psytones Posted August 20, 2009 Share Posted August 20, 2009 Hi, wouldn't it be puffy with a rating system for the music releases? Something allá discogs.. Just to remeniss alittle, remember the old site when classic 'must check out' albums was marked in red(?) So what do you guys think, would be ok right, with some rating stuff Mod, I guess this would be better off in the Psynews.ORG section, problem is 'You cannot start a new topic' in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seraph Posted August 20, 2009 Share Posted August 20, 2009 I think new ratings should be strictly in numbers and percentages : 10 - 20 % - WEAK 20 - 30 % - MILD 30 - 50 % - AVERAGE 50 - 60 % - SOLID 60 - 80 % - STRONG 80 - 100 % - POWERFUL Example : BRAINMAN - BRAIN FOOD - 15 % ETNICA - NITROX - 27 % TALAMASCA - MUSICA DIVINORUM - 45 % KOXBOX - THE GREAT UNKNOWN - 60 % SHAKTA - THE ENLIGHTENED APE - 70 % INFECTED MUSHROOM - THE GATHERING - 80 % X-DREAM - RADIO - 80 % MIDI MILIZ - NON-STANDARDS - 85 % MFG - PROJECT GENESIS - 90 % ASTRAL PROJECTION - ANOTHER WORLD - 90 % HALLUCINOGEN - TWISTED - 95 % PLEIADIANS - IDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS - 97 % Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psytones Posted August 20, 2009 Author Share Posted August 20, 2009 Yeah, thats a perfect system! *here's hoping Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malevol3nt Posted August 20, 2009 Share Posted August 20, 2009 There's some kind of 5 star rating system that can be enabled for topics, seen here. Although I would prefer a percentage scale really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rino Posted August 20, 2009 Share Posted August 20, 2009 This is actually a good idea. You could vote whether you wrote a review or not. It would also be cool if your forum user name was written next to your vote, so you could eventually get what type of music do certain members dig and all. Sounds cool to me, it would actually come quite handy if you could rate a release after writting a release, and see how your vote compares to the one of others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frozen dream Posted August 20, 2009 Share Posted August 20, 2009 I always put a review in my rating Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piginspace Posted August 20, 2009 Share Posted August 20, 2009 i like the use of percentages, but i have my doubts with a color scheme. the one presented could be more logical. either linear in the choice of colors or more related to the "traffic light" system. you would always have to check what the color means if red is "POWERFUL", but orange is not "STRONG" but "MILD". it would be feasible, that only the "POWERFUL" and "STRONG" releases are highlighted in different colors - i wouldn't really care if an album or EP is "MILD" or "WEAK" - wouldn't check out either of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abasio Posted August 20, 2009 Share Posted August 20, 2009 What you could do is everytime you post a review, in your first post, make it a poll 1.1 2.2 3.3 4.4 5.5 people can vote and it's just like the 1 to 5 rating at discogs. Or better 1-10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psytones Posted August 20, 2009 Author Share Posted August 20, 2009 ^yeah I thought about that as well. Maybe that wll have to do, but I think psynews is served best with having a rating system in the spirit of Serapth's suggestion. It will defiently create a certain identety for the review forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drosophila Posted August 20, 2009 Share Posted August 20, 2009 What you could do is everytime you post a review, in your first post, make it a poll 1.1 2.2 3.3 4.4 5.5 people can vote and it's just like the 1 to 5 rating at discogs. Or better 1-10 Good idea... Nice and simple, and I would go for the 1-10 sollution also to differentiate us from discogs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abasio Posted August 20, 2009 Share Posted August 20, 2009 Good idea... Nice and simple, and I would go for the 1-10 sollution also to differentiate us from discogs. It is just editing all the previous reviews that would be hard for the admins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piginspace Posted August 20, 2009 Share Posted August 20, 2009 It is just editing all the previous reviews that would be hard for the admins just tried that out: http://www.psynews.org/forums/index.php?/topic/54706-deviant-electronics-brainwashing-is-childs-play/ i guess it would work to program a script that would change all reviews to a poll, rather than doing all manually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abasio Posted August 20, 2009 Share Posted August 20, 2009 just tried that out: http://www.psynews.org/forums/index.php?/topic/54706-deviant-electronics-brainwashing-is-childs-play/ i guess it would work to program a script that would change all reviews to a poll, rather than doing all manually. let's just hope someone with the ability to do it can see it and agree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormion Posted August 20, 2009 Share Posted August 20, 2009 just tried that out: http://www.psynews.org/forums/index.php?/topic/54706-deviant-electronics-brainwashing-is-childs-play/ i guess it would work to program a script that would change all reviews to a poll, rather than doing all manually. I'm gonna do the same in all my reviews too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psytones Posted August 21, 2009 Author Share Posted August 21, 2009 ^I'm not planning to change all of my reviews, but I made a tester like PigsInSpace. i guess it would work to program a script that would change all reviews to a poll, rather than doing all manually. Yes please! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drosophila Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 Only one problem with the poles is that if one regret giving a certain grade it will be impossible to change it (no?). That means all growers will have a problem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psytones Posted August 21, 2009 Author Share Posted August 21, 2009 The new layout seems to have a Delete Vote option, so then this isn't an issue any more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exotic Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 IMO the rating option should appear on top of a thread one year after the release of the album/compilation so that allows enough time for people to decide what rating should be accorded. Infact one should not be able to post a review till one month after any album is released. Early reviews are often not a very good judge of the music, you almost always need time to be able to tell how good the music is. Listening to an album ten times in one week is so different from listening to it ten times over a month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psytones Posted September 17, 2009 Author Share Posted September 17, 2009 Hey Mars, did you get a chance to read this thread and think about the suggestion? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mars Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 Oh yeah a long time ago I wanted to do this Psynews2/3 thing, which would have contained ratings. With the site as we have it here, you can only rate each others posts I think and there is not much space for customization. Well, in other words, you need a specificly programmed system (like discogs) to do that. So, for the moment, all you can follow are these guidelines: http://www.psynews.org/forums/index.php?/topic/56078-rulesguidelines-for-reviewing/ Please also read that: http://www.psynews.org/forums/index.php?/topic/52218-thoughts-on-psynews-and-the-review-system/page__p__877421entry877421 And that: http://www.psynews.org/forums/index.php?/topic/56164-little-reminders/page__view__findpost__p__936301 (3,5 months to go, wish me good luck) That said, you can't imagine how much I'm sorry I don't have a solution for you right here and now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTP Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 There's some kind of 5 star rating system that can be enabled for topics, seen here. Although I would prefer a percentage scale really. wouldn't this actually solve the rating question? just enable this in the review section and state in the rules that the rating is not for the thread per se, but how people think about the release ... doesn't sound like it's that much work or is it? and when it turns out to be a stupid idea you can still spend time on thinking about a better system! so? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psytones Posted September 18, 2009 Author Share Posted September 18, 2009 ^ Mars, what do you think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mars Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 ^ Mars, what do you think? Good idea, but I think there is a whole story of "quotas" of positive and negative votes per day, so reviewers may be restricted at some point. I'll have to look into it better. There are tons of config options in this new forum. I'm deep in the sh...allenge of making a decent bestof voting system by the end of the year (check here), so I will queue this in my todolist and I promose I'll give you an answer in decent delays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psytones Posted September 23, 2009 Author Share Posted September 23, 2009 Sounds like a great plan Mars, nice to read it's on your to-do-list. Patience On! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malevol3nt Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 We're looking forward to it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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