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Director's Notes ()
Hello, dear readers, and welcome to the April Issue of Pipe Plaza!! I have sad news to share with you, so let's get to that now.

As some users may know, our former Statistics Manager,, has left the community, which means he has also left his position as Anniversary Announcements writer in the Pipe Plaza team. It's very sad to see a beloved member go, and I personally wish him the best of luck on his life. However, that does not mean Anniversary Announcements is vacant once again, as has taken over RandomYoshi's position, in order to keep readers informed of everything anniversary-related.

Section of the Month
The SotM poll for the March Issue got 25 votes, four more than the February poll.

The March Section of the Month, with 13 votes (52% of the total), is...

...Upcoming Games, for the sixth time overall, the third in a row (a new record, by the way)!!!!!!

As its name says, Upcoming Games, written by myself,, covers news on the upcoming Mario games, listing details regarding those games, such as titles and release dates. Last month, we talked about the Nintendo Direct conference from February 14th, in which a ton of new games and new features for previously announced games were unveiled by Game Producer Shigeru Miyamoto and President Satoru Iwata. Community Report, written by Spotlight Manager, got second place, with 6 votes (24%). clinched a second Top 3 win before leaving: his last Anniversary Announcements section got third place, with 3 votes (12%).

Well, I guess that's all, folks!! Now go on and read this issue!!

Monthly Report ()
Hello, and welcome to the April Issue of Monthly Report! This is Paper Yoshi, here to show you the wiki statistics for April, along with March-April and February-April 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 and welcome to the Community Report, here to keep you updated on the latest wiki happenings. So to begin, we've only had a slight change in MarioWiki Policy this month. Per a recently passed proposal, all fan votes for FA nominations will be removed on sight.

These are the most recent proposals which have reached a consensus.


 * 's proposal to reword the template and refer to it as an "only warning" was withdrawn at a score of 1-10.
 * 's proposal to create transcript subpages for Mario cartoons episodes failed 2-8.
 * 's proposal to display users who do not have a userpage in red on who's online failed 1-9.
 * 's proposal to bring back the "Affiliation" parameter in the character infobox failed 2-14.
 * 's proposal to change the autoconfirmed criteria failed 3-10.
 * 's proposal to delete various Quotes redirects passed 7-10.
 * 's proposal to install a MediaWiki Category Tree Extension failed 3-9
 * 's proposal to remove per votes when the original vote is removed in FA nomination passed 12-0.
 * 's proposal to add images to various notice templates was withdrawn at a score of 2-9.
 * 's proposal to have a standard for organizing image galleries passed 6-0.
 * 's proposal to automatically remove fan votes on FA nominations passed 7-0.
 * 's proposal to create an iPhone/iPad app for the wiki failed 1-14.
 * 's proposal to have a spoiler template to insert into articles failed 1-15.

And the following are talk page proposals which have recently reached a consensus.


 * talk page proposal to delete "Count Bleck's Army" passed 8-3.
 * 's talk page proposal to split Roof into several different game-specific articles passed 6-0
 * 's talk page proposal to split Leo Luster from Bluster Kong passed 6-0.
 * 's talk page proposal to merge Giant Shy Guy with Shy Guy failed 1-10.
 * 's talk page proposal to rename to Blue Lava Bubble passed 8-10.
 * 's talk page proposal to merge Star Marker with Power Star failed 0-5.
 * 's talk page proposal to create a "List of Nintendo Land staff" article passed 4-1.

We now bring you the talk page proposals currently in progress.


 * 's talk page proposal to split off the Mario Party section in Power Star and create a new article on that section. (Read more)
 * 's talk page proposal to delete or merge . (Read more)
 * 's talk page proposal to split Rainbow Star from the Star article. (Read more)
 * 's talk page proposal to create separate articles for the Subspace Army enemies. (Read more)
 * 's talk page proposal to delete Unlockable. (Read more)
 * 's talk page proposal to delete Superstar. (Read more)

And lastly, these are the most recent changes we've had to user rights.


 * resigned from his Sysop position, and was made Autopatrolled.

And that's it for this month's Community Report! We hope that you enjoy the rest of the issue.

Forum Update ()
Hey everyone, welcome to another edition of the Forum Update. As you may have noticed, April Fools day took place earlier this month. To celebrate this, I'll be doing something. But enough of this, why don't we see what happened in March on the Super Mario Boards?

Top Stories resigned from his position as an administrator.

A tab linking to the chatroom was added under the banner. Yeah, that's how boring March was. That seriously is the second most interesting thing that happened. I'll have to make up news if we keep being this boring.

Souda-kun's temporary ban expired.

Statistics In March, 542 topics were made - that's the most so far this year. 30832 posts were also made - that's also the most so far this year. Maybe there's some sort of connection? I'm scared. Either way, 38 users - also the most so far in 2013 - registered in March. Thankfully, only 123 was the highest amount of users online. We are safe from the cupboardmen today. But they'll be back. Probably.

Green signifies the user is at a higher position than last month. Blue signifies the user is at the same position as last month. Red signifies the user is at a lower position than last month. Bold signifies the user is a new entry to the top 10. Italics signify the user is banned.

Forum Games Smasher's User Big Brother 5 is currently at Week 3. Xerneas (Baby Mario Bloops) was the first out, evicted on Week 1. NSY (New Super Yoshi) was expelled on Week 2, and Phantom L (Lily) was evicted later that week. RandomYoshi finally walked earlier this week when he left the forum. In Toad85's User Big Brother World, NSY walked out of the competition in the first week, later in which Pokemon Trainer Red was evicted, and, at the end of Week 2, RandomYoshi was evicted. It's currently at Week 4. Time Turner's (GreenDisaster) User Total Drama Action also started, and BMB won Virion's (New Super Mario) User Trivial Pursuit.

Currently ongoing Mafias are Saul Slendamann's (my) Mafia 2101, Time Turner's DigiMafia Adventure 2.0, Lily's (and, up until recently, co-hosted by RandomYoshi) Super Smash Bros. Brawl Mafia and Virion's Magnificent Mafia 2.0.


 * Rocker Mafia, hosted by Garrus Vakarian (Rocker64) ended in the Innocents and Smasher winning.
 * The Innocents also won Gundam Tanaka's (Nabber) Forum's Choice Mafia.
 * The Innocents also won Smg2daisy's My Little Pony: Friendship is Mafia...again?.
 * Souda-kun's Ball Pit Mafia, NSY's Another Team-Based Mafia, Spike's (Yoshi K) Yu-Gi-Oh Season 1 Mafia and RandomYoshi's Mathemafia were cancelled.

Well, that's all for now. Have a great April.

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. Next up, we have the discussions which are currently taking place on article talk pages. These can be seen at Category:Talk pages with unresolved issues. The list is as follows.

And that's all this months Projects Seeking Contributors. If you think you could help out with any of the issues above, please take part in the said discussion taking place. We'll be updating this section next issue with any new discussions that need attention.

Tip of the Month ()
Do you have an idea about how something can be improved? Do you want others' opinions on changes made to articles? Make a Proposal! If you have an idea about a specific article, place it on that article's Talk Page and include a link to it on the main Proposals page. If your idea concerns the Wiki as a whole, place it on the main Proposal page. Please be sure your idea is relevant to the entire Wiki and not just a smaller idea that could be fixed by talking to an administrator.

Anniversary Announcements ()
Hello there, I'm Turboo with this month's Anniversary Announcements.

First off, ( Forum Profile &middot; Personal Message ) has unfortunately left the community, and as a result, both the Awards Committee and his position as Anniversary Announcements writer. Following a vote in #mwikiawards, ( Forum Profile &middot; Personal Message ) was kicked off the committee 9 to 1. ( Forum Profile &middot; Personal Message ) has also resigned due to a busy schedule.

In tournament-related news, ( Forum Profile &middot; Personal Message ) has been named as Awards Mafia III's co-host. He will be hosting the game along with ( Forum Profile &middot; Personal Message ) sometime later this year.

The table below lists award changes since the last issue of the 'Shroom. If an award is not listed, it has not yet been discussed by the committee.

Mario Calendar ()
Hello, everyone, and welcome to Mario Calendar! As you can see, I finally got the console/store table idea to work, so that's something positive for this section.

But let's not waste time; here are the Mario, DK, Yoshi and Wario games released in an April day:


 * April 2nd
 * 2009 (AU):
 * Paper Plane (DSiWare)
 * Pyoro (DSiWare)
 * WarioWare: Snapped! (DSiWare)
 * 2010 (EU/AU): Super Mario Kart (SNES-VC)
 * April 3rd, 2009 (EU):
 * Paper Plane (DSiWare)
 * Pyoro (DSiWare)
 * WarioWare: Snapped! (DSiWare)
 * April 4th
 * 2008 (EU/AU): Yoshi's Cookie (NES-VC)
 * 2012 (JP): Wario Land 2: Nusumareta Zaihō (GBC-3DSVC)
 * April 5th (NA):
 * 2004: WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$! (GCN)
 * 2009:
 * Bird & Beans (DSiWare)
 * WarioWare: Snapped! (DSiWare)
 * April 6th, 2006 (AU): Mario Smash Football (GCN)
 * April 7th, 2008 (NA): Yoshi's Cookie (NES-VC)
 * April 8th, 2010 (CN): Dr. Mario Express (iQue DSiWare)
 * April 9th (NA):
 * 2001: Dr. Mario 64 (N64)
 * 2007: Super Paper Mario (Wii)
 * April 10th, 2008 (JP): Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
 * April 11th
 * 1992 (EU): Super Mario World (SNES)
 * 2008 (EU): Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
 * 2013 (KO): Mario Party 9 (Wii)
 * April 12th
 * 2002 (EU): Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 (GBA)
 * 2007 (JP): Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis (NDS)
 * April 14th, 2000 (EU): Wario Land 3 (GBC)
 * April 15th, 2010 (KO):
 * Paper Plane (DSiWare)
 * Bird & Beans (DSiWare)
 * WarioWare: Snapped! (DSiWare)
 * April 18th, 2012 (JP): Donkey Kong Jr. (NES-3DSVC)
 * April 19th, 2007:
 * (JP): Super Paper Mario (Wii)
 * (AU): Diddy Kong Racing DS (NDS)
 * April 20th
 * 2007:
 * (EU): Diddy Kong Racing DS (NDS)
 * (EU/AU): Donkey Kong Jr. Math (NES-VC)
 * 2009 (NA): [[Dr. Mario Express] (DSiWare)
 * April 21st, 1989 (JP):
 * Super Mario Land (GB)
 * Alleyway (GB)
 * April 22nd
 * 2004 (JP): Mario Golf: GBA Tour (GBA)
 * 2005 (EU): Yoshi's Universal Gravitation (GBA)
 * April 24th, 2008 (AU): Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
 * April 26th
 * 1999 (NA): Super Smash Bros. (N64)
 * 2008 (KO): Super Mario World (SNES-VC)
 * 2012 (JP): Mario Party 9 (Wii)
 * April 27th (NA):
 * 2008: Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
 * 2009: Paper Airplane Chase (DSiWare)
 * April 28th (EU):
 * 1989: Super Mario Bros. 2 (NES)
 * 1994: Yoshi's Cookie (NES)
 * April 29th, 2009 (JP):
 * Made in Ore (NDS)
 * Asobu Made in Ore (WiiWare)
 * April 30th
 * 1991 (EU): Dr. Mario (GB)
 * 2009 (KO): Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
 * 2010 (EU):
 * WarioWare: Do It Yourself (NDS)
 * WarioWare: Do It Yourself - Showcase (WiiWare)
 * April 1993 (NA): Yoshi's Cookie (NES/GB)

Upcoming Games is absent from this issue due to lack of news, so that's all for the April Issue of Pipe Plaza!! See you next month!!


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