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<span class="plainlinks" style="font-size:33px;font-family:Lucida Sans;color:#C00"><center>'''Ceremony: <span class="countdown" style="font-size:27px"><span class="date">August 14th, 2020</span></span></center></span><br>
<span class="plainlinks" style="font-size:33px;font-family:Lucida Sans;color:#C00"><center>''[[MarioWiki:Anniversary/2019|See festivities from 2019]]''</center></span>
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|[[#About|1 About]] &nbsp; [[#Voting|2 Voting]] &nbsp; [[#Community Awards|3 Community Awards]] &nbsp; [[#Presentations|4 Presentations]] &nbsp; [[#Game Tournaments and Other Events|5 Game Tournaments and Other Events]] &nbsp; [[#Awards Committee|6 Awards Committee]] &nbsp; [[#Contact|7 Contact]]
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<div style="font-size: 150%; text-align: center;">'''''[[MarioWiki:Anniversary/Presentation Sign-ups|Presentation sign-ups have opened up!]]  Please see [[#Presentations|below]] for details.'''''</div>
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<h2 style="color:black">About</h2>
The Super Mario Wiki was created on August 12, 2005 at 13:47 PM (EDT) by [[User:Porplemontage|Steve Shinn]]. In August 2006, this wiki was off to a good start, but still there was only a small number of active users. In August of 2007, with a userbase finally forming, we marked our wiki's anniversary with an [[MarioWiki:Anniversary/2007|awards ceremony]] celebrating 30 of our favorite Mario topics, including favorite games, music, items, series, moments, enemies, and more, by running polls and producing creative mini writing and art projects to present those results in a fun way.

Over the years we’ve made big changes to our Anniversary Ceremony, including the addition of Userpedia, Fail, and ‘Shroom Awards early on (2008, 2009, 2010 respectively), formal game tournaments by 2011 with prizes, and by 2013 having our first Awards Committee Director Election.  As time went on, presentation quality rose and activity hit its stride, streamlining the process, with the Ceremonies evolving with the community’s needs, such as merging User and ‘Shroom Awards into Community Awards, opening up a wider venue for recognition of the skills and efforts of our wiki editors.  In 2016 we proudly funded a $1,000 donation drive for the Tommy Thompson Park Bird Research Station to honor our late bureaucrat Walkazo.

With the wiki at over 23,000 articles and growing, we hope that 2020 will be another successful year!

<h2 style="color:black">Voting</h2>
Voting has ended for the year! Be sure to check out the results above, and come back next time! 
 
<h2 style="color:black">Community Awards</h2>
Along with having awards for the general Marioverse, we like to celebrate achievements within our own community with the addition of the Community Awards.  These cover aspects of this vast community that serves as the lifeblood of the MarioWiki and its sub-pages.  The nominees of these awards include members from the wiki, forum, and chat sub-communities with their various accomplishments.  They also cover projects members have worked or are working on to maintain/improve the site or to promote community solidarity through fiction, comics, artwork, or music.  The 'Shroom remains fully represented, and is the Super Mario Wiki's community-written newsletter, delivering various informative or entertaining articles about the ''Mario'' series, video games in general, and a number of other subjects the third Saturday of every month.  Founded in 2006, this community project has come a long way from its modest beginnings and has become an integral part of the website.  This is where hard-working members of our staff teams, as well as the work of our creative users, have some time to shine and receive recognition.
 
<span style="font-size: 200%">To vote for Community Awards please go [[The 'Shroom:Issue 159/Community Awards Dossier|here]] to find the dossier and polls.</span>
 
<h2 style="color:black">Presentations</h2>
'''''Sign-ups for Award Presentations will open July 1st.'''''  Users will be allowed to present a maximum of four awards.
 
What are these presentations, you ask?  Well, you get to reveal the results of the award you choose in some sort of digital medium, whether it is [http://www.marioboards.com/index.php?topic=26639.msg1210052#msg1210052 a written story] (usually a narrative or an interview with a user or Mario series character), [http://www.marioboards.com/index.php?topic=32241.msg1528197#msg1528197 the tried and true summary], [https://www.marioboards.com/index.php?topic=37421.msg1867500#msg1867500 something creative and goofy], [http://www.marioboards.com/index.php?topic=32240.msg1527881#msg1527881 the very] [http://www.marioboards.com/index.php?topic=32240.msg1527939#msg1527939 popular] [http://www.marioboards.com/index.php?topic=32241.msg1528019#msg1528019 comic style], [https://www.marioboards.com/index.php?topic=37420.msg1867460#msg1867460 a picture] or [https://www.marioboards.com/index.php?topic=38925.msg1956796#msg1956796 series of images], [https://www.marioboards.com/index.php?topic=37422.msg1867783#msg1867783 image edits], split into [https://www.marioboards.com/index.php?topic=37422.msg1867699#msg1867699 multiple] [https://www.marioboards.com/index.php?topic=37422.msg1867703#msg1867703 parts], [https://www.marioboards.com/index.php?topic=37422.msg1867792#msg1867792 collaboration between people], or even [https://www.marioboards.com/index.php?topic=8532.msg230742#msg230742 a playable game], [https://www.marioboards.com/index.php?topic=38926.msg1956893#msg1956893 a video], [http://www.marioboards.com/index.php?topic=32242.msg1528776#msg1528776 a song], or [http://www.marioboards.com/index.php?topic=26638.msg1209530#msg1209530 a combination] [https://www.marioboards.com/index.php?topic=37420.msg1867415#msg1867415 of multiple] [https://www.marioboards.com/index.php?topic=38927.msg1956963#msg1956963 forms].  As you can see, there’s plenty of variety; do whatever you want!  These can be serious or silly (though most people prefer the silly ones), so long as they’re relevant to the award at hand.  Polls close on July 14th, so users should receive their results in their inbox on the forums some time between then and the 17th.  Presentations will be due August 7th.  There are no exceptions.  '''Do not sign up for a presentation if you are unsure if you can complete it.  Doing so may result in a ban from creating presentations in future award shows.'''  If something unexpected does come up, tell us as quickly as possible and we will be able to cover for you.  Be sure to check out the best and favorites from the 2019 Awards Ceremony in the Community Awards dossier!
 
'''Who can sign up to present:'''<br>
-Basically anyone that can complete their presentation within the roughly 4-week window!<br>
--It is encouraged to have accounts on both the wiki and the forum, but it is not a requirement.
 
'''Who cannot sign up to present:'''<br>
-Basically no one! But what can reduce chances and trust are:<br>
--Users who are banned in any community venue (Wiki, Forum, Chat).<br>
--Users that have been banned from participating in Awards-related activities.
 
'''Certain awards are reserved until further notice (we are PMing certain users and asking them if they would like to present any of them. This helps us with quality control for several important awards). These awards may or may not be opened to the public, depending on responses from the people PMed.''' '''''Please note: You will be held to a higher standard of quality if you sign up for Reserved awards, and are expected to deliver quality work quickly if you sign up for a Backup slot.'''''

P.S. It's not all rules and bureaucracy; have fun with it!

<span style="font-size: 200%">To sign up for presentations, please go [[/Presentation sign-ups|here]].</span>

<h2 style="color:black">Awards Committee</h2>
The Awards Committee’s main focus is the creation of the polls in June, but they will be responsible for decisions related to the entire anniversary event, including but not limited to tournaments, prizes, presentations, and overall AC policies and structure. Announcements regarding projects will be posted on this page or the public forum board, so if you are interested, keep an eye on at least one of them.

Thank you, and we'll see you around a bunch more in the upcoming months!!

<h3 style="color:black">Awards Committee</h3>
#{{User|Hypnotoad}} ([[mb:members/1129|Anton]]) (Director)
#{{User|Turboo}} ([[mb:members/668|Turboo]]) (Sub-Director)
#{{User|Hooded Pitohui}} ([[mb:members/5409|Hooded Pitohui]]) (Community Awards Host)
#{{User|Gabumon}} ([[mb:members/979|Mr. Edo]]) (Awards Staff Consultant)
#{{User|Twentytwofiftyseven}} ([[mb:members/830|2257]]) (Awards Staff Consultant)
#{{User|Lakituthequick}} ([[mb:members/3955|Lakituthequick]]) (Awards Record Keeper)
#{{User|Superchao}} ([[mb:members/11|Hibiki Tachibana]])
#{{User|Smasher}} ([[mb:members/3758|Smasher]])
#{{User|YoshiFlutterJump }} ([[mb:members/5808|YoshiFlutterJump ]])
#{{User|Mariofan169}} ([[mb:members/4752|Mariofan169]])
#{{User|Roserade}} ([[mb:members/5592|Roserade the Real Bombchu]])
#{{User|Power Flotzo}} ([[mb:members/6253|Hanamaru Kunikida]])
#{{User|Chibiki Daisy}} ([[mb:members/5082|Zange]])

<h2 style="color:black">Game Tournaments and Other Events</h2>
Mario Awards III featured the first awards-sanctioned tournament, ''Mario Kart'', and ever since then interest has steadily grown to make it a key feature of the anniversary events alongside the poll ceremony.  In 2015, we hosted the most tournaments in the history of the awards ceremony with 15 separate tournaments held, over double the previous year.  These tournaments have included games like ''Mario Kart'', ''Super Smash Bros.'', ''Pokémon'', Mafia, ''Mario Golf'', ''Team Fortress 2'', ''Minecraft'', and also art contests, Guess The Results, and pretty much anything anyone suggests and is able to host. It does not need to be a Nintendo game &ndash; DS/3DS, Wii/Wii U/Switch, PC, Steam, forum-/chat-based and online are all valid media for tournaments as long as they have a multiplayer mode or can function as competition.

It’s not required to be a member of the Awards Committee to host and organize a tournament, but we do ask that you coordinate it with us so we can help things run smoothly and help facilitate prizes should they be offered. As of last year, using tokens for prizes was discontinued, and any prize offered is up to a tournament host, who will also be responsible for prize distribution should they choose to have it as an incentive. Anyone who would like to donate prizes to be given out is more than welcome to do so. Please contact {{User|Hypnotoad}} or {{User|Turboo}} if you would like to supply prizes. Recommended items include Humble Bundle games, Nintendo points, iTunes cards or gift cards to any other online site or store, or even just cash donations. Any donation is highly appreciated, but please be aware that gifting Steam games is no longer easily possible due to a change in policy by Valve.

<h2 style="color:black">Contact</h2>
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{{User|Hypnotoad}} <small>([[mb:members/1129|Forum profile]])</small><br>
{{User|Turboo}} <small>([[mb:members/668|Forum profile]])</small><br>
[http://widget00.mibbit.com/?settings=5d45a5833c850e64c89d661cbf8b26ef&server=mibbit.darkmyst.org&channel=%23mwikiawards #mwikiawards on IRC]<br>
[mailto:marioawards@gmail.com marioawards@gmail.com]<br>
[http://twitter.com/SMWikiOfficial Official Super Mario Wiki Twitter account]
[https://twitter.com/TheShroom Official ‘Shroom Twitter account]

Do you have suggestions to make the awards more interesting? Or issues from last year that need to be resolved? Please, let us know.</div>
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