Answers about the Moderation Process
Tuesday, August 16, 2011 by Island Dog | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
We have been receiving some questions about moderation from both new and established users. I wanted to take a few moments to answer some of the common questions, and give you a chance to ask questions that I will answer in a later post.
Why was my skin approved later than others, even though I submitted before them?
Skins are not moderated in order of their submission. Once a skin is uploaded it is placed in a moderation gallery to be looked at by the moderators. Some skins take longer for a variety of reasons such as waiting to receive more opinions on the skin, or to verify a permission, etc. We try to get skins through as fast as possible, but we have a limited staff, and although they do phenomenal work, only so much can be done at a time.
Where is my wallpaper, it was approved but not in the gallery?
It is more than likely in your personal gallery. WinCustomize is a moderated gallery and not all submissions are placed into the public gallery. Please see the upload guidelines for more information.
Why is the rating lower now than when it was approved?
Moderators put through an initial rating, but once it is in the public galleries any user can then rate skins.
What can I do to up the chances of my wallpaper making it into the public gallery?
There is not a single solution I can recommend, but some tips can help. First, focus on quality not quantity. Uploading wallpapers just to get more downloads will actually increase your chances of not being made public. Be unique, take your time, solicit feedback from peers, and just enjoy what you are doing.
If you have any questions you would like answered about moderation, please leave them in the comments and I will make another post soon answering as much as I can. 
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Reply #42 Wednesday, October 3, 2012 1:30 PM
Just part of the reason he's a Master skinner. The rest has to do with just plain Harley. 
Reply #43 Wednesday, October 3, 2012 1:48 PM
Moderators can be tough and help people to follow the right direction. But at the end of the day all the skill you see in making a skin is down to the skinner 
A Master is a Master for a very good reason
This is why it grates when someone just pulls an image off the net and thinks they are being creative. That takes no skill at all.
Reply #44 Wednesday, October 3, 2012 3:06 PM
I've taken that one step further -- I've taken the Diamond base skin, cleaned it up of all substyles that I don't skin for, removed all unnecessary images, renamed that skin "Test 1" and use that as my base skin, saving my changes over the images that are left, so there's nothing to clean (although I do run the cleaner anyway just in case I've missed something or accidentally renamed some image with a typo). I also always create a .wba file after every successful skinning session, in case the next skinning session is unsuccessful and I have to revert back to the previous version (this is my way have creating a restore point to my creation).
Reply #45 Wednesday, October 3, 2012 5:19 PM
In the past there's been some 'strangely' huge WB skins submitted....and once looked into were found to contain the psd files used in making the images.
That's definitely NOT clever since retaining the psd's is the sure-fire way of proving whose property it is.
If you 'release' them you expose yourself to some miscreant using them as 'proof' HE created it....
Reply #46 Wednesday, October 3, 2012 5:47 PM
That's definitely NOT clever since retaining the psd's is the sure-fire way of proving whose property it is.
If you 'release' them you expose yourself to some miscreant using them as 'proof' HE created it....
Now that is funny.....lol.
Reply #47 Wednesday, October 3, 2012 6:36 PM
Oh,like this 24MB monster? Lots of psd's . https://www.wincustomize.com/explore/windowblinds/7780/
Reply #48 Tuesday, October 23, 2012 5:25 PM
on a lighter note,
my sister is the only woman i know who can stand on an "i speak your weight" machine
and it says "one at a time please"
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Reply #41 Wednesday, October 3, 2012 11:21 AM
Quoting theAVMAN,
reply 39
clean my skin button in SKS)My upload went from over 2MB down to less than 1MB I thought WOW...
[So that's what that does. I foresee my WB directory shrinking substantially via the deletion of unneeded substyles and subsequent cleaning. Thanks for that tip. ]
Dave I suggest once your WB is complete make a wba package make a copy put somewhere then the clean skin button because the action CAN NOT be undone that way if there is a glitch or there was a mistake somewhere and SKS deletes a used image or part you have a back up ready to install .
Note: Me personally I still open my WB folder delete everything I need to 1 item at at time (old school) that way I personally see everychange .
The clean skin button reads the the code for the skin and deletes anything not used in the code .
But since I can't see it , it makes me tooooooo nervous LOL.....