MarioWiki:Proposals

Proposals can be new features (such as an extension), removal of a previously added feature that has tired out, or new policies that must be approved via consensus before any action(s) are done. Any user can support or oppose, but must have a strong reason for doing so, not, e.g., "I like this idea!" "Vote" periods last for one week. All past proposals are archived. A proposal section works like a discussion page: comments are brought up and replied to using indents (colons, such as : or ::::) and all edits are signed using the code {{user|User name}}. Signing with the signature code ~~~(~) is not allowed due to technical issues. How To Actions that users feel are appropriate to have community approval first can be added by anyone, but they must have a strong argument. Users then vote and discuss on the issue during that week. The "deadline" for the proposal is one week from posting at: Monday to Thursday: 17:00 (5pm) Friday and Saturday: 20:00 (8pm) Sunday: 15:00 (3pm) Every vote should have a reason accompanying it. At any time a vote may be rejected if at least three active users believe the vote truly has no merit or was cast in bad faith. However, there must be strong reasons supporting the invalidation. "# " should be added under the last vote of each support/oppose section to show another blank line. Any proposal that has three votes or less at deadline will automatically be listed as "NO QUORUM." The original proposer then has the option to relist said proposal to generate more discussion. All proposals are archived. The original proposer must take action accordingly if the outcome of the proposal dictates it. If it requires the help of a sysop, the proposer can ask for that help. There are two topics that cannot be decided on through a proposal: the first is sysop promotions and demotions, which are decided by Bureaucrats. Secondly, no proposals calling for the creation of Banjo, Conker or Sonic series articles are allowed (several proposals supporting them have failed in recent history). The times are in EDT, and are set so that the user is more likely to be online at those times (after work/school, weekend nights). If a proposal is added on Saturday night at 11:59 PM EDT, the deadline is the next Saturday night at 8:00 PM. If it is a minute later, the deadline is a day plus 15 hours (Sunday), as opposed to a day minus 4 hours. CURRENTLY: 17:58, 27 April 2024 (EDT) New Features Super mario cartoons A few articles have information that regard the Mario cartoons as canon. For example, this can be found in Mario's biograpy: Abandoning carpentry and leaving Donkey Kong to his own devices, Mario entered the plumbing business with Luigi and formed Mario Brothers Plumbing as revealed in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show. The pair worked on plumbing from the business's headquarters, performed house calls, and also released a line of products. As the years passed, they remained financially unsuccessful, but gained a reputation for their plumbing skills and were recognized by the Grand Order of Plumbers as Plumbers of the Year in "Plumbers of the Year" despite an embarrassing appearance on David Horowitz's worldwide television show that ruined the reputation of their product line in "The Marios Fight Back" Mario and Luigi had a variety of mainly benign adventures. For example, in "Texas Tea" the brothers became rich from an oil well in their tomato garden. However, they were endangered on several occasions, such as in "Slime Busters" when the brothers were attacked by Slime Ghosts. Despite their adventures, Mario confided to Luigi in "Baby Mario Love" that he was dissatisfied with his current life, complaining it lacked glitz and glamour. Two conflicting stories of how the Mario Bros. returned to Mushroom World exist. The first originates from The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! introduction and later expanded on in "Toddler Terrors of Time Travel." Mario and Luigi were performing a house call for a slightly daft lady who hired them to fix her bathtub drain. Unknown to them, the drain was a Warp Zone connected to the Mushroom World. After Luigi cleared it, Mario and Luigi were sucked towards the drain. Mario grabbed onto the shower curtain bar, but Luigi was already in the drain's suction. Grabbing unto Mario, Luigi ended up pulling both of them down. Later, Mario and Luigi were forced to relive this event due to Ludwig von Koopa's Time Travel Tube. The events were slightly altered. Instead of struggling against the drain, Mario and Luigi openly jump through the pipe, accompanied by Toad. The three were warped from the past Earth to the present Mushroom World, ending the process of overwritting past events. The second was invented for "The Legend." While Mario ate lunch one day in Mario Brothers Plumbing, the brothers heard a cry for help through a very small pipe. Springing into action, they grabbed their plungers and followed the voice, which they later learned belonged to Princess Peach. However, Nintendo has confirmed that the Mario cartoons are non-canon. Therefore, I propose that all information like this should be removed or put into a non-canon information section. Proposer: Magikoopa67 (talk) Deadline: August 30th, 2008, 20:00 Support Magikoopa67 (talk) Per my proposal Oppose Cobold (talk) I don't see your problem. All other media are alternate-canon and are separated from the games everywhere. Time Q (talk): Per Cobold. When and where did they confirm that the cartoons are "non-canon" anyway? InfectedShroom (talk) - Per Cobold. Clay Mario (talk) - Per all. There is no proof that Nintendo considers this non-canon, therefore it is alternate canon. I once did a proposal similar to this and have learrned one thing: The Super Mario Wiki doesn't only cover the games, but the complete mario series. Therfore the information on the cartoon is acceptable. Booster -- Per all. Alternate canon is and should be allowed. Comments The whole CANON thing is a load of bullcrap: There,'s no official guide for wut is "canon" and what isn't, and besides, what is the point of saying "X NEVER HAPPEND" when we're still going to write about it, Anyway? On the other hand, I support rewriting the Mario biography to separate the Cartoon from the game, the whole thing is just confusing, misleading and doesn't really works. --Blitzwing 12:38, 23 August 2008 (EDT) Magikoopa67, are you going to support your own proposal or not? Pikax (talk) Also, Magikoopa67 has offered the option of putting the information from the cartoons into a separate section. Such a section exists in Princess Peach's article - Appearances in other media. I want to know why Mario's article doesn't have such a section and, right now, I put it down to terrible article writing. Pikax (talk) Stumpers (talk) queried some sysops about merging the Cartoons with the game and everyone was pretty much "YEAH YEAH DO IT", and when he did it, everyone gave him accolades. But when looking back at it, yeah, it was a terrible idea. --Blitzwing 17:43, 23 August 2008 (EDT) I don't like the idea of removing information, but I do like the idea of having separate sections for "non-canon" information. Is my vote a support or an oppose? The headings aren't really clear enough. Pikax (talk) Copyrighted Info In the Mario Super Sluggers article and a few others, we seem to not have information that Copyrighted Products do (ie. Nintendo Power, etc.) While it may seem that I am proposing that we allow articles from the copyrighted products onto their respective articles, I am not. I propose that we can at least allow a paragraph or two from copyrighted products into their articles. If it is maybe needed, we can tweak the paragraph around, so it is not directly copying off the article. So, shall we allow short paragraphs of info into the articles, or not? Proposer: Palkia47 (talk) Deadline: August 30, 2008, 20:00 Allow Copyrighted Info Palkia47 (talk) - I'm the proposer, so per me. Luigi001 (talk) Per palkia. If we take that paragraph and tweak it a lot, that (I think) is not plagerism. Don't Allow Copyrighted Info Comments Can somebody please add the deadline for this, as I'm not well with the deadlines? Palkia47 (talk) I am not familiar with the exact rules about the Copyright policy here, but in any situation, "Tweaking" still counts as plagirism. But maybe we're allowed to quote articles. I don't know. Is there a copyright law expert in this wiki? Garlic Man (talk) If you're talking users, I think Cobold (talk) is. He's familiar with the wiki law. Palkia47 (talk) I don't fully understand this proposal. I also don't think it would change anything. Let me try and sum up the facts: Copying text, images, etc. from copyrighted material is illegal and won't be allowed. No matter if it's a whole article or just one or two paragraphs. Using information from copyrighted material without directly copying it (i.e. paraphrasing texts) is allowed, but we should make sure to always cite our sources. In other words: even if you're proposing to allow publishing copyrighted material, be it only one paragraph, and if your proposal passes, we still won't allow it, simply because it's illegal. Time Q (talk) Yeah, I agree with Time. However, we can quote things. If a copyrighted product says (for example) "Mario really enjoys blueberry muffins with hint of lemon," we can put that exact quote in quotation marks and say something to the effect of "According to the official Nintendo Biography, 'Mario really enjoys blueberry muffins with hint of lemon.' " And yeah, I just made that source up, but we are allowed to do that, so long as we don't do it too much. InfectedShroom (talk) Removals None at the moment. Splits & Merges Mario Super Sluggers Cutscenes Currently, we have an article entitled Challenge Mode Cutscenes (Mario Super Sluggers). So my question is; is this article really needed? I mean all it is is the story of MSS in it's own article. It really doesn't have a point. Shouldn't it just be included in the main article? And having this page gives me a feeling that we need an article about cutscenes in Super Mario Galaxy, or Super Mario Sunshine. (Note how on those pages the cutscenes are merged nicely with the Story/Plot sections.) I'd also like to address the length matter. Number one: Does it really matter about how long the article is? Look at the SSBB article's story (or the Subspace Emissary in it's case.) It's extremely long, but no one is complaining about it. And second of all, I don't mean to put every single bit of information from the page in the actual article. All we need is the major details, because, like Moonshine said, we don't need to know who threw what to who. And as for the pictures, I say we use the best ones and put it right next to the story section, or, if we still want the pictures, make a gallery at the page's bottom that has them in it, and call it Challenge mode screenshots or the like. Proposer: Luigi001 (talk) Deadline: August 28, 2008, 17:00 Merge into main article Luigi001 (talk) Per myself (above and below.) Palkia47 (talk) Per 001. I don't think it would make it long; I mean, just look at the Super Smash Bros. Brawl article, it has info on just about every cutscene in the Subspace Emissary, and that article would be way longer even if the cutscenes for MSS were added to the article. Moonshine (talk) Per my comment below. As said below, if we merge it, we should shorten it significantly. King Mario (talk) Per All. The Challenge Mode stuff should be there with most of the images. Cobold (talk) Story mode of a game? Any modes don't get articles because that would leave little to say in the game's main article. Walkazo (talk) - Per all. Also, the Cutscene's page is too gaudy as it is, so merging it would be a good time to cut out the superfluous charts and screenshots. Pikax (talk) - Per Cobold. See my comment below for why I question the oppose votes. Keep Article Arend (talk) - The MSS Page has enough info. Also, the cutscene article of MSS is detailed with everything what happens, for just 4 Cutscenes! And the article is already long enough to deserve a standard place on this Wiki. Other cutscenes, like SMG and SSBB aren't detailed, because there are many, many cutscenes of those games, and are long either. tanokkitails (talk)-Getting rid off them would take a while and if we merge it with anything else that article would be much longer so keeping it makes the most sense. MeritC (talk) - I also say that this should stay a separate article for the SMW. As others have pointed out on this section of the proposal, if this were to be "merged" with the main Mario Super Sluggers article, then it would be way too long. Besides, as long as this article has active links to to the main Mario Super Sluggers article page, then I don't see any need in merging the Mario Super Sluggers cutscene article. What we do need to know, however, is what criteria needs to be met to view the fourth and final cutscene so that we can make any necessary edits on that part of the cutscene article itself. ForeverDaisy09 (talk) -It's extremely spoiler filled, and extremely lengthy. I don't want to give people the excuse of taking out the galleries, shortening it by taking out sentences, or whatever. Comments That's not entirely true Infected Shroom. Notice how on the SMG page there is a nice little paragraph about each cutscene. It doesn't have all that who is involved or the picture galleries. I mean, do we really need those? All we need are little paragraphs on the cutcenes, not an entire article. If we have the article, we may as well make one for every game with cutscenes. Luigi001 (talk) Yeah, it is true. First off, the SMS article doesn't have a giant table with all the characters on it. Also, the "Story" in Sluggers is supposed to be unlike the story of any other sports game. And no, technically we don't need them. It just makes for a better experience when reading the page. InfectedShroom (talk) All in all, I think that the Cutscenes page is essentially just the story of MSS, which the MSS page is missing. The story, especially in this case, is far more important that what's on the MSS page now. Why do we have an in depth explanation of Toy Field but no story? The page really needs to get it's priorities in order. It's not hard to cut down the cutscenes page. Simply merge it with the MSS page, give it it's own section entitled "story" and it's done. There's no need for each scene to have an infobox, and there's no need for 10 pics per scene either. You could put like 1 or 2 pics in the section, and get rid of the rest. Also, most of the info is unneeded and over-descriptive. We don't need to put 'who Mario threw the ball too in the intro' and things like that. If we do this then the MSS page won't be THAT long. But if we were to merge it the way it is now, I agree that it would be too long. Moonshine (talk) OK, to the opposers: IT'S AN ARTICLE ABOUT THE STORY OF A GAME! We may as well call it: Story (Mario Super Sluggers). And who really cares if it make the article too long? No one's complaining about the length of the SSBB or Mario articles! I mean seriously! Even if we put every last bit of information from the article in the MSS article, it would barely be half the size of either of the two mentioned articles! And what's so bad about taking long? There's no time limit to how long an approved proposal must take to complete it! All you have to do is copy & paste, then edit it to fit in the MSS article! Do you get my point, opposers? Luigi001 (talk) Yes, I do get your point. However, if I had total control over this wiki, I would split up the Mario and SSBB pages myself. And actually, you'd probably copy it, find a spot for it, and then paste it. 'Least, it's what I'd do. InfectedShroom (talk) But the fact is, they're not split like the MSS one. I still think that the cutscenes could, and should, be shortened if it's merged. -Moonshine (talk) I've looked at the reasons for people opposing and it may just be my way of thinking, but I don't think any of them are actually good reasons. Pikax (talk) I agree Pikax. Too long, too many spoilers, etc are not really good reasons. Luigi001 (talk) (No offense.) I'm moving my list of reasons for the oppose votes being terrible down here so that I can format it better. Pikax (talk) Why I object to the objections: InfectedShroom You say that the merge will make the article too long. Since when has an article's length actually mattered (apart from a minimum length to be suitable for FA status)? In fact, an article being long implies that it has plenty of information. I know you can argue that copying and pasting "I like cheese" umpteen times makes the article longer without adding information, the cutscene article isn't just a load of waffle. Arend An article about a game should have all of the information about the game. I can understand if, for example, the Mario Kart: Double Dash article only has information about each vehicle's statistics and not why they look like what they look like because such information does not pertain to the game. A game's story, however, does pertain to the game, therefore it should be shown in the game's article and not given a separate article. tanokkitails Surely merging two articles together means that all of the information from both articles remains, except possibly very unimportant information, and the information that isn't removed is reformatted if necessary, which is exactly what Luigi001 says will happen. Arguing that the process will take a while is just plain stupid. Typing up Mario's article probably took a while. Would you have opposed to the creation of Mario's article? I didn't think so. Merit C I object to your vote for the same reason I objected to InfectedShroom and Arend's votes. ForeverDaisy09 Aside from the reasons I opposed tanokkitails' vote, several game articles (Mario Kart DS and Super Smash Bros. Brawl, for example) have spoilers in them. Why should Mario Super Sluggers be any different? Let me know if you disagree with anything I've said. Pikax (talk) Oh, what the heck. I don't even care about this proposal. I withdraw. InfectedShroom (talk) Changes Princess? Currently, Rosalina's page is just called Rosalina because she is never called a princess in the games. But I found official proof. This is the first part of Rosalina's bio in Super Mario Galaxy. The whole bio can be found at the end of Rosalina's page. Not much is known about Rosalina, the lonely princess who wanders the cosmos in the Comet Observatory, a giant starship that travels the celestial expanse. Now we found proof, I think we can move the page. But before doing anything, users must agree with this. What shall we do? Proposer: Arend (talk) Deadline: August 28th, 2008, 17:00 Change to Princess Rosalina Arend (talk) Super Mario Galaxy has spoken. Tucayo (talk) Per Arend,and because she wears a crown King Mario (talk)- Per Mr.Arend YoshiAndMe10 (talk) if shes a princess than call her princess rosalina pretty simple. Dry Funky (talk) I agree with all above. Mr. Br Mario (talk) I agree with that. After all, he's using canonical information. Canonical information is the most precious information that could belong to Super Mario Wiki. So, let's do this! BeeBop! (talk) I agree with all above. As per (Princess) Rosalina's bio, she is known as a 'Princess' in Super Mario Galaxy The.Real.Izkat (talk) omg obviously she's a princess! she was originally planned to be related to peach, the info in the guide and game booklet lists her as a Princess! She wears an effing crown and has a brooch that is close to peach's and daisy's who are also princesses! how can you say she isn't a Princess. The ino we have is official! You can't change official no matter how much you want to! Keep Rosalina Comments I'm leaning toward opposing, since "Princess Rosalina" is not her official title. But I'd like to hear a few more opinions, considering she is a princess. InfectedShroom (talk) I have placed a part of Rosalina's Official bio in the proposal. She is called a princess in the bio. Arend (talk) Just where is this official bio from? As has been said before, it's not said in-game that she's a princess, and I just checked the manual and it doesn't say anything either. Is this from a guide? A Prima guide, perhaps? AgentCH (talk) I agree with AgentCH. Prima puts fake stuff in their guides. For example look at the MKWii guide. They say Waluigi owns Waluigi Industries and Daisy is Peach's cousin. Totally fake. No Proof from NP. Yoshikart (talk) Wow, after I placed my oppose, there was a rush of opposes following mine... I feel Special. :P Anyway, I do also agree with AgentCH, because if it's not in-game or in-manual, then it's probably not our most reliable source. We may as well move Mario to Template:Fakelink (hey, a red link!). Garlic Man (talk) The term princess could be just a "nick name" and not a true title. The "princess that wonders the stars" Princess could be saying that she is a legondary person. Or maybe just because she is beautiful (I never said that. I've just heard people say she is ;) ). I think that it is just a play on words. MC Hammer Bro. (talk) Oh, then should Princess Peach move to Peach, and Princess Daisy to Daisy. Arend (talk) No, because (from what I know) they are both referred to as "Princess Peach" and "Princess Daisy", respectively, in the games. Rosalina is never referred to as "Princess Rosalina". Time Q (talk) Peach is called a princess, but Daisy is never called princess in every game she appeard in. In Super Mario Land, Mario just calls her Daisy. Other games she appeard in are spin-offs. Daisy (and Peach) aren't called princesses in these games. Daisy is only called a princess in game manuals. Arend (talk) But she is given at least once the title "Princess Daisy", isn't she? Because if she isn't, maybe we should think about moving her page to "Daisy" indeed. Time Q (talk) I did a little research. On the European Mario site (who doesn't exist enymore), Daisy wasn't called (unlike Peach) a princess. Nintendo said Daisy isn't called a princess in later appearences. But even in Super Mario Land, Mario didn't call her a princess. However, in Daisy's Smash Bros Melee a trophy discription, she is in one line called Princess Daisy (this is the only time she is called Princess Daisy in a game), but the title of the trophy still is just Daisy. Manuals also make great use of Princess Daisy. This is the only in game refearence I found. I Mario Smash Football/Super Mario Strikers, when you select Peach, Peach will say Pricess Peach, but if you select Daisy, Daisy will say just Daisy. Arend (talk) I agree with you that Daisy's trophy description shouldn't be taken as proof, because I heard they often contain mistakes. But I believe manuals are perfectly valid and reason enough to keep her article as "Princess Daisy". Time Q (talk) Bio where? Page what? The proposal fails to cite its references. The question in the comments wasn't answered. Enough reason to oppose. - Cobold (talk) 16:43, 23 August 2008 (EDT) I found this bio on Rosalina's page. I thought it was from the American game manual. I don't live in the US or UK. Game manuals can differ per region. I was wrong. Arend (talk) Considering more often than not, Peach is referred to as Princess Peach on official sites, and Daisy is just called Daisy, I don't think Rosalina should be called Princess here. Think about it on a leveled set of the terms use.ForeverDaisy09 (talk) Miscellaneous None at the moment.