I was a little surprised to see this image DQ'd for "added text":
Only text I can see is the time/date stamp, which the camera placed on the image. I was always under the impression that this is not "adding text" since it is a part of the original file straight from the camera?
My guess would be the wrong explanation for the DQ. If the time stamp is correct, it's a date/time violation as the picture was taken before the challenge was announced.
Look at the date on the image. It's 3/29/2007, which means the picture was taken before the submission date. The photograph was taken out of the dates allowed. The announcement date of the challenge was not until 4/11/2007
We don't go back and retroactively DQ images where we had no way to know or investigate the dates at the time of the challenge or a reasonable time thereafter. So yes, images probably DO stay in challenges even though the are out of date. Put simply, we start with the honour system and hope people read and abide by rules, and we have a more or less random check/reasonable suspicion system to monitor and enforce the date rule.
We don't go back and retroactively DQ images where we had no way to know or investigate the dates at the time of the challenge or a reasonable time thereafter. So yes, images probably DO stay in challenges even though the are out of date. Put simply, we start with the honour system and hope people read and abide by rules, and we have a more or less random check/reasonable suspicion system to monitor and enforce the date rule.
Of course no statement on DPC is ever 100% true... :)
We don't go back and retroactively DQ images where we had no way to know or investigate the dates at the time of the challenge or a reasonable time thereafter. So yes, images probably DO stay in challenges even though the are out of date. Put simply, we start with the honour system and hope people read and abide by rules, and we have a more or less random check/reasonable suspicion system to monitor and enforce the date rule.
Of course no statement on DPC is ever 100% true... :)
I see nothing to indicate when that photo was DQ'd, but thanks for the super supportive post! I suppose "reasonable time" is a fixed number in your mind.
We don't go back and retroactively DQ images where we had no way to know or investigate the dates at the time of the challenge or a reasonable time thereafter. So yes, images probably DO stay in challenges even though the are out of date. Put simply, we start with the honour system and hope people read and abide by rules, and we have a more or less random check/reasonable suspicion system to monitor and enforce the date rule.
Of course no statement on DPC is ever 100% true... :)
I see nothing to indicate when that photo was DQ'd, but thanks for the super supportive post! I suppose "reasonable time" is a fixed number in your mind.
That one was DQ'd because of EXIF tampering. That was the beginning of the "Cheaters Don't Actually Prosper" era. :)
