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Yes to this as well -- same caveat as my comment on the other suggestion. The abiliity for users to rate things in various different, fine-grained ways is part of the design of InstaGov, which is one of my major focuses right now.

Each issue page should have a descriptive sidebar that helps categorize the issue (using one or more categories), provides a map of where the issue fits within its category, and provides a short description of how well-developed the issue page is.

"Well-developed" will require some definition and consensus. Some suggested axes to look at when determining overall quality:

• Number of sources cited
• Quality of sources cited (difficult to measure!)
• Quality of analysis (also difficult to measure)
• Stylistic quality (writing, links to other pages, images, etc)

This suggestion is in line with my own thinking. It may take awhile before I can get to it, though, as there's some pretty substantial coding involved. If any other coders (PHP, mainly) would like to get involved, that could help substantially; I can put together detailed design documents -- collaboratively, if anyone wants to be involved in the design process.