MarioWiki:Featured articles

Featured articles are wiki articles that represent the best the Super Mario Wiki has to offer. The featured article nomination process was created in order to highlight quality articles representative of the Super Mario Wiki. Articles should be nominated based on their content, not because you like the subject.

Featured article pages all observe the no-signature policy.

Featured article standards
An article must...

Articles must be originally written by the editors with no discernible grammar and/or spelling errors present, with exceptions being in possible game bios (where errors should be marked with [sic]). Articles should also follow these guidelines as well; this means that plot summaries for either characters or games should not be overly excessive in detail and length, nor the article should be written in an overly grandiose, narrative-style fashion. In the case of media articles (video games, movies, books, etc.), the article should cover most details about the media and describe how the game plays and/or the general summary of the story. In terms of subject articles (characters, items, locations, objects, people, etc), these sections need to cover their role and function in the games and/or their complete relevance to the Mario series. Empty sections should not be present in the article, and these entries, aside from gallery and quote sections, should be originally written. The writing should be as neutral as possible: biased sentences need their choice of words written for a more neutral connotation.
 * Be well-written and detailed.

All appearances of the subject need to be present in the article. Statements that need to be referenced should be sourced properly as per these guidelines. Any statement tagged with should be addressed as soon as possible. Due to some media being obscure and/or difficult to obtain, such as the Satellaview games, Japanese-exclusive manga, and certain Saturday Supercade episodes, editors can exercise some more leniency with the rule, though that if information is readily and easily available despite barriers, the section should have necessary information related to the subject.
 * Be sourced with all available Mario-related appearances.

Articles that can be considered to be featured should generally follow the manual of style. Other lesser, but still relevant policies that articles should adhere if applicable to are found in this category of official writing guidelines. For example, trivia sections should not be too long as per our trivia policy; if possible, information in trivia sections should be relocated to other parts of the article. Media articles, most prominently video game articles, should receive a reception and sales section that follow the reception and sales policy. Media articles, if they have references to other media, need to follow the references policy, most commonly noted in the "References to other games" sections. And lastly, some information may need to be cited and thus follow properly as per the citation policy.
 * Follow the Manual of Style and all other policies on the Super Mario Wiki.

These tags indicate that the article has a major problem that needs to be addressed and therefore, cannot fulfill the requirements to be featured. When opposing featured article nominations or supporting unfeature nominations due to the tag, be aware that these tags can be added up post-nomination after flaws of the article have been found: it is more advisable to cite the reason the improvement tag was put up rather than stating its existence, as that already repeats the role it is intended to do. If the article does not have the problems the tag has stated, feel free to remove the tag after editing accordingly. Our maintenance page has a list of improvement tags for articles, as well as our notice template category.
 * Not be tagged with any sort of improvement tags (i.e., , etc).

The first paragraph of the article should have a substantial summary of the topic that can be used for the box on the main page. In terms of media, the summary should state the genre, the number of players, the release date, possible new features, and a general overview of the media. In subject articles, the summary should describe the topic with their general, common role from their appearances in the media.
 * Have a proper lead that gives a good summary of the topic and can be used for the front page featured box.

Red links indicate that a page linked to there is missing and is therefore considered an incomplete portion of the article. A minimal amount of red links is passable, though they should be filled out as soon as possible. Excessive red links should be completely avoided.
 * Have a reasonable amount of (or no) red-links.

Articles up for nomination should be ones not featured on the "Currently featured" list below. However, articles that are featured on the Main Page before and have become unfeatured may be renominated to be a featured article if the guidelines are met once again.
 * Not have been previously featured on the Main Page.

Image quality should be close to official resolution or better, and they should follow our image use policy. Poorly cropped images, poor transparencies, sprites in .jpg format, etc. are not acceptable. Emulation hacks of screenshots are discouraged; if there are better, more official alternates to those types of screenshots, they are preferred. However, some leniency is given if there is no possible way to obtain higher quality images.
 * Include a reasonable number of images of good quality if said images are available.

Articles should fully cover appearances and information of the topic. However, due to some limited appearances of the said topic, it may not be possible to expand information any further without resorting to padding the article. In this case, although these articles are complete and are written to the best of the editor's abilities, they are too short to be categorized among the best articles in MarioWiki and therefore, are not rich enough in content to be considered featured articles. Though there is no explicit cut-off length in terms of what is considered a good candidate for a Featured Article, editors should be fully confident that the articles are long and detailed enough in length to make the judgement. In other words, if editors have to ask the following question, "Is this article long enough to be featured?" chances are, the article likely does not pass the grade comfortably and therefore should not be considered to be featured.
 * Be of reasonable length.

Featured Lists generally follow the above guidelines with several exceptions. Lists must be well-detailed and 100% complete with information, as well as the formatting of whatever method of organization the list employs to be legible by all readers (e.g. properly formatted tables, a good contrast of colors, compatible with all devices, etc.). Images, if applicable, are required for all entries on the list to be featured. As Featured Lists usually do not rely on paragraphs to convey information as other Featured Articles, being well-written and detailed is not a priority, though however, a substantial intro that meets the criteria to be used on the main page box is still required for a list to pass Featured Article guidelines.
 * Have complete entries, if the article is a list.

The overall process
First, nominate an article you find is worthy of featured status, using the "Nominate" input box below; see criteria above. Please add a reason to your vote, referring to the quality of the article rather than the article's subject. '''Any oppose (or support vote if the nomination is unfeaturing an article) vote that contains simply a fan vote such as "Mario is my favorite character, he should stay featured!" will be immediately removed.''' Anyone can comment on featured article nominations whether logged-in or not, but only registered users can nominate articles or vote on nominations. Note that a previously featured article cannot be featured on the Main Page again; however, it can be restored to featured status if there are no other featured articles in queue.

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).

Supporters adjust the article until the objectors (with reasonable objections) are satisfied. The article is placed on the featured article list and added to the front page queue.

Also, if, at least a week after the article's nomination, that article has five supports and no objections, and stays so for at least one week, it will be added to the queue, and will be officially known as a "featured article". If at a later date a featured article does not meet all the FA requirements anymore, there is the option to unfeature it. Also note that, as with other wiki processes, the staff reserves the right to veto nominations that are poorly justified or made in bad faith.

How to nominate
Before doing anything, be sure to read the article completely, keeping a sharp eye out for mistakes. Afterwards, compare the article to the criteria listed above, and then either support or object the article's nomination. If you support, sign your name and add a strong reason for your position.

If you object, please supply concrete reasons for doing so and how it can be improved. Please cite which rule your objection falls under. Failure to do so will result in your objection being considered invalid. Users may vote for the removal of an oppose vote if they feel it is invalid or not specific enough, but have to give reasons for their choice. Three users, including an administrator, are required for the removal of an oppose vote. This is how it should look:

==== Removal of opposes ==== Name of a specified user
 * 1) Reasons the oppose vote should be removed

After the required amount of votes is met, users must wait 24 hours before removing the vote. Any vote that has per'd without providing any additional reason will also be removed.

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.

Once all objectors' complaints have been solved (or the article has five 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". A nomination may fail if it does not pass after an automatically calculated two month deadline.

Also remember to correctly format at the top of the article you are nominating.

Every Saturday the next article in the queue will be highlighted on the Main Page as featured, marked with the featured template, and removed from the list of nominations. The beginning of the article then appears on the Main Page via the featured articles template.

Also, each user may only have three active featured article nominations at any given time. Once this limit is reached, the only way to newly nominate a different article is for one of the active ones to fail (does not meet the deadline), pass (i.e. the article meets featured status), or to be deleted. If a user exceeds this limit, the most recent nomination will be deleted and a warning will be issued.

Type the exact article name as a sub-page name to create the nomination page below. Read anything in comments ( ) carefully. If the article has already been nominated in the past, you might come across a redirect instead. What can be done here is copy the basic code layout of another FA nomination, and format it as necessary.

Unfeaturing articles
Normally, once an article becomes a featured article, it keeps its featured status, no matter how long it is since it was featured. However, there may be a situation where a FA cannot maintain its high quality (for example, when a new game is released and the article does not cover it). For this reason, there is the possibility to propose the unfeaturing of a FA.

The process of unfeaturing is very similar to the process of featuring an article. Indeed, the only differences are the following:
 * Obviously, only FAs can be proposed to lose their FA status. Supporters vote for the loss of FA status, and opposers vote for keeping it.
 * Both opposers and supporters need to include a reason with their vote, as with standard FA nominations.
 * Similarly, not only oppose votes, but also support votes can be removed if they are not well-reasoned enough. The agreement of three users, including a sysop, is needed to remove a vote.
 * To avoid keeping nomination pages alive even if the (featured) article is fine, those pages can be deleted if the proposer agrees. Otherwise, the 'delete-after-one-month-of-inactivity' rule applies.

All the other rules (as long as there is at least one oppose vote, the proposal cannot pass; after a week without opposers and with at least five supporters, the proposal passes; etc.) apply just as with the FA nomination process. Particularly, oppose votes should be regarded as a way to improve a FA further and thus to avoid the loss of FA status. Only in case there is nobody willing to realize the opposers' requests, a FA loses its status.

The opposers' task is to prove the supporters' points wrong, i.e. to state why a nominated article does meet all the FA requirements. Oppose votes that don't address the supporters' points, or ones that suggest to wait until the article is fixed, are invalid since they don't help.

To propose a FA for unfeaturing, please use the following edit field. Type in the exact title of the FA after the last slash, and hit the "Propose" button. You will be taken to a preset page which you should edit according to the comments on the page.

Archiving
Whenever a featured article nomination passes or fails, it must be archived. To archive a FA nomination, it should be moved from  to   unless that article name is already taken by a previous nomination in which case it should be moved to   and then N3 and so on. should then be removed from it and be replaced with a different template depending on if it passes or fails. If it passes, replace it with and add   if it is an unfeature nomination. If the nomination fails, replace the template with or.

When done, add an entry to either the feature nomination archive or the unfeature nomination archive depending on the type of nomination it was.

Currently featured

 * 2007
 * King K. Rool (at 23:09, 11 September 2007)
 * Goomba (at 17:41, 13 September 2007)
 * Lakitu (at 18:16, 15 September 2007) ''(unfeatured at 13:59, 14 July 2009; refeatured at 01:18, 16 August 2014)
 * King Boo (at 15:14, 14 October 2007) (unfeatured at 20:46, 2 May 2011; refeatured at 20:06, 23 April 2012)
 * Dimentio (at 23:00, 15 October 2007)
 * Mario Kart DS (at 22:14, 21 October 2007) (unfeatured at 13:16, 26 August 2009) (refeatured at 16:16, 14 September 2012)
 * Hammer Bro (at 14:25, 7 December 2007)  (unfeatured at 03:29, 8 March 2010; refeatured at 15:18, 18 July 2012)
 * Super Smash Bros. Melee (at 18:02, 30 December 2007)


 * 2008
 * Kamek (at 18:05, 4 January 2008)
 * Mario Strikers Charged (at 19:52, 9 May 2008)
 * Baby Daisy (at 02:22, 27 July 2008)
 * Baby Peach (at 01:23, 29 July 2008)  (unfeatured at 18:12, 23 May 2011; refeatured at 16:47, 31 December 2011)
 * Baby Luigi (at 17:48, 28 August 2008)
 * Dry Bones (at 17:00, 2 September 2008)
 * Baby Mario (at 05:56, 4 August 2008) ''(unfeatured at 09:21, 9 July 2009; refeatured at 15:07, 9 November 2013)
 * Super Smash Bros. (at 16:53, 22 August 2008) (unfeatured at 15:58, 14 May 2010; refeatured at 13:05, June 15 2010)
 * Rosalina (at 19:39, 5 September 2008)
 * Dixie Kong (at 18:42, 11 September 2008)
 * Ganondorf (at 16:52, 16 September 2008)
 * Petey Piranha (at 21:49, 19 September 2008)
 * Super Smash Bros. Brawl (at 09:42, 18 October 2008)
 * Super Mario Bros. Deluxe (at 18:57, 26 October 2008)
 * Doopliss (at 19:25, 24 November 2008)
 * List of Collectibles from Mario Party DS (at 08:17, 1 December 2008)
 * Kolorado (at 12:03, 30 December 2008)


 * 2009
 * Geno (at 15:31, 13 January 2009)
 * Mama Mario (at 01:26, 15 January 2009)
 * Badge (at 03:16, 24 January 2009)
 * Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (at 21:42, 27 January 2009)
 * Smithy (at 09:25, 20 February 2009)
 * Sticker (Super Smash Bros. Brawl) (at 23:00, 30 May 2009)
 * WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! (at 20:44, 11 August 2009)
 * Super Mario 64 DS (at 20:32, 14 September 2009)
 * Mario Super Sluggers (at 14:01, 27 September 2009)
 * Koopa Bros. (at 19:24, 15 October 2009)
 * Diddy Kong Racing (at 23:51, 1 November 2009)
 * Nintendo DS (at 04:52, 10 November 2009)
 * Assist Trophy (at 17:10, 5 December 2009)
 * Paper Mario (at 20:56, 23 December 2009) (unfeatured at 05:05, 2 February 2015) (refeatured at 17:47, 10 March 2017)


 * 2010
 * Wario Land II (at 18:54, 12 January 2010)
 * Donkey Kong (Game Boy) (at 09:04, 30 January 2010)
 * Wii (at 19:25, 1 February 2010)
 * Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time (at 05:22, 22 April 2010) (unfeatured at 22:40, 30 March 2013; refeatured at 21:50, 27 July 2014)
 * List of Bonuses in Super Smash Bros. Melee (at 24:59, 5 June 2010)
 * Bramble Scramble (at 20:18, 23 July 2010)
 * Kiddy Kong (at 20:18, 23 July 2010)
 * Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (at 15:16, 1 August 2010)
 * Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (at 00:44, 14 August 2010)
 * Chain Chomp (at 19:42, 26 August 2010 (UTC))
 * List of Tayce T. Recipes (at 19:54, 19 September 2010)
 * Donkey Kong Country (at 18:15, 15 October 2010)


 * 2011
 * Mario Kart: Super Circuit (at 21:08, 13 May 2011)
 * Culex (at 12:39, 16 June 2011)
 * Toadette‎ (at 20:34, 8 August 2011)


 * 2012
 * Mario Sports Mix (at 01:47, 27 February 2012)
 * Mario Superstar Baseball (at 11:47, 5 June 2012)
 * Coin Rush (at 16:38, December 15, 2012)


 * 2013
 * Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (at 15:57, 9 April 2013)
 * Yoshi's Island DS (at 02:28, 11 May 2013)
 * Mario Kart 7 (at 7:10, 9 July 2013)
 * Mystic Forest (at 14:44, 9 November 2013)
 * Mario Party DS (at 08:45, 25 November 2013)
 * Miracle Book (at 16:51, 25 December 2013)
 * Super Mario Bros. 2 (at 13:42, 31 December 2013)


 * 2014
 * Super Duel Mode (at 17:36, 29 January 2014)
 * Rosalina's Storybook (at 14:40, 14 February 2014)
 * Mario Party 9 (at 19:09, 24 February 2014)
 * Ashley and Red (at 12:12, 28 February 2014)
 * WarioWare: Smooth Moves (at 19:39, 11 March 2014)
 * Pauline (at 15:50, 11 April 2014)
 * Mario vs. Donkey Kong (at 02:33, 11 May 2014)
 * Mario Tennis Open (at 15:17, 13 May 2014)
 * Vivian (at 13:49, 20 May 2014)
 * Mona (at 09:23, 3 July 2014)
 * Blooper (at 03:01, 18 August 2014)
 * Iggy Koopa (at 09:00, 25 August 2014)
 * Donkey Kong Jungle Beat (at 14:00, 2 November 2014)
 * Dr. Mario (at 07:34, 7 November 2014)


 * 2015
 * List of Zess T. recipes (at 13:31, 15 March 2015)
 * Donkey Kong 64 (at 06:13, 24 May 2015)
 * WarioWare: Twisted! (at 10:46, 5 October 2015)
 * WarioWare: Touched! (at 08:51, 18 October 2015)
 * Mario Kart 8 (at 14:05, 19 October 2015)


 * 2016
 * Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash (at 12:50, 6 June 2016)
 * Mario (franchise) (at 12:02, 30 August 2016)
 * Wiggler (at 16:50, 23 November 2016)
 * Mario Party: Star Rush (at 20:19, 20 December 2016)


 * 2017
 * Equipment (at 23:26, 28 January 2017)
 * Donkey Kong (franchise) (at 11:50, 4 February 2017)
 * Koopa Paratroopa (at 17:12, 26 April 2017)
 * Mario Sports Superstars (at 14:36, 3 May 2017)
 * Donkey Kong Barrel Blast (at 10:14, 5 May 2017)
 * Banzai Bill (at 13:34, 23 May 2017)
 * Mario Party: The Top 100 (at 15:42, 5 December 2017)


 * 2018
 * Mario Hoops 3-on-3 (at 14:30, 20 January 2018)
 * Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (at 14:38, 23 January 2018)
 * Super Mario Run (at 18:37, 28 January 2018)

Formerly featured

 * 2009
 * Luigi's Mansion (unfeatured at 09:52, 29 January 2009)
 * Deanna Mustard (unfeatured at 19:21, 10 February 2009)


 * 2010
 * Mii (unfeatured at 09:47, 6 January 2010)
 * Gus (unfeatured at 01:18, 27 February 2010)
 * Yoshi (unfeatured at 16:22, 14 March 2010)
 * Shadow Queen (unfeatured at 21:38, 23 July 2010)
 * Spiny (unfeatured at 17:07, 18 September 2010)
 * Sir Grodus (unfeatured at 04:25, 6 October 2010)


 * 2011
 * Robo Koopa (alter ego) (merged to King Koopa's alter egos at 23:59, 27 March 2011)
 * Tabuu (unfeatured at 05:52, 29 April 2011)
 * Bowser Jr. (unfeatured at 21:03, 25 July 2011)


 * 2012
 * Mario Tennis (Nintendo 64) (unfeatured at 22:42, 4 May 2012)
 * Mario Power Tennis (unfeatured at 02:02, 18 June 2012)


 * 2013
 * Count Bleck (unfeatured at 23:03, 24 February 2013‎)
 * Super Paper Mario (unfeatured at 10:52, 28 February 2013)
 * Baby Donkey Kong (unfeatured at 7:31, 2 March 2013)
 * Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (unfeatured at 15:51, 27 March 2013)
 * Mario Kart (series) (unfeatured at 11:48, 29 March 2013)
 * Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (unfeatured at 8:02, 31 March 2013)
 * Bowser (unfeatured at 19:35, 8 May 2013)
 * Yoshi (franchise) (unfeatured at 13:07, 17 August 2013)
 * Super Mario 64 (unfeatured at 15:44, 27 September 2013)


 * 2014
 * Princess Daisy (unfeatured at 11:55, 9 April 2014)
 * Princess Peach (unfeatured at 15:45, 15 April 2014)
 * Super Mario Galaxy (unfeatured at 16:41, 10 June 2014)
 * Beldam (unfeatured at 14:51, 4 August 2014)
 * List of shops in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (unfeatured at 21:15, 7 August 2014)
 * New Super Mario Bros. (unfeatured at 10:15, 19 August 2014)
 * Donkey Kong Land (unfeatured at 22:08, 21 August 2014)
 * Super Mario World (unfeatured at 23:17, 27 August 2014)
 * Toad Town (unfeatured at 14:53, 28 August 2014)
 * Star Piece (Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars) (unfeatured at 07:57, 30 August 2014)
 * Waluigi (unfeatured at 07:19, 5 December 2014)


 * 2015
 * Wario (unfeatured at 06:26, 4 January 2015)
 *  (deleted at 23:59, 26 February 2015)
 *  (deleted at 23:59, 26 February 2015)
 *  (deleted at 23:59, 26 February 2015)
 * Kirby (unfeatured at 10:36, 22 April 2015)
 * Super Mario Sunshine (unfeatured at 19:15, 1 August 2015)
 * Fawful (unfeatured at 02:56, 2 August 2015)
 * Grubba (unfeatured at 20:27, 3 November 2015)
 * Mario Kart 64 (unfeatured at 20:28, 3 November 2015)


 * 2016
 * Honeyhive Galaxy (unfeatured at 03:06, 28 January 2016)
 * Macho Grubba (unfeatured at 16:37, 12 June 2016)
 * Shadow Mario (unfeatured at 18:00, 30 August 2016)
 * Kart (unfeatured at 08:56, 21 September 2016 )
 * Rawk Hawk (unfeatured at 15:06, 14 November 2016)
 * Super Mario 3D Land (unfeatured at 20:39, 27 December 2016)


 * 2017
 * Mario Kart Wii (unfeatured at 16:32, 15 February 2017)
 * Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (unfeatured at 18:35, 2 May 2017)
 * Rolling Coaster Galaxy (unfeatured at 16:58, 2 May 2017)
 * Clockwork Ruins Galaxy (unfeatured at 20:13, 2 May 2017)
 * List of Paper Mario pre-release and unused content (unfeatured at 23:38, 14 May 2017)


 * 2018
 * Super Mario 3D World (unfeatured at 16:20, 8 January 2018)
 * Rice Beach (unfeatured at 14:01, 28 January 2018)
 * Mt. Teapot (unfeatured at 21:08, 31 January 2018)

Active nominations
When nominating new articles to be featured or unfeatured, they should go at the bottom of their respective category.

Feature nominations
Past feature nominations are archived here.

Unfeature nominations
Past unfeature nominations are archived here.