[Wikipedia-l] Re: Ratings and decisions

[Jimmy Wales]

Erik Moeller wrote:
> I am somewhat concerned that the fact that these ratings will be public
> will be used to influence discussion. I hope when this feature goes into
> beta, we will have a clear and public policy that these ratings have no
> relevance whatsoever to ongoing discussions and decision making
> processes.

I think the ratings should initially only be made public in a very
limited way, i.e. if you have the energy to download and study them.  We
should treat this as a pure research project with very few assumptions
on what the outcome will look like.

--Jimbo