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'''Koko B. Ware''' (born '''James Ware''' on [[June 20]], [[1957]]) is a semi-retired [[United States|American]] [[professional wrestling|professional wrestler]] who made his professional wrestling debut in 1979. He gained most of his popularity in the [[World Wrestling Entertainment|World Wrestling Federation]] when he was known as the '''Birdman'''. Ware came to the ring with his [[macaw]], Frankie, flapping his arms like a bird before and after his matches while dancing.
At least 100 years ago I [[User talk:SchmuckyTheCat/Archive 1|archived]] a few years worth of people's comments. And then I [[User talk:SchmuckyTheCat/Archive 2|did it again!]] I'll keep [[User talk:SchmuckyTheCat/Archive 3|doing it]] as hard as I can.


Before joining the WWF Ware worked as a part of several successful tag teams, first with [[Bobby Eaton]] in [[Continental Wrestling Association|Memphis]] and then later on with [[Norvell Austin]] as one half of the '''The P.Y.T. Express''' in several promotions.
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==Career==
== [[:Image:AvnerCat.jpg]] ==
=== Early Years===
Koko spent his early days in the sport in the Mid-South, Georgia, and other NWA territories where he impressed fans enough to vote him the [[PWI Rookie of the Year|Pro Wrestling Illustrated Rookie of the Year]] in 1979. Early on Koko Ware as he was then known did not meet with great success, learning the ropes and paying his dues both in [[Jerry Jarrett]]’s [[Continental Wrestling Association]] and [[Nick Gulas]]’ territory in the south.<ref name="CWA8-2">{{cite web| url = http://www.kayfabememories.com/Regions/memphis/memphis-cwa8-2.htm | title = Kayfabe Memories: Memphis/CWA (8-2)| accessmonthday = 04-03| accessyear = 2007| author = Tim Dills}}</ref>


It wasn’t until late in 1980 that Koko’s fortune changed when he participated in a battle royal to crown the first ever Mid-American Television Champion. The crowd favorite was [[Jimmy Valiant]], who Koko accidentally knocked into [[Daniel Briley|Danny Davis]], shocking everyone by eliminating Valiant. Moments later, Koko dumped Davis to the floor and winning his first title to the shock of more or less everyone in the arena. <ref name="Titles">{{cite book | author=Royal Duncan & Gary Will | title=Wrestling Title Histories | publisher=Archeus Communications | year=4th Edition 2006 | id=ISBN 0-9698161-5-4 }}</ref> After the match, Jimmy Valiant returned to the ring and beat Koko down. Koko’s feud with Jimmy Valiant was quickly expanded to include the heel [[Tojo Yamamoto]] and Koko ally [[Tommy Rich]]. When [[Dutch Mantel]] returned to the CWA in early 1981 he quickly defeated Koko for the TV title making Koko’s first run with the gold a short one.<ref name="Titles"/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.kayfabememories.com/Regions/memphis/memphis-cwa7-2.htm | title = Kayfabe Memories: Memphis/CWA (7-2)| accessmonthday = 04-03| accessyear = 2007| author = Tim Dills}}</ref>
If this image isn't under a free license, it's a non-free image. Whether it's "fair use" or "with permission" doesn't affect that. That's why we don't allow "noncommerical only" licenses, for example, although they do give us permission to use the image. &mdash;&nbsp;Carl <small>([[User:CBM|CBM]]&nbsp;·&nbsp;[[User talk:CBM|talk]])</small> 14:20, 25 August 2007 (UTC)


Koko floundered until September 1981 when he was chosen to referee a [[AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship| Southern Heavyweight Championship]] title match between [[Jerry Lawler]] and “The Dream Machine". Ware unfairly counted Lawler out to give the Dream Machine the victory, a decision that did not sit well with Lawler nor the fans in Memphis. Koko quickly aligned himself with manager [[Jimmy Hart]] and his [[the First Family (professional wrestling)|First Family]] and changed his name to '''Sweet Brown Sugar'''.<ref name="CWA8-2"/> Sugar never got the best of Lawler but did taste tag-team success alongside [[Steve Keirn]] and then more famously as he teamed up with [[Bobby Eaton]]. Eaton & Sugar won the [[AWA Southern Tag Team Championship]] two with Bobby Eaton displaying great teamwork and intensity.<ref name="Titles"/>
== Farm Sanctuary ==


===Stagger Lee===
Hi,
After successfully teaming for a while Sugar and Eaton started to show signs of dissention, during their last run with the tag-team titles Bobby Eaton beat [[Jacques Rougeau]] for the [[NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship|Mid-American Heavyweight title]].<ref name="Titles"/> During an interview where Eaton and Jimmy Hart bragged about the victory, Sugar complained that he was unable to win the Southern Title from [[Terry Taylor]]. After being fed up, Jimmy Hart finally slapped Sweet Brown Sugar and sent the sulking superstar back to the dressing room after which Bobby Eaton commented that Sugar had been “whining like a woman". Later that night the duo defended their titles against Terry Taylor and [[Bill Dundee]], losing the titles when Sugar “accidentally" kicked Bobby Eaton and then left the ring.<ref name="Titles"/><ref name="Eaton">{{cite web| url = http://www.kayfabememories.com/Wrestlers/WLeaton-2.htm | title = Kayfabe Memories: Bobby Eaton profile (part 2) | accessmonthday = 04-03| accessyear = 2007| author = Tim Dills}}</ref>
Just curious, what's your opinion of Farm Sanctuary? And as a peripheral question, view on Animal Rights? [[User:Olephill2|Olephill2]] 16:54, 31 August 2007 (UTC)


Eaton and Sweet Brown Sugar contested a series of grudge matches centered around the Mid-America title and their issues with each other.<ref name="Titles"/> The feud got so out of control that it had to be settled with a “Loser Leaves Town" match, a match that Bobby Eaton won, driving Sweet Brown Sugar out of the arena. In one of those “wrestling coincidences" a masked man calling himself '''Stagger Lee''' debuted; the fact that he looked and wrestled like a masked version of Sweet Brown Sugar helped make him instantly popular. Bobby Eaton along with the rest of the First Family tried in vain to unmask Stagger Lee but could not manage to do so, winding up frustrated at every turn.<ref name="Eaton"/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.kayfabememories.com/Regions/memphis/memphis-cwa10-2.htm | title = Kayfabe Memories: Memphis/CWA (10-2) | accessmonthday = 04-03| accessyear = 2007| author = Tim Dills}}</ref>
== Arbitration Committee ruling ==


===Pretty Young Things===
Please be advised that the [[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee|Arbitration Committee]] has voted to lift the restrictions (probation and other remedies) that were imposed on [[User:Huaiwei|Huaiwei]] in [[Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Instantnood 3]]. This notice is given by a Clerk on behalf of the Arbitration Committee. [[User:Newyorkbrad|Newyorkbrad]] 19:16, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
Bobby Eaton later turned face, he teamed with Stagger Lee for a series of matches. During a tag-team tournament in 1983, the masked Stagger Lee teamed up with fellow face [[Norvell Austin]] to take on “Fargo’s Fabulous Ones" ([[Tommy Rich]] & [[Eddie Gilbert (wrestler)|"Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert]]). During the course of the match Stagger Lee’s mask was removed to reveal the man beneath it, prompting a heel turn for Ware. Austin and Ware became a regular tag team dubbed “the Pretty Young Things” or “the PYT Express”.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.kayfabememories.com/Regions/memphis/memphis-cwa11-2.htm | title = Kayfabe Memories: Memphis/CWA (11-2) | accessmonthday = 04-03| accessyear = 2007| author = Tim Dills}}</ref> The two men soon began wearing red leather jackets and each had a single white glove on in an obvious imitation of [[Michael Jackson]] to further enhance their “pretty boy” image.<ref name="TagPYT">{{cite book | author=Greg Oliver and Steve Johnson | title= The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame: The Tag Teams | publisher=ECW Press | year=2005| chapter= Imitation is the sinceres form of flattery | pages= 261-264 | id=ISBN 978-1-5502-2683-6}}</ref>
:Although I still have problems finding the full details of the motion other than at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Requests_for_arbitration/Instantnood_3#Lifting_of_Huaiwei.27s_editing_restrictions] (cant seem to find where the actual voting took place), I thank you for taking the trouble to advance this initiative. I am indeed glad that the final shackles and legacy of a three-year dispute has finally dissipitated!--[[User:Huaiwei|Huaiwei]] 12:19, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
::The voting took place on [[Wikipedia:Requests for Arbitration]]. I don't think the actual votes got archived there, just the original discussion and the result, but you can find them in the history of WP:RfAr before yesterday. FYI, the arbitrators' vote in favor of lifting the restrictions was 6-4. Basically, the arbitrators who supported the motion thought it was time to make this change, while the others wanted to see some more time pass without your having any more difficulties. Regards, [[User:Newyorkbrad|Newyorkbrad]] 12:27, 7 September 2007 (UTC)


The team managed to defeat the colossal team of [[Roland Daniels|Elijah Akeem]] and [[Ray Candy|Kareem Mohammad]] for the AWA Southern Tag Team titles in February 1984, although they only hung on to the gold for a little under 2 weeks before Akeem and Mohammad regained the titles.<ref name="Titles"/> The PYT Express remained in Memphis for a period of time after this before moving on to other promotions such as [[World Class Championship Wrestling]] in [[Texas]] and Championship Wrestling from Florida. On [[February 26]], [[1985]] Austin and Ware defeat [[Steven Romero|Jay]] and [[Mark Youngblood]] to win the [[NWA Florida United States Tag Team Championship]]. Two weeks later on [[March 5]], [[1985]] the team lost the titles back to the Youngbloods.<ref name="Titles"/>
==Tiadon Hill question==
Since I know you are also an admin at ''that other wiki'', I ould like you to give me back the deleted content of the "Tiadon Hill" article. If so, I will attempt to write a first draft of an article about that wiki in my personal sandbox. [[User:Illintea|Illintea]] 03:03, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
:You don't have email enabled. I won't restore it to any public site. [[User:SchmuckyTheCat|SchmuckyTheCat]]


After dropping the gold in Florida the Pretty Young Things returned to the federation that first put them together, the Continental Wrestling Association. There, they won the AWA Southern Tag Team titles twice, both times from [[The Fabulous Ones]] ([[Steve Keirn]] and [[Stan Lane]]) as they feuded with the top face team of the promotion.<ref name="Titles"/><ref>{{cite book | author=Greg Oliver and Steve Johnson | title= The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame: The Tag Teams | publisher=ECW Press | year=2005 | id=ISBN 978-1-5502-2683-6}}</ref>
::If you don't restore it, I will tell about the countless times you have insulted MONGO. You have been warned.


===World Wrestling Federation===
::Well, on a more serious note, I will not reveal my e-mail address. Why was the page deleted, anyway? [[User:Illintea|Illintea]] 15:45, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
In 1986, Ware signed with the [[World Wrestling Entertainment|World Wrestling Federation]], where he was repackaged as the fun loving “Birdman" '''Koko B. Ware'''. He would make his entrances dancing to the ring to the tune of Morris Day & The Time's "The Bird," flapping his arms and carrying his pet [[macaw]] “Frankie", who sat on a perch at ringside while Koko wrestled. Bright outfits, colorful [[sunglasses]], a constant smile and his trademark [[vibrato]] voice instantly made Koko a big hit, especially with the younger crowd that the WWF mainly catered to during the 1980s.<ref name="WWE80s">{{cite book | author=Brian Shields | title=Main event – WWE in the raging 80s| publisher=Pocket Books| year=4th Edition 2006 | id=ISBN 978-1-4165-3257-6 }}</ref>
:::OK fine. You're just a threat, so go away. [[User:SchmuckyTheCat|SchmuckyTheCat]]


Koko sung the title track of the 1987 WWF Album "Piledriver". The song's video featured top wrestlers of the day like Hulk Hogan and the Honky Tonk Man.
==Source of CCTV-9 statistics==
About 18 months ago, you added some significant Xinhua statistics to the CCTV-9 article in [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=CCTV-9&diff=43632443&oldid=43476808 this edit]. An anonymous editor has now [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=CCTV-9&diff=147337236&oldid=146805018 removed them]. I'm reluctant to add a statistic without a source, so could you track down the IHL article? I have tried, but (a) herald.xinhuanet.com doesn't seem to have a search (b) search.xinhuanet.com seems dead (c) a Google search gets lost (zillions of CCTV.com pages and closed circuit television reports). [[User:Seektruthfromfacts|Seektruthfromfacts]] 22:30, 12 September 2007 (UTC)


Koko’s first major showcase in the WWF was at [[WWE Saturday Night's Main Event|Saturday Night's Main Event]] on [[November 29]], [[1986]] where he defeated [[Nikolai Volkoff]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/usa/wwf/snme.html#8 | title = WWF Saturday Night’s Main Event Results (#8) | accessmonthday = 04-03| accessyear = 2007| author = prowrestlinghistory.com}}</ref> Unfortunately for Koko, his initial success in the big match environment was not an indicator of things to come as he soon found himself losing repeatedly when he came up against such stars as [[Butch Reed]], [[Greg Valentine]], and [[Ray Traylor|The Big Boss Man]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/usa/wwf/mania.html#III | title = WWF WrestleMania Results (III) | accessmonthday = 04-03| accessyear = 2007| author = prowrestlinghistory.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/usa/wwf/snme.html#14| title = WWF Saturday Night’s Main Event Results (#14) | accessmonthday = 04-03| accessyear = 2007| author = prowrestlinghistory.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/usa/wwf/summer.html#88 | title = WWF SummerSlam Results (1988) | accessmonthday = 04-03| accessyear = 2007| author = prowrestlinghistory.com}}</ref> From 1987 to 1993 Koko appeared on several WWF PPVs and Saturday Night's Main Events being used mainly to make established or rising stars look good. At the [[Survivor Series (1990)|Survivor Series]] in 1990, Koko became the first wrestler to fall victim to [[The Undertaker]]’s [[Piledriver (professional wrestling)#Tombstone piledriver|Tombstone Piledriver]] in the Undertaker’s debut match.
==[[Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Attack sites]]==
Some butthurt morons opened up an arbitration case there. Since you have interest in the subject, hopefully you can comment there. Oh, and RESTORE TIADON HILL!! [[User:Illintea|Illintea]] 21:40, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
:[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Attack_sites/Evidence&diff=prev&oldid=158674657 now go away.]


In 1991 the WWF and the [[United States Wrestling Association]] started a talent exchange agreement which saw Koko B. Ware return to his old stomping grounds in Memphis (same area, different promotion). In the USWA Koko was more successful than in the WWF, winning the [[USWA Unified World Heavyweight Championship|USWA World Title]] twice, once from [[Kamala (wrestler)|Kamala “The Ugandan Giant"]] and once from USWA icon [[Jerry Lawler]]. <ref name="Titles"/> Koko also hooked up with Rex Hargrove and won the [[USWA Tag Team Championship]] once.<ref name="Titles"/> Koko B. Ware competed in the USWA until his semi-retirement in 1995.
== ED ==


While competing in the USWA, Koko B. Ware also got a bit of a push in the WWF; he teamed up with [[Owen Hart]] to form the high flying team known as '''High Energy''', well known in wrestling circles for their gigantic baggy brightly colored pants and checkered suspenders. High Energy feuded with (and generally lost to) [[The Nasty Boys]], [[the Headshrinkers]], and [[Money Inc.|Money Incorporated]].<ref name="WWF92">{{cite web| url = http://www.thehistoryofwwe.com/92.htm | title = the History of the WWE: WWF Match Results 1992 | accessmonthday = 04-03| accessyear = 2007| author =Graham Cawthorn }}</ref> The team made only one PPV appearance as a team, a loss to the Headshrinkers at the [[Survivor Series (1992)|1992 Survivor Series]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/usa/wwf/survivor.html#92 | title = WWF Survivor Series Results (1992) | accessmonthday = 04-03| accessyear = 2007| author = prowrestlinghistory.com}}</ref> The team ended in 1993 after Owen Hart injured his knee.
As you're an ED admin, can you tell me what's happening/happened about Die clown die and the page about me? At the moment, the page on me is just a stalker's conspiracy nutjob theories. '''[[User:Sceptre|Will]]''' <sup>([[User talk:Sceptre|talk]])</sup> 20:10, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
:Sceptre, also contact Blu Aardvark, he is one of the most active ED administrators for dealing with stuff like that. As far as I know he also has had dealings with Die clown die. [[User:Zurishaddai|Zurishaddai]] 22:59, 18 September 2007 (UTC)


After High Energy ended Koko was mainly used as a low carder until he left the WWF in 1994.
== Thanks for the welcome. ==


===Semi-retirement and return===
Thank you for the welcome and advice. I like contributing because I care about the truth, like how wikipedia has info on almost anything, and abhor poor grammar, spelling, and punctuation. I will check out those things you mentioned. <small>—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Ronar|Ronar]] ([[User talk:Ronar|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Ronar|contribs]]) 00:56, 19 September 2007 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->


After leaving the WWF Koko made a few appearances for the [[American Wrestling Federation]] but did not become a regular before going into semi-retirement in 1995. Koko was interviewed briefly during the 1999 wrestling documentary [[Beyond the Mat]].
== Forgot the four tildes ==


In 1999 Koko made a short-lived return to the World Wrestling Federation where he put on the “Blue Blazer" mask during the Owen Hart [[List of professional wrestling slang#A|angle]]. When [[Owen Hart#Death, controversy, and subsequent lawsuit|Hart died]], the angle was dropped and Koko’s services were no longer needed.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.thehistoryofwwe.com/99.htm | title = the History of the WWE: WWF Match Results 1999 | accessmonthday = 04-03| accessyear = 2007| author =Graham Cawthorn }}</ref>
Just forgot the tildes to sign last message.[[User:Ronar|Ronar]] 01:21, 19 September 2007 (UTC)


Koko’s macaw “Frankie" died in a house fire in 2001 while Koko and his family were at church.
== [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Penwhale|My RfA]] ==


In 2003 Koko returned to the spotlight competing once again in the Memphis area for the [[Memphis Wrestling]] promotion. He also competed at the “World Wrestling Legends" PPV on [[March 5]], [[2006]] where he defeated [[Glenn Gilberti|Disco Inferno]]. He also appeared at "WWE Homecoming", [[WWE Raw|RAW]]'s return to the ''[[USA Network]]'', on [[October 3]], [[2005]].<ref name="WWF05">{{cite web| url = http://www.thehistoryofwwe.com/05.htm | title = the History of the WWE: WWF Match Results 2005| accessmonthday = 04-03| accessyear = 2007| author =Graham Cawthorn }}</ref>
I owe you a big thank you for supporting me in [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Penwhale|My RfA]], which was successful with 67 supports and 20 opposes. By the way: I've stayed away from that area of editing, so I doubt that your comment will come true. :) - [[User:Penwhale|Penwhale]] &#124; <sup>[[User_talk:Penwhale|Blast him]] / [[Special:Contributions/Penwhale|Follow his steps]]</sup> 23:50, 22 September 2007 (UTC)


He fought (and was defeated by) [[Rob Conway]] on the [[October 28]], [[2005]] edition of [[WWE Heat]].<ref name="WWF05"/> In April 2007, he wrestled in a tag match (while managed by special guest Slick Rick) and lost at Ultimate Clash of the Legends '07 headlined by [[Hulk Hogan]] vs. [[Paul Wight]].
== Flamarande - China - Can you help me? ==


He now has a new macaw which he calls "Frankie Jr".
Hy, it appears that the debate about "China" has reached a deadlock-stalemate situation. All my arguments are answered with "no consensus" and "NPOV concerns" or something similar. I honestly don't agree with any of these arguments but I do not intent to make the moves "against all opposition". You seem to a bit older and wiser in Wikipedia policies. Is there any way of getting a fair ruling in this matter? Where should I turn to? [[User:Flamarande|Flamarande]] 09:44, 29 September 2007 (UTC)


On June 8, 2008, Koko made a special appearance at TNA Slammiversary as a groomsman in the wedding for "Black Machismo" Jay Lethal and So Cal Val, along with George "Animal" Steele, Kamala, and Jake "The Snake" Roberts.
:No true hope then? Well, China and of Wikipedia are the true losers with the current situation. I have done my duty as a Wikipedian and presented my case at [[:Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (Chinese)]]. Could you give a post when the naming issue flares up again? [[User:Flamarande|Flamarande]] 17:18, 29 September 2007 (UTC)


==In wrestling==
::Hy again, could you help in "gathering evidence" for [[:Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (Chinese)]]? I think that we can, and should prove, our case to a considerable extent. I honestly don't know if the debate is going well for the "moving side" or not. As of now it seems to me to be a 50/50 split (deadlock). [[User:Flamarande|Flamarande]] 02:09, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
*'''Finishing and signature moves'''
**'''''[[Ghostbusters|Ghost Buster]]''''' / '''''Bird Buster''''' ([[Brainbuster]])
**[[Professional wrestling throws#Bulldog|Bulldog]]
**[[Professional wrestling attacks#Headbutt|Headbutt]]
**[[Dropkick#Missile dropkick|Missile dropkick]]


*'''Managers'''
:::I don't want get on your nerves (you're probably more than tired of fighting agains windmills in the "China" issue) but I have read some wikipolicies (which are very vague in "how to change a policy" - I wonder why :) and it seems that we could request a "request for comment". But I seriously don't expect great justice; most administrators seem use the "unclear issue" and "NPOV" excuses alot these days. I'm not sure about it but I think it is possible that the the "traffic" of an article can be analyzed. I'm sure that most users go from the current China-article to the PROC-article. If this could be proven... Anyway give me a post when you can, and don't be afraid to tell me to simply drop the issue... for now. I truly think that a very small minority (with certain prejudices against the goverment of the PROC - something which is very hard to prove) is keeping the whole situation from being corrected. [[User:Flamarande|Flamarande]] 13:19, 5 October 2007 (UTC) If a journalist made an article making fun of this the whole situation would be over in 5 min. Wishful toughts.
**Toni Adams
**[[Jimmy Hart]]
**Bert Prentice
**[[Percy Pringle]]
**Slick Rick


==Championships and accomplishments==
== thedeadmanandphenom chit chat ==
*'''[[Championship Wrestling from Florida]]'''
:*[[NWA Florida United States Tag Team Championship]] ([[NWA Florida United States Tag Team Championship#Title History|1 time]]) - with Norvell Austin


*'''[[Continental Wrestling Association]]'''
Do you go to TPMS?
:*[[AWA Southern Tag Team Championship]] ([[AWA Southern Tag Team Championship#Title History|7 times]]) - with Norvell Austin (3), [[Bobby Eaton]] (2), [[Stan Lane]] (1), and [[Dutch Mantel]] (1)
[[User:Thedeadmanandphenom|Thedeadmanandphenom]] <small>—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|signed but undated]] comment was added at 16:08, 29 September 2007 (UTC)</small><!--Template:Undated--> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
:*[[NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship]] ([[NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship#Title History|6 times]])
:*NWA Mid-America Television Championship (1 time)


*'''[[International World Class Championship Wrestling]]'''
:*[[IWCCW Heavyweight Championship]] ([[IWCCW Heavyweight Championship#Title History|1 time]]) '''(Last)'''


*'''[[World Class Championship Wrestling|NWA Big Time Wrestling]]'''
<!--Start Speedy-decline-->
:*[[WCWA Texas Tag Team Championship|NWA Texas Tag Team Championship]] ([[WCWA Texas Tag Team Championship#Title History|1 time]]) - [[Kerry Von Erich]]
==Tagging of [[:Talk:MS-DOS/archive1]]==


*'''Real Wrestling Federation'''
I recently removed a speedy delete tag that you had placed on '''[[:Talk:MS-DOS/archive1]]'''. I do not think that '''Talk:MS-DOS/archive1''' fits any of the [[WP:CSD|speedy deletion criteria]] because not speedy criterion. I request that you consider not re-tagging '''Talk:MS-DOS/archive1''' for speedy deletion without discussing the matter on the appropriate talk page. You are, of course, free to tag the article with {{tl|prod}} or nominate it at [[WP:AFD]][[:Template:Speedy-decline|.]] <!-- Message generated via the Speedy-decline template --> [[User:Carlossuarez46|Carlossuarez46]] 18:04, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
:*RWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time)


*'''Supreme Championship Wrestling'''
==Ringling Brothers==
:*SCW Supreme Championship (1 time)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/other/2003-08.html | title=Independent Wrestling Results - August 2003 | accessdate=2008-07-05|publisher=onlineworldofwrestling.com}}</ref>
Thank you for stopping the senseless vandalism on [[Ringling Brothers Circus]]! Would you like to join [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Circus]]?--Hailey 16:09, 26 October 2007 (UTC)


*'''[[United States Wrestling Association]]'''
== Stop. ==
:*[[USWA Unified World Heavyweight Championship]] ([[USWA Unified World Heavyweight Championship#Title History|2 times]])
:*[[USWA World Tag Team Championship]] ([[USWA World Tag Team Championship#Title History|1 time]]) - with Rex Hargrove


*'''[[Pro Wrestling Illustrated]]'''
Please do not remove others sections on [[WP:AN/I]], especially when they are complaints about yourself. [[User:Swatjester|<font color="red">&rArr;</font>]][[User_talk:Swatjester|<font face="Euclid Fraktur"><font color="black">SWAT</font><font color="goldenrod">Jester</font></font>]] [[WP:CLIMBING|<small><sup>Son of the Defender</sup></small>]] 03:15, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
:*[[PWI Rookie of the Year]] ([[PWI Rookie of the Year#1979|1979]])
:Comments from banned users can be removed by anyone for any reason. [[User:SchmuckyTheCat|SchmuckyTheCat]]
:*PWI ranked him #'''406''' of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003.
::I see no evidence that this was a banned user. [[User:Swatjester|<font color="red">&rArr;</font>]][[User_talk:Swatjester|<font face="Euclid Fraktur"><font color="black">SWAT</font><font color="goldenrod">Jester</font></font>]] [[WP:CLIMBING|<small><sup>Son of the Defender</sup></small>]] 03:16, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
:::[[User:Instantnood]]


==External links==
== Final warnings ==
{{Portal|Professional wrestling|break=yes}}
* [http://www.kokobware.net Official Website]
* [http://www.memphiswrestlinghistory.com/ Memphis Wrestling History]


==References==
This is your final warning. Stop your mass reverting of other users. There is no evidence whatsoever on the instantnood page that Kowlooner is the same person.[[User:Swatjester|<font color="red">&rArr;</font>]][[User_talk:Swatjester|<font face="Euclid Fraktur"><font color="black">SWAT</font><font color="goldenrod">Jester</font></font>]] [[WP:CLIMBING|<small><sup>Son of the Defender</sup></small>]] 03:31, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
{{reflist}}
:Please read the ANI talk page archives and my user talk page archives. Kowlooner shows up and instantly creates a complicated stub template, starts applying it, and making the EXACT SAME EDITS to the EXACT SAME articles where Instantnood and all of his previous sock armies did their revert warring? Figure it out. New users don't create stub templates [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:HK-sports-venue-stub&diff=prev&oldid=167475892] as their second edit. Nor do they edit war over innane spelling differences, EXACTLY like Instantnood. Please see this article history: [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:China_university_stubs&action=history] and then tell me this is not Instantnood, and please note all of his socks as well when examining it. [[User:SchmuckyTheCat|SchmuckyTheCat]]
::It's not convincing. The duty is on you to file a report at AIV, or Checkuser. Not to mass revert, especially in the middle of making incredibly POV category changes (which should probably merit a disruption block on their own). [[User:Swatjester|<font color="red">&rArr;</font>]][[User_talk:Swatjester|<font face="Euclid Fraktur"><font color="black">SWAT</font><font color="goldenrod">Jester</font></font>]] [[WP:CLIMBING|<small><sup>Son of the Defender</sup></small>]] 03:43, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
:::ArbCom rulings have my back. I don't need to convince you. [[User:SchmuckyTheCat|SchmuckyTheCat]]
::::Considering you have I believe 4 disruption/3RR blocks on your record, I believe you do. [[User:Swatjester|<font color="red">&rArr;</font>]][[User_talk:Swatjester|<font face="Euclid Fraktur"><font color="black">SWAT</font><font color="goldenrod">Jester</font></font>]] [[WP:CLIMBING|<small><sup>Son of the Defender</sup></small>]] 04:15, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
:::::Yes, don't forget to read the apologies [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:SchmuckyTheCat/Archive_3#Blocked] after I was proven right. [[User:SchmuckyTheCat|SchmuckyTheCat]]


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== Blocked ==


{{Persondata
You have been blocked for 24hrs for continuing to disrupt Wikipedia by mass reverting another user, wikistalking, etc. You've been given final warnings both here and on AN/I. It is your duty to provide actual evidence of the user being a sockpuppet of a banned user before mass reverting them. The evidence you provided is not compelling. You can file a checkuser, or complain at AIV or AN/I. The correct option is one of the above. NOT mass reverting another user. [[User:Swatjester|<font color="red">&rArr;</font>]][[User_talk:Swatjester|<font face="Euclid Fraktur"><font color="black">SWAT</font><font color="goldenrod">Jester</font></font>]] [[WP:CLIMBING|<small><sup>Son of the Defender</sup></small>]] 04:33, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
|NAME = Ware, Koko B.
|ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Ware, James
|SHORT DESCRIPTION = American Professional Wrestler
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|PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Union City, Tennessee]]
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|PLACE OF DEATH =
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[[Category:American professional wrestlers]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Tennessee]]
[[Category:World Wrestling Council]]


[[it:James Ware]]
{{unblock reviewed|1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&diff=next&oldid=167567067] at least someone agrees with me.|decline=I'm only 90% sure that Kowlooner is Instantnood, but [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=AsiaWorld_Arena&diff=prev&oldid=167475679 these aren't the edits of a new user], and you weren't totally alright in the way you acted, either. Once I get some sort of checkuser evidence, then there can be a more definitive answer here.—[[User:Ryulong|<font color="blue">Ryūlóng</font>]] ([[User talk:Ryulong|<font color="gold">竜龍</font>]]) 05:01, 28 October 2007 (UTC)}}
[[tr:Koko Ware]]

If Ryulong really agrees with it, he can unblock then.[[User:Swatjester|<font color="red">&rArr;</font>]][[User_talk:Swatjester|<font face="Euclid Fraktur"><font color="black">SWAT</font><font color="goldenrod">Jester</font></font>]] [[WP:CLIMBING|<small><sup>Son of the Defender</sup></small>]] 04:49, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

::Hold on a sec, I'm talking to Ryulong about this. If Ryulong has compelling evidence to say that Kowlooner is Instanood, obviously there's no reason for the block anymore.[[User:Swatjester|<font color="red">&rArr;</font>]][[User_talk:Swatjester|<font face="Euclid Fraktur"><font color="black">SWAT</font><font color="goldenrod">Jester</font></font>]] [[WP:CLIMBING|<small><sup>Son of the Defender</sup></small>]] 04:53, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

E-mail me with what's diagnostic of an Instantnood sock, because some data may be too old to check.—[[User:Ryulong|<font color="blue">Ryūlóng</font>]] ([[User talk:Ryulong|<font color="gold">竜龍</font>]]) 05:09, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

E-mail forthcoming. But there are five diffs in this diff [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&diff=prev&oldid=167564365] [[User:SchmuckyTheCat|SchmuckyTheCat]]

{ec}
:"Once I get some sort of checkuser evidence," There won't be any checkuser evidence. IP logs are deleted after a few weeks. You're welcome to create a new case here [[Wikipedia:Requests_for_checkuser/Case/Instantnood]] but note the archived statements and how many times I can smell his socks.
:"you weren't totally alright in the way you acted, either." Well, what is the correct action? ''[[Wikipedia:Banning_policy#Enforcement_by_reverting_edits|Any edits made in defiance of a ban may be reverted to enforce the ban, regardless of the merits of the edits themselves.]]'' [[User:SchmuckyTheCat|SchmuckyTheCat]]
::The correct action would have been to get the account blocked immediately, and THEN revert the edits, rather than doing so before any blocking had been done. [[User:Swatjester|<font color="red">&rArr;</font>]][[User_talk:Swatjester|<font face="Euclid Fraktur"><font color="black">SWAT</font><font color="goldenrod">Jester</font></font>]] [[WP:CLIMBING|<small><sup>Son of the Defender</sup></small>]] 06:02, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
Yeah, it's obvious that it's him. He's repeated a lot of edits. The change from Macau to Macao with two different accounts is very telling. You've been unblocked.—[[User:Ryulong|<font color="blue">Ryūlóng</font>]] ([[User talk:Ryulong|<font color="gold">竜龍</font>]]) 05:30, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, and for the record, here goes some identifiers I was putting down in an edit conflict:

(ec)
:ugh. Can't send email when you're blocked.
:Diagnostic of an Instantnood sock
::Edit wars over the "status" of Hong Kong/Macao in the structure of the PRC.
::Insists that "mainland China" is a jurisdiction/political division at an equal level with Hong Kong/Macao. Those explanations he wrote on ANI about the political structure of China are [[Talk:Political divisions of China|his]], no doubt ever about it.
::Edit wars over "Taiwan" as never being a term that can be used interchangeably with "Republic of China", it only means the island.
::Wiki-stalks myself and Huaiwei (note that this Kowlooner user, after seeing me make a correction, not a revert, to one of his recent changes, immediately edited a different article I had edited that he had not)
::Insists on spelling Macao with an o, when Wikipedia long ago agreed to use Macau, with a u, for the sake of simple consistency.
::Replaces "in China" categories with "by country" categories on HK/Macao articles
::Replaces "China" stub types with "Asia" stub types on HK/Macao articles
::Goes back to the same articles, repeatedly.
::Has a particularly, and recognizably bad, version of HK English. Which results in either recognizable Instantnood grammar, or very, very short sentences.
::Doesn't write much, but edits templates/stubs/categories. These affect huge numbers of articles without giving away his poor English.
::Edits serially - makes the same edit to dozens of articles in a short amount of time.
::revert wars - just redoes the same edit over and over when it is undone.
:[[User:SchmuckyTheCat|SchmuckyTheCat]]

For the record, I support the unblocking from what Ryulong has shown me; however I think you could have gone about it a different way the first time. [[User:Swatjester|<font color="red">&rArr;</font>]][[User_talk:Swatjester|<font face="Euclid Fraktur"><font color="black">SWAT</font><font color="goldenrod">Jester</font></font>]] [[WP:CLIMBING|<small><sup>Son of the Defender</sup></small>]] 06:02, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

FYI, a blocked user normally can send e-mails unless the blocking administrator checks a box to activate a newly implemented "block user from sending e-mail" capability. This is meant to be used only in serious abuse situations, and I suspect that Swatjester's checking that box in this instance was a mistake. (See also comments on my talk.) [[User:Newyorkbrad|Newyorkbrad]] 12:06, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

:As I said to NY Brad, the email block was inadvertent. [[User:Swatjester|<font color="red">&rArr;</font>]][[User_talk:Swatjester|<font face="Euclid Fraktur"><font color="black">SWAT</font><font color="goldenrod">Jester</font></font>]] [[WP:CLIMBING|<small><sup>Son of the Defender</sup></small>]] 12:23, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

==storage==
[[Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Craigengower_Cricket_Club]]
*'''Keep''' It's not "a bunch of chaps". It's an entire complex of sports facilities. For cricket, they were one of the first three cricket clubs in HK. It's not just a sports club either, the join fee is close to $80,000 of US dollars. The modern socialite papers track who comes and goes and with who. Historically, they are places where the elite met to make deals, or give the appearance to the populace during wartime that everything is ok (for instance, the governor came here to play at sports during a communist uprising in the '60s, which sent a political message that everything was under control and he wasn't paying attention to it) - as mentioned in [http://www.amazon.com/History-Hong-Kong-Frank-Welsh/dp/000638871X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-6793519-8359134?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1193546171&sr=8-1 one of the definitive books on the colonial history].

== on an unrelated note ==

I deleted Itmfa-flag.png which you had uploaded (I came across it through Jeffpw's user page). You uploaded it under a public domain license; however I checked the link and found no release into the public domain, and no explicit licensing in a format compatible with Wikipedia. If you can get in touch with the copyright holder and have them send a statement of release into public domain to permissions@wikimedia.org, we can go ahead and put it back in; however such a release needs to be a) explicit, and b) come from the copyright holder themselves, not a third party such as yourself. If you need help with this, please let me know. [[User:Swatjester|<font color="red">&rArr;</font>]][[User_talk:Swatjester|<font face="Euclid Fraktur"><font color="black">SWAT</font><font color="goldenrod">Jester</font></font>]] [[WP:CLIMBING|<small><sup>Son of the Defender</sup></small>]] 08:24, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
:[http://www.impeachthemotherfuckeralready.com/2006/04/from_the_mailbag.html Statement of explicit release at bottom of page.] Savage expressly did not copyright it. It's public domain. [[User:Jeffpw|Jeffpw]] 08:59, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
::Check out my userpage: I made my own rainbow American flag with ITMFA as the thumbnail text. Not bad for a first try, though I do want the other one back. It's GDFL if you want to use it. [[User:Jeffpw|Jeffpw]] 09:37, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
:::All images are automatically copyrighted unless released into the public domain. Since he did not explicitly release the image into the public domain, and his own misinterpretation of the law is inaccurate, it's still a copyrighted image. He can explicitly release it into the public domain, license it under a GFDL friendly license or you can simply make your own and do the same. [[User:Swatjester|<font color="red">&rArr;</font>]][[User_talk:Swatjester|<font face="Euclid Fraktur"><font color="black">SWAT</font><font color="goldenrod">Jester</font></font>]] [[WP:CLIMBING|<small><sup>Son of the Defender</sup></small>]] 10:13, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

== It's all good. ==

Looks like a hell of a lot went on after I got off Wiki last night. Glad you're unblocked, and that you've been vindicated. While I had little particular doubt that you had properly assessed the situation, I still felt that the best way for you to get your side across and supported was to keep your head held high above kowlooner's muck. When there's a two person AN/I, he said/she said apathy gets there fast when both sides get tattle-talish and strident. Which ever one presents the calmer, more reasoned case,usually succeeds to convince more people. Had you taken a few minutes to put together the diff links BEFORE posting, I suspect that some of the admins would've backed you faster, esp. RyuLong and Denny. Both are pretty good at sorting out the gold from the dross. have a good one. [[User:ThuranX|ThuranX]] 13:31, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

== Security Section, Microsoft_windows ==
When did you totally remove the security section of Microsoft_windows? [[User:Emacsuser|emacsuser]] 17:21, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
:'''I''' didn't remove anything. Take your accusations elsewhere. A vandal [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Microsoft_Windows&diff=162985945&oldid=162985880 removed it] a few weeks ago. Looking at the page history, it looks like the vandal deleted a section, then deleted another section while someone restored the old section, and the second blanking got lost. I restored it. Thanks for noticing it was gone. [[User:SchmuckyTheCat|SchmuckyTheCat]]
==ITMFA!==
[[Image:Itmfa-flag.png]]

== Sockpuppetry ==

FYI - I've started a sockpuppetry case against {{User|Peter zhou}} [[Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/JackyAustine (4th)|here]], if you'd care to add any input. Thanks <sub><span style="border:1px solid #330088;padding:1px;">[[User:Folic_Acid|&nbsp;Folic_Acid&nbsp;]]|[[User_talk:Folic_Acid|<font style="color:#FFFFFF;background:#CC0033;">&nbsp;talk&nbsp;</font>]]</span></sub> 17:48, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

==Mainland China==
I agree with some of what you say at your rant. However:

* While non-Mainland users may have an anti-Mainland slant, having large numbers of Mainland editors wouldn't necessarily make the situation that much better. For better or for worse, Mainlanders have been thoroughly indoctrinated in that country's ideology and are (in my experience) largely intolerant of other viewpoints. Just as one example, Taiwan/ROC is not an issue for Mainlanders. Taiwan '''is''' a part of China -- end of story. No nuances, no equivocation, no recognition of reality on the ground -- it ''IS'' a part of China, no argument, full stop. There are many other issues where the Mainland viewpoint is exceedingly hostile to objective analysis.

* We know that HK and Macau belong to the Mainland. But Deng Xiaoping did promise no change for 50 years, although that promise seems to be increasingly forgotten by many Chinese, who regard the transfer of sovereignty as the be-all and end-all. The attitude you increasingly see is: "They're now part of us; why should they presume to be different?" But the fact is that HK and Macau ''are'' quite different from the Mainland in many tangible ways. You hop on a plane from Beijing to HK and you get on an "international flight" (although airports carefully mark it as "international flights and flights to HK/Macau"), and you pay international fares. The currency is different. Remittances are international remittances, not domestic. The laws are different. The language is different. For copyright purposes, HK, Macau, and Taiwan are different territories. (I tried to buy Taiwanese translations of "Gone with the Wind" in HK, and found they are not available as a HK translation is available. This is an exception, however; for many books the copyright appears to be for Traditional Chinese, which covers Taiwan/HK/Macau).

So there is nothing strange about setting HK/Macau apart from Mainland China. The big issue with the Chinese is always the "sovereignty issue". And sovereignty is, of course, Chinese territorial claims based in their own view of history and what "rightfully" belongs to China. (Actually, this is shared by Mainlanders, HKnese, and Taiwanese, all of whom virtually are united by a dynastic view of history. The Taiwanese and others just don't recognise the legitimacy of the dynasty!) Still, just because the Chinese have this particular view of sovereignty and history doesn't mean that Wikipedia should follow it uncritically.

Just my two cents worth.
[[User:Bathrobe|Bathrobe]] 04:23, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

:That essay was unfinished and I'm not sure I actually got to the point of making a point in it. :)
:It wouldn't make it better as an editing environment. Cuz, yeah, mainland Chinese are going to bring their biases, prejudices and jingoism as strong as anyone else. There are dozens of nationalist flare-ups on Wikipedia weekly from all over the globe and we can handle that. But the current [[wikiality]] we have about anything China was written by people who had their own agendas, to the point that you can't call [[PRC|China]] "[[China]]". If mainlanders could edit, somewhere in their throngs there would be eloquent editors who would abide by our policies and articulate that under-represented POV.
:And yes, HK/MO are very different from the mainland but they are part of a whole which has 33 divisions, not 3. I'm very aware of the differences, crossing from HK to Shenzen is stranger than Seattle to Vancouver BC. There isn't anything strange about setting them apart, but there are HKers who would use that separation to elevate HK and/or denigrate the PRC - and that isn't correct. [[User:SchmuckyTheCat|SchmuckyTheCat]]

==Ringling Brothers==
*I've started a circus Wikiproject and as much as dislike spam from animal rights groups, I can't believe they would keep vandalizing a defunt circus about animal abuse!--Hailey 17:46, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
:In the quick history of the last 50 edits, there hasn't been a single useful edit to that page. It's peculiar they choose that one so overwhelmingly. I bet there is a bit of activist e-mail that goes around that links to it. [[User:SchmuckyTheCat|SchmuckyTheCat]]

== Arbitration ==

I have added your name to involved parties in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration#MONGO_2 MONGO 2] arbitration case as shown [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration#Involved_parties here].--[[User:MONGO|MONGO]] ([[User talk:MONGO|talk]]) 06:38, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

== Seajion ==
I do agree that {{user|Seajion}} is a sockpuppet -- but the user name of the sockpuppeteer escapes my memory. Do you remember it (or can you add a proper {{tl|sockpuppet}} tag with the name)? --[[User:Nlu|Nlu]] ([[User talk:Nlu|talk]]) 18:50, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

== Re: the talkpage ==

Hey Schmucky, Just let it be/leave the comments until the CU that was filed has confirm what we already know. I don't want to lock down something that should absolutely not be. Regards, [[User:Nat|'''nat.u''']][[User talk:Nat|'''toronto''']] 23:34, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

==Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Reclamation at Tai O.jpg==
Thanks for uploading '''[[:Image:Reclamation at Tai O.jpg]]'''. However, there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please read the instructions at [[Wikipedia:Non-free content]] carefully, then go to the image description page and clarify why you think the image qualifies for fair use. Using one of the templates at [[Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline]] is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it will be deleted within a couple of days according to our [[Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion#Images/media|criteria for speedy deletion]]. If you have any questions please ask them at the [[Wikipedia:Media copyright questions|media copyright questions page]]. Thank you.<!-- Template:No fair --> —[[User:Remember the dot|Remember the dot]] <sup>([[User talk:Remember the dot|talk]])</sup> 21:38, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

:Since you took this photo yourself, you can alleviate the problem quite easily by replacing <tt><nowiki>{{fairuse}}</nowiki></tt> with <tt><nowiki>{{self|cc-by-sa-3.0}}</nowiki></tt>. —[[User:Remember the dot|Remember the dot]] <sup>([[User talk:Remember the dot|talk]])</sup> 21:41, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

==Windows XP FAR==
[[Windows XP]] has been nominated for a [[Wikipedia:Featured_article_review|featured article review]]. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to [[Wikipedia:What is a featured article?|featured quality]]. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, articles are moved onto the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article from featured status. The instructions for the review process are [[Wikipedia:Featured_article_review|here]]. Reviewers' concerns are [[Wikipedia:Featured_article_review/{{#if:{{{2|}}}|{{{2}}}|Windows XP}}|here]]. [[User:SandyGeorgia|Sandy<font color="green">Georgia</font>]] ([[User talk:SandyGeorgia|Talk]]) 23:31, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

== ALF redux ==

Hi. Your comments at the bottom of [[Talk:ALF]] make it look like you support a split because a crucial word was missing from your statement saying that you didn't. You may want to correct that because the editor who you were replying to in the negative, just went ahead and split the dab page. &mdash;[[User:Viriditas|Viriditas]] | [[User talk:Viriditas|Talk]] 10:17, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

== Windows 95 and USB ==

Hello. I created a discussion about USB support in Windows 95 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Windows_95) yesterday, and you discarded it (by undoing my addition to that discussion page). Why!? Please provide explanation for your action. <br>
[[User:Nihad Hamzic|Nihad Hamzic]] ([[User talk:Nihad Hamzic|talk]]) 10:01, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
<br>

: Oh, I have just now realised that you in fact moved my discussion chapter at the bottom (where it really needs to be). It was my mistake by writing it at the top. I haven't been participating in Wiki edits for several months, so I forgot some structuring rules. It is OK now. Thank you for correcting my mistake, but you should have marked you action as "Moved USB support chapter to the bottom" instead of marking your action as an "undo". I suppose that this discussion is completed. [[User:Nihad Hamzic|Nihad Hamzic]] ([[User talk:Nihad Hamzic|talk]]) 11:57, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

::I didn't mark it as an undo, but I apologize for not making a good edit summary. If you are new to Wikipedia, it may be useful to learn how "[[WP:DIFF|diffs]]" work. Diffs are extremely useful to view what actually changed at a glance. [[User:SchmuckyTheCat|SchmuckyTheCat]] ([[User talk:SchmuckyTheCat#top|talk]])

== TW ==

May I ask what TW is like? Like the TW mentioned in this diff[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sam&diff=162045326&oldid=161719300]. I am looking through the page it links to and I just wanted to know from someone who has used it before installing some strange javascript on my account. [[User:Sam Barsoom|Sam Barsoom]] ([[User talk:Sam Barsoom|talk]]) 20:24, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
:for anyone following along: [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Sam_Barsoom&diff=182371881&oldid=181934851]

==Greeting==
I notice that you have reverted Marcus2's edit. Why did you mark it as vandalism? I highly doubt it was. My advice to you is to stay out of [[The Powerpuff Girls]]' article. [[Special:Contributions/70.101.182.149|70.101.182.149]] ([[User talk:70.101.182.149|talk]]) 01:59, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
:Go away.
::I would ask you to be more polite to users like myself. The way you are now, you sound like you're not a nice person. Sorry if I sound a little rude. It wasn't intended. [[Special:Contributions/70.101.182.149|70.101.182.149]] ([[User talk:70.101.182.149|talk]]) 02:05, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

==Happy New Year==

Why is it that you reverted my addition to Washington. You mentioned something about not being relevent. It was a fact about washington, a law related to the fact, and sighted 3 references. I came back today to add that Squatch is the supersonics mascott only to find you changing what I did. <small>—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Throttle-junky|Throttle-junky]] ([[User talk:Throttle-junky|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Throttle-junky|contribs]]) 15:55, 8 January 2008 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

== homeopathy is the future ==

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== Re: China ==

Hey Schmucky, just to let you know, although I do not plan to reprotect the article at this time, another sysop has [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_page_protection&diff=next&oldid=182419175 agreed with me that protection is the most viable/best option]. [[User:Nat|'''nat.u''']][[User talk:Nat|'''toronto''']] 19:02, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
:That is completely antithetical to the protection policy. It's part of the understanding of "the wiki way" that there are more good people than bad. Long term protection would mean that a vandal can dictate, long-term, what is displayed and who can edit. It would be a fundamental and systemic failure of the project goals. [[User:SchmuckyTheCat|SchmuckyTheCat]] ([[User talk:SchmuckyTheCat#top|talk]])

==elephant==
"advertised as the world's largest elephant" - there you go - perfect! Good change. Without the "advertised as" it sounds like so many other claims about "the world's best..." etc. Thanks [[User:Bob98133|Bob98133]] ([[User talk:Bob98133|talk]]) 18:40, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

==Socks on [[China]]==
[[Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/Peter zhou]]

Don't warn. Just block. [[User:SchmuckyTheCat|SchmuckyTheCat]] ([[User talk:SchmuckyTheCat|talk]])

:I can't block. And I have no history on this; or at least don't remember it. But, I'll report directly to AIV next time, or do a level-4 warn then report. [[User:Gscshoyru|Gscshoyru]] ([[User talk:Gscshoyru|talk]]) 17:19, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

== RE: "wikipedia is not censored for obsolete computers" ==

I am very much confused by what you mean by this phrase. Do you mind explaining it to me? The browser I am currently using is Mozilla Firefox 2.0 and your version shows much different brackets than "< >". Your revision shows:
:{{Unicode|&#x3008;&nbsp;&#x3009;}}
While the previous version[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bracket&curid=59338&diff=184372720&oldid=184366519] shows:
:&lt; &gt;
So which are you trying to write, 〈 or < ? --[[User:Henry W. Schmitt|Henry W. Schmitt]] ([[User talk:Henry W. Schmitt|talk]]) 06:10, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

:See [[Talk:Bracket#Angle_brackets_2007]]. The likes2beanonymous user reverts the page to avoid unicode because his ancient computer doesn't display it correctly. [[User:SchmuckyTheCat|SchmuckyTheCat]] ([[User talk:SchmuckyTheCat#top|talk]])

==[[Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Episodes and characters 2]]==
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Koko B. Ware
Born (1957-06-20) June 20, 1957 (age 66)
Union City, Tennessee
Websitehttp://www.kokobware.net
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Koko B. Ware
Stagger Lee
Sweet Brown Sugar
Billed height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Billed weight229 lb (104 kg; 16.4 st)
Debut1978[citation needed]

Koko B. Ware (born James Ware on June 20, 1957) is a semi-retired American professional wrestler who made his professional wrestling debut in 1979. He gained most of his popularity in the World Wrestling Federation when he was known as the Birdman. Ware came to the ring with his macaw, Frankie, flapping his arms like a bird before and after his matches while dancing.

Before joining the WWF Ware worked as a part of several successful tag teams, first with Bobby Eaton in Memphis and then later on with Norvell Austin as one half of the The P.Y.T. Express in several promotions.

Career

Early Years

Koko spent his early days in the sport in the Mid-South, Georgia, and other NWA territories where he impressed fans enough to vote him the Pro Wrestling Illustrated Rookie of the Year in 1979. Early on Koko Ware as he was then known did not meet with great success, learning the ropes and paying his dues both in Jerry Jarrett’s Continental Wrestling Association and Nick Gulas’ territory in the south.[1]

It wasn’t until late in 1980 that Koko’s fortune changed when he participated in a battle royal to crown the first ever Mid-American Television Champion. The crowd favorite was Jimmy Valiant, who Koko accidentally knocked into Danny Davis, shocking everyone by eliminating Valiant. Moments later, Koko dumped Davis to the floor and winning his first title to the shock of more or less everyone in the arena. [2] After the match, Jimmy Valiant returned to the ring and beat Koko down. Koko’s feud with Jimmy Valiant was quickly expanded to include the heel Tojo Yamamoto and Koko ally Tommy Rich. When Dutch Mantel returned to the CWA in early 1981 he quickly defeated Koko for the TV title making Koko’s first run with the gold a short one.[2][3]

Koko floundered until September 1981 when he was chosen to referee a Southern Heavyweight Championship title match between Jerry Lawler and “The Dream Machine". Ware unfairly counted Lawler out to give the Dream Machine the victory, a decision that did not sit well with Lawler nor the fans in Memphis. Koko quickly aligned himself with manager Jimmy Hart and his First Family and changed his name to Sweet Brown Sugar.[1] Sugar never got the best of Lawler but did taste tag-team success alongside Steve Keirn and then more famously as he teamed up with Bobby Eaton. Eaton & Sugar won the AWA Southern Tag Team Championship two with Bobby Eaton displaying great teamwork and intensity.[2]

Stagger Lee

After successfully teaming for a while Sugar and Eaton started to show signs of dissention, during their last run with the tag-team titles Bobby Eaton beat Jacques Rougeau for the Mid-American Heavyweight title.[2] During an interview where Eaton and Jimmy Hart bragged about the victory, Sugar complained that he was unable to win the Southern Title from Terry Taylor. After being fed up, Jimmy Hart finally slapped Sweet Brown Sugar and sent the sulking superstar back to the dressing room after which Bobby Eaton commented that Sugar had been “whining like a woman". Later that night the duo defended their titles against Terry Taylor and Bill Dundee, losing the titles when Sugar “accidentally" kicked Bobby Eaton and then left the ring.[2][4]

Eaton and Sweet Brown Sugar contested a series of grudge matches centered around the Mid-America title and their issues with each other.[2] The feud got so out of control that it had to be settled with a “Loser Leaves Town" match, a match that Bobby Eaton won, driving Sweet Brown Sugar out of the arena. In one of those “wrestling coincidences" a masked man calling himself Stagger Lee debuted; the fact that he looked and wrestled like a masked version of Sweet Brown Sugar helped make him instantly popular. Bobby Eaton along with the rest of the First Family tried in vain to unmask Stagger Lee but could not manage to do so, winding up frustrated at every turn.[4][5]

Pretty Young Things

Bobby Eaton later turned face, he teamed with Stagger Lee for a series of matches. During a tag-team tournament in 1983, the masked Stagger Lee teamed up with fellow face Norvell Austin to take on “Fargo’s Fabulous Ones" (Tommy Rich & "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert). During the course of the match Stagger Lee’s mask was removed to reveal the man beneath it, prompting a heel turn for Ware. Austin and Ware became a regular tag team dubbed “the Pretty Young Things” or “the PYT Express”.[6] The two men soon began wearing red leather jackets and each had a single white glove on in an obvious imitation of Michael Jackson to further enhance their “pretty boy” image.[7]

The team managed to defeat the colossal team of Elijah Akeem and Kareem Mohammad for the AWA Southern Tag Team titles in February 1984, although they only hung on to the gold for a little under 2 weeks before Akeem and Mohammad regained the titles.[2] The PYT Express remained in Memphis for a period of time after this before moving on to other promotions such as World Class Championship Wrestling in Texas and Championship Wrestling from Florida. On February 26, 1985 Austin and Ware defeat Jay and Mark Youngblood to win the NWA Florida United States Tag Team Championship. Two weeks later on March 5, 1985 the team lost the titles back to the Youngbloods.[2]

After dropping the gold in Florida the Pretty Young Things returned to the federation that first put them together, the Continental Wrestling Association. There, they won the AWA Southern Tag Team titles twice, both times from The Fabulous Ones (Steve Keirn and Stan Lane) as they feuded with the top face team of the promotion.[2][8]

World Wrestling Federation

In 1986, Ware signed with the World Wrestling Federation, where he was repackaged as the fun loving “Birdman" Koko B. Ware. He would make his entrances dancing to the ring to the tune of Morris Day & The Time's "The Bird," flapping his arms and carrying his pet macaw “Frankie", who sat on a perch at ringside while Koko wrestled. Bright outfits, colorful sunglasses, a constant smile and his trademark vibrato voice instantly made Koko a big hit, especially with the younger crowd that the WWF mainly catered to during the 1980s.[9]

Koko sung the title track of the 1987 WWF Album "Piledriver". The song's video featured top wrestlers of the day like Hulk Hogan and the Honky Tonk Man.

Koko’s first major showcase in the WWF was at Saturday Night's Main Event on November 29, 1986 where he defeated Nikolai Volkoff.[10] Unfortunately for Koko, his initial success in the big match environment was not an indicator of things to come as he soon found himself losing repeatedly when he came up against such stars as Butch Reed, Greg Valentine, and The Big Boss Man.[11][12][13] From 1987 to 1993 Koko appeared on several WWF PPVs and Saturday Night's Main Events being used mainly to make established or rising stars look good. At the Survivor Series in 1990, Koko became the first wrestler to fall victim to The Undertaker’s Tombstone Piledriver in the Undertaker’s debut match.

In 1991 the WWF and the United States Wrestling Association started a talent exchange agreement which saw Koko B. Ware return to his old stomping grounds in Memphis (same area, different promotion). In the USWA Koko was more successful than in the WWF, winning the USWA World Title twice, once from Kamala “The Ugandan Giant" and once from USWA icon Jerry Lawler. [2] Koko also hooked up with Rex Hargrove and won the USWA Tag Team Championship once.[2] Koko B. Ware competed in the USWA until his semi-retirement in 1995.

While competing in the USWA, Koko B. Ware also got a bit of a push in the WWF; he teamed up with Owen Hart to form the high flying team known as High Energy, well known in wrestling circles for their gigantic baggy brightly colored pants and checkered suspenders. High Energy feuded with (and generally lost to) The Nasty Boys, the Headshrinkers, and Money Incorporated.[14] The team made only one PPV appearance as a team, a loss to the Headshrinkers at the 1992 Survivor Series.[15] The team ended in 1993 after Owen Hart injured his knee.

After High Energy ended Koko was mainly used as a low carder until he left the WWF in 1994.

Semi-retirement and return

After leaving the WWF Koko made a few appearances for the American Wrestling Federation but did not become a regular before going into semi-retirement in 1995. Koko was interviewed briefly during the 1999 wrestling documentary Beyond the Mat.

In 1999 Koko made a short-lived return to the World Wrestling Federation where he put on the “Blue Blazer" mask during the Owen Hart angle. When Hart died, the angle was dropped and Koko’s services were no longer needed.[16]

Koko’s macaw “Frankie" died in a house fire in 2001 while Koko and his family were at church.

In 2003 Koko returned to the spotlight competing once again in the Memphis area for the Memphis Wrestling promotion. He also competed at the “World Wrestling Legends" PPV on March 5, 2006 where he defeated Disco Inferno. He also appeared at "WWE Homecoming", RAW's return to the USA Network, on October 3, 2005.[17]

He fought (and was defeated by) Rob Conway on the October 28, 2005 edition of WWE Heat.[17] In April 2007, he wrestled in a tag match (while managed by special guest Slick Rick) and lost at Ultimate Clash of the Legends '07 headlined by Hulk Hogan vs. Paul Wight.

He now has a new macaw which he calls "Frankie Jr".

On June 8, 2008, Koko made a special appearance at TNA Slammiversary as a groomsman in the wedding for "Black Machismo" Jay Lethal and So Cal Val, along with George "Animal" Steele, Kamala, and Jake "The Snake" Roberts.

In wrestling

Championships and accomplishments

  • Real Wrestling Federation
  • RWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • Supreme Championship Wrestling
  • SCW Supreme Championship (1 time)[18]

External links

References

  1. ^ a b Tim Dills. "Kayfabe Memories: Memphis/CWA (8-2)". {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |accessmonthday= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Royal Duncan & Gary Will (4th Edition 2006). Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |year= (help)
  3. ^ Tim Dills. "Kayfabe Memories: Memphis/CWA (7-2)". {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |accessmonthday= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ a b Tim Dills. "Kayfabe Memories: Bobby Eaton profile (part 2)". {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |accessmonthday= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
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  7. ^ Greg Oliver and Steve Johnson (2005). "Imitation is the sinceres form of flattery". The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame: The Tag Teams. ECW Press. pp. 261–264. ISBN 978-1-5502-2683-6.
  8. ^ Greg Oliver and Steve Johnson (2005). The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame: The Tag Teams. ECW Press. ISBN 978-1-5502-2683-6.
  9. ^ Brian Shields (4th Edition 2006). Main event – WWE in the raging 80s. Pocket Books. ISBN 978-1-4165-3257-6. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |year= (help)
  10. ^ prowrestlinghistory.com. "WWF Saturday Night's Main Event Results (#8)". {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |accessmonthday= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
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  14. ^ Graham Cawthorn. "the History of the WWE: WWF Match Results 1992". {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |accessmonthday= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
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  16. ^ Graham Cawthorn. "the History of the WWE: WWF Match Results 1999". {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |accessmonthday= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  17. ^ a b Graham Cawthorn. "the History of the WWE: WWF Match Results 2005". {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |accessmonthday= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  18. ^ "Independent Wrestling Results - August 2003". onlineworldofwrestling.com. Retrieved 2008-07-05.


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