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Add Enemies Category
Should we add the enemies category to the main page. I know the page encompasses both species and characters but the baddies are one of the most fundamental aspects of Mario games. What do others think? --Son of Suns 00:17, 18 May 2006 (EDT)


 * Making a friends area would be easier since there's a lot less friendly creatures than enemies.


 * In that thinking, perhaps two categories could be added: the pre-existing Enemies category and a new Allies category. --Son of Suns 00:42, 18 May 2006 (EDT)


 * I just created the Allies Category and filled it with the major heroes and allies of the Marioverse. --Son of Suns 17:25, 18 May 2006 (EDT)


 * How far can we really consider allies? Generally friendly charecters?


 * I think it is up to interpretation. However, I like to think of allies as those who genuinely support heroes in their efforts to fight evil. Additionally, allies are not passive in this fight; they are actively aiding the heroes. Also, allies are concerned with the good fight, not just their own problems or need to personal profits. For example, Goombaria, Goombario's sister, is one of the nicest, friendliest characters in the world. However, she is more concerned about her doll and her family than fighting evil. On the otherhand, Goombario makes a choice to join Mario in a greater fight. Additionally, many shopkeepers may help, but their main reason for doing do is profit. Does that help? What do others think?--Son of Suns 19:41, 18 May 2006 (EDT)


 * I'm all for putting an 'enemies' category on the main page, as well as allies, but it'd be easier if those pages existed. I know there are the enemy/ally categories, but those look tacky. I'm looking for something like how the characters are set up; there is a page, but there is also a category. With that in mind, who feels like creating the pages? ;) --DarkInsanity (talk)


 * I can make them, but I'll only put those enemies and allies that are on the category pages. --Son of Suns 20:16, 18 May 2006 (EDT)


 * Sounds cool. Post back here when you're done, or bored and want someone else to finish up, and I'll add the link to the main page. Also, I may have to see about getting you the position as a sysop... --DarkInsanity (talk)


 * All done with enemies. I copied all the enemies from the category page to the article, but there are more out there. Time to move onto Allies! =) --Son of Suns 21:58, 18 May 2006 (EDT)
 * Okay, allies is done!--Son of Suns 22:32, 18 May 2006 (EDT)

Community Portal
I say we create a Community Portal, which could be linked on the main page and navbar, and it would have links to help pages and community projects and such, like [HRWiki's The Stick] or [Wikipedia's portal]. S a  l  t  y T a  l  k  ! 18:33, 10 April 2006 (EDT)

I'm going with Salty.--Caff ya later, Elite Yoshi 18:42, 10 April 2006 (EDT)


 * Now that I've successfully created a welcome template at ~, we could also have a welcoming committee. That will really come in handy when we start to get active. S  a  l  t  y T a  l  k  ! 23:40, 12 April 2006 (EDT)


 * I don't really think this is a bad idea, seeing as how it's now required that you must make an account to edit/create a page. Plus, you know, it's a little more official than the home page's discussion. What could we call it that would fit in with the Mario universe, though? "The Stick" works nicely with the Homestar-wiki, and Wikipedia doesn't really have a theme. What would the SMWi's community page be called? - DarkInsanity (talk)

Italics
Should game titles be italicized? I personally don't like it, but if it's more official, we can go ahead and revert all of my hard work undoing it. S a  l  t  y T a  l  k  ! 01:14, 15 April 2006 (EDT)


 * I always thought that game titles should be italicized, just like the titles of movie and books and whatnot. Before, I had actually just made edits to pages to italicize the game titles, and maybe fix one or two spelling errors. Salty, you seem to be doing the same thing as I once did, but in reverse; you take out the italiced words and fix a couple errors, sometimes adding on a sentence or two. Besides, you know, it does look more professional. So I say we go with game title italics. - DarkInsanity (talk)