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Welcome to the Proposals page. Here, WiKirby's editors may propose changes to the way the wiki operates, including how to handle certain categories of content, quality standards, or even just making aesthetic suggestions. Any user who has Autopatrol status or above may make a proposal or vote on one, and after two weeks of voting, if it passes, it will be incorporated into policy. Please see below for the specifics on how to make and/or vote on a proposal.

How to make a proposal

Please use one of the following templates to make a new proposal:

Single vote: This is for proposals which only propose a single change to the wiki. 

==(insert proposal here) (insert date here)==
(insert details of proposal here and sign with ~~~~)
{{Support}}
{{Oppose}}
{{Neutral}}

===Discussion===

{{clear}}

Multi-option vote: This is for proposals which include many possible changes to a particular element of policy. One option should always be to keep things as they were. It is recommended that no more than 8 options are given in a single proposal, including the "no change" option. 

==(insert proposal here) (insert date here)==
(insert details of proposal here and sign with ~~~~)
{{Option|1|(option title 1)}}
{{Option|2|(option title 2)}}
{{Option|3|(option title 3)}}
{{Option|etc.|(option title etc.)}}
{{Neutral}}

===Discussion===

{{clear}}

Multi-facet vote: This is for proposals which want to make several smaller changes to a single element of policy (for instance, making several changes to how the main page looks). Each change needs to be voted up or down individually. There should not be more than 5 parts to a proposal like this. This type of proposal should not be made without approval from wiki administration. 

==(insert proposal here) (insert date here)==
(insert summary of proposal here and sign with ~~~~)
===Change 1===
(insert details here)
{{Support}}
{{Oppose}}
{{Neutral}}
====Change 1 discussion====

===Change 2===
(insert details here)
{{Support}}
{{Oppose}}
{{Neutral}}
====Change 2 discussion====

===Change 3===
(insert details here)
{{Support}}
{{Oppose}}
{{Neutral}}
====Change 3 discussion====

etc.

{{clear}}

Once a proposal is made, the voting period begins (see voting regulations below). Voting period for a proposal ends two weeks after it starts, at 23:59:59 UTC on the 14th full day of voting. An administrator can veto a proposal at any time, although such action should always be justifiable and agreed upon by multiple admins. Administrators should not use this right to add more weight to their own opinions.

Restrictions

Users may propose many different changes or additions to the wiki. The following things, however, may not be voted on:

  1. Proposals which target specific users (such as bestowing or removing ranks or rights).
  2. Proposals which violate the law, as specified in the general content policy.
  3. Proposals which seek to overturn a recently (within the last 8 weeks (or 56 days)) approved proposal.
  4. Re-submitted proposals which were recently (within the last 8 weeks (or 56 days)) rejected, and which have not been significantly altered.
Voting regulations
  1. Proposal adding and voting is open only to registered users who have attained Autopatrol status and above. Users who do not have Autopatrol+ may still participate in discussions.
  2. Users who are currently blocked will not be allowed to vote, and any outstanding votes they have on proposals will be removed. Any proposal made by a user who is blocked during the consideration period will also be removed.
  3. All votes must be signed with signatures (type four tildes (~~~~.)) Unsigned votes are automatically negated, regardless of any points made.
  4. After two (2) weeks of voting, a proposal will be immediately enacted if the number of supportive votes is greater than the number of opposing votes, or, in the case of multi-option votes, any option receives a plurality consisting of three or more votes. In the event of a tie, the proposal may be re-voted upon with a one week duration, or annulled by the administrators.
  5. In the event a proposal has seven (7) unanimous support votes OR ten (10) support votes and no more than two neutral votes, as well as the support of a bureaucrat, a proposal may pass in only one (1) week instead of two.
  6. If a supported proposal is vetoed by the administrators, it is considered failed and should not be started again for at least 8 weeks (56 days).
  7. If a proposal fails to garner three (3) supporting votes (or 3 votes on any one option in multi-option proposals), it will not be considered.
  8. The original proposal maker may not vote on their own proposal if it only contains two options (i.e., "yes" or "no" proposals). However, proposers may vote on their own proposals if they have three or more options.
  9. All votes must be supported by a substantial reason from the voter. Simple and/or unproductive comments like "I agree" or "No that's stupid" will result in the vote being removed.
  10. The original proposer may cancel the proposal for any reason during the first three (3) days of its run, and it will not be considered failed. Admins may veto subsequent proposals if this is abused.
  11. Voting users may change their vote at any time before a proposal's deadline passes, but should update their timestamp if doing so.
  12. Discussion must remain civil at all times! Any uncivil discussion will result in the offending users' votes being negated, and possibly lead to strikes or a block.
  13. Excessive campaigning for any proposals will result in the campaigner's vote(s) being negated, or proposal being removed if applicable.
  14. Proposals about minor article manipulation (such as splits, merges, renames, or deletions) should not be created, unless the scope of the discussion is particularly large; otherwise, these should be handled on a case-by-case basis, through discussions or polls on the talk page of the article in question.
  15. It is recommended that a single user make only one (1) proposal at a time. Though simultaneous proposals from the same user are allowed, they are discouraged; this should ideally only be done if multiple issues are in question, and not many proposals are already active.
  16. For multi-option votes, voters are encouraged (but not required) to indicate a first, second, third, etc. vote. The exception to this is neutral votes, which must be the only vote if chosen.

Current Proposals

Standardize wiki text to favor some words without hyphens (December 17th, 2023 - December 31st, 2023)

I honestly don't know what else to name this, nor exactly how to word it as a guideline eventually. But these five words in particular have been brought up by many different editors over the years, and it has caused some confusion of new editors and sometimes even readers.

You are reading an article, and it writes "moveset" for one section. You keep reading and another section calls it "move-set". Does that sound familiar?

Move-set, cut-scene, mid-air, 3-D and 2-D are the five most common words I've seen on WiKirby article text that are sometimes spelled with hyphens, sometimes not. In particular, most of these five words are mostly commonly spelled without hyphens (which I will prove soon), and in official Kirby text, we've only had usages of them without hyphens as far as I know (although for "moveset", I haven't really seen any official use of the word in any form). You are free to correct me if I'm wrong on official usage, but in particular for 3D and 2D, I've fairly sure of that, at least in recent sources. And, I mean, it's the Nintendo 3DS and 2DS, not 3-DS and 2-DS...

Point is, there is no standardization, so some articles use them with hyphens, some without, some mix and match, and it's not uncommon for editors to go and "fix" to one way or the other. But without a rule, anyone could revert these changes and go "actually, I prefer with/without hyphen". Also, as I mentioned, it's clear that the most common forms of these five words are without hyphens, being used in official Kirby media as well.

With all these in mind, my proposal is to standardize the spelling of these words, much how we favor spelling of words in American English, to the following:

  • Cutscene over cut-scene. "Cutscene" has 33 million results in Google, while "cut-scene" has 3 million. One example of "cutscene" being used in official Kirby media, Miiverse posts: List of HAL Laboratory Miiverse posts - Kirby: Triple Deluxe;
  • Moveset over move-set. "Moveset" has 15 million results on Google, while "move-set" has 1.5 million (with many actually resulting in finding "move set", and not "move-set"). I don't actually know any examples of official Kirby media using the word in either form;
  • Midair over mid-air. This one is the only one basically tied on Google: "midair" has 18 million results on Google, while "mid-air" has 22 million. However, officially Kirby has only ever used "midair", in moveset descriptions;
  • 3D over 3-D. "3D" has 3.6 billion results on Google, while "3-D" has 276 million. Many names use "3D" and none use "3-D", such as 3D Classics: Kirby's Adventure, 3D Helmet Cannon, 3D Warp Star etc. Descriptions of Forgotten Land in particular use 3D, such as the one on Nintendo's website;
  • 2D over 2-D. "2D" has 1.2 billion results on Google, while "2-D" has 214 million (should mention though that a good number of the results actually are for the Gorillaz member). For consistency with "3D". I don't know of many sources that use "2D", but at least this interview I translated used it (yes, even in the original Japanese text).

So, what do you all think? I think something like this is long overdue. I accept suggestions on where/how to word it, but I feel this is something we need to officially address in some form. - Gigi (talk • edits) 19:14, 17 December 2023 (UTC)

Support
  1. I definitely agree that it should be standardized. For every example other than move-set, it automatically makes the most sense to spell it without a hyphen, since that's what official Kirby media does. For every example other than mid-air, it's more commonly spelled without a hyphen online. And for all examples, I personally think it just looks better without a hyphen. - RHVGamer (talk · edits) 19:34, 17 December 2023 (UTC)
  2. Standardization is good, especially when it matches Kirby media. ---PinkYoshiFan 21:33, 17 December 2023 (UTC)
  3. I'm in favor of consistency, especially considering how most of these terms have spelling variant that is clearly more common than the other. Typman (talk) 22:40, 17 December 2023 (UTC)
  4. I agree. Consistency is cool. --Paistrie (talk) 00:06, 18 December 2023 (UTC)
  5. Support. (And even if moveset isn't confirmed anywhere I prefer that, which isn't what we're going for but still consistent) ShadowKirby (t/c) a.k.a. your new overlord ShadowMagolor 07:14, 18 December 2023 (UTC)
  6. Consistency is important, so support. -- KatFL language C.svgKatFL language Y.svgKatFL language O.svgKatFL language N.svg (profile ::: talk) 13:54, 18 December 2023 (UTC)
Oppose
Neutral

Discussion

Using quotation marks for music names (December 18th, 2023 - January 1st, 2024)

This will be the first of hopefully a full series of proposals concerning music and their dedicated pages. To start it simple, I would like to suggest making quotation marks for their titles consistent. The difference is essentially Green Greens vs Green Greens vs "Green Greens" (to name an example). As we have it now, the more common formatting is:

  • Quotation marks:
    • Opening abstract
    • Infobox caption
    • Outside of links in composition and game appearances
  • No quotation marks:
    • Music navboxes
    • Page title
    • Infobox title
    • Within names in other languages tables
    • Jukebox tables
  • Inconsistent usage:
    • Conjectural titles in various areas, in particular with "the" preceding the name
    • Headings for English names in other languages
    • Track names for stage/level infoboxes
    • Titles within links outside of templates

The inconsistencies are the more concerning part. I don't think any changes should be made to the currently consistent format, but that is open to discussion in the corresponding section. The four points of inconsistency will have separate votes, to make it easier. Votes in favor (where applicable) are for adding quotation marks, while voting against is for removing them. ShadowKirby (t/c) a.k.a. your new overlord ShadowMagolor 08:52, 18 December 2023 (UTC)

Update: I clarified what is what under each section with examples since there was confusion. ShadowKirby (t/c) a.k.a. your new overlord ShadowMagolor 13:23, 18 December 2023 (UTC)

Conjectural titles

Examples:

Option 1: Always use quotation marks
Option 2: Do not use quotation marks if "the" is present
Option 3: Do not use quotation marks
Neutral

Names in other languages headings

Compare Time for the Results#Names in other languages and Memories (I'll Never Forget You)#Names in other languages

Support
Oppose
  1. When the track name is the only thing in the heading, the quotation marks just make it look more cluttered. ---PinkYoshiFan 13:44, 18 December 2023 (UTC)
Neutral

Music in stage/level infoboxes

Compare Butter Building - Stage 1 and Popstar

Support
Oppose
  1. Same as with names in other languages above, when the track name is the only thing there, the quotation marks just make it look more cluttered. ---PinkYoshiFan 13:44, 18 December 2023 (UTC)
Neutral

Outside of square (link) brackets

Compare Inside the Castle#Composition and Coin Clash (theme)#Composition

Support
Oppose
  1. I think it's better to just do what we do for other articles (e.g. Kirby) and just bold the first instance of the article title in the infobox as well as the main text. ---PinkYoshiFan 13:44, 18 December 2023 (UTC)
Neutral

Discussion

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