The 'Shroom:Issue 117/Pipe Plaza
Director’s Notes
Ho! Ho! Ho! Merry Christmas 'Shroom readers! I hope you enjoy this "festive" edition of Pipe Plaza, because we certainly enjoyed writing it for you.
Like I mentioned last month Alex95 (talk) resigned from New Articles, well his position has now been taken by LudwigVon (talk). Shokora (talk) was unable to contribute Projects Seeking Contributors this month, and Forum Update is back in the paper.
Section of the Month
| Pipe Plaza SECTION OF THE MONTH | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Section | Votes | % | Writer |
| 1st | Poll Committee Discussion | 4 | 27% | The Pyro Guy |
| 1st | The 'Shroom Report | 4 | 27% | Henry Tucayo Clay |
| 2nd | Community Report | 3 | 20% | LudwigVon |
| 3rd | Projects Seeking Contributors | 2 | 13% | Shokora |
Monthly Report
Written by Paper Yoshi (talk)
Hello, readers, and welcome to the last Monthly Report of 2016!! Things are pretty much the same here, so let's see the wiki stats for December, along with a comparison between them and the stats from last month.
(Credit goes to Stooben Rooben (talk), Super Mario Bros. (talk), and Viper26 (talk) for the table coding (I based this on Stooben's coding, which was later modified by SMB, myself, and Viper26 when each one of us wrote this section)
| December Statistics | |
|---|---|
| Statistic | As of 12 December 2016 (12:20)* |
| Content Pages | 17,664 |
| All Pages | 145,965 |
| Files | 75,577 |
| Edits | 1,963,352 |
| Edits per Page | 13.45 |
| Registered Users | 22,458 |
| Active Users | 251 |
| Bots | 3 |
| 'Shroom Writers | 40 |
| Autopatrolled | 38 |
| Patrollers | 4 |
| Administrators | 11 |
| Bureaucrats | 3 |
| Proprietor | 1 |
| November — December Statistics | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Statistic | As of 19 November 2016 (16:40)* | As of 12 December 2016 (12:20)* | Percentage Change |
| Content Pages | 17,611 | 17,664 | +0.301% |
| All Pages | 145,252 | 145,965 | +0.491% |
| Files | 75,179 | 75,577 | +0.529% |
| Edits | 1,952,108 | 1,963,352 | +0.576% |
| Edits per Page | 13.44 | 13.45 | +0.074% |
| Registered Users | 22,386 | 22,458 | +0.322% |
| Active Users | 270 | 251 | -7.037% |
| Bots | 3 | 3 | 0% |
| 'Shroom Writers | 39 | 40 | +2.564% |
| Autopatrolled | 38 | 38 | 0% |
| Patrollers | 4 | 4 | 0% |
| Administrators | 11 | 11 | 0% |
| Bureaucrats | 3 | 3 | 0% |
| Proprietor | 1 | 1 | 0% |
I hope you all have enjoyed this section as much as I did while writing it!! Happy Holidays everyone!!!
Featured
Hello 'Shroom readers and welcome back to another edition of Featured, the only place this side of the Mario Wiki where you'll get news about the Mario Wiki Featured Articles.
Featured Articles
Two new articles have been featured in the past month.
- Wiggler was featured on 23 November, 2016.
- Mario Party: Star Rush was featured on 20 December, 2016.
Re-Featured Articles
No new articles have become re-featured.
FA Nominations
There is one ongoing Featured Article Nomination.
- Equipment was nominated on 11 December, 2016.
Failed FA Nominations
No new articles have failed the featuring process.
Unfeatured Articles
No new articles have been unfeatured in the past month.
Unfeaturing Nominations
There are two ongoing Unfeature nominations.
- Super Mario 3D Land was nominated on 16 December, 2016. The article was nominated because it is mainly just comprised of lists and paragraphs, with little to no details. There are also issues with the power-up table, empty staff section, and overly long trivia section.
- Kiddy Kong was nominated on 23 December, 2016. It was nominated because the article has a rewrite template on it.
Failed Unfeaturing Nominations
No new articles have failed the unfeaturing process in the past month.
Thanks for reading see you next month, for more Featured Articles news.
Tip of the Month
When your talk page grows too long, it can be difficult to find important messages and sort through any you may not have responded to yet. There is a way to de-clutter your talk page. You archive the contents of your talk page into a new page, something like "User:XXX/Archive1". To do this, simply copy everything on your page, then paste it onto the new page. You can delete everything on your current talk page after you save the archive, unless you have conversations that are still active.
Community Report
Hello, readers! Welcome to December's Community Report. It shows our the latest goings-ons around the Super Mario Wiki – the promotions, the demotions, the recently passed and ongoing proposals.
(credit to Shokora (talk) for previously developing this coded table system and to Crocodile Dippy (talk) for the alterations made)
| PROMOTIONS AND DEMOTIONS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFFECTED USER | PREVIOUS RANK | CURRENT RANK | PROMOTER/DEMOTER | DATE |
| None | ||||
| RECENTLY PASSED PROPOSALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| PROPOSER | SUMMARY | OUTCOME | DEADLINE |
| Bazooka Mario (talk) | Allow .APNGs and create a notice template related to them. A proposal to allow the APNG format for images and to create a notice template. The proposer argues that the GIF format reduced the quality of images that use semi-transparent values making them resemble poorly-cropped images that go against Super Mario Wiki's policy on transparent images. The proposer also argues that since the APNG format lacks universal browser support, a template on APNG should be create to warn users who use browsers without APNG support. |
CANCELLED BY PROPOSER (read more) | November 25, 2016, 23:59 (UTC) |
| Eldritchdraaks (talk) | Redesign the Bestiaries. A proposal to redesign the bestiaries. The proposer argues that in order to make it simpler to create future bestiaries, they should use templates rather than tables. Each template should be based on the RPG infoboxes to keep the enemy stats consistent between the bestiary and infobox and all RPG infoboxes will use transclusion to display stats directly from the bestiary to assure the infoboxes will have the same stats as the bestiary. |
17-0 (read more) | November 29, 2016, 23:59 (UTC) |
| Mister Wu (talk) | Clarify the Wiki's policy on APNG images in .png files. A proposal to clarify Super Mario Wiki's policy on APNG images. The proposer argues that a final clarification on this special kind of image should be done and the creation of two policies could be created. |
VETOED BY THE ADMINISTRATORS (read more) | December 3, 2016, 23:59 (UTC) |
| RECENT TALK PAGE PROPOSALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| PROPOSER | SUMMARY | OUTCOME | DEADLINE |
| Wildgoosespeeder (talk) | Split into Adult Shine Block and Small Shine Block. A proposal to split Shine Block (Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time) into Adult Shine Block and Small Shine Block. The proposer argues that Adult Shine Block and Small Shine Block are the official name for these blocks and they should get an article corresponding to their official names. The proposal also offers the the possibility of having an article corresponding to one of the two blocks and having the other block as a subsection. |
12-3-1-0 (read more) | December 1, 2016, 23:59 (UTC) |
| ONGOING PROPOSALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| PROPOSER | SUMMARY | LINK | DEADLINE |
| Wildgoosespeeder (talk) | GIF vs. PNG Sprites: What to Keep/Delete. A proposal to choose which sprites between the GIF format or PNG format that should be kept or deleted. The proposer argues that it is redundant to have both a static PNG and animated GIF of the same enemy uploaded for the bestiary. |
2-1-5-1 (read more) | December 17, 2016, 23:59 (UTC) |
| ONGOING TALK PAGE PROPOSALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| PROPOSER | SUMMARY | LINK | DEADLINE |
| DKPetey99 (talk) | Split Expresso from Expresso (Donkey Kong Country 2). A proposal to split Expresso from the Game Boy Advance version of Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest into his own page. The proposer argues that in the Game Boy Advance version of Donkey Kong Country 2, Cranky Kong said that he bought a new ostrich which means they are two different characters despite both ostriches sharing the same name and look. |
2-6 (read more) | December 17, 2016, 23:59 (UTC) |
| Alex95 (talk) | Merge Giant Stu with Stackin' Stu. A proposal to merge Giant Stu with Stackin' Stu. The proposer argues that Giant Stu and Stackin' Stu appear to be one of the same, and they both appear as one enemy group. |
1-3 (read more) | December 21, 2016, 23:59 (UTC) |
| DKPetey99 (talk) | Split Category:Super Mario 64 into Category:Super Mario 64 and Category:Super Mario 64 DS. A proposal to split Category:Super Mario 64 into Category:Super Mario 64 and Category:Super Mario 64 DS. The proposer argues that they are two different games and that Super Mario 64 DS brings new features and for those reasons, this game should have its own category. |
8-0 (read more) | December 21, 2016, 23:59 (UTC) |
| LudwigVon (talk) | Delete Beehive and move Beehive (item) to Beehive. A proposal to delete Beehive article. The proposer argues that the article has a partconjecture template and a rewrite template because this article needs to be about a concise topic and there is no specific beehive to talk about. The proposer therefore suggested moving Beehive (item) to Beehive after the deletion. |
5-0 (read more) | December 29, 2016, 23:59 (UTC) |
NOTE:All stats and figures included in this section were correct as of December 16th.
That’s all for this issue of Community Report. See you again next year.
New Articles
Hello! Welcome to New Articles. I’m LudwigVon, the new writer of this section, and I’m here with an up to date about all the new articles created within the past month. So, we got plenty of new articles and it’s great. Be sure to keep in mind Super Mario Wiki’s Manual of Style when you create an article.
| Article | Creator | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| World 1-1 (Mario Party: Star Rush) | Baby Luigi (talk) | November 13 | The first board of World 1 in Mario Party: Star Rush. |
| World 3-1 (Mario Party: Star Rush) | Baby Luigi (talk) | November 13 | The first board of World 3 in Mario Party: Star Rush. |
| World 1-2 (Mario Party: Star Rush) | Baby Luigi (talk) | November 13 | The second board of World 1 in Mario Party: Star Rush. |
| Nami Funashima | The RPG Gamer (talk) | November 14 | A voice actress who voiced Fawful in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story and Popple in Mario & Luigi: Dream Team. |
| List of Mario Golf: Advance Tour star courses | Tempest Tales (talk) | November 15 | A list of unlockable star courses in Mario Golf: Advance Tour. |
| Fury Volcano 4-4 | Alex95 (talk) | November 15 | The fourth level of Fury Volcano, a world in Super Princess Peach. |
| Fury Volcano 4-5 | Alex95 (talk) | November 15 | The fifth level of Fury Volcano, a world in Super Princess Peach. |
| Coinado | Yoshi the Space Station Manager (talk) | November 16 | An item from Mario Party: Star Rush which steals five coins from the player who land on it. |
| Donkey Kong Country: Rumble in the Jungle | Shokora (talk) | November 16 | A 1995 novel written by Michael Teitelbaum, illustrated by Lief Peng and published by Troll Communications. |
| Zoe Nelson | The RPG Gamer (talk) | November 17 | A voice actress who voiced the Sprixie Princesses and the Sprixies in Super Mario 3D World. |
| List of Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam pre-release and unused content | Yoshi the Space Station Manager (talk) | November 18 | A list of content that was supposed to appear in Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam. |
| Holo-Peach | LTIan (talk) | November 19 | A type of messaging system found in Paper Mario: Color Splash. |
| Mario Kart 7 item probability distributions | Mister Wu (talk) | November 20 | A list of the probabilities of obtaining a certain item in Mario Kart 7. |
| Joe Bellan | Alex95 (talk) | November 21 | An actor who played Tommy Lasagna in the episode Two Bums from Brooklyn of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!. |
| Yarn Block | Wildgoosespeeder (talk) | November 21 | A special kind of block seen in Wario Land 3. |
| X-Punch | The RPG Gamer (talk) | November 21 | An explosive rocket and stronger variant of X-Fist from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. |
| Fury Volcano 4-6 | Yoshi876 (talk) | November 26 | The sixth and final level of Fury Volcano, a world in Super Princess Peach. |
| Wavy Beach 5-1 | Yoshi876 (talk) | November 26 | The first level of Wavy Beach, a world in Super Princess Peach. |
| Pogo Stick | Time Turner (talk) | November 27 | An item in Leaping Lizards, the second title in the Nintendo Adventure Books series. |
| World 1-3 (Mario Party: Star Rush) | Baby Luigi (talk) | November 27 | The third and final board of World 1 in Mario Party: Star Rush. |
| Coin Balloon | Baby Luigi (talk) | November 27 | A board feature found in Mario Party: Star Rush. |
| Shy Guy Shop | Baby Luigi (talk) | November 27 | An area where players can buy items in the Toad Scramble and Balloon Bash modes of Mario Party: Star Rush. |
| Double Medal | Baby Luigi (talk) | November 27 | An item from Mario Party: Star Rush which temporarily doubles the amount of coins obtained. |
| Charge Blast | Toa 95 (talk) | November 28 | One of Mii Gunner's special move in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U. |
| Flame Pillar | Toa 95 (talk) | November 28 | One of Mii Gunner's special move in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U. |
| Map 1 | Baby Luigi (talk) | November 28 | The first board of the Balloon Bash mode from Mario Party: Star Rush |
| Lunar Launch | Toa 95 (talk) | November 28 | One of Mii Gunner's special move in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U. |
| Map 2 | Baby Luigi (talk) | November 28 | The second board of the Balloon Bash mode from Mario Party: Star Rush. |
| Echo Reflector | Toa 95 (talk) | November 28 | One of Mii Gunner's special move in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U. |
| Map 3 | Baby Luigi (talk) | November 28 | The third and final board of the Balloon Bash mode from Mario Party: Star Rush. |
| Duel Balloon | Baby Luigi (talk) | November 28 | A board feature found in Mario Party: Star Rush. |
| World 3-3 (Mario Party: Star Rush) | Baby Luigi (talk) | November 28 | The third and final board of World 3 in Mario Party: Star Rush. |
| World 4-3 (Mario Party: Star Rush) | Baby Luigi (talk) | November 28 | The third and final board of World 4 in Mario Party: Star Rush. |
| List of Paper Mario: Color Splash quotes | Owencrazyboy9 (talk) | November 28 | A list of quotes spoken in Paper Mario: Color Splash. |
| World 3-2 (Mario Party: Star Rush) | Baby Luigi (talk) | November 28 | The second board of World 3 in Mario Party: Star Rush. |
| World 4-1 (Mario Party: Star Rush) | Baby Luigi (talk) | November 29 | The first board of World 4 in Mario Party: Star Rush. |
| World 4-2 (Mario Party: Star Rush) | Baby Luigi (talk) | November 29 | The second board of World 4 in Mario Party: Star Rush. |
| World 2-1 (Mario Party: Star Rush) | Baby Luigi (talk) | November 29 | The first board of World 2 in Mario Party: Star Rush. |
| World 2-2 (Mario Party: Star Rush) | Baby Luigi (talk) | November 29 | The second board of World 2 in Mario Party: Star Rush. |
| World 2-3 (Mario Party: Star Rush) | Baby Luigi (talk) | November 29 | The third and final board of World 2 in Mario Party: Star Rush. |
| Laser Blaze | Toa 95 (talk) | November 29 | One of Mii Gunner's special move in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U. |
| Super Mario Backpack Buddies | Time Turner (talk) | December 1 | A series of figurines produced by Paladone and distributed by UCC Distribution. |
| Shine Block (disambiguation) | Wildgoosespeeder (talk) | December 2 | A disambiguation page for subjects named or containing in their name Shine Block. |
| Adult Shine Block | Wildgoosespeeder (talk) | December 2 | A type of block with a Shine Sprite symbol found in Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time. |
| Small Shine Block | Wildgoosespeeder (talk) | December 2 | A type of block with a Shine Sprite symbol found in Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time. |
| Lake Trilobite | Time Turner (talk) | December 2 | A body of water found on Dinosaur Land in Dinosaur Dilemma, the seventh title in the Nintendo Adventure Books series . |
| Kong Klan | DKPetey99 (talk) | December 3 | The Kongs that appears in Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest. |
| Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development | MarioKartDoubleDash (talk) | December 3 | A division of Nintendo. It was formed from the merger of Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development and Nintendo Software Planning & Development. |
| S.S. Moreltania | Time Turner (talk) | December 3 | A royal cruise ship in Flown the Koopa, the eighth title in the Nintendo Adventure Books series. |
| Cat | LUIGIRULES71 (talk) | December 4 | A species that appears in some Mario games. |
| Bag of Popcorn | Time Turner (talk) | December 4 | An item in Flown the Koopa, the eighth title in the Nintendo Adventure Books series. |
| Remote Control | Time Turner (talk) | December 5 | An item in Flown the Koopa, the eighth title in the Nintendo Adventure Books series. |
| Memory Challenge: Super Mario Edition | Time Turner (talk) | December 6 | A card game developed by USAopoly. |
| Chance Shot | Baby Luigi (talk) | December 6 | A special type of shot from the Mario Tennis series. |
| Orleans | Time Turner (talk) | December 7 | A city where Mario travels in Mario's Time Machine. |
| Dynamo | DKPetey99 (talk) | December 7 | A power generator located in Wario City, a location in Mario Super Sluggers. |
| Florence | Time Turner (talk) | December 8 | A city where Mario travels in Mario's Time Machine. |
| Keep Walking | Wildgoosespeeder (talk) | December 9 | A downloadable microgame in WarioWare: D.I.Y. and WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase. |
| List of Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS staff | Leo Sasumura (talk) | December 10 | A list of people who worked on Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS. |
| Postcard | Time Turner (talk) | December 10 | An item in the SNES and PC versions of Mario's Time Machine. |
| Thirteen Mushroom Colonies | Will X (talk) | December 11 | A country ruled by King Koopa and the Koopa Pack in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!. |
| Shy Guy Stack | Eldritchdraaks (talk) | December 12 | A stack of Shy Guys that appears in Paper Mario: Color Splash. |
| Pry Guy | Eldritchdraaks (talk) | December 12 | A Shy Guy who appears in Paper Mario: Color Splash. |
| Slurp Snifit | Eldritchdraaks (talk) | December 12 | A variant of Snifit that appears in Paper Mario: Color Splash. |
| Wavy Beach 5-2 | Yoshi876 (talk) | December 12 | The second level of Wavy Beach, a world in Super Princess Peach. |
| Koopa Paratroopa Stack | Eldritchdraaks (talk) | December 12 | A stack of Koopa Paratroopas that appears in Paper Mario: Color Splash. |
| Whistle Snifit | Eldritchdraaks (talk) | December 12 | A variant of Snifit that appears in Paper Mario: Color Splash. |
| Small Buzzy Beetle | Eldritchdraaks (talk) | December 12 | A type of enemy that appears in Paper Mario: Color Splash. |
| Blooper Stack | Eldritchdraaks (talk) | December 12 | A stack of Bloopers that appears in Paper Mario: Color Splash. |
| Wavy Beach 5-3 | Yoshi876 (talk) | December 12 | The third level of Wavy Beach, a world in Super Princess Peach. |
| Wavy Beach 5-4 | Yoshi876 (talk) | December 12 | The fourth level of Wavy Beach, a world in Super Princess Peach. |
| World 0-1 | Baby Luigi (talk) | December 13 | The first board of World 0 in Mario Party: Star Rush. |
| World 0-2 | Baby Luigi (talk) | December 13 | The second board of World 0 in Mario Party: Star Rush. |
| World 0-3 | Baby Luigi (talk) | December 13 | The third and final board of World 0 in Mario Party: Star Rush. |
| Laundry Guy | Mario jc (talk) | December 13 | A Shy Guy who appears in Paper Mario: Color Splash. |
| Possessor | Alex95 (talk) | December 13 | A group of five ghosts that appear in Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon. |
| Telegram | Time Turner (talk) | December 14 | An item in the SNES and PC versions of Mario's Time Machine. |
| Football (Mario's Time Machine) | Time Turner (talk) | December 14 | An item in the SNES and PC versions of Mario's Time Machine. |
| Scissors (Mario's Time Machine) | Time Turner (talk) | December 14 | An item in the SNES and PC versions of Mario's Time Machine. |
| Menlo Park | Time Turner (talk) | December 14 | A place where Mario travels in Mario's Time Machine. |
| Hitoshi Yamagami | Leo Sasumura (talk) | December 15 | A video game developer and producer who works for Nintendo. |
| Black Coin | Shokora (talk) | December 15 | A type of Challenge Coin in Super Mario Run. |
Forum Update
Written by: MrConcreteDonkey (talk)
Welcome back to the Forum Update! This month, we're looking back at September, October and November - that's an entire autumn's worth of forum updates you're getting! And if you think that's not a suitably festive gift for Christmas, then yyyyyeah you're probably right
News
Ban Log
Temporary
- Topmaniac: Banned for 30 days for spamming and using racial slurs. His ban expired on December 10th.
Permanent
- mikethedude4002: Banned on October 19th for being a joke account.
Statistics
September
| Statistic | September |
|---|---|
| Topics created | 130 |
| Posts made | 6570 |
| New members | 22 |
| Most online | 270 |
October
| Statistic | October |
|---|---|
| Topics created | 132 |
| Posts made | 6098 |
| New members | 21 |
| Most online | 332 |
- 332 is the most online so far this year.
November
| Statistic | November |
|---|---|
| Topics created | 80 |
| Posts made | 5771 |
| New members | 16 |
| Most online | 331 |
- 80 isn't just the lowest amount of topics created so far this year - it's the lowest since January 2008, when the forum was created - and only existed for four days. Try harder, guys.
- Also, 5771 is the lowest amount of posts made since February 2010.
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| 1 | Smasher Claus (Smasher (talk)) |
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| 2 | Salazzle (DragonFreak (talk)) |
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| 9 | GalacticPetey (GalacticPetey (talk)) |
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| 10 | Yohane Tsushima (Lily x (talk)) |
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| 2 | Magikrazy (Magikrazy (talk)) |
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| 8 | Ralph (Ralphfan (talk)) |
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| 9 | New Super Mario (New Super Mario (talk)) |
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