# Idea: Editor experience points

**URL:** <https://community.metabrainz.org/t/idea-editor-experience-points/420729>\
**Category:** MusicBrainz\
**Tags:** gamification\
**Created:** [March 16, 2019, 4:34pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/idea-editor-experience-points/420729 "2019-03-16T16:34:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Zas](https://community.metabrainz.org/user_avatar/community.metabrainz.org/zas/32/28_2.png) [@Zas](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/Zas)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2019, 8:35am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/idea-editor-experience-points/420729/29 "2019-03-18T08:35:35Z")

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> [@HibiscusKazeneko](#):
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> I’m extremely uncomfortable with this idea.  
> I’ve worried since I joined MB that having had edits voted down would affect how much weight my votes would hold going forward. Often times (primarily new) editors don’t know that they can cancel their edits, so I worry that such a system will discourage new editors from joining and contributing.  
> Additionally, having a visible score will encourage editors to compete against each other and may lead to a form of tribalism wherein more seasoned editors discriminate against and belittle newer/less active editors. We’ve occasionally had issues with this under the current system; I don’t want to see it rewarded or becoming commonplace.

Good points, it’s really not my goal to encourage such things.  
I don’t think such behaviors (discriminate/belittle) are related to a specific system, there are against our Code of Conduct anyway.

In fact, i was thinking about this to make all editors equal, currently they’re not regarding auto-editor status, because it’s based on suggestions by other editors and because the system is kinda broken ([Call for nominating new autoeditors (AE)](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/call-for-nominating-new-autoeditors-ae/413477))

So XP system would just be a way to put some light on those experienced editors who deserved to have more privileges (because they do good work) but aren’t “popular” enough to be nominated.

I also think current beginner/normal/auto-editor privileges levels aren’t enough. A more fine-grained system would help limiting damages to database. Think about a more progressive way to reach the current auto-editor status.

Something we could do is to calculate XP for all editors, only editor, auto-editors and admins could see the actual score, and it wouldn’t be visible by all.

It could still be used to trigger stuff, like an auto-editor election, without having the “competition” drawback.

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