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Posted by: Rootology

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Jimbo_Wales#Article_voting_in_the_German_Wikipedia

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/Bewertungs-buttons-dewp.png

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Yesterday, a new feature was implemented in the German Wikipedia. It allows IP users and users without "sighting rights" (that is to flag articles as vandalism free) to vote for the quality of articles. This is done in the form of a box below the article. Users can vote for the reliability, completeness, neutrality and presentation on a school note scheme from "insufficient" to "very good".

Why was this feature implemented without a previous discussion of the authors of the German Wikipedia? Almost nobdoy even know about this feature before it went live yesterday night. Currently, there is a "Meinungsbild" (popular vote) if the authors want the feature to go on or not. Currently, there are 40 for the feature, 121 against it and 21 who don't think that this "Meinungsbild" is a good idea (for various reasons). A "Meinungsbild" is widely regarded as the definitive measure to settle side-wide formal and technical disputes in the German Wikipedia. --Novil Ariandis (talk) 11:15, 26 August 2008 (UTC)


...I kinda like the idea of this idea, to be honest, if done right. Flag the best and worst for fixing or highlighting.

Posted by: Dzonatas

There is discussion of such features in MediaWiki on Wikiveristy, see:

http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Ethical_Management_of_the_English_Language_Wikipedia/Ethics_and_MediaWiki/Edit_wars

http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Ethical_Management_of_the_English_Language_Wikipedia/Ethics_and_MediaWiki/Vandalism

Posted by: Yehudi

But to allow IPs to vote?

Posted by: thekohser

QUOTE(Yehudi @ Thu 28th August 2008, 3:02am) *

But to allow IPs to vote?


Why not? They produce most of the vandalism, so it's only fair that they grade their own work!

Posted by: Jacina

This seems similar to the "reputation" voting systems you see a lot nowadays.

It tends to find problematic entries pretty fast.

How about a "reputation" system for Wikipedia? tongue.gif

Posted by: Kelly Martin

QUOTE(Jacina @ Mon 1st September 2008, 8:10am) *
How about a "reputation" system for Wikipedia? tongue.gif
Will never happen, because it might result in someone losing reputation. Wikipedians will generally fight against any systematic approach to doing anything that might be used against them, unless the system has so many loopholes and exception cases that it can be subverted at will. See also "administrators open to recall".

Posted by: maiawatatos

Note that IPs generate far more actual content than they get credit for, as well.