[Wikipedia-l] Article validation: allow IP ratings for the raw data phase

[Gregory Maxwell]

On 5/22/05, Ray Saintonge <saintonge at telus.net> wrote:
> In principle I have nothing against anon rating votes.  There could
> still be a problem when someone wants to change his vote.  The changes
> that are made to an article over time are the most likely reason for
> changing a vote.  For a registered user this should be no problem; the
> old vote is removed, and the new one added.  In the case of a dynamic IP
> the old vote would not automatically be removed.

Ratings are per version not per article, so it's somewhat less likely
that some one will want to change their vote. Usually editors will
just vote again on a newer version.