In this article, you will find detailed information about all nominees for this year's Community Awards XII. This ceremony honors users for their contributions to The 'Shroom and wider elements of the community. The Community Dossier is presented as a tool so that readers may cast informed votes for the Community Awards. Please read each section and visit the suggested articles where applicable before placing your vote. The polls close on July 16th and the winners will be announced in this year's Awards Ceremony on August 16th.
This award recognizes the efforts of writers who have regularly contributed sections to The 'Shroom in the past six months. Though some writers have extensive histories with The 'Shroom, their submissions within the past year should be the primary consideration for this award.
Joined as writer of the Upcoming Games section on Issue VII (7).
Has written 156 sections since joining, winning 17 SOTM awards.
Holds the record for most Critic Corner sections written.
Has also written Crocodile Style Reviews, Dippy's Matilda, Cooking Guide, Fake Weather, Riddles, Composer Spotlight, This Month in Albums, Birthday Wishes, Pocket Handbook, and several special sections
Has written Take Cover in Palette Swap, Ask Tucayo in Fake News, The 'Shroom Report and NIWA News in Pipe Plaza, Book Reviews in Critic Corner, Hiding Koopa and Mystery Images in Fun Stuff, and several special sections.
Has written 361 sections since joining, winning ten SOTM awards.
Has also written Police Blotter, Monthly Inquisition, Find the Differences, Game Soundtrack Reviews, Lord Bowser's Inside Story, Go With the Flow, and several special sections.
Has written 58 sections since joining, winning eight SOTM awards.
Joined as writer of the Character Battle section on issue XXVI (26).
Has written 215 sections since joining, winning eight SOTM awards.
Holds the record for most Main/Staff sections written.
Has also written Calendar of Events, Cooking Guide, Fake Shop, Crossword, Guess That Game!, Guess Who?, Mystery Images, Featured Character Artwork, Monthly Report, and several special sections.
This award recognizes some of the many artists in this community, each with unique talents, styles, and media. Please click on the sample images here for a larger view.
Active editor who often contributes to Donkey Kong Country, Mario vs. Donkey Kong, and Super Smash Bros. articles.
Edits extremely frequently, typically adding chunks of profiles and statistics, and has created a large amount of Mario vs. Donkey Kong level articles.
Often works with redirects, such as ones for Mario & Sonic articles and Super Mario Odyssey Power Moons.
Uploaded essentially all item images from Super Mario Run's Kingdom Builder.
Created and provided a majority of the coverage for the Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS level articles.
C6. Favorite 'Shroom Team
C6. Favorite 'Shroom Team
This award honors the different teams that are a part of The 'Shroom.
Nominee
Summary/Description
Fake News
Started in the first official 'Shroom release by the now-banned user WarioLoaf (talk) on January 6th, 2007, Fake News was the first of the teams to be founded, designed to allow writers to flex their fiction-writing muscles by making up news stories about upcoming Mario game releases or inventing creative stories surrounding the various characters of the Mario universe. Having survived the long test of time, Fake News continues to be a huge draw for the newsletter, currently headed by its longest-running director MrConcreteDonkey (talk), and sustained by its ongoing writers FunkyK38 (talk) (Weather Forecast), Yoshi876 (talk) (Obituaries), Quizmelon (talk) (TV Tomorrow), Koops (talk) (Travel Guide), and Raregold (talk) (Selling Out). Here is a historical list of Fake News sections.
Fun Stuff
Fun Stuff began in the third issue under the name of Fun Section, founded by the 'Shroom’s director at the time, Plumber (talk), on March 3rd, 2007. Fun Stuff was created to provide interactive games and activities for the community, such as riddles, trivia, or quizzes, eventually growing over time to incorporate visual games such as crosswords and picture matching games. Fun Stuff is currently run by Roserade (talk), and it's supported by its writers Shoey(talk) (Trivia), BBQ Turtle (talk) (Anagrams), LudwigVon (talk) (Guess Who? and Hiding Koopa), and Lakituthequick (talk) (It's aMAZEing). Here is a historical list of Fun Stuff sections.
Palette Swap
Originally under the moniker of Art and Music, and later Music and Artwork, before reaching its current name, Palette Swap was created in the 29th issue by the then-current 'Shroom Director Super Mario Bros. (talk), on August 13th, 2009. Palette Swap’s focus is also on the community’s creativity, but with a focus on multimedia such as music and artworks, both official and fan-made. While it was initially simply a showcase of screenshots and artwork from around the Wiki, the past couple of years have seen more substance added to the team, with commentary, user-created music and fanart, and occasionally artwork competitions. Palette Swap is currently directed by FunkyK38 (talk), and its current permanent staff are Yoshi876 (talk) (What's On the Box?), The Pyro Guy (talk) (Ongoing Fan Projects), Hooded Pitohui (talk) (Mario's Boombox), and Superchao (talk) (Touhou (Remix) Project). Here is a historical list of Palette Swap sections.
Pipe Plaza
Pipe Plaza actually used to be a separate sector of the Wiki, a portal with the intention of keeping the community up to date on recent events and various aspects of the wiki in need of tidying up or improvement. Due to its considerable inactivity, it was decided via Proposal to add it in to The 'Shroom in the 32nd issue run by Super Mario Bros. (talk), but it didn’t get any content until the the next issue, whereupon Marioguy1 (talk) was added as a co-director. Keeping true to its roots, Pipe Plaza details all the changes in the Wiki as well as its forum in the past month, often with very rigid formatting rules for simplest readability, making it the most code-heavy team in the newsletter. Pipe Plaza is currently headed by The Pyro Guy (talk), and its current writers are LudwigVon (talk) (Monthly Report), Alex95 (talk) (NIWA Spotlight), Superchao (talk) (Interview), the Poll Committee (Poll Committee Discussion), Raregold (talk) and Hooded Pitohui (talk) ('Shroom Recap), GPM1000 (talk) (Mario Calendar) and Lakituthequick (talk) (Anniversary Announcements [seasonal]). Here is a historical list of Pipe Plaza sections.
Critic Corner
This Team was founded in the 64th issue special by the former Affiliates Manager Crocodile Dippy (talk) on July, 2014, Critic Corner was devised to help reduce the crowding of the main page by pulling all review and analyst-style sections into a single page. As a result, Critic Corner tends to be the wordiest of the teams. It started the trend for updated team designs due in large part to the coding assistance of Twentytwofiftyseven (talk).Over the past year there has been a large shift in the Team's writers, but it continues to have plentiful sections by many dedicated writers. Critic Corner is run by Hypnotoad (talk) (who also writes Anton's Half-Baked Reviews), and its permanent writers are FunkyK38 (talk) (Book Reviews), Mariofan169 (talk) (Rising Sun Reviews), Chibiki Daisy (talk) (Hot Pot Reviews), Doomhiker (talk) (Virtual Console Reviews), Stargazing (talk) (Spacing Out), and MsRetroGeek (talk) (G. T.V.). Here is a historical list of Critic Corner sections.
Strategy Wing
The most recent Team, Strategy Wing was debuted in the 100th Issue by former Director Stooben Rooben (talk) as a place to get together sections related to tips, tricks, hints, cheats, guides, walkthroughs, and more. While it hasn't generally been the largest Team in terms of content, the past year has seen the addition of numerous new sections. It provides analytical and instructional sections, with a continued focus on videogames. Strategy Wing is currently directed by Hooded Pitohui (talk), and its current permanent writers are Yoshi876 (talk) (Pokédex Power and Racing Like the Staff), YoshiFlutterJump (talk) (YoshiFlutterJump's Tips and Tricks!), Meta Knight (talk) (Meta Knight's Dream Land Journal), Superchao (talk) (Mach Speed Mayhem), and Parakoopa144 (PK144's Course Corner).
Here is a historical list of Strategy Wing sections.
C7. Favorite 'Shroom Core Staff
C7. Favorite 'Shroom Core Staff
This award aims to acknowledge some of the most prominent Core Staff members, both managers and team directors.
Second 'Shroom Spotlight Manager alongside GBAToad.
Fourth Pipe Plaza Director.
Third 'Shroom staff member to hold more than one simultaneous positions.
C8. Best 'Shroom Section Design
C8. Best 'Shroom Section Design
This award aims to acknowledge the writers who put care into making their 'Shroom sections visually appealing and well-crafted, whether through imagery, design, or wiki coding.
This award acknowledges the hard work and dedication of various members of the community. They all are unique in their experiences and what they’ve done, having volunteered their time in all parts of the community in a number of ways. It should be noted that many nominees have expansive lists forged over the years, and while this may be impressive, please consider recent achievements and their greater relative impact today. This is not an exhaustive list of every position and achievement, just the most notable and relevant.
The Proprietor/Owner of MarioWiki, along with several others—Donkey Kong Wiki, Halopedia, Kingdom Hearts Wiki, Pikipedia, SmashWiki, and, as of December 2012, Destinypedia.
Owns and manages several community outlets, including the Super Mario Wiki, the Super Mario Boards, and the Super Mario Wiki Discord server.
Current Awards Committee Director (Mario Awards XI (2017) - Mario Awards XIII (2019)), Former Co-Director (Mario Awards IX (2015), Mario Awards X (2016))
Current #mwchat Founder (June 2014 – Present) and Admin (3 November, 2010 – Present)
Current Critic Corner Director (July 2016 – Present)
Current MarioWiki Sysop (13 December, 2009 – 1 July, 2010; 28 July, 2010 – 17 January, 2011; 17 January 2013 – 1 January 2014; 2 December, 2015 – Present) and former Patroller (22 April, 2009 – 28 May, 2009; 15 June, 2009 – 13 December, 2009)
Former ‘Shroom Statistics Manager (12 September, 2010 – 16 January, 2011; 20 February, 2016 - January 2018)
Former ‘Shroom Director and Co-Director (April 2009 – June 2009; August 2009 – 7 January 2010; February 2013 – January 2014), and former Sub-Director (February 2009 – March 2009; July 2009; February 2010 – January 2011)
Former Poll Committee Chairperson (July 2016 – July 2017)
Current Pipe Plaza Director from Issue 131 to the present.
Current Graphic Design Manager from Issue 137 to the present.
Has made numerous pieces of artwork for The 'Shroom
Prolific Awards presenter, having made numerous presentations in a variety of multimedia styles.
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