Board Thread:Consensus track/@comment-7153552-20130927224851

So as a growing and ever-changing community, we sometimes need to look at criteria for certain things that we have currently in place. Currently, Member of the Month is a bit of a hazey topic, at best. I feel like we, as a community, need to make some changes to the way this is picked and who can be picked. Currently, the system is as follows:

Guidelines
#Members of the month must be registered. This is taken directly from The Elder Scrolls Wiki:Member of the Month.
 * 1) Nominees must be active.
 * 2) Anyone nominated must have a minimum of 30 contributions.
 * 3) Admins cannot be nominated.
 * 4) Candidates must be respectful and polite to the community.

Not bad guidelines, to be sure, but not overly detailed. This system was also implimented before the forums were introduced and there seems to be some contention as to whether or not a heavy forum poster can be Member of the Month. Let's talk for a moment about the word Contribution, this is generally taken to mean edits (usually of more than a minor nature) to the "mainspace" - or the articles within the wiki proper.

So what does this mean? We need to discuss the importance and usefullness of the forums and their posts. We need to decide, if the forums are deemed integral, what makes a good forum poster. We should evaluate the name of the award, it may need to be changed to something along the lines of Contributor of the Month. I also think we should expound upon the guidelines in general so there are no further confusions down the road as to what anything means (i.e.: active, contributions, etc.). 