Sputnikmusic - Reviewer Stratification

Reviewer Stratification

Currently on Sputnikmusic, four classes of reviewer exist that demarcate whether content should be considered professional or not.

• Staff Writers are the writers who contribute the professional-standard content, which includes featured articles in addition to reviews. There are currently 28 staff reviewers, three of whom also act as moderators and administrators for the site.

• Contributing Reviewers can not contribute features, and are not eligible for inclusion by either Metacritic or Wikipedia, yet are acknowledged as being good writers who generate content of a high quality.

• Emeritus is a status given to former staff writers who no longer contribute to the site. Reviews by these users are acknowledged as professional.

• Users includes everybody who has not yet been promoted to any of the higher levels. Despite this, they can still contribute new reviews, artists, and albums to the database, edit data already present, and submit journals and lists.