Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-31919347-20171004155435/@comment-25876622-20171004162815

I support the idea! The point system should be up for discussion with the following criteria:
 * 1) Users who mainly review roles (most users) should have just as good a chance of winning as users who mainly make small mainspace edits. Therefore, equalize the points.
 * 2) Big (and helpful) mainspace edits should be proportionately more rewarding.
 * 3) Ask users like Zed what they would consider a "big" mainspace edit and ask their opinion on appropriate points.
 * 4) Point system should not reward users who hold engage in long discussions or multi-self-edit in a role thread. Example implementations:
 * 5) For every unique role thread post, gain 3 points. Con: Users putting short answers on every thread and never looking at them again.
 * 6) For every unique role thread post, gain 5 points. For every additional post, gain 1 point. Con: More annoying to add up for the Moderators.
 * 7) Point system should be fair to users who only role review, and to users who only mainspace edit. Then again, role reviewers usually post more often, so... suggestions!
 * 8) Answering questions should get more points. Just my opinion!
 * 9) Point eligibility:
 * 10) Absolutely only count contributions from the current month. Activity or inactivity during earlier months is irrelevant It is called TotMonth, not TotSeason.
 * 11) Even if you have a good reason not to be active during the month, that's life! There's always next month. It is called TotMonth, not TotLastWeek.
 * 12) Please don't forget the people who will do the counting: If the point system is to complicated i.e. uses too many variables, a Mod will need to spend too much time checking every single post made by an user during a month. Also, mistakes will happen.