The idea is that the trust coloring will only show when you ask for it. The normal view will be the same as always, there will just be an extra tab or something to "view trust" (although I imagine there will be ways for patrollers and such to set it as their default view).
They're actively discussing how to tweak the algorithms that power the trust coloring on the Wikiquality list -- if you're interested you can join in at http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikiquality-l Catherine On Dec 20, 2007 10:44 AM, Danny Horn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The trust coloring has an odd side effect -- the color draws the reader's > attention to the least-trusted text. > > I just checked out some pages that I know well, and the system works > great. The highlighted text is always the most questionable on the page. But > I found that as I read down the page, my eye was always drawn towards the > orange. Partly, it's because color is eye-catching, but there's also > something inherently interesting about seeing the flaws. It's kind of like > rubbernecking at a car accident -- when I saw orange on the page, I had to > know what was "untrustworthy" about that text. > > So as I was reading, I was skipping over the "good" text so that I could > pay attention to the "bad" text. This is definitely helpful for people who > want to fix up the page, because it points out trouble spots that need to > get fixed. But I'd be interested to see what the impact is on casual > readers, using a system that specifically highlights the flaws. > > When readers use this system, do they end up trusting Wikipedia as a > source of information more, or less? > > > -- Danny > > _______________________________________________ > Wikia-l mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.wikia.com/mailman/listinfo/wikia-l > >
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