[off topic] Styl, I know [/off topic]

well horizon your speach motivated me... i made my first skin,from scratch and named it accordingly. https://www.wincustomize.com/skins.asp?library=3&SkinID=3240 .....
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Nope, instead I would recreate the icon from scratch and do a better job. I

and that is why alot of the work on this site is really good! because it goes through alot of changes.

My suggestion would be to give constructive criticism if a work is rated low

i prefer more comments and constructive criticism than ratings, that way, i can improvise my work to suit others better.

hey, one suggestion, what about starting 2 ratings - one from the mods who rate it b4 adding to the library, & the other from the users who visited your works? i mean, one is staff rating & other is public rating. how's the idea?

wow. good idea. that would give me a chance to see whos rating my skin and how. i mean; i dont want some 9th grader giving one of my skins a 2 just because he has a membership...

I've long said ratings and comments should be linked. No hiding place! If you give a low rating, fine, but say why. On what basis are you giving a rating? It should be on merit, nothing else.

For me, as said before, I award the following:

Skill level - 3 marks
Functionality - 3 marks
Appearence - 3 marks
With 1 further mark for something exceptional which has already gained 9 max from the other categories.

Sometimes it can be frustrating to have mixed ratings. My latest skin was a 8 after two ratings, at the next it was a 6 - you can add and divide that using fingers It now 7 after nine ratings, so things even out eventually.

It would be nice to have enough ratings to loose, say, the two highest and two lowest ratings. That would even out the anomalies. Sadly not enough people rate to do that

I have a skin named after me?! I'm speechless, which is strange considering I just gave 2 of em

Horizon..I am an artist

https://www.wincustomize.com/myskins.asp?AuthorID=193183

I do my homework before I open my mouth and risk making myself look like a fool. I'm not directing anything at you, trying to flame you, and or otherwise trying to just be an [explitive deleted].

I do kinda wonder how your library is empty but you have an apprentice level, though I've seen it before with dreamdesign3d when he simply deleted everything.

I more wonder why you think it's questionable for me to rate a rip a 1, and questionable for me to rate it anything else higher than a 1. In my eyes yes rips are rips, but we will always have to deal with it. There is FAR too much for us to filter through it all, and even worse prove it by providing the original. So when I can prove it, I report. If I can't I use the best judgement I am able to.

What else can one ask of another?

here is some of lecrayon's work horiz0n:
http://www.skinbase.org/gallery.php?page=1&order=2&sorted=dates&uname=lecrayon&display=1

at least I think this is the same guy.

Probably is, he shoulda said, "fine arts" as anyone I see on this site I assume use this site. Of course it could be possible he changed his name too I suppose.

It now 7 after nine ratings

man, only one of my skins has two ratings that i know of... i wish people would take the time and comment though...

oh well, people just happen to be lazy.

horiz0n.....it's pointless to rate ripped work at any level, '1' or '10' for that matter.

The correct action is to notify an Admin of its existence and have it 'rated' correctly, namely 'removed', perhaps along with its author....