On 2016-01-23 5:51 AM, Lodewijk wrote:
Anyway, I really appreciate the initiative, but there are some
conceptual hurdles to overcome.
Indeed there are, and that is why I said that it's very hard to do right
(and, IMO, doing it wrong is worse than not doing it at all).
I do think it's worth discussing however - I see advantages beyond
simple community building too. Highlighting exemplary contributions
(however we end up defining that) is, I believe, inspiring (and may well
give some of our most dedicated contributors some well-deserved
recognition too). I don't expect many people will contribute with the
award as an objective[1], but that doesn't reduce the value of them.
Perhaps we should set out a place on-wiki to hash out whether the
concept has value and - if so - how it could work out?
-- Marc
[1] Then again, the Commons POTY arguably gets us some of our most
valuable images and there is no question that there are photographers
and illustrators that contribute /because/ of it.
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