Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-32881402-20171114205639/@comment-32881402-20171119162216

SpacedefenderX wrote:

ProfessorArceus wrote:

Anons unite wrote: also, arc, that's an extreme example. what if the vet makes the same amount of edits? how about slightly less? Then it should still be toward the newcomer. Actually, I think that the newcomer should have the upper hand unless the Veteran has a LOT more quality edits than the newcomer. Because ToTM isn't just a system of "You did well, here's a thing for you". It's a way of encouraging newcomers to stay here. With an award like that, they'll have a commitment that is "forced" on them, to stay. They've been congratulated for what work they've done here, why not continue? They can advertise this award and say that "I won ToTM in my first month, and now I've had this flair for a year!". I'm not trying to say that this is necessarily the aim of ToTM. I'm saying that it can be other things. I disagree, since you don’t need to give an award to convince people to stay, plus with some people winning more than 1 time, there are veterans that haven’t won, and are trying hard to.

Also there isn’t much to do on the wiki anymore... You don't need an award, no, but it's an effect. Often, people will start incredibly enthusiastic. If we can give them this extra boost in the form of a reward, they'll be encouraged to help the community and be commited to it. If they leave once they have the reward, they'll be seen as a greedy bitch. If they stay, they'll be seen as a great person who's helping.

With Veterans who are working hard, they then deserve it more. I'm tackling the problem that is consistency - a Veteran is likely to be less consistent with edits because they haven't managed to get ToTM yet. Or there could have been tough competition which can also happen, in which case they'll have been working hard and will most likely get the recognition. These problems will be solved when the Wiki Staff count the edits towards the end of the month - they can judge fairly because they have experience and they are less biased.