I have a question about one of the options in Gallery Metadata.

What is the difference between "Comments Only" and "Allow Reviews" in the pull down menu?

From memory, reviews are comments with ratings enabled.

OK thanks Adam But then I wonder why the ratings check box is included too?

Yes, I have wondered that myself. It's a totally separate rating system for reviews (ie, comments) is the best way to look at it.

I think the main reason for the separation is because of the non-bundled addon that allows you to define custom criteria for reviews. So while it just has a generic rating by default, with the non-bundled addon you can define other criteria which members can give 1-5 stars, such as Grammar, Insight, Quality, etc.

I wasn't aware that the non-bundled addon tied into the Reviews. That's pretty neat.

Adam Edington said

I wasn't aware that the non-bundled addon tied into the Reviews. That's pretty neat.

From “Post #10116”, 20th Mar 2013

It's either ratings or reviews. I cannot remember honestly as it's been a bit of time since I touched that code, lol.