Vaporstory talk:Article Rating Scale

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Sorry, SP, but canon articles have to be decided by users. The whole point of the Vaporstory is to create a world to which anyone can add, and that is manifested nowhere more plainly than in the voting for canonization stage. I've agreed with everything you've added to the site up to this point, but Canon and Good Article should remain separate so that canon can be decided by consensus. If it's decided by administrators alone, the whole project ceases to be the vision of a community and becomes the vision of a couple of admins.

On the other hand, I do agree that only Good articles can apply for canon, similar to what you put under the merge section. And "Corona Article" is a great idea, very original, very Vaporstory. In fact, the only thing I don't agree with is the merge of Canon and Good articles. --Wehpudicabok--talk-- 23:37, 13 June 2007 (EDT)

Well, if you look at the bottom the slider thing, i havent really cut them out much, as its a sliding scale, its just what you name it, but i think calling too much by funny names makes for confusing reading.--Silent Penguin 12:08, 14 June 2007 (EDT)

It's not just a matter of names. "Canon" means that it's accepted as truth. Have you ever seen the pilot of The Colbert Report? The guy makes fun of the fact that on Wikipedia, truth is reached by consensus. It sounds like a rough-at-best idea for a factual encyclopedia, but in fiction it makes perfect sense. Your sliding scale idea and my rating scale idea are 99% the same; the only difference is that I am proposing that no one be allowed to move it up to "accurate," or "canon," or whatever we want to call that, on their own. Consensus must be reached, and then – and ONLY then – an admin can promote it. That's the key difference. Other than that, everything you've said is OK by me. --Wehpudicabok--talk-- 22:11, 14 June 2007 (EDT)