[WikiEN-l] Slog rate

[Jon]

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Chris Down wrote:
> I do wonder whether this thread is merely an attempt at coining words. To
> put a numerical value to an attribute present amongst such a broad array of
> subjects on Wikipedia seems impossible, or at least unjustifiable. Besides,
> what you are measuring is not hard fact - it is opinion, so a numerical
> value seems baseless.
>
> I really don't get this, and I sense I'm not the only one.
>
> - Chris
> On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 8:25 PM, Thomas Dalton
<thomas.dalton at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> 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?
>>
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What algorithm are you using?

Jon
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