@supervike
to not include any actuall mini or for more factual wording
image, what are we then talking about?
i don\'t know what mini was in question, but thoguht the general idea was that the concept of bloated voting?
or voting against the grain so to speak. what is the topic at hand?
if it is about one specific image then isnt that disallowed? if it is about the concept of overrated images then shouldnt all aspect be considered such as the purpose of the site itself?
What kind of picture is accepted here?
Any picture of any painted or converted miniature is accepted. You must own the rights to the picture to post it.
in the context that overrated iamges themselves is the problem and not a specific one, then maybe an update of the FAQ need to be made. as i read it an unpainted scratchbuilt model doesn\'t even classify as acceptable. its scratchbuilt not converted.
and a totally handmade unpainted green, or sculpt; doesn\'t belong as it is neither converted or painted.
now say you looks at some spcific artists. Shawn R. L. includes several pics with his Steam Budda. going from unpainted sculpt to finished painted sculpt. this is a good sculpt and had i not scrolled down i would have given it a 4 as being unpainted and NOT tabletop quality. but i did scroll down and saw the finished painted version so gave it a much higher score since it did fit within the FAQ for the rules on what images are acceptable.
now another artist, and i love the work don\'t get me wrong on this one; Nym has many greens that aren\'t painted. for the \"greens\" themselves i vote on them on my 4 point scale. they aren\'t painted so i don\'t vote anything as tabletop quality of 5 as per the voting guide.* now for the painted versions i voted on them as a finished product. as i said before quite good.
now this isnt trying to single anybody out, just some of the most recent artists i have viewed their galleris due to interest in their work, and applied my voting techniques to them.
* yes i know it is a guide, but again if the voting community has no base to judge from, or has never (like myself) been to a GW GD or any event to see a Golden Deamon or its voting criteria or process then all they have is this \"guide\" to go by to form a baseline comparison with which to vote on all minis.
some people may pad their votes. i thought the system ignored votes from non-registers visitors to prevent padded votes. maybe i am mistaken, or maybe it should be considered if it isnt implemented.
i can see it possibly causing and solving problems both, but someone else can create a thread for discussing that if it needs be to be further explained.
so where does the baseline criteria for voting come into play, or does it?
@Dave i see your post here while making this one so i will read it now and respond if i feel the need to to parts of it.
fatal flaw in concept you have. - says Yoda.
while you are trying to express the senoirity of people you are doing so with quantity > quality. it shouldn\'t matter who has a concern about something such as a problem with the pr0n ads or voting errors. each memebrs opinions should be heard and given a ceratin amount of weight. it shouldn\'t be that just the top forums posters opinions matter.
are you saying contribute as in monetarily, or giving their ideas and opinions about the site and or images found herein? if its the former then again that is wrong. might as well make the site subscription only then everyone will start out with the same weight to their ideas and opinions. if its the latter, then i do contribute what i can.
i am not the best photographer, nor painter. i haven\'t even scultped that much. but i give my opinon and advice for any who may wish to try my \"crazy\" ideas.
i have made an article giving ideas for cost conscience terrain builders, or those who need something for use rather than display. i also am willing to help someone make a photo better if they wish and don\'t have the ability or time so their great minis get scores they deserve for the mini rather than scores for a shotty photo or a bad background.
but you see it that since you post more, and spend money i guess you contribute more so your opnion should be more valued.
again i prefer quality over quantity.
and as said above we need a baseline for voting otherwise everything could have a 10 vote and it all boils down to the minis with the most votes \"wins\".
i am not trying to push my criteria on anyone, just trying to figure out what the baseline is, and offer my own for people to consider where it falls on that baseline for comparision of minis and everyone elses criteria. you are reading things into my posts that do not exist.
ah i see, the one common factor is easily seen. all forums today have people who think the forums only exist for them not the community. the forums itself is for the founders/creators, not the community. the rabid posters who like to spam to increase their post count are the most important because they clicked the submit button/link on the \"new topic\" or \"post reply\" pages.
those are the common denominators, which again i reply with... quality of posts over quantity. and anyone who prounces out with an attitude of i am more worthy because i have more post just looks to everyone like a braggart because of a clicking contest. ranking systems awarding post counts special things on forums is the root of problems for spam posts, and other things realtive to them.
anyway i have asked my question of supervike and the rest of the community and taken your belittlement enough. so since i am unworthy because i don\'t play the clicking submit buttong the most game i will leave here and watch for a response to that quesiton.
\"what is the baseline for voting on the site, if there is one; and what purpose does the \'voting guide\' serve if it isnt that baseline?\"
