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 #109 Thursday, February 28, 2008 1:57 PM
I don't know how comfortable I am with the idea of the kind of heavy moderation that Zoomba describes as the original wallpaper moderation scheme. My primary reason for this is that wallpapers, almost more than many other skins, seem to be really subjective.
(Yes, I've submitted a total of two walls to the site and both were rated poorly; I respect that and concede they may not be the best or even particularly technically sophisticated, but they were images that I enjoyed creating and having on my system. So this is not about me and my work; I'm not a wallpaper guy because I'm not really much of an artist. However, I've seen walls, even some that come with premium suites that, to me, look terrible and I don't really want on my desktop.)
Am I alone in feeling like wallpaper-judging is much more subjective than many of the other galleries? Based on the poll results, I'm definitely in the minority about disliking intense moderation.
Reply #110 Thursday, February 28, 2008 2:26 PM
Wonder why this was PP-only? A glitch?
http://spyderbytegraphx.wincustomize.com/skins.aspx?skinid=35418&libid=8
Reply #111 Thursday, February 28, 2008 4:07 PM
as it stands now, people dont even try their best
because they know that ANY design they come up with will get posted ... Reply #112 Thursday, February 28, 2008 4:37 PM
If they are classifies as good design for having icons on top of with little destraction . . it's a different thing altogether.
Reply #113 Monday, March 3, 2008 10:13 AM
I find the whole wallpaper moderation process mystifying. I'll give an example.
Good enough for main gallery:
WWW Link
Not good enough: WWW Link
I'm not in anyway bashing Sk, he's a truly gifted artist 
, this is just an example.
2of3 runs and hides because he knows he's gonna get some flack for this post
Reply #114 Monday, March 3, 2008 10:50 AM
Skins submitted by those of Journeyman level and above do not pass through moderation 
Such individuals have earned that right through their overall contribution to the site and skinning in general.
Reply #115 Monday, March 3, 2008 10:53 AM
Reply #116 Monday, March 3, 2008 11:06 AM
2of3 slaps forehead
I actually knew that.....
note to self:
THINK before posting
Thanks for not blasting me!
Reply #119 Tuesday, March 4, 2008 3:28 AM
I find the poll fascinating™. History suggests moderators have always received flak for taking a hard line towards wallpaper moderation, which isn't true btw, but here we have the majority saying they want stronger moderation...
WinCustomize once proudly boasted it had the finest collection of wallpapers on the internet. Sadly that hasn't been true for some time. Lets hope a rejuvenation of the wallpaper gallery puts it back where it belongs and gives the wallpaper artist a real chance to showcase their work.
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Reply #101 Thursday, February 28, 2008 11:16 AM
You're right. You shouldn't.