too many images and double - Page 2

class_act · 01-25-2007

Probably a short term fix. Good night arb!

*notjustgraphics* · 01-25-2007

What about a limit to the number of images you can post... say for new users, they get a credit of 10 or so "Gallery Posts" and then from that point on, you get say 1 or 2 new credits for each forum post?

It would certainly reduce the gallery usage to active or at least semi-active forum users...

Any comments?

Is it possible Man1c?

Mike.

paulopires · 01-25-2007

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Originally Posted by agentxi

i'm just going to assume that he's using biorust as his photo gallery, much like flikr or deviant art...

I think you are right. They subscribe and read Gallery (upload images) and think this is another free foto website. Probably he didn´t do it to annoy anyone. People who subscribe should be redirect to the rules of the forum.

stiney51 · 01-26-2007

If we ever get the daily limit of gallery posts on this would limit this issue. I think the problem is that it's a combination of over-excitement and some of it has got to be people who are looking to download all of the resources on day 1. The same goes for the people who go through and comment on all of the gallery posts saying "nice job." and not much else.

I'll tell you what, if you are hard up for Biorust credits, I've got a stockpile of them you can have....

**tamlin** · 01-26-2007

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Originally Posted by stiney51

I'll tell you what, if you are hard up for Biorust credits, I've got a stockpile of them you can have....

Hey - me too! I wonder if we could sell them on eBay??

*unleash* · 01-26-2007

@agentxi,
I used my laptop keyboard and mouse

I think manual removal is indeed the way, even if it takes long hours......
But maybe we can put up a system or soemthing alike which says that you need to have posted something usefull to the forum if you want to post anything in the gallery.
You know like your activity must be above 0,25 posts a day or something alike. Because then you will get people who do care about the forum and gallery....

bedlam123 · 01-27-2007

Limiting the number of uploads in a 24 hour period might be a good idea. I don't think 3 is large enough. A series of photos meant to be viewed as a single presentation could be more than that 3, limiting to a specific number could affect the artistic representation and the effect of the entire collection will be lost to the viewer. Who makes the decision about how many is too many?

Removing items from the gallery is never a good idea, unless they contradict the rules and guidelines of BioRUST. Tamlin, I remember a member that posted 12 photos of himself starkers, they all looked alike to me, we did not remove them. Let it go. We do not want to get in the position of judging submissions. Next would be whether or not they were "good enough" to be placed in the gallery. A presentation may not appeal to us, but it does have some merit, it represents many things; level of achievement of artist, viewpoint, likes, dislikes, imagination, and much more.

We all have much to learn and must be patient with those who might be less skilled, just starting out. Remember, they are absolutely amazed at what they have created.

Posting is not a requirement for any member of BioRUST, nor should it be. The ability to upload submissions should not be tied to posting entries either. If we do that then we should designate a specific number of postings before uploading is allowed, how many? Our download area is restricted our upload area should not be, in being too restrictive we lose some of what BioRUST has always claimed to represent. We are friendly, encouraging, helpful, nonjudgmental, never limiting and definitely already above the rest.

*unleash* · 01-27-2007

Hmm, you're right about that we aren't in the position to judge the submisions. And about the part that we shouldn't put less-blessed in a bad position by giving hem less right to upload/ post anything.

But I do think that sometimes we must take a stand and show we are not like photobucket or anything alike. Because then we would loss credibility, and if we do that we will lose more and more members. And losing members means less helpfull people or less people who can be helped.

And in this case we don't....the images are identical like twins.....I think it has even the same pixels on the same places!! So I agree with you that putting in a serie of pictures shouldn't be more restricted, but posting the same thing twice should be noticed and dealt with.

**tamlin** · 01-27-2007

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Originally Posted by bedlam123

Removing items from the gallery is never a good idea, unless they contradict the rules and guidelines of BioRUST.

Quote from the Forum Rules (my italics):

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Correct use of the Community Gallery: Please avoid flooding the gallery with large quantities of similar pictures and/or photographs...Any photos breaching this rule may be removed without notice.

*unleash* · 01-27-2007

Yep, but still similar is very wide....does the same background color mean that they are similar? Or must the forground be the same? what is similar...

Well in this case offcourse its very simple but I must agree with mike that somethimes its better to leave the images alone even if they are "similar"

turvas · 01-28-2007

And i which cases is that, unleashed? When the images were uploaded by a friend of yours? When you just... feel like it?

*unleash* · 01-28-2007

@turvas,
No, not like that turvas....because then i would say that only my images and images of friends should be displayed, would be better though

No I just think that only when they are the same one of the images can be deleted, in every other case you should leave them where they are.

bedlam123 · 01-29-2007

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Originally Posted by tamlin

Quote from the Forum Rules (my italics):

What is 'flooding' tamlin? 3, 5, 8, 2, how many? Who decides they are similar? The info I have received is that Mog decides. How do you determine similarity? Color, background, pose, image, what?

We are not like Photobucket and no one will ever make that comparison, regardless of the gallery contents. Our credibility is beyond reproach and has never been in question.

The topic needs to be referred to Mog for determination and refinement.

**tamlin** · 01-30-2007

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Originally Posted by bedlam123

The topic needs to be referred to Mog for determination and refinement.

If you read through this thread: http://forums.biorust.com/biorust-sp...ge-upload.html (Maximum Image Upload)
you'll see that M0g has already made his decision - Post #28 (Maximum Image Upload) (although unfortunately the 5-image-per-day limit doesn't seem to actually work in practice).

class_act · 01-30-2007

I say limit the quanity and not worry about the similarity. Can there be limits set to an average of what, for instance, 3 images of a certain size can be?
If you limit by similarity, then your moving into the censorship ring.