Well, you have the top skins and top skinners on WC's homepage by downloads, but that arguably has a few problems associated: some great skinners stopped at a certain point (as you pointed out), and OSs kept changing, so dls aren't a perfect indicator.

Some Masters pulled their skins and aren't available anymore so how can they qualify or be judged, and who qualifies as a judge?

Nah. Everyone has their fave skin/s, and fave skinner/s per app...as a recent thread showed, if I remember correctly. 

When I think about it, they were all great and courageous...and I leave it at that.

Dr. JBHL has made some valid points that I wasn't considering. I have 3 blinds of my own, trouble is, I am green behind the ears, and they have glitches that I do not know how to fix. 

I find that Skinstudio is complicated and tricky to navigate, so for now, I just use my own blinds for my own personal use. Just thankful that I can contribute to the community in other ways. Thank you, Lightstar for all that you do! 

Quoting LightStar,

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You're welcome 3java3! Maybe you can PM me and tell me if your using Windows 10 or 11, the name of the blinds you are having a problem with and what the problem is, I might be able to help.

That is the answer of a genuine Master skinner. It's the answer I wished to suggest but didn't because I suspected Tom is quite busy updating his site, skinning and keeping up with family and other chores tied to living life. Bless you Tom, from the heart.