User blog comment:Th3Gh0stWr1ter/Essay: The Eras of Redwall (1986-2011)/@comment-26119907-20160307134705/@comment-4983187-20160311071627

He did have a character-naming contest in 2010.

http://redwall.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:LordTBT/News:New_Redwall_novel_in_2011,_Name_a_character!