The 'Shroom:Issue XXXIII/Director Election

Director Election

It's that time of the year again, the Director Election!

What is This?

• This is an election to decide the new director of The 'Shroom. Naturally, the one with the most votes wins the title.
• If a director retires, then an election is held again in the latest issue of The 'Shroom.
• An election takes place every December Issue regardless whether an election has already been held that year.
• The current director may run in elections if they wish.
• This election will start December 20nd.
• In the January issue (16.00 EDT, January 7th), the winner will be announced, and they will have at most a week to announce their Core Staff in the comments section at the bottom of the page, as well as their calendar.
• There will be a debate between the candidates, please also state when you can participate in the debate in order to get this to work.
• You must submit your campaign at least a week ({{{2}}}) before the release of the January issue, or else it will be considered invalid and removed by the Core Staff!

It is currently 21:04, November 22^nd (EST/EDT)
This election ends {{{3}}} (EST/EDT)

Candidate Rules

• Anyone may run for director during any time of the election (except in Overtime), but they must have a forum account.
• A user may only run for themselves, another user cannot nominate them.
• All candidates must say what changes will they make. They can also campaign to promote voting for them.
  • Campaigns must use acceptable grammar (judgment is given to the Core Staff).
  • Campaigns must be original. Nobody is allowed to steal another candidate's ideas. However, if campaigns, for the most part, differ from each other or have key elements to which the candidates disagree on, then sharing a few ideas here and there is allowed.
  • No joke campaigns are allowed to be ran.
  • No bribing voters is allowed.
• Candidates can also hold debates among them in the comments section at the bottom of the page.
• This is what a voting section should look like:

===Candidate===
What will you do, etc.
 #'''X'''
 #'''X'''
 #'''X'''

So as you can see, that candidate has three votes.

Voter Rules

• Voters may vote with their username, no signatures allowed, or they opt to list themselves as X ('''X''') in order for their vote to not be immediately identifiable– note that people may see who voted in such a manner in the page editing history.
• Anonymous editors (who do not sign in to edit) are not allowed to cast votes. If you have an account and are simply logged out, please sign in to your account. If you want to vote and you do not have an account, simply create one, sign in, and vote!
• Voters may only cast one vote.
• Voters may change their vote at any time while the election is in progress.

Ties

• In the case of a tie, the Core Staff will establish a runoff election for another week between the tying candidates. Ties beyond that will be handled if they come up by a process decided by the Core Staff.

Duties of the Director

This is what you must do if you win, so read carefully.

• The director must accept or decline all new writers' ideas for sections they want to write.
• The director assigns a section to users who want to write, but don't know what to write.
• The director gives out a warning to users who have not yet sent in their sections one week before The 'Shroom is due.
• The director puts The 'Shroom together, and edits the front page, the single page, the 'Shroombox template, and the Shroom Issue template.
• The director writes the Director's Notes section, which comments about the month's issue.
• The director includes the due date of the next 'Shroom in the Director's Notes, and in the Shroomwarning template.
• The director gets to choose their Core Staff, this is: Fake News, Fun Stuff, Music & Art, Pipe Plaza, Critic Corner directors and Sub-Director.
• The director must send applications to users who want to become writers.

Looks easy? It is not. So get ready.

Now get out there and go!

Candidates

Tucayo

Qualifications

Well, if I get chosen to be director, I promise to keep inviting guest writers, to get The 'Shroom always on time, to mantain just the writers who meet our quality standards, and I also promise contests and those things for users to participate in.

1. Reversinator (talk) I am familiar with Tucayo while I don't know anything about Super Mario Bros.
2. Paper Pikachu (talk) As much as I think Super Mario Bros. would be suited for the job, Tucayo, you have experience under your belt and as a staff member I'm happy with how you've directed this year.
3. Ralphfan (talk) – You're making changes, and everything is going well. Keep up the good work!

Super Mario Bros.

Qualifications

Hello. I am SMB. Not much to say about me. Well, here are my qualifications:

• I am a Patroller of the MarioWiki.
• I am a former Sysop and former Patroller of Userpedia.
• I used to direct the Music & Artwork Team, and then I went on to direct the Pipe Plaza after I proposed it become a part of The 'Shroom.
• I was also the Director of The Disconnected (the official Userpedia magazine), until I stepped down and became sub-director (although I have directed all 4 issues up to this day).

What I Plan On Doing

What I plan to do?

• I want to make The 'Shroom more dynamic.
• I will try to manage quality more than on the amount of sections or length of sections. Having quality is key to running a good newspaper.
• I will also try to have more wiki-related and Mario-related sections instead of off-topic content. All of that other stuff, such as sections that involve users, can go to another wiki that needs it (like Userpedia).
• I will try my best to have excellent writers and grammar that is not egregiously misused.
  • I will not lower our standards to fit any user's liking.
  • I know we all have different styles of writing, and that is perfectly fine. What I mean is that we need writers who have grammatical knowledge and are creative in their section. I do not want boring sections that will drive users to sleep when they are reading, and I don't want "teribible useage off gramer" on every line of text.
    • That said, I will only accept the best Editor-In-Chief when it is time for them to be selected. This person will be the one who corrects grammatical errors and fixes any coding problems.

If there are any more questions as to what I will do, please contact me on my user talk page or down in the comments section below.

1. Marioguy1 (talk) - Now that's a nomination! Ralphfan: Just because something "aint broke" doesn't mean it can't be improved, Tucayo and St00b have both listed no points in improving the shroom (no offense guys). Tucayo is simply saying he will do what is currently happening and St00b is saying that he has the credentials to do it but doesn't actually say he'll do anything except create a talk page and a table of contents and through the process of elimination, SMB's nom is the only one that stands.
2. Reversinator (talk) SMB greatly details all that he'll do, while Tucayo and Stoob... say some stuff that doesn't neccesarily mean they'll improve the 'Shroom.
3. Ralphfan (talk) – Great points you make there. I think that if you get elected, it'll definitely work out.

Stooben Rooben

I've been a dedicated member of The 'Shroom for two years now, so I know all of the ins and outs of how it works and how to manage it. Since I've retired from Userpedia, I'll have more time to dedicate to directing The 'Shroom. I'll ensure that The 'Shroom has high quality articles, I'll create a section where users can voice their opinions on the paper, I'll bring organization to how the paper is organized (for example, I will redesign the layout so it's easier to navigate), and I will bring a fair balance of fun and informative sections. And if I become Director, I won't need to constantly pass the responsibility off to Tucayo, as I will make time to properly direct The 'Shroom. I will make it one of the best community-run features of the Super Mario Wiki.

1. Ralphfan (talk) – You're experienced; you started the reform movement. Because of you, I'm working hard to improve and fix the Fake News. Keep up the good work!

Comments

I am sorry my vote is so harsh St00b/Tucky :( But it's just business, it does not challenge you personally; just your campaigns...PLEASE DON'T KILL ME IN MY SLEEP!!!!! Marioguy1 (talk)

Don't be surprised if my vote changes. It's a tough decision. That's why I've removed my vote for the time being. – Ralphfan (talk)

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