MarioWiki:Anniversary/2010

Ceremony: August 13 2010 17:00:00 EDT See festivities from 2009 1 What? Why?   2 Awards Committee   3 Userpedia Awards and Game Tournaments 4 Fail Awards   5 'Shroom Awards   6 Contact What? Why? The Super Mario Wiki was created on August 12th, 2005, 13:47 EDT. On August 12th, 2006, this wiki was off to a good start, but still there was only a small amount of active users. On Saturday August 11th, 2007 with a userbase finally forming, we celebrated our wiki's existence with an awards show on 30 of our favorite Mario topics, including favorite games, music, items, series, moments, enemies, and more. In 2008, we expanded this magnificent event by including much of our userbase with Userpedia Awards I, and on August 8th, 2008, it turned out to be an even bigger success. And you've bet we've grown some more since then – we reached an astounding 9 digits in the page view count (100,000,000!) and increased that total number, accomplished in almost 3.5 years, by 10% in just two months (110,000,000 and rising!). As such, the time has come again to plan another big event to celebrate the wiki – and hopefully bigger! Last year, we expanded this event even more by including a new category called "Fail Awards". These awards were a huge success as well, and brought the amount of awards we presented up to 50. Awards Committee As veterans may have come here to do, it's time – Awards Committee sign-up! This is the only sign-up right now. What the committee decides over the next 10-12 weeks will influence what other sign-ups will come in June, but we will have exact dates of things for you well in advance, so watch this page to keep track of announcements. There are a few minimal requirements to be an AC member this year: You must have a registered username on the Darkmyst network. This is a Nickserv function. This is because mode k for keyword (password) didn't work too great last year, and only a level 1 restriction will guarantee no break-ins. You must be a forum member. We will be utilizing an underground forum to discuss meeting times and keep track of progress. You must be able to make yourself available on Friday and/or Saturday nights (good time-range: 8-10p EDT). If you know you can't get to too many meetings, please don't sign up. I would like to do a meeting a week, but I know some of us actually do have lives (amazing, I know), so we can skip a couple of weeks or move a Friday to a Saturday or vice versa. Again, we'll use the forum to discuss adjustments. Mainly, the AC decides what awards will be voted on in June. However, there are important matters as well, see below the sign-up list. And now...the list! We are only allowing 13 members in the Awards Committee this year to avoid having ties in certain discussions. All 13 positions are filled up! Below is a list of members in the Awards Committee. Wayoshi (talk) Stooben Rooben (talk) Ralphfan (talk) Marioguy1 (talk) Super Mario Bros. (talk) Uniju :D (talk) Edofenrir (talk) Tehchomps (talk) Superstar Daisy (talk) RAP (talk) SonicMario (talk) Fawfulfury65 (talk) Tucayo (talk) Userpedia Awards and Game Tournaments The user-based wiki, Userpedia, will be celebrating its third awards ceremony this summer. However, due to the current state of the site (it's very inactive), we will only be having 5 Userpedia Awards this year, as opposed to the normal 10 we've had the past two years. These awards will be based around popular categories found around Userpedia, such as comics, retired users, and perhaps a few other new entries. Game tournaments was something that we hoped to materialize last year, particularly in Brawl, but it didn't pan out. But with each year, we grow, get more people, and do better...however... NOTE: Game tournaments are not a guarantee for Mario Awards IV. The Awards Committee will decide the inclusion or exclusion of these functions. Fail Awards In 2009, the Awards Committee decided to introduce a new category into the awards ceremony: Fail Awards. These awards are similar to the Mario Awards, in that they are based solely on the Mario (and relative) series. However, these awards pertain to the worst of the worst. (As the name implies.) Entries may include "Worst Game" or "Worst Character", for example. We are expecting to have 10 Fail Awards this year. 'Shroom Awards Much discussion has been going on about the recognition of our local paper in the awards ceremony. Though the subject is still under much discussion, we are expecting to have 5 awards dedicated solely to The 'Shroom. These 5 awards are intended to compensate for the lack of Userpedia Awards. Contact marioawards@gmail.com You are free to bring up anything with us if you feel it appropriate. Suggestions to make the awards more interesting? Issues from last year that need to be resolved? Please, let us know.