# Ranked validation

`kaal:entity:ranked-validation`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 2 claims that carry the concept tag `ranked-validation`. It is a roster of what the corpus says under this term. It is **not** an adjudicated definition: no single statement here has been ruled canonical, and no first-appearance call has been made. Read the claims and judge for yourself.

## Every claim under this term

2 claims across 1 works, 2026 to 2026.

**2026**

- [6192998-025](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/6192998-025) [design/argued] -- Replacing binary upvote and downvote with validator rankings over competing submissions preserves the full information content of validator assessments.
  > This replaces the binary upvote/downvote from Calcaterra, Kaal, and Andrei (2018, 7-9) with ranked preferences, preserving the full information content of validator assessments.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Evolution of Domain-Specific Reputation Systems From Binary Validation to Citation-Weighted Knowledge Attribution (2026). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=6192998
- [6192998-026](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/6192998-026) [mechanism/argued] -- The weighted Borda count consensus mechanism preserves the 2018 framework's security property that fifty one percent good faith participation ensures correct outcomes, while extending it to richer quality assessment.
  > This theorem establishes that the revised framework preserves the security property from Calcaterra, Kaal, and Andrei (2018) that 51% good-faith participation ensures correct outcomes, while extending it to richer quality assessment.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Evolution of Domain-Specific Reputation Systems From Binary Validation to Citation-Weighted Knowledge Attribution (2026). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=6192998

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