Changes between Version 17 and Version 18 of BadgesOld


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Nov 15, 2013, 4:57:39 AM (10 years ago)
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    11= Proposal: badges and achievements for volunteer contributions =
    22== Motivation ==
    3 The heading says it all: (volunteer) motivation. The general idea is to have BOINC support the notion of "badges" that represent various achievements and can be assigned to a volunteer's profile. Those badges should motivate the volunteers to keep contributing as they, apart from (un-sexy) credits alone, can show off their individual contributions in a more tangible and meaningful way. The basic idea isn't new. Various gaming platforms like Steam and BOINC projects like World Community Grid already support the assignment of achievement badges which are then displayed in the community section, e.g. as part of the forum post author details. We, the Einstein@Home and Joachim Fritsch, propose to standardise and extend this feature to all interested BOINC projects and beyond.
     3The heading says it all: (volunteer) motivation. The general idea is to have BOINC support the notion of "badges" that represent various achievements and can be assigned to a volunteer's profile. Those badges should motivate the volunteers to keep contributing as they, apart from (un-sexy) credits alone, can show off their individual contributions in a more tangible and meaningful way. The basic idea isn't new. Various gaming platforms like Steam and BOINC projects like World Community Grid already support the assignment of achievement badges which are then displayed in the community section, e.g. as part of the forum post author details. We, the Einstein@Home and Joachim Fritsch, propose to standardize and extend this feature to make it available to all interested BOINC projects and beyond.
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    55== Note ==
    … …  
    3232 * Display
    3333   * Forums
    34      * Be sure to avoid clutter: limit number of badges displayed and link to full list
    35      * Make entire badge display optional via community preference
    36    * Support badges display as port of "user of the month" feature
     34     * Avoid clutter: limit number of badges displayed and link to full list
     35     * Make entire badge display optional via community preference (like currently e.g. for avatars)
     36   * Support badges display in "user of the month"
    3737   * Show descriptive text when hovering over badge (mouse/tool-tip), full glory as part of badge list in profile
    3838   * Teams
    39      * Show team badges also in profiles of team members (somewhat separately)
     39     * Show team badges also in profiles of team members (somewhat separately?)
    4040     * Should member badges be accumulated on team page as well?
    4141   * Search (web)
    … …  
    9999== Open questions and challenges ==
    100100 * How to ship the badges (images) efficiently?
    101    * Should they be downloaded on demand (via URL) or shipped as "project file" (download on project attach/update)?
     101   * Should they be downloaded on demand (via URL) or shipped as "project file" (download on project attach/update) (looks infeasible with hundreds of possible badges)?
    102102   * Should they be downloaded as compound images (see stats site forum signature images) or separately?
    103103 * How to ship badge assignment data to the managers?