https://htyp.org/mw/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=InstaGov%2Fconcepts%2Frating 2026-08-13T08:00:38Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.45.3 https://htyp.org/mw/index.php?title=InstaGov/concepts/rating&diff=14186&oldid=prev 2010-09-19T23:26:16Z

<p>Created page with &#039;==About== A &#039;&#039;&#039;rating&#039;&#039;&#039; is a form of <a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vote" class="extiw" title="wikt:vote">wikt:vote</a>, but differs from traditional democratic voting in the following ways: * There is a maximum of one rating per [[../answer|ans…&#039;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>==About==<br /> A &#039;&#039;&#039;rating&#039;&#039;&#039; is a form of [[wikt:vote|vote]], but differs from traditional democratic voting in the following ways:<br /> * There is a maximum of one rating per [[../answer|answer]], rather than one rating per user; users may rate every answer, or any subset.<br /> * Ratings can be negative (disapproval) as well as positive (approval)<br /> * Ratings are on a scale (e.g. -10 to +10) rather than being binary (yes/no)<br /> <br /> In other words, a rating is essentially a [[issuepedia:range voting|range vote]].<br /> ==Notes==<br /> For user friendliness, we might as well let users pick their own scale and simply normalize all ratings to a common scale before aggregating them.<br /> <br /> Some people may not be comfortable with voting more complex than just indicating &quot;yes/no&quot;, so possibly the default scale should be something simple like -1 to +1 (accompanied by clear verbal cues like &quot;against&quot; and &quot;in favor&quot;) -- and just make sure the link to change your scale preference is easy to find.</div>

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