User blog:The Anonymous User/Spreading the Word!

Hey all! I have recently (over the past month or so) come to a realization on this wiki. I know this is a fanfic wiki, and the vast majority of us (that we know of at least) come here to write fanfics and share their work with other writers, but there are a good minority of us that merely read fics, and comment on them and converse with other users. I was convinced by a good friend here to nominate myself for Featured Author this past month, and I complied, hoping to be the first non-writer to win the prestigious award. While a good deal of users supported me for my "valuable comments" or other various phrases, there were just as many if not more that opposed me simply for not writing anything, which I do understand considering the title of the award. I am not sore about losing the title or anything, as Sunshine, Shane etc. do truly deserve to be recognized for their great writing, but I am merely proposing some sort of reform to the award or something that gives beloved non-writers a chance to be recognized for their own special contributions. I may be speaking for myself here, but I kind of think some of the other devoted non-writers are in the same predicament: I truly love this wiki, and try hard to be an active member of the community, but do not have the free time to sit down and actually write a story, so I contribute in ways I can, such as theme song-ing (which I do enjoy) and occasionally coming up with a single character to be in another author's story (Thanks to Sprink and Cards for giving me that opportunity). If not reforming the award from Featured Author to Featured User, I at least request that at least a few more authors try to give us swamped non-writers a chance to audition characters in your works. I know I would greatly appreciate that.

So yeah...that's my little speech. Comments appreciated, and very much encouraged. I would like to know how you all feel about this issue.

TAU