[Wikipedia-l] Re: Article validation: allow IP ratings for the raw data phase

[Anthere]

Yann Forget a écrit:
 > Le Monday 23 May 2005 13:24, Anthere a écrit :
 >
 >>Yann Forget a écrit:
 >> > Hi,
 >> >
 >> > Le Sunday 22 May 2005 17:05, Magnus Manske a écrit :
 >> >>David Gerard schrieb:
 >> >>>I suggest that we allow ratings by anonymous users (IP numbers), at
 >>
 >>>least in 1.5.
 >>
 >> >>>
 >> >>>Reasons for this:
 >> >>>
 >> >>>* we've always worked by leaving things as open as possible and only
 >> >>>  restricting as needed;
 >> >>>
 >> >>>* we're explicitly not using the data for anything important yet, 
so if
 >> >>>ten thousand rating spammers put [[Image:Autofellatio.jpg]] top
 >>
 >>marks for
 >>
 >> >>>everything, it won't actually affect anything;
 >> >>>
 >> >>>* the raw data will be of great interest to people, and as wide as
 >> >>>possible is good. (I can see the academics studying Wikipedia 
slavering
 >> >>>for the ratings data tarball ;-)
 >> >>
 >> >>Two reasons against this:
 >> >>
 >> >>* Later, we will allow only logged-in users to rate articles, right?
 >> >>Otherwise, we'll lose a great part of the perceived reliability
 >> >>improvement, IMHO. But how can we really set up this system if the 
data
 >> >>we use as a foundation for the decision is based on anon entries as
 >> >> well?
 >> >
 >> > I think it better if only logged in users can validate articles.
 >> > But well it depend what we want to do with this feature: selecting
 >> > articles
 >> > for an offline publication or studying psychology and sociology of
 >> > Wikipedia readers ?
 >> > We have a precedent: only logged in users can upload images.
 >>
 >>This is not the same.
 >>Uploading images is a way to improve the quality of the project. We had
 >>to put restrictions to limit vandalism.
 >
 >
 > For me this is the same. Validating articles is a way to improve the 
quality
 > of the project.

Okay; But then if we do not allow readers to rate articles, we could 
find a way to allow their feedback to be taken into account. Ant