Forum:Total Drama Wiki's Unofficial Total Drama Hall of Fame

Let's face one thing right now: I think most of us can agree (outside of our own loyalty to the Wiki) that the Total Drama Wiki is probably the greatest central hub of TD fans on the entire Internet. Sure you've got others like the Total Drama Archive on FanFiction.Net, or Dramatic Static. But in terms of how much information we contain, how well we focus on every aspect of the show (every character, every episode, every interaction, every season, you name it), to how well-organized of a community we are (as recognized by Wikia itself), we're right up there as the #1 site for TD fans.

OK, enough praising ourselves.

So I was glancing through various Survivor fan-sites and whatnot, and came across their Hall of Fame deal. Obviously, it's not officially sanctioned by CBS, Survivor, or anything like that, but it's considered the most official unofficial award in the Survivor fan base; basically, Xfinity viewers and critics would vote every year on new inductees to the Survivor Hall of Fame, electing the contestants who played the best game, most dramatic game, made it far, won, etc., etc.

Now, obviously, being that this is a scripted animated show, it seems obvious enough that the main aspect we'll talk about in all the blogs and forums is the characters' development: Oh, who did this to who, or who had this conversation, or look at that f***ing Love Triangle...but it seems we haven't really come up with a way to focus on the competition aspect of the show, as it still should be.

This idea is probably gonna get shot down as unnecessary, childish, or just a chance to express favoritism and start fan wars, but what the heck. My proposal is this: We organize a series of Forums where all Wiki users (who obviously have contributed something to this Wiki, with an MS limit for those who can vote and such) come together and nominate/vote certain contestants to be inducted into our Unofficial Total Drama Hall of Fame.

I'm sure this'll be hammered out and polished off as we go along (assuming it gets passed), but what I propose includes these basic guidelines.

1: We go season-by-season, and only one season at a time to avoid confusion/conflict. Users can nominate any contestant that they like, and may or may not provide a summary of why they think this contestant should be inducted.

2: Again, the basic, vague guidelines are that you focus on this character as a contestant - how well they did in challenges, whether or not they made solid alliances, how they strategized, how far they made it - not as a dramatic, developed character. Some examples I'll throw out there right now: While Owen is one of my personal favorites, and of course, the winner of TDI, I will easily concede that he really didn't do much to play the game. Similarly, although I'm not a huge fan of, say, Gwen, she did do a considerable amount to play the game, though not much. On the flip-side, characters like Cody or Courtney, who were much more focused and developed in later seasons, weren't very significant in the competition in TDI, even though they had significant stories revolving around them (Duncan/Courtney, Cody/Gwen/Trent, etc.).

3: In the end, the top three contestants with the highest votes will be inducted into the Total Drama Wiki Unofficial Total Drama Hall of Fame for that season. In addition, the contestant with the highest amount of votes will be declared the Player of the Season.

4: Characters who were previously inducted for one season cannot be nominated to be inducted for another season. For example, if Heather is inducted for TDI, she cannot be nominated for TDWT. If Courtney is inducted for TDA, she can't be nominated for TDWT, etc. The one season where I think this rule could be forgiven is TDAS, since it's all obviously returning players and returning all-star players.

Here's a basic template of what a section for a contestant would look like:

Heather
Summary (posted by user who nominated Heather): Blahblahblahblah

Support

 * 1) Blahblahblahblah

Oppose

 * 1) Blahblahblahblah

Comments
Various back-and-forth debate on why/why not goes here, in addition to basic reasons listed in each Support/Oppose comment.

Again, just the basics. I'm sure we can work these out here and there, but I think these basic guidelines are all we'll need.

So yeah. Seems unusual, but I think it's a great way for us, as the greatest Total Drama fan site on the Internet (as I mentioned before) to at least acknowledge who we think did the best in certain seasons. And if all else fails, it's still a fun, friendly way for us to debate and eventually decide on who we think did the greatest in each season, of a show full of fantastic players.

If passed, I'll take full responsibility for merely creating the Forums, setting the basic rules (particularly who can and can't be nominated, in the case of every post-TDI season), establishing the deadlines, and letting everyone else do the rest.

Proposal ends on midnight, beginning of October 18th, or when one side reaches 20 votes.

Support

 * 1) So...yeah. --"Fresh air! A real lake! Birds!" [[Image:Camerontrailer-1.png|100px]] 17:09, October 4, 2013 (UTC)