Understanding the proposal types and the matching score
A proposal is either a new article (from an expert question or an unanswered question) or a revision of existing content. The Sarrai signal and the match score show how much confidence Sarrai has in the proposal.
Short answer: every proposal is either a new article (born from an expert question or a question Sarrai couldn't answer) or a revision of existing content. The Sarrai signal with its score gives an indication, but judge a proposal mainly on its content.
The proposal types
In the list, each proposal shows a type:
New article, there's no content for this question yet. This comes from an expert question (an expert answered the question) or from Sarrai not being able to answer.
Revision, content already exists, but a human answer differed from what Sarrai would say. Sarrai proposes updating the existing article.
You only get a revision when the existing article actually fits the question. If Sarrai finds no relevant article to revise, she proposes a new article rather than a revision that's off the mark. In practice you'll see fewer odd proposals, such as a change to your article about expert channels off the back of a billing question.
The Sarrai signal and the destination
On the right of a proposal is the Sarrai signal with a confidence indication and a score out of 100. For now, treat it as an illustrative indicator, not as a hard score calculated for this specific proposal. Always judge a proposal on its content, not on that percentage.
More important is the destination (Destination) below it: which folder the article goes into, the visibility (public or internal), and the language. That way you know right away where it ends up if you approve.
The reason for a proposal
Each proposal shows a short reason: why Sarrai proposes it, for example that she couldn't answer the question or that a human answer differed. That reason is always in the language of your inbox, no stray English sentences in a Dutch inbox, and it refers to Sarrai by her current name. So you can read at a glance why a proposal came in, with no language jumps or outdated names.
Good to know
The score is an aid, not a decision. Even a proposal with a high score is worth reading before you approve it. You decide what goes into the knowledge base.
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