Robot Wars Wiki talk:Badges

I would like to discuss the possibility of phasing out badges. The original purpose of them was to get people to write summaries from scratch, and now that we no longer need that, it seems unnecessary to use them as incentives. I'm gonna be blunt here, I have turned a blind to a lot of instances where I feel like undeserved badges were awarded, and I'm starting to feel like the badges are turning into an entitlement instead of a reward. And I don't mean to sound self-aggrandizing but the badges that I earned were from turning sentences into essays, and I never once bothered an admin, or even gave a toss, if I didn't get a badge I felt I deserved.

The rewards for article expansion should be intrinsic; a user's primary motivation should be the betterment of the pages, not a tiny trinket to throw onto the pile.

I want everyone to know that I appreciate all the fantastic contributions, but if I'm being real, everyone who's done badge worthy work has plenty of badges already.

The badges are an outdated vestige of a different time, everyone is free to keep what they'e earned, but it's simply not possible to keep consistent with the originally intended guidelines thanks to the progress we've made. And the fact that we've progressed to the point that I can confidently say that we no longer need the badge system, is something we should be really proud of.

Anyways, that's where I stand. Anybody care to weigh in? '''R A 2 ; aka Resetti's Replicas. ( My Talk )''' 09:13, December 22, 2011 (UTC)