Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-32881402-20171114205639

[Please note that these are merely my views and a suggestion. This thread is by no means a demand, to those of you who have been unable to differenciate in the past]

= Townie Of The Month | Suggested Change =

All of us here know and love the ToTM competition. Have any of you taken a step back and thought about reworking it? I have, and here are my views.

The Current Situation
Currently, as I'm sure you all know, the Townie of the month is determined through the vote/nomination system. You are given one nomination and one vote which you can spend. The small restriction that exists as eligibility simply doesn't warrant the system we use.

As a community, we take part in voting for people to become ToTM. Since they are our votes, we are most likely going to vote for the person we like the most. '''BUT WAIT ARCEUS-SAMA! I DON'T DO THAT!''' I'll put it bluntly. You do. Once a person has passed the eligibility line, the editcount is lost. So you don't get to know who is really helping in the community.... just who has done 30 edits. Once it becomes 'Eligible', it's a likeability contest. It's no longer 'Wow, this person has helped by making a whole new article on something', it's 'Oh wow, these people have contributed equally - who do I prefer?'.

Don't get me wrong. I'm not suggesting that we give Staff more work by keeping track of edits AFTER we're eligible. I'm making their lives much, much easier.

My Suggestion
Now that you know why I'm making the suggestion, you'll want to know the actual suggestion.


 * No longer up to the community.
 * The nominations and voting is all up to the Staff. I have mentioned why leaving it up to the public is bad; it becomes a likeability contest. I think we can trust the Staff to be less influenced by subjectivity.


 * No eligibility
 * HOLD UP. WHAT? You heard me. There is no eligibility barrier or restriction. The fact that Staff will pick warrants this change. I trust them to take edits into account. However, people can help the community through other means as well. No, not Discord. But things like nominating a good topic for DoTW, or maybe debating really well there. Or dealing with situations really well, or maybe reporting the threads that have been revived. They are all small things, but they do help. That might be how you win a Moderator's favour.

Ackers I have to go, I do have more to say. 