User blog comment:Noeinstein777/WoM Clubs ???/@comment-25297120-20140930042104/@comment-25143095-20140930052142

Hi CW, yes I love the idea too. It's been a thought I have had since I joined KA and then later on again when I joined this wiki. The idea is sound - it's the implementation that is the challenge.

I would love for KA to create a skills mastered dashboard (ability to show progress on the entire WoM mission). That would make these clubs a slam dunk. Actually at that point we could implement a real leaderboard. Not just a simple club in which you get to have your profile name listed.

So do you feel that creating such a group of clubs (I refuse to say leaderboards since folks would be listed alphabetically regardless of how many skills they have mastered - within each club that is) would have a large number of folks fake it to get on one of the club lists?

I believe it would be hard to do so for anyone who wants to get in the 800 club. As their live public profile would provide plenty of clues. I don't want to publically state all of the things someone needs to fake in order to achieve this. As for the 600 club (or even the 700 club) I am not too concerned. The person's public profile must display the Da Vinci badge - that in itself is quite an achievement. If someone can do that - I am willing to believe that they are capable of working towards mastering more skills. As they do there are clues that the profile provides that will support their claim.

Personally I would like to believe that the vast majority of folks are honest and thus use these clubs as a way to encourage more folks to continue working towards complete mastery of the WoM.

Ultimately it would be nice for KA to create new badges starting at 600 on up.