[WikiEN-l] two-tiered ratings system (Was: To boldy delete what no one had deleted before!)

[Ray Saintonge]

David Gerard wrote:
> 2009/1/15 Ray Saintonge:
>   
>> David Gerard wrote:
>>     
>>> Just ignoring the top and bottom 10% of ratings can do wonders for
>>> this sort of thing, by the way.
>>>       
>> That would work, but may not be necessary if the number of raters is
>> large.  I suspect that the figures with and without truncation will tend
>> to converge. If a rating system of this sort were implemented it should
>> be an easily tested hypothesis.
>>     
> Another idea: make all ratings public information, because they're
> part of the process of working on the encyclopedia so should be
> viewable for transparency.
>   
I don't think it's necessary information, but if that what it takes to 
get a useful system in place, I wouldn't stand in the way.

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