Thread:Talk:Article feedback/Please stop/reply (55)

Earlier I wrote: "I am not very optimistic about the value of the ratings in general but especially those of users who did not log in, I fear people will base their ratings on the subject of the article and not on the article itself (e.g. people who like Bieber a lot will rate his article high and people who hate him give 1 star)."

If I look at the dashboard I see this:

http://i.imgur.com/ASc1C.jpg

"Born this way" is an album by Lady Gaga. Bieber and Gaga are probably the two most hated artists on this planet. Now look at the other article, the German guy called "Dirk". He was in the news because he won a championship-thingy in basketball (I am not a fan), which means some people hate him and some other people love him.

The articles are rated the lowest not because the articles are shitty but because people base their rating on the subject of the article and not the article itself. Go see for yourself.

Now look at the best articles. Among them is en:Lol@souffs, an article that is currently considered for deletion and obviously inferior to the 3 worst articles. Another one is United States, because in the U.S.A. nationalism and patriotism are considered to be positive things. The third is José Rizal, a Filipino national hero. This is no coincidence of course, today he will be commemorated.

UPDATE: It's 19:12, 19 June 2011 (UTC) now and suddenly Bieber is among the best articles!

http://i.imgur.com/wOdSD.jpg

Pay attention to the numbers.