What do you think about...

[jahntiago]

what do you think about the idea that in roots archives we can calificate the albums.
this is a possible idea or not.
sorry by my poor english

[sf-willy]

Do you mean designate the an album's origin? There is a word "calificada" in Spanish which is used for designating a wine's origin. There is no such word as "calificate" in English.

[leon]

with calificate he mean to rate the albums

[Geoffrey]

User calification/ratings would be a great inclusion and, I assume, very simple to incorporate. Would save me having to check Discogs.com to get some idea of which albums are worth buying!

[Rootsman]

Problem is we all rate albums differently. What may be rated as a great album to one persone may be rated as average by another person.

Its all down to personal taste so i`m not sure how this would work.

[prince 777]

rating a certain album also personally changes with me.
while i am not fixed, my perception of the album is neither.
and rating is like a penalty. if it's done wrong it sticks to the album for years.

though i could handle a star system of 3 stars, like +, average and -.

[Geoffrey]

If enough people rate (see Discogs), generally a consensus emerges, giving a fairly accurate view of the album's worth to a large number of people.

For example, Rootsman doesn't personally like *Rockers Almighty Dub* at all (ONLY a random example!) and so gives it a rating of 1/5. Two other RA users think it's average, so they give it 3/5. However, 27 people think it's one of the best dub records out there and give it 5/5. The overall score would appear as ... [calculating] ... 4.7/5

Simple, eh!

[ras andejo]

If enough people rate (see Discogs), generally a consensus emerges, giving a fairly accurate view of the album's worth to a large number of people.

For example, Rootsman doesn't personally like Rockers Almighty Dub at all (ONLY a random example!) and so gives it a rating of 1/5. Two other RA users think it's average, so they give it 3/5. However, 27 people think it's one of the best dub records out there and give it 5/5. The overall score would appear as ... ... 4.7/5

Simple, eh!

I totally agree with this approach! The more people will rate the more accurate an album will be rated.

[Rootsman]

If enough people rate (see Discogs), generally a consensus emerges, giving a fairly accurate view of the album's worth to a large number of people.

For example, Rootsman doesn't personally like Rockers Almighty Dub at all (ONLY a random example!) and so gives it a rating of 1/5. Two other RA users think it's average, so they give it 3/5. However, 27 people think it's one of the best dub records out there and give it 5/5. The overall score would appear as ... ... 4.7/5

Simple, eh!

Geoffrey, you actually picked a bad example as that has to be one of my favorite dub albums, so i`ll start this thing off by giving that one 5 out of 5

[tron]

what if the same person votes 36.7 times for the same lp?