MarioWiki:Proposals

A proposal section works like a discussion page: comments are brought up and replied to using indents (colons, such as : or ::::) and all edits are signed using the code.

This page observes the No-Signature Policy.

How To Rules
 * 1) If users have an idea about improving the wiki or managing its community, but feel that they need community approval before acting upon that idea, they may make a proposal about it. They must have a strong argument supporting their idea and be willing to discuss it in detail with the other users, who will then vote about whether or not they think the idea should be used. Proposals should include links to all relevant pages and Writing Guideline proposals must include a link to the draft page.
 * 2) Proposals end at the end of the day (23:59) one week after voting starts, except for Writing Guidelines and Talk Page Proposals, which run for two weeks. (All times GMT.)
 * 3) *For example, if a proposal is added at any time on Monday, August 1, 2011, the voting starts immediately and the deadline is one week later on Monday, August 8, at 23:59 GMT.
 * 4) Every vote should have a reason accompanying it. Agreeing with or seconding a previously mentioned reason given by another user is accepted.
 * 5) Users who feel that certain votes were cast in bad faith or which truly have no merit can address the votes in the Comments section. Users can ask a voter to clarify their position, point out mistakes or flaws in their arguments, or call for the outright removal of the vote if it lacks sufficient reasoning. Users may not remove or alter the content of anyone else's votes. Voters can remove or rewrite their own vote at any time, but the final decision to remove another user's vote lies solely with the administrators.
 * 6) If a user makes a vote and is subsequently blocked for any amount of time, their vote is removed. However, if the block ends before the proposal ends, then the user in question holds the right to re-cast their vote. If a proposer is blocked, their vote is removed and "(banned)" is added next to their name in the "Proposer:" line of the proposal, which runs until its deadline as normal. If the proposal passes, it falls to the supporters of the idea to enact any changes in a timely manner.
 * 7) No proposal can overturn the decision of a previous proposal that is less than 4 weeks (28 days) old.
 * 8) Any proposal that has three votes or less at deadline will automatically be listed as "NO QUORUM." The original proposer then has the option to relist said proposal to generate more discussion.
 * 9) All proposals that end up in a tie will be extended for another week.
 * 10) If a proposal has more than ten votes, it can only pass or fail by a margin of three votes. If a proposal reaches the deadline and the total number of votes for each option differ by two or less votes, the deadline will be extended for another week.
 * 11) Proposals can only be extended up to three times. If a consensus has not been reached by the fourth deadline, the proposal fails and can only be re-proposed after four weeks, at the earliest.
 * 12) All proposals are archived. The original proposer must take action accordingly if the outcome of the proposal dictates it. If it requires the help of an administrator, the proposer can ask for that help.
 * 13) Proposals can only be rewritten or deleted by their proposer within the first three days of their creation. However, proposers can request that their proposal be deleted by an administrator at any time, provided they have a valid reason for it. Please note that cancelled proposals must also be archived.
 * 14) If the administrators deem a proposal unnecessary or potentially detrimental to the upkeep of the Super Mario Wiki, they have the right to remove it at any time.
 * 15) There should not be proposals about creating articles on an underrepresented or completely absent subject, unless there is major disagreement about whether the content should be included. To organize efforts about completing articles on missing subjects, try setting up a collaboration thread on the forums.
 * 16) Proposals cannot be made about promotions and demotions. Users can only be promoted and demoted by the will of the administration.
 * 17) No joke proposals. Proposals are serious wiki matters and should be handled professionally. Joke proposals will be deleted on sight.

Basic Proposal and Support/Oppose Format This is an example of what your proposal must look like, if you want it to be acknowledged. If you are inexperienced or unsure how to set up this format, simply copy the following and paste it into the fitting section. Then replace the [subject] - variables with information to customize your proposal, so it says what you wish. If you insert the information, be sure to replace the whole variable including the squared brackets, so "[insert info here]" becomes "This is the inserted information", not "[This is the inserted information]". Proposals presenting multiple alternative courses of action can have more than two voting options, but what each voting section is supporting must be clearly defined. - ===[insert a title for your Proposal here]=== [describe what issue this Proposal is about and what changes you think should be made to improve how the Wiki handles that issue]

Proposer: Deadline: [insert a deadline here, 7 days after the proposal was created, at 23:59 GMT. (14 days for Writing Guidelines and Talk Page Proposals)

====Support====
 * 1) [make a statement indicating that you support your proposal]

====Oppose====

====Comments==== - Users will now be able to vote on your Proposal, until the set deadline is reached. Remember, you are a user as well, so you can vote on your own Proposal just like the others.

To support, or oppose, just insert " # at the bottom of the section of your choice. Just don't forget to add a valid reason for your vote behind that tag if you are voting on another user's Proposal. If you are voting on your own Proposal, you can just say "Per my Proposal".

Talk Page Proposals All proposals dealing with a single article or a specific group of articles are held on the talk page of one of the articles in question. Proposals dealing with massive amounts of splits, merges or deletions across the Wiki should still be held on this page.


 * For a list of all settled Talk Page Proposals, see here.

Rules
 * 1) All active talk page proposals must be listed below in chronological order (new proposals go at the bottom). All pages affected must be mentioned in the brief description, with the talk page housing the discussion linked to directly via "". If the proposal involved a page that is not yet made, use to communicate its title. The Deadline must also be included in the entry. Linking to pages not directly involved in the talk page proposal is not recommended, as it clutters the list with unnecessary links. Place  under the heading.
 * 2) All rules for talk page proposals are the same as mainspace proposals (see the "How To" section above), with the exceptions made by Rules 3 and 4 as follows:
 * 3) Voting in talk page proposals will be open for two weeks, not one. (All times GMT.)
 * 4) *For example, if a proposal is added at any time on Monday, August 1, 2011, it ends two weeks later on Monday, August 15, 2011, at 23:59 GMT.
 * 5) Talk page proposals may be closed by the proposer at any time if both the support and the oppose sides each have fewer than five votes.
 * 6) The talk page proposal must pertain to the article it is posted on.

List of Talk Page Proposals

 * Split the Monty Mole-variant in Flower Fields in Paper Mario from Monty Mole (Discuss) Deadline: August 1, 2012, 23:59 GMT
 * Delete Category:Chess Pieces (Discuss) Deadline: August 6, 2012, 23:59 GMT

Pass a new writing guideline as MarioWiki:Conjecture

 * ''Draft: User:YoshiKong/MarioWiki:Conjecture

What I am proposing is a Writing Guideline that sets a standard for conjectural articles and how their conjectural titles should be treated. The full draft of the proposed guideline can be viewed at User:YoshiKong/MarioWiki:Conjecture. In brief, it formally sets a policy for the use of on unconfirmed, speculation-based article titles. It also explains the use of the template.

Proposer: Deadline: August 8, 2012, 23:59 GMT

Support (pass guideline)

 * 1) Per proposal.
 * 2) Per proposal.
 * 3) - Now that the changes have been made, I support this proposal; it'll be good to have a solid Writing Guideline about this subject.
 * 4) Per proposal.

Comments
I do think a policy page is a good idea, but I don't think Minor NPCs should be merged. Yes, it mentions conjecture, but it's not about conjecture, it's about a specific group of articles. It may be a small policy page, but that's not a bad thing at all: it does what it sets out to do, and it shouldn't be buried inside another policy. Also, I'm not too sure about making all conjectural links have the template: it seems like piling on a lot of extra work for so little gain, and I definitely don't think it would be a good idea to add them to nav template links (it would just make them way too busy). -
 * Yeah, I agree with Walkazo. Most minor NPCs are officially named, so it seems odd to me to merge the MW page to an MW page about conjectures.
 * Walkazo said what I was thinking only made it sound a lot smarter.
 * Okay, the proposal will undergo some changes. Thank you all for your opinions.
 * Just remember to update User:YoshiKong/MarioWiki:Conjecture.
 * Should Minor NPCs be removed entirely from the proposed guideline? Or should the section stay, and be added?
 * I think the section can be removed, however it might be worth mentioning in the "Using Conjecture" section that users shouldn't bother making conjecturally-named pages for very minor things like most unnamed NPCs (at which point, link to that policy page) or generic subjects (and then link to that policy page). -
 * Done. All suggested changes applied.
 * Awesome. Also, it just occurred to me, if you want another example for your policy page, you could also talk about galaxies, since the planets and whatnot are all conjecturally named, like the glitches. -

New Features
None at the moment.

Removals
None at the moment.

Changes
None at the moment.

Merge Template:SMW2categories and Template:SMW2Items to Template:Yoshi's Island
There's really no reason that the first two templates are not part of the last template. To make this proposal short, SMW2Items has only nine entries, while SMW2categories has only six. The two templates could very easily be placed into the larger template, and it would probably be much better if the three templates were merged together. There's really not much else I can say.

Proposer: Deadline: August 3, 2012, 23:59 GMT

Merge templates

 * 1) Per myself.
 * 2) Merging the templates is a fine idea. As GreenDisaster said the template both have less than ten pages. They will be sure to fit in the Yoshi Island template box.
 * 3) Per proposal.
 * 4) I share my strong support: this will take out minor and unneeded templates.
 * 5) The title is basically self-explanatory. Per all
 * 6) - This doesn't even need a proposal: all templates like that are already supposed to be merged as per the nav template policy. Only really giant subjects like Mario Party minigames or RPG items get to be partitioned - otherwise, it should be one all-inclusive template per game.
 * 7) Per the policy Walkazo described, and the proposal's arguments.