MarioWiki:Proposals/Archive/5



Backup Ops
ALLOW BACK-UP 9-6

I do not believe many of you are aware, but there has been a practice of "backup-oping" in the chatroom. When it is crowded and people are spamming, or if the only op in the room has to go for awhile, they op their friends or anyone who claims that they will use their power responsibly. I consider this abuse of power & incapability on part of the current ops. If there really is trouble in the chatroom that often, we need more patrollers (at the time of this posting there was 10 users but 0 ops), and the current ops need to take action and not cower in fear! But one of these days chaos will wreak havoc at the hands of one of these "backups". I'm not saying anyone is not trustworthy, this just isn't smart and things need to return to normal.

{{scroll box|content = Proposer: {{User:Wayoshi/sig}} Deadline: 15:00, Dec 2

Only Current Ops

 * 1) – one of these days a proclaimed backup will disrupt the chat, I guarantee it. We need more capable ops, that's the problem!
 * 2) Glowsquid Even thought I am one of those back-up operators, I agree with what Wayoshi said. I am too not against the idea of having more pattrolers, I mean, currenlty, we have at least 10 sysops and one pattroller... what the heck?
 * 3) ChaosNinji I agree wholeheartedly that we need more patrollers and less Back-up ops. At the time of my writing this, the chatroom is being flooded and spammed, as it has been all day, and not a one op has appeared throught the day to stop it!
 * 4) Dannyboy: Agreeing with the person with the title of Wayoshi.
 * 5) Per Wayo
 * 6) With the current inconsistencies with the rules, it's hard enough for the official ops team. I can't imagine it being any better for someone else.

Allow Backups

 * 1) Even as I write this, Wayoshi is spamming the Chat. Do you see why he wants to get rid of Back-up Ops?
 * 21:37, 25 November 2007 (EST) I would remain neutral on this, but I don't think people will be promoted solely to watch over a chatroom, so there would be even less of a solution than there is now.
 * 1) Per all
 * 2) I thought Wayoshi was being reasonable, until I read Pokemon DP's vote.
 * 3) Changed from support, Per Dodoman.
 * 4) Per DP
 * 5) Per DP
 * 6) – There has to be a few backup OPs when NO op is on. Which Steve can do. I vote no backup Ops if this won't happen.

Comments
If this proposal fails, I would like a list of official backups current ops can look towards, maybe in Help:Chat, at the very least. 12:30, 25 November 2007 (EST)

There needs to be more active ops.
 * One thing you guys are forgetting, is that most of the current Sysops are trapped in their personal lives at the moment and, I don't know if school is on in America, but, if it is, that is a distraction as well. And, the reason I'm not on all the time, is because I have a life to live, as well as sleep I need! And, are you sure we should be listening to Wayoshi? He spams the most in the Chat when there are no Ops. Additionally, we should not make Patrollers just to save the Chat. Patrollers have to fight off vandalism on the Wiki, not JUST protect the Chat. If this is such a big deal, why don't you just remove the Chat for good?

Pokemon DP: While Wayoshi motives are indeed dubious, he's right. This whole back-up up thing may make soem of those back-uo operators that they could get promoted to Pattroler status, plus, a back-up operator can only be opped when an actual operator is on the chat, which make the point of their existence kind of moot. Glowsquid

I'm going to remain neutral on this, as both sides have a fair point. 21:05, 25 November 2007 (EST)

Since I don't use the chat I don't think it's my place to go sticking my nose into issues involving it, however I do think we should have more than one Patroller (for the Wiki in general). - Walkazo

To Dodoman: Don't pay attention to what DP said, he's just a bit upset he won't be able to op Uniju, LB2, etc. 18:51, 26 November 2007 (EST)
 * Can we get a solid definition of spam up in here? I know DP is more strict about it than some other moderators, for example.  That might help clear up some of the bad feelings that are going around right here.  18:54, 26 November 2007 (EST)
 * Most of the spam happening is indeed spam, not DP over-reacting. 20:35, 26 November 2007 (EST)

Sorry for asking, but who exactly are currently ops in the chat? - 11:07, 27 November 2007 (EST)
 * DP, Phoenix Rider, RAP, Porplemontage, KPH2293, YellowYoshi398, Ghost Jam, and Myself. However only RAP, DP, and I are on everyday.
 * And how do you decide who becomes Op? All you listed are also Sysops on the wiki. - 15:01, 27 November 2007 (EST)

Wayoshi: In response to the list of official back-up Ops, I've decided to agree on that. For example, after discussing it with Plumber, Luigibros will NOT be a back-up Op anymore. I'm still thinking about Uniju... Blitzwing seems trustworthy enough. Plumber can act a bit spammy at times, but, I'm sure he wouldn't do anything like what HK did. I'll still watch him, just in case. Also, with Ghost Jam on the Chat, I will lower the amount of Back-up Ops in Chat.

I've only been using the chat extensively for the last two and a half days. Honestly, I don't see what all the fuss is about. Things has been rather silent, with some little discussion here and there, with only a few people who had to be kicked. -- Chris 20:22, 27 November 2007 (EST)
 * And now I do see what all the fuss is about. -_- -- [[Image:Shyghost.PNG]]Chris[[Image:Shyghost.PNG]] 21:27, 27 November 2007 (EST)

Alpha, if a back-up tells Steve they're a back-up, he'll add them, like he did with me. 22:30, 27 November 2007 (EST) }}

Improvement Drive
GET RID OF IT 6-0

The improvement drive was created a few time ago, even thought simmilar ideas have been tried and all failed miserably, it seemed like a good idea at time. But now, it's barely edited and the creator (Max2) is blocked from editing forever. As of now, the Improvement drive seem like a waste of database space more than anything, I propose we delete it and state somewhere than project like it were tried and failed, so we won't end up with the idea being brought up again, accpeted, and turn out to be a similar fiasco.

{{scroll box|content = Proposer: Glowsquid Deadline: 15:00, Dec 2

Get rid of it

 * 1) Glowsquid
 * 2) – I knew this wouldn't work. We are a big community, yes, but it seems mainspace contributors don't work together, as our knowledge is spread out, not concentrated on a particular area (I myself have never played the original SMB). This just won't work consistently.
 * 3) It's a trainwreck, and a waste of our Wiki's space.
 * 12:58, 27 November 2007 (EST) Per All
 * 1) Walkazo - I think we should still have a plain old list of bad articles, that way any old user can see what they can do, and then do it without having all the hooplah about a "weekly collaboration drive" wasting their time along the way.
 * 22:25, 27 November 2007 (EST) Per my original opposition of the project in the first place

Comments
Walkazo: We have that list, it's called Category:Rewrite and Expansion Requested.

Glowsquid

Oh, okay. Thanks! - Walkazo }}

Wario Man (character) and Wario Man (Final Smash)
KEEP 'EM MERGED 10-3

Um, what can I say? If WarioWare, Inc. and WarioWare (stage) are seperate, why not this? It's not like there's a reason not to split them (to my knowledge >_>).

{{scroll box| content = Proposer Dodoman Deadline December 5, 17:00

Split 'em!

 * 1)  I am the proposer and I like pie.
 * 2) -One's a move, one's a character. Merging them is unnessesary
 * 3) Theryguy They are two different topics!!!!!

Keep 'em merged.

 * 1)  - See my comment below.
 * 2)  per Cobold
 * 3) Walkazo - Per Cobold.
 * 4) Per Cobold;
 * 5) Per The Bold Company
 * 6) I was originally neutral on this Proposal, but, after hearing Cobold's comment, I saw the flaws in spliting them.
 * 7) - per Cobold.
 * 8) User:Girrrtacos - Per Cobold
 * 9) - Per Cobold
 * 10) - per cobold

Comments
WarioWare the company and WarioWare the stage are something entirely different. Wario Man is not, he's a form of Wario in both meanings, just the fact that it's classified as a Special Move in Brawl does not change that. As such, F.L.U.D.D. (SSB attack) got merged with the F.L.U.D.D. article because of redundancy. - 09:08, 29 November 2007 (EST)

I see we have two different articles for Giga Bowser and Giga Bowser Transformation. What's everyone's take on that? Is this any different? We're going to have to decide which to split/merge, IMO. 22:07, 4 December 2007 (EST)


 * Nice spotting! We should merge the Giga Bowser articles and leave the Wario Man article alone. - Walkazo
 * Thank you! We should still wait to see how the vote turns out, of course, but I'm fine as long as we act for consistency.  19:15, 5 December 2007 (EST)

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REMOVE ON ARTICLES 9-0

Recently, I've seen theres been some misuse of on articles. And its not being used for its real purpose, on Notice Templates and such, instead simply saying "This article", while its sometimes being abused in places like real articles, which in most cases is longer then the Page's name itself. So, I propose that be added to Notice Templates and such, and an official rule be passed that its not to be used on articles themselves.

{{scroll box| content = Proposer: Uniju :D Deadline: 01:00 9th Dec

Support

 * 1) People are gonna get mad at me for making so many proposals when I never edit... Then maybe they'll make a proposal saying that you need to edit to make proposals, and that edits are kinda like currency to do things on the wiki... Oh yeah, reasons given above, ^^SO READ THEM^^
 * 2) I agree, aka, per Uniju. =P
 * 3) -  should not be used in articles.
 * 4) Per Uniju
 * 22:31, 4 December 2007 (EST) The less we use templates in the body of the articles the better. However... I love templates at the start and end and off to the side, but that doesn't apply here.
 * 1) Walkazo - Using the template is lazy and/or plain stupid.
 * 2) per Stumpers.
 * 3) Glitchman - per Walkazo.
 * 4) User:ND_IRISH_ROCK! Walkazo has a point. If you're going to be lazy, bug some other wiki.

Comments
What are you talking about? --HyperToad 10:41, 6 December 2007 (EST)
 * If you place on an article, it will put the Page's name. Its there for templates and such, but isn't used on them. And lately I've seen people adding it to articles, mostly on images. Thats what we're talking about.
 * What is the harm in using it in articles? -- [[Image:Shyghost.PNG]]Chris[[Image:Shyghost.PNG]] 19:24, 6 December 2007 (EST)
 * Good point, Chris. Sorry I forgot to mention this: (1) page moves, particularly ones such as "Toad" to "Toad (character)" or articles that cover multiple topics being limited to one. (2) If the template ever changes, it will take a lot more work to change the articles back to the old method.  When I say changes I'm thinking about if we wanted to have it link to both the page and the talk page.  Very unlikely, I know, but it's my concern.  Oh... vandalism, too unless the page is locked.  Really, though, all of this is very unlikely.  23:12, 6 December 2007 (EST)
 * Ghost Jam: It usually takes more space then the article's name, and thats not what its there for. Also, Stumpers:... Are you even talking about the pagename thing? :\
 * If it's the template that places the name of the article in place of, then yes.  Think: what if you put that one a page like Ashley, now merged as Ashley and Red?  "When Ashley combed her hair she accidently hit Red with her fist" (yes, it's a fake example) now, that page is called "Ashley and Red", so it would read "When Ashley and Red combed her hair she accidently hit Red with her fist." There you go.  Only careful reading of the article would find that error.  23:28, 6 December 2007 (EST)

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Individual Stars
KEEP INFORMATION ON INDIVIDUAL STARS 11-2

It seems rather cumbersome to me to have information on all the Stars on all the galaxies in Super Mario Galaxy. We don't even have that for Super Mario 64. Yes, some, like Bob-omb Battlefield have a complete list, but most, like Snowman's Land cover it only briefly or not at all. Therefore, do we really want a whole bunch of unused space on the Wiki? Or is someone going to step up and flesh them out? Personally, I think having sections for individual Stars is unnecessary, and turns this wiki into more of a game guide. Not a very good thing. But I suppose I shall see what you all think. Proposer: Phoenix Rider Deadline: 12 December, 21:00 (EST)

Addendum: One thing, though, if we DO keep these Star lists, we will have to complete the 64 Stars as well. This could turn out to be a big project, and right now it's all a bunch of white space.

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Keep them

 * 1) Please see my first comment below.
 * 2) User:ImperialscoutsI'm with Stumpers here. btw Stumper, nice analogies.
 * 3) - Per everything Stumpers said below.
 * 4) Walkazo - Per Stumpers. I also agree with what Phoenix said about needing to flesh out articles like Snowman's Land.
 * 19:11, 7 December 2007 (EST) - I'll help out with SM64 stars, but not Galaxy stars.
 * 1) Vadahata2-per stumpers.
 * 2) Litnin200 - I say keep them. You know, the same thing is currently being done for Donkey Kong 64 (Golden Banana Guide), so if we get rid of these, we'll also have to get rid of those. Oh, and if we do get rid of them here, could we at least put them up somewhere else, like at StrategyWiki?
 * 3) They're very helpful. User:Fly Guy 2
 * 4) Keep them in. The more articles the better! Once I get this game, I will try to give better details on the stars.
 * 5) User:ND_IRISH_ROCK! We need to keep them for completeness, but they shouldn't be too long (my two cents anyhow).
 * 6) Lemonface I think they should stay. The more articles on the MW, the better. If anything we can start making articles on the Mario 64 stars. It'd only be fair.

Get rid of them

 * 1) - Per Above.
 * 2) Glitchman - I believe Phoenix Rider was right, having all of the Mario gaming guides you could ever want on one site would be great, we need to add information.

Comments
I like the goal of the article (make us an encyclopedia, not a game guide), but here's the thing: you're using a hatchet to remove a fly from the Wiki's forehead. Here's why: you are proposing we remove information about specific events that take place during the actual game play of these two adventures because the player controls Mario during them, and thus they are prone to discrepency and game guide style. However, with those gone, you are left only with cutscenes and actions that happen in the overworlds (castle, observatory). Sure, you have a basic story arc, but that would be like telling the original Star Wars trilogy with only a half hour from each film (and possibly none from the "Empire Strikes Back") because you are missing the events that occured in between. Yes, you'll be able to write that Mario gained at least a certain number of stars before defeating Bowser, but not about how he explored the Hazy Maze Cave, because that exploration was part of a "Star Mission." Additionally, the content the proposal seeks to remove/block is the very content that makes the games so famous (no one mainstream is talking about how Peach was captured in SM64, they're talking about the great gameplay, or the "Star Missions."). Even if you'd like to focus on the story alone, you need the stars and Mario's missions to retrieve them as they integral parts of the story.

The fact that the sections are not done when the game has only been out for about a month should not indicate that they will stay that way forever. Now, below I wrote about your concern about looking like a game guide and how to change text from game guide stuff to encyclopedia stuff. Take a look if you're not convinced yet.

We'll only look like a game guide if we present our information in such a format. Word choice is crucial here, because the events in these games are customized by the player to a certain extent. We must refrain from addressing the player or you, instead saying "Mario does this." However, that phrase can be tricky, too. Take a look at this faked example from Paper Mario's battle with Tubba Blubba's Heart:
 * Suitable:"Bow can protect/protected Mario from Tubba Blubba's Heart's special attack by using her Outta Sight ability. After taking extensive damage, the heart bounced away out of the windmill, where he reunited with his body.  Mario and his party members gave chase before running into Blubba, who they engaged in battle."
 * Game Guide: "The player/you/Mario (choose one, even saying Mario can't save this example) should have Bow out for this battle to block against Heart's attack. When the heart charges up during it's turn, have Mario attack before Bow on the allied turn, then have Bow use Outta Sight.  The heart's attack will go through the transparent characters, allowing Mario to keep more HP for the next battle with Tubba Blubba.  However, should his HP fall, Mario will have a chance to use restoritive items in his inventory before leaving the Windmill to face the beast.  There is no Save Block between these battles.  To finish off the heart, Mario should continue attacking normally until the heart charges up again, at which point he should repeat the process.

22:08, 5 December 2007 (EST)

I think we should retain those lists, but put them in table form. Section form makes it look a bit messy. 17:30, 8 December 2007 (EST)
 * Yeah, like in the Donkey Kong 64 article.

Blitzwing
 * Actually, looking at that article, the chart squishes the discriptions too much unless you have a 1600width screen with the window taking up all of the space, and then it's still cramped. How about using the third header for the level and then bolding the mission name and a colon, then the discription?  Yes, I know that with only one character we'll have more room, but generally charts aren't good for discriptions IMO b/c of small screens.  17:45, 8 December 2007 (EST)

How about the tables on the Super Mario 64 DS article? They look pretty good. 23:49, 8 December 2007 (EST)
 * Those are really good! I'd be happy with more like 'em.  01:22, 9 December 2007 (EST)

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Redirects
KEEP REDIRECTS 9-4

Recently, I've seen that some articles have been turned into redirects because their too short(Like all of the Prankster Comets), however, I believe that as a Mario Encyclopedia, we should have a full article on every object, place, and character in the Marioverse, not clutter things into lists to save space. Lists usually tend to compress the information as much as they can, and not include smaller pieces of Information. They also tend to lack an image of each thing in the list, while full articles usually do not. Thus, I propose that any Object, Place, or character in the Marioverse is major enough to have its own article, not simply a redirect to a list.

{{scroll box|content = Proposer: Uniju :D Deadline: 22:30 12 dec

Support

 * 1) I agree with myself.
 * 22:36, 30 November 2007 (EST) I agree with myself, who is agreeing with you.
 * 1) Snack 22:59, 30 November 2007 (EST) See comments below.
 * 2) --HyperToad 10:20, 1 December 2007 (EST) Per Uniju

Oppose

 * 1) - See Comments below
 * 2) -We don't need one-line articles. In real encyclopedias, it would say something like "See (other article)".
 * 3) Per Purple Yoshi.
 * 4) Walkazo - It sounds good in theory, but some things just don't have enough information for a full article.
 * 5) Blitzwing - Per Walkazo.
 * 6) Per Walkazo
 * 7) - per Purple Yoshi.
 * 8) - Per Walkazo
 * 9) User:ND_IRISH_ROCK! Sections seem to be good enough for many topics.

Comments
While I do see your reasoning behind the "every aspect deserves an article" approach, the truth is, some articles have very little to say about them. In these cases, it is better to have one page that can give all the information in a group rather than forcing people to go back and forth between bite-sized pages. Simply put, it makes navigation a mite easier. 23:02, 30 November 2007 (EST)
 * Almost any article can have more information than you seem to think. Also, I don't see how going between articles is hard or annoying in any way.

Although I support this proposal, I think it might be better to do it on a case by case basis. For example, I don't think much more information could be given on each individual Prankster Comet then is given on the current Prankster Comet page, although having each comet have a seperate page would make things cleaner and make the images (if any ever get added) fit better... Maybe I should have just opposed the proposal :P Snack 23:03, 30 November 2007 (EST)

Uniju, if you think more information can be put on the page, then you do that. But as it stands, in this case, there's not much to be said. Like Snack said, it should be a case by case basis, and in this case its hard to get enough information short of totally wringing it dry. And that doesn't make for good material. You can tell when articles that have little to say about them are stretched for the point of making them longer. Also, what about users who have slower computers? Wouldn't it be more convenient to have more little sections of information on one page rather than having those same little sections on separate pages, where they would have to wait for each individual page to load? 23:13, 30 November 2007 (EST)
 * Purple Yoshi: In real encyclopedias there would be an article on everything the encyclopedia would cover. Also, like I said, most one line articles are only one line articles because people where too lazy to make them any larger. It makes the place look sloppy of you are simply told to go to another article because someone was too lazy to write a new one. And, Rider: I never said I have a fast computer. Also, I never said this was only about that article, I said its about the whole wiki, and other Redirect-to-list articles. These articles make people not care about expanding the article, instead it doesn't really need to be expanded. Thats the problem with this place, things that either have small articles, or aren't "major" enough, will simply be either redirected to a list, or deleted.
 * Redirects are annoying, but I'd rather read one big page about Prankster Comets than six little ones: Either way I'd get the same amount of info, only one way is fast, and the other makes my computer bleat about how it's running low on system memory after fifteen minutes of tedious bouncing from article to article. As for the encyclopedia not looking profesional because of redirects, I disagree; it's stubs that are unprofessional. Also, PY's right about how some encyclopedias and dictionaries use "redirects" and clump similar information together, whether it's to save paper for hard copies, or time and server space for online resources (i.e. us). Still, I'm going to agree with Phoenix about taking things case by case; it seems the most sensible course of action consering this whole "delete/create-stubs-debate" doesn't seem to be going away anytime soon... - Walkazo

Uniju: Ok, explain how the guys on the List of Implied Characters are worthy of theirs own articles. Blitzwing
 * What about this article too, there isn't much to say about them
 * Xzelion: It seems that those Boos are a lot less major then things like the Prankster Comets, for them it would be like having an article for each Silver Star in Super Mario 64 DS. And, Blitzwing: Many of those characters seem to have enough information to have an article, and all are either notable enough to have a full article, or not notable enough even to be on that stupid list.
 * The only character on the Implied list that seem to have enough info for an article is the Bog Monster, all the others are simply thrownaway, one-time mention in a line of dialogue, the only reason most implieds are more than stub-size is that they are filled with ridiculous speculation based on their names, I agree we should have an article on every named things and all, but frankly, having an article on guys like Old Man Skoo is ridiculous. They do exist in the Marioverse, but something like WIN-tendo isn't worthy of it's own article, only a mention.

Blitzwing

I like Snack's point: determining whether to merge is an article-by-article process. I have had two experiences with this recently: Really, what you need to do is proove to the Wiki that the page deserves to be separate by writing about it. If the Wiki decides to re-merge, make sure that all your work got merged (and not generalized -- that goes against what we're here for) and look for more information and try again. It seems like a lot of work, but it destroys the possibility of a stub, right? 22:29, 4 December 2007 (EST) }}
 * 1) Ashley and Red: I tried writing the article for Red. When there was not enough information I could say about him individually (ie events not involving Ashley), I realized the merged page was fine.
 * 2) Super Star: This was a redirect to the Star page. Realizing that Super Star is the title the characters in MP1 are fighting for, I fleshed it out.

Merge Cartoon Voice Actors
MERGE 'EM STEVE 6-0

Although I recently wrote an Andrew Sabiston article, I soon afterwards thought that all of the cartoons' voice actors were mostly stubs that said "So-and-so voiced Such-and-such in InsertCartoonHere." And that's it! I think these actors are not each worthy of their own articles, with the exception of Lou Albano and... the guy who played Luigi... on TSMBSS, because they were the main live-actioneers. So, I think there should be a List of Mario Cartoon Voice Actors (with the DKC actors as well). Good?

{{scroll box|content = Proposer: {{User:Dodoman/sig}} Deadline: 15 December, 20:00 PM

Merge 'em, Steve

 * 1)  Oh, and I guess I'll take the responsibility of creating the article.
 * 2) Blitzwing - Per Dodoman.
 * 3)  - Per Dodoman
 * 4) Walkazo - Per Dodoman.
 * 5) Hmm... eliminate stubs and create a fun article to read, like the List of Implied Characters... I like it.  But, the actors from the movie and from the live action segments are not going to be on this list right?  Good.
 * 6) per Stumpers

Comments
So, the shows we'll have will be the three American series and also the anime, right? Any others? 22:18, 13 December 2007 (EST)

The Donkey Kong Country and The Saturday Supercade voice actors; what about them?. -- Sir Grodus 14:05, 14 December 2007 (EST)


 * Oh deary dear. Well, Grodus, I mentioned that Donkey Kong Country would be on there, but Supercade didn't come to mind. I suppose those can be too. Stumpers, I didn't think of the anime either, but I guess that will have to be in too. I have the four "main" cartoons done, now I just have to add those... others.
 * Aww... you don't have to do all the work: just put a construction template up top and discuss it on the talk page. We'll help.  Of course, this has to pass first, I guess.  Oh, by the way, do you think maybe we should also mention the video game voice actors, too?  Not to replace their articles, but just to have 'em?  Oh, and how about I make a sortable list for you on that page (when it's made) that can be organized by vocal role, show, and character?  18:52, 14 December 2007 (EST)

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Music
NO WAY 7-3

Maybe we should have a section where you can hear the original music and how it has changed over the years to the more recent Mario style. This would require the music to play in Super Mario Wiki instead of just linking to it (like galbiana hotel or whatever it is). I know Wikipedia uses OGG for its music... Thoughts?
 * Ok, ok. The OGG was only a suggestion. I would personally prefer MP3 or WMA, the format doesnt matter.
 * Also, this proposal is now officially stating that the music would need to be activated (i.e. clicked on) in order to run. That way, people with slower computers would not get clogged on every page unless they wanted to hear the tunes.

{{scroll box|content = Proposer: Macewindu Deadline::December 24, 2007, 17:00

Let's try it!

 * 1) Madhatter9max - See below.
 * 2) Macewindu - see below.
 * 3) G-Money 11:42, 18 December 2007 (EST) I don't have something to play .OOG files and when I try to install it, my computer freeses up!

No way!

 * 1) Walkazo - See below comment.
 * 2) I am in total agreement with Walkazo on this. First of all, not many people are able to upload .ogg files, so that poses as an issue. Galbadia Hotel is very reliable, as it is NOT mostly remixes. A lot of their music are ripped from official games or soundtracks, so we can link to that site. Now, VGMusic is the website that is all remixes. And, as Walkazo said, we don't want to alienate those with slow internet.
 * 3) Listening to how the music changed over the years/ That sounds complicated and useless, were an Encyclopedia!
 * 4) InfectedShroom.[[Image:infectoicon.png]] Per Everyone. OGG sucks, and playing them straight from the wiki would be slow and might not even work on some computers. Sure, I like my Video Game music, but no to the straight up files. And GH is EXTREMELY reliable.
 * 5) - Per all. It makes no sense for it to be on a MARIOWiki even if it is Mario music.
 * 6)  per Walkazo
 * 7)  per Walkazo

Comments
Don't forget to vote yourself, Macewindu. Anyway, being able to compare music through the ages does sound like a good idea, but we should stick with links out of the Wiki. It's just like with videos: people with slow computers may encounter difficulties with the extra features. The Wiki's for everyone, after all. - Walkazo

I'm supporting because you have to click on it for it to work or not so you know what you're in for. there's galbadia hotel but it's mostly remixes from what I've seen and also vgmusic.com as reliable sources for me. the songs show the depth and evolution of each game and are certainly a landmark to be included. I'm in support as long as each song doesn't try to start automatically.Madhatter9max 01:31, 18 December 2007 (EST)

Right on madhatter9max! I will only support it if each song doesnt try to start automatically. This would get kind of annoying (like how all the videos start on youtube every time a window is openned). Also, The format need not be OGG. I said that only because Wikipedia uses that. If we used MP3 or WMA, or both that would be much better. I currently have all Mario Party 7 gamerip music with me in one folder, so we wouldnt have to download EVERY SINGLE ONE from Galbadia. Macewindu 08:41, 18 December 2007 (EST)

Now that the former questions have been addressed, Pokemon DP and Walkazo, any other concerns or do you agree?

Two comments: a) GHotel isn't all remixes, some of them are correctly ripped, b) I am not certain if there is an extension to directly play files internally. 16:01, 18 December 2007 (EST)


 * ???-Um, Galbadia is entirely correctly ripped. I dont think there is any remixes. I was just saying that, instead of downloading them one by one...never mind. This part is trivial. We need to decide if the dumb thing is a good idea first.Macewindu 16:32, 18 December 2007 (EST)

Nope, you covered everything I didn't DP, but thanks for asking! - Walkazo
 * What? I didn't ask you anything.


 * No,no,no. I was asking if either of you have anything else against this or do you agree with it?Macewindu 07:03, 19 December 2007 (EST)
 * Then you shouldn't've started a new paragraph after signing the first part of your comment. Since I couldn't tell it was still you talking and I knew I didn't write that, I figured it was the only other name in the message. I know DP uses a real signature here, but I was having and off-day and automatically ignored the irregularity of it all... - Walkazo

alrite everyone I was just saying Galbadia is mostly remixes from what I've seen I'm sure there are actual scores and everything I just wanted to post a possible disclaimer. also: who cres if it wastes too much time? theres enough people out there willing to upload songs so that it won't waste your time. even wikipedia has music samples on there. since we're more exclusive to Mario than they are why don't we put up more info? it's not pointless, there are plenty of people that randomly wonder what songs are what and this would make it much easier for them to find the song without having to download. Madhatter9max 23:58, 19 December 2007 (EST)
 * I concur.Macewindu 10:16, 20 December 2007 (EST)
 * For what I seen. Galbadia is entirely official songs ('cept for the MIDI section, which link directly to Vgmusic) since all the musics are directly ripped from a promotional album, and even some times, from the actual game. On the other hand, VGmusic is entirely remix.

Blitzwing, I don't think the point about less powerful computers is really right, Wikipedia itself use sound samples in some of their articles, and I am sure they are as cautious as us when it come to low-tech computer.
 * How about an example of one of these pages? - Walkazo
 * You mean a page with sound sample on Wikipedia? Well, there's this page.

Blitzwing

As far as I know, GH doesn't have any Mario Galaxy tunes at the moment. User:firemario


 * Thanks for the example Blitzwing, but my computer won't run it! Looks like Wikipedia's not so cautious after all... - Walkazo

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Merging Pumpkin Head with Goomba
MERGE 8-1

Pumpkin Heads are absolutely proven to Goombas wearing Pumkins on their heads, so does this make them a new species altogether? No. Listen to the comment I wrote on its talk page over a week ago: ''Should this have its own article? Goombas have worn many things for protection, but wearing a pumpkin head doesn't make one a new species. Its like saying that Mario is another character when he doesn't wear his overalls. And I'm pretty sure Nintendo didn't give it an official name since it wasn't meant to be a new enemy altogether. If you will remember, there were also Goombas with helmets that can be killed almost the same way. I'm sure they wear pumpkins just to give to level a spooky feel.'' It doesn't even have an official name! But I'll leave it up to you guys to decide.

{{scroll box|content = Proposer: Knife Deadline: December 29, 2007, 20:00

Merge Information

 * 14:51, 22 December 2007 (EST) My reasons are given above
 * 1) Blitzwing Per Knife.
 * 2) Walkazo - Per Knife.
 * 3) - Per Knife. The name isn't even official.
 * 4) If there's no name, then chances are Nintendo meant for them to be one and the same. (RHYMELOLZORZ)
 * 5) THANK YOU.  Just thinking the same thing a few weeks ago.
 * 6) Freakatone I agree completely.
 * 7) - GOOD GOD you take a pumpkin and put it on a goomba, it's only extra health and sometimes leaves blue fire around, MERGE.

Keep Article

 * 1) Whether or not the name is conjectural, it is a sub-species of Goomba. If a Goomba wants to walk around with a pumpkin on its head, then let it be different! The Goombas in the Pit of a 100 trials are called Gloombas (real name), but they are different! Merge pumpkinhead with Goomba, then merge all the different goombas with Goomba!

Comments
This can also be applied to Mask Koopas. - Walkazo
 * Well, unlike the Pumpking head, the Mask Koopas actually have an official name. (Or do they?)

Blitzwing
 * Yeah, they should only be merged if the name is conjectural. So, Pumpkin Heads = Merge with Goomba. Mask Koopa = Keep split if the name is official.
 * Bah, people put too much weight into whether things have official names or not. Ever stopped to consider that all the "conjectually named" things might actually have official names over in the Nintendo databanks? The sprites have to be saved somewhere; sure they'll probably have serial numbers and such, but they're probably named too; it'd be a bit silly if they weren't... - Walkazo

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Galleries
MAKE GALLERY PAGES 10-2

So I was viewing the site and noticed that a whole bunch the pages (notably Wario) has a section devoted to images, though recently they've been a little too big. I propose that we create galleries for specific characters and merge the images ove there. For example, maybe we could have a page called "Gallery: Wario" or something similar and merge all of the images over there. Or possibly just make a category called "Category: Wario images" and have all the images there for people to view. It seems like there are over 100 images on the page, and I'm sure many will agree that they should all be merged to their own page.

{{scroll box|content = Proposer: {{User:Bentendo/sig}} Deadline::December 31, 2007, 17:00

Make galleries

 * 1) My reasons above!
 * 2) Blitzwing Save article space.
 * 3) - Similar to the quotes, those get really to long on articles like Princess Peach.
 * 12:41, 24 December 2007 (EST)Category idea seems better than an article just for images.
 * 1) Walkazo - Those image galleries take up too much time and memory to load, having them on seperate pages like quotes is a good idea.
 * 2) -Per everyone.
 * 3) Sounds like a plan.
 * 4) Freakatone 18:10, 28 December 2007 (EST) yup
 * 5) Per Bentendo, and also because we need some order regarding images, so this could help people who are looking for "that one" image.  Plus, then we don't have to nitpick about "This image is just of a Bowser suit." or anything.
 * 6) InfectedShroom.[[Image:infectoicon.png]] Per everyone. I also think that we should have seperate pages for quotes...

Nah

 * 1) HyperToad I don't think that images deserve there own page, but it doesn't matter, because I'm out-numbered.
 * 2) If your that dissapointed about article space, just add less images around one corner, jeez.

Comments
Knife: Images in a "Wario Image Category" but not on a page will be marked as unused and destroyed by the devorous Unused Image predators. - 14:32, 24 December 2007 (EST)

Hmmm, would we keep any images on the page?
 * We would only remove the images galleries (official artwork/screenshot galliers), the images in the written article itself stay. - 16:03, 24 December 2007 (EST)

As an aside, many wiki will create gallery-lists when images are placed in a gallery. I tried this once before, and it seems that it doesn't work around here. -- Chris 14:46, 24 December 2007 (EST)
 * What's a gallery list? - 07:24, 26 December 2007 (EST)
 * Go to any mushroom image and add Category:Mushrooms. What is supposed to happen, Category:Mushrooms will list all the articles in said category, then have a separate section called Images that will list all images in said category in gallery format. However, I tried this before and it didn't work. It just listed a link to the image. -- [[Image:Shyghost.PNG]]Chris[[Image:Shyghost.PNG]] 21:17, 26 December 2007 (EST)
 * Sounds like a task for DPL script. - 17:33, 27 December 2007 (EST)

So does that mean I don't have to do anything?

MiniMariolover10: The problem is: Some article on major characters such as Wario or Luigi have an extensive "gallery" section, which have every artwork/screenshots of the character in question, those pics take up a lot of spaces, but some users are not too happy about removing them. With this proposal, we can cut down the size of some articles while still keeping the images. Blitzwing
 * But we would still have the images, just on a different page.
 * That's what I said.

Blitzwing
 * Major facepalm! I read it wrong, sorry!

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Quotes
REMOVE QUOTE SECTIONS 8-4

On really long articles such as Peach, one can see that there are dozens of qoutes, and most of them are completely pointless like:


 * Help
 * "Dear Mario, I'll be waiting for you at the castle on the night of the Star Festival. There's something I'd like to give you. From Peach".

I propose that these either get removed or shortened. I see no promblem with having qoutes, but having so many that arn't even descent (Although that is a matter of opinion) is pointless. What are your thoughts?

{{scroll box|content = Proposer:HyperToad Deadline: Janurary 5, 2008, 20:00

Remove Them

 * 1) HyperToad Reason said above.
 * 2) I think quote sections like that should be removed altogether.
 * 3) Quotes are fine, but not quote sections.
 * 4) User:Yoshimon I think the quotes that are screaming/laughing/etc. should be removed.
 * 5) InfectedShroom.[[Image:infectoicon.png]] Shorten them. They take up a ridiculous amount of space. OR, just make a page devoted to quotes of the Mario series.
 * 6) An extra page for important quotes (what is important and what is not, could be decided later) would be good, but they should not clutter up the article.
 * 7) The Legend of Zelda Freak Yep. I got the feeling that sometimes the quotes are longer than the "article itself".

Keep Them

 * 1) User:Pseudo-dino Well, we could probably keep the second one, but we gotta get rid of Help
 * 2) Walkazo - See my below comment.
 * 3) Glitchman - I like quotes. I guess you could get rid of "Help!" though.
 * 1) Glitchman - I like quotes. I guess you could get rid of "Help!" though.

Comments
As you said, deciding what Quotes are decent and which aren,t is purely a matter of opinion. I think we should use a case-by-case procedure, not everything need to be run throught a proposal. Blitzwing

already had this prospoal, that one -_-'
 * Uh?

Blitzwing

Although it is a matter of opinion, how the heck is "Help" a descent qoute, I'm sure anybody could agree that it's just stupid. HyperToad
 * Rather than argue that it's stupid, you could say it was just one of the exclaimations in SMG put there in order to help guide players rather than significant dialouge. I'd be more willing to delete it then, wouldn't you?  That said, I agree with Blitzwing that these things are too varied for a proposal.  How about just talking on the talk page?  14:47, 29 December 2007 (EST)
 * We already had a proposal about quotes to which it was decided (as Blitzwing suggested here) that relevancy would be decided case-by-case. The first proposal was concerning nonsensical things like "Ahhhh!", but we did touch on ubiquitous-sounding quotes like "help" and we decided that since (in this case) Peach screams for "help" so often it actually does shed some light on her character and therefore is in fact a "decent quote". - Walkazo

In my opinion, entire sections devoted to quotes are ridiculous. Sure, the quotes at the top and everything are okay, but these quote sections... Let's see. They clutter the article, they're often written in poor grammar, and sometimes they've been added to the article above the quote section. They're trouble in my opinion, and I think that not only should the "small" quotes like Peach screaming for help should be removed, but the entire quote sections.

If the quotes sections are being scrapped can we at least make seperate quote pages as InfectedShroom and Time Q suggested? Since that proposal about Gallery pages passed, quotes pages would fit right into the whole idea. Besides, some quotes pages are already being worked on (i.e. Koopalings (quotes)). - Walkazo
 * That sounds like a good idea. I just think that they're cluttering their articles.

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Merge Bird Articles
MERGE 12-6

The Other night I was looking through articles and I came across the Blue Bird, Green Bird, Yellow Bird, and Red Bird. Yellow and Blue barly make any apperances while Red only makes one. I think these are way to insignificent so I say we merge them into on Birds Article Or Minor Speacies of Island Delfino.

{{scroll box|content = Proposer: Luigibros2 Deadline:: January 5th, 2008, 20:00

Merge them

 * 1) My Reasons above
 * 2) Same thing, different gifts.
 * 3) Ultimatetoad
 * 4) Celeste 14:46, 29 December 2007 (EST) – they are not different species just because they are colored different and many animals have different colored/patterned coats (like cats).
 * 5) Walkazo - Their individual articles are three lines each. Merge them and we'll have a decent article. Plus it will be faster to read one page than having to go from one to another, to another...
 * 6) - Like Red Koopas and Green Koopas, they should be merged, as they're just palettes
 * 7) Luigifan14 02:21, 2 January 2008 (EST) - There isn't enough about them to merit seperate pages. All of them could be summed up in one ordinary paragraph. Same for the Boards in Super Mario Galaxy (though I could see line breaks on every sign)
 * 8) theyre just palette swaps
 * 9) Madhatter9max 16:20, 3 January 2008 (EST) it's simpler and takes up less energy for slower computers and it's not that specific a detail.
 * 10) Per Lbros2
 * 11) Per Walkazo
 * 12) Per Ghost Jam

Let there be Bird articles

 * 1) Although their all rather minor, they are different species', so they each are deserving of an article.
 * 2) I like the seperate articles!
 * 3) User:Pseudo-dino Gotta agree with Bentendo.
 * 4) http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/9276/papertoycf7.gif Paper Jorge! I give paper cuts so stand back! http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/9276/papertoycf7.gif What Uniju said. Let's see here: Mini Goomba is similar to Goomba. Merge anyone?
 * 5) Leave 'em alone! If we merge the bird articles, we might as well cram all the different species of Koopas into one big article. Same with any other thing that has sub-species.
 * 6) Per Uniju and Paper Jorge.

Comments
Hmmm... While the birds are rather insignificant, they are all seperate creatures with different purposes. For now, I'm neutral on this.

Uniju: Yes, but they are all birds. They only have 2 differences; one is their colour s and two is their coin they give out/

What about Yoshi's. We have Red Yoshi, Yellow Yoshi etc..... should they be merged? - Ultimatetoad
 * Probably not, just because they are specific characters when you look at individual Yoshi's Island games. 14:52, 29 December 2007 (EST)
 * Yeah, but if you look at the Purple Yoshi article it talks about Purple Yoshis in general (the Super Mario Sunshine Purple Yoshis vs. the Yoshi's Island Purple Yoshi). I sorta agree they should all be merged into one article with all the Yoshi subspecies but that would look a bit messy and wouldn't last very long. I think one "Isle Delfino Birds" article will work here because the birds are so minor, whereas Yoshis are real pop-icons when it comes to the Marioverse. - Walkazo

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Merge Classic NES Series Articles
MERGE 10-5

The other day I was reading through the list of stubs, and I noticed that all three Classic NES Series games, Donkey Kong, Dr. Mario, and Super Mario Bros. have their own articles and are all stubs. If we merge these articles, the series will be more organized, complete, and easier-to-read, plus you would not have to move from page to page to read them.

{{scroll box|content =Proposer: Glitchman Deadline:: January 11th, 2008, 20:00

Merge them

 * 1) My Reasons above
 * 2) Kamicciolo, any changes or additions could just be noted in the main games page
 * 3) Better to create an article on Classic NES Series and list all that apply.
 * 4) Put it this way: These need to be here as much as the Bird articles. >_>
 * 5) Either this or make them sub-sections in their main game articles.  Which do you think is best?
 * 6) Same as anyone else
 * 7) - They may be different games, but all remakes, so we don't need to retell the story, controls etc., just state the differences from the original games, and they don't need have their own articles for just that.
 * 8) Walkazo - As long as the games are included in their parents articles too (see my comments below).
 * 9) InfectedShroom.[[Image:infectoicon.png]] Talk Per Walkazo. Absolutely everything she said. :P
 * 10) Orangeyoshi 20:28, 9 January 2008 (EST) Everything I said in the comments section, and what Walkazo said.

Keep them separate

 * 1) True, but they're different games, which are more major then species and such.
 * 2) - Per the mini and the 'Shroom
 * 3) These should be part of the SMWikify PipeProject. It'd un-stubify them. Besides, they're separate games, so they should have separate articles. So, uhh...per all.
 * 4) HyperToad Per all
 * 1) HyperToad Per all

Comments
They may be different games from their originals, but aside from a few minor graphical improvements, they're complete and utter ports, nothing else. If we have articles on these, we may as well have articles on the Virtual Console versions of games.
 * The same thing applies to all ports, like Donkey Kong Jr. (Game & Watch). Instead of putting the Classic NES games into one article, we should merge them and all the other unneccesary ports with the articles for the original games. - Walkazo
 * But we should have a page for the Classic NES Series, just because it was a big thing back in the ol' GBA days. 20:12, 5 January 2008 (EST)
 * Actually, Stumpers has a point. Making sub-sections on the main game pages makes a lot of sense. My opposition to the total merging still stands, though... Sorry Glitchman! :( InfectedShroom.[[Image:infectoicon.png]] |Talk|Reviews|
 * I agree with Stumpers. There doesn't need to be an article with information about each classic NES series game. After all, it's just the same game, but for GBA. They can just be put into the game's main article, but there should probably be an article for the classic NES series, that maybe lists all the games. -Orangeyoshi

How about both? We can have a page about the Classic NES Series as a whole with the re-makes covered in each of their parent articles (the originals). - Walkazo
 * Very good Idea. I say we do that. InfectedShroom.[[Image:infectoicon.png]] |Talk|Reviews|
 * I agree with Walkazo's idea there. As such, which side do I choose for it? XP
 * Yeah, that's what I meant! What Walkazo said is what I was trying to say. -Orangeyoshi
 * Shorter is better; my Chemistry teacher even takes off marks for long-winded answers! Anyway, for voting for both we should just vote to merge but make a note of it that we want both, like I did. - Walkazo
 * I totally love Walkazo's idea. I was just thinking about it yesturday, yowza (small world, great minds... whatever)!  ...so I keep my vote on the merge side, right?  22:45, 7 January 2008 (EST)
 * Yep, but just make a note you want both. And InfectedShroom, just so you know I'm a girl. - Walkazo
 * Ah. My bad. Lemme change that. :( mixed with :P InfectedShroom.[[Image:infectoicon.png]] Talk
 * Much obliged. - Walkazo

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A Glitch Too Many
LEAVE GLITCHES AS THEY ARE 6-2

Whenever I go to the List of Glitches page, I see a mess. With all those glitches out there, I feel like the page needs help. The only way I can see helping the page out is by weeding out all of the glitches that either: A) Can't be proven or B) Aren't notable. If a glitch meets one of these two requirements, then it would be okay to mention in the article. Remember, we all can claim to have experienced a glitch, but proof is the thing that we need to make sure if the glitch is true. After all, not listing glitches is better than putting down glitches we think happened.

{{scroll box|content = Proposer: {{User:Knife/sig}} 15:17, 7 January 2008 (EST) Deadline:: 14 January, 2008, 17:00

Glitches Must Be Notable or Proved

 * 17:00, 7 January 2008 (EST) My reasons are given above.
 * 1) HyperToad Per Knife, I actually belive there is no reason for the page at all.

Leave Glitches As They Are

 * 1) Walkazo - See my comment below.
 * 2) Glitchman - If there's even a chance of a glitch existing, I want to know about it. Per Walkazo.
 * 3) per Walkazo and Glitchman.
 * 4) InfectedShroom.[[Image:infectoicon.png]] Talk Per the man that is glitchy and the... azo that is... uh... Walk? :P But seriously, I love that page. Keep it the same.
 * 5) Plz, it's just a list of glitches, keep it the way it is! Remove it if it's false.
 * 6) Keep them! I think we should have a possibility meter to show how often it can be done. 100%, Good chance, Possible, Barely, and 1-time-only. FG2

Comment
How are we supposed to prove the glitches exist? Photos? Acknowledgement from Nintendo? Also, aren't we supposed to have everything we can possibly find about Mario on here? If we strip off the minor glitches we'd be defeating the purpose of Super Mario Wiki. However the page does need to be cleaned up, something that can easily be accomplished in ways other than scrapping a handfull of glitches (i.e. combine the two SMS walking-under-water glitches and scrap the "Requirements"). - Walkazo

Generally blanket ideas like this look good in thoery, but you're looking at something as varied as glitches, and plus you have the problem of "notability" arguements. Maybe they're worth it for an article that could be featured, but an individual glitch? Plus, I don't want to see someone put hours of work into something just to have it removed. 19:19, 7 January 2008 (EST)

If we only kept the most famous and notable glitches, such as Minus World and Fireless Bowser, the wiki's original purpose would have been replaced to be a video game dictionary instead of a fun and interesting place to learn cheats, gameplay, and of course, glitches. Many people (such as myself) rely on the Wiki to find all of the glitches they can. And like Walkazo said, how would you go about proving their existance? - 16:33, 7 January 2008 (PT)
 * Good point. I know I've found plenty of glitches on Animal Crossing: Wild World that I didn't take a photo of, even though I later joined an AC Wiki.  19:41, 7 January 2008 (EST)

Hmm... I just looked at the page, and yes, it does need cleaning up. My comment still stands, however. InfectedShroom. Talk
 * Just as an aside, and this isn't to be insulting, but why did we decide to do a list of glitches page instead of making it a list of links to glitches sections in the games? I didn't know how to phrase that to not sound insulting, so just know that I don't mean for it to be...  21:56, 7 January 2008 (EST)
 * How is that insulting? Anyway, as it is now it's like a one-stop-shopping page for the glitches. Its easier for people to read about them all on one page than having to flit from one to another to another, etc. Also, if we did make it simply a list of links, sooner or later someone's bound to propose we make it a proper page again... - Walkazo
 * Walkazo does have a point. - Glitchman
 * Well... can we still put some major glitches on the game pages? It kinda seems like making articles about game modes, and then refering users to them, which is something that Steve allegedly said we shouldn't do.  I dunno.  The list of glitches is cool.  23:23, 8 January 2008 (EST)
 * Yeah, definitely. The hard part's still deciding which glitches are major, though. Minus World definitely, and the Fireless Bowser, but it gets hard for things like Super Mario Sunshine where there are so many glitches. I personally think the "Blue Nowhere" (or whatever it's being called these days) and the Walking-Under-Water glitches are the biggies for that game (since they're the most well known and easiest to come across while gaming). - Walkazo
 * Sorry, I should have clarified. What I meant by major were those that effected gameplay.  So, I would exclude visual glitches I think (unless we're talking about something such as a beta element sneaking in)... yeah, maybe that's too relative.  20:31, 9 January 2008 (EST)

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