Talk:Carlito (wrestler)/Archive 1

Image Issues
The image of Carlito should not be there since it is copywritten. No copywritten work!


 * That is why when you click the picture, it says Copyrighted. Therefore, you are allowed.CMC 06:09, Dec 14, 2004 (UTC)


 * No, that's not how copyright works.   &mdash; Gwalla | Talk 06:53, 15 May 2005 (UTC)

Debut
Johnny Nitro didn't win the WWE Tag Team Title upon his debut; he'd been one of Bischoff's lackeys for a few months prior to his disappearance and return, and he also wrestled a couple matches on RAW. Therefore he shouldn't be on the list, I would think. ekedolphin 08:07, 29 November 2005 (UTC)


 * While true I don't believe WWE is recognizing that he was Bischoff's lackey. That's how WWE works. They'll just assume we'll forget.


 * Johhny Nitro won the tag title on his 2nd week on SmackDown. Does that count as a debut?--web_kai2000 12:25, 13 January 2006 (UTC)


 * He was not in a match before then so yes it would count as his in ring debut... if it was his first match but he had been Bischoff's lackey prior to that


 * Why the hell are we talking about Johnny Nitro? This is Carlito's talk page, not Johnny Nitro.--Ed-kipedia

Finishing Move
I'm not sure how many people read the discussion page, but I think it would be best to debate Carlito's finishing move and its name here rather than endless alterations to the article.

I believe Carlito's finisher is currently an unnamed Rolling Cutter. WWE.com claims his finisher is a Modified Swinging Neck Breaker, but I believe they had this listed back when Carlito debuted as Carlito Caribbean Cool and used this move.

It would be illogical for "Modified Swinging Neck Breaker" to describe his recent finisher as it is a cutter, not a neck breaker. Moreover, it makes perfect sense for "Modified Swinging Neck Breaker" to refer to his older move, the Overdrive, as that is a neck breaker.

So, in summary: 1) "Modified Swinging Neck Breaker" was a description used when Carlito used a different move. 2) Carlito's older move is a neck breaker, just like the "Modified Swinging Neck Breaker". 3) Carlito's current move is a cutter, not a neck breaker. ~WikiFew


 * No, back when he was using the Overdrive (He called it the Cool-Breaker) as a finisher, his WWE.com profile listed his finishing move as, indeed, the Cool-Breaker. It was changed to what it is now when he started using the Rolling Cutter. 82.80.43.104 18:17, 6 February 2006 (UTC)


 * on a side note a "Cutter" is indeed a neckbreaker (an inverted neckbreaker in fact) --- Paulley 14:03, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

The modified swinging neckbreaker is the rolling cutter because the modified part referse to the fact it is reversed.His current finisher is the Backcracker

Carlito's Lifting Reverse STO.
Isn't it a reverse side slam? A regular side slam is a lifting STO, any way you slice it. Wouldn't his move better be listed as a reverse side slam, and perhaps a section in Powerslam made? Or would be it too non-notable? Methnor 13:35, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

No it is in fact a lifting reverse STO, Carlito applies the front STO hold lifts the opponent up into an elevated hold and drops the opponent with the complete shot. Shelton Benjamin has been known for using a Reverse Side Slam, this however is a different move.

Text Cleanup
I did a major cleanup in the WWE section, summarizing the main arc of Carlito's career. I am begging you, my colleagues, do not be tempted to start the "On the _____ edition of RAW, Carlito did this (insert 85 paragraphs of meaningless detail)" up again! Just because something happens does not mean it needs to be in Wikipedia. Bcarlson33 20:18, 19 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Yeah I saw plenty of this, however, I did not finish. Thanks, man. Jman5 06:43, 20 March 2006 (UTC)


 * I think this is a prototype wrestler page. Perfect balance achieved. Two thumbs up. Eenu (talk) 10:46, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

Moved
I decided to change the page name to Carlito. He is known under that name far more than any other name. OsFan 13:49, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
 * not a very good idea if you dont intend tyo clean up redirects... im moving back most wrestlers are put under there real names as carlito a=is only a gimmick and he hasn't had t for that long --- 88.109.12.79 13:58, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Please learn to speak/type in English. I can't understand anything you wrote after the redirect portion. As far as the redirects go, someone could easily handle that, or I could investigate that, but since I am very busy on Wikipedia, I'm sure someone could contribute. 144.126.76.14 23:40, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
 * The previous comment was said by user: OsFan
 * i would have to agree, its a short lived stage name --- Paulley 14:01, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Referring to the article as Carlito makes the most sense because that is what the guy is known by. How many people know the guy's real name? I would imagine that if there is/was a way to track how a guy is searched, Carlito would turn up the most. The guy has had the gimmick for a long while now, and I see him keeping it in the forseeable future.144.126.76.14 23:40, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
 * The previous comment was said by user: OsFan

Funny
Hilarious that no one has the balls to address what I said. OsFan 14:15, 6 April 2006 (UTC)


 * This isn't a pro wrestling show, so there's no need to be so argumentative. A redirect to this page for Carlito is fine, but it would be a mistake to rename the page after a relatively new gimmick. Bcarlson33 17:27, 6 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Okay. I'll let it go. I'd like to apologize for being immature. I should have gotten a consensus before doing the move. OsFan 12:44, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

Fan names section
This is a section from the Revision as of 17:12, 7 April 2006

==Finishing and signature moves==

===Fan names===
 * Modified Swinging NeckbreakerModified swinging neckbreaker
 * Overdrive - unofficially named the Cool Breaker by commentators on WWE Velocity.
 * Figure four leglock - in OVW
 * Double knee backbreaker - unofficially named the Backcracker by Joey Styles.
 * Double springboard turning somersault senton splash
 * Lifting reverse STO
 * Somersault senton splash
 * DDT
 * Spinebuster

Though Carlito has yet to offically name most of his signature moves many of Carlito's fans have referred to them under a variety of names:
 * "Carlito's Way" (DDT)
 * "Cool Crunch" (Lifting reverse STO)
 * "Cool Cutter" (Modified swinging neckbreaker)
 * "Twisty McDeathSault" (Double springboard turning somersault senton splash)
 * "Apple Of My Eye" (Modified swinging neckbreaker)
 * "Caribbean Twist" (Modified swinging neckbreaker)
 * "Cabana Twist" (Modified swinging neckbreaker)

Though BionicWilliam believes this isnt needed... but i think it is... it gives good information on the offical names and unofficial names the moves are referred as... even detailing the names used by announcers (which are not offical; as correctly stated User:88.153.48.54 "even Joey Styles said it wasn't the official name, and that's just what he calls it.") Another good reason to keep the section is that it stops the adding of incorrect information on the move names which takes up most of the edits on this page.. on that note i wouls also like to say the vary next edit after BionicWilliam removed the section was the poor attempt of adding names of each move which for the most part were unofficial (see here) --- I just wanted to see what everyone else thought about it and see if we could have a vote too keep it or not --- Paulley 14:10, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

The Reson I think the Fans Names is un nessacry is that it's not used in any other Wikipedia Article, About the finishers I see what your saying but usually what an annoucers call a move is better thenn what IWC calls it since the IWC never has the same opinion on anything. WWE.com is not the best resource for what finishers are called since they rarely update there stars statboxes or finishers. Until Carlito or WWE (by the Website,Fantasy or Magazines) states what his moves are called they should be left generic. BionicWilliam 18:15, 9 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Well i wouldn't mind leaving them generic but its everyone else that wont seem to leave it alone.. plus "fan names" is in use in other articles (see Amy Dumas) --- Paulley 13:50, 10 April 2006 (UTC)


 * A little after Carlito started using his rolling cutter regularly, WWE.com updated his finisher to "Modified swinging neckbreaker", before that it was "Cool-Breaker". I'd say WWE.com is official enough. 88.153.48.54 06:35, 11 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Well if that is true then yes you can put that the Overdrive's name was Cool-Breaker --- Paulley 12:24, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

Backcracker.
For christ's sake, people, stop changing the Double-knee backbreaker's name to Backcracker. Shortly after Styles started commentating on RAW, he said it during one of Carlito's matches. Lawler went "...Backcracker?", Styles said "Well, it's not the official name, but that's what I call it".

If any other wrestler was to use that move during a match that Styles was commentating, he'd call it a Backcracker. 84.94.186.44 14:57, 12 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Yea, i have made a note of it in the trivia section andi will add something to the hidden text to direct editors their --- Paulley 20:13, 12 April 2006 (UTC)


 * We are right in thinking that Styles would use that description for any wrestler that uses the move so that actually gives us caus to put Backcraker on the move list but not as a name but as a move description (basically without the itallics). Like "Stunner" and "Cutter", Backcraker can be considered a quick term to replace the techniqual standard i.e Cutter and Stunner = Three Quater Facelock Bulldog/Jawbreaker (respectively) while Backcraker = Double-knee Backbreaker.


 * So if Carlito was to one day name the move we could write it like this
 * Cool-Craker (Backcraker)


 * I would prefer to see OJ, Striker, or Dupree use the move and have it called the backcraker before doing this... but i think it is an idea to be considered. --- Paulley 09:43, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

For God's sake man! It is cracker! There is another 'c' in it! Back-cracker! It hurts my mind!

I think the issue is now settled since Lawler called it the "Backcracker" when he had to call the Carlito & RVD VS Chris Masters & Sheleton Benjamin tag team match alone on May 1st. Night Bringer 11:58am (GMT +10) May 9th 2006

.*sigh* I'm getting sick and tired of changing it back to double knee backbreaker all the friggin' time. I want a machine that bashes people's heads into their monitor, and then automatically goes to this talk page when it noticed them adding "Backcracker" to the article. I swear, one day I'm going to have an anyurism. 88.155.4.94 09:05, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Actually, on the Spanish language version of the WWE RAW telecast, the announcers directly refer to Carlito's signature backbreaker move as the "Back Cracker" whenever he does it. --Jtalledo (talk) 17:30, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

Apple Origin
On the last RAW, Carlito said that he spit his first apple at his principal for wanting him to not be cool (or something like that.) He was expelled but has always carried an apple since then... is this worth adding to the page?
 * No. That could just be kayfabe or a twisting of a true story. This kind of material is what bogs down Wikipedia too. OsFan 16:50, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Hi guys, I know pretty much nothing about wrestling but would be interested to know at least some basic facts. I had a look at the kayfabe article and wasn't able to figure out how, and if, it differs from simply "acting". The issue is: if it's just acting then the article could be much shorter, and if it is something different I am not able to grasp that from the article. Is it just me? --Gennaro Prota 17:04, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Kayfabe refers to the acting; however the events are portrayed as real. For example, WWE doesn't acknowledge that Stephanie McMahon and Triple H are married, nor do they recognize their influence behind the scenes. In Carlito's case, he could simply be making up history to suit his character. Your question may be better suited for the talk: Kayfabe page, however. I'm going to copy and paste part of the discussion over there. This page is about Carlito OsFan 22:55, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

Choice of Lifestyle?
Should his "choice of lifestyle" be noted in trivia? User:Slapslapslap
 * Choice of lifestyle? At any rate, personal stuff should be added to the personal information section. --Jtalledo (talk) 17:09, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
 * O ok. I heard somewhere that Carlito was gay. Is that true? User:Slapslapslap
 * I haven't heard, and unless a reliable source confirms it, it should not go here. That would be speculation. OsFan 23:07, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Carlito is not gay. Carlito is the ladies man.

Stupid answers.com providing me with false info >:( Debt Jr.

"personal life" or "trivia"??
does anyone else think that the section called "personal life" should be called "trivia"? it doesn't seem to me like there is anything about his personal life, just little tidbits of info. Katie 01:17, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

"Heat"
Why has Carlito been on Heat so much lately? Katie 04:16, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Because he has immense backstage heat right now. He apparently made some comments that hurt someones feelings. Killswitch Engage 04:22, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

You do realize that comment is close to ten months old, right? and it seems to me that his critisism of WWE's method have gained him a moderate push, yeah I can see it Ric Flair vs Carlito at Backlash. - 凶 04:32, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Maybe he's not getting a push because he's not very good. Seems an odd concept from a company that pushes Batista, Cena, MVP, Lashley, Holly, etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. but they have to wise-up occasionally. ŞůṜīΣĻ ¹98¹ Speak 04:58, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Wreckless Intent?
so is carlito ever going to use his theme thats on the wreckless intent album?

Succession Boxes
How come they were done away with in this article? I've also seen this happen in some other articles as well. OsFan 01:38, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Some of the members decided to use a list-based format - there was discussion about this at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional Wrestling. I believe the list isn't much of an improvement though. This stuff should be mentioned as prose in the career section. --Jtalledo (talk) 15:31, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Hurricanrana or Frankensteiner?
Carlito started using the Standing headscissors move, but it seems to me that his move is a Frankensteiner since he doesn't pin them, he just throws them away. Thats pretty much the exact definition of a Frankensteiner. Cheers, Dubbya9 06:21, 4 August 2006 (UTC)


 * It doesn't really matter anymore, hurricanrana has become the name for any move similiar to it --Trick man01 10:14, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

Atlethic Improvement
Do you guys think that his constant and impressive atlethic performance improvement should be noted somewhere in the article? Or do you feel that to be irrelevant? Vicius 17:21, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

No, it shouldn't. He said in an interview that he's always been capable of doing high-flying moves, and he just didn't use them as much when he was a heel. Mr. Papaya 02:10, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

Oh, okay man, thank you very much. Vicius 07:05, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

My two cents on the Carlito article, and the moves section in general.
I think that this page usually sucks! It usually needs to be cleaned up badly. The finishing moves section is terrible, as we have people calling moves what they are not, like "Cool Shot" and all that. If a WWE Commentator doesn't refer to a move as whatever name you see on wiki (Like Cool-Breaker, or Cool-Shot), Then you shouldn't add it into the article. Just because you see it called that in SmackDown! vs RAW 2006 or 2007, doesn't mean that they are ALWAYS the official names. If you are gonna put in a name like cool shot, carlito's way, or cool breaker, please give us a source on where you found the name from. This goes for other articles, like Johnny Nitro's. I see people adding in moves like Nitrosault, Super Nitrosault, Nitro Twister, Super Nitro Twister, and such. You see these names in the video game, and you think thats the official name. The reason why the game developers put names like that in there, is because wrestler being created may do a unique version of the move (i.e. corkscrew moonsault). Its this way they can distinguish the different versions. They may have another corkscrew moonsault in there, and they don't want the player to be confused. So in closing, please just add moves that the wrestler has done more than ONCE into the moves list.

TJ Sparks 03:15am, Nov. 27, 2006 (UTC)

Regarding editing the Canadian information about Carlito.
I am wondering why someone keeps editing out the Canadian information about Carlito? All of this information is factual. Carly is both Puerto Rican and Canadian. I have provided three sources proving this fact. First source, Dave Meltzer, the most well respected journalist in professional wrestling, whom stated in his Observer Newsletter that Carly's mother is Canadian, thus making Carly a Canadian too. Also, I have listed the Canadian government's official site on immigration and citizenship, which states that anyone born to a Canadian citizen after February 14, 1977 is automatically a Canadian citizen by descent. Carly is the son of a Canadian mother and was born in 1979, thus he is a Canadian citizen. Moreover, I even included an interview Carly had with the Ottawa Sun, in which he clearly acknowledges that he is Canadian, and that his mother, Nancy, is a native of Toronto, and that he often visits family while in Toronto. These sources are all accurate. If that weren't enough, my friend actually met Chris Jericho, and Jericho also stated that Carlito is a dual American and Canadian citizen. So, please stop editing out my factual contributions. I put a lot of hard work into this and it is comepletely accurate. I do not feel that it is right to eliminate such an imporant piece of information about Carly. If you want to discuss this more with me, email me at stevenguardino2@yahoo.com, and I will be glad to discuss the topic. But, if you do keep editing out this information, I will continue to reprint it because it is completely accurate. User:Scanadiense 15:20, Dec. 8, 2006 (UTC)


 * I agree. Dual citizenship is very notable, and seeing as Carly Colón is indeed Canadian this fact should be mentioned in the article. --  T H  L  R  22:21, 8 December 2006 (UTC)


 * I've reverted the deletions by CarlitoCool, and am posting a note on on his talk page, which hopefully will get his attention. John Broughton  |  Talk 14:58, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

In need of cleanup, again
I believe the "World Wrestling Council" section needs some cleanup, it has references to every thing that happened during every tv episode of wwc for a few weeks some of it might be unsourced and confusing for the casual reader, What do you think? Dark Dragon Flame | Talk 17 December 2006
 * I agree. It isn't written in an encyclopedic tone either. --  T H  L  08:07, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

Seeing the whole section was erased by someone, I added accurate info on his story, if anyone knows something important please add it, but remember to use an encyclopedic tone and only add important stuff, thanks.-Dark Dragon Flame 21 December 2006
 * Cool, that saved some time. Sadly, I know almost nothing about his WWC days, so I won't be of any help. --  T H  L  00:20, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

Yeah it saved some time, but it has me worried there were also sings of vandalism (in this case they screwed up a link and added nonsense), we must keep this page under surveinlance, if it keeps happening we must consider at least partial protection, so let's be on our feet!-Dark Dragon Flame 21 December 2006
 * You got it. So you're saying that the section blanking may have been vandalism that inadvertently helped us, correct? --  T H  L  01:19, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

That's what it looks like, the change was made by user "Johniblue" he claimed that he was doing cleanup but what was left was really confusing for the casual reader, it was a mixed up of the story of Ray gonzalez and Carly, what little (a short paragraph) he left made carlito look as he started as a heel and that he was in an feud with his father, this never happened! It may have been a mistake but if it was why didn't he reverted it? that fact made me almost certain that it was indeed vandalism, the someone went and screwed the link and added nonsense, that was oviously a vandal, it's starting to look like what happened on Jonh Cena's page, It's our job to look up this kind of thing, sorry for the long reply-Dark Dragon Flame 21 December 2006

I've written longer replies before, and this is important. I'll keep an eye on this page and that user. Cheers, --  T H  L  04:34, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

The champ isn't here
Ok Carlito is not the WWC champion this was clarified just yesterday, it was written that he was the champion because even though he didn't had the belt even the announcers called him the champion and he was regarded as so, this is the reason I failed to delete that and put it right, yesterday it was announced that Heidenreich will defend the belt aganist Carlito's brother Eddie Colon and he was refered to as the champion by default, I already fixed both the Carlito and WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship pages, I'm terribly sorry if this caused any confusion-Dark Dragon Flame 16:31, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

Cool Shot Is Now Offical Name
The name for his lifting reverse STO is the Cool Shot. I've heard both Lawler And JR call it that at least once, and that's the name they give it on Smackdown! Vs. Raw 2007 Okay? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 67.135.62.114 (talk) 22:36, 7 January 2007 (UTC).


 * Once is not enought let's give it at least one more match, if they repeat it then I'll add it-Dark Dragon Flame 01:22, 8 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Also names given in video games aren't official-Dark Dragon Flame 01:34, 8 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Alright, I'll Wait.

Canadian?
Should Carlito really be under the Canadian wrestlers catagory just because he has a Canadian background? He's was born and is from Puerto Rico so that's really his nationality, not Canadaian. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jetsmets713 (talk • contribs) 20:37, 11 February 2007 (UTC).

Hello, yes Carlito should be under Canadian wrestlers. Not only is his mother Canadian, but he is also a Canadian citizen! If he just had Canadian ancestry, like the Rock has, I wouldn't include him as a Canadian professional wrestler. However, I have already cited my sources earlier in this talk and also was approved. The reason why Carlito is a Canadian citizen is because he was born in 1979 to a Canadian mother. Canadian nationality law states that anyone born to a Canadian parent after 14 February 1977 is automatically a Canadian citizen by descent. Therefore, while he is Puerto Rican (and thus an American citizen), he is also very much a Canadian (since he holds Canadian citizenship as well). Being a Canadian citizen means you're a national of Canada, and therefore that is also your nationality. Therefore, Carlito holds dual nationality. He's acknowledged his Canadian roots, is in the SlamWrestling Canadian Hall of Fame also. Moreover, my friend in Tampa even met Chris Jericho and I asked him if he could ask Jericho if Carlito holds Canadian citizenship, which he did. ANd Jericho confirmed that Carlito is a dual American and Canadian citizen. Therefore, he is just as Canadian. Here is the link to the official website of Citizenship and Immigration Canada regarding Canadian citizenship to children of Canadians born abroad http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/citizen/bornout-info.html

And here is the SlamWrestling Canadian Hall of Fame, which also lists Carlito http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/hallofame.html

Please, do not keep editing this information out because it is accurate and relevant. He is Puerto Rican and Canadian. And I will continue to revert these edits. Also, if you would like to contact me to discuss this more, let me know.

User:Scanadiense 04:16, 18 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Yeah please stop editing it out, it's really anoying having to revert it without a justified reason. -Dark Dragon Flame 04:20, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

Move war
Article moved back. Parties interested in renaming/moving this page are kindly pointed to WP:RM, especially the procedure therein, in order to reach a consensus and do the move properly. The unilateral moves tend to screw up everything in sight, expecially creating lots of undesired Double redirects. Thanks. Duja ► 10:44, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
 * That was because a new editor moved the page, and then someone else who didn't know how to revert page moves moved it to the wrong page title. When I attempted to move it back here I discovered that I was unable to do so with the page history in tact, so I had to leave it to someone with more experience in this type of thing. Thanks for fixing it, --  The  Hyb  rid  23:02, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Glad to see it was fixed, That's cool! -Dark Dragon Flame 23:04, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Cool Shot
In the game Smackdown vs. Raw 2007, Carlito's Finishing Move is called " Cool Shot ", which is a lifting reverse STO...and then his secondary finisher is BackCracker. J.C. 01:34, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Video games are not always reliable sources for names, and since Carlito or the announcers have never labeled the lifting reverse STO as the Cool Shot, we shouldn't change it. --ProtoWolf 04:57, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

GA quick fail
The article has referencing problems. I am failing this per the GA review of the Undertaker article. Quadzilla99 12:55, 16 May 2007 (UTC)


 * That has to be the most stupid thing I have read lately, there is no possible way we can get better sources WWE contracts prohibit wrestlers from publicly publishing this in order to keep kayfabe, so where the hell are we supposed to get them? in hell cause it's imposible. BTW writting articles about a real person out of universe that is just plain ridiculous. - 凶 15:30, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Backcracker/Backstabber
Jerry Lawler and JR have been calling Carlito's finishing move the "Backstabber" after Carlito's heel turn? Should that be considered an alternative name for the move?


 * Not until it's official in WWE.com, Lawler just does it as his job of color commentator to help sell the angle. - 凶 01:22, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Well I will give you that but still, they pretty much stopped calling the move, the "Backcracker", so eventually that will have to be acknowledged. At least I think it should.NWo4lifePT 03:48, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

It was referred to as the Backstabber on the Raw results of the 21 May edition of Raw--Rigby93 15:50, 22 May 2007 (UTC)


 * It's probably a way to sell the angle with Flair but I will left it as it is, either way if we are following WWE.com it should be Backstabber instead of Back Stabber. - 凶 01:22, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Does anyone have a reason against keeping Back Cracker? Look at any other wrestler's profile, they will list old and new names of moves (e.g. Paul London, Kurt Angle, Brock Lesnar). WikiFew 00:05, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

article vandalized
and every wrestler is in ""'s

Scott Hall/WWC pic
Who keeps deleting this picture?? It's perfectly valid to show under the 2007 heading. -Endlessdan 20:55, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

It has a fraudulent license like this one you also uploaded, enjoy your day. - 凶 20:53, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Fraudulent? How? This obviously isn't a copyrighted picture. --Endlessdan 12:40, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Did you take the picture? Because if you didn't, then it's copyright belongs to the person who took it. You claim it as free use with the license, but then in the image description say it's fair use. If you did not take the picture, and do not have permission from the person who did, you can't put it here, plain and simple. Bmg 916 Speak 12:58, 1 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Ah, I see. Sieg Heil--Endlessdan 14:20, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

Undertaker GA Delisting arguments applied to this article
There were two complaints about the Undertaker article, two complaints this articl STILL suffers from, now you may want to hold your ears and go ”la-la-la can’t hear you” but frankly if I hadn’t begun debating this article I could have easily failed it’s GA nomination because it suffers from issues. Now you mention the Undertaker GA delisting, let’s look at the 2 main issues brought up and how they pertain to this article.

1) Entirely referenced to primary sources, (which in this case is either WWE.com or interviews with Carlito)
 * 19 wwe.com references out of 31, an overabundance of primary sources

2) It’s written too ”In-Universe” – Which beyond writing it like wrestling is 100% real and competitive also means it’s littered with ”wrestling lingo” without explanations the first time it’s used. The following terms should be linked or explained briefly to take it more ”Out of Universe” for the reader – we’re not catering to wrestling fans but to all readers.
 * Angles
 * Feuds
 * World Wrestling Federation is used without explaining that it’s the previous name of the WWE.
 * Something as simple as putting (good guy)/(bad guy) after the first time you use the term face/heel to make it instantly understandable
 * Booked
 * Territory (hell what’s a ”developmental territory” if you’re not a fan you won’t know)
 * Managed / Manager (the wrestling version of the term, he didn’t handle his business deals after all)
 * ”a gimmick consisting of a character that spits in the face of those he does not consider cool” – That doesn’t really explain anything. Reading it he goes around and hocks loogies at everyone who’s not the Fonz.
 * WrestleMania – link the main article that explains that this is the ”Superbowl of Wrestling” so that people will know why this particluar even is so special.
 * Link at least one of the following terms – Piper’s Pit, ”Roddy Piper” or Rodderick Toombs.
 * Eating a poisoned apple – unlike most else THIS is actually presented as real, the irony.
 * ”titluar match” – what’s titluar? Did you mean titular? Even that’s a very not realy a clear way to describe it as a title match
 * Pay Per View
 * Vengeance 2006
 * Triple Threat Match
 * Either Trish Stratus or Patricia Ann Stratiagis
 * Melina or Melina Perez
 * Randy Orton
 * "Tribute to the Troops"
 * Torrie Wilson
 * Money in the Bank
 * Chavo Guerrero
 * Gregory Helms
 * World Tag Team Championship
 * Turned on (in wrestling terms otherwise he ”erotically arroused” Flair)
 * Back Stabber (when used in the text)

That’s the two concerns of the Undertaker GA discussion – that doesn’t even begin to address the myriad of grammatical issues of the text nor the fact that it’s incredibly hard to read and in places misleading. I’d give you a long list but since I’m not here to fail the article I’ll leave it out for now. The reason I went to this detail level is to try and explain to certain people involved the multitude of problems I see in this article so that maybe it can be improved instead of arguing with me that the following sentence makes perfect sense

The characters where booked in several matches involving the WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship, with both of them defeating its adversary in title bouts on separate ocassions (the Heavyweight Championship had an adversary?) MPJ-DK 08:02, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

If it means anything...
I read the article and came to the talk page to see what was up with the phrasing, the article is incredibly irritating to read through, and given that most of these men and women are known more commonly by their stage name than their real names, i dont think it's necessary to write it like it is now. 24.128.53.252 07:33, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

Under construction...
Just notifying anyone that noticed a few inconsistencies in the style being used in the page that it is currently undergoing a GA overhaul dealing with the concerns in the GA review of the The Undertaker that is linked above, thanks for understanding. - 凶 05:05, 24 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Ok here is what we have done to attend the issues in GA review of the Undertaker article wich were quoted when failing this article's first GAC: I rewrote the entire article in an Out of Universe perspective, The Hybrid did text cleanup and we replaced the Online World of Wrestling references with official wwe.com reference to attend the "reference reliability" concern in the review. - 凶 04:10, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

Request for comment:Kayfabe and Out of Universe writting
This is a dispute about what prose style will be used to write the storyline aspect of this article.  Ca ri bb e a  n ~ H. Q.  00:41, 12 August 2007 (UTC) Based on the fact that a consensus hasn't been reached on whereever or not the Out of Universe prose style stays and since all opossition comes from users dedicated to editing wrestling pages and anons, I request commentary on behalf of the entire community for the sake of a neutral consensus, so should we write the sections concerning his fictional character (gimmick) from an Out of Universe perspective or not? I personally believe that everything that happens withing kayfabe is fake the writting style should be the same as with any other fictional work.--  Ca ri bb e a  n ~ H. Q.  00:41, 12 August 2007 (UTC) Many users have expressed concern for the writing style Caribbean H.Q. has implemented in this article. It is hard to read, comes across as cluttered, and is misleading in many places. I don't know exactly what consensus you want but so far I see Users Shockeroo, Boricuaeddie, MPJ-DK, Mal1988, 24.128.53.252 and myself disagreeing with the way H.Q. insists on writing this article, and one user (Tony the Marine) saying its fine (but I'm not entirely sure which version of the article he read). I believe this problem needs to be brought in a place where more people might see it and have constructive input like WikiProject Pro Wrestling's talk page --Naha|(talk) 22:32, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Statements by editors previously involved in dispute
 * Comments


 * Do you mind staying on one section, I am trying to find a way to find consensus in the section you wrote avobe. -  Ca ri bb e a  n ~ H. Q.  22:33, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
 * What? Sorry I don't understand what you mean. --Naha|(talk) 22:35, 14 August 2007 (UTC)


 * See my last comment above, there seems to be a way to keep the edits you made and keep it Out of Universe. -  Ca ri bb e a  n ~ H. Q.  22:37, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I see, I don't think we are quite there yet. Keep discussing. I'm also a tad upset (I admit it) because aside from all the Out of Universe stuff I changed - I made countless grammar, spelling, useage edits, in addition to some things that were (of course in my opinion) very badly worded and you reverted ALL of those edits along with everything else. --Naha|(talk) 22:51, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

Kayfabe + Character in this Article
I really hate the way this article handles kayfabe, especially characters and IMO it has resulted in an unnecessarily cluttered style. For example: "...Steven Williams under his “Stone Cold” gimmick as the special guest." There is no need to refer to Steven Williams by his real name - his name is not common knowledge, he is generally known simply as (Stone Cold) Steve Austin.

I do not see that quotemarks around a wrestler's stage name are necessary, nor the constant division of character and real person. Stage names - without quotes - are less confusing and less cluttered, and the reader can click on their stage name for further information if desired, including their real name.

Shockeroo 00:20, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Honestly this is what happens when "anti-kayfabe" is taken to extremes - do you see articles on actors who use an assumed name written like this? I mean is Dean Martin referred to as

it's the latter because that's the name he's mostly known as. Not only that but to the uninitiated they'd think his name was "Stone Cold" Steven Williams... a bit misleading MPJ-DK 06:47, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
 * "Dean Martin"
 * Dino Paul Crocetti using the screen name "Dean Martin"
 * Dean Martin


 * We just did what taker's GA review consensus stated, and the " " are nesesary if the prose is to work, there are going to be several sentences begining with Carlito did... that will just end with someone adding an in-universe tag if not done this way, people that aren't wrestling fans come here expecting to read about the man not the character, the article has a balance between reality and fiction to the point of stating several of the character's accomplishments. Carlito should be written like this "Carlito" because its a copyrighted gimmick, it can change anytime unlike actors who create themselves a stage name that they can use at will making it unstable. - 凶 21:24, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Well I respectfully disagree with the total butchery of wrestling articles like that, in my view they should be handled in the same way newspapers etc. cover wrestling - State that he portrays the character "Carlito" if you MUST use the ", then disgard the silly " from there on, if his gimmick changes later on it doesn't retroactivly change what he did as Carlito. I mean should we go through the article on Viscera and change all references to "Big Daddy V" because the gimmick has changed? No that'd be stupid and totally misleading and in all the other GA articles it's NOT been used like that, not even the Undertaker article which you seem to base your reason for the really odd and confusing choice of writing. So please don't use the "Undertaker GA nomination feedback" as your crutch since the GA article for the Undertaker is NOT written in this way at all (neither is any other wrestling related GA article), to me it's hurting the "reasonably well written" aspect of the GA criterias as it makes it more confusing, LESS easy to understand. MPJ-DK 22:00, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
 * This "style" is cluttered and makes for an extremely hard read because it is littered with gross amounts of extra text. In addition, no one can speak for all "people that aren't wrestling fans" - you have no way of know what they "expect to read." --Naha|(talk) 22:11, 14 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Maybe, but the style that the project proposes violates all that WP:WAF stands for, of course some tweaks can be done to simplify the text like turning "Carlito" into Carlito. -  Ca ri bb e a  n ~ H. Q.  22:19, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
 * We should let someone outside the project to review this article, we are both constatly working withing WikiProject Pro Wrestling and obviously have different points of view on how to take this to GA. One more thing The Undertaker was delisted with a solid consensus of 7-0, the page is exactly how it was back then and its GAC was passed by a user that was new at the moment, I am sure if it undergoes a second GA review the result will be the same as last time. - 凶 22:05, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Which ignores that no other wrestling related GA article is written like this article is either, should they all be delisted?. MPJ-DK 08:34, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Furthermore the delisting vote here: Good article review/Archive 18 has ONE guy saying that it's too "in universe" - which can be aliveated better than this very cluttered, confusing, and cumbersome way. I still haven't seen you make one valid argument to support the way this article is written. The rest of the votes for delisting were due to sources being primary sources and other stuff of that nature - coincidently this article has 19 primary (wwe.com) sources listed out of 31, maybe it would have served the article better to find secondary sources instead of butchering the language? MPJ-DK 08:43, 3 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Let's give someone neutral a chance to review it. - 凶 08:43, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Down below dude MPJ-DK 08:45, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
 * What the anon? he on the same boat, already checked his contributions, I mean someone not really interested in pro wrestling a neutral reader. - 凶 08:51, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

(un-indent) so since he's a wrestling it's not important what he thinks of the readability? Then do we just sit and wait for a non-wrestling fan wanders by and accidentally reads it and realizes that he should comment on it's talk page? Come up with some sort of plan for this "non-wrestling" fan or I say we bring it to WP:PW for a consensus on whether or not this is really confusing to read. MPJ-DK 08:54, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Hello. I would like to comment on this concern about the article. Please note that I know nothing about wrestling, so I think I can be neutral. Personally, I think the quotation marks are annoying and the article is confusing because sometimes the article refers to him by his real name, and sometimes the article uses his stage name. In my opinion, and after reviewing several other wrestling articles, I think he should be referred to by his stage name, as he is probably better known by that name. It's like referring to Bill Gates as William throughout the entire article and saying "Bill" when referring to me by his nickname. However, after reading the Brian Adams (wrestler) article, which is a Good Article, BTW, I think he should be referred to by his last name, as that's probably the happy medium. If you want further feedback, ask some other people, but I'm sure they'll tell you the same. Happy editing! -- Boricua  e  ddie  19:09, 4 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Ok, I believe Eddie is a neutral user, and I agree with what he proposes his last name seems like a happy medium, so can we work under this suggestion? I will withdraw the nomination for now since I have been working with a page that meets the criteria and is easier to deal with at the moment, the lack of concensus here is slowing progress and I don't want to be stuck with four GACs, that doesn't mean I won't work with the page if a consensus is reached though. --  Ca ri bb e a  n ~ H. Q.  19:41, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
 * One problem with this comes when the article discusses Carlito among his relatives with the same last name. I had fixed one instance of this where it said "Colon" together with "x Colon" and "y Colon" blah blah.  That is just as confusing. --Naha|(talk) 22:16, 14 August 2007 (UTC)


 * I am not a wrestling fan and you can check my user page to see that of the 400+ articles that I have written, none of them has to do with wrestling. I do however have some FA's and GA articles, so I will give my opinion. I read the article and as it is I have found it very interesting and enjoyable. This is a GA! Now, Dragon, I want you to do the following because this may bring some problems. I checked and there is another article on him Carlitos Colón (An inferior article, in my opinion). I would check this other article out to see if it contains any material that you can merge into this one and then create a redirect from that article to this one. Oops! my mistake, the other article is about the dad, see I told you that I'm not a wrestling fan (smile) Tony the Marine 21:20, 4 August 2007 (UTC)


 * When I read this article about 1 week ago, I was suprised to see crap like "his character", blah blah blah portrayed by blah blah blah - it is simply not needed and thus, on the 7th of August (if you look in the history), I took out all of that unneccessary stuff, and now I see that it has been reverted back. I beg the question - WHY? It is NOT needed. I absolutely agree with keeping such things as "Stone Cold Steve Austin" as they are and not as "under his Stone Cold gimmick - portrayed by Steve Williams." Whoever wrote all of that should not be editing articles in the first place. I mean, have a look at nearly every other wrestler's article, does it have all of this crap in it? I believe that this article should be edited back to the 7th of August version by myself, and correcting a few other minor errors that I may have forgotten.User:Mal1988 19:58, 10th August 2007 (AEST)
 * Without knowledge of this discussion, I did the same thing you (Mal1988) had done on August 7th. In addition to changing the odd out of universe writing that makes the article hard to read, I corrected many other mistakes in grammar and usage and style that were reverted right along with the changes Caribbean H.Q. happens to not like. --Naha|(talk) 22:20, 14 August 2007 (UTC)


 * That's a baseless accusation, I am working in line with Wikipedia's policies I have never acted as a result of WP:IDON'TLIKEIT, actually I once tried the project's way for once and what happened? it got speedy failed. However perhaps a concensus can be reached, for instance I think we can remove the "played by" part when introducing a character and replace it with something more soft for example: Stone Cold Steve Austin (Steven Williams) I have seen this used in movie summaries before, and instead of "Carlito" swithch that to Carlito of couse since nobody has come here to actually discuss a way out instead writting further critisism there is nothing I can do. -  Ca ri bb e a  n ~ H. Q.  22:30, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
 * The first time a wrestler is mentioned in an article, his or her name is linked to their page (if they have one) on Wikipedia. The link is there for the purpose of expanding a reader's knowledge on a subject. On the wrestler's personal page, a reader may learn many things about them...such as their real name. Wikipedia policy also states that articles about people should be named according to how the person is most well known - this is why Steven Williams' article is titled "Stone Cold Steve Austin" and not "Steve Williams." This, together with the fact that (using the example in question), Steve Williams was using his "Stone Cold Steve Austin" persona for the match described on Carly Colón's page, leads me to the conclusion that the article need only ID him as "Stone Cold Steve Austin."  The fact that wrestling involves worked scenes, kayfabe storylines and alter egos does not need to be drilled into a reader's head over and over ad nauseum throughout every pro wrestler article. --Naha|(talk) 22:47, 14 August 2007 (UTC)


 * You don't seem to know what I'm suggesting, I am saying that we revert to the last version you made and add their real name between parenthesis to keep anyone concerned with In Universe writting at bay, this is a professional practice so I doubt anyone will oppose it thus reaching as Eddie said a Happy Medium. -  Ca ri bb e a  n ~ H. Q.  22:54, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Ok. I'll personally definitely settle for this suggestion at least for the time being. It is a step in the right direction for sure. I wish more people would add some input to this discussion. --Naha|(talk) 00:55, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Done, I think the lead that was there before is more convenient for GAC, there is onl a few lines mentioning the phrase 'character' and its larger. -  Ca ri bb e a  n ~ H. Q.  01:34, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Good work. The former lead section had information about OVW and other "fluff" that is better suited for the body of the article. --Naha|(talk) 01:38, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
 * So it seems consensus has been reached, if no one objects I will renominate for GAC in three hours, might as well leave the RfC open for that time period. -  Ca ri bb e a  n ~ H. Q.  01:42, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
 * My main concerns at this point are that his biography section doesn't include any information about his life prior to or outside wrestling (not that I know what that info would be) and that there are several facts/sentences that still need to be referenced. --Naha|(talk) 02:08, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
 * That info is really hard to find/source, there is a interview in IGN where he talks about his favorite wrestlers when he was a kid an stuff but all that is trivial, the ammount of personal info here is about the same size as the one on Brian Adams and that's a GA (wich is good considering all he has worked in is this), but I guess if a GA reviewer ask for it that can fill it, overall the article seems sourced enought and what was criticized last time was that the references where mainly onlineworldofwrestling.com instead of a primary source. -  Ca ri bb e a  n ~ H. Q.  02:19, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

I'd like to throw in my two cents to this conversation. I edited this article just like many other wrestling articles (see my contributions) but this time I got reverted twice. First off, I don't see the big deal with removing the names. All one needs to do is click on the link and see the wrestler's page for the real name (Big Show born Paul Wight, Chris Masters born Chris Mordetsky, etc.) It is this way in all other wrestler's articles, so what makes this one different? As for my other corrections being reverted, does it improve the article to have the link Sun (newspaper) redirect to The Sun or dark match revert to list of professional wrestling slang when I avoided the redirects? I don't want to start trouble, I'm just curious.... - User: Merotoker1   —Preceding comment was added at 14:22, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

Another comment re improvement of article

 * Can a See also section be added which lists related internal (Wikipedia) articles in alphabetical order. For instance check out the What links here page.
 * Can any of the lists be converted to prose? Embedded list
 * According to guidelines on WikiProject Biography things are starting out very well.
 * Could any more sections be added to contribute to the broadness... see for example the guidelines set at Template:Biography.SriMesh | talk  03:02, 26 August 2007 (UTC)


 * The Championships and finisher sections are structured following the wrestling project's mos, I can't think of any way we could add prose the moves section and the championships are already covered in the article. -  Ca ri bb e a  n ~ H. Q.  22:51, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

Successful good article nomination
I am glad to report that this article nominee for good article status has been promoted. This is how the article, as of September 19, 2007, compares against the six good article criteria:


 * 1. Well written?: The article is well written and seems to meet all of the criteria for promotion to a good article. It complies with the Manual of Style.
 * 2. Factually accurate?: The article is very well referenced and contains no unsourced statements.
 * 3. Broad in coverage?: The article covers the topic well and in a good level of depth.
 * 4. Neutral point of view?: I can't see anything that would be considered to breach the Neutrality policies.
 * 5. Article stability? This was the only criteria that I really had any concerns about, and opted to pass the article with the understanding that if the article is the subject of edit warring or continuous editing with unsourced rumours etc, it can always be delisted. It's stable enough for the moment to pass it.
 * 6. Images?: The images used all comply with the Image Policies.

If you feel that this review is in error, feel free to take it to a GA review. Thank you to all of the editors who worked hard to bring it to this status, and congratulations. —  Pursey  Talk 06:20, 19 September 2007 (UTC)