Weekly Poll: Wallpaper Moderation
Stirring the pot
Monday, February 25, 2008 by Zoomba | Discussion: WinCustomize News
One of the most controversial galleries on WinCustomize is, without a doubt, our wallpaper section. In the past 90% of all work submitted was rejected out-right. Now, more is let through, but still the vast majority is placed on a user's personal page instead of the main gallery. This has met with mixed reactions from wallpaper artists and users alike. Some do not like the relaxed requirements, claiming that it has ruined the quality of the gallery. Others contend that we're being too restrictive and driving away wallpaper artists to other sites such as DeviantArt, Interfacelift etc.
So I thought this week we'd put it to an actual vote. Let everyone voice their opinion on how they would like wallpaper moderation to be handled.
At the moment, moderators look at a wallpaper submission, and decide whether it's personal-page-only, or main gallery material. The general metric we use is if something would be rated a 5/10 or higher (or 2.5 stars), it's good enough for the main gallery, 4/10 and lower goes to the personal page. We only reject broken submissions, submissions with bad preview images, or rips.
So, is our new policy to send some items to the personal page, and others to the main gallery a good one? Is the 5/10 threshold an acceptable limit, or should it be raised or lowered? Vote on the poll, and share your opinion in the comments below.
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Reply #82 Tuesday, February 26, 2008 8:33 PM
This way the people who dont want to wade through pages of "junk" wont be affected by it at all and those who are interested in checking out everything that is out there and want to form an opinion about it on their own are more easily able to do so without having to go through millions of personal pages.
And this will still let people know that their work, although good enough for themselves and maybe some others, is not quite what Wincustomize is looking for. And also, by watching the number of downloads and ratings these wallpapers in the new gallery get, it would give the moderators a chance to compare their opinions and choices with those of the community.
Reply #84 Tuesday, February 26, 2008 8:53 PM
Tha guy can't help wanting to be like me. But really, who can blame him?
Reply #85 Tuesday, February 26, 2008 9:07 PM
Jafo plots to hide Zubaz under a rock...permanently....
All good ideas are mine, I tell you!!!...
Reply #86 Tuesday, February 26, 2008 11:03 PM
Jafo plots to hide Zubaz under a rock...permanently....
All good ideas are mine, I tell you!!!...
I do believe Zubaz under a rock was mine....
Reply #88 Wednesday, February 27, 2008 2:13 PM
Reply #89 Wednesday, February 27, 2008 2:53 PM
You might want to check your e-mail:-
Dear HeirOfSlytherin,
Thank you for your recent upload of your Iron Horse Old 97 for WallPapers
Unfortunately your upload has not met our guidelines and has been rejected.
The preview image and file upload were corrupted. Please resubmit.
Sincerely,
The WinCustomize Staff
Reply #90 Wednesday, February 27, 2008 3:36 PM
If thats the reason for the rejection, you need to include that in the upload notification e-mail. I did have problems uploading it a few times. Third time was the charm. I was assuming it went through ok. 
Reply #91 Wednesday, February 27, 2008 3:38 PM
Reply #93 Wednesday, February 27, 2008 6:24 PM
What....putting exclaimation marks inside triangles?
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Reply #94 Wednesday, February 27, 2008 6:35 PM
That was the e-mail sent to you... I just copied it from the cc I received
Reply #95 Wednesday, February 27, 2008 10:16 PM
Reply #97 Wednesday, February 27, 2008 11:08 PM
I think a little bit of both
Reply #98 Thursday, February 28, 2008 1:28 AM
Is it irony or did I ask for it?
nice Reply #99 Thursday, February 28, 2008 7:38 AM
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Reply #81 Tuesday, February 26, 2008 7:22 PM