[WikiEN-l] Re: Fuzzy Bunny Awards

[Anthere]

Denni wrote:
> Timwi wrote:
> 
> (1) The reasons Rick already mentioned.
> (2) WikiMoney didn't work either.
> (3) People will start doing certain things (e.g. make loads of trivial
>      edits to the article namespace) *just* to get (one of) these awards,
>      and then genuinely think they are entitled to (one of) these awards.
> (4) Community recognition works best when it is not measurable. I can
>      say with certainty that Anthere is more popular on Wikipedia than a
>      vandal, but I can't rank her with other people. If she were awarded
>      a "Wikipedia peace prize" and, say, Angela wasn't, then this would
>      create an artificial (and deceptive) ranking between them.
> 
> My thoughts:
> (1) The competitive will always be with us. They will always vie for all 
> the prizes. That does not mean we should stop giving them. It will be 
> very difficult to compete for the "Least Competitive Wikipedian" award. 
> And the more prizes the merrier. It is very nearly as easy to fool 
> adults as it is to fool children, and even when knowingly fooled, both 
> adults and children still value the recognition, except for the 
> occasional curmudgeon who is offended by any recognition of any sort.

I agree with this. I also think wikipedia is badly missing opportunities 
to show others we appreciate their work, and making our pleasure visible 
publicly.


> (4) Always. This month's number is "3". We deem three people worthy for 
> nicest Wikipedia:Faces faces. The fuzzy bunny award goes back to its 
> perpetual holder, Anthere.

:-)


> -- 
> •"The difference between extra-marital sex and extra marital sex is not 
> to be sneezed at." --George Will, on hyphen use

I am not sure I understood this one....