Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5056929-20130104120051/@comment-5334494-20130105165814

@ItsBloonTasty:

Raindrop57 wrote: While badges encourage more users to edit this wiki, and make them want to contribute multiple days in a row, badges also draw in badge hunters, and make users make smaller, more numerous edits. Therefore, my opinion on removing badges is neutral.

That is my reason on why I wouldn't want badges removed.