Board Thread:General Wiki Discussion/@comment-10950063-20140404145452/@comment-5643552-20140404234418

Noothgrush wrote:

I see what you're getting at, and it could honestly be a good idea to have an honorable mentions section. But one of the big problems still is that PotM is still largely a popularity contest. For example, when my story was nominated it got like 2 reads, Skelly considered taking down that month because a super duper low quality story nearly won. Like it was nearly trollpasta quality. Basically, it was only that story and one other that anybody really read. My story didn't get any increase in attention because of the nomination. It wasn't until Cym's blog that I actually saw an increase in traffic. Which due to the huge amount of positive feedback I've gotten, had anybody even read my story I probably could have stood a chance. It technically did win, but when I saw the poll at the very end of the last day, it was tied with The Cell Phone Game. http://creepypasta.wikia.com/index.php?oldid=619796

As for the honorable mentions tag, it could work, but we'd have to exercise a lot more discretion when selecting the actual PotM candidates (the ones that go up on the voting page). And even then, I'm not sure if it's necessary.

GraydonL wrote: nomination tag NO.