MarioWiki:Proposals

Proposals can be new features (such as an extension), removal of a previously added feature that has tired out, or new policies that must be approved via consensus before any action(s) are done. Any user can support or oppose, but must have a strong reason for doing so, not, e.g., "I like this idea!" "Vote" periods last for one week. All past proposals are archived. A proposal section works like a discussion page: comments are brought up and replied to using indents (colons, such as : or ::::) and all edits are signed with the signature code ~~~(~). How To Actions that users feel are appropriate to have community approval first can be added by anyone, but they must have a strong argument. Users then vote and discuss on the issue during that week. The "deadline" for the proposal is one week from posting at: Monday to Thursday: 17:00 (5pm) Friday and Saturday: 20:00 (8pm) Sunday: 15:00 (3pm) Every vote should have a reason accompanying it. At any time a vote may be rejected if at least three active users believe the vote truly has no merit or was cast in bad faith. However, there must be strong reasons supporting the invalidation. "# " should be added under the last vote of each support/oppose section to show another blank line. At the deadline, the validity of each vote and the discussion is reviewed by the community. Any proposal that has three votes or less at deadline will automatically be listed as "NO QUORUM" All proposals are archived. The original proposer must take action accordingly if the outcome of the proposal dictates it. If it requires the help of a sysop, the proposer can ask for that help. The times are in EDT, and are set so that the user is more likely to be online at those times (after school, weekend nights). So for example, if a proposal is added on Saturday night at 11:59 PM EDT, the deadline is the next Saturday night at 8:00 PM. If it is indeed a minute later, the deadline is a day plus 15 hours (Sunday), as opposed to a day minus 4 hours. CURRENTLY: 01:21, 24 May 2024 (EDT) New Features Music Maybe we should have a section where you can hear the original music and how it has changed over the years to the more recent Mario style. This would require the music to play in Super Mario Wiki instead of just linking to it (like galbiana hotel or whatever it is). I know Wikipedia uses OGG for its music... Thoughts? Ok, ok. The OGG was only a suggestion. I would personally prefer MP3 or WMA, the format doesnt matter. Also, this proposal is now officially stating that the music would need to be activated (i.e. clicked on) in order to run. That way, people with slower computers would not get clogged on every page unless they wanted to hear the tunes. Proposer: Macewindu Deadline::December 24, 2007, 17:00 Let's try it! Madhatter9max - See below. Macewindu - see below. G-Money 11:42, 18 December 2007 (EST) I don't have something to play .OOG files and when I try to install it, my computer freeses up! No way! Walkazo - See below comment. My Bloody Valentine I am in total agreement with Walkazo on this. First of all, not many people are able to upload .ogg files, so that poses as an issue. Galbadia Hotel is very reliable, as it is NOT mostly remixes. A lot of their music are ripped from official games or soundtracks, so we can link to that site. Now, VGMusic is the website that is all remixes. And, as Walkazo said, we don't want to alienate those with slow internet. Mr. Guy the Guy Talk!E Listening to how the music changed over the years/ That sounds complicated and useless, were an Encyclopedia! InfectedShroom. Per Everyone. OGG sucks, and playing them straight from the wiki would be slow and might not even work on some computers. Sure, I like my Video Game music, but no to the straight up files. And GH is EXTREMELY reliable. Chaos NEEDS MOAR NINJI - Per all. It makes no sense for it to be on a MARIOWiki even if it is Mario music. Storm Yoshi per Walkazo Ghost Jam per Walkazo Comments Don't forget to vote yourself, Macewindu. Anyway, being able to compare music through the ages does sound like a good idea, but we should stick with links out of the Wiki. It's just like with videos: people with slow computers may encounter difficulties with the extra features. The Wiki's for everyone, after all. - Walkazo I'm supporting because you have to click on it for it to work or not so you know what you're in for. there's galbadia hotel but it's mostly remixes from what I've seen and also vgmusic.com as reliable sources for me. the songs show the depth and evolution of each game and are certainly a landmark to be included. I'm in support as long as each song doesn't try to start automatically.Madhatter9max 01:31, 18 December 2007 (EST) Right on madhatter9max! I will only support it if each song doesnt try to start automatically. This would get kind of annoying (like how all the videos start on youtube every time a window is openned). Also, The format need not be OGG. I said that only because Wikipedia uses that. If we used MP3 or WMA, or both that would be much better. I currently have all Mario Party 7 gamerip music with me in one folder, so we wouldnt have to download EVERY SINGLE ONE from Galbadia. Macewindu 08:41, 18 December 2007 (EST) Now that the former questions have been addressed, Pokemon DP and Walkazo, any other concerns or do you agree? Two comments: a) GHotel isn't all remixes, some of them are correctly ripped, b) I am not certain if there is an extension to directly play files internally. Wa TC@Y 16:01, 18 December 2007 (EST) ???-Um, Galbadia is entirely correctly ripped. I dont think there is any remixes. I was just saying that, instead of downloading them one by one...never mind. This part is trivial. We need to decide if the dumb thing is a good idea first.Macewindu 16:32, 18 December 2007 (EST) Nope, you covered everything I didn't DP, but thanks for asking! - Walkazo What? I didn't ask you anything. =| My Bloody Valentine No,no,no. I was asking if either of you have anything else against this or do you agree with it?Macewindu 07:03, 19 December 2007 (EST) Then you shouldn't've started a new paragraph after signing the first part of your comment. Since I couldn't tell it was still you talking and I knew I didn't write that, I figured it was the only other name in the message. I know DP uses a real signature here, but I was having and off-day and automatically ignored the irregularity of it all... - Walkazo alrite everyone I was just saying Galbadia is mostly remixes from what I've seen I'm sure there are actual scores and everything I just wanted to post a possible disclaimer. also: who cres if it wastes too much time? theres enough people out there willing to upload songs so that it won't waste your time. even wikipedia has music samples on there. since we're more exclusive to Mario than they are why don't we put up more info? it's not pointless, there are plenty of people that randomly wonder what songs are what and this would make it much easier for them to find the song without having to download. Madhatter9max 23:58, 19 December 2007 (EST) I concur.Macewindu 10:16, 20 December 2007 (EST) For what I seen. Galbadia is entirely official songs ('cept for the MIDI section, which link directly to Vgmusic) since all the musics are directly ripped from a promotional album, and even some times, from the actual game. On the other hand, VGmusic is entirely remix. Blitzwing, I don't think the point about less powerful computers is really right, Wikipedia itself use sound samples in some of their articles, and I am sure they are as cautious as us when it come to low-tech computer. How about an example of one of these pages? - Walkazo You mean a page with sound sample on Wikipedia? Well, there's this page. Blitzwing As far as I know, GH doesn't have any Mario Galaxy tunes at the moment. User:firemario Removals None at the moment. Splits & Merges Galleries So I was viewing the site and noticed that a whole bunch the pages (notably Wario) has a section devoted to images, though recently they've been a little too big. I propose that we create galleries for specific characters and merge the images ove there. For example, maybe we could have a page called "Gallery: Wario" or something similar and merge all of the images over there. Or possibly just make a category called "Category: Wario images" and have all the images there for people to view. It seems like there are over 100 images on the page, and I'm sure many will agree that they should all be merged to their own page. Make galleries --Bentendo 11:41, 24 December 2007 (EST) My reasons above! Nah Merging Pumpkin Head with Goomba Pumpkin Heads are absolutely proven to Goombas wearing Pumkins on their heads, so does this make them a new species altogether? No. Listen to the comment I wrote on its talk page over a week ago: Should this have its own article? Goombas have worn many things for protection, but wearing a pumpkin head doesn't make one a new species. Its like saying that Mario is another character when he doesn't wear his overalls. And I'm pretty sure Nintendo didn't give it an official name since it wasn't meant to be a new enemy altogether. If you will remember, there were also Goombas with helmets that can be killed almost the same way. I'm sure they wear pumpkins just to give to level a spooky feel. It doesn't even have an official name! But I'll leave it up to you guys to decide. Merge Information Knife (talk) 14:51, 22 December 2007 (EST) My reasons are given above Blitzwing Per Knife. Walkazo - Per Knife. My Bloody Valentine - Per Knife. The name isn't even official. NMRodo If there's no name, then chances are Nintendo meant for them to be one and the same. (RHYMELOLZORZ) Stumpers! THANK YOU. Just thinking the same thing a few weeks ago. Keep Article Comments This can also be applied to Mask Koopas. - Walkazo Well, unlike the Pumpking head, the Mask Koopas actually have an official name. (Or do they?) Blitzwing Changes Regulating Generic Articles A rising number of articles lately have been based on generic items and I'm starting to think we need to control what generic articles are made and which one aren't. I'm mostly talking about articles in Category:Traps and Obstacles. For instance, there is one article named Raining Debris, which describes what they are, falling debris (I thought they were falling rocks). And there were past discussions about going the other way and adding information to game articles instead (like right here). Now I'm just confused and think we need to establish a regulation regarding articles on generic items. We could literally make an article on bricks and say "Bricks are items that have appeared in most Mario games. They affect gameplay by blocking Mario's progress. They can be found on most levels. Another brick item called Brick Blocks are also seen in many of Mario's travels." and etc.. As you can see, dealing with generic articles aren't so easy. They cause arguments like "Do they affect gameplay?", "Do they have official names?", and "Do they appear in many games?" to become moot. We could have hundred of articles about thinks that are similar to bricks (concrete, stones, metal, etc.). What makes a generic article worthy of being an article? I am now very confused, what should we do?Knife (talk) 15:17, 22 December 2007 (EST) Regulate Generic Articles Leave Them Alone Comments Uh.... I am confused. You mean you want to regulate the number of articles relating to generic items such as Bricks, rock and co? As long as it's officially named, I don't see why we shouldn't allow those articles here. Blitzwing How can generic items have official names?Knife (talk) 15:50, 22 December 2007 (EST) "Generic Item" is kind of vague, ? Blocks are generics item, but we still have an article on these things. Blitzwing I meant items that you can find in the real world, not ? Blocks. An example would be Raining Debris, since it can be found in the real world as well.Knife (talk) 10:45, 23 December 2007 (EST) It doesn't really matter does it? Raining debris is found in the real world, but that's hardly a generic name. Your brick example is better, but there isn't a brick article (just one on brick blocks, which are valid objects in the Marioverse), so what are you complaining about? - Walkazo We also have an article on Lava, but that one is actually pretty well thought-out and informative. I have to agree with Walkazo there. Blitzwing Miscellaneous None at the moment.