Help:Year articles

Year articles on the Roller Derby Wikia help to summarize key events which took place during the given yearly cycle. This help page quickly summarizes what should, and shouldn't be included in a year article.

The basic year article
Year articles will have three headings:


 * Major happenings in roller derby - A list of important events which took place in that year, which are directly related to roller derby (see below)
 * Notable births - A list of births of notable skaters, which are given for easy viewing (with the birth day and month)
 * Notable deaths - Any notable skaters deaths are given here

Some year articles don't have headings that are clearly not needed. For example, 1899 has no "Major happenings in roller derby" heading, as Roller Derby didn't exist at the time. 2001 has no "Notable births" heading, as no characters of note would be born at that point.

As time progresses, omitted headings should be added as needed.

Major happenings in roller derby
Certain events should and should not be included here. Examples of inclusions/exclusions are:


 * A major award in a company should be included.
 * Major inter-promotional tournaments should be included.
 * The formation of important companies, and closure of them, should be included
 * A major skater(s) debuts and retirement should be included.

Use your head to decide what to include and what to not, but any stupid inclusions will be promptly removed.

Major births/deaths
All people births and deaths are notable.