Board Thread:General Wiki Discussion/@comment-25941663-20150119211557/@comment-25941663-20150123144423

Banningk1979 wrote:

Furthermore, as has been discussed, the PoTM concept is a little broken. Every month I see a lot of the same pastas being nominated. I get the impression that a lot of users would like to promote their stories for PoTM, but probably feel that outright posting a blog or a thread saying "Please Nominate Me" might be considered spamming. I would like to see that cleared up so people know the right and wrong way to advertise their work without fear of adverse action.

Also, a revamp of the PoTM concept might not be a bad idea, since last month's turn out of nominations was at a record low. I still stand behind my first idea that perhaps opening a thread a week prior to nominations to allow writers to pitch their stories to the community could possibly work. To counter the 'same stories get nominated every month' problem, couldn't a rule preventing a user nominating the same story each month be added?

Also, I find the thread idea very attractive. It is both easy to do and unrecognised stories get some exposure. It is a win-win.