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What I'm picturing is two columns of checkboxes adjacent to each item.
One column is label "Did Well" and the other column is labelled "Needs Work". The rows would be thing like Naming, Template, Pricing, Mechanics, Theme, Similarity or something like those.

The goal is to let the voter say why they're voting the way they're voting. The benefits are potentially threefold:
- Datamining. Paizo will have hard numbers about what should be highlighted in the contest FAQ or Guidelines. Possibly it could also be used to understand player tastes better and used in product development. The voting portion of the contest is also a survey. It has the potential to create an absurd amount of value.
- Feedback. Possibly have the submission entry page reveal the final tallies after the contest. If a submitter sees 8:1 voted "Need Work" on the Pricing, but everything else was 8:1 Did Well, they have a starting point to improve from. This could increase retention across years as submitters could have a sense of building on experience.
- Negativity Sink. Possibly by having an outlet for criticism at the voting page, fewer people will use the forums to express distaste. Things could stay more upbeat for longer despite voter fatigue.


This may be a nuisance to a lot of people, but I think it would be good service to the community to have a sitewide notification about when the open call for Superstar items closes. I'm picturing that Wikipedia style "If everyone on the site now donated five bucks we could get so much pizza" things on the top of the site that collapses after a brief moment or when you start scrolling. I have no idea what to even google to find out that mechanism's name. Also, maybe give it a 'do not show me this notification' checkbox and cookie or whatever. Let people unclutter as needed.

Marathon Voter Season 8

Alot of online polls encounter issues with one person voting through multiple accounts or IPs, or individuals who are not usually members being enticed to come in and vote as a favour for someone. There are even groups who make it their purpose to ruin open processes.*

Are any contingency plans in place for if/when Mordenkainen's Thighmaster takes a lion's share of the votes?

* Without invoking specific groups, an example of this would be Hank the Angry Dwarf winning People Magazine's online poll for "Most Beautiful Person"