MarioWiki:Proposals

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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 with the signature code ~~~(~).

How To

  1. Actions that users feel are appropriate to have community approval first can be added by anyone, but they must have a strong argument.
  2. Users then vote and discuss on the issue during that week. The "deadline" for the proposal is one week from posting at:
    1. Monday to Thursday: 17:00 (5pm)
    2. Friday and Saturday: 20:00 (8pm)
    3. Sunday: 15:00 (3pm)
  3. Every vote should have a reason accompanying it.
  4. At any time a vote may be rejected if at least three active users believe the vote truly has no merit or was cast in bad faith. However, there must be strong reasons supporting the invalidation.
  5. "# " should be added under the last vote of each support/oppose section to show another blank line.
  6. At the deadline, the validity of each vote and the discussion is reviewed by the community.
  7. Any proposal that has three votes or less at deadline will automatically be listed as "NO QUORUM"
  8. 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 a sysop, the proposer can ask for that help.

The times are in EDT, and are set so that the user is more likely to be online at those times (after school, weekend nights).

So for example, if a proposal is added on Saturday night at 11:59 PM EDT, the deadline is the next Saturday night at 8:00 PM. If it is indeed a minute later, the deadline is a day plus 15 hours (Sunday), as opposed to a day minus 4 hours.

CURRENTLY: 17:42, 10 June 2024 (EDT)

New Features

None at the moment.

Removals

None at the moment.

Splits & Merges

Merge Classic NES Series Articles

The other day I was reading through the list of stubs, and I noticed that all three Classic NES Series games, Donkey Kong, Dr. Mario, and Super Mario Bros. have their own articles and are all stubs. If we merge these articles, the series will be more organized, complete, and easier-to-read, plus you would not have to move from page to page to read them.

Proposer: Glitchman
Deadline:: January 11th, 2008, 20:00

Merge them

  1. Glitchmansig.PNG Glitchman (talk · contribs) Glitchmansig.PNG My Reasons above
  2. Kamicciolo, any changes or additions could just be noted in the main games page
  3. Ghost JamShyghost.PNG Better to create an article on Classic NES Series and list all that apply.
  4. NMRodo Put it this way: These need to be here as much as the Bird articles. >_>
  5. Stumpers! Either this or make them sub-sections in their main game articles. Which do you think is best?
  6. ~ΜαριοθανικαλSame as anyone else

Keep them separate

  1. GrodenE T C El True, but they're different games, which are more major then species and such.
  2. InfectedShroom.Infectoicon.png |Talk|Reviews|They're all different games.
  3. Mr. Guy the GuyPickle.png Talk!E - Per the mini and the 'Shroom
  4. Boop Explosive Pants Modifier per all.

Comments

They may be different games from their originals, but aside from a few minor graphical improvements, they're complete and utter ports, nothing else. If we have articles on these, we may as well have articles on the Virtual Console versions of games.

The same thing applies to all ports, like Donkey Kong Jr. (Game & Watch). Instead of putting the Classic NES games into one article, we should merge them and all the other unneccesary ports with the articles for the original games. - Walkazo
But we should have a page for the Classic NES Series, just because it was a big thing back in the ol' GBA days. Stumpers! 20:12, 5 January 2008 (EST)
Actually, Stumpers has a point. Making sub-sections on the main game pages makes a lot of sense. My opposition to the total merging still stands, though... Sorry Glitchman! :( InfectedShroom.Infectoicon.png |Talk|Reviews|
I agree with Stumpers. There doesn't need to be an article with information about each classic NES series game. After all, it's just the same game, but for GBA. They can just be put into the game's main article, but there should probably be an article for the classic NES series, that maybe lists all the games. -Orangeyoshi

Changes

None at the moment.

Miscellaneous

None at the moment.