MarioWiki:Proposals

 http://img33.picoodle.com/img/img33/9/9/17/f_propcopym_9045f2d.png 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 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) Every vote should have a reason accompanying it.
 * 7) At any time a vote may be rejected if at least three active users believe the vote truly has no merit or was cast in bad faith. However, there must be strong reasons supporting the invalidation.
 * 8) " # " should be added under the last vote of each support/oppose section to show another blank line.
 * 9) At the deadline, the validity of each vote and the discussion is reviewed by the community.
 * 10) Any proposal that has three votes or less at deadline will automatically be listed as "NO QUORUM"
 * 11) All proposals are archived. The original proposer must take action accordingly if the outcome of the proposal dictates it. If it requires the help of a sysop, the proposer can ask for that help.

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: , 28 2024 (EDT)

New Features
None at the moment.

Removals
None at the moment.

Different characters
Often when browsing the wiki, there are various articles about two character such as Mario and Luigi's Parents and Mario Joe and Luigi Bob. I propose a split of these articles who is about two characters, into two characters. Of course, these articles shouldn't only say thins such as "Mario and Luigi's Father has a pipe and appeard in a comic strip and at the end of Yoshi's Island and Super Mario Advance 3" and nothing more, but there shall be things written on both articles, such as their background. I propose a split of pages like those.

Proposer: Deadline: February 21, 2008, 17:00

Support

 * 1) Despite there not being enough info, they ARE seperate characters. THIS MEANS ASHLEY AND RED!

Oppose

 * 1) The reason for two characters being merged in one article usually is that there isn't enough to say about each of them. If this proposal passed, we would need to split all of these articles, and that would automatically result in more stub articles. If you feel that a certain article should be split, you should discuss it on the talk page, not through a proposal.
 * 2) - Per Time Q, this has to be decided individually.
 * 3) - Per Time Q. There's nothing to says about Master Mantis, why should we make a separate article for him?
 * 4) As the writer of the current Mario and Luigi's Parents article, I remember being grateful that I didn't have to rewrite the same historical information twice.  If characters are never seen apart from one another and do not have detailed backstories, I feel it is fine to leave them combined.
 * 5) Per the Q of Time. We don't need most things seperated.
 * 6) Per Time Q
 * 7) Per Time Q.
 * 8) Per all.
 * 9) Paper Jorge ( Talk&middot;Contributions)&middot; GENO WHIRL! If we create the articles seperate, then those articles will mostly be copies/clones of each other, with very minor changes.
 * 10) Walkazo - Per all.
 * 11) PaperStriker Per Jorge.
 * 1) PaperStriker Per Jorge.

Comments

 * WTF! I never made this propsal D=< I'v been posed as!
 * If you visited Recent Change every so often. You would notice than there is an user called "KingMario" (Without the spaces) that sometimes edit. You haven't been "posed as". --Blitzwing 17:18, 14 February 2008 (EST)
 * Yeah, but why does the link go to his userpage? 0_o

Uuh, KingMario, aren't you going to vote for your own proposal?!

WAIT JUST A DARN MINUTE!!! If we have certain "double" articles, why does every obscure game get an article? Why don't we mege those too. Characters are just as inportant as games. HyperToad
 * Oh, no. Games should be the main focus of this wiki (at least from my point of view). And game articles can actually be extended, whereas there is usually nothing more to add to those merged character articles. 15:06, 15 February 2008 (EST)
 * You'll see, though, that remakes in which barely anything was changed are in a sub-section in the original game's article. See Super Mario Bros. for example.  17:43, 15 February 2008 (EST)

huntercrunch You see, Hyper Toad, Two characters who have barely any info in them should be merged. Hotel Mario, for example, has enough info to stay separate. Characters aren't as important as games. Characters are PART of the games. Actually, we could have something like "List of minor characters in the Mario series" or something to that effect.
 * I think that was attempted in the days of the "Big Eight" article. It, like Big Eight, didn't work out, even with the child articles in place.  There is a List of Implied Characters, though.  23:18, 17 February 2008 (EST)
 * Yeah, we had an article called "List of Minor Characters in Super Paper Mario", however, some guy came and split it without discussion. --Blitzwing 06:53, 18 February 2008 (EST)

Changes
None at the moment.

LETS RECREATE SNUFIT BALL AGRESSIVELY
I think the Snufit Ball deserves an article. Duh. It's an important object! Article worthy!

Proposer: Deadline: February 19, 2008, 17:00

Support

 * 1) I made the proposal.
 * 2) - We have an article on freaking Mario's Hat and even his damn Gloves, Mario's Hat may have a small effect on gameplay in a couple of games, but his GLOVES certainly don't. If Mario's Gloves are enough for an article, than why not Snufit Ball? Mario's Gloves don't even do anything, while Snufit Balls do. Although, if we do end up having the article, it should probably be Snifit Ball...

Oppose

 * 1) PaperStriker WTF? o_O It does affect gameplay even less than platforms.
 * 2) - "Important object"? Oh, really? Would you create an article on Mario's left ear? This is way too minor.
 * 3) Other minor subjects have been obtainable items, etc.  This one, not so much.  Mario's Gloves affected the storyline of LM, Snufit Ball doesn't do that for SM64.
 * 4) Per Cobold. [[Image:ToadetteMP8.png|35px]] Toadette   4evur!!  [[Image:MP7_Toadette.jpg|35px]]
 * 5) Per Everyone.
 * 6) I made the first proposal to recreate it, but yeah, per everyone.
 * 7) Paper Jorge ( Talk&middot;Contributions)&middot; His gloves are a collectible item, like Stumpers said. His gloves can actually be collected and are very important to the story. Meanwhile, a simple dumb cannonball...no. It's only a simple weapon that appears for one second. How about creating Monty Mone's Rock or Snifit Ball or Snifit Mask or Mario's Nose...how about Grass or Tree? Or a Leaf in a Tree. Oh, no...how about, The Manual of the Game "Hotel Mario"! I'm sorry if I offensed anyone.
 * 8) Walkazo - Per all.
 * 9) Per Paper Jorge.
 * 10) We've already had this darn proposal, but blitz got rid of it! And like Cobold said, Would you make an article on his ear? or maybe his kidney!
 * 11) MarioGalaxy2433g5 Per all
 * 12) Uniju the hat was an actuall item in Luigi's Mansion!

Comment
Is this worthy of another Proposal? We already had one related to the Snufit Ball article, and it was decided to NOT make the article.
 * I think he's making a joke. 01:06, 13 February 2008 (EST)
 * OK, can I remove this Proposal, in that case?
 * It's not up to me, but maybe to make this cleaner we should get some more imput? Buuuut... if you want to delete it I'm not going to complain.  01:17, 13 February 2008 (EST)

Pokemon DP: Actually, there is no conscensus on the Snufit Ball since I deleted the proposal before it could pass (It was winning 3-1, BTW). No opinion on this proposal, thought.

The fact that this was meant to be a joke, that it was badly done, or the fact that Fly Guy 2 made it shouldn't get in the way of people voting. ._.
 * Uniju - Mario's Glove is a collectible item in Luigi's Mansion. That's something different, if it hadn't been, it definitely wouldn't have been worth an article. - 09:55, 14 February 2008 (EST)
 * Cobold: Actually, I don't think Mario would be quite as popular without a left ear. J/K, but since there's an entire wiki devoted to the Snufit Ball, there might be potential for an article. I'm not voting in this, though. Yet.

Er, InfectedShroom, I believe that Wiki was made by Snufit Ball-crazed fans from this Wiki, made simply as a joke.
 * Yeah, I know. :P But that place is hilarious. XD
 * So, how does the Snufit Ball Wiki being hilarious make it any more article-worthy here?
 * Nothing. Absolutely nothing. I just was... Uh... Making... a... uh... point? :P
 * Not true, Uniju. First of all, you shouldn't curse (however minor the curse-word) in your votes, and second of all, Mario's Gloves are actually needed to capture Madame Clairvoya in Luigi's Mansion, so they DO indeed effect gameplay.  Heh heh, you've been PWNed >:D
 * Yeah, so? I don't care if you get to use them to attract ghosts in Luigi's Mansion, because Snufit Balls(Or Snifit Balls?) Are a lot more freaking important then his gloves. They appear in every game with Snifits(Snufits), and effect gameplay in every one of them. Also, I don't want to hear anything about if I should f***in' swear of f***in' not on the f***in' internet.
 * You can swear in the internet; just not here. I'm not voting because it's already a landslide, but the ball is so minor, it should be stay on the Snufit/Snifit article.

What you guys will say about? Mario's Shirt. It doesn't affect gameplay at all.
 * Someone needs to merge that into Mario's article... one more proposal... :( 17:47, 15 February 2008 (EST)
 * Hey, not every discussion about merging articles need to be run throught a proposal. Pakkun Flower got merged without having to pass throught the proposal process. --Blitzwing 17:52, 15 February 2008 (EST)
 * Yeah, a proposal is only needed when there are disagreements on the split/merge. - 17:53, 15 February 2008 (EST)
 * ty. 21:20, 17 February 2008 (EST)