User blog comment:Quipp/Badges/@comment-27043282-20141117021441/@comment-27043282-20141117023358

I agree that it does generate competitiveness amongst the wiki users. As that shield is currently only limited to being distributed to only 5 users, it makes a kind of race for the users around that level. Instead of limiting the amount of shields that could be given out, I think it would be a good idea to have (at the start of the year) a set amount of edits/other things done on the wiki and any user that surpasses this amount would obtain the shield. The number could be changed throughout the year if a large number (say over 25 or so) people surpassed it. This system could also be used with the badges system in conjunction with the number of edits a user makes. So to get the shield, you have to do 1000 (I don't know if that is big enough) edits and 1000 points (probably too small as well).