MarioWiki:Featured articles

The featured articles of the wiki are articles that represent the best SMW has to offer. This is not a way to showcase the articles of your favorite characters, items, or the like.

Featured Articles
See the articles' nomination discussions below.
 * Yoshi (on 17:03, 19 December 2006 (EST))
 * Mario Kart DS (on 11:13, 2 January 2007 (EST))
 * Bowser Jr. (on 20:22, 9 January 2007 (EST))

Featured Articles in Queue
None currently

Nominated Articles Meeting Requirements
Articles must still be on list a week after being posted (see below) to be moved to the queue list or become a featured article immediately, depending on the queue.


 * King Boo (on 20:33, 9 January 2007)

What makes a featured article?
So just what makes a featured article? Well, we've prepared a list just in case someone should ask that, and it is as follows.

An article must...


 * 1) ...be well written and detailed
 * 2) ...be unbiased, non-point of view
 * 3) ...be sourced with all available sources and appearances
 * 4) ...be stylized fairly nicely
 * 5) ...not be tagged with any sort of improvement tags (i.e., )
 * 6) ...not have a reasonable amount of red links; use common sense
 * 7) ...have a complete, detailed biography if it's a character article
 * 8) ...not have been previously featured

How to nominate:


 * 1) First, nominate an article you find is worthy of featured status, putting it at the bottom of the list below; see criteria above.
 * 2) Others will object to the nomination if they disagree that the article is good enough; they will then supply reasons for doing so, and ways to improve the article (errors, style, organization, images, notability, sources).
 * 3) Supporters can adjust the article until the objectors (with reasonable objections) are satisfied.
 * 4) The article is placed on the featured article list and added to the front page queue.
 * 5) Also, if, at least a week after the article's nomination, that article has 5 supports and no objections, it will be added the queue, and will be officially known as a "featured article".

How to vote:


 * 1) Before doing anything, be sure to read the article completely, keeping a sharp eye out for mistakes.
 * 2) Afterwards, compare the article to the criteria listed above, and then either support or object the article's nomination.
 * 3) If you object, please supply concrete reasons for doing so, and how it can be improved.
 * 4) As stated above, any objections will be looked upon by the nominator, supporters, and anyone willing to improve the article, and action will be taken to please the objectors.
 * 5) Once all objectors' complaints have been solved (or the article has 5 supports and no objections after at least a week), the article will be added to the queue and be officially known as a "featured article".

PLACE THIS WHEN YOU NOMINATE: ====Support====
 * 1) Supporter

Oppose

 * 1) Opposer

Comments
ADD This To the top of Every Nominee's article:

Support

 * 1) 3D, Chain Chomp Fan! That article is, indeed, one that could, and should, become a FA. It has a section from about every game, pics, descriptions...
 * 2) Paper Jorge
 * 3) Definently a featured article.
 * 1) Definently a featured article.
 * 1) Definently a featured article.

Oppose

 * 1) – not enough info in the appearances section.
 * 2) Son of Suns: Strong Oppose. See Comments section below.
 * 3) Changed. There are more articles more deserving
 * 4) The Yoshi page is MUCH better. User:Bentendo
 * 5) User: YoshiFan
 * 6) The images on this page are horrible and very low quality. User:Fixitup
 * 1) The images on this page are horrible and very low quality. User:Fixitup

Comments
I weakly oppose because 1-2 sentences per game won't cut it. 4-5 sentences will, so someone please expand the article and I'll support. 18:33, 11 December 2006 (EST)

Objections: 1) Facts: I’ve never seen a Chain Chomp fall asleep as stated in the intro. Some one should confirm that for me =). 2) Organization of Sections: Instead of listing all the characteristics of the Chain Chomp in the intro, we should create a Characteristics section. The Appearances section should also be separated into a Major Appearances and a Minor Appearances section, so games with only a sentence of info can be combined. We could also create a Sub-Species section briefly describing and listing the sub-species of the Chain Chomp. Some of the games only talk about the sub-species, even though this article is specifically about Chain Chomps. Also, for some reason, the Cameo section comes before the Mario Superstar Baseball section. 3) Needs expansion. For example, in the Super Mario RPG section, the enemy known as “Chomp” is not even mentioned. This section should state the location of Chomps, the properties of Chomps, and the special attacks of Chomps. This is the same for the Paper Mario section, which for some reason is part of the Super Mario 64 section. (Also, the Super Mario 64 section has a sentence fragment in it.) Other game sections could also be expanded, as not all Chomps act exactly the same from game to game. 4) Extremely poor grammar overall. -- Son of Suns


 * I can answer your question about the sleeping Chain Chomps. There's a Chain Chomp sleeping in Whomp's Fortress. If you walk by it to quickly, it'll wake up. After a while, it'll fall asleep again. I imagine that's what the author is referring to. Wanderingshadow 11:47, 12 December 2006 (EST)


 * Wasn't that a Piranha Plant? -- Son of Suns
 * Yes, those, indeed, Piranha Plants. They look like them, act like them, are rooted in place, and even make a wilting noise when killed (as in New SMB). 3D

You don't remember when Chain Chomps sleep? In the MP series and the Sports series? Oh well fine I guess your right. Its just that Yoshi is just too common and people who come here look up info on Mario characters/items/etc they don't know much about. Do you really think somebody wants to know about Yoshi when pretty much every, even non-Mario fans know him?

Support

 * 1) User:YoshiFan
 * 2)  Yoshi  626 [[Image:Egg.PNG|20px]]
 * 3) Paper Jorge
 * 1) Paper Jorge
 * 1) Paper Jorge

Oppose

 * 1) Son of Suns - See Comments section.
 * 2) - a little too obvious we need someone more out there like Chain Chomp

Comments
Hmmm... this is great! I was just about to start a HUGE edit on him.

Kind of obvious, right?

Objections: Most of this article is just lists and images without much real content. Here are some places to improve upon: 1) Facts: What is the evidence that Mario Bros. takes place in Brooklyn? 2) Expansion: Overall, the Biography section could be expanded. Not every adventure has to be chronicled (although they could for absolute completeness), but major life events should be explained (such as the time Mario almost turned into a Bean!). A personality section could be added, as well as an occupation and hobbies section. A relationship section may also help, giving us insight into Mario’s relationships with other characters. 3) Organization of Sections: To follow the precedent made by other in-universe articles, all information about out-of-universe conception and creation by Shigeru Miyamoto should be placed in a separate section. A lot of the introduction could go into this section. Also information from the other media should be separated into different sections, as they present different representations of Mario (such as Mario’s full name being Mario Mario, which can only be inferred in the games and is only canonical in the Super Mario Bros. movie). -- Son of Suns

Huh, I think I took care of all your comments. The last one I COULD work on, but I'm not an expert on media. I did chronicle every one of Mario's adventures and even included sections where he was a damsel. I also added a relationship section with all other B8 characters. Any more suggestions?

It's cool! It's long! And he's the one who this wiki's about! His biography section is 90% complete if not, complete...why not him being FA? Paper Jorge

I have to ask: what's wrong with an "obvious" article being an FA? Having a well-known topic thoroughly explained on the wiki is a great thing, not a bad thing. There may well be some strange fact about the topic that someone didn't know about at first. 18:51, 29 December 2006 (EST)

More Problems: -- Son of Suns
 * Who said that Mario Bros. took place in Brooklyn? All of Mario’s games may have taken place in the Mushroom Kingdom and other places in the Mushroom World.
 * Bowser did not necessarily die in all of Mario’s adventures. He was simply defeated (except with the Luigi’s Mansion controversy).
 * There is also a lot of speculation in the biography section that needs to be removed.
 * Grammar issues in the biography section. It is not quality prose.
 * All the information in the introduction should be moved to different sections about out of universe character and name development. The intro should instead talk about Mario’s heroism in the Mushroom Kingdom.
 * Mario’s early life as Baby Mario should be mentioned before other parts of his life. Not everything about Baby Mario should be mentioned, only a brief summary. A “Main Article: Baby Mario” link should be added in this section.
 * Wrecking Crew information should be placed after Super Mario Bros., as the game was released after Super Mario Bros.
 * More info could be added to the spin-offs, such as Mario Party and Mario Sports info.
 * The physical description and traits section is more like an appearance development section and should be renamed and reformatted as such. Of course, a physical description and traits section needs to be added.
 * The abilities section should be written in paragraph form.


 * The instruction manual of the game. Look it up.
 * Wouldn't you die If you fell into a pit full of Lava?
 * Other than in the Humble Beginings and Where's Mario? sub-sections, I see no specuation.
 * What type of grammar are you talking about? There are NO spelling mistakes and the whole section is written in past tense. I do admit it is a bit confusing with the parenthesis but I have no idea how to overcome that.
 * I AGREE, but I left that part alone for now.
 * Okay, I will add that info.
 * Isn't Wrecking Crew canonically before SMB?
 * This really isn't my department.
 * Makes sense...
 * Gotta work on other sections too.


 * I agree full Heartly, but cut a few pics, too many.

Agreed. You mainly mean the screenshot pics huh?
 * WRONG, Actually I mean the official Artwork. More Screenshots less artwork. Artwork gives it no flavor. Screenshots look more authentic

-- Son of Suns
 * Actually. You should look it up. I've tried and I've never found a source that said Mario Bros. takes place in Brooklyn.
 * Not necesarrily. He has a tough hide. He did die in New Super Mario Bros. though, but saying he died is too strong. Defeated would be much better.
 * Stuff about Mario's House turning into Mario's Castle, etc. There is no proof that they are the same.
 * Spelling is different than grammar. There are plenty of run-on sentences. The writing, overall, is sub-par.
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 * Not necessarily. The timeline is difficult, so it's better to place games in order of release unless it canonically makes sense to do so. You metioned that in the DK part. While Donkey Kong is not necesarliy Mario's first adventure, it is the first one we learned about. Likewise, we learned about Wrecking Crew after Super Mario Bros.
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 * Hmm.. well basically, I imported the info from previous edits.
 * He obviously did die. If he died in NSMB, it is likely he died in SMB. I agree that died is a strong word for it, but defeated at this point seems redundant.
 * That was a confusing sentence huh? I meant that it probably was the inspiration for his house. You got me. But that wasn't speculation, just bad grammar.
 * I tried to avoid making small sentences and overcomplicating it. Run-ons make things a little shorter. I purposely tried to cut down on length. Also, I tried not to put TOO much info about his game appearance, then it would be longer that the game description itself.
 * No. Donkey Kong is canonically Mario's (not Baby Mario) first game. If it wasn't it would ruin the whole complexity of the Marioverse. The DK then was officially known as Cranky Kong. And Wrecking Crew (obviously happened afterwards)

And give me a little credit. This wasn't one easy edit, I actually had to work.

Don't get me wrong. You made a great expansion of the Mario article. It's just not enough to push it to featured article status. The Mario article will probably be the hardest article to get FA-worthy on this wiki. -- Son of Suns

Support

 * 1) Son of Suns
 * 2)  Yoshi  626 [[Image:Egg.PNG|20px]]
 * 3) [[Image:Parayoshiicon.jpg|20px]] Para Yoshi Wahoo![[Image:Parayoshiicon.jpg|20px]] - Strong Support. Big article, now lots of pictures, all high quality pictures, worded accedingly. Looks like a winner!
 * 4) STRONG SUPPORT!!!!!!!!!! King Boo's article is amazing, as said above not too many pics, and great Quality!
 * 5) Nice.

Support

 * 1) User:YoshiFan
 * 2) User:Smashgoom202
 * 1) User:Smashgoom202

Oppose

 * 1) Son of Suns: If this article is going to be split in two after the Wario Wiki is created, we should wait to see what this article we be like after the split. A lot of content may be removed. Until that template is removed after the arrival of the Wario Wiki, this cannot be a featured article.

Comments

 * This Article Is THE BEST! though it could've waited till next month.For there are too many good works on here.

Support

 * 1) The article was described on the discussion page as "exemplar for PipeProject:Big Eight". I don't see why this couldn't be featured.Waluigi Freak 99 11:50, 29 December 2006 (EST)
 * 2) It's really good, meets all the requirements, I don't see anything wrong. [[Image:Parayoshiicon.jpg|20px]] Para Yoshi Wahoo![[Image:Parayoshiicon.jpg|20px]] 20:00, 10 January 2007 (EST)

Archived Nominations
The following is kept for historical record only and should not be edited.

Support

 * 1) Clearly one of our best articles to offer, majorly rewritten by Son of Suns in October.
 * 2) Son of Suns
 * 3) Wanderingshadow 11:38, 12 December 2006 (EST)
 * 4) Strong Support
 * 5) H  K  Mhm. A goody, this one is. Severely well written.
 * 6) I see a quote isn't needed, and it can be over-looked! fantastic article!
 * 7) Same as WarioLoaf! 3D
 * 8) Ninety3tigers 20:12, 12 December 2006 (EST)Nice article
 * 9) YoshiFan, good article
 * 10)  Yoshi  626 [[Image:Egg.PNG|20px]] 02:20, 17 December 2006 (EST)

Comments
I'm not opposing, but I'm noticing the only supporter and therefore the creator the idea for the nomination has 'Yoshi' in his username.

Nothing personal but I just think Wayoshi nominated Yoshi because it is his favorite "character". Read the top. I know you didn't but still. Yoshi is thoroughly expanded and and explained, but... this isn't 100% determined on length. If thats true, I would've nominated Jump. I'm not opposing or supporting though.

Needs a good quote

Quotes aren't always necessary. Besides, I don't think Yoshi has ever said anything in English, barring SM64. This article has info on his appearances, his characteristics, and his abilities. Much work went into this article and I commemorate SoS for that. Definitely FA worthy.

I wouldn't exactly call "It's a-me, Mario!" one of the best quotes in the world either. It's just a signature phrase he says when you pick him in Mario Kart or something. I'm going over to Yoshi to put "Yoshi!" on there right now. -

Well its a catchphrase and is more than disserving.

I put the Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour quote. It's just a cool quote and long! Paper Jorge

Support

 * 1) Looks very clean!-
 * 2) Good job! -  Yoshi  626 [[Image:Egg.PNG|20px]]
 * 3) WHO NEEDS A NINTENDO GUIDE?! WE HAVE THIS!
 * 4) Son of Suns
 * 5) Fixitup
 * 1) Fixitup

Oppose

 * 1) Weak Oppose: Son of Suns - See Comments below.

Comments
Yes, I have solely worked on this article recently. But, I believe I have covered all aspects of the game in great detail. 15:57, 22 December 2006 (EST)

A very good article. However, I think a couple of additions need to be made before this article will be complete. There should probably be an items section, how items work, and a list of available items with a short description. An abilities or racing techniques section should also be added, including such techniques as mini-turbos, snaking, and drafting. Lastly, something should be said about the emblems players can create for their karts. -- Son of Suns

Nice changes Wayoshi. I now give this article my full support. -- Son of Suns

Support

 * 1) I really like the Bowser Jr.!! -
 * 2) Son of Suns
 * 3)  Yoshi  626 [[Image:Egg.PNG|20px]]
 * 4) [[Image:Parayoshiicon.jpg|20px]] Para Yoshi Wahoo![[Image:Parayoshiicon.jpg|20px]]
 * 1) [[Image:Parayoshiicon.jpg|20px]] Para Yoshi Wahoo![[Image:Parayoshiicon.jpg|20px]]