On this article you will find detailed information about all nominees for the first ever Community Awards. This year, User Awards and 'Shroom Awards have been combined into the same ceremony, therefore we only need this one dossier. Please read each section and visit the suggested articles where applicable before placing your vote. The polls close on July 17th and the winners will be announced in this year's Awards Ceremony.
C1. Favorite 'Shroom Directing Staff
C1. Favorite 'Shroom Directing Staff
This award is designed to recognize the Directors and/or Sub-Directors that have had a better impact on The 'Shroom during their directorship. This award doesn't factor contributions made by these users when they weren't directors.
Specializes in uploading high-quality screenshots.
Frequently does maintenance on images and articles.
C6. Favorite 'Shroom Team
C6. Favorite 'Shroom Team
This award honors
Nominee
Summary/Description
Fake News
Started in the first official 'Shroom release by the now-banned user WarioLoaf (talk) on January 6th, 2007, Fake News was the first of the teams to be founded, designed to allow writers to flex their fiction-writing muscles by making up news stories about upcoming Mario game releases or inventing creative stories surrounding the various characters of the Mario universe. Having survived the long test of time, Fake News continues to be a huge draw for the newsletter, currently headed by its longest-running director MrConcreteDonkey (talk), and sustained by its ongoing writers Lord Bowser (talk) (Police Blotter and Monthly Inquisition), FunkyK38 (talk) (Weather Forecast), Yoshi876 (talk) (Obituaries), Quizmelon (talk) (TV Tomorrow), YKMR3000 (talk) (Game Corner), The Pyro Guy (talk) (Cooking Guide), and Hypnotoad (talk) (Dear Anton). Here is a historical list of Fake News sections.
Fun Stuff
Fun Stuff began in the third issue under the name of Fun Section, founded by the 'Shroom’s director at the time, Plumber (talk), on March 3rd, 2007. Fun Stuff was created to provide interactive games and activities for the community, such as riddles, trivia, or quizzes, eventually growing over time to incorporate visual games such as crosswords and picture matching games. Fun Stuff is currently run by Andymii (talk) (who also writes Guess Who!), and it's supported by its writers Yoshi876 (talk) (Quiz), Mr Squid (talk) (Guess That Game!), Marshal Dan Troop (talk) (Trivia), LudwigVon (talk) (Word Search and Mystery Images), Lord Bowser (talk) (Hiding Koopa), The Pyro Guy (talk) (Picross), and Meta Knight (talk) (It's aMAZEing!). Here is a historical list of Fun Stuff sections.
Palette Swap
Originally under the moniker of Art and Music, and later Music and Artwork, before reaching its current name, Palette Swap was created in the 29th issue by the current 'Shroom Director Super Mario Bros. (talk), on August 13th, 2009. Palette Swap’s focus is also on the community’s creativity, but with a focus on multimedia such as music and artworks, both official and fan-made. While it was initially simply a showcase of screenshots and artwork from around the Wiki, the past couple of years have seen more substance added to the team, with commentary, user-created music and fanart, and occasionally artwork competitions. Palette Swap is currently directed by FunkyK38 (talk), and its current permanent staff are Yoshi876 (talk) (What's On the Box? and Ongoing Fan Projects), Tucayo (talk) (Take Cover!), Lord Bowser (talk) (Game Soundtrack Reviews), and Palkia47 (talk) (Packy's Songs of the Month). Here is a historical list of Palette Swap sections.
Pipe Plaza
Pipe Plaza actually used to be a separate sector of the Wiki, a portal with the intention of keeping the community up to date on recent events and various aspects of the wiki in need of tidying up or improvement. Due to its considerable inactivity, it was decided via Proposal to add it in to The 'Shroom in the 32nd issue run by Super Mario Bros. (talk), but it didn’t get any content until the the next issue, whereupon Marioguy1 (talk) was added as a co-director. Keeping true to its roots, Pipe Plaza details all the changes in the Wiki as well as its forum in the past month, often with very rigid formatting rules for simplest readability, making it the most code-heavy team in the newsletter. Pipe Plaza is currently headed by Yoshi876 (talk) (who also writes the sections Featured and Retro Feature), and its current writers are LudwigVon (talk) (New Articles and Community Report), FunkyK38 (talk) (Tip of the Month), Alex95 (talk) (Upcoming Games), MrConcreteDonkey (talk) (Forum Update), the Poll Committee (Poll Committee Discussion), Henry Tucayo Clay (talk) (The 'Shroom Report), and Lakituthequick (talk) (Anniversary Announcements [seasonal]). Here is a historical list of Pipe Plaza sections.
Critic Corner
This Team was founded in the 64th issue special by the former Affiliates Manager Crocodile Dippy (talk) on July, 2014, Critic Corner was devised to help reduce the crowding of the main page by pulling all review and analyst-style sections into a single page. As a result, Critic Corner tends to be the wordiest of the teams. It started the trend for updated team designs due in large part to the coding assistance of Twentytwofiftyseven (talk). At the start it struggled to gather a consistent writer base, but within the last year has enjoyed plentiful sections by many dedicated writers. Critic Corner is run by Hypnotoad (talk) (who also writes Anton's Half-Baked Reviews), and its permanent writers are Rosalina1999 (talk) (Marioverse Reviews), DragonFreak (talk) (DragonFreak's Review Quest), Lord Bowser (talk) (Lord Bowser's Inside Story), Yoshi876 (talk) (Character Reviews and Movie Reviews), Meta Knight (talk) (Meta Knight's Boss Battle Review), FunkyK38 (talk) (Book Reviews), Alex95 (talk) (Could Have Been), and Luigi 64DD (talk) (Countdowns). Here is a historical list of Critic Corner sections.
Strategy Wing
The most recent Team, Strategy Wing was debuted in the 100th Issue by former Director Stooben Rooben (talk) as a place to get together sections related to tips, tricks, hints, cheats, guides, walkthroughs, and more. Issue 100 has been the biggest issue for this Team, and while other issues haven't had as much content as it, the sections in it are always of good quality; from the all-time classics like FTMV to the new sections like Pokédex Power. Strategy Wing is currently directed by Meta Knight (talk) (who also writes Galactic Expedition and Party Trick!), and its current permanent writers are Yoshi876 (talk) (Mario Kart: Wheel Tips Corner and Pokédex Power), DragonFreak (talk) (Isaac Synergies), and Roserade (talk) (Challenger Approaching!). Here is a historical list of Strategy Wing sections.
C7. Favorite 'Shroom Core Staff
C7. Favorite 'Shroom Core Staff
This award aims to acknowledge some of the most prominent Core Staff members, both managers and team directors.
Second 'Shroom Spotlight Manager alongside GBAToad.
Fourth Pipe Plaza Director.
Third 'Shroom staff member to hold more than one simultaneous positions.
C8. Favorite Retired ‘Shroom Writer
C8. Favorite Retired 'Shroom Writer
This award is designed to recognize the best writer whose tenure with The 'Shroom has long since passed, so as to honour the achievements they made during their time with us.
Joined as writer of the Upcoming Games section on Issue VII (7).
Has written 156 sections since joining, winning 17 SOTM awards.
Holds the record for most Critic Corner sections written.
Has also written Crocodile Style Reviews, Dippy's Matilda, Cooking Guide, Fake Weather, Riddles, Composer Spotlight, This Month in Albums, Birthday Wishes, Pocket Handbook, and several special sections
Joined as a writer of the Fake Ads section for the Fake News team on Issue XXXIII (33).
Has written 92 sections since joining, winning three SOTM awards.
Has also written Word Search, Fake Report, Fake Shop, Travel Guide, Fake TV, Cooking Guide, Crossword, Non-Mario Crossword, and several special sections.
Had a special issue dedicated to him; Issue LXXV, themed after his favorite Nintendo franchises.
Joined as writer of the Character Battle section on XXVI
Has written 215 sections since joining, winning eight SOTM awards.
Holds the record for most Main/Staff sections written.
Has also written Calendar of Events, Cooking Guide, Fake Shop, '?Crossword, Guess That Game!, Guess Who?, Mystery Images, Featured Character Artwork, Monthly Report, and several special sections.
Currently writes Obituaries, Quiz, What's on the Box?, Ongoing Fan Projects, Featured, Retro Feature, Character Reviews, Movie Reviews, Mario Kart: Wheel Tips Corner, and Pokédex Power.
Has written 381 sections since joining, winning 63 SOTM awards.
Holds the record for most overall sections written.
This award aims to acknowledge the writers who put care into making their 'Shroom sections visually appealing and well-crafted, whether through imagery, design, or wiki coding.
This award is to recognize the many special issues The 'Shroom has held during its long history, those moments in the year when the staff and writers make a big splash.
Themed after the Nintendo 64, with each team themed after a different Nintendo 64 Mario game; Super Mario 64, Mario Kart, Mario Party, Paper Mario, Yoshi's Story, and Super Smash Bros.
Introduced the Critic Corner team, with the Affiliates Manager Crocodile Dippy (talk) becomming its Director.
Featured the results of the second Poll Chairperson Election, with the winning ticket being Crocodile Dippy (talk) and her co-chairperson Master Crash (talk).
Had nine main sections, five teams, 13 special sections, and 10 staff sections.
Themed after Gamefreak75 (talk), with each team based on his favourite Nintendo franchises; The Legend of Zelda, Pikmin, Pokemon, MOTHER, Kirby, and Waluigi (WAH).
Currently writes Retro Feature, Obituaries, Featured, Mario Kart: Wheel Tips Corner, Ongoing Fan Projects, Quiz, Character Review, Pokedéx Power, and What's on the Box?.
Has written 127 sections in the past 12 months, winning 11 SOTM awards.
Has won the most SOTM awards overall.
Has written the most sections in the past 12 months.
Holds record for most Overall sections written.
Has held the longest consecutive term as 'Shroom Spotlight Manager.
This award acknowledges the hard work and dedication of various members of the community. They all are unique in their experiences and what they’ve done, having volunteered their time in all parts of the community in a number of ways. It should be noted that many nominees have expansive lists forged over the years, and while this may be impressive, please consider recent achievements and their greater relative impact today. This is not an exhaustive list of every position and achievement, just the most notable and relevant.
Former Critic Corner Director for The ‘Shroom and Contributing Writer (Crocodile Style Reviews, etc.) (July 2012 – August 2013; February 2015 – June, 2016); Affiliates Manager (21 January, 2012 – 21 July, 2012)
Former Poll Committee Chairperson.
Former MarioWiki Patroller (17 August, 2007 – 31 October, 2007), and Sysop (31 October, 2007 – 20 June, 2008)
Former Assistant Administrator (28 March, 2009 – c. December, 2010; 5 January, 2012 – 21 March, 2012) and current Head Honcho (21 March, 2012 – Present) on The Xephyr Board.
The Proprietor/Owner of MarioWiki, along with several others—Donkey Kong Wiki, Halopedia, Kingdom Hearts Wiki, Pikipedia, SmashWiki, and, as of December 2012, Destinypedia.
Current MarioWiki Bureaucrat (7 January, 2016 – Present); Admin (4 May, 2013 - Present)
Reformed and managed the 'Shroom Spotlight project (April, 2013 – 7 January, 2014), which has been successful in improving over a hundred wiki articles to date.
Former ‘Shroom Director and Co-Director (April 2009 – June 2009; August 2009 – 7 January 2010; February 2013 – January 2014), and former Sub-Director (February 2009 – March 2009; July 2009; February 2010 – January 2011)
Current Poll Committee Chairperson (July 2016 – Present)
