Board Thread:Smashpedia Business/@comment-4687866-20131026202817/@comment-4687866-20131028152733

Guys, I think you need to be a little more openminded - by having achievements, we can easier attract new people to be active on the wiki and as time passes, their edits will get better and better I'm sure. Everyone needs to start somewhere, and skill improvement can only come through experience :) More edits = more experience

Besides, remember that having new people join in is an important factor, both when trying to keep a community alive, as well as it adds to the collaborative productivity - the achievement badges is a fun extra feature that helps on those exact before-mentioned two points. I don't think it will do any harm here, more likely the opposite :)