User blog comment:MisterWoodhouse/The first specifics on the Unified Community Platform/@comment-5785681-20191026190411

As long as current features are being retired, I suggest retiring Achievements as a feature, as well. The code is ancient, the purpose has been outgrown and the problems are well known. I've seen it lead to edit warring, needless edits and worse. I can, otoh, envision a more equitable system based on clear-cut contributions that would award Badges or small Banners that could be displayed on a Profile page that would encourage all editors in a cooperative fashion. It could be a simple "Choice of Adjective" FANDOM Editor, depending on the achievement met, but the criteria would be clear to all and UN-ranked numerically. This would put editors on relatively equal footing no matter how long the wiki has been in existence. Of course, long-term members might squawk about losing a High Ranking Number, but the point of badges is not one-upsmanship but personal pride and encouragement to do more editing, eh? It's a suggestion, but one I hope the committee thinks about.