MarioWiki:Proposals

 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 with the signature code (~).

How To
 * 1) Actions that sysops or 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) At any time a vote may be rejected if at least three active users believe the vote truly has strong reasons supporting it. Every vote should have a reason accompanying it.
 * 7) " # " should be added under the last vote of each support/oppose section to show another blank line.
 * 8) At the deadline, the validity of each vote and the discussion is reviewed by the community.
 * 9) A sysop or user calls the result of the proposal and takes action(s) as decided if necessary, and archives the proposal.

The times are in EDT, and are set so that the user is more likely to be online at those times (after school, weekend nights).

So for example, 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 indeed a minute later, the deadline is a day plus 15 hours (Sunday), as opposed to a day minus 4 hours.

CURRENTLY: , 27 2024 (EDT)

New Features
None currently

Scroll Boxes
The template is used in Big Eight articles for galleries, quotes, and navigation templates to make the articles look shorter. If the proposal of removing them is accepted, the template should still be kept, as it is used outside of the Big Eight articles as well.

Proposer: 15:11, 27 July 2007 (EDT)

Due Date: Friday, August 3, 20:00 EDT

Support Removal

 * 1) - In my opinion, they are really hindering the article flow and style, creating errors when trying to edit sections coming after the scroll box, and might simply annoy readers, including me.
 * 2) I agree
 * Ya,
 * 1) I completely agree with Cobold.

Oppose

 * 1) It cuts down the size of the article.
 * 2) Xterra  1  They don't hurt.

Comments
also said he doesn't like them. - 15:11, 27 July 2007 (EDT)

New Banners
Everyone should have noticed by now that we have gotten new banners on the main page. Is it just me or do these banners look worse than the ones we had before? I suggest we make new banners consisting of two characters per banner and using the same artwork for all three banners. Knowledge Base could have Mario and Luigi, Wiki Stuff could have Peach and Daisy, and finally External Links could have Wario and Waluigi. If someone thinks this is unfair to other characters we could add Yoshi to Mario and Luigi, Toad to Peach and Daisy, and Bowser to Wario and Waluigi. If this is agreed upon someone could use artwork from a game like Itadaki Street DS or Mario Party 8. (I like the Itadaki art)

Proposer: Fixitup 15:32, 30 July 2007 EDT Due Date: Monday, August 6, 17:00 EDT

Support

 * 1) – anything with the same artwork. Itadaki ended up looking nice!
 * 14:22, 4 August 2007 (EDT) As per Wayoshi, though External Links needs Bowser somewhere behind Wario and Waluigi.
 * 14:22, 4 August 2007 (EDT) As per Wayoshi, though External Links needs Bowser somewhere behind Wario and Waluigi.

Comments
I think we should he atleasts Mario, Luigi, Bowser,Peach,Yoshi,and Wario in the banners.
 * Um, just to get this straight we're voting for new banners? So Support is to support new banners and opppose is to just stay with the most recent ones?

Basically. Fixitup

The above is something I whipped up. There is a version of the WIKI STUFF banner without Toad and another without Yoshi, I added them because there ended up being room. So everyone please tell me what you think and how I could improve or if they are fine as is. Fixitup
 * I would suggest making WIKI STUFF less bright on the right-hand side. 22:54, 30 July 2007 (EDT)
 * Shouldn't we just take this straight to Steve? Like I did last time.
 * The first is better IMO

Splits
One of the most common proposals, related to splitting one article into multiple ones.

Merges
One of the most common proposals, related to combining articles into one.

Merge Minor Articles in Category:Implied into One List Page
Most of the implied article are just too stubish and can't really be improved.And really, making an article on an organization that was briefly mentioned in some game just look silly. I thought we could merge all those article into one big page. Of course, some such as Pixl Queen, Waffle Kingdom and Scarlette could remain as article because of the importance thgey have in their respective game. Only Minor one (Such as Old Man Skoo.) should be merged.

Proposer: Gofer 17:38, 4 August 2007 (EDT) Due Date: August 11th, 17:00 EDT

Oppose Merge

 * 1) – each article has potential to become at least decent. "List of Implied Items in the Marioverse" could become large in time.
 * 14:25, 4 August 2007 (EDT) as per Xzelion and the first sentence of Wayoshi.
 * 1) Basically Wayo sums it up ;)

Comments
This is a bad idea, one that page would be super long that no-one could edit it w/o major lag, 2. Most pages do have enough info, but some could use work.

Miscellaneous
None currently