From: wikien-l-bounces(a)Wikipedia.org
[mailto:wikien-l-bounces@Wikipedia.org] On Behalf Of Jesse W
It certainly needs to be rewarding, or the community
will
leave - but fun is hardly the only form of reward that people
can have.
Achievement, social recognition, physical stimulation, all of
these are forms of reward. (Not that Wikipedia provides much
in the way of pleasurable physical stimulation, but let's not
go there...)
I think that a lot of editors beaver away at their chosen field and take
satisfaction from getting an article written. I know I certainly enjoy
slotting another fact into place in this vast jigsaw.
It's silly, but the biggest thrill I had was from finding an article that
needed to be written about a historic little church in Richmond. I did some
research, wrote the article, wikified it and uploaded a photograph, all
without the input of others until after I'd finished and folk came along to
cat and dab it.
Peter (Skyring)