Re: I think we can just scrap CPAN Ratings altogether
Robert Rothenberg
I quite like CPAN Ratings, and find that most of the ratings are useful.
That there is some junk in there is no reason to kill it off.
An improvement would be to turn it into a forum, maybe merge with CPAN
forums but keeping reviews separate from technical support questions. (Bad
reviews such as "how do I compile module X" can be moved into technical
support forums too.) Reviews that are voted as useless can be culled by
moderators.
Rob
A. Pagaltzis wrote:
> This sort of thing is lunacy. What's the point of MODULE REVIEWS
> if they're going to be turned into crusade vehicles?
>
> I am writing to this list instead of responding in a no-rating
> review over there precisely because that would be abuse of the
> system – of course, that means the visibility of my response is
> much smaller than that of Adam's ill-considered vigilantism.
A. Pagaltzis
> I quite like CPAN Ratings, and find that most of the ratings
> are useful. That there is some junk in there is no reason to
> kill it off.
The subject was hyperbole – obviously, I hope. But I felt the
need to voice objection stronger than just by voting “not
helpful” on that particular piece of junk.
> An improvement would be to turn it into a forum, maybe merge
> with CPAN forums but keeping reviews separate from technical
> support questions. (Bad reviews such as "how do I compile
> module X" can be moved into technical support forums too.)
> Reviews that are voted as useless can be culled by moderators.
I think that’s the most sensible suggestion so far. Now for
someone to supply the tuits and JFDI for it… :-)
Regards,
--
Aristotle Pagaltzis // <http://plasmasturm.org/>
Philippe BooK Bruhat
>
> > An improvement would be to turn it into a forum, maybe merge
> > with CPAN forums but keeping reviews separate from technical
> > support questions. (Bad reviews such as "how do I compile
> > module X" can be moved into technical support forums too.)
> > Reviews that are voted as useless can be culled by moderators.
>
> I think that’s the most sensible suggestion so far. Now for
> someone to supply the tuits and JFDI for it… :-)
A forum? As in "a place for flames and uninformed discussion"?
How exactly is that an improvement? :-)
However, having review editors that can act based on the useful/useless
votes is enough to remove the occasional junk comment (or spam ?).
--
Philippe "BooK" Bruhat
Be careful when you take one side or the other. You could wind up in the
middle. (Moral from Groo The Wanderer #33 (Epic))
A. Pagaltzis
> Le lundi 12 juin 2006 à 20:09, A. Pagaltzis écrivait:
> >
> >> An improvement would be to turn it into a forum, maybe merge
> >> with CPAN forums but keeping reviews separate from technical
> >> support questions. (Bad reviews such as "how do I compile
> >> module X" can be moved into technical support forums too.)
> >> Reviews that are voted as useless can be culled by
> >> moderators.
> >
> >I think that’s the most sensible suggestion so far. Now for
> >someone to supply the tuits and JFDI for it… :-)
>
> A forum? As in "a place for flames and uninformed discussion"?
> How exactly is that an improvement? :-)
Some would argue that’s what CPAN Ratings already is. ;-)
(I don’t see it as bleakly, but I don’t see forums quite that
bleakly either ;-) )
> However, having review editors that can act based on the
> useful/useless votes is enough to remove the occasional junk
> comment (or spam ?).
Well, the idea is mainly, I think, to have someplace sensible to
move “cna u help me i cant compiel tihs” droppings, as well as a
way to keep the occasional “this isn’t a review, I want to
respond to that other review” junk from cluttering the place.
Shrug. I dunno.