Board Thread:Consensus Track/@comment-4544033-20150913232123/@comment-4544033-20150914215345

SkyrimsShillelagh wrote: Is this really necessary? I understand the need for motivation so that users make edits, but surely we can do it in different way then virtual badges? If people are hardworking an dedicated, then they can simply edit because they enjoy it. This like how they give everyone participation medals in sports now. It devalues everything. I understand the concern, I myself thing that giving everybody a prize for trying is stupid, but that is not what we are doing. The wiki has achievements for editing so many articles or adding so many images, and this has proven to be a solid motivator for a lot of us. This will be no different except the awards will be less common, and not effect leaderboard positions.