> Hi,
>
> David McFadzean <david@lucifer.com> wrote:
> > >I was thinking that maybe we should go back over the archives and
> > >pull out some of the better stuff. Maybe we could post it on a "Best
> > >of CoV" page or something. Is there a comprehensive archive
> > >somewhere?
> >
> > Excellent idea. Only 12000+ messages to read and rate :-)
>
> I would actually be willing to do that... there are probably many many gems
> to be found! However, for the summer I only have a dial-in connection (at
> $.075/hour), and I'm not willing to wait, or to pay. If someone would
> remind me come september, I could start. If I did a hundred messages a
> day, it would only take me 120+ days... not bad.
>
> Before I start on such a project, however, I think we should work up a good
> frame work for what we want as a rating. For instance, I think some kind
> of "relevance" rating would be valuable -- to indentify those posts which
> could be termed "orthdox" virus. (actually, I prefer the term "orthoprax",
> which means "right actions", as opposed to "orthodox", which means "right
> beliefs") Then, an overall quality rating would be good. And, of course,
> the final result would be a web page linking to, say, the best 100 posts
> ever...
>
> I think another thing I could do would be to identify those posts which can
> be deleted from the archive -- i.e. all those posts saying "take me
> off!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!", or all those total quotations of the Virus Digest with
> "go away!!" on the bottom.
>
> If anyone can think of other things we should rate, I'm all ears. As well,
> should the ratings be A, B, and C's, or out of five? out of ten? Some new
> scheme, based on "memetic badges of merit"?
>
Two ideas - school grades - keep all those 'take me off the list', but flunk
them or give them D's, ehile giving the 'top 100' A+
My other idea is to name ratings after actual viruses - ranging from 'wart' or
'chicken pox' to 'bubonic plague' or 'HIV'
-Nathan Russell
> ERiC