MarioWiki:Proposals

List of Talk Page Proposals

 * Move Fire Chomp to Flame Chomp (Discuss) Deadline: August 12, 2013, 23:59 GMT
 * Split the 3 Smash Bros Templates (Discuss) Deadline: August 13, 2013, 23:59 GMT
 * Move Blue Lava Bubble to (Discuss) Deadline: August 16, 2013, 23:59 GMT
 * Delete Category: RPG Characters (Discuss) Deadline: August 19, 2013, 23:59 GMT
 * Delete Template:Sprite gallery (Discuss) Deadline: August 22, 2013, 23:59 GMT

Writing Guidelines
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New features
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Remove Select Level Image Maps
See walkazo's comment: "I also question the need for platformer image maps at all. They've always struck me as a bit superfluous, especially for linear games - like Template:YISMA3_Map - what's the point? The level numbers are right there already, so it's not like an amorphous RPG map or whatever..." I read her comment and I totally agree with her, And yeah, Navigation Templates will do the trick for them, and If we must keep something, I'd like to keep the Icons, But remove the templates. By removing I mean the following templates:, , , and.

Proposer: (Walkazo's Idea) Deadline: August 14, 2013, 23:59 GMT

Support

 * 1) Per above.
 * 2) I got an idea to make them images. Per proposal.
 * 3) In my opinion, it's pointless. Per all.
 * 4) - Per me. Straightforward and simple set-ups are better than needless flash.
 * 5) I don't really support any image maps in general. They always strike me of more of what the capability of the wiki can boast. However, this is just plain redundant. Images mean a thousand words and all, but if this image level maps' purpose are as the same as a simple nav template, then the point of an image becomes pointless and taking up space.
 * 6) Per all.
 * 7) Per Walkazo.

Oppose

 * 1) I don't see anything wrong with them. They seem helpful to me.
 * 2) Per Tails777.
 * 3) - These templates don't clutter the pages they are in, they help with navigation, and they embellish the articles they are in. All the CSS the wiki has is by no means necessary, but it makes it look attractive, and attractive is good.
 * 4) Per all.
 * 5) Per all, they are easier to navigate with.
 * 6) Per all.
 * 7) They can help see the layout of the map (e.g. location of Toad houses, the castle, any ghost houses, etc.). Per all.
 * 8) Per all.

Comments
Is it really necessary to get rid of them? They look really nice and don't make too much of a clutter. -- 15:03, 6 August 2013 (EDT)

What's the point of keeping the icons?
 * The icons being the images themselves? It'd make sense to have them on the world pages, but not the level pages. Also, thanks for crediting me with the idea, but for the record, I'm a girl, so if the pronouns could be fixed, that'd be great... -
 * I dunno what your problem is but that sounds a bit rude... PPLToast (talk) 15:47, 6 August 2013 (EDT)
 * I already know, just a typo. @Tucayo, If a thing is unneeded, then we don't need it. they may be nice, but not fantastic, I'd prefer them, if they are em, locations. not just 'worlds'

Stuff like, , , and , also feel a bit pointless for me other than showing off. In the sections of the articles they appear in, it feels redundant, but preferably, I'd like the links of the locations in the article get removed, not the picture.
 * Lists are good if you don't want to have to waver your mouse all over an image, or if you're just looking for a list of names at a glance, and whatnot. Things like are handy when you don't know the name, or when you'd simply like an annotated map to help match names with locations. They're good for game articles and pages like Bowser's body or Mushroom Kingdom, although I'm honestly not too crazy about them also being used as navigation templates on the individual location pages; it's not as bad as linear games getting the image map treatment, but it still seems a bit unnecessary. -
 * First, keeping the picture without the links is bit confusing. Especially for games like PiT. How can i know where this location is on the map? The propose of any Image Map, is to make navigation easier. Plus knowing what is the name of every part of the map. Keeping templates like does not add any help in navigation stuff. However, Templates like  is good, because people may know the location but not the name. And searching wouldn't help at all. Visual maps are the really type of Image Maps that should be kept.
 * If I use the Yoshi's Island here as an example, some people may remember the icon of the level, but not the level name, so keeping that template and others like it are necessary for easy navigation.

Changes
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Miscellaneous
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