How should cards with multiple authors be counted?
(For instance would cards by the CommunalCardCreation count for all initial authors or just the person who makes the thread after the idea is designed?) [The author that contributed the most as decided by the authors will get the points.]
It is very wise to only count Forge and above to remove an incentive to spam card ideas.
I am wondering if articles on design theory should count and if so what standard would they be held to? [No. Too subjective.]
I like this improvement to the CIA section.
[paraphrased answers from chat]
To those original questions.. Multiple authors is a problem. I think that to keep it simple, it's better if one person gets credit for the idea, although that might be unfair in some situations. Hopefully with every idea, there is one person who contributed the most, and others acknowledge that.
Points from articles is also a problem. We need something simple we can measure without any need for subjective evaluation. Number of card ideas in higher levels is just that. Measuring and giving points for something like "activity" or "helping others", is much more difficult, even though that is definitely a big part of being a good and respected card designer.
We will most likely have to change the rules a bit by making Idea Factory accessible based on other things as well, not just card designer rankings. We'll go back to the drawing board and see what we come up with.
