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The 'Shroom Spotlight

Written by: RHG1951 (talk)

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Hello, all you readers of The 'Shroom, and welcome to Spotlight. Spotlight is a community project which aims to fix up the articles on the wiki which have issues. These issues can range from poor writing, to a lack of images, to even just needing a credible source.

Can you believe that it's already the year of Super Mario Bros.'s 40th anniversary? I expect we're going to be very busy in the immediate future. Thankfully, we have that snazzy new To-Do List on the main page to keep us organized when the anniversary event really gets rolling. Hopefully it'll encourage more people to take care of the pages with maintenance tags not covered in the Spotlight, especially the ones who have had those tags for years. Anyways, let's go over last month's focuses before diving into this new year.

The final Spotlight of 2024 went pretty well. Technetium (talk) created the Elf (character) article, listed where Flames can be found in Wario Land II, and expanded upon the role of Freezies in Mario Golf: Super Rush! In addition, Sparks (talk) added images of Slipskate Slope's Cat Shines and Pingouinsandwich (talk) uploaded a better version of File:Egg Factory MSOWG.jpg, but Shadow seems to have been replaced by some sort of faker. The only focus that was left untouched is the needed citations for the List of Donkey Kong 64 staff.

And now onto this month's focuses:

Article Category Focuses
Slippenglide Island
Wanted article
As the northern hemisphere is in the midst of winter, it's the perfect time to highlight the snowiest island from Mario & Luigi: Brothership. Do be quick though, it does get quite hot under the spotlight.
Darkle
Stub article
For being the power of the game's antagonist, its coverage is pretty bare-bones. Add the other occasions where Darkle is used, or it's curtains for this article.
List of Super Mario World pre-release and unused content
Rewrite required
The formatting of this article is so old, it makes the denizens of Dinosaur Land look modern by comparison! Help out and update it to better suit modern standards.
Donkey Kong Country Returns
Articles that need more images
With the game returning on the Nintendo Switch, let's go back to its original Wii release. In particular, we need images of the various products used for its promotion. And no monkeying around, got it?
Peach's Castle (theme)
Articles that need more media
Think of this focus as in memoriam of "Inside the Castle Walls" being the de facto name. Anyway, there are many sections that lack an audio sample.
Money Money
Citation needed
The article claims the maximum number of coins the badge can produce has been raised in the remake, but no proof is given. My two cents? Go find a citation for this at all costs.

Now just before I leave you, I'd like to tell you about unimplemented proposals. There are currently 28 that need to be implemented, dating as far back as 2021, so think of this as a continuous Spotlight goal until they're all completed. Additionally, there are many unresolved discussions that we would love to see come to some sort of conclusion. Some might have already concluded and just need the template removed, others have been waiting for a response for years. Lastly, there are thousands of articles with unsourced foreign names. They are found within this category, so please help out and add sources for them.

Thanks for tuning in to the newest edition of The 'Shroom Spotlight! Be sure to turn up next month, where we'll be reviewing the progress on the above focuses. If you have any questions or suggestions about this month's set of the article focuses, then please get in touch through the dedicated topic if you have a forum account. If not, then please contact me on my talk page, but you are far more likely to get a quick response if you go through the forums. You are also welcome to make suggestions on what you think we could focus on in our next edition! Thank you, and good luck!

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