From: Timwi <timwi(a)gmx.net>
Subject: [WikiEN-l] Re: I propose a formula based on
reverts
CC:
Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2004 16:20:42 +0000
To: wikien-l(a)wikipedia.org
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
Anyone can revert pages. Just go to the edit history,
click on an older version, and then press edit. You
should be editing from an earlier version. Don't
change anything, just press save.
Daniel Ehrenberg
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