[WikiEN-l] Article Feedback - Ramp up to 10% of Articles

[Ian Woollard]

On 27/07/2011, Thomas Morton <morton.thomas at googlemail.com> wrote:
> The issue I've noted is that it is being used as a "warfare" tool on
> controversial articles. I've not seen it mentioned on a talk page yet; but
> one contentious article (on a subject with a large online following,
> entrenched *readers* on either side of the issue) has had the bars swinging
> between about 1.5 and 4 in the last week.
>
> Not a huge issue, but I suspect that on certain articles the ratings are to
> be trusted less than usual :)

The average is not very trustworthy. But the bar graph of how many
people have actually voted each score is a bit more interesting. If
it's bimodal, with two peaks, then that often tells you something.

But the tool doesn't currently give you that, it probably should.

> Tom

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-Ian Woollard