The 'Shroom:Issue LXXVIII/Pipe Plaza

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Director's Notes ()
Hello, readers, and welcome to the September Issue of Pipe Plaza! I have plenty of news to share with you this month, so let's not waste any more time!

First of all, in chronological order, unfortunately resigned from Forum Update last month, leaving a vacant spot in the Sign Up page. If you're interested in signing up for the section, be sure to send me a PM with the application form filled in. However, the team got a new writer this month; please welcome our new Featured writer, !!

There were also changes regarding Pipe Plaza sections: we from the Core Staff have decided to move Mario Calendar and Upcoming Games to the Main Team, as we feel that's a more suitable place for them. Additionally, and quite ironically, after removing it from the Pipe Plaza last month, a special issue of NIWA News, written by Co-Director, will be featured in this month's Pipe Plaza.

Section of the Month
Last month's SotM poll got 11 votes, half of the 22 votes from the previous poll.

The August Section of the Month, with 6 votes (54.55% of the total), is...

...Mario Calendar, for the fifth time overall!!!

Mario Calendar, written by me, brings a list with all the Mario, Donkey Kong, Wario and Yoshi games released during the month in which the newest 'Shroom issue is released. Last month, we checked all the games released sometime during August. got second place with her Tip of the Month, earning 3 votes (27.27%). The third-placed section was Monthly Report, also written by me, with 2 votes (18.18%).

And that's all for now! I hope you enjoy this issue!

Monthly Report ()
Welcome to this month's issue of Monthly Report!! As usual, I have no news regarding this section, so let's see the wiki statistics from September, August and July, along with August-September and July-September comparisons.

(Credit goes to and  for the table coding. Stooben originally created it when writing this section back in Issues XXIII, XXV and XXVI, and SMB based his coding for Issues XXXIX, XL and XLI – which I am using in this issue – off of Stooben's coding.)

*All times EST.

Community Report ()
Hey guys, YoshiKong here to supply you with the wiki's Community Report! So, what happened during my partial-hiatus over the past one-and-a-half-something months? Well as of now I've resumed full activity, so that happened. But here's the other important things that happened. Much preparation and planning was put into a, which was updated to relect the new way to code and color templates. A "nearest neighbor interpolation" feature was added to the wiki's CSS. This enables a better visual quality of images which are scaled higher than the native resolution on pages (especially sprites). Additionally, wiki veteran was reinstated as a sysop after choosing to return to an administrative position.

These are the proposals which have reached a consensus in the past two months.


 * 's proposal to impose a standard for writing dates passed 12-4. (archive)
 * 's proposal to allow "Other Appearances, Cameos and References" sections on articles passed 12-0. (archive)
 * 's proposal to use a standard format for the Paper Mario: Sticker Star level pages failed 2-4. (archive)
 * 's proposal to do something with one-liner sections in minigame articles ended with a no quorum 0-1-0. (archive)
 * 's proposal to bring back the Featured Image section on the main page failed 1-9. (archive)
 * 's proposal to remove indirect appearances and name-only references from the "Appearances" sections on character pages ended in a no quorum 2-0. (archive)
 * 's proposal to aim for consistent template names passed 6-0. (archive)
 * 's proposal to remove references from "Appearances" sections on character pages passed 7-0. (archive)
 * and 's proposal to document Regional Differences in game pages and create a policy page for them passed 18-0. (archive)
 * 's proposal to separate userspace pages from the broken file finks category passed 2-3-0.
 * 's proposal to remove "select level" image maps failed 9-12. (archive)
 * 's proposal to move transformation pages to "Fire Form", and so forth failed 3-10. (archive)
 * 's proposal to create "List of Quotes by Character" pages passed 12-0. (archive)
 * 's proposal to disallow the usage of "Per All" failed 0-14. (archive)
 * 's proposal to semi-protect templates failed 2-6. (archive)
 * 's proposal to create a template and category failed 7-10. (archive)
 * 's proposal to implement a writing guideline for image maps was withdrawn at a score of 1-0. (archive)
 * 's proposal to replace all APNG files with GIF images passed 12-1. (archive)
 * 's proposal to change some of the Navigation Template colours and organization passed 10-0. (archive)
 * 's proposal to have links to YouTube videos in articles failed 1-14. (archive)

And these are the talk page proposals currently in progress.


 * 's talk page proposal to rename World 8-Bowser's Castle (Super Mario 3D Land) to a more simplistic title. Read more...
 * 's talk page proposal to rename "Category:Rodents" to "Category:Rats". Read more...

And that's all for this month's edition of the Community Report. For next month, I have a few changes in mind for how this section could be displayed and formatted, so make sure to check it out. Enjoy the rest of the issue!

Featured ()
Hello and welcome to this edition of Featured. I'm Yoshi876 and I will be writing this section from now on.

Featured Articles
No new articles have been featured.

Re-featured Articles
No new articles have been re-featured.

FA Nominations
There is only one ongoing Featured Article Nomination. Neo Bowser City was nominated for Featured Article Status on July 31st.

Failed FA Nominations
Bianco Hills (Nominated June 15th, failed August 14th) It failed because there problems with tense, it sounded like a walkthrough, the camera movements seemed odd, and it contained a lot of unnecessary information.

Unfeatured Articles
One article has been unfeatured in the past two months. Yoshi (series) (August 17th) It was unfeatured because essential information was missing from the Items section and only two games got substantial coverage.

Unfeaturing Nominations
There are currently no FA Unfeaturing Nominations.

Failed Unfeaturing Nominations
No unfeaturing nominations have failed in the past two months.

And that's it for this issue of Featured. Thanks for reading, hope you enjoyed.

Projects Seeking Contributors ()
Hey and what's up? Welcome to Projects Seeking Contributors. This section will bring attention to any new and active projects on the wiki where input and general discussion are needed. Let's start with the most active and recent projects seen on the Wiki Collaborations forum board.

And that's it for Wiki Collaborations. Once again, see the forum board for the complete list. Discussions which concern specific issues of articles and pages can be found at Category:Talk pages with unresolved issues. Sections of the pages which have a template require input to resolve an issue. And that's all for Projects Seeking Contributors. Check back here next month for any new issues and collaborations which need input. Enjoy the rest of the issue!

Tip of the Month ()
When filling in information that is not strictly related to Mario, (i.e., information about real-world items, people, places, etc.) try to use as few Wikipedia links as possible. Links to other wikis in the NIWA are fine, but try not to trace back to Wikipedia too much. We are our own wiki, and we try to keep as separate from them as we can!

NIWA News ()
HI, readers! I'm your intergalactic Co-director, Tucayo, here with a special edition of NIWA News!

For some of you, NIWA is just a template in the Main Page; for others, it's a glorified affiliates system. But truth is, NIWA is much more than that. When the Nintendo Independent Wikis Alliance was founded back in 2010, we founded it upon the premise of creating a friendly and cooperative environment to foster new wikis; hence our name, NIWA, which means garden in Japanese. Sadly, our projects have stalled over the last couple of years, producing the image of us being no more than an interwiki linking system.

But we are looking to bring back NIWA back to life, and for that we have several projects:
 * The election of an Executive Board composed by one member of each wiki, plus a Chairman of the Board. The representatives of each wiki will serve as a bridge between their respective wikis and NIWA, helping move projects forward.
 * For the Chairman of the Board, elections will be held soon among the staff members. The Chairman will serve as the new Coordinator.
 * Rewriting the "About" page, as proposed by the Super Mario Wiki Administration. The purpose of revamping it would be to make it more clear and concise, focusing more on us instead of talking about Wikia.
 * Increase participation in social media. For this, the official NIWA Twitter handle will feature news related to all the series we represent.

But those aren't all the projects we have in store. There are a couple more I won't mention until they are more developed, so be sure to check back next month! BYE!


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