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| Registered: March 21, 2008 |  Posts: 5 |
| | Posted: | | | | I recently submitted fresh cover scans for an item by scanning the insert from the Blu-ray case on a flatbed scanner like I usually do. This time tho I received 3 Yes and a whopping 15 No. I'd like to know what I did wrong so I don't do it again, but I can't find a way to review the reasons given for the No votes.
Does anyone know of a way to review this sort of thing? |
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| Registered: March 21, 2008 | | Posts: 5 |
| | Posted: | | | | Nevermind, figured it out.  I remember now. My scan was to replace a butt-ugly slip cover that's a real bear to scan. The existing entry looks terrible. I scanned the paper that's inside the plastic protector sleeve of the disc case itself and submitted those. 3 people agreed they looked better but 15 stuck by the rules that the scan must be of the slip cover. So the rules won out over quality. Not sure that makes much sense but I see their point. Perhaps we should propose a change to the rules that when the slipcover is butt-ugly or difficult to scan, an acceptable alternative is to use the case liner instead. Personally the slip covers are the first thing to hit the trash can, followed by the plastic case wrap, followed by the security sticker, followed by the anti-theft fob and any case inserts that do not correspond to the movie. | | | | Last edited: by EarthMatters |
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| Registered: March 18, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 2,550 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting EarthMatters: Quote:
Nevermind, figured it out.
I remember now. My scan was to replace a butt-ugly slip cover that's a real bear to scan. The existing entry looks terrible. I scanned the paper that's inside the plastic protector sleeve of the disc case itself and submitted those. 3 people agreed they looked better but 15 stuck by the rules that the scan must be of the slip cover. So the rules won out over quality. Not sure that makes much sense but I see their point.
Perhaps we should propose a change to the rules that when the slipcover is butt-ugly or difficult to scan, an acceptable alternative is to use the case liner instead. Personally the slip covers are the first thing to hit the trash can, followed by the plastic case wrap, followed by the security sticker, followed by the anti-theft fob and any case inserts that do not correspond to the movie. You toss 'em while plenty others don't (myself included)...  |
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 | W0m6at | | You're in for it now Tony |
| Registered: April 17, 2007 |  Posts: 1,091 |
| | Posted: | | | | Not directly relevant, but if you see a scan up for voting that isn't likely to get through, but you prefer it for your local, you can always copy+paste it across into DVDP. I often do this even for stuff I think *will* get through so that I have the best images possible in my database (short of doing loads of scanning myself). | | | | Adelaide Movie Buffs (info on special screenings, contests, bargains, etc. relevant to Adelaideans... and contests/bargains for other Aussies too!) |
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| Registered: March 18, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,550 |
| | Posted: | | | | ^ Yep, that can be done as well. Make sure you lock it though so it isn't overridden later on. |
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| Registered: March 15, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 5,459 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting EarthMatters: Quote:
Perhaps we should propose a change to the rules that when the slipcover is butt-ugly or difficult to scan, an acceptable alternative is to use the case liner instead. That's already in the rules: "If, however, the Slipcase is reflective, and the inner cover art is identical, use the Keep Case art to scan, as it will give a better quality image." So if you are having difficulty getting a good scan from a slip cover, you are allowed to scan the keep case cover instead as long as it has the same artwork. |
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| Registered: March 19, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 6,018 |
| | Posted: | | | | North is right. Next time around, refer to this phrase in the rules in your Contribution Notes. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,293 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting dee1959jay: Quote:
North is right. Next time around, refer to this phrase in the rules in your Contribution Notes. Assuming the inner does have the same artwork! | | | | It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong |
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| Registered: March 19, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 6,018 |
| | Posted: | | | | Of course you're right! |
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| Registered: May 18, 2007 |  Posts: 232 |
| | Posted: | | | | I would really like to know as the title say, how to see reasons a contributions was declined. I resently copntributed a profile with images, and only the images got declined, but I have no idea what's wrong with them? |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 21,610 |
| | Posted: | | | | Gemini:
When we vote No on a tit;e we are required to leave a note explaining why, click on your votes and see what the comments were.
Skip | | | ASSUME NOTHING!!!!!!
CBE, MBE, MoA and proud of it.
Outta here
Billy Video |
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| Registered: June 12, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,665 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Gemini76: Quote:
I would really like to know as the title say, how to see reasons a contributions was declined. I resently copntributed a profile with images, and only the images got declined, but I have no idea what's wrong with them? Go to this page, http://www.invelos.com/MyProfiler.aspx?display=contributions, and click on the Green/Red vote totals to see the details/comments of the votes. You didn't say if you got No votes or not. Images (or anything else) can be declined w/o a No vote. Screeners can decline them on their own. Images voting especially is very opinion based (subjective). | | | | Bad movie? You're soaking in it! |
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| Registered: May 18, 2007 | | Posts: 232 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Dr Pavlov: Quote:
Gemini:
When we vote No on a tit;e we are required to leave a note explaining why, click on your votes and see what the comments were.
Skip Thanks both, but I'm not talking about no votes. I'm talking about rejection; where the screeners are rejecting a contribution, even with lots of yes votes. I understand it can happen that even with only yes votes it may not be all that, but it's hard to correct something when you don't know what's wrong  |
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| Registered: March 15, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,459 |
| | Posted: | | | | Because of the workload, the screeners don't give individual reasons for rejecting a submission. They have instead a set of default rejections used for the most common types - and I don't believe any of them cover image rejections.
If a reason is given, it appears directly under the entry in your Contributions list. If it just says "Declined" then no reason has been given. |
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| Registered: March 21, 2008 | | Posts: 5 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Voltaire53: Quote:
Quoting dee1959jay:
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North is right. Next time around, refer to this phrase in the rules in your Contribution Notes.
Assuming the inner does have the same artwork! In this case the inner artwork didn't match the slip cover, however, it was vastly superior in quality due to a hard-to-scan slipcover. |
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| Registered: March 15, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,459 |
| | Posted: | | | | That is unfortunate and does unfortunately mean the crappy scans have to stay. However, a thread was started a short while ago here where re-release scans were being offered for sharing. Although not technically a re-release I'm sure your scans would be appreciated. |
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