Forum:Removing Badges

Badges, at first, were a great incentive for users to become more active, and badges did attract new active members to the community. However, recently, badges have seemed to have done more damage than good. Many users mistake the reason for these badges, badges are not something to be collected for mere vanity, they are meant to encourage editors to stay active and progress the Wiki. Lately, we have had many users who have, in simple terms, spammed the Wiki activity with useless additions of categories, blank blog posts, and blog comments saying "hello." RuneScape Wiki had badges for a short while but were later removed because of the same problems we face here today; the simple truth of the matter is that we have no need for these badges.

Discussion
Support- As author. 20:46, August 15, 2011 (UTC)