User blog:Annonnimus/The new achievements system

Soon wikia will introduce the Achievements system, where registered users will earn points and badges for performing certain tasks on a wiki. The points earned will replace the large editcount in the top-right corner of the screen (the editcount will still be visible next to username above the "My Home" tab). When it's introduced a community can ask for it to be implemented on their wiki through Special:Contact, it will not be mandatory so if we choose not to use it then we will not be forced to.

Badges
There are three types of badges that can be earned; bronze badges which are are worth 10 points, silver badges which are are worth 50 points and gold badges which are worths 100 points (There are also platinum badges, but I'm not sure how they work yet). The badges can be customized to fit the wiki's content, so we can make them South Park themed. Badge desctiptions can be canged through MediaWiki, images will probably have to be uploaded to a specific file name.

Testing
A beta version of the system is already being tested on a couple of wikis; Sonny With a Chance wiki, Vampire Diaries wiki, Iron Man wiki and Red Dead wiki. (Go to your userpage on any of those wikis and you will earn your first achievement, also try editing to see if you like them or not.)

Some problems might arise due to achievement boosting (i.e. making useless edits to get achievements). Those users will be warned and then blocked if they persist.

So what are your opinions. Should we use the Achievements system on the South Park Archives or should we leave it as it is?