Originally posted by Bugzeye:
Why can't SC just approve or disapprove on the matter straight away? Instead of offering an un-guaranteed opinion? ... I would sure hate to ask one of you guys for advice and then get a DQ later down the line after having someone on SC tell me an editing step was legal before I submitted my picture. |
We sure would hate to tell you a photo is legal and then find that the entry you submitted was edited differently than the one you sent us earlier ...
There is no official "pre-validation" available because (revised) entries can be submitted right up to the deadline, and because we don't have time for everyone to look at your photo beforehand, but we do have a "quorum" of votes required to validate or DQ an entry once submitted.
Some decisions are based on a subjective interpretation -- for example, was the thing you removed a "minor distraction" or a "significant compositional element" -- and we can't always predict how the final voting would go. However, we should always tell you (in response to a ticket) whether we think it will be a "split decision" or not, so you can decide whether the editing you want to do is "worth the risk." |
