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Trusted members of our community (with a member level of 3.0 or more) can rate another member’s story review. If you are a trusted member, you can rate a review by clicking on the appropriate rating number next to “Rate this Review” (at the bottom of that member’s review). Reviews are rated on the scale of 1 to 5, based on their overall helpfulness (1 = not helpful at all >> 5 = very helpful). A review’s helpfulness is typically associated with the same basic journalistic principles we look for in news stories, as well as our own community guidelines. We’re not asking if you agree with this review, but whether it is helpful, thoughtful, respectful and informative. Once a review has been rated, an overall review rating is shown to the right, along with the total number of members who rated this review. This overall review rating averages your own rating with other member ratings of this review. Please rate carefully, as these review ratings form an important part of a NewsTrust member’s
