Erik Zachte wrote:
I'm not sure whether it will work (ref wikimoney) or whether it is a good idea anyway. It might lead to a meritocracy where people with a high rating throw their high wikistatus into an argument, or may even unintentionally intimidate others with a different opinion, where now the merit of each edit is judged on its own.
I suppose I don't see this as a negative effect, in the long run. I think as we fill in the gaps and become more complete and start moving from "need information" to "need better-presented information", it might be desirable to have some minor movement towards meritocracy. Not in the very strict Nupedia style, but something vaguely more than we have now. If there's a dispute over an article like, say, [[World War II]], then I'd want to give more weight to respected long-time contributors who are experts in the field than to every random person who stops by Wikipedia and tries to change the article to conform to their personal viewpoints.
-Mark