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

[Johannes Dewender]

> This would mean that good edits receive less votes,
> which means that good edits have to wait even longer before getting
> applied.

Very true. We could change the time good edits (with a low rating) stays 
open. This would be a step in the direction of an auto editor for these 
users:
They won't get many votes or even views, because they don't stay open 
for long and have a low priority for voting. This makes them not yet 
Auto-Editors, but fast-editors.


> Moreover, as bad edits are harder to vote on than good edits
> (you have to leave more notes, do some of the research yourself)
> the total number of votes would be falling probably.

This is just a way to apply statistics to make stuff look bad. We need 
more people voting, not exactly more votes. If people only vote on the 
edits that need voting, but spend more time on these, then is is GREAT.

Additionally, if we could teach editors better with this method, we 
might even get more votes, because we have more people that know stuff 
and might get good voters some day.

<note on the side>
If we would like to have high numbers on stats, we shouldn't merge 
anything, make votes on edits that are either close to finished or 
already have more than enough votes etc. I really hope, that people 
don't do things like that already..
This is also the reason why the number of votes shouldn't have a too big 
impact on the rating.
</note on the side>

--JonnyJD
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