On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 9:00 PM, Keegan Paul <kgnpaul(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Now, the interesting part of the voluntary nature of
Wikipedia is that there
does illogically persist an ideology of status, and "moving up the ladder"
just like in a professional world. In a paid environment, the motivation is
usually power, money, skillsets, and networking. On Wikipedia, you can take
out two of those motivating factors, but it's up to you which two you
choose.
Could change, of course:
http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Editor_awards_and_rewards