MarioWiki:The 'Shroom/Fake News

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Ralphfan is the current director of the Fake News. We promise that he's not as fake as the news, though!

Contents 1 Fake News Staff 2 Job Positions 2.1 Image Composer 2.2 Poll Creator 2.3 Travel Guide 2.4 Cooking Guide 2.5 Ad Salesman 2.6 Interviewer 2.7 Wanted Poster 2.8 Fake Media 2.8.1 Fake Games 2.8.2 Fake Music 2.8.3 Fake TV 2.8.4 Fake Movies 2.9 Sports Coverage 2.10 Weather 2.11 Fake Injuries 2.12 User Brawl 2.13 Fake Shop 3 Guidelines and Rules for All Fake News Members

[edit] Fake News Staff

1. Director - Ralphfan (Talk)
2. Travel Guide - Ralphfan (Talk)
3. Fake Music - Super Paper Mario Bros. (Talk) (bi-monthly)
4. Fake TV - Luigi 128 (Talk)
5. Fake Games - Hyper Guy (Talk) LATE
6. Wanted Posters - Luigi 128 (Talk)
7. Obituaries - Clyde1998 (Talk)
8. Cooking Guide - Ralphfan (Talk)
9. Ad Salesman - Position is vacant
10. Poll Creator - Monteyaga (Talk)
11. Interviewer - Position is vacant
12. Sports Coverage - Ralphfan (Talk)
13. Weather team - Clyde1998 (Talk)
14. Fake Injuries and Arrests - Clyde1998 (Talk)
15. Fake Movies - Luigi 128 (Talk)
16. Character Battles - Super Paper Mario Bros. (Talk) (bi-monthly)
17. User Brawl - Zero777 (Talk)
18. Fake Shop - Ohsnap! (Talk)

[edit] Job Positions

[edit] Image Composer

Creates an image assigned by main news writer. The image must correspond with the written section. Sometimes the main news writer will give specific guidelines for an image. Must also be good at sprite editing.

[edit] Poll Creator

Decides what the poll of the month should be about. The number of choices must be between 4 to 6 and must be Mario themed in some way. This should follow the model of the previous polls. Forum topics should be made to correspond with the poll in the General Discussion section of the Wiki Forum.

[edit] Travel Guide

Will write a section about an interesting Marioverse location. Most aspects of the location need to be described, like the temperature, costs, lodging prices, atmosphere, etc. Section has to be convincing like a real traveling pamphlet. Packages, insurance, and other minor details are optional.

[edit] Cooking Guide

Creates a section about cooking a Mario-themed recipe. The recipe has to be based on a recipe from the Paper Mario series. However, the method of how to cook the recipe can be thoroughly explained. The section can even be hosted alongside one of the Paper Mario series' chefs.

[edit] Ad Salesman

Creates images advertising a Mario-themed item or service. 2 images need to be made and will be placed in random areas of Fake News. Advertisements must be informal and not take up too much space. Advertisement can be in sprite form as well.

[edit] Interviewer

Interviews interesting Marioverse characters and writes an interview section about them. If a question in that section is deemed unnecessary, the question can be omitted from the final version. Do not ask personal or silly questions to the interviewed character. Try to follow the example given in 'Shroom Issue V.

[edit] Wanted Poster

Creates a wanted poster about a Mario villain. All general information must be included, such as reward money, dead or alive status, crime committed, etc.. All Wanted Posters must have WANTED at the top. Physical traits, skin color, and hair color can be described.

[edit] Fake Media

[edit] Fake Games

Think up 1 - 2 Crazy games for the Wii/DS.

[edit] Fake Music

Think up 1 - 2 Crazy CDs and music, also songs inside the CDs, and lyrics are optional.

[edit] Fake TV

1 - 2 fake TV shows.

[edit] Fake Movies

1-2 fake Mario-related movies each month.

[edit] Sports Coverage

Makes a brief coverage of the local sports game. Only one to two games per week in necessary. The game coverage must include Mario characters. Any sport is allowed – from baseball to synchronized swimming.

[edit] Weather

Gives a summary of the weather conditions of a Marioverse location.

[edit] Fake Injuries

1-2 reports of Mario characters being injured each month.

If you would like to recommend a position, please say so on the talk page. Before recommending a position, read the guidelines below.

[edit] User Brawl

Describes a brawl (SSB battle) between users (who have SSB info-boxes), sometimes actual SSB characters will be in it and even other characters who didn't appear as playable in the SSB sereis (but who have all there special moves and there final smash filled in).

[edit] Fake Shop

A description of 1-2 items from a Paper Mario or Mario Party shop.

Users need to have SSB info-boxes to be in the User Brawl, and need to answer a few questions to be in it. The set rules are a three stock, five minute battle, with smash ball on high, users can ask to change the rules but not the item, but they can set on what level it will show up often, and they can set a stage but one rule and one stage will be selected.

[edit] Guidelines and Rules for All Fake News Members

• All members can edit each other's section for grammar without changing the content.
• All sections and positions must be Mario related and have fake elements.
• All sections must be turned in on the assigned date. There are no exceptions.
• If there are two users signing up for the same section, they may have to work together or the main news writer will test both and see which is more qualified.
• Do not write in a profane or inappropriate manner.