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:::Not indicative of someone's skill. It is true that most competitors will place around the same level over a set period. A competitor's best placement will then likely be an outlier and to an extent I see as meaningless information. Someone may usually place 97th, 65th, etc. at majors but if they go to enough they may eventually get a 13th, either due to bracket luck or simple overperformance. That 13th will stick on their infobox and affect how people perceive their skill. | :::Not indicative of someone's skill. It is true that most competitors will place around the same level over a set period. A competitor's best placement will then likely be an outlier and to an extent I see as meaningless information. Someone may usually place 97th, 65th, etc. at majors but if they go to enough they may eventually get a 13th, either due to bracket luck or simple overperformance. That 13th will stick on their infobox and affect how people perceive their skill. | ||
:::The only way I see this paramter being an improvement over skill level if the best ranking parameter is also implemented is if someone is not ranked. Keeping the skill level parameter solves this issue. My current proposition is to change "Top level" to "Globally ranked", or something similar in MOST cases. The | :::The only way I see this paramter being an improvement over skill level if the best ranking parameter is also implemented is if someone is not ranked. Keeping the skill level parameter solves this issue. My current proposition is to change "Top level" to "Globally ranked", or something similar in MOST cases. The exception being that if someone is inarguably Top level according to the current guidelines but has never been globally ranked, they can stay Top level instead of Upper high (this is a very small number of people). This maintains the positives of the skill level paramater for those those who aren't ranked, from Low to Upper high, while avoiding the edit wars around Top level which began this in the first place. (I would also like to change "Skill" to "Peak Skill" on infoboxes since it's not really clear, as an aside.) [[User:Levii|Levii]] ([[User talk:Levii|talk]]) 16:26, January 28, 2024 (EST) | ||
I believe our main issue right now is how to define "top level", and really I think the way the wiki looks at it is different than what the larger ''Smash'' community sees it. | I believe our main issue right now is how to define "top level", and really I think the way the wiki looks at it is different than what the larger ''Smash'' community sees it. | ||