Gallery Rating

Gallery ratings are a subjective gallery scoring system, based on user input, that values a gallery's worth on a scale from 0.5 to 5 stars.

How To

Rating a gallery is done by opening a gallery and using the five stars on the left side below its data and above the Favorites link. Users simply click on the desired rating of 0.5 through 5 (from left to right) in increments of 0.5. The number next to the rating indicates the number of users who have voted on that gallery. Users may not rate their own galleries.

A gallery's rating is displayed both on the gallery's page and on the galleries front page. The rating shown is based on the total rating score averaged over the amount of valid votes. Ratings that stray too far from the average over a fair amount of votes will be retroactively dropped and may subsequently change the average rating. Users may change their vote at any time (this will require refreshing the gallery page if they have just voted for it) and may remove their vote by voting it off the average - or let the system do it, if it already happens to be off.

Effects

A gallery's rating does not directly affect it in any way. Users may choose to avoid galleries with low ratings, but that is entirely at their discretion. Gallery searches may be performed using a minimum rating as a search requirement.

Ratings

Ratings start at 40% opacity at the first vote and gain 1/15 opacity with each extra vote, capping at 100% opacity at 10 votes.

Rewards

Users who rate galleries (as well as those who post or vote on comments) are rewarded points on the Rating & Reviewing Toplist. There is a cap of 100 points per day for rating.