I declare incompetence here – was not thinking about gamification and badge-earning. You guys decide, or, if you want a second opinion, we can evoke @matteo_uguzzoni, our resident game designer.
I was thinking of creating a little narrative whereby contributors can place themselves easily. “I am a data scientist looking at CO2 emissions, therefore I am an augur. Let me look at my recommended tasks list…”
This is another critical point: we should have a landing page saying clearly what we are looking for. I would say:
- Introduce oneself topics. Helps to get a grip on what skills people have.
- Witnesspedia entry edits. Self-explanatory
- Comments to Witnesspedia entries. Debate on the entries themselves.
- Proposed new entries. Distrikt proposals, and entries on things other than districts. Currencies might become a big deal.
- Non-text contributions. Illustrations, videos, music, data visualizations, fictional economics papers, whatever.
Should we already encourage people to write fiction, too? Or is too early?