On Thu, 18 Oct 2001, Mark Christensen wrote:
I generally think this is a good idea. I'm not sure exactly how the system should work, but I propose something like adding 1 Karma Point (KP) for signing up with a username, and one more for every day you connect to the wikipedia after that (with the same username), and 2 KP for each day in which you've edited an existing article, and 3 Karma points for each day you add a new article.
I don't much like this sort of "scoring." That will encourage competition that isn't clearly in the interests of actually creating an encyclopedia. I like the idea of just being "in" or "out." Remember, the problem we're trying to solve is simply to disempower vandals. That's it.
Larry