Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24235314-20150715025626/@comment-10666155-20150716055357

Doue wrote: ScourgesCustomPlants wrote: 1) Badges, IMHO, make the wiki look unprofessional.

How so? Does anyone really go to people's userpages just to stalk their badges? And even if they did, how would the make the wiki look unprofessional? Plus, badges are a way to commemorate what people have done (e.g. Added many images, made many bloon conceptions)

Mind if I put my two cents?

But that's the problem, when people add a lot of images or makes a lot of conceptions, edits frequently, etc. People will assume that user is badgehunting, and when someone assumes they're badgehunting and others will say that they're doing it, It will discourage said user and possibly make them quit. We're trying to prevent that by removing badges.