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Q: Why are approved edit suggestions worth reputation?

starballI'm not against it at all. I like it. I'm just curious what the rationale is/was. Of course I agree that good edits are good and that good things should be incentivized, but why with rep? The help center page on reputation says: Reputation is a rough measurement of how much the community trusts ...

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A: Why are approved edit suggestions worth reputation?

MartinI think that this depends on how you view the purpose of reputation. It is a number attached to a user. What purpose does it actually serve? Is it meant as a reward and as a part of the gamification aspect of the site? Is it meant as some measure of expertise of the given user? Is it supposed to...

Thanks for all the links! Some of your logic makes sense to me. However, "depends on how you view the purpose of reputation" is not what I'm looking for. I'm looking for an authoratative rationale statement (or a statement that no such statement exists) about the design of the system. If there is no authoratative statement, then the next best thing I'd be looking for is how much community consensus there is on whether this is a good design. — starball 31 mins ago
@starball Fair enough - so it seems that I have only said things that you already know. Let's hope somebody else might be able to respond to stuff you're interested in. I'll still leave the answer here rather that deleting it. (I think that it can be useful to some extent - although probably not for the links.) — Martin 27 mins ago
I understand that reputation is used to grant privileges. That's clear from the quotes you use. But the quotes you use at the bottom of your post do not convey that reputation is based on a user's proven ability to properly use the system. Is there an "authoratative" post (help-center, MSE FAQ) that says that? Otherwise, there's just the "you know what you’re talking about" statement, which seems to be about site-specific subject-matter-knowledge, which is not the same as knowing how to properly use the site features and privileges (unless it's on meta sites!). — starball 25 mins ago
I do really appreciate the effort you put into your post though. It shows! If you want to complete it, you could add a short note in your middle paragraph (or wherever else you see fit) that spells out how it addresses my "why not just use badges and not rep to encourage edits?" query. — starball 22 mins ago
And yes, please don't delete your answer. I've updated the question to say that I'm looking for an authoratative rationale statement, and if there isn't one, what the community thinks of whether edit-rep is a good idea and why. Your answer addresses that point. — starball 2 mins ago
in Shadow's Den, 1 min ago, by Martin
@starball In case you wish to do so, we could discuss the stuff briefly in another chatroom. (I tried here since I see that you're in chat - and I do not want the comment thread to grow too long.)
in Shadow's Den, 23 secs ago, by Martin
But I don't thing I'll be able to say too much beyond the fact, that my answer says how I see it - but I won't be able to provide something that would fit your exact criteria and could be considered authoritative enough.
 

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