[WikiEN-l] Re: I propose a formula based on reverts

Fri Feb 6 16:20:42 UTC 2004

Poor, Edmund W wrote:

> How about a simple formula, based on what percentage of a user's edits
> are reverted by other users? (We might tweak this by discounting reverts
> from a certain class of user.) 

What is a revert?

Only sysops currently have an actual revert command ("rollback"). Normal 
users can only load and save older versions of a page; how do you know 
if it's a revert or just settling a dispute or any number of other 
things? How do you keep non-vandalism reverts from influencing the 
statistics?

Additionally, even if this distinction was possible, this suggestion is 
leaving a rather foul taste in my mouth. People would get even more 
upset about being reverted than they already do. People would start 
accusing other people of being trolls solely because they reverted them 
and worsened their "revert statistics".

Honestly, I don't think this is a good idea.

Timwi