Will there ever be an added .5 star rating?

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

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". 

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.

There are easier ways to fairly lower CTTE than getting the mid-point rating. Example?


4.5, really!!!!!!!

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...

1 - 5 sums up the quality of the album, and in words you should specifically describe how good it is, how much you like it, and, again, it always works to give a 4.5, really!!!!!!!!

Dirk wrote: micky wrote: 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... Halfway agreed, a written review'll tell you much more than a number once it's read, still  you certainly see  a lot of reviewers  stating that an album is for example  4.5 (rounding up or down accordingly subsequebtly). But the plain fact that they're doing this means they're somewhat at a loss to quantify their feelings about an album within the 1-5 rating structure. So  i don't see any harm in an extension, manipulaters always have a free hand as long as they don't get caught whatever the structure is.

The is the best way of putting it.

FINAL WORD^ let's not dwell too long here

pretty please

micky wrote: exactly my point .....   people feel at loss to quantify in in a 1-5 structure because that is what is most important to them... placing the emphasis on the  rating.. not the  review itself.  Leave it the way it is.

Not totally true i feel, people who don't write a review will be primarily concerned with this issue, people who make a dedicated effort trying to make a good review will be  concerned in the first place with wording the best they can what they feel about that particular album, otherwise they wouldn't  make the effort. Rating it is secondary to them.

I know myself , i've not been a very prolific reviewer sofar, all the albums i reviewed sofar have gotten 4 stars  although they range from 3.75 to 4.5 imo sofar which is quite a difference.  Another example is Erik's database, it was fun for me browsing through it because he distinghuishes now in rating between a lot of albums that he just gave 3 or 4 stars in the past.