Comment Re:suggestion: tiered content (Score 1) 484
Wikipedia already has something like this, for editing purposes. It is only displayed on the discussion pages, though, and used for backend and sorting work.
Here is an example of both the "notability" and "importance" scales for the current featured article of the day, Intelligent Design.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_intelligent_design/Assessment#Importance_scale
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_intelligent_design/Assessment#Quality_scale