User blog comment:Bryce53/What Wikia Answers wikis should be like/@comment-26686429-20110502165857

My thoughts for this, as a sysop of an answers wiki
 * Gamification can work really well, but this system seems just to give "points", similar to Yahoo answer's points system, I don't think this will translate well.
 * Asking a question is contributing - and shouldn't give negitive points. Answers wikis tend to have a load of unanswered questions, but that's more about them not having any community involvement to start wiki, which is what makes people stick to wikis, even if there is gamification on the wiki, not having any community involvement will mean that there's no community there in the first place.
 * There currently isn't a "best answer" system in place for answers wikis, seeing as most answers wikis struggle to get a single answer, answering unanswered questions should be encouraged first. Also, there is no way for the software to distuingish between different answers, and making this system would mean a complete overhaul of all answers wikis to a Article Comments style model, which would cause more issues than it would solve.

Could Answers wikis do with gamification? Yes - but I don't think a Yahoo answers points system is the best way to go about it.