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

[Till Westermayer]

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Hi,

catching up after holidays, I'm not sure if anybody mentioned it, but at
least theoretically it would be possible to make statistical
comparisions between anonymous ratings and logged-in ratings (if anon/
logged in is stored), so after a while we could show if there a
statictically significant differences between both ratings.

And on a related topic: I think ratings (who rates what how) should be
visible, meaning raters are conscious about their decisions and the
consequences.

Till


>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 ;-)


>- d.


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