[WikiEN-l] Article Feedback - Ramp up to 10% of Articles

[MuZemike]

Hence the one comment on the Wikimedia blog article 
(http://blog.wikimedia.org/2011/07/15/%E2%80%9Crate-this-page%E2%80%9D-is-coming-to-the-english-wikipedia/) 
about the survey poll: http://www.vizu.com//poll-results.html?n=138785

50.5%
It will be griefed like YouTube comments.

-MuZemike

On 7/27/2011 5:21 AM, Thomas Morton wrote:
>>
>> I'm cynical about this article feedback system for several reasons,
>> chiefly the worry that it could exacerbate the templating trend of
>> commenting on lots of articles rather than actually improving a few.
>>
>>
> I'm also slightly circumspect about the idea (though not outright opposed or
> anything).
>
> The issue I've noted is that it is being used as a "warfare" tool on
> controversial articles. I've not seen it mentioned on a talk page yet; but
> one contentious article (on a subject with a large online following,
> entrenched *readers* on either side of the issue) has had the bars swinging
> between about 1.5 and 4 in the last week.
>
> Not a huge issue, but I suspect that on certain articles the ratings are to
> be trusted less than usual :)
>
> Tom
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