MarioWiki:Proposals

Current time: Saturday, November 23rd, 05:36 GMT

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. Voting periods last for two weeks, but can close early or be extended (see below). Any user can support or oppose, but must have a strong reason for doing so (not, e.g., "I like this idea!"). All proposals must be approved by a majority of voters, including proposals with more than two options. For past proposals, see the proposal archive and the talk page proposal archive.

A proposal section works like a discussion page: comments are brought up and replied to using indents (colons, such as : or ::::) and all edits are signed using the code {{User|User name}}.

How to

Rules

1. If users have an idea about improving the wiki or managing its community, but feel that they need community approval before acting upon that idea, they may make a proposal about it. They must have a strong argument supporting their idea and be willing to discuss it in detail with the other users, who will then vote about whether or not they think the idea should be used. Proposals should include links to all relevant pages and writing guidelines. Proposals must include a link to the draft page. Any pages that would be largely affected by the proposal should be marked with {{proposal notice}}.
2. Only autoconfirmed users may create or vote on proposals and talk page proposals. While only autoconfirmed users can comment on proposals, anyone is free to comment on talk page proposals.
3. Proposals end 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.
4. Users may vote for more than one option, but they may not vote for every option available.
5. Every vote should have a strong, sensible reason accompanying it. Agreeing with a previously mentioned reason given by another user is accepted (including "per" votes), but tangential comments, heavy sarcasm, and other misleading or irrelevant quips are just as invalid as providing no reason at all.
6. 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.
7. 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 "(banned)" 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.
8. Proposals cannot contradict an already ongoing proposal or overturn the decision of a previous proposal that concluded less than four weeks (28 days) ago.
9. 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.
   • Use {{proposal check|early=yes}} to automate this calculation; see the template page for usage instructions and examples.
10. 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.
11. If a proposal reaches its deadline and there is a tie for first place, then the proposal is extended for another week.
12. 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.
13. 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.
14. 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.
15. After a proposal or talk page proposal passes, it is added to the corresponding list of "unimplemented proposals" below and is removed once it has been sufficiently implemented.
16. If the wiki staff deem a proposal unnecessary or potentially detrimental to the upkeep of the Super Mario Wiki, they have the right to remove it at any time.
17. 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.
18. 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.
19. Proposals cannot be made about promotions and demotions. Staff changes are discussed internally and handled by the bureaucrats.
20. No joke proposals. Proposals are serious wiki matters and should be handled professionally. Joke proposals will be deleted on sight.
21. Proposals must have a status quo option (e.g. Oppose, Do nothing) unless the status quo itself violates policy.

Basic proposal and support/oppose format

This is an example of what your proposal must look like, if you want it to be acknowledged. If you are inexperienced or unsure how to set up this format, simply copy the following and paste it into the fitting section. Then replace the [subject] - variables with information to customize your proposal, so it says what you wish. If you insert the information, be sure to replace the whole variable including the squared brackets, so "[insert info here]" becomes "This is the inserted information", not "[This is the inserted information]". Proposals presenting multiple alternative courses of action can have more than two voting options, but what each voting section is supporting 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|[enter your username here]}}<br>
'''Deadline''': [insert a deadline here, 14 days after the proposal was created, at 23:59 GMT, in the format: "November 23, 2024, 23:59 GMT"]

====Support====
#{{User|[enter your username here]}} [make a statement indicating that you support your proposal]

====Oppose====

====Comments====

---

Users will now be able to vote on your proposal, until the set deadline is reached. Remember, you are a user as well, so you can vote on your own proposal just like the others.

To support, or oppose, just insert "#{{User|[add 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 just say "Per my 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. 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

• Decide whether to create articles for Ashita ni Nattara and Banana Tengoku and/or include them on List of Donkey Kong Country (television series) songs (discuss) Deadline: November 23, 2024, 23:59 GMT
• Determine how to handle the Tattle Log images from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) (discuss) Deadline: November 30, 2024, 23:59 GMT
• Merge False Character and the Fighting Polygon/Wireframe/Alloy/Mii Teams to List of Super Smash Bros. series bosses (discuss) Deadline: December 2, 2024, 23:59 GMT

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)

Split articles for the alternate-named reskins from All Night Nippon: Super Mario Bros., Doc von Schmeltwick (ended October 3, 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.

Remove identifiers for Steve (NES Open Tournament Golf) and Ike (The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!), Starluxe (ended November 21, 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)

Split Banana Peel from Banana, Doc von Schmeltwick (ended September 18, 2024)

Merge Spiked Thwomp with Thwomp, Blinker (ended November 2, 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)

List of Talk Page Proposals

• Merge Start Dash with Rocket Start (Discuss) Deadline: November 29, 2013, 23:59 GMT.

Writing Guidelines

None at the moment.

New features

None at the moment.

Removals

Remove coverage of "cameo" puzzle games

The wiki includes several pages on random puzzle games (Alleyway, Art Style: PiCTOBiTS, Tetris DS... etc) which feature Mario-themed puzzles and cameos from the franchise. We do not feel these games are worthy of their own page.

To take one example, Pushmo, despite having a page, features a limited amount of Mario references; there is only one Mario puzzle out of the first 100 (not counting the NES controller puzzle), and the remaining levels are found exclusively within two Nintendo-themed puzzle sections towards the end of the game. More to the fact, Mario characters do not make cameos outside of their puzzles, the game does not include any additional Mario themes or sounds, and the game’s story and characters do not reference the Nintendo characters much at all. So covering anything else from the game (story, character artwork, and menu icons) and calling it a crossover is not really justified by the amount of references the game has.

The other cameo puzzle games are in a similar bunch; While the ratio of Mario vs non-Mario content may be slightly higher (with Tetris DS, for example, featuring NES Super Mario Bros. sprites prancing around in several modes), the depth of the Mario content featured within is extremely minimal and barely relevant to the actual game.

So why are we giving these games crossover coverage? The answer: we shouldn’t be, and we shouldn’t let new users believe that we are. Some of these articles seem more like bloated references than worthy crossovers, so why have these entire content-creeping articles when the actual references, which only take up about a small percent of their article's length, would not be out of place on the references list.

In short, we propose that we move the Mario-related information, which is the only thing relevant to the wiki, to the references list, and redirect the articles to that, because the cameo puzzle games simply don't have enough relevant content to be given full crossover coverage.

The following games would be affected by this proposal:

• Alleyway
• Tetris DS
• Art Style: PiCTOBiTS
• Pushmo

Proposers: GBAToad (talk) and Glowsquid (talk)
Deadline: November 16, 2013, 23:59 GMT

Support

1. GBAToad (talk) Per proposal. I may have contributed a lot to the Pushmo article, but I feel that removing these pages is for the best.
2. Yoshi876 (talk) Per proposal.
3. Glowsquid (talk) par prapsel.
4. Icemario11 (talk) Purr proposal.
5. LeftyGreenMario (talk) Wario approves of this proposal. I always found pages like Pushmo to be questionable.
6. Marshal Dan Troop (talk) Per proposal.
7. SuperYoshiBros (talk) Definitely, if we do this for all the games then we'll end up having full in-depth articles for games that have nothing to do with Mario like Lego City Undercover, Rayman Legends, Angry Birds Space, Animal Crossing, Banjo-Kazooie, Cave Story+, Epic Mickey: Power of- oh you get my point.
8. Gonzales Kart Inc. (talk) Makes sense. Per all.
9. Firebreath24 (talk) True indeed! Per all.

Oppose

1. 1337star (talk) Cannot support in current form, see comment below for full opposition.

Comments

I assume that any sub-pages the games have will also be deleted. Yoshi876 (talk)

In the case of Gallery:Pushmo? Should all the images contained there also be deleted, asides from the ones which may be used elsewhere, such as on the references page. – YoshiKong (talk) 09:40, 9 November 2013 (EST)

I can't think of any reason to keep them. Yoshi876 (talk)

Except for the 8-bit Mario one, but I don't know if it's an actual level or just a creation. LeftyGreenMario (talk)

Yeah, that one does count as an image that can be used elsewhere, but the images of Mallo and the game's logo should go. Yoshi876 (talk)

What about Captain Rainbow, whilst it has Mario references more frequently than the puzzle games, but they do have a role in the story? Yoshi876 (talk)

This proposal's not applicable to that game at all. Captain Rainbow is not a plotless puzzle game and Birdo's got a pretty meaty role, not to mention we're not even trying to give it full coverage as a crossover anyway, unlike the puzzle games. It's considered a "guest appearance" with partial coverage only, and it should remain that way. - Walkazo (talk)

Oh yeah. This also applies to those NBA games as well. LeftyGreenMario (talk)

I agree with the main bulk of this proposal with one exception that prevents me from supporting it in its current form: Alleyway. As shown on the boxart and apparently in-game, Mario controls the paddle and is thus, in a somewhat indirect fashion, the playable character in this game. Compare to Golf. Other than the fact that you play as a very un-Mario looking Mario (and only in North America, to boot), this game has no connection to the Mario series. Yet it has a full article, as it should. Why is Alleyway any different?

I would almost argue for keeping Tetris DS as well due to the depth of content (its Puzzle mode is basically a remake of Yoshi's Cookie, from the sound of things), but I don't have as strong of feelings or support for that objection. 1337star (talk)

Ditch "Full Names" when appropriate

Usually, when you get to the "Full Name" part, you see a totally unconfirmed, made-up full name. We only need confirmed things, not speculations and ideas.

Proposer: Electrical Bowser jr.
Deadline: November 20, 2013, 23:59 GMT

Support

1. Electrical Bowser jr. (talk) P p.
2. Tails777 (talk) When appropriate sounds better to me. Per proposal.
3. Gonzales Kart Inc. (talk) Per proposal
4. Randombob-omb4761 (talk) Per All.

Comments

What do you mean by "Full Name"? Yoshi876 (talk)

Like, for Bowser Jr, "Prince Bowser Koopa Jr". It's speculative nonsense. Electrical Bowser jr. (talk)

I'm not sure all are speculation, Kamek has a reference for his. Yoshi876 (talk)

Well, most are. Electrical Bowser jr. (talk)

@Tails: You have a point, so I changed it a bit. Electrical Bowser jr. (talk)

Changes

Allow Featuring and Unfeaturing nominations to fail before the deadline

I think that if an oppose comes up for why the nomination should fail, and the problem is not fixed, or a counter-argument is bought up against the oppose in a way that it cannot then be countered within 1 week the nomination should fail. This is so silly nominations like MarioWiki:Featured Articles/Unfeature/N/Kirby can fail before the deadline and the article isn't left with an UNFA template when it doesn't deserve it. Under this new system nominations like this can fail long before they should. For the FA system if the flaw is something that cannot be fixed i.e. size, then it should fail after the timeframe.

Proposer: Yoshi876 (talk)
Deadline: November 17, 2013, 23:59 GMT

Support

1. Yoshi876 (talk) Per proposal.
2. Icemario11 (talk) Per proposal.
3. Baby Luigi (talk) Per all
4. Gonzales Kart Inc. (talk) Per all (this will go through since I make it a quorum)
5. Scr7 (talk) Yes, we should be able to cancel nominations like the Super Mario 3D World one. Per all
6. Ztar Power (talk) Per all

Comments

Wait, what? I tried reading what you're saying, but I don't understand the gist of it. LeftyGreenMario (talk)

Basically if an oppose vote is put in, and it's not fixed or countered then the nomination should fail. Yoshi876 (talk)

What if there is a valid article nominated to be featured, and to satisfy the opposition, it takes a lot of work? You weren't there when Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story was nominated to be featured, and it took a while (more than 1 week) and a lot of work to satisfy the opposition. I know it eventually became unfeatured for another reason, but that's not my point. A better way to word it is if there is nothing being done (or nothing can be done, such as in Super Mario 3D World) to satisfy the opposition within a time period, then the article should fail. LeftyGreenMario (talk)

Yeah, alright. Yoshi876 (talk)

@Lefty In a way that cannot be countered, what I mean by that is a counter-argument for which there is no counter. For example, on the Kirby nomination, the subject has no relevance to the quality, it cannot be countered. And the 1 week timeframe as said only applies to the FAs if the problem is unfixible, the 1 week deadline mainly applies to the unfeaturing because if the problem is fixed there's no point on the article just sitting around for 2 months with the unfeature template on it. Yoshi876 (talk)

This is obviously not fixable, but there may be situations where this happens: who determines something to be not fixable? The 1 week deadline apparently applies to featuring articles as well. Also, new points may be brought up while an article is getting unfeatured, but I suppose 1 week should be enough to point out flaws in the article or the votes. There are also problems in articles that are going to be unfeatured that may take a week to fix (I remember that Goomba article voting to get unfeatured; it was about to be unfeatured until I worked really hard to refute that giant paragraph of points Time Turner done). LeftyGreenMario (talk)

By fixable it's more size, rather than quality, for example if I nominated Mushroom Drop it is far too small and that is an unfixable problem so after the week passes and the oppose points that out it fails. And for unfeaturing, it's not about taking 1 week to fix it, it's fixing the problem then opposing and as long as all the points in the unfeaturing nomination have been addressed then it fails. Yoshi876 (talk)

Miscellaneous

None at the moment.