(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.
Karma is a term denoting points accumulated to one's account. At Wikimedia projects in various languages, such concepts include number of barnstars, edit count, number of FAs I contributed to. 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.
