In this article, you will find detailed information about all nominees for the second Community Awards. Like last year, User Awards and 'Shroom Awards have been combined into the same ceremony. Please read each section and visit the suggested articles where applicable before placing your vote. The polls close on July 17th and the winners will be announced in this year's Awards Ceremony.
C1. Favorite 'Shroom Directing Staff
C1. Favorite 'Shroom Directing Staff
This award is designed to recognize the Directors and/or Sub-Directors that have had a better impact on The 'Shroom during their directorship. This award doesn't factor contributions made by these users when they weren't directors.
Specializes in uploading high-quality screenshots.
Frequently does maintenance on images and articles.
C6. Favorite 'Shroom Team
C6. Favorite 'Shroom Team
This award honors the different teams that are a part of The 'Shroom.
Nominee
Summary/Description
Fake News
Started in the first official 'Shroom release by the now-banned user WarioLoaf (talk) on January 6th, 2007, Fake News was the first of the teams to be founded, designed to allow writers to flex their fiction-writing muscles by making up news stories about upcoming Mario game releases or inventing creative stories surrounding the various characters of the Mario universe. Having survived the long test of time, Fake News continues to be a huge draw for the newsletter, currently headed by its longest-running director MrConcreteDonkey (talk), and sustained by its ongoing writers FunkyK38 (talk) (Weather Forecast), Yoshi876 (talk) (Obituaries), Quizmelon (talk) (TV Tomorrow), YKMR3000 (talk) (Game Corner), Koops (talk) (Travel Guide), Hooded Pitohui (talk) (Shop Scout), and Raregold (talk) (Selling Out). Here is a historical list of Fake News sections.
Originally under the moniker of Art and Music, and later Music and Artwork, before reaching its current name, Palette Swap was created in the 29th issue by the current 'Shroom Director Super Mario Bros. (talk), on August 13th, 2009. Palette Swap’s focus is also on the community’s creativity, but with a focus on multimedia such as music and artworks, both official and fan-made. While it was initially simply a showcase of screenshots and artwork from around the Wiki, the past couple of years have seen more substance added to the team, with commentary, user-created music and fanart, and occasionally artwork competitions. Palette Swap is currently directed by FunkyK38 (talk), and its current permanent staff are Yoshi876 (talk) (What's On the Box?), The Pyro Guy (talk) (Ongoing Fan Projects), Hooded Pitohui (talk) (Mario's Boombox), and Tucayo (talk) (Take Cover!). Here is a historical list of Palette Swap sections.
Pipe Plaza
Pipe Plaza actually used to be a separate sector of the Wiki, a portal with the intention of keeping the community up to date on recent events and various aspects of the wiki in need of tidying up or improvement. Due to its considerable inactivity, it was decided via Proposal to add it in to The 'Shroom in the 32nd issue run by Super Mario Bros. (talk), but it didn’t get any content until the the next issue, whereupon Marioguy1 (talk) was added as a co-director. Keeping true to its roots, Pipe Plaza details all the changes in the Wiki as well as its forum in the past month, often with very rigid formatting rules for simplest readability, making it the most code-heavy team in the newsletter. Pipe Plaza is currently headed by The Pyro Guy (talk), and its current writers are Yoshi876 (talk) (Retro Feature), LudwigVon (talk) (New Articles and The 'Shroom Report), Alex95 (talk) (Upcoming Games and NIWA Spotlight), MrConcreteDonkey (talk) (Forum Update), Superchao (talk) (Interview), the Poll Committee (Poll Committee Discussion), and Lakituthequick (talk) (Anniversary Announcements [seasonal]). Here is a historical list of Pipe Plaza sections.
Critic Corner
This Team was founded in the 64th issue special by the former Affiliates Manager Crocodile Dippy (talk) on July, 2014, Critic Corner was devised to help reduce the crowding of the main page by pulling all review and analyst-style sections into a single page. As a result, Critic Corner tends to be the wordiest of the teams. It started the trend for updated team designs due in large part to the coding assistance of Twentytwofiftyseven (talk). At the start it struggled to gather a consistent writer base, but within the last year has enjoyed plentiful sections by many dedicated writers. Critic Corner is run by Hypnotoad (talk) (who also writes Anton's Half-Baked Reviews), and its permanent writers are Yoshi876 (talk) (Character Reviews and Movie Reviews), FunkyK38 (talk) (Book Reviews), Alex95 (talk) (Could Have Been), Luigi 64DD (talk) (Countdowns), Nabber (talk) (Late Night with Nabber), and MsRetroGeek (talk) (G. T.V.). Here is a historical list of Critic Corner sections.
Strategy Wing
The most recent Team, Strategy Wing was debuted in the 100th Issue by former Director Stooben Rooben (talk) as a place to get together sections related to tips, tricks, hints, cheats, guides, walkthroughs, and more. Issue 100 has been the biggest issue for this Team, and while other issues haven't had as much content as it, the sections in it are always of good quality; from the all-time classics like FTMV to the new sections like Pokédex Power. Strategy Wing is currently directed by Meta Knight (talk) (who also writes Galactic Expedition), and its current permanent writers are Yoshi876 (talk) (Pokédex Power), YoshiFlutterJump (talk) (YoshiFlutterJump's Tips and Tricks!), and GPM1000 (talk) (Mario Calendar).Here is a historical list of Strategy Wing sections.
C7. Favorite 'Shroom Core Staff
C7. Favorite 'Shroom Core Staff
This award aims to acknowledge some of the most prominent Core Staff members, both managers and team directors.
Second 'Shroom Spotlight Manager alongside GBAToad.
Fourth Pipe Plaza Director.
Third 'Shroom staff member to hold more than one simultaneous positions.
C8. Favorite Retired ‘Shroom Writer
C8. Favorite Retired 'Shroom Writer
This award is designed to recognize the best writer whose tenure with The 'Shroom has long since passed, so as to honour the achievements they made during their time with us.
Joined as writer of the Upcoming Games section on Issue VII (7).
Has written 156 sections since joining, winning 17 SOTM awards.
Holds the record for most Critic Corner sections written.
Has also written Crocodile Style Reviews, Dippy's Matilda, Cooking Guide, Fake Weather, Riddles, Composer Spotlight, This Month in Albums, Birthday Wishes, Pocket Handbook, and several special sections
Joined as a writer of the Fake Ads section for the Fake News team on Issue XXXIII (33).
Has written 92 sections since joining, winning three SOTM awards.
Has also written Word Search, Fake Report, Fake Shop, Travel Guide, Fake TV, Cooking Guide, Crossword, Non-Mario Crossword, and several special sections.
Had a special issue dedicated to him; Issue LXXV, themed after his favorite Nintendo franchises.
Has also written Police Blotter, Monthly Inquisition, Find the Differences, Game Soundtrack Reviews, Lord Bowser's Inside Story, Go With the Flow, and several special sections.
Has written 58 sections since joining, winning eight SOTM awards.
Joined as writer of the Character Battle section on XXVI
Has written 215 sections since joining, winning eight SOTM awards.
Holds the record for most Main/Staff sections written.
Has also written Calendar of Events, Cooking Guide, Fake Shop, Crossword, Guess That Game!, Guess Who?, Mystery Images, Featured Character Artwork, Monthly Report, and several special sections.
Currently writes Galactic Expedition in Strategy Wing.
Has also written It's aMAZEing in Fun Stuff, Meta Knight's Boss Battle Reviews in Critic Corner, Party Trick! in Strategy Wing, and several special sections.
Has written 125 sections since joining, winning 11 SOTM awards.
Holds the record for most Strategy Wing sections written.
This award aims to acknowledge the writers who put care into making their 'Shroom sections visually appealing and well-crafted, whether through imagery, design, or wiki coding.
This award is to recognize the many special issues The 'Shroom has held during its long history, those moments in the year when the staff and writers make a big splash.
Themed after the Nintendo 64, with each team themed after a different Nintendo 64 Mario game; Super Mario 64, Mario Kart, Mario Party, Paper Mario, Yoshi's Story, and Super Smash Bros.
Introduced the Critic Corner team, with the Affiliates Manager Crocodile Dippy (talk) becomming its Director.
Featured the results of the second Poll Chairperson Election, with the winning ticket being Crocodile Dippy (talk) and her co-chairperson Master Crash (talk).
Had nine main sections, five teams, 13 special sections, and 10 staff sections.
Themed after Gamefreak75 (talk), with each team based on his favourite Nintendo franchises; The Legend of Zelda, Pikmin, Pokemon, MOTHER, Kirby, and Waluigi (WAH).
This award acknowledges the hard work and dedication of various members of the community. They all are unique in their experiences and what they’ve done, having volunteered their time in all parts of the community in a number of ways. It should be noted that many nominees have expansive lists forged over the years, and while this may be impressive, please consider recent achievements and their greater relative impact today. This is not an exhaustive list of every position and achievement, just the most notable and relevant.
Current Awards Committee Director (Mario Awards XI (2017) - Mario Awards XII (2018)), Former Co-Director (Mario Awards IX (2015), Mario Awards X (2016))
Current #mwchat Founder (June 2014 – Present) and Admin (3 November, 2010 – Present)
Current Critic Corner Director (July 2016 – Present)
The Proprietor/Owner of MarioWiki, along with several others—Donkey Kong Wiki, Halopedia, Kingdom Hearts Wiki, Pikipedia, SmashWiki, and, as of December 2012, Destinypedia.
Former MarioWiki Bureaucrat (7 January 2016 – 7 January 2018); Former Admin (4 May, 2013 - 7 January 2018)
Reformed and managed the 'Shroom Spotlight project (April, 2013 – 7 January, 2014), which has been successful in improving over a hundred wiki articles to date.
Current MarioWiki Sysop (13 December, 2009 – 1 July, 2010; 28 July, 2010 – 17 January, 2011; 17 January 2013 – 1 January 2014; 2 December, 2015 – Present) and former Patroller (22 April, 2009 – 28 May, 2009; 15 June, 2009 – 13 December, 2009)
Former ‘Shroom Statistics Manager (12 September, 2010 – 16 January, 2011; 20 February, 2016 - January 2018)
Former ‘Shroom Director and Co-Director (April 2009 – June 2009; August 2009 – 7 January 2010; February 2013 – January 2014), and former Sub-Director (February 2009 – March 2009; July 2009; February 2010 – January 2011)
Former Poll Committee Chairperson (July 2016 – July 2017)
