[WikiEN-l] Slog rate

[Jay Litwyn]

"Jon" <scream at nonvocalscream.com> asked in message 
news:4A02F66B.2060401 at nonvocalscream.com...
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> What algorithm are you using [to calculate a slog rate]?
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Everyone can put articles on a scale of one to ten, disregarding content 
warnings at the top, and it would be a heuristic algorithm, weight as you 
please, combining something like gunning fog index, understandability, a 
rough count of grammatical errors, an estimate of how correct the article 
is, and another estimate of how complete the article is. Naturally, those 
last two things would not figure into any mechanical quality index, and it 
is better if a grammar checker flags jargon and identifies passive voice for 
you. Although I offerred ratings on some articles when I started with 
wikipedia, it is not my best game. It might even encourage a compromise on 
completeness or correctness. Writers in Science, for example, would find it 
very hard to avoid jargon, and once that jargon has its own article or a 
proper introduction, jargon should be not only allowed but encouraged, as 
long as it is speakable.
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