User blog comment:Stuartwikipassw/I'm just in it for the badges!!!/@comment-3364966-20110618130626/@comment-961279-20110618195006

You could argue that making the wiki better should be its own reward, but there's people who feel they need shiny trinkets in order to make what they do worthwhile. Obviously, I'm in the former group, but even on the wikis without the Achievement Badges and just still have the Top Users list, I've always looked at how much of my edits went towards building the wiki versus how many were maintenance (updating links to pages and pictures) or were to fix vandalism.