User blog comment:CyberTheNerd/SOG Wikia Staff Meeting 12/@comment-25021327-20150227215212

Oh, I remembered what I had been thinking... several days ago... (Dammit Brain! better late than never I suppose)

I was just wondering about if anyone had any ideas about CPotM and CPotY voting. I mean, the voting has been kind of abysmal for CPotM lately. I concede, I have forgotten or omitted voting a few times, but I've also nominated and voted a few. I thought that Mutahar more or less getting back to reading the CPotM winners (hang in there Sshake!)  would help voter turnout, but it's still low.

I was just wondering if anyone had any ideas about maybe some kind of incentive for nominating and voting for pastas. Even if it;s just more wiki badges, or cats to add to one's profile. I realize that this could open up a new issue of spamming, or PointsGaming, which may screw things up. But as it is votng hasn't been in great shape.

CPotY voting supposedly ends in like, two days. There are 4 votes. That kind of sucks. Maybe people are afraid of hurting people's feelings by voting for stories other than ones their wiki friends wrote? I dunno. Some months there are lots of great Noms, and it's hard to pick one, but there are other months and other stories to be written as well.

I realize it can be tough to take the time out to read every nomination for the month, but it would be nice to see some more community enthusiasm. Also, for Pasta of the Year, most of the stories have been read, so it would just be a matter of watching/listening to the SOG videos before voting.

Anyhow, I don't really expect this to be an easily resolved issue, and maybe there is no solution. But I'd be interested to hear people's thought on it. Also, CPotY voting may be a moot point by now, a few days before voting ends.