Board Thread:Administrative/@comment-1671874-20130516025148

In the past we've had a Death of Spider-Man badge, a Sega Captain America and Sega Thor badge, a Iron Man movie badge, a Fear Itself badge, and perhaps more I'm currently forgetting. But each of the ones I've mentioned were planned for only a short time and focused on one specific character (or event) and ended after a set period of time.

So.. any thoughts on devoting each month of the year to a different Marvel character (or team or event, whenever one is current at least) and their supporting cast? They could help keep to entice editors back to the site each month with more badges, and hopefully improve many pages throughout the process. They can of course be planned around a current film (Wolverine this July? Thor this November?) It could also become a big thing to vote on a next month's focus, if this came to be. We've had positive results with the past badges I've named, right? So why not this..?

These badges should also, imo, focus on perhaps "lesser known" Marvel characters, but ones that have had long histories and stories told: one month could be a Daredevil badge month, an X-Factor badge month, a Silver Surfer badge month, a Nova badge month, a Warlock badge month, a Black Panther badge month, a New Mutants badge month, a Dr. Strange badge month, a Ghost Rider badge month, a Hawkeye badge month, an X-Force badge month, etc, etc.

The only thing that could be tough about this is the setup and dedication behind them. And I have a question I can't recall the answer to: Who controls the start and stop of badges? Because if I can, I certainly don't know how to. If just Nate and Jamie can, perhaps that should change (if they are too busy to keep up with that). I also definitely think we need another big bot on the table to be able to handle something like this. Also, Spencer and ADour were great on working behind the Iron Man badges (and anyone else I'm forgetting.. I believe it was mainly, if not completely, those two however), so here's a big thanks shoutout to them at the least.

Any thoughts on anything above? Discuss away!  