rankings are always a sore point especialy if things being ranked are given favor in some way. I'd say leave the rankings but remove the option to sort by rank. Then, it doesnt' matter over all what rank anything has except to the individual artist and those viewing the work. Also, a comment on comments. I tend to look at them kind of like applause and for whatever reason i find myself getting depressed when i see lots of views but no comments. Now that's probably a pretty silly way to be but I'm pretty sure i'm not the only one that feels down when people dont comment. Especialy since there's a sort by most commented. I wouldn't suggest forcing people to make comments but I might suggest that mods be required to make comments and give rankings on anything uploaded to a gallery connected to a forum they are a mod of. (ducks out of the way of flying objects tossed from multiple directions at the same time.)