I think we should re-enable achievements. They would provide much needed incentive for users to make useful contributions. There's a strong pattern, ever since the feature was disabled, of users contributing a few times then disappearing, which I believe is because they got zero positive feedback. It seems to work quite well on most wiki's, and this one really needs anything it can get. Aside from a very small handful of active users, (like 6 including admins), this place is DEAD. And there's no reason it should be...
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Yes i agree but the problem with achievements is that new users will just try to get the achievements instead of trying to make quality edits. I mean what if someone got an achievement point for making 5 edits yet did nothing but put spam on pages? will there be anyway to take them away? or will we have some sort of system to look out for that?
(Edited by Mr.Rig and Zig)
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From the FAQ at w:Help:Achievements:
- One of the contributors on my wiki is making bad edits and doesn't deserve to earn a badge for them. Can I take their badges away? Once a badge is awarded, it can't be taken away. If someone is making silly edits just to get badges, then you can leave them a message on their talk page about it. As always, it's best to assume good faith -- they may not realize that they're doing anything wrong. Talking to them usually helps! If someone is vandalizing the wiki and fails to respond to messages, then blocking them from the wiki will remove their badges and take them off the leaderboard.
That would seem like the best way to handle something like that. I think it would only be an occasional thing too. If we do decide to enable achievements, we should state very clearly in the rules that that sort of behavior will result in warnings, and if repeated even after warnings, will result in being blocked for a period of time.
(Edited by RyaNayR)