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{{KidsIntro|Should people who behave really well on WikiDeal get extra prizes for their good reputation? Nobody knows yet! This page is about a future study to find out if that would help or just make things complicated.}}

{{ExpertIntro|A wave 2 Open Call under study: examine whether reputation-based rewards would complement Karma tokens and reputation scores, or only add complexity. Scope covers added value, articulation with reputation management, and risks such as gaming, inequality between users, and confusion with monetary Rewards. Not yet launched.}}

''Draft, under construction, not yet launched. Initial hypothesis, to be refined before launch.''

WikiDeal aims at keeping its core concepts simple. Before adding any new incentive layer, the community would rather ask openly: would this actually help users, or just make the system harder to understand? This page frames that question for a future collective study, so that any decision emerges from transparent, participative examination rather than from a quiet design choice.

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WikiDeal aims at keeping its core concepts simple, so "reputation rewards" are deliberately not part of the current model. This wave 2 call is intended to study whether, and how, reputation-based rewards could complement existing tools at a later stage, notably [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Karma-Tokens|Karma tokens]] and reputation scores.

An illustrative use case: a long-standing member who reliably delivers on contracts might, under such a scheme, receive some recognition beyond her reputation score. Whether that recognition should exist, and what form it could take, is exactly what the study would examine.

== Scope (to be refined) ==

* Whether reputation-based rewards would add value, or only add complexity.

* Whether reputation-based rewards would add value for users, or only add complexity.

* How they would relate to Karma tokens, reputation scores and the [[Gov/en/Portal:Trust-Safety/Reputation-Management|reputation management]] approach.

* Risks: gaming, inequality between users, confusion with monetary Rewards.

== Who does what ==

* '''Contributors''' would submit analyses and proposals once the call launches.

* '''Reviewers''' designated by the Open Call process would assess them.

* '''The community''' would decide, transparently, whether the concept enters the model at all.