A notice about ratings
Thursday, May 22, 2003 by paxx | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
OK, I think a notice here is in order.
Lets first establish what ratings are and what value they have. A rating is a way to let peers give their appreciation of your work. Ratings range from 1 to 10, 1 being the worse possible rating and 10 being the ultimate best. Please keep that in mind when rating a skin. Please do not abuse of 1's and 2's, just as you should use the rating of 10 rather sparingly as well. A 1 means "It can't get worse than this", and a 10 means "Nothing can better this".
We have noticed that there is way too many 1's and 10's given out. They should be exception. In theory, only a extreme few skins should deserve one or the other. So, please try to be fair in your ratings, and never use ratings to punish somebody you dislike or reward reward your friends. Give your ratings according to what YOU feel about a piece. NEVER give a rating to try to raise or lower an overall rating you feel is too high or too low. For example, never give a 1 to a skin rated 8 because you feel it deserves a 6. If you think it deserves a 6, then give it a 6. Same goes the other way: don't give a 10 because you think it's rated too low.
Remember that admins can see all the individual ratings. We can see for each skin who rated what, just as we can see for each user what how he rated each skin. If we feel there is abuse in the ratings, we could at some point remove the rating priviledges of any individual.
We highly encourage everybody to rate, and to rate often, but be fair, and do not misuse the priviledge.
Thank you.
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Reply #2 Thursday, May 22, 2003 7:13 AM
Sometimes, some good skins are indeed rated too low, specifically because somebody had misused his rating priviledges.
It is specifically a case like this that motivated me to write this notice. I was looking at a very nicely done skin and was surprised by its rather average rating. So I looked at the rating details and noticed that although most people had rated it 8 or 9, there was one person who had given it a 1. This is totally uncalled for. Very few skins deserve a rating of 1, and certainly not that one.
What I suggest is that when you notice something suspicious such as a good skin with a rather low rating, please contact an admin so we can go and see if there is something unfair in the individual ratings.
Note also that I understand that tastes can be different. I wouldn't have thought much of it had it been a 4 for example. But a 1 is extreme, and should only be given to the rare extremely bad skins. Same goes for 10's (for the rare extremely good skins).
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Reply #4 Thursday, May 22, 2003 1:33 PM
Where is the Rating button or whatever? It has never been visible to me.
Do you need to have a Subscrition or WinCustomize Browser?
What am I missing here?
Thanks
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Reply #9 Friday, May 23, 2003 3:51 AM
The way ratings have been given in the past year made me conclude not to rate much. I haven't been impressed with a few high rated skins, and I feel being harassed if I sincerely comment on it. Especially when it comes to comment on admins/skinners with a "name". Oh well.Reply #10 Friday, May 23, 2003 3:57 AM
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Reply #14 Friday, May 23, 2003 12:05 PM
So, if you feel there may be an unfair rating, you can contact us, we can look and take actions if we feel it's necessary.
Reply #15 Saturday, May 24, 2003 5:27 PM
But we will only take action on a rating if the rating is abusive.
That is, don't email us because someoen gave your skin a 4. 
Reply #17 Monday, May 26, 2003 4:49 PM
But I think its good for the artist and authors to get both a comment and a rating on their work. If you have the privilage to exercise both things, then do it. Its not gonna kill you.
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Reply #19 Wednesday, May 28, 2003 10:39 AM
Just a thought to try and even things out.
Reply #20 Thursday, May 29, 2003 4:26 PM
Perhpas the DevArt 'favorites' count is fairer - you either like the skin or you don't.
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Reply #1 Thursday, May 22, 2003 7:03 AM