User blog:Roads/Picture Policy

Every once in a while, I look at the recent uploads. Some pictures are fantastic! Some are so-so, but some are poorly done. I'm not going to point fingers or anything in order not to hurt anyone's feelings, but there are a large number of poor edits, or plain badly-made pictures here. So I propose a new policy that says that pictures must not be done sloppily. This is an example... >

Sometimes edits like this actually come up here. The below, left picture is one...

There is a problem, though. You need special software (most of the programs you have to pay for), like Photoshop, to make the really good edits like the one to the left. Sometimes we admins will make an exception. If you ask really nicely, you will be granted the right to upload edits no matter what the quality is.

All bad edit pictures uploaded previously will remain, but the artists here may make better versions of the picture. All new bad edits (without the special right to be uploaded) will be marked for deletion, and the uploader warned, by an admin. (The admin must check whether or not the right was granted, though, because it may have been granted by another admin.

So, let me know what you think about this. We'll have a vote, and if it's voted yes by the end of May, the policy will be officially added.

---****--- Roads (Anchovies! They come out of buses and destroy buildings!) 22:59, April 15, 2011 (UTC)