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The result was: withdrawn by nominator, closed by RoySmith (talk) 14:12, 3 January 2023 (UTC)

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Retribution (professional wrestling)

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Improved to Good Article status by Lee Vilenski (talk). Nominated by Onegreatjoke (talk) at 23:17, 1 November 2022 (UTC).

  • No problems with this Good Article. Hook fact is directly referenced (I prefer ALT1). Looks set for the Main Page! Cheers, Kingoflettuce (talk) 10:50, 4 November 2022 (UTC)
    • @Onegreatjoke and Kingoflettuce: Okay, so, would either of you like to tell me why this small-time wrestling blog – in which the owner/"editor" seems to enjoy getting into public pissing contests with commenters – is considered reliable enough that we're just gonna reprint their claim that a wrestling group is like a highly controversial American movement that's not even an organization? On the main page? Like, I'm not the most well-versed in the reliability of various wrestling-based sources, but this one seems closer to the bottom of the barrel. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 10:50, 13 November 2022 (UTC)
      • I first discovered professional wrestling when I was 12 or so. I was crushed to discover it wasn't real. Mil Máscaras was one of the stars at the time. I'm not sure WP:RS has much meaning in the context professional wrestling, but I'm with leeky on this; this needs a better source. -- RoySmith (talk) 00:05, 14 November 2022 (UTC)
@Theleekycauldron: How about "... that Retribution was mocked on their debut?" Onegreatjoke (talk) 23:41, 21 November 2022 (UTC)
I shudder to go negative, given WP:DYK#gen4a, but if they are truly universally panned (and it's comparable to a comedy troupe, honestly), why not go all the way: theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 04:22, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
  • ALT2: ... that Retribution received an award for what WrestleCrap perceived as 2020's worst wrestling event?
  • ALT3: ... that Retribution was widely panned by critics and fans for everything about the group, except the performers?
I'd either try to find some better sourcing or remove it. Though, @Lee Vilenski: could help out here. Onegreatjoke (talk) 19:53, 2 December 2022 (UTC)
The site is listed at Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Sources... Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 19:58, 2 December 2022 (UTC)
Somewhat to my surprise, when I looked up the review I found a serious review, covering all of the points that we require for a WP:RS. So, I'll restore the tick for ALT0 and ALT1. ALT2 and ALT3 need sources, so those are not (yet) approved. -- RoySmith (talk) 14:29, 4 December 2022 (UTC)
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