I hate to be Simon but...
Sunday, February 2, 2003 by Frogboy | Discussion: WinCustomize News
You visit most sites that have themes and skins and you'll notice that have a gazillion wallpapers. You come here and you see fewer than 3000. Why is that? It's because we reject 9 out of 10 submissions.
Now, most of the moderators here are nice. They send out often lengthy emails to the authors of these wallpapers explaining why they were rejected. In return, they regularly get flamed, personal attacks and occasionally threatened.
I'm not nice. I don't send moderator notices. I'm the "Simon" from American Idol. I don't like spending time on a thoughtful email to have the author resond by attacking me. I just delete them. Sorry. I know that lots of these wallpapers are pretty good that get rejected. I know that many people spent many hours on these wallpapers. But there are dozens of sites that you can submit them too. Our goal here is to keep the number low. So that it's the "best of the best". Sure, occasionally something mediocre will get through and we are biased in favor of WALLPAPERS as opposed to works of art. But in general we try to ensure that the wallpaper section is kept as small as possible.
I know this upsets some people based on the emails that our poor VOLUNTEER moderators get. But I'm going to recommend that moderation emails become rare. It's just too discouraging for our VOLUNTEER moderators to get trashed in email for trying to gently tell them why their wallpaper didn't come up. Wallpapers that don't meet our criteria will simply be deleted. We hope you understand that with hundreds of wallpapers submitted every few days that this is the only way to reasonably get through them and provide a fair way for everyone.
Now, most of the moderators here are nice. They send out often lengthy emails to the authors of these wallpapers explaining why they were rejected. In return, they regularly get flamed, personal attacks and occasionally threatened.
I'm not nice. I don't send moderator notices. I'm the "Simon" from American Idol. I don't like spending time on a thoughtful email to have the author resond by attacking me. I just delete them. Sorry. I know that lots of these wallpapers are pretty good that get rejected. I know that many people spent many hours on these wallpapers. But there are dozens of sites that you can submit them too. Our goal here is to keep the number low. So that it's the "best of the best". Sure, occasionally something mediocre will get through and we are biased in favor of WALLPAPERS as opposed to works of art. But in general we try to ensure that the wallpaper section is kept as small as possible.
I know this upsets some people based on the emails that our poor VOLUNTEER moderators get. But I'm going to recommend that moderation emails become rare. It's just too discouraging for our VOLUNTEER moderators to get trashed in email for trying to gently tell them why their wallpaper didn't come up. Wallpapers that don't meet our criteria will simply be deleted. We hope you understand that with hundreds of wallpapers submitted every few days that this is the only way to reasonably get through them and provide a fair way for everyone.
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Psikotik
Reply #102 Monday, February 10, 2003 12:52 AM
Reply #102 Monday, February 10, 2003 12:52 AM
I'm fairly new here, but I have to agree with "Simon". This is a skinning site and while certain wallpapers are made to compliment the skin(s) the author created, there are many wallpaper oriented sites where people interested in that art form can post their works. I'm not saying no walpapers shouls be posted, I've downloaded some beautiful work from this site, but quantities need to be limited.
One proposal I would make is the occasional "thinning down" of the wallpaper and windowblind sections. There are simply so many entries it's near impossible to look at them all, and certain contributors (no names) tend to create items that are all very similar to each other. Some skins or wallpapers that earned high rating when they came out 2 years ago simply aren't in the same league and don't have the upgraded capabilities of the newer windowblind software. These skins should matbe have a "shelf life" applied to them or be required to be updated to stay on the site.
Everything is a matter of taste, and people should thank the moderators for commiting thier time to keeping this great site going, even if you don't always agree with thier choices.
Keep up the great work!
One proposal I would make is the occasional "thinning down" of the wallpaper and windowblind sections. There are simply so many entries it's near impossible to look at them all, and certain contributors (no names) tend to create items that are all very similar to each other. Some skins or wallpapers that earned high rating when they came out 2 years ago simply aren't in the same league and don't have the upgraded capabilities of the newer windowblind software. These skins should matbe have a "shelf life" applied to them or be required to be updated to stay on the site.
Everything is a matter of taste, and people should thank the moderators for commiting thier time to keeping this great site going, even if you don't always agree with thier choices.
Keep up the great work!
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Reply #101 Sunday, February 9, 2003 12:17 AM
Thank you moderators, and to all the artist..... Keep up your good work!!!