The 'Shroom:Spotlight
Welcome to The 'Shroom Spotlight!
This is a monthly 'Shroom section which places the "spotlight" on a small group of pages which are selected from various maintenance categories (such as rewriting an article, or adding more images). Due to the project's broard coverage, there is always a good choice of focuses which appeals to everyone's interests and abilities. Progress on improving these articles are reviewed in the next month's edition, and a new group of articles are selected.
Please check out our [[The 'Shroom:Issue Template:ShroomIssue/The 'Shroom Spotlight|current Spotlight edition]]!
Project coverage
'Shroom Spotlight editions usually focus on six different pages, each requiring a specific sort of improvement. Single article focuses have been covered in the past, and may still be done upon requests by readers.
The following improvement categories are currently covered by the Spotlight project:
- Stubs – Articles or sections which are very short, and lacking vital information.
- Rewrite requested – Poorly written pages which require revising.
- Rewrite and expansion requested – Pages which require a rewrite, as well as an expansion to cover missing information.
- Image requested – Articles which require at least one image to illustrate the subject.
- Articles that need more images – Articles which already have at least one image, although more are required.
- Image quality requested – Images which are currently of very poor quality.
- Wanted articles – Any articles which still need to be created.
- Articles with long trivia sections – All trivia sections should only contain miscellaneous and notable information which does not fit elsewhere within the article.
Trivia should be incorporated into other article sections when applicable. - Citation needed – Articles which contain information requiring a valid reference.
- Nominations to unfeature an article – Such nominations normally outline various problems with the article, in which users can collaborate on to maintain the article's featured status.
Contact us
Have any questions or feedback about the Spotlight? Would you like to suggest a focus for our next edition? If you have a forum account, please post in our dedicated project topic. Alternatively, feel free to use the project's talk page. If you would prefer to contact members of management individually, then please use the links provided below:
- YoshiKong (talk page · Template:Plainlink)
- Yoshi876 (talk page · Template:Plainlink)
Formation of The 'Shroom Spotlight
The 'Shroom Spotlight project all started with an idea from Xzelion (talk), who first brought it up among the wiki staff members in April, 2011. Originally referred to as "Wiki Game of the Month", it was proposed that this new project could focus on improving articles relating to a game which has already been released for some time, aiming to imitate the activity rush from users who were covering content for the newest game releases. At the time, the PipeProjects system was the main method of forming new user collaborations, although it was understood that such projects weren't always successful in gaining input from users. To attract ongoing community engagement, it was suggested that this new monthly project should have its own section within The 'Shroom community paper.
After deciding on "The 'Shroom Spotlight" as a project title, it was planned that the monthly section was to be co-ordinated by the wiki staff, and users were initially able to sign up to show their interest in contributing to the project. Early editions focused only on a specific game every month, and readers were invited to collaborate on improving the articles lacking in content which are related to that game. Today, Spotlight covers a very broad selection of articles in each edition, each normally coming from a different improvement category.
- Management timeline
- April 2011: The Spotlight project was founded by Xzelion (talk) and managed by Marioguy1 (talk), with the first edition appearing in the May 2011 special edition of The 'Shroom. Due to lack of user participation, the section was soon abandoned after appearing in three 'Shroom editions.
- April 2013: The project was relaunched with YoshiKong (talk) as the new manager, who introduced several changes to how the Spotlight is run.
- January 2014: After writing eight editions of Spotlight, YoshiKong stepped down from his management position, and nominated Yoshi876 (talk) and GBAToad (talk) to co-manage the project as his successors.
- September 2014: GBAToad resigned from his co-management position, although he still co-writes for 'Shroom special issues.
- July 2016: YoshiKong rejoined the Spotlight management team, and the first Spotlight section co-written by YoshiKong and Yoshi876 appeared in the August 2016 edition of The 'Shroom.
