The 'Shroom:Issue LXVIII/Pipe Plaza

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Director's Notes ()
Hello, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the November Issue of Pipe Plaza!! I have nothing special to say right now, expect for one little thing...

The Pipe Plaza team needs more writers! There are currently three open spots, which are Featured, Projects Seeking Contributors and Anniversary Announcements, so please consider signing up for one of those. The process is really simple: all you have to do is send me a PM on the Super Mario Boards or leave a message in my talk page here in the Super Mario Wiki. I will then send you the application form, in which you must inform the position(s) you wish to sign up for, agree to the terms of writing for The 'Shroom and provide a demo for each section you want to write. The Core Staff will then proceed to review your application and decide if you're fit for the position(s).

Section of the Month
Last month, the Section of the Month poll got a measly 19 votes. Feedback is highly appreciated in The 'Shroom, and that's not different for the Pipe Plaza, so please make sure you cast your votes in this issue's poll!

The winner, with 10 votes (52.6% of the total) is...

...Upcoming Games, for the third time!!!

The October Issue of Upcoming Games covered news on the Wii U, including specifications, prices and release dates for each region; and Nintendo's decision to make first-party retail Nintendo 3DS games, such as Mario Kart 7 or Star Fox 64 3D, available in the Nintendo eShop. The second-placed section was Community Report, written by, with 4 votes (21%). Monthly Report, written by myself,, got third place, with only 2 votes (10.5%).

Well, that's all I wanted to say! Now go on and read this month's issue!

More Info

Monthly Report ()
Hey, everyone, and welcome to this month's issue of Monthly Report! I don't really have anything to say regarding this section, so here are the wiki's statistics for September, October and November:

(Credit goes to and  for the table coding. Stooben originally created it when writing this section back in Issues XXIII, XXV and XXVI, and SMB based his coding for Issues XXXIX, XL and XLI – which I am using in this issue – off of Stooben's coding.)

*All times EST.

Community Report ()
Hello, welcome to November's Community Report.

Policy Changes

 * Good Writing was created. This policy gives some examples of bad writing, ways to improve it, and some handy ways to avoid disasters like this, this, and this.

Proposals

 * 's proposal to create a flat two month deadline for Featured Article nominations passed, 15-0.
 * 's TPP to delete Virtual Boy Mario Kart passed, 8-0.
 * 's TPP to merge Bell Kritter with Kritter passed, 5-0.
 * 's TPP on deciding whether to keep, trim, or delete Dragon passed in favor of trimming the article, 0-8-0.
 * 's TPP to bring back Featured Images failed, 7-2.
 * 's TPP to merge Fish (Balloon Fight) to Summit passed, 6-3.
 * 's TPP to merge Palutena to Pit passed, 7-0.
 * 's TPP to create an article for Giant Shy Guy passed, 7-0.
 * 's TPP to split Spoing, Sprangler, and Klamber from Scuttle Bug passed in favor of splitting Spoing and Sprangler into one article and Klamber into another, 5-0-0-0.
 * 's TPP to split Shrinker Pipe from Warp Pipe passed, 10-0.

Proposals in Progress

 * A TPP to change the name of Snufit Police to Snifit Police. (Read More)

Sitenotices

 * Check out Collaboration:Unstubify for information on stubs and how to get rid of them.
 * Bored? Check out Category:Unresolved talk pages and help answer questions posted by other users.

Promotions/Demotions

 * Most of the former admins that did were not already autopatrolled were given that rank.
 * was promoted from patroller to sysop.

Forum Update ()
http://www.clker.com/cliparts/W/s/j/U/5/B/birthday-cake-one-candle-md.png Doesn't it look...somewhat edible?

Hey, guys, and welcome to a very special Forum Update! Why is this a special Forum Update? Because, this month, I'll have been writing this section for a whole year! Time sure flies when you're not writing 'Shroom sections! Anyway, such a joyous occasion for all mankind deserves some kind of celebration. Too bad it happens in November, though, there's nothing special about this month.

Of course, you all realise I expect a gift for this, right?

Anyway, enough of that, let's take a look at what's been happening on the forum in the last month.

Top Stories So, starting off, Marioguy1 has resigned from his position of Global Moderator. This was because of his lack of contribution to moderating outside the Mafia board. Marioguy1 will return to the position he held earlier this year, as a Local Moderator of the Mafia board (and the fairly new Mafia Archives board).

The eighth rule of the Forum, Rule 8, has been updated. The new version of the rule is: "Show respect towards ALL members, no matter who they are. Do not insult, belittle, flame, or harass people, and don't bait them into flaming you. Don't be a troll. No racial slurs or any type of prejudicial comments."

New Super Yoshi was banned for a month, for harassing other users. His ban expires around December 1st.

MKGirlism (YamiHoshi) was banned for racist remarks. Her ban lasts for 14 days, and it ends on November 19th (contrary to what her avatar may tell you).

Legault and ColonelKR's bans expired. Unfortunately for the latter, the thread he posted in a lot about the Mario movie was locked soon after his return.

Finally, Waluigi has been elected President of the Super Mario Boards. Despite meddling by Mitt Romney, Porplemontage finished with about -47 votes.

Special Annual Statistics Yes, you heard right, the statistics this month are going to be special, because, after all, it is my first Forum Update birthday, and celebrate we must! How are they special? Uhh...

In October, 602 topics were made. 33243 posts were made, which is the highest amount so far this year. 282 was the highest amount of people online at once, which has also been the highest amount this year! Yet, coincidentally, 29 new members joined, which is the lowest so far this year.

Green signifies the user is at a higher position than last month. Blue signifies the user is at the same position as last month. Red signifies the user is at a lower position than last month. Bold signifies the user is a new entry to the top 10. Italics signify the user is banned.

Mafia and Forum Games I'm going to extend this to include other Forum games, such as User Big Brother and Vote to Win and such.

Currently ongoing Mafia games are Northern Verve's (SonicMario) Star Wars Mafia and Super Mario Bros'. (what do I do here with the apostrophe?!) a!lphab!et Mafia!, as well as the Mafia portion of Gir's (Pyro) Forum Game Triathlon.

Currently ongoing Vote to Wins include Meowth's (Smasher) V2W: Forum's Choice IV, Doc Louis' V2W: Gamecube Games and Time Turner's  V2W: Video Game Characters.

Other games that are ongoing include Phantom L's (Lily) User Big Brother 4, which is currently in Week 4, the most recent evictee being Monobear, and The Undertaker's Vote to Redemption.


 * Portal Mafia, hosted by Nabber, was won by the Innocents.
 * The Innocents won Tyrannosaurus Debt's (Marshal Dan Troop) Shoey Mafia.
 * It's not all bad news for the Mafia, however, as New Super Mario's Magnificent Mafia was won by the Mafia.
 * Groudon won the Legendary Pokémon KO a Character.
 * My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic won V2W: TV Shows.
 * Kid Buu won the Dragon Ball Z KO a Character.
 * The Mario Kart Tracks pentathlon was won by Airship Fortress.

And that does it for my Forum Update...no, for my SUPER HYPER ULTRA ANNIVERSARY FORUM UPDATE Mk.II 2.0 57 9.24!! Thanks for reading, and see you next month!

Tip of the Month ()
When you are posting pictures in an article, always think about the size of your picture. If you are adding to a gallery, you do not have to enter a pixel size. Anything else, you do, including side illustrations and templates. If you make your picture in a template too big, it will stretch out the entire template, which will look bad. Bigger pictures in an article also stand out because they can sometimes displace to wording of the article, which can confuse readers or make them miss information they might be looking for. Always remember the pros vs. cons of image sizes. Smaller images are sharper, but harder to see. Bigger images are easy to see, but expanding many images too much will cause them to become pixelated and blurry. Sprites should not be expanded past their set size, because they are especially susceptible to pixelation.

Mario Calendar ()
Hello, readers, and welcome to Mario Calendar! Once again, as we approach Black Friday and the Holiday Season as a whole, the list of games in this section only tends to get bigger and bigger. So, here are all the Mario, Yoshi, Donkey Kong and Wario games released in November:


 * November 1st
 * 1992 (NA): Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (GB)
 * 2000 (JP): Mario Tennis (GBC)
 * 2007:
 * (JP): Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)
 * (AU): DK: Jungle Climber (NDS)
 * 2012 (JP):
 * Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (3DS-Digital Download)
 * Super Mario 3D Land (3DS-Digital Download)
 * November 2nd, 2010 (JP): Mario Party 2 (N64)
 * November 3rd
 * 1996 (JP): Tetris Attack (SNES)
 * 2000 (EU): Mario Tennis (N64)
 * 2011 (JP): Super Mario 3D Land (3DS)
 * November 4th
 * 2000 (NA): Donkey Kong Country (GBC)
 * 2005 (EU): Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (GBA)
 * November 5th
 * 2007 (NA): Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES-VC)
 * 2009 (JP): Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Wii)
 * November 6th
 * 2007 (NA): Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii)
 * 2000 (EU): Mario Party 2 (N64)
 * November 7th
 * 2003 (JP): Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (GCN)
 * 2005 (NA):
 * Mario Party 7 (GCN)
 * Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (GBA)
 * November 8th
 * 2002 (JP): Mario Party 4 (GCN)
 * 2004 (NA): Mario Power Tennis (GCN)
 * 2007:
 * (KO): Yoshi's Island DS (NDS)
 * (JP): Mario Party DS (NDS)
 * November 9th
 * 2001 (AU): Wario Land 4 (GBA)
 * 2007 (EU/AU): Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES-VC)
 * November 10th
 * 2003 (NA): Mario Party 5 (GCN)
 * 2005 (JP): Mario Party 7 (GCN)
 * November 11th, 2005 (EU): Mario Superstar Baseball (GCN)
 * November 12th
 * 2004 (EU): Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (GCN)
 * 2007 (NA): Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)
 * 2009 (AU): New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Wii)
 * November 13th (NA):
 * 2006: Yoshi's Island DS (NDS)
 * 2011: Super Mario 3D Land (3DS)
 * November 14th
 * 2003 (EU): Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (GCN)
 * 2005 (NA): Mario Kart DS (NDS)
 * 2010 (NA): Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem! (NDS)
 * November 15th (NA):
 * 2004: Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (GBA)
 * 2009: New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Wii)
 * 2011: Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Wii)
 * November 16th (EU):
 * 2001:
 * Mario Party 3 (N64)
 * Wario Land 4 (GBA)
 * 2007: Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)
 * November 17th
 * 2000 (EU): Donkey Kong Country (GBC)
 * 2001 (NA): Luigi's Mansion (GCN)
 * 2003 (NA):
 * Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (GCN)
 * Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (GBA)
 * 2005 (AU): Mario Kart DS (NDS)
 * 2011 (AU): Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Wii)
 * November 18th
 * 2004:
 * (JP): Mario Party 6 (GCN)
 * (AU): Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (GCN)
 * 2005 (EU):
 * Mario Smash Football (GCN)
 * Mario Power Tennis (GBA)
 * 2011 (EU):
 * Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Wii)
 * Super Mario 3D Land (3DS)
 * November 19th
 * 1996 (EU): Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (SNES)
 * 1999 (EU): Super Smash Bros. (N64)
 * 2001 (NA): Wario Land 4 (GBA)
 * 2003 (AU): Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (GCN)
 * 2004 (EU): Mario vs. Donkey Kong (GBA)
 * 2006 (NA):
 * Donkey Kong (NES-VC)
 * Mario Bros. (NES-VC)
 * Wario's Woods (NES-VC)
 * Super Mario 64 (N64-VC)
 * 2007 (NA):
 * Mario Party DS (NDS)
 * Wrecking Crew (NES-VC)
 * 2009:
 * (KO): Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Wii)
 * (JP): Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (NDS)
 * November 20th
 * 1995 (NA): Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (SNES)
 * 2009 (EU): New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Wii)
 * November 21st
 * 1990 (JP): Super Mario Bros. 4: Super Mario World (SNES)
 * 1992 (JP): Yoshi's Cookie (NES/GB)
 * 1995 (JP): Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (SNES)
 * 1997 (JP/EU/AU): Diddy Kong Racing (N64)
 * 2001 (JP): Super Smash Bros. Melee (GCN)
 * 2003:
 * (JP/EU): Mario & Luigi RPG/Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (GBA)
 * (CN): Super Mario 64 (iQue Player)
 * 2004 (NA): Super Mario 64 DS (NDS)
 * 2010 (NA): Donkey Kong Country Returns (Wii)
 * November 22nd
 * 1996 (NA): Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (SNES)
 * 2007 (JP/AU): Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii)
 * November 23rd
 * 1996 (JP):
 * Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (SNES)
 * Donkey Kong Land 2 (GB)
 * 2006 (AU): Yoshi's Island DS (NDS)
 * 2007 (EU):
 * Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii)
 * Mario Party DS (NDS)
 * 2009 (NA): Super Mario Kart (SNES-VC)
 * November 24th
 * 1994 (EU): Donkey Kong Country (SNES)
 * 1997 (NA): Diddy Kong Racing (N64)
 * 2005 (AU): Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix (GCN)
 * 2011 (AU): Super Mario 3D Land (3DS)
 * November 25th
 * 1994 (NA): Donkey Kong Country (SNES)
 * 2005 (EU):
 * Dr. Mario & Puzzle League (GBA)
 * Mario Kart DS (NDS)
 * 2008 (KO): Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (SNES-VC)
 * 2010 (JP): Mario Sports Mix (Wii)
 * November 26th
 * 1994 (JP): Donkey Kong Country (SNES)
 * 2004 (EU): Super Mario Ball (GBA)
 * November 28th
 * 1996 (EU):
 * Tetris Attack (SNES/GB)
 * Donkey Kong Land 2 (GB)
 * 2003:
 * (JP): Mario Party 5 (GCN)
 * (AU): Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (GBA)
 * 2005 (NA):
 * Dr. Mario & Puzzle League (GBA)
 * Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time (NDS)
 * November 29th
 * 2002 (EU): Mario Party 4 (GCN)
 * 2007 (AU): Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)
 * November 1994 (NA):
 * Mario's Early Years! Preschool Fun (SNES)
 * Wario Blast: Featuring Bomberman! (GB)
 * November 1995 (NA): Virtual Boy Wario Land (VB)
 * November 1998 (NA): Game & Watch Gallery 2 (GBC)

And that's all for this month's issue! I hope you have enjoyed it!


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