MarioWiki:Proposals

List of Talk Page Proposals

 * Split Densetsu no Stafy 3 from Video game references (Discuss) Passed
 * Split ghosts from game page (Discuss) Deadline: June 17, 2013, 23:59 GMT
 * Make a separate subpage for places (Discuss) Deadline: June 18, 2013, 23:59 GMT

Writing Guidelines
None at the moment.

Template:Clear
I think there should be a clear template just like on other wikis. I know its been deleted three times already, but we need it. And can't do anything to the images.

Proposer: Deadline: June 13, 2013, 23:59 GMT

Support

 * 1) Per Proposal.

Oppose

 * 1) If the template has been deleted three times already, the third of which was a few hours ago, then it seems clear to me that we don't need it - especially considering the template was deleted due to being redundant. Also, just because other wikis use it doesn't mean we automatically should.
 * 2) – Per Superchao.
 * 3) Per Superchao.
 * 4) - Per Superchao.
 * 5) - serves the exact same purpose. Per Superchao.
 * 6) Per Superchao and Gamefreak75. And If I'm correct, The Template  does the same thing as the
 * 7) Per Megadardery.
 * 8) Per all, especially GameFreak75.
 * 9) Per all.
 * 10) No purpose, like Gamefreak said, <br clear=all and  already do the same thing. Per all.
 * 11) Per all.
 * 12) .thetemplateyoumentionedalreadyexists
 * 13) Per Megadardery.
 * 14) - If it already exists, no point creating another template.
 * 15) Per Superchao

Organize Help pages with a Navigation template
Basically what the title says: It's hard to locate all the help pages and if a user who is figuring out the wiki is reading them, they should have a quick and easy reference to get to all (or most) of them.

Proposer: Deadline: June 13, 2013, 23:59 GMT

Support

 * 1) Per proposal.
 * 2) Per Mariotime11.
 * 3) It's a good idea to include navigation templates dealing with all help pages and put it in each help page. Sure, we have a category dealing with all help pages, but the main help page should include all links to every help page in the first place, not just the ones in Category:Help. and the rest are in another category. The names "MarioWiki Policy", "MarioWiki Writing Guidelines" and "Manual of Style" sound similar, and I shouldn't have to guess which category the link falls in. Overall, it's not difficult in the first place for users to find these help pages, but inserting a navigation template in the main help page makes things a lot easier if you're trying to search for a "how-to", but can't find it on the main help page (like Categories). Bottom line: it's easier to see everything in one template than trying to find things in three different pages.
 * 4) Per proposal and LeftyGreenMario.
 * 5) When I was new, I was having a hard time navigating help pages and templates would help out a lot with that. This method would make it easier for everybody to navigate them. Per all.
 * 6) Per all, this would still make things much easier and organized, per se.
 * 7) Per all.
 * 8) Per King Pikante.

Oppose

 * No, this just does not make sense. It's just another thing to keep up with. Also per Turboo's comments below.

Comments
Help:Contents is on the sidebar with a list of help pages and a link to the categories they're in, though. I doubt making a nav template would be detrimental, but I don't see how it's too difficult for users to find them. -
 * I think it would ease navigating the help pages if a navigation template is found at the bottom or side of a help page, as in WiKirby. It would be better than reading through the page, going back to Help:Contents, then clicking on the next page, and so on. The categories are easily overlooked, and it would be much easier if we can see everything in one page instead of having to click on these categories and guess where the page you're looking for is.
 * Gonzales Kart Inc.: What do you mean by "it's another thing to keep up with"? It's an annoying template? I don't see how navigation templates at the bottom of a page "need to be kept up with", and they are easily added to pages.

What color should the template be? I was thinking this, maybe?


 * Nah too cyan. Maybe something more generic? 11:51, 9 June 2013 (EDT)
 * Do you have a better idea....? For some reason I've always associated the word "help" with that shade.
 * #CCF, perhaps? Or to match the color scheme of the wiki, #FCC ? 01:24, 10 June 2013 (EDT)
 * @GBAToad: I'll give those a shot, but they're too hard to see on a white background, IMO.

In addition to Help:Contents, there's also Rules, which does list all Writing Guidelines, Help and Policy pages (if any are missed, it's an oversight). Any template made should follow this page's examples, not Help:Contents, which is more of a just-the-basics list. The template should be grey: subdued and professional (washed-out red is best to be avoided). -
 * Should this template cover policy pages as well, or just Help pages?
 * All three types of pages are closely related and overlapping at times, so yeah, it'd be best to have 'em all in the template. Just like how MW:Rules has everything, hence I said it's the example we should follow. -
 * Even though this proposal still has a few days, I've made the template here. I'll apply it to wherever I can after the proposal ends (most of the policies are protected). Also, I was trying to have the policy pages before the Writing Guidelines, and the template box glitched up, could an admin fix that?
 * Maybe it'd be better to just let an admin make the template altogether... -
 * Wait nevermind, I
 * Good job with the structure, though I suggest piping all of the links to remove the 'MarioWiki:' part; just to remove some of the clutter. The template already makes it clear that they are policy pages. 19:19, 10 June 2013 (EDT)

Get rid of pointless Mario Party Minigames beginnings and endings
Well, it's pretty simple. I propose to scrap the beginnings and endings in minigames that are just "the camera zooms in on the winner and they do their victory animation" which are epicly pointless and stupid.

Proposer: Deadline: June 17, 2013, 23:59 GMT

Support

 * 1) Per me since it's my proposal.

Oppose

 * 1) — Per Walkazo's comments. Even if it seems pointless, we should cover it and thus, not remove it. However, it would be best to incorporate them into the intro.
 * 2) - Per my comments. If an option is made for incorporating the sections, rather than vaguely calling for the deletion of potentially good info, I'll switch my vote.
 * 3) Per Walkazo's comments.
 * 4) Per Walkazo's comments.
 * 5) – Per all.
 * 6) Per All.
 * 7) Per all

Comments
I agree that giving these one-liners whole sections is a bit much, but wouldn't it be better to try and incorporate the info into the intro, rather than simply call for it all to be deleted? -
 * It would be best, unless all minigames have the same ending animation (but I don't think so) —
 * @Walkazo: That would be hard to do, right? there isn't much to incorporate... @Banon: It would only be ones like the example that I put.
 * No, it's easy. It only took me a moment to do this, for example, and that was for something that wasn't just a mere one-liner: the less info there is, the easier it is to stuff it into the intro. -
 * Well, I said stuff that ispointless.
 * But what is "pointless", exactly? You give an example in your proposal, yes, but calling for the deletion of anything can lead to a slippery slope of judgement calls. It would be better to simply ask for these sections to be incorporated and give the voters no reason to worry about potentially good info being lost as a result of this proposal. -
 * It's stuff like this and this that would be kept.
 * Stuff like that would actually be better off merged with the introduction; the two-sentence endings in particular are not worth full sections. -

Changes
None at the moment

Miscellaneous
None at the moment.