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No consensus, 4 August 2007, see discussion.
Not moved, 15 February 2010, to Mario (character), see discussion.
No consensus, 18 August 2014, to Mario (character), see discussion.
Not moved, 1 July 2025, to Mario (character), see discussion.
No consensus, 17 July 2025, 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.

Article milestones
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
May 3, 2008	Good article nominee	Not listed
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, July 9, 2023, and July 9, 2026.
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.

There is a request, submitted by AOMAF2024 (talk), for an audio version of this article to be created. For further information, see WikiProject Spoken Wikipedia.
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Why was language neutral removed?

Latest comment: 10 days ago2 comments2 people in discussion

Why was it removed? Charles and Kevin voice Mario globally, regardless of language. Yes, their native language is English and they often make Mario speak in English, but they aren't exclusive to English language markets. Quick side note but in the Mario movie, Charles does the Mario voice for a very minor character in not just English, but loads of languages. Thomasfan1000 (talk) 00:00, 2 November 2026 (UTC)Reply

The same reason we don't do 'language neutral' for Pokemon. The native language is what matters for separating the table, and only the two major ones (English and if necessary developer's country of origin) are listed.--Kung Fu Man (talk) 00:27, 2 November 2026 (UTC)Reply