Talk:Cardinal Ratings

move to "range voting"

Hi there. I hope that I won't offend anyone by this move. I just don't think that it makes any sense to call this method "cardinal ratings". My main reason is that "cardinal ratings" describes a ballot type rather than a tally method.

If people really don't like the name "range voting", I'd suggest "ratings summation", or "ratings sum". I suppose that "average rating" works as well, but it leaves an unanswered question: what is the impact of a ballot that doesn't rank a particular candidate? If the ballot counts as the lowest possible score, then "ratings summation" is the most appropriate name. If the ballot doesn't affect the candidate's score at all, then "average rating" is the most appropriate name.

Am I making any sense?

James Green-Armytage 00:30, 19 May 2005 (PDT)