[WikiEN-l] Not so broken after all, perhaps

Ray Saintonge saintonge at telus.net
Mon Jan 1 01:25:34 UTC 2007


Guy Chapman aka JzG wrote:

>I've compared the standard of some current deletion debates with some
>from a year back, only informally of course and without much system,
>but it seems to me that:
>
>* really obvious deletions are much less common, suggesting that PROD
>is doing its job
>* blatant spam and band vanity is no longer a significant contributor
>to AfD
>* quality of debate seems higher, with more references to policy and
>guidelines and much less bald !voting
>* more contextual knowledge is evident now, suggesting that
>categorisation may also be working as intended
>
>One thing which is not fixed: articles towards the end of the AfD day
>attract much less input than articles at the beginning of the day.
>
>Does anyone have a good idea for fixing that?
>
Apply a random number generator to determine the order in which they 
appear each time they are downloaded.

Ec




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