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<div class="usermessage">[[File:Tadaa!2.gif]] Welcome to my user page![[File:Tadaaa!.gif]]</div> | {{DISPLAYTITLE:Plumber — Fantendo Founder}} | ||
{{character | <div class="usermessage">[[File:Tadaa!2.gif]] Welcome to my user page![[File:Tadaaa!.gif]]<small></div> | ||
|image= [[File: | {{quote|They Tried to Bury Us, They Didn’t Know We Were Seeds|Dinos Christianopoulos}} | ||
<div class="right" id="right"><span class="plainlinks" style="margin-right:.5em">{{User:Plumber/sig}} · [[Special:Contributions/Plumber|contribs]] · [[Special:Logs/Plumber|logs]] · [[Special:ListFiles/Plumber|uploads]]</span></div></small><br clear=all> | |||
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|image= [[File:Plumber.png]] | |||
|species= Human (allegedly) | |species= Human (allegedly) | ||
|location= | |location= Earth | ||
|first_appearance=January 20, 2007 (10 years before doomsday) | |first_appearance=January 20, 2007 (10 years before doomsday) | ||
|title= | |title= The Plums of Liberation | ||
|full_name= Plumber, D, Daniel Webster, Xzelion 2.0, Plums, Plum | |full_name= Plumber, D, Daniel Webster, Xzelion 2.0, Plums, Plum | ||
|latest_appearance=Retired | |latest_appearance=Retired | ||
|portrayed_by=Themself | |||
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}} | }} | ||
'''Plumber''' (username history: Plumber -> '''D''' -> Plumber -> '''Daniel Webster''' -> Plumber -> '''[[User:Xzelion|Xzelion 2.0]]''' -> Plumber), usually shortened to '''Plums''' or '''Plum''', is the founder of the Fantendo wiki and the third director of [[The 'Shroom]], where | '''Plumber''' (username history: Plumber -> '''D''' -> Plumber -> '''Daniel Webster''' -> Plumber -> '''[[User:Xzelion|Xzelion 2.0]]''' -> Plumber), usually shortened to '''Plums''' or '''Plum''', is the founder of the Fantendo wiki and the third director of [[The 'Shroom]], where they initiated the tradition of director elections. They are the elder brother of [[User:Beanbean|Beanbean]], who is now a game developer. | ||
[[File:Waluigidance.gif|left]]Plumber joined the Super Mario Wiki on January 20th, 2007 and first became notable after his involvement with the Cheese Craze of '07, which began his close associations with HK-47, Xzelion, Max2, 3Dejong, and YellowYoshi398. He was also closely associated with his brother Bean, RAP, WarioLoaf, Phoenix Rider, and Pokemon DP at various points during his active userhood. Plumber was closely involved significant events in during his tenure such as the Cheese Craze, the Willy Event, the Wiki Drought, and the first MarioWiki Awards Show. Though he was only an active user for exactly one year due to his responsibilities with Fantendo, Plumber remains an infamous member of the community, and is regarded as a weird uncle during a great era of expansion in the wiki community. | [[File:Waluigidance.gif|left]]Plumber joined the Super Mario Wiki on January 20th, 2007 and first became notable after his involvement with the Cheese Craze of '07, which began his close associations with HK-47, Xzelion, Max2, 3Dejong, and YellowYoshi398. He was also closely associated with his brother Bean, RAP, WarioLoaf, Phoenix Rider, and Pokemon DP at various points during his active userhood. Plumber was closely involved significant events in during his tenure such as the Cheese Craze, the Willy Event, the Wiki Drought, and the first MarioWiki Awards Show. Though he was only an active user for exactly one year due to his responsibilities with Fantendo, Plumber remains an infamous member of the community, and is regarded as a weird uncle during a great era of expansion in the wiki community. | ||
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[[Image:Plumber.jpg|thumb|left|In the aftermath of the [[User_talk:Plumber/Archive_4|Cheese Craze of '07]], '''Plumber''' became well known for salvaging the history of the event.]] | [[Image:Plumber.jpg|thumb|left|In the aftermath of the [[User_talk:Plumber/Archive_4|Cheese Craze of '07]], '''Plumber''' became well known for salvaging the history of the event.]] | ||
===[[User_talk:Plumber/Archive_4|Cheese Craze of '07]]=== | ===[[User_talk:Plumber/Archive_4|Cheese Craze of '07]]=== | ||
He first stumbled upon the wiki to edit the Bowser article. Looking back, he says that his edit to Bowser was worded very poorly. He later got his brother Beanbean to join and they almost got blocked by Paper Jorge, who believed Bean was a sock puppet. Originally, Plumber was a minor user who was helped by users such as [[KPH2293]]. He also helped [[Xzelion]] with some advice and made a friendship with him. | He first stumbled upon the wiki to edit the Bowser article. Looking back, he says that his edit to Bowser was worded very poorly. He later got his brother Beanbean to join and they almost got blocked by Paper Jorge, who believed Bean was a sock puppet. Originally, Plumber was a minor user who was helped by users such as [[User:KPH2293|KPH2293]]. He also helped [[User:Xzelion|Xzelion]] with some advice and made a friendship with him. | ||
Later Plumber interfered with a two-way conversation between [[Sadaharu|HK-47]] and [[YellowYoshi398]] about [[cheese]]. After Plumber, more users joined in the discussion about cheese, and the | Later Plumber interfered with a two-way conversation between [[User:Sadaharu|HK-47]] and [[User:YellowYoshi398|YellowYoshi398]] about [[cheese]]. After Plumber, more users joined in the discussion about cheese, and the Cheese Craze of '07 began. The Cheese Lovers had fun posting pictures that were edited to have cheese in them, though later [[User:Paper Jorge|Paper Jorge]] deleted them. Luckily, Plumber managed to copy all the text in time, which salvaged the fun times. The text [[User_talk:Plumber/Archive_4|can still be viewed today]]. | ||
===Patrollerhood=== | ===Patrollerhood=== | ||
After the Cheese Craze, he became more well-known (even being nominated for sysophood in the brief Sysop Polls), and became an active member of the MarioWiki community, and was one of the few users on the | After the Cheese Craze, he became more well-known (even being nominated for sysophood in the brief Sysop Polls), and became an active member of the MarioWiki community, and was one of the few users on the chatroom. He was notorious for spamming the chatroom (and forum sometimes) with [[User:Xzelion|Xzelion]] and [[User:RAP|RAP]]. Ironically, both of his spamming buddies would later become Bureaucrats. This led to [[User: Wayoshi|Wayoshi]] putting ChanServ on the chatroom. To test his op powers, Wayoshi kicked and banned Plumber, making him the first user to be kicked/banned from the chatroom. | ||
Plumber was later made a | Plumber was later made a patroller and patrolled the Recent Changes often, but whenever he caught a troll, Xzelion blocked them before Plumber could, and he only ended up blocking three trolls during his patrolhood. Due to his spammy behavior and seemingly slacking of the job, he was demoted by Wayoshi. After Plumber was demoted from Patroller, Xzelion and Plumber joked that if Plumber was slightly faster, he could have become a Bureaucrat and Xzelion would have been demoted instead. | ||
After he was demoted, he became more focused on sprite comics than editing and joined the growing UnMario Wiki during the Wiki Drought. He also founded | After he was demoted, he became more focused on sprite comics than editing and joined the growing UnMario Wiki during the Wiki Drought. He also founded Fantendo during this period. After UnMario's popularity died down, he became active again. | ||
===Willy Event=== | ===Willy Event=== | ||
[[File:Evil Guy.png|Right|thumb|Real documentary footage of Wayoshi unmasked as Willy.]] | [[File:Evil Guy.png|Right|thumb|Real documentary footage of Wayoshi unmasked as Willy.]] | ||
After tricking [[Mr.Vruet]] to spamming IRC Darkmyst Admin | After tricking [[User:Mr.Vruet]] to spamming IRC Darkmyst Admin komies' query in chat, he was server killed for a week. During this time, he chatted with HK-47 on the mozilla server and also played blackjack with him online which led to a great friendship. HK later revived the "Tenacious Three" and invited Plumber to join. Around this time, [[Master Crash]] asked Plumber to help him found, Userpedia, a wiki for user material]]. However, Plumber declined, being busy enough with Fantendo. Plumber would later join Userpedia and quickly become a sysop and bureaucrat there. This page was originally taken from the Userpedia page of Plumber, since it’s more or less accurate. | ||
During the Willy Event, Plumber often tried to outwit the troll, and once succeeded in calming him down. However, since Wayoshi was actually Willy, it was not more of Plumber's wit than Wayoshi's acting. He was one of the few later present at a time when Wayoshi lost control of himself and stated his famous "THAT MAKES ME UPSET" quote to HK-47. HK threatened to blackmail Wayoshi by telling Porplemontage what had happened, and this and the feigned retirement of KPH led Wayoshi to hang up his Willy mantle, temporarily. | During the Willy Event, Plumber often tried to outwit the troll, and once succeeded in calming him down. However, since Wayoshi was actually Willy, it was not more of Plumber's wit than Wayoshi's acting. He was one of the few later present at a time when Wayoshi lost control of himself and stated his famous "THAT MAKES ME UPSET" quote to HK-47. HK threatened to blackmail Wayoshi by telling Porplemontage what had happened, and this and the feigned retirement of KPH led Wayoshi to hang up his Willy mantle, temporarily. | ||
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===Rising in the Ranks=== | ===Rising in the Ranks=== | ||
Plumber enjoyed a brief period of ascension in the ranks of the wiki during the summer of 2007. When HK-47, also known as Sadaharu, became the new director of [[The 'Shroom]], Plumber became the editor-in-chief. While it was tough due to the Shroom being delayed due to the "Wiki Drought", Plumber and HK eventually got the issues out. During the Drought, Plumber and many others became active on HK and Xzelion's Userpedia. Many comics were made, and Plumber later made the comic ''Troll Tragedies''. It was rarely read due to its length, though those who did read it found it entertaining. | |||
When HK became the new director of [[The 'Shroom]], Plumber became the editor-in-chief. While it was tough due to the Shroom being delayed due to the "Wiki Drought", Plumber and HK eventually got the issues out. During the Drought, Plumber and many others became active on HK and Xzelion's Userpedia. Many comics were made, and Plumber later made the comic ''Troll Tragedies''. It was rarely read due to its length, though those who did read it found it entertaining. | |||
Later, Plumber helped undo [[Max2]]'s spam on the [[ | Later, Plumber helped undo [[User: Max2| Max2]]'s spam on the [[User: Pokemon DP]], and put one of his acts of vandalism as a quote on Userpedia. This made Max2 enraged, so he decided to blank his userpage and flame users. Plumber later blocked him, which sent Max2 into a rage where he spammed MarioWiki, consequently being blocked permanently by [[User: Cobold|Cobold]]. Xzelion later extended Max2's ban on Userpedia to infinite, believing he had had enough chances. | ||
After Sadaharu retired, Plumber became the third Director of [[The 'Shroom]] and head of the Tenacious Trio. Plumber changed many aspects of The 'Shroom during his time as the director, and promoted it heavily throughout the wiki. He was later promoted to the patroller rank once again by Xzelion. | After Sadaharu retired, Plumber became the third Director of [[The 'Shroom]] and head of the Tenacious Trio. Plumber changed many aspects of The 'Shroom during his time as the director, and promoted it heavily throughout the wiki. He was later promoted to the patroller rank once again by Xzelion. | ||
His second time as a patroller was not very notable on the wiki. Shortly after his promotion he tricked Xzelion to changing his username to "D" for thirty seconds, and was surprised he was not reprimanded. On the chatroom he became an op who believed in moral justice and kicked people who broke the rules, even other operators or himself - something that was rarely done at that time. | His second time as a patroller was not very notable on the wiki. Shortly after his promotion he tricked Xzelion to changing his username to "D" for thirty seconds, and was surprised he was not reprimanded. On the chatroom he became an op who believed in moral justice and kicked people who broke the rules, even other operators or himself - something that was rarely done at that time. Pokemon DP later convinced [[User:Porplemontage|Porplemontage]] to demote him from operator status after DP and Plumber had got into an argument about Maka. | ||
===Retirement=== | ===Retirement=== | ||
Plumber retired from the [[Super Mario Wiki]] due to his Fantendo responsibilities leading him to lose interest in the wiki. | Plumber retired from the [[Super Mario Wiki]] due to his Fantendo responsibilities leading him to lose interest in the wiki. Most of the community he liked best had either moved to Userpedia or retired. This irritated Xzelion who said that Plumber was apparently being considered as a possible [[MarioWiki:Administrators|sysop]] if he had stayed. When hearing this, Plumber said that whoever would want to promote him should be declared insane and refused to return. The patroller rank was abolished shortly after Plumber retired, meaning that if he had waited a little while longer he would have become a sysop. | ||
Upon learning this, Plumber told Xzelion he was cursed, and Xzelion (who was now retired as well), stated he shouldn't have retired. Plumber revealed that as a sysop the only things he would be able to do is delete things, which he can simply flag for deletion, become a chatroom op, which he finds boring, patrol the recent changes, which he finds ''much'' more boring, access the Sysop Boards, which he loathes and does not want to be a part of, and edit protected pages. Plumber concluded that protected pages aren't worth it, and asked Xzelion if Xzelion would have stayed if Plumber had retired. | Upon learning this, Plumber told Xzelion he was cursed, and Xzelion (who was now retired as well), stated he shouldn't have retired. Plumber revealed that as a sysop the only things he would be able to do is delete things, which he can simply flag for deletion, become a chatroom op, which he finds boring, patrol the recent changes, which he finds ''much'' more boring, access the Sysop Boards, which he loathes and does not want to be a part of, and edit protected pages. Plumber concluded that protected pages aren't worth it, and asked Xzelion if Xzelion would have stayed if Plumber had retired. | ||
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==Appearance== | ==Appearance== | ||
[[File:Plumber Sprites.PNG|thumb|Plumber's sprites. If you're lucky they didn't load and your eyes are spared from seeing such a despairing image.]] | |||
Plumber's sprites were based on a bearded version [[mw:Image:Donkeykongflier.jpg|Jumpman's official artwork]], though with the color scheme Mario had in ''Mario Bros.'' Due to this, Plumber looks like a bearded red and blue Waluigi with white disco shoes. Originally, Plumber's nose was red as a baby due to frequent sunburns, but however, in his adult life, he finally got it looking back to normal. Unfortunately, the Posh Master punched Plumber after losing a contest, which distorted its shape and turned it permanently red. Under his cap is a balding haircut, though sometimes he dons an embarrassingly big afro wig to hide it. Plumber also occasionally wears purple shades, a bowler hat, or a sombrero. | Plumber's sprites were based on a bearded version [[mw:Image:Donkeykongflier.jpg|Jumpman's official artwork]], though with the color scheme Mario had in ''Mario Bros.'' Due to this, Plumber looks like a bearded red and blue Waluigi with white disco shoes. Originally, Plumber's nose was red as a baby due to frequent sunburns, but however, in his adult life, he finally got it looking back to normal. Unfortunately, the Posh Master punched Plumber after losing a contest, which distorted its shape and turned it permanently red. Under his cap is a balding haircut, though sometimes he dons an embarrassingly big afro wig to hide it. Plumber also occasionally wears purple shades, a bowler hat, or a sombrero. | ||