[WikiEN-l] Wikipedia: the Journal

[wjhonson at aol.com]

But your response sounds like "There's no problem".? And I just pointed out the problem.? Just go to wiki.answers.com for example, answer a few questions, then check back in a month.

Even though people read articles, they aren't voting.
That's not the same as a poll, where you deliberately create a situation where the only "content" is the poll itself.

You could for example just create a "simple" vote where "If the person stays on this page for more than one minute that's a positive vote" and there are no negative votes.? If they stay put, they must be reading the article and at least that much interested.? It is possible, in some contexts (not all), to determine how long a person stays put.

Would that work as an up-vote ?? Remember these are not polls.? It's a determination of how popular the content is.

Will