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

[Philip Jägenstedt]

I've written a slightly more structured suggestion at
http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/EditRating

Everyone who thinks this is a good or bad idea is welcome to edit and comment.

Philip

On 5/1/08, Johannes Dewender <brainz at jonnyjd.net> wrote:
> > 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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