MarioWiki:Proposals

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r149/Deadringerforlove/dessert1.jpg A proposal section works like a discussion page: comments are brought up and replied to using indents (colons, such as : or ::::) and all edits are signed using the code.

This page observes the No-Signature Policy.

How To
 * 1) Actions that users feel are appropriate to have community approval first can be added by anyone, but they must have a strong argument.
 * 2) Users then vote and discuss on the issue during that week. The "deadline" for the proposal is one week from posting at:
 * 3) *Monday to Thursday: 17:00 (5pm)
 * 4) *Friday and Saturday: 20:00 (8pm)
 * 5) *Sunday: 15:00 (3pm)
 * 6) Every vote should have a reason accompanying it.
 * 7) Users who feel that certain votes were cast in bad faith or which truly have no merit can address the votes in the Comments section. Users can ask a voter to clarify their position, point out mistakes or flaws in their arguments, or call for the outright removal of the vote if it lacks sufficient reasoning. Users may not remove or alter the content of anyone else's votes. The voter can remove or rewrite their own vote at any time, but the final decision to remove another User's vote lies solely with the Administrators.
 * 8) " # " should be added under the last vote of each support/oppose section to show another blank line.
 * 9) All proposals that end up in a tie will be extended for another week.
 * 10) If a proposal has more than ten votes, it can only pass or fail by a margin of three votes. If a proposal reaches the deadline and the total number of votes for each option differ by two or less votes, the deadline will be extended for another week.
 * 11) Any proposal that has three votes or less at deadline will automatically be listed as "NO QUORUM." The original proposer then has the option to relist said proposal to generate more discussion.
 * 12) No proposal can overturn the decision of a previous proposal that is less than 4 weeks (28 days) old.
 * 13) Proposals can only be rewritten or deleted by their proposer within the first three days of their creation. However, the proposer can request that their proposal be deleted by a Sysop at any time, provided they have a valid reason for it.
 * 14) All proposals are archived. The original proposer must take action accordingly if the outcome of the proposal dictates it. If it requires the help of a Sysop, the proposer can ask for that help.
 * 15) There shouldn't be proposals about creating articles on a underrepresented or completely absent subject, unless there is major disagreement about whether the content should be included. To organize efforts about completing articles on missing subjects, try creating a PipeProject.
 * 16) Proposals cannot be made about System Operator promotions and demotions. Sysops can only be promoted and demoted by the will of Bureaucrats.
 * 17) If the Sysops deem a proposal unnecessary or potentially detrimental to the upkeep of the Super Mario Wiki, they have the right to remove it at any time.
 * 18) No joke proposals. Proposals are serious wiki matters, and should be handled professionally. Joke proposals will be deleted on sight.

The times are in EDT (UTC -4:00), and are set so that the user is more likely to be online at those times (after work/school, weekend nights). If a proposal is added on Saturday night at 11:59 PM EDT, the deadline is the next Saturday night at 8:00 PM. If it is a minute later, the deadline is a day plus 15 hours (Sunday), as opposed to a day minus 4 hours.

Basic Proposal and Support/Oppose Format
This is an example how your proposal should look like, if you want it to be acknowledged. If you are inexperienced or unsure how to set up this format, simply copy the following and paste it into the fitting section. Then replace the [subject] - variables with information to customize your proposal, so it says what you wish. If you insert the information, be sure to replace the whole variable including the squared brackets, so "[insert info here]" becomes "This is the inserted information", not "[This is the inserted information]". - ===[insert a title for your Proposal here]=== [describe what you want this Proposal to be like, what changes you would suggest and what this is about]

Proposer: Deadline: [insert a deadline here, f.e. "5 January, 2010, 17:00". Rule 2 above explains how to determine a deadline]

====Support====

====Oppose====

====Comments==== - Users will now be able to vote on your Proposal, until the set deadline is reached. Remember, you are a user as well, so you can vote on your own Proposal just like the others.

To support, or oppose, just insert " # at the bottom of the section of your choice. Just don't forget to add a valid reason for your vote behind that tag if you are voting on anoother user's Proposal. If you are voting on your own Proposal, you can just say "Per my Proposal".

CURRENTLY: , 27 2024 (EDT)

Talk Page Proposals
All proposals dealing with a single article or a specific group of articles are held on the talk page of one of the articles in question. Proposals dealing with massive amounts of splits, merges or deletions across the Wiki should still be held on this page.

How To

 * 1) All active talk page proposals must be listed below in chronological order (new proposals go at the bottom). All pages effected must be mentioned in the brief description, with the talk page housing the discussion linked to directly via "". If the proposal involved a page that is not yet made, use to communicate its title. The Deadline must also be included in the entry. Linking to pages not directly involved in the talk page proposal is not recommended, as it clutters the list with unnecessary links.
 * 2) All rules for talk page proposals are the same as mainspace proposals (see the "How To" section above), with the exceptions made by Rules 3, 4 and 5, as follows:
 * 3) Voting in talk page proposals will be open for two weeks, not one.
 * 4) Talk page proposals may closed by the proposer if both the support and the oppose sides each have fewer than five votes.
 * 5) After two weeks, a clear majority of three votes is required. Without the majority, the talk page proposal will be listed as "NO QUORUM".
 * 6) The talk page proposal must pertain to the article it is posted on.

List of Talk Page Proposals

 * Merge Downhill Skiing into Alpine Skiing. (Discuss) Deadline: 2 February 2010, 15:00
 * Merge Inflatable Thwomp into The Great Deflate. (Discuss) Deadline: 4 February, 2010, 15:00
 * Delete or Merge E 10 into Super Mario Advance 4 e-Cards (Discuss) Deadline: 5 February, 2010, 17:00
 * Merge Mushroom (M&L info), Super Mushroom (M&L info), Ultra Mushroom, and Max Mushroom (M&L info) into one article. (Discuss) Deadline: 11 February 2010, 17:00
 * Merge Triple Bananas and Giant Banana into Banana. (Discuss) Deadline: 12 February 2010 20:00.
 * Merge information pertaining to generic Blue and Yellow Toads into Toad (species) and Toad Brigade, leaving the separate Blue Toad and Yellow Toad pages for the specific Toad characters that appeared in New Super Mario Bros. Wii. Whether or not these pages will be named "" and "" or "" and "" is also being voted on. (Discuss) Deadline: 13 February 2010, 20:00
 * Merge Metal Luigi into Metal Mario (character). (Discuss) Deadline: 13 February 2010, 20:00
 * Merge Syrup (M&L info), Super Syrup, Ultra Syrup, and Max Syrup into one article (Discuss) Deadline: 14 February 2010 15:00
 * Merge Nintendo GameCube Microphone into Nintendo Gamecube. (Discuss) Deadline: 14 February 2010 15:00

New Features
''None at the moment.

Removals
''None at the moment.

T.M.I
Too much info, or even, too long didn't read, applies to what I'm suggesting here. It seems on a lot of character pages, certain sections in the character's history section are EXTREMELY long and overdone.

A character's role in a game shouldn't be addressed so in-depth as to make it a task to have to scroll down a characters page. The sections should simply cover the role of the character, and a summary of the events the character goes through in the game. Detailed explanations belong on the game's page itself, or specifically, the mode of the game the information is covering. i.e Story mode or something like the subspace emissary.

Another example is cartoon and comic appearances. Creating a sub-section for each comic or episode the character appears in is overdoing it. Clarifying and specific important instances from the series and the character's overall role is what should be covered on the characters page, once again, detailed information about the whole episode or comic should be covered on the comic or episodes page itself.

This isn't about taking away information, it's about organizing the site so that the information is set up to where it is most relevant. It is also so that character pages do not stay overcrowded with loads of information that are overly long.

Example from Wikipedia: A plot summary is not a recap. It should not cover every scene and every moment of a story.

If this is so for normal plot summaries, it should be even stronger when applied to a single character.

By supporting: A rule is set in place so that character's roles in the specific media they are appearing in can not be written out to be overly long and specific. Sections should be a summary of the character's role and any important instances in the story, not and overdone writing which has information that can be covered on the game's specific page or sections.

Proposer: FD09 Deadline: "6 January, 2010, 17:00"

Support

 * 1) FD09- Per proposal.

Oppose

 * 1) -- This is a Mario encyclopedia, and its supposed to be very in-depth, as far as I know. A lot of detail is very important. This is an independent wiki, so we don't follow wikipedia's examples. I think its fine as it is.

Miscellaneous
None at the moment.