[WikiEN-l] Rating the English wikipedia

[WereSpielChequers]

It would be nice if the consistency of the ratings were to improve
over time whilst the criteria remained the same, if that were to
happen we would be able to use this to monitor improvement over time.
But standards inflation has the better of us, that's why at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_article_review we
can't simply revert to the version that originally passed FA. The
current version of an old FA may well be better than when the article
passed FA, but still not meet current FA standards.

It would be great to have an accurate measure of the change in quality
of the pedia. But the ratings won't give us that.

WereSpielChequers

On 14 February 2011 17:04, Ian Woollard <ian.woollard at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 14/02/2011, Newyorkbrad <newyorkbrad at gmail.com> wrote:
>> True, but how well is the distinction understood by people who apply the
>> templates or rate the articles?
>
> I'm certain that the rating system is imperfectly applied.
>
> It is to be hoped and likely that over time both the ratings and the
> way that they are applied will improve.
>
>> Newyorkbrad
>
> --
> -Ian Woollard
>
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