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.