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Only point I'd have to leave out is with the MOTY/UOTY. How could we stay neutral, yet rate mods? If the public decides, the mods with the highest amount of members will always win. It'd be a touchy subject, don't you think?

On this, I think a PlanetQuake "mod of the week" or "mod of the month" is in order - in the old days of Quake 2 at least, a mod was chosen as MotW for random reasons. It couldn've been a new mod doing something cool, an older mod being brought back to life, etc. For all intents and purposes, the mod selection might as well have been random, but it was a great way for reletively new mods in the scene, or old mods being resurrected, to get some well-earned attention.

I don't like a user-voted MotW because, as you said, it is nothing more than a popularity contest. I'm sure many are willing to argue this, especially since mods are usually popular for a reason, however I really view MotW as a chance for un-assuming projects to hit the major spotlight and get more than just a passing glance.

(also, on a side note, the "quote" button is a bit wonky, at least for me - it seems to do the whole thing in a completely seperate page)