MarioWiki:Proposals/Archive

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Please add every newly-archived proposal to the bottom of the latest archive in the above directory, and add a new entry to the bottom of the current year's section of this page using this template and the color key shown below.
Color Outcome
green Passed; change was made and is currently enforced.
gray Passed, but change has not yet been made.
yellow Passed, but is no longer enforced or applicable.
brown Did not reach a consensus; no change was made.
orange Did not achieve quorum; no change was made.
red Failed; no change was made.
blue Failed, but proposed changes are currently enforced.
pink Canceled by the proposer.
purple Canceled by the wiki staff.
teal Canceled and immediately put into effect.

Proposals by decade

2020 proposals

#1 • Compile Play Nintendo puzzle activities and merge existing relevant articles into a single page, Bye Guy (ended January 16)
#2 • Delete the "tense" template, Trig Jegman (ended February 18)
#3 • Creation of a new template to indicate color-correcting metadata, Trig Jegman (ended February 19)
#4 • Delete Template:No license, Trig Jegman (ended March 1)
#5 • Delete Category:User eo, Trig Jegman (ended March 5)
#6 • Add categories to the MarioWiki babel for Bengali, Urdu, and Hindi-speaking users, MarioManiac1981 (ended March 16)
#7 • Delete Category:User ka, Trig Jegman (ended March 22)
#8 • Create a "character/species" infobox, Doc von Schmeltwick (ended April 16)
#9 • Create a template for citations, Bye Guy (ended May 1)
#10 • Decide how to organize the colored Toad characters, Mario jc (ended June 18)
#11 • Abolish the no-signature policy, NSY (ended July 4)
#12 • Split the attacks from Paper Mario: Sticker Star and Paper Mario: Color Splash, Scrooge200 (ended July 4)
#13 • Split the enemy variants from Wario World, Bye Guy (ended July 11)
#14 • Split the item lists from Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, Doc von Schmeltwick (ended July 12)
#15 • Cover fan-made Super Mario Maker courses highlighted by Nintendo, Bye Guy (ended July 28)
#16 • Remove the PipeProject and PipeProject Talk Namespace descriptor tags from the recent changes, DarkNight (ended August 3)
#17 • Redefine the scopes of Category:Undead and Category:Deceased, Pokemon (ended August 6)
#18 • Delete the Paper Mario: Sticker Star sticker variation articles, Toadette the Achiever (ended September 13)
#19 • Allow blank votes in proposals as an implied "per all", Waluigi Time (ended September 14)
#20 • Rename Chanterelle to Pop Diva, Archivist Toadette (ended September 28)
#21 • Reorganize the images in Template:Levelbox, DarkNight (ended September 30)
#22 • Create articles for minor locations in Super Mario Sunshine, The Mansion (ended October 30)
#23 • Decide where to cover Cheese the Chao, BBQ Turtle (ended November 25)
#24 • Decide where to cover Froggy, BBQ Turtle (ended November 25)
#25 • Create a category for actresses, MightyMario (ended December 12)
#26 • Reorganize the Mario Kart series sponsor lists, Archivist Toadette (ended December 13)
#27 • Delete the remaining lists of episodes featuring certain characters, MightyMario (ended December 27)

2021 proposals

#1 • Allow image/media categories by website, Koopa con Carne (ended January 2)
#2 • Allow the use of italics for boat names and fictional media, Bazooka Mario (ended January 9)
#3 • Split the tour appearances of Mario Kart Tour courses, Koopa con Carne (ended March 5)
#4 • Indicate which images are from pre-release versions of games outside of pre-release and unused content articles, Scrooge200 (ended March 27)
#5 • Remove non-Mario characters from the trophies, Assist Trophy, stickers, and Spirit pages, Doomhiker (ended March 28)
#6 • Use shorthand names for the Donkey Kong Country series animal friends, Keyblade Master (ended April 5)
#7 • Rename "places" categories to "locations" categories, The Mansion (ended April 12)
#8 • Use closed captions as spelling sources for Mario cartoons, Grandet Omate (ended April 20)
#9 • Apply usual naming rules to Mario Kart course names, Koopa con Carne (ended May 21)
#10 • Do not allow WildBrain to be used as a source, PanchamBro (ended May 23)
#11 • Combine the four pages on Mega Pi'illos into one "Mega Pi'illo" page and change the original four pages to redirects, Casual Koopa (ended May 25)
#12 • Use a unique archive color for proposals that fail to reach a consensus, 7feetunder (ended June 1)
#13 • Use a hybrid of prose and bullet points when listing changes on articles for ports, remakes, and remasters, 0blivion (ended June 5)
#14 • Decide how to handle Super Mario Odyssey sub-locations, 7feetunder (ended September 28)
#15 • Decide how to categorize Bowser minigames in Mario Party Superstars, WildWario (ended November 16)
#16 • Define the scope of "Other appearances" sections, Koopa con Carne (ended November 18)
#17 • Decide if media filenames from Nintendo's websites qualify as sources for subject names, Koopa con Carne (ended December 28)
#18 • Make new templates for frequent reminders, Alex95 (ended December 29)

2022 proposals

#1 • Allow an external link to Zelda Dungeon Wiki and/or Triforce Wiki in the External links section of some The Legend of Zelda-related articles, Results May Vary (ended January 3)
#2 • Create "Unused appearances" sections in history, Waluigi Time (ended January 11)
#3 • Rename "List of clothing" articles for the Mario & Luigi series to "List of gear", and merge "List of badges" articles for Superstar Saga and Partners in Time with those respective articles, Swallow (ended January 14)
#4 • Split or merge Mario Kart Tour variants, Tails777 (ended January 21)
#5 • Merge Spiky John with Spiky Tom or merge both to Koopatrol, Remembered Old Buddy (ended February 1)
#6 • Merge the Wrecking Crew and VS. Wrecking Crew phases, Spectrogram (ended February 16)
#7 • Merge the Wrecking Crew and VS. Wrecking Crew phases into a list article, Spectrogram (ended February 24)
#8 • Create a stat table template for Mario Kart DS karts, ShootingStar7X (ended March 3)
#9 • Do not consider usage of classic recurring themes as references to the game of origin, Swallow (ended March 9)
#10 • Create a collective article for the Sonic the Hedgehog animal friends that cross over with Mario, BBQ Turtle (ended March 20)
#11 • Merge some complete BJAODN articles with collections, Somethingone (ended April 1)
#12 • Establish a guideline for the number of files in Media sections on game articles, DannyTheDingo (ended April 5)
#13 • Allow certain fan works by former Nintendo staff, Koopa con Carne (ended April 6)
#14 • Always use past tense when describing pre-release and unused content, DannyTheDingo (ended April 8)
#15 • Forbid "special symbols" from being used in article titles, Spectrogram (ended April 12)
#16 • Determine if Pinball should receive full coverage or be considered a guest appearance, Spectrogram (ended April 15)
#17 • Classify Art Style: PiCTOBiTS as a guest appearance and give it its own page, Jacklavin (ended April 19)
#18 • Allow articles on non-Mario subjects to link to their main Fandom wikis in their External links sections, Results May Vary (ended April 20)
#19 • Determine The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening as a guest appearance and create articles covering it and its Mario-related subjects, Results May Vary (ended April 20)
#20 • Overhaul the no quorum proposal rule (#8), 7feetunder (ended April 21)
#21 • Create a The Legend of Zelda series article and/or a "Related series" category, Results May Vary (ended April 21)
#22 • Create a Smash Bros. DOJO!! images category and/or an Official screenshots category, Results May Vary (ended April 22)
#23 • Create an article for Classic Mode, Results May Vary (ended April 23)
#24 • Remove Zelda Wiki as an interwiki link, Results May Vary (ended April 28)
#25 • Split Mario Kart Tour character variants or merge kart/glider variants, Tails777 (ended May 4)
#26 • Use a table for internal names separate from the names in other languages table, Somethingone (ended May 14)
#27 • Prioritize "data-rendered model" images, Waluigi Time (ended May 25)
#28 • Change Monobook's background image to the one used on the Vector skin, PanchamBro (ended May 27)
#29 • Remove the dktable-brown class, Waluigi Time (ended May 27)
#30 • Make tables, templates, and other areas in the mainspace compliant with WCAG 2.1, PanchamBro (ended May 29)
#31 • Discount resized enemies from Mario Kart Tour as "big" variants of the base enemy, Koopa con Carne (ended June 9)
#32 • Trim extraneous Game & Watch coverage, Waluigi Time (ended June 10)
#33 • Decide how to cover Mario Kart Tour bonus challenges on course articles, Koopa con Carne (ended June 30)
#34 • Do not use Mario + Rabbids "introductory taglines" as top quotes in articles, Swallow (ended July 24)
#35 • Stop considering reissues to be a reference to the original game and vice versa, Wikiboy10 (ended July 26)
#36 • Fix how we handle infobox relations on generic species, Somethingone (ended July 31)
#37 • Decide on the article titles for the golf courses from Mario Golf (GBC) and Mario Golf: Advance Tour, 7feetunder (ended August 8)
#38 • Merge city course and Kalimari Desert layouts, Ahemtoday (ended August 13)
#39 • Remove the 15th infraction for why a reminder can be issued (changing American spellings and grammar conventions to British standards), Mari0fan100 (ended August 22)
#40 • Change "NS" to "Switch", Teh Other (ended August 26)
#41 • Merge unrelated to Mario objects and items in the Smash Bros. series, Spectrogram (ended August 26)
#42 • Decide what to do with Greenhouse, Spectrogram (ended September 2)
#43 • Merge or delete Super Smash Bros. series general technique articles, 7feetunder (ended September 3)
#44 • Split Bowser's Castle (Mario Kart Arcade GP) and Bowser's Factory, as well as Castle Wall and Bowser's Castle (Mario Kart Arcade GP DX), Arend (ended September 3)
#45 • Merge the List N entries, including F-Zero Racer, Spectrogram (ended September 5)
#46 • Move Flying Goomba and Para-Goomba, but not Parabomb, LadySophie17 (ended September 5)
#47 • Stop considering a coverage-related proposal "implemented" before the information gets added to MarioWiki:Coverage, Spectrogram (ended September 8)
#48 • Make classic course prefixes in titles consistent for Mario Kart courses/stages, RealStuffMister (ended September 10)
#49 • Change how RPG enemy infoboxes classify role, Doc von Schmeltwick (ended September 18)
#50 • Merge Super Smash Bros. series bosses into a collective article, Spectrogram (ended September 21)
#51 • Merge the Kings and Queens categories, Wikiboy10 (ended September 27)
#52 • Merge Mario Party Advance "generic species representative character" articles that share English names back into their respective "species" articles, Doc von Schmeltwick (ended September 22)
#53 • Rename the WFC information box for Mario Kart courses, Skipper93653 (ended October 9)
#54 • Remove "Koopa" and other name particles from Koopaling article titles, Koopa con Carne (ended October 16)
#55 • Create Category:Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope Sparks, ThePowerPlayer (ended October 17)
#56 • Remove or split trophy/spirit cameos from latest appearances, Windy (ended October 20)
#57 • Consider Paper Airplane Chase to be a part of the Mario franchise, Spectrogram (ended October 22)
#58 • Standardize citations for archived pages, ThePowerPlayer (ended October 24)
#59 • Include last non-Smash appearances in infoboxes, Windy (ended October 28)
#60 • Merge all non-Mario Super Smash Bros. stages into a collective article, NSY (ended October 29)
#61 • Merge most of the articles listed in the Diamond disambiguation page, Koopa con Carne (ended October 29)
#62 • Include the Visual Editor as an editing option, Johnjohn2001 (ended November 1)
#63 • Remove the list and table exception from MarioWiki:Article size, Somethingone (ended November 5)
#64 • Decide when to substitute the meaning/explanation of a foreign name with a hyphen, Koopa con Carne (ended November 14)
#65 • Remove external links to Zelda Dungeon Wiki and/or Triforce Wiki, PanchamBro (ended November 18)
#66 • Partially unban citing the English version of the Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia as official names for subjects, LinkTheLefty (ended November 26)
#67 • Include physical appearance in an infobox, Windy (ended December 2)
#68 • Rework the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe category into a subcategory of the Mario Kart 8 category covering only Deluxe-exclusive content, Ahemtoday (ended December 5)
#69 • Revise previous Game & Watch proposal to retain classic game information, Waluigi Time (ended December 17)
#70 • Change the Poll Committee Chairperson election month from June to February, Fun With Despair (ended December 24)

2023 proposals

#1 • Classify Sonic Lost World as a guest appearance, Spectrogram (ended January 13)
#2 • Merge Subspace Emissary and Adventure Mode stages from the Super Smash Bros. series, Spectrogram (ended January 21)
#3 • Make changes on Yoshi franchise articles, Teh Other (ended January 21)
#4 • Create redirects with console prefixes for Mario Kart courses that lack them, Ahemtoday (ended January 27)
#5 • Classify StreetPass Mii Plaza as a guest appearance and trim it accordingly, Spectrogram (ended January 28)
#6 • Merge certain non-Mario fighters from the Super Smash Bros. series into game-specific lists and trim away detailed special move information for all non-Mario fighters, Koopa con Carne (ended January 30)
#7 • Merge "Yoshi (platform series)" and "Yoshi (puzzle series)" into "Yoshi (franchise)", Teh Other (ended February 2)
#8 • Include the Visual Editor as an editing option, Spectrogram (ended February 26)
#9 • Discourage drive-by templating, Glowsquid (ended March 6)
#10 • Trim the Smash Bros trophies page, Glowsquid (ended March 8)
#11 • Change the way Super Smash Bros. fighter lists are organised, Koopa con Carne (ended March 8)
#12 • Merge Mario Kart Tour kart and glider variants or split character variants, Tails777 (ended March 12)
#13 • Overhaul the staff ghost section of race course infoboxes, Ahemtoday (ended March 24)
#14 • Clarify a statement in the January–February 2023 proposal regarding Super Smash Bros. series fighters through a footnote, Koopa con Carne (ended March 26)
#15 • Add level maps for levels with no maps, SONIC123CDMANIA+&K(B&ATSA) (ended April 11)
#16 • Trim and merge Smash spirits and stickers, Spectrogram (ended April 20)
#17 • Create an article for Punch-Out!! (NES), Wikiboy10 (ended April 20)
#18 • Merge every Super Smash Bros. stage into game-specific lists, GuntherBB (ended April 26)
#19 •