Board Thread:New Features/@comment-4151266-20150615172420/@comment-1038387-20150615173626

Just for the heck of it, some ideas. I can see this, but also see some problems.

1. Have the ability to hide users from leaderboard - This means that admins can remove inactive users or users who cheated their way on the board and just show the users who actually try


 * I can see why people would want this. I was looking through our leaderboard the other day and found names I had never heard of. Turned out it were inactive since-renamed users. However, their effort is still genuine. If you want to overtake them, you've got to put in similar work. If you want badge cheaters off, make it a blockable offense in your local rules. Blocked users are removed from the leaderboard. Manual removal can be vulnerable to abuse.

''2. Have the ability to add and remove specific achievements - A while ago I had a user complain that they had edited everyday, yet were not given the achievement. I was able to confirm that they had done so, but I was unable to help them. If admins had this ability, they could very easily fix these situations.''


 * The day counter works on UTC days. So it's entirely possible to be editing every day in your timezone, but not in UTC.

''3. Have the ability to create individual achievements - This relates to the fact that all achievements as of currently can only be created in "Tracks" or according to categories. However, it would be very interesting and far more rewarding to users if admins could set achievements for specific articles or a certain number of edits. This could even be tied in with user titles. For example, on the World War II Wiki, we hand out user titles according to one's "rank" which based on how many edits one has. If Wikia staff created a special interface for admins to create achievements, there could be special options like "Give user title of: [Blank]" once awarded or "Unlock after [Blank # of edits] on [Blank pages]"''


 * Those titles are a nice touch, but may not be feasible for other wikis. You could try something with CSS or UserTags if you don't already. I agree there should be more possibilities to create custom badges beyond category tracks, but the suggestion you list is possible with a category.