I was thinking when are You upvoting a question.
Obvious aspects (remainded at each upvote) which can be taken under consideration are:
- question shows research effort,
- is useful
- is clear
I would add another criterion
- is well formatted
I will upvote any question which is useful (IMO) and clear. In case of really bad formatting I will probably wait for improvement.
Why I do not care about research effort? Because there are not many questions which show all of above so I would have to upvote only couple. Community (statistically) does not care of it too and I do not want interesting topics to drown in sea of plotting or fun-and-entertainment.
A little bit tilting at windmills.
Edit
So, do You agree with my way of deciding if the question should be upvoted? I mean:
I will upvote any question which is useful (IMO) and clear. In case of really bad formatting I will probably wait for improvement.
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) 5*newNessInDays + 5*numberOfTagsILike + ParticipationByUsersILike + Votes :P – Jacob Akkerboom Jul 14 '13 at 9:23