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Points: 46838 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 11 2007 at 20:15
My two cents... 

there are other things that the site needs to deal with than giving those would like to manipulate the ratings list another tool to do it with.  If feel like you need an extra half star to rate an album....  you are only interested in manipulating the rankings.  Your review should spell out in words the distinction in a album halfway between those stars and round up or down as we all have done.


I think enough time has been wasted on tinkering with the reviews and the ratings...
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Points: 1043 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 11 2007 at 20:14
0 star rating is not necessary, being able to rate from 1 to 10 which is the same as being able to rate from 1-5 with halves put in would certainly help to rate more accurately. I'd even suggest rating from 0-15 as the Gnosis site does.
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Points: 7744 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 11 2007 at 20:01
There are easier ways to fairly lower CTTE than getting the mid-point rating. Example?


4.5, really!!!!!!!
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Points: 16954 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 11 2007 at 19:53
0 stars will be abused as such .5 stars, plus I don't think many albums fall in the 0 star category especially...
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Points: 19557 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 11 2007 at 19:35
Originally posted by ProgBagel ProgBagel wrote:

The poll is a decent idea...but PA not a democracy .
The 0 rating is kind of harsh haha...I don't think any album deserves that. Being generous or not.
 
Yes you are right, but I received Invisible Touch and Love Beach as a gift and both are working as coasters LOL that at least deserves one star. Wink
 
No honestly, there's no need to offend so hardly any artist telling hin/her/them, your album is crap and it's worth nothing.
 
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Points: 2819 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 11 2007 at 19:30
The poll is a decent idea...but PA not a democracy .
The 0 rating is kind of harsh haha...I don't think any album deserves that. Being generous or not.
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Points: 7744 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 11 2007 at 19:24
I kind of like it the way it is...but I don't have anything against changing it, either. Maybe you should make a poll, with the choices being "for" , "against" and "apathetic". 
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Points: 17493 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 11 2007 at 19:14
Originally posted by Ivan_Melgar_M Ivan_Melgar_M wrote:

Originally posted by The T The T wrote:

I'm all for it... Not only for the .5 ratings but also for a triumphant return of the 0-stars rating, which I could use with masterful precision WinkEvil%20Smile
 
No I agree with the site policy, it's harsh to give an album 0 stars for something they did with lots of work.
 
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Mmm... maybe... but a second listen to "Illegal Alien" will prove that that song doesn't even have that going for it.... I'm pretty sure it was recorded in 5 minutes Big%20smile....
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Points: 19557 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 11 2007 at 19:06
Originally posted by The T The T wrote:

I'm all for it... Not only for the .5 ratings but also for a triumphant return of the 0-stars rating, which I could use with masterful precision WinkEvil%20Smile
 
No I agree with the site policy, it's harsh to give an album 0 stars for something they did with lots of work.
 
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Points: 17493 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 11 2007 at 19:03
I'm all for it... Not only for the .5 ratings but also for a triumphant return of the 0-stars rating, which I could use with masterful precision WinkEvil%20Smile
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Points: 19557 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 11 2007 at 18:19
Originally posted by Easy Livin Easy Livin wrote:

What would we do about the thousands of reviews and ratings already on the site? It would only be reasonable to assume that people would want to make changes to those.
 
Hi Bob, if I remember there was once the chance top givee 0 stars reviews, I personally rated every post Duke Genesis album with 0 stars Wink but it was changed and we all had to accept it, the owners and Adms have the right to make changes.
 
And it that case it was even worst because our ratings were changed from 0 to 1 but of course nobody said a word, that's the site's priviledge, we're only guests here.
 
So people will have to accept it also if it's better for the site, but that decision must be taken by the adms, M@X and Ronnie if you all consider it's better for PA.
 
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Points: 8543 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 11 2007 at 17:41
Originally posted by Angelo Angelo wrote:

Originally posted by The Doctor The Doctor wrote:

I think our rating scale should go to 11, just in case you need that extra little bit of rating. 


Well, why don't we redivide the existing 5, so that 5 gets that little bit of extra?
 
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Points: 13244 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 11 2007 at 17:40
Originally posted by MikeEnRegalia MikeEnRegalia wrote:

Originally posted by Angelo Angelo wrote:

Originally posted by MikeEnRegalia MikeEnRegalia wrote:

I don't think there will ever be a change of the rating system here ... you're welcome to experiment with more fine grained rating steps on my website (ratingfreak.com), which offers not only "half steps" but also 0.1 steps in the upper range.Embarrassed


Mike - stop plugging your site! I have written an extension for the Firefox AdBlock plugin that allows users to block individual forum members - if you do this again I'll release it to open source Tongue

But seriously - I think you're right with respect to the PA rating system. There's too many reviews out there already to change the system now.


I'm not trying to lure people away ... I'll even add a feature to my website which will enable people to link to their reviews at PA, so they can submit reviews here and rate albums at my place. I'll also add the PA star rating to my website as a tag, so you can have the stars displayed in the signature. Smile


At least you can take a joke ... and since can read this,  I haven't blocked you - yet Wink
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Points: 15585 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 11 2007 at 17:14
What would we do about the thousands of reviews and ratings already on the site? It would only be reasonable to assume that people would want to make changes to those.
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Points: 19557 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 11 2007 at 16:57
Yes I agree yesterday I had tio give ELP debut 3 stars but I feel bad because compared to their later works, this album doesn't deserve 4 stars and 3 stars is a bit unfair.
 
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Points: 9008 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 11 2007 at 16:22
Originally posted by laplace laplace wrote:

I agree.

one star is too much for The Wall.

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Points: 7606 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 11 2007 at 16:16
I agree.

one star is too much for The Wall.
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Points: 21680 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 11 2007 at 16:15
Originally posted by Angelo Angelo wrote:

Originally posted by MikeEnRegalia MikeEnRegalia wrote:

I don't think there will ever be a change of the rating system here ... you're welcome to experiment with more fine grained rating steps on my website (ratingfreak.com), which offers not only "half steps" but also 0.1 steps in the upper range.Embarrassed


Mike - stop plugging your site! I have written an extension for the Firefox AdBlock plugin that allows users to block individual forum members - if you do this again I'll release it to open source Tongue

But seriously - I think you're right with respect to the PA rating system. There's too many reviews out there already to change the system now.


I'm not trying to lure people away ... I'll even add a feature to my website which will enable people to link to their reviews at PA, so they can submit reviews here and rate albums at my place. I'll also add the PA star rating to my website as a tag, so you can have the stars displayed in the signature. Smile
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Points: 17656 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 11 2007 at 16:12
Originally posted by Angelo Angelo wrote:

I have written an extension for the Firefox AdBlock plugin that allows users to block individual forum members


Clap  Oh - this is what I'm looking for ... But I don't betray who should be blocked first  Big%20smile


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Points: 13244 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 11 2007 at 16:08
Originally posted by The Doctor The Doctor wrote:

I think our rating scale should go to 11, just in case you need that extra little bit of rating. 


Well, why don't we redivide the existing 5, so that 5 gets that little bit of extra?
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