[WikiEN-l] Slog rate

[Thomas Dalton]

2009/5/4 stevertigo <stvrtg at gmail.com>:
> On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 11:06 AM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Ok, how do you quantify that? You gave a numerical value for the slog
>> rate, what is the formula for calculating it? And what's the slog
>> rank?
>>
>
> I'm using "rank" here to refer to a level of deterioration within an
> article, derived from a rating of particular diffs. What the scale is, what
> the terms are, and what the method for combining diff rankings is, is
> entirely fluid. I'm using "rate" here to refer to the degree to which
> deterioration overtakes improvement within a particular timeframe. Its not
> quite as useful, and probably can't be combined into some general sitewide
> evaluation.

If it is all entirely fluid then it simply isn't quantified, so what
on earth does "8.5%" mean?