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Revision as of 03:45, 16 October 2003
NOTE That the term "score" does not reflect the purpose where this is used, some other more descriptive term has to be thought up, and articles pointing here updated respectively. Discussion on this should go to The talk page
Scores are features of most entities
A Score is included in the campaign (or comment) feature, but it could also be a distinct feature.
It's basically just some range of integer numbers where a small number indicates dislike and a large number indicates liking something. They could be applied to types of countries for instance.
Alternate schemes proposed
A Fixed, Simle range
One idea is to use a seven step system for scores as follows:
- -3 Boycott
- -2 Strong Avoid
- -1 Avoid
- 0 Neutral
- 1 Support
- 2 Strong Support
- 3 Endorse
Variable, relative range
Variations are
- A range from -1 to 1, using real values as score
- A range from -100 to 100 using integers as score
- Other shceme
A fixed range could be converted to a relative range by dividing the score with abs(max) or abs(minimum) and multiplying it by the the maximum value of the fixed range