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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.
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| Sadaharu (talk) |
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| Stooben Rooben (talk) |
- Directed Issues XXIII (23), XXIV (24), XXVIII (28), and XXXIV (34) to XLVI (46).
- Sub-Director from Issue XXV (25) to XXVII (27), and from Issue XXIX (29) to 2009 Holiday Special.
- Upgraded the Fun Stuff to a Team.
- Strengthened activity standards for writers.
- Started the 'Shroom Awards Ceremony.
- Introduced the Poll Chairperson Election.
- Created the Core Staff concept.
- Got The 'Shroom Staff Discussion board in the forums authorized.
- Set section limits.
- Brought back the Editor-in Chief.
- Started the application process.
- Switched the focus of the newsletter to Wiki News.
- Set the basis for the End-of-Year Awards and 'Shroom Achievements.
- Introduced The 'Shroom namespace.
- Third and fifth Sub-Director.
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| Tucayo (talk) |
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| Super Mario Bros. (talk) |
- Directed Issues XLVII (47) to LXXXII (82), and XCV (95) to 111.
- Has won the most elections; five.
- Has both the longest consistent run as Director, as well as total run as Director.
- Introduced the Statistics Manager, Affiliates Manager, Social Networking Manager, Activities Manager, Programming Manager, and Graphic Design Manager positions.
- Authorized the Critic Corner and Strategy Wing Teams.
- Started the Section of the Month system and later shifted it to be reader-voted.
- Created the 'Shroom Spotlight project.
- Managed to get the 'Shroom Awards upgraded from five to ten awards.
- Started the End-of-Year Awards.
- Kicked off the 'Shroom Achievements system.
- Redesigned the Main Page.
- Directed the largest issue to date.
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| Superchao (talk) |
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| 2257 (talk) |
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| Mr. Edo (talk) |
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| Turboo (talk) |
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| Meta Knight (talk) |
- Director from Issue 119 to the current issue.
- Sub-Director from Issue 115 to Issue 118.
- Tenth Director.
- Fourteenth Sub-Director.
- Current Director.
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C6. Favorite 'Shroom Team
This award honors
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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