Forum:Future of FotM

Even though the Fanon of the Month competition was resurrected only a few short months ago, it's already showing signs of age and inactivity. For July 2010, there were two articles nominated by our users, and with a little over a week left until the end of the month, not a single editor has voted for either of the two pages. Worse than that, one of the two articles, 'Invincible''-class Battleship was nominated and received another official award in just about a week's time.

Starting in the beginning of summer this year was the Good Articles project, aimed to find and award dozens of articles per month and give the proper attention that our articles deserve. While we had a bit of a rocky start earlier this month, we nonetheless are starting to achieve our goals and the future looks bright for the project.

What i'm trying to say is quite simple and transparent: Do we really need the Fanon of the Month contest? While one of the main purposes of the Good Article project wasn't designed to replace the FotM, it seems as if it technically has. Rather than a drawn out contest over a month, a user can have his or her article nominated and awarded Good Article status in about a week. Already, we've given about 15 articles on the wiki this "prestigious" award and I hope to see at least a minimum of five articles nominated per month. Compared to the Fanon of the Month contest, the Good Articles project has turned out just as many articles in a month as the FotM has in over three years.

While nothing is final, I would like to hear people's opinions about this and if it needs to come down to a vote or Administrative decision. Thank you for reading, and have a good day!

Rawr,

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