MarioWiki:Anniversary/2012



'Ceremony: August 12 2011 16:30:00 EDT    See festivities from 2010''

What? Why?
The Super Mario Wiki was created on August 12th, 2005, 13:47 EDT. On August 12th, 2006, this wiki was off to a good start, but still there was only a small amount of active users. On Saturday August 11th, 2007 with a userbase finally forming, we celebrated our wiki's existence with an awards show on 30 of our favorite Mario topics, including favorite games, music, items, series, moments, enemies, and more.

In 2008, we expanded this magnificent event by including much of our userbase with Userpedia Awards I, and on August 8th, 2008, it turned out to be an even bigger success. 2009 saw our first Fail Awards and 2010 included the first 'Shroom Awards! And you've bet we've grown some more since then – we reached an astounding 9 digits in the page view count (100,000,000!) and increased that total number, accomplished in almost 3.5 years, by 10% in just two months (110,000,000 and rising!). We are also now past 11,000 articles! As such, the time has come again to plan another big event to celebrate the wiki – and hopefully bigger!

Last year, we expanded this event even more by including a new category called "'Shroom Awards". These awards were a huge success as well, and brought the amount of awards we presented up to 50.

Awards Committee
As veterans may have come here to do, it's time – Awards Committee sign-up! This is the only sign-up right now. What the committee decides over the next 10-12 weeks will influence what other sign-ups will come in June, but we will have exact dates of things for you well in advance, so watch this page to keep track of announcements.

There are a few minimal requirements to be an AC member this year:
 * You must have a registered username on the Darkmyst network. This is a Nickserv function. We can then add you to the access list for the awards channel, #mwikiawards.
 * You must be a forum member. We will be utilizing an underground forum to discuss meeting times and keep track of progress.
 * You must be able to make yourself available on Friday nights (good time-range: 8-10p EDT). If you know you can't get to too many meetings, please don't sign up. I would like to do a meeting a week, but I know some of us actually do have lives (amazing, I know), so we can skip a couple of weeks or move a Friday to a Saturday or vice versa. Again, we'll use the forum to discuss adjustments.
 * Contact Ralphfan or Super Mario Bros. if you are interested.
 * If you can't attend enough meetings to be a part of the Committee, anyone can attend meetings, so don't worry!

Mainly, the AC decides what awards will be voted on in June. However, there are important matters as well, see below the sign-up list.

And now...the list! We are only allowing an odd number of members in the Awards Committee this year to avoid having ties in certain discussions. Below is a list of members in the Awards Committee. To be an Awards Committee member, you must be able to come to the chatroom on Friday nights from 8-10p EDT. We are hoping to get at least 13 members. Don't sign up here, contact Ralph or SMB!


 * 1) (Sharks Territory)
 * 2) (United States of America)
 * 3) (adiosToreador)
 * 4) (Smasher the Necromancer)
 * 5) (terminallyCapricious)
 * 6) (Fluttershy)
 * 7) (BEEEEEAAARRRS)
 * 8) (Major Bloops)
 * 9) (Beagle)
 * 10) (Northern Verve)
 * 11) (MG1 the Paladin)
 * 12) (Wheatley)
 * 13) (Cave Johnson)
 * 1) (Cave Johnson)

Userpedia Awards and Game Tournaments
The user-based wiki, Userpedia, will be celebrating its fourth awards ceremony this summer. We are not certain if we will have 10 Userpedia Awards, as we did in 2008 and 2009, or 5 Userpedia Awards, as we did in 2010.

Game tournaments was something that we hoped to materialize last year, particularly in Brawl, but it didn't pan out. But with each year, we grow, get more people, and do better...however...

NOTE: Game tournaments are not a guarantee for Mario Awards V. The Awards Committee will determine the inclusion or exclusion of these functions.

Fail Awards
In 2009, the Awards Committee decided to introduce a new category into the awards ceremony: Fail Awards. These awards are similar to the Mario Awards, in that they are based solely on the Mario (and relative) series. However, these awards pertain to the worst of the worst. (As the name implies.) Entries may include "Worst Game" or "Worst Character", for example. We are expecting to once again have 10 Fail Awards this year.

'Shroom Awards
Much discussion has been going on about the recognition of our local paper in the awards ceremony. Their inclusion (and possible expansion to 10 Awards) has not been determined yet.

Expansion
Some AC members have been discussing expanding to include more Awards. Stay tuned for further updates on this issue.

Contact
[mailto:marioawards@gmail.com marioawards@gmail.com] Mario Awards on Twitter

You are free to bring up anything with us if you feel it appropriate. Suggestions to make the awards more interesting? Issues from last year that need to be resolved? Please, let us know.