Openness vs. Earning Rights

WikiHow:

 * Everyone can edit (fully open)
 * Patrol/Add Images needs registering (still open)
 * Become an Article Booster needs passing a Test
 * Admins (delte/block) through election


 * boosting is a status to be earned (an achievement to be "unlocked")
 * patrolling marks something as "patrolled" (some kind of approving)
 * it's about earning trust to gain access to more powerful tools
 * Administrators drop out after being elected, because the fully "leveled-up"
 * voting is problematic, because its a vote on character, but people can't "know" everyone (new admins are elected by existing admins)
 * 92 existing admins, probably about 20 active ones
 * "We should rename Admin to Janitor" - Eric Moeller on Wikipedia Admins
 * Becoming an Admin is a "Social Trophy"
 * Existing Admins voting for new Admins could create a closed circle
 * Not enough incentives (like barnstars) makes the Adminship an incentive
   * trophy system
   * stackexchange is a good example
 * ThumbsUp for single edits
 * How to acknowledge good writers?
 * Backup encourages (reverted, rereverted by someone else)
 * Dunbar's Law (Monkeysphere) - you can't know everyone -> need for hierarchies/titles
 * reward systems can be gamed
 * assigning trophies is hard when quality is involved
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