Frankly you have had nothing to do with the wiki. You don't understand the reasons for it or the need for it. If an award would have worked we'd have done it. But that would HURT us, not help. An award would encourage short bursts of activity that would instantly die the second they got it. That's not what we want. That is a burden on us, not a benefit. The banner, and yes the color, is something has to be maintained. It encourages long term commitments to contributing. It's something we desperately need. And I really don't think it's the right of people not involved the in wiki to declare it to be "useless clutter" when it was serving a very vital function we required.
From what I understand, the majority of people wish for the removal of userranks such as Wiki Scribe and Hylian Nobles. If the majority of people wish for something to be removed, it should be and the decision should remain uncontested because the majority rule.
Because you are defending the decision and you are defending the label of "clutter" to justify it. If you don't want to be involved, then don't defend it like that.
That was the Hylian Knights, and I still think the poll shoul be considered in its removal, but that's not my decision to make.
Considering it was my idea, no. I don't. And I'm kind of puzzled at the idea of an award being a viable idea because that's worse. Earn it once and then stop. If they're contributing long term, who cares about their motives? Maybe someone who just initially wanted the banner ends up loving the work there. It's an incentive. That's what incentives are for. They give you a reason to want to do something. And I don't have a problem with awarding a banner to people who help out. We need that desperately. It takes a lot of people to keep expanding a wiki and we're running low because no one is joining. We need incentives. It's that simple. This shouldn't have been done without consulting us.
