Oldski: I thought I should share with you our initial concept, which was that you would search for the games that you remembered, which meant that you would vote for the games that you really wanted, rather than going through a list of 1000s of games and by each name deciding yes/no if you liked them or wished them.
It then gives the votes a lot more credibility.
And that part of it is fine. The thing is, people don't necessarily remember every game they've played over the years, so some way of browsing them other than searching for the title itself is needed. Also, since new entries to the list aren't screened in any way, there are, as has been mentioned, lots of non-existing games. Also, several games have multiple entries, either because some people can't spell, or remember the title wrongly, or puts the name of the installment in a series before the series name, or whatever.
The thought behind the wishlist is a great one, but the current implementation is working against it, not for it. I'm looking forward to the new wishlist some time after new year's :-)