The items are evaluated for use by the recommender. A record of a plurality of previously rated items and their associated assessments is maintained, and upon receiving an evaluation for the first item (201), at least one of the evaluated items having an evaluation similar to the evaluation of the first item One is retrieved (205). The retrieved at least one evaluated item is displayed (207). The user can then change the evaluation of the retrieved items or the first item to apply the assessments consistently (209).;
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