> On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 06:02:43PM +1300, John Rankin wrote: >> - whichever term is chosen, I think ~~~~ may be a simplification >> too far; I would really like to see a comment associated with >> the name (rejecting any comments that contain a url) > > Okay, if ~~~~ is too simple, then perhaps something like > http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/Cookbook/SimpleRating? This > could be coupled with a form or link to make it easier to > add ratings, and changing the name to "recommendations" > or "friends" or whatever? > > Pm > Well, rating is a different concept. What I like about friend, endorse, recommend (following Christian's excellent post, I will use "support") is that the supporter is making some kind of commitment. If I say I support this recipe, I am in some small way giving my word, so it is not something I do lightly. This is what gives value to others -- that many people are prepared to say "I support this".
On the other hand, if I rate something, I am not making the same kind of commitment and a rating places no obligations on the rater. We are trying to cover a lot of qualities with this idea: fitness for a purpose, depth of testing, security, usability, reliability and so on. Trying to reduce this to a rating is, in my view, too simple. So I come back to "Support this recipe" and tell others why you support it. A range of comments will give others an insight into the things that people have found to support. They are like one line reviews. I would like to see us treat recipes as small works of art, like a book or a movie or a song. Even a bad movie deserves a short review to go with its one star rating. JR _______________________________________________ pmwiki-users mailing list [email protected] http://www.pmichaud.com/mailman/listinfo/pmwiki-users
