The 'Shroom:Issue 103/Pipe Plaza

Director’s Notes

Written by: Yoshi876 (talk)

Hello 'Shroom readers! This is Issue 103, which is filled with to the brim with Halloween goodies. Now, I hear you ask "How can Pipe Plaza be scary?" Of course we can't do anything themed really, but what we can do is put adjectives in front of everything.

So yes, welcome to Pipe Plaza, the home of spooky stats, terrifying tables and creepy colours.

Last month we saw the triumphant debut of Banjo 'N' Gutseh's Late-Night Actually Legit Interviews, sadly, due to some real life issues it won't be present in this issue. I'm sure you all join me in wishing things are swiftly sorted out for Banjo. This month we also see the triumphant return of New Articles, with Viper26 (our current Monthly Report writer) now writing it.

Section of the Month

Pipe Plaza SECTION OF THE MONTH
Place	Section	Votes	%	Writer
1st	Banjo 'N' Gutseh's Late-Night Actually Legit Interviews	7	54%	Banjonator1, GutsehMan
2nd	Tip of the Month	4	31%	FunkyK38
3rd	Forum Update	1	8%	MrConcreteDonkey
3rd	Retro Feature	1	8%	Yoshi876

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MarioWiki Sections

Monthly Report
Viper26 (Talk)

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A look over the wiki's stats of the past month.
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Featured
Yoshi876 (Talk)

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Recent news on the Featured Articles.
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New Articles
Viper26 (Talk)

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A summary of all the article created in the past month.
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Tip of the Month
FunkyK38 (Talk)

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A helpful tip for wiki editors.
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Poll Committee Discussion
Palkia47 (Talk)

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Wanna know what's been going on in the Poll Committee? Find out here.
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Non-Wiki Sections

Forum Update
MrConcreteDonkey (Talk)

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The monthly news on the forum.
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Birthday Wishes
Crocodile Dippy (Talk)

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Happy birthday to you!
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Retro Feature
Yoshi876 (Talk)

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A trip back in The 'Shroom's past.
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Monthly Report

Written by: Viper26 (talk)

Happy Fall/Spring, readers, welcome to Zombie Island today's issue of the Monthly Report!! I have only one thing to say for today's report, and that's happy birthday to me! My birthday is on the 21st of this month, so that'll be on the Birthday Wishes section later on. If not, then you already have it here. :) Now, slay the zombies, suck the ghosts with your Poltergust, and enjoy the issue!!

Credit goes to Stooben Rooben (talk), Super Mario Bros. (talk), and Paper Yoshi (talk) for the table coding (I based this on Stooben's coding, which was later modified by SMB, and Paper Yoshi when they wrote this section.).

October Statistics
Statistic	As of 4 October 2015 (9:48)*
Content Pages	16,299
All Pages	132,296
Files	66,691
Edits	1,756,122
Edits per Page	13.27
Registered Users	20,397
Active Users	363
Bots	2
Autopatrolled	39
Patrollers	3
Administrators	10
Bureaucrats	3
Proprietor	1

September — October Statistics
Statistic	As of 6 September 2015 (13:56)*	As of 4 October 2015 (9:48)*	Percentage Change
Content Pages	16,216	16,299	+0.512%
All Pages	131,506	132,296	+0.601%
Files	66,096	66,691	+0.900%
Edits	1,746,404	1,756,122	+0.556%
Edits per Page	13.28	13.27	-0.075%
Registered Users	20,255	20,397	+0.701%
Active Users	361	363	+0.554%
Bots	2	2	0%
Autopatrolled	39	39	0%
Patrollers	3	3	0%
Administrators	10	10	0%
Bureaucrats	3	3	0%
Proprietor	1	1	0%

*All times EST.

Featured

Written by: Yoshi876 (talk)

Hello 'Shroom readers and welcome back to another edition of Featured, unfortunately there's not a lot to really report here, but I'll still give it to you anyhow.

Featured Articles

One new article has been featured in the past month.

• WarioWare: Twisted! was featured on October 5th.

Re-Featured Articles

No new articles have become re-featured.

FA Nominations

There are three ongoing Featured Article Nominations.

• Neo Bowser City was nominated on September 2nd.
• WarioWare: Touched! was nominated on October 11th.
• Mario Kart 8 was nominated on October 12th.

Failed FA Nominations

No new articles have failed the featuring process.

Unfeatured Articles

No new articles have been unfeatured in the past month.

Unfeaturing Nominations

There is one ongoing Unfeature nomination.

• Rosalina was nominated on October 12th.

Failed Unfeaturing Nominations

No new articles have failed the unfeaturing process in the past month.

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Thanks for reading see you next month, for more Featured Articles news.

New Articles

Written by:Viper26 (talk)

Alright 'Shroom readers, I'm in charge of New Articles now. This section will be similar to my Monthly Report section, which I'm still obviously doing. So get used to my tables. The articles that I'll feature come from when the last 'Shroom issue came out to when I send this section in. Enjoy the article!

New Articles Created Between 19 September 2015 and 3 October 2015
Article	Description	Date of Creation	Author
Yarn Ball	An item in Yoshi's Woolly World.	9/19/15	Monkehz (talk)
World 1-Castle	A disambiguation page that lists all levels that refer to World 1-Castle.	9/19/15	Zootalo (talk)
World 1-Tower	A disambiguation page that lists all levels that refer to World 1-Tower.	9/19/15	Zootalo (talk)
World 2-Tower	A disambiguation page that lists all levels that refer to World 2-Tower.	9/19/15	Zootalo (talk)
World 3-2 (Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition)	A level in Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition.	9/20/15	Zootalo (talk)
‎List of Super Mario All-Stars pre-release and unused content	Pre-release and unused elements in Super Mario All-Stars.	9/20/15	Niiue (talk)
‎World 3-Ghost House (Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition)	A level in Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition.	9/20/15	Zootalo (talk)
‎List of Super Mario Advance pre-release and unused content	Pre-release and unused elements in Super Mario Advance.	9/20/15	Niiue (talk)
Kenji Miki	A game designer for Nintendo	9/23/15	Glowsquid (talk)
Ryota Kawade	A game designer for Intelligent Systems.	9/23/15	Glowsquid (talk)
list of Super Mario Maker staff	The people involved in making Super Mario Maker.	9/23/15	YoshiCookie (talk)
George Washington Slept Here	A live-action segment of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!.	9/23/15	Time Turner (talk)
‎List of Super Mario Maker pre-release and unused content	Pre-release and unused elements in Super Mario Maker.	9/23/15	Niiue (talk)
‎Flamethrower (move)	A move in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.	9/24/15	Toa 95 (talk)
Flare Blitz	Charizard's side special move in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U.	9/24/15	Toa 95 (talk)
Fly (Pokémon)	A move that appears in the Super Smash Bros. series and every installment of the Pokémon series.	9/25/15	Toa 95 (talk)
Mega Evolution (Charizard)	Charizard's Final Smash in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U.	9/25/15	Toa 95 (talk)
‎List of Yoshi's Safari pre-release and unused content	Pre-release and unused elements in Yoshi's Safari.	9/26/15	Niiue (talk)
‎List of Yoshi's Woolly World staff	The people involved in making Yoshi's Woolly World.	9/26/15	Monkehz (talk)
Yoshi Hut	A location in Yoshi's Woolly World.	9/26/15	Monkehz (talk)
‎Big Montgomery's Fort	A level in Yoshi's Woolly World.	9/26/15	Monkehz (talk)
‎‎Knitty-Knotty Windmill Hill	A level in Yoshi's Woolly World.	9/26/15	Monkehz (talk)
‎Thunder (Pokémon)	Pikachu's down special move in the Super Smash Bros. series.	9/27/15	Toa 95 (talk)
‎List of Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 pre-release and unused content	Pre-release and unused elements in Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3.	9/27/15	Niiue (talk)
‎Power Badge (Yoshi's Woolly World)	A power-up in Yoshi's Woolly World.	9/27/15	Monkehz (talk)
Purple Fang	An enemy in Yoshi's New Island.	9/27/15	TheHelper1000 (talk)
Super Diffusion Beam	R.O.B.'s Final Smash in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U.	9/27/15	Toa 95 (talk)
Mario Sports CD: Mario Tennis GC & Mario Golf Family Tour The Best	A Japan exclusive soundtrack CD.	9/27/15	Leo Sasumura (talk)
‎World 1 (Yoshi's Woolly World)	The first world of Yoshi's Woolly World.	9/28/15	Monkehz (talk)
Game Sound Museum: Super Mario Bros. 3	A soundtrack CD for Super Mario Bros. 3	9/28/15	Leo Sasumura (talk)
‎World 3-3 (Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition)	A level in Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition.	9/29/15	Zootalo (talk)
‎World 3-Tower (Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition)	A level in Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition.	10/1/15	Zootalo (talk)
Trick Shot	Duck Hunt's neutral special move in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U.	10/2/15	Toa 95 (talk)
Clay Shooting	Duck Hunt's side special move in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U.	10/2/15	Toa 95 (talk)
Duck Jump	Duck Hunt's up special move in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U.	10/2/15	Toa 95 (talk)
list of Dr. Luigi staff	The people involved in making Dr. Luigi.	10/2/15	Leo Sasumura (talk)
Wild Gunman (move)	Duck Hunt's down special move in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U.	10/2/15	Toa 95 (talk)
NES Zapper Posse	Duck Hunt's Final Smash in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U.	10/2/15	Toa 95 (talk)

Tip of the Month

Written by: FunkyK38 (talk)

When starting an editing project, consider how big it's going to be. Are you filling in a lot of information on a game? Perhaps you've just picked up a brand new game and are the first one to be filling in information for it. Or you're creating a lot of pages of information at once that all link back to a single page, and it might take you a few weeks to finish it. When you're working on a project as big as this, use the {{construction}} template on your pages. This will let readers know that this is a project that's currently being worked on, and that it might look a little sloppy for now.

Poll Committee Discussion

Written by: Palkia47 (talk) and the Poll Committee

Hello all! :') Welcome to a brand new Pipe Plaza section, dedicated to an important part of our community! I am referring to the Poll Committee, who are a group of users put together to create the polls seen on the Main Page. This new section, each month, will be spent giving updates on our committee, in terms of members, new polls/archived polls, and updates on our system. We are responsible for creating the polls, releasing them to the public on the main page, and archiving each poll once their lifespan runs out. Our group is made up of the following seven people – one being the poll chairman, and another being the vice chairman:

User	Position	Forum Profile
Palkia47 (talk)	Poll Committee Chairman	Palkia47 (Chloe Beale)
Andymii (talk)	Poll Committee Vice-Chairman	Andymii
Baby Luigi (talk)	Poll Committee Member	Baby Luigi
Lumastar (talk)	Poll Committee Member	Lumastar
Viper26 (talk)	Poll Committee Member	Viper26
Nysic (talk)	Poll Committee Member	Nysic (Marie)
MrConcreteDonkey (talk)	Poll Committee Member	MrConcreteDonkey (Greg Universe)

We at the Poll Committee, already in our first few months, have adopted a brand new poll system and have officially ushered it in with our polls! How the committee used to work prior to my election was that a week was spent on nominating polls, and then the next week was spent voting on which of those polls to use. Whichever poll received the highest number of votes from the rest of the committee was then selected to be used as the poll on the main page.

Instead of using this format, an idea spawned by our very own Viper26 was pushed into action by our vice-chairman, Andymii: that polls come out weekly instead of biweekly. Between all of us collaborating, we have reached new guidelines and a new, faster polling system that includes the following:

• One poll will be released to the main page every week. A new poll will be released on Sunday at 12PM EST (unless Andy and I will not be available for release, then it will come out the night before or a few hours afterwards). We originally had set for Monday at 12PM EST, but we changed it to Sunday as a result of school.
• In order to be able to roll out so many polls per week, we have implemented a queue system – this means, any number of adequate polls can be nominated at any time, and can be voted on at any time by the poll committee. The queue can ONLY hold 20 polls at a time.
• Once a new poll is put up, the old poll will be archived and immediately placed at the bottom of our poll committee page.

We would also like to stress the fact that you, yes, you, the user, can submit polls to us! Your polls will go through the same path that the rest of our polls do – be put up for nomination, we will determine if it is usable or we will suggest possible fixes that could be made to the poll, and then if everything goes smoothly, we will vote on the poll to be added on the queue system! The user who submitted the poll will receive full credit for their creation. If you are interested in submitting a poll, please send a PM to either Andy or I on the forums! You can send me a PM on the forums through this link, OR you can send Andy a PM on the forums through this link!

As I previously mentioned at the beginning of this section, we will also be archiving the polls that have reached the end of their week. Along with placing those polls on the Polls page, we will also be showing those archived polls/results here in this section! The archived polls will mark the end of this section, so… to end this, I hope you all look forward to these monthly Poll Committee sections! :’D

So, how about we get started on those archives?!

Nintendo games on phones (Andymii (talk), August 10, 2015)

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Downloadable Content in Super Smash Bros. 4 (Palkia47 (talk), August 17, 2015)

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Super Mario Maker (Nysic (talk), August 24, 2015)

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Price of Mario Kart/Smash Bros. DLC (MrConcreteDonkey (talk), August 31, 2015)

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Virtual Boy Games on the 3DS Virtual Console (Andymii (talk), September 6, 2015)

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Do you preorder Mario games? If so, why? (Baby Luigi (talk), September 13, 2015)

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Favorite Mario game to date (Andymii (talk), September 20, 2015)

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Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker DLC (Viper26 (talk), September 27, 2015)

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Paper Jam (MrConcreteDonkey (talk), October 4, 2015)

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Forum Update

Written by: MrConcreteDonkey (talk)

Welcome to the Forum Update! I'm MCD, as always, and this month we'll be looking at what happened in September.

Stats

• 109 topics were made in September - that's the lowest so far this year.
• 6891 posts were made - that's also the lowest so far this year.
• 14 new members joined - that's not the lowest so far this year.
• 376 was the most online - that's due to a thread being linked to on Reddit.

TOP POSTERS Riki (Smasher (talk)) – 54972 Blue the Raptor (DragonFreak (talk)) – 41380 Nabber (Nabber (talk)) – 33659 Ultron (Neptune99 (talk)) – 33052 MCS (Mileycyrussoulja (talk)) – 32525 Baby Luigi (BabyLuigiOnFire (talk)) – 32022 Ralph (Ralphfan (talk)) – 30465 Rosy the Rascal (UltraMario3000 (talk)) – 28248 Michael Myers (GalacticPetey (talk)) – 25619 Tooru Oikawa (Lily x (talk)) – 25530

TOP TOPIC STARTERS Puddin (Puddin (talk)) – 1019 Magikrazy (Magikrazy (talk)) – 654 Travis (EctoBiologist (talk)) – 650 Nabber (Nabber (talk)) – 647 Lario (Mr. Guy (talk)) – 624 Ralph (Ralphfan (talk)) – 608 New Super Mario (New Super Mario (talk)) – 595 LN1 (LN1 (talk)) – 583 SiFi (SiFi (talk)) – 579 Pyro (Pyro (talk)) – 568

MOST TIME ONLINE Northern Verve (SonicMario (talk)) – 379d 4h 44m Threek (MST3K (talk)) – 370d 1h 2m Uniju (Uniju (talk)) – 362d 4m Riki (Smasher (talk)) – 357d 16m Gamefreak75 (Gamefreak75 (talk)) – 289d 6h 47m LN1 (LN1 (talk)) – 288d 11h 44m Yuki Nagato (Master Crash (talk)) – 280d 7h 1m Phyllis (Gabumon (talk)) – 269d 7h 54m Ravenous Whiskerpillar (Raven Effect (talk)) – 264d 8h 32m Puddin (Puddin (talk)) – 256d 10h 54m

Thread of the Month

September's Thread of the Month is Nabber's Undertale (plz click this topic <3), made about a recent game, created by Toby Fox, which has gained a large amount of popularity on the forum. As someone who has played part of the demo, I can personally say this: "its good". And surely no positive review can be worth half as much as The 'Shroom's Forum Update Thread of the Month Award. Right?

Speaking of positive reviews, a close runner-up was SiFi's Scottish Mario: Origin, providing insight on one of the deepest and most important characters in the entirety of the Mario series. Although only the prologue and first chapter have been released, Scottish Mario: Origin has been entertaining so far and it'll be interesting to see where it goes next.

Quotes

"Elections are forbidden." - Porplemontage on democracy.

"best dad" - MST3K's description of Bowser.

"almost forgot to shitpost today" - Nysic.

"my favorite thing that's ever been said on the topic of fonts is "Kitschy, cheap and vile, Papyrus has no place in your designs.", because it's hilarious to me to imagine someone getting this worked up about fonts, particularly when their argument boils down to "it's objectively bad because i personally find it aesthetically displeasing"" - 2257.

"Det är Tors dag idag. Därmed måste vi hylla Tor, en av de bättre asagudarna. Om vi inte gör det så kommer han att inkludera åskmolnet från Funky Motorcykel Wii i alla framtida Mario Kart spel." - Pi.

Mafia

Nothing happened last month in terms of Mafia. Like, literally nothing. There's not even any current games. The forum is dead. And you killed it.

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Thanks for reading.

Birthday Wishes

Written by: Crocodile Dippy (talk)

Date	User	Contributions
October 6th	Alex25 (talk)	Former Prominent MarioWiki Contributor, Current Lurker
October 8th	Superchao (talk)	Current MarioWiki Anniversary Sub-Director, Current MarioWiki Forum Administrator, Current Chatroom Operator, Former MarioWiki Patroller, 'Shroom Director
October 9th	New Super Yoshi (talk)	Prominent MarioWiki Forum Contributor
October 11th	Grapes (talk)	Former MarioWiki Administrator
October 14th	Mario4Ever (talk)	Current 'Shroom Statistics Manager, Former Poll Committee Chairperson
October 17th	Castle Toad (talk)	Chatroom Operator
October 20th	Palkia47 (talk)	Current 'Shroom Fun Stuff Director, Current Poll Committee Chairperson, Current Userpedia Forum Administrator, Former 'Shroom Critic Corner Director, Former Userpedia Bureaucrat
October 22nd	SKmarioman (talk)	Prominent MarioWiki Forum Contributor
October 27th	Toadbert101 (talk)	Current 'Shroom Writer for Fake Ads, Creator of the popular Wiki comic Toadbert Plays Oregon Trail

Retro Feature

Written by: Yoshi876 (talk)

Dark Lakitu 789
File:Nocoverart.png
First article:	Fangamers Report, Issue XIX
Last article:	Fangamers Report, Issue XXV
Sections Written:	Main Team: 7
Positions held:	Contributor

Hello, readers! I'm your Spotlight manager and Pipe Plaza Director, Yoshi876. Welcome to Retro Feature, a section in which I delve deep into the archives to bring you the best blasts from the past. This time I bring you a section from Dark Lakitu 789 (talk)!

Dark Lakitu 789 joined the MarioWiki on 26th April 2007 and made his 'Shroom debut during Issue XIX (Sep. 2008), writing Fangamers Report, a section that he would go on to write a further six times. This would be the only section that he would write and he would write it until he left The 'Shroom in Issue XXV (Apr. 2009). Over the course of his writing, Dark Lakitu 789 gave reviews on Mario Forever, Super Mario: Blue Twilight DX, Super Mario Flash, Super Mario World Flash, Super Mario Bros. Revenge of Bowser, a demo of a game similar to Paper Mario and Paper Mario World.

However, you’re not here to learn about the history of Dark Lakitu 789, you’re here to a view a classic section from issues gone by, so without further ado here is Dark Lakitu 789's Fangamers Report from Issue XIX.

Fangamer Reports by Dark Lakitu 789 Hi kidz, Welcome to the Fan Gamers Report.Yay...you are not excited =\.Ok the game I be talking about is *drum roll*...Mario Forever.Mario Forever is a mix of The Lost levels and some how Super Mario World. The game has 8 worlds with 4-5 levels in each world.The opening cut scene is simple,Bowser kidnaps Peach. Mario Forever has all the basic enemies,and items. It also has a lot of features such as one mini game A few secret levels and stuff like that. The game has worlds called "Hardcore Worlds"The is about four Hard core worlds. There is another world that the world map call "The lost map.It's the game,s equivalent of the The Lost Levels.The is a secret level called Goomba party,sound easy? WRONG! Goomba's are everywhere! Goombas fall out out of the sky, making it hard to jump with out getting hit. The last level I'll want to talk about is Funny Tanks. The level is just like world 8 of SMB3 but harder. The game has two new power ups. One of theme is a beet.The beet lets Mario throw beets. The other other one is a green item (forgot what's it's call). Any way it makes Mario run faster. The game has a few "new enemies".The enemies are just upgrade of the Venus Fire Trap and Cheep-cheep. If you download the game you'll get anther program I believe it's called Mario fixer.Mario fixer is a level editor. It will give you all the enemies and items.The is problems with Mario fixer.One is you can't make long levels.Also if you get a game over in your level you'll have to restart Mario fixer. Mario forever is a good game 7/10(from 1 to 10). That's all I have to say. Just don't get this game confuse with the SMB1 hack. Bye.

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