the rating tool itself - mechanics, scores, what a number means
Penis raters, and how to read one
What a rating tool is actually scoring, how the different ones differ, and how much weight the number deserves.
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A tool is not a fixed instrument
Rubrics get edited, mappings get retuned, populations shift; a score from last year and a score from today are on two different scales.
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When the tool declines, and what that means
A rejected submission is a statement about the image, not a hidden zero; reading it as a bad result is a category error.
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Whether the tool tells you what it scores
A published rubric lets you audit a result; a hidden one asks you to trust it. Both can be consistent, only one can be checked.
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What you can still check when there is only one number
A tool that shows one number can still be tested for consistency and sensitivity; you just cannot ask it why.
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A number and a position are not interchangeable
A score claims a value; a rank claims a position among others. Tools show both, and readers merge them into one impression.
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The variables that will not hold still
Some conditions cannot be fixed - ambient light varies, devices age, states vary. The answer is more samples and wider error bars, not pretending.
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Ninety-nine steps, same amount of information
Stretching a scale adds digits, not resolution; the underlying judgement did not get sharper because the display got longer.