MarioWiki:Proposals/Archive/26

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Make standard template names for like friend templates instead of always having to type the code
DON'T CREATE 2-8

Hi. Would it be easier if you had just a simple template name. Like for let's say, Johnny 115's friend template, we could move it to Template:Friend Of Johnny 115 in stead of having to type all those codes. {{scrollbox|content= Proposer: {{User|Tom The Atum}} Deadline: May 14, 23:59 GMT

Support

 * 1) I mean, have a link, like User:Tom The Atum/Friend Template. Also, for other ones, like This user thinks this is a funny gif or This user can dance very well, and there could be a category marked user templates made for those specific purposes, like when I was at Club Penguin Wiki before my one year four months ban.
 * 2) Per TTA.

Oppose

 * 1) The user-only templates should be located nowhere outside of the userspace.
 * 2) Userboxes do not help the mainspace in any way and they belong only on userspace. Also, it's a waste of space when you can just copy and paste the code for the userbox easily.
 * 3) Per FF65 and SW.
 * 4) And this would help how? Per the three above me, especially Fawfulfury65.
 * 5) Per FF65. If you don't want to type code, you can either copy someone else's and use it as is (as in the case of a friend userbox) or modify it to make a new one.
 * 6) – Per All.
 * 7) Per all. (Lol, how'd I get mixed up in this...?)
 * 8) Per Fawfulfury65 and DKpetey99
 * 9) This is confusing. It's fine the way it is. And you dont have to type it. You can copy and paste them. Its way easier.
 * 10) Per FF65
 * 11) - Sounds kindly useless.
 * 12) COPY AND PASTE.
 * 13) Per all.
 * 14) Per those above and below.
 * 15) If you are referring to your deleted Club Penguin template, we don't cover Club Penguin. This is the Mario Wiki, not the Club Penguin wiki!
 * 16) Per Luigi is OSAM. Besides, we can put the code on our page.
 * 17) It's not that hard to copy and paste the code. There is no need for this.

Comments
I think I fixed the formatting.

I don't really understand this proposal. Clarification?
 * I think he wants for there to be a template for each userbox in existence, so that instead of using the userbox template, you just type in.

They shall only be used for userspace, not main. Club Penguin Wiki does the same thing.
 * Well of course they'd only be used for userspace, what else would we put it in? "Mario is a friend of Phoenix".


 * "Mario is a friend of Phoenix"? Why'd ya type that? 03:33, 8 May 2011 (EDT)

@Phoenix They just mean the username is a friend of Phoenix.

@Phoenix: You seem to have been the unfortunate example listed here...


 * @Bop1996 - Well, you know what they say: "All publicity is good publicity"...or something...like...that...okay, truthfully, I really don't know what "they" say, I just remember hearing that somewhere once... :) 18:48, 8 May 2011 (EDT)


 * Good point... You seem to be getting free publicity, so that's a bonus for you. ;) 

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Add Additional Links For Main Characters
DON'T ADD 1-11

Something that I've noticed for a while is that in the characters section of the wiki, links major characters that appear in most of the games look just like those of minor characters that got one game appearance, making them hard to locate. I think additional links to non-generic characters (For example, Goomba would not be counted) that are either playable or major characters in at least fifteen games should be added at the top of the characters page. {{scrollbox|content= Proposer: {{User|Vivalahomestar}} Deadline: May 16, at 23:59 GMT

Support

 * 1) This would make it much more convenient for somebody who just wants to find (for example) Luigi instead of Lumpy.

Oppose

 * 1) We hold these truths to be self-evident. That all characters are created equal. That they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights. In short, why put another link to major characters so you can find them better? Use the search bar or something <_<
 * 2) all characters are equal under the watchful eye of the Big Rock Who Watches.
 * 3) The Star Spirits disapprove. Per Bop1996 (also, Skolar googled the Declaration, and it's certain "unalienable rights," not "inalienable rights").
 * 4) "Major"is more of a subjective thing, anyway. What happens if a certain character appeared in 15 games, but only made cameos throughout the game. You get my point?
 * 5) Per all, just edit that yourself.
 * 6) This proposal is way too vauge. (Like mine)
 * 7) Umm...when you think about it, it doesn't matter how major or minor a character is, and you can most likely find a character more easily in alphabetical order than in major-minor order.
 * 8) Per BLOF.
 * 9) Per all.
 * 10) Per all.
 * 11) Per all.

Comments
What are you trying to say?

yeah ive never had any problems with finding Mario or any other main character if thats what you mean

Ummm... Well, he (or she) seems to be saying that he wants additional links for main characters in the proposal title, but he goes on to say that he finds other minor characters' links clogging up the link characters section and he thinks that adding links to non-generic characters (???) would solve this problem. All in all, I don't see what he's trying to say either, but that's what I can make out.

Yeah, in, un, both are similar... I need to do more Latin and Greek Roots study...
 * * WARNING--OFF TOPIC CONTENT* Actually, both words mean the same thing, but "inalienable" is only found in earlier drafts.
 * Sue me, I'm a stickler for accuracy.
 * I would if I were a lawyer. ;)

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Protect all talk archives
DON'T PROTECT 1-12

I think we should protect all the talk archives so no one can edit them ecept sysops. For User talk archives we should only let the user who owns the talk page and sysops. {{scrollbox|content= Proposer: {{User|Superfiremario}} Deadline: May 16, 23:59

Oppose

 * 1) Why do this? It's a lot of unnecessary work. If you want your talk page archives protected, ask a sysop.
 * 2) Per Bop1996.
 * 3) Per all
 * 4) If you want it to be protected, then make it a sub-page of your userpage and not your talk page. Your userpage and any other sub-pages of it (sig, etc.) are already protected.
 * 5) Per Bop and MM64.
 * 6) - Per all.
 * 7) Why? You edit your archives like 10 times, so why protect it?
 * 8) - Worst. Idea. Ever.
 * 9) Bad idea! Per all!
 * Uh, that's pretty unnecessary if you ask me. Per all.
 * 1) Per all.
 * 2) Per meh comment

Comments
A similar proposal was deleted per the agreement of the administration. Therefore, I see no reason for this to stay.
 * No, they're different enough. Unless the admins also find this too tedious then this proposal should stay.
 * Fair enough.

Arend: Please don't insult the idea, just give reasons for your oppose. Can someone delete my proposal?


 * Ask an administrator

I'm going to oppose for this ridiculasly long reason: Many times on this wiki, people edit talk page. You edit your/someone else's/a page's talk page when leaving a message. Also, since VANDALS could write on talk pages and insult you might wish to censor/delete things. I know this is about archives, btw. AND ON THE TOPIC OF ARCHIVES, someone might want to get rid of an offensive past messsage, but insted would have to stare at it, wishing this rule hadn't been made. That is all I have to say. ._.  @Luigi is OSAM: I'm now going to oppose becue I changed mt mind days ago. }}

Merge Game and Non-Game Elements in Games, Characters, Places, Items, Species, Allies, Enemies, and Anything Else I Forgot to Mention
MERGE THE GAME AND NON-GAME CATEGORIES TOGETHER 8-1

What a ridiculously long name.

But what is truly ridiculous is how according to this page, we have to keep non-game stuff and game stuff in the same section, but in the lists like those, it has to be separate? I don't see any coherence. I propose we (insert proposal title) because leaving it separate makes no sense. {{scrollbox|content= Proposer: {{User|LeftyGreenMario}} Deadline: May 16, 2011 23:59 GMT

Yes

 * 1) Please read my proposal this time! If you object, make a valid reason! Of course I would support my own proposal
 * 2) if every things cannon than everything should be covered under one list, and one category.
 * 3) Per all.
 * 4) I'm all for consistency. If we are required to group something together in the history, what makes listing this any different?
 * 5) - That is a yes to that and per all!
 * 6) Per RightyMagentaWario LeftyGreenMario.
 * 7) Per all.
 * 8) Per them...ALL!

No

 * 1) I think It's easier to find something the way it is.If I was looking for something in the characters section,I wouldnt want to search through hundreds of TV show characters.I'm glad It's the way it is.It's more organized this way.

Other Thoughts
Technically, you don't have to follow that page. It isn't an enforced policy.-- 21:19, 12 May 2011 (EDT)


 * This is just for the sake of consistency.

It would make more sense if we further separated different media information by making a page for the video-game version of a character, and then the specific media versions. But this wiki is so stuck on the crummy old cartoons that they think putting them on the page of the video-game character makes sense. It doesn't, they're to different medias has near totally different portrayals of the elements from each. UhHuhAlrightDaisy 04:14, 16 May 2011 (EDT) }}