Thread:Vandraedha/@comment-4011511-20121122022658/@comment-3474542-20121123204347

It's not that I don't want the templates to do this, I do ! It's the fact that I think that it would be too much work at this point, and I feel the current alternatives (encouraging editors, and incentives for adding categories) is a more workable solution. If you recall the problems that occurred when the currency sections were changed, you'll understand why I think very carefully before making certain changes to widely used templates.

I'm not worried about whether it's the template adding categories or the editor adding categories that gets the credit. If that was the case, either I would have a *MUCH* higher score on the Achievements Leaderboard. Either that, or the Animal, Decoration, and other templates wouldn't have the automatic categories they do have. ;-)

To be honest, I don't like the Achievements Leaderboard very much as it currently exists, and as soon as they release the option to remove yourself from it, I plan do that for my own score. You'll notice that I my profile page already doesn't display the badges for the leaderboard. It's not that I don't think kudos are a good thing, or that I think people should be into the whole false modesty thing. I just prefer to judge the current skills, activity and temperament of editors by looking at their edit history rather than looking at their score on a board that only keeps track of quantity rather than quality. If you look at the current Leaderboard, for example, at least 11 of the top 19 people aren't even semi-active anymore. Of those that are active, 4 have their position on the leaderboard because of the implementation of new edit tracks. That means that only 3 people are on there that were active, and continue to be active, since before the new tracks were added. One of them has a very limited computer, and can't easily join this conversation (although she does a lot of work adding pictures for articles).

That's not a lot of editors for a wiki this size (although there have rarely been a lot of editors on this wiki). It may have taken a long time for this wiki to get to the size it's currently at, but I have patience, and I'm looking forward to watching the wiki grow as new people join and contribute.