Karma

(English) This is an essay. It expresses the opinions and ideas of some Wikimedians but may not have wide support. This is not policy on Meta, but it may be a policy or guideline on other Wikimedia projects. Feel free to update this page as needed, or use the discussion page to propose major changes.

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Karma is a term denoting points accumulated to one's account. At Wikimedia projects in various languages, such concepts include (but are not limited to):

• Number of barnstars
• Edit count
• Number of FAs you contributed to
• Service awards
• Wikipedia:Adopt-a-user — program designed to help new and inexperienced users by pairing them with more experienced Wikipedians.

A clarification may be due here... I don't like being adopted because I prefer to feel on the same level as others; we're all learning, we're all more or less experienced.

These are disastrous, barbarous concepts; apart from being confusing, they mislead contributors' work. Examples are included, as an illustration of the concept.

• Good Humour barnstar — misused to apply more humour and pay less attention to the content and context being worked on.
• GA and FA class style guidelines (a follow-up) — considered more valuable when justifying work on article, over reaching agreement and understanding with another contributor.