Forum:Badges

Hey guys I edit a few other wikis other then this one and I noticed that some of them give users Badges and "wiki points" as a sort of reward for making big edits, and other ways of improving the wiki (they also have leaderboard to see who has the most points). So I thought why dont we do that here? Obviously we should not give away points and badges for blog comments, user talk, or small edits, as that would just encourage users to make pointless small edits that don't help the wiki at all, but we should definitely do it(in my opinion) for big edits that actually help the wiki, like editing stubs, fixing templates, uploading images, fixing a page's grammar(like changing an article from present tense to past tense, not just fixing one or two words), and providing lots of links and references, etc. My idea for this forum is to first discuss whether we should do this, then discuss what warrants a badge and how much points one should receive, and finally implement this into the wiki. -- 22:40, May 15, 2013 (UTC)

here are some examples of this on other wikis, i will try to find more later.  

Discussion
I think the "badge" discussion has happened on countless occasions and in all those discussions we came to one conclusion "Such reward system will promote spamming as well as useless editing" .. I was in favor of bringing in the badges but still, I agreed with those spam problem as well. You can make custom awarding system developed and made for something that admins has agreed upon but bringing the badge system provided by Wikia is bit dangerous. 22:55, May 15, 2013 (UTC)

first can you provide me with a link to the previous discussions about the badge system. Also I already have stated that I realize this type of thing would normally lead to small edits, that don't really help the wiki, which is why I suggested making sure the badges are only giving out for BIG edits that are really useful like the examples I stated above -- 23:02, May 15, 2013 (UTC)

I also think we should have them. The other discussions are very old.

Honestly, we should at least try them. I rarely see people spamming them on other wikis. It's a great way to get new editors to contribute. 23:06, May 15, 2013 (UTC)

As Gal said, those discussions are very old .. don't wanna bother finding them >_> Also Capt, the idea of giving out awards to "big edits" to chosen ones would require Admin's input as well as their agreement, and the previous discussion were closed just cause some top-played didn't wanted to dis-balance their holding. Sore-losers is what I call them XDXD so, it better for you to contact admins or MOD on their talk-page to get their recent input on this .. trust me, the tides of the discussion will change when that happens XDXD Try it. 23:30, May 15, 2013 (UTC)

so what your saying is i should contact an admin's talk page and direct them to this forum to get their opinion? btw the admins are DP, Deva, Yata, Stff and Gal(whose input is already here) right, am i missing anyone? -- 23:41, May 15, 2013 (UTC)