I wonder how many votes he's got so far. I've voted for all but that particular image, until we get a ruling. Knowing that it is suspect, it wouldn't be fair in my opinion to vote on it yet.
This person sent a PM in response to a comment which identified him/her. It says right on the profile page how many comments have been received. You can't read the comments until after the voting, but I guess they tally on the profile page as they are made.
This person sent a PM in response to a comment which identified him/her. It says right on the profile page how many comments have been received. You can't read the comments until after the voting, but I guess they tally on the profile page as they are made.
But not for the entries currently being voted on. That is, on a person's profile you get the total of comment received, and the number of comments per picture (after the challenge has been voted on).
BTW, Louise, I just went to your profile and added up the comments per picture (in the table where challenge entries are listed) and the total is different than the number for comments received at the top left of your profile. Weird.
I think, Kali, that some of the stats are updated after the Sunday challenge is over, so that might explain some of the discrepancies in your profile. But the numbers still don't add up to Louise. I think though that it's time to quit, what in the world am I doing adding up comments on someone elses profile? That's the weirdest thing of all. I think I need to tell myself, "GET A LIFE!" (or get some sleep, and go take some picts tomorrow). I'm turning off the computer.
[quote=uabreschBTW, Louise, I just went to your profile and added up the comments per picture (in the table where challenge entries are listed) and the total is different than the number for comments received at the top left of your profile. Weird.[/quote]
Oh, yes, and weirder yet, the number of comments seems to change when photos are uploaded into the portfolio. It's all too weird. I know it will all come out in the wash when the admins have time to do their thing. Oh, and I've had comments made on a couple of photos in my portfolio that haven't been in challenges, so that would certainly present a discrepency if only the challenge comments were tallied...G'night. Geeze, Louise!
I just noticed that two of my comments disappeared from the stats. I realized later that 2 entries were taken out. What a pain in the... If those 2 suckered me into making some of my more-inspired comments, then that what can I say? What a grand waste of "cerebral" time.
Again, if the photog had followed the rules, it would not have been a waste of "cerebral" time ;)
A few times I have requested DQ's to find they are legit, and I too have voted on entries and commented only to find later they were DQ'd.
I understand the reason you were so upset. It is wrong for someone to break the rules and especially to post a photograph that is not even theirs. But, at the same time we had to go thru the process.
Cheers!
BTW: I was only quick to edit your post, Kali, because I wanted to be sure the entry and photog's names were taken out before too many people saw it. I would usually give a person a chance to edit their own post.
Precisely why I wanted it (now them) removed sooner rather than later.
To be fair, we have to look into things. It IS a possiblity that this could have been done legally somehow. If it had been a photo of a print, with something physically in it that we couldn't see right away, than it COULD (not saying WOULD, but COULD) have been considered legal. Now, we would feel really stupid if we DQed photos without giving the person a chance, only to later find out it was legal.
Also, I'm not seeing this other 'con artist' in question who has been DQed in this challenge, but if you guys say so, what do I know...I'm just looking at the DQ list.
Yes but if there is hard evidence (i.e. the exact same pic) then why wait for the con to respond?
We also go through a moderator vote. There are 11 of us scattered all over the world... we're not all on at the same time. And once a consensus is reached, there has to be an administrator (Drew or Langdon) around to push the DQ button. They're real guys, with real jobs and real lives. Sometimes they're just plain *not here* and we have to wait till they get back.
