The 'Shroom:Issue 195/Community Awards Dossier

Community Awards Dossier Written by:, and The 'Shroom Staff

Hello, readers of The 'Shroom! In collaboration with the Awards Committee, we're once again proud to present the Community Awards Dossier for the Community Awards XVI. Whether you've voted for ten years in a row or this is your first year voting, we ask that you please read the following paragraphs to learn about a few changes to the Community Awards this year.

First, let's briefly cover what hasn't changed. Here, you'll find detailed information on all of the nominees for this year's Community Awards XVI. The Community Awards are a longstanding tradition, organized by the Awards Committee as a part of the community's annual awards ceremonies, which recognize and honor users for their contributions to The 'Shroom and to other areas of the community. The Community Dossier offers information so that readers may refresh their memories of the nominees and their contributions and so that they may cast informed votes. Please read the presented information and follow the suggested links before placing your votes, and, when viewing images, please remember to click them to view them at a larger size.

Now, let's discuss the changes this year. This year, the Community Awards polls will be open for only one week, closing at the end of the 24th of June. As you won't be able to cast weekly votes, you will instead be able to cast up to four votes at once in any given poll. You may cast these votes in any way you please. If you only want to cast one vote on a given poll, or three votes on a given poll, for instance, you are able to do that. Just remember, once you cast your votes, you will not be able to recast them, so make sure you check all the nominees you want to cast a vote for before you submit your votes!

The winners of these polls will be announced in this year's Awards Ceremony on August 11th. We hope to see you there!

C1. Favorite Active 'Shroom Writer
This award recognizes the efforts of writers who have regularly contributed sections to The 'Shroom in the past year period, from last June through to this past May. Though some writers have extensive histories with The 'Shroom, their submissions within the past year should be the primary consideration for this award.

C1. Favorite Active 'Shroom Writer

C2. Favorite 'Shroom Section Design
This award aims to acknowledge the writers who put care into making their 'Shroom sections visually appealing and well-crafted, whether through imagery, design, or wiki coding.

C2. Favorite 'Shroom Section Design

C3. Favorite Written 'Shroom Section of the Past Year
This award recognizes 'Shroom sections that feature written text as the bulk of their piece.

C3. Favorite Written 'Shroom Section of the Past Year

C4. Favorite Retired 'Shroom Section
This award recognizes the hard work and creativity poured into sections that have not appeared in The 'Shroom within past year, as written by a particular writer. Please note that links to issues prior to issue 100 do not jump directly to the relevant section; scrolling may be required. C4. Favorite Retired 'Shroom Section

C5. Favorite 'Shroom Team
This award honors the different teams that are a part of The 'Shroom.

C5. Favorite 'Shroom Team

C6. Favorite 'Shroom Special Issue
This award recognizes the special issues of The 'Shroom released within the past five years.

C6. Favorite 'Shroom Special Issue

C7. 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 to see the images at their full size. Some GIFs may not work unless they are clicked.'''

C7. Favorite Artist

C8. Favorite 2021 Awards Presentation
This award recognizes the creativity, humor, and work put into the presentations revealed at the 2022 Awards ceremony.

C8. Favorite 2022 Awards Presentation

C9. Favorite BJAODN Entry
The funniest, most nonsensical, or otherwise memorable entry in our repository of bad jokes and other deleted nonsense.

The BJAODON archive, which can be viewed in full here is a repository which preserves humurous edits made to the Super Mario Wiki, as curated by the wiki's editors. Shorter selections are compiled into articles grouped by category, while some larger selections have their own pages.

In the table below, you will find links to the nominees for these categories, as well as a brief description of what is behind the link. Please click the links and read the entries in full before casting your vote. Unless appearing in quotes, the descriptions are not excerpts from the archive.

C9. Favorite BJAODN Entry

C10. Favorite Wiki April Fool's Event
This award recognizes Mario Wiki's annual April Fool's jokes.

C10. Favorite Wiki April Fool's Event

C11. Favorite Character Portrayal
This award recognizes the effort which members of the community have put into writing and giving a unique spin to pre-existing characters (in some cases in altered form) in forum games, roleplays, 'Shroom sections, and other projects. Characters on this award are originally from popular media and given their characterization by members of the community.

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C11. Favorite Character Portrayal

C12. Favorite Community Character
This award recognizes original characters created by members of the community and used in forum games, roleplays, 'Shroom sections, and other projects. An original character is one that was created by a community member and prominently appeared in a community project, rather than being a pre-existing character from popular media.

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C12. Favorite Community Character

C13. Favorite 2022 'Shroom Holiday Scavenger Item
Favorite item created for and hidden in the 2022 'Shroom Holiday Scavenger. These items were created and submitted by community members, illustrated by GBA, and worked into a scavenger hunt created by Lakituthequick.

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C13. Favorite 2022 'Shroom Holiday Scavenger Item

C14. Favorite Community Event 2022-2023
This award aims to acknowledge the best group events held by the community and for the community in the past year.

C14. Favorite Community Event 2022-2023

C15. Outstanding Community Achievement Award
This award acknowledges the hard work and dedication of various members of the community. They all are unique in their experiences and what they’ve done, having volunteered their time in all parts of the community in a number of ways. It should be noted that many nominees have expansive lists forged over the years, and while this may be impressive, please consider recent achievements and their greater relative impact today. This is not an exhaustive list of every position and achievement, just the most notable and relevant.

C15. Outstanding Community Achievement Award

Hey! You made it to the bottom! Congratulations! Thank you for taking the time to read about the accomplishments of our community members and for voting for the Community Awards. Please join us for the ceremonies on August 11th!



Attend, and you may even get treated to images like this, made by current Awards Director,, for the ceremonies last year! We'll see you there!