On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 9:31 PM, BrianBrian.Mingus@colorado.edu wrote:
What's interesting about WikiTrust is that a trust score is computed for each individual. I wonder if these will be made public, and if so, how they will change the community of editors. It seems likely that they will not be made public. However, since the algorithm is published and I believe the source code as well anyone with the hardware could compute and publish how trusted each community member is.
I don't think the trust scores, if they're based on what the article describes, would really do much to show "trust" in a conventional sense.
Consider that someone doing Michael-style subtle vandalism (release dates, etc) may not get reverted for some time, while a good editor who likes to edit in political topics may get reverted frequently even when her contributions are good (or, perhaps, just have subtle PoV issues).
Pakaran