I take it you mean the "sysops and truster
reviews only" thingy?
The idea is that anyone can join one of the teams, if the existing team
members approve him. Elian suggested to use individual ratings instead,
but I think teams are important because they represent aggregated trust.
Ratings themselves can be low-quality, so you need a reputation system
of some type to get the good ones. Nevertheless, the team thing should
be very community-like and open, a bit like SETI@Home, where competition
and cooperation work well together.
I don't think the one cow articles would ever be certified, but when we
import information from a trusted source like the US Bureau of Census,
we could certify all those articles under that name, provided the bot
has not made mistakes.
Regards,
Erik
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