MarioWiki:Proposals

List of Talk Page Proposals

 * Remove Super Smash Bros. Melee trophy descriptions in Assist Trophy (Discuss) Deadline: October 10, 2013, 23:59 GMT
 * Merge Mario Stadium (Itadaki Street DS) with Mario Stadium (baseball stadium) (Discuss) Deadline: October 18, 2013, 23:59 GMT
 * Delete Category:Characters Named for their Species (Discuss) Deadline: October 20, 2013, 23:59 GMT

Writing Guidelines
None at the moment.

Guideline section for "References to other games"/"References in later games"
After reading this proposal, I've been observing the sections "References to other games" and "References in later games" in game articles for quite a while, and I agree people kind of exaggerate it: even when something resembles another thing to them, it does not mean the purpose was to make a reference. The sections are filled with examples, like these from New Super Mario Bros. U:


 * Yoshi's Safari: In this game, Lemmy Koopa is the first Koopaling to be fought, and Larry is the boss of a water-themed world.
 * Super Paper Mario: Grrrols resemble Spiky Tromps.
 * Super Mario 3D Land: [...] Also, the Acorn Tree is similar to the Tail Tree because both items produce similar power-ups. Also, Ball 'n' Chains swing in a pendulum-like manner again.

So, simply saying they "are similar" isn't enough to decide they're a reference. See my draft (that might needs some work) showing how we could add these rules to References.

Proposer: Deadline: October, 14 2013 23:59 GMT

Have this section in MarioWiki:References

 * Per my proposal.
 * 1) Grrols resembling Spiky Tromps is a reference to Super Paper Mario? Lol. Yeah we need an official guideline on this.
 * 2) I agree. And I don't think the appearance of Pokeys or Shy Guys is a reference to Super Mario Bros. 2. It also bugs me when the only "reference" is "This game is a sequel to this game".
 * 3) ...this serious?
 * 4) Per proposal.
 * 5) I think we need this. Per all.
 * 6) Per all.

Removals
None at the moment.

Allow Users to issue warnings to IP addresses
User can issue warnings to other users, so why can't Users issue warnings to IP addresses? Just commenting on the IP's Talk Page to tell it to stop breaking the rules without a template is silly, adding templates and then the comment is a lot easier just like we issue warnings to users that break the rules.

Proposer: Deadline: October 10th, 2013 23:59 GMT

Support

 * 1) Per Proposal. Also, if this proposal passes, this means we are not going to add the Block Template to the IP's Talk Page.

Oppose

 * 1) – Unlike registered users, a message to an IP isn't always directed to one person. Many different people may use an IP, so the warning hierarchy wouldn't work on IPs the same way it would on users simply because one person may unfairly hold behind them a wall of warnings when they didn't do it. It's much better to issue an informal reminder which serves as a "last warning" for any misbehavior, and then block them for an appropriate amount of time thereafter, rather than cluttering an IP talk page with templates.
 * 2) Per YK.
 * 3) Per YoshiKong.
 * 4) Per YoshiKong.
 * 5) – Per YoshiKong.
 * 6) It explicitly states reasons for the special treatment of anons directly on the blocking policy clearly and understandably, and yes, this applies to warnings/reminders/crap too.
 * 7) - Per YK.
 * 8) I'll be different and say per Baby Luigi.
 * 9) Per all.

Miscellaneous
None at the moment.