MarioWiki:Proposals

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 using the code.

This page observes the No-Signature Policy.

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 start to discuss on the issue. 24 hours after posting the proposal (rounding up or down to the next or previous full hour, respectively, is allowed), the voting period begins. (The proposer is allowed to support their proposal right after posting.) Each proposal ends at the end of the day one week after voting start. (All times GMT).
 * 3) Every vote should have a reason accompanying it. Agreeing or seconding a previously mentioned reason given by another user is accepted.
 * 4) Users who feel that certain votes were cast in bad faith or which truly have no merit can address the votes in the Comments section. Users can ask a voter to clarify their position, point out mistakes or flaws in their arguments, or call for the outright removal of the vote if it lacks sufficient reasoning. Users may not remove or alter the content of anyone else's votes. The voter can remove or rewrite their own vote at any time, but the final decision to remove another User's vote lies solely with the Administrators.
 * 5) All proposals that end up in a tie will be extended for another week.
 * 6) If a proposal has more than ten votes, it can only pass or fail by a margin of three votes. If a proposal reaches the deadline and the total number of votes for each option differ by two or less votes, the deadline will be extended for another week.
 * 7) Any proposal that has three votes or less at deadline will automatically be listed as "NO QUORUM." The original proposer then has the option to relist said proposal to generate more discussion.
 * 8) No proposal can overturn the decision of a previous proposal that is less than 4 weeks (28 days) old.
 * 9) Proposals can only be rewritten or deleted by their proposer within the first three days of their creation. However, the proposer can request that their proposal be deleted by a Sysop at any time, provided they have a valid reason for it.
 * 10) 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.
 * 11) There shouldn't be proposals about creating articles on a underrepresented or completely absent subject, unless there is major disagreement about whether the content should be included. To organize efforts about completing articles on missing subjects, try creating a PipeProject.
 * 12) Proposals cannot be made about System Operator promotions and demotions. Sysops can only be promoted and demoted by the will of Bureaucrats.
 * 13) If the Sysops deem a proposal unnecessary or potentially detrimental to the upkeep of the Super Mario Wiki, they have the right to remove it at any time.
 * 14) No joke proposals. Proposals are serious wiki matters, and should be handled professionally. Joke proposals will be deleted on sight.

The times are in GMT, and are set so that the user is more likely to be online at those times (after work/school, weekend nights). If a proposal is added on Monday night at 23:59 GMT, the deadline is the night of the Tuesday of the next week at 23:59 PM. If it is posted a minute later, the deadline is 23:59 PM of the Wednesday of the next week, since midnight is considered to be part of the next day, as 00:00 AM.

Basic Proposal and Support/Oppose Format
This is an example how your proposal should look like, if you want it to be acknowledged. If you are inexperienced or unsure how to set up this format, simply copy the following and paste it into the fitting section. Then replace the [subject] - variables with information to customize your proposal, so it says what you wish. If you insert the information, be sure to replace the whole variable including the squared brackets, so "[insert info here]" becomes "This is the inserted information", not "[This is the inserted information]". - ===[insert a title for your Proposal here]=== [describe what issue this Proposal is about and what changes you think should be made to improve how the Wiki handles that issue]

Proposer: Voting start: [insert a voting start time here, f.e. "January 1, 2010, 14:00". Voting start times are 24 hours after the time at which the proposal was posted, as described in Rule 2 above.] Deadline: [insert a deadline here, 7 days after the voting start, at 23:59 GMT.]

====Support====
 * 1) [make a statement indicating that you support your proposal]

====Oppose====

====Comments==== - Users will now be able to vote on your Proposal, until the set deadline is reached. Remember, you are a user as well, so you can vote on your own Proposal just like the others.

To support, or oppose, just insert " # at the bottom of the section of your choice. Just don't forget to add a valid reason for your vote behind that tag if you are voting on another user's Proposal. If you are voting on your own Proposal, you can just say "Per my Proposal".

Talk Page Proposals
All proposals dealing with a single article or a specific group of articles are held on the talk page of one of the articles in question. Proposals dealing with massive amounts of splits, merges or deletions across the Wiki should still be held on this page.

How To

 * 1) All active talk page proposals must be listed below in chronological order (new proposals go at the bottom). All pages affected must be mentioned in the brief description, with the talk page housing the discussion linked to directly via "". If the proposal involved a page that is not yet made, use to communicate its title. The Deadline must also be included in the entry. Linking to pages not directly involved in the talk page proposal is not recommended, as it clutters the list with unnecessary links. Place  under the heading.
 * 2) All rules for talk page proposals are the same as mainspace proposals (see the "How To" section above), with the exceptions made by Rules 3 and 4 as follows:
 * 3) Voting in talk page proposals will be open for two weeks, not one. There is no 24 hour delay between the posting of a talk page proposal and the commencement of voting.
 * 4) Talk page proposals may be closed by the proposer if both the support and the oppose sides each have fewer than five votes.
 * 5) The talk page proposal must pertain to the article it is posted on.

List of Talk Page Proposals

 * Delete some sections of Online references (Discuss) Deadline: February 28, 2011 23:59 GMT.
 * Split Ridley into Ridley and Meta Ridley (Discuss) Deadline: March 3, 2011, 23:59 GMT.
 * Delete Poop (Discuss) Deadline: March 5, 2011, 22:45 GMT
 * Merge Hopgoon with Frogoon (Discuss) Deadline: March 7, 2011, 23:59 GMT

Adding A "Make New Page" Button

 * Sorry if this is a bad proposal, Its my first time.

Okay, yesterday I made a Mario Wiki and kept looking for how to make a page. I even looked at the help page! I think it would be easier to add a "Make new page" button. It would just bring you to the screen of the new page.

Proposer: Voting start: February 22, 2011 14:45 GMT Deadline: March 1, 2011 23:59 GMT

Support

 * I made the proposal!
 * 1) Per proposal (as input on the main page)
 * 2) Per proposal.
 * 3) Another MarioWiki button. YES!!

Oppose

 * 1) I'm not sure how this could be possible.
 * 2) Unnecessary.
 * 3) - Per all, including Zero and FF65 in the comments. All anyone ever has to do is click on a redlink or search for their title and click on the redlink that the wiki gives them in the "Create the page "_____" on this wiki!" line that immediately comes up: how is that inconvenient or difficult? Besides, people should search to make sure pages aren't created before trying to make new ones, anyway. Don't fix what isn't broken.
 * 4) - Per Walkazo.

Comments
You know, you can only make new pages if you're an autoconfirmed user, when you've been here for a week. If you're autoconfirmed, you can search for a term, and if there isn't a page with the name of a term, you can choose to make a page of it, or something. Otherwise, it might be a handy idea. There's no "create a new page" thing on the main page. For ease, it could be on the sidebar (like the search thing. You type something, click "create", and begins at the editing screen). I won't vote yet, since I don't know what the others think of this.

Thank you so much for tellinng me that! I also belong to Adventure Time Wiki and they have a "Create New Page" button right next to the search. Both of the things you said were great points.

I am Zero! I think it's very unnecessary, just search the new page you want to make and click on the red link and make the page, that simple. Zero signing out.
 * Yeah, but I think this is just more convenient. Anyway, how are we going to implement this? I remember we have this similar issue dealt with creating the tables with just a click of a button. Will this be as difficult to implement as that?

Well, I own another Wiki and it just has a button that says "Create New Page" I think we could just add a button like that below the search. I just think it would be easier


 * I am Zero! But really, what's so hard of doing what I just say above, unnecessary. Zero signing out.
 * It's not hard, but adding a button saves time.

For creating an article we need to search, and, if it doesn't exist, we can create it. If this button existed, we'll had to search for the article anyways. It is unnecessary.

Wouldn't it be possible for there to be more unnecessary articles if people used a button instead of redlinks to create articles? There would be more orphaned pages too if many weren't created from redlinks.
 * Yeah. Personally, I prefer to create the redlink then create the page. It makes more sense to me.

Removals
None at the moment

Changes
None at the moment.

Miscellaneous
None at the moment