Board Thread:Consensus Track/@comment-4544033-20160127002158/@comment-26213507-20160127030630

I...gotta be with Bronkiin here.

The current MOTM system is not really flawed. If we were to say that repeat nominations were allowed, then we could easily nominate someone every three months. For example, if Bronkiin were to continuously edit (as a patroller does), some may try to reward him with nominations for each time he does this. While the wiki appreciates his actions as a whole, eventually it is seen as "that's normal for him" and it's not really worth mentioning (while still good all the same). This is why we have fishy sticks and sweetroles (especially the former). They reward actions and momentary good deeds. Not only is the system you are trying to suggest already taken care of, but it would eliminate a way to point out user who intentionally go above and beyond throughout a long span of time, and has not been recognized for their actions.

As for Admins, I personally think that the MOTM nominations can be for admins, but this is a minor tweak, and does not need too much discussion. Someone like Tim should already have been nominated, and if he hasn't yet, then sure, why not change the rules.

I don't think lowering the bar will help. This will show that the wiki is becoming desperate for attention. The users who are not qualified need to step up, not the other way around. It's like we want to put floats on the fan base to get more views. While promoting editing with the MOTM is fine at current, the change reeks of desperation to get more people editing. This will cause people to rush to make edits. Recently I've seen a lot of pointless edits, and it will get worse if people think that they can do almost nothing for a reward.

I have recently got ESO (thanks again Atv) and am trying to start editing. For all we know, we could get a huge pool of editors in a week or something, who all have started playing ESO. I'm personally promoting the wiki to everyone who plays TES that I know. Whether we will get more editors soon, only time will tell, but there is no need to demote a once proud reward to...well...this.

tl;dr: The current system rewards users who deserve it. We have a system (fishy sticks) that reward good deeds at current. Changing the system only shows that the wiki is desperate for attention, which is not something we want to look like. I believe that the current system, maybe with a few tweaks, if that, is fine.