Board Thread:Consensus Track/@comment-11008902-20141226235147/@comment-1738746-20150122010620

Ok well in one of my first replies (if not my first) I actually conceded that the badge system/leaderboard does have some value to it- particularly being that it's a good place for newbies to see who's most actively contributing/the best people to seek help from. From this, I said to those who are opposed to the leaderboard, that if we removed it, what system could they put in it's place instead for newbies to still have a sort of "leaderboard" to go to. In none of my replies have I said the leaderboard was pointless and lame- I've been saying that it may promote "poor edits" and that false accusations of badge hunting is an issue that stems from it. These are points that the OP has raised among other points.

Thank you, that's a good point & policy I hadn't considered. Perhaps though a note could be added to the badge hunting section to remind people that before they accuse someone of badge hunting, they should assume good faith in said person's editing *insert link to good faith article*? Just so we don't have to prompt them with said article after the accusation has been made.