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The Patroller ranking is often considered an in-between of regular users and Sysops: they have the abilities of patrolling edits, blocking users, rollbacking consecutive edits, and using the Checkuser feature. Users are given the Patroller ranking when the administration of the site feels that they deserve a promotion and that they are good potential candidates for Sysop. There are currently 4 Patrollers of the site. | The Patroller ranking is often considered an in-between of regular users and Sysops: they have the abilities of patrolling edits, blocking users, rollbacking consecutive edits, and using the Checkuser feature. Users are given the Patroller ranking when the administration of the site feels that they deserve a promotion and that they are good potential candidates for Sysop. There are currently 4 Patrollers of the site. | ||
Sysops have the abilities of patrolling edits, blocking users, rollbacking consecutive edits, using the Checkuser feature, deleting and restoring articles, protecting and unprotecting articles, and hiding and viewing hidden revisions via the oversight ability. Most current Sysops of the site are usually promoted to Patroller, and then to Sysop; although some users | Sysops have the abilities of patrolling edits, blocking users, rollbacking consecutive edits, using the Checkuser feature, deleting and restoring articles, protecting and unprotecting articles, and hiding and viewing hidden revisions via the oversight ability. Most current Sysops of the site are usually promoted to Patroller, and then to Sysop; although some users were promoted straight to Sysop when the Patroller ranking wasn't around. There are currently 19 users who are Sysops. | ||
Bureaucrats, in addition to having all of the powers of a Sysop, have the abilities to rename users and are able to promote and demote users. There are currently 4 Bureaucrats of the wiki. | Bureaucrats, in addition to having all of the powers of a Sysop, have the abilities to rename users and are able to promote and demote users. There are currently 4 Bureaucrats of the wiki. | ||
Revision as of 21:09, 12 July 2010
| Super Mario Wiki | |
|---|---|
 Super Mario Wiki's logo | |
| Language | English |
| Status | Active |
| Run | 2005 - Present |
| Date opened | August 12th, 2005 |
| Creator | Porplemontage |
| Number of Articles | 10,600+ |
| Forum | Super Mario Wiki Forum |
| Mascot | Mario |
| Website | Main page |
The Super Mario Wiki is a collaborative knowledge-base about everything in the Mario universe. It is driven by a fan-based community, and runs on a wiki (meaning any registered user can edit and create articles).
The articles cover various topics surrounding the Mario series: some of which include the games, characters, locations, TV series, movies, and comics. Anyone can sign-up and help edit articles, and users gain more abilities one week after signing up, such as the ability to create their userpage and having the ability to move pages. This is to help prevent new users from making excessive mistakes and have a chance to learn about the policies of the site before they make mistakes.
Administration
Patrollers, Sysops, and Bureaucrats; as administration is on other wikis such as Bulbapedia, are considered the "house keepers" of the site.
The Patroller ranking is often considered an in-between of regular users and Sysops: they have the abilities of patrolling edits, blocking users, rollbacking consecutive edits, and using the Checkuser feature. Users are given the Patroller ranking when the administration of the site feels that they deserve a promotion and that they are good potential candidates for Sysop. There are currently 4 Patrollers of the site.
Sysops have the abilities of patrolling edits, blocking users, rollbacking consecutive edits, using the Checkuser feature, deleting and restoring articles, protecting and unprotecting articles, and hiding and viewing hidden revisions via the oversight ability. Most current Sysops of the site are usually promoted to Patroller, and then to Sysop; although some users were promoted straight to Sysop when the Patroller ranking wasn't around. There are currently 19 users who are Sysops.
Bureaucrats, in addition to having all of the powers of a Sysop, have the abilities to rename users and are able to promote and demote users. There are currently 4 Bureaucrats of the wiki.
The 'Shroom
The Super Mario Wiki has a monthly newspaper called The 'Shroom. The paper began in 2006 as a project that was approved by the owner of the site, Porplemontage. When the first issue was released, there were only 3 sections. As of July 2010, the paper is at its fortieth issue and generally has about 10 to 15 sections each month, some of which are combined into sections known as sub-teams; each sub-team has one or two users in charge of collecting their team's sections and sending the final, compiled, and corrected edition in to the Editor-in-Chief of the paper, who corrects coding and grammar issues for every section and submits it to the Director (who is in charge of the paper). Sub-team directors are considered part of the leading staff of the paper (known as the "Core 'Shroom Staff" on the site).
Every December, there is an election to choose the new Director of the paper. Candidates run, campaign, and hold debates amongst themselves. The winner of the election becomes Director of The 'Shroom, and selects the new Sub-director (who assists the Director in managing the paper), the Editor-in-Chief, and the Sub-team Directors. The last election held was in December 2009, and the current Core 'Shroom Staff consists of 8 members.
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