Here is my proposal… I hope folks find it at least a very good starting point.
Feedback that would be valuable is whether folks agree on things like the relative weight of things and the rate that values increase as scores increase. I tried to minimize controversy and not make radical changes to things that were not broken (thus photos and albums still are worth something). I really think this is the way to go. But note the details... I tried to address concerns.
The old system needs changing. As the two graphs that show current point values demonstrate, over the current range of page scores there isn’t a ton of reward for quality over the typical page score range. The new voting system will result in a wide range of page scores, which makes the old point system even worse (it was exponential).
Features
1. There is now a greater emphasis on quality when coupling the proposed power point calculation with the new voting system. A page with a 91% score (thirty 10/10s or 39 9/10s) is now worth double what a weak page with one vote is worth, and 40% more than a page with one third the votes
2. I have increased the value of routes and canyons to 80% of a mountain/rock to encourage these contributions (hopefully this shows some lack of bias as I worked through this, as I don’t have many of these pages). Previously these were worth 60%.
3. Articles are worth 20% more than a mountain page. I would really like to encourage more of these contributions, and they are a ton of work. They have the potential to make the home page and site content much more interesting. This is double their previous relative worth.
4. The best albums are worth up to 1 point, same as before. But less popular albums are worth less, only one third of a point though it only takes about ten 10/10 votes to bring it to half a point. Less popular albums are going down in value.
5. Images… this is a 15th power function. Images with a score of 82 are worth 0.05 points (about the same as one with one vote today). Images with fewer votes are worthless (one tenth as much if getting only one vote). With more votes the value can approach one (same as today). 28 10/10s makes it about 0.2 points (keep in mind all votes shouldn’t be 10/10 anymore). It takes about 47 10/10s to reach 0.5 points (today that image is worth about 0.9 points). Content is being rewarded due to the extra effort required, but folks shouldn’t be discouraged from submitting appealing photos! Is this the appropriate value?
6. Custom objects are worth less, 40% of a mountain page instead of 60% before.
7. Trip reports and other objects remain at 60% of a mountain page, but like everything else things have changed so that quality is more rewarded.
Proposed point values versus page score:
- Proposed page values
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Current point values versus typical page scores:As you can see, there was previously not much reward for quality...
- Old page values over previous score range
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Current point values versus future page scores:If we don't change the system, the exponential function at the very high end rewards only those with high profile pages.
- Old page values
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