MarioWiki:Proposals

Writing guidelines
None at the moment.

New features
None at the moment.

Delete the RPG Item categories
(borrowing my argument from here)

Both Category: RPG Items - General and Category:RPG Items - Special are inconsistent with the rest of the wiki. We don't have categories for platformer items or sports items, nor do we have broad RPG categories for characters or enemies or any other subject. At best, we only have categories that encompass a series (for example, Category:Mario & Luigi Series Enemies branches off into the game-specific enemy categories), but nothing that's solely based on genre. Every item in these categories already has a home in another, more specific and more helpful item category. Nothing is gained from having them, and nothing would be lost if they were deleted.

Proposer: Deadline: August 16, 2017, 23:59 GMT

Delete

 * 1) Per my proposal.
 * 2) Per proposal.
 * 3) Per proposal.
 * 4) Why do we have this? I know RPGs are special because they give meaning to items, but a wiki shouldn't just put them all together in one category and call it a day. Even look at this if you want to know why. Per proposal
 * 5) Per all.
 * 6) Per proposal.
 * 7) Also take a look at this page.
 * 8) Per all

Merge Super Mario Sunshine sub-level articles into their missions' articles
We currently have articles for various sub-levels from Super Mario Sunshine (e.g. Sand Portal, Bottle). These are obviously just artifacts from before the game's missions were split off. Now that we have the mission articles, the sub-level articles themselves are completely obsolete; we now have several pairs of articles covering the exact same thing. Some of them even have conjectural names derived right from the mission names (Hotel Lobby's Secret, Shell's Secret), which not only emphasizes the redundancy but adds confusion. So any relevant content on these articles not already on the mission articles should just be moved to those. It's not like we generally have separate articles for sub-levels anyway; we don't have articles for Shifting Sand Land's pyramid or Lethal Lava Land's volcano.

Here are what the results of this proposal will be if it passes:
 * Hillside Cave --> The Hillside Cave Secret
 * Cliff Spring Cave --> The Secret of the Dirty Lake
 * Ricco Tower --> The Secret of Ricco Tower
 * Sand Portal --> Dune Bud Sand Castle Secret
 * The Yoshi-Go-Round --> The Yoshi-Go-Round's Secret
 * Hotel Lobby's Secret --> The Hotel Lobby's Secret
 * Bottle --> Red Coins in a Bottle
 * Shell's Secret --> The Shell's Secret

The secret levels in Delfino Plaza (Super Slide, Pachinko Game, Lily Pad Ride, Turbo Track, Red Coin Field) are not affected by this proposal. They fall under the same category as levels like The Princess's Secret Slide and The Secret Under the Moat, and should stay.

Proposer: Deadline: August 12, 2017, 23:59 GMT

Support

 * 1) Per proposal.
 * 2) Per proposal.
 * 3) Per Proposal
 * 4) Some of these names aren't even "names" per se, they're just descriptive locations, like hillside cave. Anyway, most of these are pretty much the equivalent of our planet sections in the Super Mario Galaxy articles, so I think a merge is sufficient.
 * 5) - The mission articles go into detail about the secret areas anyway. Support.
 * 6) Per all.
 * 7) If we can indeed cover the sub-levels in the mission pages without losing any amount of relevant detail and without creating pages that are too long and difficult to browse, I definitely support the idea of writing everything in one page.
 * 8) So long as mission/episode articles are not affected (which looks like they'll stay), per proposal!
 * 9) Per all
 * 10) Per proposal, those pages are better fit as redirects to the mission pages.

Oppose

 * 1) I think the Episode description should describe the entire mission, including getting to the secret, but not getted bogged down with every geographical detail of said secret level's layout, which the article for the secret area should have instead.

Miscellaneous
None at the moment.