On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 9:31 PM, Brian<Brian.Mingus(a)colorado.edu> wrote:
What's interesting about WikiTrust is that a trust
score is computed for
each individual. I wonder if these will be made public, and if so, how they
will change the community of editors. It seems likely that they will not be
made public. However, since the algorithm is published and I believe the
source code as well anyone with the hardware could compute and publish how
trusted each community member is.
I don't think the trust scores, if they're based on what the article
describes, would really do much to show "trust" in a conventional
sense.
Consider that someone doing Michael-style subtle vandalism (release
dates, etc) may not get reverted for some time, while a good editor
who likes to edit in political topics may get reverted frequently even
when her contributions are good (or, perhaps, just have subtle PoV
issues).
Pakaran