[pmwiki-users] Another stab at ratings on PmCalendar page

[Peter Bowers]

bump.

On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 12:41 PM, Petko Yotov <5ko at 5ko.fr> wrote:

> On Saturday 28 February 2009 10:48:29 Peter Bowers wrote:
> > >  on a recipe ratings page (Recipe-Users?): asterisk, comment, signature
> :
> > >
> > >   * I use it. [[~Petko]] (datestamp)
> > >   * I reviewed the recipe and I endorse it. [[~Pm]] (datestamp)
>
> > FANTASTIC!  Let's do it!  Simple, effective.  The only thing it misses is
> > some sort of numeric indicator on the recipe page itself, but that's a
> > small price...  (If the maintainer wants a numeric indicator he can
> > periodically manually count the users and put a number on the page next
> to
> > the link.)
>
> I forgot to mention that a while ago we discussed this format :
> * (+) Excellent, I use it. [[~Petko]] (datestamp)
> * (-) Didn't work for me, PHP 7 required. [[~Peter Bowers]] (datestamp)
>
> That is : asterisk, (special markup keyword), optional comment, signature.
>
> There were many messages about the keywords, should they be (+) and (-),
> (+1),
> (support), (endorse), (friend), (user), and more. With (+) and (-) all
> nuances of the "friend" and "endorse" words are sipmlified, but one can
> explain his friendship, support or endorsement in the optional comment.
>
> If we happen to agree on a simple format, then a {Recipe-Users$Votes} page
> variable can be done to count all "* (+)" and all "* (-)" in the page and
> contain something like "(+12, -3)" :
>
>  Discussion: [[Recipe-Talk]], [[Recipe-Users]] (+12, -3)
>
> And it is fast as it opens one page only.
>
> And even if a "conversation" starts, the stats will not be broken as the
> replies are unlikely to begin with (+) and (-).
>
> And with such a format, a form-based interface can be easily added, should
> it
> be required.
>
> Thanks,
> Petko
>
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