I don't have anything as formal as a list or anything, but if I see certain usernames attached to a contribution, I will be more trusting of the info than otherwise.

I have it the other way around... I've got a list af user names I don't trust...

I don't trust any contribution 100% but if I see other users that I consider Smart Cookies who have voted yes on a profile, I'm less likely to scrutinize it.

Trust No One .

There are a few that I trust and feel comfortable with giving the contribution a cursory once-over. I don't blindly approve them though. No one is perfect and even the best contributors have a "Reagan" moment .

In direct answer to the question, Yes, I have a database of my own construction that I track every contributor I encounterand I assign a rating. There are a small handful of users that have proven to me that they consistently try an follow the Rules and strive to do high quality work. That does not mean they are perfect, sometimes I catch a mistake they might make or someone else catches something overlooked and let's me know.

There are oyusrs have, similarly demonstrated a total disregard fro the Rules, thus ensuring that i will  give any Contribution they might make extra attention.

I also rate voting ofr my purposes, since there are also users who will vote in either ignorance of the Rules or again doesn't care and will vote yes regardless. There arer users who appear to vote from their own agenda as well.

My algorithm is very extensive and takes into account a number of totally proprietary issues.

We are also all too human and while we may strive for perfection, sometimes we will hit it and sometimes we won't. But I don't care who you are, users wthat ignore valid  No votes  just because the vote is going their way tell me that they are not interested in the quality of the database. I will fix and re-fix any Contribution until it is right if I have to.

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when I vote, I verify that i'am doing so correctly. I rarely vote on covers.

I always check everything, even from the ones I trust.

Similar to many I have a mental list of "people I know try to follow the Rules and usually do excellent updates" and, though I don't automatically vote Yes (as anyone can make an error) I tend to believe them if they say "taken from end credits" or "regions checked from actual disc" without checking them myself!