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    Posted: August 11 2007 at 13:54
I've been wanting to submit reviews from my favorite artist...but I feel like I want be albe to justify my reviews based on a 1-2-3-4-5 star rating scale...if we could just add the .5 star rating it would give it such a more accurate rating.

Ever think a yes or genesis fan were reluctant to give CTTE or SEBTP even 4 stars to bring down the rating?

Of couse it should only apply to new reviews and ratings.

Just an idea.
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Points: 3004 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 11 2007 at 14:01
Don't put so much weight into it... i know i don't, haha!
No, but really, it's not the entire world, if i can't decide between a 4 or a 5 star rating, i don't put off my review for that, i let my mood decide for me. Because really, i know that noone will read my review and think "omg, he gave it 5 stars, it must be a masterpiece",  at least i don't. When someone posts a five star review which i read, i think "oh, he likes it a lot", as i do with a 4 star, and the same with 1 and 2 stars.
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Points: 2819 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 11 2007 at 15:10
Well sometimes if I come by one and say..."the was well written" or "I agree completely" I look at others he writes and gives high rating for which in sways me to buy the album (its happened a few times.)

Even on discussion forums I sometimes agree with a poster and check out there reviews.

I just think theres would be a huge dividing line between 4-4.5-5 stars.
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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
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I fully endorse this idea. I have a lot of albums that I've rated  2.5, 3.5 and 4.5 and I always end up giving them the lower rating (from 3.5 to 3).

The problem is, what are we going to do with previous reviews? Many have people would like to change their rating if the system gets change and it'll leave a lot of work to the Reviews Moderators.

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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.
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Points: 17408 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 11 2007 at 15:37
Mike, you changed your picture thingey!!!  I miss that little muppet dude alreadyLOL
...that moment you realize you like "Mob Rules" better than "Heaven and Hell"
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Points: 2819 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 11 2007 at 15:41
Well that depends if the people do want to change there old reviews...and plus you can just make it only for new reviews.

Just some more ideas...

And I will check out your site tonight Mike..looks intense and my mind isn't cleared up yet.
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I think our rating scale should go to 11, just in case you need that extra little bit of rating. 
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Star Stars are only for approximate orientation ... Wink
The essence comes from the review text where I often use a .5 expression for a special tendency.


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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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Originally posted by Angelo Angelo wrote:

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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: 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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Originally posted by laplace laplace wrote:

I agree.

one star is too much for The Wall.

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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: 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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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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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?
 
My ratings go to 11. Stern%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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