Re the suggestion that edit count is the only universal metric for success. Editcount is a very long way from being the only universal metric for success.
Length of Tenure and cleanliness of block record are just as universal. Adminship and other userights, are also universal, though I'd concede that adminship on some projects is seen as easier to get than on others, but then automated and semiautomated edits are perceived as less worthy than manual ones. Featured content is at least Wikipedia wide, though I confess I don't know wiktionary or Wikisource well enough to know if they have an FA style system. I'm pretty sure that Barnstars are universal, though maybe someone could do a survey of the wikis to check that. Linguistic skills. Babel boxes are another thing that matter in all our multingual wikis. Wikiness is a new one on me - http://toolserver.org/~erwin85/xcontribs.php?user=WereSpielChequers I've just come across it in the Stewards elections, so it is both somewhat specialised and at the same time something that editors from many different wikis can appreciate and clearly many are judging each other by. You could argue that it is a function of editcount and linguistic skills, but I think it more than that as I probably outscore some editors who are far from monolingual. Toolserver access and the ability to code are universally valued. As I believe are various other editing skills. If you want more I'd suggest creating some modules of Computer based training, with of course appropriate userboxen for those who complete them with a high enough score. It would be great to have one for Newpage patrollers to guide them through the minefield that is speedy deletion tagging, and there are several other areas where a shift from learning on the job to learning via a gamelike training modules would raise quality, reduce angst and I believe greatly reduce levels of newby biting. If we invested in some for new admins we might even address the two most common reasons for block histories amongst our most active editors. WereSpielChequers > I absolutely agree. We keep running into this problem (edit count as the > only universal metric for success) all over the place. > You mentioned the Wikimedia Labs project (i.e. the Toolserver equivalent), > but I think one thing we could do now would be to go take a look at the > mockup currently built for GlobalProfiles and let engineering staff know > what stats/info you think could/should be included in order to mitigate the > "editcountitis" issue. Note that it's just a proposed design doc, so if you > agree that we need better indicators of the work people do for the > encyclopedia now's the time to speak up. > > https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/mediawiki/wiki/GlobalProfile/design > > Steven > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
