Shouldn't RwRs excluded at all?
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Topic: Shouldn't RwRs excluded at all?
Posted By: hdfisch
Subject: Shouldn't RwRs excluded at all?
Date Posted: May 14 2006 at 08:38
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Being aware that the topic of RATINGS WITHOUT REVIEWS has been discussed here already dozens of times I nevertheless would like to suggest that RwRs should not be considered at all to calculate the avg. rating for an album. I'm not quite sure how are the official rules currently, whether they are still allowed or not. In case this option has been suspended already however I do not understand why RwRs already given are still counted. For example I realized when I reviewed latest output of CAST, which is really not that bad but had received a 1-star rating and for this will probably not have the chance ever to rise above 3,0 in average although deserving one around 3,5 I would say. I mean allowing this option which is abused in general by inappropiate 1 or 5 star ratings opens all doors for discrimination of less known bands and for fleecing of more popular ones for whom it's much easier to balance a 1-star by 100s of other ratings! What do other people and especially the Admins think about that? 
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Posted By: W.Chuck
Date Posted: May 14 2006 at 10:48
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It's great that they are forbidden now, but sadly they
are still counted - imo they should be calculated into the average rating! ------------- 
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Posted By: Tristan Mulders
Date Posted: May 14 2006 at 11:11
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Would it be too much of a problem to complete get rid of all the ratings without reviews that are already present on the website??? I too agree that this effects the objectivity of ratings of albums. ------------- Interested in my reviews? You can find them http://www.progarchives.com/Collaborators.asp?id=784 - HERE "...He will search until He's found a Way to take the Days..." |
Posted By: Easy Livin
Date Posted: May 14 2006 at 14:27
To clarify:
By all means feel free to discus it though. |
Posted By: hdfisch
Date Posted: May 14 2006 at 14:41
Many thanks Bob for clarification! I find the system as it is just now quite good (+review = 2x, +Collab review =3x). Nevertheless I see quite often inappropiate RwR (1 or 5 stars) and someone (was it Tony R?) mentioned in some other thread that in fact 60% of them are like that. Don't know whether this is really the case. Any I've got the impression somehow that the rating system on our site is not that perfect. Each time when I compare the avg. rating for an album here with that one on Rateyourmusic.com I find the latter one much more realistic and most of the times it agrees with my own one. Of course there are much more people giving ratings there compared to here. I've got to say that even by Collabs many albums on Progarchives are just overrated whereas some others are rather underrated especially when there is no Collab's or not any review. Just my own view though!  
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