MarioWiki:Proposals

List of talk page proposals

 * Stop calling Sky-Blue Spinies relatives of Buzzy Beetles. (Discuss) Deadline: September 10, 2016, 23:59 GMT
 * Merge Mini Bob-omb with Bob-omb. (Discuss) Deadline: September 10, 2016, 23:59 GMT
 * Stop referring to the Koopalings with their full names. (Discuss) Deadline: September 10, 2016, 23:59 GMT
 * Merge List of Sammer Guys with Duel of 100. (Discuss) Deadline: September 11, 2016, 23:59 GMT

Writing guidelines
None at the moment.

New features
None at the moment.

Removals
None at the moment.

Move TOC to Various Infobox Templates
I have been thinking about this for a while now and I feel it is at least worth a discussion and proposal to see how everyone feels about this kind of change. The default spot where the TOC shows up is before the first header to the left. For us, this usually gets in the way if images are put in a similar spot and creates white space in between the TOC and infobox templates (and similar templates) that could be better used for content. Old Clockworks is one such example but there are many articles with this problem. TOC isn't entirely useless for us. What if we used a MediaWiki Magic Word in each of the infobox templates we have to force it to show up there instead? There are a few problems I have thought of:


 * 1) Some articles use the Magic Words outside the template.
 * 2) Not all articles use this kind of template.
 * 3) What about forcing no TOC when the article is too short for one?
 * 4) Where should it appear?
 * 5) Default action(s)?

I have tested this before on my userpage. You can manipulate where the TOC can appear. I put my TOC in between  tags for CSS floating elements. I have put the Magic Word in a table on my talk page.

Proposer: Deadline: September 8, 2016, 23:59 GMT

Support

 * 1) Per proposal.

Oppose

 * 1) Even leaving aside the principle, which I am far from convinced about and might oppose on that basis alone, what about mobile users?
 * 2) Per. Reboot.
 * 3) I'm not buying this (figure of speech).
 * 4) Not interested. That's a per all.

Comments
So, concretely, where would the TOC appear? -- 22:21, 31 August 2016 (EDT)
 * I was about to modify the proposal before you said that. My initial thoughts would be below everything else but if we have clever enough coding, it could be where the title is in the template. For the Old Clockworks example, it would be in the purple box containing the title of the article ( or  ) or between first appearance and the bottom border (not explicitly but relatively there). -- 22:26, 31 August 2016 (EDT)

(Different users are at different skill levels when it comes to editing wikis. Beginners have no experience while Experts have the most. I don't think that this should be enforced. If it were, Beginners would have a hard time editing something they don't understand why it must be done a certain way.)-part of old vote

- The edits regarding the infoboxes actually containing the Magic Words are not what novice editors are going to be looking at. At most, those users will be dealing with an extra parameter. Like so: Please explain how this would affect mobile users. -- 01:28, 1 September 2016 (EDT)

I'm also questioning why this would be a difficultly to novice editors? When will a novice editor be throwing a TOC into an article? A more experienced person can do that job. Or am I missing something?
 * It's not about making the TOC appear. It's about moving it's default location to prevent white space from occurring. -- 14:44, 2 September 2016 (EDT)
 * @Wildgoosespeeder: There is a hide button on TOCs. This will eliminate a lot of the empty space. Yes, there is some spacing left, but most of it is gone. For short articles, it wouldn't be a big deal. For long articles with many components (like Super Mario Maker and Mario (franchise)), the hide would eliminate a whole bunch of white empty space. You probably want it removed altogether, but it would make things that look cool when it is shown and not so much when it isn't. You can try this on your main page. As for your talk page, when TOC is hidden, there is more white space when it is shown and green space is eliminated. 23:38, 2 September 2016 (EDT)

Miscellaneous
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