Thread:Talk:Article feedback/Please stop/reply (87)

I have to agree that this doesn't seem to be working. Whether there's a sudden spike in "pro-Bieber" or "anti-Bieber" ratings is just a symbol of a deeper problem: '''readers can't tell you if an article is of high quality. They can only tell you if they like it.'''

Trying to "quantify quality" is one of the most impossible things you will ever try to do as a scientist. You may as well ask people to rate the articles for how delicious they are, or how nice they smell.

Much better to make it easier to "qualify quality". If you gave readers a red pen, they'd tell you far more than a numerical rating.