01-01-2020, 07:10 PMTomasnz Wrote: @Carpy48  thoughts?

That's really what the arbitration thread is for. To get a second opinion.

Since we have a wide range of skills among the submitters here, I believe it's just natural that some get a 5/5 while others occasionally get a 1/5. Since we changed from 1-10 to 1-5 it just seems more harsh, because earlier grades lower than a 5/10 were hardly given out. That's why we use the bonus system for in between grades. It's probably the same if written media was judged by categories like style, grammar etc. and not just by word count. Unfortunately we can't just give the same payment/grade to everyone. We do encourage everyone to submit graphics though, also beginners (and no, you don't need to use Photoshop) and to use the arbitration thread. Every grader here is human and sees things slightly differently, I don't think that's something we can change.. Currently we're still in the middle of making a few changes in the graphics department, but the new arbitrator is @Julio Tokolosh (a.k.a. my co-head).