⭐ How ratings work

We never remove a review for being negative. We only remove spam, insults, personal information or fake reviews. Every removal is counted above.
LABDE runs this calendar. LABDE’s events and organizer profile are rated by exactly the same rules as everyone else.

• Members with a verified email, one review per event (you can edit yours).
• Organizers cannot review their own events.
• Reviews go live straight away, and organizers can reply.

Calendar team the reviewer is part of the calendar team. Their review counts like anyone’s — the tag is there so you know.

The stars on an event are the real average of its reviews, rounded normally (4.89 → 4.9). 5.0 only when every review is 5★.
Event Score (out of 100) is used for the Top events order: every event starts with 5 pretend 4★ reviews, then its real reviews move it up or down. So 1–2 reviews cannot jump to the top.
Example: 8 × 5★ + 1 × 4★ → (44 + 20) ÷ (9 + 5) = 4.57 → Score 91.4

Score (out of 100) = review quality × experience × 20.
• Review quality = (all stars + 20) ÷ (reviews + 5) — the same 5 pretend 4★ reviews, across all their events.
• Experience = events already held. The first events count most; 30 or more gives the full boost. It changes the Score by 15% at most, so good reviews always matter most.
• Organizer stars = Score ÷ 20 (Score 91 = 4.6★). Their real review average is shown next to it.
Example: 21 reviews (20 × 5★ + 1 × 4★), 10 events held → quality 4.77 × experience 0.955 × 20 = Score 91.1 → 4.6★

An organizer or event needs 3 reviews before it gets stars, a Score and a rank number. Until then it shows “New” / “Not rated yet” with its real reviews — one early review, good or bad, should not decide a rating. Equal Scores share the same rank.

Honest reviews help everyone — the organizer too. 3 or 4 stars are welcome. Think a review breaks the rules? Tell the calendar team and we will look at it.