The 'Shroom:Issue 112/Pipe Plaza

Director’s Notes
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Welcome 'Shroom readers to this May edition of Pipe Plaza.

This issue is dedicated to Walkazo, and whilst Pipe Plaza might not be the best place to remember her, she was most certainly one of the most memorable users we have had on this site. May she rest in peace.

Monthly Report
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Hello, readers, and welcome to July's Monthly Report!! Nothing new around these parts, so let's see how July's wiki stats compare to the ones from late June!

(Credit goes to, , and for the table coding (I based this on Stooben's coding, which was later modified by SMB, myself, and Viper26 when each one of us wrote this section)

*All times EST.

Featured
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Hello 'Shroom readers and welcome back to another edition of Featured, the only place this side of the Mario Wiki where you'll get news about the Mario Wiki Featured Articles.

Featured Articles
One new article has been featured in the past month.
 * Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash was featured on 6 June 2016.

Re-Featured Articles
No new articles have become re-featured.

FA Nominations
There is one ongoing Featured Article Nominations.
 * Rocket Start was nominated on 31 May 2016. The current opposes on it deal with its organization and length.
 * Donkey Kong Barrel Blast was nominated on 9 July 2016. The current oppose on it deals with its tense and lack of a development section.

Failed FA Nominations
No new articles have failed the featuring process.

Unfeatured Articles
No new articles have been unfeatured in the past month.

Unfeaturing Nominations
There are no ongoing Unfeature nominations.

Failed Unfeaturing Nominations
No new articles have failed the unfeaturing process in the past month.

Thanks for reading see you next month, for more Featured Articles news.

Tip of the Month
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When scaling images for articles, you should usually aim for a pixel size of a thumbnail. Anything that's over 200 pixels will overwhelm the text. You can easily adjust your image to be a thumbnail using this coding: Be sure to add the 'thumb' where you would normally put a pixel size. You can also adjust your thumbnail pixel size from here.

Forum Report
Written by: Hey guys its MCD here lets look at the forum

Ban Log

 * PrinceLarryKoopa88 was banned for a month, for flaming, thread derailing and dragging up old drama. His ban ends on July 31st.
 * TabuuAndPeach was permanently banned, for making spammy posts despite being told to stop (and an earlier ban for the same thing).

Statistics
June seemed to bring some kind of surge in activity - 236 topics were created, and 12128 posts were made (the most so far this year). 16 new members joined and 207 was the most online.

(Bold means new entry and Italics mean inactive for at least the past month.)

Thread of the Month
Thread of the Month goes to the thread originally known as if this thread reaches 2500 posts by nicos birthday (july 22nd)..., created by TheFreshPrince. Since then it has undergone quite a few name changes - from "The Melancholy of Nico Yazawa" to the fairly ominous "Death Nico".

As of July 15th, since the thread's creation on June 10th, it has amassed 2941 posts, which makes it at least partially responsible for the surge in activity I was talking about. The thread is also far more interesting than your average Mindless Junk spam thread - there is talk of a mystery hidden within the thread, all set to reach an impasse on July 22nd.

The runner-up award went to Crap, I don't wanna do this, let's procrastinate by Mr. Edo.

Quotes

 * "BE GOOD, BE SAFE, BE HEALTHY, BE HIP, BE MEME" - Packy
 * "i'm sitting cowering in the corner rn, just waiting for the impending nuclear war to ensue" - Neptune, on Brexit
 * "if rowlet turns into friggin' green arrow then i will be switching teams" - MST3K

Mafia
The only game currently ongoing is still BMB's Steven Universe Mafia.


 * Stargazing's Star Mafia was cancelled.

Thanks for reading.

Community Report
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Hi readers and welcome to the Community Report section. It shows our the latest goings-ons around the Super Mario Wiki – the promotions, the demotions, the recently passed and ongoing proposals.

(credit to for previously developing this coded table system and to  for the alterations made)

PROMOTIONS/DEMOTIONS

RECENTLY PASSED PROPOSALS:

RECENT TALK PAGE PROPOSALS:

ONGOING PROPOSALS:

ONGOING TALK PAGE PROPOSALS:

NOTE:All stats and figures included in this section were correct as of July 13th.

That’s all for this issue of the Community Report. Thanks readers to take the time to read this section and remember to participate to ongoing proposals.

Retro Feature
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    First article: Featured, Issue XXXIII Last article: Fading into Obscurity, Issue LXVI  Sections Written: Main Team: 42 Pipe Plaza: 50 Positions held: Contributor; Pipe Plaza Director; 'Shroom Spotlight Manager

Hello, readers! I'm your Spotlight manager and Pipe Plaza Director, Yoshi876. Welcome to Retro Feature, a section in which I delve deep into the archives to bring you the best blasts from the past. This time I bring a section from one of my predecessors: Marioguy1.

For those of you who remember Issue 102 then you know all about the history of Marioguy1. However, what you don't know is some of the history on the section of his that I have chosen. This section is actually still present within The 'Shroom, just with a different writer: me!

Featured is a section that details all about the Featured Articles, including nominations, which ones have been featured and even unfeatured. However, when Marioguy1 was writing it some of them included the Featured Images, until this part of the wiki was phased out. The general writing style for the article was just mentioning what had been featured, unfeatured and whatnot. When Paper Yoshi took over, he organised it all into sub-headings, but this was the only major change. When I took over, I kept with Paper Yoshi's template, before eventually adding in reasons for why articles were being unfeatured or failing the feature process.

Anyway, you're not here to hear about the history of Featured, you want to see how it's changed. So without further ado, here's Marioguy1's Featured from Issue XXXIV.

The 'Shroom Report
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HI, everyone, I'm your resourceful Statistics Manager, Tucayo, here with another issue of The 'Shroom Report! I can't help but notice this section is not performing well in SOTM polls, so I would like to know what you as readers want from this section; if you have any suggestions, please drop a line on my talk page and I will gladly take all comments into account. As a reminder, in the Milestones section, writers will get mentioned every 10 sub-team sections and every 50 all-time sections, teams will get mentioned every 100 sections, and The 'Shroom will get mentioned every 500 sections. All information is based off our Historical Sheets. This section will cover Issue 111.

Tables are based off the End-of-the-Year Awards tables, so credit goes out to.

Anniversary Announcements
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Hello, welcome to Anniversary Announcements. I was going to make an obscure reference in the intro, but I couldn't think of one, so let's go straight into it.

On 17 July, the polls have closed! The results have been tallied and have been sent to the presenters that signed up for the respective presentations. There are, however, some awards that don't have a presenter yet, so if you feel up to it, sign up for one here!

Next on the list are tournaments. A number of them has started or have concluded the first part(s) now. In below table you can find an overview of all current and planned tournaments, along with links to their respective threads.

There is also a topic on Pokkén Tournament here, to gauge interest, but this is not a confirmed tournament yet.

Let's go over each tournament to see how they roll.

Art Contest
Host: Hypnotoad Date: Submissions 1 June to 11 July, voting 16 July to 13 August Forum Topic

The submission period has closed and the voting for the best work of art has begun. You can view and vote on the artwork in the forum thread, or in this issue's special section.

Awards Mafia VI
Hosts: Stooben Rooben and Superchao Date: TBA Forum Topic

The sign-ups have closed, but you can still sign up as a replacement. If someone drops out for any reason, you can then replace them in the game.

Guess the Results
Hosts: Awards and Staff Date: until 12 August Forum Topic

Here you can guess the results of the awards, and earn tokens in the process.

Mario Kart 7
Host: Stargazing Date: July Forum Topic

Sign-ups for this game have also closed, and the first round's groups have been posted, and mostly happen this weekend.

Mario Kart 8
Host: Lakituthequick Date: 18 July to 31 July Forum Topic

Sign-ups closed and the first round has almost been played.

Minecraft
Hosts: Uniju and Toadbert101 Date: TBD Forum Topic

There is no news for this tournament. Description: A set of (mini)games on a Minecraft map, including classics like Capture the Flag, Spleef and building contests, as well as fishing and racing competitions, and others.

Pokémon
Hosts: Crocodile Dippy and Palkia47 Date: 1 July to 31 July Forum Topic

The first bracket was posted and played in the past week, with the second one going now.

Splatoon
Host: The Pyro Guy Date: TBA Forum Topic

Sign-ups have closed.

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
Host: Groden Date: 1 July to early August Forum Topic

The first round has been played, with Timmy having the most points at the moment.

Yu-Gi-Oh
Host: DragonFreak Date: 24 June to 31 July Forum Topic

The game has started, with DragonFreak and Yoshin currently in the lead.

Now for a quick word from our sponsor about prizes. For every tournament, you can earn tokens, which you can then later exchange for prizes. These don't come out of Yoshi Eggs, so if you are interested in donating such prizes, please contact Hypnotoad, Mr. Edo or Twentytwofiftyseven on the Boards. Recommended items include all sorts of gift cards and Steam items. We are grateful for any donations! Keep in mind that certain items impose a region lock, but you can buy most items for another region. Past years have pointed out that there are mostly North America gift cards, but European cards are welcomed as well!

Also, if you don't want to exchange your tokens for prizes, because none of prizes interest you, you have an excess of them or for any other reason, you may also donate your tokens to a special pool, which will then be converted to a monetary value and donated to the Tommy Thompson Park Bird Research Station, where late bureaucrat and friend Walkazo volunteered to study and protect birds. You can also directly donate to Hypnotoad via PayPal to help fund this. Please contact him for information on this.

And with that, we have reached the end of this month's Anniversary Announcements. Thanks for staying with us this long, and tune in again next month. Good night!

All information above was correct as of 2016-07-21.