ratings are subjective....and going through and knocking down one artists gallery has always struck me as bad form....... and as an example of the lunacy of that and the lunacy of ratings in general that is is Maira's sleeping witch over at R'otica. after receiving 35, yes count 'em 35 10's and winning the halloween competition, chosen by Maira's peers to be the winner... let's clarify that... the membership of the site voted her the winner and her work the best....3 months later along comes some divine sky pilot with no posted artwork and no previous postings to decide her work is good but not perfect... plunk his 8 on it and drop it 846 places on the best rankings now that strikes me as ludicrous.. though to Maira's credit it certainly doesn;t seem to have bothered her at all... but i think the time has come for ratings to pass into the hallowed mists of the past... and up until now i have been a supporter of rankings, because hey lets face it without rankings how do you group the best ranked gallery....LOL