MarioWiki:Proposals/Archive/36: Difference between revisions

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Each quote page will have a standardized header: "<code><nowiki>This is a list of quotes by [[character]].</nowiki></code>" (this will be added to [[MarioWiki:Subpages]]). The first section will be "General", and list quotes that appear in more than one appearance; if they only occur a couple times, the appearances can be listed (put these quotes at the bottom), but otherwise, just leave them. Try to put the most stereotypical quotes at the top (i.e. "Mama Mia" for Mario, "Help me, Mario!" for Peach, etc.), and remember that generic quotes ''are allowed here'' - just not things like screams ("ahhh"), nonsense and other stuff that sheds absolutely no light on the character ("hi", "okay", etc.); when in doubt, or when there's disagreement, take it to the talk page. After that section, go by genre/media type: Platformers first, since they usually have less quotes, and after that comes Sports, then Spinoffs (including all the random things), then the RPGs (since these are likely to be the big, hefty sections), then the "Non-game appearances", and finally, a Misc. section for commercials ("Mario, Mario, Mario ja nai!" - Peach, ''NSLU''), websites, and other things like that.. Specific series may be given headers, and specific games too, if they produce a large amount of quotes (typically, games sections will be reserved for the RPGs; spinoffs and sports will at least get series headers often, I suspect); otherwise, just put what game each quote is from following the quote All sections should follow the "unsorted" quotes; use chronological order for everything at every level as much as possible. For the non-game appearances, sections can be given for the different shows, movies, publications, etc., or just list them "unsorted" like the games/series with few quotes.

#{{User|Walkazo}} - Per me. I've had this idea for ''years'' and have been mulling it over in earnest since [[MarioWiki:Proposals/Archive_34#Delete_quote_sections.2Farticles_that_don.27t_have_any_meaningful_quotes|this proposal happened]]...

===Make {{fakelink|game-model}} template===

|''This is a [[Wikipedia:3D modeling|model]] originally from a '''[[Wikipedia:Copyright|copyrighted]] computer or video game''', and the '''copyright''' for it is most likely held by the company that developed the game. It is believed that the use of a '''limited number''' of '''web-resolution''' models for '''identification and critical commentary on the computer or video game in question''' or '''the copyrighted character(s) depicted on the screenshot in question''' qualifies as '''[[Wikipedia:Fair use|fair use]]''' under [[Wikipedia:United States copyright law|United States copyright law]], as such display '''does not significantly impede the right of the copyright holder to sell the copyrighted material''', is '''not being used to turn a profit in this context''', and presents ideas that '''cannot be exhibited otherwise'''. See [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Copyrights|Copyrights]] and [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Image description page#Fair use rationale|fair use rationale]].

'''Deadline''': September 13, 2013 23:59 GMT

[[MarioWiki:Proposals/Archive_30#Navigation_Templates|Last year]] I drafted the colour-coding system for the templates, and now that we've had time to see it in action, I have some revisions, which can be seen [[User:Walkazo/Essays#Colour_shuffle|in this chart here]]. Red shows which templates are changing, and I have a list of all the specific changes and the reasons why below the chart, but I'll try to summarize it here:

While going trough some templates, I found {{tem|Morphs}}, I think it should be merged with game templates, but what about {{tem|Galaxy}} & {{tem|Galaxy2}}? {{User|Megadardery}}

:That question's rather tangential to the goals of this proposal... But yeah, Morphs should be merged with the YI/YIDS templates. But as I keep saying on the forums, the Galaxy templates are fine the way they are, with their unique names and designs and whatnot, and I still think we should leave them be. - {{User|Walkazo}}

'''Deadline''': September 29, 2013, 23:59 GMT

[[MarioWiki:Proposals/Archive_31#Make_a_bot_template_to_non-users_that_have_made_20_or_more_edits_to_encourage_them_to_make_an_account|The Idea]] was very good. It was thrown away and forgotten just because [http://www.mariowiki.com/index.php?title=User_talk%3APorplemontage&diff=1385890&oldid=1385884 the automatic process won't work]. But we can issue the template manually. Thankfully, [[User:NewSMBU]] created a draft, with minor changes, I created [[User:Megadardery/Sandbox|another draft]]. While this proposal is going, changes can be done to the draft.

#{{User|Megadardery}} Per [[MarioWiki:Proposals/Archive_31#Make_a_bot_template_to_non-users_that_have_made_20_or_more_edits_to_encourage_them_to_make_an_account|old proposal]]

'''Deadline''': September 29, 2013, 23:59 GMT.

The Image Map's width in the {{tem|Worldbox}} template must never exceed '''300 pixels'''.<br>

In other word, templates like {{tem|NSMBmap}} are put inside the {{tem|Worldbox}} and never outside, so it is classed as <code>none</code> and it is aligned in the center, so it looks centered and without borders in the template. Templates like {{tem|PMTTYDmap}} are put outsise the Worldbox template and never inside, so it is classed as <code>thumbnail</code> and aligned to the right. However templates like {{tem|NSMBUmap}} are put both inside and outside, so there is a variable defining if it would be put in the Worldbox template, or would be put outside.

The template must only be put where it links to (i.e If the template only links to {{fakelink|page1}} and {{fakelink|page2}}, it must never be put on {{fakelink|page3}}). That's because it is unneeded on an unrelated page.

Explaining: {{tem|PMTTYDmap}} links to [[X-Naut Fortress]] and [[The Moon]].. Since X-Naut Fortress only appeared in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, the template is put under the infobox, However The Moon appeared in multiple games, so the template is put in the game's section.

For the Platformer games: in the Worlds pages, the template should be put in the <code>map</code> parameter of the {{tem|Worldbox}} template (using the code <code><nowiki>|map={{templatename}}</nowiki></code>). Reason includes it unneeded to crowd the page with a template, which can be put inside the infobox template.

*[[:Category:Citation needed]]

*[[:Category:Image requested]]

*[[:Category:Quality requested]]

*[[:Category:Merge requested]] & [[:Category:Split requested]]

*[[:Category:Deletion requested]]* & [[:Category:To be deleted]]* & [[:Category:Talk to be deleted]]*

*[[:Category:Rewrite requested]] & [[:Category:Rewrite and expansion requested]]

*[[:Category:Stubs]] & [[:Category:Section Stubs]] & [[:Category:New Stubs]]

:Most-to-All Maintenance categories can be seen in [[MarioWiki:Maintenance]], I purpose hiding them so the categories bar doesn't get crowded with them.. Taking [[Trick]] as an example, and you will see that there is 2 categories which aren't helpful in navigation ''at all''. Look at [[List of Mario references on the Web]] and you would see that 3/5 categories are not related to the article just Maintenance. Imagine if this article was requested to be protected (which what I would just about to do, before Walkazo done it) and has media files (which what I will do soon), and it need a reference or two. That would mean that 6/8 of categories which will be hidden from normal view. {{User|Megadardery}}

:::ِAgain, all Maintenance categories are found in [[MarioWiki:Maintenance]] and [[:Category:MarioWiki Maintenance]] {{User|Megadardery}}

'''Deadline''': October 14, 2013 23:59 GMT

'''Deadline''': October, 21 2013 23:59 GMT

After reading [[MarioWiki:Proposals/Archive 35#Guidelines for what is a reference and what is not|this proposal]], I've been observing the sections "References to other games" and "References in later games" in game articles for quite a while, and I agree people kind of exaggerate it: even when something resembles another thing to them, it does not mean the purpose was to make a reference. The sections are filled with examples, like these from ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'':