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:''This is just a proposition, not policy. See the [[User talk:Alerante/Point_system|talk page]] for all discussion.''

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(contracted; show full)atisfy all. One who is intolerant of a POV different from his or her own is generally drowned out by those who see it as valid. The problem may be (and I do see this) that it will generally be those harboring bad feelings that will make use of this feature. Therefore, a possible suggestion may be to only allow a level of [[Wikipedia:Bureaucrats|Bureaucrats]] to give points. <small>[ [[User:Alerante|alerante]] | [[User_talk:Alerante|&#x201c;&#x201d;]] 20:36, 23 Sep 2004 (UTC) ]</small>


==Possible objections==

*Doesn't this create a [[caste system]] of sorts?

:Yes, but there is already some vestige of that in the titles of sysop, bureaucrat, etc. In my opinion, one's rating should be hidden from other users and only visible to themselves.

*Doesn't this distract the attention from editors away from contributing to articles, turning essentially all of them into [[bureaucrats]]?

*Doesn't this turn Wikipedia into a giant flamewar where people will fight over points and punish people with different opinions by penalising them?⏎
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==Miscellanea==

I've held off on allowing [[Wikipedia:Developer|Developer]] privileges to be granted by this. The people who run the server should be able to protect its integrity.

<small>[ [[User:Alerante|alerante]] | [[User_talk:Alerante|&#x201c;&#x201d;]] 23:11, 17 Sep 2004 (UTC) ]</small>