What is your argument?

And BTW, I think we all would like to have harnessed the enthusiasm that was generated in some of those thousand+ post threads. However, you can't focus it. You just need to provide opportunity.
Karma has done that somewhat but as I and others have said in another thread, we haven't been very good at providing other opportunities. I would love to comment in a thread when I see that someone has an interest in another area that might contribute to the general good of maemo.org. Something like:
"Sure, just click on the tab of the top of the page and you will be taken to Bugzilla, or the software comments page, or a WiKI."
I don't very often because that person may come back to that thread with off topic questions like "How come I need to register again?" or "It took me to a page where there are no images showing up, Is this right?" or (add your own here).
It would be very cool if they could come back to the thread before too many posts have accrued and report "done and done".

That can't happen now and it couldn't happen in 2007 when you first saw me post about it. Until it can happen, these are not opportunities but barriers that should be torn down. Until they are, it's inevitable that some from one group or the other will feel incorrectly that they were either denied or their opportunity to contribute in those other ways was somehow restricted by these barriers.

So my argument (if any ) would be. Go with the flow and have two sets of numbers, one for each group. A Yin and Yang if you will. The well rounded members like yourself will have high marks in each.
Yin's will take pride in their contribution to the community and Yang's will take pride in theirs. We will all know that contributions from both are needed and required for a strong community.
Hoo Ra!