[WikiEN-l] Try out the rating scheme

[Magnus Manske]

Poor, Edmund W wrote:
>>
>
> If testing this new feature does NOT cause the servers to slow down
> immediately, then there is no reason not to try it out. Someone had
> claimed an immediate TRIPLING of access time, but Magnus says "I doubt
> it will degrade performance in the initial phase", and I believe him.
>
> Magnus is one of the three people whom we all trust the most at
> Wikipedia. If he says there's no risk in a live test of a new feature,
> then I say there's no risk. 
>   
Thanks :-)

I'd like to add that *if* I'm wrong about this, someone flip a switch in
LocalSettings to turn it off again. So, worst-case scenario is the
servers getting slow for a few minutes.

Magnus

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