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

The article was not promoted by SandyGeorgia 17:30, 17 October 2009 [1].

Well Dunn[edit]

Nominator(s): GaryColemanFan (talk) 07:09, 26 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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I am nominating this for featured article because I believe that it meets all criteria for a Featured Article. It recently passed a GA review, and I believe that its comprehensiveness and verifiability make it an excellent FA candidate. A few notes about the sources:

  1. Because of the lack of published sources about match results on mid-1990s wrestling television shows, I have used "cite episode" references for several details. I got the results from Graham Cawthon's The History of WWE website and checked videos of each of the broadcasts to ensure the accuracy of the information. I do, in fact, have all of these events on tape and I have dug through the boxes in my basement to verify the information.
  2. Speaking of Graham Cawthon's website, it has not previously been accepted as a reliable source. I believe that its (relatively sparing) use in this article should be considered acceptable because (1) as stated above, the information on the website is consistently accurate, (2) the website's feedback, as seen here shows that it has received positive reviews from many industry experts, including wrestlers and wrestling journalists (book, magazine, and website); several of these authors, whose work is considered a reliable source due to the publications for which they write, refer to The History of WWE as a valuable resource, and (3) Graham Cawthon's status as an industry expert is supported by his position as a writer for the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, which is considered a reliable source.
  3. I have also used Online World of Wrestling for three minor facts. I believe that the nature of these facts, one of which is a wrestler's height and is not likely to be disputed, and the the other two of which are simply used to bridge a short gap in the article and are also not likely to be challenged, should not be seen as a hindrance to Featured Article status because they (as uncontroversial facts) are essentially superfluous and are included only for ease of reading. GaryColemanFan (talk) 07:09, 26 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment. Alt text done; thanks. Images need alt text as per WP:ALT. Eubulides (talk) 07:16, 26 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Good call. I have added it, although it is the first time I have added alternative text to an image, so it may need some fine-tuning. GaryColemanFan (talk) 15:26, 26 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thanks, it looks good. For next time, it doesn't have to be quite that long (to save you some work); please see WP:ALT#Brevity. Eubulides (talk) 19:44, 26 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Otherwise, sources look okay, links checked out with the link checker tool. Ealdgyth - Talk 19:05, 28 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I'll leave these others out for other reviewers to decide for themselves. Ealdgyth - Talk 12:09, 5 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comments – Since little seems to be happening here, I thought I would stop by to offer a couple of prose comments. As it turns out, that's how many you're getting:

  • Early years: "After a rematch on September 9, the title was held up". What does "held up" mean?
  • WWF (1994): Picky, but I'm pretty sure "newly-formed" shouldn't have the hyphen in the middle.
    • I checked with the Chicago Manual of Style, and you're correct. Because one of the words is an adverb ending in "ly", it can't be hyphenated. GaryColemanFan (talk) 17:24, 3 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

While I'm here, I remember the previous batch of wrestling articles at FAC had features like real-life names of wrestlers and explanations of jargon elements. I see some jargon explanations, but only the ring names of non-Well Done wrestlers are included. Did the project change their consensus on that recently? Giants2008 (17–14) 00:26, 3 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, the project changed consensus about the need for real names (see Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Archive 71#Another pay-per-view related thread and Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Archive 71#Real names). I have tried to explain several terms when it could be done without disrupting the prose and left others wikilinked, as is common in other recently promoted Featured Articles. GaryColemanFan (talk) 21:23, 4 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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