MarioWiki:Featured images

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At the Super Mario Wiki, Featured Images are those quality, intriguing, witty, provocative, rare, important, and otherwise simply interesting images that can be found throughout the site's articles. Users are encouraged to submit and vote on nominations for the Featured Image displayed on the Main Page. Every week (on Thursdays at 17:00 EST), a new image is selected to be featured. This is done by subtracting the number of oppose votes from the number of support votes in each nomination - the image with the most "points" at the end of the week will be featured. Any image with a negative amount of points at the end of a week (that is a nomination with a majority of opposes) is removed from the selection process. The only condition for nominated images is that they must be in an actual mainspace article on the wiki. No personal images or images from non-mainspace pages are allowed. New image nominations can be added to the Featured Image Nominations section below.

Archived nominations of images that were featured in the past are found here.

A gallery of all Featured Images can be found here.

This page follows the No-Signature Policy.

Description of Image (Ex: 1-Up Mushroom from New Super Mario Bros.)

 * Subject: Main subject of image; include a link to the article it is included in. (Example: 1-Up Mushroom)
 * Nominated by: If you nominate the image, place your name here.

Comments
Place some comments here if you want to explain why you think this image should or should not be featured. Note: it is very important to include   at the end of the comments section!

Battle of the Minis

 * Subject: Mario and DK placing bets on their minis.
 * Nominated by:

Support

 * 1) Yoshi! I know its a screen shot an all but its just great with good lighting and fun to look at.
 * 2) Let's see how this turns out...
 * 3) Awww! I like it.It's cute. Plus I never saw it any where else!!!
 * 4) - Nice image, like the reality of it
 * 5) Per Lemmy.
 * 6) I am Zero! Great resolution and overall a great picture to be in the main page. Zero signing out.
 * 7) this image is full of power! Lu-igi board 04:30, 27 August 2009 (EDT)
 * 8) Though I agree with Time Q that it's a low quality picture (when enlarged), I really like it so I support this one :)
 * 9) it's one of those screenshots that you really want and can never find online!!! Like all the other good screenshots out there that Nintendo doesn't care about and we do
 * 10) I think it looks great! Why not? It looks better than some past featured images.
 * 11) Per Bloops.
 * 12) At first glance, the Minis looked strangely realistic.
 * 13) love pic not a big fan of the game though
 * 14) This pic reminds me of the game, epic and fun!
 * 15) Cool! The mini Mario looks like a Lego but who cares? Realistic pics are cool! ;-)
 * 16) cool
 * 17) This is a nice 3D-like picture and has a normal quality
 * 18) Unique pic and cool.
 * 19) Yay, Mini-DK is blind!
 * 20) Per all.

Oppose

 * Low quality. Even in its standard size, which is quite small, it's pixelated.
 * 1) Per Time Q.
 * 2) Just plain boring. This shouldn't be a FI! Also, per Time Q.
 * 3) Per Time Q.
 * 4) Per Time Q
 * 5) How can we have a so low quality Image in the Main Page, even if it's "cute" or something like that.... saddly i think this time "Quantity wins over Quality"
 * 6) Per all. The quality is just too poor.
 * 7) Small, blurry, and uninteresting image.
 * 8) Time Q's right.
 * 9) Yup... Per Time Q.....
 * 10) - Although images have passed before this with resolutions almost as low as this one, this picture is very boring.
 * 11) Per Time Q and I just don't think it should be featured.
 * 12) I had second thoughts about this picture. Think about placing this on the main page. It shouldn't go on the main page.
 * 13) Frankly, a very lame image.
 * 14) Low quality, and boring.
 * 15) Why take a picture from Mario vs Donkey Kong 2: March of the mini's? That game's just bland :P (Oh and Time Q's Right)
 * 16) If you look real closely, you'll see that Mario needs to shave. (Just a little)
 * 17) - Quality is too low.
 * 18) Panchito - Per above. Not good.
 * 19) - Bad Quality. Game stinks too.
 * 20) That's it, I'm done with this image. It's been here WAAAY too long.
 * 21) Bleh. This image's a goner.

Comments
Time Q: For a screenshot, this actually has pretty good quality.
 * Click on it and you'll see it has very low resolution. We can't put that on the main page, since it needs to be enlarged.

Well,I admit it's kind of small. But I'm still not removing my vote.

Before you keep supporting this image, please click here. This is as big as the image can get, and even in this size it's pixelated and low-quality. We need images that can be enlarged further if we want to put them on the main page.

Yeeeaaahhh...? It doesn't really seem THAT small. I still think it's featured image worthy.

Yoshi! Time Q, main page resolution is lower than this one.
 * Yes, but visitors should be able to enlarge the image on the main page. When you hover over it, it even reads, "Click for a larger image." When users do that they'll see a pixelated image, which is bad.

Great... looks like this is going to be our first low-quality FI... oh well :(

Hey guys: With a touch of image editing, I was able to change the image from This to It's a bit blurrier, but the quality isn't so noticable now.
 * It's better, but the resolution is still too low to be featured on the main page.

Avalanche!

 * Subject: Avalanche! mini-game artwork from Mario Party 4.
 * Nominated by:

Support

 * 1) 4535 x 3000... That's probably the biggest image in the MarioWiki. Perfect quality and it's also a funny scene.
 * 2) I don't know why but I really like this picture. And it is big!
 * 3) I am Zero! Well even though the skis are blurred, DK looks weird with his teeth, and Mario's sideburns are a lighter shade of color, I still like this picture. Zero signing out.
 * 4) This is why we have featured images!
 * 5) Poor Luigi XD.
 * Oh, so now everyone is voting for a picture with a white background and not mine, now that is what I call cheap (pouts). Anyways, this picture is wonderful! White background or not, this is FI material (and so are some other white background pics...).
 * 1) Great pic and pretty good graphics/quality. XD Luigi
 * 2) It's a nice pic. luigi XD
 * 3) I like this picture. Unlike some other white background ones (namely the Koopaling one), this picture is funny (poor Luigi) and has action.
 * 4) - Nice image
 * 5) Cool pic! It looks like something out of Mario+Sonic at the winter olympics.
 * 6) Looks cool.
 * 7) Ha! it has a humorus plot to it. Poor Luigi takes the cuts and bruises while Mario escapes unharmed. Well Luigi is more clumsy....
 * 8) It's actually, in my opinion, a GREAT image.

Oppose

 * 1) A strange image from a strange game, plus someone needs to reupload it, it's too big.
 * 2) This is by no means a bad picture (I actually like it) but I think it would do much better if it had a scenery. Plus, it makes Luigi look strange...again.
 * 3) - No background, yuck :P
 * 4) The image at full size looks good but I don't think it should be featured.
 * 5) Per BabyLuigiOnFire and Marioguy1 also Yoshi doesn't appear at all and he's too far from the rest D=
 * 6) luigi+ball=epic fail
 * 7) Per BabyLuigiOnFire on the Luigi-thing. That snowball looks like a marble with a Luigi-picture on it :S
 * 8) DK looks possessed! Oh, and Mr. Green is a ball. But DK looks like he's possessed!
 * 9) Lu-igi board I'm bored of seeing this.
 * 10) Panchito - I don't like it.
 * 11) - The white background ruins it.
 * 12) Its perfect! Intill you see the background that is.
 * 13) No background.... and how long has this been here?

Comments
I wonder why it is that everyone cares so much about Luigi. I mean, what's so good about him?


 * Well, I don't know why (and yet even I said he was weird), but he looks like a total maniac snowman and some people (preferably Luigi fans) don't like to seem him like a snowman, or ball, or....yeah and I don't like Luigi getting, say, "owned." Only a few pictures have characters getting bad luck and this is one of them.

NSMB New Year

 * Subject: New Year's Drawing of New Super Mario Bros Wii
 * Nominated by:

Support

 * Ok, so nominating this was NOT my idea (guy who nominated BiS inspired me) but this has some notable differences between BiS (other than the obvious ones, obviously). This is less faded, bigger, absence of ugly borders and has action in it. The only concerns is what the pasta happened to Yellow Toad and there's less characters. Otherwise, I nominated for the same reasons Baby Mario Bloops gave out; it's the actual, authentic drawing from the creator himself!!
 * 1) Cute, nice size, and made by the Mario Man himself!
 * 2) Nice Image made by Shigeru & Co. too!, PS: Why is Toad here and not Yellow Toad 0_0?
 * 3) I am Zero! Not a bad image, especially since it's a drawing. Zero signing out.
 * 4) This is a great, nice-size image.
 * 5) Much better than the Boswer's Inside Story one because this one is not so crowded and faded. I guess no one likes Yellow Toad... :(
 * 6) - I don't know how I inspired you, but I will leave that to you. Anyways, this is really good, with a few confused points (red toad, NSMW instead of NSMBW) but that doesn't matter much in this image. This is excellent, I can't believe that they can create such a outstanding piece of artwork (I wish I could draw like that).
 * 7) Nice drawing of a nice game.
 * 8) I agree with Fawfulfury65 and Zero777, this one is nice!
 * 9) You got to admit, this is pretty cute!

Oppose

 * 1) Lu-igi board this is just ugly....
 * 2) I don't think it looks good.
 * 3) ummm... well. It's a nice picture but... it doesn't sum up celebration or Mario games. I don't see what people in bubbles have to do with new year or Mario. I feel it is not a pic for featured image.

Comments
@Fawfulfury:So you support one New Year image but not the other?
 * @Reversinator:Er-this page follows the No-Signature Policy...
 * @Reversinator: There's nothing wrong with supporting one New Year image but not the other. --

I support it now.

lpsc00l: You don't know what the bubbles are? Then you clearly did not play New Super Mario Bros. Wii. That is what this image is about.

Krem Quay

 * Subject: Artwork of Krem Quay from ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
 * Nominated by:

Support

 * 1) Awesome picture! Nice size, and a lot of detail. I LOVE this picture!
 * 2) I was wondering when a DK snapshot would appear! Lu-igi board
 * 3) Interesting, high quality, good colouring... need I say more?
 * 4) Nice image. It just looks a little faded, though.
 * 5) I am Zero! Not bad, it's a nice big image. Zero signing out.
 * 6) Per everyone. Dixie looks adorable btw. ;D

Oppose

 * 1) - I just don't like it.
 * 2) - Per McQueenMario...
 * 3) I agree with McQueenMario, The animations are just real bad. they both look like demented muppets!!
 * 4) Its brown. brown is poop. poop ugly.

Comments
I don't know what to say about this picture. It's good quality and a nice size, but it's faded and IMO looks boring. Plus, why are Diddy Kong and Dixie Kong always have the same expression, no matter what the situation?

@Raphealraven497 - Umm... It actually has many dark colors and shades of green to fit into the swampy theme. Brown isn't really the main color of this picture.

Bowser Striker

 * Subject: Bowser's artwork from Mario Strikers Charged Football.
 * Nominated by:

Support

 * 1) - Although this is character artwork, its big, high quality, and seems to have a lot of action in it! It's also extremely detailed and you can tell it was drawn by a pro artist!
 * 2) Lu-igi board lol at bowser! truly the coolest footballer the world has ever seen :P
 * 3) I don't know why, but Bowser looks mighty aerodynamic when he's like that.
 * I like it. Great quality.
 * 1) I am Zero! Ok, I guess I'll support it, it's a nice big image. Zero signing out.
 * 2) Sure it is a character artwork, but it is a character that stars in most, if not, all Mario games. And strikers artwork is nicely drawn and creative which fits the descriptions of "FEATURED IMAGE". Oh, Lemmy Koopa Fan, nice use of the word "aerodynamic"!
 * 3) High quality, in my opinion almost as good as the picture from this game that has been featured last year's august.
 * 4) this is just plain awesome looking
 * 5) Wow..... I support....

Oppose

 * 1) Though it is about everything Fawful said, it's still just single-character artwork.
 * 2) Per BabyLuigiOnFire.
 * 3) Per BLOF.
 * 4) Per all.

Comments
What's wrong with it being simple character artwork? It meets the requirements to be a FI, doesn't it?

At the Super Mario Wiki, Featured Images are those quality, intriguing, witty, provocative, rare, important, and otherwise simply interesting images that can be found throughout the site's articles.

The ones in bold is in where the image you nominated doesn't really meet its requirements.

Well, it is simply interesting and intriguing to me. As for rare, its uncommon to see such a unique art style. I'm not sure if any of the FIs are much of witty, though.

Eh, we have different opinions, so it's ok :)

Donkey Kong Jungle Climber

 * Subject: Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong in Donkey Kong: Jungle Climber.
 * Nominated by:

Support

 * 1) I know this is boxart, but it shows the scene, without the title, rating, DS border thingies, and the publishing company. It's good quality, has a scenery to fill out the entire picture and Donkey and Diddy in it! I know some parts are cut out from the original boxart, but I still think it's FI worthy.
 * 2) Per BLOF. Go, Diddy, go!
 * 3) I am Zero! Not bad, a nice, big, clear image, I support. Zero signing out.
 * 4) Now this is what I call a great DK image!
 * 5) So Colorful, per all.
 * 6) Great quality and interesting.
 * 7) One of the few great Donkey Kong images. Looks a little blurry though. Never saw this picture before, but I never saw the game's box art anyway.
 * 8) THIS IS BOXART!!!!!! what...BOXART!! I would never guess this is boxart. I haven't even heard of the game! It is a really nice image...to be boxart!
 * 9) Per above.
 * 10) Lu-igi board per all
 * 11) Per lpsc00l.

Oppose

 * 1) okay, so everbody sorry about before, but that wa sbefore. What i meant was the image is just... wierd. its not worthy of an FI. Its too bright, and just not good. So why are you yelling at me? EVERYONE HAs OPINIONS.

Comments
Raphael, your oppose is completely invalid. --
 * @Raphael: The reason I said it was invalid was because your oppose was "What's with the images this week??! This is the fourth image ive opposed TODAY!!" None of what you said was related to the image itself. --
 * It was valid. Every vote is valid, as long as it isn't made by a sockpuppet or a user voted twice or something. Look at the archives, at the beginning most votes had no "reasons" at all.

Beach Party

 * Subject: The Mario Party cast on Yoshi's Tropical Island in Mario Party
 * Nominated by:

Support

 * 1) -- Good quality, brilliant colors, lots of action going on.
 * 2) - Per GM
 * 3) When LGM nominated it, it got put down by like, 10 users. Anyway, this is my favorite Mario Party picture. :) It's the best, I tell you! Poor Luigi...Plus, I don't give a tangerine about if they look weird or not; they looked like that back then.
 * 4) Per BabyLuigiOnFire, who summed up almost everything I was gonna say.
 * 5) I am Zero! I was one of them to put it down because of the weird look on DK's lip, but it's nice, clear, and big. Zero signing out.
 * 6) it is nice. the image is clear, the colors are bright, and the picture is quite lively. My only problem is the demented issue, why are most Mario Party pics demented?
 * 7) There is no reason to oppose an image I nominated before :P

Oppose

 * 1) Mario Party images are WAY too overused on the main page. Plus, Peach is wierd and DK's lip makes himlook like a bozo.