Collab: Articles for All of the Levels

Time Turner

You are filled with determination. (R/GD/TT)
As our MarioWiki:New Articles Policy states, every level and every mission should have an individual, distinct article. That was written in 2012, so I'd say we're a bit behind. This isn't going to involve creating an article for literally every Star and Shine Sprite that can be collected, so 100-Coin missions, unnamed stars, and maybe one-level stars, but otherwise, it's fair game. To get us started, I'll be listing every mission by level, which will certainly be a process. We will have two lists: one is a massive table comprising every mission in Super Mario 64, Super Mario Sunshine, Super Mario Galaxy, and Super Mario Galaxy 2, while the other is a simple list of all games who need to have their levels split.

  • Super Mario Bros.
  • Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels
  • Super Mario Bros. 3
  • Super Mario Land
  • Mario & Wario
  • Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3
  • Virtual Boy Wario Land
  • Super Mario 64
  • Super Mario Sunshine
  • Mario vs. Donkey Kong
  • Super Princess Peach
  • New Super Mario Bros.
  • Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis
  • Super Mario Galaxy
  • Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again!
  • Super Mario Galaxy 2
  • Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem!
  • New Super Mario Bros. U
  • Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move
  • Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
  • Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
  • Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars
  • Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition
  • Yoshi's Woolly World
  • Super Mario Maker

Super Mario 64
Cool, Cool MountainSlip Slidin' AwayLi'l Penguin LostBig Penguin RaceFrosty Slide For 8 Red CoinsSnowman's Lost His HeadWall Kicks Will WorkSwitch Star Of Cool, Cool Mountain
Big Boo's HauntGo On A Ghost HuntRide Big Boo's Merry-Go-RoundSecret of the Haunted BooksSeek the 8 Red CoinsBig Boo's BalconyEye to Eye in the Secret RoomSwitch Star in the Basement
Hazy Maze CaveSwimming Beast In The CavernElevate For 8 Red CoinsMetal-Head Mario Can Move!Navigating The Toxic MazeA-Maze-Ing Emergency ExitWatch For Rolling RocksUnderground Switch Star
Lethal Lava LandBoil The Big BullyBully The Bullies8-Coin Puzzle With 15 PiecesRed-Hot Log RollingHot-Foot-It Into The VolcanoElevator Tour In The VolcanoFlaming Silver Stars
Shifting Sand LandIn the Talons of the Big BirdShining Atop the PyramidInside the Ancient PyramidStand Tall On the Four PillarsFree Flying For 8 Red CoinsTox Box Switch StarPyramid Puzzle
Dire, Dire DocksBoard Bowser's SubChests In The CurrentPole-Jumping For Red CoinsThrough The Jet StreamThe Manta Ray's RewardKoopa Surfin' Switch StarCollect the Caps…
Snowman's LandSnowman's Big HeadChill With the BullyIn the Deep FreezeYoshi's Ice SculptureWhirl From the Freezing PondShell Shredding For Red CoinsInto The IglooRed Coins in the House
Wet-Dry WorldShocking Arrow Lifts!Top O' the TownSecrets in the Shallows and SkyExpress Elevator--Hurry Up!Go to Town for Red CoinsQuick Race Through Downtown!Soaked Silver Stars
Tall, Tall MountainScale the MountainMystery of the Monkey CageScary 'Shrooms, Red CoinsMysterious MountainsideBreathtaking View from BridgeBlast to the Lonely Mushroom5 Secrets of the Mountain
Tiny-Huge IslandPluck the Piranha FlowerThe Tip Top of the Huge IslandRematch with Koopa the QuickFive Itty Bitty SecretsKlepto the CondorWiggler's Red CoinsMake Wiggler SquirmSwitch Star on the Island
Tick Tock ClockRoll Into the CageThe Pit and the PendulumsGet a HandStomp On the ThwompTimed Jumps on Moving BarsStop Time For Red CoinsTick Tock Silver Stars
Rainbow RideCruiser Crossing the RainbowThe Big House in the SkyCoins Amassed in a MazeSwingin' in the BreezeTricky TrianglesSomewhere Over the RainbowSwitch Star of the Manor
Super Mario Sunshine
Bianco HillsThe Road to the Big WindmillDown with Petey Piranha!The Hillside Cave SecretRed Coins of Windmill VillagePetey Piranha Strikes BackThe Secret of the Dirty LakeShadow Mario on the LooseThe Red Coins of the LakeRed Coins of the Hillside CaveRed Coins of the Dirty Lake
Ricco HarborGooper Blooper Breaks OutBlooper Surfing SafariThe Caged Shine SpriteThe Secret of Ricco TowerGooper Blooper ReturnsRed Coins on the WaterShadow Mario RevisitedYoshi's Fruit AdventureRed Coins in Ricco TowerBlooper Surfing Sequel
Gelato BeachDune Bud Sand Castle SecretMirror Madness! Tilt, Slam, Bam!Wiggler Ahoy! Full Steam Ahead!The Sand Bird is BornIl Piantissimo's Sand SprintRed Coins in the Coral ReefIt's Shadow Mario! After Him!The Watermelon FestivalRed Coins in the Sand CastleSandy Shine Sprite
Pinna ParkMecha-Bowser Appears!The Beach Cannon's SecretRed Coins of the Pirate ShipsThe Wilted SunflowersThe Runaway Ferris WheelThe Yoshi-Go-Round's SecretShadow Mario in the ParkRoller Coaster BalloonsRed Coins in the CannonRed Coins in the Yoshi-Go-Round
Sirena BeachThe Manta StormThe Hotel Lobby's SecretMysterious Hotel DelfinoThe Secret of Casino DelfinoKing Boo Down BelowScrubbing Sirena BeachShadow Mario Checks InRed Coins in the HotelRed Coins in Boo's Big MouthRed Coin Winnings in the Casino
Noki BayUncork the WaterfallThe Boss of Tricky RuinsRed Coins in a BottleEely-Mouth's DentistIl Piantissimo's Surf SwimThe Shell's SecretHold It, Shadow Mario!The Red Coin FishA Golden BirdRed Coins on the Half Shell
Pianta VillageChain Chomplets UnchainedIl Piantissimo's Crazy ClimbThe Goopy InfernoChain Chomp's BathSecret of the Village UndersidePiantas in NeedShadow Mario Runs WildFluff Festival Coin HuntRed Coin ChuckstersSoak the Sun
Super Mario Galaxy
Gateway GalaxyGrand Star RescueGateway's Purple Coins
Boo's Boneyard GalaxyRacing the Spooky Speedster
Sweet Sweet GalaxyRocky Road (change name)
Space Junk GalaxyPull Star PathKamella's Airship AttackTarantox's Tangled WebPull Star Path Speed RunPurple Coin Spacewalk Yoshi's Unexpected Appearance
Rolling Green GalaxyRolling in the Clouds
Battlerock GalaxyBattlerock BarrageBreaking into the BattlerockTopmaniac and the Topman TribeTopmaniac's Daredevil RunPurple Coins on the BattlerockBattlerock's Garbage DumpLuigi under the Saucer
Hurry-Scurry GalaxyShrinking Satellite
Bowser's Star ReactorThe Fiery Stronghold
Bowser's Star ReactorThe Fiery Stronghold
Sling Pod GalaxyA Very Sticky Situation
Beach Bowl GalaxySunken TreasurePassing the Swim TestThe Secret Undersea CavernFast Foes on the Cyclone StoneBeachcombing for Purple CoinsWall Jumping Up Waterfalls
Bubble Breeze GalaxyThrough the Poison Swamp
Ghostly GalaxyLuigi and the Haunted MansionA Very Spooky SprintBeware of BouldergeistBouldergeist's Daredevil RunPurple Coins in the Bone PenMatter Splatter Mansion
Bowser Jr.'s Airship ArmadaSinking the Airships
Drip Drop GalaxyGiant Eel Outbreak
Gusty Garden GalaxyBunnies in the WindThe Dirty Tricks of Major BurrowsGusty Garden's Gravity ScrambleMajor Burrows's Daredevil RunPurple Coins on the Puzzle CubeThe Golden Chomp
Freezeflame GalaxyThe Frozen Peak of Baron BrrrFreezeflame's Blistering CoreHot and Cold CollideFrosty Cosmic Mario RacePurple Coins on the SummitConquering the Summit
Dusty Dune GalaxySoaring on the Desert WindsBlasting Through the SandSunbaked Sand CastleSandblast Speed RunPurple Coins in the DesertBullet Bill On Your BackTreasure of the Pyramid
Honeyclimb GalaxyScaling the Sticky Wall
Bowser's Dark Matter PlantDarkness on the Horizon
Bigmouth GalaxyBigmouth's Gold Bait
Sea Slide GalaxyGoing After GuppyFaster Than a Speeding PenguinThe Silver Stars of Sea SlideUnderwater Cosmic Mario RacePurple Coins by the SeasideHurry, He's Hungry
Toy Time GalaxyHeavy-Metal Mecha BowserMario Meets MarioBouncing Down Cake LaneFast Foes of Toy TimeLuigi's Purple CoinsThe Flipswitch Chain
Bonefin GalaxyKingfin's Fearsome Waters
Bowser Jr.'s Lava ReactorKing Kaliente's Spicy Return
Sand Spiral GalaxyChoosing a Favorite Snack
Rolling Gizmo GalaxyGizmos, Gears, and Gadgets
Loopdeeswoop GalaxyThe Galaxy's Greatest Wave
Bubble Blast GalaxyThe Electric Labyrinth
Bowser's Galaxy ReactorThe Fate of the Universe
Grand Finale GalaxyThe Star Festival
Super Mario Galaxy 2
Sky Station GalaxyPeewee Piranha's Temper TantrumStorming the Sky FleetPeewee Piranha's Speed Run
Yoshi Star GalaxySaddle Up with YoshiSpiny ControlSpiny Rainbow Romp
Spin-Dig GalaxyDigga-Leg's PlanetSilver Stars Down DeepDigga-Leg's Daredevil Run
Fluffy Bluff GalaxySearch for the Toad Brigade CaptainThe Chimp's Stomp ChallengeEvery Planet Has Its Price
Rightside Down GalaxyBreaking the Laws of GravityThe Great Crate Incinerator
Bowser Jr.'s Fiery FlotillaGobblegut's Aching BellyFiery Flotilla Speed Run
Flip-Swap GalaxyThink Before You ShakePurple Coin Flip 'n' Sprint
Puzzle Plank GalaxyThe Puzzling Picture BlockBugaboom's BackPurple Coin Shadow Vault
Hightail Falls GalaxyHot-Stepping Dash PepperHightail Falls Speed RunSilver Stars in Hightail Falls
Boulder Bowl GalaxyRock and RollodilloC'mere, GoombaRolling Crabber Romp
Cosmic Cove GalaxyTwin Falls HideawayExploring the Cosmic CavernCatch that Star Bunny
Wild Glide GalaxyFluzzard's First FlightJungle Fluzzard Race
Bowser's Lava LairBowser's Big Lava Power PartyLava Lair Speed Run
Honeybloom GalaxyBumble BeginningsThe Secret Wall Jump

It's a work in progress, but it's a start.
 
For missions that exist in both Super Mario 64 and in Super Mario 64 DS, I feel like only images from Super Mario 64 should be used since they are usually of higher quality. If there's any difference that has to be visualised, then images from Super Mario 64 DS can be used. What does everyone think about this?
 
I'd agree with that, but perhaps there could be the maps from DS in there
 
Generally, we try to use the newest incarnation, but I don't see why we need to choose one over the other. One image can go in the infobox, the other can go in the body.
 
Time Turner said:
One image can go in the infobox, the other can go in the body.
Are we going to add an infobox to the new pages? No please, the page is already going to be nothing but few paragraphs and a foreign names table. Not sure how this should happen, but more than one picture on those articles (especially SM64) is going to be an overkill.

Also, can't we have a proposal for this on the wiki. I know it's already in the policy, but I guess we should run this to the MarioWiki users just to collect fresh opinions. It's a huge move, might be a risky one too.
 
Megadardery said:
Time Turner said:
One image can go in the infobox, the other can go in the body.
Are we going to add an infobox to the new pages? No please, the page is already going to be nothing but few paragraphs and a foreign names table. Not sure how this should happen, but more than one picture on those articles (especially SM64) is going to be an overkill.
I don't see the problem with having an infobox. They're kinda the standard for a lot of articles, includes ones who have a lot less information like minigames, microgames, RPG items, race karts, and so on. The missions (levels? episodes? what's the proper nomenclature?) will have more than enough information to make the infobox not look lopsided.

Megadardery said:
Also, can't we have a proposal for this on the wiki. I know it's already in the policy, but I guess we should run this to the MarioWiki users just to collect fresh opinions. It's a huge move, might be a risky one too.
I mean, if enough people over here are in opposition to it, it could be done, but it was made by Steve and supported by the other mods. If nobody's complaining after the discussion that's started here, making a proposal seems like more trouble than it's worth.
 
So.... does this mean we unfeature Honey Hive Galaxy, Clockwork Ruins Galaxy, and Rolling Coaster Galaxy? And what about Mt. Teapot, Rice Beach, and Mystic Forest? Shouldn't they get split, too? So that means we need nuclear wiki fission on Super Mario Land 3 and Mario vs. Donkey Kong related articles as far as I know.

Pi said:
For missions that exist in both Super Mario 64 and in Super Mario 64 DS, I feel like only images from Super Mario 64 should be used since they are usually of higher quality. If there's any difference that has to be visualised, then images from Super Mario 64 DS can be used. What does everyone think about this?
I'd use Super Mario 64 DS whenever possible.

Also, we should totally create separate 64 DS versions of the article and put "In Super Mario 64 DS, the star is the same as if it was gotten in the original version of the game that can be gotten in the original way." as its content. :smug:
 
Dr. Mario said:
So.... does this mean we unfeature Honey Hive Galaxy, Clockwork Ruins Galaxy, and Rolling Coaster Galaxy? And what about Mt. Teapot, Rice Beach, and Mystic Forest? Shouldn't they get split, too? So that means we need nuclear wiki fission on Super Mario Land 3 and Mario vs. Donkey Kong related articles as far as I know.
Maybe it'd be best if we sit down to map out just how much is going to be split or otherwise changed before we start splitting or otherwise changing stuff.
 
Probably in the level articles, we can describe important landmarks or features, especially in the galaxy articles. But if we're going to be removing information from those articles I mentioned, you might as well unfeature them since they'll be too short to remain featured.
 
Megadardery said:
Time Turner said:
One image can go in the infobox, the other can go in the body.
Are we going to add an infobox to the new pages? No please, the page is already going to be nothing but few paragraphs and a foreign names table. Not sure how this should happen, but more than one picture on those articles (especially SM64) is going to be an overkill.

Also, can't we have a proposal for this on the wiki. I know it's already in the policy, but I guess we should run this to the MarioWiki users just to collect fresh opinions. It's a huge move, might be a risky one too.
Infoboxes will look better than no infoboxes and make it more natural to have two images. Besides, they can just be simpler versions of {{levelbox (Template:Levelbox)}} - the name of the mission/episode, an image, the game title, the area, and a bottom section for the links to the preceding/following missions/episodes and a link to an overall list page, or the hub area, or whatever. Still plenty of stuff for the body paragraphs, and with a much more put-together look overall - infoboxes are good.

Besides, half the whole damn wiki is already articles that are a couple paragraphs long with a picture or two and a foreignname template - these new pages will fit right in, and actually be a lot better than the current clutter on the SMG galacy pages and whatnot. Plus it's consistent with the sidescrollers and will be better for navigation (section-linking is a pain) and funnelling in search traffic, which is why Steve made the policy in the first place - unless he reverses his decision himself, it's non-negotiable, so there's no point in making a proposal regardless of how many people complain.

Dr. Mario said:
So that means we need nuclear wiki fission on Super Mario Land 3 and Mario vs. Donkey Kong related articles as far as I know.
Yep, although I feel like it'd be better to focus on the SM64/SMS/SMG splits for now: once those are brought up to speed, then we can focus on getting round to whatever sidescrollers haven't been split yet, rather than dropping bombs haphazardly on everything all at the same time, or getting caught up in table-making (never a fun time with the forum's interface) or whatever.
 
I do agree that we should focus our effort to split on those pages first, but you might have editors who are more interested in those subject matter, so maybe they can work on those while this thread's center are those articles. Anyway, I'm just making a heads-up, because I thought it's only 3D Mario platformer articles that need the split, but no, we have two other entire games, which means there may be more games that aren't in the radar yet.
 
So, since we have three entire games that need to have wiki fission, we should probably list games in the opening paragraph of this thread, but let's not go beyond that.
 
The first article, Big Bob-omb on the Summit, is live! Also, our list of games that require fission or level expansion has reached fourteen twenty-one (cheated a bit by adding games who've been neglected and would normally have articles for their levels at this point, but it fits well enough).
 
I ... am not entirely sure how we're going to cover all alternative paths in each Super Mario 64 and Super Mario 64 DS missions. There are so many ways one can go about doing these missions, all range from low-level play to very high-level play. Should that even be done? The Wiki does not cover unofficial knowledge — does this include paths one may take to finish missions like these?
 
Instead of describing each and every path, it would be better to just focus on the general layout and the goal point. Potential paths should be already covered in the respective level article rather than being lumped into the level article. If the path to the goal is straightforward, though, then feel free to describe it.

We also need to put in a navigation template for these levels.
 
Duly noted. I have tomorrow off so I'll see if I can't get around to making at least one of these. I don't know enough about the differences in missions in DS, though, so I'll start with something else: Super Mario Galaxy. More specifically, the Good Egg Galaxy missions.

I feel like we should describe where coins can be found in Super Mario 64/DS and Super Mario Sunshine levels since they unlock 100 coin Stars/Shine Sprites, respectively. Comments on this?
 
I don't think that's a good idea since coins are found through various means (defeating enemies, blue coin blocks, red coins, and blocks to name a few). I mean, yeah, we can talk about some coin formations and all, but it's best if we just confine constant coin locations (like blue coin blocks) to the level articles themselves.

I just worked on The Floating Fortress from Buoy Base Galaxy since I decided to take another approach to this thing rather than start on the first level of the first game or whatnot, so don't mind me.

One of us should really work on the navtemplates too, but for Galaxy's case, I think I'm going to put level names in the Galaxies navbox instead.
 
Dr. Mario said:
Instead of describing each and every path, it would be better to just focus on the general layout and the goal point. Potential paths should be already covered in the respective level article rather than being lumped into the level article. If the path to the goal is straightforward, though, then feel free to describe it.
Yeah, describing the paths through the landscape would be too much like a walkthrough (unless the path is linear by default like in 2D platformers, then it's kind of a given that the route and procedure will be described - as long as it's not too detailed and instruction-like, of course).

Pi said:
I feel like we should describe where coins can be found in Super Mario 64/DS and Super Mario Sunshine levels since they unlock 100 coin Stars/Shine Sprites, respectively. Comments on this?
Dr. Mario said:
I don't think that's a good idea since coins are found through various means (defeating enemies, blue coin blocks, red coins, and blocks to name a few). I mean, yeah, we can talk about some coin formations and all, but it's best if we just confine constant coin locations (like blue coin blocks) to the level articles themselves.
SMS world pages already have the Blue Coin locations (example (Sirena_Beach#Blue_Coin_Locations)), and those could be added to the applicable levels as well, I guess?

Dr. Mario said:
One of us should really work on the navtemplates too, but for Galaxy's case, I think I'm going to put level names in the Galaxies navbox instead.
I feel like for the galaxies, it'd probably work to put the mission names as bulleted entries below the bolded galaxy names, and switch the template to be left-justified with only the galaxy names and headers manually centered. To see a quick example (since I don't have time to make a bigger mock-up right now), just replace the Good Egg Galaxy part of Template:Galaxy with:

Code:
|style="background:#ccccff;text-align:left"|<center>'''[[Good Egg Galaxy]]'''</center>
*{{fakelink|Dino Pianha}}
*{{fakelink|A Snack of Cosmic Proportions}}
*{{fakelink|King Kaliente's Battle Fleet}}

For more linear games (and potentially SMS since it only has a few areas), regular level nav templates along the lines of Template:SMW Levels would probably be fine, and games with only a few levels or easily compacted level lists (i.e. numeric) could possibly be kept within the overall game nav template (i.e. Template:WL3 has all the levels, Template:SML could handle the levels, and Template:SMB1 Levels could conceivably fit into Template:SMB too, but that's only because the games overall have few pages to link, so more often than not, separate templates will probably be needed).
 
Before I start going crazy on Good Egg Galaxy, should I write 'Mario or Luigi' or 'the player'?

On the topic of navtemplates, I feel like making {{SM64 Missions}} that lists all missions wouldn't be too bad (just look at Template:SM3DL Levels), and I'll get on creating that tomorrow.
 
I've pruned Cosmic Cove Galaxy of its missions and rewrote and formatted a table, similar to how Luigi's Mansion Dark Moon handled it (ex Gloomy Manor), What do you think?

Pi: write "players", it's cleaner that way. Also, yes you should, Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon also does this as well
 
BLOF: Very good, but one question remains: what do we do with the Green Star missions of Super Mario Galaxy 2? Do we make separate pages for those too, or are we still relegating those to the articles about the levels themselves?

Also, thanks.
 
That's one of the reason I left it there. Considering it's like a comet mission that's relegated to a specific mission rather than something entirely new, I feel we should list Green Stars in their respective level articles they appear in (ie Green Star 1 is in Twin Falls Hideaway).
 
What do we do with other comet missions (Speed Run, Daredevil, Fast Foes, Cosmic Race, Purple Coins, Double Speed, Cosmic Clones)? Do we just include those in the regular level articles they're based on? What if there is no mission they're based on, or at least none that's very easy to easily decide: yes, this is what the mission is based on?
 
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