Very few people volunteer to enter wiki information of any kind: well below the typical rate of wikis (none, in fact, between 2016-05-12 when detailed tracking was added and today, 2015-05-17). This is despite having over 2,000 visitors during that time (typical contributions to wikipedia are about 1%). The site needs some mechanism to encourage and acknowledge people who contribute.
SOLUTION
There should be a system of acknowledgements built into the site for wiki contributors.
First, any entry which has been edited by a certain user should show their icon (with a full name upon hovering) next to the entry.
Second, clicking any such icon should drop in a dialog which shows off that person's overall contributions to the site, including any "titles" they may have acquired.
Third, upon contributing to an article within a given mod, a user should be awarded points:
+1 for editing an existing article
+10 for a new article
+5 for adding an image to an article
etc.
The "thank you" for making an article contribution should reflect the number of points gained, the number of cumulative points in that mod, and the number of cumulative points overall.
Third, each mod page should show the current leader in points, and possibly the next few. There should be a clear link to see the whole leaderboard for that mod. The leaderboard would be a dialog which drops down to show all the contributors and their cumulative points for that mod.
PROBLEM
Very few people volunteer to enter wiki information of any kind: well below the typical rate of wikis (none, in fact, between 2016-05-12 when detailed tracking was added and today, 2015-05-17). This is despite having over 2,000 visitors during that time (typical contributions to wikipedia are about 1%). The site needs some mechanism to encourage and acknowledge people who contribute.
SOLUTION
There should be a system of acknowledgements built into the site for wiki contributors.
First, any entry which has been edited by a certain user should show their icon (with a full name upon hovering) next to the entry.
Second, clicking any such icon should drop in a dialog which shows off that person's overall contributions to the site, including any "titles" they may have acquired.
Third, upon contributing to an article within a given mod, a user should be awarded points:
The "thank you" for making an article contribution should reflect the number of points gained, the number of cumulative points in that mod, and the number of cumulative points overall.
Third, each mod page should show the current leader in points, and possibly the next few. There should be a clear link to see the whole leaderboard for that mod. The leaderboard would be a dialog which drops down to show all the contributors and their cumulative points for that mod.