On Sat, Feb 6, 2016 at 11:08 PM David Abián <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi folks, > > It's fantastic to see that we have such interesting tools to contribute > to Wikidata like Magnus' games. > > With Wikidata Game and The Distributed Game as a base, I think we could > go further and get a tool that serve, not only as a game, but as a real > competition. In particular, with the following additions and a few > suggestions, I believe we could celebrate great /in situ/ Wikidata > competitions over the world: > > * A chronometer with a start and a scheduled end while contributions are > registered for the contest. > * Some quorum (e.g., three) so that edits in the contest are only > applied to Wikidata if that quorum of people agrees on an answer. > * A scoring system that only provide points (or much more points) to > those who get a quorum. This avoids people answering randomly while they > destroy Wikidata and earn more and more points. > * A way to show the same questions to the quorum number of participants > during the competition. > * A real-time ranking in the competition scope. > * A way to manage the list of participants and to register an > administrator, or multiple ones, for every contest. > > Would this be a good idea? Would anyone like to develop some of these > features? > Please be aware that a large amount of gamification systems actually hurt the community they are trying to build. They (usually) only work in the short-term and make the situation worse in the longer-term. The way the current Wikidata Game is doing it is very good. Here are some articles to read up on this topic: * https://www.feverbee.com/participation-for-intrinsic-reasons/ * https://www.feverbee.com/blunt-instruments/ * https://www.feverbee.com/reputationsystems/ * https://www.feverbee.com/bigparticipationimpact/ * https://www.feverbee.com/dont-use-recognition-shortcuts/ * https://www.feverbee.com/superfans/ I can recommend the blog above for all kinds of interesting research-backed information around communities. Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher Product Manager for Wikidata Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 10963 Berlin www.wikimedia.de Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 Nz. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207.
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