# הצעה לתקעון המאפשר מינוי והצגה של "פוסט החודש"
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/proposal-for-a-plugin-to-enable-nomination-and-display-of-post-of-the-month/195637
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [1 ביולי, 2021, 12:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/proposal-for-a-plugin-to-enable-nomination-and-display-of-post-of-the-month/195637 "2021-07-01T12:30:14Z")
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### Author:  [@Alexander\_Wright](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Alexander_Wright)
#### Post date: [1 ביולי, 2021, 12:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/proposal-for-a-plugin-to-enable-nomination-and-display-of-post-of-the-month/195637/1 "2021-07-01T12:30:14Z")
On my forum, I’ve noticed that some conversations that should be of more interest to users can get buried amongst other chatter.
I’m proposing to develop a plugin that would enable a “Post / Topic” of the month feature. I was thinking it could work as follows:
- Each time period, a selection of top posts, by likes, would be presented to the Admin team and they would be presented to the user base for voting.
- The Admin could, of course, add their own nominations to this list.
- The winner from the vote would then be added to the Hall of Fame, and optionally pinned globally for a time.
I think it best that users are offered a short list to vote on, rather than being able to nominate any post because:
- It gives increased visibility to a range of top posts
- It encourages participation by the userbase.
At this stage, I’m seeking comments and improvements for this feature set. I’ll then get to writing a plugin to implement it. It’ll be my first plugin. so I may seek help at this stage!
The plugin will be open source.
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### Author:  [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [1 ביולי, 2021, 12:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/proposal-for-a-plugin-to-enable-nomination-and-display-of-post-of-the-month/195637/2 "2021-07-01T12:42:41Z")
(Focusing on the functional side: I would not wish for a moment to discourage you from getting into the fun and reward from writing a plugin.)
I’ve done this manually in the past and I think it’s a great way to highlight positive contribution.
The Top Topic List already gives one a really good guide as to which Topics moved and shaked the community in the last period?
One solution might be to simply pick a Topic from Top and edit the OP with some kind of additional heading and then pin it? Choose the Topic within a short chat within the staff group based on a shortlist from Top?
Another thing to consider is the fact that the top contribution might actually be a reply (ie a Post). Perhaps you could link the top Post from a monthly regular Post of the month Topic?
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### Author:  [@Alexander\_Wright](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Alexander_Wright)
#### Post date: [1 ביולי, 2021, 1:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/proposal-for-a-plugin-to-enable-nomination-and-display-of-post-of-the-month/195637/3 "2021-07-01T13:08:09Z")
> [@merefield](#):
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> Another thing to consider is the fact that the top contribution might actually be a reply (ie a Post). Perhaps you could link the top Post from a monthly regular Post of the month Topic?
It was a post half way down a lengthy topic that has prompted my thought for this feature, so a post of the month topic is a good lead in.
I think I particularly want the voting part described above, to increase the user base participation, and to remove accusations of ‘closed cliques’ picking their mates.