On Sat, 18 Mar 2006, Steve Bennett wrote:
Hi, Well it's certainly very interesting. I wonder how it can be gamed, and what the consequences that would be for Wikipedia? I also note that deletions don't seem to be covered anywhere. An author who deletes text could be making a valuable contribution...
Steve
On 3/17/06, Geoff Burling llywrch@rdrop.com wrote:
Have a look at Ray King's essay:
http://www.pint2.org/index.php/Contributor_Ranking_System
Although this solution is aimed more generally at sites using Wikimedia software, this is something I believe Ray has been talking with Jimbo about. I happened to be present when Ray presented this the other night, & a known expert suggested an excellent way to grab some of the data needed without causing a strain on the servers.
And Ray is *very* interested in feedback. I hope he concentrates on a simplified version of this proposal, rather than trying to write the finished, with all of the bells-&-whistles version.
I know that the possibility of "gaming" this tool has been raised -- but if we make the assumption that what Ray's Toolbar measures is based on the version currently viewed, then the fact someone contributed "fnord" 100 times (which was quickly deleted) is factored out.
As for negative deletions -- I think that should be handled in version 2.0 (where I expect the cross-Wiki feature will be implimented). What do you think, Ray?
Geoff