diff --git a/ckan/lib/helpers.py b/ckan/lib/helpers.py
index f72d5c4efde..50b1ca92f3f 100644
--- a/ckan/lib/helpers.py
+++ b/ckan/lib/helpers.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 from routes import url_for, redirect_to
 from alphabet_paginate import AlphaPage
 from lxml.html import fromstring
-from i18n import get_available_locales
+from i18n import get_available_locales, _
 
 
 
@@ -338,6 +338,17 @@ def resource_display_name(resource_dict):
     else:
         return '[no name] %s ' % resource_dict['id']
 
+def resource_star_rating(resource_dict):
+    stars = 0 if ('index' in resource_dict.get('url')) else 3
+    out = ""
+    if stars==0: 
+        message = _('When we last checked, this resource was not available.');
+        out = literal('<a href="#" class="mouseover-help-link error-hint" data="%s">404?</a>' % message)
+    else:
+        for n in range(stars):
+            out += icon('star')
+    return out
+
 def resource_link(resource_dict, package_id):
     text = resource_display_name(resource_dict)
     url = url_for(controller='package',
diff --git a/ckan/public/css/style.css b/ckan/public/css/style.css
index 7e768412664..33c620396f9 100644
--- a/ckan/public/css/style.css
+++ b/ckan/public/css/style.css
@@ -207,7 +207,29 @@ tbody tr.table-empty td {
   font-size: 2.2em;
   font-weight: normal;
 }
-
+.mouseover-help-link {
+  border-bottom: 1px dashed #bb2222;
+  position: relative;
+}
+.mouseover-help-link:hover {
+  border-bottom: 1px dashed #183661;
+}
+.mouseover-help-link .inner {
+  position: absolute;
+  top: 18px;
+  left: -30px;
+  display: none;
+  padding: 4px 8px;
+  font-size: 11px;
+  background: #333;
+  text-align: left;
+  width: 150px;
+  z-index: 3;
+  color: #fff;
+}
+.mouseover-help-link:hover .inner {
+  display: block;
+}
 
 /* =============== */
 /* MinorNavigation */
@@ -1129,16 +1151,27 @@ body.package.read h3 {
 .search-result .main-link {
   font-size: 125%;
 }
-.search-result .view-more-link {
+.search-result .extra-links {
   float: right;
+}
+.search-result .view-more-link {
   color: #000;
-  text-align: middle;
+  display: block;
+  text-align: right;
   margin-top: 4px;
   padding: 3px 22px 3px 10px;
   background: url('/images/icons/arrow-right-16-black.png') no-repeat right;
   opacity:0.4;
   filter:alpha(opacity=40); /* For IE8 and earlier */
 }
+.search-result .star-rating {
+  display: block;
+  padding-top: 5px;
+  text-align: right;
+}
+.search-result .error-hint {
+  font-size: 11px;
+}
 .search-result .view-more-link:hover {
   opacity:1.0;
   filter:alpha(opacity=100); /* For IE8 and earlier */
diff --git a/ckan/public/images/icons/star.png b/ckan/public/images/icons/star.png
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..8cea494e2fa
Binary files /dev/null and b/ckan/public/images/icons/star.png differ
diff --git a/ckan/public/scripts/application.js b/ckan/public/scripts/application.js
index 48dc00e1acd..0480cf0ada4 100644
--- a/ckan/public/scripts/application.js
+++ b/ckan/public/scripts/application.js
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
       CKAN.Utils.setupFormatAutocomplete($(this));
     });
     CKAN.Utils.setupMarkdownEditor($('.markdown-editor'));
+    CKAN.Utils.setupMouseoverHelpLinks($('.mouseover-help-link'));
+
     // set up ckan js
     var config = {
       endpoint: CKAN.SITE_URL + '/'
@@ -427,6 +429,17 @@ CKAN.Utils = function($, my) {
     });
   };
 
+  my.setupMouseoverHelpLinks = function(links) {
+    $.each(links, function(n,link) {
+      link = $(link);
+      link.click(function() { return false; });
+      var div = $('<div />');
+      div.html(link.attr('data'));
+      div.addClass('inner');
+      link.append(div);
+    });
+  }
+
   // If notes field is more than 1 paragraph, just show the
   // first paragraph with a 'Read more' link that will expand
   // the div if clicked
diff --git a/ckan/templates/package/read_core.html b/ckan/templates/package/read_core.html
index 6ea1603a94a..2c15825d3e3 100644
--- a/ckan/templates/package/read_core.html
+++ b/ckan/templates/package/read_core.html
@@ -19,7 +19,12 @@
         <h3>Resources</h3>
         <py:for each="res in c.pkg_dict.get('resources', [])">
           <div class="search-result">
-            <a class="view-more-link" href="${h.url_for(controller='package', action='resource_read', id=c.pkg_dict['name'], resource_id=res['id'])}">View</a>
+            <p class="extra-links">
+              <a class="view-more-link" href="${h.url_for(controller='package', action='resource_read', id=c.pkg_dict['name'], resource_id=res['id'])}">View</a>
+              <span class="star-rating"> 
+                ${h.resource_star_rating(res)}
+              </span>
+            </p>
             <a class="main-link" href="${h.url_for(controller='package', action='resource_read', id=c.pkg_dict['name'], resource_id=res['id'])}">${h.resource_display_name(res)}</a>
             &nbsp;&nbsp;
             <span py:if="res.get('format')" class="format-box" property="dc:format">${res.get('format')}</span>