2009/8/21 Jay Litwyn brewhaha@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca:
"David Gerard" dgerard@gmail.com wrote in message
For the now-largely-abandoned article validation feature, here's a suggested list: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/En_validation_topics#Consolidated_plan The list there is:
The whole thing, methinks would be on a RATE tab. "What were you looking for?" is a search box with your current search in it.
Oooooh. Well spotted. Yes, the Special:Search page needs a "What were you looking for, in detail?/Did you find it?" on it.
I do not think anybody asks all of those questions unless they contribute. If they answer in the positive, then maybe a template should disappear. If they answer in the negative, then maybe it should appear. Of course, if they edit, that might be a quick way of learning which templates apply, so the user could place the template closer to where it belongs in an article, or just follow links in the template to directions on making improvements.
I'd expect here we're talking about a simple "rate this article" clicky thing for readers who can't be bothered editing or are scared to, but still want to make Wikipedia better somehow.
(As I noted on the linked page, making full data available to anyone who wants it is a good idea, and absolutely appropriate as it's part of working on the encyclopedia. That may even go as far as making full contributor/IP data available just as article history is. Thinking about it, though, that may discourage ratings - they're anonymous on most sites.)
- d.