[WikiEN-l] Wired: Wikipedia to Color Code Untrustworthy Text

[Carcharoth]

On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 3:28 AM, Thomas Dalton<thomas.dalton at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2009/8/31 Brian <Brian.Mingus at colorado.edu>:
>> I would also point out that competition can be a very healthy thing and it
>> could very well be a motivating tool. Assuming an algorithm that is
>> difficult to game editors might well be very interested in improving their
>> reputation scores. It could even give some credibility to the encyclopedia.
>
> Yes, competition is a good motivator, but that is only useful if it is
> motivating people to do something desirable. We don't actually want
> people to try and avoid being reverted - WP:BOLD is still widely
> accepted as a good guideline, isn't it?

Is it not more likely that most long-term editors who have been active
for years have had most of their text mercilessly edited into oblivion
and have very low average "trust" levels? And more recent editors may
have higher trust levels?

Carcharoth