MarioWiki:Proposals

Proposals can be new features (such as an extension), removal of a previously added feature that has tired out, or new policies that must be approved via consensus before any action(s) are done. Any user can support or oppose, but must have a strong reason for doing so, not, e.g., "I like this idea!" "Vote" periods last for one week. All past proposals are archived.

A proposal section works like a discussion page: comments are brought up and replied to using indents (colons, such as : or ::::) and all edits are signed using the code {{User|User name}}.

This page observes the No-Signature Policy.

How To

1. If users have an idea about improving the wiki or managing its community, but feel that they need community approval before acting upon that idea, they may make a proposal about it. They must have a strong argument supporting their idea and be willing to discuss it in detail with the other users, who will then vote about whether or not they think the idea should be used. Proposals should include links to all relevant pages and Writing Guideline proposals must include a link to the draft page.
2. Proposals end at the end of the day (23:59) one week after voting starts, except for Writing Guidelines and Talk Page Proposals, which run for two weeks. (All times GMT.)
   • For example, if a proposal is added at any time on Monday, August 1, 2011, the voting starts immediately and the deadline is one week later on Monday, August 8, at 23:59 GMT.
3. Every vote should have a reason accompanying it. Agreeing with or seconding a previously mentioned reason given by another user is accepted.
4. Users who feel that certain votes were cast in bad faith or which truly have no merit can address the votes in the Comments section. Users can ask a voter to clarify their position, point out mistakes or flaws in their arguments, or call for the outright removal of the vote if it lacks sufficient reasoning. Users may not remove or alter the content of anyone else's votes. Voters can remove or rewrite their own vote at any time, but the final decision to remove another user's vote lies solely with the administrators.
5. If a user makes a vote and is subsequently blocked for any amount of time, their vote is removed. However, if the block ends before the proposal ends, then the user in question holds the right to re-cast their vote.
6. No proposal can overturn the decision of a previous proposal that is less than 4 weeks (28 days) old.
7. Any proposal that has three votes or less at deadline will automatically be listed as "NO QUORUM." The original proposer then has the option to relist said proposal to generate more discussion.
8. All proposals that end up in a tie will be extended for another week.
9. If a proposal has more than ten votes, it can only pass or fail by a margin of three votes. If a proposal reaches the deadline and the total number of votes for each option differ by two or less votes, the deadline will be extended for another week.
10. Proposals can only be extended up to three times. If a consensus has not been reached by the fourth deadline, the proposal fails and can only be re-proposed after four weeks, at the earliest.
11. All proposals are archived. The original proposer must take action accordingly if the outcome of the proposal dictates it. If it requires the help of an administrator, the proposer can ask for that help.
12. Proposals can only be rewritten or deleted by their proposer within the first three days of their creation. However, proposers can request that their proposal be deleted by an administrator at any time, provided they have a valid reason for it. Please note that cancelled proposals must also be archived.
13. If the administrators deem a proposal unnecessary or potentially detrimental to the upkeep of the Super Mario Wiki, they have the right to remove it at any time.
14. There should not be proposals about creating articles on an underrepresented or completely absent subject, unless there is major disagreement about whether the content should be included. To organize efforts about completing articles on missing subjects, try creating a PipeProject.
15. Proposals cannot be made about promotions and demotions. Users can only be promoted and demoted by the will of the administration.
16. No joke proposals. Proposals are serious wiki matters and should be handled professionally. Joke proposals will be deleted on sight.

Basic Proposal and Support/Oppose Format

This is an example of what your proposal should look like, if you want it to be acknowledged. If you are inexperienced or unsure how to set up this format, simply copy the following and paste it into the fitting section. Then replace the [subject] - variables with information to customize your proposal, so it says what you wish. If you insert the information, be sure to replace the whole variable including the squared brackets, so "[insert info here]" becomes "This is the inserted information", not "[This is the inserted information]".

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===[insert a title for your Proposal here]===
[describe what issue this Proposal is about and what changes you think should be made to improve how the Wiki handles that issue]

'''Proposer''': {{User|[enter your username here]}}<br>
'''Deadline''': [insert a deadline here, 7 days after the proposal was created, at 23:59 GMT.]

====Support====
#{{User|[enter your username here]}} [make a statement indicating that you support your proposal]

====Oppose====

====Comments====

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Users will now be able to vote on your Proposal, until the set deadline is reached. Remember, you are a user as well, so you can vote on your own Proposal just like the others.

To support, or oppose, just insert "#{{User|[add your username here]}} at the bottom of the section of your choice. Just don't forget to add a valid reason for your vote behind that tag if you are voting on another user's Proposal. If you are voting on your own Proposal, you can just say "Per my Proposal".

Talk Page Proposals

All proposals dealing with a single article or a specific group of articles are held on the talk page of one of the articles in question. Proposals dealing with massive amounts of splits, merges or deletions across the Wiki should still be held on this page.

For a list of all settled Talk Page Proposals, see here.

How To

1. All active talk page proposals must be listed below in chronological order (new proposals go at the bottom). All pages affected must be mentioned in the brief description, with the talk page housing the discussion linked to directly via "(Template:Fakelink)". If the proposal involved a page that is not yet made, use {{fakelink}} to communicate its title. The Deadline must also be included in the entry. Linking to pages not directly involved in the talk page proposal is not recommended, as it clutters the list with unnecessary links. Place {{TPP}} under the heading.
2. All rules for talk page proposals are the same as mainspace proposals (see the "How To" section above), with the exceptions made by Rules 3 and 4 as follows:
3. Voting in talk page proposals will be open for two weeks, not one. (All times GMT.)
   • For example, if a proposal is added at any time on Monday, August 1, 2011, it ends two weeks later on Monday, August 15, 2011, at 23:59 GMT.
4. Talk page proposals may be closed by the proposer at any time if both the support and the oppose sides each have fewer than five votes.
5. The talk page proposal must pertain to the article it is posted on.

List of Talk Page Proposals

• Split Broque Monsieur and Broggy's Shop into Template:Fakelink and Template:Fakelink (Discuss) Deadline: July 31, 2011, 23:59 GMT
• Split Cursed Jar from Lucky Jar (Discuss) Deadline: August 4, 2011, 23:59 GMT
• Bring Back Template:Fakelink (Discuss) Deadline: August 5, 2011, 23:59 GMT
• Split Pogo Guy from Shyster (Discuss) Deadline: August 6, 2011, 23:59 GMT
• Make a section of Mario games and their ratings for the ESRB article (Discuss) Deadline: August 8, 2011, 23:59 GMT
• Merge Grape Switch and Pineapple Switch to Target Switch (Discuss) Deadline: August 8, 2011, 23:59 GMT

Writing Guidelines

None at the moment.

New Features

[Not sure if it goes in this space, sorry if it doesn't]

DK Wiki

Well, I think that there shouldn't be Donkey Kong things here. Why? Beacause its caled Super MARIO wiki, not Super MARIO AND DONKEY KONG Wiki! Right? Yeah, thats right! Another wiki could be made, and it just needs ALOT of copy and pasting. Here, look: http://www.mariowiki.com/List_of_Donkey_Kong_games http://www.mariowiki.com/List_of_Donkey_Kong_characters http://www.mariowiki.com/List_of_Donkey_Kong_places http://www.mariowiki.com/List_of_Donkey_Kong_allies Right?

Proposer: Bjdill (talk)
Deadline: 2:8:11 23:59 GMT

Support

1. [[User:[Bjdill]|[Bjdill]]] ([[User talk:[Bjdill]|talk]]) Per my proposal.

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Removals

None at the moment.

Changes

Change the Gallery pages' names from "Gallery:(page name)" to "(page name)/Gallery"

The Gallery pages will look better if are labeled as the glitches, beta elements and staff ones. They look different by their names.

Proposer: Goomblob (talk)
Deadline: July 28, 2011, 23:59 GMT

Oppose

1. Cleanup Guy (talk) Gallery is a different type of mainspace.
2. DKPetey99 (talk) Gallery is its own section, like categories. We can't just rename them like that.
3. Tails777 (talk) Per DKPetey. The name is good the way it is.
4. YoshiGo99 (talk) Fantendo does it but we aren't Fantendo.
5. Reddragon19k (talk) If I consider this proposal to fail, then it should be a per all so, there!
6. Propeller Toad (talk) Per DKPetey. I also prefer them to be in their current state.
7. Baby Mario Bloops (talk) - We have had a past proposal dealing with the issue. In that proposal, we decided to change it to how it currently is. Beta Elements and Quotes and those other pages are Pagename/(BE or Quote) strictly because Gallery is more universal. Galleries can involve a character, a game, a comic, etc., while Beta Elements and Quotes are really just for games.
8. Bowser's luma (talk) Per DKPetey.
9. Fawfulfury65 (talk) Per BMB.
10. MeritC (talk) Per all, plus renaming those gallery pages would be a total waste of time in this case.
11. New Super Yoshi (talk) Per all.
12. Mariomario64 (talk) – Per all.
13. Mario Bros.! (talk) Per all
14. superfiremario (talk) Is there a reason for this? No.
15. BoygeyMario (talk) Per all! :)
16. M&SG (talk) - Nope. I find it better if we stick with "Gallery:(page name)".

Comments

Shouldn't this be with changes? Superfiremario (talk)

Yes. I moved it. - Walkazo (talk)

Miscellaneous

None at the moment.