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==Writing guidelines==
==Writing guidelines==
''None at the moment.''
===Establish a consistent table format for the "Recipes" section on ''Paper Mario'' item pages===
{{early notice|January 8}}
Recently on the wiki's Discord server, the user PalaceSwitcher brought up how inconsistent the recipe tables are for ''Paper Mario'' series item pages. They even went through every page and categorized how the tables on each differ, determining that '''12''' variations exist. 12! Dreadful. Where's the <s>lamb sauce</s> consistency?!


==New features==
With that said, I think it would be best if we simply come up with a new table format altogether, and then implement it onto all these pages for both consistency and better readability - this format, which will utilize normal table coding, will replace the [[Template:PM recipe list|PM recipe list template]] in use previously. Many pages are also missing recipes, and having an outline to follow will make it easier for those to be completed. Another issue with all 12 current variations that there is one big table per page, requiring another column to specify which game(s) the recipe is in. Not only does an extra game column make the table clunkier, but it's harder for a reader to spot the exact game they're looking for. Sure, there might be repeated recipes on a page, but I feel the benefits of having one table per game outweigh this possible negative. A few pages also incorporate item icons into their tables, which I think should be the case on every page because they really help with readability; by splitting by game, we can use game-specific icons (names too, actually).  
''None at the moment.''


==Removals==
So, here's what I'm thinking the "Recipes" section of these pages could look like with the new table format. I'll use [[Mushroom Steak]] as an example, considering it's an item found in all three games. Note that each game will be its own subsection you can jump to on the actual pages, but doing so here could mess up the formatting of the proposal.
===Remove video game console generations===
I would imagine most people who have discussed video games in the past have heard of {{wp|History of video_game consoles#Console generations|video game console generations}}. It is a tool to categorize video game hardware and its place in time. There is just one problem: the current video game console generation system is flawed. If you would like to further read into the specifics as to why I would recommend this [https://www.timeextension.com/features/is-wikipedia-really-to-blame-for-video-game-console-generations Time Extension article] by Jack Yarwood. But in short, the phrase "next generation" originates as a term used starting around the 1990s, as video games evolved over the many years, Wikipedia editors would create their own video game console generation system that has for the most part remained unchanged since its introduction in the early 2000s. This generation system would slowly be adopted by other sites, media, and the people who engage with video games.


Within the scope of the major [[Nintendo]] video game consoles, this is currently how the video game console generation system is categorized.
'''''Paper Mario'''''
{|style="text-align:center; width:50%"class=wikitable
!width="75%"|Recipe
!width="25%"|Result
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|[[File:PaperMario Items UltraShroom.png|25x25px]] [[Ultra Mushroom|Ultra Shroom]]
|rowspan=9|[[File:PaperMario Items ShroomSteak.png|25x25px]] '''Shroom Steak'''
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|[[File:PaperMario Items LifeShroom.png|25x25px]] [[Life Mushroom (Paper Mario series)|Life Shroom]] + [[File:PaperMario Items DriedShroom.png|25x25px]] [[Dried Mushroom|Dried Shroom]]
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|[[File:PaperMario Items LifeShroom.png|25x25px]] [[Life Mushroom (Paper Mario series)|Life Shroom]] + [[File:PaperMario Items Mushroom.png|25x25px]] [[Mushroom]]
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|[[File:PaperMario Items LifeShroom.png|25x25px]] [[Life Mushroom (Paper Mario series)|Life Shroom]] + [[File:PaperMario Items UltraShroom.png|25x25px]] [[Ultra Mushroom|Ultra Shroom]]
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|[[File:PaperMario Items UltraShroom.png|25x25px]] [[Ultra Mushroom|Ultra Shroom]] + [[File:PaperMario Items Mushroom.png|25x25px]] [[Mushroom]]
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|[[File:PaperMario Items UltraShroom.png|25x25px]] [[Ultra Mushroom|Ultra Shroom]] + [[File:PaperMario Items SuperShroom.png|25x25px]] [[Super Mushroom|Super Shroom]]
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|[[File:PaperMario Items UltraShroom.png|25x25px]] [[Ultra Mushroom|Ultra Shroom]] + [[File:PaperMario Items VoltShroom.png|25x25px]] [[Volt Mushroom|Volt Shroom]]
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|[[File:PaperMario Items UltraShroom.png|25x25px]] [[Ultra Mushroom|Ultra Shroom]] + [[File:PaperMario Items DriedShroom.png|25x25px]] [[Dried Mushroom|Dried Shroom]]
|-
|[[File:PaperMario Items LifeShroom.png|25x25px]] [[Life Mushroom (Paper Mario series)|Life Shroom]] + [[File:PaperMario Items SuperShroom.png|25x25px]] [[Super Mushroom|Super Shroom]]
|-
|[[File:PaperMario Items ShroomSteak.png|25x25px]] '''Shroom Steak''' + [[File:PaperMario Items PotatoSalad.png|25x25px]] [[Potato Salad]]
|[[File:PaperMario Items DeluxeFeast.png|25x25px]] [[Deluxe Feast]]
|}


First generation: [[Color TV-Game]]<br>
'''''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'''''
Second generation: [[Game & Watch]]<br>
{|style="text-align:center; width:50%"class=wikitable
Third generation: [[Family Computer]], [[Nintendo Entertainment System]]<br>
!width="75%"|Recipe
Fourth generation: [[Super Famicom]], [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]], [[Game Boy]]<br>
!width="25%"|Result
Fifth generation: [[Nintendo 64]], [[Game Boy Color]]<br>
|-
Sixth generation: [[Nintendo GameCube]], [[Game Boy Advance]]<br>
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|[[File:Ultra Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Ultra Mushroom]]
Seventh generation: [[Wii]], [[Nintendo DS]]<br>
|rowspan=9|[[File:Mushroom Steak PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] '''Mushroom Steak'''
Eighth generation: [[Wii U]], [[Nintendo 3DS]], [[Nintendo Switch]]<br>
|-
Ninth generation: [[Nintendo Switch]]<br>
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|[[File:Life Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Life Mushroom (Paper Mario series)|Life Mushroom]] + [[File:Dried Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Dried Mushroom]]
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|[[File:Life Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Life Mushroom (Paper Mario series)|Life Mushroom]] + [[File:Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Mushroom]]
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|[[File:Life Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Life Mushroom (Paper Mario series)|Life Mushroom]] + [[File:Ultra Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Ultra Mushroom]]
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|[[File:Ultra Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Ultra Mushroom]] + [[File:Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Mushroom]]
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|[[File:Ultra Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Ultra Mushroom]] + [[File:Super Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Super Mushroom]]
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|[[File:Ultra Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Ultra Mushroom]] + [[File:Volt Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Volt Mushroom]]
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|[[File:Ultra Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Ultra Mushroom]] + [[File:Dried Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Dried Mushroom]]
|-
|[[File:Life Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Life Mushroom (Paper Mario series)|Life Mushroom]] + [[File:Super Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Super Mushroom]]
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|[[File:Life Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Life Mushroom (Paper Mario series)|Life Mushroom]] + [[File:Golden Leaf PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Golden Leaf]]
|rowspan=4|[[File:Mushroom Steak PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] '''Mushroom Steak'''<br>(International)<br>[[File:Life Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Life Mushroom]]<br>(Japan)
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|[[File:Life Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Life Mushroom (Paper Mario series)|Life Mushroom]] + [[File:Turtley Leaf PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Turtley Leaf]]
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|[[File:Ultra Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Ultra Mushroom]] + [[File:Golden Leaf PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Golden Leaf]]
|-
|[[File:Ultra Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Ultra Mushroom]] + [[File:Turtley Leaf PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Turtley Leaf]]
|-
|[[File:Mushroom Steak PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] '''Mushroom Steak''' + [[File:Healthy Salad PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Healthy Salad]]
|[[File:Zess Deluxe PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Zess Deluxe]]
|}


There is one obvious problem that you might have noticed. The Nintendo Switch is in the eighth and ninth generation. This is due to when the Nintendo Switch first released: March 3, 2017. The current system begins the ninth generation in November 2020 with the release of the {{wp|Xbox Series X and Series S|Xbox Series X/S}} and {{wp|PlayStation 5}} consoles. This is despite how for most of the lifespan of the Nintendo Switch, it has actually been competing against consoles that under this system is a whole generation ahead. Because of this, it is not entirely clear where the Nintendo Switch is in the video game console generation system and the solution is to simply file it in both generations rather than one or the other.
'''''Super Paper Mario'''''
{|style="text-align:center; width:50%"class=wikitable
!width="75%"|Recipe
!width="25%"|Result
|-
|[[File:Ultra Shroom Shake SPM.png|25x25px]] [[Ultra Shroom Shake]]
|[[File:Shroom Steak SPM.png|25x25px]] '''Shroom Steak'''
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|[[File:Shroom Steak SPM.png|25x25px]] '''Shroom Steak''' + [[File:Gorgeous Steak SPM.png|25x25px]] [[Gorgeous Steak]]
|rowspan=2|[[File:Dyllis Deluxe SPM.png|25x25px]] [[Dyllis Deluxe]]
|-
|[[File:Shroom Steak SPM.png|25x25px]] '''Shroom Steak''' + [[File:Roast Shroom Dish SPM.png|25x25px]] [[Mushroom Roast|Roast Shroom Dish]]
|}


Now the Nintendo Switch is a hybrid console, but what about portable consoles? The current video game console generation system lumps in both home and portable consoles. If the goal of the generation system was to be based on hardware specifications than it ultimately falls flat with consoles such as the 16-bit [[Super Famicom]] and [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]] home consoles being in the same generation as the 8-bit [[Game Boy]] portable console. For home consoles there is absolutely nothing in the second generation, with the [[Color TV-Game]] consoles being in the first and the [[Family Computer]] and [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] consoles being in the third. Portable consoles have a similar issue with nothing in the third generation, with the [[Game & Watch]] line in the second and the [[Game Boy]] being in the fourth.
Feel free to leave any ideas you have for the new table outline in the comments!


For these reasons, I think it should be considered to remove video game console generations from this wiki. It is ultimately a flawed tool that originates as something made up by various Wikipedia editors that stuck around for far too long without real consideration of its flaws. If video game console generations are removed, we should gravitate towards more factual descriptions that better represent the consoles.
'''Proposer''': {{User|Technetium}}<br>
'''Deadline''': January 15, 2025, 23:59 GMT


Home consoles: 1. [[Color TV-Game]] 2. [[Family Computer]], [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] 3. [[Super Famicom]], [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]] 4. [[Nintendo 64]] 5. [[Nintendo GameCube]], 6. [[Wii]] 7. [[Wii U]] 8. [[Nintendo Switch]]<br>
====MasterChef (Support)====
Portable consoles: 1. [[Game & Watch]] 2. [[Game Boy]] 3. [[Game Boy Color]] 4. [[Game Boy Advance]] 5. [[Nintendo DS]] 6. [[Nintendo 3DS]] 7. [[Nintendo Switch]]<br>
#{{User|Technetium}} As <s>Gordon Ramsay</s> proposer.
#{{User|PaperSplash}} Per proposer.
#{{user|Doc von Schmeltwick}} - THANK YOU. Unshrink the icons and this'd be perfect, but this is a good start.
#{{User|Camwoodstock}} - This is so thoroughly overdue. Per proposal!
#{{User|Super Mario RPG}} - This works better than my solution.
#{{User|Jdtendo}} Looks good!
#{{User|Blinker}} Per proposal
#{{User|LadySophie17}} Looks good to me.
#{{User|Sparks}} Per all.
#{{User|Pseudo}} Per all.
#{{User|EvieMaybe}} per all!!!
#{{User|Zootalo}} Per all.
#{{User|PalaceSwitcher}} Per all.
#{{User|Waluigi Time}} Now we're cooking.
#{{User|Tails777}} Yes Chef! (Per proposal, the tables look good)


Home console example: "The [[Nintendo 64]] is the fourth [[Nintendo]] home console platform."<br>
====It's RAW! (Oppose)====
Portable console example: "The [[Nintendo DS]] is the fifth [[Nintendo]] portable console platform."<br>
Hybrid console example: "The [[Nintendo Switch]] is the seventh portable and eighth home [[Nintendo]] console platform."<br>


This alternative system does have flaws with the Switch being in two categories again, however that is due to the Switch being a hybrid between a home and portable console. The reason the console is in two video game generations according to Wikipedia is not as clear. Another much straightforward solution would be to simply list the predecessor and successor of each console.
====Cooking Comments====
{{@|Doc von Schmeltwick}} What size do you think the icons should be? I just did 25x25px since that's what they are on the [[Shooting Star (item)|Shooting Star]] page, one of the only pages to currently use icons. Feel free to make an example table here. [[User:Technetium|Technetium]] ([[User talk:Technetium|talk]]) 21:05, December 31, 2024 (EST)
:I think that except for the TTYD remake, they should ideally just be their native size. Aside from the aforementioned remake, none get big enough for that to be an issue. (At the very least, the image links should work, because in the current setup, clicking on the icon does diddly-squat when it logically should do what clicking on an image would normally do.) [[User:Doc von Schmeltwick|Doc von Schmeltwick]] ([[User talk:Doc von Schmeltwick|talk]]) 21:59, December 31, 2024 (EST)
::I would prefer for all the icons to be the same size if possible. When at native size besides the TTYD remake, they look like this next to each other:
::[[File:PaperMario Items ShootingStar.png]] [[File:Shooting Star PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[File:Shooting Star SPM.png]]
::As for the links, I didn't include them because it felt redundant when the page links are right next to them too (and the Shooting Star page didn't have them). If people disagree, I'd totally add links, though - let me know. There still wouldn't be a link to the item a page is about, as you could imagine. [[User:Technetium|Technetium]] ([[User talk:Technetium|talk]]) 22:18, December 31, 2024 (EST)
:::When I click on a sprite I ''generally'' want to go to the image file page. Granted, I have used images to link to pages on rare occasions to match in-game formatting, but linking nowhere is just a waste - especially when it's shrunk, so you can't copy it to your computer's clipboard without it being compressed. [[User:Doc von Schmeltwick|Doc von Schmeltwick]] ([[User talk:Doc von Schmeltwick|talk]]) 22:21, December 31, 2024 (EST)
::::Ah, I assumed you meant linking to the item's page, not the file link. That makes more sense. [[User:Technetium|Technetium]] ([[User talk:Technetium|talk]]) 22:22, December 31, 2024 (EST)
:::::{|style="text-align:center"class=wikitable
!width="75%"|Recipe
!width="25%"|Result
|-
|[[File:PaperMario Items UltraShroom.png]] [[Ultra Mushroom|Ultra Shroom]]
|rowspan=3|[[File:PaperMario Items ShroomSteak.png]] '''Shroom Steak'''
|-
|[[File:PaperMario Items LifeShroom.png]] [[Life Mushroom (Paper Mario series)|Life Shroom]] + [[File:PaperMario Items DriedShroom.png]] [[Dried Mushroom|Dried Shroom]]
|-
|[[File:PaperMario Items LifeShroom.png]] [[Life Mushroom (Paper Mario series)|Life Shroom]] + [[File:PaperMario Items Mushroom.png]] [[Mushroom]]
|}
:::::{|style="text-align:center"class=wikitable
!width="75%"|Recipe
!width="25%"|Result
|-
|[[File:Ultra Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Ultra Mushroom]]
|rowspan=3|[[File:Mushroom Steak PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] '''Mushroom Steak'''
|-
|[[File:Life Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Life Mushroom (Paper Mario series)|Life Mushroom]] + [[File:Dried Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Dried Mushroom]]
|-
|[[File:Life Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Life Mushroom (Paper Mario series)|Life Mushroom]] + [[File:Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Mushroom]]
|}
:::::{|style="text-align:center"class=wikitable
!width="75%"|Recipe
!width="25%"|Result
|-
|[[File:Ultra Shroom Shake SPM.png]] [[Ultra Shroom Shake]]
|[[File:Shroom Steak SPM.png]] '''Shroom Steak'''
|-
|[[File:Shroom Steak SPM.png]] '''Shroom Steak''' + [[File:Gorgeous Steak SPM.png]] [[Gorgeous Steak]]
|rowspan=2|[[File:Dyllis Deluxe SPM.png]] [[Dyllis Deluxe]]
|-
|[[File:Shroom Steak SPM.png]] '''Shroom Steak''' + [[File:Roast Shroom Dish SPM.png]] [[Mushroom Roast|Roast Shroom Dish]]
|}
:::::Here are some tables with native sized icons (besides TTYD). Yeah, it does make SPM stand out more, though each game will be a separate subsection... and maybe TTYD could be made a bit larger? What do you guys think? I still prefer how they look in the proposal proper, though maybe those icons could be made a bit bigger (don't know if that would mess up the quality of the PM64 sprites, though...) [[User:Technetium|Technetium]] ([[User talk:Technetium|talk]]) 22:36, December 31, 2024 (EST)
::::::Generally speaking, I'd go with making the TTYDNS sprites appear the same size as the TTYD raw size. So they could appear side-by-side easily. [[User:Doc von Schmeltwick|Doc von Schmeltwick]] ([[User talk:Doc von Schmeltwick|talk]]) 23:19, December 31, 2024 (EST)
:::::::I mean, I don't think I'm ever going to use the original TTYD sprites for these tables, given I was just going to merge TTYD and its remake into one section. I'm aware there are some recipe differences, but I was just going to mark those in the tables with the GCN and Switch logo icons. [[User:Technetium|Technetium]] ([[User talk:Technetium|talk]]) 08:55, January 1, 2025 (EST)
::::::::Personally, I really don't see the point in having the icons be shown in their native size. Having them be different sizes like that just looks clunky for no good reason. [[User:Blinker|Blinker]] ([[User talk:Blinker|talk]]) 09:44, January 1, 2025 (EST)
:::::::::Spriter's itch. Seeing incorrectly sized sprites is not a pleasant sensation. [[User:Doc von Schmeltwick|Doc von Schmeltwick]] ([[User talk:Doc von Schmeltwick|talk]]) 13:42, January 1, 2025 (EST)
::::::::::Well, now the icons link to the original sprite files. And I think far more readers would be bothered by the icons being different sizes. Your opinion is valid, but is likely very much the minority here. I'm going to keep the icons the same size as each other for this proposal, though I would be open to making them a bit bigger if people would prefer that (though I don't think the PM64 ones really can get much bigger without their quality being lowered). [[User:Technetium|Technetium]] ([[User talk:Technetium|talk]]) 13:48, January 1, 2025 (EST)
::::::::::I really don't think the concept of a "correct" size really applies here? These aren't NES games or whatever. The resolution of a sprite doesn't dictate its size on the screen anyway. Especially across different games with varying resolutions. So why should it dictate it here, you know?  [[User:Blinker|Blinker]] ([[User talk:Blinker|talk]]) 13:58, January 1, 2025 (EST)
:::::::::::PM64's sprites are, at the very least, generally consistent resolution to each other per shared camera distance. There are exceptions, like things that appear in multiple sizes (notably the Bloopers). Later games have more complex sprites in pieces that may or may not have a relatively consistent resolution, but "icon"-type sprites such as these invariably do relative to each other. Anyway, resized pixels just look kinda icky, so I prefer, personally, to minimize use of that if it can be helped. [[User:Doc von Schmeltwick|Doc von Schmeltwick]] ([[User talk:Doc von Schmeltwick|talk]]) 15:33, January 1, 2025 (EST)


Example: "The predecessor to the [[Nintendo 64]] is the [[Super Famicom]] and [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]] and the successor is the [[Nintendo GameCube]]."
Honestly, our only worry is if anyone is willing/able to go and implemenent this proposal in all the articles when this is done, [https://xkcd.com/927/ so as to prevent a scenario like this]... ;P {{User:Camwoodstock/sig}} 10:40, January 1, 2025 (EST)
:Oh don't worry, I plan on working on it. Just stinks the proposal won't end until after my winter break ends too… eh, I'll probably still have plenty of free time. [[User:Technetium|Technetium]] ([[User talk:Technetium|talk]]) 10:46, January 1, 2025 (EST)


This is the most likely solution if video game console generations were removed. It is easy to understand and already implemented to an extent. The work required is simply the removal process with minimal addition.
I do prefer it recipe ingredients were separated by line breaks. It's just easier for me to discern where a recipe begins and ends. {{User:Mario/sig}} 12:56, January 1, 2025 (EST)
:What would this look like in a table? If you could make a little example. [[User:Technetium|Technetium]] ([[User talk:Technetium|talk]]) 13:02, January 1, 2025 (EST)


'''Proposer''': {{User|Bro3256}}<br>
::Something like this
'''Deadline''': December 13, 2024, 23:59 GMT
{|style="text-align:center"class=wikitable
!width="75%"|Recipe
!width="25%"|Result
|-
|[[File:PaperMario Items UltraShroom.png|25x25px]] [[Ultra Mushroom|Ultra Shroom]]<br>
[[File:PaperMario Items LifeShroom.png|25x25px]] [[Life Mushroom (Paper Mario series)|Life Shroom]] + [[File:PaperMario Items DriedShroom.png|25x25px]] [[Dried Mushroom|Dried Shroom]]<br>
[[File:PaperMario Items LifeShroom.png|25x25px]] [[Life Mushroom (Paper Mario series)|Life Shroom]] + [[File:PaperMario Items Mushroom.png|25x25px]] [[Mushroom]]<br>
[[File:PaperMario Items LifeShroom.png|25x25px]] [[Life Mushroom (Paper Mario series)|Life Shroom]] + [[File:PaperMario Items UltraShroom.png|25x25px]] [[Ultra Mushroom|Ultra Shroom]]<br>
[[File:PaperMario Items UltraShroom.png|25x25px]] [[Ultra Mushroom|Ultra Shroom]] + [[File:PaperMario Items Mushroom.png|25x25px]] [[Mushroom]]<br>
[[File:PaperMario Items UltraShroom.png|25x25px]] [[Ultra Mushroom|Ultra Shroom]] + [[File:PaperMario Items SuperShroom.png|25x25px]] [[Super Mushroom|Super Shroom]]
|[[File:PaperMario Items ShroomSteak.png|25x25px]] '''Shroom Steak'''
|-
|[[File:PaperMario Items ShroomSteak.png|25x25px]] '''Shroom Steak''' + [[File:PaperMario Items PotatoSalad.png|25x25px]] [[Potato Salad]]
|[[File:PaperMario Items DeluxeFeast.png|25x25px]] [[Deluxe Feast]]
|}
::I also think it beats out using rowspan. The resulting code is easier to parse too. It was like this before btw, but it was changed to all those cells, and I just think this display is much easier to tell which ingredient list for a dish is the last one before the next dish begins. {{User:Mario/sig}} 14:53, January 1, 2025 (EST)
:::The only issue is that some of the icons bump into each other, and I'd rather not remove the icons because they greatly increase readability. [[User:Technetium|Technetium]] ([[User talk:Technetium|talk]]) 15:01, January 1, 2025 (EST)
::::Yeah. I just want to find a way to help separate the dishes better. Maybe introduce a bolder line around the dishes+recipes while the individual recipes have thinner lines. It just needs some visual organization. {{User:Mario/sig}} 15:03, January 1, 2025 (EST)
:::::I was actually just thinking of that, lol. I'll definitely edit that into the proposal - just don't have my computer atm, though I should in the next couple hours. [[User:Technetium|Technetium]] ([[User talk:Technetium|talk]]) 15:04, January 1, 2025 (EST)
Here's a test of adding thicker lines between recipies.
{|style="text-align:center"class=wikitable
!width="75%"|Recipe
!width="25%"|Result
|-
|[[File:Ultra Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Ultra Mushroom]]
|rowspan=9 style="border-bottom: solid 5px"|[[File:Mushroom Steak PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] '''Mushroom Steak'''
|-
|[[File:Life Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Life Mushroom (Paper Mario series)|Life Mushroom]] + [[File:Dried Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Dried Mushroom]]
|-
|[[File:Life Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Life Mushroom (Paper Mario series)|Life Mushroom]] + [[File:Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Mushroom]]
|-
|[[File:Life Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Life Mushroom (Paper Mario series)|Life Mushroom]] + [[File:Ultra Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Ultra Mushroom]]
|-
|[[File:Ultra Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Ultra Mushroom]] + [[File:Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Mushroom]]
|-
|[[File:Ultra Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Ultra Mushroom]] + [[File:Super Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Super Mushroom]]
|-
|[[File:Ultra Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Ultra Mushroom]] + [[File:Volt Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Volt Mushroom]]
|-
|[[File:Ultra Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Ultra Mushroom]] + [[File:Dried Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Dried Mushroom]]
|-
|style="border-bottom: solid 5px"|[[File:Life Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Life Mushroom (Paper Mario series)|Life Mushroom]] + [[File:Super Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Super Mushroom]]
|-
|[[File:Life Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Life Mushroom (Paper Mario series)|Life Mushroom]] + [[File:Golden Leaf PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Golden Leaf]]
|rowspan=4 style="border-bottom: solid 5px"|[[File:Mushroom Steak PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] '''Mushroom Steak''' (International)<br>[[File:Life Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Life Mushroom]] (Japan)
|-
|[[File:Life Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Life Mushroom (Paper Mario series)|Life Mushroom]] + [[File:Turtley Leaf PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Turtley Leaf]]
|-
|[[File:Ultra Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Ultra Mushroom]] + [[File:Golden Leaf PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Golden Leaf]]
|-
|style="border-bottom: solid 5px"|[[File:Ultra Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Ultra Mushroom]] + [[File:Turtley Leaf PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Turtley Leaf]]
|-
|[[File:Mushroom Steak PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] '''Mushroom Steak''' + [[File:Healthy Salad PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Healthy Salad]]
|[[File:Zess Deluxe PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Zess Deluxe]]
|}
--[[User:PopitTart|PopitTart]] ([[User talk:PopitTart|talk]]) 16:20, January 1, 2025 (EST)
:Thanks! I think the lines are a bit too thick - maybe they could be 3 or even 2 px? I'd also like the borders to be the same thickness so they don't stand out too much (and the lines beneath Recipe and Result). [[User:Technetium|Technetium]] ([[User talk:Technetium|talk]]) 16:23, January 1, 2025 (EST)
Okay, try #2 using lighter "internal borders" rather than thicker "external borders".
{|style="text-align:center"class=wikitable
!width="75%"|Recipe
!width="25%"|Result
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|[[File:Ultra Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Ultra Mushroom]]
|rowspan=9|[[File:Mushroom Steak PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] '''Mushroom Steak'''
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|[[File:Life Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Life Mushroom (Paper Mario series)|Life Mushroom]] + [[File:Dried Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Dried Mushroom]]
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|[[File:Life Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Life Mushroom (Paper Mario series)|Life Mushroom]] + [[File:Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Mushroom]]
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|[[File:Life Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Life Mushroom (Paper Mario series)|Life Mushroom]] + [[File:Ultra Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Ultra Mushroom]]
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|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|[[File:Ultra Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Ultra Mushroom]] + [[File:Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Mushroom]]
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|[[File:Ultra Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Ultra Mushroom]] + [[File:Super Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Super Mushroom]]
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|[[File:Ultra Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Ultra Mushroom]] + [[File:Volt Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Volt Mushroom]]
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|[[File:Ultra Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Ultra Mushroom]] + [[File:Dried Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Dried Mushroom]]
|-
|[[File:Life Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Life Mushroom (Paper Mario series)|Life Mushroom]] + [[File:Super Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Super Mushroom]]
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|[[File:Life Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Life Mushroom (Paper Mario series)|Life Mushroom]] + [[File:Golden Leaf PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Golden Leaf]]
|rowspan=4|[[File:Mushroom Steak PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] '''Mushroom Steak''' (International)<br>[[File:Life Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Life Mushroom]] (Japan)
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|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|[[File:Life Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Life Mushroom (Paper Mario series)|Life Mushroom]] + [[File:Turtley Leaf PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Turtley Leaf]]
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|[[File:Ultra Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Ultra Mushroom]] + [[File:Golden Leaf PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Golden Leaf]]
|-
|[[File:Ultra Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Ultra Mushroom]] + [[File:Turtley Leaf PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Turtley Leaf]]
|-
|[[File:Mushroom Steak PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] '''Mushroom Steak''' + [[File:Healthy Salad PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Healthy Salad]]
|[[File:Zess Deluxe PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Zess Deluxe]]
|}
--[[User:PopitTart|PopitTart]] ([[User talk:PopitTart|talk]]) 18:47, January 1, 2025 (EST)
:This is perfect, thanks so much! I'll update the proposal shortly. [[User:Technetium|Technetium]] ([[User talk:Technetium|talk]]) 18:53, January 1, 2025 (EST)
::All right! Let's try this out. {{User:Mario/sig}} 21:47, January 1, 2025 (EST)
:Our only real complaint we can think of is that on some screens, the faded border lines are a little too low-contrast. Aside from that, though, we think this is a very elegant solution! {{User:Camwoodstock/sig}} 15:03, January 2, 2025 (EST)
::Yeah, I’ve noticed that on mobile. Not really sure if there's anyway around that… [[User:Technetium|Technetium]] ([[User talk:Technetium|talk]]) 17:09, January 2, 2025 (EST)


====Support====
With all of that figured out, does anyone have any suggestions regarding the width of the tables? [[User:Technetium|Technetium]] ([[User talk:Technetium|talk]]) 19:14, January 1, 2025 (EST)
#{{User|Technetium}} Per proposal.
:I think they should be about 50% width. Small enough to not take up the entire width of the page but large enough to not have their content be cramped. [[User:PalaceSwitcher|PalaceSwitcher]] ([[User talk:PalaceSwitcher|talk]]) 13:36, January 2 2025 (EST)
#{{User|EvieMaybe}} console generations make more sense when comparing against several different consoles. for our use case, they're pretty irrelevant.
::Can you code an example of what this would look like compared to the current tables? And would this make the widths of each game equal? I was more so wondering here if each game's width should be equal or if that doesn't really matter. [[User:Technetium|Technetium]] ([[User talk:Technetium|talk]]) 13:41, January 2, 2025 (EST)
#{{User|Super Mario RPG}} Per proposer and EvieMaybe.
#{{User|Bro3256}} Per proposal.
#{{User|Hewer}} Per proposal, specifically the second suggested solution of not numbering consoles at all. Saves the unnecessary confusion.
#{{User|winstein}} Per proposal.
#{{User|PopitTart}} Per all.
#{{User|Fun With Despair}} Per all, I've always found console generations to be confusing and unclear.
#{{User|Shy Guy on Wheels}} Per all.


====Oppose====
:::{|style="text-align:center; width:50%"class=wikitable
#[[User:Doc von Schmeltwick|Doc von Schmeltwick]] ([[User talk:Doc von Schmeltwick|talk]]) - Regardless of contemporary awkwardness, it's still useful comparing the timelines for the ones of the past. I've ''still'' seen people not realize the GBC was in circulation around the same time of the N64 based on nothing but their respective bit-count.
!width="75%"|Recipe
#{{User|Camwoodstock}} - This feels like a case of "if it ain't broke, don't fix it". While we've always found the "console generations" thing really, really strange (as you can expect from a metric born from ''Wikipedia itself''), we can't deny that it is still useful to a degree, and unlike, say, calling unused content "beta" content, the term "console generation" is still a term that sees active use in gaming circles, even if as of late Nintendo's side of it has gotten a bit desynced. In addition, as was pointed out in the comments, the [[Philips CD-i]] is noticeably absent, but in addition to that, so is the [[Virtual Boy]], which is even more directly Nintendo related? Not that we'd particularly like this even if both of these were accounted for, mind...
!width="25%"|Result
#{{User|Ahemtoday}} Without the Virtual Boy in here, this numbering scheme just flat-out isn't actually true. As such, I can't support this proposal.
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#{{User|GuntherBayBeee}} Perhaps a better idea is to use <code>Cross-generation ({{tem|wp|Eighth generation of video game consoles|eighth}}—{{tem|wp|Ninth generation of video game consoles|ninth}})</code> on the Nintendo Switch page and use <code>{{tem|wp|[No.] generation of video game consoles|[No.] generation}}</code> on pages on all other systems. As such, I'm opposing this proposal.
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|[[File:Ultra Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Ultra Mushroom]]
#{{User|FanOfYoshi}} Per Doc von Schmeltwick and Cam&woodstock.
|rowspan=9|[[File:Mushroom Steak PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] '''Mushroom Steak'''
#{{User|Nintendo101}} I personally do not invoke console generations when writing about video games - it is not a classification system that has much value to me. I do not think I would support the carte blanche integration of console generations as a large systematic classification system on the wiki. If this proposal was just asking to remove generations from the system infobox, I might be on board. However, console generations are still a widely employed way to separate game media into different eras, and I do not think it is intrinsically harmful to mention them in a paragraph if the editor finds it helpful to relay a specific piece of information. I think users should still have the ability to exercise that freedom.
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#{{User|DryBonesBandit}} Per all.
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|[[File:Life Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Life Mushroom (Paper Mario series)|Life Mushroom]] + [[File:Dried Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Dried Mushroom]]
#{{User|SeanWheeler}} Do we have pages about console generations? I can't find any pages about generations. If you can link to any pages about console generations, I'd change my vote to support because pages about console generations on a Nintendo wiki wouldn't be useful. If this proposal is about removing references to the generations in each console page, then I have to oppose. The whole issue about which generation the Switch is from could be settled on [[Talk:Nintendo Switch|the Nintendo Switch talk page]].
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#{{User|OmegaRuby}} Per all.
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|[[File:Life Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Life Mushroom (Paper Mario series)|Life Mushroom]] + [[File:Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Mushroom]]
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|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|[[File:Life Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Life Mushroom (Paper Mario series)|Life Mushroom]] + [[File:Ultra Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Ultra Mushroom]]
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|[[File:Ultra Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Ultra Mushroom]] + [[File:Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Mushroom]]
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|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|[[File:Ultra Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Ultra Mushroom]] + [[File:Super Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Super Mushroom]]
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|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|[[File:Ultra Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Ultra Mushroom]] + [[File:Volt Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Volt Mushroom]]
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|[[File:Ultra Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Ultra Mushroom]] + [[File:Dried Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Dried Mushroom]]
|-
|[[File:Life Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Life Mushroom (Paper Mario series)|Life Mushroom]] + [[File:Super Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Super Mushroom]]
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|[[File:Life Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Life Mushroom (Paper Mario series)|Life Mushroom]] + [[File:Golden Leaf PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Golden Leaf]]
|rowspan=4|[[File:Mushroom Steak PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] '''Mushroom Steak''' (International)<br>[[File:Life Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Life Mushroom]] (Japan)
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|[[File:Life Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Life Mushroom (Paper Mario series)|Life Mushroom]] + [[File:Turtley Leaf PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Turtley Leaf]]
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|[[File:Ultra Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Ultra Mushroom]] + [[File:Golden Leaf PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Golden Leaf]]
|-
|[[File:Ultra Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Ultra Mushroom]] + [[File:Turtley Leaf PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Turtley Leaf]]
|-
|[[File:Mushroom Steak PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] '''Mushroom Steak''' + [[File:Healthy Salad PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Healthy Salad]]
|[[File:Zess Deluxe PMTTYDNS icon.png|25x25px]] [[Zess Deluxe]]
|}
:::Here's an example at 50%. Every game should have the same table width for consistency. [[User:PalaceSwitcher|PalaceSwitcher]] ([[User talk:PalaceSwitcher|talk]]) 13:58, January 2 2025 (EST)
::::Ah, so that's how you do it. Thanks! [[User:Technetium|Technetium]] ([[User talk:Technetium|talk]]) 14:14, January 2, 2025 (EST)


====Comments====
Actually, there's one other topic I’d like to discuss. I talked about the icon links with Doc earlier, but people have differing opinions on the Discord so I thought I'd bring it up again. Should the icons link to the item's article, link to the file itself (as they do currently in the proposal tables), or link to nothing? I don't really have an opinion on it myself so I'd like to hear yours. [[User:Technetium|Technetium]] ([[User talk:Technetium|talk]]) 20:35, January 1, 2025 (EST)
I disagree with the premise, since a tool that is helpful but flawed is still helpful. Moreover, we do cover a couple of devices that do not fit on a Nintendo-exclusive relative timeline, namely the [[Philips CD-i]] and the [[Triforce]] arcade boards. I guess "contemporary to the _____" works just as well, but there's a level of "semantics over broader public" thing that I'm a little iffy about if that kind of phrasing has to be used. [[User:Salmancer|Salmancer]] ([[User talk:Salmancer|talk]]) 13:51, November 29, 2024 (EST)
:Hmm, I'll summarize what has been discussed already. Having the icons link to their respective image file could be an issue as a reader could misclick on it instead of the actual article link. Having the icons link to the article more so just extends the size of the link functionally if anything, though it's redundant. Having no links just prevents the possibility of misclicking and makes the article links normally sized. While I can see the value in linking to the icon image itself, especially as they won't be natively sized here, the misclicking argument is compelling to me. [[User:Technetium|Technetium]] ([[User talk:Technetium|talk]]) 21:30, January 1, 2025 (EST)
::As I see it, if a wiki reader is looking at the recipe tables of an item, they're more likely there because they want to know about the game mechanic of recipe making and the items involved, not their icon files. Sending them out of the main namespace because they misjudged where to click or tap slightly just creates a small bit of unnecessary friction. And if they ''do'' actually want the icons themselves, then its simple enough to follow the link to the respective item's own page and find the relevant images right in the infobox.--[[User:PopitTart|PopitTart]] ([[User talk:PopitTart|talk]]) 22:08, January 1, 2025 (EST)
:::???? The same argument can be made for icons in general. If you're already linking a subject in text, the image shouldn't just link to the same place. (That's irritated me several times... particularly on recipe tables.) [[User:Doc von Schmeltwick|Doc von Schmeltwick]] ([[User talk:Doc von Schmeltwick|talk]]) 22:17, January 1, 2025 (EST)
::::This is why I'm wondering if we should just compromise by not linking to anything... which is how the proposal was earlier. Yeah, I'm really not so sure here, but I am starting to lean towards going back to that, and again, that's how it is on the [[Shooting Star (item)|Shooting Star]] page already. [[User:Technetium|Technetium]] ([[User talk:Technetium|talk]]) 22:39, January 1, 2025 (EST)
:::::I don't really get where the assumption came from that no one could want to click the icons to go to the file page, despite that being the way images normally work on the wiki. Why is preventing misclicks more important than allowing intentional clicks? {{User:Hewer/sig}} 09:05, January 2, 2025 (EST)
::::::In this case the images are both rather small and directly next to links to articles. I personally really like to avoid having links to different things right next to each other in general because it can [[Prankster Comet|mislead the reader]] [[Confused|into thinking there's]] [[Link|one continuous link]] and, relevant to image links, makes it annoying to follow a specific link because missing it slightly (Which is especially likely on mobile) takes you somewhere totally different. Then you have to go back and try again, maybe even zooming in to get it properly. I feel like the annoyance this situation causes is worth avoiding at the cost of a slightly less convenient means of getting the image page. I'm only suggesting this because the links in question are going to the very same ingredient articles, which feature full galleries and infoboxes with easy to access images. Compare with {{tem|World link}}.--[[User:PopitTart|PopitTart]] ([[User talk:PopitTart|talk]]) 19:23, January 2, 2025 (EST)
:::::::I'm definitely starting to lean towards not having the icons link to the files. I just don't know whether I should have the icons link to the item pages or link to nothing. [[User:Technetium|Technetium]] ([[User talk:Technetium|talk]]) 19:35, January 2, 2025 (EST)


==New features==
===Create a template to direct the user to a game section on the corresponding List of profiles and statistics page===
This proposal aims to create a template that directs people to a game section on a Profiles and statistics list page, saving the user the step of having to scroll for it themselves. The reason why I'm proposing this is because as more ''Super Mario'' games are released, it becomes harder to comfortably find what you're searching for in the corresponding List of profiles and statistics page, especially for [[Mario]], [[Bowser]], and many other recurring subjects.


Where the HECK is the [[Virtual Boy]] in all of this? Nintendo's ''actual'' third portable console and part of the fourth generation (or fifth? It was supposed to keep customers occupied while waiting for the Nintendo 64), as it was released in 1995? {{User:Arend/sig}} 15:43, November 29, 2024 (EST)
Another reason I think this would be valid is because of the fact that listing statistics in prose (e.g. 2/10 or 2 out of 10) looks off, especially if that can already be seen in the corresponding statistics box; in that case, the prose could change from "2/10" to something more vague like "very low stat", which isn't typically worded as such in the statistics box.


:I didn't include select consoles in this proposal since my arguments mainly focused on the major [[Nintendo]] consoles. That is not to say consoles like the [[Virtual Boy]] and non-Nintendo consoles like the [[Philips CD-i]] aren't important (they are!), but I wanted to prioritize the issues present with how the video game geration system currently works with the major Nintendo consoles since these alone already present issues with the system without the additions of what was omitted for the purposes of this proposal.
For example, let's say for [[Luigi]] in his appearance in ''[[Mario Sports Superstars]]'', there could be a disclaimer either below the section heading or in a box to the side (we can decide the specifics when the proposal passes) that informs the reader that there's corresponding section that shows his profiles/statistics corresponding. Like such:


:Regarding [[Triforce]], that is a whole different category of hardware. Arcade hardware for the most part has never worked with this generation system since it was primarly designed with home and portable consoles in mind. How do you even slot in arcade hardware to begin with? Arcade games had a completely different evolution to their console counterparts and were usually cutting edge at the time before any console equivalents made it to market, and even if they did unlike consoles, arcade hardware differs depending on the game. How can you be sure what a certain arcade game is running on is in a certain generation? --[[User:Bro3256|Bro3256]] ([[User talk:Bro3256|talk]]) 18:04, November 29, 2024 (EST)
:''For profiles and statistics of Luigi in Mario Sports Superstars, see [[List of Luigi profiles and statistics#Mario Sports Superstars|here]].''
::I feel like this is a very picking-and-choosing type of situation. How in the heck is the Virtual Boy, something that gets ''equal amounts of merch as every other Nintendo console (Wii, Nintendo 64, Game Boy, NES, GameCube, etc) in the [[Nintendo Museum]] gift shop'' (meaning that Nintendo views this thing equally important as the other consoles), NOT a major console, but the Color TV-Game, a plug-and-play type of console that did NOT get ''any merch'' in the aforementioned Nintendo Museum gift shop, IS? This type of consideration also makes the Virtual Boy the ONLY non-major Nintendo console that isn't an upgrade or add-on of another previous console (e.g. Nintendo DSi, Famicom Disk System, Nintendo Switch OLED Model), and at that point, why make such a distinction at all? Wouldn't it be better to include the Virtual Boy among the other major consoles?<br>I also don't quite understand why you're mentioning the Philips CD-i or Triforce to my reply, when I didn't mention those at all. Unlike the Virtual Boy, I actually do get excluding ''those'': the CD-i is not a Nintendo console at all, it's only relevant due to the licensed Nintendo games on them. That's like saying the Nintendo Switch is a Sony system because a handful of Playstation Studio-made games were released on the thing as well. As for Triforce, that and all other arcade hardware is a whole other can of worms that neither of us would like to get into. {{User:Arend/sig}} 11:23, December 3, 2024 (EST)
:::I was replying to both your comment and the one Salmancer made, I apologize that was not clear. To reiterate, the consoles I mentioned in the initial proposal were chosen to showcase the flaws with the video game console generation system. My intention was not to list out nearly every piece of Nintendo video game hardware that would have to be accounted for within this system as that was not the goal of this proposal. I feel the flaws with the video game console generation system and the confusion it has led should be more than enough reason to remove it from the wiki. If this were to be put into practice the questions you're currently asking would be all but redundant with the absence of this generation system entirely. --[[User:Bro3256|Bro3256]] ([[User talk:Bro3256|talk]]) 12:09, December 3, 2024 (EST)
::::I still feel like you should include the Virtual Boy among the portable consoles you've listed, the way you've proposed your idea (which you are currently ''not'' doing). As I just stared before, Nintendo views the Virtual Boy on an (at least somewhat) equal level as their other major consoles historically speaking, and was basically meant to be a "third pillar" to the Game Boy and Nintendo 64 in the same way the Nintendo DS was meant as a "third pillar" to the GameCube and GBA (the obvious difference being that the Virtual Boy flopped hard while the DS became a commercial success). It's still a part of Nintendo's (portable) console history, so skipping the Virtual Boy feels disingenuous regardless of its failure.<br>Also, by counting the Virtual Boy as a portable console, it would also make the Nintendo Switch the eighth portable console, which also makes it way more convenient as a hybrid console, since it's also the eighth home console. {{User:Arend/sig}} 13:07, December 3, 2024 (EST)


@Doc von Schmeltwick: I don't really see how that's an argument against this proposal. We have the release dates listed for the consoles, and the Game Boy Color article's very first sentence describes it as "the handheld counterpart of the Nintendo 64". Why is it also necessary to call them "fifth generation"? I'd argue that it's probably the least clear way of showing the connection, because I can't imagine "fifth generation" means anything to someone who doesn't know about when those consoles released. Not to mention that being in the same "generation" doesn't necessarily mean they were being sold at the same time, as the Wii U and Switch demonstrate. {{User:Hewer/sig}} 17:30, November 29, 2024 (EST)
The above message is not necessarily the final result (just a given example), but the disclaimer would definitely point the user to the appropriate game section on the profiles and statistics list page, should this pass.


@Ahemtoday: Please read above the comment I made in regards to the absence of [[Virtual Boy]]. Keep and mind that I was presenting it as one possible solution if video game console generations were removed. That is not to say it should be the solution used hence why I provided another alternative one. If the first system was implemented into the wiki than I would imagine [[Virtual Boy]] being included. --[[User:Bro3256|Bro3256]] ([[User talk:Bro3256|talk]]) 18:25, November 29, 2024 (EST)
'''Proposer''': {{User|Super Mario RPG}}<br>
'''Deadline''': January 1, 2025, 23:59 GMT


Do we really discuss console generations extensively on the wiki? I do not know of any examples offhand. - [[User:Nintendo101|Nintendo101]] ([[User talk:Nintendo101|talk]]) 23:40, November 29, 2024 (EST)
====Support====
#{{User|Super Mario RPG}} Per.
#{{User|Hewer}} I don't really see a need to deliberately make prose less specific, but otherwise I like this idea, per proposal.


:The [[Family Computer]] and [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] articles are obvious examples but there's [[Mario%27s_Puzzle_Party#Trivia|this article's trivia section]] as an example of non-console articles.--[[User:Bro3256|Bro3256]] ([[User talk:Bro3256|talk]]) 00:08, November 30, 2024 (EST)
====Oppose====


<blockquote>"''There is one obvious problem that you might have noticed. The Nintendo Switch is in the eighth and ninth generation. This is due to when the Nintendo Switch first released: March 3, 2017. The current system begins the ninth generation in November 2020 with the release of the Xbox Series X/S and PlayStation 5 consoles. This is despite how for most of the lifespan of the Nintendo Switch, it has actually been competing against consoles that under this system is a whole generation ahead.''"</blockquote>
====Comments====
 
{{@|Hewer}} I don't think this would necessarily eliminate cases in which statistics are in prose, but it may be redundant if there's the link to conveniently access the statistics or profiles. [[User:Super Mario RPG|Super Mario RPG]] ([[User talk:Super Mario RPG|talk]]) 15:15, December 18, 2024 (EST)
But then I have to question: what about the {{wp|SG-1000}} and the {{wp|Master System|Mark III/Master System}} releasing just shy of a few years? I know it has a very time span compared to the Wii U and Switch, but if they are bundled under the third-generation, the Switch should also be this way for the eighth, right? {{User:PanchamBro/sig}} 01:00, November 30, 2024 (EST)
:There have been countless debates regarding the {{wp|SG-1000}} in particular due to it sharing nearly the exact same hardware as the {{wp|ColecoVision}} yet both consoles are in different generations despite being released within one year apart. However this side of the console generations debate is not relevant to the scope of this wiki.--[[User:Bro3256|Bro3256]] ([[User talk:Bro3256|talk]]) 01:20, November 30, 2024 (EST)
:The wiki actually does currently consider the Switch to be "eighth generation", as seen in the infobox on its page. Which is a bit confusing since it puts it in the same generation as the Wii U even though the only thing making them less separate is the release timing of other consoles not covered by this wiki. {{User:Hewer/sig}} 07:42, November 30, 2024 (EST)
::I personally feel that is more than enough reason to remove video game console generations from this wiki. We already have "Predecessor" and "Successor" as a more straight forward tool. --[[User:Bro3256|Bro3256]] ([[User talk:Bro3256|talk]]) 23:33, November 30, 2024 (EST)
:::I agree. {{User:Hewer/sig}} 06:43, December 1, 2024 (EST)


I'm only here to say that I vehemently reject the Wikipedia consensus on Switch being 8th gen console. Sure, it competed with 8th gen Playstation 4 and Xbox One, but Nintendo officially regards Switch separate from Wii U. What about Sega Genesis or Turbografx, are they 3rd gen because they were released to one-up NES? Or is Playstation 1 4th gen because of its origins as a SNES add-on? Hell, since [https://www.nintendo.com/jp/hardware/index.html Nintendo considers Game Boy Color to be just another Game Boy iteration], shouldn't that really be a 4th gen handheld that happened to be released during 5th-6th gens and trounced its competition? I don't care which way this wiki goes with this proposal, but the Switch placement is one that irks me because 3DS and Wii U already cover Nintendo's 8th gen hardware lineup. Thus Switch should be the start of 9th gen and no amount of "because Wikipedia says so" is going to convince me otherwise. [[User:SmokedChili|SmokedChili]] ([[User talk:SmokedChili|talk]]) 03:12, December 1, 2024 (EST)
If I understood this correctly, would this proposal add a disclaimer to every sigle game in a character's History section if the character has a corresponding profile and/or statistics section for that game? That's basically 20+ disclaimers on almost every game in Luigi's History page, is that correct? {{User:LadySophie17/sig}} 09:41, January 1, 2025 (EST)
:The main reason I started this proposal to begin with was to showcase the flaws in the system which include things you've mentioned here. The video game console generation system that is currently being used has its roots as something made up by Wikipedia editors and to this day they influence what consoles are in what generation. Even if you don't use Wikipedia you've felt this influence everywhere in the video games space which does include this wiki. Therefore, removing video game console generations would be beneficial to this wiki as it would allow the contributors to this wiki be able to decide for themselves how to handle describing video game consoles. I provided two possible solutions if this proposal passes but that is not to say they are the only solutions, but removing video game console generations is the first step towards better alternatives in the long run. --[[User:Bro3256|Bro3256]] ([[User talk:Bro3256|talk]]) 04:57, December 1, 2024 (EST)
:I don't really see the problem if it's helpful, relevant links that aren't very intrusive anyway. {{User:Hewer/sig}} 09:08, January 2, 2025 (EST)


@SeanWheeler: I don't understand why you're opposing if you admit that console generations aren't useful to us. The Switch issue could be settled much more easily by removing console generations. {{User:Hewer/sig}} 03:35, December 3, 2024 (EST)
===Split image categories into separate ones for assets, screenshots, and artwork===
:I'm confused as well. To reiterate a previous comment of mine, there is [[Mario%27s_Puzzle_Party#Trivia|this article's trivia section]] that uses it (''"...that design's only two appearances in any game originally for a '''seventh-generation''' or later console."''). Regarding other examples, there is [[Donkey_Kong_(franchise)#Merchandising|a merchandising section in the Donkey Kong (franchise) article]] (''"During the '''seventh generation''' of video games, there were two arcade Donkey Kong titles released in Japan..."'') and the [[WarioWare_(series)|development section in the WarioWare (series) article]] (''"...every Nintendo system from the '''sixth generation''' onwards has had at least one entry of the series released for it..."''). I feel that is more than enough examples to show that the use of the video game console generation system is used well outside of the console articles. --[[User:Bro3256|Bro3256]] ([[User talk:Bro3256|talk]]) 03:52, December 3, 2024 (EST)
This proposal will address the bloat some image categories have and make them easier to navigate.
::I'm concerned that Sean doesn't read proposals before voting. This is not the first time either. [[User:Axii|Axii]] ([[User talk:Axii|talk]]) 04:07, December 3, 2024 (EST)


We feel like if the point of this proposal was to bring up issues with Wikipedia's own console generation metrics, then it would probably be... well, we don't know if it'd be more productive per say, we have some '''''takes''''' about how Wikipedia is managed and a very cynical part of us imagines there's a non-zero chance that they'd shrug it off, but it would definitely be more ''apt'' to hold that conversation at the source, rather than here. {{User:Camwoodstock/sig}} 12:30, December 3, 2024 (EST)
Why is this useful? It makes adding to galleries or finding images to replace much easier. If you want to retake screenshots from a game, you can go to the screenshots category to find them. If you have sprite rips to replace, there's a category for that. The same goes for finding images from a game that aren't on the gallery already and being able to sort them more efficiently. This is also how we divide up character galleries already, such as [[Gallery:Mario (2010-2019)]].
:Then why does this wiki use this generation system? --[[User:Bro3256|Bro3256]] ([[User talk:Bro3256|talk]]) 13:44, December 3, 2024 (EST)
::It's what other people use, and while it has issues (namely, the fact Nintendo has gotten themselves out of sync with it and there has been zero effort to try and address that), none of them are particular deal-breakers. It's also capable of handling weird edge-cases, which is a genuine boon for it. {{User:Camwoodstock/sig}} 16:28, December 3, 2024 (EST)
:::This feels like a good time to raise the tried and true argument that we don't do things just because other wikis do them. I'm also a bit puzzled what you mean by "it's capable of handling weird edge-cases", which you state right after discussing its inability to handle the Switch's weird edge case. If by "weird edge cases" you mean stuff like the CD-i, I'm not sure why this wiki needs to "handle" them with a system like this in the first place. {{User:Hewer/sig}} 17:10, December 3, 2024 (EST)
::::The Switch is mostly a stumbling block because it's "technically" a part of the eighth generation due to how Wikipedia handles things, which. Is mostly a byproduct of Wikipedia themselves. Sure, we could do things our own way and call it part of the ninth generation anyways, but in ''this specific case'', we feel like that would do more harm than good; inherently, the console generation metric is based entirely on what other people say it is, and again, while it's not perfect, it's decent ''enough'' for our purposes, and it would only be worth fixing if, for whatever reason, Wikipedia decided it should change too.<br>As for the latter, well, what, are we supposed to just not count the Virtual Boy or CD-i as part of Nintendo's console lineups? If the proposal passes in its current state, neither of those consoles will fall into ''any'' "predecessor" or "successor" order. In contrast, the console generation system does properly show that the CD-i released in the same era as SNES, but before the Nintendo 64, without us having to interject it in some list of succession. And the less said about how the Virtual Boy would fit into this equation, the better--it's kind of a hybrid console, but also kind of a home console... We're sorry, but we struggle to see how a line of succession is any "better" than just listing the console generation system in this case. {{User:Camwoodstock/sig}} 22:38, December 3, 2024 (EST)
:::::"Let's copy how Wikipedia does it as much as possible" strikes me as a very strange thing to argue. Nothing forces us to copy Wikipedia, and the significantly easier and better way to solve the generation system's problems is to remove it.<br>I admit that the way the proposal is currently written is odd and unnecessarily confusing: it suggests the numbered "line of succession" thing that some opposers are hung up about, but then suggests a better solution that seems to be the one that would actually be used, and lumps them both into the same support option. As I said in my vote, I am specifically supporting the second solution, which is to just say what consoles came before and after the one being discussed and leave it at that. (Also, yes we should exclude the CD-i from Nintendo's console lineups, it's not a Nintendo console.) {{User:Hewer/sig}} 05:19, December 4, 2024 (EST)


==Changes==
Now, I can see a few edge cases, like when games have screenshots of themselves for credits images (i.e. ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)]]''). I would still classify these as assets, since they are ripped from the game. Artwork that is used in smaller forms in-game, such as in ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'', would be classified as artwork if externally released or an asset if it was ripped from the game files. Edge cases shouldn't be too common and they're easy to work out: it's not too different from how we license images or put them in character or subject galleries.
===Decide what to do with {{tem|ref needed}} and {{tem|unreferenced}}===
{{early notice|December 8}}
Let me tell you what: the {{tem|ref needed}} and {{tem|unreferenced}} templates read too similar to the <nowiki>{{</nowiki>{{wp|Template:Citation needed|citation needed}}<nowiki>}}</nowiki> and <nowiki>{{</nowiki>{{wp|Template:Unreferenced|unreferenced}}<nowiki>}}</nowiki>/<nowiki>{{</nowiki>{{wp|Template:More citations needed|more citations needed}}<nowiki>}}</nowiki>/<nowiki>{{</nowiki>{{wp|Template:Unreferenced section|unreferenced section}}<nowiki>}}</nowiki>/<nowiki>{{</nowiki>{{wp|Template:More citations needed section|more citations needed section}}<nowiki>}}</nowiki> templates from Wikipedia, respectively. I just wonder if those are errors. I humbly ask if there's a possibility to decide what to do with the templates using three options:


;Option 1: Move {{tem|ref needed}} and {{tem|unreferenced}} to {{tem|citation needed}} and {{tem|ref needed}} and ONLY make <nowiki>{{unreferenced}}</nowiki> more specific.
I think the name "assets" would be more useful in shorthand than "sprites and models," in addition to covering textures, so I propose for the category to be called that, but I can change it if there's opposition. The global images category can still exist in the case there's scans, merchandise, video screenshots, or such images that cannot be further categorized.
;Option 2: ONLY move <nowiki>{{ref needed}}</nowiki> and <nowiki>{{unreferenced}}</nowiki> to <nowiki>{{citation needed}}</nowiki> and <nowiki>{{ref needed}}</nowiki> respectively.
;Option 3: ONLY make <nowiki>{{ref needed}}</nowiki> and <nowiki>{{unreferenced}}</nowiki> more specific.
;Option 4: ONLY make <nowiki>{{ref needed}}</nowiki> more specific.
;Option 5: ONLY make <nowiki>{{unreferenced}}</nowiki> more specific.
;Option 6: Do NOTHING.


The <nowiki>{{unreferenced}}</nowiki> template currently reads as follows:
'''Proposer''': {{User|Scrooge200}}<br>
'''Deadline''': January 5, 2025, 23:59 GMT


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====Support====
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#{{User|Scrooge200}} Per proposal.
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#{{User|Waluigi Time}} I support this in principle, as long as there's room for discretion on what gets split and what gets left alone. A game with only ten or so pieces of artwork doesn't need a separate category for them, they can just stay in the main images category for that game. Otherwise, this seems useful, I just don't want users to go overboard by purely following the letter of this proposal.
This {{#if:{{{section|}}}|section|article}} '''{{#if:{{{more|}}}|needs additional citations for [[MarioWiki:Citations|verification]]|does not [[MarioWiki:Citations|cite any sources]]}}'''. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. {{#if:{{{reason|{{{1|}}}}}}|'''Specific(s):''' {{{reason|{{{1}}}}}}|<includeonly>{{#switch:{{NAMESPACE}}||Gallery=[[Category:Articles with incomplete maintenance tags]]}}</includeonly>}}<br><small>Please help {{plain link|1=[{{fullurl:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|action=edit}} improve this {{#if:{{{section|}}}|section|article}}]}} by [[MarioWiki:Citations#How to add references|adding citations from reliable sources]].</small>
#{{User|Salmancer}} I've tried to see if an image I wanted to use was already uploaded via the category, which would encourage me to make the text and get the article up. Due to the sheer number of images, this is a bad idea. This proposal will make that less of a bad idea for cases where an asset or artwork is being searched for.
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#{{User|EvieMaybe}} hell yea
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#{{User|Power Flotzo}} Per all.
#{{User|FanOfYoshi}} Per all.
#{{User|BBQ Turtle}} Per proposal, as long as Waluigi Time's feedback is taken on board.
#{{User|LadySophie17}} Per Waluigi Time.


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====Oppose====
This article '''does not [[MarioWiki:Citations|cite any sources]]'''. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.<br><small>Please help {{plain link|1=[{{fullurl:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|action=edit}} improve this {{#if:{{{section|}}}|section|article}}]}} by [[MarioWiki:Citations#How to add references|adding citations from reliable sources]].</small>
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However, if this proposal passes with option 1 being the most voted, guess what? in addition to the <nowiki>{{ref needed}}</nowiki> template being moved to <nowiki>{{citation needed}}</nowiki>, the <nowiki>{{unreferenced}}</nowiki> template will be moved to <nowiki>{{ref needed}}</nowiki> and will read more specifically as follows:
====Comments====
This is already being done (e.g. [[:Category:Mario Kart Tour item icons]]). [[User:Super Mario RPG|Super Mario RPG]] ([[User talk:Super Mario RPG|talk]]) 11:02, December 23, 2024 (EST)


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==Removals==
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''None at the moment.''
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This {{#if:{{{section|}}}|section|article}} '''{{#if:{{{more|}}}|needs at least one more citation for [[MarioWiki:Citations|verification]]|does not [[MarioWiki:Citations|cite any sources]]}}'''. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. {{#if:{{{reason|{{{1|}}}}}}|'''Specific(s):''' {{{reason|{{{1}}}}}}|<includeonly>{{#switch:{{NAMESPACE}}||Gallery=[[Category:Articles with incomplete maintenance tags]]}}</includeonly>}}<br><small>If you would like to help {{plain link|{{fullurl:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|action=edit}}|improve the {{#if:{{{section|}}}|section|article}}}}, please [[MarioWiki:Citations#How to add references|add citations from reliable sources]] to it.</small>
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==Changes==
This article '''does not [[MarioWiki:Citations|cite any sources]]'''. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.<br><small>If you would like to help {{plain link|{{fullurl:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|action=edit}}|improve this {{#if:{{{section|}}}|section|article}}}}, please [[MarioWiki:Citations#How to add references|add citations from reliable sources]] to it.</small>
===Decide what to do with Template:Move infobox===
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A while ago (November 4th, specifically), I created [[Template:Move infobox]]. After all, we had templates for essentially all the Browse tabs on the wiki sidebar, except for moves. There WERE templates about specific types of moves, such as [[Template:M&L attack infobox]], but no general template in the same vein as items, characters, species, games, locations, etc.  
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Also, if the proposal passes with either option 3 or option 5 being the most voted, we'll use this from above.
I discussed it on the Discord briefly, nobody said no, and a bit of feedback later about how it should look and what it should have, I created it. It has since been applied to exactly four pages at the time of writing, half of which I was the one to apply it to. In hindsight, this could've used with a proposal instead of me just making it, so here's a belated one.


For example, placing the <code>more=yes</code>, <code>section=yes</code>, and <code>reason=Information on its release needs to be corroborated with external sources.</code> will have the <nowiki>{{unreferenced}}</nowiki> more specifically read as follows:
Should we keep '''Template:Move infobox''' around? If we do keep it, is it good as is, or does it need changes?


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'''Proposer''': {{User|EvieMaybe}}<br>
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'''Deadline''': January 1st, 2025, 23:59 GMT
This section '''needs at least one more citation for [[MarioWiki:Citations|verification]]'''. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. '''Specific(s):''' Information on its release needs to be corroborated with external sources.<br><small>If you would like to help {{plain link|{{fullurl:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|action=edit}}|improve this section}}, please [[MarioWiki:Citations#How to add references|add citations from reliable sources]] to it.</small>
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Likewise, the <nowiki>{{ref needed}}</nowiki> template reads as follows:
====Keep Move infobox, as is====
#{{User|Sparks}} I can see this template working really well for moves that aren't in every ''Mario'' game, like [[Spin]]. This has lots of potential!
#{{User|Nintendo101}} Per proposal.
#{{User|Camwoodstock}} We don't see why not--having a dedicated Moves infobox could come in handy, especially if we get any more Mario RPGs in the wake of the weird little renaissance period we've been getting with the back-to-back-to-back SMRPG remake, TTYD remake, and release of Brothership. Per proposal.
#{{User|Pseudo}} Per proposal.
#{{User|Technetium}} Per proposal.
#{{User|Salmancer}} It would bring more attention to our move pages. I'm down for that.
#{{User|BBQ Turtle}} Per all.


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====Keep Move infobox, but with changes====
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====Delete Move infobox====
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However, if this proposal passes with either option 3 or option 4 being the most voted, the <nowiki>{{ref needed}}</nowiki> template will read as follows:
====Move infobox Comments====
Considering the nature of the attack infoboxes, wouldn't it be weird to have moves all in purple but a Mario & Luigi attack use yellow and green and a Paper Mario attack use white and green? Should there be variants of the Move infobox to match the color schemes of existing templates? If an article is covering multiple related moves, how will the infobox work? (ex. [[Handstand]], [[Cap Throw]], [[Roll]], [[Slide Kick]]... there's more of these than I thought). What happens when a move is referenced in somewhat less "move-y" ways? Okay, that last one is kinda strange, but basically I mean "dashing" in Super Mario Run is just a fancy animation, Mario & Luigi Dream Team has an animation where Giant Luigi crouches (with posing and skidding clearly meant to be a platformer callback), to slide under an attack. Do these instances get incorporated into the infobox? Continuing the train of thought, what about sports games? Yoshi can Flutter Jump as his special action on Mario & Sonic games. Does that count as a method of input for a Flutter Jump? [[User:Salmancer|Salmancer]] ([[User talk:Salmancer|talk]]) 21:35, December 19, 2024 (EST)
:that's a lot of very interesting questions!
:*i went with purple to set it apart from the already taken light red (game), green and white (character), blue (level), pink (location), grey (item) and navy/grey (species) infoboxes. changing the color could be a good idea.
:*as for sorting which moves "count" or not, we have to decide these things for other types of subject too, after all, and they get infoboxes. it's a valid concern, though! {{User:EvieMaybe/sig}} 15:09, December 20, 2024 (EST)


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===Allow blank votes and reclassify them as "per all"===
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There are times when users have nothing else to add and agree with the rest of the points. Sure, they can type "per all", but wouldn't it be easier to not to have to do this?
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Yeah sure, if the first oppose vote is just blank for no reason, that'll be strange, but again, it wouldn't be any more strange with the same vote's having "per all" as a reasoning. I've never seen users cast these kinds of votes in bad faith, as we already have rules in place to zap obviously bad faith votes.
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Likewise, if this proposal passes with option 2 being the most voted, we'll only move the <nowiki>{{ref needed}}</nowiki> and <nowiki>{{unreferenced}}</nowiki> templates to <nowiki>{{citation needed}}</nowiki> and <nowiki>{{ref needed}}</nowiki>, respectively.
This proposal wouldn't really change how people vote, only that they shouldn't have to be compelled to type the worthless "per all" on their votes.


Which option do you wish to choose?
'''Proposer''': {{User|Mario}}<br>
'''Deadline''': <s>January 1, 2025, 23:59 GMT</s> January 8, 2025, 23:59 GMT


'''Proposer''': {{User|GuntherBayBeee}}<br>
====Blank support====
'''Deadline''': December 15, 2024, 23:59 GMT
#{{User|Mario}} Per all.
#{{User|Ray Trace}} Casting a vote in a side is literally an action of endorsement of a side. We don't need to add verbal confirmation to this either.
#{{User|PopitTart}} <small>(This vote is left blank to note that I support this option but any commentary I could add would be redundant.)</small>
#{{User|Altendo}} <small>(Look at the code for my reasoning)</small><!---It might not seem annoying, but over time, or answering multiple proposals at once, it can start putting stress. Copy-pasting can be done, but it is just much easier to not type anything at all.---->
#{{User|FanOfYoshi}}
#{{User|OmegaRuby}} While on the outset it may seem strange to see a large number of votes where people say "per all" and leave, it's important to understand that the decision was made because the user either outright agrees with the entire premise of the proposal, or has read discussion and points on both sides and agrees more with the points made by the side they choose. And if they really ''are'' just mindlessly voting "per all" on proposals with no second thought, we can't police that at ''all.'' <small>(Doing so would border on FBI-agent-tech-magic silliness and would also be extremely invading...)</small> <!---Silent per all.---->
#{{User|Shy Guy on Wheels}} I've always thought of not allowing blank votes to be a bit of a silly rule, when it can so easily be circumvented by typing two words. I think it's better to assume good faith with voting and just let people not write if they don't have anything to add, it's not as if random IPs are able to vote on this page.
#{{user|TheDarkStar}} - Dunno why I have to say something if I agree with an idea but someone's already said what I'm thinking. A vote is a vote, imo.
#{{user|Ninja Squid}} Per proposal.
#{{User|Tails777}} It's not like we're outright telling people not to say "Per all", it's just a means of saying you don't have to. If the proposal in question is so straight forward that nothing else can be said other than "Per proposal/Per all", it's basically the same as saying nothing at all. It's just a silent agreement. Even so, if people DO support a specific person's vote, they can still just "Per [Insert user's name here]". I see no problem with letting people have blank votes, especially if it's optional to do so in the first place.


====Option 1====
<s>#{{User|Fun With Despair}} I am arguably in agreement with some of the opposition who argue that even "per all" should go in favor of each voter making an argument or explaining themselves, but if "per all" stays, then I don't really have a problem with allowing blank votes as well. I would prefer a proposal on getting rid of "per all" overall as its a bit of a lazy cop-out (at least name a specific guy you agree with), but a blank vote ultimate just means they agree with the OP's point and chose to vote with them - and I don't have a problem with that.</s>
#{{User|GuntherBayBeee}} First choice


====Option 2====
====Blank Oppose====
#{{user|Doc von Schmeltwick}} - Honestly? I'd prefer to get rid of "per all" votes since they're primarily used for the "I don't/like this idea" type of thing that has historically been discouraged. If you don't care enough to explain, you don't care enough to cast IMO.
#{{User|Technetium}} I don't think typing "per all" is that much of an annoyance (it's only two words), and I like clearly seeing why people are voting (for instance, I do see a difference between "per proposal" and "per all" - "per all" implies agreeing with the comments, too). I just don't think this is something that needs changing, not to mention the potential confusion blank votes could cause.
#{{User|Camwoodstock}} Maybe we're a little petty, but we prefer a "per all" vote to a blank one, even if "per all" is effectively used as a non-answer, because it still requires that someone ''does'' provide an answer, even if it's just to effectively say "ditto". You know what to expect with a "per all" vote--you don't really get that information with a fully blank vote.
#{{User|Ahemtoday}} {{color|white|Forgive me for the gimmicky formatting, but I want to make a point here — when you see a blank oppositional vote, it's disheartening, isn't it? Of course, it's always going to be that way when someone's voting against you, but when it doesn't come with any other thoughts, then you can't at all address it, debate it, take it into account — nothing. This also applies to supporting votes, if it's for a proposal you oppose. Of course, this is an issue with "per all" votes as well. I don't know if I'd go as far as Doc would on that, but if there's going to be these kinds of non-discussion-generating votes, they can at least be bothered to type ''two words''.}}
#{{User|Jdtendo}} Per all <small>(is it too much to ask to type just two words to explicitely express that you agree with the above votes?)</small>
#{{User|Axii}} Requiring people to state their reason for agreeing or disagreeing with a proposal leads to unnecessary repetition (in response to Doc). Letting people type nothing doesn't help us understand which arguments they agreed with when deciding what to vote for. The proposer? Other people who voted? Someone in particular, maybe? Maybe everyone except the proposer? It's crucial to know which arguments were the most convincing to people.
#{{User|Pseudo}} Per Technetium, Camwoodstock, and Axii.
#{{User|Hooded Pitohui}} I admit this vote is based on personal preference as any defensible reasoning. To build on Camwoodstock and Ahemtoday's points, though, the way I see it, "per all" at least provides ''some'' insight into what has persuaded a voter, if only the bare minimum. "Per all" is distinct at least from "per proposal", suggesting another voter has persuaded them where the original proposal did not by itself. A blank vote would not provide even that distinction.
#{{User|Mister Wu}} Asking for even a minimal input from the user as to why they are voting is fundamental, it tells us what were the compelling points that led to a choice or the other. It can also aid the voters in clarifying to themselves what they're agreeing with. Also worth noting that the new editors simply can't know that blank means "per all", even if we put it at the beginning of this page, because new editors simply don't know the internal organization of the wiki. Blank votes would inevitably be used inappropriately, and not in bad faith.
#{{user|DesaMatt}} Per all and per everyone and per everything. Per.
#{{User|Blinker}} Per Technetium, Ahemtoday, Axii and Mister Wu.


====Option 3====
====Blank Comments====
#{{User|GuntherBayBeee}} Second choice
I don't think banning "per all" or "per proposal" is feasible nor recommended. People literally sometimes have nothing else to add; they agree with the points being made, so they cast a vote. They don't need to waste keystrokes reiterating points. My proposal is aiming to just streamline that thought process and also save them some keystrokes. {{User:Mario/sig}} 20:34, December 17, 2024 (EST)
:I think every sort of vote (on every level, on every medium) should be written-in regardless of whether something has been said already or not; it demonstrates the level of understanding and investment for the issue at hand, which in my opinion should be prerequisite to voting on any issue. [[User:Doc von Schmeltwick|Doc von Schmeltwick]] ([[User talk:Doc von Schmeltwick|talk]]) 20:53, December 17, 2024 (EST)
::There is no way to actually determine this: we are not going to test voters or commenters their understanding of the subject. Someone can read all of the arguments and still just vote for a side because there's no need to reiterate a position that they already agree with. {{User:Ray Trace/sig}} 20:55, December 17, 2024 (EST)
:::My personal belief is that "test[ing] voters or commenters their understanding of the subject" is exactly what should be done to avoid votes cast in misunderstanding or outright bandwagoning. [[User:Doc von Schmeltwick|Doc von Schmeltwick]] ([[User talk:Doc von Schmeltwick|talk]]) 23:06, December 17, 2024 (EST)
::::My personal view is that a change like the one you are suggesting potentially increases the  odds of inexperienced or new users feeling too intimidated to participate because they feel like they do not have well articulated stances, which would be terrible. I think concerns about "bandwagoning" are overstated. However, more pressingly, this proposal is not even about this concept and it is not even one of the voting options, so I recommend saving this idea for another day. - [[User:Nintendo101|Nintendo101]] ([[User talk:Nintendo101|talk]]) 23:32, December 17, 2024 (EST)
:{{@|Mario}} I agree. Banning people from saying that in proposals is restricting others from exercising their right to cast a vote in a system that was designed for user input of any time. I'd strongly oppose any measure to ban "per" statements in proposals. [[User:Super Mario RPG|Super Mario RPG]] ([[User talk:Super Mario RPG|talk]]) 00:11, December 18, 2024 (EST)
:<s>In my opinion, saying "per OP" or "per (insert user here) is just as much effort as saying "per all" and at least demonstrates a modicum of original thought. I think that a blank vote is essentially the same as just voicing that you agree with the OP, so I did vote for that option in this case - but I think per all does an equally poor job to a blank vote at explaining what you think. At least requiring specific users to be hit with the "per" when voting would give far more of a baseline than "per all". That's not really what this proposal is about though, so I won't dwell on it. --[[User:Fun With Despair|Fun With Despair]] ([[User talk:Fun With Despair|talk]]) 00:22, January 2, 2025 (EST)</s>


====Option 4====
Technetium: I understand, but blank votes are a fairly common practice in other wikis, and it's clearly understood that the user is supporting the proposal in general. {{User:Mario/sig}} 20:36, December 17, 2024 (EST)
#{{User|GuntherBayBeee}} Third choice
:Fair point, I didn't know that. Not changing my vote just yet, but I'll keep this in mind as the proposal continues. [[User:Technetium|Technetium]] ([[User talk:Technetium|talk]]) 20:48, December 17, 2024 (EST)
:There's a lot of variation in how other wikis do it. WiKirby, for example, doesn't even allow "per" votes last I checked. {{User:Hewer/sig}} 04:13, December 18, 2024 (EST)


====Option 5====
I'm not really much of a voter, but I'm of the opinion "it's the principle of the matter". Requiring ''a'' written opinion, of any kind, at least encourages a consideration of the topic. [[User:Salmancer|Salmancer]] ([[User talk:Salmancer|talk]]) 21:35, December 19, 2024 (EST)
#{{User|GuntherBayBeee}} Fourth choice


====Option 6====
===Set Vector-2010 to the default wiki skin===
#{{User|Hewer}} What is the point of this? Switching around the names of those templates is unnecessary at best and confusing at worst, and I don't see how the slightly changed wording of the unreferenced template makes it in any way "more specific". This just feels like changing things for the sake of changing things.
This proposal is about setting the 2010 [[mw:Skin:Vector|Vector]] as the default wiki skin ([https://web.archive.org/web/20160207064154/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/4/44/Logo_new-vector_screenshot.png screenshot here]) for desktop users, with the focus being on people who are new to wikis in particular, while obviously keeping the existing MonoBook skin as an option. What made me think to create this proposal is when I made a [[Talk:Main Page]] proposal about the to-do list tasks and how they are more accessible than clicking the "Wiki maintenance" on the sidebar, I had to uncomfortably squint to find "Wiki maintenance" on the wiki sidebar. But Vector-2010 has the sidebar links slightly larger and a bit more spaced out. With the existing interface, there could be some who may struggle to find options listed on the sidebar.
#{{User|Waluigi Time}} Seems like an unnecessary change, and moving one template to the old name of an unrelated template is just asking to make an even bigger mess of old revisions. When you make proposals, you really should explain why the status quo is a problem and how your proposed solution will fix it.
#{{User|Nintendo101}} Per Waluigi Time.
#{{User|Technetium}} Per Waluigi Time.
#{{user|Doc von Schmeltwick}} - Moved templates always give me headaches trying to figure out where the heck they went when I'm previewing edits.
#{{User|OmegaRuby}} Per Waluigi Time.
#{{User|Axii}} Per Waluigi Time.
#{{User|Camwoodstock}} Per all; this feels like it'd be ''even more confusing'' than what we're already doing for next to no benefit.
#{{User|Jdtendo}} I know that "We should do this because Wikipedia does it" is not a compelling argument, but "We should not do this because Wikipedia does it" is not compelling either!
#{{User|Sdman213}} Per all.


====Comments====
While we're clearly different from Wikipedia (that's why I'm not Vector-2022, since it'd be too much of a departure and likely uncomfortable for several), I do want to refer to [http://web.archive.org/web/20180213165624/https://blog.wikimedia.org/2010/05/13/a-new-look-for-wikipedia/ this page], which summarizes why Wikipedia transitioned to it. Though it is vague, they cite accessibility as the reason, which I think this wiki has been taking steps toward doing.
{{@|Hewer|Waluigi Time|Nintendo101|Technetium|Doc von Schmeltwick|OmegaRuby|Axii}} What's a better way to do than options 1 or 2? {{User:GuntherBayBeee/sig}} 13:37, December 3, 2024 (EST)
:I guess I do not understand why anything needs to change at all, and I am reluctant to change templates that see widespread use across our userbase and articles without good reason. What is wrong with the way they are currently set up? - [[User:Nintendo101|Nintendo101]] ([[User talk:Nintendo101|talk]]) 13:43, December 3, 2024 (EST)
::The <nowiki>{{unreferenced}}</nowiki> template from the Super Mario Wiki reads too similar to the <nowiki>{{</nowiki>{{wp|Template:Unreferenced|unreferenced}}<nowiki>}}</nowiki>/<nowiki>{{</nowiki>{{wp|Template:More citations needed|more citations needed}}<nowiki>}}</nowiki>/<nowiki>{{</nowiki>{{wp|Template:Unreferenced section|unreferenced section}}<nowiki>}}</nowiki>/<nowiki>{{</nowiki>{{wp|Template:More citations needed section|more citations needed section}}<nowiki>}}</nowiki> templates from Wikipedia. The last time I improved this proposal, I think a better way that I would choose option 4, one of my four options. {{unsigned|GuntherBayBeee}}
:::I hear you. They are "too similar" to the templates from Wikipedia. But is that a materially bad thing? What are the consequences to having these templates be similar to the ones from Wikipedia? - [[User:Nintendo101|Nintendo101]] ([[User talk:Nintendo101|talk]]) 14:32, December 3, 2024 (EST)
::::Backing this up--just because the internal names for templates are similar to Wikipedia's doesn't mean we should change them. Changing them would sweep a lot of change across wiki editing and be a hassle for longtime editors to adapt to. --{{User:OmegaRuby/sig}} 08:07, December 4, 2024 (EST)
:::::How about "Please help the Super Mario Wiki" instead of "Please help"? Would that look like a better idea? {{User:GuntherBayBeee/sig}} 13:36, December 4, 2024 (EST)


===A reconsidering of "derived names"===
I'll cite my reasons for preferring Vector and applying this to possible people who are visiting a wiki for the first time. The text is larger, which is especially important for larger screen monitors, some of the lesser used tabs are collapsible on the sidebar, summarizing the most commonly used options, and the user links at the top right are also more noticeable and less close to the body of the article where the content is read.
This proposal acts as a counter to the proposal [[MarioWiki:Proposals/Archive/66#Repeal_the_.22derived_names.22_having_priority_over_official_names_in_other_languages|Repeal the "derived names" having priority over official names in other languages]]. In short, to a casual reader like myself, subjects being named [[Disaster Neko]], [[Comet Tico]], [[Wonder Haiden]], and [[Kodeka Kakibō]] are extremely unhelpful when English names for them seem trivial. Many subjects in the Mario franchise use a very consistent naming scheme: [A descriptor for this specific subject, usually an adjective] [very standardized name]. If something is officially called Wonder Packun, and is a Packun(or Piranha Plant) which have variants consistently named "X Packun" in Japanese and "X Piranha Plant" in English, then it feels pedantic to not call it a Wonder Piranha Plant.


The proposed change here would be to allow derived names to take precedent over internal and foreign names when those derived names are built upon a strong enough foundation, on a case-by-case basis. Derivations should be based on actual official English localizations or already use English words to begin with. If there isn't precedent for each aspect of the name, then it should remain in its source language.
Though it could take time getting used to the Edit button being on the right (not to mention the search button), the button is at least larger, making it more usable on even lower quality screen monitors, and I like how it's separate from the Page and discussion options, meaning that options that involve viewing articles are on the left while options that involve editing or changing the page in some form are on the right.
Examples:
* [[Fire Gabon]]: "Fire X" is a well established format, see [[Fire Bro]] (Faia Burosu) and [[Fire Piranha Plant]] (Faia Pakkun). "X Spike" is also well established, see [[Paper Spike]] (Pēpā Gabon) and [[Stone Spike]] (Rokku Gabon). Therefore, Faia Gabon would be interpreted as Fire Spike.
* [[Comet Tico]]: "Comet" is already an English term used frequently in ''Super Mario Galaxy'', and [[Prankster Comet]]s are directly connected to the Comet Tico. "X Luma" is a very consistent formatting of names in SMG, see [[Hungry Luma]] (TicoFat internally) and [[Co-Star Luma]] (SupportTico intermally). TicoComet can therefore be interpreted as Comet Luma.
* [[Yarikuri Obake]]: "Yarikuri" is officially localized as [[Pirate Goom]], however it is never given any descriptors in English and "Obake" does not have a standardized localization, especially not one for ''Wario Land 3''. This name would remain in Japanese.
* [[Baboom|Hanabihei]] (assuming its official English name was never revealed): "Hanabihei" is derived from "Bombhei", but is a portmanteau and not a trivial descriptive name. It would remain as-is.


The positives of this proposal if it were to pass would be that related subjects would be intuitive as to how they relate. Just by reading the names, you would be able to tell that [[Hoppycat]], [[Wonder Hoppin|Wonder Hoppycat]], and [[Deka Hoppin|Big Hoppycat]] are related, and what that relationship is.
If this proposal passes and others don't like the change, they can always return to the MonoBook option in their [[Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-rendering|preferences]].


'''Proposer''': {{User|PopitTart}}<br>
'''Proposer''': {{User|Super Mario RPG}}<br>
'''Deadline''': December 19, 2024, 23:59 GMT
'''Deadline''': January 1, 2025, 23:59 GMT


====Support====
====Support====
#{{User|PopitTart}} Per proposal.
#{{User|Super Mario RPG}} Per.
#{{User|Technetium}} Per proposal.
#{{User|Hooded Pitohui}} Per proposal.
#{{User|Scrooge200}} Per proposal.
#{{User|Fun With Despair}} Per proposal. Since I started browsing this wiki as a kid, I had always thought the use of foreign language names were nonsensical when it was obvious what they should be - especially in cases like those cited in the proposal. "Neko" just means literally "Cat" in Japanese. It is likewise reasonable, as stated, to amend enemy names to their English counterpart in cases like "Fire Gabon", etc. In the previous vote to repeal this, {{User|Koopa con Carne}} stated that you shouldn't ignore an official name to make up a "wacky" name instead. I don't believe this to be a good faith argument in this case. Nobody is making anything up. If Gabon in English is Spike, then there is absolutely no conjecture with regards to applying that moniker to Fire Gabon - nor is there conjecture with regards to what replacing Disaster Neko with Disaster Cat in an instance where the normal version of these entities is just called "Kitten" in English, a direct translation from the respective Japanese name.
#{{User|Ninelevendo}} Per proposal.
#{{User|Shoey}} Per proposal.
#{{User|Turboo}} Per proposal.
#{{User|Meta Knight}} It just makes more sense.
#{{user|Lakituthequick}} Per all.
#{{User|Shy Guy on Wheels}} Per proposal.
#{{User|Cheat-master30}} Per all.


====Oppose====
====Oppose====
#{{user|Doc von Schmeltwick}} - This remains speculative. They could just as easily call it ''Flame'' Spike ([[Flame Chomp]] exists, after all, having been renamed from Fire Chomp) or ''Fireball'' Spike.
#{{User|Camwoodstock}} Admittedly, this vote is largely a matter of preference--we just don't like Vector that much--but we can't think of any real reason to switch to Vector 2010 as the default over the current Monobook beyond the mentioned text spacing; while that is a nice boon, we personally find the weird gradient buttons for the various tabs up top a little grating looking, and we're a fan of the more compact design that Monobook provides--though, this is likely a byproduct of our personal preference for more neatly packed web design. And uh, the less said about the other two options (Vector 2022, and. Timeless. <s>Which is the most dated theme possible, namely to mid-2010s mobile web design.</s>), the better. If you like Vector 2010, that's great, and we're fine with that! Heck, if anyone likes Vector 2022 or Timeless, that's cool too, and more power to them! Variety is the spice of life, after all. But switching it to the default is something that should not be taken lightly, and the reasons for a switch in this proposal feel a little too loosey-goosey for us, we're sorry.
#{{User|Hewer}} Per the previous proposal that got rid of these names. It's still conjecture no matter how much we pretend it's not, and I'd rather stick to what's official. In response to the argument that Japanese names confuse or are unhelpful to readers, I'd argue that using fan names over official ones is misleading readers, which is much worse. We're here to report what the facts are, not what we want them to be. Also, variant relationships don't always have to be obvious from the name (you'd never guess from the name alone that [[Bandit]] is a [[Shy Guy]] variant, for example).
#{{User|DryBonesBandit}} Per Camwoodstock.
#{{user|Koopa con Carne}} '''No. Making up a name for a thing that has an official name is not what the wiki is about,''' and if you think the official name is less intuitive than the alternative, there's this nifty feature called "redirects" that doesn't tamper with official concepts. If you think that argument is in bad faith, then you misunderstood the mission of this site.
#{{User|Nintendo101}} I like how MonoBook looks a little more than Vector. It is what I am comfortable with. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
#{{User|Nintendo101}} I think Popitart created a solid proposal, and I understand why it has garnered support. However, I believe the burden on having these names revised to something more suitable and consistent with the English localization is on the publisher. Not us. One of the things that has made Super Mario Wiki stronger reference material than many other wikis is our naming policy. I view it as a concentrated effort to avoid {{wp|Circular reporting|citogenesis}}, {{wp|Descriptivist theory of names|descriptivism}}, and manufactured consensus, which is especially important considering Nintendo themselves clearly consult this site on occasion and sometimes incorporate [https://www.nintendo.com/jp/character/mario/en/history/land2/index.html our interpretations of the text], including [[Bat (Super Mario Galaxy)|incorrect interpretations]]. It is clear we are the primary reference for in-depth ''Super Mario'' information on the internet and for the general public, and likely will remain so for years to come. I would like us to remain reliable and neutral for them. Does "Comet Tico" look silly next to "Hungry Luma?" Yes, it does. Does it not mean "Comet Luma?" Yes. But I do not think that is something for us to solve, and I suspect most readers will intuitively understand this means the subject has not been given an English name yet. I don't think that is a big deal. I think a bigger deal would be to, say, see it named "Comet Luma" on the ''Super Mario Galaxy'' article and assume that is its name. In my view, that is not really true, but presenting it as such can lead to misinformation being spread. I understand and respect those who feel differently, but that is generally how I feel at this time.
#{{User|Drago}} Per Nintendo101. I actually prefer the smaller text of Monobook since you can see more of the page at once. I also want to point out that although logged-in users like us can change the skin in preferences, we'd still be forcing the change on logged-out users.
#{{User|LinkTheLefty}} How about we '''''<u>not</u>''''' do this again and regret it when the next encyclopedia event happens? We've never been one of those sites that gets a dopamine rush over "canonizing" stuff. On the contrary, we have a responsibility to step back and give the translators breathing room to do their thing when they get their chance without fears of stifling their freedom and being compared to the fans all the time. Per all the opposition, past and current.
#{{User|Ahemtoday}} Per Drago.
#{{User|Axii}} ^
#{{User|Technetium}} Per Nintendo101 and Drago. I just don't see any reason to make this change.
#{{User|Ahemtoday}} Per Doc and Nintendo101.
#{{User|Altendo}} I'm saying this as a Vector-2010 skin user, and I'll say that people have their preferences. I live Vector-2010 because that is how Wikipedia at least used to look before they switched to Vector (2022); On Wikipedia, Vector was renamed to Vector legacy (2010), while Vector 2022 is named Vector (2022). Although I do prefer Vector-2010, I know a lot of people that prefer Monobook, and even if not, this can be changed in the preferences. No need to change the default skin. I get that IPs can't change their appearance, but aside from that, users can, and what they see doesn't have to be default on the wiki. Everyone can change what they specifically see.
#{{User|Sparks}} Per all.


====Comments====
====Comments====
@Doc von Schmeltwick: the decision to go with Fire Spike over Flame Spike or others is based on both its behavior as well as how the "fire" prefix is translated from Japanese; Faia Gabon is a Spike that attacks with fireballs, as opposed to being made of fire or such. This is in-line with the given examples, as well as [[Fire Nipper Plant]] and [[Fire Mario]], which all have the same "faia X" naming in Japanese. Flame Chomp however is named "Keronpa" in Japanese, and thus isn't suitable as a point of comparison. --[[User:PopitTart|PopitTart]] ([[User talk:PopitTart|talk]]) 02:44, December 5, 2024 (EST)
{{@|Camwoodstock}} That is true that it's a major change. It's based mainly upon impression from newcomers from them seeing a more prominent edit tab, slightly larger text size, and other minor details like tab names that are easier to read (including a collapsible feature for the lesser used tab). The skin change was based on old Wikipedia research at the time (like how WikiLove was a result of their research). I have no strong feelings whether this passes or not. Although it's vague, since there's no way to tell the statistics (and the wiki's already successful at the moment), I still have a feeling it could help some, but to each their own. [[User:Super Mario RPG|Super Mario RPG]] ([[User talk:Super Mario RPG|talk]]) 18:32, December 18, 2024 (EST)
:I have found better examples: ''Fire Heihō'' is known as [[Pyro Guy]] in English (not as "Fire Shy Guy") and ''Fire Mūcho'' is known as [[Scorchit]] (not as "Fire Snifit"). {{User:Jdtendo/sig}} 07:50, December 5, 2024 (EST)
:We feel like if anybody would be capable of providing any statistics on skin usage, it'd be Porple, but even then, we don't actually know if that's one of the things he tracks, and it feels a little silly to pester him over this of all things... ;p {{User:Camwoodstock/sig}} 18:55, December 18, 2024 (EST)
I have not decided if I'd like to support this proposal yet but I feel like, as it is an English website, if the Mario Wiki shouldn't effectively create nicknames for subjects without official English names, it should not be arbitrarily applying names in other languages to those same subjects. The English name for the Fire variant of a Spike is not called Fire Gabon and I think it is erroneous to refer to it as such in English text. if citogenesis is an issue, then using foreign and internal names runs the exact same risk as using a conjectural name. Just look at [[Comet Tico|Lumacomète]] in the ''Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia''. {{User:LadySophie17/sig}} 08:18, December 5, 2024 (EST)
 
:Additionally, according to the Wiki's rules on Japanese, [[MarioWiki:Japanese|"words that originated in English should be written as the original English word for simplicity"]], which means technically we're already not accurately representing the subject's Japanese name. The Fire variant of a Spike is not called Fire Gabon in English, and it's not called Fire Gabon in Japanese. if the jump from Faia to Fire is allowed, then why not from Gabon to Spike? We're already isolating and translating Japanese words in a vaccuum.{{User:LadySophie17/sig}} 08:32, December 5, 2024 (EST)
I'm okay with opposition, but in case of misunderstanding, this proposal isn't about personal preferences so much as what I believe to be a more ergonomic interface to a wider audience. I know we're not Wikipedia, but there's also the consideration that they've used the Vector skin longer than they had for MonoBook. [[User:Super Mario RPG|Super Mario RPG]] ([[User talk:Super Mario RPG|talk]]) 13:45, December 19, 2024 (EST)
::I concur with this standpoint. I will keep supporting this proposal in its current state, but I would support changing all adjectives back to Japanese if it fails. It's really a case of all-or-nothing to me, currently it is quite half-baked. (It could be considered to add that as a separate option if more people feel this way.) {{User:Lakituthequick/sig}} 14:53, 5 December 2024 (UTC)
:If it's what "you believe", then it ultimately (and probably unavoidably) is about personal preferences. Anyway, another consideration is the fact that people often prefer what they're used to. I feel like how long this wiki has used its skin is more relevant than how long Wikipedia has. {{User:Hewer/sig}} 16:39, December 19, 2024 (EST)
::I think the difference is that the word "fire" is a loanword or {{wp|Loanwords in Japanese|gairaigo}}, so it is not really being translated. "Gabon" is not. — [[User:Nintendo101|Nintendo101]] ([[User talk:Nintendo101|talk]]) 09:58, December 5, 2024 (EST)
::{{@|Hewer}} I suppose I'm overthinking the ergonomic interface. [[User:Super Mario RPG|Super Mario RPG]] ([[User talk:Super Mario RPG|talk]]) 15:19, December 20, 2024 (EST)
:How is the wiki's usage of foreign names "arbitrary"? They are used when no official English name is known to exist. This wiki may be written in English, but it's about a primarily Japanese franchise and covers [[:Category:Japan-only games|subjects that never officially existed in English at all]], so it's no surprise that not everything has an English name to use. What ''would'' be arbitrary is deciding not to use the subject's only official name because we think we can make up a better one. Also, this proposal isn't suggesting to stop using foreign names entirely, so we would still be using non-English names in our English text regardless. {{User:Hewer/sig}} 10:48, December 5, 2024 (EST)
@Nintendo101 First, I want to acknowledge that you've put together a very articulate, well-considered case for your opposition. Though we disagree, I understand well your point of view, and I find your concerns over citogenesis in particular to be a very worthwhile consideration. There is one point in your position on which I would like to seek clarification, though. You say, "I think a bigger deal would be to, say, see it named "Comet Luma" on the ''Super Mario Galaxy'' article and assume that is its name." Would that not be adequately addressed by use of the conjectural name template, which includes an argument specifically for derived names? I am earnestly curious as to why the template, as a clear and difficult-to-miss disclaimer that the name is derived and not an official localization, does not adequately address this point in your view. [[User:Hooded Pitohui|Hooded Pitohui]] ([[User talk:Hooded Pitohui|talk]]) 08:24, December 5, 2024 (EST)
:Howdy! For starters, I do think a template header would be mitigating and I am glad it is incorporated into this proposal. That was good foresight. However, the systemic effectiveness of these templates is dependent on readers going to the articles for Fire Gabon or Comet Tico specifically, and I am not sure how often they would feel compelled to do that if these names "look" like official localizations. Someone visiting the site to read articles on the games themselves or levels may not feel compelled to check, and precisely because of their similarly to proper localizations, may just assume "Comet Luma" ''is'' its true localized name. Anecdotally, I feel like I have heard conjectural names justifiably adopted by our wiki for lack of better alternatives uncritically presented as ''the'' names off of the site and I think that is partially why. They look like properly localized English names, so why would one assume they are not? I have not seen that as often for subjects with Romanized Japanese titles, and I suspect that is because they also look the part. Maybe if there was some sort of in-text template similar to "conjectural" to embed directly into game or level articles that would help, but that also sounds a bit cumbersome. - [[User:Nintendo101|Nintendo101]] ([[User talk:Nintendo101|talk]]) 08:44, December 5, 2024 (EST)
::Thank you so much for your response! Knowing this is coming from a position of concerns that readers will pass over the disclaimer by not actually visiting the page in question and will instead assume these names are official at a glance certainly does clarify that point. I do think you have the right of it that it would be cumbersome to mitigate this concern with the tools available to us. My first thought is perhaps we could use the [[Template:Hover|tooltip text]] to address this by putting "derived name" in the tooltip text for these names on game pages and such, and if the proposal does pass, I think it would be worthwhile to consider using it. That said, as far as I know, you can't see that text on mobile, so I recognize this wouldn't be a perfect solution. [[User:Hooded Pitohui|Hooded Pitohui]] ([[User talk:Hooded Pitohui|talk]]) 08:59, December 5, 2024 (EST)
:::Honestly, I'd rather not make a distinction between "conjectural" names and "derived" names at all. They're both names made up by the wiki in an attempt to be as straightforward as possible, the only difference being that "derived" names could be taking priority over official names, yet templates for "derived" names give the misleading impression that they are more official than "conjectural" names. {{User:Hewer/sig}} 10:20, December 5, 2024 (EST)
:::Or we can cut out the ten middlemen altogether and use much more efficient redirect system. {{User:Koopa con Carne/Sig}} 11:11, December 5, 2024 (EST)
I feel like at a certain point, we can only do so much. We put templates on all the pages that are plain to see. If an Encyclopedia writer ignores it, how is that our fault? And like LadySophie17 said above, they used a French name for an English book - I don't see why using a name from another language, albeit official, eliminates the issue. It's their responsibility to appropriately localize names, not ours. And in this case, I think reader understandability comes first - after all, we are a site for the fans. Those writers shouldn't be looking at a wiki for research to begin with. If another Encyclopedia is written, I can only hope they learned from their mistakes with the original, and not use the wiki as a source. [[User:Technetium|Technetium]] ([[User talk:Technetium|talk]]) 09:50, December 5, 2024 (EST)
:I am also aware I did that proposal to rename X-Ship to X-Naut ship, as the former felt too official of a name despite being marked as conjectural. This just feels like a different situation altogether for me, given that these conjectural English names for enemies aren't all fancy or anything, but very straight to the point. I agree with Hooded Pitohui's comment above that we could also mark these as being derived names on other pages they appear, not just the main articles on them. [[User:Technetium|Technetium]] ([[User talk:Technetium|talk]]) 09:59, December 5, 2024 (EST)
::I understand your perspective, but part of the reason why we have maintained so many name-specific article templates in the first place was as a response to that encyclopedia and there has been a general reduction in conjectural names that was also in response to it. Besides, it is not just third-party editors I am thinking of — I am thinking of fans. Our general userbase. I do not want us to passively misinform them or imply names have some sort of community consensus when they do not. I know that is something I would have appreciated before I became more involved with editing the site, because I want to be informed and learn before anything else. - [[User:Nintendo101|Nintendo101]] ([[User talk:Nintendo101|talk]]) 10:13, December 5, 2024 (EST)
:::You make good points. I'm not fully sure what to think myself honestly - as I said in my first edit summary for this today, those were simply my thoughts at the moment. I'll continue thinking about this as more comments are made and change my vote if my mind changes. [[User:Technetium|Technetium]] ([[User talk:Technetium|talk]]) 10:17, December 5, 2024 (EST)
Oh, and also - what about dev data names like [[Informant Mūcho]]? Would those be affected by this proposal? I remember a discussion on this informant guy specifically on Discord leading into the discussion that lead to this proposal. [[User:Technetium|Technetium]] ([[User talk:Technetium|talk]]) 10:03, December 5, 2024 (EST)
:Yes, the proposal states that it would "allow derived names to take precedent over ''internal'' and foreign names when those derived names are built upon a strong enough foundation". {{User:Hewer/sig}} 10:25, December 5, 2024 (EST)


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Proposals can be new features, the removal of previously-added features that have tired out, or new policies that must be approved via consensus before any action is taken.
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Rules

  1. Only autoconfirmed users may create or vote on proposals. Anyone is free to comment on proposals (provided that the page's protection level allows them to edit).
  2. Proposals conclude at the end of the day (23:59) two weeks after voting starts (all times GMT).
    • For example, if a proposal is added at any time on Monday, August 1, 2011, the voting starts immediately and the deadline is two weeks later on Monday, August 15, at 23:59 GMT.
  3. Users may vote for more than one option, but they may not vote for every option available.
  4. Every vote should have a strong, sensible reason accompanying it. Agreeing with a previously mentioned reason given by another user is acceptable (including "per" votes), but tangential comments, heavy sarcasm, and other misleading or irrelevant quips are just as invalid as providing no reason at all.
  5. Users who feel that certain votes were cast in bad faith or which truly have no merit can address the votes in the comments section. Users can ask a voter to clarify their position, point out mistakes or flaws in their arguments, or call for the outright removal of the vote if it lacks sufficient reasoning. Users may not remove or alter the content of anyone else's votes. Voters can remove or rewrite their own vote(s) at any time, but the final decision to remove another user's vote lies solely with the wiki staff.
    • Users can also use the comments section to bring up any concerns or mistakes in regards to the proposal itself. In such cases, it's important the proposer addresses any concerns raised as soon as possible. Even if the supporting side might be winning by a wide margin, that should be no reason for such questions to be left unanswered. They may point out any missing details that might have been overlooked by the proposer, so it's a good idea as the proposer to check them frequently to achieve the most accurate outcome possible.
  6. If a user makes a vote and is subsequently blocked for any amount of time, their vote is removed. However, if the block ends before the proposal ends, then the user in question holds the right to re-cast their vote. If a proposer is blocked, their vote is removed and "(blocked)" is added next to their name in the "Proposer:" line of the proposal, which runs until its deadline as normal. If the proposal passes, it falls to the supporters of the idea to enact any changes in a timely manner.
  7. Proposals cannot contradict an already ongoing proposal or overturn the decision of a previous proposal that concluded less than four weeks (28 days) ago.
  8. If one week before a proposal's initial deadline, the first place option is ahead of the second place option by eight or more votes and the first place option has at least 80% approval, then the proposal concludes early. Wiki staff may tag a proposal with "Do not close early" at any time to prevent an early close, if needed.
    • Tag the proposal with {{early notice}} if it is on track for an early close. Use {{proposal check|early=yes}} to perform the check.
  9. Any proposal where none of the options have at least four votes will be extended for another week. If after three extensions, no options have at least four votes, the proposal will be listed as "NO QUORUM." The original proposer then has the option to relist said proposal to generate more discussion.
  10. If a proposal reaches its deadline and there is a tie for first place, then the proposal is extended for another week.
  11. If a proposal reaches its deadline and the first place option is ahead of the second place option by three or more votes, then the first place option must have over 50% approval to win. If the margin is only one or two votes, then the first place option must have at least 60% approval to win. If the required approval threshold is not met, then the proposal is extended for another week.
    • Use {{proposal check}} to automate this calculation; see the template page for usage instructions and examples.
  12. Proposals can be extended a maximum of three times. If a consensus has not been reached by the fourth deadline, then the proposal fails and cannot be re-proposed until at least four weeks after the last deadline.
  13. 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 an administrator, the proposer can ask for that help.
  14. After a proposal passes, it is added to the appropriate list of "unimplemented proposals" below and is removed once it has been sufficiently implemented.
  15. If the wiki staff deem a proposal unnecessary or potentially detrimental to the upkeep of the Super Mario Wiki, they have the right to cancel it at any time.
  16. Proposals can only be rewritten or canceled by their proposer within the first four days of their creation. However, proposers can request that their proposal be canceled by a staff member at any time, provided they have a valid reason for it. Please note that canceled proposals must also be archived.
  17. Unless there is major disagreement about whether certain content should be included, there should not be proposals about creating, expanding, rewriting, or otherwise fixing up pages. To organize efforts about improving articles on neglected or completely missing subjects, try setting up a collaboration thread on the forums.
  18. Proposals cannot be made about promotions and demotions. Staff changes are discussed internally and handled by the bureaucrats.
  19. No joke proposals. Proposals are serious wiki matters and should be handled professionally. Joke proposals will be deleted on sight.
  20. Proposals must have a status quo option (e.g. Oppose, Do nothing) unless the status quo itself violates policy.

Basic proposal formatting

Below is an example of what your proposal must look like. If you are unsure how to set up this format, simply copy the following and paste it into the fitting section. When updating the bracketed variables with actual information, be sure to replace the whole variable including the square brackets, so "[insert info here]" becomes "This is the inserted information" and not "[This is the inserted information]". Proposals presenting multiple alternative courses of action can have more than two voting options, but the objective(s) of each voting option must be clearly defined. Such options should also be kept to a minimum, and if something comes up in the comments, the proposal can be amended as necessary.

===[insert a title for your proposal here]===
[describe what issue this proposal is about and what changes you think should be made to improve how the wiki handles that issue]

'''Proposer''': {{User|{{subst:REVISIONUSER}}}}<br>
'''Deadline''': {{subst:#time:F j, Y|+2 weeks}}, 23:59 GMT

====[option title (e.g. Support, Option 1)]: [brief summary of option]====
#{{User|{{subst:REVISIONUSER}}}} [make a statement indicating that you support your proposal]

====[option title (e.g. Oppose, Option 2)]: [brief summary of option]====

====Comments ([brief proposal title])====

Autoconfirmed users will now be able to vote on your proposal. Remember that you can vote on your own proposal just like the others.

To vote for an option, just insert #{{User|[your username here]}} at the bottom of the section of your choice. Just don't forget to add a valid reason for your vote behind that tag if you are voting on another user's proposal. If you are voting on your own proposal, you can simply say "Per proposal".

Talk page proposals

Proposals concerning a single page or a limited group of pages are held on the most relevant talk page regarding the matter. All of the above proposal rules also apply to talk page proposals. Place {{TPP}} under the section's header, and once the proposal is over, replace the template with {{settled TPP}}. Proposals dealing with a large amount of splits, merges, or deletions across the wiki should still be held on this page.

All active talk page proposals must be listed below in chronological order (new proposals go at the bottom) using {{TPP discuss}}. Include a brief description of the proposal while also mentioning any pages affected by it, a link to the talk page housing the discussion, and the deadline. If the proposal involves a page that is not yet made, use {{fake link}} to communicate its title in the description. Linking to pages not directly involved in the talk page proposal is not recommended, as it clutters the list with unnecessary links.

List of ongoing talk page proposals

Unimplemented proposals

Proposals

Break alphabetical order in enemy lists to list enemy variants below their base form, EvieMaybe (ended May 21, 2024)
Standardize sectioning for Super Mario series game articles, Nintendo101 (ended July 3, 2024)
^ NOTE: Not yet integrated for the Super Mario Maker titles, Super Mario Run, and Super Mario Bros. Wonder.
Create new sections for gallery pages to cover "unused/pre-release/prototype/etc." graphics separate from the ones that appear in the finalized games, Doc von Schmeltwick (ended September 2, 2024)
Add film and television ratings to Template:Ratings, TheUndescribableGhost (ended October 1, 2024)
Use the classic and classic link templates when discussing classic courses in Mario Kart Tour, YoYo (ended October 2, 2024)
Clarify coverage of the Super Smash Bros. series, Doc von Schmeltwick (ended October 17, 2024)
Remove all subpage and redirect links from all navigational templates, JanMisali (ended October 31, 2024)
Prioritize MESEN/NEStopia palette for NES sprites and screenshots, Doc von Schmeltwick (ended November 3, 2024)
Stop considering reused voice clips as references (usually), Waluigi Time (ended November 8, 2024)
Allow English names from closed captions, Koopa con Carne (ended November 12, 2024)
^ NOTE: A number of names coming from closed captions are listed here.
Split off the Mario Kart Tour template(s), MightyMario (ended November 24, 2024)
Split major RPG appearances of recurring locations, EvieMaybe (ended December 16, 2024)
Stop integrating templates under the names of planets and areas in the Super Mario Galaxy games, Nintendo101 (ended December 25, 2024)

Talk page proposals

Split all the clothing, Doc von Schmeltwick (ended September 12, 2021)
Split machine parts, Robo-Rabbit, and flag from Super Duel Mode, Doc von Schmeltwick (ended September 30, 2022)
Make bestiary list pages for the Minion Quest and Bowser Jr.'s Journey modes, Doc von Schmeltwick (ended January 11, 2024)
Allow separate articles for Diddy Kong Pilot (2003)'s subjects, Doc von Schmeltwick (ended August 3, 2024)
Create articles for specified special buildings in Super Mario Run, Salmancer (ended November 15, 2024)
Expand and rename List of characters by game to List of characters by first appearance, Hewer (ended November 20, 2024)
Merge False Character and Fighting Polygon/Wireframe/Alloy/Mii Teams into List of Super Smash Bros. series bosses, Doc von Schmeltwick (ended December 2, 2024)
Make changes to List of Smash Taunt characters, Hewer (ended December 27, 2024)
Merge Candy Block with Hard Block, Nintendo101 (ended December 31, 2024)
Merge ON/OFF Conveyor Belt with Conveyor Belt, PopitTart (ended January 1, 2025)

Writing guidelines

Establish a consistent table format for the "Recipes" section on Paper Mario item pages

Based on the vote so far, this proposal may be eligible to close one week early. Please use {{proposal check|early=yes}} on January 8 at 23:59 GMT and close the proposal if applicable.

Recently on the wiki's Discord server, the user PalaceSwitcher brought up how inconsistent the recipe tables are for Paper Mario series item pages. They even went through every page and categorized how the tables on each differ, determining that 12 variations exist. 12! Dreadful. Where's the lamb sauce consistency?!

With that said, I think it would be best if we simply come up with a new table format altogether, and then implement it onto all these pages for both consistency and better readability - this format, which will utilize normal table coding, will replace the PM recipe list template in use previously. Many pages are also missing recipes, and having an outline to follow will make it easier for those to be completed. Another issue with all 12 current variations that there is one big table per page, requiring another column to specify which game(s) the recipe is in. Not only does an extra game column make the table clunkier, but it's harder for a reader to spot the exact game they're looking for. Sure, there might be repeated recipes on a page, but I feel the benefits of having one table per game outweigh this possible negative. A few pages also incorporate item icons into their tables, which I think should be the case on every page because they really help with readability; by splitting by game, we can use game-specific icons (names too, actually).

So, here's what I'm thinking the "Recipes" section of these pages could look like with the new table format. I'll use Mushroom Steak as an example, considering it's an item found in all three games. Note that each game will be its own subsection you can jump to on the actual pages, but doing so here could mess up the formatting of the proposal.

Paper Mario

Recipe Result
PaperMario Items UltraShroom.png Ultra Shroom PaperMario Items ShroomSteak.png Shroom Steak
PaperMario Items LifeShroom.png Life Shroom + PaperMario Items DriedShroom.png Dried Shroom
PaperMario Items LifeShroom.png Life Shroom + PaperMario Items Mushroom.png Mushroom
PaperMario Items LifeShroom.png Life Shroom + PaperMario Items UltraShroom.png Ultra Shroom
PaperMario Items UltraShroom.png Ultra Shroom + PaperMario Items Mushroom.png Mushroom
PaperMario Items UltraShroom.png Ultra Shroom + PaperMario Items SuperShroom.png Super Shroom
PaperMario Items UltraShroom.png Ultra Shroom + PaperMario Items VoltShroom.png Volt Shroom
PaperMario Items UltraShroom.png Ultra Shroom + PaperMario Items DriedShroom.png Dried Shroom
PaperMario Items LifeShroom.png Life Shroom + PaperMario Items SuperShroom.png Super Shroom
PaperMario Items ShroomSteak.png Shroom Steak + PaperMario Items PotatoSalad.png Potato Salad PaperMario Items DeluxeFeast.png Deluxe Feast

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Recipe Result
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Ultra Mushroom Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Mushroom Steak
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Life Mushroom + Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Dried Mushroom
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Life Mushroom + Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Mushroom
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Life Mushroom + Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Ultra Mushroom
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Ultra Mushroom + Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Mushroom
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Ultra Mushroom + Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Super Mushroom
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Ultra Mushroom + Icon of the Volt Mushroom from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Volt Mushroom
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Ultra Mushroom + Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Dried Mushroom
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Life Mushroom + Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Super Mushroom
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Life Mushroom + Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Golden Leaf Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Mushroom Steak
(International)
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Life Mushroom
(Japan)
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Life Mushroom + Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Turtley Leaf
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Ultra Mushroom + Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Golden Leaf
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Ultra Mushroom + Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Turtley Leaf
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Mushroom Steak + Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Healthy Salad Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Zess Deluxe

Super Paper Mario

Recipe Result
Ultra Shroom Shake SPM.png Ultra Shroom Shake Shroom Steak SPM.png Shroom Steak
Shroom Steak SPM.png Shroom Steak + Gorgeous Steak SPM.png Gorgeous Steak Dyllis Deluxe SPM.png Dyllis Deluxe
Shroom Steak SPM.png Shroom Steak + Roast Shroom Dish SPM.png Roast Shroom Dish

Feel free to leave any ideas you have for the new table outline in the comments!

Proposer: Technetium (talk)
Deadline: January 15, 2025, 23:59 GMT

MasterChef (Support)

  1. Technetium (talk) As Gordon Ramsay proposer.
  2. PaperSplash (talk) Per proposer.
  3. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) - THANK YOU. Unshrink the icons and this'd be perfect, but this is a good start.
  4. Camwoodstock (talk) - This is so thoroughly overdue. Per proposal!
  5. Super Mario RPG (talk) - This works better than my solution.
  6. Jdtendo (talk) Looks good!
  7. Blinker (talk) Per proposal
  8. LadySophie17 (talk) Looks good to me.
  9. Sparks (talk) Per all.
  10. Pseudo (talk) Per all.
  11. EvieMaybe (talk) per all!!!
  12. Zootalo (talk) Per all.
  13. PalaceSwitcher (talk) Per all.
  14. Waluigi Time (talk) Now we're cooking.
  15. Tails777 (talk) Yes Chef! (Per proposal, the tables look good)

It's RAW! (Oppose)

Cooking Comments

@Doc von Schmeltwick What size do you think the icons should be? I just did 25x25px since that's what they are on the Shooting Star page, one of the only pages to currently use icons. Feel free to make an example table here. Technetium (talk) 21:05, December 31, 2024 (EST)

I think that except for the TTYD remake, they should ideally just be their native size. Aside from the aforementioned remake, none get big enough for that to be an issue. (At the very least, the image links should work, because in the current setup, clicking on the icon does diddly-squat when it logically should do what clicking on an image would normally do.) Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 21:59, December 31, 2024 (EST)
I would prefer for all the icons to be the same size if possible. When at native size besides the TTYD remake, they look like this next to each other:
PaperMario Items ShootingStar.png Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) A Shooting Star from Super Paper Mario.
As for the links, I didn't include them because it felt redundant when the page links are right next to them too (and the Shooting Star page didn't have them). If people disagree, I'd totally add links, though - let me know. There still wouldn't be a link to the item a page is about, as you could imagine. Technetium (talk) 22:18, December 31, 2024 (EST)
When I click on a sprite I generally want to go to the image file page. Granted, I have used images to link to pages on rare occasions to match in-game formatting, but linking nowhere is just a waste - especially when it's shrunk, so you can't copy it to your computer's clipboard without it being compressed. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 22:21, December 31, 2024 (EST)
Ah, I assumed you meant linking to the item's page, not the file link. That makes more sense. Technetium (talk) 22:22, December 31, 2024 (EST)
Recipe Result
PaperMario Items UltraShroom.png Ultra Shroom PaperMario Items ShroomSteak.png Shroom Steak
PaperMario Items LifeShroom.png Life Shroom + PaperMario Items DriedShroom.png Dried Shroom
PaperMario Items LifeShroom.png Life Shroom + PaperMario Items Mushroom.png Mushroom
Recipe Result
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Ultra Mushroom Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Mushroom Steak
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Life Mushroom + Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Dried Mushroom
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Life Mushroom + Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Mushroom
Recipe Result
Ultra Shroom Shake SPM.png Ultra Shroom Shake Shroom Steak SPM.png Shroom Steak
Shroom Steak SPM.png Shroom Steak + Gorgeous Steak SPM.png Gorgeous Steak Dyllis Deluxe SPM.png Dyllis Deluxe
Shroom Steak SPM.png Shroom Steak + Roast Shroom Dish SPM.png Roast Shroom Dish
Here are some tables with native sized icons (besides TTYD). Yeah, it does make SPM stand out more, though each game will be a separate subsection... and maybe TTYD could be made a bit larger? What do you guys think? I still prefer how they look in the proposal proper, though maybe those icons could be made a bit bigger (don't know if that would mess up the quality of the PM64 sprites, though...) Technetium (talk) 22:36, December 31, 2024 (EST)
Generally speaking, I'd go with making the TTYDNS sprites appear the same size as the TTYD raw size. So they could appear side-by-side easily. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 23:19, December 31, 2024 (EST)
I mean, I don't think I'm ever going to use the original TTYD sprites for these tables, given I was just going to merge TTYD and its remake into one section. I'm aware there are some recipe differences, but I was just going to mark those in the tables with the GCN and Switch logo icons. Technetium (talk) 08:55, January 1, 2025 (EST)
Personally, I really don't see the point in having the icons be shown in their native size. Having them be different sizes like that just looks clunky for no good reason. Blinker (talk) 09:44, January 1, 2025 (EST)
Spriter's itch. Seeing incorrectly sized sprites is not a pleasant sensation. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 13:42, January 1, 2025 (EST)
Well, now the icons link to the original sprite files. And I think far more readers would be bothered by the icons being different sizes. Your opinion is valid, but is likely very much the minority here. I'm going to keep the icons the same size as each other for this proposal, though I would be open to making them a bit bigger if people would prefer that (though I don't think the PM64 ones really can get much bigger without their quality being lowered). Technetium (talk) 13:48, January 1, 2025 (EST)
I really don't think the concept of a "correct" size really applies here? These aren't NES games or whatever. The resolution of a sprite doesn't dictate its size on the screen anyway. Especially across different games with varying resolutions. So why should it dictate it here, you know? Blinker (talk) 13:58, January 1, 2025 (EST)
PM64's sprites are, at the very least, generally consistent resolution to each other per shared camera distance. There are exceptions, like things that appear in multiple sizes (notably the Bloopers). Later games have more complex sprites in pieces that may or may not have a relatively consistent resolution, but "icon"-type sprites such as these invariably do relative to each other. Anyway, resized pixels just look kinda icky, so I prefer, personally, to minimize use of that if it can be helped. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 15:33, January 1, 2025 (EST)

Honestly, our only worry is if anyone is willing/able to go and implemenent this proposal in all the articles when this is done, so as to prevent a scenario like this... ;P Camwoodstock-sigicon.png~Camwoodstock (talk) 10:40, January 1, 2025 (EST)

Oh don't worry, I plan on working on it. Just stinks the proposal won't end until after my winter break ends too… eh, I'll probably still have plenty of free time. Technetium (talk) 10:46, January 1, 2025 (EST)

I do prefer it recipe ingredients were separated by line breaks. It's just easier for me to discern where a recipe begins and ends. Mario It's me, Mario! (Talk / Stalk) 12:56, January 1, 2025 (EST)

What would this look like in a table? If you could make a little example. Technetium (talk) 13:02, January 1, 2025 (EST)
Something like this
Recipe Result
PaperMario Items UltraShroom.png Ultra Shroom

PaperMario Items LifeShroom.png Life Shroom + PaperMario Items DriedShroom.png Dried Shroom
PaperMario Items LifeShroom.png Life Shroom + PaperMario Items Mushroom.png Mushroom
PaperMario Items LifeShroom.png Life Shroom + PaperMario Items UltraShroom.png Ultra Shroom
PaperMario Items UltraShroom.png Ultra Shroom + PaperMario Items Mushroom.png Mushroom
PaperMario Items UltraShroom.png Ultra Shroom + PaperMario Items SuperShroom.png Super Shroom

PaperMario Items ShroomSteak.png Shroom Steak
PaperMario Items ShroomSteak.png Shroom Steak + PaperMario Items PotatoSalad.png Potato Salad PaperMario Items DeluxeFeast.png Deluxe Feast
I also think it beats out using rowspan. The resulting code is easier to parse too. It was like this before btw, but it was changed to all those cells, and I just think this display is much easier to tell which ingredient list for a dish is the last one before the next dish begins. Mario It's me, Mario! (Talk / Stalk) 14:53, January 1, 2025 (EST)
The only issue is that some of the icons bump into each other, and I'd rather not remove the icons because they greatly increase readability. Technetium (talk) 15:01, January 1, 2025 (EST)
Yeah. I just want to find a way to help separate the dishes better. Maybe introduce a bolder line around the dishes+recipes while the individual recipes have thinner lines. It just needs some visual organization. Mario It's me, Mario! (Talk / Stalk) 15:03, January 1, 2025 (EST)
I was actually just thinking of that, lol. I'll definitely edit that into the proposal - just don't have my computer atm, though I should in the next couple hours. Technetium (talk) 15:04, January 1, 2025 (EST)

Here's a test of adding thicker lines between recipies.

Recipe Result
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Ultra Mushroom Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Mushroom Steak
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Life Mushroom + Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Dried Mushroom
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Life Mushroom + Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Mushroom
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Life Mushroom + Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Ultra Mushroom
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Ultra Mushroom + Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Mushroom
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Ultra Mushroom + Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Super Mushroom
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Ultra Mushroom + Icon of the Volt Mushroom from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Volt Mushroom
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Ultra Mushroom + Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Dried Mushroom
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Life Mushroom + Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Super Mushroom
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Life Mushroom + Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Golden Leaf Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Mushroom Steak (International)
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Life Mushroom (Japan)
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Life Mushroom + Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Turtley Leaf
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Ultra Mushroom + Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Golden Leaf
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Ultra Mushroom + Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Turtley Leaf
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Mushroom Steak + Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Healthy Salad Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Zess Deluxe

--PopitTart (talk) 16:20, January 1, 2025 (EST)

Thanks! I think the lines are a bit too thick - maybe they could be 3 or even 2 px? I'd also like the borders to be the same thickness so they don't stand out too much (and the lines beneath Recipe and Result). Technetium (talk) 16:23, January 1, 2025 (EST)

Okay, try #2 using lighter "internal borders" rather than thicker "external borders".

Recipe Result
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Ultra Mushroom Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Mushroom Steak
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Life Mushroom + Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Dried Mushroom
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Life Mushroom + Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Mushroom
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Life Mushroom + Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Ultra Mushroom
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Ultra Mushroom + Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Mushroom
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Ultra Mushroom + Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Super Mushroom
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Ultra Mushroom + Icon of the Volt Mushroom from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Volt Mushroom
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Ultra Mushroom + Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Dried Mushroom
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Life Mushroom + Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Super Mushroom
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Life Mushroom + Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Golden Leaf Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Mushroom Steak (International)
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Life Mushroom (Japan)
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Life Mushroom + Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Turtley Leaf
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Ultra Mushroom + Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Golden Leaf
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Ultra Mushroom + Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Turtley Leaf
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Mushroom Steak + Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Healthy Salad Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Zess Deluxe

--PopitTart (talk) 18:47, January 1, 2025 (EST)

This is perfect, thanks so much! I'll update the proposal shortly. Technetium (talk) 18:53, January 1, 2025 (EST)
All right! Let's try this out. Mario It's me, Mario! (Talk / Stalk) 21:47, January 1, 2025 (EST)
Our only real complaint we can think of is that on some screens, the faded border lines are a little too low-contrast. Aside from that, though, we think this is a very elegant solution! Camwoodstock-sigicon.png~Camwoodstock (talk) 15:03, January 2, 2025 (EST)
Yeah, I’ve noticed that on mobile. Not really sure if there's anyway around that… Technetium (talk) 17:09, January 2, 2025 (EST)

With all of that figured out, does anyone have any suggestions regarding the width of the tables? Technetium (talk) 19:14, January 1, 2025 (EST)

I think they should be about 50% width. Small enough to not take up the entire width of the page but large enough to not have their content be cramped. PalaceSwitcher (talk) 13:36, January 2 2025 (EST)
Can you code an example of what this would look like compared to the current tables? And would this make the widths of each game equal? I was more so wondering here if each game's width should be equal or if that doesn't really matter. Technetium (talk) 13:41, January 2, 2025 (EST)
Recipe Result
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Ultra Mushroom Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Mushroom Steak
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Life Mushroom + Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Dried Mushroom
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Life Mushroom + Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Mushroom
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Life Mushroom + Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Ultra Mushroom
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Ultra Mushroom + Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Mushroom
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Ultra Mushroom + Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Super Mushroom
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Ultra Mushroom + Icon of the Volt Mushroom from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Volt Mushroom
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Ultra Mushroom + Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Dried Mushroom
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Life Mushroom + Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Super Mushroom
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Life Mushroom + Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Golden Leaf Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Mushroom Steak (International)
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Life Mushroom (Japan)
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Life Mushroom + Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Turtley Leaf
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Ultra Mushroom + Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Golden Leaf
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Ultra Mushroom + Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Turtley Leaf
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Mushroom Steak + Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Healthy Salad Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Zess Deluxe
Here's an example at 50%. Every game should have the same table width for consistency. PalaceSwitcher (talk) 13:58, January 2 2025 (EST)
Ah, so that's how you do it. Thanks! Technetium (talk) 14:14, January 2, 2025 (EST)

Actually, there's one other topic I’d like to discuss. I talked about the icon links with Doc earlier, but people have differing opinions on the Discord so I thought I'd bring it up again. Should the icons link to the item's article, link to the file itself (as they do currently in the proposal tables), or link to nothing? I don't really have an opinion on it myself so I'd like to hear yours. Technetium (talk) 20:35, January 1, 2025 (EST)

Hmm, I'll summarize what has been discussed already. Having the icons link to their respective image file could be an issue as a reader could misclick on it instead of the actual article link. Having the icons link to the article more so just extends the size of the link functionally if anything, though it's redundant. Having no links just prevents the possibility of misclicking and makes the article links normally sized. While I can see the value in linking to the icon image itself, especially as they won't be natively sized here, the misclicking argument is compelling to me. Technetium (talk) 21:30, January 1, 2025 (EST)
As I see it, if a wiki reader is looking at the recipe tables of an item, they're more likely there because they want to know about the game mechanic of recipe making and the items involved, not their icon files. Sending them out of the main namespace because they misjudged where to click or tap slightly just creates a small bit of unnecessary friction. And if they do actually want the icons themselves, then its simple enough to follow the link to the respective item's own page and find the relevant images right in the infobox.--PopitTart (talk) 22:08, January 1, 2025 (EST)
???? The same argument can be made for icons in general. If you're already linking a subject in text, the image shouldn't just link to the same place. (That's irritated me several times... particularly on recipe tables.) Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 22:17, January 1, 2025 (EST)
This is why I'm wondering if we should just compromise by not linking to anything... which is how the proposal was earlier. Yeah, I'm really not so sure here, but I am starting to lean towards going back to that, and again, that's how it is on the Shooting Star page already. Technetium (talk) 22:39, January 1, 2025 (EST)
I don't really get where the assumption came from that no one could want to click the icons to go to the file page, despite that being the way images normally work on the wiki. Why is preventing misclicks more important than allowing intentional clicks? Hewer (talk · contributions · edit count) 09:05, January 2, 2025 (EST)
In this case the images are both rather small and directly next to links to articles. I personally really like to avoid having links to different things right next to each other in general because it can mislead the reader into thinking there's one continuous link and, relevant to image links, makes it annoying to follow a specific link because missing it slightly (Which is especially likely on mobile) takes you somewhere totally different. Then you have to go back and try again, maybe even zooming in to get it properly. I feel like the annoyance this situation causes is worth avoiding at the cost of a slightly less convenient means of getting the image page. I'm only suggesting this because the links in question are going to the very same ingredient articles, which feature full galleries and infoboxes with easy to access images. Compare with {{World link}}.--PopitTart (talk) 19:23, January 2, 2025 (EST)
I'm definitely starting to lean towards not having the icons link to the files. I just don't know whether I should have the icons link to the item pages or link to nothing. Technetium (talk) 19:35, January 2, 2025 (EST)

New features

Create a template to direct the user to a game section on the corresponding List of profiles and statistics page

This proposal aims to create a template that directs people to a game section on a Profiles and statistics list page, saving the user the step of having to scroll for it themselves. The reason why I'm proposing this is because as more Super Mario games are released, it becomes harder to comfortably find what you're searching for in the corresponding List of profiles and statistics page, especially for Mario, Bowser, and many other recurring subjects.

Another reason I think this would be valid is because of the fact that listing statistics in prose (e.g. 2/10 or 2 out of 10) looks off, especially if that can already be seen in the corresponding statistics box; in that case, the prose could change from "2/10" to something more vague like "very low stat", which isn't typically worded as such in the statistics box.

For example, let's say for Luigi in his appearance in Mario Sports Superstars, there could be a disclaimer either below the section heading or in a box to the side (we can decide the specifics when the proposal passes) that informs the reader that there's corresponding section that shows his profiles/statistics corresponding. Like such:

For profiles and statistics of Luigi in Mario Sports Superstars, see here.

The above message is not necessarily the final result (just a given example), but the disclaimer would definitely point the user to the appropriate game section on the profiles and statistics list page, should this pass.

Proposer: Super Mario RPG (talk)
Deadline: January 1, 2025, 23:59 GMT

Support

  1. Super Mario RPG (talk) Per.
  2. Hewer (talk) I don't really see a need to deliberately make prose less specific, but otherwise I like this idea, per proposal.

Oppose

Comments

@Hewer I don't think this would necessarily eliminate cases in which statistics are in prose, but it may be redundant if there's the link to conveniently access the statistics or profiles. Super Mario RPG (talk) 15:15, December 18, 2024 (EST)

If I understood this correctly, would this proposal add a disclaimer to every sigle game in a character's History section if the character has a corresponding profile and/or statistics section for that game? That's basically 20+ disclaimers on almost every game in Luigi's History page, is that correct? — Lady Sophie Wiggler Sophie.png (T|C) 09:41, January 1, 2025 (EST)

I don't really see the problem if it's helpful, relevant links that aren't very intrusive anyway. Hewer (talk · contributions · edit count) 09:08, January 2, 2025 (EST)

Split image categories into separate ones for assets, screenshots, and artwork

This proposal will address the bloat some image categories have and make them easier to navigate.

Why is this useful? It makes adding to galleries or finding images to replace much easier. If you want to retake screenshots from a game, you can go to the screenshots category to find them. If you have sprite rips to replace, there's a category for that. The same goes for finding images from a game that aren't on the gallery already and being able to sort them more efficiently. This is also how we divide up character galleries already, such as Gallery:Mario (2010-2019).

Now, I can see a few edge cases, like when games have screenshots of themselves for credits images (i.e. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)). I would still classify these as assets, since they are ripped from the game. Artwork that is used in smaller forms in-game, such as in Super Mario Maker 2, would be classified as artwork if externally released or an asset if it was ripped from the game files. Edge cases shouldn't be too common and they're easy to work out: it's not too different from how we license images or put them in character or subject galleries.

I think the name "assets" would be more useful in shorthand than "sprites and models," in addition to covering textures, so I propose for the category to be called that, but I can change it if there's opposition. The global images category can still exist in the case there's scans, merchandise, video screenshots, or such images that cannot be further categorized.

Proposer: Scrooge200 (talk)
Deadline: January 5, 2025, 23:59 GMT

Support

  1. Scrooge200 (talk) Per proposal.
  2. Waluigi Time (talk) I support this in principle, as long as there's room for discretion on what gets split and what gets left alone. A game with only ten or so pieces of artwork doesn't need a separate category for them, they can just stay in the main images category for that game. Otherwise, this seems useful, I just don't want users to go overboard by purely following the letter of this proposal.
  3. Salmancer (talk) I've tried to see if an image I wanted to use was already uploaded via the category, which would encourage me to make the text and get the article up. Due to the sheer number of images, this is a bad idea. This proposal will make that less of a bad idea for cases where an asset or artwork is being searched for.
  4. EvieMaybe (talk) hell yea
  5. Power Flotzo (talk) Per all.
  6. FanOfYoshi (talk) Per all.
  7. BBQ Turtle (talk) Per proposal, as long as Waluigi Time's feedback is taken on board.
  8. LadySophie17 (talk) Per Waluigi Time.

Oppose

Comments

This is already being done (e.g. Category:Mario Kart Tour item icons). Super Mario RPG (talk) 11:02, December 23, 2024 (EST)

Removals

None at the moment.

Changes

Decide what to do with Template:Move infobox

A while ago (November 4th, specifically), I created Template:Move infobox. After all, we had templates for essentially all the Browse tabs on the wiki sidebar, except for moves. There WERE templates about specific types of moves, such as Template:M&L attack infobox, but no general template in the same vein as items, characters, species, games, locations, etc.

I discussed it on the Discord briefly, nobody said no, and a bit of feedback later about how it should look and what it should have, I created it. It has since been applied to exactly four pages at the time of writing, half of which I was the one to apply it to. In hindsight, this could've used with a proposal instead of me just making it, so here's a belated one.

Should we keep Template:Move infobox around? If we do keep it, is it good as is, or does it need changes?

Proposer: EvieMaybe (talk)
Deadline: January 1st, 2025, 23:59 GMT

Keep Move infobox, as is

  1. Sparks (talk) I can see this template working really well for moves that aren't in every Mario game, like Spin. This has lots of potential!
  2. Nintendo101 (talk) Per proposal.
  3. Camwoodstock (talk) We don't see why not--having a dedicated Moves infobox could come in handy, especially if we get any more Mario RPGs in the wake of the weird little renaissance period we've been getting with the back-to-back-to-back SMRPG remake, TTYD remake, and release of Brothership. Per proposal.
  4. Pseudo (talk) Per proposal.
  5. Technetium (talk) Per proposal.
  6. Salmancer (talk) It would bring more attention to our move pages. I'm down for that.
  7. BBQ Turtle (talk) Per all.

Keep Move infobox, but with changes

Delete Move infobox

Move infobox Comments

Considering the nature of the attack infoboxes, wouldn't it be weird to have moves all in purple but a Mario & Luigi attack use yellow and green and a Paper Mario attack use white and green? Should there be variants of the Move infobox to match the color schemes of existing templates? If an article is covering multiple related moves, how will the infobox work? (ex. Handstand, Cap Throw, Roll, Slide Kick... there's more of these than I thought). What happens when a move is referenced in somewhat less "move-y" ways? Okay, that last one is kinda strange, but basically I mean "dashing" in Super Mario Run is just a fancy animation, Mario & Luigi Dream Team has an animation where Giant Luigi crouches (with posing and skidding clearly meant to be a platformer callback), to slide under an attack. Do these instances get incorporated into the infobox? Continuing the train of thought, what about sports games? Yoshi can Flutter Jump as his special action on Mario & Sonic games. Does that count as a method of input for a Flutter Jump? Salmancer (talk) 21:35, December 19, 2024 (EST)

that's a lot of very interesting questions!
  • i went with purple to set it apart from the already taken light red (game), green and white (character), blue (level), pink (location), grey (item) and navy/grey (species) infoboxes. changing the color could be a good idea.
  • as for sorting which moves "count" or not, we have to decide these things for other types of subject too, after all, and they get infoboxes. it's a valid concern, though! eviemaybe (talk / contributions) 15:09, December 20, 2024 (EST)

Allow blank votes and reclassify them as "per all"

There are times when users have nothing else to add and agree with the rest of the points. Sure, they can type "per all", but wouldn't it be easier to not to have to do this?

Yeah sure, if the first oppose vote is just blank for no reason, that'll be strange, but again, it wouldn't be any more strange with the same vote's having "per all" as a reasoning. I've never seen users cast these kinds of votes in bad faith, as we already have rules in place to zap obviously bad faith votes.

This proposal wouldn't really change how people vote, only that they shouldn't have to be compelled to type the worthless "per all" on their votes.

Proposer: Mario (talk)
Deadline: January 1, 2025, 23:59 GMT January 8, 2025, 23:59 GMT

Blank support

  1. Mario (talk) Per all.
  2. Ray Trace (talk) Casting a vote in a side is literally an action of endorsement of a side. We don't need to add verbal confirmation to this either.
  3. PopitTart (talk) (This vote is left blank to note that I support this option but any commentary I could add would be redundant.)
  4. Altendo (talk) (Look at the code for my reasoning)
  5. FanOfYoshi (talk)
  6. OmegaRuby (talk) While on the outset it may seem strange to see a large number of votes where people say "per all" and leave, it's important to understand that the decision was made because the user either outright agrees with the entire premise of the proposal, or has read discussion and points on both sides and agrees more with the points made by the side they choose. And if they really are just mindlessly voting "per all" on proposals with no second thought, we can't police that at all. (Doing so would border on FBI-agent-tech-magic silliness and would also be extremely invading...)
  7. Shy Guy on Wheels (talk) I've always thought of not allowing blank votes to be a bit of a silly rule, when it can so easily be circumvented by typing two words. I think it's better to assume good faith with voting and just let people not write if they don't have anything to add, it's not as if random IPs are able to vote on this page.
  8. TheDarkStar (talk) - Dunno why I have to say something if I agree with an idea but someone's already said what I'm thinking. A vote is a vote, imo.
  9. Ninja Squid (talk) Per proposal.
  10. Tails777 (talk) It's not like we're outright telling people not to say "Per all", it's just a means of saying you don't have to. If the proposal in question is so straight forward that nothing else can be said other than "Per proposal/Per all", it's basically the same as saying nothing at all. It's just a silent agreement. Even so, if people DO support a specific person's vote, they can still just "Per [Insert user's name here]". I see no problem with letting people have blank votes, especially if it's optional to do so in the first place.

#Fun With Despair (talk) I am arguably in agreement with some of the opposition who argue that even "per all" should go in favor of each voter making an argument or explaining themselves, but if "per all" stays, then I don't really have a problem with allowing blank votes as well. I would prefer a proposal on getting rid of "per all" overall as its a bit of a lazy cop-out (at least name a specific guy you agree with), but a blank vote ultimate just means they agree with the OP's point and chose to vote with them - and I don't have a problem with that.

Blank Oppose

  1. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) - Honestly? I'd prefer to get rid of "per all" votes since they're primarily used for the "I don't/like this idea" type of thing that has historically been discouraged. If you don't care enough to explain, you don't care enough to cast IMO.
  2. Technetium (talk) I don't think typing "per all" is that much of an annoyance (it's only two words), and I like clearly seeing why people are voting (for instance, I do see a difference between "per proposal" and "per all" - "per all" implies agreeing with the comments, too). I just don't think this is something that needs changing, not to mention the potential confusion blank votes could cause.
  3. Camwoodstock (talk) Maybe we're a little petty, but we prefer a "per all" vote to a blank one, even if "per all" is effectively used as a non-answer, because it still requires that someone does provide an answer, even if it's just to effectively say "ditto". You know what to expect with a "per all" vote--you don't really get that information with a fully blank vote.
  4. Ahemtoday (talk) Forgive me for the gimmicky formatting, but I want to make a point here — when you see a blank oppositional vote, it's disheartening, isn't it? Of course, it's always going to be that way when someone's voting against you, but when it doesn't come with any other thoughts, then you can't at all address it, debate it, take it into account — nothing. This also applies to supporting votes, if it's for a proposal you oppose. Of course, this is an issue with "per all" votes as well. I don't know if I'd go as far as Doc would on that, but if there's going to be these kinds of non-discussion-generating votes, they can at least be bothered to type two words.
  5. Jdtendo (talk) Per all (is it too much to ask to type just two words to explicitely express that you agree with the above votes?)
  6. Axii (talk) Requiring people to state their reason for agreeing or disagreeing with a proposal leads to unnecessary repetition (in response to Doc). Letting people type nothing doesn't help us understand which arguments they agreed with when deciding what to vote for. The proposer? Other people who voted? Someone in particular, maybe? Maybe everyone except the proposer? It's crucial to know which arguments were the most convincing to people.
  7. Pseudo (talk) Per Technetium, Camwoodstock, and Axii.
  8. Hooded Pitohui (talk) I admit this vote is based on personal preference as any defensible reasoning. To build on Camwoodstock and Ahemtoday's points, though, the way I see it, "per all" at least provides some insight into what has persuaded a voter, if only the bare minimum. "Per all" is distinct at least from "per proposal", suggesting another voter has persuaded them where the original proposal did not by itself. A blank vote would not provide even that distinction.
  9. Mister Wu (talk) Asking for even a minimal input from the user as to why they are voting is fundamental, it tells us what were the compelling points that led to a choice or the other. It can also aid the voters in clarifying to themselves what they're agreeing with. Also worth noting that the new editors simply can't know that blank means "per all", even if we put it at the beginning of this page, because new editors simply don't know the internal organization of the wiki. Blank votes would inevitably be used inappropriately, and not in bad faith.
  10. DesaMatt (talk) Per all and per everyone and per everything. Per.
  11. Blinker (talk) Per Technetium, Ahemtoday, Axii and Mister Wu.

Blank Comments

I don't think banning "per all" or "per proposal" is feasible nor recommended. People literally sometimes have nothing else to add; they agree with the points being made, so they cast a vote. They don't need to waste keystrokes reiterating points. My proposal is aiming to just streamline that thought process and also save them some keystrokes. Mario It's me, Mario! (Talk / Stalk) 20:34, December 17, 2024 (EST)

I think every sort of vote (on every level, on every medium) should be written-in regardless of whether something has been said already or not; it demonstrates the level of understanding and investment for the issue at hand, which in my opinion should be prerequisite to voting on any issue. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 20:53, December 17, 2024 (EST)
There is no way to actually determine this: we are not going to test voters or commenters their understanding of the subject. Someone can read all of the arguments and still just vote for a side because there's no need to reiterate a position that they already agree with. BabyLuigiFire.pngRay Trace(T|C) 20:55, December 17, 2024 (EST)
My personal belief is that "test[ing] voters or commenters their understanding of the subject" is exactly what should be done to avoid votes cast in misunderstanding or outright bandwagoning. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 23:06, December 17, 2024 (EST)
My personal view is that a change like the one you are suggesting potentially increases the odds of inexperienced or new users feeling too intimidated to participate because they feel like they do not have well articulated stances, which would be terrible. I think concerns about "bandwagoning" are overstated. However, more pressingly, this proposal is not even about this concept and it is not even one of the voting options, so I recommend saving this idea for another day. - Nintendo101 (talk) 23:32, December 17, 2024 (EST)
@Mario I agree. Banning people from saying that in proposals is restricting others from exercising their right to cast a vote in a system that was designed for user input of any time. I'd strongly oppose any measure to ban "per" statements in proposals. Super Mario RPG (talk) 00:11, December 18, 2024 (EST)
In my opinion, saying "per OP" or "per (insert user here) is just as much effort as saying "per all" and at least demonstrates a modicum of original thought. I think that a blank vote is essentially the same as just voicing that you agree with the OP, so I did vote for that option in this case - but I think per all does an equally poor job to a blank vote at explaining what you think. At least requiring specific users to be hit with the "per" when voting would give far more of a baseline than "per all". That's not really what this proposal is about though, so I won't dwell on it. --Fun With Despair (talk) 00:22, January 2, 2025 (EST)

Technetium: I understand, but blank votes are a fairly common practice in other wikis, and it's clearly understood that the user is supporting the proposal in general. Mario It's me, Mario! (Talk / Stalk) 20:36, December 17, 2024 (EST)

Fair point, I didn't know that. Not changing my vote just yet, but I'll keep this in mind as the proposal continues. Technetium (talk) 20:48, December 17, 2024 (EST)
There's a lot of variation in how other wikis do it. WiKirby, for example, doesn't even allow "per" votes last I checked. Hewer (talk · contributions · edit count) 04:13, December 18, 2024 (EST)

I'm not really much of a voter, but I'm of the opinion "it's the principle of the matter". Requiring a written opinion, of any kind, at least encourages a consideration of the topic. Salmancer (talk) 21:35, December 19, 2024 (EST)

Set Vector-2010 to the default wiki skin

This proposal is about setting the 2010 Vector as the default wiki skin (screenshot here) for desktop users, with the focus being on people who are new to wikis in particular, while obviously keeping the existing MonoBook skin as an option. What made me think to create this proposal is when I made a Talk:Main Page proposal about the to-do list tasks and how they are more accessible than clicking the "Wiki maintenance" on the sidebar, I had to uncomfortably squint to find "Wiki maintenance" on the wiki sidebar. But Vector-2010 has the sidebar links slightly larger and a bit more spaced out. With the existing interface, there could be some who may struggle to find options listed on the sidebar.

While we're clearly different from Wikipedia (that's why I'm not Vector-2022, since it'd be too much of a departure and likely uncomfortable for several), I do want to refer to this page, which summarizes why Wikipedia transitioned to it. Though it is vague, they cite accessibility as the reason, which I think this wiki has been taking steps toward doing.

I'll cite my reasons for preferring Vector and applying this to possible people who are visiting a wiki for the first time. The text is larger, which is especially important for larger screen monitors, some of the lesser used tabs are collapsible on the sidebar, summarizing the most commonly used options, and the user links at the top right are also more noticeable and less close to the body of the article where the content is read.

Though it could take time getting used to the Edit button being on the right (not to mention the search button), the button is at least larger, making it more usable on even lower quality screen monitors, and I like how it's separate from the Page and discussion options, meaning that options that involve viewing articles are on the left while options that involve editing or changing the page in some form are on the right.

If this proposal passes and others don't like the change, they can always return to the MonoBook option in their preferences.

Proposer: Super Mario RPG (talk)
Deadline: January 1, 2025, 23:59 GMT

Support

  1. Super Mario RPG (talk) Per.

Oppose

  1. Camwoodstock (talk) Admittedly, this vote is largely a matter of preference--we just don't like Vector that much--but we can't think of any real reason to switch to Vector 2010 as the default over the current Monobook beyond the mentioned text spacing; while that is a nice boon, we personally find the weird gradient buttons for the various tabs up top a little grating looking, and we're a fan of the more compact design that Monobook provides--though, this is likely a byproduct of our personal preference for more neatly packed web design. And uh, the less said about the other two options (Vector 2022, and. Timeless. Which is the most dated theme possible, namely to mid-2010s mobile web design.), the better. If you like Vector 2010, that's great, and we're fine with that! Heck, if anyone likes Vector 2022 or Timeless, that's cool too, and more power to them! Variety is the spice of life, after all. But switching it to the default is something that should not be taken lightly, and the reasons for a switch in this proposal feel a little too loosey-goosey for us, we're sorry.
  2. DryBonesBandit (talk) Per Camwoodstock.
  3. Nintendo101 (talk) I like how MonoBook looks a little more than Vector. It is what I am comfortable with. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
  4. Drago (talk) Per Nintendo101. I actually prefer the smaller text of Monobook since you can see more of the page at once. I also want to point out that although logged-in users like us can change the skin in preferences, we'd still be forcing the change on logged-out users.
  5. Ahemtoday (talk) Per Drago.
  6. Technetium (talk) Per Nintendo101 and Drago. I just don't see any reason to make this change.
  7. Altendo (talk) I'm saying this as a Vector-2010 skin user, and I'll say that people have their preferences. I live Vector-2010 because that is how Wikipedia at least used to look before they switched to Vector (2022); On Wikipedia, Vector was renamed to Vector legacy (2010), while Vector 2022 is named Vector (2022). Although I do prefer Vector-2010, I know a lot of people that prefer Monobook, and even if not, this can be changed in the preferences. No need to change the default skin. I get that IPs can't change their appearance, but aside from that, users can, and what they see doesn't have to be default on the wiki. Everyone can change what they specifically see.
  8. Sparks (talk) Per all.

Comments

@Camwoodstock That is true that it's a major change. It's based mainly upon impression from newcomers from them seeing a more prominent edit tab, slightly larger text size, and other minor details like tab names that are easier to read (including a collapsible feature for the lesser used tab). The skin change was based on old Wikipedia research at the time (like how WikiLove was a result of their research). I have no strong feelings whether this passes or not. Although it's vague, since there's no way to tell the statistics (and the wiki's already successful at the moment), I still have a feeling it could help some, but to each their own. Super Mario RPG (talk) 18:32, December 18, 2024 (EST)

We feel like if anybody would be capable of providing any statistics on skin usage, it'd be Porple, but even then, we don't actually know if that's one of the things he tracks, and it feels a little silly to pester him over this of all things... ;p Camwoodstock-sigicon.png~Camwoodstock (talk) 18:55, December 18, 2024 (EST)

I'm okay with opposition, but in case of misunderstanding, this proposal isn't about personal preferences so much as what I believe to be a more ergonomic interface to a wider audience. I know we're not Wikipedia, but there's also the consideration that they've used the Vector skin longer than they had for MonoBook. Super Mario RPG (talk) 13:45, December 19, 2024 (EST)

If it's what "you believe", then it ultimately (and probably unavoidably) is about personal preferences. Anyway, another consideration is the fact that people often prefer what they're used to. I feel like how long this wiki has used its skin is more relevant than how long Wikipedia has. Hewer (talk · contributions · edit count) 16:39, December 19, 2024 (EST)
@Hewer I suppose I'm overthinking the ergonomic interface. Super Mario RPG (talk) 15:19, December 20, 2024 (EST)

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