User blog comment:Gingerninger5120/Should there be achievements on wiki./@comment-24873188-20150804011317

Hmm..actually I never even thought about it. I always look forward to try and win some sort of achievements, as they encourage me to try and learn how to edit, so that one day I might be able to edit an article and not have to worry about making mistakes. I feel like, as a recently new member it is my obligation to try and help this wiki however I can (to me atleast). Since I don't know how to actually edit yet, I try and do some other things to help out in the wiki whenever I am able to. I also know that not every visiter/contributor may think like me or some of the other people on this wiki, who seek to help and/or improve instead of doing something only to win a small digital achievment sticker either. Even though they are achievements and reward those who work hard, I find it pathetic that some would actually take it so seriously as to make false edits to win one, since they're only harming themselves and the wiki.

I usually tell how high in authority people sometimes are, or how involved they actually are based on their achievements and/or amount of edits. That may be just me though, but when someone has a lot of editing achievemnents, they usually earn some respect as they help make the wiki. When someone does so much to actually help out and fix articles or make new ones, they should get some kind of reward, or atleast be noticed for it, since that should be the whole purpose of the achievements: it rewards those who work to earn it. Not only that, but it can encourage people to make edits and even talk to others (by leaving a message on their talk page).

However, I don't agree with people getting awards by making half-cared edits and articles just to try and get some sort of gain. I think it's more the fault of people taking advantage of the achievements, rather than the fault of the achievements themselves. I agree that there is a problem with people using them like that, but sadly I don't really know how people would be able to fix that issue. Maybe there should be some sort of vote for the whole wiki to decide how to fix the problem if it is so bad, but honestly I don't think we should get rid of them.