It's about the whole fandom because the critique can be applied everywhere. It can be applied to art, writing, websites, conventions etc. All of them can be improved and made better. Maybe there are some artists who don't care about quality but as I've said I'm not sure we should accept that. As I said earlier I think those people don't care about what they put out into the world, aren't interested in improving the fandom and frankly don't respect their art. I think that's a problem.
I don't think you can do that for ratings because if everyone is using a different rating system then the rating system itself has no value. If you consider voting according to how much you like a picture you first need to decide what the point of the rating system is. Is the rating system there to tell people how much others like the submission or is it there to tell people how good the submission is? I think the rating should tell someone how good the submission. It's subjective but useful. A rating of if other people enjoy the submission is rather pointless because people's tastes differ.
Lastly I think you're still not understanding what quality is. Quality has to do with how well the submission has been done, whether it accomplishes it's goals, if it has flaws etc. The quality has nothing to do with realism.
"If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind."
~John Stuart Mill~
It's about the whole fandom because the critique can be applied everywhere. It can be applied to art, writing, websites, conventions etc. All of them can be improved and made better. Maybe there are some artists who don't care about quality but as I've said I'm not sure we should accept that. As I said earlier I think those people don't care about what they put out into the world, aren't interested in improving the fandom and frankly don't respect their art. I think that's a problem.
I don't think you can do that for ratings because if everyone is using a different rating system then the rating system itself has no value. If you consider voting according to how much you like a picture you first need to decide what the point of the rating system is. Is the rating system there to tell people how much others like the submission or is it there to tell people how good the submission is? I think the rating should tell someone how good the submission. It's subjective but useful. A rating of if other people enjoy the submission is rather pointless because people's tastes differ.
Lastly I think you're still not understanding what quality is. Quality has to do with how well the submission has been done, whether it accomplishes it's goals, if it has flaws etc. The quality has nothing to do with realism.
"If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind."
~John Stuart Mill~