Board Thread:New Features/@comment-5785681-20200821183619/@comment-5785681-20200821224104

Not for nothing. I'm sure your edits are meaningful, well-done and useful to the wikis in which they appear, making it interesting and easy for someone of like mind to enjoy what you've produced. You know this intrinsically, so why do points mean so much? This is the crux of my statements. Wikis aren't the same thing as a game, where points seem to matter as proof of ability/skill. But not everything in life has to be reduced to a contest, does it? Perhaps this is Gamepedia's influence on FANDOM. I can't say, but I suspect much of what's going on has been a product of the merger.

As for badges...if they are awarded like military medals, they signify a worthwhile accomplish of a particular goal. There's pride of ownership in that. But nobody rational asks who has more medals nor compares soldiers to one another based on the number of medals they own, do they? Maybe some people do. I do not. Mind you, I'm not against meaningful competition and I will say, again, that if Achivements must include a Leaderboard, let it reset every week or every month so all editors can be stimulated to edit, not just allow old-timers to feel smug.

If FANDOM is going through all this trouble to force the new code on active editors (along with its concurrent workload), I think FANDOM can make Leaderboards behave differently with changes to make them more equitable in time. That's all I'm saying. The insight of the entrepreneurs invested in FANDOM know that a good way to grow a brand is to widen the demographic, especially for new interested users, but will they pay attention? We shall see.

Angelle 22:41, August 21, 2020 (UTC)