MarioWiki:Proposals/Archive/2000s

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

• 2000s proposals
• 2010s proposals
• 2020s proposals

2007 proposals

#1 • Enforce user fairness, Wayoshi (ended June 5)

#2 • Keep Patrollers, Wayoshi (ended June 5)

#3 • Remove Peer Reviews, Plumber (ended June 5)

#4 • Mario Awards: Wiki or Forum, Wayoshi (ended June 5)

#5 • Move Chatroom to Forums, HK-47 (ended June 6)

#6 • Create PAIR system, Wayoshi (ended June 13)

#7 • Ban cursing, HK-47 (ended June 16)

#8 • Create Welcoming Commitee, Great Gonzo (ended June 24)

#9 • Remove 5 Links Rule, Plumber (ended June 25)

#10 • Create Writer Guidelines, Stumpers (ended June 29)

#11 • Create Maintenance Committee, Plumber (ended June 30)

#12 • Bring back Featured Articles system, Knife (ended July 3)

#13 • Enforce Userbox approval system, Xzelion (ended July 20)

#14 • Reskin Monobook, Plumber (ended July 31)

#15 • Split the Jump page, Cobold (ended August 2)

#16 • Merge Paper Mario (Chapters) with Paper Mario, Knife (ended August 2)

#17 • Merge Macho Grubba with Grubba, Knife (ended August 2)

#18 • Remove all articles on conjecturally named NPCs, Knife (ended August 2)

#19 • Merge Luigispaperpartners template from Partners template, Knife (ended August 2)

#20 • Merge Piranha Plant in the Generator with Goop Generator, Knife (ended August 2)

#21 • Merge all individual Yoshi color articles with Yoshi (species), Knife (ended August 2)

#22 • Remove scroll boxes from mainspace, Cobold (ended August 3)

#23 • Change Main Page banners, Fixitup (ended August 6)

#24 • Move Koopa Paratroopa article, Cobold (ended August 17)

#25 • Merge all Wario treasure articles, Xzelion (ended August 17)

#26 • Create Featured Images system, Plumber (ended August 19)

#27 • Remove Trouble Center, Wayoshi (ended August 23)

#28 • Delete Big Eight page, Fixitup (ended August 24)

#29 • Create MarioWiki:Chronology page, Son of Suns (ended August 31)

#30 • Merge all glitch articles, Son of Suns (ended August 31)

#31 • Merge all Microgame articles, Knife (ended September 1)

#32 • Merge Zeus Guy (Snifit) with Zeus Guy (Bandit), Gofer (ended September 1)

#33 • Repromote Wayoshi, Pokemon DP (ended September 1)

#34 • Reformat Featured Articles system, Son of Suns (ended September 4)

#35 • Create a deadline for deleting unused images, Ghost Jam (ended September 6)

#36 • Split Bowser and Bowser Bones, Dodoman (ended September 6)

#37 • Delete Super Mario Sunshine secret area articles, Phoenix Rider (ended September 9)

#38 • Ban Cool User Lists, Wayoshi (ended September 19)

#39 • Create List of Mario Kart Sponsors, Glowsquid (ended September 19)

#40 • Merge all Recipe articles, Xzelion (ended September 19)

#41 • Split all Mario cartoon episode pages, Son of Suns (ended September 21)

#42 • Re-add Banjo-Kazooie and Conker series coverage, Son of Suns (ended September 21)

#43 • Create Improvement Drive, Max2 (ended September 22)

#44 • Ban creation of categories with few entries, Lario (ended September 22)

#45 • Regulate New Subject articles, Son of Suns (ended September 24)

#46 • Add Banjo-Kazooie series coverage, Ultimatetoad (ended September 29)

#47 • Ban walkthrough-style articles, Glowsquid (ended September 30)

#48 • Ban trivia noting a resemblance between subjects, Minimariolover10 (ended September 30)

#49 • Change all references to the American version as the English version, Davidk92 (ended October 2)

#50 • Ban using per when voting, Mr. Guy (ended October 2)

#51 • Enforce that users provide a reason when supporting on FA nominations, Plumber (ended October 5)

#52 • Remove creative headers in articles, Glowsquid (ended October 6)

#53 • Ban community related issues on Talk:Main Page, Glowsquid (ended October 6)

#54 • Move chatroom to the forums, Son of Suns (ended October 7)

#55 • Split Shrowser from Bowser, Luigibros2 (ended October 7)

#56 • Remove fanvotes on FAs, Mr. Guy (ended October 8)

#57 • Ban articles on websites, Cobold (ended October 13)

#58 • Allow creation of new stub articles, Uniju :D (ended October 15)

#59 • Split Fire Guy from Barbecue Guy, Luigibros2 (ended October 17)

#60 • Replace Quote of the Moment section with Question of the Day, Mrbenio (ended October 19)

#61 • Split Red from Ashley and Red, Glowsquid (ended October 19)

#62 • Allow out of coverage information in articles, Uniju :D (ended October 19)

#63 • Allow articles on notable fan flash series, Arend (ended October 21)

#64 • Allow videos in mainspace articles, Super Yoshi10 (ended October 23)

#65 • Remove information about in-game music, Pokemon DP (ended October 24)

#66 • Remove "What Other Users Think of Me" lists, Uniju :D (ended October 28)

#67 • Split Red Paratroopa from Paratroopa, Fly Guy 2 (ended October 29)

#68 • Split Time Machine into 3 separate articles, Xzelion (ended October 29)

#69 • Pie For Everyone (Joke Proposal), Ghost Jam (ended November 3)

#70 • Enforce discussion before changing the main page, Dodoman (ended November 3)

#71 • Change main page appearance based on holidays, King Mario (ended November 3)

#72 • Regulate quotes on mainspace articles, Master Crash (ended November 4)

#73 • Remove "Recently on MarioWiki..." section, Plumber (ended November 10)

#74 • Merge all Super Mario Galaxy planet articles, TheGreatBlockyBoo (ended November 10)

#75 • Merge Cosmic Koopa to Mecha Koopa, Coincollector (ended November 11)

#76 • Keep Condor article, Dodoman (ended November 14)

#77 • Merge all implied subject articles, Glowsquid (ended November 15)

#78 • Merge Ashley and Red, Ghost Jam (ended November 29)

#79 • Regulate renaming privileges, Wayoshi (ended November 30)

#80 • Make lists for conjectually named Minor NPC articles, Ultimatetoad (ended November 30)

#81 • Add "Poll of the week" section to main page, Shroobario (ended December 2)

#82 • Remove backup operator privileges, Wayoshi (ended December 2)

#83 • Remove Improvement Drive system, Glowsquid (ended December 2)

#84 • Split Wario Man (Final Smash) from Wario Man (character), Dodoman (ended December 2)

#85 • Remove PAGENAME template from mainspace articles, Uniju :D (ended December 9)

#86 • Remove coverage for every individual Star, Phoenix Rider (ended December 12)

#87 • Change redirects to list articles into individual articles, Uniju :D (ended December 12)

#88 • Merge all cartoon voice actor articles, Dodoman (ended December 12)

#89 • Allow music in mainspace articles, Macewindu (ended December 24)

#90 • Merge Pumpkin Head with Goomba, Knife (ended December 29)

#91 • Allow separate pages for galleries, Bentendo (ended December 31)

2008 proposals

#1 • Remove quote sections on articles, HyperToad (ended January 5)

#2 • Merge Super Mario Sunshine bird articles, Luigibros2 (ended January 5)

#3 • Merge Classic NES Series articles, Glitchman (ended January 11)

#4 • Regulate List of Glitches, Knife (ended January 14)

#5 • Re-add Banjo-Kazooie and Conker series coverage, HyperToad (ended January 17)

#6 • Delete Cheese, Blitzwing (ended January 17)

#7 • Allows list articles for quotes, InfectedShroom (ended January 17)

#8 • Enforce citing sources, Cobold (ended January 22)

#9 • Reduce Super Smash Bros. series coverage, Uniju :D (ended January 22)

#10 • Merge all individual Yoshi color articles with Yoshi (species), King Boo (ended January 23)

#11 • Allow separate pages for abbreviations, Jaffffey (ended January 24)

#12 • Merge or split stage/course articles with similar or different designs, KingMario (ended January 26)

#13 • Merge Snufit with Snifit, Dazuro (ended January 26)

#14 • Add in-game character stats and descriptions to articles, Have A Rotten Day! (ended January 28)

#15 • Split Hungry Luma from Luma, Knife (ended January 29)

#16 • Remove references to sprites and models in mainspace articles, Crypt Raider (ended February 1)

#17 • Ban articles on minor subjects, HyperToad (ended February 1)

#18 • Merge Yoshi and Wario series lists into primary lists, RAP (ended February 3)

#19 • Only allow wiki admins to have op powers, Wayoshi (ended February 4)

#20 • Use latest released appearance when using infobox templates, Stumpers (ended February 7)

#21 • Merge Centurion with Palutena Army, Blitzwing (ended February 8)

#22 • Remove information stating a level's difficulty, GreenKoopa (ended February 18)

#23 • Use Main template in appearance sections, Stoober Rooben (ended February 18)

#24 • Recreate Snufit Ball article, Fly Guy 2 (ended February 19)

#25 • Split articles with multiple characters, KingMario (ended February 21)

#26 • Split Birdo (species) from Birdo, Stumpers (ended March 8)

#27 • Ban external images on userspace, Jdrowlands (ended March 8)

#28 • Create List of Crossover Species page, Pokemon DP (ended March 17)

#29 • Remove Final Smash trophy information from character articles, Garlic Man (ended March 17)

#30 • Split all individual Pokémon from Pokémon article, Super mario fan (ended March 20)

#31 • Create Bad Jokes and Other Deleted Nonsense archive system, Blitzwing (ended March 21)

#32 • Split Koopa Troopas template from Koopas template, Walkazo (ended March 21)

#33 • Remove mention of the term "Clone" in mainspace articles, Stumpers (ended March 25)

#34 • Merge all articles about real world foods into one article, HyperToad (ended March 26)

#35 • Ban use of user sub-pages for comic sign-ups, ChaosNinji (ended March 26)

#36 • Allow the same image to be used up to two times in the same article, Marcelagus (ended April 3)

#37 • Delete new badly written articles, Booster (ended April 10)

#38 • Merge all Mario Kart DS Kart articles, huntercrunch (ended April 20)

#39 • Add information on normal attacks in the Super Smash Bros. series, DarkMario (ended April 21)

#40 • Remove trivia sections, Stumpers (ended April 21)

#41 • Delete Super Mario Advance article and expand Super Mario Advance (series) article, Glitchman (ended April 21)

#42 • Merge all controller and accessory articles to corresponding game system articles, Stooben Rooben (ended April 23)

#43 • Use historical names for sections concerning older games, Cobold (ended April 25)

#44 • Allow exceptions to the "no gibberish quotes" rule, Fixitup (ended April 29)

#45 • Change the formatting of quotes in mainspace articles, Fixitup (ended April 29)

#46 • Merge all Recipe articles into one page, Toaddette 4evur (ended May 1)

#47 • Add beta elements information to game articles, Blue Koop (ended May 1)

#48 • Split all same name stage/course articles with different layouts, Booster (ended May 4)

#49 • Merge Toad (species) with Toad, Ultimatetoad (ended May 4)

#50 • Split Paper Mario (character) from Mario, Dragonson (ended May 4)

#51 • Remove speculation from relationship sections, Pokemon DP (ended May 5)

#52 • Merge all Subspace Army enemy articles to Subspace Army, Pokemon DP (ended May 8)

#53 • Make separate articles or a list page for Coconut Mall Department Stores, Tiptup Jr. (ended May 9)

#54 • Merge all Super Mario Galaxy board articles to Boards (Super Mario Galaxy), Snack (ended May 12)

#55 • Create world articles for Super Mario Bros.:The Lost Levels Worlds, Glitchman (ended May 13)

#56 • Expand coverage to include information about the series of Super Smash Bros. characters, HyperToad (ended May 14)

#57 • Split Para-Beetle from Parabuzzy, InfectedShroom (ended May 15)

#58 • Change Trouble Center system, Goldguy (ended May 16)

#59 • Add link on sidebar to #mwikionline chatroom, WarioLoaf (ended May 17)

#60 • Use North American name only in Mario Kart vehicle articles, Cobold (ended May 18)

#61 • Create a separate page for Badges with no information, Super-Yoshi (ended May 19)

#62 • Create a separate page for Super Smash Bros. series costumes, huntercrunch (ended May 19)

#63 • Only use American spelling in mainspace articles, Garlic Man (ended May 19)

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