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[turpin]

I agree with Mike1 that the post count has gotten too competitive, just in the short time I've been a member. I like the idea of ranking, however, but it really should be based on substantive contributions to the kilt-wearing knowledge base or services provided to the community. This would move the competition-minded to share more useful ahoughts and ideas, such as AlanH and the X-Kilt contributions, Nick's kilt-wearing tutorial, concrete assistance theat benefits all members. It might even rduce the number of one-liner "I like it too" posts.

I don't know how rankings and promotions would be determined. Possibly the Mods would consider nominations on a monthly basis, those nominations being provided by members (not themselves, of course) with a short write-up of the reasons for the nomination. Not to pile more work on the Mods, but if the total post counts is substantially reduced and the value of individual posts enhanced, they might have more time to do this sort of thing.

We could keep track of total posts, but if the rankings are based on substantive contributions then people would still get an idea of the knowledge base from which an individual is posting.