopedia of the Qur'an, The Qur'an and Polemics </ref> According to [[Abraham Geiger]] who was very knowledgeable in Islam and won a prize for his essay "Was hat Mohammed aus dem Judenthume aufgenommen?". The essay earned Geiger a doctorate at the University of Marburg. It demonstrated that large parts of the Koran were taken from, or based on, Rabbinic literature. He also said there was no evidence of Jews ever believing Ezra was the son of God, despite his extensive knowledge in Rabbinic literature as can be seen in his quoting of various different Rabbinic texts in "Was hat Mohammed aus dem Judenthume aufgenommen?". Some Muslim apologists have even misquoted the Encyclopedia Judaica to try to support this verse in the Quran, despite the fact that the Encyclopedia Judaica says clearly Jews have never believed such. Because of lack of evidence of any Jewish community believing Uzair (Ezra) was the son of God, this verse has caused major controversy in Islam.

==In the Qur'an==
One Qur'anic verse ({{cite quran|9|30|style=ref}}) claims that a certain Uzayr (Arabic: عزير) is worshiped by Jews as "the son of God". Uzayr is usually identified by Muslim commentators with the biblical Ezra, or sometimes with a man who slept for three hundred years. Some Muslim apologists have also suggested the Biblical [[Enoch]], [[Azazel]] and [[Osiris]].<ref name="EoI"> [[Encyclopaedia of Islam|Encyclopedia of Islam]], ''Uzayr'' </ref>

==Quranic statements about perceived Jewish exaltation==
The Quran claims that Jews exalted [[Ezra]] as the son of God.
<blockquote>The Jews call 'Uzair the son of Allah, and the Christians call Christ the son of Allah. That is a saying from their mouth; (in this) they but imitate what the unbelievers of old used to say. Allah's curse be on them: how they are deluded away from the Truth! ({{cite quran|9|30|style=ref}})</blockquote>
<blockquote>They take their priests (Ahbar) and their anchorites to be their lords in derogation of Allah, and (they take as their Lord) Christ the son of Mary; yet they were commanded to worship but One Allah: there is no god but He. Praise and glory to Him: (Far is He) from having the partners they associate (with Him).({{cite quran|9|31|style=ref}})</blockquote>

No Jewish or extra-Qur'anic sources available to us mention worshiping of Ezra as the “son of God” by Jews.<ref> Kate Zebiri, Encyclopedia of the Qur'an, The Qur'an and Polemics </ref> David Waines sates there is no data supporting this claim.<ref> David Waines, An Introduction to Islam, p. 27 </ref> John Kaltner, agrees saying that there is no solid evidence to support the claim that the Jews of Medina viewed Ezra as a [[son of God]].<ref name = "Kaltner"> {{cite book
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According to John Kaltner, the Qur'anic verse on Ezra is the only place where the Qur'an accuses Jews of [[polytheism]] and that this reference is obscure and remains a mystery.<ref name = "Kaltner" /> According to the Encyclopedia Judaica entry on Ezra, "Muhammed claims (Sura 9:30) that in the opinion of the Jews, Uzayr (Ezra) is the son of God. These words are enigma because no such opinion is to be found among the Jews, even though Ezra was singled out for special appreciation (see Sanh. 21b; Yev. 86b)." The Encyclopedia Judaica then later states excuses Muslim apologists have came up with because of the statement being unfounded. It later says H. Z. Hirschberg proposed based on what Ibn Hazm said, (Ibn Hazm was a 10th century Muslim Spanish apologist who never lived in Yemen, yet who claimed there was some group of [[Yemenite Jews]] who believed that 'Uzayr was indeed the son of Allah'.) that perhaps just the righteous of Yemen believed Ezra was the son of God.<ref>Encyclopaedia Judaica, p. 1108.</ref> However there is no evidence of this group's existence. <ref> Kate Zebiri, Encyclopedia of the Qur'an, The Qur'an and Polemics </ref> Furthermore this seems odd when you consider the fact that according to the Encyclopedia Judaica entry on Ezra, the Yemenite Jews do not name their children Ezra, because according to their accounts, Ezra cursed the Yemenite Jews to be poor because they would not move to Israel. It also seems odd when you consider that the Book of Ezra which is accepted by Jews says specifically Ezra is the son of Seraiah. According to [[Charles Cutler Torrey]], Muhammad made this assertion so as to claim pure [[monotheism]] for the Muslims alone, in his day.<ref name = "CCT"> {{cite book
| last = Torrey
| first = Charles Cutler
| authorlink = Charles Cutler Torrey
| others = Introd. by Franz Rosenthal
| title = The Jewish foundation of Islam
| origdate = 1933
| year = 1967
| publisher = KTAV
| location = [[New York]]
| oclc = 921947
| id = {{LCCN|67||018817}}
| pages = 72
| chapter = Allah and Islam in Ancient History
}}
</ref>

[[Edward Henry Palmer]] states that “there is no Jewish tradition whatever in support of this accusation of Mohammed's, which probably was entirely due to his own invention or to misinformation.”<ref name = "Palmer">{{cite web
|url = http://www.sacred-texts.com/isl/sbe06/009.htm#fn_288
|title = Footnote on 177:1
|accessdate = 2007-11-15
|last = Palmer
|first = Edward Henry
|authorlink = Edward Henry Palmer
|work = The Qur'ân, part I (Sacred Books of the East volume 6), Palmer edition [1880]
|publisher = [[Internet Sacred Text Archive]]
|quote = <small>The Moslem tradition is that Ezra, after being dead 100 years, was raised to life, and dictated from memory the whole of the Jewish Scriptures which had been lost during the captivity, and that the Jews said he could not have done this unless he had been the son of God. There is no Jewish tradition whatever in support of this accusation of Mohammed's, which probably was entirely due to his own invention or to misinformation.</small>
}}
</ref> According to the Encyclopedia of the Quran, “Muhammad could have heard about Jewish or [[Judeo-Christian]] sects that venerated Ezra in the way other sects venerated Melchizedek.”<ref name="EoQ"> Abu-Rabiʿ, Ibrahim M. "Ezra ." Encyclopaedia of the Qurʾān. General Editor: Jane Dammen McAuliffe, Georgetown University, Washington DC. Brill, 2007. Brill Online.</ref> The problem with this conjecture is that the Hadith, in Sahih Muslim {{muslim-usc|1|352}}, Sahih Bukhari {{bukhari-usc|6|60|105}}, Sahih Bukhari {{bukhari-usc|9|93|532s}} associates belief that Ezra is the son of God with all of Jews and compares it with belief by Christians that Jesus is the son of the God, and says that both Jews and Christians are condemned to hell for belief that God has a partner. Furthermore in the context of the Quran and this Hadith it implies the prevalency of Jews believing Ezra is the son of God, is as prevalent as belief of Christians that Jesus is the son of God, which is nearly universal amongst Christians.
Furthermore Sahih Bukhari {{Bukhari-usc|7|63|209}}, tells Muslims to not marry Jewish women, because Jews associate partners with God. Also in surah 3:67 it says, "Abraham was neither Jewish, nor Christian; he was a monotheist submitter. He never was an idol worshiper." and in surah 2:135 it reads "And they say, 'Be Jews or Christians and you shall be guided.' Say thou: 'Nay, rather the creed of Abraham, a man of pure faith; he was no idolater.'" clearly implying the author(s) of the Quran believed that Jews in general associate either a partner or partners with God. Furthermore many believe claiming that the verse refers to a some group of Jews, Muslims are limiting Allah, so as to say the Quran, is the word of Allah.

According to Ibrahim M. Abu-Rabi, the relevant qur'anic text should in any case be understood in the context of the Muslim-Jewish relations that was replete with theological arguments between the nascent [[Ummah|Muslim community]] and the well-established Jewish community in Medina. Ibrahim states that for the Qur'an, even a minute association of a creature with God is not acceptable and that this verse aims to distinguish the Muslim community from the existing Christian and the Jewish community. Even so, Rabi says, this would not explain why Ezra should be considered the son of God; Is Uzayr really Ezra, Ibrahim questions.<ref name="EoQ"/> Some Muslim apologists have suggested that Uzayr might actually refer to the Biblical [[Enoch]], [[Azazel]] or [[Osiris]].<ref name="EoI"> [[Encyclopaedia of Islam|Encyclopedia of Islam]], ''Uzayr'' </ref> This still makes no sense since it is forbidden in Judaism to believe someone is the son of God.

According to Hava Lazarus-Yafeh, later Muslim authors who heard from their contemporary Jews and Christians that the accusation of sonship had no basis mentioned three types of excuses: [[Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari|al-Tabari]] said that only one Jew (Finhas) viewed Uzra as the son of God, [[Ibn Hazm]] said that only a small group of Jews worshipped ʿUzayr as a son of God in some past period. And others like Qurtubi said that the verse refers to the extreme admiration of Jews for their doctors of law.<ref name="EoI"/> The problem with saying that the verse refers to a small group of Jews is the Arabic used in the verse is spelled in such a manner as the part where it says The Christians say the messiah is the son of God, it spelled the same way as the part where it says The Jews say Ezra is the son of God, except the word alnnasara (The Christians) is replaced with the word alyahoodu (The Jews) and the word almaseehu (The messiah) is replaced with the word aauzayrun (Ezra).

The part of the verse that says "The Jews call 'Uzair the son of Allah, and the Christians call the Messiah the son of

Allah." in transliterated Arabic is

"Waqalati alyahoodu aauzayrun ibnu Allahi

Waqalati alnnasara almaseehu ibnu Allahi"<ref>http://www.searchtruth.com/chapter_display.php?chapter=9&translator=6</ref>

The way that the Arabic uses the same formula, and doesn't differentiate when it says the Jews implies belief Ezra is the son of God, is as mainstream as belief that Jesus is the son of God amongst Christians. Furthermore to say The Jews say Ezra is the son of God, also has grammatical errors, it is like saying, The Muslims eat pork, it is true some Muslims eat pork, but it is not true Muslims in general eat pork.

[[Ibn Kathir]], in his Qur'anic commentary, narrates a tradition on the authority of [[Abdullah Ibn Abbas]] saying that the Jews exalted Ezra because he could write down the Torah out of his memory; Moses could receive the Torah in the form of a book while Uzair got it without a book.<ref name="kathir" /> According to Islamic apologist [[Baidawi|Al Baidawi]], when Jews returned from ''Babylonish captivity'', no one remembered the ''[[Tawrat]]'' and it was lost, hence God raised Ezra from the dead. Upon seeing him being raised from the dead, Jews exalted him to be the Son of God.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=JherW50tVyAC&pg=PA114&dq=uzair+ezra+islam&as_brr=3&ei=_BkvR5WeAoKAsgPUzKChCQ&sig=5i1Fiq01TVLkK6jsU-IHaogRvng A Dictionary of Islam By Patrick Hughes, Thomas Patrick Hughes, pg 114]</ref> Edward Palmer said, "The Moslem tradition is that Ezra, after being dead 100 years, was raised to life, and dictated from memory the whole of the Jewish Scriptures which had been lost during the captivity, and that the Jews said he could not have done this unless he had been the son of God. There is no Jewish tradition whatever in support of this accusation of Mohammed's, which probably was entirely due to his own invention or to misinformation". Moreover, the Quran further claims that Jews were "commanded to worship but One Allah" through scriptures, yet they exalted their clergy as Lords.<ref>Quran 9:31</ref> This also lacks evidence, it in fact raises several problems, because in fact Judaism is more strict on its interpretation of monotheism than Islam. For example, the vast majority of Muslim theologians, believe two things are uncreated the Quran and God, while Jewish theology teaches that only one thing is uncreated, God. Another example being in how a good number of predominatly Muslim areas one can find the venetration of saints, for example in Morocco, seven saints are venetrated, in Judaism on the other hand one cannot find any venetration of saints.
===Jewish tradition and literature===
A fundamental tenet of [[Judaism]] is that God is not bound by any limitations of time, matter, or space, and that the idea of any person being God, a part of God, or a mediator to God, is heresy.<ref>
*[[Maimonedes]], [[Mishneh Torah]], Yesodei Hatorah, Chapter 1
*''[[Emunoth ve-Deoth]]'', II:5
*[http://www.sacred-texts.com/jud/tmm/tmm08.htm Exod. Rabba 29], “…I am the first, I have no father; I am the last, I have no brother; Beside Me there is no God; I have no son.”
</ref> The [[Book of Ezra]], which Judaism accepts as a chronicle of the life of Ezra and which predates Muhammad and the Qur'an by around 1000 years, gives Ezra's human lineage as being the son of Seraiah and a direct descendant of [[Aaron]] ({{Bibleref|Ezra|7:1|HE}}–{{Bibleref|Ezra|7:5|HE}}). Tractate [[Ta'anit (Talmud)|Ta'anit]] of the [[Jerusalem Talmud]], which predates Muhammad by two to three hundred years, states explicitly that “if a man claims to be God, he is a liar.”<ref> [[Ta'anit (Talmud)|Ta'anit]] (2:1)</ref> Furthermore Exodus Rabba 29 says, "'I am the first and I am the last, and beside Me there is no God' I am the first, I have no father; I am the last, I have no brother. Beside Me there is no God; I have no son."<ref>http://www.sacred-texts.com/jud/tmm/tmm08.htm</ref>

The Qur'anic verse on Ezra appears in one of [[Maimonides|Maimonides's]] discussions about the relationship between Judaism and Islam where he says “…they [Muslims] lie about us [Jews], and falsely attribute to us the statement that God has a son.”<ref name="Shapiro">{{cite journal
| last = Shapiro
| first = Marc B.
| authorlink = Marc B. Shapiro
| year = 1993
| month = Summer
| title = Islam and the halakhah
| journal = Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life & Thought
| volume = 42
| issue = 167
| publisher = [[American Jewish Congress]]
| location = [[New York]]
| url = http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0411/is_n3_v42/ai_14234286/print
| accessdate = 2007-11-15
| quote = <small>The Ishmaelites are not at all idolaters; [idolatry] has long been severed from their mouths and hearts; and they attribute to God a proper unity, a unity concerning which there is no doubt. And because they lie about us , and falsely attribute to us the statement that God has a son…</small>
}}
</ref>

[[Abraham Geiger]] remarked the following concerning the claim that Jews believed Ezra to be the son of God: “According to the assertion of Muhammad the Jews held Ezra to be the Son of God. This is certainly a mere misunderstanding which arose from the great esteem in which Ezra was undoubtedly held. This esteem is expressed in the following passage ‘Ezra would have been worthy to have made known the law if Moses had not come before him.’ Truly Muhammad sought to cast suspicion on the Jews’ faith in the unity of God, and thought he had here found a good opportunity of so doing.”<ref>[[Abraham Geiger]]'s book Judaism and Islam chapter 2 part 4</ref>

In [[Karaite Judaism]], mourners use the word "meharef" to represent a whole range of Muslim anti-Jewish polemic including the notion that Jews considered Ezra to be the son of God. Salmon b. Yeruhim said: “A meharef is one who reviles [us] for sins we have committed and others which we have not. The former includes our worshipping the calves, killing the prophets and the like. The latter, our assertion that 'Uzayr [Ezra] was the son [of God]…”<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=MzqwUksGUrkC&pg=RA1-PA193&dq=ezra+jews+quran&sig=fbOsyb0Xif-XuWYIrA0Yi2ifdf0#PRA1-PA193,M1|Search Scripture Well: Karaite Exegetes and the Origins of the Jewish Bible, By Daniel H. Frank, pg 193]</ref>

==In Islamic tradition==

He is mentioned in [[Sahih Muslim]] in ''The Book of Faith'' as:
<blockquote>…Then the Jews would be summoned, and it would be said to them: What did you worship? They will say: We worshipped 'Uzair, son of Allah. It would be said to them: You tell a lie; Allah had never had a spouse or a son
What do you want now? They would say: We feel thirsty, O our Lord! Quench our thirst. They would be directed (to a certain direction) and asked: Why don't you go there to drink water? Then they would be pushed towards the Fire (and they would find to their great dismay that) it was but a mirage (and the raging flames of fire) would be consuming one another, and they would fall into the Fire. Then the Christians would be summoned and it would be said to them: What did you worship? They would say: We worshipped Jesus, son of Allah. It would be said to them: You tell a lie; Allah did not take for Himself either a spouse or a son. Then it would be said to them: What do you want? They would say: Thirsty we are, O our Lord! Quench our thirst. They would be directed (to a certain direction) and asked: Why don't you go there to get water? But they would be pushed and gathered together towards the Hell, which was like a mirage to them, and the flames would consume one another. They would fall Into the Fire, till no one is left except he who worshipped Allah, be he pious or sinful.{{muslim-usc|1|352}} </blockquote>

Sahih Bukhari {{Bukhari-usc|6|60|105}} says, "

<blockquote>… Then the Jews will be called upon and it will be said to them, 'Who do you use to worship?' They will say, 'We used to worship Ezra, the son of Allah.' It will be said to them, 'You are liars, for Allah has never taken anyone as a wife or a son. What do you want now?' They will say, 'O our Lord! We are thirsty, so give us something to drink.' They will be directed and addressed thus, 'Will you drink,' whereupon they will be gathered unto Hell (Fire) which will look like a mirage whose different sides will be destroying each other. Then they will fall into the Fire. Afterwards the Christians will be called upon and it will be said to them, 'Who do you use to worship?' They will say, 'We used to worship Jesus, the son of Allah.' It will be said to them, 'You are liars, for Allah has never taken anyone as a wife or a son,' Then it will be said to them, 'What do you want?' They will say what the former people have said. Then, when there remain (in the gathering) none but those who used to worship Allah (Alone, the real Lord of the Worlds) whether they were obedient or disobedient. Then (Allah) the Lord of the worlds will come to them in a shape nearest to the picture they had in their minds about Him. It will be said, 'What are you waiting for?' Every nation have followed what they used to worship.' They will reply, 'We left the people in the world when we were in great need of them and we did not take them as friends. Now we are waiting for our Lord Whom we used to worship.' Allah will say, 'I am your Lord.' They will say twice or thrice, 'We do not worship any besides Allah.' ""<blockquote/>

Sahih Bukhari {{Bukhari-usc|9|93|532s}} says, "

<blockquote> ...Then it will be said to the Jews, "What did you use to worship?' They will reply, 'We used to worship Ezra, the son of Allah.' It will be said to them, 'You are liars, for Allah has neither a wife nor a son. What do you want (now)?' They will reply, 'We want You to provide us with water.' Then it will be said to them 'Drink,' and they will fall down in Hell (instead). Then it will be said to the Christians, 'What did you use to worship?' They will reply, 'We used to worship Messiah, the son of Allah.' It will be said, 'You are liars, for Allah has neither a wife nor a son. What: do you want (now)?' They will say, 'We want You to provide us with water.' It will be said to them, 'Drink,' and they will fall down in Hell (instead). When there remain only those who used to worship Allah (Alone), both the obedient ones and the mischievous ones, it will be said to them, 'What keeps you here when all the people have gone?' They will say, 'We parted with them (in the world) when we were in greater need of them than we are today, we heard the call of one proclaiming, 'Let every nation follow what they used to worship,' and now we are waiting for our Lord.' Then the Almighty will come to them in a shape other than the one which they saw the first time, and He will say, 'I am your Lord,' and they will say, 'You are not our Lord.' And none will speak: to Him then but the Prophets, and then it will be said to them, 'Do you know any sign by which you can recognize Him?' They will say. 'The Shin,' and so Allah will then uncover His Shin whereupon every believer will prostrate before Him and there will remain those who used to prostrate before Him just for showing off and for gaining good reputation. These people will try to prostrate but their backs will be rigid like one piece of a wood (and they will not be able to prostrate). Then the bridge will be laid across Hell." We, the companions of the Prophet said, "O Allah's Apostle! What is the bridge?'

He said, "It is a slippery (bridge) on which there are clamps and (Hooks like) a thorny seed that is wide at one side and narrow at the other and has thorns with bent ends. Such a thorny seed is found in Najd and is called As-Sa'dan. Some of the believers will cross the bridge as quickly as the wink of an eye, some others as quick as lightning, a strong wind, fast horses or she-camels. So some will be safe without any harm; some will be safe after receiving some scratches, and some will fall down into Hell (Fire). The last person will cross by being dragged (over the bridge)." The Prophet said, "You (Muslims) cannot be more pressing in claiming from me a right that has been clearly proved to be yours than the believers in interceding with Almighty for their (Muslim) brothers on that Day, when they see themselves safe.

They will say, 'O Allah! (Save) our brothers (for they) used to pray with us, fast with us and also do good deeds with us.' Allah will say, 'Go and take out (of Hell) anyone in whose heart you find faith equal to the weight of one (gold) Dinar.' Allah will forbid the Fire to burn the faces of those sinners. They will go to them and find some of them in Hell (Fire) up to their feet, and some up to the middle of their legs. So they will take out those whom they will recognize and then they will return, and Allah will say (to them), 'Go and take out (of Hell) anyone in whose heart you find faith equal to the weight of one half Dinar.' They will take out whomever they will recognize and return, and then Allah will say, 'Go and take out (of Hell) anyone in whose heart you find faith equal to the weight of an atom (or a smallest ant), and so they will take out all those whom they will recognize." Abu Sa'id said: If you do not believe me then read the Holy Verse:--

'Surely! Allah wrongs not even of the weight of an atom (or a smallest ant) but if there is any good (done) He doubles it.' (4.40) The Prophet added, "Then the prophets and Angels and the believers will intercede, and (last of all) the Almighty (Allah) will say, 'Now remains My Intercession. He will then hold a handful of the Fire from which He will take out some people whose bodies have been burnt, and they will be thrown into a river at the entrance of Paradise, called the water of life.

They will grow on its banks, as a seed carried by the torrent grows. You have noticed how it grows beside a rock or beside a tree, and how the side facing the sun is usually green while the side facing the shade is white. Those people will come out (of the River of Life) like pearls, and they will have (golden) necklaces, and then they will enter Paradise whereupon the people of Paradise will say, 'These are the people emancipated by the Beneficent. He has admitted them into Paradise without them having done any good deeds and without sending forth any good (for themselves).' Then it will be said to them, 'For you is what you have seen and its equivalent as well.'"

Sahih Bukhari {{Bukhari-usc|7|63|209}} says, "Whenever Ibn 'Umar was asked about marrying a Christian lady or a Jewess, he would say: "Allah has made it unlawful for the believers to marry ladies who ascribe partners in worship to Allah, and I do not know of a greater thing, as regards to ascribing partners in worship, etc. to Allah, than that a lady should say that Jesus is her Lord although he is just one of Allah's slaves.""

[[Ibn Kathir]]'s commentary on surah 9:30, the verse in the Quran that mentions Uzair

<blockquote>"Allah the Exalted encourages the believers to fight the polytheists, disbelieving Jews and Christians, who uttered this terrible statement and utter lies against Allah, the Exalted. As for the Jews, they claimed that `Uzayr was the son of God, Allah is free of what they attribute to Him. As for the misguidance of Christians over `Isa, it is obvious. This is why Allah declared both groups to be liars,(That is their saying with their mouths), but they have no proof that supports their claim, other than lies and fabrications,(resembling), imitating,(the saying of those who disbelieved aforetime.) They imitate the previous nations who fell into misguidance just as Jews and Christians did, (may Allah fight them), Ibn `Abbas said, "May Allah curse them.''(how they are deluded away from the truth!) how they deviate from truth, when it is apparent, exchanging it for misguidance."</blockquote><ref>http://www.tafsir.com/default.asp?sid=9&tid=20998</ref>

Also, according to Ibn 'Abbas and Al-Hassan Al-Basri, ''the prophet'' mentioned in the following tradition is Uzair:<ref name="shahid" />
<blockquote>Abu Haraira said that he heard Muhammad say, "An ant bit ''a prophet'' amongst the prophets, and that he ordered that the place of the ants be burnt. So, God inspired to him, 'Is it because one ant bit you that you burnt a nations amongst the nations that glorify God?</blockquote>

In some Islamic narrations, [[Ezra]] is the person mentioned in the following Qur'anic verse:<ref name="kathir" />
<blockquote>Or (take) the similitude of one who passed by a hamlet, all in ruins to its roofs. He said: "Oh! how shall Allah bring it (ever) to life, after (this) its death?" but Allah caused him to die for a hundred years, then raised him up (again). He said: "How long didst thou tarry (thus)?" He said: (Perhaps) a day or part of a day." He said: "Nay, thou hast tarried thus a hundred years; but look at thy food and thy drink; they show no signs of age; and look at thy donkey: And that We may make of thee a sign unto the people, Look further at the bones, how We bring them together and clothe them with flesh." When this was shown clearly to him, he said: "I know that Allah hath power over all things." ({{cite quran|2|259|style=ref}})</blockquote>

According to Muslim apologist, Ibn Kathir, after resurrection, he rode on his donkey and entered his native place. But the people did not recognize him, nor did his household, except the maid, who was now an old blind woman. He prayed to God to cure her blindness and she could see again. He meets his son who recognized him by a mole between his shoulders and was older than him. Ezra then led the people to locate the only surviving copy of [[Torah]] as the remaining were burnt by [[Nebuchadnezzar]]. He thus renovated the [[Torah]] to [[Children of Israel|the Children of Israel]]. [[Ibn Kathir]] mentions that the ''sign'' in the phrase "And that We may make of thee a ''sign'' unto the people" was that he was younger than his children.<ref name="kathir" />

It should be noted that Jews have never claimed Ezra was revived from the dead.

== Accusations of falsification ==
[[Ibn Hazm]], an Andalusian Muslim scholar, explicitly accused Ezra of being a liar and a heretic who falsified and added interpolations into the Biblical text. Ibn Hazm provided a polemical list of what he considered "chronological and geographical inaccuracies and contradictions; theological impossibilities (anthropomorphic expressions, stories of fornication and whoredom, and the attributing of sins to prophets), as well as lack of reliable transmission ([[tawatur]]) of the text", Hava Lazarus-Yafeh states.<ref name="EoI"/><ref name="EoI-Tahrif"> Hava Lazarus-Yafeh, ''Tahrif'', [[Encyclopedia of Islam]] </ref> In response to attacks on the personality of Ezra, the [[Leo III the Isaurian|Byzantine Emperor Leo III]] defended Ezra as a pious, reliable person.<ref name="EoI-Tahrif"/> The Jewish convert to Islam [[Ibn Yahyā al-Maghribī al-Samaw'al|al-Samaw'al]] (d. 1175) accused Ezra of interpolating stories such as Gen. 19:30-8 in the Bible in order to sully David’s origins and to prevent the rule of the [[Davidic line|Davidic dynasty]] during [[Second Temple|the second Temple]].<ref name="EoI"/>
The writings of [[Ibn Hazm]] and al-Samaw'al was adopted and updated only slightly by later Muslim authors up to contemporary times.<ref name="EoI"/><ref name="EoI-Tahrif"/>

According to Hava Lazarus-Yafeh, the early writers seem to have been influenced with the idea of falsification of the scriptures already present in the [[Jahiliyyah|pre-Islamic]] sources and well-known among Christians and Jews, who had written in their refutation.<ref name="EoI"/>

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[[Image:Tomb of Ezra.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Site traditionally described as the tomb of Ezra at Al Uzayr near [[Basra]].]]
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'''[[Uzair]]''' is a figure mentioned in the Quran, in the verse {{cite quran|9|30|style=nosup|expand=no}}, this verse claims he is

worshiped by Jews as "the son of God".<ref name="EoI"/> He is often identified with [[Ezra]] ({{lang-ar|'}}{{lang|ar|عزير}}''', ''{{lang|ar-Latn|'Uzair}}'', {{lang-tr|''}}{{lang|tr|Üzeyir}}'') a biblical priest.

Although not explicitly mentioned in [[Quran]] among the prophets, Ezra is considered as one of the prophets by some Muslim scholars, based on Islamic traditions. Ezra lived between the times of King [[Solomon]] and the time of [[Islamic view of Zechariah|Zachariah]], father of [[Yahya ibn Zakariyya|John the Baptist]].<ref name="shahid"> {{cite book
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| first = Shahid
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</ref><ref name="kathir">{{cite web
|url = http://www.islambasics.com/view.php?bkID=80&chapter=12
|title = `Uzair(Ezra)
|accessdate = 2007-11-21
|author = Ibn Kathir
|authorlink = Ibn Kathir
|coauthors = Ali As-Sayed Al- Halawani (trans.)
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</ref> On the other hand, Muslim scholars such as Mutahhar al-Maqdisi and [[Al-Juwayni|Djuwayni]] and notably [[Ibn Hazm]] and [[Ibn Yahyā al-Maghribī al-Samaw'al|al-Samaw'al]] accused Ezra (or one of his disciples) of falsification of the Scriptures.<ref name="EoI"/> The claim that of the Quran, that the Jews believed Ezra was the son of God, has never collaborated with any evidence. In fact, the Book of Ezra, which dates more than thousand years before the Quran explicitly says Ezra is the son of Seraiah. Many scholars believe Muhammad made this assertion so as to claim pure [[monotheism]] for the Muslims alone, in his day.<ref name = "CCT"/> According to Kate Zebiri, a senior lecturer at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the [[University of London]], "No Jewish or extra-Qur'anic sources available to us mention worshiping of Ezra as the “son of God” by Jews."<ref> Kate Zebiri, Encyclopedia of the Qur'an, The Qur'an and Polemics </ref> According to [[Abraham Geiger]] who was very knowledgeable in Islam and won a prize for his essay "Was hat Mohammed aus dem Judenthume aufgenommen?". The essay earned Geiger a doctorate at the University of Marburg. It demonstrated that large parts of the Koran were taken from, or based on, Rabbinic literature. He also said there was no evidence of Jews ever believing Ezra was the son of God, despite his extensive knowledge in Rabbinic literature as can be seen in his quoting of various different Rabbinic texts in "Was hat Mohammed aus dem Judenthume aufgenommen?". Some Muslim apologists have even misquoted the Encyclopedia Judaica to try to support this verse in the Quran, despite the fact that the Encyclopedia Judaica says clearly Jews have never believed such. Because of lack of evidence of any Jewish community believing Uzair (Ezra) was the son of God, this verse has caused major controversy in Islam.

==In the Qur'an==
One Qur'anic verse ({{cite quran|9|30|style=ref}}) claims that a certain Uzayr (Arabic: عزير) is worshiped by Jews as "the son of God". Uzayr is usually identified by Muslim commentators with the biblical Ezra, or sometimes with a man who slept for three hundred years. Some Muslim apologists have also suggested the Biblical [[Enoch]], [[Azazel]] and [[Osiris]].<ref name="EoI"> [[Encyclopaedia of Islam|Encyclopedia of Islam]], ''Uzayr'' </ref>

==Quranic statements about perceived Jewish exaltation==
The Quran claims that Jews exalted [[Ezra]] as the son of God.
<blockquote>The Jews call 'Uzair the son of Allah, and the Christians call Christ the son of Allah. That is a saying from their mouth; (in this) they but imitate what the unbelievers of old used to say. Allah's curse be on them: how they are deluded away from the Truth! ({{cite quran|9|30|style=ref}})</blockquote>
<blockquote>They take their priests (Ahbar) and their anchorites to be their lords in derogation of Allah, and (they take as their Lord) Christ the son of Mary; yet they were commanded to worship but One Allah: there is no god but He. Praise and glory to Him: (Far is He) from having the partners they associate (with Him).({{cite quran|9|31|style=ref}})</blockquote>

No Jewish or extra-Qur'anic sources available to us mention worshiping of Ezra as the “son of God” by Jews.<ref> Kate Zebiri, Encyclopedia of the Qur'an, The Qur'an and Polemics </ref> David Waines sates there is no data supporting this claim.<ref> David Waines, An Introduction to Islam, p. 27 </ref> John Kaltner, agrees saying that there is no solid evidence to support the claim that the Jews of Medina viewed Ezra as a [[son of God]].<ref name = "Kaltner"> {{cite book
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According to John Kaltner, the Qur'anic verse on Ezra is the only place where the Qur'an accuses Jews of [[polytheism]] and that this reference is obscure and remains a mystery.<ref name = "Kaltner" /> According to the Encyclopedia Judaica entry on Ezra, "Muhammed claims (Sura 9:30) that in the opinion of the Jews, Uzayr (Ezra) is the son of God. These words are enigma because no such opinion is to be found among the Jews, even though Ezra was singled out for special appreciation (see Sanh. 21b; Yev. 86b)." The Encyclopedia Judaica then later states excuses Muslim apologists have came up with because of the statement being unfounded. It later says H. Z. Hirschberg proposed based on what Ibn Hazm said, (Ibn Hazm was a 10th century Muslim Spanish apologist who never lived in Yemen, yet who claimed there was some group of [[Yemenite Jews]] who believed that 'Uzayr was indeed the son of Allah'.) that perhaps just the righteous of Yemen believed Ezra was the son of God.<ref>Encyclopaedia Judaica, p. 1108.</ref> However there is no evidence of this group's existence. <ref> Kate Zebiri, Encyclopedia of the Qur'an, The Qur'an and Polemics </ref> Furthermore this seems odd when you consider the fact that according to the Encyclopedia Judaica entry on Ezra, the Yemenite Jews do not name their children Ezra, because according to their accounts, Ezra cursed the Yemenite Jews to be poor because they would not move to Israel. It also seems odd when you consider that the Book of Ezra which is accepted by Jews says specifically Ezra is the son of Seraiah. According to [[Charles Cutler Torrey]], Muhammad made this assertion so as to claim pure [[monotheism]] for the Muslims alone, in his day.<ref name = "CCT"> {{cite book
| last = Torrey
| first = Charles Cutler
| authorlink = Charles Cutler Torrey
| others = Introd. by Franz Rosenthal
| title = The Jewish foundation of Islam
| origdate = 1933
| year = 1967
| publisher = KTAV
| location = [[New York]]
| oclc = 921947
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| pages = 72
| chapter = Allah and Islam in Ancient History
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</ref>

[[Edward Henry Palmer]] states that “there is no Jewish tradition whatever in support of this accusation of Mohammed's, which probably was entirely due to his own invention or to misinformation.”<ref name = "Palmer">{{cite web
|url = http://www.sacred-texts.com/isl/sbe06/009.htm#fn_288
|title = Footnote on 177:1
|accessdate = 2007-11-15
|last = Palmer
|first = Edward Henry
|authorlink = Edward Henry Palmer
|work = The Qur'ân, part I (Sacred Books of the East volume 6), Palmer edition [1880]
|publisher = [[Internet Sacred Text Archive]]
|quote = <small>The Moslem tradition is that Ezra, after being dead 100 years, was raised to life, and dictated from memory the whole of the Jewish Scriptures which had been lost during the captivity, and that the Jews said he could not have done this unless he had been the son of God. There is no Jewish tradition whatever in support of this accusation of Mohammed's, which probably was entirely due to his own invention or to misinformation.</small>
}}
</ref> According to the Encyclopedia of the Quran, “Muhammad could have heard about Jewish or [[Judeo-Christian]] sects that venerated Ezra in the way other sects venerated Melchizedek.”<ref name="EoQ"> Abu-Rabiʿ, Ibrahim M. "Ezra ." Encyclopaedia of the Qurʾān. General Editor: Jane Dammen McAuliffe, Georgetown University, Washington DC. Brill, 2007. Brill Online.</ref> The problem with this conjecture is that the Hadith, in Sahih Muslim {{muslim-usc|1|352}}, Sahih Bukhari {{bukhari-usc|6|60|105}}, Sahih Bukhari {{bukhari-usc|9|93|532s}} associates belief that Ezra is the son of God with all of Jews and compares it with belief by Christians that Jesus is the son of the God, and says that both Jews and Christians are condemned to hell for belief that God has a partner. Furthermore in the context of the Quran and this Hadith it implies the prevalency of Jews believing Ezra is the son of God, is as prevalent as belief of Christians that Jesus is the son of God, which is nearly universal amongst Christians.
Furthermore Sahih Bukhari {{Bukhari-usc|7|63|209}}, tells Muslims to not marry Jewish women, because Jews associate partners with God. Also in surah 3:67 it says, "Abraham was neither Jewish, nor Christian; he was a monotheist submitter. He never was an idol worshiper." and in surah 2:135 it reads "And they say, 'Be Jews or Christians and you shall be guided.' Say thou: 'Nay, rather the creed of Abraham, a man of pure faith; he was no idolater.'" clearly implying the author(s) of the Quran believed that Jews in general associate either a partner or partners with God. Furthermore many believe claiming that the verse refers to a some group of Jews, Muslims are limiting Allah, so as to say the Quran, is the word of Allah.

According to Ibrahim M. Abu-Rabi, the relevant qur'anic text should in any case be understood in the context of the Muslim-Jewish relations that was replete with theological arguments between the nascent [[Ummah|Muslim community]] and the well-established Jewish community in Medina. Ibrahim states that for the Qur'an, even a minute association of a creature with God is not acceptable and that this verse aims to distinguish the Muslim community from the existing Christian and the Jewish community. Even so, Rabi says, this would not explain why Ezra should be considered the son of God; Is Uzayr really Ezra, Ibrahim questions.<ref name="EoQ"/> Some Muslim apologists have suggested that Uzayr might actually refer to the Biblical [[Enoch]], [[Azazel]] or [[Osiris]].<ref name="EoI"> [[Encyclopaedia of Islam|Encyclopedia of Islam]], ''Uzayr'' </ref> This still makes no sense since it is forbidden in Judaism to believe someone is the son of God.

According to Hava Lazarus-Yafeh, later Muslim authors who heard from their contemporary Jews and Christians that the accusation of sonship had no basis mentioned three types of excuses: [[Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari|al-Tabari]] said that only one Jew (Finhas) viewed Uzra as the son of God, [[Ibn Hazm]] said that only a small group of Jews worshipped ʿUzayr as a son of God in some past period. And others like Qurtubi said that the verse refers to the extreme admiration of Jews for their doctors of law.<ref name="EoI"/> The problem with saying that the verse refers to a small group of Jews is the Arabic used in the verse is spelled in such a manner as the part where it says The Christians say the messiah is the son of God, it spelled the same way as the part where it says The Jews say Ezra is the son of God, except the word alnnasara (The Christians) is replaced with the word alyahoodu (The Jews) and the word almaseehu (The messiah) is replaced with the word aauzayrun (Ezra).

The part of the verse that says "The Jews call 'Uzair the son of Allah, and the Christians call the Messiah the son of

Allah." in transliterated Arabic is

"Waqalati alyahoodu aauzayrun ibnu Allahi

Waqalati alnnasara almaseehu ibnu Allahi"<ref>http://www.searchtruth.com/chapter_display.php?chapter=9&translator=6</ref>

The way that the Arabic uses the same formula, and doesn't differentiate when it says the Jews implies belief Ezra is the son of God, is as mainstream as belief that Jesus is the son of God amongst Christians. Furthermore to say The Jews say Ezra is the son of God, also has grammatical errors, it is like saying, The Muslims eat pork, it is true some Muslims eat pork, but it is not true Muslims in general eat pork.

[[Ibn Kathir]], in his Qur'anic commentary, narrates a tradition on the authority of [[Abdullah Ibn Abbas]] saying that the Jews exalted Ezra because he could write down the Torah out of his memory; Moses could receive the Torah in the form of a book while Uzair got it without a book.<ref name="kathir" /> According to Islamic apologist [[Baidawi|Al Baidawi]], when Jews returned from ''Babylonish captivity'', no one remembered the ''[[Tawrat]]'' and it was lost, hence God raised Ezra from the dead. Upon seeing him being raised from the dead, Jews exalted him to be the Son of God.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=JherW50tVyAC&pg=PA114&dq=uzair+ezra+islam&as_brr=3&ei=_BkvR5WeAoKAsgPUzKChCQ&sig=5i1Fiq01TVLkK6jsU-IHaogRvng A Dictionary of Islam By Patrick Hughes, Thomas Patrick Hughes, pg 114]</ref> Edward Palmer said, "The Moslem tradition is that Ezra, after being dead 100 years, was raised to life, and dictated from memory the whole of the Jewish Scriptures which had been lost during the captivity, and that the Jews said he could not have done this unless he had been the son of God. There is no Jewish tradition whatever in support of this accusation of Mohammed's, which probably was entirely due to his own invention or to misinformation". Moreover, the Quran further claims that Jews were "commanded to worship but One Allah" through scriptures, yet they exalted their clergy as Lords.<ref>Quran 9:31</ref> This also lacks evidence.

===Jewish tradition and literature===
A fundamental tenet of [[Judaism]] is that God is not bound by any limitations of time, matter, or space, and that the idea of any person being God, a part of God, or a mediator to God, is heresy.<ref>
*[[Maimonedes]], [[Mishneh Torah]], Yesodei Hatorah, Chapter 1
*''[[Emunoth ve-Deoth]]'', II:5
*[http://www.sacred-texts.com/jud/tmm/tmm08.htm Exod. Rabba 29], “…I am the first, I have no father; I am the last, I have no brother; Beside Me there is no God; I have no son.”
</ref> The [[Book of Ezra]], which Judaism accepts as a chronicle of the life of Ezra and which predates Muhammad and the Qur'an by around 1000 years, gives Ezra's human lineage as being the son of Seraiah and a direct descendant of [[Aaron]] ({{Bibleref|Ezra|7:1|HE}}–{{Bibleref|Ezra|7:5|HE}}). Tractate [[Ta'anit (Talmud)|Ta'anit]] of the [[Jerusalem Talmud]], which predates Muhammad by two to three hundred years, states explicitly that “if a man claims to be God, he is a liar.”<ref> [[Ta'anit (Talmud)|Ta'anit]] (2:1)</ref> Furthermore Exodus Rabba 29 says, "'I am the first and I am the last, and beside Me there is no God' I am the first, I have no father; I am the last, I have no brother. Beside Me there is no God; I have no son."<ref>http://www.sacred-texts.com/jud/tmm/tmm08.htm</ref>

The Qur'anic verse on Ezra appears in one of [[Maimonides|Maimonides's]] discussions about the relationship between Judaism and Islam where he says “…they [Muslims] lie about us [Jews], and falsely attribute to us the statement that God has a son.”<ref name="Shapiro">{{cite journal
| last = Shapiro
| first = Marc B.
| authorlink = Marc B. Shapiro
| year = 1993
| month = Summer
| title = Islam and the halakhah
| journal = Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life & Thought
| volume = 42
| issue = 167
| publisher = [[American Jewish Congress]]
| location = [[New York]]
| url = http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0411/is_n3_v42/ai_14234286/print
| accessdate = 2007-11-15
| quote = <small>The Ishmaelites are not at all idolaters; [idolatry] has long been severed from their mouths and hearts; and they attribute to God a proper unity, a unity concerning which there is no doubt. And because they lie about us , and falsely attribute to us the statement that God has a son…</small>
}}
</ref>

[[Abraham Geiger]] remarked the following concerning the claim that Jews believed Ezra to be the son of God: “According to the assertion of Muhammad the Jews held Ezra to be the Son of God. This is certainly a mere misunderstanding which arose from the great esteem in which Ezra was undoubtedly held. This esteem is expressed in the following passage ‘Ezra would have been worthy to have made known the law if Moses had not come before him.’ Truly Muhammad sought to cast suspicion on the Jews’ faith in the unity of God, and thought he had here found a good opportunity of so doing.”<ref>[[Abraham Geiger]]'s book Judaism and Islam chapter 2 part 4</ref>

In [[Karaite Judaism]], mourners use the word "meharef" to represent a whole range of Muslim anti-Jewish polemic including the notion that Jews considered Ezra to be the son of God. Salmon b. Yeruhim said: “A meharef is one who reviles [us] for sins we have committed and others which we have not. The former includes our worshipping the calves, killing the prophets and the like. The latter, our assertion that 'Uzayr [Ezra] was the son [of God]…”<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=MzqwUksGUrkC&pg=RA1-PA193&dq=ezra+jews+quran&sig=fbOsyb0Xif-XuWYIrA0Yi2ifdf0#PRA1-PA193,M1|Search Scripture Well: Karaite Exegetes and the Origins of the Jewish Bible, By Daniel H. Frank, pg 193]</ref>

==In Islamic tradition==

He is mentioned in [[Sahih Muslim]] in ''The Book of Faith'' as:
<blockquote>…Then the Jews would be summoned, and it would be said to them: What did you worship? They will say: We worshipped 'Uzair, son of Allah. It would be said to them: You tell a lie; Allah had never had a spouse or a son
What do you want now? They would say: We feel thirsty, O our Lord! Quench our thirst. They would be directed (to a certain direction) and asked: Why don't you go there to drink water? Then they would be pushed towards the Fire (and they would find to their great dismay that) it was but a mirage (and the raging flames of fire) would be consuming one another, and they would fall into the Fire. Then the Christians would be summoned and it would be said to them: What did you worship? They would say: We worshipped Jesus, son of Allah. It would be said to them: You tell a lie; Allah did not take for Himself either a spouse or a son. Then it would be said to them: What do you want? They would say: Thirsty we are, O our Lord! Quench our thirst. They would be directed (to a certain direction) and asked: Why don't you go there to get water? But they would be pushed and gathered together towards the Hell, which was like a mirage to them, and the flames would consume one another. They would fall Into the Fire, till no one is left except he who worshipped Allah, be he pious or sinful.{{muslim-usc|1|352}} </blockquote>

Sahih Bukhari {{Bukhari-usc|6|60|105}} says, "

<blockquote>… Then the Jews will be called upon and it will be said to them, 'Who do you use to worship?' They will say, 'We used to worship Ezra, the son of Allah.' It will be said to them, 'You are liars, for Allah has never taken anyone as a wife or a son. What do you want now?' They will say, 'O our Lord! We are thirsty, so give us something to drink.' They will be directed and addressed thus, 'Will you drink,' whereupon they will be gathered unto Hell (Fire) which will look like a mirage whose different sides will be destroying each other. Then they will fall into the Fire. Afterwards the Christians will be called upon and it will be said to them, 'Who do you use to worship?' They will say, 'We used to worship Jesus, the son of Allah.' It will be said to them, 'You are liars, for Allah has never taken anyone as a wife or a son,' Then it will be said to them, 'What do you want?' They will say what the former people have said. Then, when there remain (in the gathering) none but those who used to worship Allah (Alone, the real Lord of the Worlds) whether they were obedient or disobedient. Then (Allah) the Lord of the worlds will come to them in a shape nearest to the picture they had in their minds about Him. It will be said, 'What are you waiting for?' Every nation have followed what they used to worship.' They will reply, 'We left the people in the world when we were in great need of them and we did not take them as friends. Now we are waiting for our Lord Whom we used to worship.' Allah will say, 'I am your Lord.' They will say twice or thrice, 'We do not worship any besides Allah.' ""<blockquote/>

Sahih Bukhari {{Bukhari-usc|9|93|532s}} says, "

<blockquote> ...Then it will be said to the Jews, "What did you use to worship?' They will reply, 'We used to worship Ezra, the son of Allah.' It will be said to them, 'You are liars, for Allah has neither a wife nor a son. What do you want (now)?' They will reply, 'We want You to provide us with water.' Then it will be said to them 'Drink,' and they will fall down in Hell (instead). Then it will be said to the Christians, 'What did you use to worship?' They will reply, 'We used to worship Messiah, the son of Allah.' It will be said, 'You are liars, for Allah has neither a wife nor a son. What: do you want (now)?' They will say, 'We want You to provide us with water.' It will be said to them, 'Drink,' and they will fall down in Hell (instead). When there remain only those who used to worship Allah (Alone), both the obedient ones and the mischievous ones, it will be said to them, 'What keeps you here when all the people have gone?' They will say, 'We parted with them (in the world) when we were in greater need of them than we are today, we heard the call of one proclaiming, 'Let every nation follow what they used to worship,' and now we are waiting for our Lord.' Then the Almighty will come to them in a shape other than the one which they saw the first time, and He will say, 'I am your Lord,' and they will say, 'You are not our Lord.' And none will speak: to Him then but the Prophets, and then it will be said to them, 'Do you know any sign by which you can recognize Him?' They will say. 'The Shin,' and so Allah will then uncover His Shin whereupon every believer will prostrate before Him and there will remain those who used to prostrate before Him just for showing off and for gaining good reputation. These people will try to prostrate but their backs will be rigid like one piece of a wood (and they will not be able to prostrate). Then the bridge will be laid across Hell." We, the companions of the Prophet said, "O Allah's Apostle! What is the bridge?'

He said, "It is a slippery (bridge) on which there are clamps and (Hooks like) a thorny seed that is wide at one side and narrow at the other and has thorns with bent ends. Such a thorny seed is found in Najd and is called As-Sa'dan. Some of the believers will cross the bridge as quickly as the wink of an eye, some others as quick as lightning, a strong wind, fast horses or she-camels. So some will be safe without any harm; some will be safe after receiving some scratches, and some will fall down into Hell (Fire). The last person will cross by being dragged (over the bridge)." The Prophet said, "You (Muslims) cannot be more pressing in claiming from me a right that has been clearly proved to be yours than the believers in interceding with Almighty for their (Muslim) brothers on that Day, when they see themselves safe.

They will say, 'O Allah! (Save) our brothers (for they) used to pray with us, fast with us and also do good deeds with us.' Allah will say, 'Go and take out (of Hell) anyone in whose heart you find faith equal to the weight of one (gold) Dinar.' Allah will forbid the Fire to burn the faces of those sinners. They will go to them and find some of them in Hell (Fire) up to their feet, and some up to the middle of their legs. So they will take out those whom they will recognize and then they will return, and Allah will say (to them), 'Go and take out (of Hell) anyone in whose heart you find faith equal to the weight of one half Dinar.' They will take out whomever they will recognize and return, and then Allah will say, 'Go and take out (of Hell) anyone in whose heart you find faith equal to the weight of an atom (or a smallest ant), and so they will take out all those whom they will recognize." Abu Sa'id said: If you do not believe me then read the Holy Verse:--

'Surely! Allah wrongs not even of the weight of an atom (or a smallest ant) but if there is any good (done) He doubles it.' (4.40) The Prophet added, "Then the prophets and Angels and the believers will intercede, and (last of all) the Almighty (Allah) will say, 'Now remains My Intercession. He will then hold a handful of the Fire from which He will take out some people whose bodies have been burnt, and they will be thrown into a river at the entrance of Paradise, called the water of life.

They will grow on its banks, as a seed carried by the torrent grows. You have noticed how it grows beside a rock or beside a tree, and how the side facing the sun is usually green while the side facing the shade is white. Those people will come out (of the River of Life) like pearls, and they will have (golden) necklaces, and then they will enter Paradise whereupon the people of Paradise will say, 'These are the people emancipated by the Beneficent. He has admitted them into Paradise without them having done any good deeds and without sending forth any good (for themselves).' Then it will be said to them, 'For you is what you have seen and its equivalent as well.'"

Sahih Bukhari {{Bukhari-usc|7|63|209}} says, "Whenever Ibn 'Umar was asked about marrying a Christian lady or a Jewess, he would say: "Allah has made it unlawful for the believers to marry ladies who ascribe partners in worship to Allah, and I do not know of a greater thing, as regards to ascribing partners in worship, etc. to Allah, than that a lady should say that Jesus is her Lord although he is just one of Allah's slaves.""

[[Ibn Kathir]]'s commentary on surah 9:30, the verse in the Quran that mentions Uzair

<blockquote>"Allah the Exalted encourages the believers to fight the polytheists, disbelieving Jews and Christians, who uttered this terrible statement and utter lies against Allah, the Exalted. As for the Jews, they claimed that `Uzayr was the son of God, Allah is free of what they attribute to Him. As for the misguidance of Christians over `Isa, it is obvious. This is why Allah declared both groups to be liars,(That is their saying with their mouths), but they have no proof that supports their claim, other than lies and fabrications,(resembling), imitating,(the saying of those who disbelieved aforetime.) They imitate the previous nations who fell into misguidance just as Jews and Christians did, (may Allah fight them), Ibn `Abbas said, "May Allah curse them.''(how they are deluded away from the truth!) how they deviate from truth, when it is apparent, exchanging it for misguidance."</blockquote><ref>http://www.tafsir.com/default.asp?sid=9&tid=20998</ref>

Also, according to Ibn 'Abbas and Al-Hassan Al-Basri, ''the prophet'' mentioned in the following tradition is Uzair:<ref name="shahid" />
<blockquote>Abu Haraira said that he heard Muhammad say, "An ant bit ''a prophet'' amongst the prophets, and that he ordered that the place of the ants be burnt. So, God inspired to him, 'Is it because one ant bit you that you burnt a nations amongst the nations that glorify God?</blockquote>

In some Islamic narrations, [[Ezra]] is the person mentioned in the following Qur'anic verse:<ref name="kathir" />
<blockquote>Or (take) the similitude of one who passed by a hamlet, all in ruins to its roofs. He said: "Oh! how shall Allah bring it (ever) to life, after (this) its death?" but Allah caused him to die for a hundred years, then raised him up (again). He said: "How long didst thou tarry (thus)?" He said: (Perhaps) a day or part of a day." He said: "Nay, thou hast tarried thus a hundred years; but look at thy food and thy drink; they show no signs of age; and look at thy donkey: And that We may make of thee a sign unto the people, Look further at the bones, how We bring them together and clothe them with flesh." When this was shown clearly to him, he said: "I know that Allah hath power over all things." ({{cite quran|2|259|style=ref}})</blockquote>

According to Muslim apologist, Ibn Kathir, after resurrection, he rode on his donkey and entered his native place. But the people did not recognize him, nor did his household, except the maid, who was now an old blind woman. He prayed to God to cure her blindness and she could see again. He meets his son who recognized him by a mole between his shoulders and was older than him. Ezra then led the people to locate the only surviving copy of [[Torah]] as the remaining were burnt by [[Nebuchadnezzar]]. He thus renovated the [[Torah]] to [[Children of Israel|the Children of Israel]]. [[Ibn Kathir]] mentions that the ''sign'' in the phrase "And that We may make of thee a ''sign'' unto the people" was that he was younger than his children.<ref name="kathir" />

It should be noted that Jews have never claimed Ezra was revived from the dead.

== Accusations of falsification ==
[[Ibn Hazm]], an Andalusian Muslim scholar, explicitly accused Ezra of being a liar and a heretic who falsified and added interpolations into the Biblical text. Ibn Hazm provided a polemical list of what he considered "chronological and geographical inaccuracies and contradictions; theological impossibilities (anthropomorphic expressions, stories of fornication and whoredom, and the attributing of sins to prophets), as well as lack of reliable transmission ([[tawatur]]) of the text", Hava Lazarus-Yafeh states.<ref name="EoI"/><ref name="EoI-Tahrif"> Hava Lazarus-Yafeh, ''Tahrif'', [[Encyclopedia of Islam]] </ref> In response to attacks on the personality of Ezra, the [[Leo III the Isaurian|Byzantine Emperor Leo III]] defended Ezra as a pious, reliable person.<ref name="EoI-Tahrif"/> The Jewish convert to Islam [[Ibn Yahyā al-Maghribī al-Samaw'al|al-Samaw'al]] (d. 1175) accused Ezra of interpolating stories such as Gen. 19:30-8 in the Bible in order to sully David’s origins and to prevent the rule of the [[Davidic line|Davidic dynasty]] during [[Second Temple|the second Temple]].<ref name="EoI"/>
The writings of [[Ibn Hazm]] and al-Samaw'al was adopted and updated only slightly by later Muslim authors up to contemporary times.<ref name="EoI"/><ref name="EoI-Tahrif"/>

According to Hava Lazarus-Yafeh, the early writers seem to have been influenced with the idea of falsification of the scriptures already present in the [[Jahiliyyah|pre-Islamic]] sources and well-known among Christians and Jews, who had written in their refutation.<ref name="EoI"/>

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Arab slave trade

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The '''Arab [[slave trade]]''' was the practice of [[slavery]] in [[Southwest Asia|West Asia]], [[North Africa]], [[East Africa]], and certain parts of [[Europe]] (such as [[Sicily]] and [[Iberian Peninsula|Iberia]]) during their period of domination by Arab leaders. The trade mostly involved North and East [[African people|Africans]] and [[Middle East]]ern peoples ([[Arab]]s, [[Berbers]], etc.). Also, the Arab slave trade was not limited to people of certain color, ethnicity, or religion. In the early days of the [[Caliphate|Islamic Caliphate]]—during the 8th and 9th centuries—most of the slaves were [[Slavic peoples|Slavic]] [[Eastern Europe]]ans (called [[Saqaliba]]), people from surrounding [[Mediterranean Basin|Mediterranean]] areas, [[Persian people|Persians]], [[Turkic peoples|Turks]], peoples from the [[Caucasus]] mountain regions (such as [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], [[Armenia]] and [[Circassia]]) and parts of [[Central Asia]] and [[Scandinavia]], [[Berber people|Berbers]] from North Africa, and various other peoples of varied origins as well as those of [[Black people|Black]] African origins. Later, toward the 18th and 19th centuries, slaves increasingly came from [[East Africa]].<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/blackhistory/article-24159 Historical survey > The international slave trade]</ref><ref>[http://www.answering-islam.org/ReachOut/slavetrade.html Arabs and Slave Trade]</ref><ref>[http://www.globalpolitician.com/articledes.asp?ID=2617&cid=2&sid=2 Should The Islamic World Apologize For Slavery?]</ref><ref>{{citation|title=International dictionary of historic places, Volume 4: Middle East and Africa|last=Trudy Ring, Robert M. Salkin|first=K. A. Berney, Paul E. Schellinger|year=1996|publisher=[[Taylor and Francis]]|page=116}}</ref>

Some historians estimate that between 11 and 18 million black African slaves crossed the [[Red Sea]], [[Indian Ocean]], and [[Sahara]] Desert between 650 and 1900,<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/blackhistory/article-24156 Welcome to Encyclopædia Britannica's Guide to Black History]</ref><ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/1523100.stm Focus on the slave trade]</ref><ref>[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1282/is_9_54/ai_85410331/pg_2 The Unknown Slavery: In the Muslim world, that is — and it's not over]</ref> or more than the 9.4 to 14 million Africans brought to the Americas in the [[Atlantic slave trade]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6445941.stm BBC NEWS | Africa | Quick guide: The slave trade]</ref>

Periodic raiding expeditions were sent from [[Al-Andalus|Islamic Iberia]] to ravage the Christian Iberian kingdoms, bringing back booty and slaves. In a raid against [[Lisbon]] in 1189, for example, the [[Almohad]] caliph [[Yaqub al-Mansur]] took 3,000 female and child captives, while his governor of [[Córdoba, Spain|Córdoba]], in a subsequent attack upon [[Silves]] in 1191, took 3,000 Christian slaves.<ref>[http://libro.uca.edu/rc/rc1.htm Ransoming Captives in Crusader Spain: The Order of Merced on the Christian-Islamic Frontier]</ref>

According to [[Robert Davis]] between 1 million and 1.25 million [[White people|Europeans]] were captured by [[Barbary pirates]], who were vassals of the [[Ottoman Empire]], and sold as slaves between the 16th and 19th centuries.<ref>[http://researchnews.osu.edu/archive/whtslav.htm ''When europeans were slaves: Research suggests white slavery was much more common than previously believed'']</ref><ref>Davis, Robert. ''Christian Slaves, Muslim Masters: White Slavery in the Mediterranean, the Barbary Coast and Italy, 1500-1800''.Based on "records for 27,233 voyages that set out to obtain slaves for the Americas". Stephen Behrendt, "Transatlantic Slave Trade", ''Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience'' (New York: Basic Civitas Books, 1999), ISBN 0-465-00071-1.</ref> These slaves were captured mainly from seaside villages from [[Italy]], [[Spain]], [[Portugal]] and also from more distant places like [[France]] or [[England]], the [[Netherlands]], [[Ireland]] and even [[Iceland]] and [[North America]]. The impact of these [[List of Ottoman sieges and landings|attacks]] was devastating – [[France]], [[England]], and [[Spain]] each lost thousands of ships, and long stretches of the Spanish and Italian coasts were almost completely abandoned by their inhabitants. [[Pirate]] raids discouraged settlement along the coast until the 19th century.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/empire_seapower/white_slaves_01.shtml BBC - History - British Slaves on the Barbary Coast]</ref><ref>[http://www.city-journal.org/html/17_2_urbanities-thomas_jefferson.html Jefferson Versus the Muslim Pirates by Christopher Hitchens, City Journal Spring 2007]</ref>

The [[Ottoman wars in Europe]] and [[Tatar invasions|Tatar raids]] brought large numbers of European Christian slaves into the [[Islam by country|Islamic world]] too.<ref>[http://coursesa.matrix.msu.edu/~fisher/hst373/readings/inalcik6.html Supply of Slaves]</ref><ref>[http://www.avalanchepress.com/Soldier_Khan.php Soldier Khan]</ref><ref>[http://www.americanthinker.com/2005/04/the_living_legacy_of_jihad_sla.html The living legacy of jihad slavery]</ref>

The 'Oriental' or 'Arab' slave trade is sometimes called the [[Islam and slavery|'Islamic' slave trade]], but a religious imperative was not the driver of the slavery, [[Patrick Manning]], a professor of World History, states. However, since if a non-Muslim population refuses to adopt [[Islam]] or pay the [[Jizya]] protection/subjugation tax, that population is considered to be at war with the Muslim "[[ummah]]" and therefore it becomes legal under Islamic law to take slaves from that non-Muslim population. Usage of the terms "Islamic trade" or "Islamic world" has been disputed by some Muslims as it treats Africa as outside of Islam, or a negligible portion of the [[Islamic world]].<ref> Manning (1990) p.10 </ref> Propagators of [[Islam in Africa]] often revealed a cautious attitude towards proselytizing because of its effect in reducing the potential reservoir of slaves.<ref>Murray Gordon, “Slavery in the Arab World.” New Amsterdam Press, New York, 1989. Originally published in French by Editions Robert Laffont, S.A. Paris, 1987, page 28.</ref>

From a Western point of view, the subject merges with the '''Oriental slave trade''', which followed two main routes in the [[Middle Ages]]:
* Overland routes across the [[Maghreb]] and [[Mashreq]] deserts ([[Trans-Saharan trade|Trans-Saharan]] route)<ref>[http://www.sfusd.edu/schwww/sch618/Ibn_Battuta/Battuta's_Trip_Twelve.html Battuta's Trip: Journey to West Africa (1351 - 1353)]</ref>
* Sea routes to the east of Africa through the [[Red Sea]] and [[Indian Ocean]] (Oriental route)<ref>[http://www.pilotguides.com/destination_guide/africa/tanzania_and_zanzibar/slave_trade.php The blood of a nation of Slaves in Stone Town]</ref><ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6510675.stm BBC Remembering East African slave raids]</ref>

The Arab slave trade originated before Islam and lasted more than a [[millennium]].<ref>[http://www.amazon.com/gp/richpub/syltguides/fullview/22NTE7XMTJIHE "Know about Islamic Slavery in Africa"]</ref><ref>[http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Classroom/9912/easterntrade.html The Forgotten Holocaust: The Eastern Slave Trade]</ref><ref>Irfan Shahid, Byzantium and the Arabs in the Sixth Century, Dumbarton Oaks, 2002, p. 364 documents Ghassanid Arabs seizing and selling 20,000 Jewish Samaritans as slaves in the year 529, before the rise of Islam.</ref> Arab traders brought Africans across the Indian Ocean from present-day [[Kenya]], [[Tanzania]], [[Sudan]], western [[Ethiopia]] and elsewhere in East Africa to present-day [[Iraq]], [[Iran]], [[Kuwait]], [[Turkey]] and other parts of the [[Middle East]] <ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&contentId=A6645-2004Jan10&notFound=true A Legacy Hidden in Plain Sight]</ref> and [[South Asia]] (mainly [[Pakistan]] and [[India]]). Unlike the trans-[[Atlantic slave trade]] to the [[New World]], Arabs supplied African slaves to the [[Muslim world]], which at its peak stretched over three continents from the [[Atlantic]] ([[Morocco]], [[Spain]]) to [[India]] and eastern [[China]].
[[Image:Geromeslavemarket.jpg|thumb|upright|200px|''The Slave Market'' (c. 1884), painting by [[Jean-Léon Gérôme]].]]

==Sources and historiography of the slave trade==
===A recent and controversial topic===
[[Image:Boutre indien.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Dhow]]s were used to transport African slaves to [[India]].]]

The history of the slave trade has given rise to numerous debates amongst historians. For one thing, specialists are undecided on the number of Africans taken from their homes; this is difficult to resolve because of a lack of reliable statistics: there was no census system in medieval Africa. Archival material for the transatlantic trade in the 16th to 18th centuries may seem useful as a source, yet these record books were often falsified. Historians have to use imprecise narrative documents to make estimates which must be treated with caution: Luiz Felipe de Alencastro states that there were 8 million slaves taken from Africa between the 8th and 19th centuries along the Oriental and the Trans-Saharan routes.<ref>Luiz Felipe de Alencastro, ''Traite'', in ''Encyclopædia Universalis'' (2002), corpus 22, page 902.</ref> Olivier Pétré-Grenouilleau has put forward a figure of 17 million African people enslaved (in the same period and from the same area) on the basis of Ralph Austen's work.<ref>Ralph Austen, ''African Economic History'' (1987)</ref> [[Paul Bairoch]] suggests a figure of 25 million African people subjected to the Arab slave trade, as against 11 million that arrived in the Americas from the [[transatlantic slave trade]].<ref>Paul Bairoch, ''Mythes et paradoxes de l'histoire économique'', (1994). See also: ''Economics and World History: Myths and Paradoxes'' (1993)</ref> [[Owen 'Alik Shahadah]] author of African Holocaust (audio documentary), puts the figure at 10 million and argues that the trade only boomed in the 18th century, prior to this the trade was "a trickle trade" and that exaggerated numbers have been claimed in order to de-emphasize the Transatlantic trade. <ref name="Arab Slave Trade">{{cite web|url=http://www.arabslavetrade.com|publisher="[[Owen 'Alik Shahadah]]"|title="Slavery in Arabia"}}</ref>

Another obstacle to a history of the Arab slave trade is the limitations of extant sources. There exist documents from non-African cultures, written by educated men in Arabic, but these only offer an incomplete and often condescending look at the phenomenon. For some years there has been a huge amount of effort going into historical research on Africa. Thanks to new methods and new perspectives, historians can interconnect contributions from [[archaeology]], [[numismatics]], [[anthropology]], [[linguistics]] and [[demography]] to compensate for the inadequacy of the written record.

In Africa, slaves taken by African owners were often captured, either through raids or as a result of warfare, and frequently employed in manual labor by the captors. Some slaves were traded for goods or services to other African kingdoms.

The Arab slave trade from East Africa is one of the oldest slave trades, predating the European transatlantic slave trade by hundreds of years.<ref> Mintz, S. ''Digital History Slavery, Facts & Myths'' </ref> Male slaves who were often made [[eunuchs]] were employed as servants, soldiers, or laborers by their owners, while female slaves, including those from Africa, were long traded to the Middle Eastern countries and kingdoms by Arab and Oriental traders, as [[concubines]] and servants. Arab, African and Oriental traders were involved in the capture and transport of slaves northward across the Sahara desert and the Indian Ocean region into the Middle East, Persia, and the Indian subcontinent.

From approximately 650 until around 1900 the Arab slave trade continued in one form or another. The Moroccan Sultan [[Moulay Ismail]] "the Bloodthirsty" (1672-1727) raised a corps of 150,000 black slaves, called his [[Black Guard]], who coerced the country into submission.<ref>[http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/med/lewis1.html Lewis. Race and Slavery in the Middle East. Oxford Univ Press 1994.]</ref> Historical accounts and references to slave-owning nobility in Arabia, [[Yemen]] and elsewhere are frequent into the early 1920s.<ref> Mintz, S. ''Digital History Slavery, Facts & Myths'' </ref> In 1953, sheikhs from [[Qatar]] attending the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II included slaves in their retinues, and they did so again on another visit five years later.<ref>http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-85410331.html 'The Unknown Slavery: In the Muslim world, that is -- and it's not over.
(From: [[National Review]] | Date: 5/20/2002 | Author: Miller, John J.)
</ref> As recently as the 1950s, the [[Saudi Arabia]]’s slave population was estimated at 450,000 — just 20% of the population.<ref>[http://www.answering-islam.org/Silas/slavery.htm Slavery in Islam]</ref><ref>[http://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/apr07/page18.html £400 for a Slave]</ref> It is estimated that as many as 200,000 black Sudanese children and women had been taken into [[slavery in Sudan]] during the [[Second Sudanese Civil War]].<ref>[http://www.iabolish.org/slavery_today/in_depth/sudan-genocide.html War and Genocide in Sudan]</ref><ref>[http://journalism.nyu.edu/pubzone/livewire/archived/the_lost_children_of_sudan/ The Lost Children of Sudan]</ref> [[Slavery in modern Africa|Slavery in Mauritania]] was legally abolished by laws passed in 1905, 1961, and 1981.<ref>[http://www.reuters.com/article/inDepthNews/idUSL1833437920070322?feedType=RSS Slavery still exists in Mauritania]</ref> It was finally criminalized in August 2007.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6938032.stm Mauritanian MPs pass slavery law]</ref> It is estimated that up to 600,000 black Mauritanians, or 20% of the [[Mauritania]]’s population, are currently enslaved, many of them used as [[bonded labour]].<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/specials/1458_abolition/page4.shtml The Abolition season on BBC World Service]</ref>

For some people, any mention of the slave-trading past of the Arab world is rejected as an attempt to minimise the [[Atlantic slave trade|transatlantic trade]]. Yet a slave trade in the [[Indian Ocean]], [[Red Sea]], and [[Mediterranean]] pre-dates the arrival of any significant number of Europeans on the African continent.<ref>Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch, in ''Les Collections de l'Histoire'' (April 2001) says:''"la traite vers l'Océan indien et la Méditerranée est bien antérieure à l'irruption des Européens sur le continent"'' </ref><ref> Mintz, S. ''Digital History Slavery, Facts & Myths'' </ref>

Descendants of the African slaves brought to the Middle East during the slave-trade still exist there today, and are aware of their African origins.<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&contentId=A6645-2004Jan10 A Legacy Hidden in Plain Sight (washingtonpost.com)]</ref><ref>[http://members.tripod.com/~yajaffar/african.html Dr Susan]</ref>

===Medieval Arabic Sources===
[[Image:IbnBattuta.jpg|thumb|left|220px|[[Ibn Battuta|Ibn Battûta]], a [[Geography in medieval Islam|Berber geographer]] who visited sub-Saharan Africa in the 14th century.]]

These are given in chronological order. Scholars and [[Geography in medieval Islam|geographers]] from the [[Arab world]] had been travelling to Africa since the time of [[Muhammad]] in the 7th century.

* [[Ali al-Masudi|Al Masudi]] (died 957), ''Muruj adh-dhahab'' or ''Meadows of Gold'', the reference manual for geographers and historians of the Muslim world. The author had travelled widely across the Arab world as well as the Far East.
* [[Ya'qubi]] (9th century), ''Book of Countries''
* [[Al-Bakri]], author of ''[[Book of Roads and Kingdoms (al-Bakri)|Book of Roads and Kingdoms]]'', published in Cordoba around 1068, gives us information about the [[Berbers]] and their activities; he collected eye-witness accounts on [[Sahara]]n caravan routes.
* [[Muhammad al-Idrisi|Al Idrisi]] (died circa 1165), ''Description of Africa and Spain''
* [[Ibn Battuta|Ibn Battûta]] (died circa 1377), [[Marinid]] geographer who travelled to sub-Saharan Africa, to [[Gao]] and to [[Timbuktu]]. His principal work is called ''Gift for those who like to reflect on the curiosities of towns and marvels of travel''.
* [[Ibn Khaldun]] (died in 1406), historian and philosopher from North Africa. Sometimes considered as the historian of Arab, Berber and Persian societies. He is the author of ''Historical Prolegomena'' and ''History of the Berbers''.
* [[Al-Maqrizi|Ahmad al-Maqrî]] (died in 1442), Egyptian historian. His main contribution is his description of Cairo markets.
* [[Leo Africanus]] (died circa 1548), author of a rare description of Africa.
* Rifa'a al Tahtawi (died in 1873), who translated medieval works on geography and history. His work is mostly about Muslim Egypt.
* Joseph Cuoq, ''Collection of Arabic sources concerning Western Africa between the 8th and 16th centuries (Paris 1975)

===European texts (16th - 19th centuries)===
* [[João de Castro]], ''Roteiro de Lisboa a Goa'' (1538)
* [[James Bruce]], (1730-1794), ''Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile'' (1790)
* [[René Caillié]], (1799-1838), ''Journal d'un voyage à Tombouctou''
* [[Johann Ludwig Burckhardt]], (1784-1817), ''Travels in Nubia'' (1819)
* [[Henry Morton Stanley]], (1841-1904), ''Through the Dark Continent'' (1878)

===Other sources===
* African Arabic and [[Ajami]] Manuscripts
* African oral tradition
* [[Kilwa Kisiwani|Kilwa]] Chronicle (16th century fragments)
* Numismatics: analysis of coins and of their [[Diffusion (anthropology)|diffusion]]
* Archaeology: architecture of trading posts and of towns associated with the slave trade
* Iconography: Arab and Persian [[Miniature (illuminated manuscript)|miniatures]] in major libraries
* European engravings, contemporary with the slave trade, and some more modern
* Photographs from the 19th century onward
* [[Ethiopia]]n ( [[Ge'ez language|Ge'ez]] and [[Amharic]])historical texts

==Historical and geographical context of the Arab slave trade==
{{Article issues|disputed=March 2008|POV=March 2008}}

A brief review of the region and era in which the Oriental and trans-Saharan slave trade took place should be useful here. It is not a detailed study of the Arab world, nor of Africa, but an outline of key points which will help with understanding the slave trade in this part of the world.

===The Islamic world===
{{mainarticle|Muslim world}}
The religion of [[Islam]] appeared in the 7th century [[Common Era|CE]], and in the next hundred years it was quickly diffused throughout the Mediterranean area, spread by Arabs who had conquered North Africa after its long occupation by the Berbers; they invaded the [[Iberian peninsula]] where they displaced the [[Visigoth]] kingdom. Arabs also took control of western Asia from the [[Byzantine Empire]] and from the [[Sassanid]] Persians. These regions therefore had a diverse range of different peoples. To some extent, these regions were unified by an imposed Islamic culture built on both religious and civic foundations; they used the Arabic language and the ''[[dinar]]'' (currency) in commercial transactions. [[Mecca]] in Arabia, then as now, was the holy city of Islam and pilgrimage centre for all Muslims, whatever their origins.

{{mainarticle|Islam and slavery}}
It must be noted here that the conquests of the Arab armies and the expansion of the Islamic state that followed, have always resulted in the capture of war prisoners who were subsequently set free or turned into slaves or ''Raqeeq'' (رقيق) and servants rather than taken as prisoners as was the Islamic tradition in wars. Once taken as slaves, they had to be dealt with in accordance with the Islamic law which was the law of the Islamic state especially during the [[Umayyad]] and [[Abbasid]] eras. According to that law, slaves are allowed to earn their living if they opted for that, otherwise it is the owner’s (master) duty to provide for that. They also can’t be forced to earn money for their masters unless with an agreement between the slave and the master. This concept is called “مخارجة” in the Islamic jurisprudence. If the slave agrees to that and he would like the money s/he earns to be counted toward his/her emancipation then this has to be written in the form of a contract between the slave and the master. This is called “مكاتبة” (mukatabah) in the Islamic jurisprudence. Muslims believe that slave owners in Islam are strongly encouraged to perform “mukatabah” with their slaves as directed by [[Qur’an]]
:And if any of your slaves ask for a deed in writing (to enable them to earn their freedom for a certain sum), give them such a deed if ye know any good in them: yea, give them something yourselves out of the means which Allah has given to you. [http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/024.qmt.html 24:33] </blockquote>

The framework of Islamic civilisation was a well-developed network of towns and [[oasis]] trading centres with the market (''[[souk]], [[bazaar]]'') at its heart. These towns were inter-connected by a system of roads crossing semi-arid regions or deserts. The routes were travelled by convoys, and black slaves formed part of this [[Caravan (travellers)|caravan]] traffic.

===Arabic views on black people===
The [[Qur'an]], the [[Prophets of Islam|Islamic prophet]] [[Muhammad]], and the overwhelming majority of [[Ulema|Islamic jurists]] and [[Islamic theology|theologians]], all stated that humankind has a single origin and rejected the idea of certain ethnic groups being superior to others.<ref name=Lewis/> According to the [[hadith]]s, the prophet Muhammad declared:

{{quote|"There is no superiority for an Arab over a non-Arab and for a non-Arab over an Arab, nor for the white over the black nor for black over the white except in piety."<ref>{{citation|first=Amyn B.|last=Sajoo|title=The islamic ethos and the spirit of humanism|journal=International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society|publisher=[[Springer Science+Business Media|Springer Netherlands]]|volume=8|issue=4|date=June 1995|doi=10.1007/BF02142469|pages=579–596 [582]}}</ref>}}

Despite this, some ethnic prejudices later developed among [[Arab]]s due to several reasons: their [[Muslim conquests|extensive conquests]] and slave trade; the influence of [[Aristotle]]'s idea of certain ethnic groups being slaves by nature, echoed by [[Early Islamic philosophy|Muslim philosophers]] such as [[Al-Farabi]] and [[Avicenna]], particularly in regards to [[Turkic peoples|Turkic]] and [[black people]]s;<ref name=Lewis>{{citation|last=[[Bernard Lewis]]|contribution=From ''Race and Slavery in the Middle East: An Historical Enquiry''|title=Racism: A Global Reader|editor-last=Kevin Reilly|editor-first=Stephen Kaufman, Angela Bodino|publisher=M.E. Sharpe|year=2003|isbn=0765610604|pages=52–8}}</ref> and the influence of [[Judeo-Christian]] ideas regarding divisions among humankind between the three [[sons of Noah]], with the Babylonian [[Talmud]] stating that "the [[Hamitic|descendants of Ham]] are cursed by being black, and [it] depicts [[Ham (son of Noah)|Ham]] as a sinful man and his progeny as degenerates."<ref>{{citation|title='Race', slavery and Islam in Maghribi Mediterranean thought: the question of the Haratin in Morocco|first=Chouki|last=El Hamel|journal=The Journal of North African Studies|volume=7|issue=3|year=2002|pages=29–52 [39–40]}}</ref>

The 9th century Muslim author [[Al-Jahiz]], an [[Afro-Arab]] and the grandson of a [[Zanj]] ([[Bantu peoples|Bantu]])<ref name="Bagley"/><ref name="Mohamed Diriye Abdullahi 2001 p.13">Mohamed Diriye Abdullahi, ''Culture and Customs of Somalia'', (Greenwood Press: 2001), p.13</ref><ref name="Ogot">Bethwell A. Ogot, ''Zamani: A Survey of East African History'', (East African Publishing House: 1974), p.104</ref> slave, wrote a book entitled ''Risalat mufakharat al-Sudan 'ala al-bidan'' ("Treatise on the Superiority of Blacks over Whites"), in which he stated that Blacks:

{{quote|"...have conquered the country of the [[Arab]]s as far as [[Mecca]] and have governed them. We defeated [[Dhu Nuwas|Dhu Nowas]] ([[Jew]]ish King of [[Yemen]]) and killed all the [[Himyar]]ite princes, but you, [[White people]], have never conquered our country. Our people, the [[Zanj|Zenghs]] ([[Negroes]]) revolted forty times in the [[Euphrates]], driving the inhabitants from their homes and making Oballah a bath of blood.<ref>Joel Augustus Rogers, John Henrik Clarke, ''World's Great Men of Color'', (Simon & Schuster: 1996), p.166</ref>}}

And that:

{{quote|Blacks are physically stronger than no matter what other people. A single one of them can lift stones of greater weight and carry burdens such as several Whites could not lift nor carry between them. [...] They are brave, strong, and generous as witness their nobility and general lack of wickedness."<ref>Yosef A.A. Ben-Jochannan (1991), ''African Origins of Major Western Religions'', p. 231, 238. Black Classic Press, ISBN 0933121296.</ref>}}

However, Al-Jahiz also stated in his ''Kitab al-Bukhala'' ("Avarice and the Avaricious") that:

{{quote|"We know that the [[Zanj]] (blacks) are the least intelligent and the least discerning of mankind, and the least capable of understanding the consequences of their actions."<ref name=colorq/>}}

This sentiment was echoed in the following passage from ''Kitab al-Bad' wah-tarikh'' (vol.4) by the medieval Arab writer [[Al-Muqaddasi]]:

{{quote|"As for the Zanj, they are people of black color, flat noses, kinky hair, and little understanding or intelligence."<ref name=colorq/>}}

By the 14th century, an overwhelming number of slaves came from [[sub-Saharan Africa]], leading to prejudice against black people in the works of several [[List of Muslim historians|Arabic historians]] and [[Islamic geography|geographers]]. For example, the [[Egypt]]ian historian Al-Abshibi (1388-1446) wrote: "It is said that when the [black] slave is sated, he fornicates, when he is hungry, he steals."<ref>{{cite book
|last=Lewis
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|title=Race and Slavery in the Middle East
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Mistranslations of Arab scholars and geographers from this time period have lead many to attribute certain racist attitudes that weren't prevalent until the 18th and 19th century to writings made centuries ago. <ref>http://www.jstor.org/pss/3590803 Translation and the Colonial Imaginary: Ibn Khaldun Orientalist, by Abdelmajid Hannoum © 2003 Wesleyan University.</ref> Although bias against those of very black complexion existed in the Arab world in the 15th century it didn't have as much stigma as it later would. Older translations of Ibn Khaldun, for example in [http://books.google.com/books?id=6swTAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA61 The Negro land of the Arabs Examined and Explained] which was written in 1841 gives excerpts of older translations that were not part of later colonial propaganda and show black Africans in a generally positive light.

In 14th century [[North Africa]], the [[Sociology in medieval Islam|Arab sociologist]], [[Ibn Khaldun]], wrote in his ''[[Muqaddimah]]'':

:'' When the conquest of the West (by the Arabs) was completed, and merchants began to penetrate into the interior, they saw no nation of the Blacks so mighty as Ghanah, the dominions of which extended westward as far as the Ocean. The King's court was kept in the city of Ghanah, which, according to the author of the Book of Roger (El Idrisi), and the author of the Book of Roads and Realms (El Bekri), is divided into two parts, standing on both banks of the Nile, and ranks among the largest and most populous cities of the world. The people of Ghanah had for neighbours, on the east, a nation, which, according to historians, was called Susu; after which came another named Mali; and after that another known by the name of Kaukau ; although some people prefer a different orthography, and write this name Kagho. The last-named nation was followed by a people called Tekrur. The people of Ghanah declined in course of time, being overwhelmed or absorbed by the Molaththemun (or muffled people;that is, the Morabites), who, adjoining them on the north towards the Berber country, attacked them, and, taking possession of their territory, compelled them to embrace the Mohammedan religion. The people of Ghanah, being invaded at a later period by the Susu, a nation of Blacks in their neighbourhood, were exterminated, or mixed with other Black nations. [<ref>http://books.google.com/books?id=6swTAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA61 The Negro land of the Arabs Examined and Explained</ref>]

Ibn Khaldun suggests a link between the decline of Ghana and rise of the Almoravids. however, there is little evidence of there actually being an Almoravid conquest of Ghana [<ref>http://www.arts.ualberta.ca/~amcdouga/Hist446/readings/conquest_in_west_african_historiography.pdf Not Quite Venus from the Waves: The Almoravid Conquest of Ghana in the Modern Historiography of Western Africa by Pekka Masonen; Humphrey J. Fisher 1996</ref>] <ref>http://www.jstor.org/pss/3171598 The Conquest That Never Was: Ghana and the Almoravids, 1076. I. The External Arabic Sources, by David Conrad and Humphrey Fisher © 1982 African Studies Association</ref>

Ibn Khaldun attributed the "strange practices and customs" of black Africans to the hot climate of [[sub-Saharan Africa]] and made it clear that it was not due to any curse in their lineage, dismissing the [[Hamitic]] theory as a myth.<ref>{{citation|title='Race', slavery and Islam in Maghribi Mediterranean thought: the question of the Haratin in Morocco|first=Chouki|last=El Hamel|journal=The Journal of North African Studies|volume=7|issue=3|year=2002|pages=29–52 [41–2]}}</ref>

His critical attitude towards Arabs has led the scholar Mohammad A. Enan to suggest that Ibn Khaldun may have been a [[Berber people|Berber]] pretending to be an Arab in order to gain social status, but Muhammad Hozien has responded to this claim stating that Ibn Khaldun or anyone else in his family never claimed to be Berber even when the Berbers were in power.<ref>[http://www.muslimphilosophy.com/ik/knts.htm#n1 IBN KHALDUN: His Life and Work by Muhammad Hozien]</ref>

The 14th-century [[North Africa]]n [[Geography in medieval Islam|Arabic geographer]] and traveller, [[Ibn Battuta]], on his trip to Western [[Sudan]], was impressed with occasional aspects of life but had, according to historian E. W. Bovill (1970), "hardly arrived (in the Western Sudan) before he was regretting having come, merely because he was disgusted at finding [[Negro]]es, whom hitherto he had known only as slaves, behaving as masters in their own country."<ref name="Reid&Lane"/>

Battuta later visited the [[Zanj]]-inhabited portions of [[East Africa]] and held more positive views of its black people:<ref name=colorq>[http://www.colorq.org/Articles/article.aspx?d=2002&x=arabviews West Asian views on black Africans during the medieval era]</ref>

{{quote|"We ... traveled by sea to the city of [[Kilwa District|Kulwa]] ([[Kilwa Sultanate|Kilwa]] in [[Tanzania]])...Most of its people are Zunuj, extremely black...The city of Kulwa is amongst the most beautiful of cities and most elegantly built... Their uppermost virtue is religion and righteousness and they are [[Shafi`i|Shafi'i]] in rite."}}

{{quote|"[The people of [[Mombasa]] in [[Kenya]]] are a religious people, trustworthy and righteous. Their mosques are made of wood, expertly built."}}

Ibn Battuta also appeared to be relatively impressed with some aspects of the [[Mali Empire]] of [[West Africa]], which he visited in 1352, writing that the people there:

{{quote|"...possess some admirable qualities. They are seldom unjust, and have a greater abhorrence of injustice than any other people. There is complete security in their country. Neither traveler nor inhabitant in it has anything to fear from robbers or men of violence."<ref>Sir Hamilton Gibb (translator, 1929), ''Ibn Battuta: Travels in Asia and Africa 1325-1354'', p. 329, [[Routledge]], ISBN 0710095686</ref>}}

In addition, he wrote many other positive comments on the people of the Mali Empire, including the following:<ref name=colorq/>

{{quote|"I met the [[qadi]] of Malli... he is a black, has been on a pilgrimage, and is a noble person with good qualities of character... I met the interpreter Dugha, a noble black and a leader of theirs... They performed their duty towards me [as a guest] most perfectly; may God bless and reward them for their good deeds!"}}

{{quote|"Another of [the Malli blacks'] good qualities is their concern for learning the sublime Qur'an by heart...One day I passed a handsome youth from them dressed in fine clothes and on his feet was a heavy chain. I said to the man who was with me, 'What has this youth done -- has he killed someone?' The youth heard my remark and laughed. It was told me, 'He has been chained so that he will learn the Qu'ran by heart.'"}}

{{quote|"[the people of [[Oualata|Iwalatan]] in West Africa] were generous to me and entertained me...and as for their women -- they are extremely beautiful and are more important than the men..."}}

However, after expressing disappointment with Sultan [[Suleyman (mansa)|Mansa Suleyman]]'s [[miser]]liness when it came to giving gifts, Ibn Battuta remarked on [[Mali]]'s inhabitants how he:

{{quote|"...was long astonished at their feeble intellect and their respect for mean things."<ref name="Reid&Lane">Andrew Reid, Paul J. Lane, ''African Historical Archaeologies'', (Springer: 2004), p.166</ref>}}

Battuta's derogatory remarks, however, were mild compared to some of the other comments Arab authors made about blacks. For example, [[Ibn al-Nafis|Al-Dimashqi]] (Ibn al-Nafis), the Arab [[polymath]], described the inhabitants of Sudan and the [[Zanj]] coast, among others, as being of "dim" intelligence and that:

{{quote|"...the moral characteristics found in their mentality are close to the instinctive characteristics found naturally in animals."<ref name="Reid&Lane"/>}}

===Africa: 8th through 19th centuries===

Elikia M’bokolo, April 1998, [[Le Monde diplomatique]]. Quote:"The African continent was bled of its human resources via all possible routes. Across the [[Sahara]], through the Red Sea, from the Indian Ocean ports and across the Atlantic. At least ten centuries of slavery for the benefit of the [[Muslim world|Muslim countries]] (from the ninth to the nineteenth)." He continues: "Four million slaves exported via the Red Sea, another four million through the [[Swahili]] ports of the Indian Ocean, perhaps as many as nine million along the trans-Saharan caravan route, and eleven to twenty million (depending on the author) across the Atlantic Ocean"<ref>[http://mondediplo.com/1998/04/02africa The impact of the slave trade on Africa]</ref>

In the 8th century AD, Africa was dominated by Arab-Berbers in the north: Islam moved southwards along the [[Nile]] and along the desert trails.

*The Sahara was thinly populated. Nevertheless, since Antiquity there had been cities living on a trade in salt, gold, slaves, cloth, and on agriculture enabled by irrigation: [[Tahert]], [[Oualata]], [[Sijilmasa]], Zaouila, and others. They were ruled by Arab, Berber, [[Fula people|Fulani]], [[Hausa people|Hausa]] and [[Tuareg]]s. Their independence was relative and depended on the power of the Maghrebi and Egyptian states.
*In the Middle Ages, sub-Saharan Africa was called [[Sudan(region)|bilad -ul-Sûdân]] in Arabic, meaning ''land of the Blacks''. It provided a pool of manual labour for North Africa and Saharan Africa. This region was dominated by certain states: the [[Ghana Empire]], the [[Empire of Mali]], the [[Kanem-Bornu Empire]].
*In eastern Africa, the coasts of the Red Sea and Indian Ocean were controlled by native Muslims, and Arabs were important as traders along the coasts. [[Nubia]] had been a "supply zone" for slaves since Antiquity. The Ethiopian coast, particularly the port of [[Massawa]] and [[Dahlak Archipelago]], had long been a hub for the exportation of slaves from the interior, even in [[Kingdom of Aksum|Aksumite]] times. The port and most coastal areas were largely Muslim, and the port itself was home to a number of Arab and Indian merchants.<ref>Pankhurst, Richard. ''The Ethiopian Borderlands: Essays in Regional History from Ancient Times to the End of the 18th Century'' (Asmara, Eritrea: Red Sea Press, 1997), pp.416</ref>
[[Image:ST-slaves.jpg|thumb|left|300px|''Slaves in eastern Africa'' - illustration from late 19th century)]]
The [[Solomonic dynasty]] of [[Ethiopia]] often exported [[Nilotic]] slaves from their western borderland provinces, or from newly conquered or reconquered Muslim provinces.<ref>Pankhurst. ''Ethiopian Borderlands'', pp.432</ref> The [[Somali people|Somali]] and [[Afar people|Afar]] Muslim sultanates, such as the [[Adal Sultanate]], exported slaves as well.<ref>Pankhurst. ''Ethiopian Borderlands'', pp.59</ref> [[Arab]]s also set up slave-trading posts along the southeastern coast of the Indian Ocean, most notably in the archipelago of [[Zanzibar]], along the coast of present-day [[Tanzania]]. East Africa and the Indian Ocean continued as an important region for the Oriental slave trade up until the 19th century. [[David Livingstone|Livingstone]] and [[Henry Morton Stanley|Stanley]] were then the first Europeans to penetrate to the interior of the Congo basin and to discover the scale of slavery there. The Arab [[Tippu Tip]] extended his influence and made many people slaves. After Europeans had settled in the [[Gulf of Guinea]], the trans-Saharan slave trade became less important. In Zanzibar, slavery was abolished late, in 1897, under Sultan [[Hamoud bin Mohammed of Zanzibar|Hamoud bin Mohammed]].

==Africa and the Arab slave trade==
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People were captured, transported, bought and sold by some very different characters. The trade passed through a series of intermediaries and enriched some sections of the Muslim aristocracy.

Slavery fed on wars between African peoples and states, which gave rise to an internal slave trade. Those conquered owed tribute in the form of men and women reduced to captivity. [[Sonni Ali]] Ber (1464–1492), emperor of [[Songhai Empire|Songhai]], waged many wars to extend his territory.

In the 8th and 9th centuries, the [[Caliph]]s had tried to colonise the African shores of the Indian Ocean for commercial purposes. But these establishments were ephemeral, often founded by exiles or adventurers. The Sultan of Cairo sent slave traffickers on raids against the villages of [[Darfur]]. In the face of these attacks, the people formed militias, building towers and outer defences to protect their villages.{{Fact|date=February 2007}}

==Geography of the slave trade==
==="Supply" zones===
[[Image:Different cowries.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Cowrie]] shells were used as money in the slave trade]]
Merchants of slaves for the Orient stocked up in Europe. Danish merchants had bases in the [[Volga]] region and dealt in [[Slavic peoples|Slavs]] with Arab merchants. [[Circassians|Circassian]] slaves were conspicuously present in the [[harem]]s and there were many [[odalisque]]s from that region in the paintings of [[Orientalism|Orientalists]]. Non-Muslim slaves were valued in the harems, for all roles (gate-keeper, servant, odalisque, musician, dancer, court dwarf). In the Ottoman Empire, the last black slave sold in Ethiopia named Hayrettin Effendi, was freed in 1918. The slaves of Slavic origin in [[Al-Andalus]] came from the [[Varangians]] who had captured them. They were put in the Caliph's guard and gradually took up important posts in the army (they became ''[[saqaliba]]''), and even went to take back [[taifa]]s after the civil war had led to an implosion of the Western Caliphate. Columns of slaves feeding the great harems of [[Córdoba, Spain|Cordoba]], [[Seville]] and [[Grenada]] were organised by Jewish merchants (''mercaderes'') from Germanic countries and parts of Northern Europe not controlled by the [[Carolingian Empire]]. These columns crossed the [[Rhône River|Rhône]] valley to reach the lands to the south of the [[Pyrenees]].

There are also historical evidence of North African Muslim slave raids all along the Mediterranean coasts across Christian Europe and beyond to even as far north as the British Isles and Iceland. See book titled [[White Gold]]

Slaves were also brought into the Arab world via [[Central Asia]]. Many of these slaves went on to serve in the armies forming an elite rank.

*At sea, [[Barbary pirates]] joined in this traffic when they could capture people by boarding ships or by incursions into coastal areas.
*[[Nubia]] and [[Ethiopia]] were also "exporting" regions: in the 15th century, Ethiopians sold slaves from western borderland areas (usually just outside of the realm of the [[Emperor of Ethiopia]]) or [[Ennarea]],<ref>Emery Van Donzel, "Primary and Secondary Sources for Ethiopian Historiography. The Case of Slavery and Slave-Trade in Ethiopia," in Claude Lepage, ed., ''Études éthiopiennes'', vol I. France: Société française pour les études éthiopiennes, 1994, pp.187-88.</ref> which often ended up in India, where they worked on ships or as soldiers. They eventually rebelled and took power (dynasty of the [[Habshi]] Kings in Bengal 1487-1493).
*The Sûdân region and Saharan Africa formed another "export" area, but it is impossible to estimate the scale, since there is a lack of sources with figures.
* Finally, the slave traffic affected eastern Africa, but the distance and local hostility slowed down this section of the Oriental trade.

===Routes===
Caravan trails, set up in the 9th century, went past the oases of the Sahara; travel was difficult and uncomfortable for reasons of climate and distance. Since Roman times, long convoys had transported slaves as well as all sorts of products to be used for [[barter]]. To protect against attacks from desert nomads, slaves were used as an escort. Any who slowed down the progress of the caravan were killed.

Historians know less about the sea routes. From the evidence of illustrated documents, and travellers' tales, it seems that people travelled on [[dhow]]s or ''[[jalba]]s'', Arab ships which were used as transport in the Red Sea. Crossing the Indian Ocean required better organisation and more resources than overland transport. Ships coming from Zanzibar made stops on [[Socotra]] or at [[Aden]] before heading to the [[Persian Gulf]] or to India. Slaves were sold as far away as India, or even China: there was a colony of Arab merchants in [[Guangzhou|Canton]]. Serge Bilé cites a 12th century text which tells us that most well-to-do families in Canton had black slaves whom they regarded as savages and demons because of their physical appearance. Although Chinese slave traders bought slaves (''Seng Chi'' i.e. the ''[[Zanj]]''<ref name="Oliver">Roland Oliver, ''Africa in the Iron Age: c.500 BC-1400 AD'', (Cambridge University Press: 1975), p.192</ref>) from Arab intermediaries and "stocked up" directly in coastal areas of present-day [[Somalia]], the local [[Somali people|Somalis]] -- referred to as ''Baribah'' and ''Barbaroi'' ([[Berber people|Berbers]]) by medieval Arab and ancient [[Greeks|Greek]] geographers, respectively (see ''[[Periplus of the Erythraean Sea]]''),<ref name="Bagley">F.R.C. Bagley et al., ''The Last Great Muslim Empires'', (Brill: 1997), p.174</ref><ref name="Mohamed Diriye Abdullahi 2001 p.13"/><ref>James Hastings, ''Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics Part 12: V. 12'', (Kessinger Publishing, LLC: 2003), p.490</ref>and no strangers to capturing, owning and trading slaves themselves<ref>Henry Louis Gates, ''Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience'', (Oxford University Press: 1999), p.1746</ref> -- were not among them<ref>David D. Laitin, ''Politics, Language, and Thought: The Somali Experience'', (University Of Chicago Press: 1977), p.52</ref>:

<blockquote>One important commodity being transported by the Arab dhows to Somalia was slaves from other parts of East Africa. During the nineteenth century, the East African slave trade grew enormously due to demands by Arabs, Portuguese, and French. Slave traders and raiders moved throughout eastern and central Africa to meet the rising demand for enslaved men, women, and children. Somalia did not supply slaves -- as part of the Islamic world Somalis were at least nominally protected by the religious tenet that free Muslims cannot be enslaved -- but Arab dhows loaded with human cargo continually visited Somali ports.<ref>Catherine Lowe Besteman, ''Unraveling Somalia: Race, Class, and the Legacy of Slavery'', (University of Pennsylvania Press: 1999), p. 51</ref></blockquote>
[[Image:Slaves Zadib Yemen 13th century BNF Paris.jpg|thumb|left|250px|13th century slave market in the Yemen]]

Slave labor in East Africa was drawn exclusively from the ''[[Zanj]]'', who were [[Negroid]] [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]-speaking peoples that lived along the East African coast in an area roughly comprising modern-day [[Tanzania]], [[Mozambique]] and [[Malawi]].<ref name="Bagley"/><ref name="Ogot"/>
The Zanj were for centuries shipped as slaves by Arab traders to all the countries bordering the [[Indian Ocean]]. The [[Umayyad]] and [[Abbasid]] [[caliph]]s recruited many Zanj slaves as soldiers and, as early as AD 696, we learn of slave revolts of the Zanj against their Arab enslavers in [[Iraq]] (see [[Zanj Rebellion]]). Ancient Chinese texts also mention ambassadors from Java presenting the Chinese emperor with two ''Seng Chi'' (Zanj) slaves as gifts, and Seng Chi slaves reaching China from the [[Hindu]] kingdom of [[Srivijaya|Sri Vijaya]] in [[Java]].<ref name="Oliver"/>

===Barter===
Slaves were often bartered for objects of various different kinds: in the Sûdân, they were exchanged for cloth, [[trinket]]s and so on. In the Maghreb, they were swapped for horses. In the desert cities, lengths of cloth, pottery, Venetian glass beads, dyestuffs and jewels were used as payment. The trade in black slaves was part of a diverse commercial network. Alongside gold coins, [[cowrie shells]] from the Indian Ocean or the Atlantic ([[Canary Islands|Canaries]], [[Luanda]]) were used as money throughout black Africa (merchandise was paid for with sacks of cowries).{{Fact|date=February 2007}}

===Slave markets and fairs===
Enslaved Africans were sold in the towns of the Muslim world. In 1416, al-Makrisi told how pilgrims coming from Takrur (near the [[Senegal river]]) had brought 1700 slaves with them to Mecca. In North Africa, the main slave markets were in Morocco, [[Algiers]], [[Tripoli]] and Cairo. Sales were held in public places or in souks. Potential buyers made a careful examination of the "merchandise": they checked the state of health of a person who was often standing naked with wrists bound together. In Cairo, transactions involving eunuchs and [[concubine]]s happened in private houses. Prices varied according to the slave's quality.{{Fact|date=February 2007}} {{clr}}

===Towns and ports implicated in the slave trade===
{|
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* North Africa:
** [[Marrakesh]] (Morocco)
** [[Algiers]] (Algeria)
** [[Tripoli]] (Libya)
** [[Cairo]] (Egypt)
** [[Aswan]] (Egypt)

* West Africa
** [[Aoudaghost]] (Mauritania)
** [[Timbuktu]] (Mali)
** [[Gao]] (Mali)
** [[Bilma]] (Niger)

* East Africa:
** [[Bagamoyo]] (Tanzania)
** [[Zanzibar]] (Tanzania)
** [[Kilwa (district)|Kilwa]] (Tanzania)
** [[Sofala]] ([[Beira, Mozambique|Beira]], Mozambique)
|valign="top"|
* Horn of Africa
** [[Massawa]] (Eritrea)
** [[Zeila]] (Somalia)
** [[Mogadishu]] (Somalia)

* Arabian peninsula
** [[Mecca]] (Saudi Arabia)
** [[Zabid]] (Yemen)
** [[Muscat, Oman|Muscat]] (Oman)
** [[Aden]] (Yemen)
** [[Socotra]] (Indian Ocean)
|}

==See also==
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*[[Slavery]]
*[[Atlantic slave trade]]
*[[African slave trade]]
*[[History of slavery]]
*[[Slavery in modern Africa]]
*[[Slavery in Libya]]
*[[Slave beads]]
*[[Slavery in antiquity]]
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*[[Islam and slavery]]
*[[Christianity and slavery]]
*[[Judaism and slavery]]
*[[Zanj Rebellion]]
*[[Afro Arab]]
*[[Black orientalism]]
*[[Slavery (Ottoman Empire)|Slavery in the Ottoman Empire]]
{{col-end}}

==References==
:''This article was initially translated from the featured [[French language|French]] wiki article "[[:fr:Traite musulmane|Traite musulmane]]" on 19 May 2006. ''
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* [http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonline/slav_fact.cfm] Mintz, S., ''Digital History/Slavery Facts & Myths''

==Bibliography==
===Books in English===

* The African Diaspora in the Mediterranean Lands of Islam (Princeton Series on the Middle East) by Eve Troutt Powell (Editor), John O. Hunwick (Editor)
* Edward A. Alpers, ''The East African Slave Trade'' (Berkeley 1967)
* Robert C. Davis, ''Christian Slaves, Muslim Masters: White Slavery in the Mediterranean, the Barbary Coast, and Italy, 1500-1800'' (Palgrave Macmillan, 2003) ISBN 978-1403945518
* Allan G. B. Fisher, ''Slavery and Muslim Society in Africa'', ed. C. Hurst (London 1970, 2nd edition 2001)
* Murray Gordon, ''Slavery in the Arab world'' (New York 1989)
*[[Bernard Lewis]], '' Race and slavery in the Middle East'' (OUP 1990)
*[[Ibn Khaldun]], ''The Muqaddimah'' trans. F.Rosenthal ed. N.J.Dawood (Princeton 1967)]
* Paul E. Lovejoy, ''Transformations in Slavery: A History of Slavery in Africa '' (Cambridge 2000)
* Ronald Segal, ''Islam's Black Slaves'' (Atlantic Books, London 2002)

==Audio Material==
* Owen 'Alik Shahadah, ''African Holocaust'' [http://www.africawithin.com/clarke/part30f10.htm Audio Documentary]

===Books and articles in French===
* Serge Daget, ''De la traite à l'esclavage, du Ve au XVIIIe siècle, actes du Colloque international sur la traite des noirs'' (Nantes, Société française d'histoire d'Outre-Mer, 1985)
* Jacques Heers, ''Les Négriers en terre d'islam'' (Perrin, ''Pour l'histoire'' collection, Paris, 2003) (ISBN 2-262-01850-2)
* Murray Gordon, ''L'esclavage dans le monde arabe, du VIIe au XXe siècle'' (Robert Laffont, Paris, 1987)
* Bernard Lewis, ''Race et esclavage au Proche-Orient'', (Gallimard, ''Bibliothèque des histoires'' collection, Paris, 1993) (ISBN 2-07-072740-8)
* Olivier Petré-Grenouilleau, ''Les Traites oubliée des négrières'' (la Documentation française, Paris, 2003)
* Jean-Claude Deveau, ''Esclaves noirs en Méditerranée'' in ''Cahiers de la Méditerranée'', vol. 65, Sophia-Antipolis
* Olivier Petré-Grenouilleau, ''La traite oubliée des négriers musulmans'' in ''L'Histoire'', special number 280 S (October 2003), pages 48–55.

==External links==
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/empire_seapower/white_slaves_01.shtml BBC - History - British Slaves on the Barbary Coast]
* [http://www.britannica.com/blackhistory/article-24157 Welcome to Encyclopædia Britannica's Guide to Black History]

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'''Ben Shapiro''' (born 1984 in [[Burbank, California]]) is a syndicated [[American conservatism|conservative]] political columnist and author.

==Early life and college education==
He attended [[YULA]] high school in Los Angeles, but graduated early after skipping freshman year. Shapiro enrolled at the [[University of California, Los Angeles]] (UCLA) at the age of 16, majoring in [[political science]]. During his time at UCLA, Shapiro clashed with professors and students, whom he considered excessively [[liberalism|liberal]].{{Fact|date=July 2007}}

==Legal education and career==
Shapiro graduated from [[Harvard Law School]] in June 2007. As a second year law student, he had a summer clerkship with the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office.<ref>B. Shapiro, [http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/challenges.php?id=1083614 The Hispanic Gang Problem: Coming Soon to Your Community?], accessed June 21, 2007.</ref> He formerly practiced law at the Los Angeles office of [[Goodwin Procter]] LLP.<ref>B. Shapiro, http://www.benjaminshapiro.com/bio.html.</ref> He now does independent legal consulting for major media clients.

==Writing career==
Shapiro was hired at age 17 to become the youngest nationally syndicated columnist in the U.S.
He has written for the ''[[Orlando Sentinel]]'', the ''Conservative Chronicle'', and ''[[Townhall.com]]''. He has written a book on his experiences in college, titled ''Brainwashed: How Universities Indoctrinate America's Youth'' (ISBN 0-7852-6148-6), which was published in 2004. His next book, ''Porn Generation: How Social Liberalism Is Corrupting Our Future'' (ISBN 0-89526-016-6), was published by [[Regnery Publishing|Regnery]] in June 2005. His newest book, ''Project President: Bad Hair and Botox on the Road to the White House'' (ISBN 1-5955-5100-X), was published in 2008. He is also a staunch critic of [[judicial activism]], supporting judges whom he believes interpret the [[United States Constitution]] according to its [[originalism|original meaning]].

==Political ideology==
Shapiro has taken conservative stances on many social issues. He favors stronger military and law enforcement spending, as well as more restrictive laws against [[abortion]], [[pornography]] and "[[sedition|seditious]]" speech protesting U.S. war efforts. He has also spoken favorably of tighter [[immigration]] restrictions and expanded government [[wiretapping]] powers of suspected [[terrorist]]s. Shapiro is also strongly critical of the [[Liberalism|liberal]] beliefs of many of his fellow [[Jewish-Americans]]. Shapiro is also a very strong advocate for abstinence before marriage. Shapiro married in [[Acre, Israel]] in July 2008. [http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BenShapiro/2008/07/16/i_got_married_last_week]

==Personal life==
Ben Shapiro is an Orthodox Jew.<ref>http://www.wiretapmag.org/stories/22016/</ref>

==External links==

*[http://benjaminshapiro.com/ Shapiro's website]
* [http://www.outloudopinion.com Podcasts of Shapiro's recent articles]

==References==
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{{Jews and Judaism sidebar}}
The [[Jew]]ish people have had a long history in [[Africa]], dating to the [[Bible|Biblical]] era. As the [[African diaspora]] grew, because of the movement of Africans and their descendants throughout the world, [[African Jews]] were part of that diaspora. In addition, [[Judaism]] has spread through the African diaspora, largely through [[Conversion to Judaism|conversion]]. While many adhere to traditional Jewish movements, there are a number of Jewish organizations unique to the African diaspora.

==Definitions of Jews and Judaism==
===Mainstream Judaism===
{{main|Who is a Jew?}}
Judaism shares some of the characteristics of a [[nation]], an [[Ethnic group|ethnicity]], a [[religion]], and a [[culture]], making the definition of [[Who is a Jew?|who is a Jew]] vary slightly depending on whether a religious or national approach to identity is used. While there is much debate about the details, by most definitions, Jews include those who have a Jewish ethnic background and those without Jewish parents who have converted to Judaism.

===Other Jewish groups===
Some Jewish groups in the African diaspora with no connection to mainstream Judaism consider themselves the true descendants of the [[Israelites]] of the [[Torah]] and do not consider [[Semitic]] Jews to be true Jews.

==North America==
===Mainstream Judaism===
The [[American Jews|American Jewish community]] includes [[African-American]] Jews and other Jews of African descent. Black Jews belong to each of the major American [[Jewish denominations]] — [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox]], [[Conservative Judaism|Conservative]], [[Reform Judaism|Reform]] — and to the smaller movements as well. Like their white Jewish counterparts, there are also Black Jewish secularists and Black [[Who is a Jew?#"Ethnic Jew"|ethnic Jews]] who may rarely or never take part in religious practices.<ref>{{cite book |last=Wolfson |first=Bernard J. |editor1-last=Chireau |editor1-first=Yvonne |editor2-last=Deutsch |editor2-first=Nathaniel |editor2-link=Nathaniel Deutsch |title=Black Zion: African American Religious Encounters with Judaism |year=1999 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New York |isbn=0195112571 |chapter=African American Jews |pages=33–34 }}</ref>

Estimates of the number of Black Jews in the United States range from 20,000<ref>{{cite web |url=http://philanthropy.com/jobs/2003/05/15/20030515-359473.htm |title=A Fledgling Grant Maker Nurtures Young Jewish 'Social Entrepreneurs' |accessdate=February 8, 2009 |author=David Whelan |date=May 8, 2003 |publisher=''[[The Chronicle of Philanthropy]]'' }}</ref> to 200,000.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/8426/ |title=Organization for black Jews claims 200,000 in U.S. |accessdate=February 8, 2009 |author=Michael Gelbwasser |date=April 10, 1998 |work=[[j.]] }}</ref>

===Black Hebrews and Black Hebrew Israelites===
{{main|Black Hebrew Israelites}}

The term "Black Jews" is sometimes used to describe Black Hebrews, groups of people mostly of [[Black people|Black African]] ancestry situated mainly in the [[United States]] who believe they are descendants of the ancient [[Israelite]]s. Black Hebrews adhere in varying degrees to the religious beliefs and practices of mainstream [[Judaism]]. They are generally not accepted as [[Jew]]s by the greater Jewish community, and many Black Hebrews consider themselves — and not mainstream Jews — to be the only authentic Jews. Although cordial relationships exist between some of these groups and the mainstream Jewish community, they are generally not considered to be members of that community, since they have not formally converted nor do they have Jewish parents.<ref>{{cite book |last=Chireau |first=Yvonne |editor1-last=Chireau |editor1-first=Yvonne |editor2-last=Deutsch |editor2-first=Nathaniel |editor2-link=Nathaniel Deutsch |title=Black Zion: African American Religious Encounters with Judaism |year=1999 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New York |isbn=0195112571 |chapter=Black Culture and Black Zion |pages=21–24 }}</ref>

==France==
The total number of Jews of Black African descent in France is not known, but there are approximately 250 Black Jews in Paris.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://jta.org/news/article/2008/11/10/1000876/black-jew-calls-for-black-synagogue-in-france |title=Black Jew Calls for Black Synagogue in France |accessdate=August 9, 2009 |date=November 10, 2008 |publisher=[[Jewish Telegraphic Agency]] }}</ref>

==Israel==
The emergence of the [[Zionism|Zionist movement]] in the late 19th century led growing numbers of [[Europe]]an Jews to make ''[[aliyah]]'' (immigrate) to the [[Land of Israel]], the traditional homeland of the Jewish people. In the 20th century, the rise of [[Nazism]], the [[World War II|Second World War]], and the [[Holocaust]] accelerated the trend.

===Jews from Arab states in North Africa===
{{main|Jewish exodus from Arab lands}}
The creation of the modern State of [[Israel]] in 1948 and the subsequent [[Jewish exodus from Arab lands|expulsion and emigration]] of Jews from the neighboring [[Arab World|Arab states]] led to growing numbers of non-European Jews settling in Israel, among them Jews from [[North Africa]] — chiefly [[Egypt]], [[Tunisia]], and [[Libya]]. For these African Jews, emigration to Israel was the end of the [[Jewish diaspora]] and the beginning of the African diaspora.<ref name=Aharoni>{{cite web |url=http://www.hsje.org/forcedmigration.htm |title=The Forced Migration of Jews from Arab Countries and Peace |accessdate=August 8, 2009 |last=Aharoni |first=Ada |year=2002 |month=August |publisher=Historical Society of Jews from Egypt }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.meforum.org/article/263 |title=Why Jews Fled the Arab Countries |accessdate=August 8, 2009 |last=Meron |first=Ya'akov |year=1995 |month=September |work=[[Middle East Quarterly]] }}</ref>

Many North African Jews emigrated to Europe, utilizing citizenship granted in the colonial period. Thus some Libyan Jews immigrated to [[Italy]] while some [[Algeria]]n, Tunisian, and [[Morocco|Moroccan]] Jews immigrated to [[France]]. Subsequent events, such as the [[Algerian War|Algerian War for Independence]], the 1956 [[Suez Crisis]], and the [[Six-Day War]] in 1967, led to the almost complete emigration of the Jews still remaining in Egypt, Algeria, and Morocco. Today the only viable Jewish communities in North Africa are in the island of [[Djerba]] and in Morocco.<ref name=Aharoni/><ref>{{cite book |last=Borowiec |first=Andrew |title=Modern Tunisia: A Democratic Apprenticeship |year=1999 |publisher=Praeger |location=Westport, Conn. |isbn=0275961362 |page=117 }}</ref>

===Beta Israel===
[[Image:Falasha makstyle.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Ethiopian Israeli soldier in [[Nablus]], in 2006, by David Bicchetti]]
{{main|Aliyah from Ethiopia}}

Individual Ethiopian Jews had lived in the [[Land of Israel]] prior to the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948. A youth group arrived in Israel in the 1950s to undergo training in Hebrew education and returned to Ethiopia to educate young Jews there. Also, Ethiopian Jews had been trickling into Israel prior to the 1970s.{{fact|date=March 2009}}

During the 1970s, members of the [[Beta Israel]], a community of [[Ethiopia]]n Jews, began to immigrate to Israel after [[Ovadia Yosef]], the [[Sephardi Jews|Sephardi]] [[Chief Rabbinate of Israel|Chief Rabbi of Israel]], ruled that they were descendents of the Biblical Israelites and that they should be eligible for citizenship under Israel's [[Law of Return]]. As famine gripped Ethiopia during the 1980s, several thousand Ethiopian Jews were [[airlift]]ed to Israel in [[Operation Moses]], but political instability in Ethiopia and [[Sudan]] made further immigration impossible. In 1991, when circumstances changed, more than 14,000 Ethiopian Jews were flown to Israel in [[Operation Solomon]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.israel21c.org/bin/en.jsp?enDispWho=Articles^l25&enPage=BlankPage&enDisplay=view&enDispWhat=object&enVersion=0&enZone=Democracy& |title=Ethiopians finding identities in Israel |accessdate=August 8, 2008 |last=Brandt |first=Joshua |date=December 31, 2001 |work=Israel 21C }}</ref>

[[Cultural assimilation|Absorption]] of the Ethiopian Jews into Israeli society has been difficult. The Ethiopian Jewish community's internal challenges have been complicated by limited but real racist attitudes on the part of some elements of Israeli society and the official establishment.<ref name="Bookinfo">{{cite book |last1=Nash |first1=Onolemhemhen Durrenda |last2=Gessesse |first2=Kebede |title=The Black Jews of Ethiopia: The Last Exodus |year=1998 |origyear= |publisher=Scarecrow Press |location= |isbn=0-8108-3414-6 |page=40 }}</ref> Despite these rare attitudes of racism expressed by some individuals living in Israel, reports of social discrimination are very rare in a country, especially when one considers that the country of Israel has little history of inter-racial relations.<ref name="adl">http://www.adl.org/presrele/IslME_62/2659_62.asp</ref> Polls of the public opinion in Israel have in fact showed that the Ethiopian Jews are very highly respected the overwhelming majority of the population of Israel.<ref name="adl"/> The Ethiopian Jews have also received more aid from the Israeli government than any other past immigrant group.<ref name="adl"/> One study attributed some of the problems to the model of absorption chosen by the Israeli government. To prepare for the absorption the Ethiopian Jews, Israel adopted two "Master Plans", the first in 1985 and the second in 1991. Like earlier absoption policies, both Master Plans were based on the assumption that the new immigrants were broadly similar to Israel's existing majority population.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tau.ac.il/~tobiws/ethiopian.pdf |title=Ethnicity, Citizenship, Planning and Gender: the case of Ethiopian immigrant women in Israel |accessdate=March 25, 2009 |last=Fenter |first=Tovi |year=1998 |work=Gender, Place and Culture |pages=pp. 181–182 |format=PDF }}</ref>

The Israeli Chief Rabbinate required the new arrivals to undergo certain conversion procedures, which many of the Ethiopian Jews considered an insult.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.adl.org/presrele/IslME_62/2659_62.asp |title=Ethiopian Controversy in Israel: It's Not Racism |accessdate=August 8, 2008 |last=Wall |first=Harry |publisher=[[Anti-Defamation League]] }}</ref> In 1996, the [[Magen David Adom]] destroyed all [[blood]] that had been [[Blood donation|donated]] by Ethiopian Jews due to fear it might be contaminated with [[HIV]] or [[AIDS]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/817427.html |title=Blood Banks to Accept Donations from Ethiopian Immigrants |accessdate=August 8, 2008 |last=Sanabatu |first=Ayanawo Farada |date=January 25, 2007 |work=[[Haaretz]] }}</ref>

[[Image:Rav Getz Synagogue 3 by David Shankbone.jpg|thumb|left|Many Ethiopian Jews are employed in the service sector; here, two janitors clean the [[Warren's Gate|synagogue]] in the [[Western Wall tunnel]].]]
According to a 1999 report commissioned by Israel's Ministry of Immigrant Absorption, 75% of the Ethiopian Jews living in Israel could not read or write [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]]. Nearly 50% could not converse in Hebrew. Because the Ethiopian immigrants came from a [[subsistence economy]], they were not prepared to work in an industrialized society such as Israel's.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/524662.stm |title=World: Ethiopian Jews struggle in Israel |accessdate=March 25, 2009 |date=November 17, 1999 |publisher=[[BBC Online]] }}</ref> An earlier study by the Brookdate Institute of Gerontology and Adult Development found that 66% of the Ethiopian women and 85% of the Ethiopian men in the city of [[Kiryat Gat]] could speak Hebrew.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tau.ac.il/~tobiws/ethiopian.pdf |title=Ethnicity, Citizenship, Planning and Gender: the case of Ethiopian immigrant women in Israel |accessdate=April 3, 2009 |last=Fenter |first=Tovi |year=1998 |work=Gender, Place and Culture |page=p. 185 |format=PDF }}</ref>

In 2008, the [[unemployment]] rate among Ethiopian Jews in Israel was 18%, nearly three times that of the general Israeli population.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/952825.html |title=Gov't Okays Program to Help Ethiopian Immigrants Integrate Better |accessdate=August 8, 2009 |last=Sinai |first=Ruth |date=February 10, 2008 |work=[[Haaretz]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/988048.html |title=Unemployment Rate Hits 13-Year Low in 2008 First Fiscal Quarter |accessdate=August 8, 2008 |last=Salomon |first=Ido |date=May 28, 2008 |work=[[Haaretz]] }}</ref> A 2005 study found that the [[Poverty threshold|poverty rate]] among Ethiopian Jewish families was 60%, compared with 20% among all Israeli families.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article8518 |title=Ethiopian Jews Battle Poverty, Prejudice in Israel |accessdate=August 8, 2008 |last=Fisher-Ilan |first=Allyn |date=March 14, 2005 |work=[[Sudan Tribune]] }}</ref>

====Ethiopian Heritage Museum: Rehovot, Israel====
{{main|Ethiopian Heritage Museum}}
A museum dedicated to the heritage and culture of the Ethiopian Jewish community is planned for [[Rehovot]]. Rehovot was chosen as the site of the museum because numerous Ethiopian Jews live in Rehovot and nearby towns.

The museum is expected to include a model of an Ethiopian village, an artificial stream, a garden, classrooms, an amphitheater, and a memorial to Ethiopian Zionist activists and Ethiopian Jews who died ''en route'' to Israel.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=599229 |title=Museum on history of Ethiopian Jewry to be built in Rehovot |accessdate=March 25, 2009 |last=Sanbetu |first=Ayanawu Farada |date=July 13,2005 |work=[[Haaretz]] }}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of Jews in the African diaspora]]
*[[Alliance of Black Jews]]
*[[Groups claiming an affiliation with the ancient Israelites]]
*[[Jewish diaspora]]
*[[Jewish ethnic divisions]]

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite book |editor1-last=Chireau |editor1-first=Yvonne |editor2-last=Deutsch |editor2-first=Nathaniel |editor2-link=Nathaniel Deutsch |title=Black Zion: African American Religious Encounters with Judaism |year=1999 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New York |isbn=0195112571 }}
*{{cite book |last=Kaye/Kantrowitz |first=Melanie |authorlink=Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz |title=The Colors of Jews: Racial Politics and Radical Diasporism |year=2007 |publisher=Indiana University Press |location=Bloomington |isbn=0253349028 }}
*{{cite book |last1=Khanga |first1=Yelena |authorlink1=Yelena Khanga |last2=Jacoby |first2=Susan |authorlink2=Susan Jacoby |title=Soul to Soul: A Black Russian Jewish Woman's Search for Her Roots |year=1994 |publisher=W. W. Norton & Company |location=New York |isbn=0393311554 }}
*{{cite book |last=Lester |first=Julius |authorlink=Julius Lester |title=Lovesong: Becoming a Jew |origyear=1988 |year=1995 |publisher=Arcade Publishing |location=New York |isbn=1559703164 }}
*{{cite book |last1=Tobin |first1=Diane |last2=Tobin |first2=Gary A. |last3=Rubin |first3=Scott |title=In Every Tongue: The Racial and Ethnic Diversity of the Jewish People |year=2005 |publisher=Institute for Jewish & Community Research |location=San Francisco |isbn=1893671011 }}
*{{cite book |last=Walker |first=Rebecca |authorlink=Rebecca Walker |title=Black, White & Jewish: Autobiography of a Shifting Self |year=2000 |publisher=Riverhead Books |location=New York |isbn=1573221694 }}

==External links==
===News and articles===
*{{cite web |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZEDr8Hl6-Q |title=Beth Shalom B'nai Zaken Ethiopian Hebrew Congregation |accessdate=August 8, 2008 |date=March 29, 2007 |format=Video |work=[[Chicago Tonight]] |publisher=[[WTTW]] }}
*{{cite web |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,771958,00.html |title=Black Jews |accessdate=August 8, 2008 |date=September 27, 1937 |work=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] }}
*{{cite web |url=http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/nrms/blackjews.html |title=Black Jews |accessdate=August 8, 2008 |author=Kay Holzinger |year=1998 |work=The Encyclopedia of Cults, Sects, and New Religions |publisher=Religious Movements Homepage Project at the [[University of Virginia]] |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20060408152951/religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/nrms/blackjews.html |archivedate=April 8, 2006 }}
*{{cite web |url=http://www.ajc.com/living/content/living/stories/2008/06/18/black_jewish_faith.html |title=Judaism Drawing More Black Americans |accessdate=March 20, 2009 |author=Rachel Pomerance |date=June 18, 2008 |work=[[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]] }}
*{{cite web |url=http://www.aish.com/jewishissues/jewishsociety/Minority_within_a_Minority.asp |title=Minority Within a Minority |accessdate=August 8, 2008 |author=Ita Yankovich |date=January 13, 2008 |publisher=[[Aish HaTorah]] }}

===Other sites of interest===
*{{cite web |url=http://www.riseisrael.com |title=12 Tribes of Israel }}, a site "teaching all those whose forefathers are of so-called Negro, Native American Indian, and Hispanic descent ... their true Biblical heritage as the children of Israel".
*{{cite web |url=http://www.authenticjews.com |title=Authentic Jews }}, a site that asserts that the vast majority of authentic Jews "were and are Black" and that "99% of all so-called Black Americans are Jews".
*{{cite web |url=http://www.blackandjewish.com/bajpages/bajindex.html |title=Black & Jewish, A Community for Jews of Color }}, a site for "Black American Jews and their friends to communicate".
*{{cite web |url=http://www.angelfire.com/ca/dorseydon/index.html |title=Black and Jewish Web Page }}, a site for people "interested in learning about the diversity which exists within Judaism".
*{{cite web |url=http://www.blackjews.org |title=BlackJews.org, a Project of the International Israelite Board of Rabbis }}, a site maintained by the [[Commandment Keepers]].
*{{cite web |url=http://www.temple.edu/isrst/Affiliates/CAJS.asp |title=Center for Afro-Jewish Studies }} at [[Temple University]], a "research and learning institution dedicated to scholarship on Afro-Jewish peoples and developing awareness of the historical, political, religious, and philosophical issues that arise from the convergence of the African and Jewish diasporas".

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{{Expand|article|date=January 2008}}
{{Jews and Judaism sidebar}}
The [[Jew]]ish people have had a long history in [[Africa]], dating to the [[Bible|Biblical]] era. As the [[African diaspora]] grew, because of the movement of Africans and their descendants throughout the world, [[African Jews]] were part of that diaspora. In addition, [[Judaism]] has spread through the African diaspora, largely through [[Conversion to Judaism|conversion]]. While many adhere to traditional Jewish movements, there are a number of Jewish organizations unique to the African diaspora.

==Definitions of Jews and Judaism==
===Mainstream Judaism===
{{main|Who is a Jew?}}
Judaism shares some of the characteristics of a [[nation]], an [[Ethnic group|ethnicity]], a [[religion]], and a [[culture]], making the definition of [[Who is a Jew?|who is a Jew]] vary slightly depending on whether a religious or national approach to identity is used. While there is much debate about the details, by most definitions, Jews include those who have a Jewish ethnic background and those without Jewish parents who have converted to Judaism.

===Other Jewish groups===
Some Jewish groups in the African diaspora with no connection to mainstream Judaism consider themselves the true descendants of the [[Israelites]] of the [[Torah]] and do not consider [[Semitic]] Jews to be true Jews.

==North America==
===Mainstream Judaism===
The [[American Jews|American Jewish community]] includes [[African-American]] Jews and other Jews of African descent. Black Jews belong to each of the major American [[Jewish denominations]] — [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox]], [[Conservative Judaism|Conservative]], [[Reform Judaism|Reform]] — and to the smaller movements as well. Like their white Jewish counterparts, there are also Black Jewish secularists and Black [[Who is a Jew?#"Ethnic Jew"|ethnic Jews]] who may rarely or never take part in religious practices.<ref>{{cite book |last=Wolfson |first=Bernard J. |editor1-last=Chireau |editor1-first=Yvonne |editor2-last=Deutsch |editor2-first=Nathaniel |editor2-link=Nathaniel Deutsch |title=Black Zion: African American Religious Encounters with Judaism |year=1999 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New York |isbn=0195112571 |chapter=African American Jews |pages=33–34 }}</ref>

Estimates of the number of Black Jews in the United States range from 20,000<ref>{{cite web |url=http://philanthropy.com/jobs/2003/05/15/20030515-359473.htm |title=A Fledgling Grant Maker Nurtures Young Jewish 'Social Entrepreneurs' |accessdate=February 8, 2009 |author=David Whelan |date=May 8, 2003 |publisher=''[[The Chronicle of Philanthropy]]'' }}</ref> to 200,000.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/8426/ |title=Organization for black Jews claims 200,000 in U.S. |accessdate=February 8, 2009 |author=Michael Gelbwasser |date=April 10, 1998 |work=[[j.]] }}</ref>

===Black Hebrews and Black Hebrew Israelites===
{{main|Black Hebrew Israelites}}

The term "Black Jews" is sometimes used to describe Black Hebrews, groups of people mostly of [[Black people|Black African]] ancestry situated mainly in the [[United States]] who believe they are descendants of the ancient [[Israelite]]s. Black Hebrews adhere in varying degrees to the religious beliefs and practices of mainstream [[Judaism]]. They are generally not accepted as [[Jew]]s by the greater Jewish community, and many Black Hebrews consider themselves — and not mainstream Jews — to be the only authentic Jews. Although cordial relationships exist between some of these groups and the mainstream Jewish community, they are generally not considered to be members of that community, since they have not formally converted nor do they have Jewish parents.<ref>{{cite book |last=Chireau |first=Yvonne |editor1-last=Chireau |editor1-first=Yvonne |editor2-last=Deutsch |editor2-first=Nathaniel |editor2-link=Nathaniel Deutsch |title=Black Zion: African American Religious Encounters with Judaism |year=1999 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New York |isbn=0195112571 |chapter=Black Culture and Black Zion |pages=21–24 }}</ref>

==France==
The total number of Jews of Black African descent in France is not known, but there are approximately 250 Black Jews in Paris.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://jta.org/news/article/2008/11/10/1000876/black-jew-calls-for-black-synagogue-in-france |title=Black Jew Calls for Black Synagogue in France |accessdate=August 9, 2009 |date=November 10, 2008 |publisher=[[Jewish Telegraphic Agency]] }}</ref>

==Israel==
The emergence of the [[Zionism|Zionist movement]] in the late 19th century led growing numbers of [[Europe]]an Jews to make ''[[aliyah]]'' (immigrate) to the [[Land of Israel]], the traditional homeland of the Jewish people. In the 20th century, the rise of [[Nazism]], the [[World War II|Second World War]], and the [[Holocaust]] accelerated the trend.

===Jews from Arab states in North Africa===
{{main|Jewish exodus from Arab lands}}
The creation of the modern State of [[Israel]] in 1948 and the subsequent [[Jewish exodus from Arab lands|expulsion and emigration]] of Jews from the neighboring [[Arab World|Arab states]] led to growing numbers of non-European Jews settling in Israel, among them Jews from [[North Africa]] — chiefly [[Egypt]], [[Tunisia]], and [[Libya]]. For these African Jews, emigration to Israel was the end of the [[Jewish diaspora]] and the beginning of the African diaspora.<ref name=Aharoni>{{cite web |url=http://www.hsje.org/forcedmigration.htm |title=The Forced Migration of Jews from Arab Countries and Peace |accessdate=August 8, 2009 |last=Aharoni |first=Ada |year=2002 |month=August |publisher=Historical Society of Jews from Egypt }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.meforum.org/article/263 |title=Why Jews Fled the Arab Countries |accessdate=August 8, 2009 |last=Meron |first=Ya'akov |year=1995 |month=September |work=[[Middle East Quarterly]] }}</ref>

Many North African Jews emigrated to Europe, utilizing citizenship granted in the colonial period. Thus some Libyan Jews immigrated to [[Italy]] while some [[Algeria]]n, Tunisian, and [[Morocco|Moroccan]] Jews immigrated to [[France]]. Subsequent events, such as the [[Algerian War|Algerian War for Independence]], the 1956 [[Suez Crisis]], and the [[Six-Day War]] in 1967, led to the almost complete emigration of the Jews still remaining in Egypt, Algeria, and Morocco. Today the only viable Jewish communities in North Africa are in the island of [[Djerba]] and in Morocco.<ref name=Aharoni/><ref>{{cite book |last=Borowiec |first=Andrew |title=Modern Tunisia: A Democratic Apprenticeship |year=1999 |publisher=Praeger |location=Westport, Conn. |isbn=0275961362 |page=117 }}</ref>

===Beta Israel===
[[Image:Falasha makstyle.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Ethiopian Israeli soldier in [[Nablus]], in 2006, by David Bicchetti]]
{{main|Aliyah from Ethiopia}}

Individual Ethiopian Jews had lived in the [[Land of Israel]] prior to the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948. A youth group arrived in Israel in the 1950s to undergo training in Hebrew education and returned to Ethiopia to educate young Jews there. Also, Ethiopian Jews had been trickling into Israel prior to the 1970s.{{fact|date=March 2009}}

During the 1970s, members of the [[Beta Israel]], a community of [[Ethiopia]]n Jews, began to immigrate to Israel after [[Ovadia Yosef]], the [[Sephardi Jews|Sephardi]] [[Chief Rabbinate of Israel|Chief Rabbi of Israel]], ruled that they were descendents of the Biblical Israelites and that they should be eligible for citizenship under Israel's [[Law of Return]]. As famine gripped Ethiopia during the 1980s, several thousand Ethiopian Jews were [[airlift]]ed to Israel in [[Operation Moses]], but political instability in Ethiopia and [[Sudan]] made further immigration impossible. In 1991, when circumstances changed, more than 14,000 Ethiopian Jews were flown to Israel in [[Operation Solomon]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.israel21c.org/bin/en.jsp?enDispWho=Articles^l25&enPage=BlankPage&enDisplay=view&enDispWhat=object&enVersion=0&enZone=Democracy& |title=Ethiopians finding identities in Israel |accessdate=August 8, 2008 |last=Brandt |first=Joshua |date=December 31, 2001 |work=Israel 21C }}</ref>

[[Cultural assimilation|Absorption]] of the Ethiopian Jews into Israeli society has been difficult. The Ethiopian Jewish community's internal challenges have been complicated by limited but real racist attitudes on the part of some elements of Israeli society and the official establishment.<ref name="Bookinfo">{{cite book |last1=Nash |first1=Onolemhemhen Durrenda |last2=Gessesse |first2=Kebede |title=The Black Jews of Ethiopia: The Last Exodus |year=1998 |origyear= |publisher=Scarecrow Press |location= |isbn=0-8108-3414-6 |page=40 }}</ref> Despite these rare attitudes of racism expressed by some individuals living in Israel, reports of social discrimination are very rare in a country, especially when one considers that the country of Israel has little history of inter-racial relations.<ref name="adl">http://www.adl.org/presrele/IslME_62/2659_62.asp</ref>
The Ethiopian Jews have also received more aid from the Israeli government than any other past immigrant group.<ref name="adl"/> One study attributed some of the problems to the model of absorption chosen by the Israeli government. To prepare for the absorption the Ethiopian Jews, Israel adopted two "Master Plans", the first in 1985 and the second in 1991. Like earlier absoption policies, both Master Plans were based on the assumption that the new immigrants were broadly similar to Israel's existing majority population.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tau.ac.il/~tobiws/ethiopian.pdf |title=Ethnicity, Citizenship, Planning and Gender: the case of Ethiopian immigrant women in Israel |accessdate=March 25, 2009 |last=Fenter |first=Tovi |year=1998 |work=Gender, Place and Culture |pages=pp. 181–182 |format=PDF }}</ref>

The Israeli Chief Rabbinate required the new arrivals to undergo certain conversion procedures, which many of the Ethiopian Jews considered an insult.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.adl.org/presrele/IslME_62/2659_62.asp |title=Ethiopian Controversy in Israel: It's Not Racism |accessdate=August 8, 2008 |last=Wall |first=Harry |publisher=[[Anti-Defamation League]] }}</ref> In 1996, the [[Magen David Adom]] destroyed all [[blood]] that had been [[Blood donation|donated]] by Ethiopian Jews due to fear it might be contaminated with [[HIV]] or [[AIDS]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/817427.html |title=Blood Banks to Accept Donations from Ethiopian Immigrants |accessdate=August 8, 2008 |last=Sanabatu |first=Ayanawo Farada |date=January 25, 2007 |work=[[Haaretz]] }}</ref>

[[Image:Rav Getz Synagogue 3 by David Shankbone.jpg|thumb|left|Many Ethiopian Jews are employed in the service sector; here, two janitors clean the [[Warren's Gate|synagogue]] in the [[Western Wall tunnel]].]]
According to a 1999 report commissioned by Israel's Ministry of Immigrant Absorption, 75% of the Ethiopian Jews living in Israel could not read or write [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]]. Nearly 50% could not converse in Hebrew. Because the Ethiopian immigrants came from a [[subsistence economy]], they were not prepared to work in an industrialized society such as Israel's.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/524662.stm |title=World: Ethiopian Jews struggle in Israel |accessdate=March 25, 2009 |date=November 17, 1999 |publisher=[[BBC Online]] }}</ref> An earlier study by the Brookdate Institute of Gerontology and Adult Development found that 66% of the Ethiopian women and 85% of the Ethiopian men in the city of [[Kiryat Gat]] could speak Hebrew.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tau.ac.il/~tobiws/ethiopian.pdf |title=Ethnicity, Citizenship, Planning and Gender: the case of Ethiopian immigrant women in Israel |accessdate=April 3, 2009 |last=Fenter |first=Tovi |year=1998 |work=Gender, Place and Culture |page=p. 185 |format=PDF }}</ref>

In 2008, the [[unemployment]] rate among Ethiopian Jews in Israel was 18%, nearly three times that of the general Israeli population.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/952825.html |title=Gov't Okays Program to Help Ethiopian Immigrants Integrate Better |accessdate=August 8, 2009 |last=Sinai |first=Ruth |date=February 10, 2008 |work=[[Haaretz]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/988048.html |title=Unemployment Rate Hits 13-Year Low in 2008 First Fiscal Quarter |accessdate=August 8, 2008 |last=Salomon |first=Ido |date=May 28, 2008 |work=[[Haaretz]] }}</ref> A 2005 study found that the [[Poverty threshold|poverty rate]] among Ethiopian Jewish families was 60%, compared with 20% among all Israeli families.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article8518 |title=Ethiopian Jews Battle Poverty, Prejudice in Israel |accessdate=August 8, 2008 |last=Fisher-Ilan |first=Allyn |date=March 14, 2005 |work=[[Sudan Tribune]] }}</ref>

====Ethiopian Heritage Museum: Rehovot, Israel====
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A museum dedicated to the heritage and culture of the Ethiopian Jewish community is planned for [[Rehovot]]. Rehovot was chosen as the site of the museum because numerous Ethiopian Jews live in Rehovot and nearby towns.

The museum is expected to include a model of an Ethiopian village, an artificial stream, a garden, classrooms, an amphitheater, and a memorial to Ethiopian Zionist activists and Ethiopian Jews who died ''en route'' to Israel.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=599229 |title=Museum on history of Ethiopian Jewry to be built in Rehovot |accessdate=March 25, 2009 |last=Sanbetu |first=Ayanawu Farada |date=July 13,2005 |work=[[Haaretz]] }}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of Jews in the African diaspora]]
*[[Alliance of Black Jews]]
*[[Groups claiming an affiliation with the ancient Israelites]]
*[[Jewish diaspora]]
*[[Jewish ethnic divisions]]

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite book |editor1-last=Chireau |editor1-first=Yvonne |editor2-last=Deutsch |editor2-first=Nathaniel |editor2-link=Nathaniel Deutsch |title=Black Zion: African American Religious Encounters with Judaism |year=1999 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New York |isbn=0195112571 }}
*{{cite book |last=Kaye/Kantrowitz |first=Melanie |authorlink=Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz |title=The Colors of Jews: Racial Politics and Radical Diasporism |year=2007 |publisher=Indiana University Press |location=Bloomington |isbn=0253349028 }}
*{{cite book |last1=Khanga |first1=Yelena |authorlink1=Yelena Khanga |last2=Jacoby |first2=Susan |authorlink2=Susan Jacoby |title=Soul to Soul: A Black Russian Jewish Woman's Search for Her Roots |year=1994 |publisher=W. W. Norton & Company |location=New York |isbn=0393311554 }}
*{{cite book |last=Lester |first=Julius |authorlink=Julius Lester |title=Lovesong: Becoming a Jew |origyear=1988 |year=1995 |publisher=Arcade Publishing |location=New York |isbn=1559703164 }}
*{{cite book |last1=Tobin |first1=Diane |last2=Tobin |first2=Gary A. |last3=Rubin |first3=Scott |title=In Every Tongue: The Racial and Ethnic Diversity of the Jewish People |year=2005 |publisher=Institute for Jewish & Community Research |location=San Francisco |isbn=1893671011 }}
*{{cite book |last=Walker |first=Rebecca |authorlink=Rebecca Walker |title=Black, White & Jewish: Autobiography of a Shifting Self |year=2000 |publisher=Riverhead Books |location=New York |isbn=1573221694 }}

==External links==
===News and articles===
*{{cite web |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZEDr8Hl6-Q |title=Beth Shalom B'nai Zaken Ethiopian Hebrew Congregation |accessdate=August 8, 2008 |date=March 29, 2007 |format=Video |work=[[Chicago Tonight]] |publisher=[[WTTW]] }}
*{{cite web |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,771958,00.html |title=Black Jews |accessdate=August 8, 2008 |date=September 27, 1937 |work=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] }}
*{{cite web |url=http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/nrms/blackjews.html |title=Black Jews |accessdate=August 8, 2008 |author=Kay Holzinger |year=1998 |work=The Encyclopedia of Cults, Sects, and New Religions |publisher=Religious Movements Homepage Project at the [[University of Virginia]] |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20060408152951/religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/nrms/blackjews.html |archivedate=April 8, 2006 }}
*{{cite web |url=http://www.ajc.com/living/content/living/stories/2008/06/18/black_jewish_faith.html |title=Judaism Drawing More Black Americans |accessdate=March 20, 2009 |author=Rachel Pomerance |date=June 18, 2008 |work=[[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]] }}
*{{cite web |url=http://www.aish.com/jewishissues/jewishsociety/Minority_within_a_Minority.asp |title=Minority Within a Minority |accessdate=August 8, 2008 |author=Ita Yankovich |date=January 13, 2008 |publisher=[[Aish HaTorah]] }}

===Other sites of interest===
*{{cite web |url=http://www.riseisrael.com |title=12 Tribes of Israel }}, a site "teaching all those whose forefathers are of so-called Negro, Native American Indian, and Hispanic descent ... their true Biblical heritage as the children of Israel".
*{{cite web |url=http://www.authenticjews.com |title=Authentic Jews }}, a site that asserts that the vast majority of authentic Jews "were and are Black" and that "99% of all so-called Black Americans are Jews".
*{{cite web |url=http://www.blackandjewish.com/bajpages/bajindex.html |title=Black & Jewish, A Community for Jews of Color }}, a site for "Black American Jews and their friends to communicate".
*{{cite web |url=http://www.angelfire.com/ca/dorseydon/index.html |title=Black and Jewish Web Page }}, a site for people "interested in learning about the diversity which exists within Judaism".
*{{cite web |url=http://www.blackjews.org |title=BlackJews.org, a Project of the International Israelite Board of Rabbis }}, a site maintained by the [[Commandment Keepers]].
*{{cite web |url=http://www.temple.edu/isrst/Affiliates/CAJS.asp |title=Center for Afro-Jewish Studies }} at [[Temple University]], a "research and learning institution dedicated to scholarship on Afro-Jewish peoples and developing awareness of the historical, political, religious, and philosophical issues that arise from the convergence of the African and Jewish diasporas".

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