Upload Feedback Thread - post here if your uploads keep getting deleted

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ricroll said:

post #4593041

Appealed to return to moderation queue. I don't see what's wrong with this one. Rising popular series and character, and with the current cow print tag pretty prominent for 2021. I feel like it got the short end of the stick with approvers who just don't like the tag, character, or the sexual implication.

Of 529 images of that character, 519 are active with 210 of them being approved by any approver. Of over 8.2k cow_print images, 7692 images are active with 2291 of them being approved by any approver. It surely has nothing to do with the sexual implication, the character or the tag, as a lot of approver do like cow_print images of any character. I can also tell you, that most approvers don't really care which character or copyright they approve, all they do is approve stuff they like.
The reason why I don't like the image - or skipped it - is, because of the weird hip, that is supposed to be there, but on the other side not, while the arm and shoulder do look weird too. The problem here is the weird anatomy - and while it could work like that, it just doesn't look good enough for any approver, who saw it, to approve it.

Pizzastoners said:

post #4603129 is looking like it's not going to be approved and is going to be deleted can someone tell me why if there is something that needs to be fixed or a tag that needs to be added or something please do tell me so that it can be approved and not deleted

It's only been one day.

@Pizzastoners said:

post #4603129 is looking like it's not going to be approved and is going to be deleted can someone tell me why if there is something that needs to be fixed or a tag that needs to be added or something please do tell me so that it can be approved and not deleted

Approvals are almost always based on the uploaded image itself and not the level of tagging (unless it's only being approved because it's part of a pool or relationship, for example), so there's nothing you can do to stop the post from being approved or deleted unless you are the artist.

e? said:

Approvals are almost always based on the uploaded image itself and not the level of tagging (unless it's only being approved because it's part of a pool or relationship, for example), so there's nothing you can do to stop the post from being approved or deleted unless you are the artist.

Ok thank you for the information

nonamethanks said:

It's only been one day.

Sorry I was justing freaking myself out because I thought the other four posts were approved almost immediately or atleast I thought it took them less time to get approved then it did for my upload again sorry

Guaro said:

Of 529 images of that character, 519 are active with 210 of them being approved by any approver. Of over 8.2k cow_print images, 7692 images are active with 2291 of them being approved by any approver. It surely has nothing to do with the sexual implication, the character or the tag, as a lot of approver do like cow_print images of any character. I can also tell you, that most approvers don't really care which character or copyright they approve, all they do is approve stuff they like.
The reason why I don't like the image - or skipped it - is, because of the weird hip, that is supposed to be there, but on the other side not, while the arm and shoulder do look weird too. The problem here is the weird anatomy - and while it could work like that, it just doesn't look good enough for any approver, who saw it, to approve it.

I mean...anyone can literally pull their arm and their shoulder back for the exact same anatomical pose, while turning their head to look down that angle. I just did it. I can kinda see your thing with the hip but there seem to be way more wonky looking body drawings that get instantly approved constantly? Considering the POV, and the fact that her right hip curves just fine, it makes sense for the left side to look like it's straight down. I hope more approvers see it or that it's reconsidered in appeals.

Updated by OhaiThar

ricroll said:

I can kinda see your thing with the hip but there seem to be way more wonky looking body drawings that get instantly approved constantly?

Note, that there are "unrestricted uploaders" on Danbooru. Their uploads don't have to go through the moderation queue and so don't have to be approved.

Guaro said:

Note, that there are "unrestricted uploaders" on Danbooru. Their uploads don't have to go through the moderation queue and so don't have to be approved.

It seems weird that if any one of them posted it, it would've been fine. Not trying to be disrespectful. I've just had a slew of attempted uploads get waved aside while I'm genuinely trying to climb out of my hole of deletions. I made some bad judgments calls early on, but my Pokemon Cynthia post #4602446 barely was given a chance and post #4602648 and post #4604114 (both parent and child) Cynthia and Marnie are all about to get deleted. I get it's subjective, but they're clearly comparable in quality to most posts, whether queued or not, with no significant errors.

Edit: Marnie parent and child approved just barely before the 3 days. I was just a bit frustrated.

Updated by OhaiThar

ricroll said:

It seems weird that if any one of them posted it, it would've been fine. Not trying to be disrespectful. I've just had a slew of attempted uploads get waved aside while I'm genuinely trying to climb out of my hole of deletions. I made some bad judgments calls early on, but my Pokemon Cynthia post #4602446 barely was given a chance and post #4602648 and post #4604114 (both parent and child) Cynthia and Marnie are all about to get deleted. I get it's subjective, but they're clearly comparable in quality to most posts, whether queued or not, with no significant errors.

They are kinda... well... borderline. Arms look weird and 'noodly', particular around the shoulders and elbows.

Edit: I've TL'd the artist commentary for both. May help (though they are kinda generic), so... best not to keep your hopes up.

Edit2: I took the liberty of going through your uploads to figure out your general preferences (sorry if it's being intrusive). Overall, I'd say that if you want to "climb out of your hole of deletions" (i.e. build up a comfortable base of approved uploads), then uploading posts from gen (enji) should be safe 'shoo throughs' most of the time, like what you did for post #4608093. If you really want to play it safe, you can upload only from the artist's Pixiv account, because a decent number of approvers have a tendency not to approve the Twitter version if it gets 'sniped' by a Pixiv version of the same while the former is still in the mod queue.

If you want cow-print bikinis in particular, you can do a search on Pixiv for 牛柄ビキニ 10000users入り , which will give you a list of Pixiv posts tagged "Cow-print bikini" (on Pixiv) that also have at least 10000 bookmarks (by Pixiv users). It's kinda like a hacky way of doing the equivalent of a favcount:>=X search here.

You can also swap out 10000users入り for 5000users入り 1000users入り or 500users入り or 100users入り, for the corresponding bookmark counts. This is kinda hacky because Pixiv uses a separate tag for this, so only some of the 'common' number denominations are "well-tagged". Something like 200users入り will give barely any results.

Generally, the larger the number (the more Pixiv bookmarks), the higher 'quality' the post tends to be (by Danbooru standards), and the higher the chances of it getting approved. But higher numbers also mean they are more likely to be noticed by other Danbooru users, and as such they also have a higher chance of already been uploaded (and approved). So searching with 10000users入り will mean you probably need to go through a lot of Pixiv posts before you find one that hasn't been uploaded yet.

If you have an actual Pixiv subscription, then this becomes easier because filtering by number of "bookmark count tags" is integrated within the Pixiv search feature (but accessible only by subscribed users). No need to rely on hacky tags then. Think the subscription also allows access to more sorting options, though I am less sure about this part.

Updated by NNescio

NNescio said:

They are kinda... well... borderline. Arms look weird and 'noodly', particular around the shoulders and elbows.

Edit: I've TL'd the artist commentary for both. May help (though they are kinda generic), so... best not to keep your hopes up.

Edit2: I took the liberty of going through your uploads to figure out your general preferences (sorry if it's being intrusive). Overall, I'd say that if you want to "climb out of your hole of deletions" (i.e. build up a comfortable base of approved uploads), then uploading posts from gen (enji) should be safe 'shoo throughs' most of the time, like what you did for post #4608093. If you really want to play it safe, you can upload only from the artist's Pixiv account, because a decent number of approvers have a tendency not to approve the Twitter version if it gets 'sniped' by a Pixiv version of the same while the former is still in the mod queue.

If you want cow-print bikinis in particular, you can do a search on Pixiv for 牛柄ビキニ 10000users入り , which will give you a list of Pixiv posts tagged "Cow-print bikini" (on Pixiv) that also have at least 10000 bookmarks (by Pixiv users). It's kinda like a hacky way of doing the equivalent of a favcount:>=X search here.

You can also swap out 10000users入り for 5000users入り 1000users入り or 500users入り or 100users入り, for the corresponding bookmark counts. This is kinda hacky because Pixiv uses a separate tag for this, so only some of the 'common' number denominations are "well-tagged". Something like 200users入り will give barely any results.

Generally, the larger the number (the more Pixiv bookmarks), the higher 'quality' the post tends to be (by Danbooru standards), and the higher the chances of it getting approved. But higher numbers also mean they are more likely to be noticed by other Danbooru users, and as such they also have a higher chance of already been uploaded (and approved). So searching with 10000users入り will mean you probably need to go through a lot of Pixiv posts before you find one that hasn't been uploaded yet.

If you have an actual Pixiv subscription, then this becomes easier because filtering by number of "bookmark count tags" is integrated within the Pixiv search feature (but accessible only by subscribed users). No need to rely on hacky tags then. Think the subscription also allows access to more sorting options, though I am less sure about this part.

I've deduced that this is likely the way I'll have to do things if I want to get uploads up while sticking to the things I like. Sometimes I just wish I could contribute to my favorite tags and characters with posts that fall to the wayside like from newer pixiv artists. It's still perplexing that it seems many posts of similar or worse quality get the greenlight instantly because of the uploader privileges, but I get that I need to establish trust and consistency. Thanks.

Sproq981 said:

I appealed this piece of Linn Kurosawa from Capcom's Alien vs. Predator game (post #4598189) and it got rejected. What should I do? Should I give it a rest and try again in like a month or so?

You can't appeal something twice. Your involvement with that image is now over.

Sproq981 said:

Any ideas as to where did I go wrong with this one?

It's pretty good overall, but the face ruins it. It's somehow flat? and kind of weirdly angled? If the artist revised the face it would probably be uploadable.