Introduction of a 'Wheaton Level'

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Handsomedan

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#2405133 23-Jan-2020 08:43

freitasm:

Handsomedan:

OK - I know we have covered this before but I'm a casual Star Trek fan, not a true Trekkie...what's a Wheaton Level, when it's not on the Enterprise?

Here's a background on Wheaton's Law.

It would be fair to say that I was NOT expecting there to be any reference to Will Wheaton - I was taking the p!$$...I just assumed it was a coincidence that we Geeks would know who Will Wheaton was and that there was also a Wheaton's Law. I really expected them to be completely unrelated.

I feel much cleverer now.

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#2405134 23-Jan-2020 08:46

Handsomedan:

freitasm:

Handsomedan:

OK - I know we have covered this before but I'm a casual Star Trek fan, not a true Trekkie...what's a Wheaton Level, when it's not on the Enterprise?

Here's a background on Wheaton's Law.

It would be fair to say that I was NOT expecting there to be any reference to Will Wheaton - I was taking the p!$$...I just assumed it was a coincidence that we Geeks would know who Will Wheaton was and that there was also a Wheaton's Law. I really expected them to be completely unrelated.

I feel much cleverer now.

I feel a song coming on...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1bCUYjhv_Y

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#2405158 23-Jan-2020 09:47

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I'd have thought +1's are a good indication of that. E.G. if you've got a high number of posts but a low number of +1's then you're not doing so well in the view of your peers on the forum.

a few of us around here could game that ;)

I wonder that some are now. There are some with what looks to me a much higher than average +1 ratio to their number of total posts.

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