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The glossary is a list of gaming, computing, and wiki terms used on the Super Mario Wiki. While some entries in this list link to mainspace subjects, this page does not include definitions for fictional characters, living people, events, places, or things within the Super Mario franchise or relating to it in the real world.

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Action Replay: A device that allows players to cheat in a game by accessing the game's code.
Administrators (admins): Users who are given deletion, blocking, rollbacking, CheckUser, protection, and patrolling rights.
AI (artificial intelligence): Usually refers to opponents programmed by the game. Sometimes referred to as "computers," "computer players," or "CPUs."
Anonymous users (anons): Users who edit the wiki without creating an account. Their contributions are attributed to their IP addresses themselves, rather than unique usernames.
Athletic level: A level type that typically requires large amounts of jumping across small platforms at a high altitude. In the Super Mario franchise, this typically involves platforms such as trees, bridges, or tall mushrooms.
Autoconfirmed users: Users who have had an account on the MarioWiki for at least one week and have made at least ten edits to the database.
Automatic level: In games of the Super Mario franchise, an automatic level is a level that can be successfully completed without any input from the player. Although this type of level mainly appears in ROM hacks and Super Mario Maker user levels, some of Super Mario Maker's pre-built courses are designed in this fashion.
Autopatrolled users: Former admins and trusted users whose edits are automatically verified by the software. Their edits are not flagged and do not require being manually patrolled by the administrators.
Auto-scrolling level or autoscrolling level: In games of the Super Mario franchise, a level where the screen scrolls automatically regardless of the player's input or position on the screen.
Avatar: A design that users use to represent themselves online. On forums, avatars are simply the pictures or icons that users display on their profiles.

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Bad jokes and other deleted nonsense (BJAODN): An archive created as a way of storing vandalism and poor writing that users consider to be humorous.
Beta: A pre-release form of a video game. Games in the beta phase are mostly complete but have yet to be extensively tested for bugs/glitches.; See also: MarioWiki:Good writing § Frequently misused terms
BGM: Abbreviation for "background music."
Binary: A system of numerical notation to the base 2, in which each place of a number, expressed as 0 or 1, corresponds to a power of 2. The decimal number 58 appears as 111010 in binary notation, since 58 = 1 × 32 + 1 × 16 + 1 × 8 + 0 × 4 + 1 × 2 + 0 × 1.
Bit: The unit of information; the amount of information obtained by asking a yes-or-no question; a computational quantity that can take on one of two values, such as false and true or 0 and 1; the smallest unit of storage – sufficient to hold one bit.
Bitmap (BMP): A picture created on a visual display unit where each pixel corresponds to one or more bits in memory, the number of bits per pixel determining the number of available colors.
Block: A restriction imposed upon a sockpuppet or severely misbehaving user by an administrator that prevents them from editing the database.
Board: A page on a forum that groups together different threads that fit in the same category. For example, the Wiki Collaborations board is where users can discuss projects related to the wiki. Boards may be sub-divided into more specific "child boards."
Body paragraphs: The main text of an article, as opposed to lists of trivia points, compilations of stats and biographies, etc.
Bootleg: A recording made, reproduced, or sold illegally or without authorization. Also see "Knockoff."
Bots: Users that are run by automated scripts and/or programs to carry out mundane and repetitive tasks. This can also refer to computer-controlled players in games.
Bug: An unwanted and unintended property of a program or piece of hardware, especially one that causes it to malfunction. E.g., "There's a bug in the editor: It writes things out backward." The identification and removal of bugs in a program is called "debugging."
Bureaucrats: Administrators that have user-renaming rights, as well as their usual administrative rights.
Byte: A group of adjacent bits, usually eight, processed by a computer as a unit. Larger units are called kilobytes, megabytes, gigabytes, terabytes, etc.

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Cache: A small fast memory holding recently accessed data, designed to speed up subsequent access to the same data. Most often applied to processor-memory access but also used for a local copy of data accessible over a network, etc.
Cameo: A brief appearance of a character, species, or item in a medium (a game, movie, comic, etc.) other than the one it originated in. The cameo is of no lasting importance to the subject or the medium in which it appears.
Canon: A system of classification that separates official media products from unofficial media products and official but disowned works, therefore determining which characters, locations, events, etc. "actually" exist in a series' fictional universe.
Conjecture: An unofficial name for something.
Cookie: A piece of data downloaded to a computer by a website, containing details of the preferences of that computer's user, which identifies the user when revisiting that website.
Cover version (often shortened to "cover"): A type of music that is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song, usually by someone other than the original artist. Not to be confused with "remix."
CPU (central processing unit): The component of a computer that executes instructions of a computer program. In the context of video games, it refers to a computerized player or opponent in a game, also known as AI (artificial intelligence) or COM (computer).
CSS (Cascading Style Sheets): An extension to HTML to allow styles (e.g., color, font, and size) to be specified for certain elements of a hypertext document. Style information can be included in-line in the HTML file or in a separate CSS file (which can then be easily shared by multiple HTML files). Multiple levels of CSS can be used to allow selective overriding of styles.

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Dynamic Page List (DPL): A MediaWiki extension that allows a user to generate a list of articles that meet certain specified criteria. DPL is no longer used on the Super Mario Wiki.
DYK: Short for "Did You Know?"

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Easter egg: A message hidden in the object code of a program as a joke, intended to be found by persons disassembling or browsing the code.
Edit conflict: The act of two or more users attempting to edit the same page or page section at the same time. After one user saves his/her changes, the rest get edit conflicts. Their changes are not saved; instead, the new version of the page is provided for them to re-edit. A textbox with the version of the page they were going to submit is also presented to them, and the difference between the two is shown.
Edit war: The act of two or more users persistently reverting each other's edits. Edit warring is a warnable offense.
Emulator: A software used to run a game in clearer resolution than on its native console. Emulators are used to take PNG screenshots of game elements.

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Featured article (FA): An article that represents the best that the Super Mario Wiki has to offer.
Filler character: A conjectural term used for a character that was created to fill a void. For example, Waluigi is the opposite to Luigi as Wario is to Mario.
Forum: A website where users can discuss just about anything. The MarioWiki has a forum called the Super Mario Boards.
Fourth wall: "Breaking the fourth wall" is when a video game character happens to notice that they are in a video game, or when they refer directly to the player.

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Game mechanic: A rule in a video game that governs and guides the player's actions, as well as how the game responds to them.
GIF (Graphics Interchange Format): A standard compressed file format used for pictures. This format allows graphic movements through a sequence of images.
Glitch: A programming error in a video game that results in unintended behavior, ranging from characters falling through solid objects or otherwise defying proper gameplay, to game freezes and the corruption or loss of saved data.
GMT (Greenwich Mean Time): The time zone corresponding to the Prime Meridian, which passes through the Greenwich district of London in the United Kingdom. It is equivalent to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), from which all other time zones are offset. Proposals follow GMT time.

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Hexadecimal (Hex): A numbering system that uses 16 as the radix, employing the numerals 0 through 9 and representing digits greater than 9 with the letters A through F.
HTML (Hypertext Markup Language): A set of standards used to tag elements of a hypertext document (such as this wiki). It is regularly used for displaying pages and formatting on the World Wide Web.
HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol): The standard protocol for transferring hypertext documents on the World Wide Web. Compare HTML.
HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure): The secure protocol for encrypted data transmission on the Internet, especially for sensitive information.
HUD (heads-up display): The way that information is visually received and passed on to the player as part of a game's user interface.

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IP (Internet Protocol) address: A code used to label packets of data sent across the internet, identifying both the sending and the receiving computers. Admins can check users and find matching IP addresses, in order to track down sockpuppets.

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JPEG or JPG (Joint Photographic Experts Group): A standard file format for compressing pictures by disposing of redundant pixels.

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Knockoff: Colloquial for "counterfeit consumer goods." These are goods that infringe the rights of a copyright holder by making a product similar or identical to the original one. Also see "Bootleg."

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Level: One of many discrete segments in a platform game.
Life: An attempt in a video game that a player has to retry a task after failing. In some platform games, there is a certain number of lives that the player has. They can lose them by being hit by enemies too much or gain them by finding extra lives. If the player loses all of their lives, a Game Over ensues.
Log: A record of the activity of some system, often stored in a particular file. Public logs for the Super Mario Wiki can be seen here.

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Map: A visual representation of an area, whether in a game or otherwise.
Marioverse: An informal term used by fans to describe the entirety of the Super Mario franchise, often from an in-universe perspective.
Merge: To combine the information from two or more articles into a single page. This happens when it is decided that the two subjects are similar enough to be considered the same thing, or when one of the merged subjects was determined to be undeserving of its own article.
Minor edit: An edit that does not really change the content of a page but rather fixes small details or mistakes and other such maintenance work.
Move: To rename an article by putting it on a new webpage. This can happen when subjects are renamed over the course of the Super Mario franchise itself, or when a more appropriate and/or useful name is discovered, revealed, or suggested.

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Newbie (also known as noob or n00b): A newcomer or novice, especially an inexperienced user of the Internet or of computers in general.
NIWA (Nintendo Independent Wiki Alliance): A network of independent wikis striving to chronicle the many diverse video game universes created by Nintendo.
NPC: Abbreviation for "non-playable character" or "non-player character." Refers to any character in a video game that cannot be used by the player. Some examples are Bowser and Princess Toadstool in Super Mario Bros.
NSFW: Abbreviation for "not safe for work." It usually refers to something with swearing, gore, sexual references, drugs, nudity, etc.
NTSC (National Television System Committee): On this wiki, the abbreviation denotes generally the North and South American versions of games for the NES, SNES, N64, GameCube, or Wii but can also include South Korea, Taiwan, and Japan. These versions come into play mainly for region locking, although minor gameplay and localization differences may exist between NTSC and PAL, its European/Australian counterpart, versions. Two sub-abbreviations exist, NTSC-U and NTSC-J, which denote only the American/Canadian versions or the Japanese versions, respectively.

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PAL (Phase Alternating Line): On this wiki, the abbreviation denotes generally the European and Australian version of games for the NES, SNES, N64, GameCube, or Wii. These versions come into play mainly for region locking, although minor gameplay and localization differences may exist between PAL and NTSC, its American counterpart, versions.
Patrollers: Users who are given blocking, rollbacking, patrolling, and CheckUser rights.
Per: Used before a username/a group of users (i.e., "Per X" or "Per all") to indicate that the person agrees with that/those user(s). Used in voting for Featured Articles, Proposals, etc. Etymologically, "per" is Latin for "through," so literally, the voter is expressing their opinion through the other user(s).
Piped link (also known as piping): A wiki link where the displayed text is different from the article it leads to. Example: [[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]] shows up as Super Mario but actually links to the Super Mario (franchise) page.
PipeProjects: Projects to improve the wiki or certain aspects of it; users can add their usernames to the Pipe Project if they believe they can help. PipeProjects are no longer used on the Super Mario Wiki. Instead, we have the Wiki Collaborations forum board.
Plagiarism: The copying of another person's work without giving any credit to the original author. This also includes altering the text (such as making the switch from active to passive, e.g., "Mario stomped on the Goomba" to "The Goomba was stomped by Mario.").
Playable character or player character: A character that is able to be controlled by the player, the extent and role of which vary from game to game.
Player: The person playing a video game.
PNG (Portable Network Graphics): An extensible file format for the lossless, portable, well-compressed storage of raster images.
Point of no return: A point near the end of a game where the player becomes unable to access other areas and is committed to finishing the game. For example, in Luigi's Mansion 3, after the player goes through the door in the back of the Main Observation Room, the rest of The Last Resort becomes inaccessible and the player's only option is to climb to the Rooftop and face King Boo.
Port: A game that was originally released on previous consoles or handhelds that is transferred to a different console or handheld with little to no changes regarding gameplay.
Prequel: A work of fiction (book, game, etc.) whose narrative is chronologically set before another, previously released work. When a sequel chronologically set after an existing work is written, the original piece does not become a "prequel" to the later one but is merely its predecessor.; See also: MarioWiki:Good writing § Frequently misused terms
Proposal: The formal suggestion of an idea that is major enough to require the input of various users, who then vote to determine if the suggested changes will or will not be enacted.

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RAM (random-access memory): The main memory of a computer, in which data can be stored or retrieved from all locations at the same (usually very high) speed.
Recovery: The act of regaining one's health, usually through restorative items, such as coins or Mushrooms. Alternate methods include visiting Toad Houses or inns. In the Super Smash Bros. games, the term refers to either reducing one's damage percentage or returning to the stage after being attacked or falling.
Redirect: A page that is created with the purpose of leading users that search for the page to another page with a similar name.
Remix: A type of music that recombines audio pieces from a recording to create an altered version of the song. Not to be confused with "cover version."
ROM (read-only memory): Computer memory in which program instructions, operating procedures, or other data are permanently stored, generally on electronic chips during manufacture, and that ordinarily cannot be changed by the user.
RPG: Short for "role-playing game." Some examples are Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga and Paper Mario.
Rubber band AI: A type of feature in racing games that prevents human players from getting too far ahead of CPU players, usually by enhancing the CPUs' abilities and/or limiting the human players' abilities.

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Saving: The recording of a player's progress in a video game. In games of the Super Mario franchise, this is usually done either automatically or at a specified save point (such as a Save Block or the end of a fortress, tower, or castle).
Self-destruct (or SD): The act of knocking oneself out in a Super Smash Bros. game or defeating a teammate. A common example is missing a jump from one platform to the next and falling into the bottomless pit.
Sequel: A work of fiction (book, game, etc.) that continues the story or otherwise builds upon a previously released work. All installations within a series are considered sequels of the works that preceded them. If a prequel is written for an existing work, the original piece does not retroactively become a "sequel," like how an earlier work is not a "prequel" to any sequels released after it.
Server: A program that provides some service to other (client) programs. The connection between client and server is normally by means of message passing, often over a network, and uses some protocol to encode the client's requests and the server's responses.
SFX: Abbreviation for "sound effects."
Side-scroller: A linear type of level that is shown from a perspective where the directions forward and backward are represented as left and right.
Signature (sig): A user's name or a design that includes the name, which users put below or after their comments on talk pages to show that they were the one who wrote said comment. On forums, signatures are the text or words that appear beneath every one of a user's posts.
The 'Shroom: The Super Mario Wiki monthly newspaper.
Skybox: A way of creating backgrounds to make a video game level seem bigger than it actually is.
Sockpuppet or sock puppet: An extra online identity created by a member of a discussion forum, etc., to agree with opinions submitted under their usual online name, or to evade a block or ban imposed upon the original user.
SPAM: Short for "Stupid Pointless and Annoying Message." It is a form of vandalism.
Spin-off or spinoff: A game that has other gameplay types rather than the usual gameplay type it has (e.g., Mario Tennis and Mario Kart).
Split: When some information is taken out of one article and used to create another article on a subject that is now considered to be separate from the first, or otherwise deserving of its own unique article.
Stub: An article that lacks sufficient information. A list of stub articles can be seen here.
Super Mario Boards: A forum where users can discuss just about anything, although much of the content is focused on the Marioverse. There are also boards to discuss wiki-related matters, such as the Wiki Collaborations board.
SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics): A file type that, unlike raster formats (PNG, JPEG, GIF), is comprised of vectors (shapes) rather than pixels. This means that the image retains the same quality for any size, even when displayed many times greater than the original size.
Sysops (system operators): Another name for "administrators."

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Template: An electronic file with a predesigned, customized format and structure, as for a fax, letter, or expense report, ready to be filled in. Templates must be added with {{Template Name}}.
Thread: A topic on a forum.
TOC: Short for "Table of Contents."
Troll: In Internet slang, a troll is someone who posts inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community, such as an online discussion forum, chat room, or blog, with the primary intent of provoking other users into a desired emotional response or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion.
Talk page proposal (TPP): A talk page proposal is like a proposal, but since its outcome should affect only one or two articles (typically involving splitting or merging), it is held on one of those articles' talk pages, rather than the main proposal page.
Trivia: Miscellaneous points of information that are ideally incorporated into the body paragraphs of articles, yet which are often given their own section on an article.

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Unlockable: Pertaining to a character, gameplay mode, item, or other element of a video game that can be accessed only after a certain task in the game is completed.
Userbox: A box that users are free to create and use to describe their likes, their dislikes, their favorites, and other pieces of information about themselves.
Userbox tower: A user's unique tower of userboxes. Starts with the {{userboxtop}} template and ends with the {{userboxbottom}} template, with userboxes in between.
Userspace: Anything that belongs to a user, such as their signature, certain subpages, talk pages, and the user page itself.

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Vandalism: Any addition, deletion, or altering of content intended for the sole purpose of disrupting the peace of the wiki.
Vaporware: A term for games that did start development but were never actually published.

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Wiki: A type of website that allows users to create, edit, and link webpages easily. Wikis are often used to create collaborative websites and to power community websites.
Wiki staff: Umbrella term for the wiki patrollers, administrators, bureaucrats, and proprietor who all help to run the Super Mario Wiki.
Wiki Collaborations: A forum board where wiki editors can collaborate on projects and discuss wiki matters.
World Wide Web (WWW): The complete set of electronic documents stored on computers that are connected over the Internet and are made available by the protocol known as HTTP. The World Wide Web makes up a large part of the Internet.

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+The '''glossary''' is a list of gaming, computing, and wiki terms used on the [[MarioWiki:About|Super Mario Wiki]]. While some entries in this list link to mainspace subjects, this page does not include definitions for fictional characters, living people, events, places, or things within the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]] or relating to it in the real world.
-The '''Glossary''' is a list of terms and subjects from all topics covered by the [[MarioWiki:About|Super Mario Wiki]]. This includes characters, items, locations, concepts, abbreviations, and Wiki terms. If an in-depth article exists for the topic, it will be linked.  If something does not appear here, one should search for it and consider adding it to the glossary.
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-<blockquote>A '''[[wikipedia:wiki|wiki]]''' (Hawaiian for "fast") is software that allows users to create, edit, and link web pages easily. Wikis are often used to create collaborative websites and to power community websites. They are being installed by businesses to provide affordable and effective Intranets and for Knowledge Management.</blockquote>
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-;[[! Barrel]] : The unofficial name for [[Invincibility Barrel]]s, which are emblazoned with a "!" symbol.
-;[[! Block]] : Blocks that appear in place of [[Dotted Line Block]]s of the same color after a [[! Switch]] of the same color has been pressed. They usually contain an item or make up a new path for [[Mario]] to traverse.
-;[[! Switch]] : A [[switch]] that causes a change in the general vicinity. Traditionally, they change [[Dotted Line Block]]s into [[! Block]]s, but can also cause other changes.
-;[[? Block]] : A [[block]] that contains an item that the [[player]] won't the contents of until they hit it.
-;[[? Panel]] : A panel that appears in ''[[Mario Hoops 3-on-3]]''. Similar to a ? Block.
-;[[????]] : An enemy in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'' that could be either a [[Blurp]] or [[Sharkbone]].
-;[[1000 Needles]] : A move performed by [[Cactaur]] in ''[[Mario Hoops 3-on-3]]''
-;[[100 Gold Coin]] : A [[coin]] that [[Wario]] collects to get 100 coins
-;[[10 Point Star]] : An item that gives [[Yoshi]] 10 Star Points
-;'''1-1''' : The first [[level]] in the first [[world]] of the ''[[Mario (series)|Super Mario Bros.]]'' platformers ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'', ''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]'', ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'', ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'', and ''[[DK Jungle Climber]]''.
-;'''1-2''' : The second [[level]] in the first [[world]] of the ''[[Mario (series)|Super Mario Bros.]]'' platformers ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'', ''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]'', ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'', ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'', and ''[[DK Jungle Climber]]''.
-;'''1-3''' : The third [[level]] in the first [[world]] of the ''[[Mario (series)|Super Mario Bros.]]'' platformers ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'', ''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]'', ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'', ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'', and ''[[DK Jungle Climber]]''.
-;'''1-4''' : The fourth [[level]] in the first [[world]] of the ''[[Mario (series)|Super Mario Bros.]]'' platformers ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'', ''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]'', ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'', and ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]''.
-;'''1-5''' : The fifth [[level]] in the first [[world]] of the ''[[Mario (series)|Super Mario Bros.]]'' platformers ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'', ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'', and ''[[DK Jungle Climber]]''.
-;'''1-6''' : The sixth [[level]] in the first [[world]] of the ''[[Mario (series)|Super Mario Bros.]]'' platformers ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'', and ''[[DK Jungle Climber]]''.
-;'''1-7''' : The numerical name of the seventh [[level]] in the first [[world]] of ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''.
-;'''1-8''' : The numerical name of the eighth [[level]] in the first [[world]] of ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''.
-;[[1-A (NSMB)|1-A]] : The first secret [[level]] in the first [[world]] of ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]''.
-;[[1-Castle (NSMB)|1-Castle]] : [[Bowser|Bowser's]] [[castle]] in the first [[world]] of ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]''.
-;[[1-Chance Badge]] : A [[badge]] from ''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]'' that greatly increases the first attack in each battle when equipped.
-;[[1-player mini-Game]] : A single-[[player]] [[mini-game]] from ''[[Mario Party]]'' that has a prize of 10 [[coin]]s.  However, if the player loses the mini-game, he or she loses 5 coins.
-;[[1-Star Hex]] : A [[hex]] from ''[[Mario Party DS]]'' with the power to steal one [[star]] from an opponent.
-;[[1-Tower (NSMB)|1-Tower]] : The [[tower]] in the first [[world]] of ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]''.
-;[[1-Up]] : An extra life gained by obtaining a [[1-Up Mushroom]] or [[1-Up Heart]]. [[3-Up Moon]]s grant three 1-Ups.  When the [[player]] or character runs out of 1-Ups, he or she gets a [[Game Over]].
-;[[1-Up Mushroom]] : A rare and expensive [[Mushroom]] that awards a 1-Up when consumed. It can be used to revive characters, recovering half of their [[HP]].
-;[[1-Up Super]] : A rarer and more expensive [[1-Up Mushroom]]. When used to revive an individual, he or she will recover all their [[HP]], rather than half.
-;[[20 Point Star]] : An item that gives [[Yoshi]] 20 Star Points.
-;[[20-Coin Hex]] : A [[hex]] from ''[[Mario Party DS]]'' that can steal 20 [[coins]] from an opponent.
-;[[2004]] : A year where [[Nintendo]] released games such as, ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'', ''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong]]'', and ''[[WarioWare: Touched!]]''.
-;[[3-Up Moon]] : An item in ''[[Super Mario World]]'' that gave the [[player]] 3 extra lives.
-;[[4.1 and 4.2]] : [[Mona| Mona's]] two wolf-like pets in ''[[WarioWare: Touched!]]''.
-;[[4-Bros. Random Block]] : A special [[block in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]''.
-;[[4-P Pinball]] : A [[Gaddget]] in ''[[Mario Party Advance]]''.
-;[[4-Wheel Cradle]] : [[Toad| Toad's]] cart in ''[[Mario Kart DS]]''.
-;[[5-Volt]] : [[9-Volt| 9-Volt's]] mother.
-;[[8 bits]] : [[Wart| Wart's]] army that he used to conquer [[Subcon]].
-;[[9-Volt]] : A major [[human]] charater in the [[WarioWare]] series.
-;[[18-Volt]] : A major [[human]] charater in the [[WarioWare]] series.
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-;[[A. Coz]] : A speedy character in the [[Game Boy Color]] version of ''[[Mario Tennis]].
+;{{wp|Action Replay}}: A device that allows players to cheat in a game by accessing the game's code.
-;[[Able Juice]] : An item that cures any status ailment in ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]''.
+;[[MarioWiki:Administrators|Administrators]] (admins): Users who are given deletion, blocking, rollbacking, CheckUser, protection, and patrolling rights.
-;[[Abominable Snowkoopa]] : A monstrous snowman, created by [[Morton Koopa Jr.| Big Mouth Koopa]] in [[The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3]].
+;AI (artificial intelligence): Usually refers to opponents programmed by the game. Sometimes referred to as "computers," "computer players," or "CPUs."
-;[[Absorbing Mushroom]] : A blue [[mushroom]] that steals an item from another [[player]] in ''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP]]''.
+;Anonymous users (anons): Users who edit the wiki without creating an account. Their contributions are attributed to their IP addresses themselves, rather than unique usernames.
-;[[Abyss]] : A bottomless pit where if a player falls down it, they lose a life.
+;Athletic level: A level type that typically requires large amounts of jumping across small platforms at a high altitude. In the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]], this typically involves platforms such as trees, bridges, or [[Mushroom Platform|tall mushrooms]].
-;[[Ace Coin]] : A special [[coin]] that appear exclusively in ''[[Super Mario Advance]]''.
+;[[MarioWiki:Autoconfirmed users|Autoconfirmed users]]: Users who have had an account on the MarioWiki for at least one week and have made at least ten edits to the database.
-;[[Accessories (SMRPG)]] : [[Items]] that can raise stats and prevent status ailments in ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]''.
+;Automatic level: In games of the ''Super Mario'' franchise, an automatic level is a level that can be successfully completed without any input from the player. Although this type of level mainly appears in ROM hacks and ''[[Super Mario Maker]]'' user levels, some of ''Super Mario Maker''{{'}}s pre-built courses are designed in this fashion.
-;[[Ackpow]] : Spinx hat-wearing servants to [[Mimi]] in ''[[Super Paper Mario]]''.
+;[[MarioWiki:Autopatrolled users|Autopatrolled users]]: Former admins and trusted users whose edits are automatically verified by the software. Their edits are not flagged and do not require being manually patrolled by the administrators.
-;[[Acrobatic Banana]] : An [[Offensive Power Shot]] used by [[Diddy Kong]] in ''[[Mario Power Tennis]]''.
+;Auto-scrolling level or autoscrolling level: In games of the ''Super Mario'' franchise, a level where the screen scrolls automatically regardless of the player's input or position on the screen.
-;[[Admiral Bobbery]] : [[Mario| Mario's]] sixth party member in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''.
+;Avatar: A design that users use to represent themselves online. On [[#F|forums]], avatars are simply the pictures or icons that users display on their profiles.
-;[[Advance Coin]] : A special [[coin]] that makes it's appearace exclusivly in ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' that are similar to [[Ace Coin| Ace Coins]].
-;[[Advanced Command]] : An upgraded [[Bros. Attack]] in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]''.
-;[[Advisor]] : A [[Beanish]] [[species]] that reside in [[Beanbean Castle]] and serve [[Queen Bean]] in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]].
-;[[Aero]] : An enemy that looks like an arrow that appears in ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]''.
-;[[Aerodent]] : A rodent that guards the [[Topaz Passage]] in ''[[Wario Land 4]]''.
-;[[Aerial Snifit]] : A type of [[Snifit]] with a propeller on it's head that appears in ''[[Yoshi Touch & Go]]''.
-;[[Africa]] : The continent on [[Earth]] that was controlled by [[Kooky von Koopa]] in ''[[The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3]]''.
-;[[Air Bag]] : Giant, purple ballons that come out of [[Mystery Crates]] in [[Yoshi's Story]].
-;[[Air Lift]] : A [[special move]] used by [[Parakarry]] in '[[Paper Mario]]''.
-;[[AirMeow]] : Cat-like robots that guard [[Fort Francis]] in ''[[Super Paper Mario]]''.
-;[[Air Raid]] : A move used by [[Parakarry]] in '[[Paper Mario]]''.
-;[[Airship Fortress]] : The last course of the [[Star Cup]] in ''[[Mario Kart DS]]''.
-;[[Akiki]] : A tomboyish [[Ukiki]] and mayor of [[Jungle Town]].
-;[[Akuman]] : The first boss in ''[[Wario's Woods]]''.
-;[[Albatoss]] : A red bird that drops [[Bob-ombs]] down on [[Mario]] and co. in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2'']].
-;[[Albatross]] : A term in the [[Mario Golf (series)| Mario Golf]] series obtainable by getting a Par 5 hole.
-;[[Alena]] :  A playable character in ''[[Itadaki Street DS]]''.
-;[[Alex]] : The [[Royal Tennis Academy| Royal Tennis Academy's]] best tennis player and the only player who has ever challenged [[Mario]] to a match.
-;[[Alien]] : A [[species]] of green creatures that appear in the ''[[Mario Party (series)| Mario Party]]'' series.
-;[[A Light in the Dark]] : A level in ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]''
-;[[Ali Mustafa]] : A tie salesman from [[Egypt]] appearing in a ''[[Club Nintendo]]'' magazine.
-;[[A Little Bit of... Dr. Mario]] : The PAL regions' name for ''Dr. Mario Express''.
-;[[Alley Rat]] : Purple rodents that inhabit the [[Sunken Ship]] in ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]''.
-;[[Allie]] : Allie is a character in the [[Game Boy Color]] version of ''[[Mario Tennis]]''
-;[[Alligator Dundee (character)]] : An [[Australia| Australian]] [[human| man]] that appaears in ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]''
-;[[All Night Nippon Super Mario Bros.]] : A licensed remake of ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''.
-;[[Almighty Goomba]] : A diety that is heard in ''[[Mario Party 8]]''.
-;[[Alyssa Milano]] : One of the hosts in ''[[Mario Ice Capades]]''.
-;[[Amanita]] : a mobile fungus that lives in the [[Forest Maze]] in ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]''.
-;[[Amazee Dayzee]] : A sparkling, golden sub-speices of [[Crazy Dayzee]]s that appear often in the ''[[Paper Mario (series)| Paper]]'' series.
-;[[Amazing Flyin' Hammer Bro.]] : [[Hammer Bro]]s that ride flying platforms and throw [[hammer]]s at enemies below in ''[[Super Mario World]]'' and '[[Super Princess Peach]]''.
-;[[Amazon Jungle]] : A large jungle that appeared in ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]''.
-;[[Ameboid]] : Jelly-like enemies at the gate of [[Smithy's Factory]] in ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]''.
-;[[Amp]] : An electrified metal ball that appears first in ''[[Super Mario 64]]''.
-;[[Amulet]] : An [[Accessories| Accessory]] from ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'' that increaces all stats by seven(except for speed, which goes down by five).
-;[[Amy Rose]] : A pink, female hedgehog that is playable in ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games]]''.
-;[[Ana]] : A major [[human]] character in the [[WarioWare]] series.
-;[[Anchor]] : An item in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' that prevents an airship from moving if [[Mario]] fails to clear it.
-;[[Ancient Clue]] : A paper with clues about the [[Big Treasure of Space]] that appears in ''[[Super Paper Mario]]''.
-;[[Ancient Minister]] : Commander of the [[Subspace Army]], and leader of the [[R.O.B.| R.O.B.s]].
-;[[Anenome]] : A creature with large, stinging tentacles in ''[[Yoshi's Story]]''.
-;[[Angelica]] : An odd old woman who owns "Werid and Spooky Gadgets incorporated in ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]''.
-;[[Angelo]] : A playable character in ''[[Itadaki Street DS]]''.
-;[[Anger Management]] : An [[Offensive Power Shot]] used by [[Wiggler]] in ''[[Mario Power Tennis]]''.
-;[[Angler Mangler]] : A large, white angler fish that [[Wario]] encounters in ''[[Wario World]]''.
-;[[Angry Goomba]] : A sub-species of [[Goomba]]s that appear in ''[[Super Princess Peach]]''.
-;[[Angry Spear-Mask]] : An enemy in ''[[Wario Land 4]]''.
-;[[Angry Sun]] : A small, evil sun that appears in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''.
-;[[Ankiron]] : One of the strongest [[enemies]] [[Wario]] encounters in ''[[Wario World]]''.
-;[[Ant]] : [[Enemies]] that appear in the [[Tree Zone]] and [[Macro Zone]] in ''[[Super Mario Land 2: The Six Golden Coins]]''.
-;[[Antarctica]] : A continent on [[Earth]] that was controlled by [[Morton Koopa Jr.| Big Mouth Koopa Jr.]] in ''[[The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3]]''.
-;[[Anteroom]] : The second room of the first area in ''[[Luigi's Mansion]]''.
-;[[Anthony Scapelli]] : The leader of the rival plumbig company that steals jobs from [[Mario]] And [[Luigi]] in ''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Movie]]''.
-;[[Antidote Pin]] : An item in ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'' that raises defense and magic defense by two and prevents poison damage.
-;[[Anti Guy]] : One of the strongest enemies encountered in ''[[Paper Mario]]''.
-;[[Anuboo]] : A mysterious enemy that lives in [[Teehee Valley]] in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]''.
-;[[Anvil]] : A weapon once used by the [[Koopa Troop]] that appeared in ''[[Yoshi's Story]]'' and crushed anything under it.
-;[[Anvil Man]] : A winged enemy that looks like an anvil in ''[[Yoshi's Safari]]''.
-;[[Appeal]] : A [[Tactic]] used by [[Mario]] and co. in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''.
-;[[Apple]] : A variety of fruit that appears in many [[Mario(series)| Mario]] games.
-;[[Apple Bomb]] : An item in ''[[Wario Land 4]]'' that has a small bomb inside of it.
-;[[Appleby]] : A flesh-colored mole that appears as a regular enemy in ''[[Wario Land 3]]''.
-;[[Apple Monkey]] : An enemy in ''[[Wario Land 4]]''.
-;[[Apple Pie]] : An item in ''[[Paper Mario]]'' that recovers five [[HP]] and fifteen [[FP]].
-;[[Apple Planets]] : A galaxy with a bunch of small grassy planetoids shaped like apples in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''.
-;[[Apprentice]] : [[Snifit]]s-in-training that reside in [[Booster Pass]] in ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]''.
-;[[Aqua Lakitu]] : Water-dwelling [[Lakitu]]s that appears in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''.
-;[[Aqua Land]] : A kingdom in ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' that is completely submerged underwater.
-;[[Aqualea]] : The bitter, vain, and overconfident mermaid and the eighth boss of ''[[Wario's Woods]]'' [[SNES]] version.
-;[[Arachne]] : An black and yellow arachnid with red eyes that lives in [[Rose Way]] in ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]''.
-;[[Arachno Snifit]] : A large, black and red spider with the facial features of a [[Snifit]] that appears in ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show]]''.
-;[[Arantula]] : A black, spider-like creature that dwells in [[The Pit of 100 Trails]] in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''.
-;[[Arfur]] : A [[Doogan who lives on the eastside of [[Rogueport]] in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''.
-;[[Armor (SMRPG)]] : Items that appears in ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'' that act as protective shields by raising defense.
-;[[Armored Ant]] : Ax-weilding ants that wear armor and reside in [[Barrel Volcano]] in ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]''.
-;[[Armored Harriers]] : Mini-bosses in Chapter 3 of ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''.
-;[[Armory]] : A room cleared in the forth area of ''[[Luigi's Mansion]]''.
-;[[Army Hammer Bro]] : A mini-boss fought right before the fight with [[Bowser in ''[[Super Princess Peach]]'' who controls the [[Hammer Bros]] percent of the [[Koopa Troop]].
-;[[Arrow Block]] : Metal [[block| blocks]] that appear in ''[[Wario World]]''.
-;[[Arrowhead]] : A duel board in ''[[Mario Party 3]]''.
-;[[Arrow Rain]] : A special magic move used by some enemies and bosses in ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]''.
-;[[Arrow Wheel]] : A stone wheel in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' that goes in the direction its pointing toward when [[Yoshi| Yoshi's]] stand on it.
-;[[Art Attack]] : A [[special attack]] that [[Mario]] can use in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''.
-;[[Artichoker]] : A plant-like monster that resides in [[Booster's Pass]] in ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]''.
-;[[Artifact]] : An item that appears in ''[[Paper Mario]]'' that [[Mario]] gets in the [[Dry Dry Ruins]].
-;[[The Artist's Studio]] : One of the final rooms in the forth area of ''[[Luigi's Mansion]]''.
-;[[Ashley]] : A fifteen-year-old witch who lives in the haunted mansion in [[Diamond City]].
-;[[Asia]] : The largest continent on [[Earth]] that was controled by [[Roy Koopa| Bully Koopa]] in ''[[The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3
-;[[Beta Elements#Super Mario Galaxy|Asteroid Planet]] : A [[beta]] planet that was never used in the final version of ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''.
-;[[Astral Hall]] : A room in the third area of ''[[Luigi's Mansion]]''.
-;[[Astro Avenue]] : A board in [[Solo Mode]] of ''[[Mario Party 6]]'' that takes place in outer space.
-;[[Astro Goomba]] : A helmet-wearing relative of the [[Goomba]] in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''.
-;[[Atomic Boo]] : A giant [[Boo]] made out of a bunch of other Boos that appears in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''.
-;[[Attack Frog]] : A [[Gaddget]] found in ''[[Mario Party Advance]]''.
-;[[ATTACK UP! Flower]] :  A Bonus Flower in ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'' that raises attack power for the remainder of a battle.
-;[[Attacky Sack]] : A large, rubbery, [[Chomp]]-like enemy that appears in ''[[Yoshi's Story]]''.
-;[[Audience]] : People who watch [[Mario]] and co. in varios [[Mario(series)|Mario]] games.
-;[[Aunt Luigeena]] : The cruel and feared aunt of [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] in ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]''
-;[[Aunt Maria]] : [[Mario]] and [[Luigi| Luigi's]] aunt that is briefly mentioned in ''[[The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3]]''.
-;[[Aurora Flash]] : An attack used by bosses in ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]''.
-;[[Australia]] : The smallest continent on [[Earth]] that was controled by [[Larry Koopa| Cheatsy Koopa]] in ''[[The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3]]''.
-;[[Autobomb]] : A large, gray, wheeled cannon that [[Shy Guys]] ride and fire projectiles out of in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''.
-;[[Autograph]] : The Autograph has appeared in every game in the Paper Mario(series)| Paper Mario]] series.
-;[[Awazon Genie]] : The final boss of ''[[Virtual Boy Wario Land]]''.
-;[[Awazon River]] : The main location in ''[[Virtual Boy Wario Land]]''.
-;[[Awesome]] : The forth level in the [[Special World]] of ''[[Super Mario World]]'' that takes place in an icy land.
-;[[Awesome Snack]] : An item in ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'' that recovers five [[HP]] and cures poisoning.
-;[[Ax]] : An item in ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' that sends [[Bowser plummeting into lava.
-;[[Ax Ghost]] : An enemy in the [[Sapphire Passage]] in ''[[Wario Land 4]]''.
-;[[Ax Mummy]] : An enemy in the [[Sapphire Passage]] in ''[[Wario Land 4]]''.
-;[[Axem Rangers]] : The five teenage members of the [[Smithy Gang]], and prototypes for an army of mass-produced Axem Rangers that appeared in ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]''.
-;[[Axem Black]] : The coolest member of the [[Axem Rangers]](indicated by his hip sunglasses).
-;[[Axem Green]] : The skinniest member of the [[Axem Rangers]] who likes to use magic.
-;[[Axem Pink]] : The only female member of the [[Axem Rangers]] who uses recovery magic.
-;[[Axem Red]] : The leader of the [[Axem Rangers]] and a balanced fighter with the ability to raise his attack and defense.
-;[[Axem Yellow]] : A member of the [[Axem Rangers]] with the highest physical attack and defense.
-;[[Azalea]] : A [[human]] female golfer in the ''[[Mario Golf (series)| Mario Golf]]'' series.
 ==B==
-;[[Badge]] : An item that can be equipped in most [[Mario(series)|Mario]] RPGs that increase stats.
+;[[MarioWiki:BJAODN|Bad jokes and other deleted nonsense]] (BJAODN): An archive created as a way of storing vandalism and poor writing that users consider to be humorous.
-;[[Badge Bandit]] : A species of [[Bandit]] that steals [[Mario|Mario's]] [[badge]]s in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''.
+;[[Pre-release and unused content|Beta]]: A pre-release form of a video game. Games in the beta phase are mostly complete but have yet to be extensively tested for bugs/glitches. {{see also|MarioWiki:Good writing#Frequently misused terms}}
-;[[Bandy Andy]] : A fighter ranked 14th in the [[Glitz Pit]] in '']]Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''.
+;BGM: Abbreviation for "background music."
-;[[Beldam]] : The leader of [[The Shadow Sirens]] in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''.
+;Binary: A system of numerical notation to the base 2, in which each place of a number, expressed as 0 or 1, corresponds to a power of 2. The decimal number 58 appears as 111010 in binary notation, since 58 = 1 × 32 + 1 × 16 + 1 × 8 + 0 × 4 + 1 × 2 + 0 × 1.
-;'''[[Beta]]''' : A pre-release form of a video game.  Beta versions of games are partially playable, but often do not utilize the final enemy placement, textures, or interface.
+;Bit : The unit of information; the amount of information obtained by asking a yes-or-no question; a computational quantity that can take on one of two values, such as false and true or 0 and 1; the smallest unit of storage &ndash; sufficient to hold one bit.
-;'''[[Beta Elements]]''' : Concepts that appeared in the beta version of a video game, but were cut for the final release.
+;{{wp|Bitmap}} (BMP): A picture created on a visual display unit where each pixel corresponds to one or more bits in memory, the number of bits per pixel determining the number of available colors.
-;'''Big Eight''' : A conjectural term that groups the major characters of the Mario universe: [[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Peach]], [[Bowser]], [[Wario]], [[Donkey Kong]], [[Yoshi]] and [[Toad]].  The phrase was coined by the editors of this Wiki but is now considered obsolete.
+;[[MarioWiki:Blocking policy|Block]]: A restriction imposed upon a [[#S|sockpuppet]] or severely misbehaving user by an administrator that prevents them from editing the database.
-;[[Bowser]] : The usual main antagonist in the ''[[Mario (series)|Mario]] series.
+;Board: A page on a [[#F|forum]] that groups together different [[#T|threads]] that fit in the same category. For example, the [[#W|Wiki Collaborations]] board is where users can discuss projects related to the wiki. Boards may be sub-divided into more specific "child boards."
-;'''[[Brick Block]]s''' : The most basic [[Block]] in [[Mario|Mario's]], these can be shattered using [[Koopa Shell]]s or [[Special Moves|Attacks]].  Certain Brick Blocks turn into solid metal when struck and release [[coin]]s or [[item]]s.
+;Body paragraphs: The main text of an article, as opposed to lists of [[#T|trivia]] points, compilations of stats and biographies, etc.
-;'''[[Bridge Work]]''' : A [[mini-game]] in ''[[Mario Party 7]]''.
+;Bootleg: A recording made, reproduced, or sold illegally or without authorization. Also see "Knockoff."
-;'''[[Bros. Point]]s (BP)''' : Statistic from ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'' that allowed [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] to perform [[Bros. Attacks]].  Comparable to [[Flower Points]].
+;[[MarioWiki:Bots|Bots]]: Users that are run by automated scripts and/or programs to carry out mundane and repetitive tasks. This can also refer to computer-controlled players in games.
+;Bug: An unwanted and unintended property of a program or piece of hardware, especially one that causes it to malfunction. E.g., "There's a bug in the editor: It writes things out backward." The identification and removal of bugs in a program is called "debugging."
+;[[MarioWiki:Bureaucrats|Bureaucrats]]: [[#A|Administrators]] that have user-renaming rights, as well as their usual administrative rights.
+;Byte: A group of adjacent bits, usually eight, processed by a computer as a unit. Larger units are called kilobytes, megabytes, gigabytes, terabytes, etc.
 ==C==
-;[[CERO]] : Short for Computer Entertainment Rating Organization, this company rates games in Japan.
+;Cache: A small fast memory holding recently accessed data, designed to speed up subsequent access to the same data. Most often applied to processor-memory access but also used for a local copy of data accessible over a network, etc.
-;'''[[Cheep-cheep]]''' : A common species of fish that appear in many ''[[Mario(series)|Mario games]].
+;[[MarioWiki:Coverage#Cameos|Cameo]]: A brief appearance of a character, species, or item in a medium (a game, movie, comic, etc.) other than the one it originated in. The cameo is of no lasting importance to the subject or the medium in which it appears.
-;'''[[Chuckle Blend]]''' : A blend of coffe in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]''.
+;[[MarioWiki:Canonicity|Canon]]: A system of classification that separates official media products from unofficial media products and official but disowned works, therefore determining which characters, locations, events, etc. "actually" exist in a series' fictional universe.
-;'''[[Coin]]''' : The form of money in the [[Mushroom Kingdom]].
+;[[MarioWiki:Conjectural names|Conjecture]]: An unofficial name for something.
-;'''Conjecture''' : An unofficial name for an article.
+;Cookie: A piece of data downloaded to a computer by a website, containing details of the preferences of that computer's user, which identifies the user when revisiting that website.
-;'''[[Count Down Timer]]''' : A feature used in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' and ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]''.
+;Cover version (often shortened to "cover"): A type of music that is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song, usually by someone other than the original artist. '''Not to be confused with "[[#R|remix]]."'''
-;'''CPU''' : Refers to a computerized [[player]] or opponent in a game.
+;CPU (central processing unit): The component of a computer that executes instructions of a computer program. In the context of video games, it refers to a computerized player or opponent in a game, also known as AI (artificial intelligence) or COM (computer).
+;[[Help:CSS|CSS]] (Cascading Style Sheets): An extension to HTML to allow styles (e.g., color, font, and size) to be specified for certain elements of a hypertext document. Style information can be included in-line in the HTML file or in a separate CSS file (which can then be easily shared by multiple HTML files). Multiple levels of CSS can be used to allow selective overriding of styles.
 ==D==
-;'''[[Defensive Power Shot]]''' : A type of shot used in ''[[Mario Power Tennis]]'' to send the ball back to the other side of the court.
+;Dynamic Page List (DPL):A MediaWiki extension that allows a user to generate a list of articles that meet certain specified criteria. DPL is no longer used on the Super Mario Wiki.
-;'''[[Destructors]]''' : A [[Glitz Pit]] replacement team for [[Bandy Andy]] in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''.
+;DYK: Short for "Did You Know?"
 ==E==
-;'''[[E. Gadd's Time Machine]]''' : A time machine that [[Professor E. Gadd]] had created in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]''.
+;[[Easter egg]]: A message hidden in the object code of a program as a joke, intended to be found by persons disassembling or browsing the code.
-;[[ESRB]] : Short for Entertainment Software Rating Board, this company rates all games in the USA.
+;Edit conflict: The act of two or more users attempting to edit the same page or page section at the same time. After one user saves his/her changes, the rest get edit conflicts. Their changes are not saved; instead, the new version of the page is provided for them to re-edit. A textbox with the version of the page they were going to submit is also presented to them, and the difference between the two is shown.
-;'''[[Extended Marioverse]]''' : items that are one branch from the Marioverse. Includes series such as Donkey Kong and WarioWare.
+;Edit war: The act of two or more users persistently reverting each other's edits. Edit warring is a [[MarioWiki:Warning policy#Level Two Offenses|warnable offense]].
-;'''[[Extra Life]]''' : Sometimes in the form of a green mushroom or other special object, Extra Lives add back one life to the user's total, negating the loss of a life.
+;{{wp|Video game console emulator|Emulator}}: A software used to run a game in clearer resolution than on its native console. Emulators are used to take PNG screenshots of game elements.
 ==F==
-;'''[[Fish & Cheeps]]''' : A [[mini-game]] from ''[[Mario Party 7]]''
+;[[MarioWiki:Featured articles|Featured article]] (FA): An article that represents the best that the Super Mario Wiki has to offer.
-;'''Filler Character''' : a conjectural term used for characters that were created to fill a void. I.e. [[Waluigi]] is the opposite to [[Luigi]] as [[Mario]] is to [[Wario]].
+;Filler character: A conjectural term used for a character that was created to fill a void. For example, [[Waluigi]] is the opposite to [[Luigi]] as [[Wario]] is to [[Mario]].
-;'''[[Flower]]''' : common plant seen in many ''[[Mario(series)|Mario]]'' games, often as an item.
+;Forum: A website where users can discuss just about anything. The MarioWiki has a forum called the [[#S|Super Mario Boards]].
-;'''[[Flower Ball]] : [[Daisy|Daisy's]] special pitch in ''[[Mario Superstar Baseball]]''.
+;[[Fourth wall]]: "Breaking the fourth wall" is when a video game character happens to notice that they are in a video game, or when they refer directly to the player.
-;'''[[Flower Point]]''' : FP for short, Flower Points are used in the ''[[Paper Mario(series)|Paper Mario]] games to do other kinds of attacks.
-;'''[[Fire Flower]]''' : a somewhat rare item often used as an attack.
-;'''[[Fourth Wall]]''': when a video game character happens to notice that he or she is in a video game.
 ==G==
-;'''[[Game Over]]''' : what happens when all lives are lost.
+;{{wp|Game mechanics|Game mechanic}}: A rule in a video game that governs and guides the player's actions, as well as how the game responds to them.
-;[[Glitz Pit]] : An arena in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''.
+;{{wp|GIF}} (Graphics Interchange Format): A standard compressed file format used for pictures. This format allows graphic movements through a sequence of images.
+;[[Glitch]]: A programming error in a video game that results in unintended behavior, ranging from characters falling through solid objects or otherwise defying proper gameplay, to game freezes and the corruption or loss of saved data.
+;GMT (Greenwich Mean Time): The time zone corresponding to the Prime Meridian, which passes through the Greenwich district of London in the United Kingdom. It is equivalent to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), from which all other time zones are offset. [[#P|Proposals]] follow GMT time.
 ==H==
-;'''[[Heart Point]]s (HP)''': a unit of health that varies from game to game.  When a character runs out of Heart Points, he or she will pass out.  If the character is the last member of his or her battling [[party]], a [[Game Over]] occurs.  See also: [[Glossary#R|Recovery]].
+;Hexadecimal (Hex): A numbering system that uses 16 as the radix, employing the numerals 0 through 9 and representing digits greater than 9 with the letters A through F.
-;'''[[Hex]]es''': An item that is similar to an [[Orb]] that changes a space seen only in [[Mario Party DS]].
+;{{wp|HTML}} (Hypertext Markup Language): A set of standards used to tag elements of a hypertext document (such as this wiki). It is regularly used for displaying pages and formatting on the World Wide Web.
+;{{wp|HTTP}} (Hypertext Transfer Protocol): The standard protocol for transferring hypertext documents on the World Wide Web. Compare HTML.
+;{{wp|HTTPS}} (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure): The secure protocol for encrypted data transmission on the Internet, especially for sensitive information.
+;{{wp|HUD (video games)|HUD}} (heads-up display): The way that information is visually received and passed on to the player as part of a game's user interface.
 ==I==
-;[[Intelligent Systems]] : The company that produced the ''[[Paper Mario (series)|Paper Mario]]'' series and the latest ''[[WarioWare]]'' games.
+;IP (Internet Protocol) address: A code used to label packets of data sent across the internet, identifying both the sending and the receiving computers. Admins can check users and find matching IP addresses, in order to track down [[#S|sockpuppets]].
 ==J==
+;{{wp|JPEG}} or JPG (Joint Photographic Experts Group): A standard file format for compressing pictures by disposing of redundant pixels.
 ==K==
+;Knockoff: Colloquial for "{{wp|counterfeit consumer goods}}." These are goods that infringe the rights of a copyright holder by making a product similar or identical to the original one. Also see "Bootleg."
 ==L==
-;'''Life''' : In platformer games, there are a certain amount of lives that the player has. He or she can lose them by being hit by enemies too much or even gain them by finding extra lives. If the player loses all of his or her lives, a [[Game Over]] ensues.
+;[[Level]]: One of many discrete segments in a platform game.
-;[[Luigi]] : [[Mario]]s less impressive brother that usually appears as [[Player]] 2.
+;{{wp|Life (video games)|Life}}: An attempt in a video game that a player has to retry a task after failing. In some platform games, there is a certain number of lives that the player has. They can lose them by being hit by enemies too much or gain them by finding extra lives. If the player loses all of their lives, a [[Game Over]] ensues.
+;Log: A record of the activity of some system, often stored in a particular file. Public logs for the Super Mario Wiki can be seen [[Special:Log|here]].
 ==M==
-;[[Mad Mecha-Spike Top]] : Enimies on [[Vibe Island]] in ''[[Super Princess Peach]]''.
+;Map: A visual representation of an area, whether in a game or otherwise.
-;[[Mad Spike]] : An angry version of a [[Spike]] in ''[[Super Princess Peach]]''.
+;Marioverse: An informal term used by fans to describe the entirety of the ''Super Mario'' franchise, often from an in-universe perspective.
-;[[Mario]] : The main character of the ''[[Mario(series)|Mario]]'' series.
+;Merge: To combine the information from two or more articles into a single page. This happens when it is decided that the two subjects are similar enough to be considered the same thing, or when one of the merged subjects was determined to be undeserving of its own article.
-;[[Mario Party 7]] : The seventh home console installment of the ''[[Mario Party(series)| Mario Party series]].
+;[[Help:Editing#Minor edits|Minor edit]]: An edit that does not really change the content of a page but rather fixes small details or mistakes and other such maintenance work.
-;[[Mario Power Tennis(GBC)]] : The sequel to ''[[Mario Tennis]]'' on the [[Nintendo Gamecube]].
+;Move: To rename an article by putting it on a new webpage. This can happen when subjects are renamed over the course of the ''Super Mario'' franchise itself, or when a more appropriate and/or useful name is discovered, revealed, or suggested.
-;[[Mario Superstar Baseball]] : The first installment of the ''[[Mario Baseball(series)|Mario Baseball series]].
-;[[Mini-game]] : Short games that usually give out rewards.
-;[[Mushroom]] : Common food in the [[Mushroom Kingdom]], often a basic item.
-;[[Mushroom Kingdom]] : The area where most ''[[Mario(series)|Mario]]'' games take place.
 ==N==
-;[[Nintendo]] : The company that created the ''[[Mario (series)|Mario]] series, as well as other spin-offs like ''[[Donkey Kong (series)|Donkey Kong]]'' and ''[[Super Smash Bros. (series)|Super Smash Bros.]]''.
+;Newbie (also known as noob or n00b): A newcomer or novice, especially an inexperienced user of the Internet or of computers in general.
-;[[Nintendo Gamecube]] : A cube-shaped system released in 2001 by [[Nintendo]].
+;[[MarioWiki:Nintendo Independent Wiki Alliance|NIWA]] (Nintendo Independent Wiki Alliance): A network of independent wikis striving to chronicle the many diverse video game universes created by Nintendo.
-;[[Nintendo_Gamecube#GameCube_Controller|Nintendo Gamecube Controller]] : The primary controller for the [[Nintendo Gamecube]], and can be used also for some games on the [[Wii]].
+;{{wp|non-player character|NPC}}: Abbreviation for "non-playable character" or "non-player character." Refers to any character in a video game that cannot be used by the player. Some examples are [[Bowser]] and [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] in ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''
-;NPC : Abbreviation for "non-playable character."  Refers to any character in a video game that cannot be used by the [[player]].  Some examples are [[Bowser]] and [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] in ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''
+;{{wp|Not safe for work|NSFW}}: Abbreviation for "not safe for work." It usually refers to something with swearing, gore, sexual references, drugs, nudity, etc.
+;{{wp|NTSC}} (National Television System Committee): On this wiki, the abbreviation denotes generally the North and South American versions of games for the NES, SNES, N64, GameCube, or Wii but can also include South Korea, Taiwan, and Japan. These versions come into play mainly for region locking, although minor gameplay and localization differences may exist between NTSC and PAL, its European/Australian counterpart, versions. Two sub-abbreviations exist, NTSC-U and NTSC-J, which denote ''only'' the American/Canadian versions ''or'' the Japanese versions, respectively.
 ==O==
-;[[Offensive Power Shot]] : A type of shot used in ''[[Mario Power Tennis]]'' to give the ball extra force when going accross the court.
 ==P==
-;[[Paper Mario]] : The first installment of the ''[[Paper Mario (series)|Paper Mario]]'' series released in [[2000]].
+;{{wp|PAL}} (Phase Alternating Line): On this wiki, the abbreviation denotes generally the European and Australian version of games for the NES, SNES, N64, GameCube, or Wii. These versions come into play mainly for region locking, although minor gameplay and localization differences may exist between PAL and NTSC, its American counterpart, versions.
-;[[Paper Mario (series)]] : A Mario RPG series with three installments: ''[[Paper Mario]]'', ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'', and ''[[Super Paper Mario]]''.
+;[[MarioWiki:Patrollers|Patrollers]]: Users who are given blocking, rollbacking, patrolling, and CheckUser rights.
-;[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]] : The second installment of the ''[[Paper Mario (series)|Paper Mario]] series.
+;Per: Used before a username/a group of users (i.e., "Per X" or "Per all") to indicate that the person agrees with that/those user(s). Used in voting for Featured Articles, Proposals, etc. Etymologically, "per" is Latin for "through," so literally, the voter is expressing their opinion through the other user(s).
-;[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Tattle Log)]] : A log that [[Goombella]] makes of all enemies in ''[[Paper Mario The Thousand-Year Door]]''.
+;Piped link (also known as piping): A wiki link where the displayed text is different from the article it leads to. Example: <nowiki>[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]</nowiki> shows up as [[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]] but actually links to the [[Super Mario (franchise)]] page.
-;[[Partner]] : Characters that aid [[Mario]] in ''[[Mario(series)|Mario]]'' RPGs.
+;[[MarioWiki:PipeProject|PipeProjects]]: Projects to improve the wiki or certain aspects of it; users can add their usernames to the Pipe Project if they believe they can help. PipeProjects are no longer used on the Super Mario Wiki. Instead, we have the [[#W|Wiki Collaborations]] forum board.
-;[[PEGI]] : Short for Pan-European Game Information, this company rates games in Europe.
+;{{wp|Plagiarism}}: The copying of another person's work without giving any credit to the original author. This also includes altering the text (such as making the switch from active to passive, e.g., "Mario stomped on the Goomba" to "The Goomba was stomped by Mario.").
-;[[Player]] : The person who is playing a game and using the controller.
+;Playable character or {{wp|player character}}: A character that is able to be controlled by the player, the extent and role of which vary from game to game.
-;[[Power Shot]] : Power-ups used in ''[[Mario Power Tennis]]'' and ''[[Mario Superstar Baseball]]''.
+;Player: The person playing a video game.
-;[[Pretty Flowers]] : Items in ''[[Mario Superstar Baseball]]'' that can only be found in Challenge Mode.
+;{{wp|Portable Network Graphics|PNG}} (Portable Network Graphics): An extensible file format for the lossless, portable, well-compressed storage of raster images.
-;'''[[Princess Daisy]]''' : The princess of [[Sarasland]] and [[Princess Peach|Peach's]] counterpart.
+;Point of no return: A point near the end of a game where the player becomes unable to access other areas and is committed to finishing the game. For example, in ''[[Luigi's Mansion 3]]'', after the player goes through the door in the back of the [[Main Observation Room]], the rest of [[The Last Resort]] becomes inaccessible and the player's only option is to climb to the [[Rooftop (Luigi's Mansion 3)|Rooftop]] and face [[King Boo]].
-;[[Princess Peach]] : The ruler of the [[Mushroom Kingdom]] who always gets kidnapped by [[Bowser]].
+;Port: A game that was originally released on previous consoles or handhelds that is transferred to a different console or handheld with little to no changes regarding gameplay.
+;Prequel: A work of fiction (book, game, etc.) whose narrative is chronologically set before another, previously released work. When a [[#S|sequel]] chronologically set after an existing work is written, the original piece does not become a "prequel" to the later one but is merely its predecessor. {{see also|MarioWiki:Good writing#Frequently misused terms}}
+;[[MarioWiki:Proposals|Proposal]]: The formal suggestion of an idea that is major enough to require the input of various users, who then vote to determine if the suggested changes will or will not be enacted.
 ==Q==
 ==R==
-;[[List of Wario's Treasures in Wario: Master of Disguise|"Rare" Collectable Figurine]] : A figurine of [[Count Cannoli]]. 65,535 of them exist.
+;{{wp|random-access memory|RAM}} (random-access memory): The main memory of a computer, in which data can be stored or retrieved from all locations at the same (usually very high) speed.
-;'''Recovery''': The act of restoring one's health, usually through restorative items, such as [[Coin|Coins]] [[Mushroom|Mushrooms]].  Alternate methods include visiting [[Toad House|Toad Houses]] or [[Inn|Inns]].  In ''[[Super Smash Bros. (series)|Super Smash Bros.]]'' games, the term refers either to reducing one's damage percentage or returning to the stage after being attacked or falling.
+;Recovery: The act of regaining one's health, usually through restorative items, such as [[coin]]s or [[Mushroom]]s. Alternate methods include visiting [[Toad House]]s or [[inn]]s. In the ''[[Super Smash Bros. (series)|Super Smash Bros.]]'' games, the term refers to either reducing one's damage percentage or returning to the stage after being attacked or falling.
-;'''[[Red Paratroopa]] : A red-colored [[Paratroopa]].
+;[[MarioWiki:Redirects|Redirect]]: A page that is created with the purpose of leading users that search for the page to another page with a similar name.
-;[[Rogueport]] : The main hub of ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''.
+;Remix: A type of music that recombines audio pieces from a recording to create an altered version of the song. '''Not to be confused with "[[#C|cover version]]."'''
-;[[Rogueport Sewers]] : An area in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' that leads to many other locations.
+;{{wp|read-only memory|ROM}} (read-only memory): Computer memory in which program instructions, operating procedures, or other data are permanently stored, generally on electronic chips during manufacture, and that ordinarily cannot be changed by the user.
-;'''RPG''': Short for Role Playing Game. Some examples are ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'' and ''[[Paper Mario]]''.
+;RPG: Short for "role-playing game." Some examples are ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'' and ''[[Paper Mario]]''.
+;Rubber band AI: A type of feature in racing games that prevents human players from getting too far ahead of CPU players, usually by enhancing the CPUs' abilities and/or limiting the human players' abilities.
 ==S==
-;'''Self-Destruct''': The act of knocking oneself out in a ''[[Super Smash Bros. (series)|Super Smash Bros.]]'' game.  A common example is missing a [[jump]] from one [[platform]] to the next and falling into the [[bottomless pit]].
+;Saving: The recording of a player's progress in a video game. In games of the ''Super Mario'' franchise, this is usually done either automatically or at a specified save point (such as a [[Save Block]] or the end of a [[fortress]], [[tower]], or [[castle]]).
-;'''[[Shroobified|Shroobify]]''': In ''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]'', anything altered or changed by the [[Shroob]]s is Shroobified.
+;Self-destruct (or SD): The act of knocking oneself out in a ''[[Super Smash Bros. (series)|Super Smash Bros.]]'' game or defeating a teammate. A common example is missing a [[jump]] from one [[platform]] to the next and falling into the [[pit|bottomless pit]].
-;[[Shroom Kritter]] (Conjectural Term) : A name for a [[Kritter]] who has disguised itself as a [[Mushroom]].
+;Sequel: A work of fiction (book, game, etc.) that continues the story or otherwise builds upon a previously released work. All installations within a series are considered sequels of the works that preceded them. If a [[#P|prequel]] is written for an existing work, the original piece does not retroactively become a "sequel," like how an earlier work is not a "prequel" to any sequels released after it.
-;[[Spania]] : A [[Spinia]] with spikes om it's head in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''.
+;Server: A program that provides some service to other (client) programs. The connection between client and server is normally by means of message passing, often over a network, and uses some protocol to encode the client's requests and the server's responses.
-;[[Spinia]] : An enemy in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''.
+;SFX: Abbreviation for "sound effects."
-;[[Spunia]] : A more powerful version of a [[Spania]] in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''.
+;Side-scroller: A linear type of level that is shown from a perspective where the directions forward and backward are represented as left and right.
-;'''[[Star]]''' : A powerful object in the ''[[Mario (series)|Mario]]'' series, often as an item used for invincibility. some Stars are even [[Artifact]]s.
+;[[MarioWiki:Signatures|Signature]] (sig): A user's name or a design that includes the name, which users put below or after their comments on talk pages to show that they were the one who wrote said comment. On [[#F|forums]], signatures are the text or words that appear beneath every one of a user's posts.
+;[[The 'Shroom:Main Page|The 'Shroom]]: The Super Mario Wiki monthly newspaper.
+;{{wp|skybox (video games)|Skybox}}: A way of creating backgrounds to make a video game level seem bigger than it actually is.
+;Sockpuppet or sock puppet: An extra online identity created by a member of a discussion forum, etc., to agree with opinions submitted under their usual online name, or to evade a block or ban imposed upon the original user.
+;SPAM: Short for "Stupid Pointless and Annoying Message." It is a form of [[#V|vandalism]].
+;Spin-off or spinoff: A game that has other gameplay types rather than the usual gameplay type it has (e.g., ''[[Mario Tennis (series)|Mario Tennis]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart (series)|Mario Kart]]'').{{anchor|Spin-off}}
+;Split: When some information is taken out of one article and used to create another article on a subject that is now considered to be separate from the first, or otherwise deserving of its own unique article.
+;Stub: An article that lacks sufficient information. A list of stub articles can be seen [[:Category:Stubs|here]].
+;[[mb:|Super Mario Boards]]: A [[#F|forum]] where users can discuss just about anything, although much of the content is focused on the [[#M|Marioverse]]. There are also [[#B|board]]s to discuss wiki-related matters, such as the [[#W|Wiki Collaborations]] board.
+;{{wp|Scalable Vector Graphics|SVG}} (Scalable Vector Graphics): A file type that, unlike raster formats (PNG, JPEG, GIF), is comprised of vectors (shapes) rather than pixels. This means that the image retains the same quality for any size, even when displayed many times greater than the original size.
+;[[MarioWiki:Administrators|Sysops]] (system operators): Another name for "[[#A|administrators]]."
 ==T==
-;"That's My Merlee!" Show : A quiz show hosted by [[The InterNed]] that tasks [[Mario]] with finding out who is the real [[Merlee]] and who is the imposter.
+;[[Help:Template|Template]]: An electronic file with a predesigned, customized format and structure, as for a fax, letter, or expense report, ready to be filled in. Templates must be added with <nowiki>{{Template Name}}</nowiki>.
-;[[Thousand-Year Door]] : A huge [[Door]] with a [[Shadow Queen|legendary treasure behind]] it in ''[[Paper Mario:The Thousand-Year Door]]''.
+;Thread: A topic on a [[#F|forum]].
-;[[Toadsworth]] : [[Princess Peach|Prncess Peach's]] faithful ward.
+;TOC: Short for "Table of Contents."
-;[[Topman]] : Enimies in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''.
+;{{wp|Troll (Internet)|Troll}}: In Internet slang, a troll is someone who posts inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community, such as an online discussion forum, chat room, or blog, with the primary intent of provoking other users into a desired emotional response or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion.
-;Transformation: the assumption of another form by a character, usually through [[magic|magical]] powers or the use of an [[item]], such as a [[Super Mushroom]].  Transformations range from a change in size to the assumption of an entirely new identity (see [[Giga Bowser Transformation]]).
+;[[MarioWiki:Proposals#Talk page proposals|Talk page proposal]] (TPP): A talk page proposal is like a [[#P|proposal]], but since its outcome should affect only one or two articles (typically involving [[#S|splitting]] or [[#M|merging]]), it is held on one of those articles' talk pages, rather than the main proposal page.
+;[[MarioWiki:Trivia|Trivia]]: Miscellaneous points of information that are ideally incorporated into the [[#B|body paragraphs]] of articles, yet which are often given their own section on an article.
 ==U==
-;'''[[Unlockable]]''' : Is a character, gameplay mode, item, or other element that can only accessed after completeing a certain task in a video game.
+;Unlockable: Pertaining to a character, gameplay mode, item, or other element of a video game that can be accessed only after a certain task in the game is completed.
+;[[MarioWiki:Userboxes|Userbox]]: A box that users are free to create and use to describe their likes, their dislikes, their favorites, and other pieces of information about themselves.
+;Userbox tower: A user's unique tower of userboxes. Starts with the {{tem|userboxtop}} template and ends with the {{tem|userboxbottom}} template, with userboxes in between.
+;[[MarioWiki:Userspace|Userspace]]: Anything that belongs to a user, such as their signature, certain subpages, talk pages, and the user page itself.
 ==V==
-;'''[[Vaporware]]''' : A term for games that did start development but never were published.
+;[[MarioWiki:Vandalism|Vandalism]]: Any addition, deletion, or altering of content intended for the sole purpose of disrupting the peace of the wiki.
-;'''[[Volcano Plant]]''' : A plant that shoots out [[fireballs]] in ''[[Super Mario World]]''.
+;[[List of unreleased media|Vaporware]]: A term for games that did start development but were never actually published.
 ==W==
-;'''[[Warp Pipe]]''' : The form of transportation in the Mushroom Kingdom. Simply entering the pipe at one end takes the user to the other end.
+;{{wp|Wiki}}: A type of website that allows users to create, edit, and link webpages easily. Wikis are often used to create collaborative websites and to power community websites.
-;[[World -1]] : A comical term for [[The Underwhere]] that is derived from the "World -1" label on the glitched [[Minus World]] from ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''
+;Wiki staff: Umbrella term for the wiki [[MarioWiki:Patrollers|patrollers]], [[MarioWiki:Administrators|administrators]], [[MarioWiki:Bureaucrats|bureaucrats]], and [[MarioWiki:Proprietor|proprietor]] who all help to run the Super Mario Wiki.
+;[[mb:forums/57|Wiki Collaborations]]: A [[#F|forum]] board where wiki editors can collaborate on projects and discuss wiki matters.
+;{{wp|World Wide Web}} (WWW): The complete set of electronic documents stored on computers that are connected over the Internet and are made available by the protocol known as HTTP. The World Wide Web makes up a large part of the Internet.
 ==X==
 ==Y==
-;[[You-Know-What]] : A CD containing unknown information.  [[Mario]] delivered it from [[Piccolo]] to [[Bestovius]].
 ==Z==
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