Re: [Bug-gnupedia] A Strawman Proposal for a Moderation System

[Richard Lamont]

On Wednesday 17 January 2001 19:43, Robert Fisher wrote:

[snip]
>       (*) Each reader, after viewing an article, can choose to rank the
>            article on a numerical scale. This scale should be fine
>            enough to distinguish good articles from great articles, and
>            also allow postings to be designated as spam or troll posts.
>            However, it should also be coarse enough to allow readers to
>            rapidly assign a ranking to any article.

Five levels is ideal for this; e.g:

Outstanding
Good
Average
Poor
Dreadful (for whatever reason, including spam/troll)


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