Thread:Saruhikofushimis/@comment-5785681-20200812045848

I see CC's notice about Forums being "retired," so I thought it would be a good time to discuss "retiring" Achievements, too. Awhile back, I raised this possibility and you asked if we could wait until Tari and Yuji return. Both have been absent from the wiki for nine months or more and I believe we can decide this between the two of us.

My reasoning for eliminating this feature is multi-fold:

1.It is a degraded feature, no longer considered useful by Community Central, making its presence obsolete;

2.The new UCP doesn’t offer it, hence the feature won't transfer when legacy wikis are brought on board;

3.In a wiki's early history, Achievements can be motivational, but as a wiki “ages,” I believe that it discourages new editors; 4.The new Analytics feature, available only to Admins and Bureaucrats, puts regular editors at an unfair disadvantage by providing A/Bs with inside wiki information. This, to me, is unethical; and

5.I have felt this way about the feature even before Analytics became a part of the wiki, though Analytics heightened by distaste for it. Achievements does not exist on any wiki for which I serve as an Admin and hasn't for a long time.

I am open to discussion.

Angelle 04:58, August 12, 2020 (UTC) 