MichaelAnissimov comments on How to incentivize LW wiki edits? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Morendil 05 December 2012 06:17:20AM 23 points [-]

Start by implementing the anti-spam measures that have been in the pipeline for oh-so-long, and which would finally make the Wiki sidebar relevant, instead of creating an ugh field around even visiting the Wiki - as I suspect is currently the case.

Next, rather than implement complex reward features such as the one proposed above, just try to catch posts and comments that contain Wiki-suitable material and point that out to their authors. Also, lead by example.

Comment author: MichaelAnissimov 07 December 2012 11:24:28PM 1 point [-]

I strongly second this suggestion. If the spam posts can be eliminated, then people who make edits can be more prominently recognized on the "recent changes" page, instead of it filling up with spam.