William Pietri wrote:

BJAODN is a great example of people taking something annoying and making it fun.

This is one of the better justifications for it, and one that's pretty directly relevant to the state of the encyclopedia. I know the suggestion has been made that the existence of a trophy wall only encourages the vandals. But it also encourages the vandal-fighters, by giving them an outlet and additional motivation to spend time doing their grunt work in the trenches. Arguably our articles overall are better off for its existence.

--Michael Snow