Re^3: PerlMonks XP Value

Whether the correlation exists or not I still think that these two numbers should/could be separated.
Then, those interested in "how good the monk is in Perl" will care about the votes given to monk, and those interested in overall XP will see these votes and how the monk participates in voting other peoples posts.

Personally, I think that nothing should change and the present system is good to me, but it still confuses too many people.

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Re^4: PerlMonks XP Value by chromatic (Archbishop) on Oct 10, 2006 at 18:46 UTC
Do you have a solution for people voting up posts that contain demonstrably incorrect information? In the past month, I've replied to a good half-dozen posts, saying "That's not true!" In most cases, the parent posts have greater scores than my replies. Fix that, retroactively, and you might have something that works to evaluate the quality of any given post.	[reply]
Re^5: PerlMonks XP Value by fenLisesi (Priest) on Oct 10, 2006 at 19:53 UTC
I think the votes of wiser Monks should be heavier, perhaps in proportion to `log( XP )`.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^6: PerlMonks XP Value by VSarkiss (Monsignor) on Oct 10, 2006 at 20:27 UTC
That's the point everyone's trying to make: we have no way of qualifying "wiser Monks". Neither XP, nor any function of XP, correlates to it. Do not rebuke them with harsh words ... but rather lead them gently - with URLs - so that they may learn wisdom.	[reply]