Re: PostgreSQL Contributor levels

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> That sounds complicated.
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> Also, I am afraid that splitting up contributions in categories will
> do the opposite of what we want: people will think that code contributors
> are a better category than conference organizers. And I thought we don't
> want that.
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> Ultimately, it is a value judgement who is a valuable contributor, and
> we shouldn't try to hide that behind formalisms. The process will always
> be some variant of "Hey, I think Cornelia should be on the list." -
> "I agree, let's put her on the list."
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+1

I recall a few years ago there was a debate about one contributor being
moved from Major Contributor to regular Contributor. Adding new levels will
ultimately create more such debates, and we will need to be ready for that.

I like Cornelia's categories. Reading through them I recognize that I and
many others would be fully invested in the token economy (aka "gold star
economy") created therein.

The badge proposal described by Melanie would create similar investment on
my part. It also has the advantage that badges can be created on-the-fly to
recognize achievements that otherwise defy classification.

But having either such thing would pressure the community to categorize and
quantify every unit of work put into it, and then defend those quantities
and categorizations when someone feels slighted by their ranking. My fear
is that the new burden will fall on people who are already contributing
greatly, and thus would be contributing less, and the new contributions
won't make up for that loss.