Timeline for Why was this question made community wiki?
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| Aug 16, 2010 at 17:44 | comment | added | Grant Palin | @RandomBen Yes, I did get the answer I wanted. I'm not fussed about the rep, but the fact the question was made CW though it didn't need to be. I honestly think the intent behind the question - perhaps not articulated enough originally - was to get a concrete response. | |
| Aug 16, 2010 at 14:09 | comment | added | Ben Hoffman | I think an important take away on this is that even though your question was marked CW, you still got the answer you needed. The goal of the site is to get the answers you need to your questions. So the only "downside" to your question being CW is you missed out on a couple of rep and the people answering did as well. The people who answered obviously didn't care though since they answered anyways. | |
| Aug 14, 2010 at 21:44 | comment | added | Tim Post Mod | @artlung - There are rewards from the system (i.e. badges) that are still earned from CW questions and answers. See my answer. | |
| Aug 14, 2010 at 14:35 | comment | added | artlung | Farseeker, that's a good point. I wonder if scoring on community wiki posts could contribute in some other way. There are lots of mechanisms that could be use - perhaps moderation tools (what they would be I don't know) or perhaps a different class of badges (community participation badges?) Or somehow score them along a different metric (flag as "excellent community contribution") or something. Lots to chew on. I do understand the need to remove the incentive for karma on some posts, but I really, still don't understand the reasoning as it is applied. | |
| Aug 14, 2010 at 4:57 | comment | added | Mark Henderson Mod | Personally I believe that this is a discussion that has to be had - it most likely is happening on every other SE site as well (if not now, then in the past or the future). It brings to light that perhaps there's some work to be done convincing the community that a CW question is no less valued by the community. | |
| Aug 14, 2010 at 4:49 | history | answered | Grant Palin | CC BY-SA 2.5 |