[WikiEN-l] Fwd: Wikipedia reputation

Wed Mar 2 16:46:22 UTC 2005

Daniel Mayer wrote:
> --- Tom Haws <hawstom at sprintmail.com> wrote:

>>I notice Jamesday <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jamesday> proposed 
>>"...tagging based on quality metrics with no specific print or CD 
>>target. Anyone else could then use those metrics to select articles for 
>>any arbitrary target they desire, with only those selecting for 
>>non-online targets being liable."  His context was legal concerns about 
>>an Editorial committee producing a CD or Paper Wikipedia.

> Ack! No more blasted meta tages (meaning templates). A smarter system is needed
> that does not require an editor to edit or in any way change the content of an
> article by using said system. 

Magnus Manske's rating system appears to be along those lines, i.e. it's
a separate thing entirely to the article space. We should assume we're
talking about something like that ;-)

- d.