>>! In T124003#1979073, @TheDJ wrote:
> non public encouragement != public awards
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> BTW. Just thought of a possible variant to cross that achievement bridge slightly, yet still keeping close to the culture of Wikipedians.
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> What if we were to send OTHER (fellow) editors a notification when someone achieves something ? Inviting them to encourage the editor for instance. Will be a bit harder to implement, but might be interesting thing to explore at some point.
> * You could have lot's of 'achievements'
> * When reached, apply a randomness factor (to avoid predictability and reduce occurrence).
> * Pick another account that recently edited (and possibly shares traits/interests, whatever with the first user)
> * Ask the 2nd editor to congratulate user 1 on his talkpage (no templated response), or even at some point something smarter like: proposing how they could work together (User 1 is very active in maintaining categories as well, have you met him yet ? Maybe you could work together if you introduce yourself to him !)
> Add an opt-out switch for those who don't like to be social at all of course. :)