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Not moved, 15 February 2010, to Mario (character), see discussion.
Not moved, 1 July 2025, to Mario (character), see discussion.
Not moved, 25 November 2025, to Mario from Nintendo, see discussion.

Mario was one of the Video games good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

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Date	Process	Result
August 11, 2005	Peer review	Reviewed
March 27, 2006	Good article nominee	Listed
November 22, 2006	Peer review	Reviewed
December 2, 2006	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
January 6, 2007	Good article reassessment	Delisted
January 16, 2007	Good article nominee	Not listed
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May 20, 2008	Good article nominee	Not listed
September 5, 2009	WikiProject peer review	Reviewed
January 21, 2010	Good article nominee	Not listed
July 20, 2011	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
August 10, 2013	Peer review	Not reviewed
Facts from this article were featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on July 9, 2013, July 9, 2016, July 9, 2019, July 9, 2021, and July 9, 2023.
This article was on the Article Collaboration and Improvement Drive for the week of July 17, 2005.
Current status: Delisted good article

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National Mario DayNational Mario Day was merged into this article. The discussion was closed on 16 March 2017 with a consensus to merge. The original page is now a redirect to this article. Its history now serves to provide attribution for the content in this article, and it must not be deleted as long as this article exists.

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The rationale behind the request is: most popular video game character of all time.

Mario Mario

Yes, its technically official/occasionally used (see the "Name" subsection) , but considering 99.99% of the time just "Mario" is used, I do not believe it should be mentioned so prominently in the lead. Or anywhere in the lead. Its just a little bit of trivia. Sergecross73 msg me 15:51, 10 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Nationality

From what I've seen, it's only in other media (like TV shows and movies) that Mario is an Italian-American from Brooklyn, in American Mario media to be precise. But in Japanese media, he is not portrayed as American at all (the 1986 film and Japanese cartoons). Also, in the Yoshi's Island games, they don't appear to be from Brooklyn either. The way I see it is that like the page previously mentioned, Mario is Italian, but in certain American media, he is an Italian-American from Brooklyn. Thomasfan1000 (talk) 23:23, 27 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I wish people would stop arguing about this. It's not worth mentioning at all. It has zero importance to the character. It's not even mentioned in a single video game. Sergecross73 msg me 00:44, 28 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Mario's nationality is cited from this interview with Miyamoto, who says "Let's put him in New York and he can be Italian. There was really no other deep thought other than that." Any further analysis is original research, period. ThomasO1989 (talk) 00:46, 28 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]