Board Thread:Wiki Discussion/@comment-1155842-20140616202404/@comment-53539-20140617194212

I'm shocked since she has been doing this for months, and yet its only recently been addressed.

There was always a fear of consequences when I turned them on, when I was bureaucrat, but they are "good merit" rewards and show which editors contribute the most. Others are suppose to act as the wikia milestones.

The alternative is turn them off, but this also means we loose some basic data. And while there are issues with the badges, they do encourage editors in the first place, and are meant to be something to encourage new editors to strive for good edits.

It was one of those early wiki decisions to make, I personally like the badges... But thats me. But I've never made edits to abuse the system, heck, I don't even know WHAT badges I've got... The other early wiki decisions were; 1 - comment sections on/off, 2 - ban anon editing... :-/

Even still, honestly, the spamy whamy comments I can live with, its just the random edits that waste other editors time.... Is it possible to stop someone editing but not commenting? :-/