Peer rating is how good people think your work is. IIRC, they can only be given by people who are "special" in some way - usually because they're recognised skinners themselves. They're not always entirely accurate, but generally if your skin has 8 or more it's a good sign, whereas if it's 3 or less, it's bad (particularly since users don't see low-rated skins). If it's 1 you probably ripped your submission from someone else.

What exactly are you alluding to adni?

When I'm not sure what rating a skin deserves I head to this page

http://www.pax.f2s.com/ratings/rating.html

I read that a long time ago too paxx, and think about it everytime I rate a skin.

Personally, I place little to no credence in the ratings. My main complaint is the "initial rating" that I feel is placed there rather arbitrarily by the wizops. How well are these things being judged if they're rated as they're posted?

Case in point: My "Blue Sunset" skin for Dashboard was given a 2. Granted, not my best work, but it's not THAT bad. Just compared with the ratings on some of my other skins, that 2 (arguably) makes no sense.

I do, however, like that rating program, paxx -- nice work. I'd give it at least a 7

You took the words from my mouth Paxx

I know well, that this Peer Rating System has been done with a lot of try to be as fair as possible and in theory it is.
But, (there is always a but ), what kind of Peer Rating is this, with 1 or 2 votes only?
We must have a peer rating system with at least 5 votes, otherwise it is better to not appearing at all, 'till it gets at least 5 votes.

By the way, I know that we are living in a cruel word, but the artists are very sensitive people and we must try not to hurt them, if you know what I mean. We are artists too, and we must not do to the others, what we don't like them to do to us

adni18 - but the artists are very sensitive people and we must try not to hurt them

true
personally i only rate things that i like. the reasoning is that if i dont like it, or am not impressed, this is hardly a reflection on the work, only on my perception of the work.

however, if something really speaks to me, and moves me emotionally, then it really does deserve a proper rating, and i will look to do so.

Um, how about "this skin really spoke to me emotionally, and I liked it." Those are words, right?

Just a thought

Koasati, citizens can't view the ratings, apparently since some people (me among them) were criticizing them when they were introduced. One of my argument was that the casual downloaders were going to be influenced by the opinions of other in their downloads. Casual downloaders being citizens and guests, it was apparently decided that they should not be influenced by the ratings for their downloads. I personnaly would have prefered to have the rating system removed altogether, but whatever. y other beef was that it is impossible to grade a piece of art. What are the criterias that distinguish a good skins from a bad one. It's then that I made my evaluation grid (see link above) in order to give me and other who wish to use it a more educated basis on which to rate.
I eventually abandonned my cruisade since I came to the conclusion that ratings don't mean anything since nobody uses them anyway; it's almost as if they don't exist anyway.

The citizen class is not meant for skinners, I am sure that yo are only a citizen still because you just arrived. I have no doubt you will be "promoted" soon.