There’s been some talk on the Emerald City blog about someone taking over Hugo Recommendations for Cheryl once she closes the doors of EC. John Klima, meanwhile, has set up a SF/F Best Editor Wiki to help folks determine who edited what come Hugo voting time.

Might not the best option be a combination of these two ideas? What I think would be ideal is if someone setup a wiki devoted to Hugo eligible works. I know I’ve found it difficult in the past to recall all of what’s been published in a given year, and if I had an easy reference that would make things much simpler. This would be especially useful when it comes to the Dramatic Presentation categories, which I always find difficult to fill out.

A lot of people have been bemoaning the lack of Hugo voting — if you look at the vote tallies, it’s quite appalling to see how few of Worldcon’s some-6,000 attendees actually vote (it’s in the low hundreds in each category) — if this Hugo wiki was setup, and then linked to on the Worldcon/Hugo voting website, perhaps it would encourage more people to participate? Perhaps the current system is just too much work for most fans?

Thoughts? Ideas?