MarioWiki:Proposals

List of Talk Page Proposals

 * Merge Shroom Fry with Fried Shroom Plate. (Discuss) Passed.
 * Merge Gold Credit, Gold Card, and Golden Card. (Discuss) Deadline: November 23, 2015, 23:59 GMT
 * Re-organise the Boom Boom and Boom Boom (species) pages. (Discuss) Deadline: November 28, 2015, 23:59 GMT

Writing Guidelines
None at the moment.

Create an "Experienced User" panel
This is an idea I've wanted to carry out for a while: New users tend to ask a lot of questions, so I thought there should be an experienced user rank. So I PMed Steve, and he said it would be better as a panel in which people nominate themselves (or others) for this panel. There would be some requirements: This panel would mostly be for two purposes: 1) Give new users a place to go to ask a question. 2) Give the admins some knowledge of the best candidates for patroller (there wouldn't be any admins on the panel).
 * 1) The user must have been a user for at least three years.
 * 2) The user must have at least one thousand edits.
 * 3) The user must pass a "test" to prove they are worthy of this panel.

In case you're wondering, Steve said he is ok with this.

Proposer: Deadline: November 28, 2015, 23:59 GMT

Support

 * 1) My proposal

Oppose

 * 1) Why would admins themselves be ineligible?  aren't they technically the most experienced users and therefore the users who would be best for this.  I know that there are some non-admins that would be eligible but still, almost all if not all admins are super experienced.

Comments
We could also design the autopatrol rank to differentiate which user is trusted/experienced or not (as it was before, I still wonder why it was changed in the first place). I myself find it kind of pointless; I don't know if it's immediately apparent that I'm considered "experienced", but I don't know if a panel is going to let users know or not, and newer users are probably still going to ask the super janitors staff members anyway. 14:58, 21 November 2015 (EST)
 * Oh, and one more thing, there will always be users that are held back from being given a bigger toolbox despite their experience because they probably cannot maintain composure in a sticky situation, so it might be a good panel for them, but again, it might not be. 15:03, 21 November 2015 (EST)

3D Player: Because admins are already admins. An admin doesn't really need to be considered a candidate for admin. What I meant for this was a group of normal users (meaning non-admins) that are very knowledgeable about syntax, rules and policies, etc. 15:01, 21 November 2015 (EST)

Seems to me that if a new user needs more help than our on-wiki help guide provides, they should be directed to either the forums (for discussion and helpful topics) or chat (for live responses). -- Ghost Jam 15:07, 21 November 2015 (EST)
 * I think user talk pages are the best since they're a good place for new users and experienced users to directly provide them with wiki syntax (not to mention, experienced users can fix the syntax on the spot and explain it), and it's also easier to link to helpful pages like Sandbox and the specifics of the help pages if a new user doesn't understand. Nobody really uses our forums for help on how to, say, create a signature. 15:13, 21 November 2015 (EST)

Removals
None at the moment.

Changes
None at the moment.

Miscellaneous
None at the moment.