The 'Shroom:Issue 147/Community Awards Dossier

Community Awards Dossier

Written by: Hooded Pitohui (talk)

In this article, you will find detailed information about all nominees for this year's Community Awards XII. This ceremony honors users for their contributions to The 'Shroom and wider elements of the community. The Community Dossier is presented as a tool so that readers may cast informed votes for the Community Awards. Please read each section and visit the suggested articles where applicable before placing your vote. The polls close on July 16th and the winners will be announced in this year's Awards Ceremony on August 16th.

C1. Favorite Active 'Shroom Writer	C1. Favorite Active 'Shroom Writer This award recognizes the efforts of writers who have regularly contributed sections to The 'Shroom in the past six months. Though some writers have extensive histories with The 'Shroom, their submissions within the past year should be the primary consideration for this award. Nominee Summary/Description Anton (talk) Joined as writer of Dear Anton on Issue LXXXVII (87). Currently writes Anton's Half-Baked Reviews in Critic Corner Has written 118 sections since joining, winning twelve SOTM awards this cycle. Sample section. Superchao (talk) Joined as a writer of the Quiz section on Issue III (3). Currently writes Interview in Pipe Plaza, Touhou (Remix) Project in Palette Swap, and Mach Speed Mayhem in Strategy Wing Has also written several special sections, writing for all six teams in issue 141 Has written 157 sections since joining, winning five SOTM awards in this cycle. Sample section. Hooded Pitohui (talk) Joined as a writer of Mario’s Boombox on Issue 124. Currently writes Mario’s Boombox in Palette Swap and co-writes 'Shroom Recap in Pipe Plaza. Has also written Shop Scout in Fake News, and several special sections Has written 33 sections since joining, winning two SOTM awards in this cycle. Sample section. Lakituthequick (talk) First wrote Mario Kart Tournament Recap on Issue LXVI (66), later joining as a regular writer of Anniversary Announcements in Issue XCVI (96). Currently writes Anniversary Announcements in Pipe Plaza and It’s aMAZEing in Fun Stuff. Has written 65 sections since joining, winning two SOTM awards in this cycle. Sample section. Raregold (talk) Joined as a writer of Selling Out on Issue 131. Currently writes Selling Out in Fake News and co-writes 'Shroom Recap in Pipe Plaza. Has also written several special sections. Has written seventeen sections since joining. Sample Section Meta Knight (talk) Joined as a writer of It's aMAZEing on Issue 104. Currently writes Meta Knight's Dream Land Journal in Strategy Wing. Has also written Galactic Expedition in Strategy Wing and several special sections. Has written 144 sections since joining, winning one SOTM award in this cycle. Sample section. BBQ Turtle (talk) Joined as a writer of Anagrams on Issue 128. Currently writes Anagrams in Fun Stuff. Has written nineteen sections since joining. Sample section. LudwigVon (talk) Joined as a writer of Community Report on Issue 106. Currently writes Guess Who? and Hiding Koopa in Fun Stuff and Monthly Report in Pipe Plaza. Has also written Community Report and New Articles in Pipe Plaza. Has written 97 sections since joining, winning two SOTM awards this cycle. Sample section. The Pyro Guy (talk) Joined as a writer of Picross on issue 102. Currently writes Ongoing Fan Projects in Palette Swap. Has also written several special sections. Has written 92 sections since joining. Sample section. Yoshi876 (talk) Joined as writer of Obituaries on issue LXXVI (76). Currently writes Obituaries in Fake News, What's on the Box? in Palette Swap, and Racing Like the Staff and Pokédex Power in Strategy Wing. Has also written Character Reviews and Movie Reviews in Critic Corner, Quiz in Fun Stuff, and Retro Feature in Pipe Plaza. Has written 571 sections since joining, winning twenty SOTM awards in this cycle. Sample section. Alex95 (talk) Joined as a writer of Sport Report on issue 113. Currently writes NIWA Spotlight in Pipe Plaza. Has also written Could Have Been in Critic Corner and Upcoming Game in Pipe Plaza. Has written 73 sections since joining, winning five SOTM awards in this cycle. Sample section Chibiki Daisy (talk) Joined as a regular writer of Hot Pot Reviews on issue 142. Currently writes Hot Pot Reviews in Critic Corner. Has also written Poll Committee Discussion in Pipe Plaza. Has also co-written Rising Sun Reviews as a featured guest. Has written five sections since joining. Sample section Mariofan169 (talk) Joined as a writer of Rising Sun Reviews on issue 142. Currently writes Rising Sun Reviews in Critic Corner. Has written three sections since joining. Sample section Quizmelon (talk) Joined as a writer of TV Tomorrow in issue 111. Currently writes TV Tomorrow in Fake News. Has written 36 sections since joining, winning nine SOTM awards in this cycle. Sample section. Stargazing (talk) Joined as a writer of Spacing Out in issue 146. Currently writes Spacing Out in Critic Corner. Has written one section since joining. Sample section. Chester Alan Arthur (talk) Joined as a writer of Trivia on issue LIX (59). Currently writes Trivia in Fun Stuff. Has written 98 sections since joining, winning two SOTM awards in this cycle. Sample section. MsRetroGeek (talk) Joined as a writer of G. T.V. on issue 139. Currently writes G. T.V. in Critic Corner. Has also written Poll Committee Discussion and several special sections. Has written eleven sections since joining, winning one SOTM award. Sample section.
C2. Favorite Retired 'Shroom Writer	C2. Favorite Retired 'Shroom Writer This award is designed to recognize those writers who have retired from their positions and no longer regularly submit sections to The 'Shroom. Nominee Summary/Description Andymii (talk) Joined as writer of Guess Who? on Issue XCIII (93). Has written Guess Who?. Has written 63 sections since joining, winning 27 SOTM awards. Sample section. Baby Luigi (talk) Joined as writer of the Game Mods section on Palette Swap on Issue 105. Has written 24 sections since joining, winning four SOTM awards. Has also written Sketch Related to Mario, Poll Committee Discussion, and one special section. Sample section. Crocodile Dippy (talk) 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 Sample section. DragonFreak (talk) Joined as writer of DragonFreak's Review Quest on Issue 106. Has also written Isaac Synergies in Strategy Wing. Has written 23 sections since joining. Sample section. Tucayo talk) Joined as writer of Crossword on issue XVI (16). Has written Take Cover in Palette Swap, Ask Tucayo in Fake News, The 'Shroom Report and NIWA News in Pipe Plaza, Book Reviews in Critic Corner, Hiding Koopa and Mystery Images in Fun Stuff, and several special sections. Has written 361 sections since joining, winning ten SOTM awards. Sample section YKMR3000 (talk) Joined as writer of Game Corner on issue 109. Has written fifteen sections since joining, winning nine SOTM awards. Sample section Luigi 64DD (talk) Joined as a writer of Countdowns on issue 121. Has written eight sections since joining. Sample section Lord Bowser (talk) Joined as writer of Shop Scout on Issue LXXIII (73) Has also written Police Blotter, Monthly Inquisition, Find the Differences, Game Soundtrack Reviews, Lord Bowser's Inside Story, Go With the Flow, and several special sections. Has written 58 sections since joining, winning eight SOTM awards. Sample section. Mr. Edo (talk) Joined as a writer of the Fake Games section for the Fake News team on Issue XXXVII (37). Has written 80 sections since joining, winning 12 SOTM awards. Has also written Monthly Inquisition, News Flush, Fake Weather, Find the Differences, Sketch Related to Mario, and several special sections. Sample section. Paper Yoshi (talk) Joined as writer of Upcoming Games on Issue XLVI (46). Has written Monthly Report and Mario Calendar. Has written 207 sections since joining, winning 25 SOTM awards. Holds the record for most Pipe Plaza sections written. Sample section. PowerKamek (talk) Joined as writer of Marioverse Reviews on Issue 105. Currently writes Marioverse Reviews. Has written 30 sections since joining, winning two SOTM awards. Sample section. Roserade (talk) Joined as writer of Challenger Approaching! on Strategy Wing on Issue 122. Has written five sections since joining, winning two SOTM awards. Sample section. Shokora (talk) Joined as writer of Projects Seeking Contributors in Pipe Plaza on Issue LXIX (69). Has also written Community Report, and several special sections. Has written 57 sections since joining, winning seven SOTM awards. Sample section. Stooben Rooben (talk) Joined as a writer of the From the Mushroom Vaults section on Issue XI (9). Has also written 8-Bit Amphitheater, The Stoob Tube, Obituaries, Interview, and several special sections. Has written 93 sections since joining, winning seven SOTM awards. Sample section. Super Mario Bros. (talk) Joined as writer of the Character Battle section on issue XXVI (26). 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. Sample section. Time Turner (talk) Joined as writer of the Guess Who? section in the Fun Stuff team on Issue XXXIII (33). Has also written Trivia, Location, Location and New Articles. Has written 24 sections since joining, winning four SOTM awards. Sample section. Toadbert101 (talk) Joined as writer of the Peddler's Place section in the Fake News team on Issue XIV (14). Has written 55 sections since joining, winning four SOTM awards. Sample section. Walkazo (talk) Joined as writer of Mario's Boombox on Issue LIX (59). Wrote 29 sections, winning 16 SOTM awards. Has also written The Adventures of Little Mario and several special sections. Sample section.
C3. Favorite Artist	C3. Favorite Artist This award recognizes some of the many artists in this community, each with unique talents, styles, and media. Please click on the sample images here for a larger view. Nominee Summary/Description Anton (talk) Lakituthequick (talk) Fawfulthegreat64 (talk) GBAToad (talk) Koops (talk) BBQ Turtle (talk) Hooded Pitohui (talk) Mr. Edo (talk) Neptune (talk) Raregold (talk) Smg2daisy (talk) The Pyro Guy (talk) Toadbert101 (talk) Turboo (talk) Doc von Schmeltwick (talk)
C4. Favorite 2018 Awards Presentation	C4. Favorite 2018 Awards Presentation This award recognizes the creativity, humor, and work put into the presentations revealed at the 2018 Awards ceremony. Nominee C2. Best 'Shroom Section Artwork - Mr. Edo F1.Worst Character - Mr. Edo F12. Worst Game Objective - MrConcreteDonkey M24. Favorite Costume - Anton C4. Favorite 2017 Awards Presentation - Lakituthequick C8. Favorite Retired 'Shroom Writer - Mr. Edo M12. Favorite Supporting Character - Mr. Edo M17. Favorite Mario RPG - Fawfulthegreat64 M19. Favorite Actor - MrConcreteDonkey M30. Favorite Modern Game (Wii/DS or newer) - The Pyro Guy F4. Worst RPG Area - Turboo M9. Favorite Add-on Content - Mr. Edo C6. Favorite 'Shroom Team - The Pyro Guy M2. Favorite Mario Kart Game - BBQ Turtle C1. Favorite 'Shroom Directing Staff - Hooded Pitohui and Raregold F7. Worst Enemy - Uniju F14. Worst Setting - GBAToad M10. Favorite Song - GBAToad
C5. Wiki Contributor Award 2019	C5. Wiki Contributor Award 2019 This award recognizes various editors and contributors for their work on the Mario Wiki in 2018/2019. Nominee Summary/Description 2257 (talk) Contributes to behind-the-scenes translations from Japanese to English. Heavily assisted with the creation of Mario Kart statistics tables; does other behind-the-scenes formatting work. Alex95 (talk) Very on top of recent changes and discussions. Active editor who often contributes to projects as well. Baby Luigi (talk) Frequent editing, typically done in large batches. Involved in proposals and projects. Works with models, screencapping, and ripping game assets; uploads many Mario Kart images in particular. BBQ Turtle (talk) Extremely involved in uploading Mario Kart images and editing the series' pages. Often fixes links and creates pages for other sports games. Performs quality control edits on a variety of pages. Bye Guy (talk) Active editor who often contributes to Donkey Kong Country, Mario vs. Donkey Kong, and Super Smash Bros. articles. Edits extremely frequently, typically adding chunks of profiles and statistics, and has created a large amount of Mario vs. Donkey Kong level articles. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) Frequent editor who works on many articles & images across the board; typically heavily details changes in edit summaries. Tries to fact-check edits and pieces of information, and contributes to Talk page discussions actively. EDShoot (talk) Frequently adds detailed Reception sections to game articles, and expands existing sections with more information. Fine-tunes tables for these pages, and works to add and correct citations. Glowsquid (talk) Frequent mainspace edits and maintenance. Works with a fair amount of wiki projects. Created the BJADON, where humorous edits and mistakes are collected for amusement. Runs the Super Mario Wiki's Twitter account, making creative posts and engaging the Wiki with a wider audience. L151 (talk) Solid editor and image contributor. Does lots of maintenance work, such as updating Main Page templates. LinkTheLefty (talk) Typically performs batch maintenance on articles, mostly relating to name corrections. Heavily involved in ensuring that all names on the wiki are from official material whenever possible. LuigiMaster123 (talk) Regular contributor who works on articles, images, and sprites. Uploads many Ultimate spirits and Super Mario Maker images. Heavily involved in working with categories; often creates new ones and adds them to pages for easier sorting. Mario jc (talk) Regularly fine-tunes and adds good information to articles; cuts down on redundancy. Reverts unsavory edits & ensures policies are properly followed. Mister Wu (talk) Great fact checker. Translates obscure material. Particularly amicable. TheFlameChomp (talk) Consistently active contributor. Does content-heavy work on pages. Often scans articles for quality issues and updates them accordingly. Time Turner (talk) Collects strategy guides for the wiki and obliges requests for information from them. Most recently involved in maintenance work and spearheading the Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia citation proposal. Toadette the Achiever (talk) Skilled at filling in gaps in content; heavily involved in the creation of level articles. Active in wiki discussions. Pays careful attention to enforcing wiki policy in articles. Wildgoosespeeder (talk) Specializes in uploading high-quality screenshots. Frequently does maintenance on images and articles. Yoshi the SSM (talk) Often works with redirects, such as ones for Mario & Sonic articles and Super Mario Odyssey Power Moons. Uploaded essentially all item images from Super Mario Run's Kingdom Builder. Created and provided a majority of the coverage for the Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS level articles.
C6. Favorite 'Shroom Team	C6. Favorite 'Shroom Team This award honors the different teams that are a part of The 'Shroom. 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 FunkyK38 (talk) (Weather Forecast), Yoshi876 (talk) (Obituaries), Quizmelon (talk) (TV Tomorrow), Koops (talk) (Travel Guide), and Raregold (talk) (Selling Out). 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 Roserade (talk), and it's supported by its writers Shoey (talk) (Trivia), BBQ Turtle (talk) (Anagrams), LudwigVon (talk) (Guess Who? and Hiding Koopa), and Lakituthequick (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 then-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?), The Pyro Guy (talk) (Ongoing Fan Projects), Hooded Pitohui (talk) (Mario's Boombox), and Superchao (talk) (Touhou (Remix) Project). 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 The Pyro Guy (talk), and its current writers are LudwigVon (talk) (Monthly Report), Alex95 (talk) (NIWA Spotlight), Superchao (talk) (Interview), the Poll Committee (Poll Committee Discussion), Raregold (talk) and Hooded Pitohui (talk) ('Shroom Recap), GPM1000 (talk) (Mario Calendar) 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).Over the past year there has been a large shift in the Team's writers, but it continues to have 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 FunkyK38 (talk) (Book Reviews), Mariofan169 (talk) (Rising Sun Reviews), Chibiki Daisy (talk) (Hot Pot Reviews), Doomhiker (talk) (Virtual Console Reviews), Stargazing (talk) (Spacing Out), and MsRetroGeek (talk) (G. T.V.). 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. While it hasn't generally been the largest Team in terms of content, the past year has seen the addition of numerous new sections. It provides analytical and instructional sections, with a continued focus on videogames. Strategy Wing is currently directed by Hooded Pitohui (talk), and its current permanent writers are Yoshi876 (talk) (Pokédex Power and Racing Like the Staff), YoshiFlutterJump (talk) (YoshiFlutterJump's Tips and Tricks!), Meta Knight (talk) (Meta Knight's Dream Land Journal), Superchao (talk) (Mach Speed Mayhem), and Parakoopa144 (PK144's Course Corner). 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. Nominee Summary/Description 2257 (talk) Programming Manager from issue 105 to the current one. First Programming Manager. Responsible for most of the coding on The 'Shroom. Roserade (talk) Current Fun Stuff Director, started from from issue 139. Thirteenth Fun Stuff Director. Anton (talk) Current Critic Corner Director, started from issue 112. Fourth Critic Corner Director. Drew the most recent banners for the teams. FunkyK38 (talk) Palette Swap Director from issue LXXI (71) to the current one. Seventh Palette Swap Director. Longest-tenured Palette Swap Director to date. Made the Sketch Related to Mario section a No Sign Up Required section. Started the Art and Music Contests featured in Palette Swap. Reworked the focus of What's on the Box?, Featured Sprite, and Artwork of the Month to feature fan-made content. Hooded Pitohui (talk) Current Strategy Wing Director, from issue 139. Third Strategy Wing Director Lakituthequick (talk) Current Website Manager, started from issue 131. First Website Manager. Lord Bowser (talk) Twelfth Fun Stuff director, from issue 125 to issue 138. LudwigVon (talk) Current Statistics Manager, started from from issue 131. Eighth Statistics Manager. Meta Knight (talk) Director from issue 119 to issue 142 Second Strategy Wing Director, from issue 112 to issue 138. Fifth 'Shroom staff member to hold more than one simultaneous staff positions. Mr. Edo (talk) Fake News Director from issue XLVII (47) to issue LIV (54). Graphic Design Manager from issue 107 to issue 135 Thirteenth Fake News Director, and coined the majority of the Fake News section names. First Graphic Design Manager. Current Social Media Manager, from issue 143. Drew the headers and icons for Fake News sections. Consistently provides artwork for The 'Shroom. MrConcreteDonkey (talk) Current Fake News Director, started on issue LV (55). Twelfth Fake News Director. Longest-tenured Team Director to date. Initiated Fake News' redesign in issue LXXXIII (83) Raregold (talk) Director from issue 143 to issue 146. Oversaw an overhaul of the sign-up page. Revived position of Social Networking Manager as the Social Media Manager. MsRetroGeek (talk) Sub-Director from issue 143 to issue 146. Superchao (talk) Current Director, from issue 147 to the present. Sub-Director from issue 119 to issue 142 Activities Manager from issue LXXVIII (78) to issue LXXXII (82) and from issue 107 to 126. Fun Stuff Director from issue LXXVI (76) to issue LXXVIII (78) and from issue 105 to issue 106. Third and fifth Activities Manager. Fifth and tenth Fun Stuff Director. Fourth 'Shroom staff member to hold more than one simultaneous staff positions. The Pyro Guy (talk) Current Pipe Plaza director, started from issue 131. Fifth Pipe Plaza Director. Current Graphic Design Manager, from issue 137. Tucayo talk) Fun Stuff Director from issue XLII (42) to issue XLVI (46). Statistics Manager from issue LX (60) to LXX (60) and from issue 107 to 130. Social Networking Manager on Issue LIX (59). Second Fun Stuff Director. Second and seventh Statistics Manager. First Social Networking Manager. First 'Shroom staff member to hold more than one simultaneous staff positions. Turboo (talk) Statistics Manager from issue XCIX (99) to 106. Fifth Statistics Manager. Yoshi876 (talk) Current 'Shroom Spotlight Manager, started on issue LXXXII (82); initially shared with GBAToad. Pipe Plaza Director, from issue LXXXVI (86) to 130. Second 'Shroom Spotlight Manager alongside GBAToad. Fourth Pipe Plaza Director. Third 'Shroom staff member to hold more than one simultaneous positions.