[WikiEN-l] Wired: Wikipedia to Color Code Untrustworthy Text

[Emily Monroe]

> Is it not more likely that most long-term editors who have been  
> active for years have had most of their text mercilessly edited into  
> oblivion and have very low average "trust" levels?

Sometimes. However, on new page patrol, I'll sometimes completely  
rewrite a page, both for practice and because I see an inkling of  
potential in a page that would normally be speedily deleted via SNOW  
via AfD in a heartbeat. In other words, a well-meaning contributor  
ALREADY can't be trusted...according to a piece of software.

Emily
On Aug 30, 2009, at 10:08 PM, Carcharoth wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 3:28 AM, Thomas  
> Dalton<thomas.dalton at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 2009/8/31 Brian <Brian.Mingus at colorado.edu>:
>>> I would also point out that competition can be a very healthy  
>>> thing and it
>>> could very well be a motivating tool. Assuming an algorithm that is
>>> difficult to game editors might well be very interested in  
>>> improving their
>>> reputation scores. It could even give some credibility to the  
>>> encyclopedia.
>>
>> Yes, competition is a good motivator, but that is only useful if it  
>> is
>> motivating people to do something desirable. We don't actually want
>> people to try and avoid being reverted - WP:BOLD is still widely
>> accepted as a good guideline, isn't it?
>
> Is it not more likely that most long-term editors who have been active
> for years have had most of their text mercilessly edited into oblivion
> and have very low average "trust" levels? And more recent editors may
> have higher trust levels?
>
> Carcharoth
>
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