That Rating System

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That Rating System

Throw it in the trash !

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I have been seeing some great wallpapers, icons and windowblinds etc. and what I see is that damn rating system giving other members a poor rate. There are alot of very nice looking wallpapers, icons, etc. on this site, but all I see is one bad mark after another. I am very upset that this system must stay in place, ( Throw it in the trash). And I also see alot of favorite members getting all the great marks, ( Throw it in the trash). I just think some ppl on this site are so rude and don't care about anybody but them themselves. I say again, THROW IT IN THE TRASH !
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Reply #26 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Sorry to say, but everything can't be a 7(31/2 stars) or above.


No of course not - thats kinda what I meant. The fact that certain galleries have this rating standard is what causes all this dissension. That was why I said maybe there was a way to break up the walls into catagories. Like Zoomba said about having to wade through pages of Bryce etc. But there are a lot of 3 star walls that are wonderful - yet noone gets to see them. But you can have a windowblind with 2.5 stars ( 5 rating ) with thousands of downloads. Because in that section - everything is seen.
Reply #27 from WinCustomize Forums Top

But there are a lot of 3 star walls that are wonderful - yet noone gets to see them.

Site Members get to see them....and there are over two and a half million members....so I guess that's a totally 'different' interpretation of 'no-one'...

Siege of Centauri
Reply #28 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Site Members get to see them....and there are over two and a half million members....so I guess that's a totally 'different' interpretation of 'no-one'.


Yes thats true - but site members dont always sign in and also have the ability to set their preferences to not view skins under a certain rating. Which could account for so many of the walls I had seen with 2 stars and had a 4 week old date but yet they had no downloads at all. The new forum shows how many members are logged in - with so many members its surprizing to see the logged in member count usually under 50.
Reply #29 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Some things could have zero downloads because people think they're rubbish. Just a thought
Reply #30 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Which could account for so many of the walls I had seen with 2 stars and had a 4 week old date but yet they had no downloads at all.

No...any 'older' ones with no downloads are likely to have been recent re-evaluations of past previously rejected walls now made public...

Reply #31 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Some things could have zero downloads because people think they're rubbish. Just a thought


Yeah , but we have all seen rubbish sell at an art show for hundreads of dollars

No...any 'older' ones with no downloads are likely to have been recent re-evaluations of past previously rejected walls now made public


Ok..I had asked that question on another thread 'cause thats what I thought it was - but noone answered. So that makes sense.
Reply #32 from WinCustomize Forums Top
art 1 Pronunciation (ärt)
n.
1. Human effort to imitate, supplement, alter, or counteract the work of nature.
2.
a. The conscious production or arrangement of sounds, colors, forms, movements, or other elements in a manner that affects the sense of beauty, specifically the production of the beautiful in a graphic or plastic medium.
b. The study of these activities.
c. The product of these activities; human works of beauty considered as a group.

however you don't put a rating system on art.


Facts are, all art is rated, if you go by this definition of art. Movies, Plays, Paintings, Sculpture, art exhibits, art galleries, food, fashion, etc, etc.

You can go beyond that to Ratemyfacedotcom, ratemy(insertbodyparthere)dotcom, etc. Almost seems an overwhelmingly majority of people want to be rated for something. I won't even go into the hidden meaning or reasons behind it.

I think what's important is that the person choosing the art is picking it for their own reasons, not the rating. God knows how many one star movies I have gone to and enjoyed instead of listening to the critics or counting the stars. The same goes for stuff I have downloaded. I've downloaded plenty of stuff under 4 or even 3 stars and some less than that because I LIKED it.

Just incase you have doubts that some people want to be rated (all masochists, I'm sure) here's a couple sites that do just that..rate art

http://www.ratemyart.net/ rate my art
http://www.ratingart.com/ rating art
Reply #33 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Facts are, all art is rated,


Thus the term "Art Critic" "Movie Critic" etc.

.....figured I'd jump in on this month's/week's rehash.....


Reply #34 from WinCustomize Forums Top
.....figured I'd jump in on this month's/week's rehash.....


me too lol

all art is rated at an auction.   
Reply #35 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Lantec: Thus the term "Art Critic" "Movie Critic" etc.


Which brings us back to fuzzy's post # 22

Rating probably needs to be in skilled hands only.


Reply #36 from WinCustomize Forums Top
C'mon... if the rating system is changed, what will we have to look forward to on a monthly basis. This topic always generates a giggle or a blood pressure spike, depending on the mood at the time of reading.
I'm sure Jafo can come up with more nifty dialog like...

Re words-into-mouth-placements....


or the ever popular...

If I told you the Earth was flat you'd believe that too, I presume..


These are the things that make reading this rehash so entertaining!!

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Reply #39 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Phoon....actually....with the eternal plethora of rating threads I'm likely to exhaust my supply of natty quips and one-liners...

Po' ...thanks for #32 ...it helped explain this art/rating thing people always seem to want to ignore/deny as a reality.

Of course all of this thread [and the squillions like it that have come before and will likely follow] presupposes that it is the 'art' that is being judged, not the entity that is a 'wallpaper'.

Almost always these threads are by/for/about wallpapers and wallpaper 'makers', not specifically skins at all.

I for one really do not look at a submitted wallpaper and think "OMFG!!! the pathos...the angst...the raw emotion captured in every tortured Bryce button-press...a brilliance of visual expression!!!" as I cup my face in both hands, mouth agape in a silent scream.....

It's [they're] supposed to be wallpapers...you know, those things you put on a desktop and cover with icons and assorted effluvia.  They are therefore judged for function, form, appeal, and technical skill.  Why 'technical skill'?  In a wall? Because if it's really simplistic and non-technical anyone would be more likely do it themselves than bother to download a 'flea in the distance' wall.

Now the new direction Wincustomize.com is taking with wall moderation means that if you have one rejected you will 'know' it was deemed to be PARTICULARLY POOR or it failed 'function' [a 16x16 pixel icon never works as a wall], or it violated policy [rip/porn/racially discriminatory/etc].

Once it IS 'approved' it is approved as a 'wallpaper', not as 'art'.

Whether you wish to debate the semantics of 'art' and what it constitutes, or not, bear in mind that it is the WALLPAPER suitability being judged/rated, not whether it was Post-Coital Impressionism of the Nihilistic Period or Pre-school Finger-painting 101 for the digitally challenged....

Reply #40 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Now that's settled, I look forward to seeing everyone here next month for the next episode...   
Reply #41 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Well seeing that it is next month, from the month this was started.......

Reply #42 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I for one really do not look at a submitted wallpaper and think "OMFG!!! the pathos...the angst...the raw emotion captured in every tortured Bryce button-press...a brilliance of visual expression!!!" as I cup my face in both hands, mouth agape in a silent scream....


ROFL 6
Reply #43 from WinCustomize Forums Top
or a Pre-school Finger-painting 101 for the digitally challenged....


I think its rather cruel to talk about my " Blueberry Hill " wall entry for the skinnilicious Artrage Contest.

Reply #44 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I think its rather cruel to talk about my " Blueberry Hill " wall entry for the skinnilicious Artrage Contest.

/me looks up into the sky, whistling innocently...

Reply #45 from WinCustomize Forums Top
/me looks up into the sky, whistling innocently.


lol - yeah well , when its hanging in the " louvre " we'll see who's whistling then.

PS: That was LOUVRE not LOO .
Reply #46 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Well I for one am totally confused.
If everyone says Ignore the ratings and if no one believes them and they don't matter.
Why is there a ratings system?

On most sites I can at least tell something about the skin or wall paper or whatever by the ratings.
Here I am forced to ignore the ratings and guess at what might be quality work or not for my once a month or less choice of what I download.
Sometimes comments do give me a clue, sometimes not.
Looks bewilderedly at the admins.
Why the ratings? I read much here about site lag problems (and do experience some really horrible problems logging on the site)
So please forgive my ignorance, but wouldn't minimizing some features or removing them improve performance? Not to mention help with maintenance? Also if ratings have no credibility with the users does this not reduce credibiity with the over all site as well?

Oh well, this old geezer probably doesn't understand the new web mentality anyway.
Please understand as well, I'm NOT a skinner just apprecate good work and looking at the skins and very rarely do download one as I can’t afford to purchase the full membership at the moment and do not want to take advantage of bandwidth since I'm not purchasing.