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DECLARE @Question tinyint = 1;
DECLARE @Answer tinyint = 2;
DECLARE @UpMod tinyint = 2;
DECLARE @DownMod tinyint = 3;
DECLARE @DownWeight int = 5;
DECLARE @z numeric(19, 9) = 1.96;
DECLARE @zz numeric(19, 9) = SQUARE(@z);

WITH TotalUpDownVotesByPosts AS (
    SELECT
          Posts.Id
        , PostTypes.Name AS PostType
        , SUM(IIF(Votes.VoteTypeId = @UpMod, 1, 0)) AS Upvotes
        , SUM(IIF(Votes.VoteTypeId = @DownMod, 1, 0)) AS Downvotes
    FROM Posts
    INNER JOIN PostTypes
        ON Posts.PostTypeId = PostTypes.Id
    LEFT JOIN Votes
        ON Posts.Id = Votes.PostId
    GROUP BY
          Posts.Id
        , PostTypes.Name
),
TotalRatingsByPosts AS (
    SELECT
          Id AS [Post Link]
        , PostType AS [Post Type]
        , Upvotes
        , Downvotes
        , (CAST(Upvotes AS numeric(19, 9)) + @zz / 2)
            / (CAST(Upvotes + Downvotes * IIF(PostType = 'Answer', @DownWeight, 1) AS numeric(19, 9)) + @zz)
          AS Ratings
    FROM TotalUpDownVotesByPosts
)
SELECT
      RANK() OVER (ORDER BY Ratings DESC) AS Ranking
    , *
FROM TotalRatingsByPosts
ORDER BY
    Ratings DESC

fork query

edited sep 10

created aug 29 Gao