Hence the one comment on the Wikimedia blog article (http://blog.wikimedia.org/2011/07/15/%E2%80%9Crate-this-page%E2%80%9D-is-coming-to-the-english-wikipedia/) about the survey poll: http://www.vizu.com//poll-results.html?n=138785
50.5% It will be griefed like YouTube comments. -MuZemike On 7/27/2011 5:21 AM, Thomas Morton wrote: >> >> I'm cynical about this article feedback system for several reasons, >> chiefly the worry that it could exacerbate the templating trend of >> commenting on lots of articles rather than actually improving a few. >> >> > I'm also slightly circumspect about the idea (though not outright opposed or > anything). > > 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 :) > > Tom > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
