MarioWiki:Proposals/Archive/5



Question of the Day
REJECTED 7-2

I find the "Quote of the Moment" boring. I see something different every time, and yet see repeats just as much. How about having a "Question of the Day" on the main page instead? That might make viewers more interested. I've got quite a bit of questions for asking to start you guys up:
 * "Why does Peach's castle look different every game?"
 * "Why are there always new places in the Mushroom Kingdom replacing the old areas in each game?"
 * "Why does Bowser always kidnap Peach?"
 * "Why does Mario live in a small cottage instead of his castle?"
 * "What makes Wario so greedy?"
 * "What is the point to having Waluigi around?"
 * "When will Daisy be part in another adventure game?"
 * "What makes Bowser King of the Koopas?"
 * "Just because places are named after characters, does that mean that those particular characters own them? (examples: does Mario own Mario Circut, or does Luigi own Luigi's Engine Room?)
 * "Why are there so many mushrooms in places where they are not famous for mushrooms?" (examples: Flipside, Rougeport, Beanbean, etc;)
 * "Why was Donkey Kong taken out of the Mario Party sereis as a playable character?"
 * "Why do enemies have different names in some games?"
 * "How are Goombas able to hold things when they have no arms?"
 * "Why is Peach the "chosen one" for the game's plot (and therefore is kiddnapped)?"
 * "Why do Dry Bones that stand up wear gloves when their living counterparts do not?"
 * "When characters get flattened, why do they get TOTALLY flattened (as paper)? They are not made of putty!"
 * "What makes objects like platforms and blocks float in the air?"
 * "Why are there so many blocks?"
 * "Why are there items in one game have the same effect as other items in another game? (examples: Fright Jar-Fright Mask, Repel Jel-Boo's Sheet)"
 * "Do those spiked shells on Bowser, the Koopalings, or Koopa Kid mean ANYTHING?"
 * "Why does Luigi not live in his mansion?"
 * "Why did Prof. E. Gadd invent the Hydrogush to help Mario and Luigi when he could have just use F.L.U.D.D.?"
 * "Where are all the humans?"
 * "What would life have been like if Kamek succeeded in disposing the Mario Bros.?"
 * "If characters in the video game world are playing video games of past plots, would they be considered true stories?"
 * "What becomes of enemies that have been turned into eggs by Yoshi, then used?"

These are just a few that I was able to think up, but others may participate as well with their own questions. These are not questions of how much people know about the Marioverse games, just food for thought (so the title could be called "Questionable Question") One question a day, and these questions (from above) alone will last the feature 26 days. Each one can be put into the archives after the day is done, if wanted. So, what do you think? (please do not put the questions up on the main page if this proposal is to be put on the latest proposal section of the main page. It'll spoil everything.)

Proposer: Deadline: 20:00, Oct. 19

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Yay

 * 1) I think it's a good idea and would be kind of fun.
 * 2) --&#91;&#91;User:Nasakid&#124;Zach121]] 22:25, 13 October 2007 (EDT) Agreed with LB And YAYZ

Nah

 * 1) That kind of thing belongs in The 'Shroom. 22:30, 13 October 2007 (EDT)
 * 2) -Quote of the Moment is more fun. If not we can do quote of the day.
 * 3) - Per Plumber.
 * 4) User:Ultimatetoad - meh..... i like quote of the day better, most of those questions have no real answers...
 * 00:08, 15 October 2007 (EDT) I've never said per before, but per Plumber... brrr... I don't like how that sounds. Those are really clever questions.  I'd like to see them discussed, particularly the mansion/castle question about the Mario Bros.  Did they sell those?  What I'm trying to say is it just doesn't seem like something that would work on the main page, but it will work SOMEwhere.  I'd go for the 'Shroom.  Maybe there could be user-submitted explanations to spark discussion?
 * 1) http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/9276/papertoycf7.gif Paper Jorge! I give paper cuts so stand back! http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/9276/papertoycf7.gif Nah. Why? Well, because I have the answer to everything: It's videogames and they don't actually need answers. They have to be fun thats all.
 * 2) You ccan just look up this stuff

Comments

 * 1) I think we should also have a random trivia fact that picks a random fact instead of the did you know box thats already on the front page. --&#91;&#91;User:Nasakid&#124;Zach121]] 12:38, 14 October 2007 (EDT)
 * Now, THAT is a good idea!

Glowsquid
 * Oooh, ho, ho, ho! Me gusta mucho. (I like it, for those of you who just know English)  You feel like creating a proposal?  00:09, 15 October 2007 (EDT)


 * 1) Why not both?
 * 2) The answers to a few of your questions can be found in the intro of the SMB manual.
 * 3) Hel-LOOO? I know that we know most of those questions! It's just to make people think. Make theories for themselves. 20:26, 16 October 2007 (EDT)
 * Great, just what we need, more stupid theories(!) Just so you know, it is stupid theories like the ones you want to make that have ruined a few of the articles on this Wiki!
 * I think you're being a bit harsh DP. It's not like someone's going to read the question, come up with a theory, and immediately slap it on an article. And if they do, we can just fix the articles. Plus, not all the theories these questions might engender are necesarily going to be stupid, so that comment was unnecesary... - Walkazo

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Mario Info
REJECTED 6-2

It seems we have a rule that we cannot have Non-Mario info on pages for characters/places/items from other series', like Super Sonic or Zelda. However, we should be able to give at least a short back story of what happened in other games, doing so would make a lot of the articles make a lot more sense to viewers who are not fans of that series. I propose that we should be able to do this, AND include some images from previous Non-Mario games where the Place/Item/Character appeared(This may include some articles for things that would not get an article because they are from another series, even if they are shown/implied in a Mario game).
 * Proposer: Uniju :D
 * Deadline: 20:00, Oct. 19

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Support

 * 1) I am the proposer, and my reasons are given above.
 * 23:20, 17 October 2007 (EDT) I agree with Uniju.

Oppose

 * 1) Were not allowed at first, so I agree with the old rule
 * 2) We already provide a brief backstory on the character. VERY brief summaries are allowed, and have already been used. Also, we should only provide Images from Mario-based games (The Cameos articles excluded).
 * 3)  Per DP
 * 4) Son of Suns - We should only provide info that appears in Mario games. We don't want this becoming a general Nintendo/video game wiki.  Links should be provided to Wikipedia and other video game wikis so users can find more info about a non-Mario subject.
 * 5) Non-Mario related character articles should only list information that is relevant to said character being included in the Mario Wiki. Other information, such as a brief rundown of Zelda's history, would be out of place. Please see further comments below.
 * 6) - For Smash Bros. characters, the trophies of them and trophies of other elements of their series should provide enough story to put together.

Comments
Mr. Guy, you don't agree because an existing rule says otherwise? Thats the reason this is a proposal, and I don't think thats a valid reason. -_-'
 * And DP: Like I said in the proposal, most people who are NOT fans of that series will need to haunt down info from other places to understand any of it. So we should be able to show more info than we do, and theres nothing about Sonic Adventure on the Sonic article, or Ocarina of Time on the Zelda article, its against the rules to add that info.

I see Sonic as an exception to the rule. Sonic and Mario have a non-game rivalry that started way back in 1992. That might be something to place an article about. -- Chris 04:10, 13 October 2007 (EDT)

In theory this proposal sounds like a good idea. But as everyonme else has said, this is Super Mario Wiki. We don't need to know what happened in Ocarina of Time to understand Zelda and Links' role in the Marioverse. And as Cobald said, for Super Smash. Bros. characters the trophies are enough to understand some stuff about thier personalities and some aspects of their personal history (Link is brave, Link saves Zelda a lot, etc.). If people want to find out more, the Internet's a big place, and it's not our job to tell people about Zelda or Earthbound or whatever, just Mario. - Walkazo
 * A line could be added at the end of a non-Mario characters article linking to Wikipedia or whatever series specific wiki is available. -- [[Image:Shyghost.PNG]]Chris[[Image:Shyghost.PNG]] 13:38, 13 October 2007 (EDT)
 * I see where you're coming from, Uniju. We should provide information to an extent.  Making a page as dedicated as Mario for example would be going overboard, obviously.  I think we're pretty good as it is now. :3  We should link to other Wikis, though.  How about one link to Wikipedia and one link to a specialty Wiki using the same format as Uncyclopedia?  Here's a couple of good Wikis:

00:21, 15 October 2007 (EDT)
 * Zelda Wiki from Wikia
 * Animal Crossing from Wikia <--yes, Uniju, I am being biased! You gotta admit that the two of us can carry that Wiki, though.  :D
 * Bulbapedia... whatever their URL is.
 * Might I add, there is also a Nintendo Wiki.
 * This seems like a good place to make a note about crosslinking. IE: Mario links to Mario, which also has a link back to Mario. This keeps the flow of information fresh. -- [[Image:Shyghost.PNG]]Chris[[Image:Shyghost.PNG]] 15:59, 16 October 2007 (EDT)
 * That would be great if Wikipedia would allow it. I've seen links to us get deleted, though.  Even though we rock socks.  20:29, 17 October 2007 (EDT)

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