I have always wondered how users get those ratings, and I never bothered to find out, because I think it is a dumb feature of this forum. But now that you mention it, I figured out how it is done. And, it appears that the number of stars is the average of ratings that people have given you, so I guess if additional people rate you, and give you lower ratings, it would bring your average down. Right now five people have rated you.

However, I do not know whether somebody who has already rated you is able to go back and change their rating of you at a later time. Does anybody know that?

Rating threads makes a little sense, but not rating users.

As far as censoring certain words, I don't like it, and I think the word "censored" is just as bad as, or worse than, using the word it replaces. That's why I have been appealing to people to, instead, censor their own language and think about who might be reading it -- like your mother or grandmother or your children or grandchildren.

Why can't y'all just use the graemlins when you feel the need to get across your emotions? <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" /> I know I once said that I don't always trust graemlins to be honest about what a person really means by their words.<img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" /> But in most cases I think they work pretty well. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />