MarioWiki:Anniversary/2010
See festivities from 2009
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 CommitteeAs 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:
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.
Sign-UpsAward PresentationsThe following is similar to the instructions given out last year, but veterans, please read the all-bold terms of agreement. During the Awards Show next month, the ceremony will reveal 50 award results based on the results of an average of 150-225 unique voters (Userpedia: a modest 65+). However, to spice up the show, instead of making it plain, you get to customize a couple of award results to your liking [you must be both a forum user (to actually do it in the ceremony thread) & a wiki user (to sign up here), sorry guests]. What can you do? Remember that the idea is to have an Oscar-like presentation with all the big stars (us!) who made this wiki what it is today coming. Suggestions:
You may do anything you want, not limited at all to the above, but please try to do something, and not be just plain. You should at least give out the nominees and have something along the lines of "THE WINNER IS..." and a few line breaks down for suspense (not too much). After declaring the winner, feel free to include the full results at the bottom of the script. See here if you want some examples of scripts. There will be short breaks in-between each presentation. The idea is that users can comment on the previous presentation as well as continue script ideas spurred from past presentations or even have separate scripts off-stage, perhaps in chat as well. It's all supposed to be one big party AND show both in chat and on the forum. THE FOLLOWING IS CRITICAL TO YOUR ROLE AS A PRESENTER THIS YEAR AND IS THUS IN ALL-CAPS. DUE TO COMPLICATIONS AND MAJOR HASSLE LAST YEAR, I AM TIGHTENING THE POLICIES. THIS IS A MUST READ. TERMS OF AGREEMENT: YOU ARE BY SIGNING UP FOR ANY AWARD OR BACKUP SLOT ABSOLUTELY AND COMPLETELY AGREE TO: 1. AWARD SLOT: PRIVATE MESSAGING ME YOUR PRESENTATION(S) BY THURSDAY, AUGUST 5TH, 2009, NOON EDT. IF YOU DO NOT, YOU WILL LOSE ALL YOUR AWARDS TO A BACKUP USER, NO EXCEPTIONS. Sorry for the caps, but we must be dead-strict on this based on the past few years. Last year, one of the major awards was left without a script after a complicated series of events involving Wayoshi and the user who signed up to present the award. Finish scripts must be send on the forum to both Ralphfan and Stooben Rooben. Their respective forum names are Oaktown Mojo and Stooben. From there, they will be sent to another AC member. Super Mario Bros. (McDonalds Bros.) and Tucayo are in charge of the Userpedia and 'Shroom awards, respectively. Though the forum must be used to send scripts to the AC members, extra copies can also be e-mailed to them at marioawards@gmail.com. To sign up, please use the following format: {{User|your name}} (your forum name). Place this between the – and the <br>. On July 15th and the days following, Ralphfan will tally the results. After the results are complete, he will PM you the results so that you can include them in your scripts. Sign-ups are on a first-come, first-serve basis. You can sign up for a maximum of four awards. There are also backup slots. You can sign up for these regardless of how many awards you sign up for. They do not count towards your four presentations. If anyone, god forbid, doesn't have their script sent in by August 5th, their script will be assigned to a backup presenter who will create a script that must by sent in by August 10th, noon EDT. If you sign up for a backup script, remember that you are a contingency plan, and you may not be required to write one. Awards Slots
I tried to make myself as clear as possible on my intentions for user scripts, but sometimes I don't make myself clear enough – if you feel any confusion, contact me via user talk, forum PM, or chat, and I'll try to make to explain it more to you. Thanks, and enjoy! Voting!It's time to vote! Polls will stay open until July 15. This year's awards consist of 30 Mario awards, 10 Fail awards, 5 Userpedia awards and 5 'Shroom awards. Once again, polls will be embedded for each award. If there is an award you don't want to vote on, simply don't click the "Vote" button (though we encourage you to vote on all the awards). Some notes:
Userpedia Awards and Game TournamentsThe 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.
NOTE: Game tournaments are not a guarantee for Mario Awards IV. The Awards Committee will decide the inclusion or exclusion of these functions. 'Shroom AwardsMuch discussion had been going on for the recognition of our local newspaper, and it was decided that there will be 5 awards to represent important topics of The 'Shroom and to celebrate its existence and importance to the community; it is also considered to compensate for the decrease in the amount of awards presented for Userpedia. Because of the circumstances of some of the 'Shroom Awards, they are being held via GoogleForms. Click here to vote! ContactYou 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. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
