Thread:Talk:Article feedback/Bad for contentious articles

I work on a lot of contentious articles, with most people coming in with an existing POV and little knowledge of Wikipedia policies and guidelines. I worry that this type of system is going to make following the standards even more difficult as emotional readers (that often don't read past a few paragraphs) rate articles based on their likes / dislikes and not the rules of the Encyclopedia. It would then turn into tendentious editing (headache for long time editors) as new users justify significant changes based on ratings, which would create a supposed "consensus" of poor quality. This would not reflect the real quality of the article but an emotional pov and lack of policy knowledge. I already spend more time debating policies than editing the Encyclopedia - this is going to make it worse. The idea sounds good on the surface, but I think it will do more harm than good. Morphh 03:46, 18 July 2011 (UTC)