User blog:Roads/New Achievements System?

As inevitably everyone has figured out, Wikia has a (thankfully optional :P) achievements system. However, it's pretty flawed. You can spamspamspam for badges and the admins can't take them away or remove you from the system. Also, as points get bigger and bigger, it gets harder and harder over time to get on the Leaderboard.

So I propose a new, non-automated reward system for doing things such as joining and making your first edit (triggering the automated welcome), making your first episode, first series, first alien, reaching 100 edits, and so on. Maybe even one for going straight after a ban, or showing good character or something. And of course one for getting on of your creations, or you, featured.

The advantages is that it makes admins a bit more watchful, and adds interactivity instead of the system automatically spewing out a popup at the bottom right. Also, admins can judge whether or not the milestone was reached legitimately or not (i.e. not spamspamspamming edits).

Perhaps the primary advantage is the lack of a leaderboard. There would be points, but would mostly be for just you. This way, there wouldn't be as much of a feeling that you're dominant if you have more points, or if you're on top of the leaderboard (something I don't brag about nor care about really). Thus, bragging reduced, feeling that you'll NEVER get anywhere reduced. :D

These would be green boxes in the usual format (such as this), but with an Omnitrix symbol on the left, posted on your Wall. They would accumulate on it, or—IF you know what you're doing—have their code copy/pasted onto your userpage.

Points would also accumulate. The number of points a badge gives you would be in the box, as well as your current total. Maybe, after a certain number of points, a special Expert badge would be given that would end the climb.

And of course the current achievements feature would be disabled.

Admins, but not chatmods, would be exempt from the system, but I'm not sure how it would be handled when you're promoted. Would all your past badges be removed? Would you be given a special admin badge that deletes all your points? The system isn't quite finalized yet.

So, you like the idea? Suggestions? Comments? Hate rants?

---****--- Roads 13:04,9/14/2012