[mb-users] Brainztorming: rank edits, not users

[Per Øyvind Øygard]

On Thu, 01 May 2008 00:34:53 +0200, Philip Jägenstedt <philip at foolip.org>  
wrote:

> Just to play the devils advocate, there are a few problems with the  
> suggestion:
>
> * The burden of the server increases as it would be nessary to do a
> lot of checks and calculations. The user-portion of the rank wouldn't
> be cacheable either as it could potentially change with every edit.

Actually we *should* cache the user-portion of the rank because it  
represents the amount of experience he/she had when the edit was made.  
Just calculate a one-time value when the edit is created and leave it  
that, shouldn't be too costly.

> * If new users are instantly thrown in the fire of us over-zealous
> voters, they might be deterred and leave. Review is good, but might
> some feel "stalked"?

That's always a problem, and something experienced editors need to work  
on. Maybe new users should have a little flower next to their name  
denoting that we should be nice to them? :)

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Per (Wizzcat)