Is Corn Grass?

Obsessed about trees
02:27, September 2, 2024 (EDT)

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These pages were cleansed by defenders of Mushroom Kingdom from Wario. They are marked by their heads here, proudly. First few archives contain a bunch of useless, embarrassing, silly stuff. Venture there in your mobile phone at your own risk.

descriptions

Is this edit going too far with descriptions again? Particularly the dress description. Super Mario RPG (talk) 17:09, May 24, 2024 (EDT)

Yes, I've undone the edits. Mario^-HOHO! (Talk / Stalk) 17:21, May 24, 2024 (EDT)

The user keeps doing these types of edits. Super Mario RPG (talk) 17:28, May 24, 2024 (EDT)

The user did outfit descriptions yet again. Side note, he also has an article on the Dramatica wiki (check Google, since it's NSFW), which doesn't help his case, either. Super Mario RPG (talk) 14:29, May 25, 2024 (EDT)

While the user should be dealt with, that information on ED is irrelevant and I believe it is inappropriate to mention it. Mario^-HOHO! (Talk / Stalk) 16:08, May 25, 2024 (EDT)

Okay. I was angry at the user for constant outfit descriptions and found that while looking up information on him. Super Mario RPG (talk) 16:10, May 25, 2024 (EDT)

Yeah I think that was too far. I'd hate for someone to dredge up irrelevant embarrassing stuff on me from a site like that. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 16:16, May 25, 2024 (EDT)

Feel free to look up this page revision of my userpage whenever you are feeling bad about yourself. ;P Mario^-HOHO! (Talk / Stalk) 16:21, May 25, 2024 (EDT)

removing in-game Japanese name citations

Hi, is it okay if I remove references for in-game Japanese names? For example, check Rawk Hawk's article. I don't think it's necessary, and fansites aren't encyclopedic sources, in my opinion, unless they have some official merit to them. Super Mario RPG (talk) 12:57, May 26, 2024 (EDT)

I would keep the references there, and I think TMK generally is a trustworthy fan site for the information there. Mario^-HOHO! (Talk / Stalk) 13:09, May 26, 2024 (EDT)

Main-wiki q

I asked something on the main-wiki template, if you'd like to take a look. The reason why I tell an admin is because the template is protected and I had an idea on how to help users access the main partner wikis for coverage on certain topics, like how Link would obviously be Zelda Wiki, Nintendo 3DS would be NintendoWiki, and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate would be SmashWiki, and so forth. Super Mario RPG (talk) 12:19, May 27, 2024 (EDT)

Is it really you?

Are you... the actual real Mario?!! Ohhh... I am sooo... honored. If you could answer one question for me: How bad does it hurt when you fall into lava? I was told that it wasn't fun, and I've seen you do it a lot. What's it like? :-P I'm just teasing you; good block on that IP user, by the way. Until our paths cross again... Too-da-loo! (Tell Luigi I said hello!) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 21:52, June 1, 2024 (EDT)

It hurts quite bad but most of it is concentrated on my, uh, rear (think about sitting on a hot stove briefly) so all you need is an ice pack to heal! It would be super duper bad if the rest of my body was affected by lava! _{I WILL tell Luigi to say hello! And I'll tell him to watch his sitting, he has a tendency to upset Spinies while he's sitting...} Mario^-HOHO! (Talk / Stalk) 21:58, June 1, 2024 (EDT)

History splits

I think splitting content into history page could have another guideline other than the 150,000 byte limit if there is enough miscellaneous sections like general information. One example is that if you look at the Barrel page, the types of barrels and other non-game information is located all the way below and not easy for accessibility. What do you think? Super Mario RPG (talk) 17:02, June 4, 2024 (EDT)

It's probably part of a broader issue of article bloat, but in Barrel's case, I don't think we should have a full blown section of types of barrels. Mario^-HOHO! (Talk / Stalk) 20:28, June 6, 2024 (EDT)

"Important!" talk page notice

I was browsing through user pages to get some inspiration for my own, and I came across your "Important!" notice on your user page. I really like the look and concept, so I would like to ask permission from you to put a similar notice on my own talk page using your template as a base. My talk page is empty right now, but I'd still like to add it in case it gets activity. Dr. Baskerville 17:34, June 12, 2024 (EDT)

Feel free to take whatever ideas you have from me. Sharing is caring! Mario^-HOHO! (Talk / Stalk) 19:48, June 12, 2024 (EDT)

Thank you! I've added it to my talk page. Dr. Baskerville 20:04, June 12, 2024 (EDT)

Kids

There are more kids Ruan Arthur2, So unblock him. See the personal files for further information. Please. 148.255.234.235 12:20, June 16, 2024 (EDT)

Ban evasion through Discord?

I don't think this is specifically mentioned in policy, but if a banned user is asking other people to make edits and revisions to the wiki for them through our Discord, are they circumventing their ban? I didn't feel comfortable mentioning this through Discord, but I feel like that is what StarMuffinABC/Analissa10 has been doing. Regardless of the types of revisions they are asking for and how kindly they are doing it, I don't think it's appropriate behavior. What do you think? - Nintendo101 (talk) 20:13, June 16, 2024 (EDT)

I feel it qualifies as a low-key way to skirt a ban. Defeats the point of this. This user was given many many many chances to follow the rules, only for them to act belligerent and try to defy the actions taken, while trying to lie about this situation (they denied having sockpuppetted despite evidence we have gathered) thus losing trust as an editor. I would recommend they stop making edit requests to honor this block. That being said, I'm not a Discord mod, but I can bring up particular issues with other staff, so I'll gather opinion on this. Thank you. Mario^-HOHO! (Talk / Stalk) 21:40, June 16, 2024 (EDT)

Thanks. It was not apparent to me which avenue to go through or who to mention this to, but I know you have been privy to their behavior on the Discord.

Please accept this gif as a token of my gratitude.

- Nintendo101 (talk) 22:13, June 16, 2024 (EDT)

Mario's Best Friend in Animal Crossing

Building on your question about Toadsworth, if Mario started a new Animal Crossing game, which villager would he want to become best friends with?
Dr. Baskerville 22:23, June 19, 2024 (EDT)

I'm pretty sure Mario would want to just be best friends with everyone, but I suppose the easiest ones he'd befriend as lazy, normal, and peppy villagers (less likely with Snooty, Smug, and Cranky). I'm sure he'd praise Alfonzo's fashion sense as well as Louie's. Mario^-HOHO! (Talk / Stalk) 16:12, June 23, 2024 (EDT)

Zelda proposal redux

I could use your help with retooling this proposal, please. I think I was overly ambitious and trying to provide a solution that would be inclusive of every possible outcome but that I should instead more narrowly tailor the options to outcomes I would directly support (plus the do nothing outcome). There was also some information I overlooked that made some of the options moot, chiefly creating a page that already exists. Do I need to wait the requisite four weeks before starting a new proposal, or is that rule null when the proposer cancelled the proposal?

Additionally, I created a page for MarioWiki:Proposals/Archive/68 because 67 had 20 proposals, which seems to be the cut off point for creating a new page. I was not, however, able to figure out how to add the links to the previous proposals that are seen on the other proposal archive pages.

Sorry for flooding your talk page! Here's a Mario to show appreciation. Dr. Baskerville 15:21, July 1, 2024 (EDT)

Leaving a reply in case you missed an initial notification about this post Dr. Baskerville 23:35, July 5, 2024 (EDT)

Sorry about the lack of response! I was really busy the past week and so with family matters. I'll get back to you when I can. Thank you! Mario^-HOHO! (Talk / Stalk) 20:02, July 8, 2024 (EDT)

Hey, is there any updates regarding this? I think there's a new proposal in its place that more clearly set out the goals. "Standardize the coverage of elements from guest appearance titles"? Nevertheless I would allow a few options first because from experience, too many of these can overwhelm viewers and they wind up not really voting. If you need to find out ways to narrow down your options, perhaps shoot a more open-ended talk page discussion regarding these rather than a proposal. Mario^-HOHO! (Talk / Stalk) 19:38, July 23, 2024 (EDT)

Sprite galleries

I agree that should have a proposal for galleries with images not at a relatively consistent resolution already, actually, I was mainly just experimenting to see how it'd look. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 11:42, July 12, 2024 (EDT)

feedback

What's your opinion on the talk page I've started here? I've come to realize that some of the remake pages make it hard to see what's actually new to the games and what isn't. Super Mario RPG (talk) 10:57, July 23, 2024 (EDT)

I would exercise individual discretion regarding the content of these pages, per response on the talk page there. Supposing you use Super Mario Bros. Deluxe as an example, if you really believe the article doesn't have sufficient information on the game itself, then verify the information through watching gameplay or playing the game yourself; then you'll probably have a good idea of how much repetitive information can be omitted from the page. For instance, if Super Mario Bros. Deluxe has practically the same levels and physics and whatnot as Super Mario Bros., I don't see the reason to devote a section that's practically the same as the section as in the original Super Mario Bros.. Mario^-HOHO! (Talk / Stalk) 19:42, July 23, 2024 (EDT)

can you delete this?

pleeze https://www.mariowiki.com/Wonder_Smackerel
— The preceding unsigned comment was added by Mokk seb (talk).

I think the redirect page works as some people are certainly going to try to search for this and the main page should be called Wonder Smackerel anyway imo. Mario^-HOHO! (Talk / Stalk) 20:14, August 19, 2024 (EDT)

now that i look at this, this post that i made is so stupid (sry for necroposting) Terrenebrick699 (my contribs · talk) 22:17, October 11, 2024 (EDT)

Wario of the Day

As a congratulatory implementation of the implementation of the "Thanks" proposal, you will receive an Official Wario of the Day. If you accumulate 5 official Warios of the day, your Wario will be Luigi'd from editing for a Donkey Kong's tie amount of days. If you delete your official Wario of the day, you will get another one, plus an unofficial Wario of the week. Also, black holes are deliciously awesome if you refrigerate the allegro in their brutal desire to execute extremely lame oranges of the Manatee Nebula.

Yahoe. Ray Trace^(T|C) 16:29, August 26, 2024 (EDT)

My bird free day was already ruined by crows (while they're doing the wing thing). You really have to ruin my Wario free day also!??? Mario^-HOHO! (Talk / Stalk) 21:08, August 26, 2024 (EDT)

Friends

Thanks for thanking me for making files. You are like hos more people with a lot edits (aka administrator). I witje like if we become friends!
— The preceding unsigned comment was added by Yoshi18 (talk).

Leaving the Super Mario Wiki

Hello Mario, so it turns out that I am not having a good time in this Wiki, so that means that I want to stop editing here, the reason Y I want to leave is because I really do not like this Wiki's UI. I really hate how the search bar for searching up pages is located at the left side of the screen in the sidebar, rather than in the top-right of the screen underneath the user's HUD area. Also, I really do not like how browsing this Wiki anonymously has advertisements whereas logged-in users do not have any advertisements, well unless if you use an adblocker, but Y they set it up like this, beats me. I really do not like how most of the articles in this Wiki has so much information that needs to be improved, like the proper nouns in lowercase (e.g. "penguin suit" instead of "Penguin Suit"), or words that stand for a different word (e.g. "Hammer Bros" instead of "Hammer Bros."). As an example, writing "Hammer Bros" without the full stop or period after it, users reading the article might not mean that it is a word standing for something else, the reason Y it needs to be "Bros." is because "Bros." stands for "Brothers". Also in the Hammer Bro page, one of the first paragraphs read that Hammer Bros. are sometimes formatted with a full stop in older material, this is completely wrong, Hammer Bros. are always formatted with periods regardless of the video game, in retro Mario games, like Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 3, etc. they are formatted as "Brothers" instead of "Bros." Also, most of my contributions are not really editing the Wiki's articles, I created two user-sub pages, one for the Nintendo Switch and one for the Mii costumes in Super Mario Maker 2. Since I do not have permission to delete pages, they are stuck here forever, it is really bothering us that we have these two pages, we should have not created them. Another thing about my contributions is we registered our account in early 2022, with most of our edits being vandalizing many Wiki pages, like various typos, unclear information, etc. We then stopped editing for about 3 months, then came back in June of 2022, with similar edits until July 1, 2022. We then left this Wiki for over a full year until October of 2023, with not very good edits, but better ones than 2022, also I really do not like how we always captioned our edits, most of our edits now are just blank edit captions. It has been a full year after the return, it is not October of 2024, I really want to stop editing here due to what we said, also, I really do not like our username (C11P), the reason is because it is just random characters on the keyboard, I want to also leave because of this. The only way I can leave this Wiki is if I get blocked indefinitely, I really want to stop editing here because of what we said to you and also get blocked indefinitely from you. I bid you farewell, Mario and Users. C11P (talk • contributions) 08:00, October 1, 2024 (EDT)

I'm not sure why this message was dropped on the page. This is a very late response. I was meaning to respond but just forgot about it. I haven't interacted with you much on the wiki, so I don't know your overall complaints, but a lot aren't very valid, if I'm being honest? The UI can be changed in your preferences. Ads on the wiki are by design, and it's to encourage users to create an account so they don't see ads. Also, the wiki is an ongoing and perpetual work in process, so flaws in styling, grammar, spelling, and so on are inevitable. While you do not have permission to delete pages, you will need a sysop to help delete them, or get a community consensus; this is set up this way to prevent abuse otherwise. You can restore these pages too, so as long as the information itself is in the server. This is also helpful in case deletions are accidental; not many changes in the wiki are destructive. If you really want to leave it's really up to you, you aren't forced to edit here. Mario^-HOHO! (Talk / Stalk) 16:34, October 18, 2024 (EDT)

Super Mario Party Jamboree Datamine

Hello. I saw that you added the datamine references for the foreign names of the Sandwiched minigame from Super Mario Party Jamboree. I was wondering what tool I should use to extract and view the text strings of the languages in this game like you did. Thanks. --GDias (talk) 13:30, October 20, 2024 (EDT)

Hi, thanks for asking. This is an involved multistep process and I don't know if you're familiar with general file management in the computer and whatnot, but I'll do a summary in the quickest way I can.

1. First you'll need to find a rom of this game. You can dump it yourself which people will walk you through it since it's probably legal. There are other ways people get it, though some, certainly illegal, ways (torrent files, QBittorent is popular) need a VPN (paid is better) to mask an IP and prevent future legal trolling from an ISP, other ways (direct download) people don't need it. These people make sure they have a good adblocker, paramount.
2. Once you get a ROM, you will need the latest prod.keys and title.keys to decrypt your rom (usually in either nsp or xci). These are the keys you need for the emulator to run btw, but there are other ways to use these keys to extract files (hactool). Again you get keys usually from dumping from a Switch (don't share these online) buuuuut again some people get keys through other ways, figure that out. I find it easiest to extract files from an emulator, such as Ryujinx, as it's just a GUI involving few buttons (you DO need to set up the emulator; put your keys files in AppData\Roaming\Ryujinx\system) but hactool does do the work, it's just all in command line so maybe you're good with command line instead.
3. Once you finally outputted a data partition, you can use Switch Toolbox to open these. You'll find all names in all available versions of the game in files starting with message. Due to the naming schemes of the files of minigames being rather cryptic, being denoted by numbers, it's best to first check the English name of the minigame.
4. Open message~enUS.nx.bea, open the folders inside this archive, find im_mg.msbt ("mg" is abbreviated for "minigame" in the file partition typically). You'll see a list of minigames under generic names. The first one is im_mg0101_name and it corresponds to Lumber Tumble. This name "im_mg0101" is found in the other languages, so if you open message~frCA.nx.bea (frCA = French Canadian) in the same manner and look for that same im_mg.msbt, check the field for im_mg0101 which will be Canadian French for Lumber Tumble (Pont en déconstruction).

Now, I don't want you to scare you away with this, and I could offer more detailed explanations how I got there (that'll really bog down the process), but if you're willing to get your gloves a little dirty, this is definitely rewarding. It really opens up a lot of other opportunities, like you can decompile other Switch games and find their foreign names, or you can extract sprites and models, even animations to go with the models (the reason I uploaded some Super Mario Bros. Wonder renders).

By the way, I don't think it's legal for me to just provide the im_mg.msbt for each corresponding language file due to the file format being proprietary but maybe there are ways to convert msbt into a readable table. I did manage to extract one msbt to a csv file, readable by spreadsheet applications such as Excel and LibreOffice. Mario^-HOHO! (Talk / Stalk) 16:33, October 20, 2024 (EDT)

Update: Good news, I've converted these files to a more readable csv format, so if anyone is interested, check the official server in MarioWiki:Discord servers. Sorry that I can't provide another way to access it for those who don't like Discord. I will explore other options if needed. Mario^-HOHO! (Talk / Stalk) 17:23, October 20, 2024 (EDT)

Another update, check out the spreadsheet I put together for Super Mario Party Jamboree's minigames in other languages. Mario^-HOHO! (Talk / Stalk) 18:13, October 20, 2024 (EDT)

Plans

I thought through carefully about some of the things I'd like to continue doing. One of them is still updating the citations as necessary. Another is making sure gallery pages aren't too short, otherwise they'd need re-merge. Some of the "History of" articles need to be readded still, if they're under 150,000 bytes. I want to revise like Super Smash Bros. Brawl, since I have a feeling some of the older games has writing that needs to be updated. Super Mario RPG (talk) 17:54, October 21, 2024 (EDT)

Images

From what I could tell, most people were in support of icons staying that way (I'm far from the only person who uploads them in that manner), and that much was stated in at least a few of the opposition votes - that some should be at their native dimensions, but not all, and not none. Calling that consistent data "utter bullshit" I do not appreciate. The reminder was less for the reversion and more the wordlessness of it, as it ultimately came off as "I'm too important to engage in any way, let alone listen to any reasons or give any counterpoints," as that is indeed edit warring to force a change in one fell swoop on 55 images that has not been discussed and goes against how we deal with that sort of image historically. Anyways, if there is going to be debate on what has been an unofficial rule for years now, I've made a different proposal that is more aligned with this specific issue. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 15:53, October 28, 2024 (EDT)

While Mario's curt words may have been harsh, it came out of sincere frustration from what staff saw as very discourteous actions from you.

From the perspective of staff, it seemed like you abandoned a proposal that was not going in the direction you wanted to (which was perfectly fine for you to do) and then imposed your interpretation onto the actions of a fellow user anyways, citing "unwritten rule" that are absolutely not followed by everyone involved with assets on the site. I do not want to put words in Mario's mouth, but I at least thought that was 100% not okay and was discourteous to everyone who shared their perspective in that proposal (including Mario and Ray Trace, who are sprite and asset rippers themselves). You are one of the most active users on the wiki. You must have known that that was not okay. - Nintendo101 (talk) 18:42, October 28, 2024 (EDT)

It's also not OK to revert a change (on 55 pages with a single fell swoop upload!) without even an attempt at contact. That's where the "edit warring" came into play, and TBF was far more discourteous, as it came off as an "I'm too important to engage". Given another userMedia:MarioOlympicGames icon.png also was reverting their icon crops for a different game for the exact same reasons at the same time, it seemed perfectly fine. And you yourself said there was a place for keeping the full parameters when it was to the wiki's benefit on that proposal. Had that user at least left me a message on that subject or added a summary, then I'd have probably let it be. But they didn't, and that just comes off as incredibly dismissive. So you should understand that I too was feeling frustrated about that. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 18:47, October 28, 2024 (EDT)

My proposal

You... do realize the current proposal explicitly does not require the native dimensions, right? Because your comments and arguments were still revolving around it doing so. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 01:09, October 31, 2024 (EDT)

Yes I do realize. I had to make major changes to my first comment after rereading your proposal. After that, that's not my argument. Mario^-HOHO! (Talk / Stalk) 02:11, October 31, 2024 (EDT)

Special:Diff/4429551

The citations in the intro section of the KONG Letters page made it a slog to edit, so I attempted to clean it up using a different system for citing sources. Is this okey-dokey, or does it add other problems that make the previous code preferrable? -- KOOPA CON CARNE 06:41, November 12, 2024 (EST)

Is there a way to cite the particular page number when the same source is cited multiple times? Mario^-HOHO! (Talk / Stalk) 21:17, November 12, 2024 (EST)

I looked up some time ago how official American style guides do it and found this (studyhood.com, section "ORDER OF ELEMENTS FOR A BOOK REFERENCE" (2nd)) for MLA and this (libguides.up.edu) for Chicago Manual of Style. To synthetize what both these guides recommend: the first time a source is cited, list the rigmarole that you normally would (author last name, author first name, publication date, title, publisher etc.); if the document then requires that you cite a different page from the same source, use a shortened form that contains the bare necessities.
The two style guides may prioritize different such "bare necessities" for shortform citations. MLA dictates that you should use the author's last name and the relevant page if you source only one work by that author, and additionally list a shortened form of the work's title if you cite multiple works by that author on the same document. Chicago, on the other hand, dictates that you always use the author's last name, title of work (again, a short form!), and page name even if you only cite one work by that author.
Shortform citations help cut down on redundant information. Their usefulness has already led me to integrate this brand of citations in articles. However, since the wiki doesn't strictly follow an official style guide (especially concerning citations), I've been taking the liberty of always writing the work's entire title rather than resorting to a self-created variant of that title, which IMO falls in line with the wiki's general stance on conjectural names. -- KOOPA CON CARNE 18:26, November 13, 2024 (EST)

Makes sense vs doing repetitive footnotes. Even if wiki policy says you must always do this, I'd recommend ignoring the rules THAT time. :> Mario^-HOHO! (Talk / Stalk) 19:43, November 14, 2024 (EST)

Spreading some WikiLove...!

Your great edits have earned you Employee of the Month from Wario!

Looks like not even WikiLove can escape the clutches of Wario! Hope you enjoy this new title. -- OmegaRuby [ Talk / Contribs ] 08:26, December 6, 2024 (EST)

I DON'T EVEN WORK HERE, OMEGA RUBY.... You're really asking for sapphires in your Christmas stockings this year! Mario^-HOHO! (Talk / Stalk) 20:25, December 17, 2024 (EST)

In the true spirit of Wario: MORE MONEY FOR ME! OmegaRuby [ Talk / Contribs ] 07:59, December 18, 2024 (EST)

My Lord! The enemy is building a dike to the side of Fan Castle!

Ray Trace^(T|C) 21:37, December 20, 2024 (EST)

A dike? Oh no! Mario^-HOHO! (Talk / Stalk) 21:44, December 20, 2024 (EST)

Congrats

You got a Star for your hard work at editing!

Congrats on the promotion. Super Mario RPG (talk) 18:22, December 24, 2024 (EST)

You've done it! (Becoming a bureaucrat!)

The day has finally come - Mario has officially became a bureaucrat on the Mario Wiki! Quite a joyous celebration, especially since it's on Christmas Eve.

To celebrate your amazing accomplishment, I have dug up this commemorative photo of Mario's friends witnessing a triumphant victory over Wario. Look! He's punched in the face by our hero!

May you serve well as a bureaucrat, and continue showing no mercy against that yellow troublemaker! WAHOO!! Congratulations! Sparks (talk) 22:08, December 24, 2024 (EST)

Thanks to all who serve the wiki! May this toast bring further Wario misery for the years to come! Mario^-HOHO! (Talk / Stalk) 15:03, December 26, 2024 (EST)

Congratulations! -- FanOfYoshi 15:55, December 26, 2024 (EST)

Main page

Wario studies the main page (which has been protected to prevent him from editing)

I was wondering if you had any input that you wanted to provide over the main page. There's been a few things I'd been considering, and another user also gave input about the to-do tasklist. I'm glad that there's now a to-do list on the main page, but it kind of feels like a bit is missing.

When I did that proposal, I thought Super Mario-themed images were going to correspond to each task on the front page, like Nookipedia on theirs. A Super Mario theme, at least to each of the to do list graphics, could inspire newcomers and editors alike. The social media links aren't grouped together either, like on Nookipedia's front page, and I think the last time a main page proposal was done, most wanted the icons together but others didn't want the complete design of the main page proposed.

Also, I'm glad you helped clean up the display of a user page. This one utilizes a similar dark green background and may need to be fixed as well, though the text color's different. Super Mario RPG (talk) 15:00, December 26, 2024 (EST)

Thank you for the inquiry. Just for the sake of conversation, my responses will be on Talk:Main Page.

And yes, I'm going to have to change several talk pages for readability reasons too. I do believe we have a passed proposal[1] that's intended to reduce these readability problems in the wiki. Its scope, however, is limited to mainspace rather than userspace, so we may need to extend this proposal to cover at least backgrounds that span entire user pages, basically areas that are going to be text heavy (so infoboxes and userboxes may be exempt, just to avoid being draconian about contrast). Mario^-HOHO! (Talk / Stalk) 15:09, December 26, 2024 (EST)

I think for inactive users it's one thing, but if we're to do such a proposal, I think it would be guidelines for users to follow who are currently active. Super Mario RPG (talk) 15:12, December 26, 2024 (EST)

Yeah, for active users perhaps they're just guidelines, you don't have to follow, but if other users request a change and there's enough others chiming in, then it's best to use guidelines to help you pick your colors. We have signature policy already that limits what users do just for the usability's sake, so it wouldn't be too extreme to have color guidelines for userspace as well. Mario^-HOHO! (Talk / Stalk) 15:16, December 26, 2024 (EST)

There's a user page that had a dark blue background with red text (arguably less readable than the dark green background) and it was copy pasted onto another user page, which could not be considered efficient for maintenance in case of broken file links. Super Mario RPG (talk) 19:51, December 26, 2024 (EST)

Special:Diff/4473607

The proposal was about content from within explicit media; the section on the Internet references list concerns strictly website figures, which are perfectly innocuous. Also, you don't have to beat others over the head with the fact that you're an admin. -- KOOPA CON CARNE 19:50, December 26, 2024 (EST)

I'm going to take discussion to Talk:List_of_references_on_the_Internet. As for the second remark, please assume good faith in my edit summary: I brought up my status to try to diffuse a potential argument taking place here. I'd rather avoid an edit war over this all together. Mario^-HOHO! (Talk / Stalk) 20:04, December 26, 2024 (EST)

Two changes to main page

Yes, looks like a feature I've known since I first registered here now has the lights mostly shut out. Farewell. ⚽

The main page talk is a bit disorganized, since I've been brainstorming on how to give more of a Super Mario personality to the front page. The to-do list aside, I felt I'd give the summary thus far. There are two other things that I like about Nookipedia's front page, including how each of the subjects at the upper right have a corresponding illustration and how the social media links are grouped together. I think that if we're to figure out the corresponding images for the to do list on the front page, each of the subjects could probably benefit from a similar type of illustration if we can find the right type.

I've made an attempt to replicate both the images and social media links on my sandbox page, though it's definitely not the finalized design. Super Mario RPG (talk) 18:58, December 27, 2024 (EST)

Reminds me of ZeldaWiki's main page. I believe the images create too much empty room and make the main page too cluttered. Bullet list works to me unless someone can pitch in and create specialized assets for the main page akin to our custom logo. If we must use images, they will need to be compact, like in Nookipedia. Mario^-HOHO! (Talk / Stalk) 19:00, December 27, 2024 (EST)

Yeah, the images definitely need to be different and, as you said, compact. Those were just example images, but I still think they show that there's potential to be had for the representative images.

Are the social media icons okay? I put the text of the site names between, which should prob be integrated on my sandbox, but those were markers for me while testing as I listed one after the other (i.e. Bluesky, X, Discord, and the forums) that will probably make navigation to other outlets of the site much easier. I think MarioWiki:Chat could be removed from the front page since I don't think anyone uses that either. Super Mario RPG (talk) 19:07, December 27, 2024 (EST)

Yeah, I can see icons working, but I just am a stickler for cute graphics. :3 Anyhow, just for the sake of clarity, I (with chat op approval) removed the chat link (end of era, moment of silence; it was here since I registered) Mario^-HOHO! (Talk / Stalk) 21:36, December 27, 2024 (EST)